Chapter 4590
Chapter 4590
The strangest thing was that when the snowflakes fell from the Yaotai Mountain, whether it was on the ground or on the mountains, before the snowflakes melted, the closed palms were all facing the same direction. No one knew whether that direction was where the immortal palace was located or not, but everyone knew that even if it wasn't, that direction … was it after the Yaotai Mountain became famous.
Yaoju snow covered the sky and covered the mountains. In this heavy snow, there were thousands of Daoist cultivators standing quietly in the air. Their eyes flashed as they stared fervently at the Yaotai Mountain, waiting for the Yaotai Gathering to begin. These cultivators were no different from the cultivators three hundred years ago. Although they knew that this was the immortal palace's arrangement, they had no choice but to gather here and wait for an opportunity to survive and cultivate.
However, in this group of cultivators, there was a mid-Nascent Soul cultivator who was different from the others!
This cultivator had a handsome face and a tall figure. His face carried a kind of indifference and confidence.
He didn't look at the Yaotai Mountain. Instead, he looked at the Nascent Soul cultivators in the distance from time to time, as if he was looking for something!
Occasionally, a few Nascent Soul cultivators would notice his gaze and nod at him in acknowledgment.
This cultivator was called Zhi Chengzi. He was from the Yan Province's Curved Cloud Pavilion and had entered the ranks of Nascent Soul cultivators five hundred years ago.
Moreover, Zhi Chengzi had also participated in the Yaotai Mountain's Gathering several hundred years ago.
However, this Zhi Chengzi had the ability to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. When he attended the banquet held by Reverend Huo De, he first raised his cup to Reverend Huo De. Then, he was moved by Reverend Qing Xu's words. The next day, when the Star Lord Palace's Hall Master Kong Hongwu took out the lot of ten State Preceptors, Zhi Chengzi was one of the first Nascent Soul cultivators to leave the Yaotai Mountain!
Thus, Zhi Chengzi was one of the few Nascent Soul cultivators who escaped that disaster!
Zhi Chengzi left the Yaotai Mountain and lost the opportunity to establish a country. If he wanted to cultivate, he had to find another way. Reverend Qing Xu was naturally his first choice.
After Reverend Qing Xu left with a few Gold Core cultivators as a cover, Zhi Chengzi and a few other Nascent Soul cultivators caught up with Reverend Qing Xu and became the Grandmist Ancestor's subordinates.
Taoist Master Qing Xu was originally unhappy that he failed to recruit Xiao Hua, but when he saw Zhi Chengzi and other Nascent Soul cultivators coming over to pledge their allegiance, he was very happy. Soon after, he did not dare to stay in the vicinity of Yaotai Mountain and flew away with Zhi Chengzi.
After that, they waited at several other places for the Dao Gate's cultivators that they had arranged to meet before returning together to pay their respects to the Grandmist Ancestor.
Even though the Grandmist Ancestor was cold by nature, he had absolute leadership skills when it came to developing his forces. He treated Zhi Chengzi and the others very well and was not stingy with their cultivation techniques, pills, and secret techniques. In the past two hundred years, Zhi Chengzi, who had reached the end of his cultivation, broke through his bottleneck once again and reached the late Nascent Soul stage. He became Daoist Qing Xu's right-hand man in one fell swoop.
Previously, this Yaotai Mountain was the place where Qing Xu Daoist often came to recruit people. Later on, when Qing Xu Daoist left for the Thousand Demons Sacred Realm, Zhi Chengzi was in charge of this place.
This time round, apart from being in charge of recruiting Dao Sect cultivators, Zhi Chengzi had also brought over a hundred cultivators to snatch the lot of the Imperial Tutor!
Looking at the fluttering Yaojuxue, Zhi Chengzi's gaze drifted away. The scene from several hundred years ago involuntarily appeared in his mind. "Ai, it's said that fate makes fools of people. It's really so!
Thinking back, that Daoist Huo De was so full of energy at the banquet that I was completely convinced. But who knew … he was actually a pawn of the Star Lord Palace!
The Yaotai Mountain Gathering that time was also a rare danger. Fortunately, I reacted quickly and withdrew in time. If I had followed Daoist Huo De into Yaotai Mountain, I would definitely have fallen on the Yaotai Mountain like those Nascent Soul cultivators!
Less than one out of ten would survive!
This is something that has never happened before in the Yaotai Mountain Gathering! "
"Moreover, there are many mysteries in the Yaotai Mountain Gathering that have not been solved even until today!
Who killed the Star Lord Palace's Kong Hongwu?
Even though some people suspect that it's my Grandmist Ancestor, he has always smiled without saying anything and has never admitted it directly.
Who knows if he disdains to admit it, or … denies it!
After all, ambushing and killing a Fifth Level Essence Energy Grandmaster is really nothing much to him! "
"Some people also say that it's an internal strife in the Immortal Palace. There are other forces in the Star Lord Palace. Otherwise, how could there only be ten State Masters in the Yaotai Mountain Gathering? It's clear that someone from the Immortal Palace set a trap for Kong Hongwu!
Moreover, the Confucian cultivator hiding among the Daoist cultivators also killed several of Kong Hongwu's trusted subordinates one by one, bringing the entire Yaotai Mountain under his control. "
"Of course, some people also say that it's Xiao Hua, Daoist Xiao, whose name is now more famous than the Ancestor. But … others may not know, but I saw Xiao Hua at the banquet that year. He was really only a Nascent Soul cultivator at that time!
It seems that he wasn't Daoist Huo De's opponent. How could he possibly kill Kong Hongwu?
Moreover … didn't the Ancestor say at that time that Xiao Hua's strength was not enough to kill him?
Xiao Hua's strength is not enough to kill Kong Hongwu. It must be the Immortal Palace's method. Perhaps the mastermind behind the scenes is the current Star Lord Palace's Palace Master Linghu Pihuan! "
Zhi Chengzi had just thought of Linghu Pihuan when "Rumble …" The sound of beating drums resounded from the Yaotai Mountain. The sound of the drums was ear-splitting. The red clouds began to roll, and the snowflakes in the sky were shattered into pieces. Immediately, rays of golden light pierced straight down from the clouds, dyeing those snowflakes. Regardless of whether it was the snowflakes or the snowflakes, they all showed a kind of graceful luster.
In this golden light, the red clouds in the sky began to gather in every direction. In no more than a moment, they again condensed into twenty-eight enormous clouds. Twenty-eight brightly armored Immortal Generals appeared above the clouds.
Zhi Chengzi's gaze swept around. He already saw clearly that these Immortal Generals were the twenty-eight Star Generals. They were different from the ones he had seen before. Let alone that Horn Wood Dragon Linghu Piran, Well Wood Dragon Shangguan Yeran, and Tail Fire Tiger Ouyang Jingran's appearances were different, even the other dozen Star Generals had changed.
Immediately, many ceremonial guards spread out. Dressed in Confucian attire, wearing a tall crown on his head, and holding a jade tablet in his hand, the figure of Star Lord Palace's Palace Master Linghu Pihuan flew out from the Yaotai Mountain.
Linghu Pihuan was the same as Kong Hongwu back then. His eyes wandered all around to look at the nearby Daoist Cultivators. Afterwards, he raised the jade tablet with both hands and bowed towards the rising sun in the east, reciting: "My name is Linghu Pihuan.
I have received the Hidden Immortal Continent's Confucian Cultivators' trust to control Star Lord Palace.
Today is the day that Star Lord Palace opens the Yaotai Assembly. I, the Thousand Star Generals, earnestly request the Confucian Cultivator's past ancestors to permit me to open the Yaotai Mountain to hold the Yaotai Assembly! "
And similarly, there was no difference at all. Following Linghu Pihuan's words.
Ray after ray of awe-inspiring qi descended from the Yaotai Mountain. That awe-inspiring qi's color was extremely dazzling. Following this rainbow-like pillar of light, another imperial edict sparkling with golden light fell from the sky.
However, just as Linghu Pihuan bowed, the instant he received the imperial edict, "Wuu, wuu …" The sound of a gale's furious howl came from the distant horizon!
The wind's howl in winter was originally normal, but before this howl, it unexpectedly shook all around. The Heaven Earth Origin Energy within several tens of thousands of li seemed to be swallowed by a giant mouth as it flowed towards one place. Let alone that the crimson clouds and snowflakes in the sky were torn to shreds, even the rainbow-like pillar of light above the Yaotai Mountain violently swayed in this gale. The previous world's might was practically swept clean!
"This …" Linghu Pihuan was stunned, shame and anger appearing on his face. While he was inwardly astonished, he slowly straightened his body. The clear light in his eyes faintly flickered, wanting to look at the origin of the gale!
It was also at this moment that the sound of thunder that soared to the sky rang out again. Countless thick, dragon-like thunderbolts descended from the sky, shrouding the distant horizon. Those streaks of lightning flickered, illuminating the entire sky. Wherever they passed, the auspicious aura of the Yaotai Mountain and the rainbow-colored glow had long been covered. In front of this thunderbolt, the phenomenon that had just shocked the Daoist cultivators was like child's play.
"Fortune Gate!!!"
Linghu Pihuan didn't need to use the Clear Light at all. Seeing such a strange lightning, how could he not know what had happened?
He looked at the place where the thunderbolt landed in astonishment. Seeing the flickering figures treading on clouds, he was truly puzzled in his heart. "What … what are they doing at my Yaotai Mountain?"
Of course, this thought was merely a flash, and Linghu Pihuan smiled bitterly again. Although the reputation of the Fortune Gate's disciples was currently unparalleled on the Hidden Immortal Continent, the Fortune Gate's disciples were still Daoist disciples!
What were they doing at the Yaotai Mountain?
Other than participating in the Yaotai Mountain Meeting, other than seizing the Grand Preceptor's lot … there didn't seem to be any other reason, right?
However, the Fortune Gate had already braved the universal condemnation of the world's Confucian cultivators to establish a Daoist sect. Did they still care about establishing a Daoist sect?
At the same time that Linghu Pihuan came to his senses, Zhi Chengzi was also dumbfounded. Looking at the thunderbolt in the distance, he couldn't care less about hiding anything, and transmitted his voice to the other cultivators, "Are … are they Fortune Gate's disciples?
Could it be that they're also here to seize the Grand Preceptor's lot? "
"Senior …" A Golden Core cultivator who was closer to Zhi Chengzi replied bitterly, "If there's no accident, they should be!"
"But … but …" Zhi Chengzi said "but" a few times, but he couldn't continue. He was even more bitter than that Golden Core cultivator.
While these Daoist cultivators and the Confucian cultivators of the Yaotai Mountain's Star Lord Hall were still in shock, in the distant horizon, a hundred thousand Fortune Gate's disciples clad in armor and holding magic treasures in their hands flew over in an orderly formation.
The battle formation formed by these hundred thousand disciples was the Golden Crow Immortal Slaying Demonic Formation. Thick bolts of lightning fell on the battle formation, turning into lightning that scattered around the disciples, entangling the clouds beneath the Fortune Gate's disciples' feet!
From afar, the hundred thousand disciples looked like a huge golden crow made of lightning, exuding an invincible aura!
"Damn it …" Linghu Pihuan couldn't help but curse inwardly, "Are they here to seize the Grand Preceptor's lot?
Or are they here to destroy my Star Lord Hall?! "
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