She is Jianxiu

Chapter 1430 The Sixty-Two Matters Will Be Completed and Huan Yuan Responds to the Summoning

She had just escaped possession and thought she could use this to escape Zuo Hongcan's clutches, but Zhao Chun said such things, leaving Wang Fengyan herself completely confused about where the two of them were.

In an instant, a thought seemed to flash through Wang Fengyan's mind. Looking again at Zhao Chun's composed face, a thought involuntarily arose in her mind—

Was everything that happened today part of Zhaoyan's plan?

Otherwise, how can we explain Zhao Chun's presence here?

The more she thought about it, the more likely it seemed. The primordial spirit that remained in Zhao Chun's hand suddenly trembled for a moment.

After a long while, Wang Fengyan's deep, hoarse voice finally emerged, saying, "That person...that person is Taiyuan Zuo Hongcan."

It was this person?

Zhao Chun was slightly surprised. As a core figure in the same vortex, she had long heard of the name Zuo Hongcan.

In his early years, this person cultivated under the Su family, one of the six families of Taiyuan. After achieving the Void Realm, he quickly severed ties with the Su family. After that, he was highly trusted by the sect leader Shi Rucheng. It is said that he has a very high reputation in Taiyuan Sect and is considered to be the number one Void Realm cultivator.

Therefore, many Taiyuan disciples believe that Zuo Hongcan is already capable of standing shoulder to shoulder with Hai Qing, it's just a pity that they haven't fought each other yet.

Besides that, she remembered that Pei Baiyi's sect had this person as its top grandmaster.

However, in Zhao Chun's plan, Zuo Hongcan was the last person who should be there.

After all, the person standing behind her was from the lineage of Shi Rucheng, the head of the Taiyuan Sect, and the information she saw from the jade slip in the pavilion indicated that there was an undeniable direct connection between the Zhouyuan Array Sect and the Taiyuan Ancestor Xiao Xianyun.

Unlike Patriarch Zhaoyan, who spread the Dao through Dharma and established the sect, Xiao Xianyun contacted aristocratic families and clans to form a unified sect. It was because of this background that powerful families were able to take root in the Taiyuan Sect for generations and survive to this day. Naturally, the Xiao family, one of the six surnames today, is descended from Xiao Xianyun and still stands as the most prominent of the six clans.

Zhao Chun then assumed that since Zhou Yuanzhen Sect had such an unknown relationship with Xiao Xianyun, it was only natural that Xiao's descendants would know the secret.

Therefore, most of the people who are performing the ritual here today are descendants of Xiao Xianyun.

Who would have thought that the one who came was the most trusted and powerful cultivator under Shi Rucheng!
In this way, the person who was plotting this behind the scenes changed from the descendants of the Xiao family to the Taiyuan Sect Leader's faction.

It is astonishing that the two are sworn enemies.

Fortunately, Wang Fengyan was in her hands, so she could ask her questions now. Thinking of this, Zhao Chun nodded slightly and asked, "Since Fellow Daoist Wang is willing to be frank with me, then I will not hide anything from you. The two of us are currently hiding below the place where Zuo Hong performed his ritual. I wonder if he has told you about the origin of this place?"

Perhaps because she had touched a nerve, Wang Fengyan remained silent for a moment before answering, "The people of Taiyuan treat me like a prisoner, so how could they tell me such a secret? It's just that on a few occasions, when Zuo Hong was talking with the Taiyuan sect leader, he would refer to this place as the Ancestral Master's Cliff House. Before that, he also brought me here to activate the cauldron, extracting the Great Dao merits from the Book of Life and Death Merit and refining them all into spiritual energy."

"I've successfully refined the spiritual source." Zhao Chun suddenly realized, and several questions that had been lingering in her mind were easily answered.

If the Taiyuan Daoist sect is continuously refining this substance, it would explain where the spiritual source Hun De used to fill the gap in the boundary came from.

She thought to herself, so Xiao Xianyun not only successfully forged the Heaven and Earth Furnace, but also buried an even more powerful cauldron in the ancestral land of the Zhou Yuan Array Sect!

Little did he know what had happened between him and Zhou Yuan, the sect leader mentioned in the jade slip, that led to the destruction of the Zhou Yuan Array Sect, while Xiao Xianyun, the sect leader's personal disciple, survived.

Zhao Chun pondered for a moment, and then found a clue in Wang Fengyan's words: "You were brought along in the previous Qiding, but today you have changed your approach and are trying to kill you. It is clear that this time, after you have exhausted the merit of the Great Dao, you will no longer be needed... So this time, all the merit will be used up completely. Without the merit of the Great Dao, the Book of Life and Death Merit is just an empty book."

"But the Great Dao is not extinguished. As a mysterious object, the Book of Life and Death Merit can eventually recover the lost merit. Taiyuan is so desperate, risking the destruction of the mysterious object to completely devour it. I'm just afraid... I'm just afraid that after he succeeds, the whole world will fall into his hands, and he will no longer care about such a mere object of merit!"

In an instant, as if a layer of gloom had been wiped from her heart, Zhao Chun felt a chill run down her spine. She unconsciously connected all these events and thought to herself, "Tianxu Pass! This matter must be related to Tianxu Pass, otherwise Taiyuan would not have taken such a great risk and paid such a high price for it!"

Once this faction seizes control of Tianxu Pass, it will be tantamount to holding the lifeline of all cultivators in the world in their hands.

That's why they set up a grand formation under the pretext of preventing the outsiders from going north, and then turned their attention to Yunque Mountain, forming cliques to suppress dissent and forcing people to submit.

They certainly know how to play the power game!

And even if the sect leader knew some of these things, how much could Zhao Chun actually stop? Zhao Chun frowned, her thoughts racing, but her mind gradually calmed down. She sighed inwardly, "No matter what, as long as the sect leader has a solution, I'll just focus on what's in front of me."

In her hands, Wang Fengyan's primordial spirit trembled slightly. Naturally, she couldn't read Zhao Chun's thoughts at this moment. Seeing the person in front of her darken her face and speak less, she was suddenly jolted. After tormenting herself for a while, she finally couldn't help but say, "Zhao Chun, Fellow Daoist Zhao! I'm sure you don't value my life. Call me despicable or vicious if you want. I want to live, I just want to live!"
"I've absorbed half of the spiritual essence of that Book of Life and Death. In terms of understanding, I'm certainly no less than Zuo Hongcan. If you spare my life, I can retrieve it from Zuo Hongcan and live within it from then on. When that time comes, you can return the mystical object to the sect, and I'll accept whatever punishment the sect leader deems appropriate for me!"

The primordial spirit, the size of a lotus seed, flickered like candlelight, and Wang Fengyan's tone gradually changed from excitement at the beginning to a mournful tone at the end.

In a daze, at the moment when she was shouting herself hoarse, another voice seemed to vaguely ring in her ears.

That was Wang Feng's primordial spirit before she threw it into the mysterious object. It was crying out to her in the same way, but the words of begging for mercy were always the same two. She didn't pay attention, so she naturally couldn't remember them clearly.

So whose voice is this, calling out mournfully, crying softly and resentfully, as waves of emotion surge into her head? It's neither love nor hate, an indescribable feeling.

Wang Fengyan racked her brains, and what she heard was a sentence—

"Sister, please let me go, I want to live."

She suddenly fell silent.

The primordial spirit remained silent in Zhao Chun's hands for a moment, then a voice said, "Zhao Chun, let me go, I want to live."

Zhao Chun's heart stirred, but what she cared about was not Wang Fengyan's pleas for mercy, but rather the claim that this person could retrieve the mysterious object from Zuo Hongcan's grasp.

She was currently preoccupied with finding a way out of this predicament and didn't want to miss any opportunity. Wang Fengyan's life and fortune were in her hands, so she figured he wouldn't dare to lie to her. Retrieving the mysterious artifact was secondary; the important thing was how to stop Zuo Hongcan, or perhaps even get there first and seize the item from the furnace!

Only in this way can this matter be stopped.

As for Wang Fengyan's life, if she truly has such good fortune that she can survive the struggle with Zuo Hongcan, she will only leave behind a remnant soul in the Xuanwu. At that time, the sect leader will handle it, and she will not have to worry about it.

Above the two figures lies the ruins of the Zhou Yuan Array Sect.

Zuo Hongcan closed his eyes and focused his true energy, already approaching a critical moment, allowing no room for distraction.

From the cauldron in front of him, wisps of snow-white smoke slowly rose, resembling the thin mist of the morning sun, swirling into a cloud of rosy clouds.

Ordinary people cannot discern the truth, nor can they recognize what this is. But if a learned person sees this, he will surely be greatly surprised and marvel at the prosperity of this fortune, which is a sign of emerging from the clouds and transforming into a dragon when the champions were competing on the day!
In order to build the Heavenly Ruins Pass, Taiyuan released all the great merits of the Daoist sect over the years in one go. He has only refined less than half of them, but the surging fortune is already astonishing!
Almost instantly, people everywhere sensed it!

To the west, beneath the Zhenxu Divine Abyss, sat a tall young man dressed as a Taoist cultivator. Compared to the tension on Zuo Hongcan's face, this man's expression was more one of composure and strategic planning.

This is none other than Xiao Fu, the immortal of the Yuanzhi period, a descendant of Xiao Xianyun, the ancestor of the Jinnan Xiao clan and the Taiyuan Ancestor.

Logically, this person should be in charge of the sect, directing disciples to conquer the seas, but now he appears beneath the Divine Abyss, his hands clasped together, seemingly lost in thought.

Feeling a surge of energy break through the East China Sea and soar into the sky, Xiao Fu's usually calm and composed face immediately showed some emotion. He murmured, "Shi Rucheng, Shi Rucheng, you've schemed so much to use this matter to please me, so I'll accept it without hesitation."

Further north lies Zhaoyan Yuandu Grotto Heaven.

Feng Shi sat high in the main seat, surrounded by immortals on his left and right, all of whom wore solemn expressions, likely having noticed the scene just now.

A moment later, the person in the main seat stood up, nodded with a light smile, and said, "Taiyuan has made his move. Everyone, proceed according to the previous plan. I will go and protect Zhao Chun."

“Yi Shu,” Feng Shi looked down at him seriously and said, “As soon as I leave, you will immediately take over as sect leader and activate the Nine Palaces Formation to seal the mountain gate. At that time, both Sword Immortals Xi and Liang will return. If there are any matters that are difficult to decide, you can ask Immortal Xi and Immortal Wen.”

Despite his turbulent emotions, Qin Yishu immediately stood up, bowed his head, and solemnly agreed.

Even above the clouds, within the boundless universe.

A solitary figure stood with hands hanging down, when suddenly his whole body trembled, as he felt an unprecedented call from his soul and marrow.

Huan Yuan's breathing quickened, his body like a drifting leaf, as he continued towards the Boundary Heaven before him. He couldn't help but exclaim softly, "There's no mistake, this is the aura of the Boundary Source, the spirit of the Boundary Heaven calling to me. It seems it has sensed it too. We are the true masters of this world!"