Chapter 195: Testing
Taoist Yuan Yuan flew down from the sky above the Ice and Snow Empire’s army camp on a white cloud. When the sentinels below saw the monk appear, they immediately blew the horn.
In order to deal with the monks, the sentinels prepared two kinds of horns, one for the monks and the other for the ordinary army. As soon as the monks' horns sounded.
A group of monks immediately rushed out of the military camp, holding various weapons in their hands.
Seeing Taoist Yuanyuan flying down, they immediately raised their weapons and released all kinds of icy mysterious lights.
More than a dozen white lights fell on Yuan Yuan Taoist, but he just stretched out his hand and a circle of yellow light appeared around his body. All the mysterious lights that fell on it were bounced away.
“You are so rude, youngster,” Taoist Yuan Yuan smiled, flicked his sleeves, and a handkerchief flew out. After it was unfolded, it flew out, and dark clouds and lightning appeared on it.
The four or seven young men below each threw out a magical treasure, including beads, towers, ice cones, flywheels, etc., which turned into seven balls of light and rushed up.
But just as they approached the handkerchief, they were struck by seven lightning bolts, and the seven spiritual treasures were immediately shattered and fell to the ground.
The disciples were all shocked. At this moment, a man's voice snorted coldly, "When did Taoist Yuanyuan become Qianyuan's running dog?"
"Haha, I was wondering who it was. Turns out it's you, Baimei, you old immortal." Taoist Yuanyuan laughed.
“What’s the point of bullying the younger generation? If you have the ability, don’t run away. Let’s fight for three hundred rounds.” The Taoist with white eyebrows took off into the air.
"You youngster is so rude. Why don't I teach him a lesson on behalf of you, this old immortal?" While Taoist Yuanyuan was speaking, he pointed his finger and the handkerchief flying in front of him expanded again, shooting out thicker lightning, like a heavenly calamity.
A mysterious light appeared on Baimei's white Bagua Taoist robe, blocking the falling lightning. With a light shout, he pushed his right hand forward, and a white light shot out from his palm.
Taoist Yuan Yuan crossed his hands, blocked the white light with his sleeves, muttered something, and the floating handkerchief turned into dark clouds, shooting out more lightning.
The protective aura of Taoist Baimei was continuously struck by lightning and began to fluctuate. He frowned, formed a seal with one hand, and nine ice crystal needles flew out of his sleeves.
Seeing this, Taoist Yuan Yuan's expression became solemn. He opened his mouth and spit out a gray bead, which spun in front of him.
Baimei also frowned, pointed his finger, and nine ice crystal needles turned into nine streams of light and flew out.
The beads in front of Taoist Yuan Yuan also flew out and collided in mid-air. Five ice crystal needles were shattered by the beads, and another four flew over.
Taoist Yuan Yuan's face changed, and mysterious light appeared on his Taoist robe, forming a rune that blocked the four ice crystal needles.
I saw four tiny flying needles falling on the Taoist robe's talisman light and piercing into a part of it at once.
Taoist Yuanyuan's face changed slightly. He swept his sleeves to knock away the four flying needles, but a trace of ice appeared on his Taoist robe.
He quickly took off his Taoist robe and threw it away. In just a few seconds, the robe was frozen and fell to the ground, breaking into pieces.
Baimei also used his Taoist robe to block it, but the gray bead was so powerful that it knocked Baimei down and he fell into the camp.
At this time, two Taoists flew up. Taoist Yuanyuan looked at them, took back the beads, and used his escape technique to fly away.
Baimei fell to the ground and was caught by his own people. His face was as pale as gold paper and blood was flowing from the corners of his mouth.
A companion next to him immediately took out a pill and stuffed it into his mouth. The pill melted in his mouth, and soon Baimei's complexion recovered a lot.
He opened his eyes, took a few deep breaths, and then said, "What a powerful Hunyuan Divine Pearl. Thank you, Junior Brother."
"Even Yuanyuan Taoist has joined Qianyuan. It may not be so easy to break through the Ice Customs."
A woman in a snow-white Taoist robe sighed. This person was a disciple of the Nine Mysterious Goddess, Taoist Xueyue, who was born with a beauty that could shame the moon and flowers, like a white lotus. She had been practicing for more than 500 years and had already reached the ninth level of the innate realm.
"I just used the Xuanguan Mirror to look at the Binghai Pass. In addition to Taoist Yuanyuan, there are also Taoist Shenhuo and Zhenren Cangming." A Taoist in green clothes walked over with a frown.
"Master Cang Ming is said to be the head of Qianyuan Xiuxin Pavilion. Third Senior Sister, do you know who else is in this Xiuxin Pavilion? So that we can be prepared." Taoist Baimei asked.
"I don't know either. I heard from my master that Xiuxin Pavilion has gathered 30% of the ninth-level innate cultivators in the Jiuzhou Continent. Now Cangming should be just the vanguard to break Baimei's ice and snow method." Taoist Xueyue frowned and said.
"Thirty percent!" Several people were shocked and suddenly felt an invisible pressure. It was just a newly established department of the Qianyuan Empire, but it had such power. If other departments came, Jiuxuan Mountain would probably not be able to compete.
Seeing their expressions, Taoist Xueyue said, "Master has already made arrangements. You just need to assist the Queen."
After hearing this, Baimei and Qingyi felt relieved.
In the evening of that day, hundreds of innate cultivators flew down from Binghai Pass. Of course, almost all of them were disciples of the ninth-level cultivators from Xiuxin Pavilion.
The sight of so many cultivators, and almost all of them being above the fourth level of the innate realm, shocked the officers and soldiers of the Ice Customs. They had never seen so many cultivators in their entire lives, and each of them had an incredibly high level of cultivation.
Yang Yuelin hosted a banquet for the monks that very night, and the Taoist priest in green in the Ice and Snow Empire used the Mysterious Light Mirror to spy on these scenes and quickly reported it, scaring their entire army so much that they retreated ten kilometers overnight.
That night in the palace of the Ice and Snow Empire, Queen Zhou Jingrong listened to the report and learned about the situation at the Ice Customs. She was so shocked that she broke out in a cold sweat.
Qianyuan was fighting with the coalition forces, and the demon tribe was still guarding in Huangzhou. No one expected that Qianyuan's Xiuxin Pavilion would have such power. As a result, the Ice and Snow Empire had almost no hope of attacking Qianyuan.
She waved her hand to let the soldiers go, then walked to the table in the bedroom, where there was an ice crystal mirror. She picked up three incense sticks, bowed three times to the mirror, then took out a talisman, burned it and put it into the water, and finally poured the bowl of water on the mirror.
I saw the water on the mirror surface begin to ripple, and the image of Lady Jiuxuan appeared in it.
Zhou Jingrong immediately knelt down and bowed, saying, "Your Highness, with the hundreds of cultivators from Qianyuan Xiuxin Pavilion joining us, the Ice and Snow Empire may find it difficult to resist. Please make the decision, Your Highness."
"Retreat thirty miles and leave only five hundred soldiers behind. Leave the rest to your uncles and aunts." Empress Jiuxuan said.
Zhou Jingrong hesitated for a moment, then mustered up the courage to ask, "Your Majesty, there is something that has been on my mind for a long time. I beg Your Majesty to help me understand it."
"But what about Emperor Qianyuan?" said Empress Jiuxuan.
"That's right, is the current Emperor Qianyuan really my ninth brother?" Zhou Jingrong showed a nervous look. She attacked Qianyuan at all costs and wanted to rescue her brother from the Queen Mother. However, what happened afterwards was too fast and far beyond her plan.
Many things were prepared and started to be implemented, but the empress dowager died and the ninth brother became the real emperor.
But she had no choice but to shoot. Many things that happened afterwards made her suspect that her ninth brother was possessed by someone. Although she had never seen this brother, from the news she had heard before, he should be a coward.
In addition, based on the intelligence she received from various sources, she knew that her other brothers might be controlled or coerced by the evil spirit, so she launched the war regardless of the consequences.
After a moment's hesitation, Lady Jiuxuan said, "No one can see through the current Emperor Qianyuan. Even I am not sure whether he is still your brother. His cultivation is at the same level as mine. If you want an answer, you have to ask him in person."
"Disciple understands." Zhou Jingrong knelt down and said.
(End of this chapter)
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