Song of Adolescence

Chapter 87 Profound Daoist Arts

Mu Liangyue, who’d been watching the battle, walked forward as well. She raised her head to look up at the moon, then nodded. “It’s the Severed Space Array.”

Su Changli knitted his brows. “You’re also an expert of Secret arts. How could they have laid down such a large Severed Space Array completely without your notice?”

Mu Liangyue shook her head. “This is not Secret arts. This is profound Daoist arts.”

“Secret arts and Daoist arts, both create the same Severed Space Array. Is the difference that great?” Su Changli asked.

“The Severed Space Array originally came from Daoist arts. Daoist arts uphold Heavenly law, but to cultivate Heavenly law requires Heaven’s fortune. A commoner who has no Heaven’s fortune could cultivate his whole life and it would be futile. However, Secret arts follow the Unorthodox way, pilfering Heaven’s fortune,” Mu Liangyue explained.

Su Changli leaned on his sword in contemplation and didn’t say another word. The pressure he felt on his body was getting stronger and stronger. He could barely lift his sword.

On the other side, Lei Wujie and Sikong Qianluo had puzzled expressions on their faces. They didn’t understand why Su Changli and the others clearly had the upper hand yet suddenly withdrew. Xiao Se, however, raised his head to look at the moon in the sky. Looking pensive, he said, “Severed Space?”

“Severed Space? Did that lady in white make some spell again?” Lei Wujie asked.

However, Li Fansong laughed. “Success! Success!”

Su Changli suddenly yelled out loud, raised his great sword, jumped up and stabbed his sword into the ground with all his might. Everyone present felt as if the entire mountain almost shook in that instant.

“Break the array!” Su Changli shouted.

Mu Liangyue also leapt, her white clothes fluttering, muttering to herself and countless butterflies flew out from her sleeves.

“Let’s go!” Lei Wujie suddenly felt as if a hand was pulling him from the back. He started, whipped his head around, and found himself being pulled out by someone.

In that instant, he exited from a space where sword auras criss-crossed every which way into an eerily quiet gorge. Lei Wujie was stumped for a moment, realising that he was all alone and the person who pulled him out also disappeared when he turned.

Today was truly a day from hell. Lei Wujie shook his head while he was at a loss, and all of a sudden, Xiao Se was pushed out from who knows where.

“What\'s going on?” Lei Wujie asked immediately.

“It’s that little priest from Qingcheng Mountain,” Xiao Se answered.

Within the Severed Space Array, Li Fansong praised, “Little Fei Xuan, you’ve got a thing or two. You didn’t disappoint, after I bought you so much time.”

“Cut your nonsense.” Fei Xuan shot him a glare, waved his hand, then pushed out Sikong Qianluo who was next to him.

Su Changli pulled out his sword from the ground and smiled. “The youth of Qingcheng Mountain have become heroes. Such a little priest-child yet you could conjure up such a large Severed Space Array?”

Fei Xuan muttered in a low voice, “Little shishu, hurry up and go. This person is not easy. My Severed Space Array won’t be able to hold him for long.”

“Go?” Su Changli drew his sword furiously, accelerating his steps. “Leave your lives behind first.”

“Stop!” Fei Xuan raised his hand suddenly.

Su Changli’s entire body turned sluggish. He paused for a moment, then said, “This is the power that was pressuring us from before? What martial art is this?”

“Daoist arts, Great Dragon and Elephant Strength.” Mu Liangyue, behind him, frowned.

“Very powerful?” Su Changli twitched an eyebrow.

“The lost arts of Qingcheng Mountain.” Mu Liangyue nodded. “Only the Celestial Masters are allowed to practice it.”

“Very well. This trip has not been in vain.” Su Changli drew his sword and walked forward slowly. His footsteps were slow at first, but started to pick up speed, as if he was running like mad.

Is this guy human? Fei Xuan’s heart cried in fright, the sweat beaded on his forehead dripped down. He’d used up all of his qi, but that Su Changli was pushing against the Great Dragon and Elephant Strength and running like mad. His left hand grabbed onto Li Fansong and pushed him out, then he bit his finger and drew a talisman in the air. When the talisman was completed, a lion’s roar sounded.

Su Changli had already arrived in front of Fei Xuan with his sword raised.

The phantom of a lion had just appeared and Su Changli sliced it apart with his sword. Fei Xuan took the opportunity to duck backwards and escaped from the array.

Everyone outside the array saw that Fei Xuan had also escaped and breathed a sigh of relief. Li Fansong rushed forward to support Fei Xuan and realised that his entire arm was wet and dripping with blood.

“You’re injured!” Li Fansong cried.

“Quickly run!” Fei Xuan raised his right hand and lightly brushed over his wounds. The wounds stopped bleeding immediately. “My Great Dragon and Elephant Strength won’t hold up for long. They’re going to break the array very soon! Run!”

At that moment, Xiao Se whistled loudly. The two yebei horses which had just galloped to the side came back immediately. He flipped onto one horse and reached out his right arm for Sikong Qianluo.

Sikong Qianluo stared at him blankly.

“Hurry up!” Xiao Se said.

Sikong Qianluo blushed slightly, reached out her arm, and Xiao Se pulled her onto the horse.

On the other side, Lei Wujie was also straddled on his horse. Li Fansong carried Fei Xuan on his back and jumped on. The five of them headed down the mountain path at a mad pace.

“Return to Qingcheng Mountain and hide?” Li Fansong asked.

Xiao Se shook his head. “Even if we return to Qingcheng Mountain, we’ll only be able to hide for a while. Although we don’t know what the reason is, they are definitely out for our lives. The Hidden River will never rest unless they’re dead. Since we can’t hide, we might as well head straight to Lei Clan Fort. You Daoist sect won’t kill indiscriminately but once we’re at Lei Clan Fort, it’s a totally different story.”

“All right.” Li Fansong nodded.

At that moment, Fei Xuan’s forehead suddenly emitted a flash of red light. He mumbled softly, “The array is broken.” Right after that, he fainted.

“What’s wrong?” Lei Wujie turned his head and asked.

“Fei Xuan is still very young. His cultivation is limited and that Severed Space Array took up too much of his energy. We need to go back to shifu,” Li Fansong replied.

Lei Wujie nodded. “This time we really have to thank Li-xiong for your help. You guys return to Qingcheng Mountain first. Whatever happens from here, we’ll be fine on our own!”

Li Fansong carried Fei Xuan and jumped off the horse. “Be careful. Don’t you dare die. When we get a chance in the future…”

“Drunken song in a bar, youth become heroes!” Lei Wujie yelled out.

“Drunken Song!” Li Fansong responded lightly. His peach wood sword flew out of its sheath, he stepped onto the peach wood sword, and flew towards Qingcheng Mountain.

On the mountain, the Severed Space Array was broken.

Su Changli stood at the mountain top and looked down at the pair of fast-galloping horses. He had a slight frown, looking like he was deep in thought about something. If he was at full strength, with the power of his tyrannical sword, he could have jumped all the way down from the mountain and cut off their path with one sword move. But, the Severed Space Array drained too much of his energy and he was rather exhausted. He exhaled a yawn.

Mu Liangyue who was dressed all in white stepped up beside him and asked, “Not chasing? Are we letting them go just like that?”

Su Changli shook his head. “Not chasing. Let them run. But, they’re going to regret it very quickly.”

“Regret?”

Su Changli nodded. “Regret. Regret why they didn’t die by my hand, a clean decapitation by sword is a much cleaner and painless way to die. They don’t know that after escaping from my hands, the one waiting for them ahead is much more scary.”