NOVPUB"Are you the one who injured Sister Apprentice Shengqing?" a young man beside Xu Zimei asked, gazing at him.
"What of it if I am?" Zimo replied indifferently.
"Then we shall take you down, and you will go and apologize in person," Wang Ruwei said calmly, "and await Sister Apprentice’s decision."
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In a city far away from the Wandering Dragon Mountain Range, two elderly men were sitting under a huge banyan tree, playing a game of chess.
The elder in blue robes had a face gaunt with age, and both his hair and long beard had turned completely white, exuding an extraordinary temperament.
On the other hand, the elder in red robes was bald, with a ruddy complexion, looking like a jovial friar with a string of Buddha Beads around his neck.
"Mage Huijue, why descend from the mountain this time?"
The blue-robed elder asked with a smile as he placed a chess piece.
"Taoist Friend Yue Shan, why ask when you already know?" Monk Huijue replied with a smile.
"The period of Destiny’s formation is growing ever shorter, and our Kuru Temple must also seek out the chosen one by Destiny,
so that Kuru Temple may thrive once more in these tumultuous times."
"If you ask me, if Kuru Temple shuts its gates and does not venture out, then the cycles of karma of this world will not reach you," Yue Shan said with a smile.
Monk Huijue sighed and shook his head, "The commands of my teacher are difficult to bear!"
"Then perhaps consider our Long River Immortal Sect, the current Saintess isn’t too bad either," Yue Shan suggested with a smile.
"I heard that your Saintess nearly met her death a few days ago?" Monk Huijue spoke with a chuckle.
"The details of the incident are still unclear, but I have already ordered my disciples to capture that person," Yue Shan said with a somewhat displeased expression.
"Even the Saintess is no match for him, are you really so confident in your disciples, Taoist Friend Yue Shan?" Mage Huijue continued to inquire.
"Ruwei, in my heart, is the strongest disciple of this generation.
He practices the ’Myriad Insects Manual,’ commanding all insects in the world, none that cannot be controlled.
What a pity he’s ultimately a simpleton, unwilling to vie with Shengqing for the Saint position, ultimately yielding it to her with his hands clasped in resignation," said Yue Shan, sighing.
"The position of the Saintess might be yielded, but nobody yields the Emperor’s throne," Monk Huijue said with a laugh as he shook his head.
Although he didn’t say it outright, his meaning was clear: I don’t hold your Immortal Sect’s Saintess in high regard, and naturally, I wouldn’t place my bets on her.
The battle for the Emperor’s throne is incredibly harsh, it is not something obtained by yielding.
It is climbed step by step accompanied by a Sea of Blood and Death, upon a mountain of skeletons.
Yue Shan didn’t speak further; instead, he gently placed down the chess piece in his hand.
Then his eyes suddenly brightened, and looking towards the direction of the Wandering Dragon Mountain Range in the distance, he said, "We’ve found that person."
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Zimo, looking at the disciples from the Long River Immortal Sect before him, shook his head and said, "I truly don’t know where you get your confidence from."
"Let’s try then," Wang Ruwei said lightly.
Wang Ruwei’s aura, characterizing the Emperor Pulse Realm, was surging, with strands of Spiritual Energy winding around him.
What was special was that the Spiritual Energy around him was a lush green color, and it looked very dense and sticky.
It was as if the Spiritual Energy had condensed into Spiritual Liquid.
The moment this Spiritual Liquid appeared, Zimo heard rustling sounds coming from the surroundings.
Then he saw countless insects crawling out from every corner around him.
There were those that crawled on the ground and those that flew in the sky, all kinds of insects were present.
Moreover, they were swarming in ever-increasing numbers, nearly summoning every insect within this jungle.
"Brother Ruwei’s Myriad Insects Technique seems to have become even more exquisite, I think we don’t even need to make a move," a nearby disciple said with a laugh.
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Wang Ruwei waved his right hand, and all the Spiritual Liquid fell around Xu Zimei.
Immediately following, the surrounding insects surged towards Xu Zimei as if they had gone mad.
Xu Zimei slightly furrowed his brow, these insects were not very strong, but due to their vast numbers, they indeed posed an annoyance.
Xu Zimei motioned with his right hand, tearing the space before him, and a ferocious beast emerged from within.
Previously, Xu Zimei had resurrected the dead Divine Beasts of the Wild Desolation, and among these Divine Beasts, there was one named Tao Tie.
The behemoth that emerged from the void was indeed the Tao Tie.
Its massive form was red and purple all over, with hair around its neck as hard as a porcupine’s quills.
Atop its head were a pair of immensely large horns, probably dozens of meters in length.
Its eyes were not large, a deep dark red, emitting a murderous glint.
And its mouth, when opened, was almost a meter long, filled with four sharp fangs.
Two on each of the upper and lower lips, the rest of the teeth densely packed within, lined up tightly in three or four rows.
"Tao Tie, your food has arrived," Xu Zimei said indifferently.
The legend says the dragon has nine sons, and Tao Tie is one of them, though the reliability of such tales is unknown.
But Tao Tie is indeed a glutton by nature, possessing the innate ability to devour all things.
The moment Tao Tie appeared, the complexions of several disciples from the Long River Immortal Sect changed subtly.
"What is that thing?" someone asked, stunned.
"A fierce and mighty beast," Wang Ruwei spoke gravely.
Owing to its resurrection, Tao Tie had long since lost its former cultivation from its previous life.
Yet under Xu Zimei’s nurturing, it had now entered the Saint Vein Realm and was gradually regaining the presence of a ferocious beast.
When Tao Tie roared, it opened its maw wide, which seemed like an unfathomably deep abyss.
A devouring force emanated from within it, and soon after, the space around its entire body began to distort and twist.
Sand and stones flew about, all of the insects involuntarily flew towards its gaping mouth.
Not just insects, even the surrounding trees and stones were all devoured.
"This is bad, let’s go," sensing this powerful devouring force, Wang Ruwei was the first to have a change in expression and hurriedly shouted.
However, it was already too late, the entire region was enveloped the moment the devouring force emerged.
"Master, save me!"
Wang Ruwei bellowed.
Following that, a chess piece shattered the void and headed straight for Tao Tie’s mouth.
With a "boom," an explosion occurred in front of Tao Tie, blasting it to the side.
Tao Tie got to its feet and roared towards the sky.
In the distant city, the rain in the sky fell harder and harder.
It seemed to press down on the large banyan tree before it, threatening to completely crush it.
"It seems inappropriate for Brother Yue Shan to interfere in the matters of the younger generation," Monk Huijue said with a smile.
"What can be done? Should I just watch my disciple be killed?" Yue Shan asked.
"Then I shall accompany Brother Yue Shan on this venture. After thousands of years in seclusion, I too want to see what the Talented Disciples of this continent are like," Monk Huijue replied.
Together, they tore through the space before them, stepping directly into it.
Soon after, they appeared in front of the jungle of the Wandering Dragon Mountain Range.
Xu Zimei, seeing the two figures arriving through the air, knew that the main characters had arrived.
"The monk greets you," Monk Huijue said, clasping his hands together with a smile as he greeted Xu Zimei.
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