"Senior Tianye."
"Speak, Yunbing boy." Old Ancestor Tianye could be considered a veteran of the Azure Cloud Prefecture who had accompanied Li Yunbing, sharing life and death with him up to this day.
"Outside, call me Jiang Chenghuan," Li Yunbing said.
"You are skilled at summoning ghosts and restraining souls.
Please capture the souls of the Wu tribe and have them wander outside Sunfall City every night, weeping and complaining about the cruel methods of Bi Shihu's army, how they torture the Wu tribesmen and take pleasure in toying with them."
"Hahaha, when the time comes, the Wu tribe will be furious and treat Bi Shihu as their mortal enemy!"
Old Ancestor Tianye let out a loud laugh.
Li Yunbing's gaze grew even colder.
"Xuan Ji, Wu Yazi, the two of you go find the people from the Ministry of War. Find what they want among the spoils of this battle and gift it to them.
Have them make a trip to Sunfall City and praise Bi Shihu in front of the Spear Saint, the Body Integration mighty figure of Sunfall City.
Make the Spear Saint hand over military authority and the command of Sunfall City to Bi Shihu, claiming that other than Bi Shihu, there is no one else capable in Sunfall City."
"This..." Xuan Ji scratched his head.
Wu Yazi let out a cold sneer.
"By doing this, the Spear Saint will suspect whether Bi Shihu's achievements are overshadowing his superiors and if he has grown arrogant.
Prefecture Lord Jiang is setting him up to fail through excessive praise.
Coupled with the incidents happening within Bi Shihu's army and the external hatred from the Wu tribe, the Spear Saint will inevitably seize the opportunity to take his life!"
"Wu Yazi, you... When did you become so smart?"
Xuan Ji and Wu Yazi were both later geniuses from the two major sects of the Azure Cloud Prefecture. The two of them often competed with each other.
Back in the day, Wu Yazi was someone who had weathered many tribulations and preferred to let his fists do the talking.
Now, seeing Wu Yazi instantly see through the scheme, Xuan Ji suspiciously flew up to him, attempting to use Spiritual arts to probe Wu Yazi's Spirit Soul.
"Get lost." Wu Yazi impatiently slapped Xuan Ji's hand away.
"Do you think I'm a brute like you? Only knowing how to hide in the sect cultivating, a master at scamming people?"
There was also a hint of pride in Wu Yazi's eyes.
Over the past century of teaching his three disciples who had surpassed their master, not only had he taught them a solid foundation, but he had also learned quite a lot from them.
The only regret was that ever since he took in Li Xinnian, Su Chen, and Nangong Qingya as his three disciples, he had traveled all over the Azure Cloud Prefecture and could no longer find disciples as outstanding as them.
Having finished his arrangements.
Li Yunbing looked toward the Shadowfell Prefecture.
"Pass down the order: collect the heads of the Wu tribesmen. I want a million Wu tribe heads mounted on spikes along the border between Deston Prefecture and Shadowfell Prefecture."
"The fighting in Deston Prefecture has been too mild. I want them to fight a true battle to the death."
"I want to get justice for my niece, the lives of every single one of them."
[Your clan has achieved a great victory on the Cloudsummit City battlefield in Deston Prefecture.
At the cost of three casualties in the Azure Cloud Army, you have annihilated thirty thousand enemies and defeated a Wu tribe grand army of one hundred thousand, obtaining a massive amount of spoils of war.]
[Obtained Grade 4 Spiritual Item: Profound Yin Possession Soil.
When taken into the body and integrated with the Spirit Soul, it can be refined through the Spirit Soul to create an avatar.
The avatar possesses a physique of profound Yin earth attributes and cultivates alongside the main body.]
That night.
Li Yunbing sat on the ruins of Cloudsummit City, watching the Azure Cloud Army execute his orders.
In his hand, he held a clump of black soil floating three inches above his palm like a disc. The black soil exuded a rich spiritual energy.
"Profound Yin Possession Soil, a physique of profound Yin earth attributes. A good treasure; it almost fell into Bi Shihu's hands."
Holding the treasure in his hand, normally, he would send it back to the clan or give it to the younger generation of the Jiang family.
Regarding the Profound Yin Possession Soil, he pondered for a moment before refining it into his Soul Sea.
He only felt a mass of clay gradually appear within his Soul Sea.
The profound Yin earth attribute physique was quite a good constitution; it was born with a single Earth Spiritual Root.
The clay figure in his Soul Sea sensed an Earth-attribute Earth-grade cultivation method known to Li Yunbing and began to circulate its meridians.
Within a short while, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth gathered towards the clay figure, allowing it to cross the threshold and become a cultivator.
"Coupled with my cultivation experience, within a hundred years, this Soul Sea avatar will be able to cultivate to my realm."
Li Yunbing suddenly looked entranced. "From now on, I will go back to being my Li Yunbing, and you will be Jiang Chenghuan."
The clay figure's spiritual consciousness was gradually merging. With a thought from Li Yunbing, it gradually transformed into the appearance of Jiang Chenghuan.
A sword appeared in Li Yunbing's hand.
This sword was a mix of blood-red and silver.
The blood-red color, like flowing blood, seemed blended into the silver blade, emitting a bewitching luster under the night sky.
The longsword seemingly hadn't sensed the aura of a Li Clan member from Li Yunbing and trembled, struggling in his hand.
Li Yunbing's body rippled with Spiritual power, gradually changing its appearance back to that majestic middle-aged man from the Thunder Fire Demon Cave all those years ago; only his mottled hair remained unchanged.
A spirit tablet bearing the character "Li" floated into the air. The longsword seemingly sensed this and lay quietly in Li Yunbing's hand.
[Top-Grade Dharma Treasure: Wu-Slaughtering Sword]
[Formed by the collision of the artifact spirits of the Blood-Drinking Sword and the Spirit-Devouring Sword after their master's death. It possesses the combined traits of both swords.
Having drunk blood for many years, the longsword is gradually transforming. With sufficient vitality and Grade 3 spiritual materials, it can refine itself, possessing a certain probability of becoming a Spirit Treasure.
By absorbing the vitality of enemies, it can replenish its own Spiritual power, or accumulate Spiritual power to unleash the Void Refinement level strike, "Wrath of the Four Divine Beasts."]
After arriving in Deston Prefecture, Li Yunbing had made a trip to the Shadowfell Prefecture Border Pass and also saw Tianyi, who was guarding the tomb.
He was not a sword cultivator. Compared to a sword, the High-Grade Dharma Treasure "Hidden Void Needles" gifted to him by his eldest brother was more useful. However, this sword had ultimately fallen into his hands, constantly accompanying him.
"Blood-Robed Wu-Slaughtering Sword, you were too open and aboveboard. They bullied you for your loyalty, bullied you for your fierce bravery."
"All my life, I wanted to be that kind of person. They killed you, and they also killed the 'me' in my dreams."
The night wind blew.
Li Yunbing raised his head to look at the bright moon in the sky.
Tears shimmered in his eyes, and only a long sigh drifted toward the Shadowfell Prefecture Border Pass.
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