Eternal Life Starts as a Hunter

Chapter 568 - 181: Settling Down, Peerless Battle

Qing Hancheng murmured.

He closed his eyes to feel for a moment, then chuckled wryly and said, "One more great battle, and I can return to my true self. Who should I challenge?"

Qing Hancheng thought for a while, then sought out Jing Baikou and said, "Announce to the social world that I’ve emerged from seclusion. If anyone wants to challenge me, they can come ahead. As for that Dian Wei, see if he’s still around. If he is, let him come... The location is his choice."

He cast his gaze outside, thinking it best to find a strong opponent with whom he had no connections to duel.

With the Lotus Sect, he had already formed an alliance, so he couldn’t take action.

As for someone like Gu Xuejian, he was planning to make her his subordinate, so directly crippling her would be too wasteful.

After all, Gu Xuejian had reached the Fourth Grade, and she would definitely encounter similar problems as him.

For a strong individual, managing oneself is enough; who cares about one’s stance?

In the past, it was always the victors who wrote the history. When the "Great Unity of Yin Yang" arrived, Qing Hancheng would be the first to step into the superior realm of the Upper Three Grades.

As for how this so-called betrayal would be written? That was up to him.

Gu Xuejian, after all, was the top individual under him and would probably understand him, rather than doing something short-sighted or being constrained by the names of "good and evil".

Qing Hancheng smiled, his gaze deeply focused on the distance as he began to ponder the future.

He intended to first enter the Third Grade.

Once he reached the Third Grade, he planned to journey south to see how the Emperor and the Lotus Sect were planning.

Afterward, he also needed to vie for the right to speak.

Beside the Emperor were the "Grand General" Lü Xuanxian and the "National Preceptor" Zhao Guyue. In addition, the four leaders of the Lotus Sect were all extraordinary, but having entered the Third Grade, what did he have to fear?

Perhaps he could keep the Third Grade as a hidden card, deciding when to reveal it as needed.

However, he couldn’t be without allies.

Once the "Great Unity of Yin Yang" arrived, being without subordinates would be a huge disadvantage.

As it appeared now, the chances of the Five Elements Forces and the Buddhist and Daoist paths being annihilated were very high. So, at that time... his future subordinates could be selected from within these Five Elements Forces.

After all, compared to others, as the Divine Wood Hall Master, he at least still belonged to the Five Elements Forces.

Therefore... he needed to kill fewer or not at all these Five Elements Forces members, at most dealing with those stubborn strong individuals.

Qing Hancheng began to consider various matters, various details...

Jing Baikou sensed the change in the Hall Master, the kind of unmasked power that made his heart tremble.

He respectfully acknowledged and then retreated.

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At this time, the operation of searching for Lotus Sect spies within the Mianzhou Path had slightly come to a halt.

The Saintess walked out of the cellar, having changed locations, but she was still searching for Dian Wei.

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On this day, Li Yuan came to the Mianzhou Path as usual.

News that the City Lord of Divine Wood Hall was challenging various strong individuals, especially naming Dian Wei, spread rapidly.

Divine Wood Hall disciples hastily carried the written "challenge letters" and posted them on city gates far and wide.

Immediately, with Divine Wood Hall at the center, the "challenge matters" surged like tides, reaching surrounding cities, nearby cities, and even spreading to distant cities...

This left Li Yuan slightly stunned.

That night, after returning to the Cloud Mountain Path, he specially retrieved "Han Tong’Er’s hair", inquired in the "White Wooden Box", and learned that at least the Grand Elder of the Red Lotus Sect in the Lotus Sect was unaware of this internal matter, while also confirming that the Saintess named White Spirit Water was still searching for him.

After pondering for a long time, Li Yuan confirmed the state of "the Fourth Grade Blood he left behind" at the Black Market Ghost Realm. After confirming there was no issue, he decided to meet Qing Hancheng.

He needed an opportunity to break through.

And taking on the identity of Dian Wei to confront Qing Hancheng was the perfect plan.

That night, he bid farewell to his family, thought for a while, then decided to take nothing with him. He transformed his flesh and blood to become the honest, bald strongman, Dian Wei, and headed to a certain deep mountain.

He did not immediately step out, but instead gathered flying birds in the deep mountain.

Five Ninth Grade Demon Birds and eleven ordinary fierce birds linked to his Divine Soul, transforming into his eyes and slowly flying to various locations.

Suddenly, Li Yuan recalled from books he had read before his transmigration, some villains would always try to break the protagonist’s spirit before a duel, often targeting the protagonist’s woman.

The methods were varied and polarized.

Either sending their own woman to find the protagonist and revealing it during the battle to distract the protagonist with guilt;

Or finding the protagonist’s woman themselves, and telling the protagonist during the battle, causing pain and anger, leading to a loss of rationality.

Li Yuan couldn’t bring himself to do the first method, which was clearly designed for "moral model protagonists".

As for the second method, he thought for a moment, Qing Hancheng seemed to have no woman.

Even if he did, he felt a bit repulsed by it.

After calming himself in the mountains for several days and killing some Seventh Grade or even Sixth Grade demon beasts, Li Yuan saw the opportunity and allowed himself to be "accidentally" discovered by a Little Demoness from the White Lotus Sect, which then drew out the Saintess White Spirit Water.

When White Spirit Water quickly arrived in the mountains, she found the honest big man sitting on the cliff, howling like a gorilla, seemingly venting pain.

Meanwhile, the Little Demonesses quickly noticed the scent of blood in the forest, and followed the trail only to find numerous demon beast corpses.

The situation was quite obvious: this Han Han’Er had run off somewhere and was recklessly slaughtering demon beasts...

White Spirit Water floated up and gently landed beside Li Yuan.

She raised her hand to try to touch his furry big hand, but the big man suddenly twisted his body, looking as though he was still angry.