Chapter 486: In This World, There Was Never a Mu Zhian p2
“Fellow Daoists, what are you waiting for? Now is the time to stop the Jade Empress!”
Gu Buxing shouted towards the sky, his voice amplified by the power of the faith of all beings, spreading in all directions.
Almost the moment his voice fell, the space under the sky twisted like a black hole.
Then, a woman in a white dress slowly walked out from that space.
Her iconic platinum blonde hair rested lightly on her alluring shoulders, a brilliant light enveloping her from behind. An immense Dao Body appeared, seemingly containing spatial laws.
“The Space God, Xue Yi!”
Many were stunned. They didn’t expect a ‘sacrificial prayer’ to attract the current ruler of the Southern Wilderness.
“As expected of the Space God, your arrival is indeed much faster than other great powers.”
A faint smile appeared on Gu Buxing’s face, “Then I’ll trouble Lord Xue Yi to hold back the Jade Empress first—”
Before he could finish speaking, he noticed Xue Yi’s gaze was fixed on a certain direction, an unusual light rippling in her beautiful eyes.
Gu Buxing was stunned. He followed her gaze, his pupils contracting slightly.
It was a young man in magnificent black robes, standing in mid-air at some unknown time, a maid in a yellow dress standing coldly beside him.
Mu Zhian!
“Senior Xue Yi, why did you even bother coming? I thought you wouldn’t come at all.”
Under Gu Buxing’s stunned and disbelieving gaze, Mu Zhian revealed a gentle smile and greeted her.
“You… you two…”
This scene stunned Gu Buxing. After realizing something, his blood surged, and he almost spat out a mouthful of blood.
At this moment, Gu Buxing, proficient in destiny calculation, felt the anger of betrayal.
The Space God broke her promise, not even caring about the Great Qian Dynasty’s national fortune?!
How was this possible…?
Even a Dao Integration Realm expert couldn’t possibly disregard the national fortune.
The anger in Gu Buxing’s eyes gradually turned into calmness. Fortunately, he knew the Jade Empress’s strength, so he had made preparations this time and hadn’t only contacted the Southern Wilderness.
“Fellow Daoists, if not now, then when?!” Gu Buxing roared towards the sky.
There was no response.
Yao Meng’s brows relaxed, and she said faintly, “It seems the great powers you secretly contacted aren’t very reliable.”
She originally wanted to use this opportunity to fight against these people and see which province the great powers who secretly attacked her in the Jade Pool Ancestral Land were from. However, it seemed the other party was cautious enough that even ‘national fortune’ couldn’t lure them out.
Or perhaps, even if a Transcendence Realm expert deliberately concealed their aura, they were still intimidating.
Yao Meng’s gaze casually swept over the surroundings, and she said softly, “The Buddha from the Western Regions, the Princess from Cloud Province, and the Underworld Lord from the Northern Frontier? What brings you all to the Eastern Continent?”
“The Jade Empress seems quite confident in her current strength, truly acting like a lofty being.”
A cold snort came from Cloud Province. Judging by the voice, it seemed to be a woman, her tone cold, presumably the ‘Princess’ Yao Meng mentioned.
“Amitabha, Benefactor Yao, this poor monk only came to stop someone from trying to refine the national fortune and harm the Eastern Continent.”
In mid-air, at some unknown time, Buddha’s light shone, a sacred light enveloping the entire land, almost making many kneel and convert to Buddhism.
Just then, Yao Meng suddenly raised her fingertip. A green lotus, surrounded by immortal Qi, floated in mid-air!
Almost at that instant, the Buddha’s light receded. The entire space seemed to be under the control of the World-Purifying Green Lotus, chaos rising and falling, as if it could purify all things in the world into nothingness.
The Buddha’s expression finally changed.
And in the void, the ‘Princess’ and the Underworld Lord also looked at this scene with apprehension. Although they knew the Transcendence Realm’s strength was heaven-defying, the Jade Empress’s casual attack seemed to contain the laws of heaven and earth, which was truly astonishing.
“Do you all have anything else to do?” Yao Meng asked faintly.
In the void, the terrifying aura fluctuations quietly subsided. Mu Zhian looked over and saw the three supreme existences from different provinces.
The Underworld Lord from the Northern Frontier was an incredibly tall man, seemingly emitting an aura of death.
And a golden light shone behind the Buddha’s head, making it difficult to see his form.
As for the Princess… he could only see the graceful curves of a woman in light gauze from behind, but couldn’t see her face.
“Could this be the wife of the Cloud Province Lord…? Tsk tsk, just looking at her back, I know she must be extremely beautiful…”
Just as Mu Zhian admired her inwardly, the woman in mid-air suddenly glanced back, a faint smile in her clear, green eyes, as if seeing through everything.
“Mu Zhian, it’s you again… It’s you again!”
Just then, Gu Buxing suddenly let out a hysterical roar. He had realized that the reason the great powers he secretly contacted retreated was probably largely due to Mu Zhian.
The Space God seemed to be asking Mu Zhian for something, and the Pill Emperor of Yu State didn’t even appear… As for the Demon Realm, they didn’t even reply.
Recalling the Demon Empress’s attitude towards Mu Zhian in the past, Gu Buxing finally understood.
He had been deducing destiny and scheming everything within the Great Qian Dynasty… But he didn’t expect that one day he would lose to an ant whose realm was far below his.
However… no matter what benefits he promised the Space God and the others, he needed to be alive to fulfill those promises!
A fierce glint appeared in Gu Buxing’s eyes. He suddenly roared, and the Spiritual Energy within his originally sealed cauldron surged, along with the national fortune and the faith of all beings, pouring into the Seven-Colored Altar.
He was using the Soul Summoning Technique!
Such a desperate gamble, once the Soul Summoning Technique failed, whether he survived or not, he would face the Jade Empress’s wrath, and even the entire Eastern Continent’s.
But he couldn’t care less now. Only by taking this gamble could he find a chance to turn the tables.
Gu Buxing prostrated himself on the ground like a devout believer, chanting obscure incantations.
Weng!
The immense national fortune surged towards the Seven-Colored Altar!
Boom!
Almost at that instant, the entire Seven-Colored Altar exploded, and a dazzling beam of light shot into the sky!
The entire Eastern Continent trembled, a deafening sound echoing.
“I was right… I was right! My deduction was correct, you truly exist, you haven’t fallen!”
Gu Buxing stumbled towards the dazzling beam of light. He realized that the records in the bamboo slip were correct. That ‘quasi-immortal’ was truly still alive, and just as he deduced, she was slumbering in the depths of the Southern Wilderness!
Mu Zhian quietly gazed in the direction of the Southern Wilderness.
He was waiting for the woman sealed by the Heavenly Dao in the depths of the Southern Wilderness to descend.
At this moment, the black mist within the entire Southern Wilderness trembled violently.
The Heavenly Dao’s Origin Arrow, even Yao Meng couldn’t break its seal.
But the Heavenly Dao originated from all living beings, and the national fortune and the faith of all beings were symbols of all living beings. Perhaps, they could really break the seal of the Heavenly Dao’s Origin Arrow… Mu Zhian held a sliver of hope in his heart.
Within the secret realm where the Primordial Witch slumbered, the Heavenly Dao’s Origin Arrow, which had been silent, suddenly emitted a dazzling light as the immense faith of all beings descended. It seemed to awaken, struggling to leave the Primordial Witch’s body.
It was hard to imagine that this arrow, forged from the Heavenly Dao’s origin, had weathered the passage of time, yet still contained such terrifying power.
However, just then, the Primordial Witch, who had been in slumber, her eyelashes trembling slightly, slowly opened her eyes.
She lowered her eyelids slightly, looked at the arrow emitting a milky white halo, and said softly, “Be quiet.”
As soon as her voice fell, the Heavenly Dao’s Origin Arrow’s struggles gradually subsided.
Until finally, it completely dimmed.
Only a wisp of the Heavenly Dao’s brilliance drifted out from the secret realm…
…
“No more movement…?”
Mu Zhian looked at the gradually subsiding commotion, his brows furrowing slightly: “That’s it?”
Imperial Advisor Gu isn’t very capable… I thought he could really break the seal of the Heavenly Dao’s Origin Arrow, but it seems relying on him isn’t realistic after all.
Mu Zhian looked up at the ashen-faced Gu Buxing and said, “Imperial Advisor Gu, do you have anything else to say?”
Gu Buxing looked somewhat dazed, murmuring, “How is this possible… According to my destiny calculation, she should have descended, why…”
He seemed to be in disbelief, as if struck by a blow.
And at this time, two elders from the Jade Pool Holy Land quietly descended. Under Yao Meng’s signal, they activated a technique and took Gu Buxing away from the summit.
“I thought he could really use this opportunity to release the last Primordial Witch spiritual sense in the depths of the Southern Wilderness,” Mu Zhian sighed with some regret.
Yao Meng quietly gazed in the direction where Gu Buxing was taken away, not speaking.
“What’s wrong?” Mu Zhian turned and asked, noticing Yao Meng seemed to be pondering something.
“I’m thinking, Gu Buxing’s cauldron was sealed by me, why did he suddenly have the thought of making a desperate gamble? Also, how could he deduce where the Primordial Witch was sealed?”
Yao Meng turned to look at Mu Zhian: “And where did that bamboo slip he read come from?”
Hearing this, Mu Zhian also fell into deep thought.
Indeed, the records about the Primordial Witch in the bamboo slip were true, but where did Gu Buxing find this bamboo slip?
Why did he go to ‘Jixian Pavilion’ to borrow this bamboo slip for no reason?
Mu Zhian’s eyes flickered.
Perhaps… someone secretly told Gu Buxing?
“Let’s go back first, there are too many people here.”
Just then, Yao Meng’s soft and pleasant voice sounded, pulling Mu Zhian back to reality from his thoughts.
Mu Zhian came back to his senses and suddenly realized that many cultivators had gathered at the foot of the mountain at some unknown time, seemingly attracted by Gu Buxing’s sacrificial ritual today.
Mu Zhian even saw the eldest princess of the Great Qian Dynasty among the crowd.
Towards this princess who provided the information, Mu Zhian naturally had a very good attitude, nodding to her discreetly, then leaving Heart Refining Mountain with Yao Meng.
Having been at the Jade Pool Holy Land for a while, and not seeing her disciple for a long time, after learning that her disciple Ye Qian had just returned to the sect, Yao Meng first went to Dexin Garden not far away to see her disciple.
After that, she could also bring Qian’er to the Garden of Heavenly Harmony to find him…
After watching Yao Meng leave, Mu Zhian took out the bamboo slip, carefully reading it, pondering whether there was someone behind Gu Buxing, manipulating him to refine the national fortune today.
Drip…
Drip…
The sound of rain quietly started, raindrops pattering against the emerald green leaves, falling onto the floor. The ground outside the courtyard quickly became a sheet of white.
Then, at some unknown time, the splashing water droplets froze.
…
“Master, why are you here?!”
In Dexin Garden, Ye Qian, having just finished meditating, immediately saw the fairy in the green dress not far ahead, her eyes lighting up, and immediately went to greet her.
The little fish in Mu Zhian’s fishpond had all been suppressed by the Jade Empress to some extent, except for Ye Qian…
Partly because she was the Jade Empress’s disciple, and partly… mainly because Ye Qian’s XP was a bit strange, impossible to suppress.
“I haven’t visited you for a long time. I just heard him say you were here, so I came to see you.”
Yao Meng smiled charmingly, gently stroking her disciple’s smooth hair: “Where is your sister?”
“The Forbidden Zone will be selecting candidates for the Forbidden Zone Lord soon, Sister has been in secluded cultivation recently,” Ye Qian said.
Yao Meng let out a meaningful “Oh”: “That’s just perfect, I’ll take you to your Brother Mu.”
“You’ve been cultivating all this time, you probably haven’t seen him much, right?”
She slightly bent her knees, gently caressed Ye Qian’s pure and charming face with her slender hand, and said with a smile, “Let me teach you some interesting things besides cultivation while we’re at it~”
Ye Qian first nodded blankly, then looked at the woman holding her hand, about to leave Dexin Garden, and suddenly said, “Right, Master.”
Yao Meng casually looked back, saw her disciple’s dazed expression, and couldn’t help asking, “Hmm? What’s wrong?”
Ye Qian tilted her head slightly, then, under Yao Meng’s gradually freezing gaze, asked softly, “Brother Mu… who is that?”
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