After receiving the order, Jiao Yao chuckled and said, "Since Steward Ting has taken care of it, this Jiao will investigate it carefully. This is also the first time this Jiao has taken on a task, so I don't dare to boast. If I do not perform well, I hope Steward Ting will forgive me."
Zhang Yu said, "Fellow Daoist Jiao, as long as you do your best."
He believed that the old dragon would definitely be able to do this well. It was not purely because of the old dragon's skills, but because a cultivator like him who had such excellent achievements and was able to survive from the time of Shenxia until now must have some ability. It was just that he was not willing to put in the effort in the past.
This time, he had taken the initiative to ask for help. As long as he still wanted to resolve his crime, he would have to come up with some achievements that could be justified.
Jiao Yao said, "Yes, yes, I will do my best."
Zhang Yu looked at him and said, "Fellow Daoist Jiao, what do you want?"
Jiao Yao said slowly, "Ting Zhi, you are asking too much. There are many things in this world that I want, and I will never complain about it being too little. But to put it more broadly, as a cultivator, what I want is Dao. If there is Dao, then there will be everything. If there is no Dao, then there will be nothing."
Zhang Yu said, "Then what about outside of Dao?"
Jiao Yao smiled and said, "If I have to choose one among the many things I want, then it would naturally be 'laziness'." He said slowly, "If I lie there every day, my skills will automatically come to me. Whatever I want will come to me. Wouldn't that be perfect?"
Zhang Yu nodded and said, "Fellow Daoist Jiao is straightforward. But to me, if I want to be 'lazy', I must first not be 'lazy'. That is a contradiction. "
When a cultivator reached the highest realm, all things would bow down and the heavens and earth would be at his disposal. It could indeed be said that his wishes would come true.
Jiao Yao sighed. "That's right, that's right. Every time we want something, we have to do something that goes against our wishes …" He paused and glanced at Zhang Yu. "Tingzhi, I understand what you're trying to say."
Zhang Yu said, "I didn't mean anything. Even if you understand something, it's your own understanding."
Jiao Yao chuckled. "Understood, understood."
At this time, he looked at Zhang Yu again. His eyes moved as if he wanted to say something, but he seemed to have some misgivings and did not say anything.
Zhang Yu also noticed this. He waited for a while, but seeing that Jiao Yao still had nothing to say, he said, "Fellow Daoist Jiao, if there's nothing else, you may leave."
Jiao Yao nodded, cupped his fists, and said vaguely, "Take care of yourself, Ting Zhi. I'm still waiting to redeem my merit from you."
After bowing, he walked out.
Zhang Yu could understand the meaning of these words. They were talking about the matter of the Dao. They hoped that he could pass that hurdle so that they could report on his merits.
In fact, not long ago, he had faintly felt that the opportunity to close the door of the past was approaching.
Since last year, due to the help of the Clear Sky Qi, the Eye Seal and Word Seal to see his body, the lofty land for him to climb, and the continuous refining of mystical grains to nourish the Six Seals, his cultivation had improved again. He could also feel that the opportunity was about to appear from time to time.
He could feel that this opportunity would only come once a year, but if he missed it this time, it was not that he could not try again. However, this opportunity would most likely come a hundred years later. At that time, he would be more complete and in a better state to face this obstacle.
However, he felt that if he avoided it this time, he would have a greater chance of success, but he might also miss something.
After thinking about it, he made a decision in his heart.
He looked up at the flowing clouds in the sky. The matter in front of him could not be resolved in a short period of time. It would be better to find an opportunity to give a detailed explanation to the people below. After that, he might be able to take the talisman to meet the five enforcers.
In a certain spatial layer, the Wei Clan army had already stayed on the floating continent in the void for several days. During these days, they had been consolidating their camp while searching outside. Now, they finally found out that this continent was actually a relatively large floating island. There were many broken small islands outside.
However, the situation here was very strange. The floating continent was lush with vegetation. It looked overflowing with vitality, but it also gave them a feeling of death. In short, it was very contradictory.
There were no traces of intelligent creatures living here. Therefore, some people thought that there was no value in this place. They suggested that they just record the situation here and continue to explore the depths of the spatial layer without wasting any time here.
Wei Lingying and Daoist Zuo discussed for a while and accepted this suggestion. They would wait for the last search team to return and then leave this place.
However, Xuntian Dao Zhang sent a message not long after this decision was made. He said that they had found something suspected to be left behind by intelligent creatures in the direction they were searching.
Daoist Zuo immediately rushed to the place with Wei Lingying after receiving this news. He found that it was a simple altar built with large stones.
Although it was simple, the stones they saw at this moment were only part of the surface. Most of them were buried deep underground. The entire structure was over five kilometers long and definitely couldn't be made without using divine power.
Moreover, he found that this place wasn't chosen randomly. It was right at the center of the island.
However, after looking at it for a while, he suddenly felt a sense of foreboding. He found that the stone pillars seemed to be trembling faintly with their arrival. He said, "General Wei, take the men back first."
Wei Lingying had been fighting outside all year round. Hearing this, she didn't waste any time. She quickly took the men present to the airship and returned to the camp.
Priest Zuo slowly floated up and looked into the distance. After a short while, it suddenly started to snow. However, if one looked closely, it was not difficult to see that it was not snow that was falling. Instead, it was something that looked like willow catkins. It was drifting from one end of the island to the camp.
No matter how you looked at it, it was abnormal.
He didn't plan to fight it. He turned around and followed the airship back to the camp with Wei Lingying and the others.
Jin Xiaobai, who was in charge of dealing with the situation, also noticed the abnormality. She couldn't figure out what it was and immediately ordered people to release some creator bugs. However, the moment the bugs entered the floating catkins, they were covered in the catkins and fell down one by one.
At this time, Wei Lingying's airship also returned to the camp. Jin Xiaobai was still worried. Seeing her return, her expression relaxed and she immediately called out, "Raise the dome!"
There were originally four creator platforms at the four corners of the camp. At this time, a curtain of water was sprayed from the platforms. When the curtain of water hit one place, it formed a semi-circular dome. It slowly changed color. When it solidified, it formed a huge and thick glass wall that covered the entire camp.
Daoist Zuo and Wei Lingying came down from the airship. They looked up and saw that the catkins had landed on the dome. Soon, a thick layer of them piled up. As more and more of them piled up, the dome emitted a sound of pressure.
Jin Xiaobai was shocked and said, "Sister Wei, the dome might not last much longer."
Wei Lingying made a prompt decision and said, "Everyone, get on the airship and retreat from here!"
The current Wei Clan army could be said to be elite. From the time she gave the order to the airship to take off, the camp of thousands of people was completed in less than 30 breaths.
At this moment, large cracks had already appeared on the dome. Moreover, pieces of it were peeling off, and the fluff was also gradually drifting down.
Wei Lingying did not panic. Instead, she calmly commanded. It was obviously unrealistic to put down the dome at this time. Therefore, she targeted a few places that might be broken and ordered the airships to crash through those places.
More than ten airships carried out her order without any hesitation. They directly crashed into the few places that were damaged. When the dome broke, they successfully rushed out.
However, once they were outside, there was no cover. The catkins fell on the airships. The spiritual light outside the airships was rapidly depleted, and the airships became slower.
Fortunately, Wei Lingying had noticed that the catkins seemed to be restrained by some kind of power. They only floated on the ground and did not exist in the void. In order to make it easier to retreat, the camp was set up at the edge of the ground. Therefore, before the airships were drowned by the catkins, they all successfully evacuated. Not a single one was left behind.
Seeing this, Jin Xiaobai patted her chest with lingering fear. She said, "Fortunately, Zhang … Aiya!" She rubbed her head and said sadly, "Sister Wei, why did you hit me again?"
Wei Lingying said unhappily, "Don't talk nonsense."
At this time, Daoist Zuo took two steps forward and looked ahead. As they left, the catkins gradually dissipated. The appearance of the catkins was strange, and the way they dissipated was also strange.
Wei Lingying said, "Zuo Xuanxiu, do we still need to investigate this place?"
Daoist Zuo thought for a moment and shook his head. "Before we understand the situation, it's not good to go here. We can only stop outside and let the guards take turns to guard this place to prevent contamination from the cracks."
Wei Lingying nodded in agreement. For the sake of caution, the airships retreated further away. However, at this time, Daoist Zuo's expression suddenly froze.
Noticing his expression, Jin Xiaobai asked, "Zuo Xuanxiu, what's wrong?"
Daoist Zuo said in a low voice, "Look again."
Wei Lingying and Jin Xiaobai looked over. Different from when they came, they were now at a different angle. Looking again now, they couldn't help but widen their eyes.
They were horrified to find that the place they had just been in was no longer a landmass, but a huge giant whose limbs and head had been cut off! As for the scattered islands floating outside, they were pieces of broken limbs!
Daoist Zuo said in a low voice, "The stone pillar on the altar just now happened to be near the giant's spine. It's very likely that it's some kind of restriction. We went near it just now, which caused that unforeseen event."
Wei Lingying said, "Zuo Xuanxiu, what should we do?"
Daoist Zuo said, "General Wei, you don't need to do anything. Just wait here." He called over a disciple and said, "Immediately report to the fellow Daoists in Shouzheng's encampment and have them send people to investigate this place!"
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