paranoianovel Chapter 17 was originally a Kunlun guest.
Chapter 17 was originally a Kunlun guest.
High above, the wind howled fiercely.
Yun Zhongzi's gaze was like two Taiqing Immortal Swords, piercing straight into Lin Yuan.
That layer of shimmering blue Jade Purity Immortal Power caused the Void Returning Realm demon core within Lin Yuan's body to tremble slightly.
The power of a Golden Immortal is terrifying!
Before such a powerful being who has endured countless ages, to show weakness would result in annihilation of both body and soul.
Since our path is blocked, we have no choice but to keep up the guise of an "ancient great power" to the end.
Lin Yuan's eyes flashed, and deep within the Eye of the Sun, the cluster of [Golden Crow True Fire] suddenly surged.
The supreme bloodline of the ancient demon royal family forcefully created a three-foot-wide world within this Jade Purity Immortal Light.
"Oh."
That cold laugh carried three parts disdain and seven parts worldly wisdom.
"I am a traveler from Kunlun, and I have an old house on the south side of the stone bridge."
Only after cultivating oneself and attaining the Dao in the primordial state can one understand longevity and the principles of following the natural order.
Do not boast of the purple-gold elixir within the furnace, for it is known that jade liquid is burned in the fire.
Riding a blue phoenix and a white crane, I will not seek peaches of immortality or elixirs of longevity.
I will not go to Xuandu to worship Laozi, nor will I go to Yuxu Gate to make a promise.
I can roam freely among the mountains and rivers, and enjoy the island paradise at will.
Everyone calls me a hermit, but the fullness and emptiness of my belly are my own feelings.
"You young man, you certainly have a compassionate heart."
Lin Yuan bird beak slightly opened, transmitting divine thoughts that exploded in Yun Zhongzi's sea of consciousness.
"I know you are compassionate and empathetic, and wish to reverse the decline of the Shang Dynasty and save the people from suffering."
"However, the ways of Heaven are beyond the control of a mere wooden sword like yours."
Upon hearing this poem, Yun Zhongzi was startled.
In the darkness, I felt as if the Great Dao was pressing down on me.
But seeing that his cultivation level was not high, he was not so easily intimidated by a single ancient poem. So he frowned, paused slightly in his whisk, and said in a deep voice.
"This demon is wreaking havoc in the palace. If it is not eliminated, the six-hundred-year foundation of the Shang Dynasty will surely be destroyed in an instant. Although I am not tainted by worldly affairs, I cannot bear to see the people suffer."
"Utterly foolish!"
Lin Yuan coldly rebuked him without any politeness.
"Do you know whose orders that fox demon received to enter Chaoge?"
Yun Zhongzi's heart skipped a beat, and a faint sense of foreboding arose within him.
"Who is it?"
Lin Yuan's golden eyes swept over him, and he slowly uttered a few words.
"In Nuwa's palace, the demon-summoning banner flutters."
"Destiny has been decided; the phoenix will sing its song on Mount Qi!"
boom!
These sixteen short characters were like divine thunder from the heavens, striking Yun Zhongzi directly on the top of his head.
The Golden Immortal of the Chan Sect was shaken; his usually calm and unperturbed heart was suddenly stirred into a raging storm.
A secret decree from the Goddess Nuwa?
The destiny of the phoenix's cry on Mount Qi?
Seeing that he was greatly shaken, Lin Yuan pressed his advantage.
"The fate of the Shang Dynasty has run its course; this is the will of Heaven."
"Your giant wooden sword may have temporarily slain demonic energy, but can it sever the predetermined fate of Heaven? Can it sever the karma created by the very hands of a sage?!"
"You, Yun Zhongzi, are you going to defy Heaven and become an enemy of the sages for the sake of the dying Shang Dynasty?"
Yun Zhongzi stood frozen in the sea of clouds, feeling a chill run down his spine.
Yes... the secrets of heaven are in chaos, and a great calamity is imminent.
He had just deduced the secrets of heaven, but all he saw was a fog. It turned out that behind this was the sage himself making the moves.
If it weren't for the guidance of this mysterious and powerful demon bird, his sword today would not only have failed to eliminate the demon, but would have also needlessly incurred the immense karma of the saint, dragging him into this irredeemable calamity of the Investiture of the Gods.
When Yun Zhongzi looked at Lin Yuan again, his gaze changed completely.
He could see through the sage's schemes with a single word, possessed the purest true fire of the sun from the ancient demon court, and even had a thorough understanding of the destiny of heaven...
"Could this supreme being be... the tenth prince who survived from the ancient demon court?"
Yun Zhongzi gasped inwardly, no longer daring to be the slightest bit presumptuous.
He quickly withdrew all the Jade Purity Immortal Light around him, placed the whisk on his arms, and respectfully bowed to Lin Yuan.
"Thank you for your guidance, senior."
"It was my foolishness that nearly defied the will of Heaven and ruined the sage's karma."
"I will keep your teachings in mind, senior. I will now take my leave."
Having said that, Yun Zhongzi never mentioned the wooden sword again. He rode on auspicious clouds and landed directly in the direction of Chaoge City.
Lin Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and quietly watched Yun Zhongzi's retreating figure.
There, the Golden Immortal of the Chan Sect waved his sleeve and left behind a poem that would be passed down through the ages on the pink wall of the Astronomical Bureau.
"Demons and monsters wreak havoc in Chang'an, while the emperor's virtues spread throughout the western lands. To know that blood stained Chaoge, it was in the year of Wuwu, the year of Jiazi."
After finishing his poem, Yun Zhongzi no longer lingered in the affairs of the mortal world. He transformed into a gentle breeze and went straight back to the Jade Pillar Cave in Zhongnan Mountain to retreat into seclusion.
Watching Yun Zhongzi disappear completely into the distance, Lin Yuan finally relaxed.
"Whew...that's exciting."
"This is a famous Golden Immortal from the Investiture of the Gods. If he really makes a move, I'll be reduced to ashes with just one finger."
"Luckily, I've read the script."
【Ding! 】
[Core critical node detected – Investiture of the Gods Event 008: Yun Zhongzi wields his sword to exorcise demons!]
[The event has already occurred, and the host not only witnessed it perfectly, but also forcibly reversed its course through excellent rhetoric and intervention in cause and effect.]
[Judgment: Completion of witnessing the event...exceeds perfection.]
[Slight intervention in the plot successful: The original "burning the sword" plot has been changed to "seizing the sword"!]
[Congratulations, host! You have received your first reward: the Giant Wooden Sword. This sword contains the pure energy of the Chan Sect for subduing demons. It can be reforged by the host's Golden Crow True Fire, transforming into the host's natal flying sword with unparalleled power.]
[Congratulations, host! You have received the second reward for witnessing this achievement: Four hundred years of pure cultivation, Golden Crow bloodline awakening +10% (current total progress: 60%)!]
"Boom!"
Four hundred years of profound cultivation flowed into Lin Yuan's limbs and bones.
The demon core within his body, which was at the Void Returning Realm, was circulating and devouring this massive spiritual energy.
The Golden Crow's bloodline surged once more, and the Heavenly Dao runes flowing on its feathers shone even brighter, with the phantom of a great sun appearing and disappearing behind it.
However, once the spiritual energy storm subsided, Lin Yuan raised an eyebrow.
"They didn't break through?"
Four hundred years of cultivation!
If he were in the Nascent Soul Realm, this power would be enough for him to break through several minor realms.
However, when he examined his demon core, he discovered that his cultivation had only progressed from the early stage of the Returning to the Void Realm to the threshold of the middle stage.
"It seems that after entering the Void Returning Realm, the foundation required for each minor realm advancement is enormous."
"The path to immortality is indeed becoming increasingly difficult, like climbing to heaven, the further you go."
However, Lin Yuan was not discouraged.
Others need hundreds or even thousands of years of arduous cultivation, but he can get things for free just by "looking at the scenery" around. What more could he want?
Lin Yuan looked down at the giant wooden sword he was holding.
Taoist energy swirled around the sword.
"This is a good thing. In this perilous calamity of the Investiture of the Gods, we finally have a decent magic weapon."
Lin Yuan flapped his wings and disappeared into a desolate mountain a hundred miles outside Chaoge City.
Finding a cave, Lin Yuan concealed his aura and exhaled the ball of Golden Crow True Fire.
"Hiss hiss hiss—"
The crimson flames enveloped the wooden sword, slowly burning away Yun Zhongzi's mark and fusing it with his own bloodline.
……
In the small group of the "Ordinary People Helping Each Other" group, messages are flashing.
[Chen Ping (Rank E/Changfeng Escort Agency): "Brothers, I survived! I really survived!"]
[Chen Ping: "Brother Lin, Fatty, Brother Zhao! Can you believe it? Just as that centipede demon was about to eat me, an old immortal suddenly fell from the sky!"]
[Chen Ping: "That old immortal casually released a wooden sword, and with a 'whoosh,' instantly killed that three-zhang-long demon. He also healed my broken leg, and even... he even said that if I had a destiny to become an immortal, I could go to the Jade Pillar Cave in Zhongnan Mountain to find him and he would take me as his disciple!"]
[Wang Pangzi (F-rank/Waitress of Chaoge Inn): "Holy crap?! Old Chen, you've turned misfortune into blessing! Zhongnan Mountain's Jade Pillar Cave, just from the name, it sounds like a holy land for cultivating immortality. You're going to be rich!"]
[Zhao Ye (Rank E/Son of a Down-on-His-Luck Merchant): "Those who survive a great calamity are bound to have good fortune. Brother Chen, hang in there. When you become an immortal, you'll have to protect us!"]
Lin Yuan smiled slightly as he read Chen Ping's excitedly incoherent words.
After closing the small group chat, Lin Yuan casually opened the [All Server Channel].
This is the real climax.
The ID with the gold B-grade border was displayed at the very top of the public chat.
[Chu Tianhe (Rank B/Yin Shang Lieutenant): "Brothers, big news! Top secret big news!"]
[Chu Tianhe: "Just now, in front of the palace's branch tower, a sorcerer used evil magic to assassinate the King and the Imperial Concubine. At the critical moment, Heaven intervened."]
[Chu Tianhe: "A divine bird bathed in golden flames descended from the sky, shattering the demonic cultivator's magical artifact with a single swipe of its claw and taking it away. That aura... that divine power... even an S-rank expert probably wouldn't last a single round against it!"]
[Chu Tianhe: "I bet this divine bird is definitely a top-tier divine beast in this secret realm, and might even be some kind of ancient totem. This is the real ultimate hidden opportunity!"]
Passerby A (Level E): "Young Master Chu is awesome! He actually witnessed such a miracle!"
[Zhao Qiang (Rank D/Imperial Guard Soldier of Chaoge): "A divine bird with golden flames? Could it be the legendary phoenix? If General Chu could obtain the protection of this divine bird, wouldn't he be able to roam freely in this mysterious realm?"]
The entire server chat was filled with endless imagination and awe for that "divine bird".
Just as the crowd was getting excited, the official account that had been silent for a long time finally couldn't resist popping up again.
[Blue Star Military Think Tank (Official Agent Account/Chief Instructor): "Chu Tianhe, is what you say true?!"]
[Blue Star Military Think Tank: "This matter is of utmost importance. This is very likely a supernatural being far beyond our understanding. Chu Tianhe, as a high-ranking official of the Yin Shang Dynasty, you must use your position to gather all possible information about this 'Golden Flame Divine Bird'!"]
[Blue Star Military Think Tank: "Find out its habitat and its preferences. If you can establish a good relationship with it, or even just obtain a feather from it... the government will not treat you unfairly; the nation will devote all its resources to nurturing you!"]