darknovel Chapter 136: Azure Flame Crow Diagram
Chapter 136: Azure Flame Crow Diagram
"Damn it... why hasn't Jin Yaowen sent any news yet?" Yan Wuchang frowned and glanced around the city.
However, Jin Yaowen appeared and disappeared like a ghost.
When contacting them, they also sought out Yan Jiuming.
If Yan Jiuming wants to contact Jin Yaowen, he can light a golden lamp on the Black Wind City Tower.
Jin Yaowen will reply in seven days.
After Yan Wuchang returned from Yunmeng Lake, he lit the golden lamp, but seven days have passed and no one has come to make contact.
Yan Wuchang's earlier statement that a noble person from the immortal sect would arrive was merely a ploy to reassure people.
With the arrival of the Azure Flame Immortal Sect, he himself was flustered and at a loss.
At this moment, on the right side of the Black Wind Mountains, nestled among a range of peaks, stands a towering mountain, shrouded in black mist that obscures the view.
Upon closer inspection, two monks dressed in black robes and cloaks stood atop an ancient pine tree on the mountain peak.
However, runes bloomed on their cloaks, creating a mist that made them appear as if they were hidden in a sea of misty clouds.
This was none other than the third-tier robe, "Cloudless Sea," capable of conjuring a sea of clouds to conceal one's aura.
Unless one is a Core Formation cultivator, no one else could detect their presence.
If Yang Jiuli were here, he would recognize that the tall, slender middle-aged cultivator among them was Jin Yaowen of the Golden Cloud Sect.
Beside Jin Yaowen was an elderly man with white hair and beard, whose eyes were like torches, as if flames were rising within them.
This person was a Supreme Elder of the Golden Cloud Sect named Zou Chengyan, a True Person in the mid-stage of the Core Formation Realm, skilled in weapon crafting.
He is now over four hundred years old.
At this moment, the two were looking at the 'Azure Phoenix Blazing Ship' outside Blackwind City in the distance.
"Grandmaster Uncle, it seems Li Hongtai isn't on the ship!" Jin Yaowen glanced at the spaceship ahead, then looked away and respectfully bowed.
"Ever since Li Hongtai received the inheritance of True Man Liuyun twenty-six years ago, he has been hiding in the Azure Flame Immortal Sect, afraid of being killed. He's quite the little fox!" Zou Chengyan stroked his beard and spoke in a cold voice, his gaze deep and icy.
"He is indeed an old fox!" Jin Yaowen echoed.
"This time, the Black Wind Mountain Range and the Xuan Yin Valley joined forces... They should have been able to destroy the Li family of Yunmeng Lake... cut off their source of wealth... and also disrupt their minds... Unfortunately..." Zou Chengyan stroked his beard, his eyes narrowed, revealing a face full of regret.
Without the support of the Li family of Yunmeng Lake, it would be an impossible task for Li Hongtai to gather all the ingredients for the "Replenishing Vitality and Correcting Self Pill".
After all, who wouldn't want such medicinal herbs?
To prevent him from forming his core, it wasn't just the Golden Cloud Sect, a third-tier immortal sect, that raised the price against him.
If the Li family of Yunmeng Lake is destroyed, Li Hongtai will surely be furious and his mind will be affected by hatred.
Forming the Golden Core is extremely difficult.
If one's mind is not at peace, one will certainly be unable to form the elixir.
That's why the Jinxia Sect chose to target the Li family of Yunmeng Lake.
"We should have succeeded in the battle of Yunmeng Lake... Who would have thought that the ancestors of the Li family would appear and turn the tide, making our decades of planning come to naught..." Jin Yaowen sighed and looked cautiously at Zou Chengyan beside him.
"Ancestor, does True Immortal Liuyun possess a secret technique that can summon the souls of heroes?" His eyes were filled with anticipation.
If such a secret technique existed, it would surely be enough to influence the entire landscape of the immortal realm.
"Summoning heroic souls... Such a secret technique has never been seen in the cultivation world of Chu for thousands of years... Even the demonic sect can only lock the soul of a person... If they have been dead for too long, they cannot capture their soul... The matter of Yunmeng Lake is truly heretical and needs further investigation."
Zou Chengyan said.
"Does the Ancestor wish to make a trip to Yunmeng Lake?" Jin Yaowen asked cautiously.
"The Azure Flame Immortal Sect sent two Core Formation seed cultivators this time to make a statement. If I were to go to Cloud Dream Lake in person, I'm afraid it would cause great chaos... and instead put my Golden Cloud Sect in an unjust position," Zou Chengyan shook his head and rejected the idea.
If it were merely a covert obstruction of someone's Core Formation, the Azure Flame Immortal Sect would likely tolerate it for the sake of the overall situation and seek an opportunity for revenge.
If we openly go to Yunmeng Lake...
That's what you call face-to-face attack!
To save face, the Azure Flame Immortal Sect had no choice but to intervene immediately.
After all, if they can't even protect their own reserve of Core Formation cultivators, who would dare to rely on the Azure Flame Immortal Sect?
If this continues, it will inevitably shake the foundation of the Azure Flame Immortal Sect.
Furthermore, if even the immortal sects and aristocratic families under their own jurisdiction dare not protect them, the Azure Flame Immortal Sect will be seen as weak and easily bullied.
At that time, all the major immortal sects will come up and take a bite, gradually dismembering it.
"In that case, are we completely helpless in preventing him from forming his core?" Jin Yaowen said cautiously.
"Don't be hasty. It's not that simple for him to form his core!" Zou Chengyan said calmly, a cold glint in his eyes.
Jin Yaowen nodded, then his gaze shifted to the sky outside Black Wind City.
At this moment, Li Wenchang stepped forward and appeared in the air above the treasure ship.
But then he moved his hand, and a gold-inlaid brocade scroll flew out from his storage bag at his waist, slowly unfolding like an imperial edict.
"Now, the Yan brothers are causing havoc in the Black Wind Mountains, disrupting the order of our immortal sect and causing widespread resentment. Today, our Azure Flame Immortal Sect, in accordance with the will of the people, has specially dispatched Immortal Envoy Li Wenchang to suppress the bandits. Considering that there are still innocent people in the city, we will give you all a chance. Those who surrender will not be killed... Those who abandon darkness and turn to light, and atone for their crimes by performing meritorious service, will not be killed..." Li Wenchang spoke with a cold and authoritative expression.
Read the proclamation in the scroll word by word.
As the words fell, the sound waves were like thunder, shaking the mountains and forests.
The shockwave caused ripples to spread across the protective shield of Blackwind City ahead.
"The Azure Flame Immortal Sect has come to quell the bandits?" A few cultivators who were stranded in the city because they were unaware of the feud between the Black Wind Mountains and the Li family of Yunmeng Lake suddenly realized the Azure Flame Immortal Sect's intention in suddenly arriving in Black Wind City.
At the same time, everyone was filled with fear and hurriedly cried out, "Immortal Envoy, we are merely passing through Black Wind City, please understand!"
"Immortal Envoy, I am not a cultivator from the Thirty-Six Caves of Black Wind..." Many cultivators immediately activated their magical artifacts and flew into the air, shouting.
They were clearly afraid that Li Wenchang wouldn't see them and that they would be accidentally injured when he made a move.
"I will not kill any cultivators who are not from Black Wind City! However, cultivators from the Thirty-Six Caves of Black Wind should not try to slip through my fingers. I have your names on my list!" Li Wenchang said, clearly indicating that they had already taken action against the Black Wind Mountains.
"A roster!" Upon hearing this, some Qi Refining cultivators from the Thirty-Six Caves of Black Wind were filled with fear.
Previously, some people did try to take advantage of the situation and pretend to be independent cultivators to get away with it.
At this point, it's clear that it's not that easy.
"Yan Wuchang, come out and face your death!" Li Wenchang's gaze sharpened as he looked at Yan Wuchang and spoke with considerable authority.
The sound was like thunder, causing several late-stage Qi Refining cultivators on the Black Wind City tower to shudder and stagger backward.
"Immortal Envoy Li, the Chu Kingdom's cultivation world has a clear rule that immortal sects cannot interfere in the battles of mortal cultivators. As a third-tier immortal sect, why are you attacking my Black Wind Mountain Range? Do you intend to break the rules of the Chu Kingdom's cultivation world?" Yan Wuchang said with a gloomy face.
"Black Wind County is territory under the jurisdiction of my Azure Flame Immortal Sect. You have ambushed and killed countless rogue cultivators here... and you still dare to talk about rules?"
Li Wenchang sneered.
On the treasure ship, Li Huacheng strode out, with fiery lotuses rising beneath his feet. He stood tall above Li Wenchang and waved his hand.
A book flew out.
The runes above flickered, evolving into text that hung high in the sky, proclaiming to the world.
Sixteen years ago:
There was a cultivator surnamed Liu named Liu Changhu, who was 109 years old. He entered the Black Wind Mountain Range from Black Wind City and found a 300-year-old 'Five-Leaf Black Fiend Flower'. After Yan Wuchang of Black Wind City saw it, he sent people to lure it into the Black Wind Five Poisons Cave, kill it, and steal the flower.
Thirteen years ago:
……
The record details the date and how the cultivators from the Black Wind Mountains murdered a wandering cultivator passing through Black Wind City.
Every single detail is crystal clear.
"These things... are all true, provided to the cultivators of the Thirty-Six Caves of Black Wind... the witnesses are still here, do you still want to deny it?" Li Wenchang said with a lot of authority. Obviously, the Azure Flame Immortal Sect had long been in control of the Black Wind Mountains.
"Liu Changhu...that was my ninth uncle...he was actually killed by the Thirty-Six Caves of Black Wind!" a middle-aged man cried out in grief.
"Such a thing actually happened!" Many rogue cultivators in the city were astonished upon seeing this.
"Blackwind City...it's a man-eating black city!" someone said, still shaken.
"You just found out that Blackwind City is a cannibalistic place?" However, some people muttered to themselves.
In fact, many people know that Blackwind City has a bad reputation, and some people have mysteriously disappeared there.
But everyone who comes here wants to break free from their shackles and continue their path to immortality.
These people, already in dire straits, naturally took a gamble.
After all, there are examples of people who obtained spiritual items from the Black Wind Mountains and broke through their cultivation levels after returning.
No one wants to think that they are the victim.
"Fellow Daoists, please follow me to activate the 'Spirit Raven Azure Flame Array Diagram' to annihilate the traitors!" After exposing the evil deeds of the Black Wind Mountain Range to the public, Li Wenchang made a hand gesture, and a storage ring with light patterns flashed at his fingertip, from which an azure scroll flew out.
The scroll flew out, with emerald flames rising from it, and the surrounding temperature suddenly soared.
A stream of fire spread out, turning the surrounding area into a sea of fire.
Even the cultivators inside Black Wind City felt the temperature change suddenly.
The moment the scroll flew out, Mu Xun and Yun Xiaoyue both strolled out of the treasure ship.
In addition, Mu Shoushan, Li Zhanfei, and Yun Zichong, three early Foundation Establishment cultivators, also stepped forward and stood in mid-air.
"Start..." Li Wenchang had already made a magic hand seal, condensing a talisman-shaped seal and injecting it into the Azure Flame Scroll floating in front of him. As soon as the seal was injected into the scroll, the scroll immediately rippled and transformed into a colorful flame fire crow.
The fire crow seemed to come alive, opening its mouth to swallow the talisman, its eyes gleaming with emerald light, lifelike.
At the same time, the scroll began to slowly unfurl, accompanied by a vast and boundless stream of fire spreading in all directions.
However, the scroll stopped unfolding after only one-fifth of its length, clearly indicating that the magic power was insufficient to activate the treasure.
Even so, the aura it exudes still makes one's heart tremble.
Even on the distant mountain peaks, Jin Yaowen's expression suddenly changed.
"This is a third-order array diagram..." Jin Yaowen's heart skipped a beat, and a hint of fear appeared in his eyes.
After the fear came a burning passion and a look of greed.
He himself possesses a near-third-tier spiritual weapon.
However, it pales in comparison to the oppressive aura emanating from the array diagram.
"If I were to wield such a treasure, I would be on par with a fake Core Formation cultivator!" Jin Yaowen murmured, his eyes gleaming.
"This Li Hongtai is quite a character!" Zou Chengyan stroked his beard and muttered coldly.
Jin Yaowen looked at Zou Chengyan with a puzzled expression.