Song of Adolescence

Chapter 273 Seeking the Dragon Thousands of Miles Away

What was Wuji?

Know the White, but preserve the Black. Be a model for all under Heaven. As a model for all under Heaven, you will never deviate from constant virtue, return once again to being limitless.

It was boundless and infinite, limitless and endless, it was also empty.

It was used by all living things.

It was empty of everything.

It was empty, yet also ominous.

With one strike from Baili Dongjun\'s staff, he broke the person’s mind. Before the Wuji staff could even hit the person, most people would already be dead.

But his opponent was Mo Yi.

Mo Yi simply froze for a moment, as if recalling a story from a long time ago.

Back then, his master had sat there with the Wuji staff laying next to his hand. His master talked to him about Daoism and told him stories about Wuji.

Back then, Mo Yi was still a child and he asked his master, "Wuji is emptiness, is chaos. If everything returns to Wuji in the end, then why do we live and why do we die?"

Qingfeng Daoren did not expect a child to ask such a thing. He pondered for a while before he answered, "The Heavenly Law is inaction, the way of Daoism is natural. Live to obey Heaven, and die because of Heaven."

Mo Yi shook his head and said, "No."

"No?"

"The great Dao has infinite paths, each of them taken by man. Respect Heaven, but do not resign to Heaven."

The long staff finally came into contact with Mo Yi\'s chest. Mo Yi returned to his senses and said with a smile, "Wuji produces the supreme ultimate." He swept back, raised two fingers, and gestured lightly across his chest. "The ultimate produces two forms, the two forms produce the four phenomena, and the four phenomena produce the eight trigrams."

A huge bagua[3] appeared in front of him, and the Wuji staff collided with the bagua, causing an ear-splitting sound of vibration.

"The eight trigrams create all life." Mo Yi snapped his fingers.

The bagua dissipated instantly, and an immense force headed towards Baili Dongjun. The Wuji staff slipped out of his hand and flew a distance through the air before landing next to Xiao Se.

"Not good." Xiao Se frowned.

"Indeed, this is not good." Baili Dongjun followed right behind the Wuji staff and landed next to the rest, blowing up a cloud of dust. Tang Lian hurried over to check on him, but he could see that Baili Dongjun was completely uninjured. He merely brushed off the dirt on his clothes and spoke in a mild voice.

"What’s not good?" Tang Lian said worriedly.

Baili Dongjun chuckled. "I’m out of tricks."

Tang Lian was shocked and looked at Mo Yi standing not far away. "Is he that powerful?"

"I have to admit that even though I’ve entered the Spirit Wandering Profound Realm, I’m not his match by a long shot." Baili Dongjun spread his hands. "It’s come to this, I can only try my best."

Tang Lian nodded, his heroic spirit blooming. "All right. I\'ll go with you."

"Go? Go your head." Baili Dongjun reached out a hand and patted Tang Lian\'s head. "What help are you? If you go, you’re just gonna get yourself killed, okay? I’ll try my best. As for you all, you’re in charge of rescue! Save her, then run as fast as you can!"

"But, shifu, you…" Tang Lian hesitated.

"You? Me? What? When I came to this island, I never planned on going back." Baili Dongjun shouted sharply, "In a moment, look out for my signal and move!"

Tang Lian smiled wryly, "Shifu, you’re too far away to see."

"Idiot. When I say grab, you guys go and grab Ye Ruoyi for me," Baili Dongjun said.

"Okay, okay." Tang Lian nodded repeatedly.

"Baili-shibo, what about Xiao Se…" Sikong Qianluo interjected.

Baili Dongjun glanced at Xiao Se who was sitting aside. It was impossible to count on Mo Yi now, but if they left just like that, Xiao Se would not likely survive past today. He sighed and took out a delicate jade bottle from his robes. He tossed it at Xiao Se. "This contains Meng Po soup. When you’re about to die, drink it. After you get back to Beili, see if Sikong Changfeng can find a way to wake you. Afterwards, with his abilities, prolonging your life temporarily shouldn’t be a problem."

Xiao Se accepted the jade bottle and nodded. "Thank you, Citymaster Baili."

"You don\'t have to thank me. Back then, I told my sworn brother that I would protect him in the future. Now that he’s gone, you are the one he favoured the most so now, I will protect you." Then, Baili Dongjun turned around. "Come on, Mo Yi. No rest until one of us dies!"

Mo Yi nodded. "Fine, then I will grant you death."

He had waited too long.

Even if Baili Dongjun had evoked his fighting spirit and made him feel the excitement of a duel for the first time in decades, when it came to that matter he had to take care of, he truly did not want to wait any longer.

He struck with one palm, and within that palm was all of his power.

The bagua creates all life.

Baili Dongjun exerted all the qi in his body and leaped.

His internal strength, Encompass Heaven.

Baili Dongjun swung his palm, and a huge wave surged forth from a thousand miles of sea.

Fist technique, Harness the Sea.

"Grab her!" Baili Dongjun yelled.

Tang Lian leaped up to the top of the pavilion, attempting to grab Ye Ruoyi.

But Baili Dongjun\'s fist move was broken instantly. A flash of white robes brushed past Baili Dongjun and rushed towards the top of the pavilion.

Baili Dongjun didn\'t expect Mo Yi\'s full-power strike to be so powerful. He had no chance of blocking it at all. He hurriedly turned around and shouted, "Tang Lian, run."

Too late.

Mo Yi had already arrived in front of Tang Lian. This was the third time Tang Lian faced Mo Yi head-on, and it was also the third time that he smelled death at close range.

But the only person in the world who had a chance to save him wouldn’t make it in time.

But he did not intend to die yet!

"Flying Flowers of Ten Thousand Trees!" Tang Lian waved both his fists, and his qi exploded. His shirt was torn to shreds instantly and countless hidden weapons flew towards Mo Yi.

Dragon Beard Needle, Yama’s Invitation, Vermilion Face Dart, countless top hidden weapons of Tang Clan. Together with the Tang Clan’s pinnacle hidden weapon technique, Flying Flowers of Ten Thousand Trees.

Could this kill Mo Yi?

Naturally, he couldn\'t. Even if Grandmaster Tang, who was already dead, were here, he couldn’t injure Mo Yi one bit.

But it made Mo Yi pause in his step.

It was only a pause, but in the next moment, Mo Yi swept away the whole slew of hidden weapons, and struck another palm at Tang Lian.

But he was stopped by a horsetail whisk.

It was a white-coloured horsetail whisk, and each strand of horsetail stood bristling, like the feathers of a bird. A white-haired old man suddenly appeared with the horsetail whisk in his hand. He waved it lightly, and knocked Mo Yi back.

"Who’s that! Why did a Daoist priest suddenly appear!" Sikong Qianluo exclaimed in shock.

Lei Wujie started in surprise. "Hold on, I think we’ve seen him before."

Tang Lian had just walked around Yama’s gate, and his heart had yet to calm down. He paled with shock when he saw the Daoist priest suddenly appear. "State… State Preceptor?"

Qi Tianchen flicked his horsetail whisk and turned to Tang Lian with a smile. "Young Hero Tang, I trust you have been well?"

Tang Lian hurriedly clasped his fists. "Thanks… thanks to Senior’s grace."

Qi Tianchen smiled, turned his head to look at Mo Yi, and whispered, "Shidi, it’s been many years since we last met."

Mo Yi froze for a long time, then lowered his head and said, "Qi-shixiong."

Back then, Mo Yi had knelt there, wanting to sell himself to bury his sister.

It was Qi Tianchen who looked at him first. Because Qi Tianchen looked at him, Qingfeng Daoren turned around.

Because of that, everything that happened afterwards happened.

Now, Qi Tianchen’s hair had turned white, but Mo Yi was still as handsome as a youth.

A reunion after such a long separation, everything was the same but the people had changed.