The Great Wei Music Bureau

Chapter 298: Practicing Illusion

Last time we talked about Li Yi meeting Sadik, the eldest disciple of the Zoroastrian high priest Lu Sheng, but he only fought one move with Li Yi and then ran away. So this time let’s see what happened.

Liu Ruyun and Xiao Ziyi were taken into the palace by the maids to rest, so where was Li Yi? In fact, he was also injured, but he couldn't show it in front of Xiao Ziyi and the others, so he had to find a place where no one was around to heal himself.

Li Yi had predicted the fire bird that Sadik would use before, and was ready to summon the Dharma image of Acalanatha for defense, but he was suddenly caught in an illusion, which blocked his mental power and made him unable to use the Dharma image at all.

Fortunately, he had the diamond body protection first, and then the purple thunder bone tempering, so his body had already transcended the mortal body, otherwise that blow would definitely have killed him. Moreover, if it weren't for the Taiyin armor given to him by Chang'e to temporarily relieve his pain, he would not have been able to hold on until now.

At this time, the analgesic function of Taiyin Jia had lost its effect, and Li Yi was soaking in the Tiele River, using the icy river water to relieve the pain caused by the burning.

Li Yi took off his breastplate, shoulder guards, arm guards, armor skirt, and boots with great difficulty. The inside of the cold iron was stuck to his flesh and blood. He meditated in the river, mobilizing his soul to heal his wounds, with only his head exposed.

After an unknown amount of time, he slowly opened his eyes, looked at his skin and sighed, "It seems that it is impossible to restore the previous appearance. It is neither black nor red! Alas!"

"I think you look pretty good now, just like a prairie hero should look."

Li Yi looked back and saw Hulu Xuanyi standing on the shore and smiling at him.

"Why are you alone? Without any guards?"

"Without Yanda, we Tiele people are united and will not be in danger. Why do we still need guards?"

"You guys are better off. You don't have so many concerns or suspicions. Hey, how did you find me?"

"Damn it!" Hulu Xuanyi pointed at the tree.

Li Yi was surprised and said: "Wow, what a big owl!"

"Owl? What a strange name! We call it the Divine Owl. It is a birthday gift given to Miaotu by the Yuezhi (don't read it as Rouzhi) tribe!"

"The Yuezhi tribe? What's the relationship between this tribe and the moon? Could they be the descendants of the fairy Chang'e?" Li Yi muttered in his heart: Don't say it's the truth! Don't say it's the truth! Don't say it's the truth!

"Yes, they are the descendants of Chang'e. They still maintain the customs of that era. They are an ancient and mysterious tribe."

Li Yi's real thoughts were: Damn it! Why do I feel like there's a green glow on my head! Damn it, I haven't even become Cao Mengde yet, how come I'm the green-haired turtle first! Wait! That's not right, didn't Houyi also say that he was a descendant of Dayi? In fact, he was a descendant of Dayi's brother. So, this Yuezhi tribe should be the descendants of the Chang'e sisters!

After figuring this out, Li Yi regained his composure and asked, "Shenxiao, can it understand human language or human nature?"

Hulu Xuanyi shook his head and smiled: "It has spirituality. I can communicate with it with my soul."

"Soul communication, so powerful? Ask him to bring me a branch."

Hulu Xuanyi said unhappily: "Are you stupid? This is a divine owl, how can we let it hold a branch in its mouth!"

However, something unexpected happened. The owl suddenly broke the branch under its feet and flew towards Li Yi. When the latter was surprised at how powerful the owl was, the other party made an airdrop and smashed the branch directly towards Li Yi.

With a plop, the branch certainly did not hit Li Yi, but it splashed water on his face, making Hulu Xuanyi laugh out loud.

Li Yi wiped his face and said unhappily, "You told it to do that, didn't you?"

Hulu Xuanyi waved his hands quickly and said, "That's not the case. It can sense my mood through the changes in its soul, and then do what it thinks it should do."

"If it's that powerful, then you can ask it to give me the sack. My clothes are all there, and it's not convenient for me to get them now."

Hulu Xuanyi walked to the Taiyin armor and sack that Li Yi had taken off, and looking at the bloodstained breastplate, she asked, "Are you injured?"

"Ah, it's just a minor injury. It's healed now. It's nothing serious."

"You lost so much blood, how can it not be a problem! Come here quickly so I can see where you are injured!"

Li Yi looked at Hulu Xuanyi with a puzzled look on his face. The latter said in an unquestionable manner: "Come here! Let me see. If you don't come over, then I will!"

"Hey, hey, the water is too cold! Don't come down, wait a moment!"

Li Yi stood up and walked towards the shore. He stopped when the water was waist-deep. He pointed with one hand and the armor skirt flew into his hand. He rinsed the armor skirt in the water and then tied it around his waist.

Seeing this, Hulu Xuanyi immediately picked up the other armor and washed it in the water. When Li Yi reached the shore, she handed the washed armor to Li Yi, who put them into a sack one by one and took out the cloak that Yuehua had made for him and wrapped himself in it.

After washing everything, Hulu Xuanyi stood up and rubbed his hands while saying, "You have burns all over your body. If you don't force the fire poison out, you can't use your energy to force the wounds to heal. You can't get rid of the poison. Come with me, I'll take you to see the high priest."

"High priest? Shaman high priest?"

"Don't talk nonsense and follow me! Divine Owl, go and inform the high priest first." After saying that, he pulled Li Yi and left, and the big owl on the tree flapped its wings and disappeared into the night.

The Tiele people were driven to the Western Regions by the Xiongnu. They originally lived east of the Altai Mountains, so they also believed in shamanism. The shaman chief priest of the Gaoche Kingdom was an old woman named Hushuya, who was the chief priest when the former Gaoche King Qiongqi was in power.

Hushuya lived on the east side of the palace. When you entered her tent, you were hit by a rotten smell. Although it was not pungent, it was definitely unpleasant.

Li Yi rubbed his nose and said unhappily: "Is your high priest reliable? How many people will be killed by this?"

"Including you, there are exactly ninety-nine!" came a cold voice.

Hulu Xuanyi smiled and said, "High Priest, you can't scare him. He is the grassland hero who killed the Black Demon Wolf King."

Hu Shuya looked at Li Yi and said contemptuously: "I have seen many heroes on the grassland. I watched Qiongqi grow up. You also said he was a hero, but what happened? He died in his thirties. What's the point of being a hero?

If you want to live a few more years, don't go around trying to be a hero! Get down! If you force your wounds to heal without removing the fire poison, you'll be covered in blisters tomorrow!"

Hu Shuya's tone didn't give Li Yi the right to say no, so the latter took off his cloak and lay down on the bed.

"Is the grassland hero afraid of pain?"

Li Yi quickly said: "Afraid!"

"There's no use being afraid, just bear with it!" Hu Shuya's old and rough hands, with forked nails, slapped Li Yi's newly grown skin, directly breaking Li Yi's defense.

"what!"

"Aren't you a hero? How come you can't even bear this little pain?"

"No no no, it's not a hero, it's a bear!"

"No matter what you are, you have to bear it!"

Hu Shuya took a handful of soil from her pocket and sprinkled it on Li Yi's back, then took out a bottle and poured water. She chanted a spell, her palm lit up with a green light, and she scattered a few seeds, and slapped him casually. Li Yi cried out in pain, and Hulu Xuanyi was so amused that he bent over with laughter.

Hu Shuya looked at Hulu Xuanyi and asked, "What kind of hero is this kid? Did he kill the Black Demon Wolf King? I don't believe it, old woman!"

Hulu Xuanyi smiled and said, "Really, the skin of the Black Demon Wolf King is still hanging on the city wall."

As he spoke, several tender sprouts poked their heads out, and Li Yi could clearly feel the roots of the plants drilling into his body.

Li Yi asked: "High Priest, what did you plant on my back? What is it for?"

"Why do you ask? Do you know witch doctor skills?"

"I don't understand, but this hurts so much. I feel like it has roots in all my meridians!"

"Nonsense, how else can I remove the fire poison from your body! Just bear with it!"

After Hu Shuya finished speaking, she turned around and started chatting with Hulu Xuanyi. They spoke in Tiele language, and Li Yi couldn't understand what they were saying. When they were chatting excitedly, they sat next to him and didn't care whether Li Yi lived or died.

During the conversation, Li Yi called Hulu Xuanyi's name several times. Just as the latter was about to turn around to look at him, Hu Shuya reached out and pulled him back and continued chatting.

It was not until Li Yi fainted from the pain and the fragrance of flowers wafted from the tent that Hulu Xuanyi and Hu Shuya reacted. They looked at Li Yi and saw that his back was already covered with bright red flowers!

Hu Shuya was surprised and said, "Hey, how much fire poison is stored in this kid's body? He actually has flowers all over his back?"

Hulu Xuanyi asked: "High Priest, you see there are no green leaves on his back, only flowers. Can this fire poison be cleaned up?"

Hu Shuya casually pushed aside a petal to check the pistil, then said, "It's cleaned up, but his back is covered with flowers. I'm afraid it will be painful to pull them out."

"Ah? High Priest, you said it was suffering. How painful must it be? Can he bear it?"

"You have to bear it even if you can't bear it. What else can you do?" Hu Shuya said, picked up a plant at random, a green light lit up in his palm, and then he pulled it hard.

The unconscious Li Yi was awakened by the pain. He turned over and jumped to the side, cursing: "You are not trying to cure me, you are trying to kill me! You must be a spy sent by the Zoroastrianism! Old witch, I will beat you!"

Li Yi put his hands together and chanted the mantra, but this time the Vajra Divine Art did not work smoothly. He immediately gathered more Buddhist teachings, and then used the Buddhist teachings to forcibly open up his own meridians, and then summoned the Dharma image of the Acala Vidyaraja and opened the Ten-Armed Golden Wheel in full glory, causing the red flowers on his back to fall off.

Li Yi punched Hu Shuya, but his fist finally stopped less than an inch in front of Hu Shuya's forehead and could not move any further. Because the Acala Dharma Image was entangled by countless vines and could not move at all, he looked at the old woman opposite with extremely surprised eyes and asked, "You are actually in the Transcendent Realm?"

Hu Shuya chuckled and said, "Boy, how do you think Tiele City survived the disaster? How do you think I, an old woman, can be the high priest?"

Li Yi turned to look at Hulu Xuanyi and asked, "No, if she is here, how could Miou be cursed?"

Hu Shuya raised his hand, and the vines around Li Yi dissipated. Only then did he realize that he had just been caught in an illusion.

Li Yi immediately bowed and said, "Senior, you know how to perform illusions? Can you teach me how to break them?"

Hu Shuya looked at Hulu Xuanyi, who quickly bowed and said, "High Priest, Lord Li killed the Black Wolf King, lifted the curse on Miotu, and killed Yanda. He has done a great favor to us Tiele people. Since he has something to ask for, I beg you to give me some advice."

"In order to help him remove the fire poison of the ancient monster Three-legged Golden Crow, I used up the last of my Yuan-nourishing Soil and Red-Lian Golden Pill Flower seeds. I am repaying your kindness.

This illusion is a unique method in our Western Regions, and it can also restrain his Buddhist skills. If we teach him illusion, then the tribes in the Western Regions will no longer be able to stop him. "

Hulu Xuanyi said solemnly: "I believe him. He is not the enemy of the tribes in the Western Regions. He is the hero of the grassland! He is our friend!"

"Friend? I don't think he considers you a friend!"

Li Yi said unhappily: "Hey, senior, please don't talk nonsense! Why don't I consider Hulu Hudun a friend?"

Hu Shuya said coldly: "Humph, if it wasn't for the purpose of removing the fire poison, you would have taken action just now by the river!"

Hulu Xuanyi looked at Li Yi in surprise and muttered, "Attacking me? What?"

"This kid wants to be with you..."

"Hey hey hey, senior!" Li Yi quickly interrupted Hu Shuya's words, but at this moment, he suddenly fell into endless darkness.