Embers of Sword

Chapter 638 Pulling the Dragon (Part 2)

Taoist sect.

The Heavenly Origin Secret Realm resounds with the echoing of bells and drums.

News of the death of Grand Master Chongkan spread throughout the Taoist community. After the great bell rang, Grand Master Junshan immediately disappeared into the thick fog, followed closely by several monastics.

Then...

They then witnessed a scene they would never forget.

At the end of the thick fog, at the entrance to Tianyuan Mountain, the True Man of Junshan stood respectfully before the mountain gate. Countless purple energies gathered before the mountain gate, transforming into a chaotic figure dressed in a Taoist robe. That figure had no "primordial energy" or "aura," as if it were merely a projection of a divine thought.

Even so, the expressions of the several vegetarian masters changed drastically.

Master Yanwei stopped his advance and looked at the chaotic figure in front of the mountain gate, his eyes filled with disbelief.

Li Chen and Shu Ning both stopped in their tracks and performed a deep bowing ceremony.

Finally, there was the Candle Taoist.

There was a pop.

The Taoist Candle knelt directly in front of the mountain gate, banging his head on the ground, trembling all over, not daring to raise his head.

"..."

The entrance to Tianyuan Mountain was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

That murky figure, by merely revealing a wisp of divine thought, suppressed everyone, preventing them from arguing...

Looking across the entire Taoist community, only one person can accomplish this.

Xiaoyaozi.

"...Sect Leader."

"Sect Leader."

"Senior brother."

A series of respectful whispers echoed before the mountain gate. Even the naturally arrogant Master Junshan bowed with a complex expression.

No words are needed, no actions are needed.

All you need to do is show up.

This turmoil and struggle within the Taoist community...

At this moment, it was silently interrupted and abruptly ended.

"..."

The chaotic figure did not respond to the crowd's worship, but simply looked up at the sky.

The tolling of the death knell gradually faded away.

But the urgent news had already spread...

Although the face of "Xiaoyaozi" was blurred at this moment, everyone could clearly feel the sorrow emanating from him.

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Tianyuan Mountain Cliff Waterfall.

The vast primordial energy flowed down the skylight through the clouds, all of it rushing into the talisman array. Deng Baiyi sat cross-legged at the bottom of the skylight, manipulating the thousands of talismans, doing his best to gather the "primordial power"... After the Great True Man's benevolent avatar self-immolated, the bell rang, and as he had said, Tianyuan Mountain welcomed an unprecedented "powerful primordial energy".

Fallen leaves return to their roots.

This top-tier Daoist expert at the eighth level of the Yang God realm returned all his life's cultivation to Tianyuan.

With the help of this rune array.

The "vital energy" gathered at Tianyuan Mountain is almost back to a thousand years ago.

Chongkan's idea of ​​being the embodiment of good intentions is excellent. By using the return of his vital energy after death, he can turn Tianyuan Mountain into an "anchor point" to recall the consciousness of his senior brother Xiaoyaozi who was wandering in spirit.

Unfortunately.

He miscalculated one thing.

Today's Taoist sects, though possessing vital energy, lack dragon veins.

With great difficulty, Deng Baiyi manipulated the talisman array to receive this enormous surge of energy... She looked back and sent her divine sense to the top of a small mountain not far from the cliff waterfall.

The "miracle" that had been imagined did not occur.

The prayer mat was empty.

Xiaoyaozi did not return from his "spiritual journey".

but……

However, a leaf, carried by the wind, descended from the mountaintop where Xiaoyaozi was sitting in seclusion, followed the path down the courtyard, and fluttered down in front of Deng Baiyi.

Two powerful characters are engraved on this leaf.

"...Mountain Lord?"

Deng Baiyi looked bewildered. She reached out and caught the leaf, and saw the two characters carved on it.

The instant when you gently clasp your hands together.

Deng Baiyi had a misconception.

She felt that the Heavenly Origin Talisman Array, which was originally extremely difficult to control, and its thousands of talismans, were all suddenly clear and easily grasped in an instant...

Then came the cliffside waterfall, and then the entire vast Tianyuan Mountain.

All of this seemed to be held firmly in the palm of my hand.

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“Yanwei.” At the entrance of Tianyuan Mountain, the chaotic figure suddenly spoke.

He spoke softly, directly uttering the Daoist name of the Master of Zhongmiao Studio. The latter trembled, lowered his head, and nervously clutched his sleeve, like a child who had done something wrong.

Master Yanwei knows...

I, the master of this wonderful place, have failed in my duty.

Over the years, although he has made meritorious contributions in guarding Tianyuan, he has made mistakes due to blind faith in the shrine.

As the head of the Daoist sect, he failed to protect the fortune of his own sect... After Tang Fengshu was imprisoned in the back mountain, Grand Master Chongkan began to extract the fortune of the seven sects. Apart from Grand Master Xuanzhi, he encountered no resistance. Among the sect leaders, Grand Master Yanwei was the strongest, but he only "watched from the sidelines".

Sometimes, inaction is tantamount to aiding and abetting evil.

"You...you have disappointed me..."

Xiaoyaozi's chaotic figure gazed at Yanwei Zhenren.

Boom!
Before he could finish speaking, Master Yanwei knelt on the ground.

"Sect Leader..."

His voice trembled, and he dared not look up: "Yanwei knows he was wrong... Yanwei is willing to accept punishment, Yanwei is willing to be confined to the back mountain and reflect on his mistakes. He only begs that the sect leader will not expel Yanwei."

This is how Chongkan punished the evil spirits of smoke back then.

He spent ten years facing the wall on the back mountain.

He was then expelled from the Taoist sect.

After Master Yanwei knelt down, Li Chen and Shu Ning also knelt down.

They all looked pale.

If we're talking about making mistakes... who is without fault?
Chongkan went against the natural order and stole the dragon vein, leaving the Taoist sect's fortune empty and its foundation weak. Every one of their patrons has made a grave mistake!

"Please, Master, punish me."

Li Chen and Shu Ning both lowered their heads, not daring to make the slightest movement.

As for the last one, the Candle Taoist, he remained ashen-faced throughout, quietly awaiting his fate.

The only one standing was Master Junshan.

Junshan glanced at the "good junior disciples" kneeling on the ground, then looked at his senior brother in front of him, his expression becoming somewhat strange.

He paused for a moment, sighed softly, and tentatively spoke, "Senior brother... the matter of the dragon vein is of utmost importance. Punishment is warranted, but too severe a punishment would be detrimental. The Daoist sect only has a few abbots; we can't possibly confiscate them all. In my opinion..."

That's where it ends.

"..."

Upon hearing this, Xiaoyaozi remained silent, only slowly gazing towards Junshan.

"I want to see."

Junshan changed the subject and said coldly, "Zhu Daoren should be severely punished. As for the other junior disciples... we'll discuss their punishments later."

He looked at the Taoist priest kneeling on the ground.

In recent years, Taoism has been embroiled in numerous controversies and accusations of infamy. A closer examination reveals…

Each one is related to the Candle Taoist.

"...Sect Leader!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Daoist Zhu raised his head, his expression miserable: "I beg the Sect Leader for mercy. This disciple is willing to face the wall in repentance. All the evil deeds I have committed over the years were instigated by Master Chongkan. This disciple has always been devoted to doing good..."

He crawled forward until he reached the side of the True Man of Junshan.

"Uncle-Master Junshan, please show mercy..."

The Taoist priest was in tears.

"I……"

Junshan frowned, sighed softly to himself, and wanted to say something.

next moment.

A cold light flashed from the sleeve of the Candle Daoist. He suddenly rushed out without regard for anything else, summoning his magic weapon, wanting to launch a sneak attack at extremely close range... He knew that after the Junshan True Man had undergone reincarnation and cultivation, he had just advanced to the Yin God level. He had fought fiercely in front of Tianyuan Mountain earlier, and now his vital energy was almost completely exhausted.

Most of the mistakes he had made over the years would not be forgiven, and his only way out was to take his senior uncle hostage and escape from the Daoist sect.

As for Sect Leader Xiaoyaozi...

Whether the sect leader is alive or dead, no one knows. This is merely a projection of a wisp of divine thought.

Yanwei knelt, Lichen knelt, and Shu Ning knelt too...

They kneel because kneeling means they can live.

Is kneeling down useful?
Rather than begging for mercy in tears, it's better to fight to the death!
"boom!"

The moment the cold light shone.

The chaotic figure of Xiaoyaozi, formed from purple energy, almost simultaneously raised his sleeve and extended his palm, which was devoid of any energy fluctuations.

It was just a gentle touch.

Heart-wrenching screams suddenly rang out in front of Tianyuan Mountain Gate.

The Candle Daoist burst into flames, his Daoist intent became chaotic, and his primordial fire went out of control, instantly transforming him into a "fire man".

Just a few breaths later.

And so it vanished into thin air.

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(PS: There will be another update tonight. I will finish writing about Ba Long. It will be released around 12 o'clock.)
(End of this chapter)