txolops Chapter 16 Senior Brother, tell Yang Jian to go down the mountain.
Chapter 16 Senior Brother, tell Yang Jian to go down the mountain.
Yuquan Mountain, Jinxia Cave.
Deep within the cave, a faint celestial light flowed silently across the stone walls, illuminating two figures sitting opposite each other.
Taiyi Zhenren, dressed in a Bagua Taoist robe, sat on a futon.
His brows furrowed, his gaze passing over the swirling incense smoke to the heavy stone door at the deepest part of the cave.
Beyond the stone gate, there was no sound, as still as a stagnant pool.
After a long silence, Master Taiyi reluctantly withdrew his gaze and let out a heavy sigh.
"Senior brother, your disciple is exceptionally talented."
Taiyi Zhenren looked at Yuding Zhenren sitting opposite him, his tone filled with great regret, "The Eight-Nine Arcane Arts are almost complete, and his physical body is indestructible."
"If not for the torment of inner demons, breaking through to the Profound Immortal realm should have been a natural progression."
"But now..."
Taiyi Zhenren shook his head and did not continue speaking.
Master Yuding sat upright on a futon, holding a jade-handled whisk in his hand.
His usually cold and stern face now showed signs of weariness and helplessness, and his voice was hoarse.
"Yang Jian missed Yang Jiao terribly."
"I have preached and persuaded him many times, and even summoned Yang Chan to Jinxia Cave to persuade him and resolve his obsession."
"But his obsession..."
"It's too deep..."
Seeing this, Master Taiyi sighed helplessly.
"His obsession, unless a tremendous opportunity arises to resolve it..."
"I'm afraid I'll be trapped in this place for the rest of my life—"
Before he could finish speaking...
A golden streak of light ignored the heavy protective formations outside the Golden Cloud Cave and suddenly broke through the air to arrive!
The light, carrying an extremely urgent intent, struck Taiyi Zhenren's chest directly, transforming into an exquisite jade talisman.
Taiyi Zhenren was taken aback.
He subconsciously reached out and caught it, probing it with his divine sense.
The next second—
"Buzz!"
Taiyi Zhenren shuddered violently.
The Jade Cauldron Immortal sitting opposite noticed this emotional fluctuation and slowly raised his head.
"Junior brother?" Master Yu Ding frowned slightly.
Such a loss of composure as Taiyi's is a rare occurrence in the primordial world.
Taiyi Zhenren stared at the jade talisman in his palm, his brows furrowed into a deep knot.
He remained silent for the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea before finally speaking with difficulty.
"It came from Nezha."
He said...
"He met someone in Xiqi."
Taiyi Zhenren slowly raised his eyes, his voice becoming somewhat strange.
"A...vanguard of the merchant army."
"Jiuli Yuxue has just broken through to the next realm, and his cultivation level is only at the mid-stage of the Celestial Immortal realm."
Upon hearing this, Master Yuding remained calm.
"but……"
Master Taiyi took a deep breath and spoke slowly and deliberately.
"He possesses an unparalleled spear intent."
"Smack."
Master Yu Ding's hand, which was stroking the whisk, suddenly froze in mid-air, emitting a soft, crisp sound.
"Nezha also said..."
Taiyi Zhenren paused for a moment, then said, "That spear intent is almost exactly the same as Yang Jian's."
Master Yu Ding's sword-like eyebrows shot up suddenly, his eyes filled with astonishment.
"That's not right." Taiyi Zhenren shook his head, his tone strange. "Nezha's original words were, rather than saying that person's spear technique resembled Yang Jian's..."
"Or rather..."
"It's Yang Jian's spear intent, but it's even more like that person's!"
As these words fell to the ground.
The entire Golden Cloud Cave fell into complete silence.
Even the ethereal light flowing on the stone wall seemed to freeze at this moment.
Master Yu Ding's eyes widened suddenly, a look of horror flashing deep within them.
"How is this possible..."
He suddenly stood up, and the whisk in his hand moved on its own without any wind.
His eyes were fixed on Taiyi Zhenren, his tone resolute.
"The intent to defy the heavens is the purest and most domineering supreme state of mind in this world!"
"In the past, only the ancient great sorcerer Xing Tian, after his head was severed, grasped a trace of this knowledge!"
"And in recent years, only Yang Jiao, who perished in the battle against the Heavenly Court, and Yang Jian, have truly grasped this!"
Speaking of it.
Master Yu Ding suddenly stopped.
Taiyi Zhenren also stood up.
The two exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with barely concealed horror.
Taiyi Zhenren's pupils contracted slightly, and he asked, word by word:
"Senior brother..."
"Is there truly no possibility whatsoever for Yang Jiao to be reincarnated?!"
Master Yu Ding remained silent, standing firmly in place, his fists clenched tightly inside his sleeves.
After a long time...
He slowly raised his head, his voice low and muffled like thunder.
"Over the past hundred years."
"I secretly consulted with the Heavenly Court and used the secret techniques of the Jade Void Palace to perform the calculations no less than a thousand times, without the knowledge of our master!"
"Each time, it was like throwing a stone into the sea, yielding no results."
"Only..."
Master Yu Ding paused, a hint of apprehension and lingering fear flashing in his eyes.
"Only the last simulation a while ago..."
"Not only did we gain nothing, but we also suffered a backlash from Heaven!"
Taiyi Zhenren's body trembled violently, and he looked at Yuding Zhenren as if he had seen a ghost.
"Senior brother, you are a dignified Great Luo Golden Immortal, how could you possibly suffer a backlash from the Heavenly Dao for deducing the fate of someone whose soul and spirit have been annihilated?!"
"Back then, Yang Jiao had clearly already..."
Taiyi Zhenren didn't continue speaking, but just stared intently at Yuding Zhenren.
"unless--"
Master Yu Ding nodded slowly, "Brother..."
"We can't be sure that this Great Shang Vanguard is definitely Yang Jiao..."
For the calculations of the Great Luo Golden Immortal.
There are only two possibilities that cannot be deduced.
The first possibility is that the person has completely vanished without a trace, leaving not even a trace of their soul or spirit.
The second type...
This person is not only still alive.
Moreover, it has become entangled in the karma of countless eons.
Therefore, forcibly deducing the truth will lead to direct backlash and punishment from Heaven!
Taiyi Zhenren opened his mouth, but could not utter a word.
The two could only gaze at each other silently across the prayer mat, falling into silence.
......
A moment later...
Taiyi Zhenren slowly exhaled a long breath, his tone more serious than ever before.
"Senior brother, Yang Jian's inner demons stem from Yang Jiao."
"If Yang Jiao truly reincarnates during the great eon..."
He paused, and a glimmer of light quietly ignited deep within his eyes.
"Send Yang Jian down the mountain!"
Master Yu Ding slowly raised his head. "Go down the mountain?"
"Let him go to Xiqi himself, let him see for himself the vanguard of the Great Shang," Taiyi Zhenren said softly, "regardless of whether it's Yang Jiao or not..."
"For Yang Jian, this is a trial he must face."
"The only problem..."
Taiyi Zhenren did not finish his sentence.
But both he and Master Yuding were perfectly clear-headed.
Once it is confirmed that this Great Merchant Vanguard is indeed Yang Jiao.
One was a vanguard war god of the Shang Dynasty, and the other was the third-generation chief disciple of Yuxu who assisted Xiqi in the Chan Sect.
The day the brothers recognized each other...
That is the most fatal variable!
Master Yu Ding stood with his hands behind his back, remaining silent for a long time.
He slowly straightened up, a gentle look flashing across his face.
Yes, that's it.
then......
His expression gradually changed.
He said indifferently, without any expression.
"What can Heaven's schemes and the karmic consequences of countless eons do?"
"As one of the Twelve Golden Immortals, how could I possibly be afraid of not being able to protect my own disciple?!"
That's all.
With a wave of his sleeve, Master Yuding's moon-white Taoist robe fluttered without any wind.
He strode forward, heading briskly towards the deepest part of the cave.
"Da, da, da..."
The steady, slow footsteps echoed continuously inside Jinxia Cave.
Until it stopped in front of the heavy stone gate.
Master Yu Ding stopped in his tracks, a hint of heartache in his eyes.
He slowly raised his right hand, bent his fingers, and gently knocked on the stone door.
"Foolish child."
The voice of Master Yu Ding was unusually soft.
"Just now, Nezha sent a flying talisman from the battlefield of Xiqi."
He said that a vanguard had emerged from the Shang army.
Master Yu Ding spoke clearly and slowly through the stone door.
"This person not only comprehended the heaven-defying spear intent, but also possesses an extremely strong physique—"
Before he could finish speaking...
"boom--!"
A deafening roar suddenly erupted from Jinxia Cave!
An extremely suppressed and violent aura suddenly erupted from behind the door!
"Bang!"
The stone gate shattered, and debris flew everywhere.
Amidst the smoke and mist, a tall, handsome young man in a silver robe suddenly broke through the fog and appeared before us!
The boy's eyes were bloodshot, and the three-pointed, double-edged sword in his hand rang out with a long, resounding clang...
The blade trembled incessantly!