The First Demon of the Chan Sect

"Heaven and Earth have righteous Qi, arbitrarily granted shape and form. The vast Way of Heaven and Earth, Zhenlong virtual and replete with splendor! Zhenlong Sword Formation, arise!"

With those words spoken, Yan You suddenly raised his hand high, and threw the longsword he was holding.

"Hum~~~"

In an instant, countless dazzling purple Light Swords emerged from the Three Feet Green Blade above his head, following mysterious trajectories, swiftly circulating.

Having done all this, Yan You's fair arms were raised repeatedly, forming a series of dizzying and deeply mysterious Seal Formations. His hands fluttered like butterflies weaving through flowers, and he released countless complex and ancient purple fingerprints, infusing them into the inscrutable Sword Formation above his head.

The originally smooth and flowing huge Sword Formation slowed to a crawl, as if pulled by an old ox cart, as Yan You's fingerprints were introduced. However, the ancient Daoist charm began to pervade, growing denser and denser, the heavy aura nearly suffocating Li Qingquan.

"Righteous Qi exists between heaven and earth; Infinite Treasures Sword Formation, arise!"

As the final Seal Formation was integrated into the Sword Formation, Yan You let out a commanding shout.

In a moment, throughout the million miles of the Void universe, the endless illusory sound of bells and chimes resonated, and boundless phantasms erupted everywhere.

What's even more terrifying is that within this boundless illusion, invisible Sword Qi shuttled back and forth around Li Qingquan, constantly circulating.

Streams of dreadful red Evil Qi drifted from the Sword Qi. If one was not careful, they could be touched by this Evil Qi, confusing the mind, and then be pierced by the Sword Qi, resulting in instant death.

Of course, meeting with Li Qingquan just spelled Yan You's misfortune.

Li Qingquan had lived three lifetimes, with his second life as the world-ending Great Demon Li Qianqiu. Therefore, his resolve was no less steadfast than that of Li Qingming.

"Indeed, to arrange such a vast Sword Formation is truly beyond my expectations!" Li Qingquan said with a smile, looking at the Great Formation that trapped him. Suddenly, a gleam flashed in his eyes, and he exclaimed, "However, you've miscalculated! Sword Blade Storm!"

No sooner had the words fallen than an aura representing destruction quietly bloomed from Li Qingquan's slightly gaunt figure, shaking the space within tens of thousands of miles intensely.

"Hum!"

Li Qingming's sword pointed straight to the Void.

A dazzling green light soared into the sky, and suddenly the Void rumbled with wind and thunder, carrying a sweeping momentum that burst forth as an attack as formidable as the Great Formation, crazily purifying in all directions.

"Boom!" came a thunderous sound.

The Void halted momentarily before exploding violently.

The shining stars within tens of thousands of miles instantly dimmed as the entire Void seemed to fade, and the surroundings turned into ruins.

"Swoosh!"

Suddenly, a bright white figure, enveloped by deep purple vast Righteous Qi, shot out from the center of the explosion, blood spurting tens of miles from his mouth, shattering countless stars.

"Hahaha, Alien Race, your Cultivation is indeed formidable; even my strongest Zhenlong Sword Formation couldn't phase you. Yan You is thoroughly impressed!" Yan You, standing on the Star Dust a hundred miles away, was bleeding from the corners of his mouth, yet he seemed to be in high spirits.

"Fellow Daoist is too kind!" Li Qingming bowed, saying, "Since my youth, I've had a powerful Primordial Spirit, and my will is as firm as iron! Your Sword Formation is a combination of an Illusion Array and a Killing Array, but only the Illusion Array took effect; if the Killing Array had, it would have been effective. Therefore, this formation is useless against me!"

"You are quite forthright! Well, Yan You has completed his task, until we meet again!" Yan You pressed his hands together, thumbs pointing upwards, and bowed respectfully to Li Qingquan before soaring away.

"Ah, hey, don't go!" Li Qingquan was taken aback, making to pursue with the Green Bamboo Long Sword, but the next moment, Li Qingming's gentle voice rang in his ear: "Alright, Xiao Er, stop chasing, come back."

"Oh!" Li Qingquan glanced curiously at the battleship and in a blink of an eye was back on board.

"Brother Li, why didn't you let Second Brother Li chase after him?" Man Niu scratched his head, staring at Li Qingming.

Li Qingquan sat down on the metal chair and said, "Yeah, Brother! Yan You's Cultivation is indeed high, but the last hit I gave him must have caused him serious injuries!"

Li Qingming waved his hand and said, "Alright, you two have been fighting for so long, didn't you realize that he never once emitted even a trace of killing intent? This guy is less here to assassinate us, more like he came to cause a little trouble!"

"Ah?" Hearing this, Li Qingming knitted his eyebrows and pondered for a while, saying, "That's true! I was wondering, he didn't actually come to kill us at all!"

"Jishang Academy, Yan You... Yan You..." Li Qingming gently tapped on the metal table, frowning even more deeply.

"Second Senior Brother, what's wrong with First Senior Brother?" Long Xuhu, who had just finished inspecting the battleship and rushed back from the lower deck, looked at Li Qingming with a puzzled frown and asked curiously.

Li Qingquan shrugged his shoulders, indicating that he was also unclear.

"Hey, if you don't know, then forget it. Anyway, the warship is repaired, we can leave anytime now!" Long Xuhu sloppily sat down next to Yin Xi, casually asking, "Senior Yin, in addition to that Jiang Ziya, I wonder if there were any other disciples from the Chan Sect who came out of Wanling Pass back then?"

Yin Xi smiled, about to speak, when Li Qingming suddenly slapped the table and stood up abruptly, exclaiming, "Damn, I knew it sounded familiar, it turns out to be him!"

Li Qingming's peculiar behavior made everyone pause in surprise. Long Xuhu touched the dragon horn atop his head and asked, "Eldest brother, what's up with you? What's so familiar, and who is he anyway?"

Li Qingming gestured with his hand for people to sit back down, and said, "That young man in a white Confucian robe, the one with unbound hair, is Yan You!"

"Oh? Who exactly is he?" Everyone's curiosity intensified.

"Ziyou, surname Yan, given name You, styled Ziyou, also known as 'Yan You', born in the First Epoch of Pangu's Great Thousand World, a man from the Wu Kingdom at the end of the Spring and Autumn period," Li Qingming slowly explained.

"Ziyou?" At this, Yin Xi also sprang up, exclaiming in shock, "Which Ziyou? Could it be the early all-school great saint of the Confucian, Kongzi, Saint Kong's direct disciple?"

Li Qingming nodded and said, "It seems, Confucius himself has come to the Central Heaven World too!"

"First there was Taoist Yin Xi, then Mo School's Gongshu Ban, and now even Confucian Saint Kong has arrived. It looks like we're really gathering all the schools together!" Yin Xi said with a peculiar smile on his face.

Aside from Li Qingming and Xuan Tian, everyone else felt somewhat baffled, but Li Qingming had no intention of explaining further.

"Alright, since the warship is fixed, based on the Pyramid's search in the surrounding Star Domain, the nearest and most flourishing planet is about five million light-years from here! Let's hurry and have a meeting with the scholars of Jishang Academy!" Li Qingming ordered to proceed at full speed with a smile on his face.

"Whoosh!"

The Pyramid Battleship transformed into a streak of light, tearing apart the starry universe like lightning, reappearing thousands of light-years away.

...

In the tranquil Jishang Academy, within that tiny courtyard.

After a fresh bath, Yan You, now dressed in pristine white clothes, walked step by step towards the small courtyard from outside the Jishang Academy.

When he reached the outside of the courtyard, Yan You beckoned to the child guarding the door gently, "Disciple Wenxue, is Master inside?"

The young child, also dressed in a white Confucian robe, his tender face calm, looked up at Yan You's somewhat pale face, and speaking with a chill in his face, "Elder brother, are you hurt?"

In a mere instant, with emotions stirred, the atmosphere turned cold as an ice cellar within a considerable range.

Yan You, smiling, touched the boy's head and said, "Elder brother is fine! Is Master inside?"

"Yes, yes! I'll announce your arrival to Master immediately!" The boy's face flushed from the touch, the evil Qi from before dissipating without a trace, with the surroundings returning to their peaceful state.

"This boy!" Yan You shook his head, saying, "Master asked us to cultivate our character; it's been over thirty thousand years, yet this boy is still so impetuous!"

About a quarter of an hour later, the child Wenxue hurriedly ran back from inside the courtyard, and upon reaching the door, he said, "Elder brother, Master invites you in!"

"Very well!" Yan You nodded slightly, stepping forward cautiously as if fearing making any mistake.

Inside the courtyard, Kong Yuan sat alone next to the stone table under the moonlight, fingers adhering to a pitch-black chess piece, which he placed on the chessboard.

"Disciple Yan You pays respects to Master!" As Yan You approached from outside, and upon seeing Kong Yuan, he bowed reverentially.

Kong Yuan flicked his sleeve lightly, an invisible force uplifting Yan You, then pointed to the stone stool across the table, softly saying, "You're back, sit down!"

Yan You bowed respectfully and said, "Yes!"

Once seated, Kong Yuan asked, "How did it go?"

Yan You gave a wry smile and said, "They came aboard the mechanical Pyramid Battleship. I'm not clear on how many people there were, just that they are very strong, astonishingly so! Cough... and moreover..."

"Injured?" Kong Yuan was startled as he took out a radiant jade bottle from his sleeve, handing it to Yan You, "Here is a bottle of Eight-Transformation Golden Pills, enough to heal the wounds you've suffered! You were saying 'moreover'—what else?"

"Thank you, Master," Yan You took the jade bottle and continued, "Moreover, I discovered that the alien I fought with possesses a vast amount of Yuqing True Essence!"

"What?" This time Kong Yuan, always composed, lost his calm demeanor, standing up quickly and saying, "Are you sure it was Yuqing True Essence?"

Yan You spoke solemnly, "There's no mistake, Master!"

Kong Yuan's expression suddenly changed, turning rather fierce. Terrifying pressure emanated from his body, and in an instant, dark clouds swept across the sky above Jishang Academy as the environment turned stormy and pitch-black. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it with a recommendation ticket or monthly ticket on Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)