Dao Companions Help Me Live Forever

Chapter 118: Yu Keqing, selfless and noble, is a role model for us all.

On the other side.

The Silverback Rampant Ape is truly worthy of its strength at the late second stage. In a critical moment, its bloodline spirit technique erupts once again.

The furnace formed by the surrounding qi roots bursts open, and the Rampant Ape roars as it stands up. Its figure instantly grows, reaching a height of five zhang. Just standing there, it feels like a small mountain, exuding a strong sense of oppression.

But Yu Xian remains calm.

Now that he has mastered the formation, the illusion formation is enough to conceal all anomalies, allowing him to let go and give it a try.

"Let's see if it's my puppet that's strong, or if you're stronger?"

The Blood Puppet takes a few steps forward, charging like a cannonball, engaging in a head-on battle with the Rampant Ape.

Seeing that such a small creature dares to provoke it, coupled with the activation of its bloodline, the Rampant Ape loses its rationality and doesn't dodge or avoid.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

A muffled thunder-like explosion resounds in the air. Even though the Blood Puppet is wearing a high-quality defensive battle armor made of mysterious iron, it can't withstand the Rampant Ape's fist, which is like a locomotive.

In a short while, the already damaged battle armor completely shatters, and even the flesh on the Blood Puppet's body is smashed into a pulp by the Rampant Ape's fist, falling off.

Only a jade-like shining skeleton remains.

The battle becomes even more intense.

"Huh?"

Yu Xian's heart trembles, feeling as if something has been triggered on the Blood Puppet.

Buzz!

The white jade skeleton forms hand seals in mid-air, and behind it, a blood-colored flame erupts. An illusion of a Ming King condenses, holding a pagoda seal as if to suppress evil spirits.

The white jade skeleton merges with the illusion of the Ming King, transforming into a small giant about a zhang tall.

Although its size is still smaller than the Rampant Ape, its strength has reached a higher level.

Moreover, the Blood Puppet's fighting style is no longer limited to simple punches and kicks, but includes body cultivation secret techniques that even Yu Xian hasn't mastered.

"The Blood Puppet has a chance to restore some of its former abilities. It seems that the evenly matched battle has revived its fighting instincts. Jiang Laozu, you died gloriously."

Yu Xian once again mourns Jiang Laozu in his heart, leaving more of the Blood Puppet's battle to its own instincts.

And his divine sense is embedded within it, able to experience it as if he were there.

"What a powerful fighting instinct. Just by sensing it for a while, I feel that my close combat ability has improved a lot."

"Maybe in the future, I can also become a combat genius."

"In that case, the best materials for refining the Blood Puppet should be talented cultivators. If that's the case, when its abilities are restored, I can take the opportunity to learn from it. It's like teaching myself."

While contemplating, Yu Xian adjusts the formation.

Unbeknownst to him, a wall of qi roots has already formed on the ground, assisting the Blood Puppet's attacks.

A second-grade high-quality formation, a compound second-grade high-quality formation, in Yu Xian's opinion, can already be considered a quasi-third-grade formation.

Even with his current mid-Foundation Building stage cultivation, he is unable to fully unleash the power of the formation.

From this, it can be seen that Zhao Laozu's formation attainments far surpass his own.

After about half an hour.

The Silverback Rampant Ape's strength weakens, and its towering body shrinks, returning to a height of three zhang.

The Blood Puppet, on the other hand, shows no signs of fatigue as long as there is flesh and blood replenishment and Yu Xian's divine sense power doesn't deplete. It is like a perpetual motion machine.

Fear appears in the eyes of the Rampant Ape.

It starts to retreat, repeatedly crashing into the wall of qi roots, trying to leave this place.

But as its momentum weakens, it exposes its back to the enemy, sealing its fate.

Another half an hour.

The Blood Puppet punches the Rampant Ape's head, and red and white matter splatters all over the ground, leaving only a hard skull behind.

Then, the Blood Puppet's palm acts like a knife, peeling off the silver fur-covered skin on the Rampant Ape's back.

The silver fur has the function of hiding one's aura, and Yu Xian plans to use it to make a few coats and scarves.

Afterwards, Yu Xian instructs the Blood Puppet to absorb and destroy the corpse of the Rampant Ape according to the usual method.

Finally, he puts away the Blood Puppet, uses a secret technique, manipulates the formation, and summons a fire bamboo to roast the surroundings, while also turning over the soil.

In a short while, all traces of the battle between the Rampant Ape and the Blood Puppet are swept away.

At this point, Yu Xian releases the protection of the formation, sits on the ground, and his face turns pale in an instant. He gasps for breath, disregarding his image.

This situation is not entirely an act.

Controlling the grand formation already consumed a great deal of energy, and on top of that, controlling the blood puppets in battle required immense spiritual power. It would have been impossible for an ordinary cultivator at the early stage of Foundation Building to not be completely drained.

After the dispersal of the grand formation, none of the four elders from the Zhao family had died. When they saw that Yu Xian was still alive from a distance, they surrounded him with a group of people.

"Lord Yu, what happened to those two demonic beasts?"

Their gazes swept over the scene, seeing the earth turned upside down, numerous craters, and scorched black marks. It was enough to imagine the intensity of the battle at that time.

They couldn't help but look at Yu Xian with admiration and familiarity.

To single-handedly fight against two demonic beasts at the early stage of Foundation Building, one of which was at the later stage of the second rank, even with the assistance of the grand formation, it must have been extremely difficult.

Although Yu Xian usually liked to bully them, he was reliable when it mattered. He was willing to risk his life for the Zhao family.

Moreover, he only stood up when everyone else was about to give up.

In the past, they had misunderstood Yu Xian.

For a moment, the hearts of the elders were filled with shame.

When they saw the elders, Yu Xian took out the inner core of the Golden Crowned Eagle and the four-colored bamboo joints of the protective clan formation.

"These are yours."

Then he tilted his head and fainted openly, so as to avoid being questioned too much about the details of the battle.

Sure enough, as soon as they saw the inner core, the gazes of the elders were drawn to it.

The second elder of the Zhao family was quick to react and snatched the inner core into his hand, his gaze alert.

"We agreed on this."

Although the third elder of the Zhao family wanted to argue, he remembered that he had already received an inner core before, so he could only nod.

"It's yours."

The first elder, who was in a prosperous state, wanted to slap himself even more now and muttered, "No one is competing with you."

Saying that, he put away the four-colored bamboo joints on the ground and carefully noticed that the traces of refinement had disappeared.

"Lord Yu is truly trustworthy. In the past, it was us who misjudged him with a small-minded perspective. Speaking of which, since Lord Yu came to the Zhao family these years, the Zhao family has indeed been getting better. Perhaps we were really wrong before. The vision of our ancestors is never wrong."

The prosperous elder sighed.

The other elders nodded with a sense of regret.

They had indeed been too selfish in the past.

In these years, under the suppression of death from Lord Yu, they cooperated with each other and earned more than before.

After the younger generation of the clan entered the market and experienced the harsh reality, some talented individuals emerged.

Even the collateral relatives of the clan had several talented individuals rise up because of the income from the market.

Otherwise, they might not have been able to withstand the invasion of the demonic beasts this time.

Only Yu Xian, who was pretending to be unconscious, cursed in his heart.

"For fuck's sake, even if you want to praise me, can you carry me back first?"

Yu Xian had no choice but to open his eyes again, looking weak and unsteady as he stood up.

"Lord Yu, you're awake?"

The prosperous elder hurriedly approached, but seeing Yu Xian's pale face and the bloodstains on the corners of his mouth, his condition was not much better than Yu Xian's.

"I'm fine. You should quickly tidy up the grand formation. If the demonic beasts counterattack, I won't be able to help."

After saying that, a crimson light enveloped his body, and he flew towards the ancestral mansion.

After Yu Xian flew away, the several elders still stood in place, watching until his figure disappeared, then nodded with a sense of sentiment.

"Lord Yu does good deeds without seeking recognition. This time, he saved our entire Zhao family, yet he doesn't take credit for it. I admire him even more."

"I only regret not being persistent enough in the past, causing my twin granddaughters to miss the opportunity to get close to Lord Yu."

"Lord Yu is selfless and a role model for us, but there are some things that Lord Yu doesn't care about, and we, a few old guys, should be more sensible."

The third elder coughed lightly and said to the Zhao family members who were still waiting around, "Lord Yu is invincible. The two demonic beasts at the second rank have already been killed. Our Zhao family is safe."

The crowd fell silent for a moment, then erupted into deafening cheers.

"Lord Yu is mighty!"

"Mighty!"

"Mighty!"

After this battle, Yu Xian truly left a mark in the hearts of the Zhao family members. He was no longer the Lord Yu who was rumored to have a bad temper and plucked flowers from the Zhao family.

(End of this chapter)