Outside the cliff cave entrance, as the sun rose and sunlight slowly streamed down, an elderly man with a youthful face and white hair, dressed in a light blue Taoist robe, stood quietly.
"I woke up with a start and realized it wasn't a dream, and another wrinkle appeared between my brows."
"Who has disrupted the secrets of heaven?"
The old man murmured.
“Xiaoyaozi? That shouldn’t be the case. He has been immortal for over a hundred years.”
The old man stretched out his fingers and began to calculate.
Gradually, his brows furrowed more and more, and his expression became increasingly surprised.
"How is this possible? The Heaven-Locking Formation has disappeared!" the old man exclaimed in surprise.
Immediately afterwards, the old man's robes began to billow, a gust of wind appeared around his body, and the old man slowly left the edge of the cliff and flew into the sky.
Li Daoyi had just flown back to the General's Mansion and hadn't even landed yet when a system notification sounded.
"Congratulations, host, you have received 15,000 Astonishment Points from Fuyaozi Chen Tuan."
"Chen Tuan...this guy is still alive?" Li Dao was stunned for a moment.
Then Li Daoyi slowly descended from the sky. Yang Guo had already finished practicing his skills and had gone off to play somewhere.
A white figure slowly walked into the courtyard; it was Xiaolongnu.
"Long'er, hasn't your sister Dongfang returned yet?" Li Daoyi asked with a smile.
"Not yet," Little Dragon Girl said softly.
Li Dao nodded and then sat down.
"It seems that Chen Tuan is the one who controls the consciousness of heaven and earth. He is remarkable to have reached this point. It's just a pity that you have encountered me. No matter what your purpose is, I'm afraid your plans will be disrupted." Li Daoyi thought to himself.
“This person must be around four hundred years old now, tsk tsk, he’s lived from the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period to the present day,” Li Daoyi said after calculating.
"What, four hundred years old?" came the questioning voice of Xiaolongnu from beside her.
"Ah, it's nothing, Long'er. Are you getting used to it here?"
"There are a lot of people, it's a bit noisy," Little Dragon Girl said softly.
"Oh right, I almost forgot about that." Li Daoyi said, quickly taking out the black egg from his pocket.
"Huh?" The black egg remained motionless.
"Little guy?" Li Daoyi touched the black egg.
"What happened? It was fine just now, why is it so quiet now?"
"It's asleep." Little Dragon Girl took the black egg from Li Daoyi's hand.
"It can sleep?" Li Daoyi asked incredulously.
Looking at the black egg in Xiaolongnu's arms, Li Daoyi was speechless.
"Go to sleep if you want. You can take it for now. Tell me when you wake up."
"Mmm," Little Dragon Girl responded softly, then left with the black egg in her arms.
"This is really strange every day," Li Daoyi said, shaking his head helplessly.
"Open the store."
Li Daoyi shouted.
The system store panel appeared instantly in front of me.
Looking at the points displayed in the store, 26,500 points, Li Daoyi's mood immediately improved.
"Since that guy gave me the Amazing Points, it means he already knows what happened on the grassland. It seems I don't need to go looking for him; he will come to me on his own. I should have known better than to scan; it wasted 10,000 points."
Then Li Daoyi directly exchanged for ten Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords, and 100,000 points disappeared instantly.
He then opened his inventory. Since that guy was coming, how could he not take the opportunity to make some money? He exchanged for a few more items and filled the Xuan Tian Sect and Dan Chenzi puppet dolls with energy. Now it was as if he had two Golden Core stage experts under his command.
"System, is the character summoned by the summoning talisman real?" Li Daoyi suddenly asked, voicing a question that had been bothering him.
"Not really," the system replied.
"What's the meaning?"
"The object summoned by the summoning talisman is merely a projection. Apart from the Yin soldiers, such as the Black and White Impermanence, they are just projections of the original character's appearance, possessing only one-tenth of the original strength," the system responded.
"Indeed impressive. They are at least Ghost Immortals, and even a tenth of their strength would probably be at the Mahayana stage."
Having learned about the strength of the Black and White Impermanence, Li Daoyi also understood the power of the newly exchanged character summoning talisman.
His palm lit up slightly, and a token appeared.
"Lü Dongbin, Chunyangzi (late stage of True Immortal), duration one hour."
"No wonder it cost 20,000 points, a huge expense. Is it a late-stage True Immortal? In that case, its true form must be at least a Golden Immortal. I'll keep it for now, and not use it if it's not necessary. There's also Black and White Impermanence, that should be enough to scare Fuyaozi." Li Daoyi thought to himself.
In Lin'an City, ever since the last ghost incident, the topic of ghosts and gods has been circulating among the people. In addition, not long ago, news came from the Jin Kingdom that an immortal had appeared in Jingzhao Prefecture, so people began to talk about Li Daoyi again.
Fuyaozi Chen Tuan was strolling along the streets of Lin'an, listening to the sounds around him.
"Immortals, ghosts and gods?" Chen Tuan couldn't help but stop and look at a restaurant next to him.
He walked into the restaurant, and the waiter, seeing that although he looked very old, he had an extraordinary demeanor, quickly went up to greet him.
"Guest, please come upstairs."
Chen Tuan nodded and followed the waiter upstairs.
"What would you like to order, sir?" The waiter led him to a private room by the window.
"Hmm, bring out your signature dishes and fine wine." With that, Chen Tuan took out a silver ingot.
The waiter's eyes lit up immediately.
"Alright, guest, please have some tea first."
Chen Tuan slowly poured himself a cup of tea, took a sip, and then nodded in satisfaction.
"The last time I had tea was fifty years ago," Chen Tuan said softly.
"My lord, is it true that the immortal is in the Jin Kingdom? I've seen many people in the city talking about it."
At that moment, Chen Tuan heard whispers coming from the next private room.
"It must be true. Sigh, how did the immortal end up in the Jin Kingdom? I wonder if he will interfere with the court's next move."
Inside the private room were Chen Ting, the Chief of the Imperial City Guard, and his men.
“The Jin people are wicked. Perhaps the immortals only left by chance. They certainly cannot help them,” the subordinate continued.
"Sigh, the Emperor has been throwing tantrums every day lately, and he still hasn't given me a kind look. He's even blaming me for not keeping the immortal here," Chen Ting sighed, shaking his head.
"Your Excellency doesn't even consider that he is an immortal. If he wants to leave, can we stop him? Besides, we can't stop him anyway. Don't you see that even ghosts and gods have to treat him with utmost respect? How much more so us mortals?"
The two then began to sigh.
On the other side, Chen Tuan fell into deep thought.
At this point, he was certain that an immortal had indeed appeared, and that ghosts had been harming people. In the end, it was that immortal who summoned the gods of the underworld to capture those evil spirits.
"Why does everything seem so unfamiliar when I wake up?" Chen Tuan wondered.
Half an hour later, Chen Ting, slightly drunk, walked out of the restaurant with the help of his subordinates.
"Alright, I'm fine, you can go back now." Chen Ting pushed his subordinate away.
"My lord, if it's not alright, I'll escort you back."
"Hmph, how could I be hurt by just a little bit of wine? Alright, let's go." After saying that, Chen Ting turned around and walked towards the other end of the street. Although he seemed fine, his occasional staggering steps betrayed him.
"Sigh..." His subordinates dared not chase after him any further. The emperor had been putting too much pressure on their superior these past few days. He simply shook his head and turned to leave.
Just then, Chen Tuan watched Chen Ting gradually disappear into the distance from the restaurant window, then waved his hand and vanished.
Chen Ting staggered to the street where he lived, and just then, a figure appeared before his eyes.
"Who goes there?" Chen Ting was startled, and the effects of the alcohol instantly dissipated by more than half. He quickly shouted, his right hand already gripping the hilt of his knife.
"Lord Chen, there's no need to panic. This old Taoist is no bad person."
Chen Tuan's voice came through.
Chen Ting then saw the person in front of him clearly, and his body trembled.
"Greetings, Daoist Master. I am Chen Ting, the Chief of the Imperial City Guard. May I ask what brings you here?" Judging from the other party's appearance and attire, Chen Ting dared not be negligent and quickly introduced himself.
"Lord Chen, I have a few questions I'd like to ask you. I wonder if you could do me a favor?"
"A problem? Of course."
"Master, my home is just ahead. Why don't we go inside and talk?"
“Sure,” Chen Tuan said with a smile.
The two then returned to the small courtyard where Chen Ting lived. He was not yet married and now lived in the capital with only an old servant.
In the courtyard, the two sat facing each other, and the old servant brought them tea.
"Old Wu, you can go now." Chen Ting waved his hand.
"yes."
After the others left, Chen Ting spoke.
"What questions do you have, Taoist priest?"
“I have been living in seclusion in the mountains to cultivate Taoism. This time, when I came down the mountain, I suddenly heard about the appearance of ghosts and gods in the world and the existence of immortals. I am very curious. As the head of the Imperial City Guard, Lord Chen must know some details. I wonder if you could enlighten me?” Chen Tuan said.
"I see. May I ask where your sacred mountain is, Daoist Master?"
"Mount Hua".
"Mount Hua?" Chen Ting was taken aback. He had never heard of any Taoist temples on Mount Hua. Could it be that he was simply ignorant?
“Master, this matter is not really a secret. After all, countless people witnessed it, and it couldn’t be kept hidden. Moreover, I am also a person involved in it,” Chen Ting said.
"I would like to hear the details."
Chen Ting then recounted the whole story, which greatly surprised Chen Tuan. The matter was far beyond his expectations.
"Did that person really mention divine retribution?" Chen Tuan asked.
“Yes, it seems from what the immortal said that some of the court’s actions have angered Heaven,” Chen Ting said softly.
"..." At this moment, Chen Tuan's expression was somewhat strange.
"That's not right. How could I not know about divine retribution? That power has already been controlled by my formation, and according to him, the timing doesn't match up." Chen Tuan pondered to himself.
According to his senses, the power he felt was activated and then disappeared just before he woke up, while the events Chen Ting described happened more than a month ago. He had already calculated that the will of Heaven was not activated at that time.
"Strange, strange, what's going on?" Chen Tuan was completely baffled. Little did he know that the divine punishment at that time was just a trick played by Li Daoyi, and the one on the grassland was the one that was truly triggered.
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