Chapter 85

Yu Yan felt increasingly clever, extremely pleased, he snapped his fingers crisply and ordered the people beside him, "That guy has been practicing all the time, and I can't do anything to him because of the sect rules! Think of a way to lure him to the Immortal Spirit Mountains."

"I have some business to attend to now and will be going out. Come up with a plan before I return."

Yu Yan hurriedly left the room, his brows deeply furrowed, thinking to himself that even if he lured Zheng Shiyi to the Immortal Spirit Mountains, he wasn't entirely confident he could kill him. What he needed to do now was to contact the top ten people on the风云榜 (Fengyun Chart) and ask them to join him in killing Zheng Shiyi.

"Li Chong, the ninth on the Fengyun Chart, is a good choice," Yu Yan smiled confidently and quickened his pace.

Li Chong was tall and thin, looking like a bamboo pole, but the strength he could unleash was completely different from his physique. Many people had died at his hands because they underestimated his combat ability due to his thinness.

At that moment, Li Chong was pacing in his room. The news of Zheng Shiyi killing Tian Kun had long reached his ears.

He didn't pay much attention to it at first, as Tian Kun had challenged him many times without ever defeating him. He didn't believe that this Zheng Shiyi could defeat him.

Until just now! When he received the news that Zheng Shiyi had killed Luo Tu, he became anxious.

Regardless of how strong Luo Tu was in his prime, just based on his previous ability to reach the ninth place on the Fengyun Chart, it was clear that Luo Tu still had a chance to challenge for the ninth place!

And Zheng Shiyi... with one strike, he had killed Luo Tu!

Even a fool could figure out that the tenth-ranked Zheng Shiyi's true combat strength was at least above the ninth place!

"I am now the ninth place..." Li Chong walked back and forth in the room, his hands behind his back, muttering to himself, "Since this guy has made it onto the chart, he probably won't stop challenging others. He will likely come after me next... I've worked so hard to reach this ranking and have so many resources, how can I give them up!"

"Hey? Are you worried about that little brat Zheng Shiyi?" Yu Yan pushed the door open, his smile filled with a sense of schadenfreude, "His combat strength seems enough to knock you down to the tenth place."

Li Chong glared at Yu Yan with dissatisfaction, his irritation increasing, "Are you safe? If you were safe, would you come to me? Just say what you want! If you treat me like a sword, you can leave! I'm not an idiot! Tenth place is better than being dead! At least I still get resources..."

Yu Yan was very dissatisfied with Li Chong's attitude. Normally, he would have left in a huff, but... today... forget it! He wouldn't argue with him!

After convincing himself to be magnanimous, Yu Yan said, "Neither of us has a sure win if we fight him alone. But, if we team up..."

Li Chong and Yu Yan's faces showed a secret, satisfied smile. One was the fifth on the Fengyun Chart, the other was the ninth. Together, they could surely deal with Zheng Shiyi.

Even if Yu Yan didn't act, Li Chong would still find a way to eliminate Zheng Shiyi. Now that Yu Yan had come to him for help, Li Chong was overjoyed, quickly wiping away his irritation and smiling flatteringly, "As long as that guy is killed, I'll do whatever you say, Brother Yan."

"Very good, I'll notify you when we need to act." Yu Yan nodded in satisfaction and left Li Chong's room to find the next target.

In an open field, a figure continuously leaped into the air, the long sword in his hand like a falling meteor, emitting dazzling light.

"Star Moon Slash!"

A silver-white sword beam, shaped like a crescent moon, slashed through the air, and the boulder in front of the figure exploded with a "pom pom" sound, sending debris flying everywhere.

"Truly worthy of being the seventh on the Fengyun Chart, I believe few can withstand your Star Moon Slash."

A praising voice accompanied the flying stones, coming from behind Yi Ming.

"Yu Yan? Why are you here?" Yi Ming glared at Yu Yan, his face cold, as their relationship wasn't good due to a previous challenge on the Fengyun Chart.

Yu Yan suppressed his annoyance at being snubbed, silently cursing that if it weren't for Yi Ming's potential usefulness, he wouldn't bother with him.

"I understand you still hold a grudge over the Fengyun Chart challenge," Yu Yan forced a smile, "I'm not here to cause trouble."

"Your Star Moon Slash is powerful, but I believe that Zheng Shiyi, who just killed Tian Kun and entered the tenth place on the Fengyun Chart, can also withstand it."

"Do you want to keep your seventh place? You should think about how to deal with him."

"How to deal with him?" Yi Ming glanced at Yu Yan disdainfully, "I'm the seventh on the Fengyun Chart, why should I consider how to deal with him?"

"Even if he has the strength to defeat me, based on why he killed Tian Kun, he won't challenge me unless I provoke him."

"He might skip me and challenge those who provoked him! And that person... could very well be you."

"You're asking me to help you kill him now. Impossible, I, Yi Ming, act alone and have principles. I won't provoke others unless they provoke me."

"Don't even think about it..."

"One thousand soul stones, will you help?" Without waiting for Yi Ming to finish, Yu Yan placed a ticket marked "one thousand" soul stones in front of Yi Ming.

Before coming, Yu Yan knew Yi Ming wouldn't agree to team up with him. No one else knew the true strength of Luo Tu.

Therefore, no matter what he said, Yi Ming wouldn't help him. Only by offering soul stones could he possibly get Yi Ming's help.

Zheng Shiyi's displayed strength had shocked Yu Yan. He wanted to find someone ranked sixth or higher to help him eliminate Zheng Shiyi.

But he was afraid that these people might take the soul stones from Zheng Shiyi after killing him, or that the one thousand soul stones he offered would threaten his ranking.

So he chose the seventh-ranked Yi Ming, whom he could control.

After all, killing Zheng Shiyi would yield eleven thousand soul stones, so he borrowed one thousand soul stones from the Fengyun Hall as a condition for Yi Ming to team up with him.

Yi Ming fell silent, his sharp gaze fixed on the soul stone ticket. That was one thousand soul stones!

"Zheng Shiyi seems to have more than one thousand soul stones," Yi Ming said slowly, "I heard you lost six thousand to him. I don't want those six thousand, but the five thousand on him are mine..."

"Why don't you go and take them!" Yu Yan could no longer suppress his anger.

"Then forget it..." Yi Ming pointed to the gate, "Go find someone else..."

Yu Yan was so angry he wanted to grind his teeth to dust. At this moment, he not only wanted to kill Yi Ming but also harbored more hatred towards Zheng Shiyi!

Even Yi Ming, who was practicing in seclusion, knew about Zheng Shiyi's actions on the Fengyun Platform today... This time, he had really lost face!

"Zheng Shiyi, I'll tear you to pieces!" Yu Yan said hatefully, "Fine! I'll think of a plan and notify you!"

As the sun set and the moon rose, time flew by.

Zheng Shiyi lay on the ground, looking at the stars. After intense practice, he could clearly feel the power of the perfect ten wheels.

"The Eight Directions Step, under the influence of the ten wheels, has actually improved in speed..." Zheng Shiyi calculated, "Each step I take, my body feels less fatigued than before."

Before carving the ten wheels, Zheng Shiyi, using the "Blood Flame Heart Method," could take the fifth step of the "Eight Directions Step." But the fifth step consumed a lot of spirit energy.

Without a large amount of medicinal assistance, he couldn't recover in a short time.

Now, with the tenth wheel, it was different! The tenth wheel continuously absorbed spirit energy into his body. Although the replenishment wasn't as fast as the consumption, it was much stronger than the general ninth wheel, giving him an advantage in prolonged battles.

"The sixth step, the seventh step!"

Zheng Shiyi took two steps at once, and after taking these two steps, he still had more than half of his spirit energy left.

According to the "Eight Directions Step," even with a spirit spring, one could at most take the sixth step. Now, he had broken the record and taken the seventh step!

The "Eight Directions Step" covered eight directions in one step!

Taking the first five steps made Zheng Shiyi so fast that others couldn't catch him. Now, with the sixth and seventh steps, even if he encountered an opponent at the spirit spring stage, he should have a chance to fight, or at least a good chance to escape.

Putting aside the "Eight Directions Step," Zheng Shiyi began practicing the "Invisible Blade Residual Chapter."

After practicing for a while, he found that he had mastered the third move, "Three Shadows Blade." With one strike, three trees far apart were simultaneously cut down and fell to the ground.

"Interesting! The ten wheels... have really made me grow too much! I actually mastered the third move so quickly!" Zheng Shiyi planted his battle knife in the ground and punched out with a thunderous strike, creating eleven thunder-like booms between his fist and arm.

"Eleven Thunder Booms!"

"With the current Invisible Blade and 'Thunder Fist,' I should be able to fight Lang Liang."

Feeling he had practiced enough, Zheng Shiyi came out of his meditative state and walked toward the entrance of the Immortal Spirit Mountains.

Yu Yan's subordinates were partly thinking about how to lure Zheng Shiyi into the Immortal Spirit Mountains and partly monitoring his movements.

Seeing Zheng Shiyi heading toward the Immortal Spirit Mountains, the subordinate monitoring him quickly ran back to inform the others who were trying to lure him out, "No need to think anymore, that fool is going to the Immortal Spirit Mountains on his own."

"To the Immortal Spirit Mountains?"

Everyone was puzzled by Zheng Shiyi's decision to go to the Immortal Spirit Mountains, "Why is he going there?"

"Could he be going to hunt for beast cores?"

They all speculated about Zheng Shiyi's reasons for entering the Immortal Spirit Mountains.