The Eternal Way-Chapter 154: Obstruction (Part 2)

But Jin Buhan's expression immediately changed.

"Traitor!" Jin Buhan roared!

Accompanied by his roar, a great sun appeared in the sky!

A huge sun appeared in the sky, the ground cracked, and although it was early spring morning, it felt like the scorching heat of summer, with the sunlight so intense that people couldn't open their eyes!

The fiery red light was blinding, making it impossible to open one's eyes.

But from Li Qi's perspective, it could be seen that the great sun in the sky was actually a surging and mighty fire spear.

The fire spear rose, stretching for several kilometers, directly facing where Jin Buhan was, so from Jin Buhan's direction, it looked like a great sun appeared in the sky, blazing intensely.

Then, the fire spear stabbed down, straight at the heart of the Elder!

The Elder roared in anger, and his entire body suddenly emitted a brilliant light, and several deities flew out of his body.

These were the deities within the body, according to the Way of the Shaman.

In the body of a practitioner of the Way of the Shaman, there is a small world, with the sun, moon, and five elements, the four rivers, and five mountains, forming a self-contained world that can even influence the outside world.

In this small world, deities can naturally be born, these deities are governed by 'thoughts,' possessing supernatural powers but no intelligence, and are controlled by the practitioner.

The biggest difference between the ninth and eighth ranks in the Way of the Shaman is the deities within the body. One must condense all the deities within the body to advance to the eighth rank.

As for Li Qi... he didn't have even one.

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But that didn't matter now, as it was no longer a battle between him and Yan Jun.

It was now between the Elder and Yan Jun.

The deities within the body flew out, and their powers were unleashed!

Rainbows shone high in the sky, the wind stirred the clouds, the energy split the heavens and earth, and the might shook the ghosts and demons!

There were the deities of the five mountains, the four rivers, the sun, and the moon, each guarding a direction, with myriad auspicious lights circling the sky, the rosy clouds fluttering, the auspicious qi rising, the principles of heaven and earth flowing, and the operations never ceasing.

The deities within the body protected the Elder, and the clear qi of heaven and earth surrounded him, even beginning to subtly transform the surroundings, making the environment favorable to the Elder.

This was a method Li Qi had used before, expanding the small world within the body to transform the environment, making the surroundings favorable to oneself.

This is the method of 'Yan Sheng' in the Way of Witchcraft.

The suppression of heaven and earth favors the Elder by natural law, while subduing Yan Jun, thus creating a situation of "you advance, I retreat.".

One above and one below, the gap between the two sides was directly widened by two levels.

The deities within the body launched a full-force attack, shattering the fire spear with the fists of the mountain deities.

But Yan Jun made a gesture, and a spiritual beast, the Fire Dove, flew out from behind him, spewing out the heart fire of the spiritual beast.

The part of the fire spear that had not completely dissipated spiraled and exploded, blasting a mountain deity to a bloody mess.

The surroundings were directly destroyed, mountains and rivers shattered, and a radius of two to three miles was overturned.

Fortunately, the Elder protected Jin Buhan, and Li Qi had long fled.

Everything was under his arrangement, of course, he knew he couldn't withstand the aftermath of a battle between eighth-rank experts.

How great is the gap between the eighth and ninth ranks?

According to Li Qi's own estimate, in ordinary cultivation novels, it's roughly equivalent to the difference between successfully building a foundation and reaching the stage of transcending the tribulation.

The gap is that terrifying.

So, eighth-rank experts are one in a million, and challenging a higher rank is almost impossible.

One of the deities within the body was injured, and the Elder's face turned pale as he withdrew the mountain deity back into his body.

However, the other deities within the body were not injured, so they advanced again, their fists like drums, stirring up countless gales, blowing Yan Jun's flames into the wind, and the Fire Dove returned to Yan Jun's dove cage to avoid being destroyed.

"Yansheng of heaven and earth? Hmph, a mere small world within the body, do you think it can Yansheng me?" Yan Jun sneered, no longer holding back. Suddenly, hundreds of fire snakes rose from the space around him, the golden fire intertwining with the powers of the deities within the body on the plain, the sounds of explosions and crackling never ceasing, the energy collisions turning the surrounding plain red, the rocks melting and being blown away.

"Yan Jun! How dare you betray us, are you not afraid of death?!" The Elder's face was dark as he constructed spells, commanding the deities within the body, while questioning Yan Jun.

Yan Jun shrugged: "The path of cultivation is inherently a mix of life and death, how can there be anything without risk?"

The Elder was furious: "What does this have to do with the path of cultivation! You, a faithless and treacherous man, not only refuse to help but also betray your master? Are you not afraid of the Jin family's revenge?!"

"Betray the master? I didn't kill Young Master Jin, I just killed you, the old man." Yan Jun replied matter-of-factly.

As they spoke, the battle intensified, streams of flames and fire snakes erupted, dazzling and spectacular, sparks flying everywhere.

These streams of flames and fire snakes crisscrossed like a spider web, more like a cocoon, wrapping and entangling, forming a cage that trapped the Elder inside.

The Elder was deeply ensnared, and any slight movement would cause countless Fire Doves outside the cage to spew sparks, like myriad flying swords piercing him, making him even more disheveled.

Countless fire snakes formed a vast net, stretching endlessly, and from the perspective of Clear Mist City, it looked like a red sphere had appeared out of nowhere, with endless streams of flames forming a huge, sun-blocking sphere centered on the Elder.

Countless threads locked down all the space for dodging and evading, as if a great sun had trapped the Elder in a cage, and he was clearly in a desperate situation.

The Elder's originally perfect small world within the body was like a cracked porcelain, with countless cracks appearing, ready to explode and vanish at any moment.

The deities within the body were still trying to resist, each collision with the cage producing countless red sparks, like countless fireflies scattering across the sky, beautiful beyond measure.

At this moment, Jin Buhan, who was protected by the Elder, spoke.

At this moment, Jin Buhan looked extremely weak, as he had just been invaded by the ghost qi of an eighth-rank expert, which was too intense for him, but he still managed to say: "Yan Jun, although you didn't personally kill me, this matter has already offended me. What kind of benefit would make you do such a thing?"

"Master, don't blame me. I knew you had the protection of the Green Mountain deity's golden qi, so there was no danger to your life, which is why I dared to do this. After all, the Elder's life or death has nothing to do with you." Yan Jun defended himself.

Yes, he knew Jin Buhan's trump card.

Deep within Jin Buhan's body was a thread of the Green Mountain deity's golden qi, which could save his life in a critical moment.

This was the Green Mountain deity's consistent strategy for raising children: as long as they didn't die, other things could be freely experimented with, and children could only grow up by experiencing the world.

So, Yan Jun was not at all worried about Jin Bu Huan's safety.

"Those who truly want to kill you are the Li family, and I merely prevented Elder Si from interfering. Apart from that, it has nothing to do with me," Yan Jun said. "And the reason is very simple."

"The senior by Li Qi's side is willing to explain the flaws in my cultivation techniques and help me improve them one by one."

"Master Jin, the path of cultivation is the most important thing, and no external objects can compare. You can't offer me anything other than external objects, so don't blame me. It's just that you were outmaneuvered by Mr. Li."

Yan Jun said this with a very matter-of-fact expression and tone.

He was hired, not obligated to risk his life for Jin Bu Huan.

Jin Bu Huan sighed and said to Elder Si, who was still struggling, "Elder Si, please stop. If you continue, your injuries might become uncontrollable..."

Indeed, Elder Si had already been severely injured from the struggle for the Eighth Rank Golden Qi.

If he were to fight Yan Jun, he would likely be overmatched.

Now, Yan Jun had sacrificed himself to neutralize Elder Si, an Eighth Rank cultivator.

Elder Si sighed, knowing this, and stopped resisting, allowing Yan Jun to seal and suppress him.

After completing this task, Yan Jun bowed to Jin Bu Huan, "Master Jin, Yan Jun will take his leave. We will never meet again in this life. I don't know the outcome of your struggle with Li Qi, but it's a pity."

However, as he spoke, he seemed to recall something and added, "Considering how well you treated me, I'll give you one more piece of advice. Master Li knows I won't kill you, so after removing Elder Si, if you and Miss Xiao can defeat Li Qi, all his plans will come to naught."

After giving this advice, Yan Jun felt he had done enough. He turned and left in a flash of light.

Shen Shui Bi had already explained the flaws in his cultivation techniques, and now he needed to find a safe place to improve himself.

As for the affairs of Qingwu City,

Let them be.

His path of cultivation was the most important thing.

Yan Jun had always been like this.

Jin Bu Huan sighed, his face darkening.

Indeed, his words had not been enough to keep Yan Jun on his side. He had been swayed by Li Qi's people.

Before leaving, Jin Bu Huan had instructed Yan Jun that he would definitely find a way to improve his cultivation, even if it meant using his father's connections. (See previous text)

The reason he did not bring Yan Jun with him was to avoid danger, so he arranged for Yan Jun to stay behind and assist. At that time, Yan Jun was already unreliable, and bringing him along might have been dangerous.

By having him stay, he could avoid danger and have other forces in the city monitor him. Jin Bu Huan had only two Eighth Rank allies, but he had many more supporters. If Yan Jun betrayed him, they could still handle it.

But for this to happen before even returning to Qingwu City,

It was truly...

None of his allies had acted, indicating a higher power was involved. Was it the Qingwu Sect?

Where did the Qingwu Sect get the nerve? Those two foxes weren't afraid of his father turning them into fur coats?

Jin Bu Huan was furious.

However, since the situation had already occurred, excessive regret was meaningless.

It had come to this.

When it was time to fight, one must fight.

"Elder Si, just watch. No one will kill you. In the end, all these plans will fall on me." Jin Bu Huan took a deep breath and opened his fan.

A servant girl followed closely, helping Jin Bu Huan to his feet.

"Xiao'er, you should retreat to Lushan. Given Li Qi's character, he won't harm you. Once you reach Lushan, someone will arrange your future." Jin Bu Huan waved his hand, signaling the servant girl to leave.

"But, Master..." the servant girl seemed to want to say something.

"There's no 'but.' Go, you have served me for many years. Don't die here." Jin Bu Huan waved his hand again. "Go, this is an order. Do you dare disobey?"

The servant girl bit her lip and turned to leave, heading toward Lushan.

It was a two-thousand-mile journey to Lushan, and without Elder Si's assistance, the trip would be difficult.

After dismissing the servant girl, Jin Bu Huan slapped his chest, and a surge of Golden Qi erupted, forcibly restoring his body, which had been eroded by Eighth Rank Ghost Qi, to peak combat readiness.

This method severely damaged his health, likely shortening his lifespan and reducing his future cultivation potential.

It was like forcing a last breath when the body was already failing.

After all, Jin Bu Huan knew that if he didn't fight now, he would have no chance later.

Winning would cost him some lifespan, but losing would cost him 100% of his lifespan.

Even a fool could see the choice.

Jin Bu Huan stepped forward, head held high, his fan tapping his chest, regaining his confidence and composure.

With a tiger's head and a human body, rings of golden light rotated around him, merging into a protective aura that swept around him at high speed.

A large amount of Golden Qi escaped, withering the grass and trees and causing all living things to wither.

At the same time, Li Qi, who had fled, finally returned.

Compared to Jin Bu Huan, who had returned to his normal state, Li Qi looked much less dignified. He had been dodging the aftermath, exhausted like a dead dog, drenched in sweat, and panting heavily.

Jin Bu Huan fanned himself, "Brother Li, compared to what you've done, you look quite pathetic now."

Li Qi wiped his sweat, speaking and panting, "Brother Jin, please forgive me... I've used all my energy just thinking about what to do. I don't have the energy to care about my appearance."

"Huff... But, Brother Jin, if you're saying this, you must have figured out the situation, right?" Li Qi asked, panting.

It was more of a way to catch his breath and delay Jin Bu Huan.

Jin Bu Huan, who had forced himself to stand, couldn't last long, and Li Qi, who had been running, was also exhausted. This was a good time to catch his breath.

"Given the situation, it would be too late to realize it now. But I don't understand, are you really not afraid of my father? If you fail to kill me and cut off my father's interference, all your efforts will be in vain." Jin Bu Huan did not sneak attack like Li Qi but asked him seriously.

He had already understood what Li Qi was doing.

Turning Yan Jun, convincing the Qingwu Sect, and rallying local forces against him, perhaps using some rhetoric to suppress his forces for a night, while Li Qi himself faced the wrath of the Lushan Mountain God and removed Jin Bu Huan's head.

The plan was not difficult, but the implementation was the issue. What did Li Qi do to make everyone believe him? Was the Qingwu Sect's leader so easily convinced?

And how did he dare come? What did he have to resist his father's power?

Jin Bu Huan understood how Li Qi did it but couldn't understand his confidence.

Li Qi nodded, "It's normal to have this doubt, but it's useless to talk about it now. Once this is over, you'll see me face the Lushan Mountain God, and you'll understand."

"True, then let's get to it. After all the planning, it's time to see who is stronger." Jin Bu Huan put away his fan and threw it behind him.