The villa was empty, with only Chen Jie, Li Ziling, and Ah Zhu remaining inside.
As for the old man and the Ancestor of Sorcery, they had entered seclusion. They intended to restore their strength to its peak state within these few days.
Preparing for a decisive battle with Zhou Yu.
“Brother Chen Jie, Ah Zhu and I have discussed it. When you go to Wutai Mountain, we will go with you. Let us two take care of you!”
Li Ziling smiled at Chen Jie and said.
These days, they had seen Wang Xiaoyan and the other women interact with Chen Jie, and they had no opportunity to talk.
With too many eyes watching, and being too shy, they found it difficult to approach Chen Jie.
With a great enemy at hand, they couldn't delay Chen Jie's progress either.
But their hearts ached.
“Li Ziling, going to Wutai Mountain with me might mean death!” Chen Jie looked at Li Ziling with a complex expression, unsure how to tell her what his master had instructed.
“What’s there to fear? I have the Xuan Yin physique. Soon, I will die anyway, only a few months earlier, it’s no different. Letting me stay by your side in my final moments would leave me with no regrets.”
In this state, there was nothing to be ashamed of. Li Ziling bravely expressed her inner feelings.
“Actually, there’s already a solution to your problem!”
Chen Jie was touched, but he wouldn't let Li Ziling truly face death.
“I don’t want any solution, I just want to stay by your side,” Li Ziling said.
Chen Jie replied, “Don’t rush, listen to the solution first!”
“Li Ziling, actually, I am the Pure Yang physique!”
What?
Li Ziling was dumbfounded.
The one who could solve her Xuan Yin physique problem was the man she admired!
In an instant, all her unhappiness vanished into thin air.
“Not only can I solve your physical problem, but my master has also given me a cultivation technique that is very suitable for you!”
“Li Ziling, you now have two choices: First, cultivate that technique and become a master. Second, be with me…”
“Brother Chen Jie, don’t say it, I choose the second option!”
Before Chen Jie could finish, Li Ziling made her choice.
“However, I have one more request. I heard them say you have a dual cultivation secret art. Brother Chen Jie, can Ah Zhu also come with us? Otherwise, I’m afraid Zhang Xinyan and the others will bully me later!”
“Because a few days ago, they were all subtly reminding us that those of us with no relation should leave. I feel they don't like me much. Without Ah Zhu, I might be bullied.”
Chen Jie raised his hand to his forehead.
Ah Zhu’s eyes were sparkling with anticipation.
…
“Now, I will help you resolve the drawbacks of your Xuan Yin physique. Next, you need to recite a mantra…”
A day later, Li Ziling’s strength surged. In the room, pure Yang and pure Yin energies intertwined, causing the entire villa to explode.
The small tree within Chen Jie’s body furiously erupted with a large amount of spiritual energy.
Supplying Chen Jie for absorption.
The spiritual liquid in his Qi Sea began to condense, and a Golden Core slowly formed.
As for Li Ziling, her hair stood on end, and after a soft, beautiful cry, she gradually calmed down.
This commotion even startled his master and the Ancestor of Sorcery who were in seclusion.
“What’s going on? Did Zhou Yu come looking for us?”
The two were greatly alarmed.
After careful investigation, they couldn't help but be overjoyed.
“Yin and Yang energies, mutually generating and overcoming, giving birth to all things! This, could this be the legendary Power of All Manifestations?”
“I never expected this kid to still be cultivating immortality! Martial and immortal strengths complementing each other, he can become infinitely stronger in the future!”
“Give him another year, and Zhou Yu will be like a small ant in his eyes!”
The Ancestor of Sorcery exclaimed excitedly.
“Of course, who do you think his master is! Your daughter is not even fit to carry his shoes compared to him!” the old man said excitedly.
“Hmph, he still has to get through this hurdle first!”
Chen Jie, now clear-headed, was surprised to find that the small tree in his body had disappeared. In its place was the Golden Core formed within him, continuously growing and self-sufficient.
He didn't need to cultivate at all, nor did he need any techniques.
And Li Ziling was even more astonishing. She had transformed from an ordinary woman into a super expert.
With every movement, she exuded surging energy.
“Master, we are ready. Let’s go to Wutai Mountain!” Chen Jie approached the two elders and said.
“Good, good, let’s go then!”
The five of them arrived early, with Li Ziling and Ah Zhu responsible for serving the three meals.
In the blink of an eye, the half-month deadline arrived.
“Chen Jie, are you ready to die?”
Zhou Yu was carried in a grand palanquin, arriving before Chen Jie.
Chen Jie’s master, the Ancestor of Sorcery, and Li Ziling, sat cross-legged in three corners, surrounding him.
Chen Jie opened his eyes and said, “Zhou Yu, I’ll give you a chance to live. Cripple your Golden Core, reduce your strength to below the Foundation Establishment stage, and from now on, stay out of worldly affairs. You can live.”
“Hahaha… it seems you’ve made your decision, then don’t blame me for being impolite!”
Zhou Yu was incredibly arrogant. With a wave of his hand, the Soul Summoning Banner appeared. As he brandished it, a small mountain flew towards Chen Jie.
A Golden Core realm expert, terrifying indeed!
“Hmph! Retreat!”
The Ancestor of Sorcery let out a light shout, and a golden rune tens of feet wide appeared, flying towards the mountain.
Boom!
The mountain exploded, scattering in all directions.
“I spared your lives that day, do you really think I can’t kill you! Tai Xu Palm!”
Zhou Yu let out an angry roar, and the bearers of the palanquin, expressionless, charged towards the Ancestor of Sorcery.
Soon, these figures transformed into giant palms, slapping towards the Ancestor.
“I, the Divine King, am here! Who dares to make a move!”
Chen Jie’s master roared. The little old man puffed up like an inflated ball, his clothes bursting, and massive muscles bulging.
He engaged in combat with the palms.
Chen Jie sighed inwardly, his master was indeed his master. If not for his own recent progress, killing him would have been effortless!
“You’re putting up a futile resistance!”
“Clone!” Zhou Yu gave a light shout, and suddenly another Zhou Yu appeared, charging towards the two.
“Old man, die!”
Li Ziling let out a sharp cry and charged towards Zhou Yu’s clone.
Ah Zhu’s heart was pounding. This scene was too shocking for her.
However, she felt the situation was not optimistic.
Because Zhou Yu had used three moves, and three people had to resist them with all their might.
“I’ll kill Chen Jie first, then deal with you three! This lass is not bad, she can join my harem later!”
Zhou Yu said, raising the Soul Summoning Banner and hurling it at Chen Jie.
“Sword, emerge!”
Chen Jie made no apparent movement, let out a light shout, and the bronze ancient sword flew out, clashing with the Soul Summoning Banner hundreds of times in an instant.
For a time, the heavens and earth shook, and explosions resounded for over a hundred miles.
“What?”
Zhou Yu’s expression changed slightly. In such a short period, Chen Jie’s strength had increased so much!
This brat must be killed!
“Die!”
Zhou Yu’s true body charged towards Chen Jie.
“Come! In this battle, I will use my full strength!”
All along, Chen Jie had never used his full strength, as no one had been worthy of it.
Now, he felt the danger to his life, and the Yin-Yang Golden Core within him spun wildly.
“Impossible, impossible! How can you improve so quickly! Chen Jie, I will give you a chance to reconcile now. As long as you hand over my precious tree, we will go our separate ways!” Zhou Yu shouted in shock.
He no longer had the confidence to keep Chen Jie.
He only wanted to retrieve his most important treasure.
In this situation, although he could defeat Chen Jie, if Chen Jie escaped, he wouldn’t be able to stop him.
“That precious tree has been destroyed, but today, you will die!”
With the Yin-Yang Golden Core, Chen Jie could cast any spell at will with a wave of his hand.
But Zhou Yu was not to be trifled with. While his clone was dealing with Li Ziling and the others, his immense strength still kept Chen Jie at bay.
Terrifying!
Zhou Yu gradually began to feel something was wrong.
Because after fighting for so long, his spiritual energy had been depleted by more than half, yet Chen Jie was not even out of breath.
“I have cultivated the Yin-Yang Limitless Golden Core, and my spiritual energy is inexhaustible. I can spar with you for a year! Today, you will die!”
Chen Jie’s words shook everyone’s hearts.
Even as he fought, his strength was steadily increasing.
Finally, Zhou Yu’s spiritual energy began to run out.
He shouted frantically, “Unwilling, I am unwilling! Why! I am so strong, why would I still lose! I don’t want to die!”
“That’s not up to you!”
Chen Jie pressed his advantage.
At this moment, Ah Zhu received a call.
Excitedly, she shouted to Chen Jie, “Teacher Chen, a great victory at Longmen! All those controlling Longmen have been executed!”
“Teacher Chen, Sister Gu Yue has killed the Great Elder of the Qingcheng Sect!”
“Teacher Chen, Jiang Xue has killed the Second Elder!”
“Teacher Chen, the five great families have jointly destroyed the Wen family and attacked the Qingcheng Sect!”
…
Reports of victory kept coming in!
“I’ll fight you to the death!” Knowing he couldn’t last, Zhou Yu, in despair, directly self-destructed!
“Star Shift!”
Chen Jie let out a furious roar, and the two disappeared from their original positions.
Boom!
The entire Wutai Mountain exploded.
Li Ziling, Chen Jie’s master, and the Ancestor of Sorcery looked at Ah Zhu and said in unison, “Let’s run!”
…
Five days later, Chen Jie woke up in a small farmhouse.
“Where am I?” Chen Jie murmured.
“You’re finally awake? Oh my, what a miracle!” A mother and daughter appeared, both surprised and delighted.
“We found you floating in the river. You’re quite a spirited young man! Why not stay and be my son-in-law!”
Zhou Yu!
Chen Jie’s heart leaped in alarm.
He found himself wearing a groom’s suit, with a beautiful, unfamiliar woman beside him looking at him shyly.
It turned out that after he fainted, he hadn't managed to conceal his aura, and this mother and daughter pair had taken it upon themselves to make decisions for him…
“This is bad! Wang Xiaoyan and the others must be worried about me!”
Chen Jie quickly said to the two, “I apologize, I have important matters to attend to. Goodbye!”
He left behind a cultivation technique, and with a thought, a bronze sword flew to him. Chen Jie leaped onto the sword and soared into the sky.
He disappeared into the horizon.
“Xiaoyan, here I come!”