Chapter 249: Ten Years in the Human World, Li Ye Finally Meets Huangfu Longdou

In fact, Huangfu Longdou did this on purpose. He just wanted Cao Yanbing to disrupt the situation in the underworld.

"According to the ancient records, if one of the four sacred trees is destroyed, as long as the roots of the spiritual locust tree, the fruit of the dragon peach, the leaves of the imperial elm, and the flowers of the hibiscus tree are collected, there will be a way to activate the secret art of rebirth."

Gui Fu San Tong told them the method of repairing the locust tree.

"what?"

"The Sophora japonica tree is on Zhenhun Street in the west district, the Dragon Peach tree is on Shuiyun Street in the north district, the Emperor Elm tree is on Xuanlong Street in the east district, and the Fusang tree is on Nandou Street in the south district. Doesn't that mean we have to run around the entire Zhenhun Street?"

Cao Yanbing's scalp tingled at the thought of running around the entire Zhenhun Street. The underworld is extremely vast, far larger than the human world. The underworld does not have the advanced means of transportation that the human world has. Running around the entire Zhenhun Street by manpower would be a journey of tens of millions of miles.

"That's easy! Just call on other soul-suppressing generals to collect them together!"

However, Cao Xuanliang didn't think it was very difficult.

"Absolutely not!"

Guifu Santong immediately denied Cao Xuanliang's idea.

"Although the spiritual power of the locust tree leaked out and caused a commotion, no one knows the mystery behind it. If this secret were known to all the spirit hosts, Zhenhun Street would be in chaos, and Jin Lingzi would be in even greater danger."

"In this world, demons and evil spirits are scary, but they are no match for human greed and evil thoughts!"

"What should we do? If we really want to go around the Soul Street, it will take a long time!"

Cao Xuanliang had a bitter face.

"Ha! Is one lap enough?"

Cao Yanbing, however, was radiant, with a look of fiery confidence flashing in his eyes.

"What are you learning from Sakuragi Hanamichi?"

Seeing this, Xia Ling quickly complained.

"From Yan Bing's tone, he seems to be full of confidence!"

Guifu Santong was pleased that Cao Yanbing was so confident.

"The locust tree was destroyed. I originally thought it was irreparable. But there is actually a way to restore it. I feel much more at ease. I only want to protect the locust tree. I don't care about the life and death of his spiritual domain or the life and death of Jin Lingzi. None of it is my business!"

"Since we are now dealing with the same thing, there is no other way! We will set off tomorrow and head straight to Shuiyun Street to get the Dragon Peach Fruit!"

Cao Yanbing already had his own plan, first going north, then east, and finally to the south.

"Brother, shall we set off tomorrow?"

Cao Xuanliang hurriedly asked Cao Yanbing.

"Who told you to go?"

"what?"

"Just stay at home."

"how come."

"Yes, Xiaoliang, what else can I do? Just let Yanbing do it alone!"

When Xia Ling heard this, she thought Cao Xuanliang wanted to stay with her in Luosha Street, and she was overjoyed.

"You have to come with me!"

"Why, I won't do it!"

"Don't think I don't know that you broke the locust tree! The stump is full of the spiritual energy of your guardian spirit! You pooped yourself, and you want me to clean your ass?"

Cao Yanbing put his face directly in front of Xia Ling and spoke with gritted teeth.

"Is there a metaphor like that?!?"

"If you have any objections, I'll kill you!"

Cao Yanbing didn't care about Xia Ling's resistance and threatened her insidiously.

"In that case, Xia Ling, I'll give you something."

As he spoke, Gui Fu San Tong took out a box and opened the lid.

Inside was a seal, which was the Pluto's Pojun Seal.

"This is the Pluto's Army Breaking Seal, which has extremely strong damage to the undead. If it is mixed with the energy of your guardian spirit and Jin Lingzi, I believe it will be a very good weapon."

"Thank you very much, but how do I use this?"

Xia Ling looked at the Pluto Breaking Army Seal in the box and had no idea how to use it.

"Don't waste it!"

Cao Yanbing was a little jealous, this was a good thing.

“When you need it, just give it a try and you’ll know!”

Gui Fu San Tong did not directly tell Xia Ling the specific usage method, but kept it a secret.

"Oh, by the way! I have another spirit beast that I want to entrust to you."

"I wonder what you guys think?"

As he spoke, Gui Fu San Tong took out a small and cute spirit beast, which was as fleshy as a dumpling and had a tentacle growing on its head, like a sprout.

"Well, this is it!"

"ah!!"

"so cute!!"

Xia Ling was captivated by the spirit beast at first sight and immediately decided to take it in.

"Ahahaha!! I want it, I want it!!"

"This fool!"

Cao Yanbing was speechless.

"But can it fight?"

While being happy, Xia Ling still hoped that it would have some fighting ability.

"The demon fruit beast is a spirit beast unique to the underworld and an extremely rare species. Don't underestimate it!"

Gui Fu Santong explained to the others about this small, cute, harmless fruit beast.

"Although the Demon Fruit Beast's initial state was a little weak, according to historical records, the Demon Fruit Beast is the only creature among all spirit beasts that can achieve the fourth stage of evolution. However, there are only records of it evolving to the third stage. As for the fourth stage of evolution, it is still just a legend."

"That's right! If it can evolve to the second stage of the demon king beast, it will be a very useful combat force!"

Cao Yanbing also spoke up, he had heard a little about the demon fruit beast.

"I still don't believe it..."

Xia Ling held the adorable demon fruit beast in her hand, and couldn’t believe that this tiny, soft cutie would become so powerful when it grew up.

"Anyway, that's all!"

Gui Fu San Tong finished speaking and said no more.

"Thank you!"

Cao Yanbing also thanked him.

"You are on this journey, full of dangers. You need to be extra careful. I will take my leave now!"

Gui Fu San Tong bowed to them and said goodbye.

"learn by heart!"

Cao Yanbing also bowed to Gui Fu San Tong in return.

"Oh, by the way, Yan Bing..."

"Ok?"

"Don't trust those so-called benevolent and righteous superiors. There is a traitor in Zhenhun Street!"

"What?!!?"

"Trust your partner."

"..."

……

Inside the Cao family’s house, on the roof, Cao Xuanliang was looking at the starry sky with a melancholy look on his face, full of thoughts.

"..."

"..."

"Why are you pretending to be so profound?"

A voice broke the silent atmosphere.

"I really can't stand you!"

It turned out that Cao Yanbing sat next to Cao Xuanliang.

"Yeah!? No, no..."

When Cao Xuanliang saw that it was Cao Yanbing, he quickly denied it.

"Tell me, what's wrong with you? I haven't seen you talk since you came back..."

"Actually, it's nothing..."

Seeing that Cao Xuanliang was still being stubborn, Cao Yanbing didn't waste any words and simply grabbed Cao Yanbing by the collar.

"Oh, I said, I said!!"

Cao Xuanliang immediately panicked and quickly confessed the truth.

"I just, I just think I'm a good cook..."

"? What plane are you working on?"

"I originally thought I could be better than my brother, but today I realized how far I am from him. Even Sister Xia Ling surpassed me overnight!"

"Every time I think I'm getting stronger, you're growing stronger many times over me, brother."

Cao Xuanliang expressed the disappointment that had been suppressed in his heart for a long time.

Cao Yanbing was silent at first, then said:
"There are always people who are better than you. You think my strength is improving very quickly, but there are people who are faster than me. Take Li Ye for example. We entered the Dead Soul Island to practice in the same year, but he defeated Xiang Kunlun and reached the top of the Hall of Heroes several years ago. But do you think I was shocked by his breakthrough speed? So, don't worry about others at all. Just do your best and be stronger today than you were yesterday." Cao Xuanliang was silent for a moment after hearing this, but the melancholy in his eyes was obviously dispelled. He continued:
"Now it seems that I am just a frog in a well. In fact, I understand very well that the reason why you didn't let me go with you this time is because my hell is too low and it might hinder me, right?"

"How can you have such a vivid imagination! Like a woman..."

Cao Yanbing was speechless when he heard what Cao Xuanliang said.

"Alas, I am really defeated by you... I say... you don't really believe in your own and Tang Liuyu's strength!"

"The numerical values ​​of the levels of Hell are fixed, but people are alive. How can we lose our minds because of a few numbers set by others? There are many examples of low-level spirit masters defeating high-level spirit masters."

"Your Torrential Pear Blossom Needle has great lethality. If you use all your strength to kill me, I'm afraid I'll be in big trouble. Besides, this is not your strongest move. You may have a trump card that I don't even know about..."

"Think about it carefully. If we all leave, who will take care of Luosha Street? If we leave it to Xia Ling, how can you and I feel at ease?"

"I'm keeping you here because I have a more important mission for you!"

Cao Yanbing looked serious and stern at Cao Xuanliang.

"A more important mission?..."

Cao Xuanliang fell into deep thought, but at this time a lively and cheerful voice was heard.

"I found you! You are here!"

It turned out that Xia Ling was here.

"Ouch!"

Xia Ling accidentally stepped on empty air and almost fell down.

"Wow!!!"

"Huh...huh..."

Xia Ling managed to steady herself with great difficulty and did not let herself fall, and climbed up again.

"That's right, this guy is really worried..."

Cao Yanbing took the opportunity to confirm to Cao Xuanliang that there was nothing wrong with his idea.

"Yes."

Cao Xuanliang was also speechless.

"Huh, what are you talking about?"

"I'm calling you stupid!"

"..."

After a moment of silence, Xia Ling said:

"Yan Bing, do you really have eight guardian spirits?"

"Yeah, yeah, I want to know that too!"

Cao Xuanliang was also very interested in this topic.

"What? Are you all scared!?"

"I'm not in the habit of bragging. If I say eight, then it means eight!"

"For a martial god's body, every time a guardian spirit is added, the spiritual power will increase significantly, but at the same time, the mental burden on the spirit host will also double. It's just a double-edged sword."

"But at the moment, I can already bear the bodies of eight people, but there are still several guys who are unwilling to obey me. I can't summon them. At present, I can only summon three."

"Huh!?"

"They said they wanted to succumb to a stronger force, so they showed us your awareness. I know nothing about awareness!"

"That's still just bragging! ..."

"Huh? Are you going to piss me off to death?!"

……

After a while, Cao Xuanliang left, leaving only Xia Ling and Cao Yanbing.

"I say... you are the big brother. Are you really not going to take Xiaoliang with you...?"

"This journey is extremely dangerous, and I don't want to sacrifice my brother's life. The Kingdom Organization's target is Jin Lingzi, so Xiaoliang staying here poses no threat to them."

"That's true... But then, does that mean my life isn't a life? Is my life so worthless?"

"You...the third decimal place can be ignored."

"Okay, let me ask you a question. Answer me and I'll forgive you."

"When did you learn to negotiate?"

“I’ve been wanting to ask this for a long time…”

"explain……"

"Who is the strongest in Zhenhun Street?"

"What's that expression on your face..."

"You idiot, how can I easily draw conclusions about who is strong and who is weak today..."

"But when the power of the spirit host is so strong that the spirit masters cannot control it, the hell is unified and determined to be endless, and the spiritual power is so huge that it cannot be observed or measured."

"I...I thought you were going to say you were the strongest..."

"Don't think too highly of me. Spiritual power has a lot to do with age!"

"Huh...Xia Ling, do you know the types of undead?"

"What kind?"

"Although the underworld is huge, the undead spirits that can fight are divided into human spirits, beast spirits, and the more special demon spirits and immortal spirits."

"Different types of undead have different abilities. Human spirits have relatively average overall abilities, while beast spirits tend to be more focused on strength, defense, or speed. Immortal spirits and demon spirits can use special spells."

"So... our guardian spirits and Xiaoliang's are both human martial spirits."

"That's right, but... it seems that in addition to these types, there is another powerful undead spirit that completely surpasses their existence, and that is the Divine Martial Spirit!"

"The name sounds extraordinary."

Xia Ling didn't understand yet, but she felt it was powerful just by hearing the name.

"The divine martial spirits do not need the help of human spirit hosts, and they already have strong enough power, so they often exist independently."

“But even so, there are still divine spirits willing to reside in the bodies of human spirit hosts. If it were an ordinary person, I’m afraid their bodies would have long been unable to bear such a huge burden.”

“So it can be seen that the spirit hosts who possess the Divine Martial Spirit are not ordinary people, but talented people.”

"There is such a person, with beast-red eyes and several scars at the corners of his mouth. Although I have never seen him, I often heard my father mention him when I was a child. He mentioned that man who was like a ghost and god, and was superior to the divine martial spirit."

"He is the most recognized and most powerful soul-suppressing general of the previous generation, and the most wanted criminal in the Spirit Realm today, Huangfu Longdou!"

"In addition to the Divine Martial Spirits, there is also an extremely powerful guardian spirit. They are called the strongest human martial spirits. They are the pinnacle of all human martial spirits and are comparable to or even superior to the Divine Martial Spirits. After a long period of fighting, the human martial spirits have become stronger and stronger in life-and-death battles, and have accumulated experience until they have become extraordinary and saintly, comparable to gods, and fought against the Divine Martial Spirits, killed them, devoured their remains, and completed the final evolution, reaching the highest realm of human martial spirits, the Ghost King Power! The strongest human martial spirit in the Ghost King Power state is even far superior to ordinary divine martial spirits. In the underworld today, there are three people who possess the strongest human martial spirits."

"They are respectively the Grand Commander of the Hall of Heroes, Li Ye. He is a descendant of Li Tang and a direct descendant of Li Shimin, the Heavenly Khan. His guardian spirit is the strongest human martial spirit, General Flying Tiger, the leader of the Thirteen Guardians, Li Cunxiao. The second-in-command of the Hall of Heroes, Diao Lingyun, is the descendant of Lu Bu and Diao Chan. His guardian spirit is the strongest human martial spirit, General Jiuyuan, Wenhou Lu Bu. And the Soul-Suppressing General of Yanghuang Street, the commander of the Tyrant Camp, Xiang Kunlun, the descendant of Xiang Yu, the Overlord of Western Chu. His guardian spirit is the strongest human martial spirit, Xiang Yu, the Overlord of Western Chu."

"Among them, the most dazzling one is Li Ye. He is the same age as me and entered the Dead Soul Island to practice at the same time. However, he defeated Xiang Kunlun, who was seven or eight years older than him, several years ago. He is extremely talented and is known as the genius who is most likely to be on par with Huangfu Longdou."

"Then there are people with a special physique, the Martial God Body, which is my physique. The Martial God Body can accommodate multiple guardian spirits. In addition to me, there are Liu Yuchan from Shuiyun Street and Sun Zhantian from Xuanlong Street. I am a descendant of Cao Cao, the Emperor Wu of Wei, and now I have awakened Yu Jin, Dian Wei and Xu Chu. Liu Yuchan is a descendant of Liu Bei, the Emperor Zhaolie of Shu Han, and now he has awakened at least Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Huang Zhong. Sun Zhantian is a descendant of Sun Quan, the Emperor of Wu, and now he has awakened at least Zhou Tai, Gan Ning and Huang Gai."

"The Martial God Body is a super physique that is rare in a century. The Martial God Body is not just the accumulation of guardian spirits. With each additional guardian spirit, the spiritual power will increase exponentially. When all guardian spirits are finally liberated, there will be a major upgrade, which is called Martial God Transformation."

"The holder of the Divine Martial Spirit, the holder of the strongest human martial spirit, and the owner of the Martial God Body are the three most likely to become the strongest in the underworld. These three are the top talents in the underworld, far surpassing ordinary spirit hosts."

Gui Fu San Tong gradually walked out of Luosha Street. When he reached the edge of Luosha Street, he suddenly stopped and said:

"Okay, no need to hide anymore, come out."

As soon as he finished speaking, a young man appeared in front of Guifu Santong.

The young man was dressed in military uniform and golden armor with dragon patterns. He looked extraordinary and powerful, and exuded the noble aura of a royal family. With sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, and a handsome appearance, he gave people a sense of dominance and confidence that no one else could match him.

It was Li Ye.

"Foster father, should I call you Huangfu Longdou or Guifu Santong now?"

Li Ye smiled at Gui Fu San Tong with a harmless smile.

"Whatever you say. Come to think of it, we haven't seen each other for almost ten years."

Gui Fu San Tong, or rather Huangfu Longdou, had a look of reminiscence on his face as he recalled the time when they had just met.

"Yes, we haven't seen each other since we parted at Dead Soul Island."

Li Ye also recalled the events of ten years ago. After Huangfu Longdou sent Li Ye to the Island of Dead Souls, the Tongqing Banquet Incident soon occurred. Huangfu Longdou destroyed the Wuxiang Sect and caused great trouble in the Spirit Realm, causing heavy losses to the Spirit Realm. He was eventually killed by the Wheel of God in its combat power release form, and was rescued by Xuan Ma with his spatial magic. From then on, he became the most wanted criminal in the Spirit Realm.

At this time, Huangfu Longdou took off his hat, mask, and glasses, then tore off his wide black cloak, revealing his muscular upper body, and then put on a military uniform, looking heroic and majestic.

His pupils are beast red, there are several scars at the corners of his mouth, his hair is combed like he has been beaten, and there are three bloody marks between his eyebrows. Who else could it be but Huangfu Longdou?

"Godfather, you look much older than you were ten years ago."

Li Ye looked at Huangfu Longdou's familiar yet unfamiliar face, slightly distracted.
"Really? After all, it's been ten years. It's normal to get older. Birth, aging, sickness and death are inevitable."

Huangfu Longdou smiled indifferently and let the matter go in a few words.

"As for you, you have changed drastically in the past ten years. The little boy who cried in the rainy night is now the leader of the Hall of Heroes."

Huangfu Longdou walked up to Li Ye, patted Li Ye's shoulder vigorously, and laughed with satisfaction:
"Good boy, I was right!"

"Let's go, let's talk somewhere else!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Huangfu Longdou turned into a shadow and disappeared, and Li Ye also followed Huangfu Longdou away.

The two came to a remote location far away from Luosha Street, an empty and desolate plain.

"Let me see how much you have improved over the past ten years."

As he spoke, a giant figure as majestic as a mountain and as vast as the ocean appeared behind Huangfu Longdou.

His body is incomparably huge, taller than the mountains and more majestic than the ocean. His breathing sounds like thunder and his footsteps are like a dragon turning over.

He stood tall and upright, his body as tall as a mountain, huge and immense, as if condensed from the earth itself. From a distance, his silhouette seemed like a prehistoric giant tower that stood tall and merged with the world's skyline. Standing in the vast wilderness, his huge body seemed to connect the heaven and earth, becoming the most conspicuous symbol in this empty plain.

His body seemed invulnerable, indestructible, and impervious to any erosion. Countless ancient and mysterious symbols were engraved on the giant's skin. They flickered in the faint light, as if telling of the uninterrupted domineering power of the gods since ancient times.

The body of this headless god is carved with endless war totems, and each pattern contains deep power. His shoulders are as broad as mountains, his chest is as solid as rock, and his arms are as thick as ancient trees, as if he can hold up the whole world. His skin has a heavy color, which is the sedimentation of eternity and endless years.

He has no head, and his neck is cut cleanly, as if his head has never existed. But the headless god does not seem to lack wisdom or perception, but rather more mysterious. The cross section of his head and neck is as smooth as a mirror, without blood or traces of pain, as if his creator has endowed him with endless power in this image. Without eyes, he uses his breasts as eyes to see through everything; without a mouth, he uses his navel as a mouth, and his voice is as loud as the law of heaven. This defect does not make him look incomplete, but makes him more unattainable, an existence beyond this world.

It is the ancient god of war, Xingtian!
(End of this chapter)