Longzang

Chapter 868 Moving Mountains
Wei Yuan looked around, then at the moon in the sky, lost in thought.

The moonlight, like water, fell continuously from the sky, merging into the ground and gradually illuminating the dark space. The flowing moonlight reached Wei Yuan and slowly climbed up his body.

Wei Yuan discovered that the moonlight was slightly cool and somewhat damp, somewhat like real water, but heavier and more viscous.

He sat still, watching the moonlight slowly climb onto him and then extend behind him.

The moonlight gathered on the lake behind, and a little girl floated up from the lake. She was only a little over ten years old, but she was beautiful and charming. However, on that beautiful face, her eyes were as deep as wells, flowing with a chilling aura. And a crack was gradually breaking open between her upturned lips, from which a trickle of blood seeped out.

She stared intently at Wei Yuan, her smile eerie. Her graceful figure floated on Moon Lake, her black hair cascading down like a waterfall, blending seamlessly with the water. Her clothes were tattered, as if torn apart by something, the tattered strands resembling visible veins, drooping into the deep waters of Moon Lake.

"You're really good at keeping your composure," the little girl said.

Wei Yuan laughed it off and said, "With your extraordinary abilities, Senior, your time is far more valuable than mine. If you're not in a hurry, why should I be?"

"Perhaps I have ulterior motives and am stalling for time..."

"Senior wants to stall for time, do you think I can stop you?"

"It really can't."

Wei Yuan smiled and said, "That's why I'm not in a hurry."

"I've come here to tell you something, and to invite you to a place. It's something that's neither too big nor too small, a place you can choose to go or not."

"..."

Wei Yuan suddenly became distracted and did not answer the little girl's question. Instead, he looked up at the sky and kept gazing at the full moon.

The little girl was somewhat annoyed and said coldly, "I'm talking to you!"

Wei Yuan then snapped out of his reverie and smiled, "Sorry, I was daydreaming. What were you saying just now?"

The little girl suddenly lost interest in playing and said, "I said, I want to take you somewhere!"

Wei Yuan said, "Then I'm afraid we'll have to wait a while. I still have a lot of luggage to pack..."

"I'm afraid it's not up to you."

Wei Yuan pondered for a moment, then looked at the full moon above his head and said, "Senior, your Dao foundation is simply unbelievable. Is there anyone in the world who can use the sun, moon, and stars as their Dao foundation?"

"The fact that I can use it proves that someone else has done it before. Are you trying to stall for time by rambling on like this?"

Wei Yuan said, "Although senior's methods are extraordinary, I seem to be here in my physical body right now. I'm afraid senior can't move me with just a Dao Foundation."

"Is that so?" the little girl sneered, blood starting to trickle from the corner of her mouth again.

For some reason, the moment Wei Yuan saw the blood, he suddenly felt dizzy, as if a fog had appeared in his mind, and his thoughts became unclear.

……

In the Dao Soldier Hall, two Dao soldiers on duty suddenly saw a person rushing towards them. They immediately stopped him and saw that he was a cultivator whose Dao Foundation was close to the perfection. This person held the rank of deputy general and was probably among the top fifty in the entire Dao Soldier.

The two Daoist soldiers, both young men from the Xu family, immediately saluted and asked, "What are your orders, General?"

"I have come to pay homage to the First Soldiers."

The two gatekeepers were puzzled and said, "This is not the time for worship, General, please return."

"I have something on my mind that I want to talk to the first soldier." The lieutenant didn't want to leave.

The two gatekeepers refused to let him in, repeatedly saying, "General, please return."

They were originally young men from the Xu family, and usually they rarely spoke except when they were on duty. However, they cooperated seamlessly on the battlefield, as if there were other secret channels of communication among the young men of the Xu family.

This general, originally a sacrificial offering, progressed rapidly after becoming a Dao soldier, and compared to the Xu family youth, seemed more like a normal person. Seeing that the youth refused to let him pass, he gradually grew impatient. But no matter the threats or inducements, the gatekeeper Dao soldier simply wouldn't let him through.

Just then, two silk threads suddenly flew out of his nose and pierced the foreheads of the two Dao soldiers like lightning!
The general held up the corpses of the two Taoist soldiers, carried them into the Taoist soldiers' hall, casually tossed them aside, and then rushed to the tall statue of the first Taoist soldier, directly slashing his wrist and smearing his blood on the statue.

Blood flowed everywhere, much of it even flowing upwards. As if alive, the blood quickly spread to the entire lower half of the colossal statue. It was hard to imagine that a human body could contain so much blood.

General Daobing felt as if his body had turned into a piece of dead wood, and numbness was spreading rapidly. Looking at the blood still gushing from the wound, he realized for the first time how painful and terrifying it would be to be pulled out.

The overwhelming fear brought him back to his senses. He tried to scream but couldn't make a sound. Only one thought remained in his mind: What am I doing? Why am I here?
Before half an incense stick had burned, a warning bell suddenly rang in the Taoist soldier hall, and a squad of Taoist soldiers rushed into the hall.

The leading general looked quite young, yet he was already a deputy general. He was also a young man from the Xu family, but he was the most talented among them, so his cultivation level was now at the late stage of the Foundation Establishment stage, far surpassing that of his brothers and sisters.

Relying on the unspoken connection between their bloodlines, he knew something was wrong as soon as the two Dao soldiers died, so he immediately mobilized the alert troops and rushed over.

But at this moment, deep within the main hall, the lieutenant had already fallen at the foot of the statue, his entire body now a desiccated corpse. The young lieutenant raised his torch and looked up, only to gasp in horror. The lower half of the statue was covered with intricate, blood-red patterns, forming an exquisitely crafted array.

He tried to wipe it off, but found that the blood-red lines had seeped into the statue and become part of it, and could not be wiped off at all.

The young deputy general acted decisively, turning back and saying, "Sound the highest level of alarm! Everyone out of the camp! From this moment on, no suspicious person is allowed near the main hall! Await the Lord of the Realm's decision!"

……

The moonlight, like a fine drizzle, continued to fall into Moon Lake, and the light gradually covered Wei Yuan's entire body.

Wei Yuan suddenly felt a strange, indescribable sensation, as if his lower body had been disconnected from the world he once knew. The feeling of separation was like a blockage of cause and effect.

Wei Yuan exclaimed in genuine admiration, "What a remarkable skill! How did you do that? May I take a look?"

"It's alright to let you see it, there's nothing you can do anymore."

Then Wei Yuan saw the Dao Soldier Hall and saw the deputy general smearing blood on the statue of the First Dao Soldier. As the blood covered the entire lower body, a flash of blood light appeared, and all the blood transformed into blood-colored array patterns, firmly locking the lower body of the statue shut.

The blood array was clearly on the first soldier, but it seemed to have appeared on Wei Yuan. Wei Yuan pulled up his trouser leg and saw that, sure enough, fine array patterns had appeared out of thin air on his calf.

Wei Yuan thought for a while before he understood a little and exclaimed, "Using a falsehood to fish for the truth, and then reversing cause and effect, is truly the work of an immortal! I have certainly broadened my horizons today."

The little girl said calmly, "These are just ordinary methods."

Wei Yuan smiled slightly and said, "So the wedges were those sacrificial offerings. However, they have always lived in the new city and rarely had contact with outsiders. Therefore, this formation was buried in his primordial spirit a long time ago. Senior knew several years ago that I would be granted the Dao Weapon Hall?"

"It's not hard to guess. If the Dao Soldier Hall doesn't give it to you, who else would they choose? And you will inevitably take on the role of the First Dao Soldier yourself, which is the best way to use your spell."

Wei Yuan pondered for a moment and said, "But there's still one thing I don't understand. When I first bought these offerings, I was just a minor Dao Foundation cultivator, not even a Dharma Aspect, let alone a Yellow Spring Grotto-heaven. Did you already know back then that I would eventually sever the cycle of reincarnation and form my own cycle, so you laid a trap early on?"

The little girl said, "You can think about this problem after you are reincarnated. Now, you should come back with me obediently, and I can make your death more comfortable."

"That's impossible. Are you bored lately, senior? You always like to gossip like this."

The little girl's face turned cold, and she said, "You've angered me, so I'll have to resort to some methods. I don't necessarily have to bring back a living person; a corpse will suffice."

Wei Yuan said, "Then why haven't you made a move yet? Senior, why don't you take another closer look? Can you move me?"

By this time, the moonlight had covered Wei Yuan's entire body and continued to extend backward.

But after passing Wei Yuan, the moonlight suddenly began to spread upwards, and only then did the little girl realize that there seemed to be a huge creature lurking behind Wei Yuan. It had been hidden in the darkness until the moonlight touched it, at which point it began to appear.

The full moon in the sky suddenly accelerated its rotation, and its light spread rapidly. However, even at a speed dozens of times faster, it still took quite a while before the half-body of that enormous creature was vaguely outlined.

It was a giant toad, its eyes fixed intently on the full moon in the sky. It was so enormous that Wei Yuan looked like a grain of rice at its feet, and its entire hindquarters were still hidden in darkness.

Wei Yuan smiled and said, "If you only have the Foundation Establishment stage, senior, you probably can't move me. If you have any other tricks up your sleeve, please show us some more."

The little girl was neither angry nor anxious, but still smiled mysteriously, and said, "Your Dharma form is connected to the entire Azure Netherworld. Although it is called a Dharma form, it is actually a fairly complete mental world. Do you think I don't know this?"

Wei Yuan was still smiling, but the smile gradually faded.

The little girl continued, “You just feel heavy, but right now, we’re actually standing on my body. You’re not much heavier than a speck of dust. I could blow you away with a single breath. The reason you can sit here without moving is because you’re connected to Qingming. Qingming has become your anchor. As long as we break this anchor, we can move you.”

Wei Yuan calmed down and said, "Senior, you are welcome to give it a try."

The little girl's lips slowly curled up, and she said, "You mean to say that the world of mortals is the Azure Sky, and the Azure Sky is the world of mortals, and your inner world has already begun to manifest in reality, right?"

Wei Yuan then realized that something was very wrong. As immortals, none of them were easy to deal with.

The little girl didn't make Wei Yuan guess, but directly revealed the answer: "If the anchor is too heavy to lift, you don't necessarily have to lift it. You can just take the anchor off and throw it into the sea. So I don't need to separate the human world from the azure sky. It's easier to separate you from the human world."

Wei Yuan's expression changed drastically, and he blurted out, "Change the world!"

The little girl was laughing so happily that her mouth was torn all the way to her ear. But she had no more blood to bleed; the torn area was just white flesh turned outwards.

"Yes, hearts are forbidden!"

Beyond the azure sky, in the main camp of the Witch Clan, eighteen altars simultaneously shot out blood-red beams of light, turning the entire sky red!
A giant, blood-red net descended from the sky, covering the entire azure expanse!

……

In the Moon Lake, Wei Yuan said slowly, "I'm afraid this is not enough."

"I know."

(End of this chapter)