Your Majesty, Please Stop!

Chapter 156: Entering the Half Step Great Master Realm on the 37th Day

Xin Zhuo clashed swords with Master Li, feeling a surge of blood and energy. But in the instant that Master Li rushed towards the secret door, Xin Zhuo had already arrived behind him and forcefully thrust his spear, saying, "Old dog, go to hell!"

Master Li suddenly turned his head and squeezed a paper talisman, a hint of coldness in the corner of his mouth, and exerted force.

"Buzz—"

A light gas suddenly emerged, followed by a loud explosion, transforming into a large cloud of mist. Within the mist, swords, spears, and halberds flickered, figures swayed, and poems danced, as if representing the grand momentum of heaven and earth and the laws of nature.

A strong sense of crisis struck.

Xin Zhuo broke out in a cold sweat and quickly retreated, but his body was still covered in numerous scratches, and his skin stung painfully.

What is this?

Looking up again, the mist that appeared from the paper talisman had already disappeared, and Master Li was nowhere to be seen.

He immediately followed and rushed into the secret door.

Behind the secret door, there was no room, only empty mountains and dense thorns and rocks.

In the darkness, Master Li's fat body flickered, disappearing and reappearing in an instant, moving at an extremely fast speed, but blood kept dripping from his mouth.

"Master Li, you can't escape!"

Xin Zhuo's anger surged, but he resisted the impulse to chase after him. Master Li's Sword Technique and mental methods seemed to be exceptionally different from Tang Wuwo and the others, stronger and more majestic. Moreover, there was that strange paper talisman. If he were a bit slower in dodging, he might lose his life.

He couldn't kill him in a short period of time, but even if he had to chase him to the ends of the earth, he would kill him.

The immediate priority was to clean up the mess behind him. Otherwise, Di Huaijie and the others, who were in a frenzy, would cause trouble for Cui Ying'er and the others without the antidote.

He quickly returned to the secret room.

After this fierce battle, the room was on the verge of collapse. Huang Jiugai was already on the brink of death, and the figures on the surrounding walls continued to wail, while the formation in the middle continued to flicker.

He was about to lift Huang Jiugai and go out to make arrangements when piercing cries suddenly came from the surrounding walls.

"Please... free us!"

"Let us... die!"

Countless figures seemed to regain a trace of consciousness, struggling to make indistinct sounds.

Xin Zhuo stopped in his tracks and looked at the densely packed figures on the walls. These people must have had excellent talent. If they hadn't been captured, breaking through to the fifth rank in this lifetime would have been absolutely no problem. However, their full potential had been excavated in a short period of time, turning them into tools.

Even if he had the "xxxx" medical skill now, it was too late to save them.

He sighed and asked, "How can I help you?"

A seemingly old figure with a distorted, fat body said intermittently, "You... stand in the... formation... give you... everything... as a release... thank you..."

They wanted to give him the power that Tang Wuwo and Master Li hadn't absorbed?

Their current mission as tools was to be absorbed, otherwise, they would continue to endure endless torment.

This evil thing...

Xin Zhuo hesitated for a while, not wanting it at all. Just thinking about it made him feel terrified.

"Please..."

Another figure, resembling a young girl, twisted in pain as she pleaded. It seemed that she was in extreme agony.

After hesitating for a while, Xin Zhuo finally walked towards the center of the formation. For a moment, he was surrounded by indescribable True Qi, power, and strange aura from all directions.

Strangely, his body couldn't absorb them at all. These auras kept rotating around his body, and even when he activated his mental methods, he couldn't absorb them.

After a moment of contemplation, he quickly arrived in front of a figure and fed them a mouthful of Lunar Serenity Well water, then moved on to the next one...

After half an incense stick's worth of time, he returned to the center and summoned the "Lunar Serenity Well."

All the True Qi, power, and aura were absorbed by the Lunar Serenity Well, and a large question mark appeared on the surface of the well.

He immediately exchanged for Chen Si's qualification as a spirit medium.

A new spirit medium appeared in the well:

[Spirit Medium: 187 Mixed True Thoughts

Debt: 100, gratitude, pain, resentment, despair, torment.

Integrated Union of Spirit and True Thoughts: Full entry into the fourth rank.]

This kind of spirit medium was unique and should be the result of two "Reciprocal Nourishments" upgrades. It had never appeared before and had surpassed the limits of an individual practitioner's spirit medium, resembling a collective integrated spirit medium.

Xin Zhuo was a little confused.

After a while, he reached out his hand.

Absorb!

[Pure but unassimilated fourth rank realm]

【Moonlight: 30/100】

Consumed 20 points of moonlight, same as the last time with the two upgraded True Qi from Integrated Union.

【Well Owner: Xin Zhuo.】

【Moonlight: 30/100】

【Realm: Fourth rank in the virtual realm, Refinement: 37 days】

【Third-level nourishment: 7/50】

This...

I am still in the fifth rank realm, and this "fourth rank realm" obtained through the special shared sacrifice cannot be directly absorbed like a single spirit. It needs time for refinement.

After 37 days of refinement, it can reach the fourth rank, the Half-step Little Grandmaster realm.

Thinking of this, I raised my head and saw that the figures on the surrounding walls had all shriveled up, and the huge "bugs" in their stomachs had also died. Everyone revealed their original appearance, surprisingly all young boys, girls, and a few elderly men and women, all with smiles of relief before their deaths.

Xin Zhuo remained silent for a while, realizing that he had played both sides today. He bowed and said, "Your grudges have been avenged, and your families will come to claim you!"

After another moment of silence, he picked up the unconscious Huang Jiugai and walked out of the dark room.

The fighting was still going on in the courtyard.

The battle between ordinary fifth rank experts could not be as easy as his, but the destruction of the experts from the three families was only a matter of time.

He didn't take action again, quietly circled around, and went to the place where the Du family and the God Gun Villa women and children were being held, standing not far away and beckoning.

Murong Xiu, Huang Dagui, and a few others who were quick-witted naturally noticed him and quietly ran over. "Boss?"

Xin Zhuo took out a pile of high-level Cultivation Techniques he had searched from the Du family and the God Gun Villa and handed them to them, straightforwardly saying, "I'm going to chase after Master Li. Maybe I can't take you with me, and you shouldn't stay here either. Leave immediately and go..."

After considering for a moment, he said, "Go to the Dukang Mansion and wait for me. Keep your identities hidden and find out about the situation of the Jiang Hezhu family. He caused all these troubles, and I hold grudges!"

Cui Ying'er hesitated for a moment and asked, "How long will it take this time? Is it dangerous?"

"It won't take long. As for whether it's dangerous or not, we'll see when the time comes! Hurry up and leave!"

"Okay!"

Watching them disappear into the night, Xin Zhuo walked towards Song Xijun, Feng Sanniang, and the others, and briefly explained the situation in the dark room.

Then, regardless of the terrified group of people, he hurried over, walked into the courtyard, took out a pen and ink, ground it a little, and wrote down the formula for complete detoxification on the wall.

Then he turned and left.

He didn't want to care about what would happen here in the end. The "Jianghu Pursuit Order" issued by the three families of Duan Yang Tower would naturally have consequences for them.

...

Green mountains and clear waters, picturesque scenery, and the crisp and pleasant sound of birds singing in the forest.

A fat figure suddenly jumped out of a clump of grass, pale-faced, with blood stains still hanging from the corners of his mouth.

It was Master Li!

There was a small stream in front of him, and he spat out a mouthful of stagnant air, walked to the edge of the stream, cupped his hands, washed his face, and then looked at his reflection in the water.

There was still a trace of fear in his single-lidded eyes.

Xin Zhuo's spear had already dealt him a heavy blow.

To be honest, if Xin Zhuo was only in the fifth rank realm, even with his profound martial arts, with his foundation and Cultivation Techniques, he would definitely be able to gain the upper hand. However...

Xin Zhuo's body movement and spear techniques were extremely strange, unlike anything in the mortal world.

More importantly, what was his True Qi?

He looked at his right hand, which still felt a bit cold and scorched, left behind after the clash with Xin Zhuo earlier.

Frost, thunder?

Thunder True Qi?

Frost True Qi?

Impossible! Absolutely impossible! How could a mere mountain bandit possess such divine True Qi?

Even the extraordinary Master Li, who was on the list of exceptional talents, only possessed all Five Elements True Qi and still couldn't enter the realm of the divine.

How could a small mountain bandit possess divine True Qi? And it was even two terrifying types of ice and thunder?

The Astronomical Bureau of the capital city didn't sense it. This definitely wasn't divine True Qi!

But... how did he revive his meridians?

Lost in his thoughts, a faint shout came from far behind him, "Master Li, you can't escape!"

It was Xin Zhuo's voice.

Master Li's face turned pale, and his scalp went numb. He flashed his figure and ran towards the distance.

(End of this chapter)