Chapter 144 - One Hundred and Thirty-Nine Decades Like a Dream

144: Chapter One Hundred and Thirty-Nine: Decades Like a Dream 144: Chapter One Hundred and Thirty-Nine: Decades Like a Dream Maple Forest City Daoist Institute.Before the ground fissure occurred, Dong Ah was in Song Qifang’s alchemy room.

The leading and deputy heads of the institute couldn’t stop arguing over a complex ancient alchemy recipe.

In the field of alchemy, Song Qifang was naturally more knowledgeable and profound.

However, Dong Ah’s realm was so advanced that he could see landscapes that were invisible to Song Qifang.

Therefore, when their opinions differed, neither could persuade the other.

“Under no circumstances will we use institute disciples for drug testing,” Dong Ah said firmly.

Song Qifang had specifically invited him over today to discuss the feasibility of this ancient recipe and proposed using disciples for testing, which was resolutely rejected by Dong Ah.

“If this formula could be successfully restored, it would bring endless benefits to our entire institute!” Song Qifang said.

“This pill has absolutely no toxicity, I can guarantee it.

Even if taken incorrectly, at most it would only cause diarrhea for a few days.”

“What’s your guarantee?”

Facing doubts in his area of expertise, the normally good-natured Song Qifang also puffed his beard and glared his eyes: “With so many years of alchemy experience!

With my…

Just at that moment, the first ground fissure occurred.

Both of them were startled at the same time.

Boom!

In the room, under the alchemy furnace, the flame that had been burning gently suddenly burst out, turning into a fierce tiger of flames and pounced towards Dong Ah!

Such exquisite timing, a premeditated plot.

Song Qifang’s face no longer showed any trace of anger or impatience, and he did not have the bearing of an elderly man.

He flicked his horsetail whisk, and with thousands of threads like a dense spider web, he sealed off the entire alchemy room in an instant.

His momentum was clearly not that of someone in the Tongtian Realm but rather someone who had also long since opened the gates of Heaven and Earth!

But Dong Ah did not show the slightest sign of surprise.

His hand shrouded in azure light, he single-handedly suppressed the tiger of flames and shoved it back into the furnace.

Wood tactics are normally restrained by fire, but under absolute power, everything is an illusion.

His other hand, also entwined with azure light, made a simple cut, and the silk threads were instantly severed.

Then he reached out and grabbed Song Qifang by the throat, dispersing all the Path Origin that was gathered in his body.

“How did you not succumb to my poison?” Song Qifang exclaimed incredulously.

“Were you prepared for me from the start?”

His invitation for Dong Ah to come over and sit for half a day wasn’t just for an ambush.

Poisonous incense had been burning in the alchemy room for a while, toxic enough to corrode a common Inner Mansion Realm expert,

Just one stick of this incense was worth a fortune.

It was Song Qifang’s biggest reliance.

Yet, Dong Ah showed no signs of poisoning.

The man easily subdued Song Qifang and said coldly, “With you, what need is there for me to be cautious?”

“Cough, cough!

Do you think I wanted this?” Struggling and coughing, Song Qifang suddenly became agitated.

“I’ve dedicated my entire life to Zhuang Country!

Why won’t they provide me with the resources I deserve?

Forcing me to linger at the gates of Heaven and Earth, day and night, year after year!

I…!”

His throat was crushed, along with the screams that never made it out.

Dong Ah casually lifted the lid of the alchemy furnace and threw his body in.

Song Qifang probably still wanted to express his anger, his unwillingness, and explain why he chose the path of Bone Tao and why he betrayed Zhuang Country… Undoubtedly, there was an entire lifetime of entanglements and torment.

But Dong Ah did not want to listen at all.

Even after dealing with Song Qifang easily, Dong Ah’s expression remained grim.

He could fully imagine what Maple Forest City looked like at that moment.

He could clearly hear the panic and disorder among the institute’s disciples.

He heard someone shout:

“Help!”

“Quick, go save people!”

And voices cried out:

“Headmaster!

Headmaster!

Where are you, Headmaster?”

He knew every student and instructor in the institute, their strengths and personalities.

He even imagined, in the face of such a disaster, what Jiang Wang would do, what Ling He would do, what Huang Azhan would do, what Xiao Tiemian would do…

Of course, he could also hear Wei Quchibi’s roaring, feeling the despair engulfing the entire city.

But he just sat there, motionless.

He never went out.

To the northwest of Fenglin City, west of Du Family Town, they finally reached the boundary of Maple Forest City Region.

Offering everything he had left, Li Yi pushed Fang Helling outside the region with all his might.

In their previous breakout, they encountered an ambush by the Bone Tao.

Li Yi was gravely injured by the fierce battle before he overcame his adversary.

Running on fumes, he finally fulfilled his deceased friend’s last wish, and then collapsed weakly on the ground.

“Uncle Li!” Fang Helling knelt on the ground, shouting across the ever-clearer array patterns.

Even real tears were shed.

It wasn’t that he had felt particularly deep feelings for Li Yi before, but at that moment, Li Yi was his only support, the last pillar of his psyche.

His father was dead, the Fang Family was gone, the entire Fenglin City was no more, and he had nothing left.

Yet his wails only fetched him a mouthful of phlegm.

“Ptooey!”

Li Yi cursed loudly, “You ball-less thing!

I’m finally going to die, so I can finally cuss you out.

Your dad wouldn’t let me.

He said you couldn’t take the pressure, told me to take my foul language to the grave with me.”

Gasping for breath, his voice grew weaker and weaker: “Damn it, you fool, idiot, piece of trash…”

The insults continued until they were unheard.

But each word struck like a hammer to the heart.

High above Fenglin City.

Wei Yan and Shen Nanqi both died in battle; with Zhang Linchuan’s combat power fully unleashed, Lu Yan could control the great formation without interference.

The Bone Tao had been preparing for this day for decades, starting their preparations before Wei Quchibi even arrived at Fenglin City.

Of course, they couldn’t have done it without the help of Song Qifang, and everything progressed without a whisper.

After years of sowing, the time to reap had come.

Ouyang Lie’s uproar in Yun Country was nothing but a diversion, causing people to temporarily overlook the threat of the Bone Tao.

Everybody knew that the Bone Tao would not dare to make any significant moves without its strongest fighters, so the incident they fabricated served as the perfect opportunity.

Because the strongest warriors of the Bone Tao had never been absent.

Before the operation began, not even the higher-ups within the sect were fully in the know, many believed Ouyang Lie to be gravely wounded, on the brink of death.

That’s why he could trap Du Ruhui at Feilai Peak.

In all of Zhuang Country, Du Ruhui, who possessed the Zhi Chi Tian Ya divine skills, was the biggest variable.

By trapping him, the biggest disruption to the plan was removed.

For this very moment, the Bone Tao had nearly exhausted everything, tapping into centuries of accumulation that had faded from the public eye.

They also had their sights set on achieving a level of success that hadn’t been seen in hundreds of years.

Even the earlier true-viewing at Zhen Guan was just a rehearsal, disrupted by Zuo Guanglie who had suddenly escaped there and erupted into battle.

Li Yiyi came from the west with his sword, and no one dared approach.

That attempt had to be abandoned.

After that, there was the even larger-scale operation in Xiaolin Town.

Now, under Lu Yan’s manipulation, countless souls and corporeal negative emotions were converging in one place.

That place was none other than Xiaolin Town!

Xiaolin Town that shook the Dark Candle, causing Jiang Wang to feel fear.

The previous Bone Tao operation in Xiaolin Town ostensibly aimed to conjure a phantasmal shadow of Netherworld Pass and indeed did create that netherworld treasure.

But for the Bone Tao, there was a deeper purpose as well.

As everyone’s gaze was fixed on the phantasmal shadow of Netherworld Pass and the Bone Tao, Xiaolin Town itself was overlooked.

The true purpose of choosing Xiaolin Town to conjure the phantasmal shadow of Netherworld Pass was to anchor a location in the mortal world and open a passage from the Underworld to the realm of the living.

That being who returned from the Underworld could only be, and indeed was, the Bone Respecting God!