Dao Cheng Gui Xian

Chapter 416 The Lotus Lord Descends, the Hunt Begins!

The thick rootstock takes hold as it grows strong.

The fiery veins flowing beneath Jin Yan Mountain were instantly extinguished, and the Azure Lotus immediately turned fiery red, swaying on the mountainside, while the surrounding temperature plummeted in an instant.

The leader of the Zoroastrian cult looked up.

A shadow had fallen over the boundless void, as if a colossal creature lurked deep within it, inspiring awe and fear.

Trembling with fear, the leader of the Fire Worship Cult prostrated himself on the ground and respectfully bowed:
"The Fire Worship Sect's Burning Immortal pays homage to the Great Venerable Azure Lotus!"

The Fire Worship Cult Leader, who had been subservient to the Qinglian Clan for many years, knew exactly who the visitor was.
He knew all too well that the roots that were now taking hold of Jin Yan Mountain were merely a single root of that colossal creature.

Therefore, even though he had wholeheartedly switched his allegiance to the Three Immortals Pavilion, he still found it difficult to suppress his fear when facing a ten-thousand-year-old monster like Lotus Venerable.

A bluish-red flame ignited on the stem of the fiery lotus.

Flames rose and twisted into a lotus platform, upon which a figure in a green robe, with his back to the world, slowly emerged, accompanied by a unique Daoist aura.

The moment the figure in the green robe appeared, thunder rumbled across the sky.

Crimson lightning fell intermittently from the dark sky, but it was still some distance from Golden Flame Mountain, as if it could not lock onto the Azure Lotus Grandmaster.

The Azure Lotus Venerable paid no heed to this, and his Daoist aura seeped into the Luo family mansion along the roots.

The Luo clan members, who had been lying dead on the ground, suddenly rose from the ground like puppets, and then mechanically repeated the actions of fighting in their lives before falling to the ground again.

"Cannibalism?"

A murmur echoed from the lotus platform of flames, but the Fire Worship Cult Leader could not discern any emotion in it.

Just then, the murmuring began again.

"Is this a murderous intent from heaven and earth? The covenant between the Great Celestial Venerable of Immortal Mountain and the Earth Mother Venerable, a law of heaven and earth, hmm~? And it's even disguised as the Spirit Sealing Dao's Spirit Sealing Law?"

The Fire Worship Cult Leader knelt on the ground. With each murmur of the Azure Lotus Grand Venerable, he felt the pressure on his head increase. At this moment, he could no longer even mobilize the fire spirit power within his body.

At this moment, the Azure Lotus Venerable began to speak to himself again.

"Then who killed Luo Zhenyi, Luo Xuanxu?"

Flesh and blood, primordial spirit, not a trace of aura—is this the Venerable Realm?

If one is at the Venerable Realm, why go through all this trouble?
That was a top-tier Nascent Soul cultivator who had mastered the Dao of Heaven and Earth?

It seems so!

interesting!

Let me see which child is being naughty.

The Azure Lotus Venerable sat upright on the lotus platform, and another root descended from the void.

This root is half-real and half-illusory, existing in the space between the two. The moment it extends, countless tendrils grow out, intertwining to form a blue net.

The Azure Lotus Venerable raised his hand and waved it, and the azure net rose into the air, slowly growing larger, and in the blink of an eye, it swept across the heavens and earth.

The leader of the Fire Worship Cult rolled his eyes and collapsed unconscious.

At the same time, Li Wushou, who had already rushed to the Yanyang Mountains, suddenly felt a chill.

Looking up at the sky, all I saw was emptiness and nothingness.

But he always felt as if there was an invisible net surrounding him from all directions.

Recalling the feeling that surged through his mind when he fled from the Luo family, how could Li Wushou not know the abnormality in it?
This must be the work of the Azure Lotus Grand Venerable!
Although this was not a means of killing the enemy, the method of tracking astonished him.

He had erased all traces, yet he was still vaguely locked onto?
Li Wushou realized that he seemed to have underestimated the Azure Lotus Venerable. The other party seemed to be somewhat different from ordinary Venerables!

My earlier plan to block the gate outside the Mustard Seed Ferry seemed too naive.

It was too late to rush into the Domain River at this moment, so Li Wushou could only speed up and rush towards the direction of the Sealed Spirit Path.

In the Yanyang Mountains, the newly rekindled subterranean fire surged and then gradually died down.

Although the fire beneath their feet had died down, the surrounding temperature was dropping.

But Li Wushou keenly sensed that a raging fire seemed to be burning within his mind.

Even a gigantic fire lotus stretching across the heavens and earth was faintly visible in his mind, but when Li Wushou looked back at the sky, there was nothing there.

What kind of law is this?

This was the first time he had encountered such a law, and he had no idea how to fight back.

With a flicker, Li Wushou was already on the outskirts of the Fenglingdao side in the Yanyang Mountains. Li Wushou even saw the figures of two blood-robed men who had fled the Holy Domain a hundred miles away.

Just then, Li Wushou paused.

The fiery lotus in his mind suddenly transformed into a blurry figure in a green robe, its face indistinct. Five-colored lotuses were embroidered on the collar of the robe, but at this moment, the fiery lotuses were particularly vibrant. The moment this figure appeared, it looked down upon the world and murmured:

"Got you!"

Then he slowly raised his hand and slapped down.

Li Wushou was shocked. Although he was surprised that the Azure Lotus Grand Venerable could actually find him, he was not afraid. He knew that no matter how strong or special the Azure Lotus Grand Venerable was, he could not use his full strength at this moment.

Forcibly calming his mind, Li Wushou was about to unleash his Daoist energy to counterattack when he saw the old beggar in the Three Immortals Pavilion slowly rise and say with a hint of a joke:
"Now you know the difference between yourself and a Great Venerable, right? I told you before, don't underestimate a Great Venerable, let alone an old guy who has lived for ten thousand years?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the old beggar walked to the incense table.

He took a pinch of incense ash from the incense burner, pressed it onto Li Wushou's memorial tablet, and then turned to Li Wushou and said:
"Don't fight back, don't think, don't look, don't move!"

Li Wushou subconsciously did as instructed, and then felt the sense of urgency in his mind suddenly dissipate by more than half.

Although the figure in his mind was still clapping, the slap that was clearly above his head seemed not to be aimed at him at all.

Just then, a figure flashed, and the old beggar stood beside Li Wushou.

With one hand on Li Wushou's shoulder, he casually tossed something in front of him with the other.

With his mind calmed, Li Wushou focused his gaze.

The old beggar was throwing away the skin of the man in the green and yellow robes that he had peeled off earlier.

As the man in the green robe lowered his hand, the ground beneath Li Wushou's feet suddenly collapsed, leaving a deep palm print. Countless flames emerged from the void.

The skin, torn to shreds by the old beggar, burst into flames.

But Li Wushou and the old beggar were unharmed.

The old beggar chuckled, picked up the stunned black shadow behind Li Wushou, and simultaneously reached his hand into the shadow's body. After a moment of groping, he pinched off a wisp of the green-robed man's primordial spirit, which the shadow had not yet fully digested.

Pinch it between your fingertips, rub it hard, and it vanishes into nothingness along with the leather membrane inscribed with the writing.

The old beggar clapped his hands and said smugly, "Let's go now!"

Afterwards, they swaggered back to the Three Immortals Pavilion.

Li Wushou's expression shifted, and he had some vague guesses about the methods of the Azure Lotus Grandmaster.

Just now, it seems that the Azure Lotus Venerable did not actually lock onto me. That method of locking onto the enemy seemed to originate from my own vigilance and wariness towards the Azure Lotus Venerable.

Because he had just destroyed the Luo clan, he was filled with vigilance towards the Azure Lotus Grandmaster, which is why he was tracked down by such methods.

If I ignore him, then he can't hurt me?
Now is not the time to delve into this. It's better to find a place to hide for a while first. After randomly choosing a direction, Li Wushou left the spot.

Regardless, he certainly learned a lot from this experience.

Venerable beings should not be underestimated, especially those like the Azure Lotus Venerable, the Great Heavenly Venerable, and the Earth Mother Venerable.

At the same time, on Mount Jin Yan.

The Azure Lotus Venerable still had his back to all living beings, but he couldn't help but let out a soft exclamation.

Raise your palm, and you'll see that the blue net woven from another root and tendril has quietly withered away.

Gazing into his palm, the Azure Lotus Grandmaster murmured:

"The written agreement, the sealing of the spirit world, is consistent with the information about killing Luo Zhenyi and Luo Xuanxu. Judging from the location, it is indeed in the Sealed Spirit Path. But they died so easily?"

The Azure Lotus Venerable was somewhat unsure.

He did gather a lot of power from the Fiery Sun Earth Fire, but the Earth Fire of Fiery Sun Mountain had been refined by the Heavenly Flame Seed, so it wasn't that vigorous to begin with.

On the other hand, those should be two Nascent Soul cultivators. What puzzled him was that even after he had crushed their physical bodies and primordial spirits into nothingness, he had not sensed the power of the Dao.

"Was it because you exhausted your Dao energy when you killed Luo Zhenyi and Luo Xuanxu, or did someone sever the karmic ties? That mad sparrow couldn't have done it so decisively, could it? Or perhaps it was the Great Heavenly Venerable and the Earth Mother Venerable?"

I looked up slightly, and the gloomy sky slowly brightened.

One's own being is being rejected by heaven and earth, constantly drifting away.

The Azure Lotus Venerable's expression was inscrutable; he knew that it was no longer possible for him to make a move.

His own Daoist aura could no longer completely isolate his own aura.

Judging from the current situation, it is highly likely that Fenglingdao did make a move, but Fenglingdao may also have been used by the Great Heavenly Venerable and the Earth Mother Venerable.

Having made his judgment, the Azure Lotus Venerable concealed his aura and was about to leave.

Suddenly, a thought struck him, and he looked into the empty space beside him.

(End of this chapter)