Li Mu was the cause of the Yan imperial family's calamity. Even if the Great Zhou couldn't send troops to help, Li Mu wouldn't just sit by and watch.
The six Daoist sects were detached from worldly affairs and never participated in worldly struggles for imperial power. It was Dao Chengzi who broke the rules of the cultivation world first, so Li Mu couldn't be blamed for his carelessness.
In fact, Li Mu already knew that Fu-lu weapons above the Heavenly level were prohibited from being sold. This was the consensus of the six sects.
The Golden Armor Talisman wasn't like the Creation Talisman. Although both Fu-lu weapons were at the Heavenly level, one could save lives while the other could take lives. Having a Heavenly level Golden Armor Talisman was equivalent to having a powerful cultivator from Dongxuan, who could destroy more than half of the small countries in the south.
If this kind of Fu-lu could be bought with money, the cultivation world would be in complete chaos.
However, Li Mu didn't accept the money from the Yan imperial envoy, so it wasn't considered selling. Moreover, he was standing on the side of justice and had a clear conscience.
The Zhao family's rebellion had been destroyed, and Xuanzong was at his wit's end. If Dao Chengzi was crazy enough to send a Sixth Realm elder to interfere with the Yan's affairs, all the countries in the Zu Province, including the Great Zhou, would unite to resist Xuanzong.
The imperial courts of the various countries and the Daoist sects had always minded their own business. No matter which country it was, the imperial court didn't want to have a power above their country. Even the Great Zhou wouldn't interfere with the internal affairs of other countries.
Li Mu and Xuanzong had been at odds ever since Dao Chengzi chose to protect Qing Chengzi.
Unfortunately, he didn't have a Dao Integration cultivator by his side. Otherwise, he could have led his men to Xuanzong's mountain gate and forced them to hand over Qing Chengzi.
Li Mu also realized that his own strength and that of the Fu-lu School were still too weak. Otherwise, Xuanzong wouldn't have dared to offend the Fu-lu School for an inner disciple.
All along, every step he took had been smooth sailing. The conflict with Xuanzong was his first major setback.
Xiao Bai's enemy was in Xuanzong, but Li Mu couldn't avenge her. These days, he had been blaming himself.
This was probably the first time that Li Mu was so eager to improve himself and the people around him.
The cultivation market in the Divine Capital had to be set up successfully. Li Mu needed enough spiritual jades and spiritual herbs to raise the overall cultivation of the Talisman Sect's disciples to a whole new level. At the very least, in terms of the number of middle and high-tier disciples, they would not lose to the Profound Sect.
As for the Eighth realm cultivators, there was no way.
Over the past ten thousand years, the Spiritual Qi in this world had become thinner and thinner. It was no longer possible for a Ninth Realm cultivator to be born. Even Eighth Realm cultivators were hard to come by. Other than Tian Jizi of the Xuan Sect, there was no other Eighth Realm cultivator in Taoism.
The only sect that could have an Eighth realm cultivator was the Demon Sect. However, Li Mu couldn't work with the Demon Sect. This notorious organization was the enemy of all righteous sects.
Fortunately, the only person on the continent who had a chance of reaching the Eighth realm was one of Li Mu's closest people.
Today, the Empress was wearing a piece of clothing that Li Mu gave her. She leaned lazily on the dragon throne and read the latest novel. As the continent's youngest Seventh realm cultivator, Li Mu hadn't seen her cultivate.
If the Empress had an Eighth realm cultivation, why would he need to work so hard to accumulate strength and wait for Xiao Bai to avenge her?
He would've brought people to fight Xuanzong long ago.
Zhou Yi felt Li Mu's gaze. She put down her book and asked, "Why are you looking at me?"
If the Empress was willing to work hard, he wouldn't have to. Li Mu thought for a moment and said, "There's no point in always reading. Why don't Your Majesty cultivate and try to break through as soon as possible …"
…
Inside Xuanzong.
Inside a Taoist Palace, Qing Chengzi knelt on the ground with a crazed expression. He gritted his teeth and said, "Grand Supreme Elder, the Yan Kingdom's royal family humiliated our Xuanzong. I beg you to send the Chief Elder to the Yan Kingdom to kill the Yan Kingdom's royal family and raise the prestige of our Xuanzong!"
Dao Chengzi glanced at him and said, "Take him away and make him face the wall for ten years. He's not allowed to step out of Discipline Peak for ten years."
Qing Chengzi was obviously crazy. If he killed the Yan Kingdom's royal family, Xuanzong would become the most powerful sect of the Evil Dao. This was not what Dao Chengzi wanted.
The fourth generation core disciples in the palace watched Qing Chengzi being taken away. Qing Xuanzi's face was even paler than Qing Chengzi's. He was glad that he didn't fight Li Mu to the death. Otherwise, he would've been the crazy one.
Dao Chengzi sat on the main seat. He closed his eyes and said, "You can all leave."
The disciples bowed and left the Taoist Palace. When Dao Chengzi was the only one left in the palace, the door of the Taoist Palace slowly closed. Darkness shrouded Dao Chengzi.
At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded in Dao Chengzi's ears. "Are you angry and unwilling to accept this?"
Dao Chengzi's expression changed. He shouted, "Who is it? Come out!"
He scanned with his Divine Will but didn't find a second aura. At this moment, the voice sounded again. "Don't look for me. I'm in your heart. You're me, and I'm you …"
Dao Chengzi had cultivated for more than a hundred years. He knew what he had encountered. Even with his cultivation and temperament, his face couldn't help but turn pale.
The voice continued, "I know you're angry and unwilling to accept this. Among all the disciples, you're the most talented. You were the first to reach the Creation Realm, the first to step into Dongxuan, and the first to transcend. However, your biased master still passed the position of Sect Master to someone else. You thought that if you were the Sect Master, Xuanzong would've been better than it is now …"
The voice laughed. "However, when you took control of Xuanzong, you realized that things weren't like that. As the Grand Supreme Elder, you were humiliated by a fifth realm junior in front of countless cultivators on the Zu Continent. Xuanzong's dojo was taken away, the outer sect disciples were expelled, and the inner sect disciples were ostracized by the demon race. You're in charge of the strongest sect in the Zu Province, but you can't even do anything about a small country. Your life is a joke …"
Dao Chengzi's eyes were bloodshot. He said furiously, "Shut up! I'm the Grand Supreme Elder of Xuanzong, a seventh realm cultivator. I'm second only to one person and above millions …"
The voice laughed even louder. "Do you believe what you're saying? If you don't think you're a joke, why would I appear? Even if you have everything you want now, you can't even do anything to a junior. Isn't this a joke …?"
"Shut up, shut up, shut up …"
…
In the Holy Zhi Palace at the highest point of the Xuan Sect, angry roars could be heard. Countless disciples of the Xuan Sect looked up and were terrified. They did not know why the Grand Elder was so angry. When the Headmaster was here, such a situation had never happened.
They didn't know when the Sect Master would return. They really didn't know what kind of path the Grand Supreme Elder would make Xuanzong walk on …
Just as the Xuanzong disciples were thinking about their Sect Master, Miao Yunzi, the Xuanzong Sect Master, was meditating in a silent space of the Flask Heaven.
At a certain moment, he opened his eyes and looked at the old man opposite him. He asked, "Martial Granduncle, why didn't you follow the sect rules and hand Qing Chengzi over to the Fu-lu School? What did you see?"
The old man was silent for a long time. Finally, he said, "Catastrophe."
Miao Yunzi's eyes narrowed. Martial Granduncle Tian Jizi had predicted two catastrophes for the sect. If it weren't for his warning and the sect being prepared, Xuanzong would have already been destroyed by the Demon Dao. It was because of this that the Xuanzong disciples trusted him so much.
Miao Yunzi took a deep breath and asked, "What kind of catastrophe?"
The old man said slowly, "The fall of the dynasty, the end of the six sects, the collapse of the ten continents, a world-ending catastrophe …"
Miao Yunzi asked in shock, "Just because Xuanzong handed Qing Chengzi over?"
The old man said, "This is the mystery of fate. Something that seems insignificant now can cause a huge change in the future …"
Miao Yunzi thought for a moment and asked, "Can this catastrophe be stopped if we don't hand over Qing Chengzi?"
A light appeared in the old man's empty eyes. He murmured, "No, but this is the only chance …"
Miao Yunzi shook his head. "Disciple still can't imagine."
The old man smiled. "I can't imagine either. Cultivate well. Fortune can be a disaster, disaster can be a blessing. No one can say for sure. It's a catastrophe, but it's also an opportunity …"
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