Donghuang Ziji

Chapter 719: Revitalized Witchcraft

On the illusory spiritual root behind the old ancestor Haha who is sitting on the stone lotus, there are thin red ropes hanging from the dense branches and leaves. When he reaches out and touches it lightly, the breeze blows the branches and leaves, and the fate, destiny, and cause and effect keep changing.

"Strange, who is trying to find out my true nature? Not earlier, not later, but at this very moment..."

Haha, Old Ancestor was a little surprised. This was the first time in nearly a thousand years that someone had discovered his essence.

After thinking for a while, Old Ancestor Haha stretched out his hand and tapped a few times. Nuo masks slowly emerged, flying around him, leaving behind mysterious trails.

But he still underestimated his opponent this time.

A thunder-like explosion echoed in his ears, followed by the sudden appearance of dazzling light. Old Ancestor Haha's body shook slightly, and the Nuo masks flying around him all shattered. The powder carried a huge force, as if countless arrows were shot in all directions, hitting the surrounding stone walls and blasting out small holes one after another.

On the illusory spiritual root, red lines broke one by one, and the remaining lines gathered on the body of Ancestor Haha, repairing the wounds.

Haha, Old Ancestor ignored the changes around him. He raised his head and looked into the distance. He stretched out his hand and gently stirred the turbid pool water beneath him. Ripples appeared, and in the process of the pool water being purified, a new Nuo mask rose up.

There was another loud bang, and the water in the pool trembled. Haha Old Ancestor stretched out both hands, and the flexible water on the surface of the pool rotated, carrying the force of the second wave of impact.

As a price, a series of crisp sounds of bones breaking came from the arms of Old Ancestor Haha. Although his hands returned to their original state the next moment, it was just this brief change that made Old Ancestor Haha realize that something was wrong.

"Oh no, this guy is trying to determine my condition this way!"

As his mind moved, ripples began to appear on the surface of the pool water. As Haha Patriarch lightly tapped his finger, the water surface instantly calmed down, like a transparent mirror, reflecting another scene.

The stone lotus throne where Patriarch Haha sat was an ancient, blood-stained altar, and Patriarch Haha himself was a humanoid individual wrapped in red threads made up of countless Nuo masks. As for the illusory spiritual root behind him, it was a golden treasure tree with a little bronze rust.

There are nine golden bird-shaped decorations on the treasure tree. With the call of Ancestor Haha, golden light rises from the treasure tree, following the mysterious connection, and hits the source of the exploration.

At the same time, Chu Tai also figured out the problem with Ancestor Haha.

After leaving the Tianchi Fairyland in Changbai Mountain, he has been keeping track of the breath of Ancestor Haha. When the time is right, he will lock the other party's breath and explore its essence.

"Sure enough, this guy has long since given up his physical form. He is no longer a simple individual, but has become a living Dharma vein, or the personification of witchcraft."

'At this moment, he is the one who performs the sacrifice in the Wu Dao, he is the sacrificed object, and he is also the object of the sacrifice. Even part of his essence has been integrated into some side branches of the magic and immortal ways.'

'Therefore, all Nuo masks are actually him. There is no question of inheritance or succession. Even if there is a so-called successor, he will only become a part of the collective of witches and Taoists named Haha Ancestor...'

After Chu Tai figured this out, he thought of another thing.

'But how did this guy manage to stay in his current state despite being suppressed by the Holy King Avenue?'

Thinking of this, Chu Tai couldn't help but increase the intensity of his test. Just when he vaguely grasped part of its essence, a blazing light came along the connection.

The light seemed bright and dazzling at first, but as the sun set, Chu Tai vaguely saw a divine bird with exposed white bones and broken golden wings, emitting hot red flames all over its body. There was a slight ominous aura raging as it flew, and boundless ferocity emerged from the light.

Wherever the flames passed, the fire burned everything it could touch, and the malice within was like a thorn in the flesh, trying to destroy everything.

Chu Tai did not dare to be careless, he stretched out his hand to stir the cause and effect, confusing the void, avoiding the infinite flames that fell, but the flying bird followed closely, until Chu Tai completely cut off the cause and effect connection, and then gradually dissipated. This incident also made Chu Tai further determine that the essence of Haha Patriarch should be as he guessed, no longer a person, but a living Dharma lineage.

"According to this calculation, the phantom of the divine bird should be a treasure left by some ancient witch or even god? Judging from the aura of death and destruction contained in it, is it because there is a problem with the treasure itself, or is it a trace left by the destruction of the Holy King Avenue?"

Chu Tai thought secretly in his heart, but he didn't dare to continue to explore the methods of Ancestor Haha.

After all, his previous actions had alarmed Old Ancestor Haha. If he continued to test him, it might cause stress to the other party, or even lead to some bad things.

Therefore, Chu Tai, with a very evil intention, circled around Old Ancestor Haha, trying to find his breath and changes.

Although this approach will attract the other party's attention, it will not affect the other party's nature and will not touch the other party's bottom line. It will make Haha Ancestor very uncomfortable, but not to the point of being unacceptable.

In the end, Old Ancestor Haha, who was annoyed by Chu Tai, took action and led the fate and karma to let Chu Tai discover another hidden cultivator in the Central Plains.

In the past, when Chu Tai broke through the fourth-grade celestial realm, he was a cultivator of the Junmo Dao who secretly intervened.

Chu Tai has been investigating the existence of that cultivator over the years and knows that his power is intertwined with Qingli Caixian and seems to be connected with certain people in the Humane Dynasty.

However, due to the interference within the Humane Dynasty, Chu Tai has never been clear about the other party's identity and strength.

Now that he has been "introduced" by Ancestor Haha, Chu Tai has further realized the essence of the other party's power and the concept of his existence.

This discovery naturally attracted the other party's attention.

"Hmm? What is this power?"

The Junmodao monk who was hiding in the dark raised his head and felt the gathering of mysterious power. He was a little surprised and whispered to himself in his heart.

"Strange, why did the old man find me here? Could it be that this guy wants to cooperate with me... Oh my god, what is this thing..."

Halfway through his words, the cultivator from Junmo Dao felt the power of Chu Tai pursuing him.

'Damn it! Is he trying to divert the blame?'

The Junmo Dao cultivator who discovered that he was being plotted against became furious and tried hurriedly to break free from Chu Tai's restraints.

But Chu Tai had finally found something he wanted, so naturally he would not let go of this opportunity. Under the guidance of the mysterious cause and effect, he continued to entangle the monk from Junmo Dao, trying to include him in the scope of his own calculations, and use him as a node to further explore the future disaster of the Central Plains.

Through this calculation, Chu Tai actually discovered some key information.

The power of Junmodao is actually connected to the current Humane Dynasty?
Chu Tai paused in his search after noticing this, and the cultivator from Junmo Dao also realized something was wrong, and immediately cast a spell through the air to try to interfere with Chu Tai's breath and find out his origins.

But as early as the moment he discovered the problem, Chu Tai had already made preparations. The moment the Junmo Dao cultivator took action, Chu Tai gave up part of his own aura and erased the traces he left behind.

(End of this chapter)