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Chapter 855 - 855 68 The Meeting of Zhou and Li_2

Chapter 855: Chapter 68: The Meeting of Zhou and Li_2 Chapter 855: Chapter 68: The Meeting of Zhou and Li_2 Everyone burst into laughter, only to hear Liu Longtao say:

“Don’t be too complacent, it’s best not to underestimate the opponent. Now both the north and south of Lu Country are stable, Tianzhu has submitted, and if the Yin Yang Bureau is still stubbornly refusing to bow, they must have some reliance or trump cards.”

“Who cares what trump cards they have.” Zhou Hongyu said coldly, “After achieving Core Formation, just blow them all up.”

“The Yin Yang Bureau’s headquarters originally implemented a strong trunk and weak branches strategy, but due to the heavy losses in the battle of The Secret Realm of Li Palace, they had to move the onmyojis from the local branches to fill in.” Zhang Huaide lightly touched his glasses, “I heard that this caused some internal discord, which we could possibly exploit.”

“My opinion is actually the opposite.” Li Zhaojiang also chimed in, “If news of their internal disharmony has reached us, could it be deliberately released?”

“No matter if the news is true or not, it’s never wrong for everyone to quickly improve their Cultivation Levels.” Liu Longtao said solemnly.

At this moment, people from the Zhenhai Team emerged from the mysterious realm.

Base personnel swarmed them, dragging them off for medical examinations. The cultivators couldn’t wait and immediately followed them to the infirmary.

“Old Yan, how did it go?” Lord Master directly raised his voice to ask, “While you are getting checked out, it won’t stop you from filling us in.”

“Alright, alright, here’s roughly what happened inside…” Yan Yu detailed the situation of the True Martial Demon-Vanquishing Formation, leaving everyone with their eyes wide and tongues tied.

There were no strange and changeable mysterious realm mechanisms, nor any intricate methods of solving them. The only method of attack in the realm was direct killing; the only solution was to desperately dodge.

If you can’t dodge and are hit by the formation attack, you’re instantly gone without trace, body and soul dispersed!

In the first half, Yan Yu was the one drawing the attacks. Aside from the initial probing venture, subsequent evasion of Sword Qi around the perimeter was quite manageable. During the second half, Ningning was responsible for dodging, and throughout only made one mistake, which was fortunate because Anna timely summoned a demon that charged into the formation as a sacrificial decoy to lure away the Sword Qi.

Hearing this made everyone’s expressions turn grave. It was well known that Lin Ning, the Sword Immortal of the Zhenhai Team, was famed for her quick reactions and on-the-spot adaptability, virtually unmatched on this track. If even she nearly made a mistake once, it indicates that the formation’s Sword Qi was indeed not easy to dodge.

“A single Sword Immortal luring is probably not enough.” Li Minghu analyzed, “After all, not everyone possesses Yan Yu’s maneuverability.”

“I should accompany all the teams in the mysterious realms like Old Yan.” Liu Longtao said solemnly, “It’s always good to have extra insurance.”

“Any other team can, but don’t come to mine.” Yan Yu immediately said.

“Why?” Liu Longtao chuckled, “Is it because the harem team doesn’t allow other men to step in?”

“Our team’s girls can’t stand your old Pingjing gents’ pungent manliness!” Yan Yu laughingly cursed, “If I take action myself, where would I need you to act as a fuse?”

“Got it, got it. I won’t interfere with Old Yan’s harem plan anymore.” Liu Longtao adamantly stuck to “You are running a harem”, leaving Yan Yu speechless.

Blatant lies, right? If I really wanted to start a harem, would I need to plan for it? Jealousy, it must be jealousy! Lord Master, trapped by his little girlfriend and a sense of responsibility, is jealous of my surroundings filled with tenderness and beauty, your jealous expression right now really isn’t pretty!

“Back to the topic.” Zhang Huaide steered the discussion back, “Since summoning a demon could divert the attack, what about the summoned creatures of Envoy cultivators? The formation obviously prioritizes attacking deeper targets, we can use this to reduce the intensity of the formation’s attacks.”

Among the four teams, there were three Envoy cultivators: Chen Lingyun (Ghost Summoner) from Zhenghai, Tang Xiaolian (Insect Summoner) from Huofeng, and Bai Ran (Beast Tamer) newly recruited by the Dragon Soar Team.

Chen Lingyun had previously collected an uncountable number of Yin Ghosts in the mysterious realm of the Pure Land Sect to the south; the quantity of summoned creatures was certainly enough. Tang Xiaolian, with her insect play, though had only one high-level spiritual insect, the Hundred Poison Golden Silkworm Gu, but there were as many low-level spiritual insects as needed. The only one at a loss was Bai Ran from the Dragon Soar Team, who only had three Spirit Birds, painstakingly raised for scouting as reconnaissance-type summoned creatures, losing one meant one less, a huge loss.

“Wait a second.” Ye Jun quickly realized this difference and spoke up, “Our team’s Bai Ran has a limited number of Spirit Birds…”

“No problem, Vice Captain Ye.” Bai Ran was a tall and lean young man, who said with a deep voice, “I can apply temporarily from the Northern Army to commandeer a large number of low-level Spirit Beasts.”

“Will there be enough time to establish a bond and tame them?” Liu Longtao confirmed.

“If we don’t need them for tactical coordination and just to charge forward, it shouldn’t take much time.” Bai Ran stated.

“Great.” Yan Yu clapped his hands, “Our team Sword Immortal draws the attack, I’ll rotate with Lao Liu for backup, with Envoy cultivators as additional insurance. Qing’an Team doesn’t have an Envoy cultivator, Anna, can you provide support?”

“No problem.” Anna nodded.

The second round was the Dragon Soar Team’s turn to enter, with Yan Yu and six members of Dragon Soar stepping into the spatial rift and vanishing from sight.

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The first day of smoothly leveling up has been completed, and aside from Hou Qing’s numerous mistakes, the other three teams didn’t encounter any major issues.

Hou Qing’s own strength still lacked training, but thankfully the young man had talent and a good attitude for learning. After Huofeng Team’s cultivation session, he even requested to practice alone in the Mysterious Realm for half an hour, with Lord Master himself explaining the patterns and principles of Formation Sword Qi.

The Wudang Mountain tourist area is filled with factories, so naturally, the rooms where cultivators stay couldn’t be too shabby. Luxury single rooms are a must, along with conference rooms, entertainment rooms, screening rooms, training fields… all sorts of facilities and resources needed for life are readily available, making it impossible for anyone to even nitpick.

Yan Yu was planning to go back to his room but was stopped by Li Zhaojiang:

“Old Yan, we’re going to play Cultivator Basketball at the training field, are you coming?”

“What’s Cultivator Basketball?” Yan Yu asked.

“It’s similar to street basketball,” Li Zhaojiang explained. “But you can use Shifting Technique and Cloud Ascension Technique.”

“That’s just silly,” Yan Yu said disdainfully, “When it comes to mastery of Shifting Technique and Cloud Ascension Technique, aren’t you guys just going to get totally crushed by me? Why even play, just follow behind me and watch me dunk.”

“You’re right,” Li Zhaojiang laughed, “Bros aren’t trying to exclude you, you’re just not fit to play with us, bye Old Yan.”

“Beat it, beat it, beat it!” Yan Yu shouted.

Li Zhaojiang walked away with a cheeky smile, turned around, and casually answered a phone call:

“Huofeng Team is coming too? Cool. Old Yan won’t be coming, I’ve asked him… What, Qin Meng as well? If he’s playing, what’s the point for us? How can we get the ball from him, tell him to get lost!”

Yan Yu turned and went back to his room, just as he closed the door, he saw Li Minghu sitting on the edge of the bed, smiling and waving to him.

“Shh,” she said quietly, “my little brother hasn’t gone far, don’t let him hear this.”

“How come you’re here?” Yan Yu quickly asked, “Are you feeling unwell?”

“Yes,” Li Minghu said earnestly, “I feel stuffy in my chest and it’s hard to breathe… Do you still have any Elixir Medicine?”

“I do have some.” Yan Yu was about to reach for the Elixir Medicine when suddenly he saw someone coming through the wall from outside.

Long hair flowing, cold demeanor, who else could it be but Zhou Hongyu, the uncompromising queen of the Huofeng Team?

Just as she stepped through the wall and saw Yan Yu standing by the bed, Zhou Hongyu’s lips slightly curved, about to speak, but then she saw Li Minghu beside him, her expression instantly frosted over.

The two ladies looked at each other; one’s eyes contained a faint smile, the other’s gaze was as if it could freeze into ice. Although neither spoke, it seemed as if fierce sparks were about to fly in the air!

Yan Yu suddenly got excited. The show’s about to start?

Hold on, I’m going to get some sunflower seeds, pull up a chair, and then sit and watch you two argue!

He walked over to the TV stand, picked up the bag of sunflower seeds on it, and turned to ask:

“Do you guys want some seeds?”

“No need,” Li Minghu said with a smile.

“I do,” Zhou Hongyu stated coldly.

“Then I’ll have some too,” Li Minghu changed her mind.

“Your health isn’t good, some things you eat might not sit well with you,” Zhou Hongyu revealed a cold smirk.

“Whether it sits well with me or not,” Li Minghu, unyielding, continued to smile, “I won’t know until I’ve tried.”

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