Chapter 75: Emperor Minghuang felt like his brain was about to grow out.
"boom!"
After being mercilessly burned by the flames, Fang Yuan rolled to the side in a very embarrassed manner.
He tugged at Ling Fengzhi's sleeve and barely stood up. He looked at the jade doll hanging in the air like a fireball and asked everyone with a serious expression.
"Are you just going to leave her there and not do anything to solve this problem?"
That's a really good question.
Qi An knew the identity of Yu Jujiu, the Taoist Ling Ju. Although Ye Ziqing and Chu Sheng had never told him explicitly, he had an intuitive guess about the relationship between Yu Wawa and Yu Jujiu.
But no matter what the truth is, it cannot solve the problem they are facing now——
There are Nascent Soul cultivators who have all the power but cannot use it, and the only one in the God Transformation Stage who is shackled everywhere because he does not have enough Heavenly Demonic Energy to support him.
How can this group of people control a young female cultivator who seems to be receiving a remote cultivation empowerment from a powerful person in the Tribulation Crossing Stage?
Ya Ge came back from outside dragging two sledgehammers with a bad look on her face. She did not see Ming Fang. Nagi Linyou glanced at him and then looked away. Only Qi An spoke.
"Are you sure you've been cheated?"
Ya Ge exhaled.
"Yes, Yuan Qi was deceived. Ming Fang is not his man, but from Zhongnan Dao Sect..."
The Yuan family knows all of Yuan Qi's plans, and Ming Fang, with the instructions of Venerable Fengxi, does not want Yuan Qi to ascend too smoothly."
Nagi Rinyu was a little surprised when he heard that.
"What? Sects are fighting so fast these days? So the Faxiu people look so glamorous, but in fact they are not as good as the Sword Palace?"
On this point, you guys should stop mocking the second brother, okay?
Ya Ge ignored the noise beside her and looked at Qi An who was covering his head and trying to think, her deep blue cat eyes blinking again and again.
"This is the reason why Zhongnan Dao Sect is opening up the ancient ruins to the outside world... As expected.
It seems that because all the old monsters in the Tribulation Crossing Stage of each sect have disappeared, and the Yuan family's relationship is only connected to the Supreme Elder, Venerable Fengxi quickly took action against the Yuan family."
After covering his head in pain for a long time, Qi An finally managed to utter a few words.
"Venerable Fengxi showed mercy to Yuan Qi's men."
Although he couldn't figure out why the old monsters in the Tribulation Crossing Stage suddenly disappeared at this moment, Qi An still basically understood the situation outside.
"He simply chose a specific group of people to delay Yuan Qi's breakthrough, hoping to quickly eradicate the Yuan family's influence in Zhongnan Dao Sect before that...
Otherwise, if Yuan Qi breaks through the Spirit Transformation Stage and then merges his two bodies into one to break through to the Mahayana Stage, the Yuan family will have two Mahayana Stage masters, the Yuan family ancestor and Yuan Qi!
Venerable Fengxi and his companions alone are unlikely to be able to defeat the Yuan family in this situation, which is why they have to launch an attack now."
After Qi An struggled to sort out the cause and effect, he asked Ya Ge again.
"What is the relationship between this jade doll and the jade jujiu?"
"Looking at the current situation, even if Shengsheng comes back and says they are not related by blood, I'm afraid you'd find it hard to believe it, right?"
Ya Ge readily revealed the answer.
"But what Mingfang said seems to explain why this child suddenly became like this..."
"The Jade Jujiu has fallen."
Qi An covered his head, caught off guard by the overwhelming amount of information, and felt a long-lost headache.
"Speaking of which, this should clearly be something Yuan Qi should be thinking about, so why is it my turn now?"
"The fall of a powerful person in the Tribulation Period is not as simple as you say, right?" Nagi Linyou was shocked.
As the only cultivator in the Spirit Transformation Stage in the entire venue, he deeply understood the gap between himself and the Mahayana Stage cultivators. Comparing himself with the Tribulation Stage masters, he felt as powerless as a floating creature trying to shake a tree.
"Has it been too long since I've been in contact with the world of cultivation, or have you gotten carried away, Qi An? The death of a powerful Tribulation Crossing Stage cultivator is such a serious matter, can it be summarized in just one sentence?"
"Wasn't it just such a simple sentence that led to the death of our master?" Ling Fengzhi said.
He had already discovered the complex situation of the jade doll at the moment. Faced with this situation that was similar to a defensive attack, keeping still was actually the best option.
——Especially now, when it is obvious that no one can beat the other.
The young fox king was a little angry.
"Jade Baby looks so miserable now, why don't you care about her at all?"
"The prerequisite for us to care about each other is that we are both at the Spiritual Transformation stage," Ya Ge replied calmly. "Who do you think among all the people present right now has the potential to break through to the Spiritual Transformation stage directly?"
No one.
The Fox King realized this.
Although the young Fox King always felt that the "Fangyuan" past described by the Jade Baby was like listening to a bizarre story.
But perhaps everything the other party described was too sincere, which often made him involuntarily put himself into the identity of "Fang Yuan" and made him forget what his true identity was.
He was the youngest fox king of the Qingqiu fox clan, destined to grow up to be the future leader who would protect the region. He shouldn't...
He shouldn't have feelings like "friendship" towards humans.
But the demon race's thoughts were straightforward, and their actions were faster than their brains could think. Before their minds could figure it out, the young fox demon stretched out its arm -
The fox demon held tightly onto the arm of the girl who was being burned by the flames, even though the flames that seemed to be able to burn everything also burned on his body.
"Jade, doll——"
The fox demon's ears popped out from the top of its head uncontrollably, and its tail emerged from under its robe.
The piercing pain radiated from his arm, leaving his brain with no room for any thoughts other than the image in front of him.
"Don't sleep, wake up quickly!!!"
Maybe I am the Fang Yuan they are talking about, or maybe they have recognized the wrong monster.
But now, if I don't do this, if I just sit back and do nothing about it...
I will regret it forever!
Far away in the south of the desert, in the Hehuan Sect, Ye Ziqing was in a silent confrontation with Si Chun. When the atmosphere was solemn, Elder Mo Yan suddenly came to the hall where no one usually set foot.
"I saw it."
The tired elder, who had been searching for his disciples for a long time without success, held the bright soul lamp in his hand. He looked at Si Chun and asked word by word.
"The beast tide's attack, the loopholes in the sect's formation, and the thunder tribulation of Venerable Yunmeng...
Your shadow is behind many things. Yupan and I once suspected it, but Fuqiu and Mochou didn’t believe it either.
But now, she can no longer believe it or not... Sect Master, please explain why you became possessed by the devil?"
"I can answer your question, Elder Mo Yan. Everything the Sect Master has done before was for the purpose of ascending."
Si Chun was silent, and Ye Ziqing spoke.
"For ascension?" Elder Mo Yan's expression was not convinced. Perhaps because he had found the culprit who caused his disciple's disappearance, his tone of voice was also very sarcastic.
"Is there any evidence to prove that a dignified Mahayana master actually needs to rely on the devil to dream of ascending?"
"The Heavenly Road has been sealed," Si Chun finally spoke. "Lingju Daozun, Wushang Laomo, Half-Step Ascension... all the sects' renowned Tribulation Crossing monsters have been sent through Feiluan messages and confirmed through the soul lanterns."
"All of them perished, no one survived."
"Be thankful, Mo Yan." Si Chun's tone was filled with dejection and numbness. "Once our group of Mahayana cultivators are sacrificed, those at the Spiritualization stage will become the most important experts in the entire sect..."
Why was the Mahayana period sacrificed?
Ye Ziqing watched silently as a black flower wrapped in demonic energy blossomed from Si Chun's palm.
The Heavenly Demon Emperor was born and ordered all demons to submit. The so-called ten thousand demons naturally included the Heavenly Demon Qi.
If what Si Chun just said is true, then Tianmo Minghuang is a state, not a specific person, more like a ghost that only exists in legends.
According to Si Chun, Emperor Minghuang can possess anyone at any time through the demonic energy, and the possessed person will not have any memory.
No one knows, which means that for so many years, this Ming Emperor has been staying in the world of cultivation in this identity and stirring up trouble.
If Chu Sheng had not pierced through Si Chun with a sword when he broke through his cultivation level in Zhongnan Taoist Sect, there would be no way that Si Chun, who was possessed by Ming Huang, would have regained consciousness, let alone realized this secret that had been hidden in the world of cultivation for many years.
It was at that time that Si Chun realized that Chu Sheng's strength was enough to pose a threat to Yun Mengzi.
For Si Chun, Yun Mengzi's survival is far more important than the safety of the cultivation world. Not only because of the former master-disciple relationship, but more importantly, he knows Yun Mengzi's peculiarity better than anyone else.
If Yun Mengzi chose to hand everything over to Chu Sheng at this moment, the key that connects everything would be completely lost. Si Chun could not allow this to happen, so he interrupted Yun Mengzi's original plan.
But these are all more distant and macro-level deployments. For Ye Ziqing, it is enough that Chu Sheng is still alive.
He had a confidence in his junior sister's uniqueness that was difficult for others to understand. At this moment, Ye Ziqing was most concerned about:
——How many Mahayana masters in the world of cultivation are now completely free of any contact with the devil’s energy?
The answer is despairingly close to zero.
The road to heaven is sealed, making it impossible to ascend. After years of silence, the fate sent down from the upper realms has become the only clue that many people struggle to grasp...
Even though everyone may wonder in their hearts whether the content is too biased, everyone will eventually embark on the same path.
Because this is the choice of human nature.
The omnipresence of the Heavenly Demon Emperor meant that the distinction between good and evil had become a complete joke. Whether it was Changfeng Duji of the Sword Palace, the Fengxi couple of the Zhongnan Dao Sect, or the island master of Penglai Fairy Island...
Who in the world doesn’t understand the devil?
Ye Ziqing sighed with a headache.
"Why should this matter be handed over to me instead of Yuan Qi..."
Tian Yan, who has the same face as Yuan Qi, stared at Chu Sheng, waiting for her answer.
Chu Sheng was feeling very confused at the moment.
To be honest, regarding the concept of ascension, she had always thought that it was just as Xiao Tiandao said, the so-called "ascension step by step like many other people."
Faced with Yun Mengzi's unconventional moves, Chu Sheng vaguely had some ideas that "ascension does not seem as simple as originally thought" and "ascension seems to have some pitfalls", but this idea did not form a complete system, it was just a vague guess.
Just like the similarities between "Heavenly Demon Qi" and "Strange Demon Black Evil", the differences between the Great Dao and the Great Dao...
The causal relationship between the Golden Lotus of Creation and the Lord God and the Goddess is the same as the origin of the Tianyan Demon-Suppressing Umbrella and himself.
For Chu Sheng, the above categories of relationships all belong to a state in which he has a vague idea in his mind but has not yet fully summarized them.
Now that Tian Yan had pointed out their relationship so bluntly, Chu Sheng's feelings were...
My head itches, and I feel like my brain is about to grow out of it.
But her expression didn't say that.
To be honest, Chu Sheng was originally a little unclear about what Yun Mengzi meant when he inexplicably said, "Ascending to heaven is not a good choice at this time."
If what Yun Mengzi said is true, it means that he, a Mahayana master, can know everything about the movements of the so-called immortals in the upper realm... No matter how you think about it, this doesn't seem right, right?
But if there was a problem with the ascension from the beginning...
In Chu Sheng's eyes, Yun Mengzi's reluctance to ascend and his behavior of always seeming to prepare something suddenly made sense.
"What do you think?" Chu Sheng asked Tian Yan.
Tian Yan was about to say something when something strange suddenly happened in the hall.
——A vague shadow appeared in this vast palace, as if it had always existed here.
This is……
Chu Sheng was hesitating, and Tian Yan answered her unspoken questions.
"Your arrival was an accident. The previously balanced energy fluctuated, triggering a mirage from the past within the ancient ruins—"
“This is a picture of the past.”
Chu Sheng realized something. She stared at the blurry figure and signaled Tian Yan not to make any sound. She stared at that position silently, waiting for the next unusual movement to occur.
But contrary to expectations, the blurry figure only lasted for a short moment and then disappeared as suddenly and strangely as it appeared.
"You just said it was a mirage reflecting the past."
Chu Sheng's eyes lit up with wonder. "How can I increase the energy fluctuations to make this mirage clearer, even enough to hear the sound?"
Tian Yan was a little confused, but still answered Chu Sheng's question normally.
"The person who will enter the ancient ruins has been selected. I can feel that the road to the outside world is now closed.
If they want to cause further energy fluctuations, I'm afraid it can only be achieved by someone achieving a breakthrough in cultivation, but this is simply not possible..."
Before he could utter the word "can", layers of black clouds suddenly spread slowly across the sky like uninvited guests.
A question mark visibly appeared on the expression of Tianyan Demon-Suppressing Umbrella.
"Um?"
Chu Sheng had an idea about the person who would make the breakthrough.
It must be a jade doll.
Lingju Daozun Yu Jujiu was a powerful being in the Tribulation Crossing Stage. His sudden death was due to a failure in breaking through the realm, or...
On the other side, Yuan Qi, who had the direction of Tianyan, successfully reunited with Gui Xuan, Qi An and others.
Fantian accepted Yuan Qi, who had the same face as the city lord, well. It was obvious that Tian Yan had told him something before. This behavior also confirmed the content of Yuan Qi's previous conversation with Gui Xuan.
Both Tian Yan and Yuan Qi assumed that their final outcome would be to merge into one, but due to some unexpected events, they chose to postpone this time temporarily.
Qi An obtained the external brain he had always dreamed of. Like a free bird, he happily threw all the clues to the leader of Zhongnan Taoist Sect to think about.
Looking at the unconscious young fox demon, the jade doll whose cultivation initiation had not yet been completed, Ling Fengzhi who was practicing sword, Nagi Linyou and Ya Ge who were giving comments, and Qi An who was watching, Yuan Qi was speechless.
"Qi An, you are obviously also a person of wisdom..."
"Your situation is due to the characteristics of the Great Dao. It's not like you haven't ascended to the upper realms, and it's not even called cultivating over many lifetimes. It can only be considered a loophole in the Heavenly Dao. How can it be the same as mine?"
Qi An said self-deprecatingly with great self-awareness.
"The dignified Frost Sword Master doesn't even know how he died in his previous life, and you still expect me to think about these things?"
The words that Nagi Rinyu was about to say to Ya Ge about Ling Fengzhi's sword swinging movements were stuck on his lips.
Who is the Master of the Frost Sword? Is he referring to Qi An?
Hahahaha, has he not woken up yet? It was said that his cheap junior brother Ling Fengzhi is the master of the Frost Sword, but he just hasn't awakened his memory yet?
Oh, I almost forgot, this unfortunate child was recognized as the master of the Frost Sword in this life, but it doesn’t mean that he was also the master of the Frost Sword in the previous life—
It's just that everyone unanimously agreed to this.
So that's how it is... So that's how it is! You rubbish Qi An, aren't you just trying to pass the buck?
The dignified Frost Flower Sword Master, reincarnated and cultivated again, actually abandoned his old lover to pick up his new love and practice swordsmanship, and drew all the attention to this kid Ling Fengzhi. You are really going too far! !
Nagi Rinyuu drew his sword in anger.
"If not now, when? Taking advantage of the fact that I am only at the Spiritual Transformation stage and can still make a few moves, you dare to bully the old man Buwang's last disciple? Qi An, come and fight!"
Qi An was stunned: I forgot that Lin You didn’t know about this yet!
He wanted to explain something, but his mind raced as he realized there was nothing more to explain.
What Nagi Rinyu was angry about was undoubtedly true, and at this moment, Nagi Rinyu's sword had already arrived in front of Qi An——
The body's subconscious reaction was faster than thinking, and Qi An drew his sword at a speed that was invisible to the naked eye.
Ya Ge opened her mouth but didn't say anything.
At the moment when Nagi Rinyu suddenly attacked, the black-skinned, blue-eyed saint thought for a moment, and finally happily took two steps back to make room for Qi An. She watched him subconsciously stab Nagi Rinyu to the ground with a sword.
"hateful……!"
Nagi Rinyu lay on the ground, puzzled.
"You are clearly only at the Nascent Soul stage, and you haven't cultivated any immortal energy or demonic energy, so how come you were able to defeat me?"
"Have you forgotten that the Master of the Frost Sword in your previous life was a Mahayana swordsman?" Yuan Qi couldn't bear to see the tragedy of fellow disciples in the Sword Palace killing each other, so he gave a friendly reminder.
“Although Qi An doesn’t have immortal energy or demonic energy, he does have the sword energy of the Mahayana period…”
Yage shrugged.
She walked around Nagi Rinyu who was lying on the ground and Qi An who was poking Nagi Rinyu on the ground.
Ling Fengzhi, who had come to care for Nagi Linyou after hearing the news, saw Guixuan instead. He began to reminisce about the past while trying to ask the Young Master of Liangyi Valley to help his senior brother Ling Fengzhi...
Finally she stood in front of Yuan Qi.
"If you have any ideas, you might as well tell me now. If not, since Jade Baby's condition won't end anytime soon, I'm going to go find Shengsheng in the main hall."
"My idea is an immature suggestion." Yuan Qi sighed.
"The rich spiritual energy in the ancient ruins is truly rare. Why don't we all find a way to break through to the Spiritual Transformation Stage first?"
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