Cultivation: Fortune by Lots

Chapter 1060: Chapter 373: The Celestial Master Returns (Double-Length Chapter)

The few foreign cavalry patrols appearing around the Greater and Little Guan Mountains originate from the Gray Wolf Khanate.

The few foreign cavalry patrols entering and exiting Guyun Plains belong to the White Deer Khanate.

They are few in number but elite, seemingly more focused on investigating and understanding the actual situation on the Great Tang’s side, but subsequently without more significant actions.

With the earlier example of Solitary Eagle Khanate, or perhaps due to the presence of the Golden Khanate, the Gray Wolf Khanate and White Deer Khanate are less reckless.

Regarding these activities, the Tang Imperial Court must be vigilant.

Previously, with the temporary mitigation of hidden dangers in Netherworld Inner Mount Shu Sect and returning to Jingxiang, Fang Clan’s current patriarch Fang Jingsheng was ordered by Luoyang to go north, crossing Guanlong, approaching the area near Yuanzhou.

The Prince Zhao Zhang Teng, who repelled the great demon Lord Black Mountain in the Northern Frontier, further shifted westward while deterring threats to the entire Great Tang Northern Border, and remained wary of foreign incursions.

It is rumored that the elderly patriarch of Cangzhou Ye Clan, Ye Moquan, whose health is failing, amidst the turbulent times of Great Tang, has finally reemerged and gone north, joining forces with masters from the Youzhou Forest Clan to defend against the resurgence of great demons on behalf of Prince Zhao.

With Prince Zhao moving west, besides guarding against the possible southern invasion of Lord Black Mountain, the Elder Ye also guarded the direction of the North Sea, lest the Northern Sea Whale King and other great demons rise again.

Lei Jun quietly reviewed reports from various factions.

Until bad news once again came from the direction of the Southern Wilderness.

The nine-winged golden centipede, a great demon that rose after the Four-eyed Python Emperor in the Southern Wilderness Ninth Heavenly Layer, finally emerged in the Southern Wilderness.

Because a significant number of experts from the Witchcraft Sect in the Southern Wilderness, along with the Great Tang’s Divine Strategy Army soldiers, entered Earth Sea.

Hence, after the appearance of the nine-winged golden centipede, a significant threat started developing in the Southern Wilderness.

Generally, during chaotic times, demons emerge first.

But compared to King Sea Chrysanthemum, Lord Black Mountain, and other great demons, the nine-winged golden centipede and hexagonal golden shark appeared slightly later, whether intentional or not.

Undoubtedly, this poses a greater threat.

The hexagonal golden shark along with Heavenly Principle cultivators tore open a rift on the Great Tang’s eastern coast.

Only when Tang Xiaotang arrived, and later when Heavenly Principle’s own backyard caught fire, did the situation on the eastern coast improve.

Now, the nine-winged golden centipede together with Earth Sea’s Jiuli appeared simultaneously, likewise imposing immense pressure on the southern region.

Tang Xiaotang and others have already entered Earth Sea to deal with the Jiuli people.

With the Southern Wilderness in between, the threat of the nine-winged golden centipede hasn’t directly reached the southern borders of the Great Tang Dynasty yet.

But if such a great demon is allowed to drive straight in, the consequences are unpredictable.

After contemplating, Lei Jun communicated with Yuan Mobai and Wang Guiyuan.

During this time, there has been a representative from the Tang Imperial Court permanently stationed on Dragon Tiger Mountain.

The representative is the old acquaintance of the Celestial Master Mansion, Prince Xun’an Zhang Mu.

The Celestial Master Lei invited Prince Xun’an for a meeting.

"Although threats exist in the east, west, and north, they can still be managed at present; however, the chaos caused by the nine-winged golden centipede in the Southern Wilderness is an imminent danger," Lei Jun said slowly.

Prince Xun’an Zhang Mu appeared grave: "The Celestial Master’s worry is justified."

Lei Jun rose from his seat: "Let this poor Taoist go and take a trip."

Zhang Mu was pleasantly surprised: "If the Celestial Master intends to personally go out and collaborate with the National Master Tang, then the Great Tang Southern Border would be assured."

Though delighted, Zhang Mu felt some hesitation.

He faintly sensed that despite Lei Jun appearing completely normal, his mana seemed not as harmonious as before.

Lei Jun did not offer much explanation and immediately announced to everyone in the mansion that he would be going out.

Since Prince Xun’an Zhang Mu initially came to visit Celestial Master Lei’s injuries on behalf of the court, he naturally accompanied southward.

Lei Jun remained silent, leading Zhang Mu to be even more apprehensive:

Could the contemporary Celestial Master be setting out again without fully recovering for the sake of the world?

With this thought, Zhang Mu became increasingly uneasy.

But at this moment, he could not say much, so he silently accompanied Lei Jun, heading south from Dragon Tiger Mountain.

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In the east, above the far northern ocean.

The Luo Yuan portal reopened.

Xiao Xueting, along with a unit of Great Tang’s Divine Strategy Army soldiers and several court royal family experts, hurried to this side.

The good news is that while the number of demon races rushing into the Great Tang human realm from Luo Yuan is large, there are no top-tier great demons.

The bad news is that, like Earth Sea, resealing Luo Yuan is quite challenging.

On this occasion, Great Tang cultivators immediately engaged in fierce battle with the group of demons charging out of Luo Yuan.

Luo Yuan, akin to Avici and Netherworld, is known as the Life and Death Underworld.

Much like the path of Taoist laws in Inner Mount Shu Sect in Netherworld influenced by Netherworld’s death energy, gradually developing into a distinctive form.

The demon races emerging from Luo Yuan likewise possess significant resilience.

Though diverse in species, most directly refine the Life and Death Underworld’s energy, transforming it into their own demonic aura of malice.

Their demonic aura also bears the taint of Luo Yuan’s death energy.

Although the cultivators of the Great Tang’s Divine Strategy Army do not mass use Pure Yang Magical Instruments like the disciples of the Great Tang’s Mount Shu Sect, they have the experience from the previous Inner Mount Shu Sect incursion in Netherworld and thus are not caught off guard now.

Nevertheless, these demon races from Luo Yuan are genuinely unpredictable.

Among them are ghostly martens and other creatures, nearly without a physical form, aiming at the Spiritual Souls of Great Tang cultivators like spectres and attacking them.

There’s a demon named Spectre Tiger, seemingly specialized in refining evil souls for combat like Witchcraft Sect’s Ghost Tao cultivators; although not as strongly aggressive and swift as other great demons, it can command ghostly spirits akin to evil souls for battle.

However, there’s also the Bone Flood Dragon, skilled in close-quarter combat, appearing skeletal all over yet seemingly of steel and iron; it’s not easily wounded by ordinary weapons and can resist many spells.

So many types, in considerable numbers and diverse races.

Both affected by this underworld’s death energy and malicious demonic aura, the demons of Luo Yuan do not appear frenzied but exude a cold and murderous atmosphere.

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