Chapter 116 Paying Someone Back in Their Own Coin, Doubled
On Little Qiong Peak, the flaming swords shuttled and the talisman array formations rotated. Two figures were fighting in mid-air.
Youqin Xuanya, who had changed into an icy-blue dress today, was still as beautiful as she was in the past.
In front of the straw hut, Little Aunt-Master and Little Junior Sister, who were sitting on both sides of the short table, were raising their heads and looking out while continuously munching on some snacks and sipping tea.
When Youqin Xuanya flew over their heads, Little Aunt-Master would yelp… “Little Ya! You’re wearing…”
Ling’e hurriedly interrupted, “Aunt-Master!”
Jiu Jiu continued, “Hey, hehe. Little Ya is still as pretty as she was yesterday.”
In the air, Li Changshou activated the array formation with a smile. With his agile movement technique, he seemed to be engaged in a battle with Youqin Xuanya. However, in reality… he was being chased and beaten up.
Youqin Xuanya followed Jiu Jiu’s instructions. Although she only used eighty percent of her cultivation level, she also used all her Dharma treasures as she took every sparring session seriously…
The talisman amulets for the talisman array formations were consumables. Although they were cheap, Li Changshou still felt the pinch after several days of sparring.
Every resource of their Little Poor Peak was valuable!
However, it was worth it.
In the sky above a dense forest near a town that was at the border of the North Continent and the South Continent, a figure in a cloak flew past. Not long after, another figure chased after it…
The two figures were in close proximity to each other.
The person in front was naturally the paper effigy that was disguised as Daoist Kuai Si by Li Changshou.
The one at the back was the actual Daoist Kuai Si, whom Li Changshou had been monitoring continuously.
Ten years of waiting… He had been chased for tens of thousands of kilometers…
The other party had been lured out so easily that Li Changshou had no chance to make an appearance in any of the methods that he had come up with after thinking for a long time.
He felt like he had not met his match at all. Although his opponent looked down on him, Li Changshou looked up to his opponent.
xLi Changshou did not lay an ambush in that direction or set up an array formation because that might trigger the other party’s spiritual perception. At the same time, Li Changshou was suppressing his murderous intent. He was thinking about how he could communicate with the other party to prevent him from having a premonition.
After taking a look at the Sensing Stone, Li Changshou felt that he already had the opportunity to make a move. At this moment, very few people were paying attention to them…
There was no hurry. He had to hold on.
His immortal senses did not stop for a moment. He probed the surrounding environment that was within a radius of hundreds of kilometers. He also probed up and down, from a high altitude to ten thousand feet underground.
Li Changshou devoted all of his energy to making continuous calculations and deductions.
One of the paper effigies remained put and lured the opponent out, while another paper effigy released the third paper effigy, as well as eight original paper dolls in another direction. They secretly set up the “home ground” that they would use later…
More than half of the treasures that he had bought with his monthly allowance from the sect and accumulated over a decade of practicing alchemy, were used there.
In order to make Ling’e feel a little involved, Li Changshou even deducted a few months’ worths of allowance from Ling’e and got her to exchange it for some materials to refine large batches of array formation foundations.
Of course, Ling’e did not know what Senior Brother was using those materials for. However, if Senior Brother needed them, she would get them for him.
Li Changshou liked to take the initiative, but he did not like to get embroiled with karma.
Today, Li Changshou had taken the initiative to make a move. He had already made a thorough plan, as well as a follow-up plan for responding to the situation.
Although he could not say that he was 100% confident since the Daoist whom he wanted to mess with could be considered a disciple of Ren School, the Daoist had already taken the bait.
At that moment, his confidence could be considered to be at about 98%.
…
The two figures flew 500 kilometers away. Daoist Kuai Si’s killing intent towards his impersonator intensified.
It was obvious that he had committed lots of sordid acts like killing others and robbing them of their treasures, as well as tailing. When he followed behind, he maintained a distance that was neither too far nor too close. He was very experienced… After flying for 600 kilometers, Daoist Kuai Si began to increase his speed quietly. He continued to conceal his aura fluctuations and quietly approached from the side.
Daoist Kuai Si was about to attack the paper effigy who was pretending to be him.
What Li Changshou cared about was that there were no longer any immortal senses that were probing, shown on the Sensing Stones.
Clearly, tailing others and committing murder was considered normal in that town where humans and demons cohabited. It was nothing unusual.
The paper effigy, which was disguised as Daoist Kuai Si, secretly opened a porcelain bottle and continued flying for thousands of feet. All of a sudden, it turned around and looked behind.
Ten thousand feet behind him, Daoist Kuai Si frowned and stopped.
However, after that, Daoist Kuai Si sneered and slowly rose into the sky, remaining at the same altitude as his impersonator. “Fellow Daoist.” Daoist Kuai Si continued calmly, “If you’re going around pretending to be me, shouldn’t you give me an explanation? Since we have already formed this karma, I’m afraid we will have to do this today.”
Kuai Si’s impersonator’s expression changed. He slowly retreated in the air and cupped his hands while facing Daoist Kuai Si. He said, “Fellow Daoist, please don’t blame me. I’m only doing this because I want to take advantage of you. I have no intention of offending you.”
“Take advantage?”
Daoist Kuai Si rode a cloud and advanced forward. He held a longsword and a flying shuttle in his hands which were placed behind his back. His immortal power was also injected into his Dharma treasure…
A hint of panic appeared on the face of Kuai Si’s impersonator. “Fellow Daoist, I’m just pretending to be you. I didn’t tarnish your reputation. There’s no need for that.”
“Hah.” Daoist Kuai Si squinted. The flying shuttle had already disappeared from his hands.
The flying shuttle seemed to be able to disappear. At that moment, it made a huge detour and quietly touched the back of Kuai Si’s impersonator.
Li Changshou curled his lips and thought, This fellow is also an expert at sneak attacks and dirty tricks…
Well… Why should I say ‘also’…
Unfortunately, even though Daoist Kuai Si had the flying shuttle Dharma treasure, he was still less vigilant…
It was not easy to poison someone in the air as it would take some time to do so, and the action would easily be discovered by the other party.
However, at that moment, the two figures retreated and advanced respectively. Most of Daoist Kuai Si’s attention was fixed on controlling the flying shuttle… Suddenly, a piercing sound could be heard as the flying shuttle appeared behind Kuai Si’s impersonator. It was covered in blazing flames and it was smashed against the back of his head.
A cold smile appeared on Daoist Kuai Si’s lips. However, it instantly stiffened.
The aura of the person pretending to be him suddenly surged. He went from the initial-stage of the Perfected Immortal realm to the late-stage!
Just as his flying shuttle was about to hit the back of the other party’s head, a huge hand reached behind him. Immortal power gathered in the palm and it grabbed the flying shuttle, extinguishing the immortal flames on it.
“Fellow Daoist.” Kuai Si’s impersonator grabbed the flying shuttle that was quivering continuously and he said coldly, “It seems that I will have to do this today.”
Daoist Kuai Si’s expression changed. However, he did not say anything and immediately retreated!
However, before he could turn around and retreat more than 100 feet, his vision suddenly turned dark and he fell to the ground…
His essence soul was in a daze and his mind was distracted.
However, the phony Kuai Si flew forward quickly. He held the flying shuttle in one hand and Daoist Kuai Si in the other. He instantly sealed Kuai Si’s cultivation level.
He quickly fell into the forest below and used Earth Escape to disappear.
The first step… was executed pretty well.
Although he had only plotted against a Perfected Immortal, he had paid attention to his acting skills and his lines. He had made calculations and predicted the other party’s reaction, after which he executed the perfect technique for poisoning…
A moment later…
1250 kilometers away from the town, in the deepest part of the valley that was covered by an array formation.
Kuai Si experienced excruciating pain in his essence soul…
When Daoist Kuai Si woke up from his sleep, he felt like he had experienced a terrifying nightmare.
In his dream, various scenes appeared one after another, as if someone was searching through his memories.
However, in reality, it had only been about half an hour since the moment he fainted. Someone had indeed used the Soul-searching Technique on him.
To be safe, Li Changshou had to confirm whether that fellow, Kuai Si, had harmed his master or not.
Although the Soul-searching Technique was against nature, it was not difficult to master. Li Changshou had seen it in an ancient scroll.
It was better to search Kuai Si’s soul than kill him by mistake.
However, things went awry after he started searching…
Li Changshou was a gentle, refined, and cultured young man of Ren School. However, he almost turned Kuai Si into ashes!
Although the Immortal Du Sect was only a mid-grade immortal sect, there were quite a number of disciples. It was understandable that there would inevitably be a few scums…
Li Changshou had always been adhering to his strict requirements for himself to start and end a battle quickly and escape as soon as he attacked.
However, this time, he set up an isolation array in advance. He had to leave behind some “evidence” and give his enemy a terrible experience. Thus, he had to spend more time.
At that moment, Daoist Kuai Si had woken up and completed an internal scan on himself…
“No… My essence soul…” Daoist Kuai Si shouted weakly.
The middle-aged man’s face was pale. His eyes were listless and out of focus at first, after which he panicked.
His essence soul had withered!
He did not know what was going on, but his essence soul had dropped to the preceding realm. He was curled up and powerless. There was not much immortal power left in his body.
Nine long nails had been inserted into his Dao body, sealing his diaphragm, lower abdomen, his skull, and other vital parts of his body. That was also the source of the excruciating pain…
That was not all. The tufts of turbid earth meridian Qi invaded his immortal body and tainted his immortal glow. The three Dao flowers that had yet to bloom had already withered…
At that moment, Daoist Kuai Si clearly knew that he had been crippled.
His Dao base had been completely destroyed!
Daoist Kuai Si’s eyes turned red as he cursed, “Who!?! Who are you!?! How can you be so vicious!?!”
A figure suddenly emerged from the ground in front of them. He was dressed in black and had a long face. There was a black aura surrounding him. He smiled coldly at Daoist Kuai Si.
Daoist Kuai Si was obviously stunned. He immediately recognized the figure and could not help but curse. “It’s actually you! Since you have taken my Spirit Stones and precious materials, why did you go back on your words and attack me like this!?!”
That person was none other than the centipede demon that Li Changshou and Jiu Wu had destroyed in the brothel.
At that moment, it was naturally the paper effigy that was disguised as the centipede demon by Li Changshou.
Since he had never heard the centipede demon speak, Li Changshou could only say in a hoarse voice, “The other party gave me much more.”
“I shouldn’t have believed you! He’s just a Turbid Immortal. What can he give you?!”
Suddenly, Daoist Kuai Si sensed that something was amiss.
He had never revealed his face to the centipede demon before…
Boom! Boom!
A muffled rumbling of thunder sounded above his head. Daoist Kuai Si looked up and saw that the sky had already turned dark.
The Daoist’s face turned even paler…
The dark clouds were hanging low, and there were lightning spots on them. Spiritual energy gathered around them, and so did the lightning spots.
On the grassland not far away, a huge hand stretched out and put away a Sound-Shadow Sphere that was placed there previously.
The Sound-Shadow Sphere was meant to prevent the matter from blowing up. He did not want to alarm the experts of Ren School and cause them to deduce the matter.
Although the probability of that happening was very low, he had to consider it carefully.
The paper effigy that was disguised as a centipede sneered. It slowly took two steps back, and its expression gradually changed. It raised his hands and pinched its face. In front of Daoist Kuai Si, he transformed into a clone of Daoist Kuai Si.
Kuai Si barked angrily, “You!”
“Look up.” The paper effigy pointed at the sky.
In the array formation, Daoist Kuai Si raised his head and looked up. The dark clouds in the sky were shining, and countless lightning bolts suddenly exploded, forming a lightning pillar in the sky!
It was as if the Heavenly River gates were open and a sea of thunder was surging.
Lightning flashed and engulfed Daoist Kuai Si who was kneeling on the ground… Triple-kill Heavenly Thunder Array Formation!
It was the strongest one of all the array formations that Li Changshou had set up. It was also the closest to the Immortal Ascension Heavenly Tribulation.
He had already refined the array foundations and array discs. He only placed them here quickly and used a few small Spirit Gathering Formations to quickly gather spiritual energy
The array formation had three waves of lightning
The first ray of lightning landed and Daoist Kuai Si did not have any immortal power to resist it. His immortal body was blasted apart, and his essence soul was torn apart. A huge hole was formed in the ground
While he was still breathing, Li Changshou activated the second wave of lightning and released it. The ray of lightning fell again…
Li Changshou felt that it was a pity that it was not a true Immortal Ascension Heavenly Tribulation. There was no Heavenly Tribulation that could turn Qi Refinement cultivators into ashes instantly.
After the third wave of lightning, Daoist Kuai Si was only left with half of his charred body which had been severed.
Li Changshou placed his attention on the paper effigy. At that moment, he was already in front of Daoist Kuai Si’s corpse. Without saying a word, he thought to himself, The Dao base was destroyed to fight against the lightning
“You should have experienced that feeling, right?”
With a wave of his sleeve, the paper dolls turned their heads and jumped out. They quickly cleaned up the remnants of the array formation.
Another three Soul-Bewitching Pearls were thrown out and absorbed the remnant soul.
This time, he did not perform the step of reading the sutra for expiation.
It was impossible for Li Changshou to let that person reincarnate.
As compensation, Li Changshou first used the True Samadhi Flames to burn him once, followed by the Cold Ghostly Flames.
In the end, he was still worried. He released two Soul-devouring Worms and made them stay near the pile of ashes.
Then, he used the True Samadhi Flames to ignite the poisonous worms… Li Changshou sent the ashes on the ground flying. There was a look of relief in his eyes. He felt much more carefree, and he seemed to have understood something.
However, this time, he could only reject the epiphany because he still had many matters to attend to…
It was easy to kill enemies, but he still had to make careful arrangements for the matters after the killing of enemies.