There were many branches of Daoism: Fu-lu, Pills, Formations, Martial Dao, Divine Arts … Under each major branch, there were countless smaller branches. The cultivation world revered Divine Arts and Daoist techniques. Xuanzong, which was famous for its Daoist techniques and Divine Arts, was also the strongest among the Six Sects of Daoism.
Comparatively speaking, Fu-lu School was a minority in the cultivation world. However, no one dared to look down on a minority like Fu-lu School.
It was to the extent that most of the cultivators would rather compete with the disciples of the Xuan Sect in terms of Divine Path and Arts or engage in close combat with the disciples of the South Sect than to fight with the disciples of the Talisman Sect.
This was because they didn't know the trump cards of Fu-lu School disciples.
Once they looked down on Fu-lu School disciples, they would end up in such an awkward situation.
Li Mu, a small cultivator at the fourth realm, had trapped seven cultivators at the fifth realm in a talisman array with eighteen upper-grade earth-rank Golden Armor Talismans and a short-distance Teleportation Talisman.
Talisman Daozi deserved to be a genius in the Dao of Talismans that was hard to come by in the last few hundred years of the Talisman Sect's history. This 18 Heavens Grand Formation that was formed from 18 Golden Armor Talisman Talismans was something he'd obtained inspiration from the 18 Nether Prison Grand Formation of the Devil Dao, and he'd spent a few years of time researching it.
This Talisman Array not only had a power equal to the Eighteen Yin Prison Array, it also overcame the Eighteen Yin Prison Array's weakness.
The Eighteen Yin Prison Array set up by Chu Jiang Of Gojoseon required eighteen Ghost Generals to sacrifice their lives. Moreover, their positions couldn't be moved.
The Eighteen Heavens Array only required eighteen Golden Armor Talismans. The array was portable and mobile. The power of the array was related to the Fu-lu's grade. Eighteen Earth High Grade Fu-lu could trap Dongxuan. If there were eighteen Heaven High Grade Fu-lu, it wouldn't be a problem to trap a Transcendence realm cultivator.
These Golden Armor Talismans each had their own Divine Arts. The seven people in the array had to endure eighteen different attacks. They complained incessantly and could only work together to create a Dharmic power shield. They hid within the shield and passively defended.
The ghost cultivator among the seven was King Wuguan, a subordinate of the Nether Hell Saint. He also had the highest cultivation among the seven.
As he used his mana to maintain the defensive shield, he observed the eighteen Heavenly Soldiers and said, "Everyone, don't panic. The Fu-lu can only be maintained for a limited time. Once the spiritual energy is exhausted, it will lose its effect. As long as we hold on for a while longer, he will be at his wit's end …"
The seven of them were caught off guard by the eighteen Heavenly Soldiers. It was only then that they realized why the Heavenly Lord would place a bounty on a mere Fourth Realm cultivator. Although his own strength was weak, Fu-lu was really powerful. Cui Ming and Emperor Song deserved to die in his hands …
Li Mu stood outside the array. Ever since the seven of them gave up attacking and joined forces to resist, the situation on the battlefield had become a stalemate.
Although the Fu-lu formation was simple and easy to carry, it also had its flaws.
If the Eighteen Capital Heaven Formation was set up by eighteen Creation Realm experts, their mana would be endless. When it was exhausted, spiritual jades could be used to replenish it. The array could last for a long time. However, the Fu-lu's spiritual energy was limited and could not last indefinitely …
The few of them joined forces to create such a protective shield. As time passed, it was possible that it could last until the Fu-lu's spiritual energy was exhausted.
King Wuguan hid in the shield and looked at Li Mu mockingly. He said, "Emperor Song died in your hands like this. I don't believe it. Your Fu-lu's spiritual energy is endless. Let's see how long you can trap us …"
Of course, the Fu-lu's spiritual energy was not endless. At most, in fifteen minutes, these Heavenly Soldiers would dissipate due to the exhaustion of their spiritual energy.
Of course, Li Mu had more than one set of array talismans in his hands.
Because a certain First Seat really did not have anything good to give as a meeting gift, Talisman Daozi had extorted many talisman materials. Li Mu had used them to draw many Fu-lu formations. Just the Eighteen Capital Heaven Formation's array talismans alone was enough for him to gather two sets.
However, Li Mu was not willing to use both sets of array talismans on these people from the Demon Sect.
He whistled. Suddenly, something flew out of his ear.
At first, it was so small that it was almost invisible. In an instant, it grew to about ten feet tall.
Li Mu whistled again. The enlarged Dao bell suddenly charged into the array formation. Under the horrified gazes of the seven people, it fiercely slammed into the protective shield that they had conjured.
When the Dao bell hit the shield, it was like an egg hitting a rock. It instantly collapsed.
Puff …
Among the seven people, those with physical bodies spat out blood. Those without physical bodies had their souls dissipated. What was more serious was that without the protection of the shield, the seven of them had to face the attacks of the eighteen Heavenly Soldiers again.
King Wuguan was already seriously injured. After the shield disappeared, he was caught off guard by a thunderbolt. His soul was even more scattered. He used the last of his spiritual energy to resist the burning of the Samadhi True Fire.
At this moment, a Heavenly Soldier had already slashed down with a giant golden sword in his hand.
"No!"
King Wuguan roared. His voice was filled with unwillingness and fear.
As the giant sword fell, King Wuguan's soul collapsed and turned into pure spiritual energy.
Of the seven people from the Demon Sect, only six were left.
Following that, the beautiful woman's physical body was finally destroyed after enduring several attacks. Her Primordial Spirit had just escaped when it was sucked into the Samadhi True Fire. After letting out a series of shrill cries, it was quickly burned into nothingness.
There was also a man in a red robe. When he saw that two of his companions had already been killed by the array formation, his body decisively exploded, turning into a cloud of blood mist. It was unknown what mysteries this blood mist had, but it actually passed through the array formation directly.
After escaping from the array formation, the blood mist didn't stop at all. Without hesitation, it fled into the distance.
Li Mu looked at the blood mist in the distance and threw out another Fu-lu.
The Fu-lu turned into a small purple person. Inside the small person's body, lightning flashed chaotically and emitted a terrifying pressure. With a step, it crossed a distance of several hundred feet and appeared in the blood mist.
After the small lightning person exploded, an extremely shrill scream came from within the blood mist. The blood mist began to boil and eventually evaporate into nothingness.
The Blood Sect expert's body and soul were also destroyed.
After the protective shield was destroyed by the Dao bell, three of the seven Demon Sect experts were killed in the blink of an eye. The remaining four were scared out of their wits and joined forces to break out of the encirclement. However, in the face of eighteen divine weapons of the same level as them, they could only hold on for a while before they followed in the footsteps of the previous three.
Not long after, the spiritual energy of the eighteen Fu-lu was exhausted. The figures of the divine weapons slowly dissipated between the heaven and earth.
Of the seven people in the array formation, only the monster was left. Its intelligence had been erased and its eyes had lost their light. It was only left with a walking corpse.
Li Mu walked over and pressed his hand on its head.
Although the monster was at the fifth level, its intelligence had been erased. Li Mu could easily search its memories.
"Ten Thousand Illusions Lord, bounty, Enlightenment Page …"
After searching through the monster's memories, Li Mu's face was filled with astonishment.
It turned out that after he killed the Ten Thousand Illusions Lord's avatar, the Ten Thousand Illusions Lord had issued a bounty for him. As time passed, the bounty on his head became heavier and heavier.
At first, the bounty was only a precious treasure and personal guidance. Later, the bounty was increased. Anyone who captured or killed Li Mu would get a chance to comprehend the Dao Page.
This bounty had caused many people in the Demon Sect to fall into a frenzy.
Li Mu didn't expect that the Demon Sect would also have a Dao Page. If the Dao Page in the hands of the Ten Thousand Illusions Lord was the same as the one in the Fu-lu School, then there might be some kind of inheritance in that Dao Page.
The Talisman Dao of the Fu-lu School, the Alchemy Dao of the Elixir Cauldron Sect, the Array Dao of the Spirit Array Sect, Xuanzong's Divine Power, the Martial Dao of the South Sect, and the Artifact Refining Dao of the North Sect were all comprehended and passed down by the seniors in the sect from the Dao Pages. Which one did the Ten Thousand Illusions Lord have?
Li Mu casually struck the monster with a bolt of lightning and turned it into ashes. He released the flying boat again and didn't let Wanwan and Xiao Bai come out.
The Ten Thousand Illusions Lord had spent a lot on him. The journey from the North County to the Divine Capital wouldn't be peaceful.
Li Mu left on the flying boat. Fifteen minutes later, several figures rushed over from afar.
"There are strong traces of a battle here!"
"Did King Wuguan and the others beat us to it?"
"Damn it, this place is too close to Baiyun Mountain. We were worried that the Fu-lu School would discover us, so we stayed a little further away. I didn't expect them to beat us to it …"
"Chase! We still don't know who will win. King Wuguan and the others have just experienced a great battle and might not be able to unleash their full strength. If we join forces, we won't be afraid of them …"
"Only one person can comprehend the Dao Pages. How are we going to split them?"
"Let's capture that Li Mu first!"
…
Three days later.
Jiangyin County.
Li Mu flew across the sky on the flying boat. His clothes were a little messy, and a few strands of his hair fluttered in the wind. He looked a little wretched.
It would only take a little more than a day to travel from the North County to the Divine Capital with the flying boat at full speed.
However, three days had passed, and Li Mu was still more than half the distance to the Divine Capital.
The people from the Demon Sect clearly knew his whereabouts. Along the way, Li Mu was blocked by the Demon Sect's experts several times. More than fifty people from the Demon Sect had died in his hands.
Among them, there were more than 20 people who were at the Fifth Realm.
Because of this, Li Mu's Fu-lu had decreased by more than half. After all, his cultivation was only at the Divine Power level. If he encountered several Fifth Realm experts at the same time, he could only rely on his Fu-lu to win.
Comprehending the Dao Pages was too attractive to cultivators. Along the way, Li Mu didn't only encounter people from the Demon Sect.
Even many cultivators who weren't from the Demon Sect couldn't resist the temptation of the Dao Pages.
Li Mu didn't hold back at all to anyone who wanted to take his life. This was also the reason why his Fu-lu was depleted so quickly.
Two months ago, because of the Myriad Illusion Lord's bounty, there were people from the Demon Sect lying in ambush along the way from the North County to the Divine Capital. Li Mu advanced along the original route and directly entered their encirclement several times.
Therefore, he simply chose to take a detour. Although this would waste a lot of time, the speed of the flying boat was comparable to that of Dongxuan. As long as they weren't ambushed halfway, they wouldn't be able to catch up to Li Mu.
Most of the people who blocked the way were at the Fourth Realm and Fifth Realm. He hadn't encountered any Sixth Realm experts yet, but Li Mu didn't let down his guard at all.
The temptation of the Dao Pages was too great. It was possible that Sixth Realm experts wouldn't be tempted.
After taking a detour, he didn't encounter any more people from the Demon Sect. Li Mu accelerated the flying boat but suddenly stopped at a certain moment.
A figure floated in the air a few hundred feet in front of him.
That person looked to be in his twenties. He wore a long black robe and his hair was tied up in a bun. His appearance was somewhat scholarly. His hands were clasped behind his back as he stood facing Li Mu. His gaze was indifferent.
The moment he saw this person, Li Mu became extremely vigilant.
He just stood there casually. There wasn't a trace of spiritual power fluctuation on his body. He looked no different from a mortal.
But he definitely wasn't a mortal. The only possibility was that his cultivation was two realms higher than Li Mu's.
That person looked at Li Mu and said, "I've been waiting for you here for a long time."
Li Mu stood on the flying boat. Some memories belonging to the Thousand Illusions Venerable Master surfaced in his mind.
Li Mu wasn't unfamiliar with this person. To be precise, he wasn't unfamiliar with the Thousand Illusions Venerable Master. The Ten Sects of the Demon Sect didn't have a sect master. They were led by the Grand Elder. Chu Jiang Of Gojoseon, Emperor Song, and King Wuguan's master was this person. He was the Soul Sect's Grand Elder, the Nether Saint.
Although this person looked young, he was actually an old monster who had entered the Sixth Realm many years ago. His strength was considered average among the Sixth Realm.
This time, he actually took action personally …
Li Mu was very clear about his strength. Not to mention that Su He wasn't here. Even if Su He was here and the two of them combined, they still wouldn't be a match for the Nether Saint.
But Li Mu wasn't worried. Although he couldn't defeat the Nether Saint, the Nether Saint couldn't do anything to him.
With the Dao Bell, even if he encountered a Transcendent, Li Mu would be in an invincible position.
He put away the flying boat and floated in the air. At a certain moment, his temperament changed. He looked at the Nether Saint and asked, "We haven't seen each other for a few years. Nether Saint, don't you recognize me?"
As Li Mu's voice fell, the Nether Saint was dazed for a moment. Then, his expression changed greatly. He said in shock, "You, you are the Thousand Illusions Venerable Master. Weren't your body and soul destroyed?!"
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