The storm that Dongfang Chen had stirred up in Northern Wei under the name of Gu Fei had spread to Southern Yan, Eastern Qi, and the West a month later.
The sun was shining brightly, and Taixuan Mountain in Eastern Qi was as calm as usual. On the Nine Peaks of Taixuan, the disciples of the Taixuan Sect were cultivating on the mountain as usual. From time to time, the figures of the youngest disciples would appear on Taixuan Mountain.
Before the disciples of the Taixuan Sect broke through to the realm of Shedding Mortality, they were responsible for taking care of the miscellaneous things in the sect. This was the rule of the Taixuan Sect.
Otherwise, all the disciples in the department would be immersed in cultivation, and no one would take care of the miscellaneous things in the sect.
On Taixuan Peak, Taixuan Temple stood at the peak. It was the most majestic temple in the Taixuan Sect. The atmosphere in the temple was a bit heavy. The head of the Taixuan Sect, Taoist Xuantian, sat on the throne in the middle of the temple. On either side of him were the heads of the Nine Peaks of Taixuan.
Of the Nine Peaks of Taixuan, besides Taoist Xuantian, only seven heads of the other eight branches had come. The head of Cuiling Peak, Gu Fei, was not present.
"Brother, why did you summon everyone here?" Long Hongxue, the head of Purple Bamboo Peak, who sat below Taoist Xuantian, looked up and asked.
"Yes! Brother, why did you summon us here at this time? "Taoist Xuancang, the head of Full Moon Peak, also said aloud.
Everyone looked up at Taoist Xuantian.
Taoist Xuantian looked at his brothers indifferently, then said, "A disciple outside sent a message saying that there is news of Brother Gu."
"What?" The seven heads were shocked when they heard this. They could not help but look at each other and see a trace of surprise in each other's eyes.
Ever since Gu Fei had been "invited away" by the powerful demon, there had been no news of him. The Taixuan Sect had sent batch after batch of disciples down the mountain, but it was difficult to find Gu Fei. They had even heard about Gu Fei.
It was not just the Taixuan Sect. Even the Shang Qing Sect and the Guangcheng Celestial Sect sent their disciples down the mountain to search for Gu Fei. Although Gu Fei was only Daoist Ku Rong's nominal disciple, the Three Great Daoist Sects still had to put on an act since he was' invited 'by an almighty monster. Although they might not be able to find Gu Fei, if Daoist Ku Rong asked about it, they would at least have something to say.
"Where is he?" Asked the Spirit Bead Peak's head Daoist Alchemy. He was obsessed with pill cauldrons and was very interested in Gu Fei who had retrieved the Longevity Grass.
"I heard it appeared in Northern Wei!" Daoist Xuantian said.
"Heard … heard?" The seven peak seats were all shocked. From Daoist Xuantian's words, they knew that the information regarding Gu Fei wasn't that accurate.
"Junior brothers, your news really isn't up to date. Recently, a young demon appeared in Northern Wei. He's the scum of the Daoist Sect." Daoist Xuantian calmly said something shocking.
"Young demon? The scum of the Daoist Sect?" The peak seats were shocked. Daoist Xuantian's words were too shocking. They already felt that something was wrong.
"Senior Brother Sect Leader, you don't … don't think that person is Gu Fei!" Long Hongxue looked at Daoist Xuantian and said hesitantly.
"I just said that I received information about Gu Fei. That is the information." Daoist Xuantian confirmed Long Hongxue's words.
Hearing this, everyone fell silent and lowered their heads in thought.
Finally, Shaoyang Peak's head Daoist Chaoyang thought for a moment and said, "Senior Brother Sect Leader, I think there might be something else!"
"Yes!"
"That's right!"
"Gu Fei cultivates ancient martial arts. How could he become a demon?"
Hearing this, everyone nodded. They all knew that the Green Spirit Peak was different from the other eight peaks. In the Taixuan Sect, and even in the entire Daoist Sect, they were different.
The Green Spirit Peak walked the path of strength and the supreme method of becoming a saint. It was also the most difficult path of all cultivation methods.
"The message also said that Gu Fei not only destroyed 17 sects in Northern Wei in one night, he also devoured their essence energy. His behavior is no different from a demon." Daoist Xuantian's voice was still calm.
"This …" Everyone was shocked again. Devouring a cultivator's essence energy was a taboo of the righteous path. Essence energy was the foundation of cultivation.
Whether it was the core of the path, the primordial spirit, or the Nascent Soul, they were all formed from the essence energy of the cultivator. If Gu Fei could devour essence energy, that meant he could also devour the core of the path and the Nascent Soul.
This kind of behavior that harvested the lives of others and climbed over the corpses of other cultivators had already entered the demonic path. Such a person was the public enemy of the righteous path, and everyone had the right to kill him.
"Impossible, that person is definitely not Gu Fei!" Daoist Chao Yang said with some excitement. Of all the people present, he had the most contact with Gu Fei. He could naturally see that Gu Fei was not the kind of person who would kill the world and be ruthless.
"I think so too!"
"How could a disciple of the Taixuan Sect do such a thing that angers both men and gods?"
"Someone is framing Gu Fei!"
The other heads said aloud. Gu Fei was a disciple of the Dao Sect. Since he was not afraid of hardship and was determined to walk the most difficult path of becoming a saint, he would not choose the demonic path.
"That person is half demon and half immortal. I don't know where this master came from. Why would he frame Gu Fei!" Daoist Xuantian said.
When the seven heads heard this, they couldn't help but think that their senior brother had already determined that the person was not Gu Fei.
"Half immortal and half demon … devouring essence, qi, and spirit … could it be …" Great Void Peak's head, Yuxu Zi, suddenly said thoughtfully. He seemed to have thought of something.
"Junior brother Yuxu, do you know the origin of that person?" Daoist Xuantian's eyes were like torches. He had already seen Yuxu Zi's expression, so he asked aloud.
"Yes!" Yuxu Zi lowered his head and thought for a moment, then said, "I don't know if brothers and sisters still remember that half immortal and half demon, such a person of the demonic path, appeared 5,000 years ago, and that demonic person had a great relationship with our Dao Sect."
"What …"
Everyone was moved when they heard this. What moved them was not that the demonic person had appeared 5,000 years ago, but that the demonic person was actually related to the Dao Sect.
For thousands of years, the Dao and the demonic had been like fire and water. It seemed that since the beginning of the world, the two had been mortal enemies. Once the two met, there would definitely be a great battle, and it would be either you or I who would die.
How could the Dao Sect have anything to do with the demonic person?
"The Nine Transformations of the Immortal and Demon. Could it be that the person who started the massacre in Northern Wei and framed Gu Fei was that person's successor? If he's that person's successor, how many transformations has he cultivated? "Daoist Xuantian also thought of something at this moment, and his expression became extremely ugly.
"What relationship does that demonic person from 5,000 years ago have with our Dao Sect?" Daoist Chaoyang's personality was like a raging fire. When he heard that the demonic person was actually related to the Dao Sect, he couldn't help but ask Yuxu Zi excitedly.
"I've only seen a few words about that demonic person in the sect's ancient records. That demonic person is the greatest traitor of the Dao Sect!" Yuxu Zi said something that shocked everyone to the extreme.
"Dao Sect's traitor?"
Everyone couldn't help but look at each other in disbelief. No one had expected that the greatest traitor of the Dao Sect would actually become a demonic person, an executioner who massacred the world.
"From Dao to the demonic!" Daoist Xuantian spat out these incomparably heavy words with great difficulty.
"What happened to that traitor in the end? Could it be that he was able to pass down his Dao teachings?" Daoist Chaoyang asked Yuxu Zi sternly.
It was the duty of a cultivator to eliminate demons and protect the Dao.
Yuxu Zi glanced at Daoist Xuantian and continued. "That demonic person from 5,000 years ago was killed by an Almighty from the East."
"Was that Almighty someone from our Dao Sect?" Daoist Chaoyang seemed to want to get to the bottom of this.
"That Almighty wasn't a senior of our Dao Sect, but a family head of the Dongfang Family. That family head's cultivation level was infinitely close to that of an Immortal," Yuxu Zi said sadly.
"How could such a person die?" Long Hongxue asked. He asked this because if that ancestor of the Dongfang Family was still alive, the Dongfang Family wouldn't have declined.
The Dongfang Family was no longer what it used to be. Although it hadn't completely declined, it was no longer the overlord of the East. However, although the Dongfang Family had declined, no one knew how much heritage the Dongfang Family still had.
This kind of ancient clan, even if it had declined, no one dared to look down on it, because no one knew its true strength. It had been passed down for countless years, and it had produced great characters that could shake the ancient and modern times. Could it be that those great characters really didn't leave behind any trump cards?
In the Teng Long Continent, some sects and forces that once had outstanding great figures would leave behind precious treasures before they disappeared.
In the history of the Dongfang Family, there had been more than one great figure. Even if someone said that the Dongfang Family didn't have any treasures left behind by the great figures, no one would believe it.
Therefore, even if it had declined, no one dared to have any ideas about the Dongfang Family.
"Who knows? I heard that the Almighty of the Dongfang Family went to the Southern Wilderness not long after he killed the traitor of the Dao Sect. He entered the Hundred Thousand Mountains and disappeared from there. He never appeared again," Yuxu Zi analyzed.
In the Taixuan Sect, no one could compare with Yuxu Zi in terms of knowledge and experience. This was because before Yuxu Zi became the head of the Taixu Peak, he was the elder in charge of all the books in the sect.
"The Hundred Thousand Mountains … Could it be … Did he want to find the legendary Ruins of Tongtian?" Taoist Xuantian, who was sitting on the throne in the middle of the hall, suddenly exclaimed.
In ancient times, no one knew what happened that led to the extinction of immortals and mortals. Since then, there were very few Almighty Saints who could break through the void and ascend to heaven.
Even if someone could successfully break through the void, they might not be able to ascend to heaven, wash away the aura of the mortal world, and enter the illusory heaven.
It was said that in the Hundred Thousand Mountains, there was a path to heaven. As long as one's cultivation was enough, they could open the path to heaven and enter the heaven without taking risks.
However, a legend was a legend after all. Did the Dongfang Family leader from five thousand years ago take the risk to enter the Hundred Thousand Mountains that were said to be able to bury immortals and gods just for a legend?
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