Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 189 - 176 Bring her home quickly_1

Chapter 189: Chapter 176 Bring her home quickly_1

"Lady Xue was called by you? When did this happen?"

In a dense patch of reeds, Peng Fulai covered his nose with a piece of cloth, looking at Li Xuan with surprise in his eyes.

At this moment, in front of them, there were over twenty incense sticks, each as thick as an adult’s arm, slowly burning in the mud.

Under the shelter of the reeds, which were twice as tall as people, Xue Yunrou was performing her magic. She manipulated the breeze to direct the green smoke from the incense sticks towards three sailboats not far away.

"Who else could it be but me?" Li Xuan scoffed. His tone was dismissive. "You should know that these old boats and this factory could have many people guarding them. How could I not seek help? Not only Yunrou, but before leaving the city, I also called my sister-in-law, although she must have been delayed by something."

He too blocked his nose with two strips of cloth. Though the scent of the incense was pleasant, with his current level of cultivation, he was likely to faint the moment he smelled it.

According to Xue Yunrou, these incense sticks were a special sedative produced by Tianshi’s mansion called ’Demi-Step Insanity’. The effect was very potent. Even divine beings could not withstand it—they would collapse within half a step. How could humans fare any better?

Just as they were talking, dull thuds came from the boats.

Under the watch of Li Xuan’s Tao-protecting Eyes, the figures on the boat, one after another, collapsed seemingly without warning, losing consciousness completely.

The few Wu cultivators guarding outside the ship sensed something was wrong, but several of them were already feeling drowsy. After struggling for a while, they also collapsed one by one.

Peng Fulai couldn’t help but marvel: "Impressive! These spell cultivators are truly cunning."

"How can you call this cunning? The essence of a spell cultivator is to adapt to circumstances, making full use of all tools and external forces to achieve objectives."

Yue Qianqian snorted and then looked at Xue Yunrou with admiration. "We spell cultivators are different from Wu cultivators. Though we are slightly weaker in battle, as long as we have enough silver and ample preparation, we can even slay True Dragons above the heavenly level!"

"Indeed, they’re formidable, but because of this, they also wreak havoc." Zhang Yue tutted. "Before Zidie, four of the top five in the Black List were spell cultivators. Even figures like Li Zhetian, before stepping into the heavenly level, were only ranked sixth. Now, there’s still Zidie among the top five. We don’t even know for sure if she is a spell cultivator."

Luo Yan chuckled and said: "She should be. I guess Zidie is a dual cultivator of martial and spell."

Li Xuan also admired Xue Yunrou: "Yunrou’s methods, indeed, are beyond the reach of both gods and demons!"

There were more than sixty martial masters and five from The Second Door on these boats, spread across three vessels. Even if they were to take them down, they would have to expend a considerable amount of energy, and it would be impossible to do so silently.

Yet, Xue Yunrou, using just a minor spell that didn’t drain much energy, subdued these people. What was admirable was that thefactory, three miles away, was still entirely unaware.

"It’s not as exaggerated as you say." Apparently, Xue Yunrou heard him. Her face blushing, she turned around and spoke to Li Xuan with a smile: "Most of these martial masters were inside the ship’s cabin, which is a tight spot. Combined with the absence of wind tonight, that’s the only reason I was able to catch all of them. In a more open place, this sedative would not have been effective. For instance, in the factory up ahead, I estimate that I could only knock out half of them."

Li Xuan’s lips twitched: "That is still quite impressive."

My enemies have been reduced by half due to you-

After praising her, Li Xuan’s figure floated up as if he were a leaf blown by the wind, landing on one of the boats.

As expected, these boats were filled with weapons. Just the spears alone numbered over nine thousand, three thousand blades, and the bottom level was filled with barrels of Menghuo Oil.

However, it seemed that these people didn’t plan to frame Earl Chengyi’s mansion by sacrificing another boatload of weapons. Li Xuan swept his Tao-protecting Eyes around and found no items related to Earl Chengyi’s mansion.

Only then was Li Xuan completely relieved. The reason why he had rushed here overnight was precisely because he feared these three boats falling into Xi Ying’s hands.

Everyone was very efficient. All the unconscious martial masters had been bound tightly and hidden among the reeds.

They used high-grade cables taken from Peng Fulai’s Qiankun bag. Even Wu cultivators of the fifth or sixth level would struggle to break free. Yue Qianqian had additionally hammered a few Zhenyuan Nails into the five martial masters from The Second Door to ensure absolute victory.

Next was the Menghuo Oil factory, located on an open area next to the river.

This time, Xue Yunrou created a magic altar that was not large but very precise. Only then did she start her magic, blowing the sedative smoke towards the perimeter of the factory with the breeze.

They waited for about a quarter of an hour, and saw a large group of people inside and outside the factory collapse to the ground with a ’thud’, falling like a mudslide.

Only then did someone finally realise what was happening, as a large number of heavily armored Wu cultivators rushed out from various houses.

A house on the left side of the factory suddenly exploded, and a figure in black clothes and black armour rushed out from inside. He flew into the air, glaring furiously at the scene below.

"You renegades of the Liudao Division, you have some nerve!"

This person quickly spotted Xue Yunrou’s figure and rushed towards the altar like a shooting star.

Xue Yunrou paid him no mind. Her eyes unblinking, she stayed calm and made another hand seal.

"First Heavenly Qi, Dao gives birth to Infinity, fall as lightning!"

In an instant, over a dozen lightning bolts struck down, turning more than a dozen Wu cultivators who were rushing from a distance into charred crisps in a blink of an eye.

Even the black-armored man flying in the sky was momentarily stalled by the lightning strikes.

At this moment, Xue Yunrou is holding a Peach Wood Sword and pats Li Xuan on the shoulder.

"Lend the law from Qiankun and gain divine power!"

Li Xuan felt a surge of fierce power pouring into his body.

This feeling was completely different from when he normally used the ’Divine Talisman’, a difference in quality.

Li Xuan sensed that his strength had increased nearly tenfold. However, in the past, a ’divine talisman’ could only increase his strength by about thirty percent at most.

"Heaven and earth have no boundaries, and the gods can change a thousand things!"

A gust of wind began to encircle Li Xuan’s body, making him feel as light as a swallow.

"The highest and purest, golden light protects the body!"

Another layer of golden light was draped over Li Xuan.

Peng Fulai and Zhang Yue watched as Xue Yunrou cast five or six consecutive spells on Li Xuan, their eyes almost popping out. They thought to themselves, isn’t Lady Xue favoring Li too much and being too blatant about it?

He’s already got the ’Taiyi Jinguang Spell’ to protect him, why are you still wasting energy to add ’Qian Tian Gang Spirit’ to him? Isn’t that a waste?

But Xue Yunrou, a girl with distinct emotional intelligence, followed up with two spells on Peng Fulai and Zhang Yue.

"Please wait a while. Li will be the main attacker, so I focused on him first. From now on, you won’t need any talismans as long as I’m here. My spells will only be more powerful."

Peng Fulai and Zhang Yue exchanged glances, then looked at Li Xuan with meaningful eyes.

Li Xuan precisely understood the meaning of their looks - Qianzhi inviting over Lady Xue was the right decision, it really saved them a lot of money! Maybe Li should marry her and bring her home.

He himself also felt a sense of satisfaction. Depending on their power, medium-grade talismans were worth between three hundred and a thousand teal of patterned silver.

Xue Yunrou’s few spells just saved them several thousand teal of patterned silver.

Although they were all affluent, ever since they formally joined the Liudao Division, they had experienced several battles and consumed at least thirty talismans, which was basically throwing away thirty thousand teal of patterned silver.

--If this money was spent on the Qinhuai River, it would be such a joy!

Even if they didn’t go to the ten miles of the Qinhuai, wouldn’t it be great to use the savings to buy a ’small Qiankun bag’?

At this moment, Luo Yan smiled sardonically at Li Xuan and Xue Yunrou, then shouted coldly: "Get down here!"

The black-armored Wu sage swung his blade with immense force to cut through the dragons, but to no avail against Luo Yan’s whip.

Li Xuan, however, had leapt up and was hovering above him. His Huaiyi Blade had been swung downwards with full force. All his magical tools had been activated, and his Great Martial Intention enveloped the entire field. His Shi of the sword was fierce and powerful, with hundreds of violent thunder snakes wrapped around it.

Initially, the black-armored man appeared to look down on him, but the moment Li Xuan’s sword fell, his face changed color.

"Is this... Great Rectitude Martial Intention?"

And at this moment, Li Xuan even let out a thunderous roar: "Dare!"

The black-armored man was almost unconscious on the spot, due to the combined shock of Shen Kui Lei Yin and Great Rectitude. He simply allowed Li Xuan to slash at his chest with utter ferocity!

The man’s body somehow had protective artifacts, and Li Xuan’s slash couldn’t penetrate immediately. It took a moment to contend and then penetrate his iron armor, leaving a terrifying wound in the front of his chest that almost pierced through to his internal organs. It also sent him crashing to the ground like a meteor.

Aroused by the intense pain, the black-armored man bellowed with rage: "All of you will die today——"

’Pom’!

This was Luo Yan. His whip hit the chest of the black-armored man, silencing him and making him cough blood.

Then came Li Xuan’s Huaiyi Blade. While the black-armored man was defending against Luo Yan’s whip, Li’s sword shot down from above. The sharp gleam of the blade split the man’s helmet into two and slashed a long wound on his face.

Just as Li Xuan’s long sword was about to strike again on an angle, it was deflected by the black-armored man with a sweep of his sword. Nonetheless, Luo Yan’s whip had already tightly wrapped around his right foot pulling him lurching forward. Li Xuan, as if he had anticipated it, used his sword to pierce directly into the man’s heart. Unless this black-armored man had reached The Third Door level where the heart was no longer fatal, this strike would’ve been fatal!

What followed was a pair of attacks, one from the whip and one from the sword; sealing the fate of the black-armored man. He was in a dilemma as he kept bursting out in fresh blood.

This left Yue Qianqian, who had already summoned a six-foot-tall ’Yellow Scarf Lishi’, dumbfounded.

She found that she could not intervene at all - simply because the collaboration between these two men was not in the same league as that of Sima Tianyuan and Jiang Hanyun in the morning.

Their teamwork was so tight that it was smithereens, like one person!