As he exited the gate hall, Ye Anping picked up speed and led the other three on the road to the inner mansion at a brisk pace. In no time, they passed through the main hall and reached the inner mansion garden.
Feng Yu Die scanned the surroundings, but there was no trace of a single human being around, not to mention Li Feng.
"Is this the place?"
"Yes, it's here."
Ye Anping responded, then took out a lantern from his storage bag. Walking into the garden pavilion, he slightly raised the lit lantern.
On the stone table in the pavilion, there was a Go board with black and white pieces occupying the left and right sides. At first glance, it was an unfinished game.
Beside him, Pei Lianxue scrutinized the game for a while and said, "Husband, there are seven pieces connected."
Ye Anping was a little confused when he heard this. Just as he was about to explain, Feng Yu Die came closer and put her hands on her hips. "Sister Pei, this is Go! It's not backgammon, and it's a stalemate... Let's see... here! I'm awesome, right? Hee hee--"
*Clatter!*
Feng Yu Die grabbed a black stone and landed it hard on a corner of the board. However, the next moment, a spiritual light burst out from the Go stone and engulfed her whole body.
Startled, Feng Yu Die jumped up. "Ah? What the hell is this!!"
Ye Anping was speechless but was also quite surprised that this girl actually got the right position without relying on Xiao Tian. He said, "Wait for us after you get in."
"Huh?"
Before Ye Anping could say the next words, Feng Yu Die and Xiao Tian's figures were suddenly enveloped in a burst of light, and with a whoosh, they were sucked into the Go stone she dropped and disappeared.
Ye Anping took a white stone from the basket on the side and handed it to his sister. "Sister, put it here."
"Um..."
Pei Lianxue nodded, took the stone, and placed it on the board. Then, like Feng Yu Die, she was sucked inside it.
Ye Anping waited for a while, then took another black stone, handed it to Liang Zhu, and pointed at a position on the Go board. "Brother Liang... you are here."
Liang Zhu took the stone, glanced at the board, and said, "This is like a maze, how do you know the entry point?"
"Don't I know enough?"
"..."
Liang Zhu pursed his lips and said nothing. He placed his stone and was sucked in by the spiritual light.
After he also went in, Ye Anping grabbed a white stone left for him and raised his head to look up at the sky as if he were trying to find something. However, he saw nothing.
"Never mind, she should have arrived by now."
Ye Anping muttered as he dropped his white piece on the board, and his figure was sucked into it just like the others.
Without the light from Ye Anping's lantern, the garden fell quiet, but two breaths later, a clucking sound broke the silence again.
A golden-crowned parrot with a pocket-sized bamboo hat on its head descended from the sky, shook its feathers slightly, and looked at the Go board with sharp eyes.
"*Brilliant move!! Brilliant move!!*"
After praising, it picked up a black stone from the basket, landed it on the board, and was sucked into the light by the Go stone.
...
The sky was densely covered with star clusters, like a Go board full of stones, each stone exuding a dazzling light.
The open-air square was paved with white jade tiles, its boundaries were not visible, and there was only one figure there.
Wearing a white robe, the man was sitting cross-legged, suspended in the center of the square, looking like an immortal.
However, the four blood orbs around him had a completely different vibe from his immortal energy.
Li Feng's eyelids fluttered slightly, sensing that someone had entered the place, and he asked directly, "Old woman, is that you?"
"Most likely, the old woman is still eating snacks in her own bed."
A young man's voice sounded behind him, and Li Feng was slightly startled. He slowly opened his eyes, and his floating body turned half a circle to look behind him.
A man wearing a bamboo hat and a bandage around his face stood before him. His eyes were cold and deep, and he held a short-handled sword, which was not a good sign.
Looking into the young man's eyes, Li Feng raised his eyebrows slightly, then laughed. "Hahaha... It does seem like something she would do. The ***Dragon House*** spirit-suppressing formation is about to be broken, and thousands of living creatures are about to disappear, but she is eating snacks in her room."
"As you get older, you tend to become weird." Ye Anping shrugged slightly and asked, "Master Li, aren't you the same? Why would you care?"
Li Feng shook his head, replying, "You are still young, so you don't understand the difficulties of an old man like me. One day, when your life is coming to an end, you will understand how difficult it is to survive."
"I won't deny it."
"So..." The smile in Li Feng's eyes faded, and he asked, "Was it you, a cultivator in the early stage of *Foundation Building*, who killed those three demonic cultivators in the ***Dragon House***?"
"Yes."
"Amazing. Not to mention overcoming a large gap level and killing those demonic cultivators, but you also found your way here and faced a *Nascent Soul* cultivator without any hesitation. Are you that woman's personal disciple?"
"It's okay to think so."
"Then, what are you going to do now? Do you think I'm as easy to deal with as those demonic cultivators? It's not good to underestimate your enemy. You can't hurt me with that sword."
"I'm not overestimating my abilities. I just came here to persuade you." Ye Anping inserted the sword into the ground and sat down cross-legged. "Before I die, I am doing one last good deed to accumulate some merit points. Isn't that good?"
"It's quite unpleasant being lectured by a junior."
"Is that so?"
"Yes."
"Really?"
"Well..."
"Are you sure?"
"What are you..."
*Boom*--
Before Li Feng finished speaking, a purple longsword wrapped in lightning suddenly pierced one of the four blood orbs around him.
At this time, three figures appeared out of thin air on the left and right sides of Li Feng.
The blood orb collided with the purple spirit sword for only two breaths before exploding directly. The sword passed through, then turned straight toward the next blood orb.
The first time, Li Feng's attention was all on Ye Anping, but this time he reacted. He stretched out his hand and clenched his fist. In an instant, the purple spirit sword flew in mid-air and shattered into pieces of iron, scattering on the ground before dissipating into a spiritual light.
"Hiss--" Li Feng took a deep breath. "Where is the martial virtue? Where is the courtesy of a junior who sneaks up on me to kill me?"
"Sorry, I am only polite to those I respect. Sister Feng!!"
"Coming!!"
Feng Yu Die, who was behind Li Feng, frowned, gritted her teeth, and mobilized her energy. Her aura turned golden and stormed up, condensing into a golden dragon charging toward Li Feng.
"Roar--"
"Holy Emperor Dragon Body?"
Confronting the golden dragon coming toward him, Li Feng's expression remained calm as he waved his hand.
*Boom*--
A golden iron fist appeared from the air, thrusting directly into the golden dragon's upper jaw. The dragon was smashed to the ground from mid-air, leaving a long trench behind.
As a result, Feng Yu Die also coughed up a mouthful of blood.
"Cough--"
Li Feng looked at her expressionlessly. "Holy Emperor's descendant, your dragon is fine against the *Core Formation* stage, but it can't deal with me..."
Before he finished speaking, six ice-blue sword shadows came one after another, attacking one of the blood orbs.
"This aura..."
When Li Feng saw this, he was dismissive, but the next moment, he spurted out a mouthful of blood.
"...Cough--"
At the same time, there was a roar of thunder in the sky, and silver-white lightning suddenly struck another blood orb.
Li Feng's eyes twitched, and he immediately flicked his right hand. On his left, Liang Zhu was instantly sent flying by a burst of spiritual energy, but at the same time, Li Feng spurted out another mouthful of blood.
"Cough-- that's enough! You brats!!!"
Ye Anping narrowed his eyes and smiled, immediately interrupting him. "Master Li, how much of your lifespan is left? It's time for this drama to come to an end."
In an instant, the golden light of Ye Anping's sword appeared. The sword wind rose everywhere like a swimming dragon.
At the same time, with a sad face, he said, "Master Li, I have some bad news for you. Miss Longling died at the hands of the blood spirits created by your spells."
"Wha... cough, cough, cough--"
Ye Anping sighed. "When we arrived, we found out that she had... well-- she was such a beautiful woman, and not even her bones were left because of her father."
Li Feng glared at Ye Anping in disbelief while fending off the four people's attacks with his spiritual energy. "Cough-- what did you say? This... is not possible!!"
"Just because you set a restriction on her? Oh, that restriction was broken by her using her essence and blood. Li Longling ran out to find you, but because of her eyesight, she mistook a blood spirit for you. She ran up to it, but what greeted her was a bloody mouth... Master Li, you killed your own daughter. Li Longling died because of you."
"Cough-cough-cough..."
Ye Anping waved his sword and narrowed his eyes. "Was it really worth it?"
