Chapter 353 - Undecided (1/2)
Chapter 353 Undecided
Just… that?
In the depths of the ground, Li Changshou’s paper effigy led the paper effigy army and stopped in a crack in the rock. They “watched” the battle in the sky from afar.
Li Changshou had just seen a battle between the Seven Treasures bonsai and the painting. Then, he saw a few Heaven Immortals pecking at each other in the sky. He was really not interested.
He even felt like laughing…
Alright, I’ve been worried for nothing.
Speaking of which, I was just fantasizing. What kind of existence was Kong Xuan? Why would he come out to eat people for no reason? Kong Xuan was the best in the G.o.d Conferment Realm. His intrinsic mystical ability, the Five-colored Divine Light, allowed him to surpa.s.s everything in the Great G.o.d-Conferment Tribulation. This mystical ability was a hundred times more useful than the Copper Coin of Treasurefall. It could even be used to kill quasi-saints. However, during the Great G.o.d-Conferment Tribulation, Kong Xuan had fought with Saint Zhun Ti. As he had used the Five-colored Divine Light to bind Saint Zhun Ti, the latter had transformed into a Saint Dharma body from the Five-colored Divine Light and destroyed it. As a result, Kong Xuan had
lost…
However, from another perspective, although Zhun Ti was a Saint who had a low ranking, he was ultimately a Saint.
Although Kong Xuan was no match for him, he had forced the Dharma body of a Saint to appear. It was obvious how powerful Kong Xuan’s mystical abilities were.
He was completely at the level of the Eldest Senior Brother of the Three Schools! As a result, the first question that came to Li Changshou’s mind was — Why did this fellow partic.i.p.ate in the Great G.o.d-Conferment Tribulation for no reason? According to Li Changshou’s understanding, Kong Xuan was the first peac.o.c.k in the world. He had the Connate Five Elements Qi accompanying him and seemed to be in the line of succession of the Primordial Phoenix of the phoenix race… Those were some ‘rumors of the Primordial World’. Li Changshou could not confirm if they were true.
There were such records in the manuals of the Immortal Du Sect.
“During the Great Magi-Demon War, the human race struggled to survive. Suddenly, a divine peac.o.c.k came from the south and opened its mouth to devour humans and demons for fun. Later on, because he had killed too much, he was punished by the Heavenly Punishment and was attacked by the Great Daoist Master. The divine bird was defeated and captured by the Great Daoist Master. It was sent to the south.”
That was referring to the time in ancient times when Kong Xuan appeared. It was also a rare record of the Great Daoist Master’s attacks.
He looked at the sky to see that a peac.o.c.k demon was indeed fighting the immortals of the Immortal Du Sect. It was 100 feet long, had sharp claws, a sharp mouth, and long feathers that were golden-blue in color. Its cultivation level was only in the Heaven Immortal realm.
At that moment, it was being suppressed by several elders of the Immortal Du Sect, as well as Youqin Xuanya. Youqin Xuanya stood in the clouds, bending her slender hands into sword fingers. When she formed hand seals, she left behind afterimages. Sixteen flying swords that shone with an icy-blue light shuttled left and right, causing the peac.o.c.k demon’s long feathers to fly everywhere and its body to be covered in wounds.
It was a real battle. A brick was thrown from thousands of kilometers away. The Saint’s numinous treasure and the Connate Cardinal treasure collided lightly. The world dimmed, as if the sky was about to collapse.
A fake intense battle: Most of the spectators’ gazes were attracted by the fairy standing in the clouds. She was dressed in an ice-blue dress, and her black hair was tied up simply. Her figure was not seductive, but it was intoxicating. She vividly embodied the word ‘immortal’.
Overall, the situation here was completely under control. Li Changshou looked at his paper effigy and the paper effigy army that he had temporarily transferred from the East Ocean. The corners of his mouth twitched.
Since I’m already here, I should watch for a while more.
He decided to be stable and wait for the immortals of the Immortal Du Sect to succeed in retreating. Then, his paper effigy, would retreat with them.
There were dozens of generals in armor on the ground. Most of them were in the Void Return realm or the Dao Requital realm. Five to six of them had combat strength that was comparable to… Turbid Immortals.
The generals of the mortal world set up an array formation below. They did not dare to rush forward to capture the demons. Although they did not do anything, they would be given credit later. The exact location was in the southwest corner of the East Continent. It was very close to the South Continent and was less than 6,000 kilometers away from the valley where the black leopard and his wife were.
The mortal world was continuously expanding. Li Changshou scanned the area within tens of thousands of kilometers around him, with his immortal senses. The plains and mountains he saw were filled with traces of mortals. Several powerful countries and dozens of small countries had developed, and they had been fighting each other for years.
The ‘Youqin Kingdom’ that Sect Leader Ji Wuyou mentioned was Youqin Xuanya’s hometown, the Honglin Kingdom of the East Continent.
The Honglin Kingdom’s geographical location was blessed by the heavens. It was located at the south end of the East Continent. Now, it had even expanded to the South Continent and developed its forces there.
Although there were not many mortals but many nations and tribes in the Three Realms, the Honglin Kingdom was considered a rare “powerful nation” that had expanded beyond the continent it was originally in. Its national fate was still considered strong. In the current mortal world, as long as one became the ruler of a country, they would be blessed by the destiny of the human race. However, it was precisely because of this destiny that they were unable to embark on the path of cultivation.
There was no other restriction.
There was a phenomenon that Li Changshou found quite interesting In a mortal country, almost half of the generals and marshals had cultivation levels. They were originally Qi Refinement cultivators.
Li Changshou’s Sea G.o.d Temple had already been spread across the South Ocean. He had once traveled in a boat in the South Continent and conducted a detailed investigation. There were three main reasons for the Qi Refinement cultivators from the South Continent to enter the mortal world.
Firstly, many immortals would come to the mortal world to enjoy life when they felt that there was no hope for them to break through or that their Dao hearts were l.u.s.tful.
How did they enjoy life? The Qi Refinement cultivators naturally despised the brothels in the mortal world, which were meant for temporary relief. They would either become the “immortal ministers” of a country, or they would conceal their ident.i.ties and become generals and marshals. They would work hard to have a large number of wives and concubines, and they would be extremely wealthy and prosperous… Staying in the mortal world that was full of temptations, was a form of training. However, very few immortals could return to their original path after becoming officials in the mortal world. Their Dao hearts would be tainted and their Dao bases would be tainted, leading to a reduction in lifespan. It would be difficult for them to recover. The Heavenly Dao maintained a delicate balance between gains and losses. Secondly, it was a nation with a strong Immortal Sect background. The large Immortal Sects would directly send their disciples to serve the nation.
Such situations were mainly concentrated in the central region of the South Continent.
Many mortal kingdoms were already the spokespersons of the immortal sects. They provided the immortal sect with an endless supply of “wealth” and “immortal seedlings”. Thirdly, they wanted to take the path of becoming a disciple and cultivating before returning to the mortal world, like Yuan Qing did. Ever since Emperor Da Yu returned to the Fire Cloud Cave, those three situations had begun to appear. It was now the norm in the mortal world.
In large countries in the South Continent and the East Continent, the royal family would either develop a powerful “King’s Power Conservation” faction, or become puppets controlled by an immortal faction.
The more powerful mortal royalty would use various methods to gain support for themselves. The Immortal Du Sect was the backer of the Honglin Kingdom. They enjoyed the continued wors.h.i.+p of the Honglin Kingdom. Otherwise, how could they afford to raise batch after batch of disciples with the limited production of spirit meridians within 2,000 kilometers?
The mortal order is controlled by the Immortal Dao. It is chaotic.
The private desires of immortals are magnified infinitely in the mortal world. They are already plagued with demons to begin with. Li Changshou had one or two bold ideas for that. However, the time was not ripe yet. If he “reformed” violently, it might also shake the Dao Sect’s foundation and destiny… “Kill this demon on the spot!” Li Changshou looked up and saw a few Heaven Immortals attacking with all their might. More than ten streams of light shot out and struck the peac.o.c.k demon.
The peac.o.c.k demon screamed and fell from the sky. Youqin Xuanya pointed her sword forward and swooped down. Dozens of flying swords gathered in front of her, condensing into a thirty-feet-long sword that slashed at the peac.o.c.k demon’s neck!
The peac.o.c.k demon struggled with all its might. It turned its head and glared at Youqin Xuanya. A wisp of flame appeared on its forehead, and its entire body was quickly engulfed in flames. It smashed onto the ground like a meteor, causing waves of flames to splash out. Youqin Xuanya tapped her jade-like arm with her left hand, and the sword fingers on her right hand trembled slightly. Her body suddenly stopped and flew backward. The immortal power around her revolved like an ice-blue flower blooming in the night sky. The huge sword had already slashed open the waves of fire. It was wrapped in an icy-blue immortal light as it headed straight for the peac.o.c.k demon’s head! Without any warning, Li Changshou’s heart skipped a beat.
The huge sword slashed down. The peac.o.c.k demon, which was wrapped in flames, could not deal with it. It lowered its head and accepted its fate. In the next moment, its head seemed to be thrown away and the great demon was killed.
At this moment!
The waves of fire suddenly stopped, and the falling sword was frozen in mid-air. A flash of green light quickly flashed, and the peac.o.c.k demon disappeared. Li Changshou immediately reacted. The wave of hot flames and the huge sword’s stillness were an illusion. The green light was too fast. The huge sword cut through the air and the flames dissipated. Youqin Xuanya frowned slightly. The elders of the Immortal Du Sect were stunned. The generals of the Honglin Kingdom below did not know what had happened.
“Hmph!”
A cold snort sounded from the sky. He looked over and saw a figure floating in the sky under the moonlight.
Then, the person who had just appeared took a step forward. Five-colored light flickered on his body as he appeared in front of Youqin Xuanya and the elders of the Immortal Du Sect.
Before he could see the person’s face clearly, green light flashed and the peac.o.c.k demon appeared behind him…
In front of the immortals of the Immortal Du Sect, the person raised his hand and tapped lightly. The flames around the peac.o.c.k demon’s body quickly retracted into his body. His demon body shrank at a speed visible to the naked eye, turning into the appearance of a young girl sitting cross-legged on the clouds.