The Last Sentinel

Seeing their shock, the advisor smiled leisurely, stroked his white beard, and said, "Possession? You two are overthinking it!"

"It is only I who possess others' bodies; who can possess me?"

"Even Zhao Changcheng cannot possess this humble Taoist!"

Wu Budu looked at his advisor with confusion: "Who exactly are you?"

The advisor's tone was calm yet authoritative: "Let me reintroduce myself. I am the last leader of the Qingcheng Mountain ancestral home of the Quanzhen Sect, the Xuanmen Federation, and the former head of the Dragon Group. My Daoist name is Danyangzi!"

"Danyangzi?" the Wolf King murmured to himself, his voice filled with unfamiliarity. "You're clearly a professor, so how come you're the leader of Qingcheng Mountain? And where did you get your cultivation level?"

"My transformation is inseparable from my good grand-disciple!" The master pointed to the sky, his eyes full of satisfaction and pride. "If it weren't for him, I would have been just an ordinary professor for the rest of my life, and I would never have been able to regain my memories and cultivation."

"Ye Feng? You mean he helped you in the river of time?" Wu Budu's eyes lit up, he leaned forward and pressed his hand on the stone table, his knuckles turning white, his voice almost overflowing with anticipation, "He helped you regain your memories and cultivation in the past?"

The advisor paced back and forth, gazing out the window at the wind and rain, and sighed, "To be precise, he gave me a key that allowed me to rediscover my peak memories and cultivation. As the saying goes, it's better to rely on yourself than on others, and better to rely on yourself than on others."

"The 1999 planetary defense war was the last battle of the Xuanmen Alliance. We gave our all, sacrificed the Altar of Heaven and Earth, and used ourselves as a cauldron to connect with the Ming Empire, building a stable logistical star gate for the Alliance. Only then did we win the victory."

"But in that battle, the Xuanmen Alliance lost many experts, their cultivation was reduced to zero, their memories were wiped out, and holy lands such as Longhu Mountain and Qingcheng Mountain were completely destroyed. The era of spiritual energy ended and the era of technology arrived. Even I was exhausted and on the verge of death. After the victory of the Star Wars, the Human Alliance gave me a gene serum, which allowed me to stay alive until today."

"I thought I would never be able to awaken my memories again, but a month ago, a ray of moonlight shone on me, and Ye Feng gave me a four-word hint that allowed all my memories and peak cultivation to return perfectly."

At this point, the advisor touched his hair, his tone filled with delight, "Look, my hair has grown back black! This is the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top, the Five Qi Returning to the Origin, a reversal of life and death, a process of rejuvenation!"

The two men leaned closer and saw that the roots of the clerk's white hair were tinged with a light ink color. Although it was less than an inch long, it struck them like a thunderbolt.

Wu Budu gasped, took a half-step back, and rubbed his eyes. The Wolf King squinted, stroked his beard, and remained silent for a long time, his Adam's apple bobbing. The miracle of rejuvenation, as described in ancient books, was actually happening before his eyes.

"Rejuvenation... does it really exist?" the Wolf King murmured to himself, his voice trembling with confusion.

He had lived for a hundred years and seen countless rare treasures and top experts, but he had never seen anyone who could break the shackles of life and death.

This goes beyond his understanding of spiritual practice.

"If it exists, it has a reason," the advisor said. "Of course, that's not the point right now!"

"The key point is, as you all have seen, that's important."

"The giants of all realms thought that trapping Ye Feng in the time wormhole would eliminate the red-haired curse and ominous signs, but they never expected that these ominous signs would ignore the time barrier, frantically infecting their high-ranking officials and triggering an unprecedented cholera epidemic!"

"What surprised them even more was that the ominous signs could be absorbed by the younger generation, granting them power and giving these oppressed young experts the confidence to contend with the giants! This confidence caused the ruling order of the myriad worlds to loosen, and the oppressed races and forces rose up in rebellion."

"They discovered that they couldn't affect Ye Feng in the river of time at all; they could only watch helplessly as he grew stronger." The advisor said smugly, "Ye Feng is like a time bomb in the river of time, ready to bring them annihilation at any moment."

"Therefore, the only way for them to stabilize their rule and suppress the younger generation who are drawing power from the ominous signs is to lure Ye Feng out!" The advisor's eyes were sharp. "Only by killing and suppressing Ye Feng can they completely resolve the ominous signs and restore their rule."

"The appearance of the ancient bronze tree, the awakening of the King of Hanzhong's Maojin Blade, and the reappearance of the fragments of the Xuzhou Cauldron today are, on the surface, a scheme orchestrated by the Great Wall Watchers, but in reality, a scheme orchestrated by the myriad forces of the heavens and the myriad worlds behind the Great Wall Watchers!"

"And we must prevent the situation from deteriorating, and keep Ye Feng in the river of time, continuing to cause trouble in the past."

"To prevent the situation from deteriorating, we must target the enemy, especially the traitors among us."

At this point, the advisor's tone shifted, his eyes turning serious. "I've come to see you in the rain today because there's something extremely important—I urgently need your help to take down the Great Wall Watch!"

"Take care of the Great Wall Watchers?" The Wolf King was taken aback, his brows furrowed, full of doubt. "Daoist, what do you mean? He is a guardian of the Human Alliance. Can't we take action against him without solid evidence? Even if the two of us were to take action against him, given his strength, you and I might not be a match for him even if we joined forces. It would be like throwing an egg against a rock."

The advisor's tone was stern, his eyes cold. "Evidence? I really do have it. After I regained my memories, I remembered something that had been buried for many years, something that concerns the life and death of the Human Alliance! The old man from the Great Wall once studied in the myriad worlds and stayed there for a very long time!"

"What?!" the two exclaimed in unison, their faces turning deathly pale. A bolt of lightning ripped through the leaden clouds, illuminating the solemn expressions of the three, followed by a rumble of thunder that shook the stone pillars and intensified the rain.

Wu Budu abruptly stood up, the chair scraping against the stone slab with a harsh sound. He stared intently at the clerk, his eyes filled with disbelief and rage: "He studied in all the myriad worlds? How is that possible!"

The Wolf King clenched his fists, his voice trembling: "He's been fighting against the giants of the heavens all this time, could it be that he's been lying all these years?"

"Absolutely true!" the advisor said firmly. "This was the top secret of the Xuanmen Alliance back then, known only to the leader, the Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain, and the Quanzhen Master. He left the Human Alliance to study cultivation methods and the way of governance in all the heavens and myriad worlds back then, and his current abilities are all from what he learned then."

"Later, for some reason, he suddenly returned and became a guardian of the Human Alliance. He never mentioned studying abroad again, and I only remembered it after I regained my memories." The advisor was full of doubts. "I've never been able to understand why he suddenly came back and why he hid this matter."

"The chaos in all the realms this time, to the point of using the old man of the Great Wall as a pawn to lure Ye Feng out, shows that what happened back then was definitely not simple. A desperate battle is about to begin!" The advisor's tone was solemn and full of worry.

"When the giants of the heavens are driven to the brink, they will inevitably launch a great war. One reason is to suppress the resistance forces, and the other is to eradicate Ye Feng's foundation and force him to show himself." The advisor looked at the two of them. "As for the Great Wall Watcher, he is likely a pawn they have planted in the Human Alliance. When the great war breaks out, he may turn against them and bring annihilation to the Human Alliance."

"Therefore, we must strike first, deal with the Great Wall Watchers before the big battle, and find out his true purpose in order to protect the Human Alliance and wait for Ye Feng to return!" The advisor's words were firm and resounding.

The two fell silent. The oil lamp flame flickered in the wind and rain, and the oil dripped onto the stone table, leaving dark stains.

Wu Budu leaned against a stone pillar, his brows furrowed, his expression full of turmoil; the Wolf King sat in a chair, stroking his beard, his mind flashing back to the actions of the Great Wall Watchers, the more he thought about it, the more bizarre it became.

The sound of waves and wind outside the window was oppressive and suffocating. They knew that what the advisor said was true. If the strange behavior of the Great Wall Watchers really turned against them, the Human Alliance would be doomed.

Outside the window, the wind howled even fiercer, the rain poured even harder, and giant waves crashed against the stone foundation with a deafening roar, as if announcing that a great war that would sweep across the heavens and a rebellion within the Human Alliance were quietly brewing.

Wu Budu and the Wolf King exchanged a glance, seeing determination and resolve in each other's eyes.

Wu Budu spoke first, his tone solemn: "Rest assured, Daoist Master, I swear on the name of the Martial Department that I will fully cooperate!"

The Wolf King nodded, his tone grave: "That's right. No matter his motives, we will not allow him to harm the Human Alliance or disrupt Ye Feng's plans. Even if the odds are against us, we will do everything in our power to find out the truth!"

Looking at the two men's determined expressions, the advisor nodded in satisfaction, a hint of relief flashing in his eyes.

He knew that with the help of the two men, even if the Great Wall Watch was stronger, they were confident that they could find out the truth and safeguard the foundation of the Alliance of Men.

Despite the wind and rain, the three sat together, the dim light of the oil lamp casting their shadows together and shielding them from the raging storm outside the window.

Wu Budu frowned and said urgently, "I have mobilized the elite troops of the Wu Department to secretly monitor the Great Wall Watch. Report any unusual activity immediately."

The Wolf King narrowed his eyes and tapped the stone table: "I ordered the Wolf Cavalry to prepare for battle, and at the same time sent people to investigate the clues of his studies in the heavens back then, to find out the truth. It was just to support the eight hundred chosen ones of destiny of the King of Hanzhong..."

The advisor added, "I've already arranged for my disciple, Zhang Tianshi, to handle it; it should be in time."

"Master Zhang? Isn't that Vice Dean Zhang?"

"His former self was a purple-robed Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain, and now, like me, he has grasped the four-character truth and restored his former peak Celestial Master cultivation of Longhu Mountain!"

"By the way, is there any chance for us to grasp the true meaning of those four words?"

"No, the prerequisite for understanding the true meaning of these four words is the lowest point in one's life, which is clearly not the case for either of you."