The Blade-Wielding Legend
Chapter 320 - 205 The Boisterous Era_2

Chapter 320: Chapter 205 The Boisterous Era_2

"Over there, the Witch Wind was thick and the Magic Veins transferred from the Divine State flowed through, but it had deviated onto a twisted path. The spells were sinister and bloodthirsty, making them very troublesome."

"Further south, there’s another continent," Island Barbarian Chronicle referred to it as Luosuos, all natives with many poisons."

"These days, the most numerous on the sea were the Red-haired Barbarians, who went everywhere looking for gold. Wherever they went, they planted a wooden cross, very annoying, and we often fought with them."

"There were also some pirates, very disgusting. We destroyed their ships, and after capturing the sheep, we threw them all into the sea."

"Why is that?"

"Tsk tsk, you don’t understand, do you? After sailing for months on end, sometimes in desperation, handsome men and ewes both suffer."

"Complete beasts!"

"Brother Luo, have you encountered any strange events at sea?"

"Strange events, naturally yes, the scariest was encountering a ghost ship, chasing you in the dead of night, disappearing without a trace at dawn."

"Moreover, I even saw merfolk..."

This Luo Rulie had a good mouth, his eloquence was amazing, telling tales of sea monsters with cadence.

Of course, more were stories of getting rich.

Li Yan listened for a while, vaguely aware that this time seemed to be the Age of Exploration.

But unlike in the previous life, many evil spirits and monsters truly existed in this world, making exploration even more difficult.

Additionally, many places transmitted strange powers.

According to Luo Rulie, now setting sail without a magician accompanying you meant you definitely wouldn’t come back. Over in Ganzhou, the Fengshui Magic Veins were also accompanied out to sea, beginning to ponder over the sea’s Fengshui terrain.

Guanzhong was inland, still agriculturally focused, relatively closed, while Ezhou connected the North and South, yet there was already chaos.

Only the coastal states’ port cities, one by one, had large workshops rising like bamboo shoots after the rain.

Silk, tea, porcelain... in short supply.

As the fleets sailed, bringing back large amounts of gold, silver, and treasures, all kinds of overnight wealth tales spread widely along the coast.

This was a chaotic and turbulent era!

Li Yan listened with some yearning, but he wasn’t in a hurry.

To him, continuing cultivation and continuously improving his strength was the true path.

Returning to the room, it was already noon.

After a casual lunch, Li Yan recounted some of his observations and mentioned his plans.

Now in Yunyang Prefecture, the chaos had appeared. Even if they had some abilities, being solitary, getting involved in any trouble was unwise.

So, after getting the Daoist certificate tomorrow, they would leave immediately.

First, head to Yichang to help Yan Jiuling’s mother recover from her illness, fulfilling a promise, then head to the Purple Cover Mountain’s Cave Heaven Blessed Land to check what happened.

Subsequently, take up work everywhere, in preparation for building on Wudang Mountain.

Having made their decision, the others returned to rest. After all, the journey to Yichang was long, and they had to be well-rested.

And Li Yan picked up a few books on mathematics, reading carefully and pondering.

It was necessary, as the spells in the North Emperor’s Scripture, the more advanced they were, the more powerful and complex they became.

Without understanding mathematics and Yin Yang, one couldn’t learn them.

Now he had mastered the North Emperor Grass Spirit Skill, the North Emperor’s Protection Spell, the North Emperor Divine Travel Technique, and the North Emperor Yin Thunder Palm.

Of course, the Divine Movement Skill was only half mastered. He learned to use the Armored Horse, but must understand mathematics to master the other half of Escape Technique.

The two as one would allow entry into dangerous areas, such as those formed by Innate Evil Qi.

If trapped by evil things, this method could be used to escape.

Moreover, he needed to learn a new skill, the Northern Emperor Exorcism Technique, specifically for lifting curses, preventing bad luck, and exorcising ghosts.

Naturally, these were basic spells.

The North Emperor’s Scripture he cultivated was under the command of the Beiyin Fengdu Emperor, the Northern Ghost Emperor among the Five Ghost Emperors, the Taiyin God, reverentially named Nuogao, ruling Luo Feng Mountain.

Below, it involved fundamental spells.

The first spell to master was the North Emperor Mysterious Water Escape, a Northern Ghost Emperor Escape Technique. As Luo Feng Mountain was in the ultimate Yin Sea, belonging to the North which was water, the Water Escape was its specialty.

Initially mastering it provided two capabilities: one was to raise Yin Fog around, concealing with the water mist for dodging or defeating enemies.

The second was to enter the water, using the Escape Skill to move back and forth for extended times without needing to surface for air.

With enhanced Dao advancing the Escape Technique skills, even merging water mist with Yin Thunder, successfully casting spells, not fearing sieges, even injuring and trapping enemies on a large scale.

This was Escape Technique, not merely for fleeing.

Of course, to learn the North Emperor Mysterious Water Escape thoroughly, mastery of foundational techniques like the Divine Movement Skill and Escape Mathematics was required.

After reading for two hours, Li Yan also felt dizzy.

Mathematics was truly hard to learn, and even after Wang Daoxuan taught him many basics, ordinary people couldn’t even start gaining access.

Setting the books aside, Li Yan took out a copper ball from his chest.

The copper ball was solid, with numerous tiny indentations around it.

Whoosh!

Li Yan tossed the copper ball into the air, then swiftly drew his blade with a clang, flicking his wrist to lightly tap the ball with the back of the blade as it fell.

With a crisp sound, the copper ball jumped upwards again.

This was a method taught to him by Yufengzi from Hua Mountain.

The copper ball was smooth, the indentations very tiny, requiring extraordinary eye power to hit them precisely so it sprang vertically.

The force needed to be just right.

No matter how the copper ball spun, when it landed and was struck, it needed to maintain the same height.

This method was useful for practicing blade control and honing power.

Force Transformation meant Hidden Energy could be wielded at will, rounding, or cornering as needed, allowing one to dispel enemy Hidden Energy easily.

This was precise control over one’s internal power.

When the copper ball struck the knife without needing to decompress the force yet dissolved it with Hidden Energy, without making a sound, it signified nearing Force Transformation.

Ding ding ding!

Li Yan carefully sensed, as the copper ball fell, he slashed left, swept right, and flicked upwards, each strike hitting precisely.

No matter how his stance shifted, the copper ball’s leap height remained consistent, the sound got quieter.

And this method could be perpetually useful.

When thoroughly proficient, he could switch to completely smooth, indentation-free copper balls, even increasing their number.

Unknowingly, night had fallen.

After a casual dinner, Li Yan prepared his luggage for the next day, performed the Storing God technique to adjust his breath, and lay down to enter a dream.

...

In the middle of the night, under the sparse moonlight, Li Yan lay on his bed, suddenly opening his eyes.

He smelled a particular scent, though faint, it couldn’t escape his smell superpower; it was a mix of herbal and blood scents.

Judging from the smell, it was a tiny humanoid!

A paper man, a straw man, or possibly some spell?

Li Yan remained calm and quietly grasped the Duan Chen Blade.

That aura was very cautious, emitted no sound, crawling in the corridor, it came to Lv San’s door.

Li Yan’s mouth curled up, waiting to see the joke.

"Squeak!"

Sure enough, a sharp cry came from outside the door.

In the silent night, it was remarkably noticeable.

Li Yan leaped out with his blade, but upon seeing what it was, his face was full of surprise.

It truly was a tiny human shape, yet not a straw or paper man, but a half-foot-tall monster, its skin resembled pitch-black bark, its green eyes crawled on all fours like an animal.

It was shrouded in black fog and Yin Qi, its figure blurred, crashing about, clearly wanting to escape.

However, from Lv San’s room, over twenty giant wasps flew out, buzzing their wings, surrounding it tightly.

Their team also had a hidden member, Lv San’s demon gourd on his back.

The demon gourd released venomous wasps, highly aggressive, but very obedient. Fed honey daily by Lv San, and supplied incense, it became a powerful Protective Magical Artifact.

What was this demon?

Seeing the strange little human, Li Yan was astonished.

Lv San also opened his door. Looking at the little guy on the ground, he was bewildered, only Wang Daoxuan, who also walked out, had his eyes light up.

"It’s a Wooden Guest!"

"This kind of spirit monster, it’s said to be hidden in the deep forests of Gannan, West Fujian, Zhejiang, and Gui, rarely appearing before humans. How did it show up in Ezhou?"

"Let’s catch it first."

Li Yan stepped forward, about to make a move.

At that moment, a plump figure emerged from the door opposite, rushing over in urgency, pleading,

"Everyone, everyone, please be merciful."