“Fox! Are you here for revenge?!”
Li Rubi, seeing the image of the old man from Nanshan, suddenly had a clear thought, and a past event surfaced in his mind.
It was more than ten years ago, when he was a young scholar full of vigor and ambition.
At that time, Li Rubi was seventeen years old, newly passed the examination as a Xiucai (a scholar who passed the lowest level of imperial examination), and was traveling with a sword through Caozhou.
As he passed through a small village, he noticed a “Fox Immortal Temple” where people were offering worship. The temple demanded incense and blood sacrifices, which instantly infuriated him. He shouted, “This is a heretical and depraved cult! I must destroy it and free the people from this scourge!”
Endowed with the family’s dragon qi and being a national scholar, he had great fortune. Ordinary ghosts and gods could only retreat.
That night, Li Rubi had a dream in which an old man appeared, claiming to be an old fox, begging him for mercy. The old fox requested a three-day grace period to relocate his entire clan, promising to repay him afterward.
Li Rubi was a ruthless person. He immediately agreed but secretly summoned the local patrol officers the next day, bearing the county magistrate’s seal, to seal the Fox Immortal Temple. He set it on fire, turning the small temple into ashes. A foul stench filled the air, and many fox corpses were found.
That night, he had another dream. The old man appeared again, dressed in white mourning clothes, angrily saying, “You broke your promise, killing my entire clan. There will surely be retribution in the future!”
Li Rubi sneered coldly and shouted, “I will even kill you!”
In his dream, he drew his sword and killed the old man again.
Later, when people spoke of this, they all said this young man was a true gentleman who understood reason and was not swayed by ghosts and gods, further spreading his reputation. But who would have thought there would be such consequences!
“You are that old fox from back then!”
Looking again at the old man, Li Rubi noticed that the old man’s appearance was seven or eight parts similar to the old fox from those days.
“Hehe! Back then you injured my yin spirit and killed my entire clan. Today I will let you feel retribution!”
Old Man Nanshan sneered, took out a straw doll with Li Rubi’s hair and blood on it, and then pierced it with a needle.
Li Rubi felt a sharp pain in his heart, roared in anger, and a huge star appeared in the sky. Faintly shaped like a wolf, the brilliant starlight could not be blocked even by mountains, and it descended, all of it enhancing his strength. He drew his sword and shouted, “I will kill you!”
He was the reincarnation of a star lord with the true fate of Tanlang (a Chinese constellation). Faced with a great crisis, star power descended to help him escape death!
“Jiejie… Back then you had dragon fortune and star power, so I had to retreat, and all my magical arts were useless… but now…”
Nanshan Weng sneered and flung out a talisman.
Buzz!
The mysterious light formed a film, repelling all the starlight. Faintly visible was the howling of the wolf star, helpless and frustrated.
“My apprentice has a very strange origin, and this talisman is quite useful! It has saved me a lot of effort!”
Old Man Nanshan was somewhat surprised but no longer hesitated, proceeding to insert two more needles.
At the final strike, a muffled thunder seemed to flash through the void, and Old Man Nanshan staggered back two steps, blood trickling from his nose.
“Ahh!”
Li Rubi felt two sharp pains in his heart, screamed in pain, fainted, fell to the ground, and his life or death was unknown.
“Phew… Finally done!”
Nanshan Weng leaned against the wall, steadied his breathing, and first revealed a joyful expression before showing a hint of caution: “No wonder he is the master of the dragon vein and the true Tanlang Star Lord. With all these preparations in place, and only the remaining stellar power and dragon qi at his disposal, he could still mount such a fierce counterattack!”
Although there was no sword light or bloodshed, the confrontation between the true master’s position and the Tanlang star lord’s fate was extremely dangerous. One wrong move would lead to total defeat.
“But now, finally, I have won!”
Old Man Nanshan showed a happy expression, took out seven golden needles, pierced Li Rubi’s body, stripped off his upper clothes, inscribed divine spells and talismans, and brought him to the broken half of the Li family’s tombstone.
“Seven needles to control life and death! Divine spell to lock the dragon! The earth qi and time are just right!”
Old Man Nanshan drew a dagger, and a cruel look crossed his face.
This was a very powerful spell.
Although the Li family’s dragon vein was severed, there was still some residual energy. If their nine clans encountered a great disaster, they would be wanted and killed by the imperial court, but there was still a glimmer of hope.
Now, Old Man Nanshan intended to use Li Rubi as a vessel and the dragon vein’s energy as the foundation to cast a curse upon the Li family’s bloodline, completely severing this lineage!
Now all the preparations were mostly done. As long as Li Rubi was killed and his blood was used to activate the malevolent and resentful energy, the task would be completed!
“You killed my entire clan back then; I will make sure your nine clans are completely destroyed!”
Nanshan Weng’s eyes turned red.
Although the heavenly fate always leaves a thread, doing such a ruthless act would bring great retribution in the future, but with the revenge of his clan’s destruction right before his eyes, what else could he care about?
The dagger flashed and was about to fall.
Ding!
At this moment, a stone flew from somewhere unknown, hit the dagger, causing it to deflect and spark against the ground.
“This person is not someone you can kill!”
A figure emerged from the darkness.
“Ah? It’s you!”
Old Man Nanshan turned around and saw Yushaojun, his expression changing: “Dear apprentice, weren’t you also determined to ruin this man’s fortune before? Why are you stopping me now?”
“Silence!”
Yushaojun’s face was flushed, seemingly excited, yet his eyes gazed at Nanshanweng with disdain: “What virtue and ability do you possess? A mere monster turned immortal—how dare you presume to be my master?”
“I was just using you before, pretending to go along with you. Let me tell you the truth, those Daoists you sent to spy on me have already been killed by me!”
“Haha! Humans are indeed cunning and treacherous!”
Nanshan Weng smiled faintly, unconcerned about the life or death of his disciples. He watched as Yushaojun made a gesture, causing the earth to split open and a pearl to drop into his hand. His expression shifted slightly: “So that’s it. What you’re after is the energy of this dragon vein!”
“Haha! Exactly!”
Yushaojun saw the pearl surrounded by a faint golden-green aura and couldn’t help showing off his pride.
“Pity… although this treasure pearl is good, the fortune it can draw is less than a tenth, and it’s entangled with malevolent energy… even so—Command!!!”
Elder Nanshan pinched a seal, and a layer of talisman light immediately appeared on the pearl, emitting flames.
Yushaojun cried out in alarm and threw the pearl.
“Haha… Since my apprentice is going to use your item, how could I not prepare? Today I’ll teach you a lesson. This pearl has already been secretly refined by me!”
Nanshan Zhenren (True Man of Nanshan) gestured, and the pearl flew into his hand, radiating five-colored lights, very peculiar: “I have to thank you, for giving me such a good treasure! Hmm?”
At this moment, Yushaojun, who had retreated, showed a sneer on his face and also pinched a seal: “Explode!”
Boom!
The five-colored light on the pearl flickered and suddenly exploded, engulfing Nanshan Zhenren’s entire body in flames.
“Ahh!”
The flames were five-colored and contained dragon qi. Nanshan Zhenren screamed in pain, directly crashing into the rock wall, his body charred, barely alive.
After the original five-colored pearl exploded, a smaller pearl appeared in the center, about an inch in diameter, pure white, radiating light like the moon.
The pearl Yushaojun had been holding in his hand all along actually had hidden secrets, a pearl within a pearl!
“Deserving of a true master’s cultivation, you still didn’t die!”
Yushaojun stepped forward and was stunned to see Nanshan Weng’s body covered in fine fur, shrinking in size as it transformed into an old fox. Its scorched fur barely clung to life.
“You severed the dragon vein, suffered the backlash, then fought against the power of Tanlang Star Lord, suppressed Li Rubi, and even after my surprise attack—yet you still didn’t die, merely reverting to your original form. Your Dao cultivation is truly admirable!”
“You… with such a precious treasure, you must have great ambitions… Alas… I cast the ultimate destruction spell, which originally violated the harmony of heaven, so suffering this calamity is only fitting…”
The old fox spoke in broken human words, then closed his eyes.
But Yushaojun remained expressionless, waved his hand, and blood splattered!
After slaying Weng Nanshan, Yushaojun arrived at the tomb and saw Li Rubi lying on the ground. Sensing the dense earth qi, a blazing desire ignited in his eyes.
“Come!”
He lifted Li Rubi and cut his finger, using his blood to smear the ground.
Roar! Roar!
At this time, although the dragon vein was severed, Li Rubi had a connection with the earth qi, and immediately purple-blue clouds rose from the soil, faintly carrying the sound of a dragon’s roar.
“When the earth dragon was severed, I secretly hid this treasure, gaining one-tenth of its fortune, and now with Li Rubi as the medium… it’s just right for my use!”
Without any further hesitation, Yushaojun stepped into the magic circle, formed a hand seal, and pointed at the pearl, commanding: “By decree!”
Boom!
As thunder rolled outside, layers of purple-blue qi, mixed with gray-black fortune, continuously drew from the earth qi, forming clouds.
“Quickly!”
This was the qi of the earth dragon that had originally dissipated, but Yushaojun used secret methods to draw it out. However, this dragon qi carried malevolent energy, and whether it would bring fortune or misfortune was uncertain.
Yushaojun’s eyes showed joy, and he pointed again at Li Rubi.
The clouds in the sky and the calamity’s black energy continuously entered Li Rubi’s body. The pearl floating in the air appeared behind Li Rubi, radiating a soft glow, covering his entire body.
Suddenly.
The fortune qi, after passing through Li Rubi’s body, seemed to undergo a transformation. All the gray-black energy remained in Li Rubi’s body, while layers of pure dragon qi, golden-green with a hint of purple, were drawn out, transforming into a one-horned, two-clawed dragon with blue scales and purple eyes, roaring angrily at Yushaojun.
“Good!”
Yushaojun laughed loudly, rapidly pressing his seals. The pearl emitted white light, enveloping the dragon and quickly absorbing the fortune qi.
The dragon roared continuously, shaking the surrounding rock walls, but was eventually forced back. One of its dragon claws touched the pearl.
Buzz!
With this touch, the pearl seemed to generate a tremendous suction force, absorbing the entire dragon and sweeping away the golden-green clouds.
After a while, the cave was quiet again. The pearl fell, and Yushaojun caught it, examining it carefully.
The pearl was crystal clear, emitting white light, with golden-green qi rising inside. Within the clouds, a faint purple energy, resembling a dragon or a snake, floated and sank unpredictably. Just holding it in his hand felt like having infinite fortune!
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