After finishing these, Chen Yuan stretched his arms and then turned around, waving towards the inner room.
The originally dim room under the sunset instantly ward up, and a burst of infant laughter echoed from inside.
Chen Yuan smiled contentedly, walked in with big strides, and soon a conversation began inside,
"Little An’an, give daddy a kiss!"
"Haha, such a good child!"
"Soone ca earlier to borrow sothing."
"What do you want to eat, mother of the child?"
"....."
This voice lingered in the small courtyard, wandering in the warm hue of the sunset, just like the ordinary life of countless households, plain and simple.
anwhile, outside Qingshan County, in the mountain forest, the Temple of Martial Arts priest Qiong Siliu stepped out of the void from thin air.
On a mountain peak below, a burly figure in a black four-clawed python robe stood with one hand behind his back, gazing into the distance.
Around him, the land was desolate, and the vegetation was withered, incompatible with the surrounding lush greenery, with a mysterious aura circulating on this mountain peak.
Qiong Siliu descended out of thin air, landing behind the person, and spoke with a hint of jest,
"Old Imperial Uncle would rather wait here idly, ruining the mountain vegetation, than go in to et that General?"
The title "Old Imperial Uncle" could only be addressed to a mber of the Heavenly Family. This person was the uncle of the current Emperor Wu, having lived for over eight hundred years. He was once a strong contender for the throne with fortune on his side but gave up the struggle for the throne to pursue martial arts further. Later, he guarded the Heavenly Prison that held the evil demons of the world for the court, mastering six paths and safeguarding the fortune of Daqian.
"What’s there worth seeing? Would you be satisfied if it cos to a fight?" The burly figure’s voice carried a hint of duskiness.
"Did you ask him if he’d be willing to co out of seclusion and continue serving the court?"
Qiong Siliu shook his head, "The old man didn’t even say a word, yet this General refused decisively, saying more would only cause resentnt, and let him remain in peace."
"Hmph, peace? If those guys from the sky descend to the lower realm, there will be no tranquility. Just when the court needs people, he runs here to seek leisure." The python-robed figure huffed lightly, not extrely severe in words but expressing discontent,
"He killed a Patrol Angel, breaking the Purgatory Path, leaving a flaw in my six paths, and I haven’t even settled the score with him!"
Qiong Siliu disagreed, not even lifting an eyelid, "You know well that the death of a Patrol Angel doesn’t significantly impact your gathering of the six-path power collected by the Sky Patrol Departnt, so why forcibly entangle him."
"He hasn’t wronged the court, just unwilling to bow down, and given how our Majesty acts entirely on his whim, a fallout was inevitable. It’s already good they haven’t taken the opportunity to rebel."
"Does he dare?" The Old Imperial Uncle seed provoked by the Temple of Martial Arts priest’s words, perhaps because these words hurt the Heavenly Family’s dignity, his emotions fluctuated, blurting out.
And with the fluctuation in his tone, an invisible wind rippled from his body, sweeping around, turning mountains and stones into powder, withering trees into dust, covering a vast area.
"Why wouldn’t he dare!" Qiong Siliu was unaffected, indifferent, unceremoniously said: "Now they rank as a Martial Saint, their divine skills astonishing, able to reverse the doom upon the Heavenly People with just one move, winning the hearts of both Jiannan Road Fusi and the common people. If he started a revolt, a single call would summon a thousand responses."
"Moreover, Helian Mountain ntioned this General Chen has so connection with the Undying King who occupies several cities in the south. They were Heavenly Person Reincarnations at the founding of Daqian, bearing grievances against the current regi due to past events, and even stopped the two of us from acting last night."
"If he were to join forces with these entities, well, that would indeed be troubleso."
"So the old man didn’t point it out, since he doesn’t trust the court now, lest feeling suspicious, leading to more harm than good."
The words of this Temple of Martial Arts priest were clear, not caring about any Heavenly Family’s reputation. Precisely because of this, the current Majesty doesn’t like this decaying and troubleso old man, residing in the incense hall of the Martial Temple, spending his days with a green lamp, until recently, receiving a summon to co out and accept the decree.
The burly figure referred to as Old Imperial Uncle remained silent.
Because he knew Qiong Siliu was right.
"Neither of us old guys need to argue; it seems inevitable the Heavenly People will descend to the lower realm, and the court has only us old guys and Helian Mountain, which isn’t enough to carry the burden. Those old guys in the worldly society are too far from the temple, not in accord with the court, and it’s good enough if they don’t ss things up. You saw yesterday, even the one from the Huangfu family chose to switch sides at the chance of ascension!" Qiong Siliu paced at his feet, analyzing the situation with this Old Imperial Uncle.
"Therefore, we should aim to placate this General."
"That dastardly immortal Huangfu Liuyun indeed deserves to be killed!" Old Imperial Uncle’s voice was ice-cold and piercing.
They referred to the beloved Bodhi Martial Saint of the court from the Huangfu family among the Three Ministers.
Before the passage opened, they helped break the seal, open the passage, intending to ascend to the Upper Realm, but failed, didn’t die, and still lived, truly resilient.
The Huangfu family received vast imperial grace, and at a critical mont, they weren’t on the court’s side.
"Alright, no need to listen to you, old man, give lessons. This king will naturally write to His Majesty not to worsen the relationship with this person. Let’s not talk about this now. Did you get the borrowed thod?"
"Naturally! Exchanged with the power of incense of one year from one place."
"What? Are you crazy, giving so much?"
"Reciprocation is natural. General Chen just advanced as a Martial Saint, his Divine Qi unstable. Consider it a congratulatory gift. This person harbors great capacity, destined for imasurable achievent in the future, what’s inappropriate with this move?" Qiong Siliu said with profound folds on his face.
"Alright, hopefully, it can delay so ti!"
"Let’s go!"
Soon, the figures of two pillars of Daqian disappeared with the mountain wind on this mountain peak.
.......
Four days later, Qingshan County, under such night.
In the small courtyard, moonlight like a silver veil passed over the eaves of the green tiles, gently spread over the pond in the courtyard. The water surface resembled a shattered jade mirror, its fragnted light spread with the breeze, rippling towards the blue stone slabs by the pond edge, so bamboo leaves blown off by the wind floated on the water, sending ripples, the pavilion on the east side of the pond soaked in the moonlight, the shadow of wooden pillars slanted on the ground, like a light ink painting.
The copper bell hanging on the eaves occasionally brushed by the wind, made a ’ding’ sound, then fell back into silence, startling two or three fish in the pond, their tail fins stirring the full pond of shattered silver.
The bamboo forest under the west wall leaned over to listen to the water sound, the night dews on bamboo leaves glistened in the moonlight, the whole courtyard imrsed in this clear radiance.
At this mont, from the courtyard ca a faint "bang bang bang" three tis knocking sound.
In the middle of the pond, amidst the silver light shed, a Green Lotus swayed out from the water, spreading out misty green brilliance, like an illuminated jade stone.
And on the Green Lotus, a golden figure sat cross-legged, suspended three feet above the water surface.
A small dark green bottle, with the mouth facing down, hung above, trailing streams of white smoke, as if the moon was contained in a bottle, spreading a clear glow.
At this mont, these strands of white smoke all converged between Chen Yuan’s Yang God eyebrows, being absorbed inside.
With the absorption of these white smokes, the innate Dao patterns on Chen Yuan’s Yang God breathed in and out, solidifying at a visible speed.
This process continued probably until approximately 3:45 AM, when the sky turned grey-blue, Chen Yuan’s brow suddenly opened, with the Heavenly Eye erging.
The white filants no longer converged, hovering between the bottle’s mouth above.
Chen Yuan opened his eyes, raised his hand to capture the small bottle into his hand, and sighed in his heart.
He underestimated the power of incense within this small bottle, continuously refining for four nights with full power, yet only refined about one-fifth of it.
And by absorbing this incense, his Yang God beca more solidly tempered, among which, the Heavenly Vision that always progressed by the fortune incense changed the most significantly.
At this mont, Chen Yuan’s Heavenly Eye in the brow emitted a beam of glow, projecting into the pond’s surface.
As before, applying the sa thod.
The water surface glimred, flowing out scenes one after another.
To the west of Langdang Mountain, there’s a pavilion built leaning on the mountain, inside the room sat cross-legged, a figure in a red dress;
To the east of Langdang Mountain, two hundred miles, there’s a valley, surrounded by clouds, that is the secluded place of Old Man Dong;
Scenes flew by swiftly,
Finally froze in a barbaric land.
Chen Yuan squinted his eyes,
"Let’s try the result!"
He directly vaulted as the Yang God, jumping into the Mirror Flower Water Moon.
In the next second, his view appeared in a vast mountain ridge.
Chen Yuan raised his hand and flung out a spear, pointing towards a distant mountain range.
"Boom"
In the distance, that chain of mountains instantly erupted!
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