Eternal Life: My Talents Can Refresh

Chapter 373 - 184: Shifting Calamity Eastward

"How does Fellow Daoist Liu have such leisure to come here and study the array?

If you truly wish to understand the array, you should head to the Cen Family."

As he spoke, Chu Ning used the Jade Token in his hand to directly deactivate the array restriction around them.

The array surrounding the entire Yanfeng rapidly contracted inward, leaving a large portion of the outer area vacant.

Watching Chu Ning’s actions, Liu Yishan asked with some curiosity:

"Oh, what is your intent, Fellow Daoist Chu?"

Chu Ning looked at Liu Yishan with a calm expression.

"The arrangement of my array restrictions isn’t easy. I don’t want them to be damaged in this Magical Combat.

The outer array cannot withstand the attacks of a Foundation Establishment Late Stage Cultivator."

Upon hearing this, Liu Yishan’s eyes slightly narrowed, revealing a hint of interest.

"You knew I was coming to make a move against you?"

"I suspected it, but I didn’t know the reason," Chu Ning replied honestly.

At this moment, Liu Yishan looked over Chu Ning with a hint of appreciation, and said with a smile:

"I didn’t expect you to be so cautious.

Since that’s the case, allow me to enlighten you."

"Tonight, I came to Feihong Island, while Senior Brother Huo went to Puhe Island."

Hearing this, Chu Ning said thoughtfully:

"So you’re not targeting me, but the Chen Family instead."

"Clever!" Liu Yishan nodded.

"The Song Family just perished, and simply because of Chen Xinming’s death, the Chen Family blamed two Daoist friends and even assassinated them in secret.

Such actions are bound to provoke public anger."

As he spoke, a smug smile appeared on Liu Yishan’s face.

"At that time, those uncertain islands will naturally have some reservations.

Even the Cen Family will reconsider whether they still want to align closely with the Chen Family.

After all, since Cen Zijin disappeared and Chen Xinming has died, their ties aren’t as close as before..."

After listening to this, Chu Ning finally understood what the other party’s plan was.

"So I and Xu Yonggen become sacrificial pawns."

In Chu Ning’s eyes, there wasn’t much anger; instead, he looked at the other party calmly.

"If I tell you now, Fellow Daoist, that I’m willing to leave the Thousand Lakes and Thousand Islands, to pretend as if I’ve disappeared, would you let me go, Fellow Daoist Liu?"

Liu Yishan directly shook his head, looking at Chu Ning’s expression with amusement.

"This matter is extremely secretive, not even spoken aloud between me and Senior Brother Huo, merely understood tacitly.

Now that you’ve found out, do you think I would let you leave?"

Chu Ning lightly sighed, and his gaze also gained a hint of amusement.

"So, if you were to disappear here with me, people wouldn’t suspect it was my doing.

Liu Yishan, if you died, do you think others would believe Song Li did it?"

Hearing these words, Liu Yishan’s face was full of bewilderment.

At this moment, he wondered if Chu Ning had gone mad.

"You intend to kill me?"

Liu Yishan couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

Chu Ning did not reply verbally but chose to answer through action.

In his hand suddenly appeared the Reincarnation Ancient Disc, and in an instant, a jet-black and robust Reincarnation Divine Light shot towards Liu Yishan.

"Hmph!"

With a light snort, Liu Yishan quickly summoned a Defense Shield around his body.

However, such defense was completely ineffective against the Reincarnation Divine Light.

When the Reincarnation Divine Light easily pierced through the earthen-colored shield, Liu Yishan finally regained his senses.

"Spiritual Sense Attack?"

With his expression changing drastically, Liu Yishan raised his hands, pointing towards the jet-black divine light.

It was as if he was using some kind of Spiritual Sense Attack Skill, trying to block the Reincarnation Divine Light.

Still, the Reincarnation Divine Light paused slightly, and then in the next moment, heavily struck Liu Yishan’s head.

"Ugh!"

The intense pain in his Sea of Consciousness caused Liu Yishan to let out a muffled groan.

His face twisted in agony, now filled with horror.

"A Spiritual Magical Treasure!"

At this moment, Liu Yishan finally realized.

But in his eyes, there was nothing but disbelief.

He really couldn’t comprehend how Chu Ning, merely an Early Stage of Foundation Establishment Cultivator, could possess such a Secret Treasure.

In the next moment, when Liu Yishan saw what appeared in Chu Ning’s hand, his face showed even more shock.

His jaw practically dropped in astonishment.

"You... Song Li..."

In Chu Ning’s hand, at that moment, appeared a Golden Small Bell along with a Golden Spear.

These were precisely the weapons Song Li commonly used.

Chu Ning smiled but did not speak, casually pointing, and the Golden Small Bell directly shrouded Liu Yishan.

At that moment, just as Liu Yishan was about to take out a Magical Artifact to counterattack, barely recovering from resisting the Reincarnation Divine Light.

Yet under the shroud of the Golden Small Bell, he was momentarily trapped, unable to move.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Chu Ning’s Magical Power had already infused the spear in his hand.

Instantly, he transformed into a golden long rainbow, appearing before Liu Yishan’s eyes in the blink of an eye.

However, Liu Yishan was indeed formidable; his body suddenly trembled, shaking off the restraint of the golden light from the Golden Small Bell.

Simultaneously, a cone-shaped Magical Artifact appeared in his hand, confronting the golden spear in Chu Ning’s hand.

But just as he moved.

Another wave of pain surged from the Sea of Consciousness.

At this moment, Chu Ning’s Illusion God Needle was already attacking.

This caused Liu Yishan’s figure to freeze momentarily, and even the yellow light on that cone-shaped magical artifact dimmed slightly.

"Ding!"

The spear in Chu Ning’s hand struck it heavily.

Due to the continuous damage to his Divine Sense, Liu Yishan couldn’t control his Magical Power smoothly.

At this moment, that cone-shaped magical artifact, losing the support of Magical Power, fell directly to the ground.

The golden spear in Chu Ning’s hand was also exceedingly dim at this moment.

Previously, this spear had already been damaged during the battle with Song Li.

In addition, at this moment Chu Ning originally lacked the support of Gold Attribute Magical Power, yet he forcibly collided it with Liu Yishan’s cone-shaped magical artifact in his hand.

This golden spear was already greatly damaged.

But even so, faced with the unavoidable Liu Yishan, this golden spear still stabbed fiercely into his chest.

"Ah!"

This blow undoubtedly provoked Liu Yishan’s ferocity.

He endured the severe pain in his sea of consciousness, his eyes were bloodshot, and his entire body was trembling with Magical Power, clearly intending to fight to the death.

But at the same time, Chu Ning’s right fist was already swinging out.

Celestial Spirit Fist! Condensed Yuan Slash!

Two consecutive attacks fell on Liu Yishan.

The Magical Power fluctuations around this Liu Family ancestor instantly dissipated.

At the same time, his eyes became dim.

Yet, the gaze with which he looked at Chu Ning was still full of confusion.

Evidently, even until his death, he couldn’t understand why this Loose Cultivator, who had just reached Foundation Establishment, possessed such means.

Could it be that Song Li is also dead?

And what happened in that Meteorite Iron Stone Forest?

"You, it was you who killed them, you..."

Before Liu Yishan could finish his words, all signs of life were gone.

His body went limp and fell to the ground.

Chu Ning looked at the second Foundation Establishment Late Stage Cultivator who died at his hands, his gaze calm and unruffled.

"If you have many questions, then go ask Song Li and the others underground."

Muttering softly, Chu Ning casually sent out several talismans.

Immediately, several powerful beams of golden light fell on Liu Yishan’s body.

Piercing his body with countless holes.

To ensure Liu Yishan was utterly dead, Chu Ning gathered up his Storage Bag, the short cone, and the golden small bell from his body.

However, Chu Ning left the golden spear embedded in Liu Yishan’s body.

Then, with a wave of the hand, Chu Ning took Liu Yishan’s corpse and flew away.

Reaching a place called Yellow Court Island, a hundred miles southeast of Feihong Island, Chu Ning casually found a small mountain peak.

He carefully scouted with his Divine Sense to ensure no one was nearby.

He then casually threw Liu Yishan’s corpse down.

This island only had a Tier One Spirit Vein.

However, because the island was large enough, there were quite a few cultivators.

Throwing it here, someone will most likely discover it within a day.

After finishing this, Chu Ning took another lap around the area, using his Divine Sense to carefully check again.

Although he had altered his appearance, he didn’t want anyone to witness anything unexpected.

Not until after a stick of incense time passed did Chu Ning return to Feihong Island.

Then he immediately went to the stone chamber where Cheng Zuyuan and his granddaughter Cheng Xinxin resided.

Calling Cheng Zuyuan out, Chu Ning said calmly:

"Old Cheng, just now a Foundation Establishment Cultivator passed by nearby, and it seemed like there was fighting. Fortunately, they didn’t stay long.

We’re safe for now.

But it seems like something happened again.

You should go outside and gather some information the day after tomorrow."

"Yes, young master!" Cheng Zuyuan responded without suspecting anything.

Early the next morning, after tending to the Spirit Field for a bit, Cheng Zuyuan instructed Cheng Xinxin to cultivate in the cave chamber, while he went out to gather news.

By lunchtime, Cheng Zuyuan had returned to the island and brought back some news.

Xu Yonggen, the Isle Master of Puhe Island, who survived from Pinghu Island, was suddenly killed in his cave mansion yesterday.

Now everyone is suspecting whether it was Song Li or Chen Chengzong who did it.

As Cheng Zuyuan spoke, he looked at Chu Ning with a face full of worry.

Because many people externally are speculating, regardless of whether it was Song Li who did it or Chen Chengzong who vented his anger on the two,

Chu Ning is extremely dangerous next.

People are even discussing whether Chu Ning will also meet with an accident soon.

This kept Cheng Zuyuan in suspense the whole day.

Early the next day, he went to Thousand Illusion Island to gather news again.

This time, he returned before noon.

And brought Chu Ning an even more explosive piece of news.

Liu Yishan was dead, killed by Song Li.

Because Liu Yishan was killed by Song Li’s specialty, a Gold Element Technique, and on his body, they also found the golden spear that Song Li used.

This spear might have been severely damaged and abandoned by Song Li, still stuck in Liu Yishan’s body.

It also served as the most direct evidence of Song Li killing Liu Yishan.

In no time, the entire Thousand Lakes and Thousand Islands was in a state of panic.

Especially the heads of the families allied with the Thousand Islands Alliance, it’s said that even the Thousand Islands Hall dared not come out.

Upon hearing this news, Chu Ning feigned a worried appearance on the surface, but upon returning to his Cultivation Room, he smiled.

"Going forward, as long as I act low-key, I should be able to enjoy a long period of peaceful cultivation."