Xiao Yan raised his brows when he heard Marquis Jinghuan's words. "Oh? That guy has a new backer? "
Marquis Jinghuan's voice resounded in the air. "That dual-pupiled Shi Tianyi is currently cultivating in White Cloud Mountain."
Hearing the three words White Cloud Mountain, even Fei Ye and Mo Yu's gazes fell on Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan's gaze was a little cold as he lightly clenched his fists.
White Cloud Mountain was located at the border of the Great Zhou Empire and the Great Qin Empire. It was almost the center of the Divine Land and the number one cultivation sacred ground of the human cultivation world, Taixu Temple.
Taixu Temple was the number one sacred ground of the human race in the Great Heaven Primordial World. In the past, it was known as one of the three sacred grounds along with the Great Thunderclap Monastery and the Mount Shu Sword Sect. Taixu Temple was publicly recognized as the leader of the three sacred grounds. Its disciples were all talented and outstanding.
Taixu Temple had always been the leader of the human race in every war against the demon race in Tianhuang Continent.
After the war, Taixu Temple was in charge of keeping a close eye on the movements of the demon race. Most of the sect's attention was placed on the demon world, but even so, no one dared to have any ideas about Taixu Temple.
In the history of the human cultivation world, both the Great Leiyin Monastery and the Mount Shu Sword Sect had suffered great calamities. Their mountain gate had been attacked, and the Great Leiyin Monastery's orthodoxy had been completely destroyed in the battle to exterminate Buddhism.
Only the Void Temple, for countless years, made other human forces unable to have the confidence to fight against it.
The White Cloud Mountain rarely experienced the flames of war, and they all happened during the war between the two worlds. However, unlike the Great Thunderclap Monastery which had half of its monastery destroyed by Youhuang Celestial Sea back then, the White Cloud Mountain had never been breached.
In the long history of the human race's cultivation world, the Void Temple has always appeared as an arbiter, balancing the disputes of all sides, preserving the strength and vitality of the human race, using the world as a chess piece. Even the Great Thunder Temple and Mount Shu Sword Sect of the three great holy lands are all in the Void Temple's calculations.
Once upon a time, when he was young, Xiao Yan hoped that one day he could enter the Taixu Temple and bring honor to his ancestors.
Naturally, Xiao Yan no longer had such thoughts, but it didn't mean that he didn't know what it meant for Shi Tianyi to join the Taixu Temple.
Originally, Shi Tianyi only had the Shi Clan and Yu Clan standing behind him, and to Xuanmen Tianzong, it was completely insufficient.
But now that Shi Tianyi had climbed up the Taixu Temple, it was as if he had jumped from two small dinghies directly onto an invincible giant ship that could traverse the heavens.
"No matter who he finds as his backer, he must repay the justice he owed in the past."
Lin Feng's voice suddenly rang out between heaven and earth, shaking the world.
Xiao Yan laughed when he heard that.
The conflict between his junior apprentice brother, Shi Tianhao, and the dual-pupiled person, Shi Tianyi, was irreconcilable. No matter who stood in their way, this enmity must be avenged. If God obstructed him, he would kill God. If Buddha obstructed him, he would kill Buddha.
Not even the Taixu Temple!
There were some things that absolutely could not be conceded.
Shi Tianhao himself would not give this face, his group of apprentice brothers would not give this face, and his master Lin Feng even more so would not.
Xiao Yan thought of over a year ago when Lin Feng personally brought him to the Celeritas Sword Sect's Cloudtravel Peak, the matter of the three year battle agreement.
The Celeritas Sword Sect was naturally unable to be mentioned in the same breath as the Taixu Temple, but to Lin Feng and Xuanmen Tianzong, the reasoning was all the same.
"Master, it's impossible for the Taixu Temple's people to not know about the dispute between that Shi Tianyi and junior apprentice brother. Since that's the case, still wanting to take him in as a disciple, this is equivalent to clearly provoking me, Xuanmen Tianzong." Xiao Yan muttered to himself and said: "This is not in line with their usual style of doing things. With the foundation and status of the Taixu Temple, no matter how much more genius Shi Tianyi has, no matter how much more potential he has, they still shouldn't make an exception."
It's not that Taixu Temple would fear and dread Xuanmen Tianzong, but rather that they had their own consistent way of doing things that had already been carried out for countless years. It was impossible for them to change it for a certain person. No matter how outstanding that person was, placed in the long river of history, it was also unable to be mentioned in the same breath as the Taixu Temple itself.
Lin Feng sat upright on Yujing Mountain, using mana to send a voice transmission to Xiao Yan: "The Taixu Temple is divided into the conservative faction and the radical faction. Even though the conservative faction has always been in charge, the power of the radical faction is not weak, and they have always been actively laying out plans."
"Before this, Pang Jie quietly handed over the position of Dao's World Wayfarer, and since then, the radical faction has laid down their banners and made little movements. But how could they possibly be content with the status quo?" Lin Feng said lightly: "The radical faction wants the Taixu Temple to rule over the heavens and become the master of humanity, so naturally they would want to recruit talents from all over the world."
"The Taixu Temple's own disciples are all talented, but there's no such thing as too few geniuses, especially people like Shi Tianyi who can be said to be world-shaking."
Lin Feng chuckled. "Little Yan, do you think that Marquis Jing Huan told us this news out of kindness?"
Xiao Yan came to a realization. "Master, are you saying that Marquis Jing Huan is also one of the people that the radical faction of the Taixu Temple is secretly recruiting and training?"
"That's right, that's exactly it." Lin Feng said calmly: "He leaked the news to us because he wants to use me, Xuanmen Tianzong, to get rid of a competitor."
Xiao Yan grinned. "But Master, this guy is a little too arrogant. I think he's confused."
"Even the Taixu Temple wouldn't be willing to provoke the Phoenix Clan, right? They're forcefully pushing the Phoenix Clan to the side of the Demon Clan. When the time comes, they'll have another strong enemy in the war between the two realms. "
The corner of Lin Feng's mouth curled into a smile. "There are two possibilities. Either he has ulterior motives, or he's an idiot."
Xiao Yan smacked his lips and said: "Master, if you put it that way, then it must be the former. But to be honest, no matter how I look at it, this guy is more likely to be an idiot."
Lin Feng laughed. "Actually, it doesn't matter. If he has ulterior motives, then he'll definitely make further moves. You guys just have to wait and see."
Xiao Yan had his Divine Power avatar, so it wouldn't be difficult for him to keep Marquis Jing Huan here. However, Lin Feng decided to leave this kind of recyclable gold mine for his disciple to slowly exploit.
To the current Lin Feng, Marquis Jing Huan was indeed an unimportant figure. He was more interested in whether there was anyone else behind Marquis Jing Huan.
"Continue to escort Tong 'er to Infinite Wilderness Vast Land and bring her back safely."
Xiao Yan responded with a "yes" and immediately followed Fei Ye and Mo Yu to Infinite Wilderness Vast Land. Very soon, other phoenixes came to greet them. They had rushed over after receiving the message from Fei Ye's Phoenix Weeping Blood.
A second-level Undying Demon Soul, Primordial True Spirit Great Sage, led the team. The others were also great demons that had cultivated Undying Demon Souls.
With so many Demon Race Great Sages entering the Divine Land, even if they were all phoenixes, it still attracted the attention of the human cultivation world.
The Primordial True Spirit Great Sage had someone take Fei Ye, Xiao Yan, and the others to escort Lin Tong to Infinite Wilderness Vast Land. He himself remained in the Divine Land and waited for the human experts to arrive. He was about to demand an explanation for Marquis Jing Huan's matter.
Afterwards, which human powerhouse arrived and how the two sides negotiated, Xiao Yan doesn't know. He and Lin Feng also no longer pay attention to this, that's something that the lustful Marquis Jing Huan who caused this disaster should worry about himself.
In the sky tens of thousands of miles away from the scene of the incident, a beam of black light suddenly appeared. As the light flashed, it transformed into a large flag. A luxuriously dressed youth appeared and stood in the void below the flag. It was none other than Marquis Jing Huan, who had just caused such a huge disaster.
His expression was as calm as ever as he stepped into the Grotto-heaven opened up by the Immortal Imperial Flag. The Grotto-heaven was divided into different spaces. Marquis Jing Huan's subordinates were in different spaces, and in other spaces, large amounts of resources were stored.
There were all kinds of cultivation resources, treasures, armors, weapons, elixirs, and even money from the mortal world.
Apart from that, the huge space was divided into several small compartments that were isolated from each other.
Although they were called small compartments, in fact, each compartment was a vast world with different scenery. There were Jiangnan water villages, desert smoke, snow drifting in the north, pavilions and terraces …
Every small compartment had one thing in common. In each compartment, there would always be a courtyard, either luxurious or simple.
Marquis Jing Huan stepped into one of the small compartments and walked into a room in the courtyard. There were servants in the courtyard and maids in the room. In addition to these servants and maids, there was also a beautiful girl in her twenties. Silently sitting in front of an easel, she held a paintbrush and lightly tapped on the paper.
When the girl saw Marquis Jing Huan enter, she smiled.
The maids tactfully retreated and closed the door. Someone whispered, "The Marquis and the Little Furen are very close. Among all the furens, the Little Furen is the most favored. The Marquis always wants to see the Little Furen first."
"But I've never seen Lord Marquis spend the night in Madam's room. He always leaves after a few words."
"Yes, it's so strange."
Although they tried their best to keep their voices low, how could their gossiping escape Marquis Jing Huan's ears?
He sat down on a chair and indifferently said, "Your maids will need to be replaced again."
The girl said, "Your murderous nature is too heavy. There's no need to vent it on insignificant people."
Marquis Jing Huan reached out and tapped the wooden easel. "Don't talk like that."
The girl smiled and closed her eyes. Light appeared above her head, and the sound of Buddhist chanting and the fragrance of sandalwood wafted out.
In the Buddhist light, one could vaguely make out the figure of a monk. The monk smiled and said, "To speak to This Penniless Monk in such a tone, you seem to be in a very bad mood."
Marquis Jing Huan replied, "My good deed has been ruined, so I'm naturally in a bad mood. If you are dissatisfied, you don't have to cooperate with me."
The monk smiled, filled with the wisdom of enlightenment. He was otherworldly, but the words he said made one's hair stand on end. "I can just kill you."
Marquis Jing Huan replied, "You won't be able to find a better partner than me in a short period of time."
"That's right. This Penniless Monk lacks nothing but time," the monk replied noncommittally. "However, if you always have such a temperament, you will never have any hope of attaining the Nascent Soul realm in this lifetime. Even if time is tight, This Penniless Monk will have to consider changing partners."
Marquis Jing Huan fell silent for a moment. Slowly, he said, "I misspoke before. Please forgive me, Master."
The monk smiled and said, "It's fine. Let's talk about what happened today. This Penniless Monk saw the entire process. From the looks of it, the master of the Mystic Gate actually returned the Wutong Tree Heart to the Phoenixes."
Marquis Jing Huan said, "The person who came from Xuanmen Tianzong is indeed extraordinarily strong, but the master of the Mystic Gate actually succumbed to the Phoenixes' pressure and returned the Wutong Tree Heart that was already in his possession. It was truly disappointing. From this, it can be seen that this person is nothing more than this.
"He likes to scheme and balance too much. It's inevitable that he loses his edge."
The monk seemed to be in thought. "You think so?"
Marquis Jing Huan replied, "That's right. I'm very suspicious now. Does he have the courage to go against Taixu Temple for his disciple, Shi Tianhao?"
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