Chapter 448: Chapter 447: Changes in the Taoist School, Temple Attacks
Facing an unfriendly response, Li Jing’s mouth twitched a bit.
As if he was mistaken.
Strictly speaking, it wasn’t too unexpected.
At least from what he knew.
The Heavenly Dao Sect, a major force in the Demon Taoist, doesn’t get along with either good nor evil.
Even trending towards the status of a public enemy.
For a Demon Taoist sect like this to be so powerful, the behaviors and styles of the members are bound to be somewhat unorthodox.
From this point of view, Li Jing had some difficulty understanding them.
Referencing, he didn’t have none.
Chen Jing was a disciple of the Taoist school.
But that Uncle Chen was very kind to him.
He only had a bit of a "golden" past in his youth...
To avoid unnecessary conflict, Li Jing felt the need to make things clearer, and said,
"Fellow Daoist, to tell the truth, I have a deep connection with the Taoist school. Chen Jing from the Taoist branch is my uncle. My visit is for..."
Before he could finish his sentence, a man’s voice interrupted.
"Do you know Chen Jing?"
Li Jing blinked slightly in confusion.
The man hiding in the shadows turned out to be Chen Jing’s senior brother, something he hadn’t expected.
Just as he was about to respond, the man spoke again.
"Since you’re one of us, why didn’t you say so sooner?"
???
Li Jing.
Am I considered one of them now?
He thought incredulously, he had merely mentioned Chen Jing’s name.
Just as he was somewhat bewildered, a streak of light shot from the dead silent area below, stopping right in front of him.
As the light faded, a muscular, bald burly man appeared, and after scrutinizing Li Jing for a moment, said,
"You say you know Chen Jing, can you prove it?"
On hearing this, Li Jing blinked, thought for a moment, and took out his patrol certificate.
"I am a patrol officer from the Serious Case Group of the North City Patrol Branch, under the jurisdiction of Uncle Chen. Can this prove..."
Before he could finish, the burly man’s attitude completely changed.
"It’s enough if you can prove you’re one of us."
Saying that, he spoke in a deep voice.
"I apologize, our sect has had some changes recently and we’re currently in a precarious position, so we’re sensitive to outsiders."
The sudden change in the burly man’s attitude, from standoffish to extremely friendly, left Li Jing struggling to adapt.
Just as he was about to speak, the man across from him saluted."
"Zhou Wu."
Having introduced himself, he glances around warily and asks,
"Young friend, did anyone try to stop you on your way here?"
"Stop me?"
Li Jing frowned and shook his head subconsciously.
"I didn’t encounter anyone on my way here."
Before he could finish, Zhou Wu’s expression changed slightly.
"Something’s not right, you follow me to the interior of the sect for now, we’ll discuss the rest later."
???
Li Jing.
Just what is going on?
Why are the people in the sect so cautious?
Zhou Wu didn’t say much else, grabbed him and was about to leave.
Just at this moment, a soft voice suddenly rang out in the sky.
"Once a glorious Heavenly Dao Sect, they sure do know how to play hide and seek. Since you’re out now, why not stay?"
With the echo of the voice, a huge invisible hand appeared out of nowhere in the sky, falling down towards Li Jing and Zhou Wu.
Before the hand could fall, both of them felt bound.
Ninth Realm.
Faced with the great power of bondage all over him, Li Jing concluded in an instant.
Zhou Wu, who was standing beside him, began to swear.
"Damn it! You scoundrels from the Martial God Temple! You’re really like bad pennies!"
While swearing out of the corner of his mouth, Zhou Wu didn’t have any power to resist the descending handprint.
He was only at the Eighth Realm.
He couldn’t fight against those of the Ninth Realm.
Nevertheless, he still forced himself to move, blocking Li Jing with his body.
Seeing this, Li Jing slightly frowned but didn’t take any action.
This handprint was merely for binding.
It wasn’t attacking.
He was still unsure what was happening and given that he didn’t know the whereabouts of the opponent, he didn’t rush to act.
The handprint crashed down loudly, and Zhou Wu, who was in front, was instantly restrained in place. Li Jing too felt a strong binding force.
This situation made Zhou Wu’s face turn extremely ugly.
Just then.
Two resounding dragon roars echoed from the far sky.
Li Jing subconsciously turned his head at the sound.
In sight.
Two black Jiao Dragons were pulling an extravagant carriage through the air, their teeth bared and claws splayed.
Along with the carriage, dozens of streaks of light came by.
On seeing this, Li Jing was stunned.
Strictly speaking, this wasn’t his first encounter with dragons.
The Dragon Official of the Monster Beast Union had the ability to transform into a dragon. After transforming, he could somewhat be regarded as a dragon.
However, compared to the two genuine Jiao Dragons, the Dragon Official truly didn’t count for anything.
Both the Jiao Dragons had just entered the Ninth Realm, and their health bars were 12156 and 12359, respectively.
Behind both their health bars, they displayed the Essence Source.
One had 89534 and the other had 75621.
The Jiao Dragon, a Ninth Realm exhibit, was extremely fast.
In just a blink of an eye, the Jiao Dragon and the carriage came up close.
In addition, dozens of streaks of light arrived at the scene.
One after another, young men and women with proud faces appeared. They didn’t deliberately hide their auras, all were Eighth Realm cultivators.
This pomp.
It cannot be deemed insignificant.
Li Jing had seen occasions where most creatures were in the Eighth Realm, and it was during the previously in the Heavenly Saint Land, where there was a team of saints and deities. Even if Wina were included, there were only six of them.
This rival, directly had more than twenty.
Just as he was facing the pomp, two beautiful young girls opened the curtains of the carriage from left and right, revealing a gentleman dressed in white who was sitting in the carriage.
The middle aged man appeared, glanced at Li Jing, and then directed his gaze to Zhou Wu.
"Open the Taoist school’s restriction, and I will spare your life."
Zhou Wu’s expression darkened.
"In your dreams!"
The middle-aged man heard the words, showed no pleasure or anger on his face, and casually waved his hand.
The two girls in the carriage each drew a flying sword of the Immortal quality, their bodies moved like heavenly immortals, controlling their swords, straightly stabbing towards Zhou Wu’s arms from left and right.
Facing this situation, Zhou Wu’s face was extremely dark, but there was nothing he could do.
At that time.
A calm voice sounded in his ear.
"Elder Zhou, what is going on, please explain later."
At the same time.
Li Jing took a step forward, easily broke free from the restrictions and appeared in front of Zhou Wu.
A green robe quietly replaced his outfit.
Next second.
The sword tips of the two sword wielding girls fell on him.
However, the edges of the two immortal swords didn’t even break his cloth edge, merely resting there.
The two swordgirls saw this and their faces changed drastically, and they tried to pull back their swords.
They weren’t stupid.
Li Jing’s physical body was able to resist their immortal sword, but the swords didn’t even pierce his cloth edge. The guy in front of them was clearly not someone they could deal with..
Their reaction was quick.
But their speed was still slower than Li’s Wind King’s Mysterious Clothing.
Li Jing’s Wind King’s Mysterious Clothing, which had never shown its full power until now, suddenly unleashed a terrifying force of repulsion.
Boundary Breakthrough skills have inherent growth potential.
As Li Jing stepped into the Ninth Realm, the Wind King’s Mysterious Clothing had naturally reached the Ninth Realm level as well.
The two swordmaids just had the idea of withdrawing their swords, and each of them let out a muffled sound and spurted blood, flying backwards.
The change was so sudden.
Zhou Wu was dumbfounded.
The dozens of people on the other side also had question marks on their faces.
The middle-aged man in the carriage frowned and stood up abruptly.
"A Demon Beast of the Ninth Realm!?"
Li Jing looked at him hearing the comment, with a kind smile on his face.
"Linglong."
"Buzz!"
The Linglong tower appeared above his head, without giving the other party any chance to react, it soared into the sky and turned into a golden pagoda that was as high as five thousand feet, and slammed down, enveloping everyone in it.
Immediately after, a powerful force of confinement operated.
Everyone, including the arrogant middle-aged man and the two Ninth Realm Jiao Dragons just moments ago, was instantly suppressed and hammered onto the bottom of the tower.
"..."
Zhou Wu.
The turnaround was a bit too sudden that he couldn’t keep up.
How could he have imagined.
The formidable enemy had just invaded, and in no time, this young visitor had suppressed it?
Zhou Wu had not yet come out of shock when the Linglong Spirit Weapon appeared in the Linglong Tower, frolicked to a Jiao Dragon being crushed on the ground, rolled up its sleeves and threw a punch.
"Boom!"
A Ninth Realm Jiao Dragon, extinguished on the spot.
Not only Zhou Wu, but the people who were suppressed in the tower were also stunned.
"Hey!"
The babyish shout rang again.
Another Ninth Realm Jiao Dragon also ended its life.
"..."
Zhou Wu.
He was a bit numb now.
The tower before his eyes, was it a Level Ten Immortal Tool?
He had figured this out after the initial shock.
So...
What’s happening with the little girl, the spirit weapon inside the tower?
One punch, smashing a Ninth Realm Jiao Dragon to death?
Really?
This power possessed by the spirit weapon!?
The middle-aged man and others who were horribly crushed inside the tower saw with their own eyes how two Ninth Realm Jiao Dragons were smashed to death by Linglong with little punches, and were trembling with fear.
The middle-aged man of the Ninth Realm spoke out.
"Senior, please spare our lives!"
The voice had not yet fallen, and the enforcing power inside the Linglong tower disappeared.
Feeling this, all the people including the middle-aged man were relieved.
Li Jing’s strength was completely unexpected to everyone.
Who could imagine that a passerby visiting the Taoist school could be so overbearing?
Who would dare to offend a Level Ten Immortal Tool?
The good news was.
This...
Seems to be easy to talk to?
Before they had time to feel happy, Linglong’s sweet and crisp voice sounded again.
"All stand there! Males on the left, females on the right! Everyone else stands in the middle! If you want to live, hand over all the valuable things you have!"
???
Affiliated to the Martial God Temple in the tower.
There was a moment when they thought they might be hallucinating.
Is the little girl...
...going to rob them?
Zhou Wu, outside the tower, also had a twitch at the corner of his mouth.
Li Jing, on the other hand, had a relieved smile on his face.
As expected of his spirit weapon, it understood him.
Just as he was waiting for the Martial God Temple members in the tower to kowtow, the Ninth Realm middle-aged man spoke coldly.
"Senior, I admit, I failed to recognize a great personality. But don’t go too far! The Martial God Temple..."
Before he could finish, Li Jing casually glanced at him.
The Spirit God murmured.
The middle-aged man suddenly looked as if he had been struck by lightning, blood spurted from his mouth and nose, and he fell backward.
As the middle-aged man fell, his group of Eighth Realm followers exchanged looks with each other, silently opened their storage spaces, and began to take out their belongings.
Each of these Eighth Realm individuals was quite affluent.
Any one of them could offer high-grade spiritual items, rarely seen in the world.
Their will to survive was also quite strong.
A few women even took out personal clothes that were stored in their storage spaces.
Seeing these people behave prudently, Li Jing turned his head to look at Zhou Wu.
"Elder Zhou, what exactly has happened to the Taoist school? As far as I know, the Taoist school should be quite dominant. How come there are people daring to bully the sect?"
Faced with being called a senior, Zhou Wu was taken aback.
Li Jing suppressed the Ninth Realm as if he was disciplining a grandson, and he, an Eighth Realm, couldn’t be called a senior, right?
However, at this moment.
He roughly understood who this person was.
The world had news of a Ninth Realm staying on the Blue Star, and Tianyi Taoist school also received this information.
Since he could suppress the Ninth Realm, it was undoubtedly due to Li Jing’s cultivation level at the Ninth Realm.
And he came from the current world....
Didn’t this add up?
Zhou Wu hadn’t paid much attention to this before.
Thinking about it now, wasn’t the Ninth Realm stranded on the Blue Star named Li Jing?
No wonder Zhou Wu hadn’t noticed before.
He hadn’t expected the highly regarded Li Jing to enter the Star Secret Realm, let alone come to the Tianyi Taoist school to "visit relatives"?
But what surprised him the most was...
Li Jing was just entering the Ninth Realm, but he was able to suppress the mid-stage of the Ninth Realm effortlessly and even had a Level Ten Immortal Tool.
Is this still...
...a human being?
Faced with Li Jing’s question, Zhou Wu didn’t dare to delay and replied.
"The respected are honored. If we talk about being a senior, Daoist Friend Li is my senior."
After saying that, he lowered his voice and explained.
"The thing is, a while ago, our Taoist juniors accidentally discovered an underground palace. After exploring it, we found that it was left by a top powerhouse in the Star Secret Realm long ago. The era can be traced back to before our sect disciples settled in the Star Secret Realm, and traces of the legendary Taoist Origin Fruit were found. After discussions, the Taoist school master and most of the disciples decided to explore it together. They left more than two months ago and haven’t returned."
Hearing Zhou Wu’s recount of this, Li Jing slightly furrowed.
The Underground Palace, Taoist Origin Fruit.
These two phrases, It was his first time hearing them.
However, he could figure out generally.
Regardless of the Underground Palace and the Taoist Origin Fruit, both are extraordinary, otherwise, Tianyi Taoist School wouldn’t have dispatched all its powerhouses, even neglecting their own sect.
He turned his head to look at the members of the Martial God Temple, who had pulled out all their belongings, huddled together and shivered, and lowered his voice.
"Did the news about the Underground Palace leak out?"
"Not quite."
Zhou Wu shook his head, responding.
"But the outside world has some perception. The elders of the Taoist school have been away for more than two months, which is enough to give others a lot of insight. Recently, the number of sects that have been provoking and even lying in wait for us are not in the minority. The War God Temple is just one of the thorns."
Li Jing nodded, saying.
"Elder Zhou, there’s one thing I want to confirm. Uncle Chen’s daughter should be in closed cultivation within the Taoist School, and I wonder if she..."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Wu was taken aback. He slapped his forehead with realization and said.
"So the reason Daoist Friend came here is to find Little Chen?"
As he spoke, he laughed and said.
"Rest assured, Daoist Friend, Little Chen’s cultivation base is still low and didn’t accompany the master to the Underground Palace. She is currently in closed-door cultivation inside the Taoist School."
Upon hearing that Chen Yuran hadn’t gone to the Underground Palace, Li Jing nodded and turned his head to look at the Linglong Tower.
"You all may leave now."
Upon hearing this, the people in the tower felt as if they had received a reprieve, without caring about the middle-aged man who had fainted on the ground. One after another, they cautiously exited the Linglong Tower which was no longer under a spell of Forbidden Power, then turned into streaks of light to flee.
Zhou Wu frowned at the sight.
"Daoist Friend, the War God Temple is one of the leaders of the right path in the Star Secret Realm. These people from the right path boast about their righteousness but are actually small-minded. You have already offended them, you shouldn’t let them leave alive."
"After losing money, the calamity subsides. They have already left the money to buy life, so I won’t harm their life, that’s my principle."
Li Jing smiled and said.
"As for the War God Temple’s revenge, I don’t take it seriously."
"..."
Zhou Wu.
Li Jing seemed to be a bit bloated when he spoke like this.
But he had to admit...
He had the qualifications to be bloated.
Looking at Li Jing’s performance just now, he was afraid that even if the Lord of the War God Temple or the Ancestor came over, they might not even be his opponent.
And on top of that...
The Vice-Lord of the War God Temple is now collapsed in the tower, unconscious.
Just when he didn’t know what to say, Li Jing pointed at the Linglong Tower and said.
"Elder Zhou, I have gained quite a bit this time. I’m keeping these two Jiao Dragons as they’re useful, and for the rest, how about we split it equally?"
?
Zhou Wu slowly typed a question mark in his mind.
Splitting it equally?
With him?
Li Jing...
Was he a bit too generous?
At the moment, there are the whole fortunes of dozens of Eighth Realm individuals in the Linglong Tower.
To say that Zhou Wu was not tempted was definitely false.
But he was a bit hesitant to accept this object.
However, Li Jing didn’t care. He dragged Zhou Wu into the Linglong Tower and said.
"Elder Zhou, we need to clean up quickly and then I’ll need your help in finding Yuran. Afterwards, you’ll have to trouble yourself again by taking me to the War God Temple."
???
Zhou Wu.
He can understand the need to find Chen Yuran.
But why on earth would he go to the War God Temple?
Could it be...
Completely baffled, Li Jing picked up the spiritual objects that were half-piled at the base of the tower, sent the two dead ninth realm Jiao Dragons to the Little Universe, and left them beside Jiu Li who was comprehending the Heritage Stele in the Qingyuan Fairy Palace. He instructed her with his mental thoughts to help clean up.
After cleaning up, Li Jing looked towards Zhou Wu who was still standing dumbstruck.
Seeing this, Zhou Wu understood. After a slight hesitation, he collected all the spiritual objects that someone had given him.
Subsequently, Li Jing returned the Linglong Tower to the Little Universe, and then dragged along the deputy master of the War God Temple.
"Elder, I’ll leave this person in your care. The Taoist school should have an array that can imprison a ninth realm being, right?"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Wu’s eyes brightened.
The Sky One Taoist School is a school of Demon Taoists.
How many of those who practice Demon Tao are good people?
Up to the Sky One Taoist School, they are particularly wary.
With the lack of teachers and strong ones in the school, and being bullied on top of that, how could Zhou Wu not be upset?
"Alright, I’ll take care of this person. I can assure you that I will entertain him well."
Speaking joyfully, Zhou Wu sighed deeply.
"Usually, let alone the ninth realm, even if it’s the tenth realm, we, the Taoist School, have ways to deal with it. It’s just that currently, we don’t have any ninth realm masters in our school, so some arrays cannot be activated."
While talking, he grabbed the unconscious deputy master of the War God Temple and "boom," gave him a slap on his forehead, cracking open his head, only then did he feel relieved, and showed a grin.
"My friend, please come with me, I’ll lead you through the maze to the hinterland of the Taoist School."
Li Jing saw Zhou Wu’s "insurance measures", and made a silent grin.
After all, Demon Taoists are Demon Taoists.
This man had been unconscious and wouldn’t wake up for a while.
A slap from Zhou Wu has surely taken half the life of this man.
Even if it’s a ninth realm being, it is basically defenseless in a coma.
...
Under Zhou Wu’s guidance, it didn’t take long for Li Jing to reach a vast maze in the depths of the continent, where everything was silent.
This maze was unusual.
As soon as Li Jing stepped in, he completely lost his way.
If Zhou Wu was not leading the way, he might have fallen into a trap immediately.
Of course.
Having mastered the rules of space, it wouldn’t be too difficult for him to leave.
But to find the location of the Sky One Taoist School would be impossible.
Following Zhou Wu, Li Jing soon passed through the maze.
Subsequently.
The view before his eyes suddenly cleared.
A valley full of greenery and beautiful mountains and rivers, came into Li Jing’s view.
Seeing the valley, Li Jing raised an eyebrow.
This entire continent was a land of death, where dark creatures roamed everywhere.
How could a valley full of such vitality exist in such a place?
The valley was obviously not simple.
There’s no way it could exist naturally.
Once the land of death is formed, it will inevitably become barren.
There must be some mysterious factors influencing this, allowing the valley to exist here.
Following Zhou Wu into the valley, Li Jing landed with him in the heart of the valley.
The place where the two stood was the entrance of the Taoist School.
Nearby, there was a huge stone standing.
The stone was engraved with four characters that read "Sky One Taoist School" in a very flamboyant script.
The four characters were very extraordinary.
Li Jing noticed at a glance that hidden behind the inscription was a particular kind of power of rules.
Implementing the power of rules on external objects was not something the ninth realm could do.
At least Li Jing couldn’t do it.
In addition,
Li Jing vaguely sensed that the giant stone bearing the power of rules itself was an insurmountable limit.
No matter who it is, if they want to enter the Sky One Taoist School, they must "check-in" near the giant stone, otherwise they would be hit by the power of the rules hidden in the four characters on the stone.
Sure enough, it was a hidden sect.
The "insurance" is layered.
Considering the large maze that enveloped the valley, even if the elders and strong ones in the school were all absent, it would still be very difficult for intruders to get in.
Just as Li Jing and Zhou Wu settled down, a male and a female Taoist disciple greeted them from behind the gate.
Upon seeing the two, the two Taoist disciples first looked at Li Jing, and then at the deputy master of the War God Temple in Zhou Wu’s hands, looking like a dead dog.
Then, the female disciple chuckled and spoke.
"Uncle Zhou, who is this in your hands?"
"Deputy master of the War God Temple, Zhuo Bufan."
Zhou Wu responded.
???
The female disciple.
The male disciple was also taken aback.
Both were only of the fifth realm cultivation level, the junior members of the juniors within the sect.
Before they grow up, there’s little chance of them being able to go out and about.
After all, the reputation of the Sky One Taoist School was not good, and they even have a trend of being generally considered as enemies.
The disciples of the school were not allowed to go out and move about freely without some real ability.
However, they were very clear about what kind of force the War God Temple was.
The deputy master.
Wouldn’t that be of the ninth realm?
And considering the prestige of the War God Temple in the righteous path, anyone who could hold the position of deputy master couldn’t simply be an ordinary ninth realm existence.
The person was now held by Zhou Wu, looking like a dead dog with a cracked skull. Could it be that they were beaten by their Uncle Zhou’s violent temper?
Though they were juniors, they were very clever.
Quite naturally, both of their gazes fell onto Li Jing, as they re-examined this young man who appeared harmless at first glance.
