Walking by the Abyss on Thin Ice

Chapter 70 – evil influence

Su Yun's gaze swept over the magnificent scenery depicted in the Ten Embroidered Pictures, and this spiritual realm made him feel refreshed and invigorated, even his blood seemed to become unusually lively.

"The top twenty selected out of thirty thousand scholars!"

He glanced at the double ponytail girl beside him and thought to himself, "Nineteen strongest! If I can kill eighteen of them, then I will be the strongest! With Left Protector's trust, I can consider it accomplished. Xiao Fan, Yue'er, and Bu Ping can all go to school with peace of mind!"

Although Shuofang City only had four major academies and the Wen Chang Academy ranked fourth among them, having a place to study and a place that would accept foxes was still much better than having nothing.

Although Su Yun wanted to choose a better academy to study in, the Wen Chang Academy was still their best choice for now.

They came from the no man's land of Tian Shi Yuan, with no identity. Master Tu Ming and Left Protector Zuo Songyan had forged identities for them, and no other academy could do such a thing except for the Wen Chang Academy.

"Moreover, they think I am the imperial envoy sent by the Emperor of the Eastern Capital to investigate the case. Although I don't even know where the Eastern Capital is or who the Emperor of the Eastern Capital is. But as long as they believe it, then I will act as the envoy!"

Su Yun smiled and stepped onto the long bridge in the lake. His qi and blood moved, and a dragon appeared behind him, following him for two steps on the bridge. Suddenly, he leaped into the lake, causing small waves.

In the villa in the lake, the male and female scholars each looked at each other and walked out.

The two of them had strong qi and blood, which turned into two crocodile dragons.

They were scholars carefully taught by Qiu Shuijing!

Li Zhuxian quickly jumped onto the floating bridge and caught up with Su Yun, excitedly clenching his small fist. "Is this the majesty of the top twenty battle? Now I am also one of the top twenty. My brother used to brag to me that he had participated in the top twenty battles..."

Splash—

The dragon made of qi and blood leaped out of the water and landed on the small island in the lake. The dragon shook its head and body, shaking off the water on its body.

Su Yun and Li Zhuxian were slightly behind, but they also arrived on the island, just avoiding the lake water shaken off by the dragon.

Li Zhuxian observed this scene and gained some insight. "This is what my brother meant by the combination of form and spirit in visualization. Although I know that this dragon is visualized and formed by qi and blood, in Su Yun's heart, there really is such a dragon."

Her comprehension was also very high, and she thought to herself, "To achieve this level in one's visualization, one needs to observe carefully, capturing the subtle aspects of the dragon's form and spirit."

Su Yun had already entered the courtyard of Fangyuan Villa and walked forward with big strides, while the dragon leaped over the wall, its claws gripping the wall, and walked a few yards on the wall before jumping down.Li Zhuxian was about to enter Fangyuan Villa when suddenly a dragon's roar came from the villa, causing her eyelids to twitch from the intense disturbance in the qi and blood. The overwhelming pressure from the excessive qi and blood in the villa oppressed her optic nerves, causing her muscles to twitch.

She sensed three extremely powerful sources of qi and blood!

Whether in the city or countryside of Shuofang, most scholars practiced the Bifang Shenxing Yangqi Scripture, a foundational cultivation method that was superior in its variability and agility compared to techniques, but did not excel in qi and blood cultivation.

Similarly, scholars who practiced the Honglu Shangbian technique to the sixth level had qi and blood that were more profound than those who practiced Bifang Shenxing.

Therefore, Li Zhuxian felt an unusual sense of oppression because of the great gap in their qi and blood cultivation.

Boom!

There was a violent tremor from Fangyuan Villa. Li Zhuxian was worried that Su Yun was being attacked by two people and was about to rush in, but suddenly stopped.

A fierce and savage dragon with two claws grabbed the door frame and roared at her, causing her clothes and hair to sway in the wind and her vision to darken.

Su Yun's gentle voice came, "Zhuxian, you got too close. I thought it was an enemy invasion, so I overreacted."

Li Zhuxian's qi and blood surged, and her vision restored. Su Yun had already walked past her and out of Fangyuan Villa.

She quickly looked into Fangyuan Villa but there was no trace of the two scholars.

There were only traces of the battle in Fangyuan Villa, with two trees fallen and a large pit on the ground. In addition, there was a human imprint half a foot deep on the wall of a palace, with dragon marks on the bronze pillar in front of the palace, as well as fist marks and dragon claw marks, as if a dragon had strangled one person on the pillar while the other person's fist missed and left a mark.

Li Zhuxian stuck out her tongue, "Maybe the fist didn't miss, but when Jinxiu Tu saved that scholar, his head was about to be smashed through."

She rushed out of Fangyuan Villa and saw Su Yun stepping onto a floating bridge, heading towards another scenic spot in the sky.

The qi and blood dragon beside him disappeared, replaced by a golden ape, grabbing onto the bridge and jumping below it.

Li Zhuxian caught up with Su Yun and whispered, "You sent those two scholars who were in the top twenty rankings away with just a few moves?"

Su Yun nodded, "They could be considered my senior brothers. We all studied under the same teacher. Their techniques are still the same as what our teacher taught, without any changes. Moreover, they have practiced fewer essential techniques, so they haven't mastered them. Being able to withstand two or three moves from me is already remarkable."

At this time, the battle in the Sandalwood Forest and the countryside had ended, and the two scholars came to the lake and walked up the bridge one after the other.Li Zhuxian looked ahead and saw the flickering lights amidst the mist, where the sound of thunderous battles between experts could be heard.

Suddenly, a person fell from the sky, flailing their limbs, and just as they were about to hit the ground and turn into mud, their body became transparent and disappeared.

Li Zhuxian frowned, looked behind him, and then ahead. They were surrounded by scholars on both sides, sandwiching them in the middle.

"It's okay," Su Yun said calmly. "They are all my senior brothers. Killing others may not be easy, but killing senior brothers is my specialty."

He walked towards the long bridge shrouded in mist, where the bridge was covered in fog and the lanterns hanging from above were the only indication of the bridge's existence.

However, if someone were to move the lanterns intentionally, it would be a sure death to rely on them to judge the position.

Su Yun walked through the fog, where the sound of thunder could be heard. Li Zhuxian was so nervous that she trembled, and suddenly, a gust of wind blew, making the fog even thicker.

Li Zhuxian stopped in her tracks, and when she looked back, everywhere was filled with white clouds and she couldn't see the long bridge in the sky!

The lanterns in the fog looked like red eyes, and behind them, it seemed like giant beasts were waiting for her to fall into their trap.

The sound of monkeys echoed through the fog, and Li Zhuxian saw a crocodile dragon swimming nearby, with a golden wild ape on its back, holding down its mouth and beating it.

Then, the sound of bones breaking could be heard, and everything fell silent.

Suddenly, a wave of flames flew past the girl, like a Bi Fang divine bird traveling through the fire, moving at an extremely fast speed.

Li Zhuxian stood still and listened to the thunderous sound from below, and the cry of the Bi Fang bird pierced through her mind, leaving her in a daze.

At this moment, Su Yun's voice came through. "Zhuxian, it's been resolved. Let's continue forward."

Li Zhuxian heard Su Yun's voice, but couldn't see him. Suddenly, she realized, "He's under the bridge!"

Li Zhuxian bravely walked forward on the bridge, while Su Yun walked under the bridge. They took steps almost simultaneously, and their footsteps overlapped.

Li Zhuxian was so nervous that her palms were sweating, and as she continued forward, she saw a scholar ahead of her who suddenly attacked with thirty-six different moves, like a fierce crocodile monster with multiple heads and claws.

Just then, a wild ape under the bridge leaped up and carried the scholar away, jumping down from the bridge.

"Ah!" A long, mournful scream came from under the bridge.

Li Zhuxian's forehead was covered in cold sweat as she walked out of the fog, and when she looked up, she saw the long bridge leading to the Phoenix Nest of Fengqi Yuejing.

The fog dissipated.The wutong tree in the Ten Splendid Pictures was unbelievably tall, with branches like thick roads, and a long bridge weaving through the crown of the tree.

The phoenix's nest was in the crown of the tree, with a palace inside. Su Yun walked from under the bridge to the front of Li Zhuxian once again.

Li Zhuxian felt slightly relieved and looked back. He saw that the wutong tree was as high as one or two hundred zhang, and looking down, the lake seemed small.

Beside the phoenix's nest, there was a rainbow bridge made of seven colors, one end of which was connected to the edge of the phoenix's nest, and the other end was connected to the Mirage City in the Ten Splendid Pictures!

Through this rainbow bridge, one could enter the Mirage City, and to enter the Dragon Coil Mountain, one needed to jump from the Mirage City and land on the Dragon Coil Mountain.

A tall building stood on the Dragon Coil Mountain.

Su Yun and Li Zhuxian came from the Tianlin Upper Scenery. After passing through places like Fangyuan Villa Scenery, Xingyun Sky Scenery, and Hualan Beautiful Scenery, several scholars from the pastoral scenery and the sandalwood imperial scenery followed them but were killed by Su Yun.

Now, only the Phoenix Nest Yue Scenery, the Desert Outside the Great Wall Scenery, the Dragon Coil Mountain Scenery, and the Tianlou Show Scenery were left.

Su Yun walked around the Phoenix Palace in the Phoenix Nest Yue Scenery and shook his head, "No one is inside."

Li Zhuxian followed him and jumped onto the rainbow bridge. The bridge was made of colors and was soft to walk on, which was amazing.

In reality, one could not walk on a rainbow, but this was the spiritual realm formed by the Ten Splendid Pictures. People's dreams happened in the spiritual realm, so it was not surprising to walk on a rainbow bridge.

The two walked across the rainbow bridge and entered the desert. There were continuous sand dunes ahead, and the setting sun hung in the sky above the sand dunes.

Su Yun stopped and picked up a strand of sand, lost in thought.

"Zhuxian, have you ever tried to control sand with your qi and blood?" he suddenly said.

Li Zhuxian was slightly stunned, "Control sand with qi and blood?"

Su Yun stood up, and his qi and blood turned into a dragon, and the yellow sand was also swept into it. The grains of yellow sand merged with the qi and blood dragon, turning into a yellow dragon!

Li Zhuxian approached and looked closely. She poked it with her hand, and the fine sand that floated in the air under the effect of qi and blood shrunk inward with her finger and then bounced back.

Li Zhuxian was surprised, "It seems to be more solid than pure qi and blood! Pure qi and blood have strong attacking power, but they are easily broken."

Su Yun nodded, feeling excited, "Using yellow sand or flowing water should have the effect of reinforcing the manifestation of qi and blood. However, it also consumes more qi and blood than usual, which I can accept."

Li Zhuxian tried it out, but she did not cultivate the Honglu Transformations and did not have as strong qi and blood as Su Yun, so she felt that her qi and blood cultivation was quickly consumed.

"Isn't this like half of a Spiritual Weapon?" The girl suddenly became stunned, clapping her hands and startling Su Yun. She said excitedly, "Little Yun Brother, Spiritual Weapons are made from various refining materials based on Spiritual Techniques. Using yellow sand is like having half a Spiritual Weapon!"The girl walked around excitedly: "Or we can store some poisoned sand or something like that, and use it when fighting with others. If we can't kill the opponent, we can still poison them! Oh, and we can also start a fire!"

Her eyes lit up: "Mixing Qi and blood with flames can increase the power of the moves! And we can also grind the Green Rainbow Coins into blades and mix them with the yellow sand, making it impossible for people to defend against!"

She became more and more excited as she spoke, all of which were sinister and despicable tricks.

Su Yun blinked and thought to himself, "Mu Ge's younger sister seems to be a bit wicked..."

Suddenly, the yellow sand behind them began to move, and a crocodile dragon made up of sand swam towards them in the desert.

"Roar..."

Thunder resounded, and the crocodile dragon leaped into the air!