Chapter 1284 - 554: Wild Imagination
The candle flames flickered in the secret chamber. Pang Qianji stroked his white beard and sat upright on the jade-green couch, a trace of barely noticeable greed flashing in his eyes.
"Boss Li, you certainly have refined tastes. Carousing all night at the Celestial Fragrance Tower—did you enjoy yourself?"
Seeing Li Yunjing step in, he raised a hand to signal the disciples to withdraw. His hoarse voice echoed through the enclosed space.
Li Yunjing casually tossed the "Hundred Treasures Pouch" onto the table. As the mouth of the bag loosened, four thousand High Grade Spirit Stones poured out, piling into a small mountain on the stone surface. The dazzling violet radiance lit up the entire secret chamber.
"Fellow Daoist Pang's intel is worth this price."
His tone was flat, but his gaze was like a hawk's, locked on the old man. "I've already fulfilled my part, so I expect you to keep your word."
Pang Qianji's throat bobbed. He reached out, wanting to touch the Spirit Stones, but his fingers halted just as they were about to make contact.
"Boss Li truly is a man of his word."
He suddenly let out a strange laugh, a smug note woven into it. "However…"
Before the words fell, the Bronze Compasses at the four corners of the chamber emitted a piercing hum. Dark-golden Runes shot up from the floor like chains, locking down the space around Li Yunjing completely.
"Did you really think I'd be willing to let you walk away with all this wealth?"
Seeing Li Yunjing caught in the cage, Pang Qianji's expression turned vicious, utterly unlike the immortal air he usually put on.
"Heh heh! Boss Li, dying by my hand is actually easier on you! Otherwise, the people outside would tear you to pieces and make your end unimaginably miserable!"
"You should be thanking me!"
Pang Qianji threw his head back and laughed in triumph.
"Pang Qianji, you're really going to go back on your word?"
Li Yunjing's expression didn't change. A flash from his sleeve, and the "Five Dragon Wheel" glimmered faintly.
"And what if I am?"
The old man's eyes were filled with ferocity. The Celestial Secret Runes surging around him grew even denser. "You've been splurging in Four Seas City, drawing the greed of all the powers there. Even if you die here, no one will stand up for you!"
"Stop resisting! This place is completely sealed. No fluctuation will ever leak out of this chamber!"
He lifted his hand and swept it down. A dark-golden beam shot toward Li Yunjing's face. "Hand over the Treasure Map and all your Treasure, and maybe I'll let you leave a whole corpse!"
Yet the anticipated screams never rang out.
All of a sudden, dazzling Power of the Five Elements burst from Li Yunjing's body. The "Five Dragon Wheel" shuddered forth, smashing the dark-golden beam into fragments in an instant.
"You think you can pull a double-cross on me with just this?"
He stepped forward. The Rune chains beneath his feet shattered inch by inch. "I've been mixing in the Immortal Cultivation Realm long enough to have weathered storms you can't imagine. You old dog really thought you could compete with me?"
The Five Dragon Dharma Aspect manifested behind Li Yunjing. The overwhelming pressure sent Pang Qianji staggering back, and the Compass in his hand exploded with a boom.
"Impossible! How can you have such power? You're only at the Golden Core Realm Second Heaven!"
Pang Qianji's eyes bulged as he stared at Li Yunjing, whose whole body was wreathed in the Power of the Five Elements. A strangled roar of unwillingness tore from his throat.
"You want to kill me? Not a chance! I'm going to defy the heavens and change my fate!"
He suddenly bit through the tip of his tongue, spitting a mouthful of Essence Blood onto the shattered Compass. Those dark-golden Runes writhed like living things, weaving together in the Void into an ancient Spell: "Heaven and earth as prison, all laws return to the Void!"
From the ceiling of the secret chamber, a dark-golden cage abruptly descended, trapping Li Yunjing and him tightly at its center.
"Brat, even if we die together today, I'll drag you down with me!"
Pang Qianji looked half-mad as his hands formed Sealing signs. The Celestial Secret Runes around him whirled frantically, transforming into countless fine needles that shot toward Li Yunjing.
"Thanks for the secret chamber! In here, I can take my time torturing you! Old dog, you're the first person I've actually felt reluctant to kill right away—you should feel honored!"
Li Yunjing looked at Pang Qianji with disdain. The Five Dragon Dharma Aspect behind him roared in unison, five gigantic dragons of different colors soaring into the air. Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth—the Power of the Five Elements intertwined, forming a resplendent barrier.
The fine needles slammed into the barrier with dense detonations, yet failed to stir even the slightest ripple.
"Break for me!"
Li Yunjing swept his arm. The "Five Dragon Wheel," wrapped in the Power of the Five Elements, blasted toward the cage.
"Crack! Crack!"
The dark-golden cage trembled violently, its Runes crumbling inch by inch.
"I have to inform Lord Ao Lie!"
Pang Qianji's face went deathly pale. He tried to retreat, only to find his feet already bound fast by chains condensed from the Power of the Five Elements.
The "Five Dragon Wheel" spun rapidly, emitting a buzzing "weng weng weng" as it sliced vertically toward Pang Qianji.
"Ah…"
Pang Qianji flailed his hands in despair, trying to resist with his own Mana, but before the "Five Dragon Wheel" he was as fragile as thin paper.
With a sharp crack, Pang Qianji's body was shredded cleanly into two halves!
Only his Golden Core managed to flee in panic, but Li Yunjing snatched it up in one grasp.
"Greedy beyond measure—you deserve a fate worse than death."
Li Yunjing snorted coldly, Sealing the Golden Core, saving it to slowly torment Pang Qianji later.
Li Yunjing stripped everything from his corpse, then casually wiped away the lingering traces of aura in the secret chamber.
He was about to leave when he suddenly noticed the hidden compartment behind Pang Qianji's couch.
Li Yunjing raised a hand and blasted it with a streak of Five-Colored Divine Light. The hidden compartment opened, revealing a bronze casket covered in mysterious Runes, as well as a book that glimmered faintly.
On the cover of that book were four large characters: "Celestial Secret Record."
"Now this is something decent."
Li Yunjing nodded and swept the secret chamber clean of everything inside.
"This 'Celestial Secret Pavilion' has committed too many sins. It doesn't deserve mercy."
Since he'd already made up his mind to kill, he would slaughter them thoroughly. Li Yunjing walked out of the secret chamber, hitting the storeroom first, then one Quiet Chamber after another. As long as they were Pang Qianji's disciples, each one was casually crushed to death by his hand.