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Chapter 774: Again?
Chapter 774: Again?
The Four Provinces Territory, adjacent to each other, had already regained its pristine sky.
Back in the South Continent, given enough time, even a Fifth-Rank Grand Primordial Immortal Realm Apefiend could destroy three provincial capitals, let alone seven Great Fiends who had mastered the Six-Six Transformations.
But within this vast training ground, despite the intense panic, there were no casualties.
The black clouds conjured by Shen Yi were merely a distraction. Under this shadow, South Emperor and White Deer were able to act freely.
At this moment, the statues of the Grand Emptiness Ascendants, which had been secretly transported in advance, were surrounded by the local people. Whether they were originally under a tree or in a field, they were now spontaneously carried to the highest possible places.
A group of figures swept across the sky.
As she took in the scene, You Yao covered her forehead with the back of her hand, closed her eyes, and felt a strange dizziness.
Everything she had prepared had now become a tool for others.
The Grand Emptiness not only absorbed all the Imperial Qi from this calamity but also planted his influence in the training ground. It would take a long time to completely eradicate it.
"Reporting to Senior Aunt, we had just made the arrangements and hadn't started acting when a group from the Empty Illusion Hollow infiltrated early, spreading chaos and causing a great uproar. They seemed to have timed it perfectly. Just as the Great Fiends entered the provinces, the Grand Emptiness Ascendant appeared, leaving us no time to react."
Two disciples knelt in the clouds, trembling as they reported.
Behind You Yao, Stag Page suddenly stepped forward, grabbed both of them by their collars, and said angrily, "There's no such thing as coincidence in this world. Cloud Page must have harbored sinister intentions and conspired with the Empty Illusion Hollow in advance!"
Hearing this, You Yao opened her eyes, her narrow eyes flashing with unhidden killing intent.
The two disciples, forced to stand, though terrified to the extreme, still stammered, "It should have nothing to do with Senior Cloud Page..."
They swallowed hard, not daring to hide anything, and recounted the events that had transpired in Zhenning Province in full detail.
"..."
Crane Page raised an eyebrow, his expression complex.
Just hearing about it from others, he could feel how embarrassing it must have been for Cloud Page. Even if the Grand Emptiness Ascendant had just come from the South Continent, or even if he were Cloud Page's own father, no one would sacrifice their future for others like that.
"You mean, he never even tried to fight, just quietly landed?"
Despite clearing Cloud Page of suspicion, the killing intent in You Yao's eyes did not diminish but intensified.
She stepped onto an Auspicious Cloud and dashed out again.
They soon found Cloud Page, his eyes vacant, leaning against the mud wall of a village. Even when he saw the people from Clearlight Grotto, his face remained numb.
You Yao approached quickly, grabbed his collar with her slender fingers, and slammed him against the mud wall.
"Where did all your cultivation and mystic artifacts go, into a dog's stomach?"
She gritted her teeth, wishing she could tear this useless man apart. If he had just put up a fight, even a little, it would have been enough for her to reach Zhenning Province in time.
"I... I didn't have the confidence... to defeat him..." Cloud Page's head tilted, his voice hoarse.
His future was ruined, his dignity lost, and he had no reason to stay in the North Continent anymore.
"Confidence, confidence, all you think about is calculating these things. Since the calamity began, have you ever done anything to earn respect? If there were truly perfect opportunities, would they even fall to someone like you?"
You Yao disdainfully threw the Daoist to the ground. "You deserve this fate, and you have no one to blame but yourself."
Cloud Page fell to the ground, the numbness on his face finally fading slightly. He gazed up at You Yao with a dazed expression, suddenly laughing mockingly, "Cloud Page may be a laughingstock in the North Continent, but what about you, You Yao? What makes you any better?"
Upon hearing this, Crane Page's face changed, and he wanted to stop him.
But You Yao already sneered, "Difference? The difference is that anyone who dares to provoke me, I will make them pay, no matter what it costs me!"
"..."
Cloud Page's pupils twitched, and he was momentarily stunned.
You Yao looked down at him. "What do you have left? What do you have to lose? You have nothing, yet you hide here, crying like a child. Do you think you deserve to be compared to me?"
These words were like a sword, slicing through Cloud Page's façade.
There was no caution, just cowardice. He could no longer use the excuse of enduring humiliation. There was no more time for that. What reason could he have now, besides fear?
"Kill—"
Cloud Page panted heavily, his features contorting, and he suddenly roared, "Kill him!"
He, a proud disciple of the Empty Illusion Hollow, had been reduced to a laughingstock, all because of that Insectfiend disciple. He wouldn't let the other one off now.
"Shut up!"
Crane Page suddenly kicked Yun Miao, sending the man rolling a couple of times in the dust. Despite the dirt, he paid no mind, his eyes blazing with a wild, animalistic fury.
"You Yao, no."
Crane Page didn’t have time to deal with this scoundrel. Turning, he grabbed the arm of the woman in black and said sternly, "Though you are the eldest disciple, if you continue to act recklessly, I will have no choice but to report to Great Immortal Clearlight and ask him to intervene."
"..."
You Yao stared at Crane Page coldly, then suddenly waved her sleeve, sending a surge of radiant light that pushed him back over a hundred paces. Her eyebrows arched slightly, and her voice was icy and fierce. "Do as you please."
Prideful as she was, how could she accept being a laughingstock among her fellow disciples like Yun Miao?
Her repeated tolerance had only emboldened him, driving him to step on her and aim for the position of the Three Immortals Sect’s chief disciple.
Today, that Insectfiend Disciple must die!
"Who will join me?"
You Yao rose into the air. Below her, Yun Miao’s face twisted in a grimace as he silently summoned an Auspicious Cloud. Deer Page followed without hesitation.
The two others were concerned about the face of the Immortal Sect, but he was just a page, a mere young fiend. Even so, the death of his brother required a life in return.
"You’re all mad..."
Crane Page watched as the three of them sped toward Kaiyuan Province, not daring to delay. He transformed into a pair of wings and flew toward the Clearlight Grotto at the peak of Clearlight Mountain.
Killing a fellow disciple in broad daylight would surely change the nature of this great calamity.
And You Yao, who had set this precedent, would not have a good outcome.
By then, it wouldn’t be as simple as losing the sect’s grounds.
Crane Page pushed himself to the limit, reaching the cloud-shrouded temple on Clearlight Mountain, drenched in sweat, unsure if it was from exertion or fear.
"Little Page requests an audience with the Great Immortal!"
Ignoring the usual etiquette, he burst into the temple, walking quickly and shouting, "Master You Yao has lost her reason. She has taken Yun Miao and Deer Page to Kaiyuan Province, intending to commit murder. Please, Great Immortal, make a decision!"
The room was quiet, the wooden door slightly ajar.
Clearlight Zi sat cross-legged on a cushion. When he heard the news, his face twitched involuntarily. But when he opened his eyes, he calmly looked at the panicked Crane Page, pondering for a moment without rising.
"Great Immortal..." Crane Page’s face was full of confusion, unsure of what to do.
"Sigh, we must intervene."
Perhaps because there were no outsiders, Clearlight Zi didn’t maintain his usual formality with his longtime page. He gazed into the distance and sighed, "But since they have already left, there’s no need to rush."
Even a Great Emptiness Golden Immortal, who had transcended the two realms, could not remain completely calm.
The child he had raised had, in a fit of anger, disregarded the sect’s interests. It was certainly painful, but putting oneself in her shoes, he had been the same at her age, quick to settle scores.
Since the mistake had already been made, and the reputation could not be salvaged, Clearlight Zi felt a growing sense of melancholy. The girl had prepared herself to face all consequences. As her teacher, could he really follow the example of Empty Illusion Zi and intercept her at Heaventower Mountain, making her resent him even as she repented?
Moreover...
Clearlight Zi took a deep breath. In North Continent, when had the Clearlight Grotto ever been bullied by the Empty Illusion Hollow, especially not with such repeated insolence and lack of restraint?
As an elder brother, Clearlight Zi understood Empty Illusion Zi’s reluctance to embarrass himself in front of the sect’s master. By subduing the Insectfiend from South Continent, Empty Illusion Zi had indeed relieved some of his burdens.
But they should not have touched the Clearlight Grotto’s belongings.
Four provincial grounds were a lot to digest, and even for his younger brother, it was too much.
Last time, injuring You Yao was understandable, as the other party had the right. But now, with this aggressive stance, were they really testing his patience?
This time, he would wait a half day, giving the child a chance to vent her frustrations. It wouldn’t be in vain for a teacher and student.
Thinking this, Clearlight Zi slowly closed his eyes under Crane Page’s stunned gaze.
...
Kaiyuan Province, Heaventower Mountain.
The fellow disciples of the Three Immortals Sect had long grown accustomed to their Grand Emptiness senior brother’s quirks.
He preferred to spend resources on building shelters for refugees rather than constructing a grand hall for himself. Even the Immortal Shrine was simple, which some called modest and others called impoverished.
This could have been a laughing matter, but with enough strength, it became a matter of taste.
Clearly, Shen Yi, who had recently extracted a large amount of Imperial Qi from Master You Yao’s grounds and then returned to Heaventower Mountain, had already proven his formidable abilities through his actions.
The outcome of this conflict was already clear.
Although the Grand Emptiness senior brother had not yet taken the four provincial grounds, his actions had left many statues in the grounds, and their influence would only continue to grow over time. The allegiance of these four provinces was now only a matter of time.
"Grand Emptiness Senior Brother, I have a few skilled immortal artisans under my command. Why don’t you designate a location, and I’ll have them build a grand hall for you? While this mountaintop is a place of freedom and ease, those common mortals won’t understand your refined tastes."
Among the current disciples of the Three Immortals Sect, Shen Yi had already become a peer to those three... no, to be precise, he was showing a trend of surpassing Senior Sister You Yao.
Coincidentally, his rise was still recent, like a tree just taking root, with no vines yet climbing up its trunk.
Naturally, everyone was doing their utmost to curry favor with this rising star.
"No need, thank you."
Shen Yi shook his head, and this was not just a polite refusal.
Even back in the Treasure Land of Nanyang, during his time in Qingzhou of the Great Qian Dynasty, he had already experienced the taste of being venerated.
But compared to that, the current situation of actively sending his statues to various places, doing the same as other disciples of the Three Immortals Sect, made Shen Yi feel somewhat uncomfortable.
Fortunately, he could still feel this discomfort.
This meant that even after tasting the Imperial Qi, he had not become one of those people.
If he couldn’t blend in, he couldn’t change anything.
It was a simple truth.
Like how Shen Yi preferred solitude but did not drive away the crowd around him, nor did he waste energy on superficial interactions, because he still needed these people to stay on Heaventower Mountain for now.
With this thought, he fell silent, gazing at the horizon.
He had made all these preparations, hoping that person wouldn’t suddenly come to their senses.
As if in response to Shen Yi’s thoughts, the next moment, a surging and rampant aura rolled in like a tidal wave. Just a moment ago, it was outside Kaiyuan Province, and now it was sweeping over Heaventower Mountain.
The majestic mountain, in the face of this sea of energy, seemed like a withered branch in a storm, as if it could be shattered at any moment.
The smiling disciples’ faces darkened instantly.
Almost everyone guessed what was happening.
After all, this wasn’t the first time that person had done this.
What was unexpected was that even after being reprimanded by Uncle Lingxu last time, the person showed no signs of repentance.
What kind of damn rules were these?
Did the Four Provinces of Clearlight Grotto return through gentle persuasion? Why should others not be allowed to do what you do?
Besides, Grand Emptiness Senior Brother hadn’t actually seized a Daoist temple; he had merely taken a sum of Imperial Qi as a counter to the previous conflict in Kaiyuan Province.
If you’re always ready to fight or kill, you might as well not face the calamity and just appoint yourself as the Immortal Emperor.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone,
Three figures slowly converged in the sky.
The woman in a black dress, wearing a jeweled crown, stood with her hands hanging by her sides, yet her presence stirred the heavens and earth, her aura not at all inferior to the black clouds that had enveloped the Four Provinces earlier.
When others saw the two figures behind her, especially the Taoist in the purple cloud robe, some disciples couldn’t help but spit: "What the hell, Yun Miao is threatening his own junior brother by following outsiders?"
Uncle Lingxu must have been blind to choose such a disciple.
"Senior Sister, don’t go too far..."
When the Bodhi Sect attacked earlier, the disciples had scattered, but this time, though they lacked confidence, they still spoke up: "In a conflict over Daoist temples, how can you do such things in front of those common mortals? Isn’t it just a waste of the Immortals’ dignity?"
Feeling the discontented gazes of the crowd,
You Yao’s lips curled into a mocking smile. When had these people ever dared to confront her like this?
This stark contrast condensed into a single icy word in her mouth.
"Scram!"
Her dismissive voice echoed, making all the disciples clench their fists.
They stared straight at the black-clad figure in the sky, all traces of respect gone, replaced by unanimous derision.
At this moment, a slender figure finally stepped forward, standing at the front of the crowd.
"Everyone, go back for now."
Shen Yi casually waved his sleeve, looked up at the sky, and said softly, "If you stop now, I’ll act as if nothing happened."
Hearing this, You Yao pondered for a moment, then burst into laughter, "Why are you suddenly so polite? Do you know you’re about to die?"
"What if I don’t stop?"
The woman’s expression suddenly changed, her face twisted with malice as she pressed her palm. The Celestial Radiance Grid, which had once shrouded the sky of Kaiyuan Province, reappeared.
Myriad sharp beams of light fell like a vast net.
"What will you do then?"
"..."
Shen Yi’s fingers slightly spread, a white light quietly slicing through the sky, severing all the light beams.
The white light settled in his palm, transforming into an ancient, green blade.
His expression unchanged, he stared at the long sword in his hand.
After a moment, Shen Yi casually flicked a sword flourish, looked back up at the sky, and said calmly,
"Come."
(End of Chapter)
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