Chapter 58
Zhang Pingyin took advantage of Qu Xi's confusion and shouted at us, "Taishang Liujia Mingshen Xiexie Formation!"
When Li Danyang and others heard his words, they quickly stood in the four directions of "Zi, Wu, Mao, and You".
"My younger sister is stationed in the center, holding the Six Ding and Six Jia talismans and chanting the Six Jia Divine Mantra."
While I didn't know what this Tai Shang Liu Jia Ming Shen She Xie formation was, I did know the "Liu Jia Divine Mantra." I immediately ran among them, using my remaining spirits to carve a Liu Ding Liu Jia talisman, reciting the "Liu Jia Divine Mantra" simultaneously. Li Danyang and the other three began to circle me. Their footsteps, reflecting the principles of the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, corresponded to the positions of the Big Dipper and the Twenty-Eight Constellations. The formation contained the "Xiu Sheng Shang Du Jing Si Jing Kai" gate-locking transformation. At the same time, Zhang Pingyin leaped into the air, and I could feel my remaining energy rapidly dissipating.
All our energy was absorbed by Zhang Pingyin. At this moment, a hazy light appeared on his body, and at the same time, he struck Qu Xi's head with a palm.
This attack is the strongest attack we can muster. If it fails, we will die.
Qu Xi seemed to sense the danger and suddenly rushed towards Zhang Pingyin.
In the moment they were together, I saw Zhang Pingyin's right arm broken and he flew backwards. The six of us were all killed, vomiting blood and collapsing to the ground.
It seems that death is really approaching.
One second, two seconds, three seconds.
As expected, Qu Xi did not launch an attack. I struggled to raise my head and saw Qu Xi melting bit by bit from the head until his entire body disappeared and was absorbed by the net.
And that sword of the master fell to the ground with a clang.
"Master!" Li Danyang struggled to get up, and I also struggled to get up, dragging my seriously injured body towards Zhang Pingyin.
Just as I approached Zhang Pingyin, the Tianshi Sword suddenly flew up and shot straight behind me.
I turned my head and saw that Tianshi Jian had impaled Gui Zong on the Heavenly Net Formation, and in his hand was a golden-feathered arrow. It looked like he wanted to take my life when I was off guard.
I quickly walked over to Zhang Pingyin's body and looked at him. He looked like a dying man, his once rosy and plump face rapidly shrunken. Although he was still hanging on, he was already an ordinary old man.
I don’t understand why the high priest and Master Zhang suddenly jumped out of the formation and have been watching the show outside.
I walked up to the two of them. Although there was a barrier of heaven and earth net between us, I could still see their appearance clearly. I guess they were seeing everything we did in the formation.
"Why!" I couldn't calm down my anger.
"Why?" the high priest said.
"Are you my grandpa?"
I still have a glimmer of fantasy in my heart.
He didn't say anything, just looked at me calmly.
I looked at Master Zhang. Master Zhang is a friend of mine regardless of age difference. I have always regarded him as my most respected elder.
Feeling my gaze, Master Zhang sighed and said, "Since ancient times, the Xuanmen sect has been fragmented and isolated from each other. For this reason, when I was young, I advocated for the unification of the Xuanmen sect, and because of this, I lost my position as Heavenly Master."
It turns out there is a hidden story here.
Master Zhang, seeing the decline of the Xuan Sect, conceived the idea of uniting all the sects. As the foremost Daoist sect, the Tianshi Mansion would undoubtedly reduce significant resistance if it signed a treaty. However, with its millennia-long heritage, the Xuan Sect was unlikely to unite as a single entity. Some sects even harbored feuds. Master Zhang, acting as a mediator, was unexpectedly stripped of his candidacy by the previous generation of Tianshi, his father, who instead appointed Zhang Pingyin as the new Tianshi.
As to why, no one knows.
"But what does this have to do with what you're doing?" I asked puzzled.
"Ahem." Zhang Pingyin coughed twice and said, "I didn't expect that after all this time, you still haven't forgotten your crazy idea from back then. Do you know why your father stopped you from doing this?"
"Why?" Zhang Pingyang asked.
"Father had already calculated that the world's Xuanmen would eventually merge, but the leader was not the Tianshi Mansion, but you!"
"How can those ordinary people lead us?" The high priest snorted coldly.
"This is a historical necessity; how can it be achieved by human power?" Zhang Pingyin said.
I was completely confused by what they said. None of this had anything to do with me. I just wanted to know whether the high priest was my grandfather.
"Are you my grandfather?!" I asked.
"Yes, I am Gui Yuan, the grandpa you mentioned."
My heart ached when I saw him admit it.
From childhood to adulthood, every move I made with him is reflected in my mind.
"You, why do you do this?" I said, staring at him with tears streaming down my cheeks.
His eyes flickered and he didn't dare to look me in the eye.
"Once I absorb your ghost spirit, combined with the energy of Ghost Sect, Zhang Pingyin, and others, as well as this Quxi, combined with the absorption power of this Heavenly Net, the Feather Stone will naturally evolve. At that time, it will be the world's number one holy weapon. All the Xuanmen will submit to me. Do you understand?"
“What about my parents, what role do they play in this?” I asked.
"They were merely tools for giving birth to you. We, the Ghost Clan, must give birth on an altar to have a chance of obtaining a ghost spirit. However, Pingyang and I later deduced that if we used the Taoist method of stealing the sky and replacing the day, replacing the fetus's ghost spirit with Taoist essence, the baby would be able to learn both Taoist and Ghost Clan magic after birth. So, I personally orchestrated a drama of my clan members defecting. After they gave birth to you, I wanted to send them on their way, but considering that they had rendered merit to our Ghost Clan, I spared their lives."
Indeed, with the power of the Ghost Clan, how could my parents have escaped so easily, let alone with an ordinary old man? It turns out the High Priest was pretending to be my grandfather, spying on my parents. And I can indeed practice both Taoist and Ghost Clan techniques simultaneously, which has always puzzled me. Now it seems I'm just a test subject for them.
"With your blood, we can absorb all the essence and spirits of the people in the formation. Then we can use you to sacrifice to the Yuhao Stone. At that time, all the Xuanmen in the world will be in our hands. The Xuanzhen Bureau is not worth mentioning at all." The high priest laughed crazily.
"Let me ask you one more thing. Back then, we mistakenly entered Broken Soul Mountain and nearly died at the hands of Qu Xi. Were you the one who saved us?"
The high priest said nothing.
Seeing that he didn't answer, I stopped asking. I didn't expect that I had been living under the high priest's plan since I was born.
Zhao Danxi then walked over to my side, looked at Master Zhang, and said, "Master?"
"As my disciples, today you should repay your master." Master Zhang said calmly.
Zhao Danxi was silent for a moment after hearing this. He then raised his sword and cut off his Taoist hair bun. He said, "Master, I will never forget your kindness. From this moment on, I, Zhao Danxi, am no longer Zhang Pingyang's disciple!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Danyang, Liu Danchen and Erma cut off their hair to show their determination.
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