Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 1209 The Way of Heaven
Fellow Daoist, me?

Angel's eyes stayed on the face of the old man whose clothes were somewhat similar to the "Underworld Man" before. Seeing that he looked sincere, just as she was about to speak, the old man changed his language again. This time he used the ancient Feysac language that she was familiar with, and his pronunciation was clear and without any accent:
"My friend who has come from afar, the sinful dragon suppressed here has a connection with you. Please stop and talk to me."

No, I actually understand Chinese… Angel’s mouth slightly opened, his expression changed, and he suddenly realized that the old man in front of him could speak a language other than the Western Continent.

But before she could respond, a silent thought echoed in her mind, which Angel understood immediately:
"Hello, guest from afar."

The third communication method... I could feel his urgency. It seemed that he was afraid that I would run away... Angel muttered in his heart, then smiled a little, but tried to restrain the power of charm and responded in unfamiliar Chinese:

"Hello."

Seeing that she finally responded, the old man's expression was obviously relaxed. He flicked the "whisk" in his hand and continued to speak in fluent ancient Feysac language:
"Your condition cannot last long, so I will keep this short. Is your arrival related to the 'Blood Emperor' who disturbed the underworld 1,500 years ago?"

One thousand five hundred years... 1351 years have passed since the Fifth Epoch. Add in the Pale Age of the Fourth Epoch and the end of the War of the Four Emperors, and it was roughly the time when Alistair Tudor fell and his remaining soul entered the "River of Everlasting Darkness" and caused trouble. Moreover, he explicitly mentioned the "Blood Emperor"... Angel quickly analyzed the other party's words in his mind, and nodded after a moment:
“I found the items He left behind for sacrifice, and came here in spirit form.

"But He and I are not companions, but enemies."

Worried that the old man might misunderstand his relationship with Tudor, Angel quickly added.

"That's great," the old man said with a smile, "Do you have any connection with the city that sealed the evil dragon?"

"Is the evil dragon the giant dragon that is entrenched in the blood-red ocean below the well?" Angel asked, and then he had a glimmer of enlightenment, "Are you the 'Heavenly Master' who sealed it?"

If Angel had not seen the "Underworld Man" in the "Samaritan Woman's Fountain" before, who was also wearing a long robe and had flat facial features and was somewhat similar to the old man in front of him, he would probably have found it difficult to connect the old man with the "Heavenly Master" recorded on the stone tablet.

But the old man in front of him shook his head to deny Angel's guess, and responded with very simple words:
"I am a contemporary Heavenly Master."

The present generation... the stone tablet says it is the fifth generation... Angel immediately realized that "Tianshi" is just a pseudonym, just like the Pope and Patriarch of the Orthodox Church.

What generation was the "Underworld Man" who pulled the "Blood Emperor" Tudor back to the River of Everlasting Darkness? Is there still a legacy now? These thoughts flashed through her mind, and she quickly restrained them, seizing the time to speak:

"That city is part of the source substance 'City of Disaster'. It was sealed here by Tianzun. My goal is to completely control it... This will solve the troubles of 'Blood Emperor' and 'Evil Dragon' at the same time."

She realized that this "Heavenly Master" was very concerned about the sealed evil dragon and was also afraid of Tudor's existence, so she pointed out the benefits of controlling the "City of Disaster".

When the "Tianzun" was heard, the "Tianshi"'s expression changed slightly, but after Angel finished speaking, his brows relaxed again, and he nodded slightly and said:
"So you are also pursuing the 'Way of Heaven'."

"The way of heaven?"

Angel asked back, thinking of the word in "Underworld Man" literally.

The Taoist priest waved his whisk once again, and a illusory wilderness suddenly appeared under his feet. Figures wandering in it were looming. Most of them were dressed neatly, but their faces were hideous, revealing strong malice.

"This is the way of heaven."

He said with a serious expression.

Angel's eyes lit up, and a large amount of knowledge instantly flooded into his mind, just like the time when he pulled Zaratul into the mirror world and was indoctrinated with useless knowledge by the projection of the "Knowledge Emperor" Roselle.

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When Angel opened his eyes again, he found his own beautiful, pure, holy face in front of him, which was perfectly integrated into one, and those purple eyes were looking at him steadily.

It's the person in the mirror... She breathed a sigh of relief and looked down, and found that the "corpse oil candle" in the transparent glass jar in front of her had been significantly reduced. According to her consumption rate this time, she could only use it twice at most.

The person in the mirror was also startled by her sudden opening of her eyes. He quickly stood up, walked a short distance away, and asked:
“Anything you’ve learned?

"I noticed you were grinning just now, so I came closer to observe you."

Smirking, me? Angel subconsciously pressed the corners of his mouth and then shook his head:

"It might be the moment when the person in the mirror who deceived Tudor combined with his own double and was eroded by the curse... No, that's not a silly smile..."

She stood up while muttering to herself, put away the precious corpse oil candle, and looked towards the corner of the city that was still shrouded in gray fog. She found that even the swollen female corpse and the festering man pulling the cart looked much more pleasing to the eye.

They are just victims of the "City of Disaster"... Recalling the knowledge instilled by the "Tianshi", Angel forced a smile and replied:
“I gained a lot.”

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Above the gray fog, Angel's dreamlike words echoed in the magnificent palace.

"...The seven essences sealed in the Western Continent have all become activated to a certain extent. They use the authority they hold as a symbol to respond to the practitioners who pray to them and seek power, and bestow power similar to "granting". They call it "conferring" or "granting". Because there is no formal magic potion system and not necessarily a complete path for the few extraordinary characteristics sealed in the Western Continent, they often cause the people who contain the characteristics to become crazy and violent, just like being possessed by demons, so they are regarded as unorthodox.

"The end point of the 'Gift' is what they call the Heavenly Dao. Those who reach this level are called 'Heavenly Daoists', which means the unity of heaven and man. They completely integrate themselves into the Essence, become a part of the Essence's consciousness, and are devoured by it. At the same time, they also use their own thoughts to give the Essence some ideas and certain tendencies. "The result of this is that most of the Essence has changed because of the power and ideas gathered by the Heavenly Daoists. These Essences are equivalent to being controlled by the 'Heavenly Daoists'."

Klein, who was sitting at the head of the long table, did not allow himself to be shrouded in the gray fog. Instead, he leaned back in his chair and listened carefully. At this moment, he suddenly asked:
"For example, the relationship between 'Underworld Man' and 'River of Eternal Darkness'?"

Angel nodded and continued:

"Not only him, well, you can call him 'Him'. According to my estimation, these people who have mastered the power of the source are at least equivalent to the king of angels, and may even surpass the gods."

"After all, it is the power of 'Source', which is equivalent to the Old Ones."

Klein nodded slightly in agreement. He knew a lot about Sefirot, and was aware that while he couldn't fully unleash the power of Sefirot Castle yet, he was already the equivalent of the Angel King in a home battle. The "Taoists" had influenced Sefirot from generation to generation, and had also been influenced by it. Naturally, they were not something a half-baked person like him could compare to.

Seeing that he just sighed, Angel spoke again to share the knowledge that had been instilled in his mind:

"Ownership of other source substances: 'Heavenly Masters' are the masters of the wilderness of knowledge. The fifth generation of Heavenly Masters gathered all the powerful practitioners in the Western Continent to seal the original consciousness of the 'City of Disaster', a giant dragon called 'Evil Dragon', but it also indirectly caused the 'Blood Emperor' Tudor to come into contact with the Western Continent...

"The current generation of Hedao practitioners in the Shadow World call themselves the 'Masters of the Dark House'. The Kingdom of Disorder is controlled by the 'Emperor of Heaven'. The Key of Light belongs to the 'Saint Monk' of the Buddhist Kingdom. The situation in the Mother Nest is somewhat special. The Luo Cult that believes in it is both good and evil. All of its Hedao practitioners are women. It seems that they have had disputes with many forces, especially the 'Heavenly Masters' of the Wilderness of Knowledge.

"The Heavenly Master who communicated with me was not ashamed to mention this matter. Instead, he emphasized to me that the Luo Sect had once attacked their ancestral temple, and many Heavenly Masters in the past had emotional entanglements with the saints of the Luo Sect and had children with them..."

"They are all female practitioners of the Dao, which is consistent with the situation at the top of the two paths represented by the Mother Nest... In addition to the 'evil dragon' of the City of Disaster and the 'underworld person' of the River of Eternal Darkness, all seven sources are complete."

Klein added, then fell into a brief moment of contemplation.

"No, there are more than seven," Angel said suddenly, "You forgot the source essence that sealed the Western Continent, the Source Castle."

Huh? Klein had a puzzled expression on his face.

Am I also a person of the Tao?
Seeing that he had successfully aroused the other party's interest, Angel smiled and continued:

"There is another force in the Western Continent that has disappeared, 'Penglai'. They believe in 'Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianzun'."

Klein's scalp tingled when he heard the name, and the fragile balance between his body and divinity that he had barely achieved became unstable.

Angel immediately held his hand upon seeing this.

"I'm fine. I just thought of the prayers I heard beside the gray fog wall in the God-forsaken Land."

Klein let out a long breath and asked calmly:

"Why did they disappear?"

Angel shook his head and said:
"Because time is urgent, the knowledge that the Heavenly Master imparted to me was mainly key information, and did not mention the whereabouts of 'Penglai'. But we can speculate, after these Hedao people obtain the power of 'Source Essence', who will they hate the most?"

"The 'Tianzun' who sealed the Western Continent, causing the power of the essence to disperse, leaving practitioners with only their lives to forge a path."

Klein answered slowly.

Of course, this is just speculation. Maybe those who have achieved the Tao feel that the unity of man and nature is a great honor and they are extremely grateful to the "Tianzun"?
But judging from the results, other sects still exist, but Penglai has disappeared without a trace, which is enough to explain a certain problem.

Unless Penglai disappeared on his own initiative and they were waiting for the real Tianzun to appear... Klein's heart was shrouded in a haze, but he felt Angel's focused and concerned gaze, and quickly buried his doubts in his heart and continued to ask:
"Any other useful information?"

Angel hummed and said:

"The Heavenly Master is most concerned about the 'evil dragon' they sealed under the city where the 'City of Disaster' appears. The latter must continue to strengthen the seal, use the shadow world to block the connection with reality, use the River of Eternal Darkness to drive the evil spirits to pull the chains, use the Kingdom of Disorder to formulate and distort the rules, and use the Key of Light to suppress the inevitable disaster fate... In short, in order to seal the activated consciousness of the City of Disaster, the Hedaoists need to allocate a large part of their strength. They believe that it will have an impact on the coming doomsday."

"Do they also know about the end of the world?"

Klein asked in surprise, and then realized that the practitioners in the Western Continent also possessed the ability to "prophesy", so it was not difficult to conclude that the end of the world would be in more than ten years.

Angel nodded:

"So, after sensing my battle with Tudor in the mirror, the Heavenly Master rushed to the ancient well immediately, stopped me, and asked me... um, to kill the evil dragon and become a Taoist of the City of Disaster."

She glanced at Klein secretly and continued:
“The master also gave me a suggestion.

"Yin alone cannot grow, Yang alone cannot be born. Yin contains Yang, Yang contains Yin. When Yin and Yang combine, everything comes into being. This is the way of heaven."

(End of this chapter)