Embers of Sword

Chapter 442: Immaculate Venerable

What is Lu Yuzhen’s realm?

Information about this paper man Taoist master has always been a mystery.

Before the dramatic changes in Beihai Mausoleum and the submission of the secret scroll by Xie Xuanyi to the library, no one in the entire Da Chu Dynasty even knew the name of the "Taoist Master".

"Yang Shen!"

Jiang Que looked solemn and said in a deep voice: "Lu Yuzhen is different from those pseudo-saints of the three major sects... This guy is definitely a genuine Yangshen strongman!"

"With the Sun God in command... the battle at Pure White Mountain may not be as simple as imagined."

Ye Qinglian also looked solemn.

"Master Wu Zexian has arrived at 'Zhanjiao Mountain'."

Jiang Que took a deep breath and said, "Although Lu Yu is really strong, we are not pushovers either."

Ye Qinglian hummed softly, but her expression was obviously worried.

Wu Zexian is indeed very strong.

He is the Yangshen master with the highest martial arts attainments in the Da Chu Dynasty in the past hundred years.

only……

Can Wu Zexian really defeat Lu Yuzhen?
Jiang Que glanced at the young woman next to him and couldn't help but smile.

Still too young.

He smiled softly and comforted, "Young Master Ye, don't worry... Let's just attack. With the thousand-year heritage of the Great Chu Dynasty, can't we defeat a paper man who appeared out of thin air? In this battle, the real 'giant' behind the scenes is not Wu Zexian, but the one from Renshou Palace."

"Too."

Ye Qinglian nodded, and after hearing this, her worries were reduced a lot.

"The entire Pure White Mountain is covered by a total of eight barriers."

Taoist Qianyuan looked expressionless, and slowly said: "The formation set up by Lu Yuzhen corresponds to the image of the 'Eight Diagrams', protecting each other and responding to each other."

He raised his sleeve and wiped it slowly.

The red line fluttered in the air.

The formation emerged.

The three major sects had been competing with the Paper Man Dao for many years. As soon as the Pure White Mountain Gate appeared, it was regarded as a "thorn in the eye" by the three major sects. They sent countless disciples to test it. The white paper flew over it, and all the low-level disciples died... But the top leaders of the three major sects also mastered the basic rules of the Pure White Mountain Gate.

"The Bagua formation can be regarded as the most perfect formation, extremely solid and indestructible."

Jiang Que was quite knowledgeable in the art of setting up battle arrays. After seeing this formation, he couldn't help but frowning.

"Yes."

“But there’s no such thing as perfection.”

True Man Qianyuan said calmly: "This Bagua formation is supported and is flawless. It is extremely difficult to break from the outside. This is a formation blessing where one plus one is greater than two, but once the formation is broken, it will collapse... If this perfect formation is forcibly opened a little, then the entire Pure White Mountain formation will collapse without being attacked and will gradually disintegrate."

Ye Qinglian also frowned: "What's the problem?"

"That depends on the 'Lord Wu' who came south from the Imperial City."

Taoist Qianyuan smiled and said, "This battle... is a battle between Yang Gods after all. We Yin Gods should wait until the formation is broken and attack Pure White Mountain before we can make any contribution."

The most important purpose of this trip is to find out the route.

It takes at least three hours to travel from Zhanjiao Mountain to the Chunbai Mountain formation.

After all, Xie Xuanyi and others have already entered the Yin God realm...

For other disciples, it would be considered pretty good if they could reach half the speed.

"It's not suitable to stay here for long."

Taoist Qianyuan said in a deep voice: "It is said that there are eight 'Wugui Venerables' under the command of Zhiren Dao. They appear and disappear mysteriously and often patrol the mountain gate."

"There's no need to be so frightened, right?"

Jiang Que was somewhat puzzled: "After all, we have three Yin Gods... Even if we encounter the 'Reverend Wuque', we should not be defeated."

"Remember, I mentioned a fellow Taoist from Yinshan who died here?"

Taoist Qianyuan said slowly: "That fellow Taoist has been practicing under the Red Immortal Seat of Yinshan for a long time. He has already cultivated to the twelfth level of Yinshen and carried the 'Soul-Knocking Banner'. However, he was killed just by approaching the periphery of Pure White Mountain..."

Jiang Que and Ye Qinglian looked at each other with complicated expressions.

The Twelve Realms of Yin God!
This is a strong man in the late Yin God realm...

If placed under the Red Immortal throne, this person is definitely one of the top three!

"This person's death is not important. What is important is that knocking on the soul flag can transmit divine thoughts."

Xie Xuanyi looked indifferent, and asked directly: "Did this guy send back any useful images before he died?"

"That's right... the key point is to knock on the soul flag."

Taoist Qianyuan smiled and glanced at Xie Xuanyi, then slowly said, "The Soul-Knocking Banner sent back the battle scene. The one who killed the Taoist friend who was in the twelfth realm of Yin God was a 'Reverend Wugui' from the Paper Man Dao. The whole battle took only half a cup of tea, or maybe even less. The resentful souls of the Soul-Knocking Banner came out together, and were eventually submerged by the white paper. The Reverend Wugui won by a crushing force."

"The twelfth level of Yin God... there is not even a chance to escape?"

Ye Qinglian was a little bit unconvinced.

"He tried."

Taoist Qianyuan shook his head: "...but he didn't run away."

Say it.

He threw out a bamboo slip directly from his red sleeve, which was exactly the image that came out from the Soul-Knocking Banner.

Given Yinshan's character, he would usually not tell others about such a big loss and would just swallow it.

However, now is a special period, and the three major sects have joined forces to fight against the Paper Man Sect. This image was sent to the Tiangui Sect and the Hehuan Sect on the same day.

Jiang Que and Ye Qinglian took a look and were both shocked.

"This 'Reverend Wuque'...is at least at the seventeenth level of Yin Shen!"

"good."

Taoist Qianyuan said quietly, "The power displayed by this Wuque Venerable is almost equal to that of the master of a Taoist sect. With the strength of the four of us, if we encounter him, we will have no choice but to run away."

In the Yin Shen Realm, the difference of one realm is like an insurmountable chasm.

In the later stage of Yin God, if you encounter the perfect Yin God, you can only escape.

"..."

Ye Qinglian had nothing to refute... Back then, she and Jiang Qihu fought desperately on the Lichao River, but in the end they couldn't even damage a corner of You Haiwang's sleeve.

It was only when Master Tang arrived at the scene that he was able to subdue King You Hai.

"The Southwest Front seems to be a separate division, but it is actually quite weak. Lingqu City, the first stop on the first day, is so small that it is enough to accommodate the treasure ship monks. It is obvious that the Dachu royal family does not expect the Southwest Front to play a big role."

Taoist Qianyuan spoke slowly and looked again at Xie Xuanyi, the youngest of the three.

He paused, and said, "...otherwise, they would not have appointed such a young monk to serve as the 'supervisor' of an entire front."

The words came out.

Xie Xuanyi didn't show any reaction, but Ye Qinglian...had a rather ugly expression.

There are two supervisors on one front.

The selection of supervisors is naturally based on the size of the forces behind them and the strength of their own abilities.

The two supervisors on the Southwestern Front were Jiang Que, the battle-hardened Jiang family priest, and Ye Qinglian, the young master of Baihua Valley... As for Xie Zhen, he had a special status and a great reputation. In a sense, the role he played on the Southwestern Front was even greater than that of the supervisors.

"Your Excellency is right."

Jiang Que placed a hand gently on Ye Qinglian's shoulder.

He said gently: "The three fronts do have different levels of priority. The southwest front is just a supporting role... The real attack on Paperman Dao must rely on the south front."

The southern front gathered most of the forces from the Da Chu Imperial City that were heading south.

As for the battle line starting from Lingqu City, it only occupies a Zhanjiao Mountain and has three Yin Gods in charge. This lineup is already worthy of the resources in the southwest.

"As for youth."

Jiang Que smiled and said, "In times of peace, young people always need to experience more things... in order to grow."

"A peaceful year?"

Taoist Qianyuan whispered softly.

As if thinking about something, he said nothing more, but turned into a red line again and flew back in the direction he came from.

The three of them then left.

But... the next moment, a strong wind blew and paper scraps flew everywhere.

"His!"

A thin and tall pure white figure tore through the void portal, took a step forward slowly, and blocked the four people.

"...?"

Taoist Qianyuan narrowed his eyes and stared at the figure in front of him.

The sound of the sharp wind gradually became hoarse.

A faint murderous intent emerged in the void.

“…Reverend Wuque?”

Ye Qinglian's expression turned very ugly.

On the other side, Jiang Que took action directly. As early as when the paper scraps were rolling and covering the ground, he had already sacrificed his treasure -

A small green tower rises in the wind!

The moment Venerable Wuque stepped out of the void portal, the small green tower fell straight down!
Just a few breaths.

The small tower suddenly grew dozens of times, like a small hill!
"珰!"

The towers collided, causing a crisp explosion.

The Pure White Venerable did not raise his head. When the darkness loomed, he just threw a punch, striking the Green Tower without any fancy moves!

Jiang Que's expression suddenly changed.

He stared at the shadowy area where the blue tower stood in disbelief...

Amid the hoarse sound of the wind, there was a cracking sound!
Along with the sound of a crisp explosion, the green tower spiritual treasure fell heavily, and cracks appeared inch by inch from the bottom!
"A physical body confronting a spiritual treasure?"

Jiang Que was quite familiar with this attack method. During the Battle of Drinking Poison, many demon cultivators fought in this way... These great demons have extremely brutal ancient blood flowing in their bodies. When they cultivate to the Yin God Realm, their bodies are comparable to magic weapons. But the evil cultivator of the Paper Man Dao, could it be that he is also a body cultivator?
"retreat!"

Taoist Qianyuan spoke coldly.

He raised his hands and formed a formation, and then he heard the sound of a huge cauldron shaking in the void.

Jiang Que quickly took away the Green Pagoda. The next moment, the void cracked, and billowing blazing flames poured down, directly pouring down on the head of the Immortal Venerable...

Rumble!
This scene is extremely shocking!
Jiang Que never expected that Taoist Qianyuan of the Hehuan Sect actually had such a terrifying magic weapon!

The temperature of this blazing flame is so high that even the void cannot bear it!

All of a sudden.

The Venerable Wuque, who was trying to confront the spiritual treasure with his physical body, was "frozen" by the Blazing Waterfall. He wanted to take a step, but was unable to do so. He could only raise his palms and endure the pouring of the Blazing Waterfall!
"...I'll help you!"

Although Jiang Que is old, he is full of vigor and vitality. Seeing this scene, he prepared to take out the second magic weapon from his sleeve to continue fighting and help Taoist Qianyuan.

At this moment, Xie Xuanyi suddenly spoke.

"Retreat first."

He stretched out a hand and grabbed the back of Jiang Que's collar.

The other hand grabbed Ye Qinglian's wrist as she was about to draw her sword.

next moment.

The two of them moved nearly a hundred feet out of thin air.

"What speed is this?"

Jiang Que looked at the young man in black beside him in disbelief.

He had no idea that Xie Zhen had broken through until this moment when he realized... The young man in front of him, in terms of realm alone, seemed to be no inferior to himself!
Ye Qinglian was also shocked.

Xie Zhen's attack was so fast that he couldn't even react.

In just a moment, she escaped a hundred feet away. She had no choice at all.

"Don't look at me like that. I'm just good at 'Escape Technique'."

Xie Xuanyi was too lazy to give any more explanations.

"Just leave like that?"

Jiang Que spoke anxiously.

"This is the gate of the Zhiren Dao Mountain. The Immortal Master just now is at least at the fifteenth level of Yin God."

Xie Xuanyi did not let go, and continued to hold the two men's wrists, rushing towards Zhanjiao Mountain.

The sword energy enveloped the three people, and they moved rapidly in the miasma.

He said expressionlessly, "It's good enough that we have a chance to escape... If we keep fighting, will we lose our lives? What if another one comes?"

"Can……"

Jiang Que wanted to speak.

Back then in the North, they fought to the death.

Someone launched a charge.

Everyone works together and never retreats!

He had just opened his mouth and said one word when he suddenly realized the difference in today's battle.

"Taoist Qianyuan is an evil cultivator from the Hehuan Sect."

Xie Xuanyi said indifferently: "It's better to have less trouble than more... If he dies, it will be one less trouble."

"..."

Jiang Que lowered his eyes and said no more.

This is the truth.

The Da Chu Dynasty is willing to join forces with the three major clans to eliminate the demons... This matter has actually caused great controversy in the four borders, and many holy land families have expressed opposition. No matter how bad the situation in Southern Xinjiang is, Da Chu should not intervene. How dirty and despicable are the three major clans? In recent years, there has never been a situation where the demons have joined forces to eliminate the demons!
Jiang Que was actually the one who strongly opposed it.

It’s a pity that my words are not influential enough.

Xie Xuanyi's sword energy is faster than Jiang Que and Ye Qinglian.

Less than half an hour.

You can already see the outline of Zhanjiao Mountain.

In fact, once you leave the gate of Chunbai Mountain, you are already safe. No matter how rampant Venerable Wuque is, he dare not leave the gate of Zhirendao Mountain too far!
“It was peaceful afterwards.”

It was only at this time that Xie Xuanyi let go of the hands that were holding Jiang Que and Ye Qinglian.

Jiang Que looked at the young man in front of him with a complicated expression.

Ten years ago.

Xie Xuanyi died in battle in Beihai, and the Jiang family was powerless to do anything.

Ten years later.

Xie Xuanyi's disciple reappears in the world.

This was the first time Jiang Que met Xie Zhen, but he saw something familiar in the young man's eyes.

"Wait…what do you mean?"

Ye Qinglian frowned. She realized something was wrong. Xie Zhen didn't seem to be planning to return to Zhanjiao Mountain!
"I still have something to do."

Xie Xuanyi said, “Come back after you’ve dealt with it.”

"You're being too fake... Can't you even pretend?"

Ye Qinglian laughed in anger, pointed at Chunbai Mountain, and asked in a low voice: "Are you planning to go back to save Taoist Qianyuan? Are you rushing to die just because you are good at escaping?"

"I'm not that kind."

Xie Xuanyi was silent for a moment, then said, "Do you think I'm the kind of person who would fight for an evil cultivator?"

"..."

Ye Qinglian had nothing to say.

The person in front of him is Xie Xuanyi's disciple. He is probably the person who hates evil cultivators the most in the world.

(End of this chapter)