Chapter 559: Meeting

“Dao Heart Seed Demon?!”

Si Tu Zhenren was shocked and immediately acted, using a gold bell-shaped treasure to trap the disciple with black pupils, isolating the disciple’s breath.

He just let out a breath of relief, turned his head and looked, only to see around the camp, quite a few cultivators suddenly behaving abnormally, like strung puppets, trembling and twitching, slowly turning their heads, their pupils completely black!

Si Tu Zhenren sucked in a cold breath.

Dao hearts change abnormally, Demon Seeds spread.

“When exactly did this strange Daoist do it?!”

Other Featherization Zhenren also sensed the abnormal breath, and all flashed out. When they saw the surrounding cultivators and Dao soldiers, one by one losing their divine sense and their pupils black, their expressions were all shocked.

Si Tu Zhenren sternly said: “Release your treasures, protect your heart and spirit!”

The crowd whose intelligence still existed were shocked in their hearts and continuously sacrificed treasures to guard their own sea of consciousness.

Si Tu Zhenren sighed and with a flip of his right hand, took out a flowing light overflowing with color glazed lamp holder.

This lamp is named Qian Kun Clear Light Lamp, and it is the supreme treasure that protects Xuan Ji Valley, gathering divine sense deduction, condensing god and driving evil in one body.

Si Tu Zhenren sacrificed the Qian Kun Clear Light Lamp, and a clear light swept across, dispelling the gloom. The strange heaven’s path anomaly pervasive in the air was also gradually driven away.

The splendid light, like a screen, protected the crowd.

It also isolated those cultivators outside who had been afflicted by "Dao Heart Seed Demon".

Inside the Clear Light Lamp, there were also cultivators who had unknowingly been planted with Demon thoughts.

But as long as their Demon thoughts bred, they would be “burned” and injured by the clear light, and black ash-like gas would pervade.

Si Tu Zhenren then drove these cultivators out to avoid them infecting more cultivators.

Inside the Qian Kun Clear Light Lamp, the clear light overflowed in all directions, and the cultivators were all tense, sitting in meditation to condense their spirits and protect their heart meridians.

And outside the Clear Light Lamp, it was like purgatory.

Cultivators fought and killed, fellow practitioners harming each other.

One by one, family cultivators, senior brothers from the same sect, or familiar Daoist friends, their Dao hearts collapsed, their expressions ferocious, fighting and killing each other.

A Featherization Zhenren whose heart couldn't bear it was about to act, but was stopped by Si Tu Zhenren:

“If you don’t go over, they will die, if you go over, they will die the same, and possibly… even more will die!”

After all, if Featherization cultivators were afflicted by Dao Heart Seed Demon, the consequences would be simply unimaginable.

That Featherization Zhenren hated it extremely, but had no choice, and could only sit down again, closing his eyes in pain, not looking at the miserable state outside…

The crowd's expressions were grave.

Si Tu Zhenren also frowned tightly.

He didn’t know how long had passed, when his heart and spirit suddenly shook, and he raised his head to look.

Then he saw not far away, a Daoist, carrying a small cultivator in his hand, slowly walking over.

That Daoist had a child’s face and crane-like hair, and his gaze was sinister. It was exactly Xuan Sanren, but at this time, his expression was cold, and strange gas wound around his body. It was obvious that he was no longer Xuan Sanren, but should be…

The strange Daoist!

Si Tu Zhenren felt as if he was facing a great enemy.

The other cultivators were also all alarmed and trembling in their hearts.

But the strange Daoist seemed to not care about them at all, and didn't even look at them once.

It seemed that the Dao Heart Seed Demon was just done casually.

If they could be killed, then they would be killed.

Even if they couldn’t be killed, it didn't matter.

The strange Daoist was just like this, dressed in black, carrying Mo Hua, in front of several thousand Dao soldiers, several hundred Gold Core, and ten esteemed Featherization figures, openly and brazenly, as if no one else was present, walking past the crowd.

Walking towards Li Mountain City.

The surrounding cultivators killed each other, like strange charms.

While he was the "strange charm" itself.

On the Dao Court side, they didn't even dare to breathe.

The surroundings were completely silent.

Some Featherization cultivators, under indignation, were about to act, but were blocked by Si Tu Zhenren.

Si Tu Zhenren shook his head slightly, his gaze extremely stern.

He sensed that breath containing the earth-shattering strange calculation and divine sense.

He knew in his heart that everyone in the field, as long as they acted, would undoubtedly die!

No matter who.

They had no choice.

Even if they were Featherization Zhenren from various forces of the Dao Court, they could only watch the strange Daoist walk past them.

Watching the strange Daoist’s black figure gradually move away, disappearing into the surging blood sea in the direction of Li Mountain City…

The Featherization cultivators in the field all gritted their teeth and were indignant.

Only Bai Qingcheng's gaze condensed slightly.

She saw the child being carried in the strange Daoist's hand.

If she hadn't guessed wrong, that should be the "little junior brother" that Zi Sheng and Zi Xi talked about...

And the strange Daoist walking into the blood sea also meant that this plot aimed at senior brother had come to see the dagger...

Bai Qingcheng's eyebrows furrowed slightly, then she got up, gave a simple bow to Si Tu Zhenren, then sacrificed a brocade embroidered mountain and river umbrella, and walked out of the Clear Light Lamp.

The surrounding Seed Demon cultivators pounced and killed Bai Qingcheng, but were again sent flying by the mountain and river umbrella.

Bai Qingcheng walked along the path where the strange Daoist had walked, also walking towards Li Mountain City, walking into the sky-high blood sea.

Si Tu Zhenren sighed helplessly.

Inside the Qian Kun Clear Light Lamp, there were again three esteemed Featherization cultivators who had strange thoughts. They looked at each other, each sacrificed treasures, and then without saying a word, left the Clear Light Lamp and chased after the strange Daoist.

The remaining Featherization cultivators were somewhat moved, then looked at Si Tu Zhenren, “Senior Si Tu, this…”

Si Tu Zhenren's gaze was slightly cold, he sat still without moving, only saying in a low voice:

“Everyone has their fate, cannot be forced.”

But in his heart, he silently said: “If you want to die, go die yourself…”

These Featherization Zhenren knew that Xuan Ji Valley's Xuan Ji calculation method was profound, and also all knew the principle of "not listening to the old man's words, suffering losses in front of you", so they all restrained their restless thoughts and sat down in meditation safely.

Si Tu Zhenren, however, looked in the direction where the strange Daoist had left, his eyebrows tightly locked.

In his gaze, there was deep worry.

This is just Dao Heart Seed Demon…

No, this is Heaven Machine strange calculation…

The way of divine sense, reaching the extreme, one thought, two methods, heaven machine strange calculation.

He had never imagined that this strange Daoist would actually cultivate the Heaven Machine strange calculation to this step, even in his sect which always produced monsters, he was unprecedented…

Heaven Machine strange calculation, cultivated to the extreme.

Divine sense undergoes evil transformation, immortal and indestructible…

If the power of the righteous path is not gathered to completely suppress and kill the strange Daoist, allowing him to go, he will inevitably become a great demon tyrant who penetrates heaven and earth.

But…

How to kill him?

Mister Zhuang's oil is depleted and lamp is dry, the transmission of Heaven Machine calculation is lost…

In this world, who else can see through the heaven's secrets and contend with the strange Daoist?

The strange Daoist’s divine sense is immortal and indestructible…

Who else can truly kill him?

Si Tu Zhenren's face was cold and stern, and he couldn't help but sigh deeply…

Inside Li Mountain City.

The broken walls and ruins had already been stained red by the blood sea.

Some remaining demon cultivators were also instantly afflicted by Dao Heart Seed Demon, turning their butcher knives towards each other, and dying completely.

The strange Daoist walked directly to the front of the Five Elements Protect Mountain Great Array.

He stretched out his hand to touch the great array, but his fingers were instantly eliminated into a mist of blood by the surging power of the great array.

But in an instant, the blood mist traced back and re-condensed into flesh.

The strange Daoist’s hand was complete as before.

The strange Daoist pointed a finger, and some strange, black ash-colored array patterns climbed onto the great array, eroding from the outside in.

But the faster it eroded, the faster the great array repaired itself.

Could not break the great array…

The strange Daoist’s expression was cold, and then he carried the unconscious Mo Hua, and shook him in front of the great array.

Inside the great array, a helpless sigh seemed to be transmitted.

Subsequently, light flashed.

The great array's five-colored light curtain opened by itself, revealing an entrance.

The strange Daoist smiled coldly, carried Mo Hua, and walked into the Five Elements Protect Mountain Great Array.

Not long after, Bai Qingcheng also arrived outside the great array and saw the entrance to the Five Elements Protect Mountain Great Array.

The entrance had not yet closed.

She hesitated for a moment, then entered the great array from the entrance.

After Bai Qingcheng entered the great array, the great array's light curtain flashed, the array patterns wriggled, and the entrance also gradually closed.

Just as it was about to close, three esteemed Featherization Zhenren from the Dao Court side also rushed here.

Seeing the entrance closing, the three people hurriedly acted, sword lights and saber shadows flying wildly, hindering the great array from closing.

Subsequently, they also entered the Five Elements Protect Mountain Great Array through the narrow entrance.

After that, the Five Elements Protect Mountain Great Array was completely closed.

Outside there was the Soul Banner Blood Sea, and inside there was the great array protecting the mountain.

Outsiders basically did not know what exactly happened inside the great array, within the old site of the Five Elements Sect…

And after some time, the faintly unconscious Mo Hua also gradually woke up…

His forehead was somewhat dizzy and heavy.

Vaguely, he could feel that there were extremely terrifying spiritual power fluctuations around him.

This spiritual power was vast like a river and sea.

While he himself was like a leaf boat wrapped by surging waves in a storm, tiny and powerless.

Around him was hazy, and there were still people speaking.

These voices were all very familiar…

Mo Hua narrowed his eyes, and after a long time, he finally came back to his senses and discovered that he was already inside the Five Elements Sect, and in front of him was the Five Elements Sect's Hide Array Pavilion.

The surroundings were covered in scars, once carved beams and painted pillars, now broken stones and tiles. As far as the eye could see, it was desolate, and there remained shocking spell breaths, as if a great war had been experienced.

Nearby were three people, who had been corroded into white bones.

They had obviously lost their lives.

Moreover, their bones were crystal clear, with fine fractures on them, like crystal-like Featherization traces.

Mo Hua was shocked in his heart.

“Another three esteemed Featherization cultivators… died?”

He raised his head and saw Old Kui.

Old Kui was wrapped in blood-stained clothes, and his body was also gradually dissolving, but after the flesh dissolved, under the skin bag, there was no flesh, only brown, mottled wood patterns.

“Extinguish Dao Blood…”

“Good, you actually and…”

Old Kui coughed, “…and that old immortal of the Blood Dao are connected…”

The strange Daoist with a cold expression bowed to Old Kui, “Senior, please forgive me, if not so, how could I not respect Senior…”

Old Kui’s gaze was like a sword, and he sternly said: “Then who told you my life gate?”

The strange Daoist remained silent.

Old Kui was extremely angry and laughed, “Good, good ah, righteous and evil are not divided, what Dao are these cultivators cultivating?!”

The strange Daoist said in a low voice: “Senior, walk well.”

As soon as the words fell, the blood-stained clothes emitted a more inky black, silent blood light.

Point by point, one by one, it wrapped and corroded Old Kui…

And step by step, it swallowed Old Kui’s life.

Old Kui looked at the strange Daoist with his eyes, and said in a cold voice:

“Don't let me see you again, otherwise, I will kill you!”

The strange Daoist bowed slightly, “Junior remembers.”

“Grandpa Kui…”

Mo Hua felt a pain in his heart and murmured.

Old Kui, who was being corroded by the blood-stained clothes, heard his words, and took a last look at Mo Hua. The coldness in his eyes retreated, becoming gentle, and bringing some apology and regret.

Finally, his whole person completely turned into a wood sculpture, mottled and damaged, losing all life.

The strange Daoist glanced at Mo Hua and frowned.

Grandpa Kui…

Old Kui actually let this child call him “Grandpa Kui”…

The strange Daoist only frowned and thought for a moment, then took another step and walked into the Hide Array Pavilion.

Heaven's secrets are exhausted, demon cultivators are executed, the Dao Court is shaken, even Old Kui is melted by the Blood Daoist’s undying blood…

The obstacles in front of him have been completely cleared.

In front of him is only his junior brother whom he hasn't seen for several hundred years…

Just at this moment, an icy, clear and pleasant voice sounded:

“Senior brother…”

The strange Daoist turned his head and saw Bai Qingcheng standing to the side.

Bai Qingcheng had always stood to the side, personally watching the three esteemed Featherization Zhenren of the Dao Court being killed by the strange Daoist, and then watching the strange Daoist melt Old Kui with undying blood.

She could only stand by and watch.

No one could block what her senior brother wanted to do.

Whoever blocked would die, including herself.

Only, she still remembered the request of her pair of children, so in the end, she wanted to save Mo Hua from the strange Daoist's hand.

No matter what, this child was innocent.

Moreover, he was also, after all, the disciple taken in by Senior Brother Zhuang, and should not be involved in this matter of right and wrong and lose his life just like this…

“Senior brother… give me that child…”

The strange Daoist raised his head, looked at the Hide Array Pavilion, didn't know what he was thinking, casually threw Mo Hua to Bai Qingcheng.

Bai Qingcheng immediately caught him and couldn't help but look Mo Hua up and down, silently saying in her heart:

“This is… that little junior brother that Zi Xi keeps thinking about…”

His spiritual root is very poor…

Compared to Zi Xi, it's really a world of difference…

She looked at his appearance again.

He actually grows quite well…

Eyebrows like a painting, cute appearance, pure temperament, looks just make people feel close.

Moreover, his eyes are clear, one look and you know his heart and nature are not bad either…

It's just… his spiritual root is very poor, and his bloodline is even poorer…

Bai Qingcheng frowned.

“Why did Senior Brother Zhuang take in such a little disciple?”

Besides, what surprised her most was her senior brother…

Senior brother was once warm and elegant, and treated people with tolerance, but ever since he entered the demonic path and became the strange Daoist, he became strange and terrifying, cold and emotionless.

This was the first time she had seen her senior brother carrying a small child and not letting go the whole way.

Moreover, in her view, the two of them got along quite casually, even to the point of being somewhat “close”?

Bai Qingcheng frowned, not understanding.

While Mo Hua raised his head, he also saw Bai Qingcheng.

Just one look, and he couldn't help but sigh.

So beautiful…

Looking a second time, he felt that this woman’s eyebrows seemed similar to his little senior sister…

“Are you little senior sister’s mother?”

Mo Hua couldn't help but ask.

Bai Qingcheng was slightly startled and couldn't help but nod.

Mo Hua silently calculated for a moment, “Little senior sister's mother, then she is senior uncle and senior sister, and also master's senior sister… then I should call you… ‘senior uncle’?”

Bai Qingcheng was stunned.

This child is so smart, and seems a bit… overly familiar?

“That's right.”

Bai Qingcheng nodded again.

“Disciple Mo Hua, greets senior uncle.” Mo Hua said very politely.

Bai Qingcheng felt slightly warm in her heart.

She looked at Mo Hua again and found that Mo Hua was not injured, had not been afflicted by "Dao Heart Seed Demon", his gaze was pure and positive, and there was nothing abnormal. Only then did she breathe a sigh of relief.

Bai Qingcheng hesitated for a moment, then said to Mo Hua:

“Good child, you stay here, don't run around, I'll go in and see your master…”

Mo Hua immediately said: “Senior uncle, can I go in?”

Bai Qingcheng was startled.

Mo Hua said in a low voice: “I also want to see master…”

Bai Qingcheng felt a little sour in her heart, but still refused, saying: “It will be very dangerous for you to go in…”

“Oh…”

Mo Hua nodded in disappointment but sensibly.

Bai Qingcheng then left Mo Hua and walked towards the Hide Array Pavilion. After walking a few steps, she turned her head and saw Mo Hua standing alone there, feeling some heartache and some worry.

In case the strange Daoist came out, this child would probably still be in danger…

But now she couldn’t manage so much.

Senior brother’s life was hanging in the balance.

Although the ancestor had told her to “stand by and watch” that opportunity involving the Return Ruins Heaven Burial, when the time truly came, she couldn't truly sit and watch without doing anything.

“Whatever, each has their own fate…”

Bai Qingcheng’s expression was serious, she bit her teeth, and also walked into the Hide Array Pavilion…

Meanwhile, Mo Hua remained alone where he was.

He wanted to go in, but he couldn't.

There seemed to be some barrier in the Hide Array Pavilion. Senior uncle and other senior uncles had high cultivation and deep attainments in array formations, so they could ignore the barrier and enter the Hide Array Pavilion.

But he couldn’t enter…

But staying here also didn't seem safe.

Once the matter was settled, if senior uncle came out, he would probably kill himself.

Mo Hua sighed.

Just at this moment, the surrounding Five Elements Protect Mountain Great Array hummed.

Mo Hua was startled and looked up.

Then he saw inside the great array, a main array pivot operating by itself, its light colorful and dazzling.

“This is… the array pivot?”

Mo Hua suddenly remembered what master had said to him when he had just arrived at the Five Elements Sect.

He remembered that at that time, he and master were talking about the Five Elements Protect Mountain Great Array.

Master then drew a mountain map on paper, outlined several lines along the mountain range, and instructed him:

“…Here is the main array pivot vein of the Five Elements Protect Mountain Great Array, remember it.”

“When the array formation flows, there will be a life gate on the array pivot.”

“This small section, although it is a second-grade array pivot, is similar to the Five Elements Slaughter Demon Great Array pattern, moreover your divine sense is also sufficient, you should be able to deduce the life gate yourself…”

Mo Hua was lost in thought.

“Deduce the life gate…”

Did master have arrangements early on…

Did he foresee that he would be caught back to the Five Elements Sect by senior uncle, so he told him in advance about the life gate of this section of the great array?

Did he want him to deduce the life gate of the Five Elements Protect Mountain Great Array, then leave by himself, and stay far away from this dangerous place…

“Master…”

Mo Hua's eyes became a little sore.

He didn’t want to leave, he wanted to see master again.

But…

Even if he saw master, what could he do?

What could he do?

His cultivation was so low, his divine sense was not strong enough, and he hadn't learned array formations well. In this kind of dangerous place, he couldn't even protect himself…

The great array hummed again.

It seemed that master was urging him to leave…

Mo Hua was a little dispirited, wiped his tears, then sat on the ground, based on the deduction method master had taught him before, step by step, he deduced the great array's array pivot completely, then found the position and determined the life gate.

After determining the life gate, Mo Hua raised his head and looked at the Hide Array Pavilion.

Master seemed to be inside, silently looking at him.

He seemed to be saying, “Leave…”

Mo Hua hung his head, his back figure lost, and silently walked to the section of the mountain range that Mister Zhuang had marked, walked to the great array in front of the mountain range.

According to the life gate he had determined, Mo Hua stepped into the great array.

The great array formed a spiritual curtain, and spiritual power flowed, like blades, dense and airtight.

But at the location of the life gate, it was the key point of the array pivot, and also the place where life was left.

Mo Hua walked into the life gate, and the surging spiritual power flowed rapidly beside him, like a vast ocean or river, and also like ten thousand galloping horses, but it did not harm him once.

On the contrary, these spiritual powers were protecting Mo Hua.

Protecting Mo Hua all the way, so that he could leave the Protect Mountain Great Array safely…

Fourth floor of the Hide Array Pavilion.

Mister Zhuang just sat silently, silently watching Mo Hua walk out of the great array alone.

A moment later, the Hide Array Pavilion shook.

The Five Elements array formation on the fourth floor was eroded and broken open by black array patterns, and a figure walked in.

White hair draped over his shoulders, his expression cold.

It was exactly the strange Daoist.

Mister Zhuang's breath was weak, his face pale as paper, but his expression was calm, like welcoming fate, revealing a composed smile.

“Long time no see…”

“Junior brother.”

(End of this chapter)