"Better safe than sorry!"
The Blissful Patriarch was like someone who, once bitten by a snake, became afraid of ropes for ten years.
That ambush was a devastating blow to him.
After breaking through to the Great Luo realm, all his years of cultivation went to waste, and his cultivation level plummeted to the point where he barely managed to break through to the Great Luo realm.
He wasn't sure if this was a setup.
If it weren't for the Star King's promise of an irresistible reward, the Blissful Ancestor would never have come.
Of course, there is another layer of insurance, namely, the arrival of the Cold King's avatar.
With the Star King's true form, the Cold King's avatar, and himself, the possibility of an accident is extremely low.
In the blink of an eye, the three of them pushed open a door.
A woman came into view of the three of them.
"Wu greets Senior Willow God!"
"Our Star King and the Blissful Ancestor of the Blissful Palace have accepted the invitation and come!"
After Wu Zu finished his introduction, Xing Chen Wang and Ji Le Lao Zu stepped forward and said, "Greetings, Fellow Daoist Liu Shen!"
"Please, all of you, have a seat!"
With a wave of her hand, the scenery in the courtyard changed.
The next second, everyone appeared in the starry sky.
The drooping willow branches draw water from the rootless Milky Way.
Add a few touches of emerald green, and it becomes a rare and excellent tea.
The three of them sat down and savored their tea.
The room fell silent for a moment.
Star King glanced at Wu Zu, who put down his teacup and said, "Senior Willow God, what are your plans next? Also, why hasn't Senior Overlord Blade Li Fan shown up?"
"Have some tea first!"
Liu Shen calmly picked up her teacup, without revealing much of her thoughts.
The Blissful Ancestor's face instantly darkened. He looked at Willow God with displeasure and said, "Fellow Daoist Willow God, it seems you don't welcome our arrival!"
"Um!"
To his surprise, Liu Shen nodded and said, "If it were three years ago, your arrival would have made me very happy."
After all, at that time, both Fellow Daoist Li Fan and I were newly promoted to breakthroughs, and we really didn't have much confidence in this battle.
But after three years of fighting, the tyrant Lin Tianba and the Tyrant Dragon King Ao Mie are just like that.
In a two-on-two match, we almost completely crushed them.
The advantage is in our hands, so there's no need to rush.
"Hmph, what a boastful tone!"
The Blissful Ancestor snorted coldly, divine light swirling in his palm.
The peach wood branch transformed into a divine sword, which, propelled by the Great Luo Dao Principles, shot towards the Willow God.
The next second, emerald green willow branches fell from the sky, swaying the peach wood branches aside.
The force of the recoil caused the robes of the Blissful Ancestor to flutter wildly.
This... is called a breakthrough?
That's way too strong!
The Blissful Ancestor was secretly shocked, but the Willow God was not angry at all and continued, "Fellow Daoist Bliss, testing me is not very meaningful."
I just felt that your visit was not very meaningful; I didn't mean to turn you away.
Cooperation is still possible.
However, it is practically impossible for me and Fellow Daoist Li Fan to trust you unconditionally.
If you want to ambush Lin Tianba and Ao Mie, you only need to do what you have done in recent years: spy on them from the shadows and watch them fight.
Wait until the two are off guard, then join the battle on your own.
Fellow Daoist Li Fan and I have no reason to refuse your kindness.
Do you two understand what I'm saying?
"Good! Fellow Daoist Liu is quite shrewd."
The Blissful Ancestor's expression instantly changed, and he laughed more happily than anyone else.
As for the Star King, he remained a bystander, completely an outsider.
In reality, his mind had already sunk into the inner world of his body.
"Han, can you feel it?"
"Um!"
Inside the grotto, the avatar of the Cold King nodded and said, "Neither immortal nor martial, he is very likely a Daoist!"
"Sure enough! I felt something was different about her the moment I saw her."
Star King changed the subject, saying, "Do you think this might be a setup, a trap set by those guys from the Merchant Alliance against us?"
"It's practically impossible!"
Han Wang shook his head and continued, "Pathfinders are too rare; no one would set a trap for them."
I suspect the Merchant Alliance is unaware that Liu Shen is the Pioneer.
She cultivated alone, without guidance from other Great Immortals, and probably didn't know much about those who opened the path.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have stayed here to fight Ao Mie and the other two to the death.
"That makes sense. If we follow this logic, could it be that Li Fan, the Overlord Blade, was also a pioneer?"
The Star King continued to ask.
"Very likely, but that would be a good thing for us."
A glint of light flashed in Han Wang's eyes, and he said in a sinister tone, "After it's done, one person, one statue!"
"good!"
The Star King instantly understood the Cold King's meaning.
As for the land king, neither of them mentioned it, nor did they intend to notify them proactively.
......
"By the way, there might be a little unpleasantness next, please forgive me, Fellow Daoist Star King!"
Willow Goddess's voice came again, and Star King asked with some surprise, "What do you mean, Fellow Daoist Willow Goddess?"
"Fellow Daoist Li Fan has taken Qingqiu to break through!"
"The breakthrough point should be familiar to both of you."
After Liu Shen finished speaking, Star King was stunned for a moment, then said uncertainly, "It can't be Mount Garan, can it?"
Mount Garan, a forbidden area within the territory of the Three Kings Palace.
For many years, this place was just an ordinary mining area.
It all started more than a decade ago.
On that day, the Three Kings Palace intercepted intelligence about the whereabouts of the Qingqiu Empress's forces, and two Heavenly Palace Ninth Heaven Warriors led their troops to set up an ambush.
To everyone's surprise, the Queen of Qingqiu was right there.
What followed was the near annihilation of the Three Kings Palace and the escape of the Queen of Qingqiu.
Afterwards, the Star King visited that place.
He had seen that Great Luo who had fallen into chaos before.
How could he possibly let go of a piece of meat that was already in his grasp!
To everyone's surprise, the Great Luo who fell into chaos was merely a gatekeeper.
Just as he was about to defeat the Great Luo Immortal, a Buddha's palm that blotted out the sky suddenly appeared.
If he hadn't run fast, he might have been injured.
Afterwards, he told the Earth King about this, and the reply he received was simple: "Mount Garan may be the place where Garan Buddha fell, or it may not have fallen."
Then, Mount Garan became a new forbidden area in the Chaotic Ancient Domain.
The Buddhist attainment is equivalent to the Great Luo.
The first step to enlightenment is to become an Arhat.
Arhats are beings whose realm is between the first and third heavens of the Great Luo Nine Heavens, namely the Purple Cloud Heaven and the Purple Cloud Heaven.
Above that are the Bodhisattvas, whose realm is between the fourth and sixth heavens of the Great Luo Nine Heavens, the Tai Xuan Heaven.
After that comes Buddha, whose realm is between the seventh heaven of the Great Luo, the Rootless Heaven, and the ninth heaven, the Supreme Heaven.
The specific cultivation level of the Buddha Garan was not disclosed by the King, but those who attain Buddhahood begin at the seventh heaven of the Great Luo Heaven, the Rootless Heaven.
Such an existence would be a hegemon even in the Chaotic Ancient Domain, so they naturally wouldn't provoke it.
"right!"
Liu Shen nodded.
"Fellow Daoist Liu Shen, I'm afraid we can't drink the tea!"
The Star King said with a solemn expression, "There may be a Buddha on Mount Garan who has not yet fallen."
In the Buddhist hierarchy, those who attain Buddhahood begin in the seventh level of the Great Luo Heaven, the Heaven of No Roots.
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