fifth form

Chapter 3698 Different Perceptions
"Should we look around?"

Standing outside the ruins of Kunlun for a long time, the new emperor felt a growing sense of unease.

It's been too long. Given Zhang Xuezhou's incredible speed, the pursuit couldn't have lasted much longer.

"Willow Goddess? Come out here! If you stay silent again, I'll dig you out by the roots!"

Zhenyuan Shenjun's thoughts were no different from the new emperor's. Zhenyuan Shenjun had truly experienced Zhang Xuezhou's flying skills and knew that the other party had a top-notch advantage in pursuit.

If there is no response for an extended period, it means that Zhang Xuezhou is likely in grave danger.

After shouting repeatedly, he waved the sleeve of his changed magical artifact downwards.

Large chunks of soil and stones were swept away and reappeared several feet away.

Zhenyuan Shenjun never liked to drag things out; he did what he said he would do. After waving his sleeves, he swept away a thick layer of loose soil and rocks from the nearby ground, revealing a bunch of twisted roots.

"Ok?"

Zhenyuan Shenjun grabbed a root and pulled at it. Only the power of dying struggle and twisting surged into his heart, which made his heart sink.

"Liu Shen, what's wrong?"

The Willow Goddess is the most skilled deity in Heaven for protecting all living beings. Not only can she dig and control channels, but she is also most adept at using her willow wood body to resist harm for people and even take their place in death.

At that moment, Zhenyuan Shenjun felt that the Heavenly Court, which was most adept at protecting even the most reckless gods, had failed to protect him.

He felt that the Willow God's true form was likely dead.

"What's going on?" the new emperor asked.

"Liu Shen looks like she's dead!"

Zhenyuan Shenjun pointed to the twisted and curled roots underground. Those roots, like the broken tail of a gecko, had fallen into a state of chaos, constantly twisting and writhing underground, much like a creature on the verge of death.

Besides cultivating trees, another task that Zhenyuan Shenjun was responsible for was collecting corpses.

He could discern the signs of death in the gods. Based on his experience, the Willow God was practically dead, though he was suffering greatly before his death and struggling in his last gasps.

"Did Dongfang Shuo fight with the Western Cult Leader in the passage and then kill this Willow God?" the new emperor asked.

"The Western Religion Leader? No, that's the Emperor!"

Zhenyuan Shenjun watched as the new emperor, who hadn't even figured out who was going to kill, went on a rampage and thought that the young people of this era were really quite crude.

"The Emperor? The one who concocted the elixir of immortality?" the new emperor asked doubtfully.

"Correct!"

"So that's how it is! No wonder Dongfang Shuo killed him the moment he saw him!"

The new emperor felt that Zhang Xuezhou's act of stealing the elixir of immortality was too blatant. If it were Zhang Xuezhou who was in charge, the new emperor felt that he would seek communication and try to obtain the elixir of immortality through a transaction.

The new emperor and Zhenyuan Shenjun exchanged a few nonsensical words, then continued digging underground, searching for the underground passage constructed by Liu Shen.

They had only dug a hundred meters when they heard a whooshing sound coming down from high above.

As the gaze quickly returned, Yuanshi Tianzun, riding a deer, descended from the sky.

"Why are they here too?"

Slightly surprised, Zhenyuan Shenjun jumped out of the pit and went to meet him.

"Fellow Daoist Yuanshi, Fellow Daoist Antarctic!"

"Fellow Daoist Zhenyuan!"

Zhenyuan Shenjun greeted him, and Yuanshi Tianzun, who was chasing down, was somewhat surprised, never expecting that it was Zhenyuan Shenjun who was digging the pit here.

"Life is full of unexpected encounters. It's truly an honor to have Fellow Daoist Zhenyuan here as well. This must be Immortal Che, who is with Immortal Shuo, right?" Antarctica, who was relying on the Longevity Fruit Tree, flattered the emperor and waved to him with a beaming smile, prompting the emperor to respond awkwardly.

"We were just passing through this place when we happened to encounter some scoundrels causing trouble, so we stopped to search for them. Who are you?"

Zhenyuan Shenjun first explained his situation, then looked at the two of them with a puzzled expression.

"It's really unfortunate. The Emperor won the Centennial Gathering, and he planned to merge Kunlun and Lingxiao to form a powerful force. However, the two elders of the West tampered with the merger of the two secret realms, causing heavy losses to Kunlun and Lingxiao," said Yuanshi Tianzun. "They insisted on their innocence and were not afraid of investigation, so we sent people to Mount Ling and Mount Milu to investigate clues. But we never expected to fall into their trap. After they tricked a large number of immortals into entering the secret realm, they trapped them and then destroyed the Western Heavenly Gate!"

"The Western Religion is truly inhuman! They want to destroy our Celestial Court and the Kunlun lineage!" Antarctica said angrily. "They destroyed the Western Heavenly Gate Shuttle Array. The journey to Xiniu Hezhou to seek justice is long, so we can only build another Heavenly Gate!"

"And then?" Zhenyuan Shenjun thought with a sense of foreboding.

"Then we negotiated with the Emperor, who agreed to do his utmost to open the Western Heavenly Gate in Kunlun," said Yuanshi Tianzun. "It's only a few thousand miles from here to the Western Paradise. With a place to rest, we won't have to travel to Mount Ling in our exhaustion to demand justice!"

"It seems that the Emperor is not good at opening the Heavenly Gate," Zhenyuan Divine Lord wondered.

“He is very skilled, and he has even repaired our old artifacts. As long as the location is inserted into West Kunlun, the new Heavenly Gate Shuttle Array can be formed,” said Yuanshi Tianzun.

"We've come down here to deliver the shuttle array!"

Antarctica patted the demon deer behind him, which was adept at riding the wind, and Zhenyuan Shenjun then noticed that the demon deer had more than ten storage bags hanging on its body.

"The Emperor said he constructed the shuttle tower on the original site of Kunlun, but where is he?"

Yuanshi Tianzun asked the crowd a question, then stepped into the air and repeatedly shouted, "Haotian Emperor!"

"I have a feeling something's not right!"

The new emperor glanced at Zhenyuan Shenjun, then at the familiar Yuanshi Tianzun, and sensed that something was amiss.

People come from different backgrounds and have different perceptions of the situation.

Despite being the same person, Zhang Xuezhou treated him like an enemy and killed him, while the new emperor believed that he had killed someone to steal the elixir of immortality. Zhenyuan Shenjun hesitated before making a decision, and Yuanshi Tianzun and others were on good terms with the emperor. The two sides were negotiating to change the shuttle array between the celestial court and the secret land in the lower realm.

Something's really wrong!

Zhenyuan Shenjun frowned and nodded in response. He then heard Nanji muttering to himself, "Is the Emperor up to something again?" This made him quickly realize that the relationship between the Celestial Court and the Emperor wasn't that good.

"Find the person first!"

The new emperor communicated in a low voice, and Zhenyuan Shenjun nodded repeatedly.

"Heavenly Venerable, Shuo Xian and the Emperor have been underground for a quarter of an hour," the new Emperor said. "The Emperor left a little blood before he left. I wonder if the Heavenly Venerable has any means to find them through this blood!"

"Shuo Xian and the Emperor are together?" Yuanshi Tianzun asked doubtfully. "The Emperor left behind blood. Where is his blood?"

"here!"

The new emperor pointed to a dark red patch in the grayish-brown soil layer not far away.

It's fortunate that Zhenyuan Shenjun was careful when shoveling soil and didn't bury the blood, making it easier to find now.

"This blood... Was the Emperor injured by you?"

Yuanshi Tianzun reached out and touched the blood-stained soil. After examining it several times, he glanced at the new emperor and realized that it was the new emperor who had stabbed the emperor with a sword.

"Fellow Daoist Yuanshi, there's no need to rush. Shuo Xian is currently with the Emperor, and things will become clear once we find him!"

After Zhenyuan Shenjun offered a word of advice, Yuanshi Tianzun frowned and stopped pondering what had happened here.

He muttered incantations, his magic binding the bloodstains in the soil.

As the most powerful sorcerer in the Three Realms, Yuanshi Tianzun was well-versed in almost all the techniques of the Celestial Court. For him, casting spells that used blood to find his true form was easy.

In just a few seconds, the remaining health points guided the direction.

The magic power coiled in his palm and pointed towards the western mountains.