Chapter 269 The Trapping of Celestial Virtual Shadow (2/2)
This had always been her nature. After she had attained immortality, she acted to her whims without boundaries. ”Tianmeng, since your disciple is cultivating The Synchronized Heart Mantra of Taisu, you definitely are aware of her whereabouts. Tell me about it now,” she demanded crudely.
Tianmeng was polite and she nodded with a smile. ”Uncle-Master, please don't be angry. He used an unknown technique to break my bond with Ruoxi. However, we do know of his origin. The Bier Discourse of Dao was happening in ten over years, it would be a matter of time before we see him again,” she said.
”You are the Sect Master, you get to call the last shot,” the old woman replied with a cold smile. When she was done speaking, she left with a wave of her sleeve without so much as glancing at Fairy Tianmeng.
Even though Fairy Tianmeng had not attained immortality yet, but she was still the Sect Master. Regardless how much the old woman disliked her, she could not well embarrassed her in public. Her Eldest Senior Apprentice-Sister and Second Senior Apprentice-Sister who valued order in the sect would not allow her to usurp the reputation of the Sect Master.
Fairy Tianmeng's anger had been appeased by now. Even though Shen Lian could disable the sensory of the Synchronized Heart Mantra of Taisu, but the foundation of the Synchronized Heart Mantra of Taisu had been planted within Ruoxi. Even if she did not cultivate it on purpose, the Dao formula would operate on its own. Eventually, Ruoxi would end up being taken over by the divine thoughts that she had planted within her.
This was a done deal, what Shen Lian could do now was no more than delaying the inevitable.
However, since Shen Lian was so determined to go against her, she decided to be on better terms with Guangqing. She decided to pick a direct disciple of hers to marry into Guangqing.
After traveling past several mountains and rivers, Shen Lian finally stopped at a deserted mountain. Right now, there were three Dao talismans being placed on Ruoxi. It was as though she had been overcome by devilry and needed to the protection of the Dao talismans.
Ruoxi had grown taller as compared to last time. She was almost at Shen Lian's chest now.
She bore a striking resemblance to her mother, Shen Ruoxi. On closer inspection, she looked alike to Shen Lian too.
The bond of blood made an indescribable feeling well up in him, as though suggesting that he was not alone in this world. He felt a bond that could not be put down into words.
Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in his heart. He could not help but bend over.
”Bro… Uncle, are you okay?” Ruoxi queried.
Shen Lian did not dare to operate his mana. He knew that his heart meridian had been severely injured. It was not easy to operate the Trapping of Celestial Sword Aura after all. At the same time, he felt the sword gleam fading slightly, and what was expended felt like something that was incapable of being regenerated.
He thought of the Trapping of Celestial, Mastery of Senses, and the handsome and strong deity. Moreover, the sword gleam had the ability to overpower an immortal Zhenren momentarily. Shen Lian could not help but to think of something that he had been avoiding all these while – could the nameless deity be the Tongtian Leader mentioned in the legends of his previous life?
Of course, he knew that the likes of supreme almighties went by many different names; Tongtian Leader might be the name given to him in the legends on Earth. Even in the legends on Earth, this name had only appeared in The Investiture of the Gods.
According to The Investiture of the Gods, this almighty would be a scary character who was capable of reshaping the ground, fire, water, and wind. He could even go as far as changing the world entirely. If he was indeed as described, not even Daoist Master or Buddha could rival him. It might not be a blessing for Shen Lian to cross path with someone as such.
He noticed that both Taishang Daoist Master and Buddha had appeared in his previous life. Moreover, even the Buddhist scriptures in this world bore a certain similarity to that from Earth in his previous life. It would seem that this world was somehow connected to the Earth he came from.
Moreover, this was not the first time he noticed a term from his previous life was being used here. In terms of poetry, in the story Ling Chongxiao told him, the poem engraved somewhere in Qing Xuan had appeared on Earth too. However, he had never come across the place described by Ling Chongxiao in his story in Qing Xuan. He did not find anything when he looked through the records in the sect as well. Though, Ling Chongxiao had no reason to lie.
Shen Lian was convicted that he had not time traveled here out of sheer chance. These thoughts flashed past as Shen Lian soothed his pain. ”I'm alright,” Shen Lian spoke to Ruoxi.