Xuanjian Xianzu

Chapter 1071: Rejecting Dissidents
The hand was running wildly in the air, followed by two layers of hazy gray light behind it. Chang Yun only took a glance at it and immediately knew what was going on.

He was born into a noble family, and his eyes had been trained with special spiritual objects, plus he had extremely high-level skills. Even a great immortal's spellcasting could not fool him!

He recognized at a glance that it was Minghui herself, and he shook his sleeves, and a white umbrella immediately fell out and hung in the air.

As soon as the umbrella was opened, twelve colors of light burst out from the ribs and collided with the dim gray light that seemed to have little power. They hit each other head on and there was a loud bang. Three autumn leaves as big as human heads fluttered down in the air and were blown gently.

Three winds of blue-gray, black, and grayish-white color emerged from the leaves and swept over from high above, causing the earth to tremble. The black soil rushed up to the sky, and a huge hurricane was generated on the ground.

The power of this magical wind was so great that the umbrella immediately creaked under the heavy weight. Chang Yun's face immediately became solemn. He pinched out a talisman with two fingers to cover the heavy fog. He raised his other hand and whispered:

"Minghui!"

Minghui really lost his Dharma body, leaving only one arm. He dug out his eyes and opened his mouth in his palm, but one could still see the panic in his expression. He said in a sad voice:

"Master, please save my brother!"

Chang Yun suddenly looked suspicious and whispered:

"Who is coming?"

Minghui was still in shock and said:
"You ask me, who else can I ask? With the 'Do Not Investigate Me' sign on me, if you say it's not Yang Ruiyi, who else could it be?"

Chang Yun realized the other party's tone was correct, and he felt relieved. He checked again carefully, then he grasped the white umbrella, put two fingers together, chanted a spell, and tapped their brows.

Using his magical powers, he looked into the distance and found that the place was already grey and gloomy, as if trapped in the underworld. Countless skeletons of ghosts were crawling on the ground, entangled with each other, forming a towering mountain. Thousands of owls, black crows and evil owls were circling in the sky. Everything was hazy, and there was only a pale white temple standing on the top of the mountain, which looked shaky.

Chang Yun's alertness suddenly increased. He shifted his gaze suddenly and saw a bronze Xuanming Youluan standing at the highest point. A long bronze staircase stretched down and green lamps on both sides burned with light blue flames.

'Yang Ruiyi...'

Chang Yun frowned and stood firmly in this dark ghost place with a white umbrella. The weirdness in his heart had reached its peak.

He originally thought that Yang Ruiyi used the entire power of the Song Dynasty to attack the north and used Wangyue Lake to delay Guangchan, just to advance alone and divide the east and the west. But until this moment, Yang Ruiyi himself is still here!

You have to know that whether it was Minghui or Chang Yun, they reached the agreement with the consideration that it was Yang Ruiyi who led people to attack this place, and Minghui's brothers were defeated, and they had to rely on him to save their lives... instead of holding on until now and waiting for help!

This means that even though Li Ximing or Tinglan had put their full efforts into this, they were unable to buy Yang Ruiyi the opportunity to go deeper into the north... They even only went halfway through Jiangbei.

When many real people from the north gather here, Yang Ruiyi, who is already far inferior in power, will definitely return empty-handed, and may even cause serious damage to the vitality of the south!
"Could it be that Yang Ruiyi lost more than he gained..."

He immediately shifted his gaze towards the top of the mountain. There was no human figure in the brightly shining temple. The ground was littered with the corpses of monks and scattered golden clothes. On top of the mountain of corpses sat a monk with a pale face, who was still stubbornly chanting sutras.

'It is a bright phase.'

Chang Yun was on good terms with the Lotus Temple, so he certainly knew about this new star who had risen in recent years in the Lotus Temple. This person had not used his full strength in the battle on the lake, but according to Chang Yun's estimation, this person's strength was only second to Guang Chan and Zhalu!

But even if Chang Yun overestimated his strength, he was now confused and shocked:

"There must be a trick! The person inside is not Yang Ruiyi!"

The "Exiled Qi" in Yang Ruiyi's hand can be listed as the most restraining Taoist sect. This "Exiled Qi" magic treasure is enough to suppress any Buddhist cultivator who is not of Maha's strength and completely sever the relationship with the Buddhist land, and not be able to borrow any strength. He is not Jinlian, so it is impossible for him to hold on until now without any damage!

The dark murderous aura in the sky was extremely thick. Chang Yun suddenly turned around and found that the road he came from was disappearing bit by bit. However, he did not raise his legs immediately, but looked thoughtful.

"Fellow Daoist Chang Yun!"

The surprise and doubt on Chang Yun's face had disappeared. He lowered his head thoughtfully, but saw that the expression of the hand in the sleeve suddenly froze, and a red light suddenly appeared in the two dark eyes, shining brightly into his eyes!
"you!"

The real man's body froze instantly, and he hesitated for a moment in his mind. The hand holding the talisman in his sleeve finally loosened. He gritted his teeth, frowned, closed his eyes, and activated his magical powers!
"Hey!"

Even though Chang Yun was a cultivator in the middle stage of Purple Mansion with an extremely strong Dharma body, he could not withstand being blinded by the light. His pair of bright silver eyeballs shattered, and two streams of golden blood slid down the corners of his eyes. He had lost both his eyes!
He cried out in pain, raised his hand high without hesitation, and hit the severed hand with his sleeve. In an instant, the golden light shattered, the black color dissipated, and screams echoed in all directions. Chang Yun's chance to leave this place suddenly disappeared. He said angrily without any politeness:

"You actually deceived me with the art of transformation!"

The sky was filled with gloomy energy. Six talismans flew out one by one from the tightly closed bronze door, scattering many ghosts in the sky and heading towards Chang Yun to suppress them.

The white light in the temple became dimmer, but because of Chang Yun's sharing, it had a little more time to breathe. Ming Xiang sat cross-legged in front of the temple, with his hands clasped together and a pious look on his face.

Minghui's broken limbs were smashed by Chang Yun's palm, but he did not show any grief. Instead, his face was calm and he sneered in his heart:
"Junior brother, it seems he has understood it too!"

As he sneered, a small golden nose bone appeared from the clothes on his chest, trembling and transmitting Minghui's thoughts with magical power:

'Chang Yun is smart. He already knows that the person in this place is not Yang Ruiyi. But we are not the only ones who hate Qi Lanyan. Chang Yun was summoned by him. How can he have any good feelings towards him? He is even more unwilling to offend the south. He quickly destroyed his magic eyes and retreated from the front line. There is a reason why he could not recognize Yang Ruiyi!'

Chang Yun's Dharma eyesight is very sharp. It turned out that the thing that just fell into his arms was not some magic trick, but Minghui's own method. It was a secret collusion to absolve him of responsibility!

"Right now, my Dharma body has been destroyed in order to resist the south, so Master has reason to protect us. Once the Qi is closed, no one knows what happened inside. Can you put the blame on us?"

His voice was a little colder, and he laughed viciously:

"Let Dayangshan and Qi Lanyan have nothing to lose! Let Yang Ruiyi teach them a lesson!"

"You guys from Dayang Mountain, do you think my brothers and sisters are made of clay? My brothers and sisters are like dogs and horses, letting you drive them around... I, Shanle Dao, don't need to be listed as one of the seven phases!"

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Xuanmiao Temple.

The light in the distance was flickering constantly, and the bright red light hurt people's eyes. The magic lamp in front of the stage was flickering, looking cold and gloomy. The young man above was wearing a long white gauze crown and a Taoist robe with dark cloud patterns. He stared at the chessboard on the stage intently.

It was Qi Lanyan who stirred up the chaos in Jiangbei!

The young man who was playing chess with him was wearing a blue shirt, with bright eyes and a small water sparrow standing on his shoulder. He looked at him with a smile and said:
"Shanji is in chaos, but Lord Qi is surprisingly calm."

Qi Lanyan twisted the chess pieces and said softly:

"With Gongsun Bei and Murong Yan in Shanji, there will be no problem in the short term. Yang Ruiyi has not shown up yet, so you and I can't move rashly."

He knocked on the table, raised his eyebrows and said:
"I am curious. The Duxiandao is facing the wilderness directly. Fellow Daoist Bai was invited to come. Isn't he afraid?"

Ye Hui smiled, without any worry between his brows, and said:
"I trust you, my Lord."

Ye Hui was a selfish person. The only thing he was worried about were his sister's children, who he had arranged to go overseas early on. Even if the others died a thousand or ten thousand times, he didn't care at all. This was naturally a compliment. Qi Lanyan didn't believe it either, and said indifferently:

"There are generally three veins in the north of the river. The west is the Xiaoshi and Tongdao Mountains behind Baijiang Creek, the middle is Chengshui and Duxian... and the east is Xuanmiao behind Shanji..."

"Which route do you think Yang Ruiyi will attack?"

Ye Hui picked up the chess piece, looked at the trend on the board, and said softly:
"What the Song Dynasty wants is not to conquer any family or gate, but the situation in the world, from the land of Yue to the control of Huai River, and then to the power of Chu again... Although the territory is large now, there is a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh in Yue. If it is not removed, Yang Ruiyi will have trouble sleeping and eating."

He dropped the chess piece and whispered:

"Yamaji."

If there was one thing that Zhi Xuanxie did that made Yang Shi most disgusted, it was undoubtedly the thorn in Shanji County in the south. Once Shanji County was lost, even if the Song Dynasty conquered Shu, the Song Emperor would still lose the reputation of his homeland!
"No."

Qi Lanyan nodded and smiled, saying:
"They are determined to take Shanji, but they don't have the strength to attack by force. They should have planned slowly. But Yang Ruiyi is inferior to me in one respect - he has Emperor Song above him. Once he wants to attack, he must achieve success."

Ye Hui looked gloomy and narrowed his eyes slightly:
"Your Excellency is well-informed."

He couldn't figure out how Qi Lanyan was sure of the relationship between Yang Ruiyi and Emperor Song, so he could only assume that it was from the power behind him. Qi Lanyan whispered:
"Since he couldn't capture Shanji, he could only enter from the middle, cut off Duxian in the middle, and sever Xuanmiao's connection with Zhao. On the one hand, he could coordinate with Xishu who was attacking the west, and on the other hand... he could also report to the Emperor of Song."

Ye Hui was so smart that he nodded and said:

"So the master had planned to let Duxian out on purpose."

Qi Lanyan smiled and said:
"Not really... there's still a place where I can use you."

Then he rolled up his sleeves, and seeing the jade talisman in his hand faintly emitting a glow, he smiled and said:

"Below Chengyun, next to Duxian, there is a Fanyun Cave. Several Taoist friends including Changyun and Mingxiang have lost contact and are trapped inside. I think Yang Ruiyi has arrived. Please call Zong Chang and others to go to Shanji first to deal with Liu Bai. It would be best if we can take over Yufu County!"

Ye Hui immediately stood up, praised, and said thoughtfully:

"Your Excellency is truly a master of foresight... But that spiritual treasure is very powerful. We went to the east, and I don't know who Yang Ruiyi took with him. It would be difficult for Chang Yun and Ming Xiang to stop him..."

Qi Lanyan smiled coldly:

"I have arranged for Daoist Guangchan to arrive early. With him here, we should be able to hold Yang Ruiyi back temporarily. Now everyone from Dayuan Guangyin Mountain has gone there."

Ye Hui said that he was wise, bowed, and then stood up and set off, without making any comments:
"Guangchan will go there? Bullshit!"

Guang Chan would definitely not let go of the fat piece of meat in Wangyue Lake, which means that this person should still be on the lake. Qi Lanyan mentioned it deliberately just to punish him. As for how the people who were surrounded died, it had nothing to do with him.

'Since Chang Yun and Ming Xiang were able to be trapped without a sound, it must be Yang Ruiyi...Since this person's whereabouts have been revealed, why is Qi Lanyan still sitting here? Why not take the opportunity to go south?'

Ye Hui looked respectful, but he felt extremely strange in his heart. He could not help but turn his head to look at Qi Lanyan and said:

"Master Qi..."

Qi Lanyan shook his head and smiled, saying:
"I have my own place to go."

The young man watched Ye Hui leave and looked back at the chessboard. After a while, a man in Taoist clothes came forward, bowed in front of the stage, and said respectfully:
"Master!"

Qi Lanyan did not bring any Zhi Xuanxie disciples with him on this trip, but the disciple who called him Master was wearing Zhi Xuanxie's clothing... What's even more strange is... this person's cultivation level is just Qi training!

"Get up."

Qi Lanyan looked at him with a smile, and then he saw the man bow and stand up, saying respectfully:
"Master, the current situation is..."

Qi Lanyan withdrew his hand, turned to look at him, and said quietly:
"Yang Ruiyi can't lose more territory in the south. If he loses one piece, even if he loses ten pieces in the north, he can't make up for it. He won't just leave Shanji alone. There must be a backup plan there. Ye Hui and others will definitely return empty-handed. There's no need to go."

The man lowered his head and agreed:

"Master, what you said is very true..."

He knelt on the ground and said carefully:

"Master...why don't we go to Tingzhou, to Wei Nie's place..."

His tone sounded very serious, but his voice was trembling slightly, as if he had mentioned something disrespectful. When he heard the word Tingzhou, Qi Lanyan closed his eyes, exhaled deeply, and shook his head.
"I understand that you are anxious... but don't rush at this moment. Li Zhouwei is very safe now. If I go there alone, do I have to join forces with Guangchan? I will be dragged into it myself. Moreover, even if you kill all the people on the lake, he may not come out, and you may not be able to kill him."

He looked distressed and said:
"If we fail to eliminate him before he is fully grown, then there is no point in forcibly surrounding and killing him. The purpose of slowing down his cultivation has been achieved, but the direction of the overall situation between the north and the south cannot be changed..."

The young man stood up, dropped the chess piece in his hand, and said quietly:
"We have to wait until the chaos breaks out, and then have the adults personally step in and add fuel to the flames, before we can accomplish this. We alone, even with the power of the mountain... are not enough to accomplish this."

The man below said:
"I'm just afraid..."

He hesitated to speak, but what he said was frightening. Qi Lanyan gritted his teeth and replied:
"Besides, didn't you see whether it succeeded or not?"

The people below were silent, while Qi Lanyan closed his eyes and said:

"No need to say more, I'm going to the Great Yuan Guang Yin Mountain."

Main characters in this chapter
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Ming○Hui [Maha] [Good and Happy Path]

Chang ○ Yun [Middle Period of Purple Mansion]

Ming○ phase [Maha] [Good and Happy Path]