Cultivation: Fortune by Lots

Chapter 1048: Chapter 371: Great Tang’s First Sword (Twelve Thousand Words, Three-in-One Chapter)

A middle-aged Taoist in coarse clothes and straw shoes, with his hair unbound instead of tied in a Daoist topknot, appeared.

Fang Jingsheng and the Fang Clan members, as well as Xiao Hang of the Longwai Xiao Clan, all felt a jolt in their hearts when they saw him.

Mount Shu Sect, Chen Donglou.

This man truly was still alive.

It was just that no one knew why, when the Inner Mount Shu Sect of the Netherworld last stirred up trouble, this de facto foremost expert of the Great Tang’s Mount Shu Sect had never shown himself.

To say nothing of Tang Xiaotang and the Vajra Sect Leader arriving one after another back then—even if no other powerful support had appeared—judging by Chen Donglou’s temperament and style, he should not have been one to shrink back in fear.

Back then, was he not in the Mortal World?

Ever since he left Mount Shu, this man had been rather mysterious, his strength exceedingly profound. In the current situation of the Great Tang’s Mortal World, he was a variable that had to be taken into account... the Fang clansmen looked at one another.

Others noticed that after Chen Donglou revealed himself, the State Preceptor from the Celestial Master Mansion, that Tang Xiaotang, was at this moment staring fixedly at him.

Seeing this, everyone immediately recalled that Elder Chen of Mount Shu had, in former years, also had a certain history with Dragon Tiger Mountain’s Celestial Master Mansion...

"What is it?" Chen Donglou turned back calmly and looked at Tang Xiaotang.

Tang Xiaotang’s gaze was bright as she met his eyes; her face was taut, but she did not open her mouth to speak.

Zhang Taigang hurriedly stepped forward at the side: "Master Chen, with these Netherworld evil cultivators before us, those fiends who treat human lives like weeds are, after all, the greatest enemy of our sect at present..."

Chen Donglou’s expression remained unchanged: "There is no need for concern. Dragon Tiger Mountain’s Celestial Master Mansion no longer has the Xinzhou Li Clan. Whatever grudges there were in those years, the account has long since been settled. However, if the friends of Dragon Tiger Mountain have a mind to seek instruction, this poor Daoist is available at any time."

Behind Zhang Taigang, Ji Chuan, Xie Yiling, and the others all wore wry smiles.

Several Mount Shu cultivators of the Middle Three Heavens suddenly felt a cold sweat break out on their backs.

This martial uncle of theirs—or rather, grand-uncle—truly lived up to the name "Shu Madman."

With conduct like this, something that originally was nothing could turn into something.

Especially since that Tang State Preceptor opposite was likewise not known for a good temper...

Many, worried, turned their gazes toward Tang Xiaotang at the side.

Yet they saw Tang Xiaotang not angered; she only looked very seriously at Chen Donglou, then nodded: "I think that day is not far off."

She then looked down at her feet: "Today, we deal with these bastards from the Netherworld first."

Hearing this, some people let out a breath of relief, while others secretly felt regret.

Chen Donglou said, "They stole our sect’s Qingxiao Manor and think it can be brushed aside so easily?"

He beckoned with his hand, and seven Flying Swords appeared at once, then shot together toward the ground.

At once, the soil and rock below began to shake violently.

Billowing gray mist surged upward like a spring welling from beneath the earth.

Tang Xiaotang watched from the side, feeling an urge to curl her lip.

In the end, Lei Jun had indeed attained enlightenment at the level of the natural realm.

At this point in time, one could say he had come from behind to overtake.

Tang Xiaotang naturally knew who this "Chen Donglou" before her really was.

Though he appeared to be using methods of the Daoist Artifact Refining Sect, in truth what was taking effect belowground was still the subtle art of the Daoist Talisman Sect.

For the Inner Mount Shu Sect of the Netherworld to set up the Great Yin-Yang Nine Palaces Immortal Array was clearly no easy feat; it required a vast stock of formation materials.

Thus, in this campaign of theirs to counter-invade the Mortal World, they lacked sufficiently proper means to seal off their retreat.

Yet even so, to make the Netherworld Gate reappear and then force their way back inside was still not something that could be accomplished in a short span of time.

But in Lei Jun’s hands at this moment, it was like a butcher dismembering an ox; he saw through all the subtleties within, then used methods that appeared ordinary to turn decay into magic, and everything swiftly took effect.

If not for the presence of a Great Scholar of the Ninth Heavenly Layer like Fang Jingsheng nearby, making it inconvenient for Lei Jun, while concealing his identity, to fully let loose, he could have broken open this Netherworld Gate even faster.

Seeing this, Tang Xiaotang immediately waved her hand.

At once, they saw a treasure seal appear, wholly different in form from the Celestial Master Seal of Dragon Tiger Mountain.

The moment the treasure seal appeared, it seemed to stir the surrounding mountains and rivers to quake along with it.

Although this location lay outside the borders of the Great Tang, the circulation of the vitality of the mountains and rivers beneath the earth was nonetheless affected.

The Great Tang’s State-protecting Mage Seal, or in other words, the National Master Seal... the people of the Jingxiang Fang Clan and Xiao Hang, the Xiao Clan Master of Longwai, all thought this silently in their hearts at the same time.

If, when this seal had just been forged and Tang Xiaotang had just been enfeoffed as State Preceptor, the portion of the nation’s fate of mountains and rivers she could stir had still been limited,

then after the Empress retired to Chang’an and National Master Tang was commanded to tour the realm on the Emperor’s behalf, the portion of the nation’s fate and Earth Vein Dragon Qi she could bear and touch had now become exceedingly considerable.

Though still less than that of the Emperor and Crown Prince under the blessing of the Emperor’s Technique, the present National Master Tang likewise could not be ignored.

The National Master Seal had correspondingly become quite a formidable treasure.

With this treasure on her person, Tang Xiaotang had faced Ji Yao, who held the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls, and still managed to preserve the life of Mount Shu Elder Ye Dongming.

Now, as though unwilling to let "Chen Donglou" steal all the glory, she likewise struck once with the National Master Seal, landing it upon that earth spring where the nether deathly qi was surging.

"Chen Donglou," by contrast, was nonchalant, as if he did not care in the least.

Under the joint efforts of the two, the Void Gateway that had originally been sealed was instantly opened anew.

"With the Great Tang presently unsettled on all four sides and the situation within the Netherworld unclear, to prevent mishaps from arising elsewhere, I, Fang, will remain in the Mortal World."

The Clan Chief of the Jingxiang Fang Clan, Fang Jingsheng, spoke calmly: "I ask you Daoist friends to be mindful. Should anything go awry, you might first return to the Mortal World, and we can then deliberate at length."

Xiao Hang glanced at him, then spoke after a brief consideration: "What Master Tianliu says is reasonable. I, Xiao, will also remain here. If anything goes awry, I can provide support to you Daoists."

Zhang Taigang and the others nodded slightly upon hearing this.

Though in both clashes with the Netherworld Inner Mount Shu evil cultivators, Fang Jingsheng and the cultivators of the Jingxiang Fang Clan had thrown themselves into the battle with all their strength.

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