People in Conferred Gods: Rising from humble beginnings, I am the God of Wealth

Chapter 288 The Black Lotus Reappears in the Primordial World, Severing the Three Flowers and Five Qi!
"Are you a rat? You're so good at hiding! It took me over 500,000 years to find you!"

With a soft laugh, a figure dressed in a blood-red Taoist robe emerged from the passage and entered the cave.

"The River Styx?!"

The young Taoist on the black lotus looked at the Taoist at the cave entrance, who was dressed in a blood-red Taoist robe, holding two long swords in his arms, and whose handsome appearance was almost otherworldly. He almost spoke up, revealing a look of astonishment.

This eerie Taoist priest, clad in a blood-red robe, was none other than the Lord of the Blood Sea, the renowned Quasi-Saint of the Two Corpses in the primordial world—

Styx Taoist!

He immediately frowned, his mind racing as he recalled past events.

After some thought, his brows furrowed even more. He was 100% certain that he had no connection with the Styx River, had never even been to the Blood Sea, and had never even met the Asura Clan.

So the question is, since there was no interaction between them and no cause and effect between them, why would the Styx come to him?
Moreover, it was obvious to anyone with eyes that Styx had come with ill intentions, which made him rack his brains but he still couldn't figure out why.

"Could it be that……"

"The Styx River is just doing this out of habit. He doesn't actually mean me any harm. He just came here to find me because of certain things?"

The black-clad Taoist's eyes flickered. After some thought, he felt that this possibility was more likely. After all, he had never seen the River Styx, nor had he had any karmic connection with it. How could he have offended it in any way?
Strictly speaking, he has always been cautious in his actions and has always stayed behind the scenes.

Aside from his initial plans for the Nine Provinces, which created karmic connections with the alien races and humans of the Nine Provinces, he had no direct contact with any other living beings.

After much thought, he concluded that either Styx hadn't come here with malicious intent, or Styx had mistaken him for someone else.

"Greetings, Senior Styx. May I ask if you have come to seek me out for any matter that you require my assistance?"

The black-clad Taoist quickly calmed his mind, regained his composure, and bowed to the Styx River.

"I have come here because I need your help with something."

Styx took out a scroll from his sleeve, compared it with the black-robed Taoist in front of him, and asked:
"Are you Black Lotus?"

The black-clad Taoist nodded in agreement, and the mist surrounding him dissipated, revealing a gaunt-faced young Taoist dressed in a black robe.

If the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden were here, she would surely draw her Xuan Yu Sword without hesitation and strike the Taoist priest on the head.

This Taoist priest was none other than Black Lotus, who had set a trap in Wuyi Mountain to send Yang Xuan to the vicinity of Yunmeng Marsh, intending to murder him.

If it weren't for the protection of the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden, Yang Xuan would probably have had a hard time escaping. If it weren't for Bi Xiao's timely rescue, Hei Lian would probably have escaped safely.

This Black Lotus is the first person who dared to openly scheme against Yang Xuan and still managed to leave alive.

Later, in order to befriend Yang Xuan, the Dragon Clan spent tens of thousands of years to discover the trace of the Black Lotus in the Western Sea, intending to kill it as a pledge of loyalty to Yang Xuan.

As a result, even with the Heavenly Goddess of War, the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden, the Dragon King of the West Sea, and several Great Luo Immortals of the Dragon Clan, Black Lotus still managed to escape using a secret technique, leaving behind only a shattered physical body and a storage bag.

This ability to save one's life is truly unparalleled in the primordial world.

Looking at it now, his ability to survive is not only reflected in his ability to escape, but also in his ability to heal injuries, which is also unparalleled.

Back then, Black Lotus used secret techniques to escape twice in a row. If it were an ordinary Great Luo Immortal, without a healing elixir, it would probably take tens of millions of years for him to recover.

Black Lotus has only taken about a million years to develop, and now it shows no signs of injury whatsoever. In fact, its cultivation has even improved somewhat, bringing it one step closer to the late stage of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.

"A miraculous healing medicine..."

"Could it be that there is some powerful figure backing this black lotus?"

Styx's eyes flickered; with just a glance at Black Lotus's current state, he recalled many details.

Although he is not good at strategy and often makes a fool of himself by plagiarizing, he is still a quasi-saint, and his observation and deduction skills are by no means weak.

However, Styx did not take this matter to heart. As long as it was not a saint who made the move, he feared no one...

wrong!

To be precise, even if a saint were to intervene, he wouldn't necessarily be that afraid.

As long as you don't offend the sage to the point of death, to the point that the sage is willing to do anything to wipe out the bloodbath, then you don't need to worry about the sage taking action.

Besides, he only came here today to "invite" Black Lotus to heaven. He won't do anything to Black Lotus. Even if Black Lotus has a saint backing her up, she wouldn't bother with such a small matter!

Having understood all this, Styx crossed his arms, gently tapped the hilt of his sword with his fingers, and smiled slightly:

"I've heard that you have some karmic ties with Fellow Daoist Yang Xuan. The reason I've come here today is to ask you to come with me to the Heavenly Court to settle this karmic debt. I suppose you also want to end this karmic debt as soon as possible!"

Black Lotus: ? ! !
What?! Yang Xuan?! Styx spent hundreds of thousands of years just to help Yang Xuan find me?! How is that possible?!

The Black Lotus Man was dumbfounded; the calmness on his face vanished, replaced by a look of shock.

When he saw the Styx River, he thought about many things, but no matter how much he thought about it, he never connected the Styx River with Yang Xuan.

What's even more unexpected is that Styx came here to act as Yang Xuan's henchman. Isn't that a bit too outrageous?!
It should be noted that Styx was a powerful being from the same era as the Three Pure Ones, and one of the few Quasi-Saints with two corpses in the prehistoric world.

In contrast, Yang Xuan was just an ordinary rogue cultivator a million or two years ago, with a cultivation level of at most Golden Immortal. The difference between him and Styx was immeasurable.

If Styx wanted to kill such a Xuanxian, he wouldn't need to leave the Blood Sea at all; he could do it with just a thought.

Today, Styx says that he came for Yang Xuan and spent hundreds of thousands of years searching for the Black Lotus. Is this reasonable?

Is this even reasonable?!

Hei Lianren was completely numb, just standing there in a daze, not knowing what to say.

He really couldn't understand why Yang Xuan, who was just a rogue cultivator, was so difficult to deal with.

Back then, he was a mid-stage Great Luo Immortal, while Yang Xuan was just a minor Golden Immortal. He joined forces with four Great Luo Golden Immortals to set up an ambush in advance, teleporting Yang Xuan from Wuyi Mountain in the Nine Provinces to the edge of Yunmeng Marsh.

Unexpectedly, Yang Xuan brought along the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden, a mid-stage Great Luo Immortal, as his bodyguard, and Bi Xiao, a high-ranking disciple of the Jie Sect, to assist him.

What was even more unexpected was that Yang Xuan, who was just a Golden Immortal, actually possessed such strange supernatural powers and spiritual treasures, and silently and forcibly 'borrowed' the spiritual treasures of these Great Luo Golden Immortals.

Ultimately, this not only caused his plan to fail, but also dragged down four of Ronaldo's teammates.

He himself lost two precious treasures and only managed to escape by chance thanks to the Blood Escape Technique.

That time, he suffered heavy losses; he truly lost both his wife and his army.

However, what he didn't expect was that this matter was not over. In order to recuperate, he specially went to a remote island in the Western Sea, thinking that he would find an opportunity to get back at him and reclaim his spiritual treasure in the future.

Unexpectedly, after only a few years of peace, the Dragon King of the West Sea, along with the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden and a group of Dragon Clan Great Luo Immortals, came knocking on his door and attacked him without a word, leaving him no chance to fight back.

In the end, he used all his most secret survival techniques and managed to escape.

But all his spiritual possessions and years of savings were left on that island, with only a wisp of his soul escaping with his true spirit.

The losses were even greater than last time; he had truly given up all his wealth on that island. If it weren't for the help of that Westerner, he probably wouldn't have ever recovered.

What he didn't expect was that even though he was already in such a terrible situation, the matter was still not over, and something even more outrageous happened today.

Even Styx, a quasi-saint with two corpses, came here because of Yang Xuan.

Once is never enough. The Black Lotus has already escaped twice. If it falls into Yang Xuan's hands this time, it will probably be difficult for it to escape again, and it may not even have the chance to return its true spirit to the River of Destiny.

He wasn't worried that Yang Xuan had any ability to destroy his true spirit.

As long as they are still in the primordial world, after a Great Luo Golden Immortal dies, their true spirit will automatically be carried back to the River of Fate along with their remnant soul, waiting for the day of their return to arrive, without exception.

However, as long as the Great Immortal is still alive, there is no such thing as the true spirit returning to the River of Destiny.

If Black Lotus were to arrive in the Heavenly Court, with the presence of three Quasi-Saints—Haotian, the Queen Mother, and Styx—even with her mid-stage Great Luo Golden Immortal cultivation, she probably wouldn't be able to end her own life.

Rather than being captured by the River Styx, where life and death are not in one's own hands and there is no chance to return to the primordial world, it is better to end one's own life before the River Styx succeeds, so that the true spirit can return to the river of destiny.

With the help of that Westerner, even if I perish here, as long as the Black Lotus still has value, it won't be long before I can return to the primordial world.

Even if that person felt he had no use and was unwilling to help him return, he still had one last trick up his sleeve!
Black Lotus has roamed the prehistoric world for many years and successfully planned many major events. He is a creature with a very firm mind. Once he makes a decision, he will not hesitate at all.

On the surface, Hei Lian only appeared gloomy and showed no other abnormalities, but the magical power within his body had already transformed into a black spear in his spiritual platform, which fiercely stabbed down towards his primordial spirit.

For cultivators, the destruction of the physical body is often not fatal, but once the primordial spirit is damaged, even if they do not perish on the spot, they will at least be seriously injured.

If Black Lotus were to stab him with that spear, he would surely die from the shattering of his primordial spirit, and his true spirit would eventually return to the river of fate, thus achieving his goal.

But just then, he suddenly heard a 'clang' of a sword, and Styx's mocking laughter echoed in his ears.

"I didn't say you could die!"

next moment.

Black Lotus was horrified to discover that a blood-red sword aura filled with killing intent had appeared in her spiritual platform. It slashed at the black spear, cutting it in two, and then transformed back into magical power that scattered throughout her spiritual platform.

What terrified him even more was that this blood-red sword energy not only severed his supernatural powers but also shattered his desire to end his own life.

Although he wants to die now, he can't bring himself to commit suicide!
"This this……"

Black Lotus looked on in disbelief. At this moment, he truly felt the power of the Styx River.

Styx's strength lies not only in his profound cultivation, mysterious supernatural powers, and possession of powerful treasures such as Abi and Yuantu, making him one of the few Quasi-Saints with two corpses in the prehistoric world, but also in his application of the Great Dao.

The path Styx cultivates is the Path of Slaughter, but in his hands, it's not just for killing. He can also combine it with supernatural powers and magical treasures to slay the opponent's spiritual abilities, magical treasures, and...

idea!

His mastery of the Dao of Slaughter is beyond description, even the phrase "perfected" is insufficient to describe it.

In his hands, the Dao of Slaughter has become a conceptual-level ability; whether tangible or intangible, everything that exists in the world can be slain by him.

If he wanted to kill a Grand Luo Golden Immortal, he could do it with a single glance. If he wanted to capture a Grand Luo Golden Immortal alive, even if the other party wanted to die, it wouldn't be possible, because—

Even the thought of ending one's own life would be extinguished by his sword. If the other party has no desire to die, how could they possibly commit suicide?

This is the current situation for Black Lotus!
Styx spent hundreds of thousands of years traveling from the West Sea to the West, then from the West to the East Sea, South Sea, and North Sea, and even sneaked into the Netherworld before finally arriving in Kyushu. It wasn't just to kill Black Lotus.

He didn't care whether Hei Lian lived or died. Even if she were to die by his hand, she would die in front of Yang Xuan.

Otherwise, what would be the point of all those years of hard work?

"Let's go, come with me to the Heavenly Court."

As he spoke, Styx tapped the hilt of his sword lightly with his finger, unleashing two more streaks of blood-red sword light.

One of the strikes aimed at the black lotus's chest, shattering the five elements within it.

Another attack penetrated the Black Lotus's Baihui point, severing the Qi and Jing flowers atop it.

The Three Immortals' Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation can eliminate the five qi in the chest and cut off the three flowers on the top of the head. Styx, who is famous for his combat power, is one of the strongest quasi-saints in the prehistoric world, and he also has such an ability.

However, whether it is the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation or the Styx River, the elimination of the five qi in the chest and the three flowers on the top of the head is not a fundamental erasure, but rather a kind of sealing-type supernatural power.

The other party's cultivation level is still there, so there is no need to rebuild it, and their status will not change. They can recover slowly. Even if the Great Luo has had its three flowers removed from its head, its true spirit will return to the river of fate after death.

If a solution can be found, or if there is a corresponding spiritual object, the recovery time will be even faster.

Otherwise, the ability to knock someone down to the mortal realm in one blow would be too outrageous.

But for the Styx, this is enough.

As long as the Black Lotus is in his hands, there is no possibility of recovery. She can only obediently follow him to the Heavenly Court and present it to Yang Xuan as a gift.

"You can go now."

"Styx, you can't do this, I am..."

However, before he could finish speaking, Styx gently flicked his sleeve and put the black lotus into it.

I know absolutely nothing about this!
Styx glanced at Yang Tianyou, who was staring blankly, and a look of interest appeared in his eyes.

“This is interesting. It seems to involve the authority of reincarnation. Perhaps Fellow Daoist Yang Xuan would be interested.”

Styx nodded, then waved his sleeve again, taking Yang Tianyou into his sleeve as well, before turning and walking out of the cave.

As for the two men in black robes, they were already corpses the moment they saw the Styx!
P.S.: There's one more chapter today, the author is working hard on writing...

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