Two days later.
Late spring in the deep valley.
Li Xuan draped in a gray robe, his cheeks covered with mist patterns, his back slightly hunched, sat calmly among the lush green grass.
He placed the "strange monkey" in the first slot of the blood grid and the "mist leopard" in the second slot. After waiting, the two-hour "replacent ti" had passed.
In other words, he could replace either the "strange monkey" or the "mist leopard" with the "Taishui" at any ti.
And the reason for this arrangent was well thought out.
Firstly, he needed the mist of the mist leopard to confuse the vision.
Secondly, when the enemy appeared, he could imdiately replace the "mist leopard" with the "Taishui" and then use the demon technique [Illusion Skill] to create an illusion of a copper-headed, iron-ard figure.
If he placed the "strange monkey" in the second slot, the enhanced "Taishui" [Raise Ghosts] demon technique itself didn’t beco stronger, only the ghost’s concealnt increased, which is not helpful for actual combat.
Hence, this arrangent.
...
Here, where Li Xuan sat, was today’s upwind point, while the human-faced flower demon was at the downwind point not far away.
From Li Xuan’s angle, he could vaguely see the flower demon standing on the mound.
The flower demon’s location resembled a small graveyard, the entrance channel was not an easily noticeable mountain path but a side path.
This side path had almost no grass growing, the yellow soil slightly raised on both sides, secretly hiding skeletons, with uncomfortable green fus swirling in so depressions, resembling miasma poison mist.
Whoosh~~
Whoosh whoosh~~
Perhaps it was a blessing of nature, the wind today was quite strong, "woo woo" blowing, pressing the long grass to rise and fall like waves in a green sea.
In such weather, actually, mist is not easily ford.
Unlike in winter when a slight exhalation of smoke can trigger heavy mist.
It’s late spring now, with strong winds, the mist could only be a thin layer at most.
However, windy weather also has its advantages.
If today, Zhou Eli, Wang Fengyang, and those two or three hundred people found the human-faced flower demon, his [Raise Ghosts] demon technique would cover the target to the fullest extent due to wind force and direction.
However...
Li Xuan wasn’t thinking about this right now. After all, the groundwork before the battle was well prepared, now is the ti to wait for the rabbit, and later react according to circumstances.
At this mont, he wondered: Why does this battle have to be fought?
How did he actually co into conflict with the Zhou family and the Wang family?
How did it suddenly co to a fight?
He recalled the little details since entering Cyan Wood Province.
After a long ti, he finally concluded: A person of low standing has little power in words.
The Zhou and Wang families, holding power, also having masters, thus having high opinions, didn’t consider his local gentry background worthy, nor did they take the potential he showed seriously.
Even if he was a Dual-Cultivation Secret Martial Arts martial artist, they would only think he was lucky, this Liu Yingyi had frankly told him long ago.
And if he dared to reveal stronger power, it would undoubtedly attract a killing disaster.
Stronger than a Dual-Cultivation Secret Martial Arts martial artist could only be a Triple-Cultivation Secret Martial Arts martial artist.
And Triple-Cultivation Secret Martial Arts usually implies having a complete martial arts system.
How could a young master from a small gentry family possess such a martial arts system?
The only explanation could be either treasure possession or inheritance, attracting many to explore, which falls into the category of "a jewel is never a sin itself but invites trouble".
Why was he given importance in the Prefecture City but not in the State City?
The answer is simple.
Because Cao Shuda himself wasn’t from a well-known family, he was willing to invest in such a young talent he encountered.
But the Governor was different.
Besides, it seed the Sovereign’s faction was attempting to draw him over, therefore... it resulted in "the very mont he entered Green Willow Pavilion in Cyan Wood Province, the Zhou and Wang family’s young masters ca looking for trouble, but then Liang Shigu’s people appeared, took him away, and helped solve the problem" such a carefully contemplated coincidence.
Li Xuan’s eyes showed a thoughtful expression, his right hand gently tapping under his chin, his brows furrowed.
To be honest, he didn’t have any ill feelings towards the Sovereign’s faction; whether it was Liu Baiqing or Liang Shigu, they were evidently good officials truly concerned about the Great Yin.
But, they were too conservative.
When new forces appear, their first reaction is not to try accepting them, but to reject, even accuse them as demons, wanting to annihilate. This was evident from the previous stance of General Yuan in the Prefecture City.
That General Yuan didn’t even talk to Su Cangyuan, directly accused him of being a demon.
Of course, Su Cangyuan, being the remnant of the Yu Sect, a secretive person by nature, didn’t dare talk to General Yuan.
But their reasons for being enemies were different.
Su Cangyuan was due to the stance of Yu Sect remnants, due to the stance of Cao Shuda’s Sovereign faction, thereby opposing General Yuan, wanting to kill General Yuan to control his army.
But General Yuan judged Su Cangyuan a demon only because he was a Secret Martial Arts martial artist, always wanting to catch him out, a sign of "corrupted thinking".
Then...
’How should I act?’
’If I can’t resolve the issue of a lack of authority, I might continue to face unwarranted provocation.’
’After all, those who provoke see no big problem, they act this way to everyone, not just .’
The battle today is certainly significant for Li Xuan.
But solving this issue seems even more crucial.
He is soone who dislikes trouble.
This ti, since trouble ca without cause, he hopes not to trigger similar trouble for the sa reasons again.
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