In response to Li Baitao's question, Chu Yang smiled. "I've had some fortuitous encounters in the past few years."
Li Baitao frowned slightly. "I can roughly sense that your actual age is different from your appearance. You've probably cultivated in a space or grotto-heaven with accelerated time. However, to be able to reach late-stage Golden Elixir, your speed is truly unexpected."
"If I remember correctly, during the Kunlun Mountain Dharma Assembly, the sixth disciple of the Daoist Sect's Master, Li Yuanfang, was early-stage Golden Elixir just like you. Now, you're even faster than him." Li Baitao said lightly, "Such talent is truly shocking. In the past, the few of us were blind and didn't see that you were a diamond in the rough."
"This time, you've made a great contribution. Perhaps you can get a position in Xuanmen Tianzong? But you have to remember, everything will have to wait for the Celestial Sect of Wonders to survive this calamity.
Chu Yang looked at Li Baitao and Slowly shook his head. "Daoist Li under Sect Leader Lin isn't what you think, Second Martial Uncle."
"As for me, I'm a disciple of Beyond Heaven Mountain. I'm Master's disciple. This will never change."
"We've come this far just to have a way out for Beyond Heaven Mountain. In the end, Sect Leader, Master, and I just made a different choice from Second Martial Uncle."
Li Baitao smiled coldly. "A choice that placed Beyond Heaven Mountain in great danger."
Chu Yang looked at Li Baitao and suddenly smiled. However, his smile was very cold. "Second Martial Uncle, back then, you relied on Great Qin's Minister Wu Qingrou and colluded with Shu Mountain under Wu Qingrou's orders. You even attempted to assassinate Great Zhou's Prince Liang Qian. Ask yourself, have you thought about the consequences?
"Beyond Heaven Mountain will be the first to suffer the wrath of the Great Zhou Dynasty!
"You created a conflict between Shu Mountain and the Great Zhou Dynasty, and after Wu Qingrou resigned and went into seclusion, you decided to join Shu Mountain completely. How much of this was for the sect, and how much was for yourself?"
When Chu Yang mentioned Wu Qingrou's name, Li Baitao's gaze dimmed. "Senior Brother Sect Leader and Junior Brother Meng also know?"
"You knew it earlier than me." After Chu Yang finished speaking, Li Baitao sighed, "I knew that Prime Minister Wu wanted to assassinate Great Zhou's Prince Liang Qian, but I didn't expect it to be to incite a conflict between Shushan and Great Zhou. After all, Great Qin and Great Zhou are enemies."
"Back then, the mission I received was only to deliver information and guide the assassin to Liang Qian's exact location."
Silently, Chu Yang said, "But after the assassination is successful, Wu Qingrou will expose you, implicating our main sect, which has already attached itself to Shushan. Then, she will use many other methods to incite conflict between the Great Zhou and Shushan, causing the conflict between the two powers to escalate."
"This is Wu Qingrou's doing. She made the Mount Shu Sword Sect and the Great Zhou Dynasty face off, focusing all of their attention on each other. Meanwhile, Great Qin used this time to clean up its own internal problems and remove the tumor."
"Wu Qingrou was the one who planned the game, while the Great Zhou Dynasty and the Mount Shu Sword Sect were the players. It's a pity that Beyond Heaven Mountain was a pawn in Wu Qingrou's plan. After playing its role, it was eaten up."
"However, Liang Qian didn't die in the end. Many changes happened later, which exceeded Wu Qingrou's expectations. Xuanmen Tianzong suddenly rose to power and became enemies with Shushan. Only then did Beyond Heaven Mountain escape a calamity."
Chu Yang let out a long breath. "Now it's the second calamity."
Li Baitao's face was ashen. He let out a long sigh and fell silent.
Chu Yang also fell silent. He didn't continue to speak, nor did he plan to do anything else. He stayed in the spiritual world created by his spiritual power, quietly waiting for the storm to arrive before leaving.
Sitting and waiting for death had never been his style. However, the impending war was not something he could participate in during the Golden Elixir Period. More accurately, most people could not participate in it. The level of the two sides was too high.
However, Chu Yang's state of mind was as calm as ever. A sword seemed to ring out from the depths of his soul. "If we can survive this calamity, Beyond Heaven Mountain can enjoy a period of peace. I can also move."
Chu Yang didn't leave his doppelganger here. Instead, he stayed with Wu Yunliang, Meng Chaoran, and the others. This was also a form of attitude.
"Xiao Wu …" Chu Yang closed his eyes slightly. The only feeling he had at this moment was a sense of loss. He also found it a little funny. "You protected me this time."
Although Xiao Yan and the others had escaped unscathed against Jie Luoshi, the Grand Supreme Elder of Shushan and a third-tier Primordial Spirit swordsman, the Twin Poles Sky Peak and Monk Dade were severely injured. Xuanmen Tianzong's losses were not light either. The only consolation was that Xiao Yan had broken through his bottleneck in this battle. He had proven his Primordial Spirit, and his strength had improved greatly.
On Shushan's side, Sword Venerable Taiyin and Sword Venerable Guan Chong had been seriously injured. Guan Chong could only return to Shushan to recuperate. He had also withdrawn from the siege of Yujing Mountain. Among them, Sword Venerable Guan Chong's injuries were especially serious. After Xiao Yan's reward, he was lucky to recover. It was very likely that he would never be able to refine his spirit and return to the void again in this life.
In the battle with Jie Luoshi, Xiao Yan's Primordial Spirit incarnation had also been injured. He was now making use of the time to recuperate. However, he knew that he did not have much time. Although the void transportation formation had been destroyed, the entrance to the Xuantian Realm was located in the southern foothills of Kunlun Mountain. It was not far from Yujing Mountain, which was located in the northern foothills of Kunlun Mountain.
Jie Luoshi was a great sword cultivator at the third tier of the Primordial Spirit Transformation Realm. He would arrive very soon.
However, the ones who arrived first weren't the ones who dislodged the falling rocks. Before they dislodged the falling rocks, not even a moment after Xiao Yan and the others stepped onto Jade Jing Mountain, there was already a large army of other people pressing down on Jade Jing Mountain.
Above the clouds, Yujing Mountain floated in mid-air. At this moment, in the southern sky of Yujing Mountain, the void suddenly split open. Thick clouds surged out, and a few extremely powerful auras emerged.
The invisible pressure caused the mirror-like lake beneath the clouds to undulate. Turbid waves surged into the sky.
The thick clouds dispersed, revealing a group of people. The person in the lead was a youth who looked to be about fourteen or fifteen years old. His face was like jade, and he was handsome. He was dressed in white and looked otherworldly. It was as if he was a celestial being who had descended to the mortal world.
He tapped the tips of his feet lightly and walked in the void. He did not exude much of a terrifying aura, but everyone else followed closely behind him.
The person who had come was the former sect master of the Reincarnation Sect, the current sect master of the Reincarnation Sect, Shi Tianfang, a mighty cultivator of the Dao Integration Stage.
Two people followed behind Shi Tianfang. One was a middle-aged man with elegant features. He was dressed in a brocade robe and had an exquisite little wine gourd hanging from his waist. There was also a leather pouch hanging beside the wine gourd. The pouch jingled as he moved. He was the sect master of the Dao Integration Stage like Shi Tianfang, Zhang Enrui.
The other person was a tall and thin middle-aged Taoist with a stiff expression. He was the sect master of the Hungry Ghost Sect, Taoist Sky Ghost of the Void Return Stage.
Shi Tianfang, Zhang Enrui, and Taoist Sky Ghost all looked at Yujing Mountain, which was covered by a sea of purple clouds.
Even Daoist Heavenly Ghost's dull and lifeless eyes revealed a bit of fanaticism.
Behind them were some other mighty cultivators of the Reincarnation Sect. This time, the Reincarnation Sect had practically turned out in full force.
Zhang Enrui looked at Yujing Mountain and sighed. "It really is an immortal mountain."
Taoist Sky Ghost looked down at the empty Cloud Mirror City and said in his stiff and emotionless voice, "Xuanmen Tianzong is ready."
Zhang Enrui nodded. "They have given up on their peripheral forces. All related people should have retreated to Yujing Mountain in order to concentrate on defending against us."
"Presumably, the Polar Sky Peak and Monk Da De from the Mystic Heaven Realm have also returned." Zhang Enrui turned to look at Shi Tianfang. "Sect Master, Wang Lin, one of the top four disciples of the Master of the Celestial Gate, and the other two disciples, Yue Hongyan and Yang Qing, have not returned to the mountain yet. Should we …"
Shi Tianfang shook his head. "There is no need to stop them. They are part of the plan anyway. It doesn't matter even if they return to the mountain."
Zhang Enrui smiled. "The Master of the Celestial Gate is indeed full of monstrous geniuses, especially Xiao, Zhu, Wang, and Shi. They are amazing."
"The Master of the Celestial Gate is unfathomable. He is not as good as the Taixu Taoist, but who knows if he has other secrets?"
"On the other hand, when I look at Xiao, Zhu, Wang, and Shi, I can't help but think about the legends of the Four Heroes of the Great Void Realm. Although I haven't personally witnessed the might of the Four Heroes of the Great Void Realm, and the four of them are still at the late Nascent Soul stage, their terrifying potential is indeed somewhat similar."
Zhang Enrui took out a wine cup from his pouch and poured himself a drink. He said with a smile, "Maybe we can call them the Four Great Void Heroes?"
"Unfortunately, we can't kill them. Otherwise, not to mention the Master of the Celestial Gate, the Taixu Temple will not agree."
Taoist Sky Ghost said woodenly, "Raising a tiger will only invite disaster."
Zhang Enrui shook his head and smiled. "There are gains and losses. There is nothing we can do about it."
Shi Tianfang said calmly, "If they really don't know what's good for them, then kill them. We can't let them block the way."
Zhang Enrui nodded with a smile and looked at Yujing Mountain. "Speaking of which, the strongest of the Four Great Void Heroes should be the second disciple, Zhu Yi, right?"
The Heavenly Ghost Taoist said, "His true body is at the late Nascent Soul stage, and he has many magical treasures with him. He almost killed Shao Qingcheng, who is at the Nascent Divinity Incarnation stage of the Eastern Heavenly Gate. Shao Qingcheng has the Yang Sky Lantern, so her strength is at the top of the Nascent Divinity Incarnation stage, but she is still not his match."
"In the Ying Ocean, he refined the body of the ancient Hao Yang Dao Venerate Wang Hao and turned it into his clone." At this point, Taoist Sky Ghost's voice, which had always been flat, trembled slightly. "Heh, a late Yuanying cultivator refined a clone of the Void Return stage."
"The most important thing is that after he possesses this avatar, the few magic treasures of the Transformation Stage and Spirit Nurturing Stage can all be used to their full power. Therefore, his strength is firmly above the other disciples of the Celestial Sect of Wonders."
At this time, in front of them, separated by the Jade Capital Mountain, the sky in the north also split open, and two white-bearded old men walked out from it. Both of them were clad in sky-blue long robes. The one in the lead looked across the void at Shi Tianfang and the others.
He smiled. "In the past, who would have thought that a bastard son of Zhu Hongwu who had been ordinary for fifteen years would have such a fortune?"
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