Ye Buyi, ever since the Gongsun Family had left Zhou Liuying, the remaining thousand armored soldiers had been properly arranged outside. Seeing Ye Buyi and another dashing out, and noticing the blood on Ye Buyi’s blade, followed by the loud cries of the Gongsun Family’s disciples that Taoist Li had been wounded by Ye Buyi.
Zhou Liuying and Ye Buyi seized horses and galloped away, going along with the act, they loudly cried out:
"General Qi Junsong fought with all his might and was harmed by Li Guanyi, men, follow me and break out!"
At the same time, they drew their swords and sent out streaks of sword light, slicing through the ropes. They swiftly formed a battle formation and charged outside. The Gongsun Family’s disciples shot a volley of crossbow arrows, sharp and menacing. Ye Buyi gathered the military formation, and with a fierce slash backwards,
The murderous aura of the military formation gathered, turning into a crescent moon that swept across the sky.
The arrows were shot simultaneously, only to be forcefully swept aside by the burst of the military formation’s move.
The broken arrows fell to the ground, covering the road.
The faces of the Gongsun Family’s martial world disciples all showed changes in color.
Gongsun Feixue was moved and said, "The Military School’s battle formation, truly deserving of its reputation as a prominent school." Ye Buyi and Zhou Liuying successfully led the troops and ’broke out’, while down below in the mid-mountain pavilion, Li Guanyi grimaced in pain.
He had voluntarily suppressed his body’s defense just a moment ago.
Ye Buyi belonged to the Third Layer Heaven’s class of fierce commanders and war generals. Compared to the Qilin Army’s Fan Qing or Murong Yuan, warriors of the same Third Layer Heaven, Ye Buyi’s abilities surpassed those two in every aspect.
Military tactics, martial arts, strategy, battle formation, resolution.
Although young and not yet fully immersed in the world of warfare, with many areas to improve, he was already the most exceptional monster ever nurtured from a general’s household, capable of becoming a famed general after being tempered in the world.
The sword he wielded, Night Rider, was long and sharp, excelling in cleaving and stabbing.
This strike was indeed very painful for Li Guanyi.
However, when he was about to apply pressure to his acupoints, he was slightly startled. His palm touched the penetrating wound on his chest without feeling pain. Pulling open his clothes to inspect, the wound that had been opened by the top-notch weapon Night Rider’s blade had already healed.
Furthermore, the wounds within his body, channels, blood vessels, and pathways that had been torn apart by that slash had all recovered; sinews mended, veins reconnected, until he was back in prime condition, and even the inner Qi wrapped in that slash had been dispersed.
Li Guanyi’s expression changed subtly, "The unique cultivation of the Longevity Guest..."
This cultivation technique had been created when the bronze tripod gathered the breath of the Longevity Guests and the Immortality Elixir lineage of Hou Zhongyu came together, with Sword Madman personally dissecting the green-robed guest’s channels and pathways, combining three elements to allow Li Guanyi to cultivate it to completion.
All three conditions were crucial, missing any one of them would have made it impossible to achieve.
Yet, the demonstrated effect made even Li Guanyi feel awe.
"A single ferocious strike from a Third Layer Heaven martial artist could heal within thirty breaths... Although it consumed part of my own Qi and vitality, even the flow of energy within the cultivation technique remained undisturbed."
"This is only the beginning."
"The cultivation technique of Martial Arts Legends..."
At this moment, Li Guanyi had a clearer understanding of what a Martial Arts Legend was.
Towards Grandpa, who was currently entangled with this Qingpao Changsheng, he felt a trace of concern.
The Silver-haired Man observed Li Guanyi’s injury healing and mused to himself, "Indeed, a great hero of our times. In this chaotic world, he’s bound to achieve unparalleled deeds, yet it’s true as the Military School says, ’For one general’s success, a thousand bones wither.’"
"There will be blood and violence around you."
He had sent Shaking Light into the Stargazing Lineage because the Three Sects of the World lived secluded from the mundane world beyond the red dust, which could avoid the Western Regions Demon Sect. But now, seeing Li Guanyi’s nature and with his perception, he could foresee the many dangers that would befall him.
Although he admired the man, he was decided that it would not be suitable for his daughter to accompany him.
After the issues with the Gongsun Family were settled, within a few days, Wan Mingyi and Gongsun Feixue and others unexpectedly found Gongye Boxu, who had been missing for a long time. This man was not dead but was extremely bedraggled, having been nailed inside a coffin and nearly starved to death after more than ten days.
His face was swollen beyond recognition, as if he’d been beaten by dozens of brutes.
However, when they asked the nearby villagers, they said that it was Gongye Boxu himself who had done it. He slapped his own face countless times with both hands, claiming his own babbling with every slap, saying, with each hit, that he was talking nonsense and that his mouth was farting.
He continued this for countless hours until his face swelled up like a pig’s head.
Yet when asked, he had no knowledge of what had happened, his face pale as snow, and all he could say was that on that day, while he was out alone, he encountered Oxhead and Horseface, as well as Black and White Impermanence, trying to take him away. He struggled desperately; beyond that, he was dazed, not knowing anything else.
But when he was brought back, staying with the Gongsun Family to recover, he saw from a distance a Silver-haired Girl passing under the eaves. Even though he had no memory of her, Gongye Boxu shivered uncontrollably as if that terror was imprinted on his body.
He fell to his knees, trembling, his pants soaking wet.
It seemed he had faced a tremendous fright.
The Silver-haired Man lay casually on the eave, eating a peach with an indifferent and composed demeanor, lacking the magnanimity expected of an elder, and no one else could see him. He was known for his defiant nature, and although he was not from the Righteous path, he didn’t have the temperament to kill someone over a few harsh words about his daughter.
Taking a life is not a matter to be taken lightly; for him, martial arts were not a reason to lord over others.
But he was extremely irritated by that bastard.
Got a foul mouth, right?
A few extra slaps should do the trick.
Yet, this once beggar never anticipated that the well-polished Gongye Boxu, son of an aristocratic family, would be so utterly cowardly. Being beaten to half-death with sticks in the past, he himself had clenched his teeth, refusing to bow down, determined to protect the steamed bun in his arms.