The road is vague

Chapter 228 First Glimpse of Talent (Part 7)

Inside the Yuan Shen Pavilion.

Chen Yu had grown accustomed to sitting quietly and contemplating the world here every day.

This place was shrouded in layers of restrictions, and the grooves in the surrounding walls were filled with layers of primordial spirit lamps, emitting a faint, eerie light.

The Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Lingmu Sect would leave behind a trace of their divine soul energy when paying homage to their ancestor, which would then be refined into a Yuan Shen Lamp and placed in the Yuan Shen Pavilion.

If these cultivators encounter any misfortune in the future, their primordial spirit lamps will also go out.

At the top of the Yuan Shen Pavilion, there is a skylight located in the Dharma Protector Hall training ground.

The cultivators who have been guarding this place year-round will spontaneously form a tortoise-fly barrier. While helping the Dharma Protector Hall complete its daily drills, they will also learn from each other in the process.

Chen Yu slowly opened his eyes on the prayer mat. He had been on duty here for seven consecutive days.

"Today is the day to look after the sacred fields."

The disciples of the Chen family learn to take care of the spirit fields from a young age.

Upon reaching adulthood, some choose to continue caring for the sacred fields, while others choose to give up.

Chen Yu and Chen Lan grew up together. Although neither of them was interested in alchemy, they both chose to preserve the spirit field and continue to take care of it. This was a traditional virtue for the Chen family, but for a wandering disciple, it was an abuse of power by a disciple from a noble family.

Although the Yuan Shen Pavilion has few disciples, it is full of talented individuals.

For example, one of them spent seven years meditating in seclusion, trying to improve his so-called composure.

Another person insisted on being bitten by various poisonous creatures every day, hoping to become immune to all poisons.

Another person practiced silent meditation and did not utter a single word for more than ten years...

These people are considered oddballs outside, but within the Yuan Shen Pavilion, they are perfectly normal.

In the center of the Yuan Shen Pavilion, an old man with a broad forehead and short stature sat cross-legged on a lotus platform. The sunlight streaming through the skylight shone directly on him.

At this moment, he is resting his chin on his hand, appearing deep in thought.

I do not know how long it has been.

A primordial lamp inside a recess in the wall suddenly went out.

Everyone noticed and looked toward the extinguished primordial spirit lamp.

"The historian of the Enforcement Hall, aged sixty-three?"

An elderly man with a broad forehead suddenly came to the primordial spirit lamp, gently took off his identity token with his wooden cane, looked around, and handed it to Chen Yu.

"This person's death is suspicious. Go and hand over this person's identity token to Ye Shoutian, the head of the Law Enforcement Hall."

"Yes."

After receiving the token, Chen Yu quickly left.

Not long after Chen Yu left, another primordial spirit lamp suddenly went out.

"kindness?"

The Pavilion Master of the Yuan Shen Pavilion instinctively flew over.

However, before he could observe carefully, he saw that the third primordial spirit lamp on the high-rise building in the distance had suddenly gone out, which made his expression change drastically.

"Have both sides finally lost their patience?"

As he finished speaking, the fourth primordial spirit lamp went out.

The people inside the Yuan Shen Pavilion gathered together, and even those who were usually naive could no longer turn a deaf ear.

The fifth primordial spirit lamp went out.

The sixth primordial spirit lamp went out...

Each of these spirit lamps represents a Foundation Establishment stage disciple within the sect.

The speed at which the Yuan Shen Lamp went out did not decrease with the passage of time, but instead became faster and faster, as if it had erupted in full force.

"Everyone, listen to my command! Take your positions, activate the shielding barrier, and do not leave without permission!"

"Yes!"

Everyone dispersed.

……

After leaving the Yuan Shen Pavilion, Chen Yu quickly arrived on the surface of the earth.

Just like the symbiotic relationship between the Zhenfeng Pavilion and the Law Enforcement Hall, the same is true for the Yuanshen Pavilion and the Dharma Protector Hall.

When Chen Yu arrived at the entrance of the Dharma Protector Hall, holding the Death Disciple's identity token, he was immediately stunned by the scene on Qingming Mountain. On the vast Qingming Mountain, beams of spiritual light shot into the sky, merging with the protective array's light shield thousands of feet high, forming a colorful array.

An unsettling spiritual pressure permeated the air.

Even the spirit birds that perched on the Pure Spirit Tree began to cry out wildly.

The Dharma Protector Hall was not spared either; seventy-two beams of spiritual light shot into the sky, and Chen Yu's face turned pale with shock.

Faced with such a drastic change, he felt extremely insignificant with his early Foundation Establishment cultivation. However, before he could observe carefully, several Golden Core stage spiritual pressures came from the depths of the Dharma Protector Hall. Immediately afterwards, a large number of Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining cultivators openly engaged in battles throughout the Dharma Protector Hall, plunging the entire hall into chaos.

"Oh my God!"

Chen Yu felt a chill run down her spine and her back go cold; a cold sensation shot straight to her forehead.

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the air was wildly stirred up, filled with oppression, and the earth trembled and shook under the pressure.

Sudden.

A disciple of the Dharma Protector Hall fell from the sky, landing several dozen feet away from Chen Yu, splattering a large amount of blood nearby.

Chen Yu immediately ran over.

What exactly happened in our sect?

As he spoke, Chen Yu tried to treat the man.

The man was bleeding from his mouth and nose, his body was convulsing in pain, and his eyes were filled with fear and despair. He looked at Chen Yu and tried to say something, but could only make a whimpering sound before dying in front of Chen Yu.

The corpses fell from the sky like raindrops, landing in various parts of the Dharma Protector Hall.

A raging fire broke out near the armory, and warships kept attempting to take off, only to crash down one after another.

At this time.

A loud crane cry suddenly echoed through the sky. The entire Dharma Protector Hall seemed to fall silent.

Chen Yu instinctively looked up and saw a huge bird's beak, like a celestial deity, pointing directly at the vortex of spiritual clouds amidst the rolling spiritual clouds. Soon after, a muffled groan was heard.

"This is Senior Uncle Chen's secret technique for summoning spirits!"

Chen Yu recognized it at a glance as a secret technique of Hall Master Chen Heyan, and immediately gasped.

After a brief period of confusion and bewilderment, he realized that the chaos at the mountain gate was not due to an invasion by foreign enemies. Therefore, there was only one possibility: that the Justice Society had launched an attack!
Think of this.

Chen Yu immediately gritted his teeth, his hair standing on end in fury.

"A bunch of greedy, insatiable bastards. Since that's the case, rather than a slow death, let's settle things in one battle. Let's use drastic measures to cure a serious illness and save our sect from its decline. Let's finish this once and for all and eliminate any future troubles!"

From the perspective of a member of a prominent family.

To prioritize the overall situation and preserve the thousand-year-old heritage of their sect, they devoted themselves wholeheartedly to their cause, showing great tolerance towards the members of the Justice Society.

The alchemists of the Chen family not only have to accept public alchemy tasks from their sect every year, but also have to provide the sect with a large number of spiritual herbs to be refined into pills as rewards.

The puppeteers of the Lü family not only had to provide a large number of beast-shaped puppets for their sect as a strategic resource reserve, but also shouldered the important task of cultivating a new generation of array masters.

The Jiang family's weapon refiners nearly emptied their coffers in order to replicate the Tongtian Zhenyang Cauldron, and almost lost two generations in that disaster.

The Ye family's situation wasn't much better.

It seems certain that Ye Fuhu's leopard king was used by Sect Leader Qingling Zhenren to compensate for the Ye family's losses.

The four major families all made sacrifices for their sects.

These independent disciples, in order to gain more benefits, kept pushing their luck. Whenever the disciples of aristocratic families achieved something, they would accuse them of relying on their family's resources and would magnify all their flaws and slander them relentlessly.

His heart was gradually filled with resentment and madness. After taking one last look at the chaotic Dharma Protector Hall, he quickly ran towards the Law Enforcement Hall.

He needed to complete his own task first and hand over the identity token to the head of the Enforcement Hall.

The other halls were also in chaos, with disciples fighting and confronting each other everywhere. Chen Yu was extremely anxious but did not know what to do.

Fortunately, the situation at the Enforcement Hall has been initially brought under control.

Only at the Zhenfeng Pavilion did spiritual pressure continue to emerge, and most of the disciples of the Enforcement Hall were gathered there, cooperating with the Zhenfeng Pavilion jailers to re-suppress the prisoners.

"Where is Hall Master Ye? I have urgent news to report!"

"The Hall Master is cooperating with Zhenfeng Pavilion to suppress the criminals inside."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yu immediately flew towards the White Pagoda and quickly cooperated with the disciples of the Enforcement Hall to suppress most of the criminals in the Zhenfeng Pavilion.

More than three hundred Qi Refining cultivators and more than forty Foundation Establishment disciples gathered together, many of them bearing injuries.

Besides the disciples of the Enforcement Hall, there were also jailers from the Zhenfeng Pavilion and disciples from aristocratic families who had temporarily come to support them from other halls.

The court of law enforcement returned to calm.

The Justice Society seemed quite wary of Ye Shoutian, so it did not include the Law Enforcement Hall as its main target, but instead concentrated most of its forces on the Law Protector Hall, which was the absolute center of Qingming Mountain.

Everywhere there were damaged buildings and dead and injured people; the scene was one of desolation and chaos.

Chen Yu was finally able to report his mission to Ye Shoutian alone.

"Senior Uncle Ye, this is the identity token that the Pavilion Master asked me to give you."

Upon hearing this, the stocky and short Ye Shoutian glanced at the identity token and then casually put it away.

He was extremely agitated, realizing that his cultivation partner, Bai Jingjing, must have encountered some trouble. He wondered if she was temporarily trapped somewhere or if she had been tricked by members of the Justice Society.

“Nephew Chen, you have seen the situation now. Countless people have died in the sect. Shi Ce’s death is no longer worth mentioning. But if I’m not mistaken, he should have met his end at the Qinglong Pool, which was the place where the attack first started.”

"Azure Dragon Pool?"

Although Chen Yu was puzzled, he could only bow respectfully and retreat back into the crowd.

"Master Ye."

The master of Zhenfeng Pavilion is an old man with white hair and eyebrows and who is blind.

His long, jet-black fingernails exuded a sinister aura, making him look like an old madman.

"The chaos in our sect this time was caused by the attack from the Justice Society. Let Chen Kaixuan lead the remaining leaders to support you. I will now completely seal off Zhenfeng Pavilion to prevent the trouble from spreading."

Upon hearing this, Xing Dianzhang and Chen Kaixuan, along with the more than twenty Dianzhang behind them, all looked at Ye Shoutian.

"Alright, line up!"

At Ye Shoutian's command, everyone quickly prepared for battle.

After a brief mobilization, he immediately led most of the Foundation Establishment disciples away from the Enforcement Hall and headed straight for the Azure Dragon Pool, leaving a small number of Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining disciples to rescue the wounded near the Enforcement Hall.

Chen Yu followed Ye Shoutian and became a member of the expeditionary force, showing a puzzled expression.

"Why not go and support the Dharma Protector Hall?"

In Chen Yu's view, the Dharma Protector Hall is the core of the sect. As long as the Dharma Protector Hall is stabilized, the rebellion can be suppressed and the evil villains of the Justice Society can be wiped out.

"Chen Yu!"

As the shouts came from afar, Chen Yu came to his senses and saw Chen Rong and Chen Lan gathering in this direction to join the punitive expedition. He was overjoyed.

"Sister Lan, Auntie, what brings you here!"

Chen Lan looked somewhat anxious and spoke first after hearing this.

"I was cultivating spiritual plants in the alchemy hall when this chaos suddenly broke out. Fortunately, the two hall masters eventually chose to stop and persuaded everyone not to get involved in this internal strife. I was worried about your brother-in-law, so I secretly ran away. As a result, the weapon refining hall has been completely locked down by the spatial restriction array."

Chen Rong sighed.

"It's so chaotic up there, how could I let Lan'er run around like that? So I had no choice but to follow her up."

She looked helpless, then frowned.

"Where is Hall Master Ye going?"

Chen Yu sighed deeply and slowly uttered three words.

"Qinglongtan" (Azure Dragon Pool).

Upon hearing this, Chen Rong and Chen Lan were stunned and somewhat confused.

(End of this chapter)