Chapter 1187 - 397: The Abandoned Disciple of Dragon Tiger Mountain (Double-Length - )_3

Chapter 1187: Chapter 397: The Abandoned Disciple of Dragon Tiger Mountain (Double-Length Chapter)_3

The cultivators of the Tang Dynasty Human Realm have been operating in the Southern Wilderness for a long time, making it much simpler now to reopen the original Earth Sea Portal.

Although it will reconnect the Tang Dynasty Human Realm with the Earth Sea, the Tang Dynasty Human Realm has been well-prepared in all aspects under the current circumstances.

Li Tianqing opens another portal to cooperate with Tang Xiaotang, forming a strategy of internal and external coordination to destabilize the ancestral defense prohibition of the Jiuli citizens under Li Yuanheng and Li Zhongding.

Tang Xiaotang herself is indifferent to this.

To Lei Jun, he prefers the most effortless approach.

Although Xing Feng has not appeared, Li Tianqing’s representation of the Blood River Sect signifies that the Blood River Lineage will start to return to the Mortal World.

Over the years, under Xing Feng’s constraints, the Blood River Lineage has become relatively more peaceful than before.

However, due to past grievances, the Blood River Lineage remains low-key.

The reopening of the Earth Sea now presents a possible point of entry.

But for Li Tianqing, the consequences are equally complex.

"Brother Li, are you from the Lu Li Clan?" Lei Jun spoke in a gentle, casual tone.

Upon hearing this, Wen Xi’s heart slightly tightened.

Li Tianqing himself was calm: "As far as I know, yes, but specific details are very limited for me."

He ended up in the Mortal World by accident, still in his swaddling clothes at the time.

If not for this, his lineage would not have remained hidden for so long.

As for the side of Jiuli, neither the information Lei Jun nor Li Tianqing currently understands has any hints of a classic tale of a prince’s revenge.

Li Tianqing’s origin within the Lu Li Clan of Earth Sea was quite ordinary.

Back then, it was indeed an unexpected incident.

If one must point out something unusual...

"For generations, the Jiuli people haven’t seen the light of day; to the Middle People, it’s already difficult to bear the brightness and Spiritual Energy of the Mortal World."

Lei Jun: "Brother Li has a unique talent in this regard—perhaps it’s a predestined opportunity that might manifest in the future."

Li Tianqing candidly said: "If I’m honest, I grew up in the Mortal World; all my remembered relatives and peers are from the Mortal World. Ever since I learned that my birth parents no longer exist, Jiuli has felt unreal to me.

However, the Lu Li Clan wasn’t involved in the past ruin of Gepo Mountain and the death of Master Sang Lu, so I harbor no hatred. This time, my entry into Earth Sea is primarily to search for the Poli and Bili Clans."

The leader of the Poli Clan, Li Yan, had already been slain by Tang Xiaotang.

Currently, the leader of the Bili Clan, Li De, remains alive.

Regarding those involved in the first connection between the Tang Dynasty Human Realm and the Earth Sea, many from the Poli and Bili Clans are still alive.

"There have been significant changes in the Earth Sea’s current situation," Lei Jun remarked.

Li Tianqing and Wen Xi turned their gaze over.

Lei Jun: "The leader of the Wen Li Clan, Li Zhongding, has already died."

Li Tianqing and Wen Xi quietly listened, with no one interrupting.

Judging from Lei Jun’s previous tone, Li Zhongding’s death did not seem to be the doing of Tang Xiaotang, Shen Qubing, or other Mortal World cultivators.

"Although I can’t pinpoint the time, Li Zhongding might have died earlier."

Lei Jun stated steadily: "I speculate that it might have happened even before he last launched a surprise attack on Li Yuanheng."

Li Tianqing’s eyes flashed: "Was his body and soul refined and controlled by a Ghost Tao cultivator?"

Wen Xi quickly recalled.

As far as he knew, within the Earth Sea, Jiuli only had one Ninth Heavenly Layer expert of Ghost Tao—the leader of the Fu Li Clan, Li Xun.

But the Fu Li Clan, led by Li Xun, traditionally advanced and retreated together with Li Yuanheng’s Tan Li.

Could Li Xun have had ulterior motives, secretly plotting to use Li Zhongding to undermine the previous Earth Sea’s master, Li Yuanheng?

This poses an issue.

"Although Li Yuanheng practices within the Worm Art Vein, he is nonetheless a Ninth Heavenly Layer Perfection Jiuli Great Witch, familiar with Li Xun’s Ghost Tao."

Li Tianqing had similar concerns: "If Li Xun’s Ghost Tao refined Li Zhongding’s corpse, the details would be hard to hide from Li Yuanheng’s eyes... Wait a moment, Luo Yuan’s Great Demon?"

He suddenly thought of something: "The Corpse Flea Clan? But Li Zhongding wasn’t an ordinary Ninth Heavenly Layer cultivator when he was alive. To control his corpse, an Eighth Heavenly Layer Corpse Flea certainly wouldn’t suffice, so has a Corpse Flea King at the Ninth Heavenly Layer emerged from within the Corpse Flea Clan?"

Lei Jun: "Previously, when the Earth Sea Jiuli and Luo Yuan’s group of demons fought in a great war, while the battles turned the sky upside down on the main battlefield, behind the scenes, the undercurrents were even more intense."

When he heard the news from Tang Xiaotang and Shen Qubing earlier, he couldn’t help but be somewhat amazed.

Both the group of witches in Earth Sea and the group of demons from Luo Yuan evidently employed more bloodthirsty and bizarre methods.

The Corpse Flea, though seemingly unimpressive, could manipulate the corpses of the deceased as its puppets.

Previously, when Luo Yuan directly opened the Void Gateway with the Tang Dynasty Human Realm, parts of the Corpse Flea managed to enter the Mortal World and were subsequently eradicated by Xiao Xueting and other Tang Dynasty cultivators.

However, at that time, the strength level of the Corpse Flea was relatively limited.

Who would have expected a giant one had quietly entered the Earth Sea during the great war against Luo Yuan?

Then, it found a perfectly fitting shell of a deceased at Earth Sea to use as its puppet.

The former leader of the Wen Li Clan, Li Zhongding, who once contended with Li Yuanheng.

"But this makes it not so easy to hide from those familiar with Li Zhongding." Wen Xi pondered.

Li Tianqing nodded: "It has assistance from people within Jiuli in Earth Sea; otherwise, it wouldn’t be so easy to infiltrate Earth Sea quietly and accurately locate Li Zhongding’s remains..."

He began to calculate the other Jiuli experts he had heard of previously.

"The leader of the Ju Li Clan, Li Bin." Lei Jun revealed the answer.

Li Tianqing: "I remember Li Bin himself was a Ninth Heavenly Layer Great Witch, practicing within the Cursed Prayer Vein?"

Lei Jun nodded lightly.

Wen Xi asked softly: "Is it possible that he’s plotting something grand, using the Decapitation Arts to control the Corpse Flea King, thereby making Li Zhongding his puppet through the Corpse Flea King?"