Chapter 46: Seventh-Rank Direction
"You, you are... the Taoist Master Taiyi?!"
Inside the wood cabin.
Yi looked at the suddenly appearing figure with a shocked gaze.
Twenty years had passed, yet time seemed to have left no trace on the face of the person before him.
On the contrary, he appeared even more handsome.
However, Yi vaguely felt that this figure was somehow different from the person he saw over twenty years ago.
Not just because of those demonic golden double pupils, but also the aura of the other person.
If the Taiyi Dao Master he met back then was full of mystery, peace, profundity, and unprecedented depth.
Then the Taoist Master Taiyi at this moment was purely composed and sharp.
Radiating an edge that could overlook the world.
Under this aura, the opponent's Blood Energy, mighty as a towering mountain, seemed not so conspicuous.
"Taiyi Dao Master?"
The person raised his sword-like eyebrows slightly and shook his head, saying:
"I am not Taoist Master Taiyi, I am... but both you and him have greatly disappointed my expectations."
His gaze swept over Yao, who had no aura behind him, unconcealed disappointment showing in his eyes.
This instantly awakened Yi, whose face suddenly turned solemn, Blood Energy rapidly covering his entire body like armor. He stared dead at the opponent, a cold light radiating from his eyes, and said in a deep voice:
"The favor of cultivation taught by the senior, Yi dare not forget! Disappointing the senior's expectations, Yi is deeply ashamed, but senior... should never have attacked the Shaman Master!"
"One cannot have both grace and loyalty, please forgive me, senior!"
After saying this, Blood Energy around him once again condensed like a tiger, rolling deep as an abyss, pouncing at the figure in front of him!
The opponent's strength had already far surpassed his imagination. Now that he acted against Yao, it meant becoming an enemy of the entire Witch Clan, and as a member of the Witch Clan, there was no way he could be spared, so without hesitation, he went all out in an instant!
However, at this fraction of a second, a glance swept through his surroundings, and Yi couldn't help but be struck by a sense of astonishment!
The originally fragile wood cabin, under his full-force explosion, remained unmoved, without any influence.
Yi's heart shook violently!
But it was too late to think more, as his entire figure had already pounced forward.
And the next moment, his pupils shrank dramatically!
Across from him, the golden pattern red robe, the figure suspected to be Taoist Master Taiyi, looked on with hands behind his back, facing his all-out attack without making any move.
But in the next instant, Yi only felt like he had crashed into an immovable wall, and an even more terrifying rebound force ominously shattered the Blood Energy he had painstakingly gathered!
Yi staggered back, eyes full of shock!
That person, however, didn't take advantage of the victory to pursue, merely sighing slightly in disappointment:
"It seems not just your cultivation cannot catch up, even your brain isn't too bright."
Yi hadn't heard the other's words, feeling the Blood Energy within his body numb to the point of being completely immobile, the shock in his heart beyond expression!
"You..."
But the next moment, he gritted his teeth and gathered the scant Blood Energy he could still employ again.
He was about to fight desperately when he suddenly heard the other speak, with a slightly cold tone:
"Look carefully, is he truly dead?"
Yi was startled, then subconsciously bypassed the other to look at the two old corpses behind the opponent, devoid of any sign of life, yet in this silent aura, something seemed quietly brewing.
"They... are still alive?"
"Or dead?"
Yi looked towards the golden double pupil figure in confusion and disbelief.
"Hmph."
The golden double pupil figure didn't bother acknowledging him, turning around and walking to the bodies of Yao and Xuan Min.
He gazed at Yao, then turned to Xuan Min beside, slightly nodding, his eyes showing approval:
"This is a good girl."
Yi couldn't figure out the other's intention, but seeing this, he still walked over.
However, upon seeing the condition of Yao and Xuan Min, he couldn't help but be taken aback.
Their skin was visibly regaining its elasticity, the wrinkles plumping up with full muscles once more...
"Reverse aging?!"
Yi couldn't help but exclaim in shock.
The golden double pupil figure glanced at Yi, shaking his head once again:
"You better awaken your innate wisdom soon... I can't stand fools."
Yi, hearing this, awkwardly smiled, then didn't bother to argue, focusing again on Yao and Xuan Min's bodies.
Soon, he was even more astonished to see an intangible substance filled with spiritual aura rushing towards the two from all directions.
"Yao and Xuan Min... what's happening to them?"
He finally couldn't help but ask the question in his heart toward the other person.
The golden double pupil figure with hands behind him watched the two, his gaze deep, yet he didn't refuse to answer Yi's question, speaking in a grave voice:
"True Martial... which you call 'Witch', in nature, is essentially a special path combining the Path of Blood and Body Refinement, possessing the quick mastery of the Blood Path and the enhancement of the flesh through Body Refinement. However, it's far too extreme, extracting destructive Blood Energy through high-intensity pressure on the body, causing True Martial Cultivators to opt out of upgrading their life stage, forcibly increasing the body's strength to sustain more destructive Blood Energy."
"But in essence, the life stage of a True Martial Cultivator barely changes."
"Thus, this is why cultivators attract Thunder Tribulation upon a breakthrough while True Martial Cultivators do not experience this, and inside the Little Cang World, since the birth of the Dao of True Martial, the only person who touched the life stage change was your past life..."