Chapter 159: A World That Cannot Be Broken

At this moment, Li Yi was riding a tall Yin horse, holding a ghost-head sword, and galloping in Sanyang City.

All over the city, all kinds of ghosts are rampant and chaos is happening frequently. Although all the citizens in the city hide in their homes and dare not go out, this measure is actually useless. On the contrary, because you stay at home and don't walk around, it makes it easier for those life-collecting ghosts to absorb your life.

But Li Yi didn't give in. He rode his horse at full speed and chopped past with the ghost-head sword in his hand in an instant.

A longevity-collecting ghost was cut into two halves in an instant, and immediately turned into a stream of yin energy that merged into the world and dissipated directly, leaving only one or two white ghost bamboos falling to the ground.

The two white ghost bamboos represent two years of life span. As far as Li Yi knows, on the first day of every month, ghosts and gods take away people's life span. From a person, they will only take away one month's life span. These two years of life span means that twenty-four people in the city have had their life span taken away.

Li Yi was not that great and did not think about returning these lives to others. After picking up two ghost bamboos that had turned white, he immediately rushed towards the next life-collecting ghost.

The Yin horse galloped over, wielding the ghost-head sword in his hand.

There is no need for any fancy tricks, just a casual chopped blow, and this ghost-head sword can easily kill the ghost and make it completely disappear. It is a weapon for killing ghosts, much more powerful than Li Yi's previous guiding technique.

Killing the longevity ghost and picking up the ghost bamboo can also indirectly help others reduce the loss of one month's lifespan.

"kill!"

Li Yi was already in a murderous mood at this moment. He quickly ran around various places in Sanyang City, chopping down any life-collecting ghost he saw. Every time he killed a life-collecting ghost, he would gain a few months to several years of life. These years of life might not seem like much, but in fact, when accumulated, they would be at least several decades.

This is just the beginning. If Li Yi waits for another hour or two, then each life-collecting ghost will have at least three to five years of life in its hands. By then, if he goes around in a circle, he may be able to intercept several hundred years of life.

But Li Yi didn’t want to do that, otherwise what would be the difference between him and those ghosts and gods who were born evil.

Another longevity-collecting ghost was killed by him in an instant.

Several white ghost bamboos fell and were grabbed by Li Yi, who took them directly. At this moment, there were already several bundles of white ghost bamboos on his horse's back, but there were still many longevity ghosts in the city. Even if he worked until dawn, he probably couldn't kill them all. Moreover, as time passed, he found that the number of longevity ghosts was increasing.

The speed of increase even exceeded Li Yi's killing speed.

"It's the first night of the new year, and the world is changing strangely. It's too friendly to ghosts. It's almost impossible to kill them all, unless you start from the source. But that's not something I'm considering right now. What I can do is kill more ghosts and take away more of their life spans. When the time comes, I'll give them back to Master, Zhao Qian, and Rong Niang. Maybe they can live as long as I do."

Li Yi's ability is limited, and he can't care about so many things. He just wants to take care of himself and the people around him first.

However, just as he was riding his Yin horse past a mansion in Sanyang City, a voice suddenly rang out: "The one riding the Yin horse outside is the eldest brother of the Zhao family martial arts school, Li Yi, Brother Li?"

There was a light on in a room in the City Lord's Mansion.

A young man in brocade clothes opened the window, looked outside, and suddenly asked.

"The Lord of Sanyang City, Fan Zhizhou?" Li Yi narrowed his eyes and recognized this person, but the strange thing was that there were very few ghosts near the Lord's Mansion of Sanyang City, and there was no sign of the longevity-collecting ghost.

He was a little curious, and his horse neighed, then turned around and ran over. In just a few seconds, he landed on the roof of the City Lord's Mansion.

"It is indeed Brother Li. I said that on the first night of the new year, the gods and ghosts are collecting the people's birthdays. All the common people and warriors are hiding at home and sleeping. Who is so unscrupulous as to ride a Yin horse, holding a ghost-headed sword and killing ghosts everywhere to intercept the people's birthdays? Only you, Master Li, who is not a master from all over the world, dare to treat the gods and ghosts as nothing."

Fan Zhizhou expressed his sincere admiration. Such a person who despised kings and princes and had no respect for ghosts and gods could not be raised in a place like the four seas and eight continents.

Whether they are ordinary people or warriors, they all fear the royal power and revere ghosts and gods in their bones. How could they dare to do such a rebellious thing?

"City Lord Fan, from what you said, you know about the matter of ghosts and gods taking away life?" Li Yi's pupils lit up and he stared at him from a distance and spoke.

"Of course I know. I am a descendant of the Eighth King and a disciple of a noble family. The practice of ghosts and gods taking people's life has existed since ancient times. Of course I know something about it." Fan Zhizhou did not hide anything and simply nodded in admission. However, he only dared to tell Li Yi about such a big secret and did not dare to disclose it to others, otherwise he would have to bear a heavy price.

Li Yi rode over and said, "Since you already know, why do you let the ghosts and gods take your life? Are the warriors from all over the world so weak that they dare not resist? Are you letting the ghosts and gods cause chaos?" Fan Zhizhou smiled bitterly at this moment, "You can't resist. The ghosts and gods and the aristocratic families rule the world. It has been like this since ancient times. Brother Li, do you remember what I mentioned to you before about the warriors in the upper three realms?"

"Remember." Li Yi said.

"After practicing Gang, you will practice Shen. Once you become a master of practicing Shen, even after death, your spirit, energy and soul will not dissipate, and you can turn into Yin Shen. Ghosts and gods take away your life, and Yin Shen is one of the initiators." Fan Zhizhou said helplessly: "Every powerful Shen practitioner represents a Yin Shen. Let me ask, how can one's own people rebel against one's own people? To be honest with you, Mr. Li, my Fan family also worships our own Yin Shen. Of course, it's not just my Fan family, the other seven great families are the same."

"If the Yin God wants to live forever in the world, it must be extended by the Yang lifespan of living people. Otherwise, the Yin God will dissipate between heaven and earth. But who would want to perish after training to become a Yin God? Who doesn't want to live forever? That's why people all over the world suffer. Their Yang lifespans are constantly being harvested, and their lifespans are reduced, until they die at fifty."

"This world is truly a cannibalistic place." Li Yi's face was solemn. After hearing what Fan Zhizhou said, he finally understood.

Fan Zhizhou continued, "Brother Li, you should be more restrained in killing ghosts and taking away life tonight. Your behavior is undoubtedly stealing food from the mouth of the Yin God. If the Yin God targets you, they will definitely send experts to deal with Brother Li. They will not allow people like Brother Li to exist."

"I restrain myself? Haha." Li Yi laughed, "It is those cowardly Yin Gods who should restrain themselves. I regret that I have not practiced for such a short time. Otherwise, I would like to kill all the Yin Gods in the world and restore peace to the world."

He understood that his means of dealing with ghosts and gods were almost limited and he could not change anything. Now he could only take care of himself.

But he just didn't believe it. With so many practitioners on Earth, including those who crossed boundaries, couldn't they find a way to deal with evil spirits and ghosts?

"Brother Li is very courageous. However, before the trend is formed, I still advise Brother Li not to go against the thousand-year-old ghosts and gods in the four seas and eight continents, otherwise it will easily lead to disaster." Fan Zhizhou still advised kindly.

Li Yi's eyes moved: "City Lord Fan, you are also a warrior, why didn't you see any ghosts and gods coming to take your life?"

"If there is a powerful god in the family, all ghosts and gods will give him some face and will not take birthday rewards from his family members and clansmen. My Fan family has a god in charge, and we also worship the Yin God, so the disciples of the Fan family can be exempted from taking birthday rewards." Fan Zhizhou told the truth.

"No wonder no one in your world rebels. It turns out that ghosts, gods, and aristocratic families are all one. The living collect taxes, the ghosts collect lifespans, and all the people in the four seas and eight continents are used as food. There has never been a chance for your ancestors to turn things around." Li Yi couldn't help but sigh.

Fan Zhizhou added, "Although the noble families live better than the common people, they are just food. The masters of the God Training Realm can become Yin Gods after death, but the top masters of the Dharma Realm are born ghosts and gods. They are the real rulers of the four seas and eight continents. Moreover, since they have ruled the four seas and eight continents, there have been no new Dharma masters in the four seas and eight continents for hundreds of years. Once a master of the God Training Realm breaks through, he will be surrounded and killed by the ghosts and gods."

"Is there such a thing?" Li Yi's face darkened: "Why is this? Don't they worry about being killed by the new strong men?"

"Thousand-year-old ghosts and gods are extremely powerful. They are surrounded and killed, so there is no possibility of failure." Fan Zhizhou said: "Three hundred years ago, my Fan family produced a martial arts genius. At the age of fifty, he was already a peak martial arts master. He then forced his way through the barriers and tried to break the legend that the four seas and eight continents could not match each other, but he still failed."

"Five thousand-year-old ghosts and gods came together to surround and kill my ancestor of the Fan family. Fortunately, the five thousand-year-old ghosts and gods were afraid that they would be too ruthless and that the Eight Kings would rebel together in the future, so they gave my ancestor a chance to give up the realm breakthrough, cut off his own way of survival, and achieve the position of Yin God."

"My ancestor was forced to agree and cut off his own path to martial arts, becoming one of the Yin Gods worshipped by the Fan family."

After Fan Zhizhou finished speaking, he looked at Li Yi with a complicated look in his eyes: "So, Brother Li, as long as you are in the four seas and eight continents, this thousand-year situation of ghosts and gods cannot be broken. If you want to break the situation, the only way is to cross the boundary and leave, achieve the Dharma Realm in another world, or surpass the ghosts and gods in strength. Only in this way can you recreate the world and redefine yin and yang."

Li Yi said: "City Lord Fan, what you said should be an absolute secret. Why are you so easy to reveal it to me?"

"If it were someone else, I would never say a word. But Brother Li, you are different. You came from another world, you are not from all over the world. Moreover, you are extremely talented. If you are given another ten years, you will definitely be able to conquer the mountains and rivers and suppress ghosts and gods. It depends on whether you are willing to do this, Brother Li." Fan Zhizhou said.

"If I really do this, all the Yin gods worshipped by your Fan family will be doomed." Li Yi said calmly: "You are a disciple of the Fan family, would you allow such a thing to happen?"

Fan Zhizhou smiled and said, "The Fan family is very big. To put it bluntly, the rise and fall of the Fan family cannot be decided by a disciple like me. My only desire is to jump out of this world and see a wider world. If my ambition is limited to one family, it would be too pathetic. A frog in a well looks up at the moon. If you can't even leave the well, you will be a frog for the rest of your life."

"You want to cross the border?" Li Yi's eyes fixed and stared at him.

I didn't expect that Fan Zhizhou would have such an idea.

"Brother Li, can you fulfill my wish? If Brother Li can help, no matter what your request is, just ask. I will never refuse as long as I can do it." Fan Zhizhou said seriously, and took this opportunity to formally reveal his thoughts to Li Yi.

(End of this chapter)