On the night of the massacre, I dug up the ancestral tomb.

Chapter 149: The Talisman of the Past Life, Insight

A talisman flew out and was directly imprinted on Liu Yuelong's already charred forehead inside the coffin.

The talisman seed vanished in a flash.

"In the name of stone, with talisman as the guide, I connect with the ancient past and illuminate the netherworld. I command all living beings throughout history, whether born from womb or egg, whoever receives this talisman seed, that their spirits from past lives obey my command. Liu Yuelong, soul, return!"

Within his sea of ​​consciousness, Yang Jiuli chanted softly.

The Three Lives Stone is interwoven with light patterns, from which a long river of time evolves.

In the long river, Liu Yuelong's figure emerged.

This is his spirit form.

His aura was somewhat weak, indicating he was at the peak of the eighth level of Qi Refining.

The talismanic mark from Liu Yuelong's past life flickered between his brows.

Yang Jiuli's divine sense stirred and seeped into the talisman mark.

The next moment, Yang Jiuli seemed to have traveled through time and space, crossing the river of time, and arrived at the starting point of Liu Yuelong's life.

Longhu Town.

You were born into a third-rate family of cultivators.

The cultivators in the clan are only at the seventh level of Qi Refining.

In order to revitalize the clan, every few years the clan would send some promising young talents to immortal sects or major foundation-building families.

At the age of 16, you joined the Yunmeng Lake Li Clan, a family of Foundation Establishment cultivators, and began learning the art of alchemy...

At the age of 21, you became a mid-grade first-level alchemist and were given special training by the Li family.

The following year, you married Li Fen, a woman from the Li family.

……

Nineteen years after joining the Li family, your alchemy skills have not improved, and your cultivation has been stuck at the eighth level of Qi Refining for many years.

Seeing that he was already over thirty-five, his neighbor, Ninth Brother, had surpassed him and become a first-class top-grade alchemist.

His cultivation level also reached the eighth level of Qi Refining.

You feel the pressure and realize that you lack the talent to make any further progress in this lifetime.

As luck would have it, an opportunity arose.

My drinking buddy Liu Gexian mentioned that he had an opportunity to give me and had arranged a dinner party.

During the gathering, you hear about the Foundation Establishment spirit object "Six-Leaf Earth Fire Flower" and your heart skips a beat, wanting to find out more.

During the meal, Ninth Brother did not seem enthusiastic about it; he had his doubts.

However, spiritual objects for Foundation Establishment are extremely rare, and you decided to seize the opportunity and go explore.

After all, Liu Ge showed genuine sincerity and didn't seem like he was trying to deceive people.

Afterwards, you approached Ninth Brother again, hoping to persuade him to join you in searching for Foundation Establishment Spiritual Objects.

However, Ninth Brother refused again, and he subtly mentioned that his cultivation level was too low, and that it would be extremely risky for him to venture out to explore for treasures.

You return to your cave.

After much deliberation.

Looking at the sleeping infant.

Looking back on the first half of my life.

For the past 19 years, he has diligently studied alchemy, but still finds it difficult to rise above others and change his social class.

If this continues, will my own son repeat the same mistake?

You steeled your resolve and decided to take the plunge.

To this end, you have made a lot of preparations, secretly refined a lot of pills, and exchanged them for first-grade top-quality 'Divine Speed ​​Talisman' and 'Golden Light Talisman'... You plan to be careful and vigilant at all times once you go out, and if anything seems amiss, you will immediately flee to save your life.

On the seventh day of the fifth month, Liu Gexian found you and informed you that the second-tier "Breaking Restriction Talisman" and the second-tier spiritual weapon had been prepared.

We will set off for the Earth Flame Valley in the Black Wind Mountains.

With a mix of anticipation and trepidation, you set off with Liu Gexian on the night of the eighth day of the fifth lunar month.

Liu Heyan and Ding Xiaoyan were also traveling with them.

Liu Gexian's grandfather, Liu Laoliu, led a team that used "smokeless incense" to intoxicate two guards and quietly slipped out of the city.

The old man was very hospitable, saying that if they succeeded, they would certainly receive a reward.

Your group, aboard Liu Laoliu's flying boat, headed towards the Black Wind Mountains.

Upon entering the mountains, they encountered two more people.

They were an old man in a green robe and a middle-aged man in a fire-colored robe, both at the late stage of Qi Refining, practicing fire-based techniques.

Liu Laoliu mentioned that because he didn't have enough spirit stones to buy spirit artifacts, he asked two more friends to accompany him.

Both of them are at the late stage of Qi Refining, and thus possess additional strength.

Upon hearing this, you didn't think much of it and continued on your way.

As night deepened, they finally arrived at the Valley of Earthly Flames.

Liu Laoliu led you through a cave to an underground river.

Finally, they found an underground cave.

This underground cave is like a small paradise, with a stone ceiling visible a hundred meters above.

As Liu Gexian said, there is a vast underground river of fire in front of the cave.

Some flints scattered in all directions, bursting into brilliant flames, illuminating this underground space.

There is an ancient cave dwelling on the mountain wall ahead.

Upon closer inspection, you notice something unusual.

There was a protective array of light surrounding the cave.

However, the aura it emitted did not reach the second tier.

You sensed something was wrong, so you slowed down and quietly retreated, taking out the 'Swiftness Talisman'.

However, at that moment, you were horrified to discover that Liu Laoliu and Liu Gexian had already retreated hundreds of meters.

Only the three of you alchemists and two other cultivators at the late stage of Qi Refining remain.

You should immediately retreat and leave the ley lines.

Unexpectedly, Liu Gexian attacked you, using the "Rocket Technique".

You have no choice but to use the spell "Fire Protection Shield" to protect yourself.

It was at this moment.

But then a giant white-furred rat, about ten feet tall, leaped out from the river of fire ahead and unleashed the spell "Fire Burst".

The giant rat opened its mouth, and flames burst forth, transforming into a fireball that attacked Ding Xiaoyan, Liu Heyan, and two other Qi Refining cultivators who had joined them midway across the river. As the fireball flew, raging flames rose up, as if the sun were burning.

A blazing torrent of fire swept outwards, causing some vegetation along the riverbank to burst into flames.

In the air, Ding Xiaoyan and Liu Heyan were filled with fear.

The elderly man in blue robes who joined midway through the encounter looked even more solemn and said, "It's a second-tier demonic beast!"

At the same time, the old man in the green robe immediately summoned a top-quality shield made of bronze and red gold and hung it in front of him.

He retreated at lightning speed.

boom!

However, as soon as he unleashed his magical artifact, the fireball exploded violently.

An unparalleled burst of fiery magic erupted from the fireball, sweeping in all directions and affecting an area of ​​a thousand meters in radius.

boom!

In the blink of an eye, the shield that the old man in the green robe had summoned shattered, and the flames swept past, engulfing his body.

Ding Xiaoyan, who had only flown ten meters away, was also affected. Under the impact of the magic power erupted from the fireball, his body shattered and fell in pieces. Liu Heyan also created a flame shield to protect himself, but it was also instantly destroyed.

Then, he was also knocked away.

Even Liu Yuelong, who had already fled dozens of meters away, was affected, thrown dozens of meters away, and had his arm and leg broken.

His heart meridian shattered, and he fell towards the pile of rubble beside the river of fire.

"A second-tier...second-order demonic beast!" Liu Yuelong landed, released a wisp of his divine sense to look over, and murmured softly.

However, due to the shattering of his heart meridian, he breathed his last, and his consciousness was also impacted, beginning to dissipate.

Before losing consciousness, he saw the man in the fire robe who was traveling with the man in the blue robe also being knocked away and fall to the ground dead.

The power of an attack from a second-tier demonic beast was clearly beyond the capacity of a Qi Refining cultivator to withstand.

Even the array light barrier in front of the cave collapsed directly, and rubble rolled down the earth vein walls.

Liu Yuelong also saw Liu Gexian and Liu Laoliu standing on the 'Fire Cloud' and coldly sweeping their blades across the falling people below.

"Such a blow, they must be dead by now!" Liu Ge said coldly, a playful smile playing on his lips.

"A second-tier demonic beast's sudden attack can seriously injure even a Foundation Establishment cultivator, let alone these juniors!" Liu Laoliu said coldly. "Tsk tsk, just a few alchemists, it's a piece of cake!" He said coldly, waving his hand.

There were broken fragments of a second-tier spiritual weapon scattered on the ground in his storage bag.

It was glowing red from the nearby flames.

"It's just a pity that the top-tier alchemist Yang Jiuli didn't come; he only managed to wipe out a few small fry!" Liu Ge sighed.

Clearly, their target is Yang Jiuli.

"So that's how it is..." Liu Yuelong suddenly realized, but unfortunately, his consciousness completely collapsed and he could no longer perceive anything.

……

Thus ended Liu Yuelong's life.

Yang Jiuli's consciousness withdrew from it.

"As expected, Liu Ge is plotting something sinister! His aim is to destroy the Li family alchemists." Yang Jiuli opened his eyes and muttered to himself.

"Was the second-tier Earthflame Rat's sneak attack a coincidence, or was it pre-arranged?"

"If it were a coincidence, Li should have been able to find traces of this demonic rat when she went there!"

"The demonic beast has disappeared... It seems that the demonic beast had an owner and was deliberately placed here."

"Li Yourong mentioned that it was just an ordinary cave dwelling..."

"This is a trap set by Master Li! A trap set by me." After analyzing the situation, Yang Jiuli had already formed a conclusion in his mind.

Liu Gexian and his accomplices plotted to lure people out of the house in order to kill Master Li.

With the death of the alchemist, the Black Wind Mountain market naturally loses all its advantages, customer traffic plummets, and the Li family will inevitably suffer a severe blow.

As for the two Qi Refining cultivators added midway, they were clearly there to deliberately mislead people into thinking that they were Liu Laoliu.

It makes it impossible to trace the truth.

In this way, Liu Gexian and Liu Laoliu could escape and live a carefree life.

Yang Jiuli also felt lingering fear about this.

The other party's real purpose was actually for their own benefit.

If he really went!

Even if relying on their trump card doesn't guarantee their survival, it will most likely expose their identity.

Exposing one's identity for a baseless spiritual object is clearly a losing proposition.

Fortunately, Yang Jiuli had experience from several lifetimes and habitually played it safe.

"These Liu grandfather and grandson are quite cunning... but who's behind them?"

"Jinxia Gate?"

"Or is it the Yun clan of the Azure Flame Immortal Sect?"

"Or perhaps some other force?" Yang Jiuli murmured.

He couldn't be certain about this matter either.

After Liu Yuelong died, his consciousness dissipated, and Yang Jiuli was unable to witness what happened afterward.

Only those with great supernatural powers can bring yesterday back to life and see through everything.

Even so, this matter was of great significance to Yang Jiuli.

At least, he knew that beneath the calm surface of Blackwind City, undercurrents were surging.

Although Li Wenchang swiftly eliminated Yan Wuchang last time, it could not prevent various forces from secretly plotting against him.

The future is destined to be turbulent.

"I must not go out lightly before I have raised my mental strength to the second level!" Yang Jiuli whispered.

He then closed the coffin and let Xiao Bing bring Liu Yuelong back to his original position.

Regarding the death of Liu Yuelong.

Yang Jiuli could only say that the world is like this, and it is not the fault of human beings.

Throughout history, countless people have knowingly tried to seize an opportunity, hoping to gain a share of destiny, even though they knew it was impossible.

Yang Jiuli was already used to this.

In fact, Liu Yuelong seemed to have a premonition before setting off.

He didn't bring his late-stage Tier 1 Purple Winged Eagle; he left it behind.

In this way, if something happens to him, he can leave a legacy for his son.

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