mtlumby2d #393 - The wind is howling
#393 - The wind is howling
Chapter 390: The Sound of the Wind, the Cry of the Crane
As soon as Zhang Chen spoke, Patriarch Xuanji was immediately dumbfounded, staring at Zhang Chen in disbelief: "What did you say?"
"Patriarch, things have come to this, I won't hide it from you. My ancestor wants to harm you. You should leave quickly. If you continue to stay, I'm afraid your life will be in danger." Zhang Chen's eyes were full of worry at this moment. It must be said that Zhang Chen is a powerful actor, performing vividly.
"Little Daoist, where did you hear the news from? I have known your ancestor for tens of thousands of years, and we have a life-and-death friendship. How could he harm me?" When Patriarch Xuanji heard Zhang Chen's words, his first reaction was to question them, unless it was for the sake of his own inheritance.
If the other party was stuck in the current realm and wanted to seek his own techniques to overcome the tribulation, it might be possible.
Zhang Chen smiled bitterly when he heard this: "This disciple only heard the news by chance. If you believe it, then so be it. If you don't believe it, please don't reveal that I said it. This disciple also saw that you really wanted to promote me, so I risked danger to pass on the message."
When Patriarch Xuanji heard this, he stroked the tortoise shell with his fingers, his heart full of suspicion. In principle, the little Daoist in front of him would never lie to deceive himself. The fact that the other party could say such things to him was also risking the danger of his soul being scattered. Otherwise, as long as he leaked the news slightly, this little Daoist would definitely be skinned, have his tendons pulled out, and his soul scattered by Patriarch Changsheng.
"What other news do you know to prove it?" Patriarch Xuanji asked.
Zhang Chen pondered slightly when he heard this, and then said: "When this disciple was serving my ancestor, I once saw him discussing countermeasures with a ball of five-colored light. Even the Nine Bend Yellow River Great Array was handed over by that colored light."
Hearing this, Patriarch Xuanji's heart skipped a beat, and a thought flashed through his mind: Congenital Peacock!
"Could it be that he has reached a deal with the true spirit of the Congenital Peacock and released the true spirit of the Congenital Peacock? Is that old fellow Changsheng really eyeing the inheritance on us?" People who deduce heavenly secrets are more suspicious, and the hearts of several people are indeed haunted. After several people helped the immortal to suppress the Congenital Peacock, they were still not satisfied and wanted to obtain more good fortune, directly dividing the true spirit of the immortal, and each obtained a share to suppress it…
The reason why several people have their current cultivation level, and even embarked on the path of Qi training, is all thanks to the share of true spirit they obtained at the beginning. However, the immortal is immortal and indestructible. Even if several people are in this realm, they cannot obliterate the power of the true spirit. Some of them once deduced that the reason why they cannot break through is because of the shackles of this world, which is not enough to support everyone to break through to a higher realm. If the true spirit of the immortal can be gathered in one place, and then refined, there may be hope to break the shackles.
Moreover, what makes him even more suspicious is that Zhang Chen would never know of the existence of the peacock's true spirit. But now that Zhang Chen has said it, it is probably true.
And if you want to verify the truth, there are two key points: First, whether there is a problem with Zhang Chen in front of you. Second, whether the peacock's true spirit still exists.
He can't see whether there is a problem with Zhang Chen in front of him, and there is no need to see. He only needs to know whether the true spirit of the Congenital Peacock is still there.
Seeing the other party hesitating, Zhang Chen took out the porcelain bottle that Patriarch Changsheng had instructed: "The ancestor said to add this thing to the tea when boiling water for the patriarchs."
Patriarch Xuanji took the porcelain bottle and opened his mouth, his face changed greatly. He knew that Zhang Chen would never have such a good thing. Only Patriarch Changsheng could take out this thing. He was too familiar with this thing. Back then, he relied on this thing to plot against the Congenital Peacock and that immortal.
Patriarch Xuanji held the porcelain bottle with an uncertain expression, knowing that this matter was of great importance, he did not dare to be careless, but only said to Zhang Chen: "Boy, keep today's matter in mind, and never mention it to a second person again."
"If it weren't for the patriarch's appreciation of me, which made me feel moved and unable to repay him with my life, how could I have risked being suspected and said it?" Zhang Chen's voice was full of bitterness: "I'm not stupid either, how can I not know the consequences of saying it? If you don't believe me, send me to the ancestor's place, and I will definitely end up with my soul scattered."
"Go back, there is no need to continue boiling water and serving tea, because I am going to invite all the fellow Daoists to come and discuss important matters together." Patriarch Xuanji said with a smile.
When Zhang Chen heard this, he knew that the seed of discord had been planted. How to develop next was not something he could control.
Zhang Chen retreated, and Patriarch Xuanji immediately summoned all the fellow Daoists to discuss matters. Before long, all the fellow Daoists rushed over.
"Patriarch Xuanji, why did you summon us?" Monk Haichan looked at Patriarch Xuanji: "Could it be that you have found a way to break the formation?"
Hearing Monk Haichan's question, Patriarch Xuanji sighed softly: "Everyone, don't worry about the great formation. There is something at hand that involves us. If we don't figure it out, I'm afraid we will have trouble sleeping and eating."
"What's the matter that makes you so worried?" Fairy Dongqian's eyes were full of disbelief.
As the top figures in this world, what could make Patriarch Xuanji so embarrassed?
Patriarch Xuanji sighed leisurely: "There is one thing, if I say it, fellow Daoists may not believe it, because this matter is too sensational."
"Tell me quickly, how do you know we won't believe it if you don't say it?" Fairy Moonlight urged from the side.
Hearing this, Patriarch Xuanji nodded: "I deduced the heavenly secrets before and calculated that we came here today because we were caught in a trap. The great formation is Patriarch Changsheng's method, just to guide us here, wanting to secretly harm us. He has already released the peacock's true spirit, and I'm afraid he will attack us soon…"
Patriarch Xuanji narrated the whole story, and also said the method of verification, but he removed Zhang Chen and pushed everything to his own calculation of heavenly secrets.
As soon as Patriarch Xuanji said this, everyone in the room, without exception, changed their expressions.
Patriarch Fulu frowned, his eyes full of suspicion: "That can't be! Changsheng is not the kind of person who is blinded by profit, even if he plans alone, he is definitely not our opponent. Even if you add a peacock's true spirit, it won't cause big waves. How could he be so dizzy as to do such a thing?"
"That's right, shouldn't your deduction have gone wrong?" Monk Haichan was also full of doubts.
Hearing this, Patriarch Xuanji said: "If you want to argue the truth, it's very simple. As long as we go and see if the peacock's true spirit is still there, we can know the truth of the matter."
As soon as this was said, the patriarchs looked at each other and nodded. For this kind of thing involving their own safety, it is better to kill by mistake than to let it go. Immediately, all the fellow Daoists went to Patriarch Changsheng's courtyard together.
The ancestor had just finished sharpening his sword in the backyard when he saw all his fellow Daoists coming together, and couldn't help but feel a sudden feeling in his heart, an ominous premonition rising in his heart: "Why are you fellow Daoists here so neatly, could it be that you have figured out the key to the great formation?"
Monk Hai Chan smiled and said, "We discussed it and figured that since we can't solve it ourselves, we can look for someone who can. Don't you have an old peacock locked up here? We might as well ask that old peacock if it has a solution."
Hearing Monk Hai Chan's words, Longevity Ancestor's pupils shrank, and he thought to himself, "Is it here? Are they finally revealing their true intentions? They really covet my Grass Return Pill and the Treasure Mirror of Heaven and Earth!"
However, they have the numbers on their side, and he is alone and unsupported, no match for them at all. Even though his heart is filled with滔天anger, he doesn't show it at all, and can only squeeze out a smile: "Fellow Daoists, to be honest, even if you didn't seek me out, I would have invited you all here to discuss this matter. The true spirit of that Innate Peacock somehow escaped its bonds and fled from me, whereabouts unknown. That beast is ferociously powerful. Once it recovers its strength outside, every single one of us will surely suffer its reckoning. I was just about to seek you all out to discuss this matter and find a way to bring that Innate Peacock back."
Hearing the words of Longevity Ancestor, all the old ancestors' hearts skipped a beat. They exchanged glances, and a bad feeling welled up in their hearts: 'The clues that Ancestor Xuanji deduced are probably coming true! This Longevity Ancestor is truly insane, trying to defy the heavens?'
"How did that Innate Peacock escape?" Monk Hai Chan asked, his voice full of shock, truly an old actor.
Hearing this, Longevity Ancestor almost burst out cursing: 'You bunch of dogs, how did the Innate Peacock escape? Don't you know? You did it secretly yourselves, and now you have the nerve to ask me?'
Although he was extremely angry in his heart, his mind was ice-cold, and he dared not tear his face, lest the people in front of him directly attack. At that time, Five Villages Temple would probably be turned into ruins in an instant, and his tens of thousands of years of foundation would directly turn into nothing.
"Steady! Steady! I must first stabilize these old guys, and then I'll find a way to divide and disintegrate their alliance, and see if I can secretly win over a few to restore the overall situation." Longevity Ancestor constantly warned himself, and then said with a bitter face:
"I don't know how that old peacock escaped. If I knew, I would have caught it long ago, how would I have given it a chance to escape?"
"Where is the true spirit of the old peacock? Do you know the whereabouts of the old peacock's true spirit?" Ancestor Fulu asked in a gloomy voice.
Longevity Ancestor's eyes swept over the fellow Daoists in front of him, and his heart became more and more bitter, spitting out two words: "I don't know!"
As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the courtyard became more and more strange. Longevity Ancestor always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't say what it was.
After everyone discussed for a while, they naturally returned without success. Then, everyone gathered in Ancestor Xuanji's small courtyard. You looked at me, and I looked at you, and the faces of the old ancestors were as gloomy as water.
"It seems that Longevity has really been overwhelmed by the calamity, and was actually bought by the Innate Peacock, releasing the Innate Peacock. We were once accepted as disciples by the Innate Peacock and taught the Dharma, but later we were enlightened by the Immortal Master and betrayed the Innate Peacock. Now that the Innate Peacock's true spirit has regained its freedom, we are afraid that we are in trouble and will be retaliated against by the Innate Peacock." Ancestor Dongxuan's voice was full of helplessness, and a trace of fear and terror.
"What should we do now?" Immortal Maiden Moonlight asked: "The peacock's true spirit is reviving. Once it recovers its strength, we will all die."
"Delay!" Ancestor Xuanji said.
Several people looked at Ancestor Xuanji together, and heard Ancestor Xuanji say: "Now that things have come to this, even if we kill Longevity, it will be useless, because the peacock's true spirit has already escaped. Without the Immortal Master's primordial spirit to restrain the peacock's true spirit, we will never be able to seal the peacock's true spirit. Now, it is better for everyone to take action to restore the Immortal Master's true spirit, and then repair the Immortal Master's true spirit as well, and ask the Immortal Master's true spirit to restrain the peacock's true spirit, so that we have a chance to suppress the peacock's true spirit and resolve the calamity."
As soon as these words fell, there was a dead silence in the field. No one spoke for a long time before Ancestor Fulu said: "We sealed the peacock's true spirit back then, and took advantage of the Immortal Master's serious injury to divide and suppress his true spirit. This hatred is no less than the peacock's. If the Immortal Master is resurrected, we are afraid that we will not have a good end either?"
"That's wrong. The peacock is so powerful that everyone has experienced it before. Even the Immortal Master is not the opponent of that Innate Peacock. If the Immortal Master's true spirit revives and wants to deal with the Innate Peacock, we will have to contribute! If he settles accounts with us, and only he is left at that time, he will only be killed by the Innate Peacock! The Immortal Master is not a fool, he knows how to choose." Ancestor Xuanji raised a different objection.
As soon as these words fell, everyone looked at each other, their faces heavy and silent. After all, reviving the Immortal Master's true spirit is a major event. If the Immortal Master backfires afterwards, everyone present will suffer a great misfortune.
The most important thing is that if the peacock's true spirit and the immortal's true spirit fight, one of them will definitely win. When the survivor settles accounts, how can we stop it?
Don't release a trouble, solve another trouble, and then put everyone back in trouble. It's better not to toss.
Inside Longevity Ancestor's courtyard, as everyone left, Longevity Ancestor took a deep breath and turned around again to come to the house, stroking his own precious sword: "Immortal Slaughtering Sword, ah, Immortal Slaughtering Sword, tell me what to do? Now they have formed an alliance, and even released the Innate Peacock's true spirit. What should I do?"
For him, the best choice is to abandon his foundation, find a place to hide, and then secretly take revenge. But he cultivates the Great Way of Earth Immortals, and has already been tied to this place by the Qingcheng Mountain dragon vein. He can't escape even if he wants to!
"Fighting is definitely impossible, but how should I break it?" Longevity Ancestor's mind flashed with thousands of thoughts: "Could it be that I should collude with the demon race? Ask those old guys from the demon race to take action?"
He has no allies in the human race. The strongest of the human race are his teammates, and now they are standing on the opposite side of him. Apart from those allies of the demon race, he has no choice.
"It's just that if I want to form an alliance with the demon race, I can't keep this Immortal Slaughtering Sword. This sword is the sacred object of the demon race, and I have to return it." Longevity Ancestor stroked the Immortal Slaughtering Sword, his eyes full of reluctance. This Immortal Slaughtering Sword is too good, it is a treasure for killing, he really can't bear to part with it.
"Forget it, things have come to this, there is no choice, I can only do this. Someone, go call Bailu over, I have something for him to do!" The ancestor ordered outside the door.
Bailu is the leader of the four great disciples!