With only 8 years to live at the start, I'm going all in.

Chapter 183 First Experience of Earth-遁 (Escape from Underground)

[You have slain the sorcerer of Taiping Palace, your lifespan increased by 77 years and 121 days.]

Seeing the prompt that appeared before him, Ding Yi raised an eyebrow, then looked at his palm.

Just to be on the safe side, he activated a frequency of 1200, but he didn't expect that the big guy couldn't block a single move.

However, this 1200-point return to the origin was already his current limit, and two consecutive attacks had almost exhausted the essence in his body.

Ding Yi stood still and took a deep breath. His powerful blood and qi surged through his body like a dragon, transforming into a continuous stream of essence that flowed into the acupoints that had been opened.

In just a few breaths, Ding Yi's complexion improved again, and then he looked at Wang Yuan's mangled body in front of him.

It has to be said that this big guy is quite terrifying in strength.

With his unyielding martial arts skills as solid as steel, coupled with the deadly weapon in his hand and his extraordinary speed, he must be a formidable figure in the Divine Palace.

"bass!"

Ding Yi grabbed the broken spear and pulled it from Wang Yuan's hand, then began to circulate the Exorcism Technique.

[You have refined a trace of the Peaceful Demon, your lifespan increases by 10 days.]

...

really.

Ding Yi secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the spear was broken in two by his secret technique, and even the first half of it disappeared, the remaining half still contained a considerable amount of killing intent.

While Ding Yi was circulating the Exorcism Technique, he took out the Corpse Dissolving Water from his pocket and poured it onto Wang Yuan's headless corpse.

"呲呲."

Looking at the corpses gradually turning into blood and water, Ding Yi then turned his gaze to the remains of the black-armored guards not far away.

These black-armored guards were specially sent over by Liu Xun the day before yesterday.

After all, if the Yin-Yang Palace and the Taiping Palace were to become completely at odds, a good scheme to sow discord would be essential.

Now, the news has been relayed back to Taiping Palace by this big guy, and it seems a good show is about to begin.

Thinking of this, Ding Yi shook his head, then walked to the remains of the black-armored guards and used the corpse-dissolving water to completely erase their last trace in this world.

After doing all this, Ding Yi looked at the restless demon horse that Wang Yuan had tied to the spot, and then slowly walked over.

On the other side, on the official road ten miles away.

An old man was constantly weaving through the group of black-armored guards, kicking them here and slapping them there, beating them until they were all knocked over.

"I am Huang Qushui of the Yin-Yang Palace, you audacious warrior!! You are simply courting death!"

Among the group was a man dressed in a dark gold robe, but with an ugly face, a flat nose, and glaring eyes. He was shouting at the old man.

"Hahaha!"

The old man only responded with a chuckle, then slapped another black-armored guard to the ground, shouting:

"If Song Shu hadn't stopped me from killing you, you would have died hundreds of times over!"

"Grass!"

Huang Qushui was even more furious upon hearing this, but the old man's movements were strange and slippery. Moreover, he disappeared without a trace after falling to the ground. If it weren't for the dozen or so groaning black-armored guards lying next to him, he would have thought he had seen a ghost.

"Where did this madman come from? And he's so powerful!"

Huang Qushui stared at the ground where the old man had disappeared, and suddenly something occurred to him, causing him to turn pale with shock:

"Oh no, Wang Yuan!"

After saying that, he ignored the black-armored guards around him, mounted a demon horse, and galloped away.

Half a day later, at the Wanxiangmen headquarters.

In the courtyard, Ding Yi's figure suddenly appeared from the ground, but he stumbled and fell to the ground with a thud.

"Hahahaha!"

Jiang Mingyue's laughter came from the tree next to them, while Ding Yi calmly stood up and dusted off his clothes.

"Song Shu, it seems you still haven't remembered! You're still not proficient in earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of magic/essence)!"

Jiang Mingyue sat on the tree and continued to shout at Ding Yi.

"Almost there, almost there. How's it going? Have you resolved things on your end?"

Ding Yi asked.

"Hey, those guys are boring, where's the big guy?"

Jiang Mingyue continued to ask.

"How would I know."

Ding Yi shook his head.

At this moment, he was still immersed in the feeling of using earth magic.

Although he was mentally prepared, he was still a little nervous when he first descended into the earth using the Returning to Origin Secret Technique.

First, he can't breathe in the soil. Given his current breath-holding time, he has to come out to breathe every half hour.

Secondly, the ground was pitch black, with no light at all, making it impossible to discern directions. This forced Ding Yi to frequently crawl out and readjust his bearings based on the surrounding environment.

Third, the soil wasn't all the same; occasionally, there were large rocks and gravel, which caused Ding Yi to bump into them several times without being able to pass through. After all, the frequency of soil was only about thirty, while the frequency of rocks was as high as ninety.

Fourth, that naturally relates to the depletion of vital energy.

With Ding Yi's current cultivation level, he can sustain his earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a technique that allows one to escape through earth) for three hours, but this problem can be solved as his cultivation level increases in the future, so it is not an important matter.

Even with so many drawbacks, the speed of earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a technique that allows one to escape from a mountain) is still much faster than riding a horse. This alone makes Ding Yi think it is a divine skill.

Envelop your entire body in your vital energy and adjust it to the same frequency as the ground beneath your feet. You can then sink into the ground and, with just a slight movement of your hands, swim through the soil at a speed approximately three times that of riding a horse.

This magical experience also gave Ding Yi some new ideas for his many upcoming plans.

"By the way, Mingyue, once you learn Earth Escape Technique, can you go anywhere?"

Ding Yi asked the old man in the tree.

"There's no such thing as a free lunch, Song Shu. Back then, when the sect was shrouded in a great formation, all the underground frequencies were in chaos, and earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of magic that allows one to escape from the earth) became ineffective. Have you forgotten that too?"

The old man quickly shook his head and said.

Upon hearing this, Ding Yi secretly regretted it. He had originally planned to use earth magic to enter the underground and steal the statue, but now it seemed that this idea was not feasible.

"Alright, this time we're going to see the gorillas, don't forget."

Ding Yi gave the old man one last piece of advice before going into his study.

"I know. Don't worry."

Upon hearing this, the old man continued chewing on his chicken leg and said...

Taiping Palace, Luosheng Pavilion.

As Master Fuliu was sitting in the pavilion watching the sunset, he suddenly reached out and pinched a small piece of meat that had suddenly flown towards him.

As the piece of flesh was held in Master Fuliu's hand, it continued to wriggle, even trying to burrow into Master Fuliu's flesh.

Seeing this, Master Fuliu showed no expression. Instead, he exerted force with two fingers, instantly crushing the piece of flesh between his fingers and causing a piece of copper to fall out.

Picking up the copper piece, Master Fuliu flicked it lightly with the back of his finger and then placed it near his ear.

The next moment, a clear voice came from the copper plate.

"Something has changed at the Yin-Yang Palace!"