"Taking advantage of someone's peril, what kind of hero is that!"
"If it weren't for this master being bound by the bronze chain, you wouldn't have the chance to trap me with this stake!"
"Damn brat, if you dare, release me!"
"In my prime, a single finger could crush you to death!"
...
Wuzhi Qi was trapped on the Dragon Escape Stake, raging like thunder, unwillingly cursing out loud.
Yu Yuan reached out and grabbed the bronze chain that was wrapped around his body.
"Brother Dao, don't do it!"
Yang Jian was shocked and hurriedly spoke out to stop him.
That Wuzhi Qi was already able to fight him evenly while being bound by this bronze chain, if it was released, who else could subdue the Water Ape Great Saint?
However, before Yang Jian's words had finished, Yu Yuan had already pulled hard.
Accompanied by a "clatter," he directly pulled the bronze chain off Wuzhi Qi.
Instantly.
The sky was filled with rolling dark clouds, with lightning flashing and thunder roaring.
The silver-white lightning exploded, electric arcs dancing wildly, the entire sky becoming a chaotic void, a complete apocalyptic scene.
"Hahaha..."
Wuzhi Qi burst into wild laughter.
"Da Yu! You trapped me for so long, but am I not out today nevertheless!!!"
"Yu Yuan Brother Dao, you've caused a terrible disaster!" Yang Jian screamed in horror and anger.
He never imagined that this Jie Sect Immortal would actually fall for Wuzhi Qi's shallow provocation and truly help release his chains.
However, before he could finish speaking, he saw Yu Yuan step forward and hammer down on Wuzhi Qi's head, causing his massive head to burst open on the spot.
Then, from the air, a streak of black mist shot out from the Glazed Bottle and instantly sucked in the headless Wuzhi Qi.
Yang Jian: "..."
With such a fuss, it was just so effortlessly resolved with the strike of a hammer?
Indeed, it was a major reason that Wuzhi Qi was trapped by the Dragon Escape Stake and couldn't move for a short while... but being so easily taken care of by someone makes me seem so useless.
"Right, how did my two masters' Dragon Escape Stake and Glazed Bottle end up in your hands?"
Yu Yuan didn't know what he was thinking, nor did he answer his question.
At this moment, his mind was already sinking into the bronze chain he was holding.
This bronze chain, besides being thick and heavy, was ordinary in every other aspect, without decoration or spiritual glow, looking just like a common chain.
But a common chain would definitely not be able to sustain the Mountain Opening Divine Axe, nor could it trap the Water Ape Great Saint!
He turned to look at the dazzling golden Mountain Opening Axe in Yang Jian's hand, a slight thought moving in his heart, and said to Yang Jian, "Spit out some blood."
"Huh?"
Yang Jian was stunned for a moment, not quite comprehending.
Yu Yuan stepped forward and was already before him, startling Yang Jian into subconsciously raising the Mountain Opening Divine Axe in defense.
But Yu Yuan's palm had already landed on his shoulder first.
A flicker of panic and fear flashed through Yang Jian's eyes.
However, Yu Yuan did not harm him; that palm just lightly brushed over and then returned to its original place.
This back and forth seemed only to wipe some blood from a wound on his shoulder.
Watching Yu Yuan suddenly close the gap to three feet in front of him, and in the blink of an eye retreat before he could react, Yang Jian's face turned ugly.
He knew, had Yu Yuan wished to strike him down just now, he might already be reduced to mush, dead and his Dao extinguished.
This realization was difficult to accept!
Ever since he had obtained the Mountain Opening Divine Axe, his magic power had reached an extremely terrifying realm, even capable of fighting evenly with a great demon like Wuzhi Qi, slowly gaining the upper hand!
This led him to believe, for a time, that his strength had surpassed Yu Yuan's.
That was why when the Water Ape Great Saint charged at Yu Yuan, he took the initiative to block the strike for Yu Yuan.
At that time, he thought it impossible for Yu Yuan to take that hit.
But unexpectedly, the other party smashed Wuzhi Qi's head open in a blink of an eye.
Now he had struck at him, and he couldn't even manage to defend himself in time!
In that moment, indescribable shock and dejection surged in his heart.
The gap between them was still so vast!
Even though he had reached an unprecedented peak state with the aid of the Mountain Opening Divine Axe, the gap between them seemed unchanged!
That was what shocked him the most.
When he was weak, Yu Yuan was like a mountain pressed down upon his head.
Back then, he thought that even if Yu Yuan was stronger than him, he was not by much.
But as he grew stronger, the other was still that same mountain upon his head, unchanged!
It was only now that he had an epiphany.
The other party had always been much stronger than he had imagined!
Previously limited by his perspective, he could only see the tip of the iceberg, unable to discern the massive bulk beneath the surface.
Even now, having reached an unprecedented peak state, he still struggled to grasp the full picture!
Yang Jian felt a profound sense of helplessness.
Ever since that day at the Returning Ruins, scavenging for treasures and suffering a loss at Yu Yuan's hand, he sensed that there were many similarities between them.
Thus, he once saw him as a potential rival.
Later, he came to see him as a goal to chase.
With similar status and both walking the path of physical refinement, in terms of talent, Yang Jian himself bore the blood of the Innate Divine, born with divine eyes, not a bit inferior to the other!
The only thing lacking was time!
The former Yang Jian once believed so and was steadfast in his conviction that one day he would surpass this formidable enemy!
But today's sights and insights were like a basin of ice water poured over his head.
The chasm between them was as a vast firth, so with what would he chase, on what basis could he surpass?
All his past grand ambitions had turned into unrealistic fantasies... no, delusions would be more accurate!
As Yang Jian lost himself in his thoughts, Yu Yuan had already evenly smeared the blood taken from his shoulder across the bronze chain.
Just as he had expected.
Specks of gold light blossomed where the blood was smeared, and dragon-shaped patterns protruded, resembling dragon scales.
Indeed, this chain is also a Human Path holy artifact!
However, he was not of the Human Race, so the chain would not show its divine might in his hands. It required human blood to activate and reveal the extraordinary aspect of the chain.
Looking at the dragon patterns on the surface of the chain, Yu Yuan's heart stirred, recalling an ancient rumor.
Legend had it that during the era of the Human Clan Earth Emperor, there had been a great war with the Dragon Clan.
In the end, the Human Race emerged victorious, forging the Dragon Imprisoning Chains to lock all the abominable evil dragons deep at the bottom of underground wells.
Yu Yuan gazed at the bronze chain in his hand.
Although there was no evidence, his intuition told him that this chain was very likely the rumored Dragon Imprisoning Chain.
This made him tsk in wonder.
How did his luck become so explosive after just one trip to the Wuyi Mountain?
Seemingly without doing much, he had picked up a treasure for free?
What a pity that he couldn't use this Human Path holy artifact... That was indeed too inhumane!
However, taking it back for Wen Zhong to use would be quite apt.
At this moment, a phoenix-like cry resonated from the distance.
It was Long Ji, who had set off earlier yet arrived belatedly.
There was no helping it.
No matter how fast the Green Bird flew, it could not compare to Yu Yuan who could shrink the earth into inches.
"It really is you!"
From a distance, Long Ji shouted in surprise.
Yang Jian's brow furrowed as his gaze shifted from Yu Yuan to Long Ji cautiously speaking, "The person who secretly spied on me near Qi Mountain that day was you, wasn't it? What's your background, and why have you followed me here?"
"This..."
Long Ji was slightly startled, unsure of how to begin, and subconsciously turned her gaze towards Yu Yuan, her eyes faintly pleading for help.
"Why are you looking at me?" Yu Yuan said irritably, "Can't you just speak up directly?"
He had no wish to get involved in the affairs of the Heavenly Emperor.
Had it not been for Long Ji's earlier help, and his curiosity piqued by the appearance of Yu Ding, he would have already left this place.
Perhaps encouraged by his words, Long Ji bit her lip as her eyes gradually firmed.
She looked at Yang Jian and said solemnly, "Are you truly the son of Goddess Yun Hua?"
Yang Jian's expression abruptly changed, staring fixedly at Long Ji and demanding, "Who exactly are you?"
"It seems I'm not mistaken."
Long Ji sighed as if talking to herself, then looked at Yang Jian saying, "I am a princess of the Heavenly Court, Long Ji! If we calculate it, I should be your older cousin..."
"So it's you!"
Yang Jian's eyes filled with guarded hostility, "Are you also here to capture me?"
He hated the Emperor of Heaven to the bone, having not spared any effort to inquire about any relevant news over the years, naturally aware of his cousin's existence.
Though Yang Jian had grown into a tall youth and appeared much older than Long Ji by looking at his face, Long Ji had always lived in the Heavenly Court...
A day in the heavens is a year on earth.
Based on the age in the heavens, she would be only thirteen or fourteen, but if we consider her age on earth, she would be much older than Yu Yuan!
Shaking her head, Long Ji said softly, "I mean you no harm..."
Seeing her start to speak again as if about to repeat last night's conversation, Yu Yuan quickly took his leave to give the cousins enough space to catch up.
However, to prevent Yang Jian from suddenly lashing out and harming Long Ji, he did not go far, finding a lush ancient pine and sitting down below it.
He took out the Glazed Bottle and cast his Divine Thought into it.
The Glazed Bottle, which should have been serene, was anything but at the moment.
The Water Ape Great Saint, Shuizhiqi, had been locked inside and was restless, constantly scheming to break the treasure vase and gain freedom.
Yu Yuan did not indulge him, and directly transferred countless pieces of Immortal Gold Divine Material from his Qiankun Ruyi Bag, piling them into a mountain to suppress him at the bottom, then coldly said:
"If you want to leave here alive, then obediently refine the essence from these divine materials, the Immortal Gold Essence. Once you've refined all this Immortal Gold Divine Material, I will let you leave."
Shuizhiqi was furious, poking his head out from beneath the divine materials, and shouted in a deep voice: "I am the Water God of the Huai River, a Great Demon of the Demon Clan, how can I stoop to do such lowly work for you?"
"If you refuse to work, then prepare to be suppressed forever."
Yu Yuan grumbled irritably, then retracted his Divine Thought, unaffected by Shuizhiqi's continuous roaring.
While Shuizhiqi roared and struggled, somehow, he managed to overturn the pile of Immortal Gold Divine Material and stood up.
Temperamental and proud by nature, he had never yielded even to Da Yu, and now he was captured by the young man using the power of a Spiritual Treasure, intending to enslave him to do degrading tasks!
It was simply a daydream!
Ha, let him just recover some mana and he would break this Spiritual Treasure, showing the youngster the might of an ancient Water God!
Amidst his resentment, his expression suddenly shifted, spotting several strange objects among the Immortal Gold Divine Material—straw dolls, a Sangzhi Bow, peach wood arrows, and a Nail-Head Book!
"This is..."
Shuizhiqi paused, his eyes suddenly lighting up.
"The Nail-Head Seven Arrows Book!"
In ancient times, he was a Great Demon of the Demon Clan, and he was familiar with this Curse Killing Technique.
"Could it be this youngster is also adept in this art? Wait a moment..."
He gestured with his hand, and the straw doll on the ground flew into his palm.
"Odd, why does this straw doll bear the young man's own aura?"
"Has he been cursed by someone with the Nail-Head Seven Arrows Book, but it failed, and instead, he managed to seize these items?"
"That's a possibility... But why hasn't he destroyed these items? Could it be he intends to study them?"
"Why bother with all that, now that these items are in my hands, time to let the youngster taste their power... Heh, he's digging his own grave!"
As soon as he spoke, he sensed a Divine Thought entering the bottle.
Shuizhiqi quickly stowed the Nail-Head Seven Arrows Book away to avoid raising suspicion.
To avoid drawing attention, he grabbed a piece of Purple Gold Divine Iron, breathed out Samadhi True Fire from his mouth, and began refining impurities from the Purple Gold Divine Iron.
"Oh, you say no, but your actions are quite nimble."
Hearing the youngster's mocking voice disappearing along with the Divine Thought, Shuizhiqi sneered silently in his heart.
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