The True Lord has arrived

Chapter 235 Look me straight in the eye, Ji Xuanyuan!
The scent of incense rose like a river overflowing its banks, surging and surging!
The incredibly powerful incense smoke surged wildly, leaving the old local dumbfounded. He almost felt that his pitiful "little granary" was about to be burst by the mere three incense sticks burned by this young Taoist.

The dignified Lord of Mount Tai, the most revered of the Five Sacred Mountains and the master of all mountains, offered three sticks of incense to a humble local earth god in Sichuan, and bowed to this mountain range.

Even if the old landowner didn't know who this person was, the intensity of this reaction allowed him to guess that this person's status must be extraordinary.

It sprang up from the rock in a flash.

His voice trembled slightly: "You, no—"

"you?!"

The young Taoist priest lit incense, put a finger to his lips, and smiled slightly:
"Shh-"

"The fight between those two just now was partly due to my own karma. This small offering is just compensation. Please forgive me, old local deity. I hope you will take good care of this mountain and surrounding area."

The Earth God nodded vigorously. Finally, the young Taoist withdrew his hand, cupped his hands in farewell, and watched the three leave. The Earth God sighed with emotion, then became so excited that he almost ran back to his own shrine. Holding his cane, he danced with unbridled joy, his little mustache twitching.

"It's Chinese New Year! It's Chinese New Year!"

"Hiccup!"

After letting out a burp, the old earth god spun around and disappeared back into a cloud of white mist. The earth god shrine was put away again. On the mountaintop, the shrine on the pine tree swayed precariously, and a bird landed on it, chirping away.

But then a loud burp was heard, and the birds flew away in fright.

Looking inside the shrine, the statue of the Earth God is cracked.

My belly is too big and bulging.

The statue's clothes were all torn.

………………

"You're actually quite kind-hearted, kid."

Kaiming clicked his tongue in amazement, and Zhou Yan said, "After all, the fight took place in Qingni Ridge, so it's related to me. He's had a lot of trouble. Let's go." Zhou Yan and Kaiming discussed it and decided to go to Ge Lang's village first to rescue the people.

In order to force Ge Lang to get that beautiful tattoo for him, An Lushan sent people to tie up many children there. They were probably war demons, who were tempered from soldiers who died in battle. They had some skills, but they were not strong enough for Zhou Yan and Kai Ming.

Ge Lang already knew that these two were no ordinary people. In fact, he had been on tenterhooks the whole time, worried that they wouldn't help rescue the people. Now, he finally felt at ease and continued on his way.

Zhou Yan's escape technique couldn't carry people, but Kai Ming seemed to know how to ride the clouds and mist, and could barely carry people flying, though the speed was not fast. Zhou Yan sat cross-legged on the cloud, his white hair flying, while Kai Ming stood with his arms crossed, his clothes fluttering.

The two of them looked like reclusive sages.

In reality, they were engaged in a scheme to divide the spoils.

"Hurry up, take it out and let me see!" Kaiming urged repeatedly, his eyes shining. "Hurry up, don't dawdle."

"let me see."

"I have caught hundreds of birds to play with, but I have never seen a bird like this before."

Zhou Yan then reached into his robes, grabbed the three-legged golden crow by the neck, and lifted it up like a free-range chicken, thus freeing this creature, which was infamous in legends and myths.

Kaiming squatted down next to Zhou Yan, their heads close together, their eyes fixed intently on the thing.

"stare--"

Zhou Yan shook his hand, and the head and body of the three-legged golden crow swayed as well. Its entire body seemed to be made of bronze, and when struck, it made a clanging sound. Yet, its feathers emitted a warm and soft golden light, and there was still life in them.

"...What is this thing?"

Zhou Yan, holding the three-legged golden crow, asked Kaiming, "What do you mean by saying it is neither alive nor dead?"

Kaiming explained, "Back in the time of Emperor Yao, Yi shot down nine suns and killed eight ferocious beasts. This three-legged golden crow was one of his strongest opponents, and it took him a great deal of effort to shoot it down."

"Nine golden crows fell down, and later someone picked them up and used this innate divine wood to sustain their life force, keeping them in a state of 'death' but not actually dying."

Zhou Yan thought of the monk Kongkong's explanation.

A day of a mortal's struggle to die is the life of a mayfly.

The death of the ancient great tree will last for a hundred years.

The process of dying for true gods of heaven and earth is equally lengthy.

It now appears that some beings, by utilizing the vitality of the innate divine tree and drawing upon the power of wood to generate fire, have kept the three-legged golden crow from dying.

Kaiming said, "I am, after all, a great god of Kunlun. Kunlun Mountain is located in the west, and the god of the west controls Geng metal. I am considered a god of the Geng metal lineage. So back then, I was captured and hung on a tree, and my blood's divinity was used to nurture this innate divine tree."

"And the life force of this innate divine tree is what keeps the three-legged golden crow alive."

Zhou Yan understood. He picked up the three-legged golden crow by its claws and lifted it upside down.
"...So, this is genuine?"

"Can it become the sun?"

Kaiming stroked his chin and said, "At its peak, it can transform into a giant fireball, hovering in the air, possessing the conceptual authority to replicate the Great Sun. Therefore, in terms of concept and nature, this thing is indeed a smaller version of the sun." Zhou Yan looked at the half-dead 'sun' that had been lifted up.

There was a moment of silence.

Lord Zhou felt it necessary to lighten the mood: "Is it edible?"

This time, the enlightened remained silent.

However, his open-minded nature also makes him quite unconventional.

As a dignified Kunlun deity and enlightened emperor, he felt he could not be looked down upon by the human race.

Kaiming, with a serious and thoughtful expression, replied solemnly:

"How about giving it a try?"

The golden crow, which had been pretending to be dead and was being held upside down, struggled to get away from the divine tree. Although it was not full of life, an extremely dense true fire still rushed towards Zhou Yan. Zhou Yan dodged this blazing and terrifying flame that could melt anything.

He stretched out his hand and flicked his finger on the forehead.

Supernatural Power - Giant Spirit!
Ten times the power - Super brain flick!

boom! ! !
The air whistled sharply, and the three-legged golden crow's head snapped back, causing it to faint instantly, its claws still gripping the innate divine wood that Zhou Yan had shoved into its hand.

Zhou Yan had previously thought it was a nest-protecting instinct, but now he realized that it was because the innate divine tree sustained their lives that these three-legged golden crows protected the bronze divine tree at all costs, unless they encountered a more urgent and dangerous situation, in which case they would choose to abandon it.

"Keep it for now, and ask the old lady when we get back."

The Old Mother of Lishan might have a solution.

As Zhou Yan looked at the beautiful scenery in front of him, he breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Although they failed to defeat An Lushan and reclaim the core fragment of the Dao Fruit from Mount Tai, they disrupted An Lushan's rituals, seized Chi You's essence blood, rescued Consort Shen and Kai Ming, and obtained the innate wood element energy.

I also got a three-legged golden crow by the way.

It can be said that this operation was almost a complete success.

All five elements of innate Qi are now complete. I wonder what changes will occur after we return. However, we must first send Consort Shen and Kaiming back to Zhongnan Mountain. Zhou Yan's true form in Zhongnan Mountain has the strength of a fourth-rank warrior, so we can rest assured that he will be safe and sound.

Then, send another avatar with the token of the Nine Elders Cave Master to form an alliance with the Lord of Mount Emei.

As Zhou Yan was calculating what he needed to do next, he suddenly realized something was wrong. He heard a dragon's roar, and then the headache that had been bothering him suddenly escalated.

The sound of clashing weapons instantly drowned out the Buddhist chants!

boom! ! !
The gentle breeze around them suddenly changed color! It transformed into a blood-red evil wind that swept across the heavens and earth, causing the sky to weep blood and shower down scarlet rain.

This place is no longer under the control of enlightened beings.

Zhou Yan paused for a moment, his gaze sweeping over the scene calmly.

They saw the desolate, inky earth, the menacing weapons stuck upside down, the fallen giant golden dragon, and the towering figure standing atop the mountain of countless warriors' corpses!
Zhou Yan realized a very serious problem: the [Warlord's World-Suppressing Diagram] designed by the Old Mother of Lishan herself, and the seal drawn with the help of Manjushri Bodhisattva's Heavenly Dragon Blood, were without problems. They were mysterious and unparalleled, enough to suppress Chi You's evil aura.

However, it is now sealed within the main body.

And it was aimed at a single drop of Chi You's essence blood.

However, there was a second drop of Chi You's precious blood here, which had been refined by the essence.

With the resonance of their dual essences, the simple seal could no longer completely suppress the immense fighting spirit contained in both places. Thus, Zhou Yan was once again drawn into this world purely condensed from fighting spirit, and on the battlefield, that tall and majestic figure raised his weapon.

A fury, even more intense and violent than before, erupted.

A fighting spirit, more furious and violent than ever before, exploded forth!

Undoubtedly, Chi You's fighting spirit was completely ignited. This would be a situation that did not exist in history. Chi You was filled with anger and resentment at being killed by Ji Xuanyuan, but then he discovered that 'Ji Xuanyuan' had become a deserter, so he fell into hatred for Ji Xuanyuan.

And the shame of being defeated by such deserters, mixed together—

The extreme rage of Chi You, who does not exist in mythology.

"You actually became a deserter?"

The terrifying baleful aura almost transformed into a condensed blood-red cloud of energy. Chi You raised his head, his eyes no longer pure white, but extremely blood-red, and his roar shook the heavens and earth!

"Face me!"

"Ji Xuanyuan!!!"

Zhou Yan: "…………"

"Grass."

(End of this chapter)