Chapter 178 Gongsun Ziwei is really cunning and treacherous, waiting to reap the benefits
There was silence in front of the Helian family's small world. After a moment, another figure walked out. He was wearing a tall hat and looked a little young, but his eyes were very deep. There were a few strands of white hair on his temples, giving people a feeling of loneliness and desolation.
"It seems that Gongsun Ziwei has made further progress without our knowledge."
The figure seemed to close his eyes and feel it quietly, then he stretched out his hand casually, with magic power surging in his palm, and finally condensed into the prototype of a large purple star in the void, with wisps of star-like aura converging in it, and then it exploded with a bang.
"The inheritance of Ziwei Taijiao is extraordinary. Legend has it that it was left by the former Ziwei Saint." He sighed.
Helian Rujian said indifferently, "If I had known this day would come, I should not have let Gongsun Ziwei go. Ziwei's method, the method of the Supreme, will only cause great trouble if it is not suppressed and allowed to grow."
"Gongsun Long is already seriously injured and won't live for long. Since we've already taken action, let's take this opportunity to massacre the Gongsun family first."
"Gongsun Ziwei alone can't stop us." Another voice was heard in the small world, and another ancestor of the Helian family appeared.
Once the arrow is shot, there is no turning back. The Gongsun family will definitely find every way to retaliate, so it is better to strike first.
At this time, the Tan Tai family was too busy to take care of anything else.
"Let the clan open the treasure house and revive the small world ahead of time. Changqing, you guard the clan and control the small world. Yuansheng and I will lead the clan members to the Gongsun family..."
"If this is successful, we will use the Gongsun family's background to open up a jump channel and migrate to Feixian Island. This matter cannot be delayed, otherwise changes will occur." Helian Rujian said indifferently.
If a sage family wants to preserve their heritage and migrate, the safest way is naturally to use a small world as the foundation, then open up a time and space channel and jump through it.
However, this process requires a massive amount of resources to support it. Without the cultivation of a saint, it is impossible to completely control the small world, nor to stabilize the channel.
During this period, there may be unpredictable dangers due to many factors such as time-space turbulence, endless strong winds, etc. If you are not careful, the entire family will be completely buried in the time-space turbulence, without leaving any body.
Following Helian Rujian's orders, the entire Helian family began to prepare. In the clan territory, divine rainbows swept across the sky and earth. The doors of many stone chambers and palaces opened, and some powerful elders who had been in seclusion for a long time also appeared one after another.
At the same time, on Feixian Island, the major industries of the Helian family began to shrink. Some cultivators noticed that warships and flying boats took off from various cities, rumbling and speeding past, taking away a large amount of resources in the process.
At this time when Feixian Island is in turmoil and chaos, the Helian family has made no secret of their greed and ambition. Some chambers of commerce stationed in various cities have been plundered by them, and all kinds of magic weapons, spiritual stones, precious clothes and treasures have been swept away. The cultivators who tried to stop them were killed on the spot with a single sword, without even a place to cry out.
Feixian Island was in complete chaos.
On the other hand, the fighting situation on the Tan Tai family's side was fierce, so fierce that it could be described as tragic.
A large number of monsters surged forward like a tide, as if they wanted to follow the terrifying demon-like figure and rush into the small world of the Tan Tai family.
The current Helian Wen's original appearance is no longer recognizable. His body is as tall as a mountain, with thick chains shrouded in black mist wrapped around his face, arms, and chest. His hair is flying, and his eyes are like magic lamps, shining brightly and intimidatingly. His every move brings an endless sense of oppression to people.
The three ancestors of the Tantai family attacked together, their magic power was surging and boundless, but they still couldn't suppress Helian Wen.
Demonic energy surged in his body, and with a wave of his hand, the vast demonic energy flooded out, covering the sky and the sun. The mountains within a radius of hundreds of miles were all swallowed up, losing their vitality in an instant and becoming desolate.
The surrounding mountains and sky were collapsing and devastated, the scene was extremely tragic.
On the other side, in the Gongsun family's territory, there was grief and mourning.
In the main hall, Gongsun Long was lying on the ground covered in blood. Although a group of elders took out holy medicine to nourish his body and dripped spiritual fluid full of vitality on him in an attempt to repair the cracks, it was obvious that it was of little use.
His face was as pale as gold paper, and he kept coughing up blood from the corners of his mouth. He was at the end of his life and could only hang on by one breath.
The clansmen who had accompanied him to the Helian family to seek justice were also in the hall, all with grief-stricken expressions and tears in their eyes.
If Gongsun Long hadn't protected them, how could they still be standing? They would have been turned into blood mist and pulverized by the terrifying torrent, their bodies and souls destroyed.
That was a blow that the small world had been accumulating for many years. If hit, a powerful person at the Jieqiao Realm would be turned into ashes immediately.
Of course, the Helian family cannot use such means of attack easily. They can only use them as a deterrent and save them for the critical moment.
The Gongsun family also has similar methods, but no one would be as stupid as Gongsun Long to stand there and get beaten.
The Helian family was able to succeed in this move because they had the right time, place and people.
"The Helian family has evil ambitions..."
"I was confused. I actually still had a glimmer of hope for them. Ziwei, the Gongsun family will be handed over to you from now on."
"If I had listened to you and not gone to the Helian family, I wouldn't have had these troubles."
Gongsun Long's mouth was bitter, his eyes were blurry, and he tried to raise his hands with some trembling hands, but after trying, he could only let them fall weakly.
In the main hall, a graceful figure in a purple long dress and a veil on her face stood quietly, her long black hair falling down to her waist like a waterfall.
Her eyes are very bright and shining like stars, her skin is as white and delicate as snow, her slender hands are folded and placed flat on her waist, she is like an orchid in a valley, fresh and unworldly, yet with an aura of supremacy, indescribably precious.
It was another ancestor of the Gongsun family, Gongsun Ziwei, but compared to Gongsun Long and others, her generation was much younger.
"The Helian family's wolfish ambitions have been going on for a long time. On the day when Grandmaster Gongsun He passed away, I sensed that someone was trying to spy on me. Since that day, I have guessed what the Helian family is thinking..."
Gongsun Ziwei looked at the dying Gongsun Long and sighed, feeling helpless.
The three guardian families have different philosophies. The Tantai family pursues stability, the Helian family is radical and strong, and the Gongsun family represents moderation.
These differences are destined to cause trouble in the future.
"The Helian family will attack me. They probably already know that Gongsun He has passed away. If anything happens to me, you alone will not be able to resist their attack."
Gongsun Long felt extremely regretful and blamed himself. He saw through the ambitions of the Helian family and realized how rash his actions were.
If something happens to the Gongsun family, he will be the sinner of the family.
Gongsun Ziwei was silent for a moment. Looking at the grief-stricken and angry tribesmen in front of her, she felt a heavy weight on her shoulders.
In the past, she would seclude herself deep in the clan's territory, practicing wholeheartedly and rarely asking about clan affairs. She never thought that one day, she would encounter such a situation.
Once Gongsun Long died, the clan's hope rested on her.
Without an ancestor-level figure in charge, once the wealth of the sage family is exhausted, it will be like a fish on the chopping board, at the mercy of others.
"The best we can do now is to hold on. Once the Tan Tai family has time to get out of the situation, they will definitely not tolerate what the He Lian family is doing." Gongsun Ziwei said.
The small world is the safest barrier, and it will take some time for the Helian family to break through it.
The chaos on Feixian Island will definitely attract the attention of many Taoist sects in Jiuzhou. As long as someone comes to help, they still have hope.
Soon, orders were given one after another, and the Gongsun family began to prepare.
All the tribesmen have learned about the Helian family's collusion with the demons and the upcoming invasion. Even the young tribesmen who have just reached adulthood have taken out their magic weapons and are ready for battle.
The whole family felt depressed and anxious, as if a storm was about to come.
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At this moment, in the depths of the Demonic Abyss, a hazy light flickered, and in a pile of gravel ruins, the figures of Jiang Lan and Huangfu Hao appeared.
Under Jiang Lan's feet, an ancient teleportation array was emitting a faint light, which then slowly dimmed.
Above the heads of the two men, a thick, mist-like substance could be seen flowing, but if one looked closely, one could still discover some dim light shining down, and the floating sea water mixed with some broken weapon fragments.
"Deep in the Demonic Abyss, we have reached the bottom of the sea. However, further down here is the location of the formation that the Three Saints once sealed..."
Jiang Lan looked and saw a bottomless trench. Although it was dark and deep, it did not affect the cultivator's vision. The deeper he went, the darker it became.
Wisps of demonic energy rolled up from there, forming a seaweed-like substance above the head. Many creatures would be transformed into monsters if they were contaminated by this aura.
Over the long years, countless monsters have formed in this place, and the monsters on Feixian Island today all rushed up from here.
However, there is obviously some terrible power in this deep trench that makes the monsters dare not approach here.
After arriving here, Huangfu Hao didn't say anything else.
He was bound by the divine rope, so his clone could not play any role, and was unable to inform his original body of what was happening on the clone's side.
"The seal that the Three Saints set should be here, but I always feel something is wrong deep in this trench." Jiang Lan frowned slightly.
Huangfu Hao's real body never showed up from beginning to end, but he knew that given his cunningness, he would definitely be hiding in a secret place somewhere in the Demon Abyss.
Now that he has his clone in his hands, he is not afraid of not being able to catch Huangfu Hao, but the most important thing at the moment is the ancient talisman of freedom that he needs.
"Because of the resistance of the plane latitude and the seal of the Demon Abyss, the Wushang Demon God cannot descend here. He can only use the Demon Abyss as the coordinates to convey the message and make a deal with Huangfu Hao..."
"Whether it's the Wushang Demon God or Huangfu Hao, their ultimate goal is the ancient symbol of freedom."
"Huangfu Hao will not let the Wushang Demon God easily obtain the Free Ancient Talisman. The two of them are also calculating against each other."
Jiang Lan's mind moved slightly, and he secretly performed the Great Destiny Technique, sorting out a thread of cause and effect from the clone of Huangfu Hao in front of him, and then traced back along this thread of cause and effect to find the real Huangfu Hao.
As he expected, judging from the feedback sent back by the causal line, Huangfu Hao was indeed in the depths of this trench, where the formation barrier was located.
"Uncle Master, I know that you want to obtain the Ancient Talisman of Freedom. A big reason for this is that you want to use it as the core to reshape a flawless body."
"You are now left with only your soul, residing in the Book of Mediation. Given your pride, you would definitely not want to casually take over a body..."
Jiang Lan and Huangfu Hao dived into the trench against the direction of the ocean current. In front of them, an eggshell-like barrier emitted a faint light, isolating them from the sea water and pressure.
During this process, he used secret techniques to conceal his breath, but still encountered some powerful monsters that swam past. Fortunately, Huangfu Hao did not make any noise and did not alarm them.
"You know quite a bit."
"But I'm just a clone. After I get here, I have no right to make the decision." Huangfu Hao responded calmly.
"This clone of yours will eventually merge with your original body, otherwise you will not be complete and it will affect your future practice of Hedao."
"So let me tell you, it's actually the same." Jiang Lan said with a smile.
Huangfu Hao's eyes moved slightly and asked, "What do you want to tell me?"
"Uncle Huangfu, please help me obtain the ancient talisman of freedom. After that, I will tell you the location of the rest of the immortal fetus's fortune dew." Jiang Lan said.
"Immortal fetus creation dew?"
Huangfu Hao narrowed his eyes slightly. He also knew about Jiang Lan's affairs, but he was not sure whether he had been keeping a low profile all along or started to show his talents after obtaining the Immortal Embryo Creation Dew.
But this rare treasure from heaven and earth was indeed very tempting to him.
But...how could he believe Jiang Lan's words?
"Okay, but even I am not sure I can obtain the Ancient Talisman of Freedom, so what methods do you have?" Huangfu Hao said calmly.
Jiang Lan smiled and said, "Uncle Master, you don't need to ask me what means I have. The Unshang Demon God now wants to use Helian Wen's body to reappear in the world. If I'm not mistaken, Uncle Master, you should have made some changes in Helian Wen's body."
"After all, if the power of the Wushang Demon God came to this side, you would definitely be at a disadvantage if you wanted to compete with him for the Freedom Ancient Symbol. With your mind, you would definitely have expected this."
Huangfu Hao's expression remained unchanged, but he was shocked in his heart. This guy was really scary. He was so meticulous that there was absolutely no flaw.
"You are right. Helian Wen has the Blood and Flesh Sumeru Killing Formation I set up inside him. After so many years of fighting and training in the Demonic Abyss, every cell of his body has been integrated with demonic energy. This has made his vessel more perfect and more solid."
"When most of the will of the Demon God Wushang descends and merges, this formation will be activated. The flesh and blood will absorb Mount Sumeru, and the void will refine the demon soul, making it trapped in its own cocoon. However, at present, the Demon God Wushang is still testing and has not yet brought down most of his will..." Huangfu Hao said lightly.
Jiang Lan was not surprised by this.
Helian Wen's will is now in chaos. He is not controlled by anyone and only acts according to his hatred instinct.
Therefore, things should be quite lively over at the Tan Tai family.
I have reminded Tan Tai Qing that she is so cunning and cautious, there is a high probability that she will not die.
"In the deal that Wushang Demon God made with you, he should have promised to use his essence to rebuild your demon body, but the Demon God is so cunning, how could he really agree to it?"
"Uncle-master, you and my father are brothers from the same sect. To be honest, I am the only one who would not harm you and would make a deal with you sincerely." Jiang Lan said seriously.
"The demon god doesn't have as many tricks as you."
When Huangfu Hao heard this, he just wanted to sneer in his heart. If he really believed in Jiang Lan, he would probably be eaten by him without leaving even a bone.
Naturally, Jiang Lan didn't completely believe what Huangfu Hao had just said.
He just wanted to test it out. It seemed that Huangfu Hao had obtained something else besides the promise from the Demon God Wushang.
Otherwise, it would be difficult for a smart person like Huangfu Hao to agree to a deal with a blank check.
The demon's fang in his hand was obtained from the barbarians, but there is no guarantee that Huangfu Hao himself has a similar thing.
After all, the Ancient Talisman of Freedom was condensed from the essence of a generation of demon after his death. If one wants to activate it, one must have something of the same or similar origin.
The Demon God Wushang not only made a deal with the Barbarian God Wu of the Barbarian Tribe, but also made a deal with Huangfu Hao, which shows that he was determined to obtain the Ancient Talisman of Freedom.
At this time, Jiang Lan realized the whereabouts of Huangfu Hao's real body through the thread of cause and effect. It was in a ruined ancient city not far from the bottom of the sea. The demonic energy there was not as dense as that in the deep trench beneath his feet.
He thought for a while, and then used one of the three talismans that Jiang Lintian gave him before leaving the Prime Minister's Mansion.
As the white talisman flashed, his figure became faint, and even the clone of Huangfu Hao beside him became the same.
There are three talismans, one for hiding and deceiving the heaven, one for attacking and killing, and one for escaping and moving.
With this Heaven-deceiving Talisman, there is no need to worry about Huangfu Hao himself noticing it in the short term.
"I keep this head of Uganda for this moment."
Jiang Lan did not intend to let Huangfu Hao's clone know his secret, so he just concealed his five senses.
Afterwards, he found a relatively flat place, planted a few flags, and set up a sealing formation, trapping Huangfu Hao's clone there.
"What do you mean?" Huangfu Hao's clone was bound by the God Binding Rope, and his five senses were blinded. Now he really could not see or feel anything, and he became completely blind.
Naturally, he didn't know that the original body was less than a hundred miles away from him.
"Uncle Master will know in a moment." Jiang Lan responded with a smile.
Huangfu Hao's clone said coldly, "Didn't you tell me that you wanted me to help you obtain the Freedom Ancient Talisman? What do you mean now?"
"Uncle Master, you are already helping me now." Jiang Lan said.
Huangfu Hao's clone felt a chill in his heart, and he had no idea what Jiang Lan was thinking. But now he didn't know what Jiang Lan was doing either.
"The Demon's Fang..."
Jiang Lan took out the arm-sized tooth he got from Uganda. He currently had no intention of refining it. A demon god would not be so kind as to personally give away one of his teeth.
He was certain there must be something fishy going on.
So after taking out the tooth, he summoned the All-Spirit Blood Puppet again, opened the wooden box containing Uganda's head, and let the All-Spirit Blood Puppet devour it.
Soon, the face of the Wanling Blood Puppet without any facial features became blurred, and then turned into the appearance of Uganda.
Jiang Lan gave the Demon's Fang to the Wanling Blood Puppet and asked it to go deep into the trench and draw out the Ancient Talisman of Freedom.
During this process, he used the Heaven-Deceiving Talisman to conceal his figure, waiting to reap the benefits.
As long as the Wushang Demon God is not stupid, he will guess that Huangfu Hao will plot against him, and he will definitely not let most of his will descend into Helian Wen's body.
Huangfu Hao would also have expected that there would be a back-up plan in the deal between him and the Demon God Wushang. If Jiang Lan guessed correctly, Huangfu Hao himself would also have something similar to the Demon God's Fang in his hands.
During such a long period of time, Huangfu Hao is very likely to have studied it thoroughly and taken control of the backup plan left by the Demon God Wushang into his own hands.
This unusual change in the Demon Abyss seemed like the Demon God Wushang was about to descend and wreak havoc on Feixian Island, but in fact it was just a cover-up to attract the attention of the three guardian families, and also to fool Huangfu Hao into thinking that he would descend through Helian Wen's physical body.
But in Jiang Lan's opinion...the real container and carrier of the will of the Demon God Wushang is probably the Demon God's tooth.
Otherwise, why would he make a deal with Huangfu Hao and then approach the barbarians? These beings are extremely cunning and scheming. If you are not careful, you will become their pawns. The barbarians are the best proof.
Then, Jiang Lan watched the Wanling Blood Puppet rush into the depths of the trench, and soon shocking noises were heard from there. It seemed as if a huge explosion had occurred on the seabed, and the undercurrent was surging like a tide.
At this time, he also noticed that in the ruined ancient city not far away, there was a stream of light rushing towards the trench rapidly. The man with a neutral face and wearing a simple and plain robe was Huangfu Hao himself.
"This old fox finally took the bait..."
Jiang Lan smiled, but he remained patient, waiting to reap the benefits.
Boom! Boom! The next moment, all kinds of terrifying noises were heard. The originally dark trench seemed to have exploded with dazzling light, so bright and amazing that it lifted up the surrounding seabeds.
Large rift valleys spread across the area, and the entire seabed became turbulent.
During this process, many broken corpses and the bodies of ancient, nameless ferocious beasts were swept up by the undercurrent, rolling around on the seabed and rushing in all directions.
The deep trench suddenly became bright, and it was filled with countless corpses.
The mountain, like a pillar supporting the sky, just pressed down there, with no visible edge at all. It was majestic and powerful, with a bronze color.
There were all kinds of complex patterns flashing on it, ancient and mysterious, filled with chaotic mist, just standing there and blocking it.
From the bottom of the mountain, one can see wisps of demonic energy spreading out, and that seems to be the source of all demonic energy.
If there hadn't been this huge and boundless mountain pressing down, who knows how much demonic energy would have surged in there.
The void nearby was in chaos and blur, as if it was distorted. One could even see some barriers of time and space, which were constantly changing, sometimes expanding, sometimes shrinking, and sometimes collapsing...
And in these chaotic time and space planes, in the areas of collision and overlap, you can faintly see a bright and dazzling ancient symbol like a small moon flashing by, appearing and disappearing.
"It not only connects to the Demon Realm, but also contains nodes of many unknown planes and time and space." Jiang Lan stared at that place, trying to determine the location of the Ancient Symbol of Freedom.
However, there are many places where time and space collide. Although they seem very close to him, if he wants to touch them, he actually doesn't know how far away they are, and they are not even in the same time and space.
Jiang Lan was calm and not in a hurry. At present, the Ancient Talisman of Freedom had just appeared and had not been activated yet.
Soon, the light there disappeared, but Jiang Lan could faintly hear a few roars coming from it, which seemed extremely angry.
The next moment, a raging demonic energy swept in like a storm, as if some tyrannical will was about to descend from there, also containing a sense of rage.
Because of Jiang Lan's interference, both Huangfu Hao himself and the Demon God Wushang had to leave early, otherwise they could only watch the Ancient Talisman of Freedom come into the world and be obtained by another person.
But it was obvious that neither of them had any idea of the situation. Huangfu Hao himself was not aware of the situation on the clone's side, and there was no response for a long time. He suspected that the barbarians had taken action and eliminated his clone.
At the same time, the figure of Uganda, the leader of the barbarians, appeared in the depths of the Demon Abyss. With so many associations, he was naturally extremely angry.
The Demon God Wushang was naturally moved and angry because Huangfu Hao betrayed their deal and saw that Huangfu Hao was really going to compete with him for the Ancient Talisman of Freedom. A fight was inevitable.
(End of this chapter)
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