Chapter 547: Entrust

This demonic cultivator, dressed in a black robe with the appearance of a child with crane hair, is none other than the Featherization Realm demonic patriarch, Xuan Sanren.

Behind him stood several demonic cultivators in the Gold Dan stage:

One was a youth with an exceptionally beautiful face, but his complexion was ashen, as if covered by a perfectly carved, flawless dead person's skin.

One was an old sword slave, carrying a sword box, his expression wooden, with only the whites of his eyes showing.

One was a burly demonic cultivator with sharp fingertips and blood threads in his eyes.

These three are the same demonic cultivators who once appeared in Nanyue City.

Only the decaying, muttering old hag was missing.

"This person surnamed Zhuang really has some skill."

The pale-faced youth sneered.

The burly demonic cultivator sneered, "If you don't understand arrays, don't talk nonsense. What do you mean 'has some skill'? This is one of the most profound array techniques in the cultivation world. Your entire Blood Refining Gate would be unable to see clearly."

The pale-faced youth was slightly angered, but the sword box old man said:

"Watch your words, Mister Zhuang is not someone you or I can criticize."

The pale-faced youth was displeased, but said nothing more.

Under the vast sea of blood of the Refining Soul Blood Banner,

The Five Elements Protect Mountain Great Array surged with light and spiritual power, resisting the overwhelming killing intent and vast demonic qi, standing in opposition.

The sword box old man licked his lips, a trace of bloodthirsty intent appearing in his gaze. He said to Xuan Sanren:

"Honored one, the demonic sword needs to kill more living beings and absorb enough human blood before it can break this great array."

Xuan Sanren's gaze was gloomy. After a moment of thought, he suddenly shook his head and said:

"Not urgent. Even if we break the great array, we can't do anything to him at this moment. It's fine to trap him first."

Then he smiled sinisterly, "I laid this out for several hundred years, blending it with the blood fiend array flow and tampering with the Five Elements Protect Mountain Great Array, but I didn't expect him to casually break it..."

"As expected of... Mister Zhuang, who possesses the qualification of a half-step Heavenly Person..."

"But his schemes have come to an end here."

"This place has already been sealed off from the heavenly mechanisms by the Nether Path Heavenly Mechanism Lock. In a short period of time, the cultivators of the Dao Court won't be able to discover it at all..."

"In less than three days, once the blood sea of the Refining Soul Banner is vast and completely seals Lishan City, and the demonic sword hangs in the sky, devouring flesh, the entire Lishan City will turn into purgatory. Not a single living being will escape."

"The Nether Path Heavenly Mechanism Lock, the Refining Soul Banner, and the Chaos Demon Sword - these three saint-level supreme treasures of the demonic path are sufficient to trap any cultivator to death."

"Even if it is Mister Zhuang, there is no exception!"

"Moreover, times are different now. He is no longer the Mister Zhuang from back then who overlooked the world..."

The three people, the sword box old man included, cupped their hands and said yes, "The Honored one is wise."

Xuan Sanren closed his eyes to conserve energy, seemingly calculating something.

The three people, the sword box old man included, dared not disturb him, performed a ritual, and retreated.

The three retreated to one side. The burly demonic cultivator's eyes showed excitement, and he asked the sword box old man in a low voice:

"Do you think we can catch that person this time?"

The sword box old man said deeply: "You and I are following orders. There's no need to worry about success or failure."

The burly demonic cultivator found himself boring, and hummed, "You're pretending. I just don't believe that with the opportunity to become immortal in front of you, you wouldn't be moved?"

The corner of the sword box old man's eye twitched, "How are you or I qualified to covet this kind of opportunity?"

He lowered his voice again and said: "Our trip is to follow the orders of the Demon Religion's Nether Ancestor and act only as pawns..."

"I'll kill some people incidentally and feed the demonic sword a bit. You be honest, follow orders, earn some merits, and in the future, perhaps advance from the position of Ten Thousand Demons Elder..."

"This is the most practical matter."

"The word 'immortal' is for the Nether Ancestor to consider. How can we, at this realm, think wildly?"

"Above the word 'immortal' is longevity as long as heaven and earth; below the word 'immortal' is a ten thousand zhang abyss!"

"One wrong step, and you and I will both die without a burial place..."

The burly demonic cultivator said perfunctorily: "Alright, alright, I know."

In his heart, however, he despised him: "The opportunity to become immortal is right in front of you. I don't believe you aren't moved..."

A trace of sharp light flashed in the burly man's eyes.

The pale-faced youth on the side also showed covetousness in his eyes, his ambition flourishing greatly.

Even the sword box old man, with his grave expression, had fluctuations in his mood beneath his solemn demeanor...

Becoming immortal...

The three people had different thoughts, and there was some quiet for a time.

A moment later, the burly demonic cultivator suddenly said strangely: "Where's that old hag? Why haven't I seen her?"

The sword box old man was startled, then frowned: "Probably went to refine corpses."

The burly demonic cultivator said strangely: "Refining corpses alone, is it more important than this matter right now?"

"You don't understand what corpse she is refining..."

The sword box old man's gaze condensed, "If given time, if that corpse is refined, it will truly be... extraordinary..."

"Just a mere zombie, that's all..." The burly man shook his head.

The pale-faced youth also showed disdain on his face.

Inside the Five Elements Sect, under the Protect Mountain Great Array.

The Great Elder saw Mister Zhuang, his face tangled. After hesitating for a long time, he bowed his waist, cupped his hands, and said:

"The Five Elements Sect thanks Mister for the life-saving grace!"

He was very unwilling in his heart.

The disaster of the Five Elements Sect was caused by Mister Zhuang.

But fundamentally, it was still because of Liao Tiande, this traitor.

Liao Tiande was the sect master of the Five Elements Sect.

The sect master colluded with the demon religion, tampered with the great array, and plotted against Mister Zhuang. From this perspective, their Five Elements Sect also could hardly escape blame.

The Five Elements Blood Fiend Great Array was a second-grade evil path great array, capable of refining the flesh and blood of all cultivators within the array.

Even he, a Gold Dan cultivator, could not resist, let alone the other disciples of the Five Elements Sect.

If not for Mister Zhuang, the Five Elements Sect would have suffered the disaster of sect extermination today.

Their disciples would also die and be injured, turning into nourishment for the evil array, dying under this great array once left by their ancestors to protect their sect disciples.

Thus, although the Great Elder was unwilling, he still had to lower his head and thank Mister Zhuang.

Besides another reason: He wanted to preserve the foundation of the Five Elements Sect.

Outside the Five Elements Sect.

Blood banners covered the sky, and a sea of blood permeated.

The demonic sword hung high, and killing intent was rampant.

Moreover, there was still a Featherization Realm Xuan Demon patriarch.

This was a dead end!

The Great Elder was in despair in his heart.

He racked his brains, but there was no way to break the situation. He could only place his hope on the profound and unfathomable Mister Zhuang.

He hoped that Mister Zhuang could point a way to live for their Five Elements Sect and let the disciples of their Five Elements Sect survive.

However, he had made things difficult for Mister Zhuang many times before, and at this moment, he had no face to speak.

Mister Zhuang seemed to see through the Great Elder's thoughts and said indifferently:

"I can save you all."

The Great Elder's heart trembled, his eyes showed hope, but also some doubt, "You..."

Mister Zhuang said: "My disciple has learned your inheritance and can be considered to have received your grace. A single drink, a single peck, cause and effect cycle. I will save you once and give you a way to live. It is both to settle the cause and effect and to give an account to the ancestors of the Five Elements Sect."

The Great Elder was greatly joyful, but also depressed in his heart. He wanted to speak but hesitated.

Mister Zhuang's expression was indifferent, and he didn't speak either.

The Great Elder hesitated repeatedly but still couldn't let go. Then, while hesitating, he asked out the doubt that had lingered in his heart for a long time:

"Mister Zhuang... What inheritance exactly did your disciple get from my Five Elements Sect?"

Mister Zhuang smiled faintly, "What do you say?"

The Great Elder frowned, pondered, and said:

"Five Elements Spirit Array... Probably not only this..."

"You know, and then what?"

The Great Elder was startled.

Mister Zhuang shook his head, "You can't learn the Five Elements Absolute Array. Other inheritances, what if you got them?"

These words deeply stabbed into the Great Elder's heart.

But he was also powerless to argue.

For so many years, the later generations of disciples had indulged in ease and not sought progress. It had been a long time since anyone could learn the Five Elements Absolute Array.

A pearl covered in dust was their own fault.

The Great Elder sighed deeply.

Mister Zhuang's gaze slightly condensed, then he said again: "In the future, if that disciple of mine achieves something in array path, he can pass this inheritance back to your Five Elements Sect!"

The Great Elder's whole body trembled, and he said in surprise:

"Is Mister serious?"

Mister Zhuang nodded, "But, there is one thing you must promise."

The Great Elder's brows furrowed tightly. He knew there was no such good thing, but the matter of inheritance was big, so he still said:

"Mister, please speak."

Mister Zhuang said deeply: "Don't tell anyone about the matters of my several disciples, especially... my little disciple."

"About the Five Elements Sect, about the inheritance, even if he comes, even if you've seen him, don't mention it hereafter..."

The Great Elder was startled, "This..."

Mister Zhuang's gaze was profound, his expression serious.

The Great Elder was alert in his heart, suddenly shivering, understanding that this seemingly insignificant small matter was very likely extremely important.

"Good!"

The Great Elder solemnly nodded.

Mister Zhuang looked at the Great Elder with clear eyes, slightly nodded, and pointed:

"The Refining Soul Banner will be finished refining in two days. At that time, the blood sea will be vast and will seal the entire Lishan City."

Mister Zhuang opened the map of Lishan City, lightly pointed with his finger, and drew a line:

"Tomorrow at noon, all the elders and disciples of your Five Elements Sect will leave Lishan City from the southwest corner, along this line, and don't return again..."

The Great Elder was somewhat astonished, "The demon religion probably won't let go easily..."

"You don't need to worry."

The Great Elder nodded honestly, but again felt reluctance, "Then the foundation of my Five Elements Sect..."

Mister Zhuang's gaze was slightly cold:

"If the people are in the array, then the sect is in; if the array is lost and the people die, then the sect is dead. These broken bricks and tiles are not the foundation. Talents are the fundamental, arrays are the root."

The Great Elder suddenly awakened, shame appearing on his face as he said:

"Thank Mister for pointing it out."

Mister Zhuang nodded, and his words ended there.

The Great Elder then respectfully rose, bowed deeply to Mister Zhuang, and left.

Mister Zhuang again called in Xue Gu and his three disciples and said:

"Tomorrow the Five Elements Sect will leave. You will also go together, but before leaving, I have some things to instruct."

Mister Zhuang first took out two jade slips, one for Bai Zisheng and one for Bai Zixi, and handed them to them:

"This is the complete array diagram of the Immortal Heaven Array Flow. Keep it well, comprehend it well, and don't disappoint this inheritance."

"This is also something your mother thought of..."

"She couldn't learn it that year, so she always thought about it, hoping you could learn this set of supreme array law source flow..."

"As for other matters... You have family, and your mother has arranged everything. Presumably, I don't need to worry anymore."

The two took the jade slips, silent for a time.

Bai Zisheng lowered his head, somewhat ashamed.

Bai Zixi hesitated for a moment, then said in a low voice: "Master, I'm sorry, mother she..."

Mister Zhuang smiled slightly, "This is the matter of the previous generation, unrelated to you..."

Mister Zhuang gently looked at the two children, comforting them: "Both your hearts and innate talents are very good. The Immortal Heaven Array Flow was also my original intention to teach you, and not purely because of your mother..."

Bai Zisheng and Bai Zixi's eyes were sore, and they respectfully kowtowed three times to Mister Zhuang.

Mister Zhuang calmly received their ritual, then slightly sighed: "Afterward, cherish yourselves well."

"And..."

"Help me take good care of your little junior brother..."

"Yes!" Bai Zisheng and Bai Zixi both nodded solemnly.

Afterward, the two reluctantly retreated.

Mister Zhuang again called Mo Hua in separately.

"Master..."

The corners of Mo Hua's eyes were sore.

Mister Zhuang smiled gently, beckoned, called Mo Hua to his side, and handed him a ring.

This ring was simple and unadorned, but ancient and grand.

"Your senior brother and sister have family, background, and a mother with not bad cultivation methods. They lack nothing. So as your master, I'm just being a little partial and leaving this to you..."

"This is a Na Zi Ring."

"Similar to a storage bag, it can store things, but it's more concealed than a storage bag."

"Although you are from a rogue cultivator background and don't have any treasures, you have quite a few secret things, especially the jade slip of the and that ... These all must be kept well, absolutely not lost."

Mister Zhuang personally put the "Na Zi Ring" carefully and importantly on Mo Hua's hand.

The Na Zi Ring was of normal size, but Mo Hua's hand was small, so he could only wear it on his thumb.

"This ring requires 'dripping blood to recognize master'."

Mister Zhuang said, then with a stroke of his fingertip, a blood mark slipped out from Mo Hua's left thumb, and the blood flowed into the "Na Zi Ring".

The Na Zi Ring seemed to come alive, greedily eating Mo Hua's blood.

The wound was very painful, but Mo Hua pursed his lips and endured, making no sound.

After a moment, the pain lessened. Mo Hua lowered his head and looked, seeing that the Na Zi Ring on his thumb seemed to have disappeared, but in his divine sense, a connection was faintly established.

As if that ring still existed on his thumb.

Only that besides himself, others could not see it at all.

Mister Zhuang saw that the ring didn't reject it and was completely relieved. He looked at Mo Hua again and asked warmly:

"Have you remembered everything I taught you?"

"Um." Mo Hua nodded.

Mister Zhuang then asked one by one.

From the derivation of divine sense to many array principles, from the Reverse Spirit Array and Thick Earth Array, up to the Five Elements Spirit Array, and even the structure of the great array hub and array points...

Mister Zhuang repeated it all tirelessly.

It seemed as if this was his last time teaching this little disciple.

So whether the matter was big or small, he patiently and gently repeated it once.

As Mo Hua listened, his nose became sore, and his eyes were a little blurry.

After Mister Zhuang finished, he touched Mo Hua's head and asked again:

"Wei Dao Ren, you know him, right..."

Mo Hua was startled, and nodded slightly.

"Wei Dao Ren..."

"Is my senior brother, and can also be... your martial uncle."

"He has already entered the demonic path, and the path technique he cultivates is the 'Wei' path technique..."

"His heart is cold, his methods are extremely strong, and he is also an extremely arrogant person, but he is proficient in divine thought techniques, and his use of divine sense has also reached the peak..."

"If you encounter him later, you must be careful..."

"Um, Master."

The corners of Mo Hua's eyes were moist, and he nodded.

Mister Zhuang looked at Mo Hua, thought for a moment, and showed a slight apology, but still said straightforwardly:

"As your master... I have a great opportunity from heaven, and even more shocking secrets... But these can all not be passed on to you, and even less can they be told to you."

"Passing them to you will bring you a great disaster from heaven."

"Even just knowing will stain the cause and effect."

"So you can't know anything, and don't know anything..."

"The Immortal Heaven Array Flow is a unique inheritance, I can't teach it to you..."

"What I can teach you is only some obscure, complex divine sense methods and array principles."

"In the future, you have to rely on your own ability, learn arrays one by one, comprehend little by little..."

"Even if it's very hard, even if there are a hundred kinds of setbacks, you have to walk your own path, form your own array flow, cultivate supreme divine sense, and prove your own dao!"

Mo Hua's expression was serious, and he nodded: "I remember, Master..."

Mister Zhuang nodded, looking at Mo Hua, feeling as if he had a thousand words, but none could be spoken. In the end, he only let out a long sigh.

Mo Hua also drooped his small head.

A moment later, Mister Zhuang seemed to have made up his mind, smiled slightly, and said to Mo Hua:

"Tired? Rest for a while."

Mo Hua shook his head, just about to say "I'm not tired," he wanted to accompany Master more, but when he opened his mouth, he felt somewhat drowsy, as if he was indeed too tired, having not closed his eyes for several days, very weary.

Mo Hua's eyelids were fighting, and unconsciously, he fell asleep.

His breathing was even, his small face was innocent and cute, like a painting, only his small brows were tightly furrowed, as if worrying about something.

Mister Zhuang looked at Mo Hua reluctantly, as if he wanted to remember Mo Hua's appearance in his heart forever.

He reached out, gently stroking Mo Hua's forehead, gently smoothed Mo Hua's furrowed brows, and murmured softly.

It seemed these words could only be spoken when Mo Hua was asleep:

"The most fortunate thing in my life as your master is having accepted you, this child, as a disciple..."

"It's just a pity that I, as your master, won't be able to see the day you achieve something in array path..."

"This is the last gift I send you..."

"You must live well..."

Mo Hua woke up, the sky was still not bright, and Master was still at his side, only his breath was obviously fainter again.

"Master..."

Mo Hua said worriedly.

Mister Zhuang smiled warmly.

"I... fell asleep..."

Mo Hua was a little ashamed.

Mister Zhuang shook his head, "Go pack a bit. After the sky brightens, follow your senior brother and sister and leave together."

Mo Hua's heart trembled, and he said reluctantly:

"Master, you can't go together?"

Mister Zhuang didn't answer, just touched Mo Hua's head, and said lightly:

"Go..."

Mo Hua could only leave reluctantly.

After the sky brightened, Mo Hua then left Lishan City with Xue Gu, his little senior brother, his little senior sister, and all the cultivators of the Five Elements Sect.

Before leaving, he and his senior brother and sister went to see Mister Zhuang again.

But Mister Zhuang's room door was tightly closed, seemingly unwilling to see them anymore.

Mo Hua knocked on the door, but no one responded.

When the time came, he could only leave.

Mo Hua left the Five Elements Sect with the team of cultivators. Every few steps he walked, he would turn back to look, thinking he could see Master, could look at Master one more time.

But until he left the Five Elements Sect, he still didn't see a trace of Master.

"Can't see Master anymore..."

Mo Hua's tears couldn't stop flowing down.

And on a high building in a certain place in the Five Elements Sect.

The unseen Mister Zhuang had always watched Mo Hua leave.

He watched Mo Hua's small figure, continuously looking back, wiping away tears, gradually moving further away, and finally disappearing between the pavilions and towers.

His warm gaze revealed endless expectations:

"I have entrusted the past of the sect to your senior brother and sister..."

"But the future of the sect, I have entrusted to you..."

(End of the chapter)