Chapter 238 Red Kite Seeks Jade (Part Twelve)
Blood runes and magic arrays filled the air, and the terrifyingly powerful pressure made everyone hesitate to make any rash moves.
"The Great Luo Realm... Jiang Gu has actually broken through to the Great Luo Realm?"
"Isn't he a hybrid spiritual root?"
"Jiang Gu really did have a miraculous encounter..."
"That Wei Feng's cultivation level is probably not low either."
"……what to do?"
"What exactly are these magic arrays?"
Amidst the chaos, Jiang Dian shouted, "Jiang Gu, what do you mean by this? Do you still respect the Jiang family and its head?!"
This serious accusation was slapped on Jiang Gu without any explanation, and many elders present began to criticize him.
"Jiang Gu, you actually turned against us for the sake of an evil creature!"
"What are your intentions in setting up these magic arrays?!"
"In my opinion, he might not be Jiang Gu. The battle at the Temple of War was so fierce that Jiang Gu would have exploded and died long ago after absorbing divine power. This person might be someone Wei Feng hired to impersonate him! Everyone, please don't be fooled by him. This is a trap!"
"Patriarch Jiang, please say something!"
They shouted loudly, but none of them made any rash moves. After all, regardless of whether Jiang Gu was real or fake, that oppressive aura was real, and no one dared to be the first to step forward.
After the criticism subsided, Jiang Xiangyun stepped forward and said calmly, "Seventh brother, your great-uncle is old and his words are not always pleasant to hear. On this joyous occasion, please don't take it to heart."
With a single call of "Seventh Brother," he overturned the previous doubts and even blatantly slapped Jiang Dian across the face, scolding the old man for meddling in other people's business.
Jiang Gu said coldly, "I invited you all here with good intentions, but you have all made unwarranted accusations against my Daoist partner. There is no such reason in the world."
"What does Seventh Brother intend to do?" Jiang Xiangyun advised. "It's only been a little over ten years since the last great war. The Wangyue Continent has fallen apart, which is why Pingze had the opportunity to obtain the spiritual veins and the temple. But it can't withstand any more setbacks. Seventh Brother, think it over. No one here is your match, and there are so many rising stars. Everyone means well... Besides, the sealed passage is right here, and it can't withstand any more turmoil."
On the surface, he was advising Jiang Gu, but in reality, every word he said was a threat to everyone present, telling them not to be ungrateful. After all, Jiang Gu had managed to kill Xiao Dan's demise and shatter the Wangyue Continent when his cultivation was still low, so it would be easy for him to crush them now.
"The seal on the passage has been broken for a long time!" someone shouted. Then Ning Shun stepped out from behind. "Everyone, I am Ning Shun, a disciple of the Spirit Dragon Sect. Seventeen years ago, I was ordered to come to Suizhu Island to guard the seal. But over the years, Jiang Xiang'an has been allowing his men to add magic arrays to the seal haphazardly. The original seal has long been destroyed. If this continues, the spiritual energy on both sides of the seal will become unbalanced, and the spiritual energy will flow backward. Pingze will also fall apart like Wangyue!"
These words caused an uproar among the crowd.
"Nonsense!" Jiang Xiang'an retorted from the crowd. "Ning Shun, we may have some disagreements, but that's our private matter. What does it have to do with the seal on the passage? Even if you want to return to the Spirit Dragon Sect, you should use a smarter method!"
The elder sent by the Spirit Dragon Sect was an insignificant figure. He was mild-mannered and indecisive, and his back was already drenched in cold sweat. He raised his hand to wipe the sweat and said, "Yes...yes, Ning Shun, not here—"
"Whether I'm talking nonsense or not, we'll find out soon enough!" Ning Shun waved his hand, and the runes beneath their feet changed drastically, as did the surrounding environment. "You are at the entrance to the sealed passage in Wangyue. With your cultivation level, you should be able to easily sense that spiritual power and divine power are mixed together and completely unbalanced. If it's like this on the outside, it's even more so inside."
The crowd was filled with doubt and suspicion, but some people investigated carefully. Lin Feibai said in a deep voice, "It is indeed so."
“The seal set up by Senior Jiang Yinzhong was not meant to be permanent, and these additional formations have only accelerated the weakening of the original seal,” Hu Jingchen said. “The person behind this is truly despicable.”
Both of them are outstanding members of the new generation, and their words are naturally persuasive.
Jiang Xiangyun then asked, "What do you think we should do now, Junior Brother Ning?"
"The only way forward is to break the seal immediately to prevent future bloodshed!" Ning Shun declared emphatically.
The crowd immediately erupted in noise.
"Absolutely not! Once the seal is broken, Xiao Dan will surely make a comeback. What we killed back then was only his avatar. The most elite cultivators of Wangyue are all in Chenyao!" someone said.
"Even if the seal is broken, we can just repair it! As the direct disciple of Senior Jiang Yinzhong, Patriarch Jiang will naturally have a way!"
"Breaking the seal means certain death!"
"Ning Shun, what are your intentions?!"
An overwhelming pressure suddenly intensified, and everyone immediately fell silent, the magic array becoming completely still.
Jiang Gu's deep voice rang out: "Since you are so unwilling, then I, Jiang, am willing to do it for you."
"That's right, Master! Let's just overturn this island and shatter Pingze!" Wei Feng said viciously from the side, "and send these old bastards to the bottom of the sea to watch over the temple!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he unleashed his full power, and with a flick of his wrist, a long-handled dagger appeared beside him. He stared at Jiang Dian with murderous intent and sneered, "On such a joyous occasion, one should kill to celebrate!"
If they were still hesitant about Jiang Gu, who was only at the Great Luo Realm, then with the addition of Wei Feng, another Great Luo Realm cultivator, they would have to think twice. They might be able to win if they worked together, but the problem was that the cultivators here had different intentions. Jiang Dian's skills and courage were far inferior to those of Jiang Yinzhong and Jing Cang back then. Once things got chaotic, they would just be a disorganized mess.
"Wait a minute," Jiang Xiangyun said with a smile. "Everyone, please calm down. Since it's true that the seal has been broken, then this is the responsibility of my Jiang family. As the head of the Jiang family, I absolutely cannot sit idly by. How about this: since no one wants to open the seal directly, let's choose a compromise. We'll open half of it first, and let the rest dissipate naturally. What do you say?"
"Patriarch, no! The seal is perfectly fine! Don't let those two villains, Jiang Gu and Ning Shun, deceive you!" Jiang Xiang'an said urgently. "Besides, the seal can still hold—"
Before he could finish speaking, a flash of light appeared, shattering his inner core and annihilating his primordial spirit in an instant.
Wei Feng raised his Mo Dao (a type of long-handled sword), letting the blood drip from it, and smiled as he looked at the people around him.
Jiang Xiangyun rolled up his sleeves and said amiably, "Does anyone else have any objections?"
Only now did everyone realize that the entire wedding banquet was a scheme orchestrated by the Jiang brothers, Gu and Xiangyun. They played the roles of good cop and bad cop, using both kindness and threats to break the seal on the path to Shenyao. Moreover, Lin Feibai, Hu Jingchen, and the others were clearly on their side...
Unfortunately, it was too late. They were now trapped in an unknown magic array, with two Great Luo Realm cultivators eyeing them covetously. For them, there had been no other choice since they set foot on Suizhu Island.
Ning Shun was an expert in formations, and under his full command, everyone present began to "voluntarily" transfer their spiritual energy to break the seal. Moreover, Jiang Xiangyun said that only half of it would be broken, which made many people give up their desperate thoughts. As for the "some" elders who exhausted their spiritual energy and "accidentally" lost their primordial spirits, they could only blame their bad luck.
The spiritual power of thousands of people was gathered together and then controlled by Ning Shun to be introduced into the magic array. The Four Harmony Array maximized the effect of this vast spiritual power, and the messy arrays were cleared away one by one. The original sealing array finally revealed its true form.
As the seal began to loosen, Jiang Gu's primordial spirit within the Void Seal suddenly opened its eyes.
Inside the magic array, Jiang Gu looked at Wei Feng beside him and suddenly said, "Come find me in Chenyao."
After saying that, before Wei Feng could react, he disappeared from the spot.
"Master!" Wei Feng instinctively reached out to grab him, but the bright red wedding robe swept across his palm and turned into scattered points of light.
Without time to think, Wei Feng immediately activated his Void Seal and leaped into the crack of the seal. Countless ghost patterns followed their master's footsteps and squeezed into the crack of the seal as well.
Looking from outside the barrier, the figures inside the magic array appeared as if something had wrapped around their necks and dragged them into the narrow gap. Some figures stood frozen in place, as if they had become silhouettes imprinted on the barrier. The splattered blood resembled blooming red flowers, pushing the wedding banquet to its climax.
Finally, the Mirror Flower Scroll closed, and many more shadows appeared on it. This divine artifact, along with the ghost patterns, entered the seal gap. No one knows exactly how many more shadows appeared.
Very few people were still alive at the scene.
The disciples of the Jiang and Lin families were cleaning up the mess in an orderly manner, while Lin Tingxue was chasing after Hu Jingchen playfully: "Hu Jingchen, is Jiang Gu really as powerful as the legends say? I heard that his spirit pet bag is particularly terrifying. It's such a pity that I didn't even see him make a move."
Hu Jingchen looked ashen-faced: "Luckily, he didn't make a move."
The young girl didn't understand the deeper meaning behind all of this; she only felt that she had attended a lively but not very auspicious wedding. However, people died every day in Hirasawa, so she was already used to it.
Bai Yi, watching the seal gradually shatter in the sky from afar, turned and left. Qing Du, however, was still sniffing the air, but unfortunately, the scent of Wei Feng had completely dissipated. He sighed regretfully.
Xuan Zhiyan patted the blood splattered on his sleeve and said, "I thought we could have a few words."
Utuo transformed into a small beast and perched on his shoulder, gently nuzzling his cheek with its head.
“Things are different now. It’s good enough to see him even once.” Qu Fengyu patted his shoulder and said with a sigh, “This is probably really the last time we’ll see each other.”
For them, Shen Yao was too distant; catching a glimpse of him in the crowd was a dignified farewell.
Jiang Xiangyun and Lin Feibai stood there and looked at each other.
"Congratulations." Lin Feibai cupped his hands in greeting.
"Congratulations to you too." Jiang Xiangyun smiled and returned the greeting.
With just a few simple words, the power struggle that was originally thought to last for an unknown period of time came to an end.
Meanwhile, the struggle on another continent has only just begun.
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