The Great Way to Truth, Starting from Jiazi Laodao

Chapter 254 Ancestor's Old Friend, Green Ox with Horns

In the southern part of Daxuan, the mountains and forests are dense, wildflowers are in full bloom, and the hurried cries of deer and the clatter of footsteps echo through the deep mountains.

The iron sword swept across, its blade swaying the earth.

Mountains collapsed, and vegetation turned to ashes.

The spirit deer, Longevity, soared into the air, clouds rising beneath its feet, moving with the speed of the wind, surrounded by nine colors, as it fled in panic.

Dugu Xue's face was gloomy.

He looked at the two people and the deer, his killing intent chilling.

With a whooshing sound, the peach wood sword came hurtling towards them.

Sword light flashed and thunder and fire roared.

Dugu Xue parried with her sword, but was knocked back a thousand feet. She looked at the two-foot-long peach wood sword with a grim expression.

He recognized it as a Taoist magic sword.

For a mere magical artifact to possess such divine power and have been locked in combat with me for so long, its owner must be extraordinary.

He is definitely a True Lord with terrifying strength, and may even be a Great True Lord with the Three Flowers Gathered at the Top.

In other words, that kid has powerful connections.

He had to make a quick decision.

Otherwise, once that True Lord arrives, he will not only provoke a great enemy, but also return empty-handed.

There is a world of difference between those who are about to reach the Three Flowers stage and those who have already achieved it.

Turning around and swinging his sword, he knocked the peach wood sword away again. Dugu Xue continued his pursuit. As the two people and the deer reappeared in his sight, the iron sword in his hand multiplied from one to a hundred, from a hundred to a thousand, and from a thousand to ten thousand.

Thousands of swords fell like rain, each one shattering a mountain peak, the roar never ceasing, the rain of swords never ending.

The sword that blocked the way was knocked away, and the sword spirit suffered additional damage.

The spirit deer, Longevity, was so frightened that its fur stood on end. It ran wildly, its antlers shining brightly on the sky. Beyond the nine-colored light, a black and white Tai Chi diagram appeared, protecting three feet around itself.

Li Zizai was equally ruthless, unleashing power with both hands simultaneously, using his skills to generate true fire with one hand and gather five thunderbolts with the other.

Thunder and fire erupted simultaneously, roaring and surging, striking the iron sword.

While their courage is commendable, the gap is too large.

Even with the Xuanming Seal within his body, he can only mobilize one-tenth of its power.

He could only hold on for a few breaths before his magical power was exhausted.

The iron sword shattered the lightning, pierced through the true fire, and tore through the illusory image of the Tai Chi diagram, heading straight for them.

At the critical moment, Li Zizai threw out a fire feather.

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The fiery feathers danced in the air, seemingly gentle yet burning intensely in an instant.

The Southern Ming Fire surged forth, and a fire phoenix flew out from the sea of ​​fire, scorching the iron sword.

Having temporarily averted a fatal blow, Li Zizai breathed a slight sigh of relief. Fortunately, when he left Phoenix Perch Mountain, he reluctantly exchanged his treasured Thirty-Six Stratagems for three hundred classic quotes with a brother from the Phoenix Clan.

His mother was an elder of the Phoenix Clan and a powerful cultivator at the Divine Realm.

This phoenix feather is his means of self-defense. There are five of them, and he obtained one himself, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

Most of the Iron Swords were destroyed, and the Fire Phoenix's energy was exhausted.

The remaining iron swords continued to rain down, exuding murderous intent, while the peach wood sword returned, blocking Li Zizai's head.

The wooden sword gleamed, sprouting and turning green at a speed visible to the naked eye, and in an instant, a peach branch emerged.

A three-foot peach branch, with five peach blossoms, pink and delicate.

A phantom appeared in the void, dressed in simple robes, with an ordinary face, holding a peach branch, and lightly stabbing forward.

The movements appeared slow but were actually rapid.

Peach blossoms bloom in the sky.

A peach blossom devours an iron sword.

In an instant, the iron sword was destroyed, its supernatural power was broken, the iron sword itself wailed, and its sword spirit was damaged and flew back.

Dugu Xuejian issued a warning.

His expression changed drastically, and without hesitation, he slashed at Li Zizai again with his sword before turning and running away.

When facing someone of the same level, he would fight to the bitter end, but against a Three Flowers Gathering at the Top expert, running away is the best strategy. It's not shameful, nor will it hinder his sword heart.

The phantom raised its hand, and peach blossoms filled the sky, raining down in a flurry.

The sword light faded in the rain of flowers, the sword's cry died in the rain of flowers, and the sword's intent dissipated in the rain of flowers.

A shower of petals shot forward.

A sound like tearing cloth rang out, a crack appeared in space, and peach blossoms drifted out.

It appeared on the path that Lonely Snow always takes.

His expression changed drastically, and his iron sword unleashed a thousand layers of sword energy, roaring into ten thousand layers of sword waves.

However, the falling flowers dissipated the sword's aura, and the scattered rain caused the sword's waves to slash.

Dugu Xue's all-out attack was easily calmed down.

The arrogant Great Jin Sword God's pupils constricted, and he was about to make another move, but he was unable to move.

A peach branch emerged from the spatial rift, wrapped around Dugu Xue, sealed her power, severed her right arm, dragged her into the spatial rift, and disappeared.

The rain of petals vanished, and the peach branches scattered in the wind.

The peach wood sword returned to Li Zizai's hands, from which a familiar voice, audible only to him, emanated.

"Kid, it's time to have enough fun. Go back to Fuyun Mountain to cultivate as soon as possible, and stop causing trouble everywhere."

The words fell.

The peach wood sword's light dimmed.

Li Zizai couldn't help but mutter, "You old man, you're out there having fun too. It's a double standard: officials are allowed to set fires, but common people aren't allowed to light lamps."

Snapped!
The peach wood sword slapped the boy across the face.

The red markings are particularly eye-catching.

Li Zizai quickly begged for mercy, and the peach wood sword regained its brilliance, transforming into a wooden hairpin. He reached out, picked it up, and used it to tie up his hair.

He rubbed his swollen face, grimacing, and said, "This is definitely the real master; he really hit hard."

Immediately recalling the figure waving a peach branch, and the effortless way he suppressed Dugu Xue, Li Zizai understood:

"I never imagined that my master had changed his identity again, and that he was actually the Peach Blossom Sword God, a legendary figure in the martial arts world who is rarely seen."

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A small world, in the courtyard.

After crippling Dugu Xue and temporarily sealing her inside a peach wood sword, Xuanming put the matter aside for the time being and enjoyed the New Year in peace.

The year ends with the sound of firecrackers, and the spring breeze brings warmth to Tusu. In the bright sunshine, people in every household replace the old charms with new ones.

After New Year's Day, Xuanming walked out of the courtyard and saw the brand-new peach charms on the door. He thought of the peach wood sword, which had not yet been upgraded to a magic weapon. He had an idea and returned to Daohai Palace to seek out the great Dao Zui.

"Senior, this junior wishes to exchange for a piece of thousand-year-old lightning-struck wood. Does your sect have any in stock?"

Opening his sleepy eyes, the powerful figure drunkenly said, "It's easy to exchange for lightning-struck wood. I, Taiping, have raised a group of peach wood demons and jujube tree demons. You can go to the Green Wood Domain, where you can find what you want."

Seeing the powerful being still fast asleep, Xuanming bowed respectfully, found the small world map, located the Azure Wood Domain, stepped out of the Dao Sea Palace, and rode his escape light eastward.

On the way, he thought of the jujube wood spirit who knew his ancestor. With the jujube wood hairpin on his head, he had a sudden thought and used his fingers to calculate, wanting to know how this old friend of his ancestor was doing now.

He was immediately taken aback, not expecting that his ancestor and old friend would become a demon king in less than two hundred years. It seemed that he had also had some kind of destiny.

The vast world, spanning millions of miles, is divided into nine regions.

Daohai Palace and Taiping Palace are both located in the Xuanhuang Domain, where the earth's energy is the most abundant, and it is also the center of the Nine Domains.

The Azure Wood Domain is located to the east of the Xuanhuang Domain. It stretches for tens of thousands of miles, with lush vegetation, towering ancient trees forming a vast sea of ​​trees, and a variety of strange and wonderful tree species, spiritual herbs, and exotic flowers in all shapes and sizes.

Butterflies flutter, bees flap their wings.

This is a paradise for plants and living things.

Thousands upon thousands of tree spirits, flower fairies, grass monsters, and medicine spirits live and recuperate in this place, and are responsible for providing supplies to the Taiping Sect.

It is under the control of Banjiao Qingniu, one of the four protectors of the Taiping Sect.

A sound broke through the air.

Xuanming made no attempt to conceal his presence.

Upon arriving in the Green Wood Domain, they saw the Green Ox with Horned Horns, who had received advance notice and were already waiting.

(End of this chapter)