Shock and fear filled the faces of all the disciples, including those ordinary disciples who were watching from the sidelines. As members of the sword formation, the elite disciples who were lucky enough not to be vaporized by the Sword of Qi turned pale, and their bodies trembled uncontrollably.
So he was already so powerful, Dan Chenzi thought sourly, as if he had just eaten a lemon.
The first time he heard of Li Peiyun was when the video of Li Peiyun fighting with Jiese at Lianhua Temple went viral. As a duo idol of the Bloodline Descendants, Dan Chenzi paid quite a bit of attention to this beautiful monk who was as famous as him.
At that time, Li Peiyun had already obtained the Sword of Qi, but his overall cultivation was not as good as Jiese's. Naturally, he was not as good as Dan Chenzi either.
After that, a series of events happened, and Li Peiyun rose rapidly, becoming stronger and stronger. Now, when he faced a formation that could easily crush him, he broke it with a single sword. This made Dan Chenzi feel very uncomfortable.
"That burst of power just now could probably kill me instantly."
No matter how indifferent one was, they could not help but feel disappointed and bitter.
The first to react was Yin God Dan Chenzi. He took the opportunity to launch an attack, completing four kills. As he launched a sneak attack, he shouted, "Main body, what are you standing there for? Counterattack. I still need to sleep after the fight. You unlucky child, one look and I can tell that you are not the main character. Li Xianyu and Li Peiyun both have the Sword of Qi, but you only have the Sword of Intent. "
"What's the use of the Sword of Intent? It can only be used for sneak attacks."
What's the point of saying that? You yourself are the Sword of Intent.
Dan Chenzi's mouth twitched, and he calmed himself down. At this time, the sword formation was broken, and the disciples around him could no longer block his attacks. Two of them were killed by him.
"Be careful, they can revive." Li Peiyun reminded.
Back in Japan, he had helped in the subsequent clean-up. He had seen the Deva Society's officers being covered by a dark green flesh substance after they were fatally injured, turning them into evil monsters.
The dark green flesh substance would mend their wounds and increase their strength.
Dan Chenzi was immediately alerted. He observed the corpse, waiting for it to mutate. However, even when Li Peiyun fought with Qing Xuzi and the others, and even when the elite disciples around him attacked him, the corpse still didn't come back to life.
"Eh?" Li Peiyun also noticed this detail and was somewhat puzzled. She guessed wrong. The ancient demon controlling the Shang Qing Sect and the Tian Shen Society were not the same.
"Is that thing dark cyan?"
"Yes."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes."
Dan Chenzi was naturally certain. There was plenty of light at that time, and they were very close. How could he have been mistaken?
Li Peiyun thought for a moment, and then threw her doubts to the back of her mind after a few seconds. It was not that she understood, but that she had given up thinking.
Under the premise that force could solve the problem, any doubt was no longer a doubt. Thinking became pale and meaningless.
After the formation collapsed, there was no one left who could stop a Half-Step Extreme Dao expert. Li Peiyun sliced off the heads of two elders as if she was cutting melons and vegetables. Qing Xuzi and the remaining two elders lost the will to resist and the will to fight. They fled in panic.
Dan Chenzi pressed on his forehead and squeezed out his mental energy again. Formless mental energy erupted and turned into ripples.
The elite disciples who were running seemed to have been hit by a wooden stick. Their bodies stiffened and they fell down one after another.
On the other side, the two fleeing elders had their brains penetrated by Li Peiyun's sword of intent. It was unknown whether they were dead or alive. Dan Chenzi himself intercepted Qing Xuzi at an even faster speed.
Qing Xuzi's heart sank to the bottom. Then, despair and fear surged, and the desire to live burst forth from such gloomy emotions. He turned his head and looked at Dan Chenzi. "Dan Chenzi, a teacher for a day is a father for life. You can't kill me."
Dan Chenzi was indifferent.
"I am the Prime Clear sect master. The elders have all died. If I die as well, the Prime Clear sect will be finished. Can you bear to see the foundation of over a thousand years destroyed in a day? Can you bear to see the Prime Clear sect decline and never rise again? "
Li Peiyun looked at Dan Chenzi and asked for his opinion.
Dan Chenzi did not reply. Instead, he looked at the disciples in the distance. He saw their expressions of fear, nervousness, and confusion.
If sect master dies here, I will not be able to escape the name of killing my teacher. He silently walked forward and looked at this elder. He said softly, "Sect master, do you know how much danger your decision will put the Prime Clear sect in? That will be the true annihilation of the sect."
"Seizing the chaotic times to gain benefits and rise up is not a mistake. There are no lack of such examples in Daoism. I am purely doing this for the sake of the Prime Clear sect. " After Qing Xuzi finished speaking, his expression suddenly became weak. "Yes, I was wrong. Dan Chenzi, I swear that I will turn over a new leaf."
"Who is controlling you, and what is their goal?" Dan Chenzi asked.
"It's Ruler. He said that he will help the Prime Clear sect and help the Prime Clear sect suppress Quanzhen, allowing me to sit on the position of Dao Paragon. And the Prime Clear sect only needs to swear allegiance. " Qing Xuzi knelt on the ground and lowered his head. He said unwillingly, "After the chaos of the Demonic Dao, Daoism was suppressed by Buddhism. Every Dao Discussion Conference was held in Lianhua Temple. The position of the Buddha is unshakable. The position of the Buddha is unshakable. Will the Three Clear Ones still have a chance to rise up? "
Ruler Dan Chenzi's eyes were filled with disappointment.
He could not save Qing Xuzi. He could not save the change in his personality.
"When did he come into contact with you?" Li Peiyun interrupted.
"After Dan Yunzi left the mountain, I saw him in the meditation room one night. Ruler has unparalleled power. I did not have any thoughts of resisting in front of him. However, he did not harm me. Instead, he offered to help the Prime Clear sect. "Qing Xuzi did not seem to feel that he had become a fanatic of the Evil God.
"What is his goal?"
"To take control of the Daoism and start a protest. We want to break away from the Buddhist Taoist Association and fight against Bosch." Qing Xuzi replied.
The ordinary disciples were in an uproar.
They did not hear wrongly. The Sect Master and the Elders pledged their loyalty to the legendary Ancient Demon. Their goal was to break away from the Buddhist Taoist Association and fight against Bosch.
This was clearly using the Prime Clear sect as a pawn and cannon fodder. The Sect Master actually agreed to it just to stabilize his position as a Daoist Lord.
The Elders actually conspired with him. Not a single one of them thought for the future of the Prime Clear sect and the disciples.
In an instant, the disciples were greatly disappointed in their sect and their elders.
They did not know about the matter of flesh and blood. They did not understand the change in the higher-ups.
"I can't save him. However, I feel that it is necessary to keep them alive. There is no point in killing them." Dan Chenzi raised his head and said.
"Up to you." Li Peiyun did not care.
Dan Chenzi nodded and turned to the ordinary disciples. "Immediately contact Bosch. Tell him that the Prime Clear sect has been invaded by the Ancient Demon. We need help."
"All disciples gather in front of the Ancestral Hall. Check each other. Everyone must be present. Do not leave anyone out."
Since it was related to the Ancient Demon, he would hand the person over to Bosch. Bosch might be able to get more information out of him. Moreover, although he had no way to save the Sect Master, perhaps Bosch had some special methods.
Even if Bosch did not have any, the Buddha head might have some.
He had no choice but to kill the Elders just now. Now that they no longer had the ability to resist, Dan Chenzi still wanted to try his best.
He glanced at his Yin Spirit. The Yin Spirit was connected to his mind. It immediately transformed into a sword of intent and pierced through Qing Xu Zi's consciousness. The Sect Master's eyes rolled back and he lost consciousness.
Dan Chenzi shattered Qing Xu Zi's dantian with one palm. He was not at ease and cut off the tendons of his hands and feet. Then, he did the same to the other surviving elite disciples' dantians. Only then did he order the disciples to fetch the Demon Binding Rope and tie up the infected disciples.
Li Peiyun and Dan Chenzi stood side by side and watched from the side.
"You have a better understanding of the Ancient Demons. Who is the Ancient Demon that is good at bewitching people?" Dan Chenzi asked.
"I don't know, but the one controlling them should be Father Slayer," Li Peiyun said.
Father Slayer
Dan Chenzi was stunned.
"Oh, that's what that bastard Li Xianyu said. We've chatted with the Blood Esquire before. He said that other than the Island Nation's Ancient Demon, the flesh and blood were done by another Ancient Demon that had killed his father."
Father Killed
Dan Chenzi recalled the case of Li Xianyu's adoptive father's disappearance not long ago. It had implicated an old case.
Dan Chenzi and Qing Huizi's father, the previous generation's Prime Clear genius Tong Xuanzi, had been bewitched by the Ancient Demon. His personality changed greatly and he betrayed his sworn brother.
The Sect Master and the others were the same as Tong Xuanzi in the past. They were all "bewitched" by the Sovereign and became completely different from themselves. However, they themselves did not feel any abnormalities.
What a terrifying ability.
"You're saying that the recent turmoil in Bosch was caused by the Ancient Demon in the dark?"
"I didn't get any specific information, but it's very likely." Li Peiyun nodded. She had heard a lot of insider information from Li Xianyu, so it was not difficult to deduce the truth.
"Then, do you think that the Shangqing Sect can go against the Buddhist Taoist Association and Bosch?" Dan Chenzi asked.
"What do you mean?" Li Peiyun, who was too lazy to think, asked subconsciously.
"If what you said is true, and the Sect Master did not lie, then the Shangqing Sect is not an exception." Dan Chenzi rubbed his forehead. He had no interest in talking, so he did not say anything else.
His gaze swept across the collapsed buildings and the messy scene. The huge Shangqing Daoist temple had been destroyed by a third in this battle.
The buildings that the disciples usually carefully maintained, which symbolized the Shangqing Sect's thousand-year history, were destroyed in a day.
The temple could be rebuilt if it collapsed, but what really hurt the Shangqing Sect was the loss of all the higher-ups and most of their elite disciples in a single night.
They were the foundation of the Shangqing Sect. They were the cornerstone for the Shangqing Sect to be respected and established as a major sect.
After tonight, the Shangqing Sect might weaken because of this, and its status in Taoism would plummet.
He stood in the ruins, looking at the depressed, worried, or stupefied faces of his disciples. A gloomy atmosphere brewed and spread among them.
Dan Chenzi, who did not like to deal with affairs and wandered outside the circle of power, felt great pressure for the first time in his life.
He thought of two words: Responsibility.
Dan Chenzi closed his eyes. Distant memories came one after another. When he was nine years old, he entered the sect and lived a carefree life. All he had to do every day was cultivate and clean. After he gradually stood out, he did not even have to do the annoying manual labor.
He ate, slept, and looked at the scenery, stealing half a day of leisure.
In fact, he had never grown up. He was like those giant babies who still lived with their parents after adulthood and needed their parents to take care of them. Under the guise of being indifferent to worldly affairs, he enjoyed a life without any pressure or labor.
He enjoyed what the sect gave him, but did not have to bear any responsibility.
The giant babies would eventually grow up, and their parents would eventually leave.
The cool wind in the night brought the fragrance of flowers and plants. It had the power to calm the restlessness in their hearts. It dispelled everyone's depressed, gloomy, disappointed, and fearful emotions.
It made people feel like they were sitting quietly in the secluded depths of the mountains.
The disciples could not help but stop what they were doing and look at Senior Brother Dan Chenzi, who was standing quietly with his eyes closed. Looking at his back, everyone's heart calmed down, as if they had found their backbone.
Li Peiyun stared at him and raised her eyebrows.
Half-step Supreme Dao
I was going to write this chapter tomorrow, but I was scared when I heard the bad news of a colleague. I didn't dare to stay up late, but my obsessive-compulsive disorder made me finish writing this chapter. I thought that tomorrow is Sunday, and I can sleep in. To be honest, staying up late for a long time does put a great burden on the body. I can feel this myself. Sigh, writing is a job with many occupational diseases. Cervical vertebrae, tendinitis, waist, eyes, and so on. It is not uncommon to suddenly die from staying up late for a long time.
My mood is very complicated.
The end of this chapter.
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