If you don't give up, I'd like to be your adoptive father.

Chapter 1491 Nan Hua Zhenren
"The immortal who presided over the Fengshan ceremony for King Tian of Qi should be the Great Immortal Gengsangzi of Huangshan. He is indeed wanted by you, Grand Tutor. Please allow me to go down and apprehend him."

Master Guan's face showed three parts absurdity and seven parts doubt. "Grand Tutor, could it be that you have acquired some powerful magic weapon that allows me to capture people across several major realms?"

Back then, Qiu Mingzi led a group of immortals to Huangshan and captured He Zhenjun, who was hiding in Gengsangzi's immortal abode. They made several attempts and even obtained magical treasures such as the Sun and Moon Divine Pearl and the Qiankun Bracelet from Yu Taishi, but still returned empty-handed.

Master Guan followed the Celestial Masters Path, and his magical power and supernatural abilities were far inferior to those of Qiu Mingzi of the Celestial Immortals Path.

Moreover, Akiko is not alone.

Anyone with a sound mind wouldn't let him capture Geng Sangzi. Master Guan believed that Grand Tutor Yu wasn't suffering from a stroke.

Since Grand Tutor Yu is of sound mind, he definitely won't make empty promises and let him leave empty-handed.

"Or perhaps, the Grand Tutor intends to use the same trick he used against Lu Dingxian against Geng Sangzi."
There was no need to kill him. His crime didn't warrant death, and besides, the True Man of Nanhua (Zhuangzi) was his close friend. The True Man of Nanhua had already attained the Great Luo Realm. He then thought of another possibility.

Grand Master Yu asked, "Has True Man Guan ever received the 'transmission of immortal energy'?"

Master Guan paused for a moment, then said, "Grand Master, are you referring to hiding the Daoist magic within immortal power, and then giving that immortal power to your disciple? When I first entered the Dao, I received a wisp of immortal energy from my master."

It can only refine a wisp of immortal energy.

The immortal energy bestowed by different immortals will clash with each other in the dantian.

Grand Master Yu said, “Since you have had this kind of experience, I will temporarily give you a wisp of immortal energy and a supernatural power. Go down and shout to Geng Sangzi, announcing your identity and purpose, and avoid the offering table and tributes in front of the Jade Emperor Temple.”

In short, don't disturb the Jade Emperor's sacrificial ceremony; just summon Geng Sangzi and capture him in one move.

"Once you've captured that scoundrel Geng Sangzi, don't waste any more words or actions, and run west immediately."

Several years ago, when she left Tianmen Town, she sent a wisp of immortal energy into the body of Widow Huang's son, "Er Gouzi".

After mastering the immortal energy, Er Gouzi naturally learned how to control the "Whirlwind Cloud".

This is the technique of "transmitting immortal power".

The internal energy of a human immortal martial artist possesses various attributes. For example, the Fire Crow Force is of the fire attribute, and when refined to a high level, it can simulate a beggar's version of the True Fire of the Sun.

When the Fire Crow's internal energy is transmitted into another person's body, it still retains the fiery sun attribute.

The inner strength of an immortal is infused with the laws they have cultivated and mastered, and is called "magical power".

This is also the difference between a human immortal and a true immortal. A human immortal possesses "skills," and their power is only an attribute; an immortal possesses "laws," integrating the laws into their inner strength.

Upon reaching the Golden Immortal realm, where one comprehends the laws of the Great Dao, not only internal energy, but also the soul and body can be transformed into pure laws of the Great Dao.

Therefore, when Tang Sanzang and his disciples passed through Yuhua Prefecture, Wukong, Bajie, and Sha Wujing did not teach the three princes of Yuhua King specific moves. Instead, they infused them with a stream of immortal energy, and the three princes respectively mastered the skills of using the Golden Cudgel, the Nine-Toothed Rake, and the Demon-Subduing Staff.

He could even pick up and wield a real golden cudgel.

Master Guan glanced down again and said worriedly, "I know that Grand Master is incredibly powerful, but Immortal Gengsangzi is a veteran Golden Immortal. He has no shortage of magical treasures and supernatural powers. Surely he can withstand even one move?"

Assassination would have been one thing, but now we're face to face. He's a powerful Golden Immortal, while I'm just a lowly Celestial Master; our cultivation levels are far inferior.

Grand Tutor Yu smiled faintly: "If we were to fight face to face, it would be very difficult for me to take him down in one move."

But if you provoke him, he will definitely be angry and embarrassed, and he will not be vigilant or go all out at all.

As for whether you can win in one move, you'll find out once you try.

No matter what, I will not kill you.

“Master, give me your immortal energy, and I’ll help you take him down,” Wang E said.

"Get out of here." Grand Tutor Yu glanced at him sideways. "Master Guan is the Celestial Master of the court. It is perfectly legal and justifiable for him to capture a traitor. Who do you think you are?"

“I am your Taoist disciple,” Wang E said.

"Others don't know you. If you mention my name, it will only make me seem unrefined."

"Only after Guan Zhenren casually captures Geng Sangzi can I slowly reveal myself to the world and demonstrate my divine power," said Grand Tutor Yu.

Wang E had nothing to say.

Master Guan's lips twitched a few times, then he completely let go of his worries, straightened his chest, and said, "Grand Tutor, you may come."

Grand Tutor Yu is already planning to show off his divine power in front of others, so he certainly won't mess things up.

"Extend your right hand," said Grand Tutor Yu.

"Isn't it supposed to be sending immortal energy into the dantian?" Master Guan asked, puzzled.

“It’s not like I’m actually passing on the magic to you; I’m just making you a ‘living puppet’ to unleash my supernatural powers,” said Grand Tutor Yu.

Master Guan extended his right hand, and Grand Master Yu grasped his palm, channeling a stream of immortal energy into it.

Master Guan immediately felt as if his palm possessed the power to tear the sky apart, which gave him even more confidence.

A normal Fengshan ceremony at Mount Tai is generally divided into three main stages: preparation, ceremony, and conclusion.

The preparation stage alone takes at least a year in advance. High-ranking officials in the court, local governors, and other vassal kings (younger brothers) submit memorials to the emperor (elder brother), requesting the emperor or elder brother to perform the Fengshan ceremony, praising their achievements as "worthy of the Fengshan ceremony".

The emperor, however, had to issue several edicts to humbly decline, stating that "my virtue is meager and my merits shallow, and I dare not disturb heaven and earth."

To put it bluntly, the Fengshan ceremony was a way to boast about one's own achievements.

Regardless of the emperor's personality, he had to follow etiquette and "decline and offer three times." Even the proud Emperor Ying Zheng was no exception. He prepared for two or three years, and even the magistrate of Taishan County and the elders of the village submitted memorials to the court before Ying Zheng "reluctantly" agreed.

Once the decision to perform the Fengshan ceremony was made, an auspicious date and time had to be selected. A large ceremonial team was then assembled, and the road from Xianyang to Mount Tai, as well as the palaces along the route, were repaired. Upon arriving at Mount Tai, the mountain was closed to the public several days in advance, prohibiting them from approaching.

A few days before the Fengshan ceremony, the emperor would fast and bathe. He would begin climbing the mountain at dawn, accompanied by civil and military officials, ceremonial guards, and envoys from various countries in a grand procession.

When Qin Shi Huang offered sacrifices to Heaven, his procession numbered 300,000 and stretched for hundreds of miles.

First, one must stay overnight on the summit of Mount Tai, and then, on the morning of the second day, when the sun rises in the east, a formal ceremony to worship Heaven will be held.

The ceremony of offering sacrifices to Heaven is divided into several processes. First is the emperor's solo performance, since there can only be one protagonist in the Fengshan ceremony.

The emperor ascended the altar, offered sacrifices and wine to God and the gods, and read the jade book (prayer), reporting his achievements, thanking the heavens for their grace, and praying for their protection.

Back then, Qin Shi Huang prayed to Heaven to grant him immortality.
After reading the jade book, it should be sealed away, placed in a stone box, covered with a huge stone, sealed with five-colored soil, and a stele erected as a record.

Then comes the burning of incense and prayer texts.

Finally, the court officials paid their respects.

Earlier, when Tian Rong and the other immortals were whispering to each other below, Tian Shi had just ascended the altar and offered sacrifices to God, and God responded.

Master Guan waited a moment, until the Jade Emperor and the gods finished their sacrifice, and until Tian Shi, holding the jade book, stood in the center of the altar, facing south, and loudly recited his achievements—namely, the restoration of the Great Qi and becoming the "Eastern Little Earl."

Just as he was praying to Heaven, hoping to overthrow the tyrannical Qin Dynasty and restore peace to the world, Guan Zhenren descended from the sky.

"An immortal has descended." The Qi cultivators below immediately locked onto him.

"Not an envoy from the Heavenly Court, but dressed in the robes of the Great Qin Celestial Master. Oh no, we've alerted the Great Qin Imperial Observatory." Someone looked around in a panic, "Has Yu Fengxian arrived yet?"

"Don't panic, this is Master Guan from the Wenshi Daoist sect." "What is Master Guan doing here? Is he here to gather information, or is he trying to stop our Fengshan ceremony single-handedly?"

"He'd better just happen to be passing by and be a guest of honor, otherwise..."

While the onlookers were still discussing the event, the ceremony's host, Geng Sangzi, had already soared into the sky and stood in front of Guan Zhenren.

Because Guan Zhenren is about to enter the altar area.

King Tian Shi of Qi stood in the center of the altar, praying to Heaven. Guan Zhenren flew directly above him, even hovering above him, which was the greatest blasphemy against the ritual.

“Young man, didn’t you see what I’m doing? Flying this way now, are you provoking the State of Qi, provoking me?” Geng Sangzi lowered his voice, not daring to let his voice be louder than the King of Qi’s prayer.

The oppressive aura of a veteran Golden Immortal surged towards Guan Zhenren like a tsunami, causing him to stop breathing.

Although he was terrified, Guan Zhenren did not back down.

He believed in Grand Tutor Yu, but was also furious at Tian Shi's prayer for the destruction of the Qin Dynasty. He shouted loudly, interrupting the prayers below.

"Great Immortal Gengsangzi, I have come to find you. You have been harboring He Zhenjun, who has broken his oath to Heaven, and you yourself have become a wanted criminal of my Great Qin. Now that I have met you, please come with me to Xianyang!"

Its voice truly resounded throughout the land.

Geng Sangzi was furious.

Tian Shi's congratulatory speech was interrupted, and he too felt a nameless fire boiling in his heart.

"How dare you!" Although Tian Rong and the others were furious, they dared not shout like Guan Zhenren.

"Young man, you—"

Geng Sangzi was furious and was about to reach out and grab Guan Zhenren when he suddenly found that the sunlight above his head had disappeared and been replaced by a Buddha's palm.

Besides the Buddha's light, there was also a huge swastika slowly rotating in his palm. Uh, actually, the Buddha's light was a disguise. In front of everyone, Grand Tutor Yu intentionally used Buddhist power to conceal the modified version of the Kunpeng Divine Power - Hundred-Shot Peng Claw Hand.

"A Buddha Kingdom in the palm of your hand? Hmph, you dare to show off such a trick in front of me?"

Geng Sangzi didn't realize that while he was making threats, alarm bells were ringing in his mind, and he immediately withdrew.

"Thud!" He crashed into a wall, and then eighteen sword lights appeared out of thin air, piercing into eighteen vital points in his body.

"Pfft~~~" In an instant, his pure Yang immortal power, like lava erupting from a volcano, sprayed out from eighteen vital acupoints in his body, accompanied by intense pain and heat.

It sprayed uncontrollably, and he tried to use his profound skills to stop it, but he couldn't do it at all.

"What kind of sword energy is this? How could my profound skill be instantly destroyed?" Geng Sangzi exclaimed in shock.

Panic instantly turned into fear, because after his immortal power was destroyed, the sky above his head became completely dark, unable to withstand the immense force surging from every angle and pressing against his immortal body.

"Pfft~~~" He burst open like a tomato under a giant's feet.

In the eyes of Tian Rong, Tian Shi, Kuai Che and others below, it was as if Guan Zhenren shouted loudly, and Geng Sangzi was about to get angry when he was suddenly grabbed by a huge hand.

It instantly burst, and blood spurted from between the giant hand's fingers, shooting hundreds of feet away.

At the summit of Mount Tai, during the Fengshan ceremony, six or seven hundred people stood there stunned, their eyes wide with disbelief, muttering incoherently but unable to utter a word.

"My goodness, I used too much force and accidentally killed the Great Immortal Geng Sangzi!" Master Guan was terrified.

"You brat, you destroyed my Dharma body, I will kill you!" Geng Sangzi, who was being held in his hand, did not freeze. He immediately used his pure Yang Immortal Soul to manipulate the power of heaven and earth, and was about to unleash a terrifying divine power.

"It wasn't me, senior, don't force me~~" Master Guan closed his eyes and squeezed hard again.

"Pfft pfft pfft~~" Thousands of rays of light emanated from his palm → rays of light, multicolored, dazzling like the aurora bursting forth.

"Ahhh~~" Geng Sangzi screamed miserably, his immortal soul riddled with holes by the sword energy.

"Stop!" A furious shout seemed to come from beyond the heavens.

It possesses a sense of emptiness and clarity, yet also contains a grand and all-encompassing nature.

When the sound reached Guan Zhenren's ears, the world seemed to pause, and he himself became like an ice cube falling into boiling water, quickly melting into the quiet world.

This was not Guan Zhenren's illusion; in Yu Taishi's eyes, Guan Zhenren had directly transformed into a wisp of energy.

Meanwhile, Geng Sangzi, who was being held by him, quickly reversed time from his riddled-with-holes immortal soul state, sword energy flowed out from his immortal soul, and his wounds were healing as before.

"Is the visitor Nan Hua Zhenren?" Grand Tutor Yu appeared above Guan Zhenren as if by teleportation, with hundreds of sword bones in his body vibrating in unison, and wisps of transparent sword light shining through his body.

To outsiders, her figure was blurred, and the space around her was like frosted glass, making it difficult to see clearly.

Only those with keen spiritual senses can discover that those hazy spaces are actually countless tiny spatial cracks.

The sword energy erupting from her body sliced ​​the world within three feet of her into thin threads.

Within the world, the power of the Great Dao is all-pervasive, as is the power of the Great Luo Immortal who has merged with the Dao.

The Great Luo power of Master Nan Hua is now blocked three feet in front of Grand Tutor Yu.

Two transparent forces can be seen colliding.

Grand Tutor Yu retreated step by step, yet his breathing remained long and deep.

"Master, your friend has already committed a murderous calamity. Do you also want to actively join this great calamity of heaven and earth?" Grand Tutor Yu could still let out a long roar, and nine large cauldrons condensed around his body.

"Humph!"

The power of the Great Luo suddenly disappeared, and Geng Sangzi, whose injury recovery was interrupted and who only had half a soul left, also vanished without a trace.

Grand Tutor Yu exhaled a breath of turbid air, dispelling the illusory image of the Nine Cauldrons. He reached out and picked up Guan Zhenren, who had been refined into a wisp of qi. He silently circulated his profound power, reversing the qi in his hand back to its original source, restoring it to a human form.

"How terrifying! I feel like I've turned into air, floating in the void, omnipresent," Master Guan exclaimed in fear.

Grand Master Yu said, "The fact that you can still feel it means that Master Nanhua was showing mercy and only wanted to teach you a lesson, not kill you."

If Master Nanhua really intended to kill her, she probably wouldn't have time to save Master Guan, since she herself would also be within the attack range and would have to escape immediately.

As for whether she can escape, if it were Master Jiugong, she would be very confident. Master Nanhua hasn't activated the Great Annihilation Father, so it's unknown how effective the techniques used against Master Jiugong will be against Master Nanhua.

The use of the "Shattering Void Sword World" to resist the power of a Great Luo Immortal just now did not constitute a formal confrontation. True Person Nan Hua merely released the pressure of a Great Luo Immortal, spreading the power of the Great Dao around her.

His own supernatural powers and magical treasures were all useless.

Master Guan nodded, a look of lingering fear on his face. "A Grand Luo Golden Immortal could destroy me in the blink of an eye."

And I didn't even know how I died, or whether I was even dead.

The power of the Great Luo is truly terrifying.

At this point, a thought suddenly struck him, and he wondered, "Could it be that Grand Tutor had foreseen that Master Nanhua would rescue Immortal Gengsangzi, and deliberately sent me ahead as bait?"

(End of this chapter)