Chapter 52 Departure

  Outside the city of Yan, Fang Li rushed out quickly. Just as he was about to force the Bodhi Dharma out of his body and explode, the hidden symbol was also activated by him, narrowly avoiding the explosion of the Bodhi tree species. However, after hiding for dozens of miles, when Fang Li came to, he found himself already outside the city of Yan.

  At this time, Fang Li's face was pale and his whole body was covered in cold sweat, as if he had just suffered a serious illness. Forcing the Bodhi seed out of his body was no less difficult than a strong man cutting off his own wrist, not only did it cause his strength to plummet, but also caused some harm to his body. If the ascetic monk who had once helped him knew that he had actually detonated the Bodhi tree seed, he would be heartbroken, for that was an opportunity that could be encountered but not sought.

  However, Fang Li still did not regret making this decision. The Bodhi tree seed could be detonated and there would still be a chance to condense again, but if he didn't kill those royal elders, Fang Li's heart would definitely leave a knot, even affecting his future cultivation.

  It's unclear whether it was due to the clarity of his thoughts or the nourishment from the Bodhi tree for so long, but his divine consciousness, which had originally broken through to the third stage, grew again by a significant amount. If he was at the early stages of the third stage before, then now he was at the middle stages of the third stage.

  "You little scoundrel, where are you running to? I'll skin and debone you, crush your bones into ashes!" Suddenly, a loud shout came from the sky, it was the old man with long eyebrows using his true energy to yell out, his voice spreading throughout the entire Yan City.

  Fang Li's face turned pale as soon as he heard the news, not thinking that he had used a hiding symbol, but was still found by the old man with long eyebrows, and hearing his voice, it seemed that he was rushing towards him.

  Fang Li's heart was still in a state of turmoil, but after the earlier frenzy, he had calmed down considerably. With the Wang family's elders all eliminated, there were only two high-ranking cultivators above the seventh level of Qi Refining left: the clan leader Wang Xiu and this long-browed old man. It was impossible for them to dominate Yanyang City single-handedly. And as the Wang family's Supreme Elder, the long-browed old man must have been consumed by hatred for himself. If he were to catch up, Fang Li dared not imagine what kind of tragic fate would befall him.

  "Must I really use that Great Teleportation Symbol?" Fang Li muttered to himself, several thoughts flashing through his mind. In the end, he discovered that if he wanted to escape the pursuit of the Long Eyebrowed Old Man, there was only one way - to activate the Great Teleportation Symbol. However, the Great Teleportation Symbol could teleport him hundreds of millions of miles away, and with his current abilities, it would be unknown how many years or months it would take for him to return!

  "With my speed, I won't be able to outrun the long eyebrows in the middle of the foundation period." Fang Li gritted his teeth, and for a moment, he couldn't make a decision. If he didn't use that teleportation talisman, all that awaited him was a dead end. If he used it, however, there were too many concerns in his heart.

  At this moment, several figures appeared in Fang Li's mind: his mother Ye Xiang, his sister Fang Liu'er, and even Mu Yunyan. However, in the end, Fang Li steeled himself and prepared to use the Great Teleportation Symbol. As long as he was still alive, there would always be a chance to return.

  "But before that, there's still something I need to take care of!" Fang Li flashed a hint of cold light in his eyes, sensing that the old man with the long eyebrows hadn't caught up yet, but was about to fulfill a promise. Anyway, he wasn't in a hurry at this moment, since he had already decided to use the Great Teleportation Symbol, and using it early or late would have the same effect; even if the old man with the long eyebrows were standing right in front of him, he could still escape calmly.

  At this thought, Fang Li suddenly turned around and ran towards a distant mountain. The mountain was called Fei Yun Mountain, and the notorious Fei Yun stronghold was located at its peak.

  "Who are you?" A small henchman at the entrance of the mountain stronghold spotted Fang Li's figure, seeing that he was coming with a fierce and ominous aura, immediately raised his large knife and interrogated him.

  "Get out!" Fang Li kicked him with a cold face. The little rascal was only a three-refined cultivator, how could he be his opponent? He let out a miserable cry and flew out instantly.

  This mournful cry naturally startled the people inside the mountain stronghold, and suddenly dozens of people rushed out, surrounding Fang Li in the middle. Seeing his icy face, they all raised their vigilance, and no one dared to make the first move.

  "Who dares to be unruly in my Flying Cloud Fortress!" A loud shout was heard, and a disheveled-haired man appeared. The man had drooping eyelids, his eyes somewhat dull and lifeless, and he was the master of Flying Cloud Fortress. Recently, Black Wind Fortress was destroyed because of the Dragon Bone Purple Gold Pill, and Flying Cloud Fortress became the largest group of mountain bandits in Yan City, living quite comfortably.

  Behind him, two more men appeared, who were none other than Skinny Monkey and Scarface, both of whom had clashed with Fang Li before.

  "It's you!" The skinny monkey and Scarface had a very deep impression of each other and immediately recognized him.

  "Fine, heaven has a road you don't take, hell has no gate you charge in, since you dare to come to Flying Cloud Fortress, today you won't think of leaving alive." Skinny Monkey still bore a grudge, now he couldn't forget the humiliation he suffered at Fang Li's hands, immediately let out a loud shout, and was about to attack him.

  Fang Li gazed at him coldly, the Xuan Tie sword suddenly unsheathed in his hand. In an instant, two bright lights flashed, and the lean monkey's body, which had been charging over, came to a sudden stop. The next moment, it had fallen to the ground, with fresh blood spurting out from its neck.

  "Be careful!" At the moment when Fang Li made his move, the master of Fei Yun Fortress finally saw through his strength, although he was two levels lower than himself, but still not something that Shou Huan could contend with. Unfortunately, his warning came a bit too late, as Shou Huan had already been cut off at the throat by Fang Li and was on the verge of dying.

  "How dare you, killing someone right in front of me!" The Flying Cloud Fort's leader was instantly furious. Since he had already seen through Fang Li's strength, he naturally wouldn't take him seriously anymore. He was just a Qi Refining Sixth Layer youth, and even if he were a genius, it would be impossible for him to be his opponent.

  After finishing speaking, the master had already made his move. Originally empty hands suddenly appeared with a large knife, directly chopping towards Fang Li, fierce and powerful. Although there was no fancy movement, the speed and power of the attack were not something Fang Li could match.

  Before meeting, this man underestimated himself. Fang Li's eyes narrowed slightly, and a hint of a smile flashed across his face. If he had been careful, it might have been difficult to kill him before the old man with the long eyebrows caught up, but now he was not afraid.

  As the big knife approached, the master couldn't help but reveal a hint of excitement, thinking to himself that the little guy in front of him must have been scared silly and wasn't putting up any resistance. However, even if he did resist, it would be useless - the gap between the sixth and eighth levels of Qi refinement was absolutely insurmountable.

  The master of the house was full of confidence, but in an instant, his face suddenly changed, and his eyes were wide with fear, like a toad that had been frightened out of its wits.

  Only to see five evil spirits suddenly flying out of Fang Li's body, all pouncing on him. If they were just ordinary ghosts, the master would not have been frightened to such an extent, but he clearly felt that these five evil spirits actually had a cultivation base no lower than his own, and even two of them had a thicker cultivation base than him.

  "Scram!" The master of the house came to his senses, swung the big knife in his hand and turned around to run away. With one against five, he didn't think he had that kind of ability.

  In the next moment, with a rustling sound, dozens of vines suddenly emerged from the ground and instantly wrapped around his legs. At the same time, many vines of true energy also burst out from Fang Li's body, coordinating with the vines emerging from the ground, all wrapping towards him together.

  The master's face suddenly turned pale, with five powerful enemies in front of him and himself being tied up by the vines, this was absolutely a mortal crisis.

  "Come and save me, my sons!" the master of the house shouted loudly at the same time, bursting out a terrifying aura, and the rattan grass was immediately broken. But just in this instant, five evil spirits had approached his body, opening their bloody mouths, directly biting towards him, and suddenly a mournful cry sounded.

  Those little rascals from Flying Cloud Village saw us and didn't dare to come forward, they scattered with a whoosh, fearing that they couldn't escape quickly enough.

  "Don't, you and I have no grudges or grievances, why do you want to put me to death!" The master of the house was pinned down by five evil spirits, unable to break free, and immediately looked at Fang Li in the distance with a pleading gaze, hoping he could spare his life.

  Fang Li looked at all of this with a cold indifference, his facial expression never changing from start to finish. He said calmly, "Let's not talk about how evil you are and how you deserve to die. Just the fact that you threatened my friend means you have to die. Sorry."

  As Fang Li's voice fell, the five evil spirits opened their mouths and bit down again. Especially Gui Da, this mouthful went straight down and actually bit off half of the master's head, with yellowish brain matter flowing out of his mouth.

  The master of the house didn't even have time to let out a cry of despair before he immediately stopped breathing, and following that, a grayish soul appeared.

  Seeing the greedy look in the eyes of the five evil spirits, Fang Li nodded indifferently, "Swallow it."

  The five evil spirits immediately jumped up and in just a moment had devoured the master's soul, leaving no trace behind.

  Before the self-explosion of the Bodhi tree, five evil spirits were exhausted from resisting attacks on behalf of Fang Li, and their demonic energy was greatly weakened. Now, after devouring the soul of an 8th-level Qi Refining cultivator, they have recovered somewhat.

  After killing the master of Fei Yun Fortress, Fang Li did not rush to leave. He remembered that when the master attacked him, the knife suddenly appeared in his hand, which means he must have had a storage artifact on him.

  Fang Li slowly walked forward, and upon reaching the corpse of the Great Master, he flipped through it and indeed found a Qian Kun bag. Without haste to examine it, he directly put it into his own bosom.

  "Little brat, where are you running to? Do you think hiding in Fei Yun Fortress I won't be able to find you? How naive! Haha, I'll tear you into a million pieces and see where you can run then!" Having said that, the furious Longmei elder finally caught up, and upon seeing Fang Li standing at the entrance of Fei Yun Fortress, burst out laughing.

  "You've finally arrived, though your speed is quite slow." Fang Li's expression didn't change as he spoke in a light tone, as if discussing something mundane.

  "Hahaha, you're still pretending to be calm, I have to say that you're the last person with a bit of personality that I've seen. However, today you must die!" As he said this, the long-browed old man's face suddenly turned ferocious, "You killed 23 elders of my royal family, cutting off the prosperous path of my royal family. This grudge, killing you ten thousand times wouldn't be enough to vent the hatred in my heart!"

  In the end, the old man with a long eyebrow almost roared out. The loss caused by Fang Li to the Wang family was really too great, so great that as soon as he thought of it, his heart would be in severe pain, and at least within fifty years, the Wang family could not recover to its former prosperity. This blow to a family is extremely fatal.

  Fang Li gazed at him quietly, as if watching a clown, and suddenly burst out laughing loudly, her eyes reddening with laughter. "Old fool! Why didn't you mention that your Wang family killed the elder of my Fang family? What qualifications do you have to accuse me? You're so ignorant, I think you've wasted this big age of yours. The elders of your Wang family weren't killed by my hand, but by your own!"

  "Shut up, even if you're speaking eloquently now, I won't let you off, you must die!" Scolded by Fang Li, the old man with long eyebrows suddenly became agitated, as if he had been struck in a sore spot, and furiously drew out his flying sword, about to attack Fang Li.

  Fang Li gazed at him coldly, his eyes filled with hatred. "Your royal family killed our clan leader and our supreme elder. This debt, I will definitely make you pay."

  "You dare to be so arrogant when death is imminent!" The old man with the long eyebrows shouted loudly, and without hesitation, he shot his flying sword directly at Fang Li. If he was hit, he would either die or suffer serious injury.

  The next moment, however, the old man with long eyebrows suddenly opened his eyes wide, as if he had seen something unthinkable. Fang Li disappeared again.

  "Bastard, bastard, bastard! There's actually another hidden talisman. I won't believe it even if I die today, you can't escape my palm!" The old man with the long eyebrows was shouting like a madman, almost going crazy, and immediately flew up, searching everywhere like a headless fly.

  "How can I not sense that kid's location? Impossible, impossible! Come out quickly, I'm going to kill you!" The angry roar echoed again in the sky above Yanjing City.