txolops Chapter 162 A Scheme Against Taibai
Chapter 162 A Scheme Against Taibai
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"Junior brother, give me this talisman. I must vent this anger!"
Hearing Wuyun Xian's words, Chang Er Dingguang Xian tightened his grip on the talisman even more.
He looked up at Wu Yunxian, his eyes filled with worry.
"Senior brother, I urge you to reconsider this matter. If you go in person and lose the initiative, or if Taibai discovers you, wouldn't you be...?"
"Junior brother, you can rest assured. According to my information, Taibai will leave the island today. If we don't act now, when will we? Don't worry, he will have no chance of realizing it was me."
Before he finished speaking, he reached out and took the talisman from the palm of the fixed light immortal without saying a word.
Wu Yunxian said no more, carefully put the talisman into his sleeve, and turned to return directly to his cave.
Only Chang Er Ding Guang Xian remained, his eyes filled with genuine worry for Wu Yun Xian.
"This... Could it be that Senior Brother Wuyun has taken the talisman with him and has other plans...?"
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Meanwhile, Taibai had already arranged all the affairs on the island.
He was always cautious, and before leaving, just in case, he specially prepared dozens of talismans with different functions and hid them on his body before setting off from Jin'ao Island.
Not long after leaving the island, as he rode on a cloud above the blue waves, a sudden thought struck Taibai.
He had cultivated the Five Elements Dao for a long time, and his sensitivity to the flow of Qi (metal, wood, water, fire, earth) in the surrounding world far surpassed that of his peers.
At that moment, he noticed that in the far distance behind him, the air currents and water vapor that should have been a unified whole had become slightly disturbed.
The tailor's technique of concealing his presence was indeed exquisite, seemingly a kind of innate supernatural ability, close to the natural way of the Tao.
Even ordinary Golden Immortals, even those of higher realms, would likely find it difficult to spot him.
However, what Taibai sensed was a subtle imbalance in the five elements of heaven and earth, so he could perceive even the slightest abnormal change in the wind.
Based on this, he concluded that there was an uninvited guest behind him.
That was a special clone that Wu Yunxian had painstakingly created using a secret technique over hundreds of years.
The most powerful aspect of this clone is that it severed all ties with the original body from the very beginning of its creation.
It is self-contained, possessing a unique aura and magical fluctuations, and even giving birth to a wisp of autonomous consciousness.
It can run on its own with just one explicit instruction from the main body.
Let alone cultivators of the same level, even if a quasi-saint were to try to deduce it, it would probably be difficult to trace its origin. At most, they could only know that it was an independent rogue cultivator.
When Taibai first sensed it, he also failed to recognize it as a clone.
He secretly probed repeatedly with his divine sense and felt that the other party's aura was solid, clearly indicating that he was a Golden Immortal cultivator with a solid foundation.
He secretly used his divination method again, and the result also showed that the other party was a wandering immortal from overseas with no real background.
"I have no grudge against this person. His unprovoked stalking must be because he was hired to cause me trouble. I must not be careless. How dare a mere Golden Immortal at the peak of cultivation provoke a Great Luo Immortal?"
Taibai remained calm and composed, quietly circulating his magical power within his body.
Taking advantage of the moment when his clone behind him was relaxed, he unleashed his transformation technique.
With a slight sway, a figure with the same aura as his continued to move forward at the same speed and direction.
Its true form, however, concealed its aura and quietly fell behind, following its avatar at a low altitude.
With the full power of a Great Luo Perfection realm cultivator to conceal himself, unless a Quasi-Saint specializing in this path personally arrives, there is absolutely no way he could be discovered by a Golden Immortal cultivator.
They flew one after the other for countless miles.
At this moment, they were far from the influence of Jin'ao Island, and all they could see was the vast ocean.
The sea below gradually darkened in color, faintly revealing an atmosphere of deathly stillness.
Only after entering the airspace above this sea area did the clone behind finally make a move.
Suddenly, its speed increased dramatically, transforming into a streak of black light that shot forward. At the same time, the aura it had been holding back was suddenly released, pointing directly at the incarnation of Taibai in front of it.
As if sensing the danger perfectly, Taibai's avatar paused, hovering in mid-air, and slowly turned around, his face revealing a perfectly appropriate expression of vigilance.
Just as the avatar turned around and its gaze met that of the newcomer, an unexpected change occurred.
Wu Yunxian's clone raised his hand and released the talisman, which turned into a wisp of smoke and disappeared into thin air as soon as it left his hand.
In the next instant, a strange change occurred. The dissipated smoke reappeared from nowhere and suddenly spread around Taibai's incarnation.
With a deep hum, Taibai's avatar appeared in the void beneath his feet, and countless intricate golden runes emerged from the air, intertwining with each other to form a massive golden light prison in the blink of an eye, firmly suppressing him in the center.
Taibai's avatar was filled with shock and anger, and immediately unleashed all sorts of supernatural powers to bombard the golden light barrier.
However, no matter how fierce the attack was, the light barrier only rippled with golden light, absorbing and neutralizing all the attacks.
Upon seeing this, Wu Yunxian, whose figure had been shrouded in a black bamboo hat, slowly rode forward on a cloud and stopped outside the light prison.
A low, satisfied laugh came from beneath the bamboo hat, clearly indicating great satisfaction with the power of the talisman.
It reached out and slowly removed the straw hat from its head.
However, the face revealed beneath the bamboo hat was not that of Wuyun Xian, who possessed an otherworldly and dignified appearance, but rather that of the Yaksha from before.
"Who exactly are you, fellow Daoist, and why did you attack me?"
"The Long-Eared Immortal Dingguang killed my people, and you only punished him with whipping. Since you cannot uphold justice, I have no choice but to come and demand it myself!"
After listening, Taibai looked at the other person as if he were a fool.
"Do you think I'd believe that? Who exactly are you? I absolutely do not believe that a mere Golden Immortal could possess such power to suppress me."
Taibai simply did not believe that this person was the Yaksha. Even if the other party could explain himself, he would never believe it.
This matter is too strange, and besides, he sensed it repeatedly and found that the aura of the person in front of him was completely different from that of the Yaksha from before.
"Hmph! Believe it or not. I will be imprisoned here forever. After I have suppressed you, I will go and find Ancestor Yinglong."
Then, Long-Eared Light-Fixing Immortal and Dark Cloud Immortal will come to keep you company... Hahaha!
Upon hearing this, Taibai almost burst out laughing.
He genuinely admired the person in front of him.
Unexpectedly, the other party even tried to sow discord between the dragon clan and themselves.
If he succeeds, once the suppression is lifted, Taibai will surely go to the Dragon Clan and cause chaos.
The dragon race has only recently submitted to the Heavenly Court. If chaos breaks out, the once relatively peaceful prehistoric world will likely be thrown into turmoil again.
"Ridiculous, truly ridiculous. Fellow Daoist, no matter who you are, I will not believe you."
Upon hearing this, Wu Yunxian stopped wasting words and directly activated the talisman in his hand.
In an instant, the walls formed by the golden light around them began to shrink inward, as if the air had been sucked out, making Taibai feel suffocated and unable to move.
"Fellow Daoist, please stay here and cultivate in peace. This humble Daoist will now go and deal with the remaining two. Hahaha!"