308: Calculate every step

The Yellow Springs Nine Dragons Diagram unfurled, covering the sky above and with a Yellow Springs River flowing beneath, stealing away life force.

Furthermore, nine Dragons surged within the Yellow Springs River, wildly crashing towards Ning Haocheng.

The Yellow Springs Nine Dragons Diagram, a terrifying Immortal Artifact, contained a river of Yellow Springs water capable of obliterating all mortal life. Moreover, nine Dragon souls in the Yellow Springs water assisted in the attack. When this was unleashed by a former Prodigy-level figure like Ye Qingbi, even a Half-Immortal would die with regret under this strike.

"This isn't good..."

Lü Yang watched, his heart secretly anxious, his fists tightly clenched, his palms covered in fine beads of sweat.

Ye Qingbi was not a useless person like Lü Fan, who could only unleash a fraction of an Immortal Artifact's power.

The might of this Immortal Artifact was now being displayed for the first time before everyone. A Half-Immortal grand power, encountering such an attack, had no choice but to avoid its sharp edge.

Lü Yang knew he couldn't help Ning Haocheng, and his current predicament also didn't allow him to speak up and stop it.

At this moment.

He could only call for help in the Chat Group.

[Lü Yang: This is bad! Ning Ge and Ye Qingbi are fighting, and Ye Qingbi even has an Immortal Artifact! Hurry and help Ning Ge!]

[Qi Xuan: An elderly Half-Immortal, wielding an Immortal Dao Supreme Treasure to unleash a Divine Ability, intending to eliminate an extraterrestrial demon. Hiss! What niche terms!]

[Gao Yao: With this combination, begging your pardon, but unless Chu Ge calls for his big guns, we have no other option!]

[Lü Yang: @Chu Mo, Chu Ge, quickly call someone to support Ning Ge. If you don't hurry, he might not be able to hold on much longer.]

[Ning Haocheng: What do you mean 'can't hold on'?! I'm perfectly fine!]

Eh! No!

Lü Yang looked up at the sky. Besides the Yellow Springs water, the nine Dragon souls, and the dark-faced Ye Qingbi, where was Ning Haocheng's shadow?

Adhering to the principle of asking when there's a problem.

Lü Yang humbly sought guidance in the Chat Group.

[Lü Yang: Ning Haocheng, how did you come back? Did you use a Crossing Talisman from the start?!]

[Ning Haocheng: To Transmigrate there requires a Crossing Talisman and an inspection. Coming back, I don't need anything at all, instant return! Before coming back, I even put on a show. That old guy's face must have turned black with anger!]

Lü Yang looked at Ye Qingbi's face.

It was indeed quite dark!

[Lü Yang: (Image).]

[Qi Xuan: Heh, I feel like Ning Ge's angering him like that probably shaved off a few years of his life. By the way, Ning Ge, what exactly did you say?! To make him so angry?!]

[Ning Haocheng: Not much! At the time, I just said: 'Old man, breathing heavily, aren't you? You're so old, and you're still playing the 'kill to silence' game, is it interesting? I'm the sixth child at home, with five older siblings stronger than me, but I don't need them to act. I can take you down by myself. After I go home and get some sleep, I'll come back and fight you for three hundred rounds. It doesn't matter if I can't beat you; I'll just come back multiple times. Let's see how long you can keep up with me.']

What a mean person!

Knowing that Ye Qingbi didn't have much time left, he still used such a rogue tactic. And not only did he use it, but there's also no telling if he'll actually go.

After a long time, when Ye Qingbi had forgotten, Ning Haocheng might actually run over, mock him, force Ye Qingbi to go all out, and then repeat the trick and run away again.

Mean!

Too mean!

Regarding Ning Haocheng's actions, everyone in the Chat Group could only silently type a '6'.

However.

One thing at a time.

Regarding Lü Yang's apprenticeship to Ye Qingbi, there was considerable debate among the members of the Chat Group.

[Qi Xuan: Little Lü! You're confused! They were just putting on a fake show, and you agreed?! You're too much of a Saint...ly person!]

[Ning Haocheng: Exactly! I can't understand it either. That Ye Qingbi clearly had ill intentions, and you still took him as your master? Were you bought off by a mere Half-Immortal Artifact?!]

[Lü Yang: I wasn't bought off. I also knew they had ulterior motives for me, but at that time, I truly had no choice!]

[Chu Mo: Ye Qingbi repeatedly tried to sound out Lü Yang's intentions by ascending Qingxuan Peak. If he hadn't agreed and insisted on leaving, the outcome would have been obvious: dissatisfaction with the entire Holy Land would make him a target for other Holy Lands to attack the Rising Sun Holy Land. Therefore, kill!]

[Lin Yan: My goodness! Aren't they afraid Ning Ge will spread the recording stone?]

[Gao Yao: Before killing, drive Ning Ge away, then declare to the world that a certain person with ulterior motives secretly infiltrated the Rising Sun Holy Land and assassinated a Holy Land Prodigy, and that what's in the recording stone is not true.

The entire reason was a scheme orchestrated by Lü Yang, the Saint of the Rising Sun Holy Land, to encourage his younger brother to strive for improvement. Unfortunately, his younger brother was not up to par, so the Grand Elder personally intervened.

However, it was unexpected that someone infiltrated and assassinated the Saint. In his dying moments, the Saint entrusted his Immortal Bone to his younger brother, imploring the Holy Lord to establish his younger brother as the Saint.

From then on, Saint Lü Yang perished.

The Rising Sun Holy Land mourned.

The new Saint swore an oath to definitely kill the culprit in this life and avenge his brother.

The recording stones that were circulated are incomplete. Cultivators of the world must not be incited by them and become tools for the villains.

If anyone provides information about the culprit who assassinated the previous Saint, they will receive the protection of the Rising Sun Holy Land, blah blah blah, a pile of rewards.

These words can resolve the crisis of public opinion!]

Gao Yao's words caused the entire Chat Group to fall silent, and some group members were even babbling non-stop.

[Qi Xuan: No, Old Gao! Do they have that kind of brain? That group of people from the Rising Sun Holy Land, can they come up with such a narrative?!]

[Chu Mo: Others might not! But Ye Qingbi definitely can! Because he is not a simple character!]

Throughout the entire situation, Ye Qingbi played the role of the 'red face,' while the 'white face' was naturally Lü Tianqiong's family.

This was, of course, for the image of the Rising Sun Holy Land.

After all, the recording stone in Ning Haocheng's hand recorded everything. No matter how wrong it was, as the Grand Elder, he had done his utmost. At most, Lü Tianqiong was the rotten apple that spoiled the broth of the Rising Sun Holy Land.

The worst outcome would be to sacrifice a pawn to save the king.

Lü Tianqiong would be hidden in the shadows, and Guo Qing, the Grand Elder, would act as the visible Holy Lord.

Of course, from various signs, this Ye Qingbi was the actual power holder of the entire Rising Sun Holy Land.

[Chu Mo: Lü Yang, your previous display of hatred towards Lü Tianqiong's family was correct. As long as your hatred is directed at his family and has nothing to do with the Holy Land, you are temporarily safe.]

[Bailu: Why?! Why is it okay to hate Lü Tianqiong's family?!]

[Chu Mo: Let me put it this way: if someone constantly insults and humiliates you, do you feel hostile towards them?!]

[Bailu: Of course I'd be hostile towards them!]

[Chu Mo: What if someone digs out your bones, and this person is your biological father, and his actions are only to benefit your younger brother? Do you hate them?]

[Bailu: I'd dig out both of their bones!!]

[Chu Mo: Well, there you have it! If you still didn't hate them, then you must have a much bigger agenda. Do you think Ye Qingbi would let go of such a Lü Yang?!]

All the group members silently nodded.

The logic was indeed like that.

[Chu Mo: Now, Lü Yang has laid everything on the table and declared that in three years, he will shatter the pride of Lü Tianqiong's family. This is what Ye Qingbi wants to see! Because either Lü Yang will kill Lü Tianqiong's family in one fell swoop, proving his worth and legitimately ascending to the position of Holy Lord, or Lü Yang will become a whetstone for Lü Fan's path to Immortal Ascension! No matter which of them wins, the Holy Land will not lose!]

[Gao Yao: Unfortunately, he miscalculated. Even if Lü Yang becomes the Holy Lord of the Rising Sun Holy Land, he will not show mercy to the Rising Sun Holy Land, even if it is his own faction.]

[Lü Yang: Exactly! Even if I ascend to the position of Holy Lord one day, I will still destroy the Rising Sun Holy Land!]