Chapter 112 - Lonemoon’s Condition Worsens (2/2)
Bitao’s expression was sombre, as if recalling the events of the past. Trembling a little, he said, “My immortal bones were already formed when I came out of seclusion. When the Heavenly Beam was descending to receive me, the Abode Master Xun Li, in an effort to conceal this matter from the Heavenly Dao, extracted my life soul, sealed it in the pill repository and banished it to the mystic realm of the Azure World.”
Taking a few deep breaths to calm himself, Bi Tao continued, “He took my almost soulless, puppet-like shell of a body back to the Immortal World, thinking to cut my ties with the Azure World. As the life soul in the pill repository was incomplete, its memories were chaotic, the only thing it could remember were the pill formulas. Due to that, it thought that it was already dead.”
So that was why Bitao had insisted on passing the formulas to them; this was the only thing he could remember.
“Exalted Immortal…” Turning to look at Shen Ying with a serious expression, Bitao said, “This friend of yours doesn’t have any Immortal Qi. So he won’t be able to trigger the laws and activate the Heavenly Beam that will take him to the Immortal World. Moreover, his immortal bones are formed, if he doesn’t get to the Immortal World, I’m afraid…”
“How do we ascend?” asked Shen Ying, frowning.
“There’s an entrance to the Immortal World in this realm.” Bitao continued, “It’s the one we immortals use to descend to this realm. It should still be open…”
“Is that the one?” Shen Ying opened the window, pointing to a particular spot in the sky.
“It’s closed!” How could this be? Bitao was taken aback. “The Day of Re-Harvest has not passed. The entrance is usually guarded by the Earth Immortal, but it should not be…”
Shen Ying vanished in a flash. Before long, she returned carrying a person whom she flung onto the ground. “You mean this person?”
Bitao: “…”
Why is the Earth Immortal entrance guard here!
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Shouldn’t the guard be at the eye of the array formation in front of the entrance? Even the Mystic Immortal could not break that array formation, how could it be…
“This… This… What to do, what to do? A flustered Bitao whirled around like an ant on a hot pan. “Since the Earth Immortal entrance guard is here, the Qing Tong Immortal Abode will immediately know something is amiss and send other immortals down here to investigate. And this time there will be more of them, maybe even the Abode Master himself will come down personally… We’re doomed, doomed!”
“How can the gate be opened?” Shen Ying continued to question.
“Exalted Immortal, you still don’t understand!” Bitao explained anxiously, “Apart from the fact that the gate can only be opened from the Immortal World, even if it could, we can’t open it now!” No matter how powerful she was, how could she stand up to the Perfected Stygian Immortal Abode Master?
Although the Azure World was just a tiny world, it was nevertheless a mortal world that could not withstand the entry of too many immortals. So usually, only the Earth Immortal can enter at will. Others could only enter once every thousand years, when the Immortal Meridian was at its peak strength and the gate opened. The Day of Re-Harvest being such a day.
Bitao had thought that once they got past this day, with his and Shen Ying’s combined efforts, they would not have to worry about the Azure World being annihilated. When the time came, they would find some way to deal with it. But as the Earth Immortal entrance guard was here, the gate had automatically closed as there was nobody watching over the entrance. Someone at the immortal abode would be sure to notice this. If the Abode Master really came down personally…
We’re done for, we’re done for!…
“Can the entrance really only be opened from the Immortal World?”
“Of course.”
“Then…” Glancing at the man on the bed once again, Shen Ying abruptly turned to Yi Qing and asked, “Chef, why don’t you try ascending?”
Yi Qing: “…”
Bitao: “…”
Yu Hong: “…”
All the disciples: “…”
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