I seek immortality by chance

Chapter 715 Heavenly Palace Calamity Qi, the Great Luo's Method to Respond to the Calamity...

"Senior brother is actually able to take charge of this hall, he's truly amazing..."

Looking at the Xie Zhi Immortal Seal, Gu Yuan immediately sighed.

The Heavenly Law Hall is also a fourth-rank celestial office, but it has immense power. It can patrol all the heavens, including all the palaces and halls in the heavens. If anyone violates the Heavenly Law, they can be arrested and reported to the Heavenly Punishment Division.

This hall possesses a sacred artifact called the "Immortal Binding Rope," an extremely powerful celestial treasure. Almost no one in the Biyou Immortal Realm can escape its binding. It is precisely because of this treasure that the immortals can be captured.

However, Jade Void Immortals above the fourth rank cannot be arrested in this palace. Evidence can only be gathered and reported to the Heavenly Punishment Division, but that still carries enough weight.

Upon hearing Gu Yuan's praise, Ning Xubai simply laughed: "It's all thanks to my ancestors and master. It just so happens that the former Lord of the Xie Zhi Palace broke through to the next realm and became a Jade Void Immortal, and was promoted to a higher position, which is why I have this position today."

"Otherwise, how could I, a newcomer to the Heavenly Palace, who has yet to achieve any merit, be appointed to such a position?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Yuan shook his head and smiled, "Senior brother is too modest. With your cultivation and seniority, you are right to sit in this position."

Ning Xubai is no ordinary person. He is the sixth generation lineage master of Linchuan, the most direct descendant of the direct line. His master and grandmaster are the leaders of each generation of the Linchuan Immortal Lineage. In terms of seniority, he is even a notch above Gu Yuan.

"Alright, alright, we've all become immortals, this isn't some children praising each other, let's not say any more."

"Tell me, are there any difficulties in taking charge of the Dipper Pivot?"

Ning Xubai waved his hand, sat down in the celestial banquet in the hall, ended the pleasantries, and asked Gu Yuan directly.

"Since my senior brother is asking me, I, the junior brother, will not hide anything from him."

Upon hearing this, Gu Yuan raised his head and recounted the two difficult matters.

"The Heavenly Banner Palace? The Tai Su Cloud Sprout?"

Upon hearing this, Ning Xubai's expression immediately hardened: "As expected, the immortal laws are lax, and they even dare to withhold the two most important items of the fourth-grade Dou Shu Hall!"

The Heavenly Banner Palace is the most important immortal treasure for the Dou Shu Palace in its conquest of extraterrestrial stars, and the Tai Su Cloud Sprout is also the most important precious medicine for cultivation in the Dou Shu Palace. Without these two items, the Dou Shu Palace would completely lose its lifeline.

"They won't even give me, Linchuan, any face. I'd like to see what kind of person they are!"

Ning Xubai's face darkened.

The entire Linchuan region is united, and Gu Yuanchu, having just taken charge of Dou Shu, has encountered such difficulties. It's hard not to suspect that this matter is targeted at Linchuan and reflects dissatisfaction with the appointment made by Linchuan.

However, those who can mingle in the Heavenly Palace are all direct descendants of the Eight Lineages. The Heavenly Furnace Hall is controlled by the Crimson Cloud Lineage, and the Immortal Salary Hall is controlled by the Heavenly Capital Lineage. Neither of them are easy to provoke. Moreover, since the two halls dare to act in this way, they must have their own methods. It is impossible for them to directly violate the Immortal Laws and leave themselves an excuse.

Although Ning Xubai holds immense power as the head of the Immortal Law Hall, he cannot arrest immortals without cause.

But this doesn't mean that Trump is helpless.

He immediately turned around and asked the celestial official behind him, "Have the Heavenly Furnace Hall and the Celestial Salary Hall violated any celestial laws in recent years?"

Generally speaking, the major immortal palaces do not break the rules without reason, and at least they are very clean in their actions on the surface. However, over the years, there will always be one or two mistakes.

The Celestial Law Hall possesses two great celestial treasures: the Immortal Binding Rope and the Zhou Tian Mirror. It also boasts the largest number of Celestial Officials who can patrol the heavens and always find one or two violations of the law. However, some of these are minor matters, so the Celestial Law Hall keeps them under wraps and prepares to use them at crucial moments.

Now is the crucial moment.

However, the Left Law Enforcer of the Law Hall looked troubled: "Reporting to the Hall Master, when the previous Hall Master was promoted, he destroyed all the previous generation's [violations of the law]. The [violations of the law] now are all newly collected in recent years."

"The two matters mentioned by the Donghua Palace Master have already been shown in the Zhou Tian Mirror. I have also investigated them, but there is nothing wrong with them."

"The immortal materials used by the Heavenly Furnace Hall to forge the Heavenly Banner Hall were requisitioned because the Heavenly Star Hall needed to temporarily repair the Heavenly Star Universe Mirror. As for the Tai Su Cloud Sprouts of the Immortal Salary Hall, they were taken by the Hall Master of the Immortal Law Hall using his immortal merit. Both of these matters are registered and verifiable, and are not considered violations."

The Zhou Tian Mirror can directly ignore the various celestial palaces and peer into the celestial records within them to investigate all matters.

Since it can be registered, it means that the procedures are correct. Although it is unfair to Gu Yuan, neither of the two halls made any mistakes and acted in accordance with the rules.

In this world, the best thing is to do things according to the rules, but the most troublesome thing is also to do things according to the rules.

If you follow the rules blindly, it will be difficult to intervene.

Upon hearing this, Gu Yuan was also filled with emotion.

He is a man who is not afraid of struggle, but if he were to be as bound by rules as the Heavenly Palace, it would cause him some trouble.

But there is nothing we can do.

The Heavenly Palace is different from the mortal realm. Which immortal isn't a direct descendant? Which one doesn't have a powerful background? Which one isn't a peerless figure in the mortal world? To act as one pleases is not so easy.

"I simply don't believe these two things could be such a coincidence!"

Ning Xubai frowned.

He had been in heaven for decades and knew all too well that power struggles within the Heavenly Palace had existed since ancient times.

After all, the salary for each celestial position and each rank is a huge amount of celestial provisions.

The principle of nepotism is almost ingrained in the very bones of each faction.

Although major conflicts are rare, underhanded tactics are never lacking.

However, Gu Yuan was, after all, an ascendant from the Xuanhuang Origin Land, with a highly respected status far exceeding that of the Biyou Immortal from the Immortal Sea Land. It was most appropriate for him to take the position of the fourth-rank Dou Shu Palace Master, just as he had when he took charge of the Tian Lu Palace, without encountering too many difficulties.

Even if there is a power struggle, it shouldn't be over such trivial matters.

Could it be that two immortals have ascended to heaven in Linchuan within the last hundred years, causing dissatisfaction among several factions?
Ning Xubai seemed to be deep in thought, but worldly matters are nothing more than dealing with whatever comes our way. With the patriarch here, nothing major will happen. The most urgent task is to solve Gu Yuan's problem first.

"Even if this matter in these two halls does not violate the law, have there not been any violations of the law in the past few decades?"

Ning Xubai asked the immortal official of the Immortal Law Hall.

The celestial official hurriedly said, "The Celestial Salary Hall is the most clean in its operations, and has never made a mistake in a thousand years. The Heavenly Furnace Hall did have a violation of the law, but it was not a big deal. It was just that the Heavenly Furnace Hall Master accidentally used the celestial materials in the hall to refine his own celestial treasure. However, it was transferred back to the warehouse the next day."

"He says it's misused, so it's misused?"

Ning Xubai's eyes lit up, and he immediately reached out and took the Zhou Tian Mirror from the celestial official's hand, examining it closely.

"Junior brother, the Heavenly Banner Palace has been secured! Hahaha!"

Ning Xubai laughed loudly: "You may sit in the hall for a while, I will be right back."

After saying this, he didn't bother to see him off, and led the celestial officials and clerks straight to the sixteenth heaven.

Gu Yuan could only wait helplessly in the hall.

Fortunately, Ning Xubai returned not long after, smiling as he entered the hall and said to Gu Yuan, "The matter is accomplished!"

"The Heavenly Furnace Palace will be able to send the Heavenly Banner Palace over in less than three months, which will definitely not delay your conquest of the alien planets, Junior Brother."

Upon hearing this, Gu Yuan naturally stood up and thanked him, "Thank you, Senior Brother!"

However, after a slight hesitation, he couldn't help but ask, "Senior brother, is this how all matters in the Heavenly Palace are usually handled?"

He knew there was conflict in the Heavenly Palace, but the two palaces were making things difficult for no reason. Ning Xubai's attempt to use "handles" to "make a deal to avoid trouble" was really too "mercenary" and far from what he imagined the Heavenly Palace to be.

For tens of thousands of years, the Heavenly Palace has been advancing relentlessly, creating heaven and earth, conquering the stars, and suppressing the Dragon Clan so much that they could not raise their heads, and even lost the Xuanhuang Origin Land.

Is that really the case inside?
At the very least, the kind of "fight" he wanted wasn't like this.

Upon hearing this, Ning Xu took a sip of immortal wine before saying, "Junior Brother, do you think we have damaged the demeanor of immortals?"

"Junior brother wouldn't dare, he just feels puzzled."

Gu Yuan shook his head slightly.

In his imagination, the immortals of the Heavenly Palace should be friends of the immortal path, striving tirelessly to pursue the Great Dao and the stars, and trying their best to promote the ascension of the Heavenly Palace and seek immortality together.

Why would they resort to so many underhanded tactics just for the power of a palace?
Is this kind of struggle really for profit?
He could understand it for the sake of altruism and did not feel that it would diminish his magnanimity, after all, he was not some saint who acted uprightly and without flaws.

But all of this shouldn't be happening in the Heavenly Palace.

Creating the world, ascending to immortality, seeking transcendence, conquering the stars—this should be the abode of an extraordinary immortal.

Such petty scheming and suppression of one's own kind is not the way of a true king!
Gu Yuan didn't hide his thoughts and asked him directly.

Ning Xubai immediately laughed loudly: "Junior brother, you are indeed a person with great ambition and aspirations. No wonder the patriarch chose you to be the hall master of the Dou Shu Hall and to conquer the outer realms."

"If the pillar of heaven hadn't collapsed, you wouldn't be seeing this situation now." "Even if there was some infighting, you acted with integrity."

"But since the collapse of the Heavenly Pillar, the various palaces have become somewhat irritable and their actions are no longer as gentle as before."

"Since they are like this, why should we be so polite?"

"The Heavenly Palace has established various halls, which already grant it immense power and the ability to act independently. Minor 'violations of the law' are not enough to cause serious harm. In that case, we might as well be more flexible and let you obtain the Heavenly Banner Hall sooner."

"After all, the Heavenly Palace is not the Heavenly Realm. We will also reach the end of our lives. Let's save our energy if we can."

"Besides, what you saw today is only a corner of the Heavenly Palace. Once you go to the outer realms and witness the mighty Heavenly Army, or enter the Immortal Law Hall and see the Immortal Cocoon that sits cross-legged for thousands of years without moving, you will know the true grandeur of my Heavenly Palace."

Ning Xubai spoke at length.

Gu Yuan's heart stirred.

After the collapse of the Heavenly Pillar, he became impetuous, and Ning Xubai followed suit.

This appearance seems to be the result of a calamity.

However, this thought only flashed through Gu Yuan's mind before he dismissed it.

The Heavenly Palace has the Red Lotus Karmic Fire, which burns away the calamity energy, so it should be harmless.

Maybe I think too much.

Having thought this through, although he felt a little strange, he did not pursue the matter further and bowed to Ning Xubai in thanks.

After all, Ning Xubai had indeed helped him a lot today, and as the beneficiary, he should not be harsh on him under any circumstances.

The reason I asked this question is simply because I'm a little annoyed.

"The Immortal Salary Palace has never violated the rules in a thousand years, and I don't have a better solution for the time being."

“Junior Brother, you are still young. Why don’t you go out and explore on your own, and deal with the various halls of the Heavenly Palace? This will help you understand how to act in the Heavenly Palace.”

After a moment's thought, Ning Xubai decided to temporarily entrust the second matter to Gu Yuan.

"As it should be!"

Gu Yuan replied with a smile.

The two then toasted each other, drank heartily, and chatted about what happened afterward.

……

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Unbeknownst to the two, just as the thought of "calamity" arose in Gu Yuan's mind, a figure suddenly appeared in a vast, empty void above the Thirty-Three Heavens.

This figure was vast and boundless, seemingly filling the entire universe; its aura was so profound that words could hardly describe it.

Before this figure's knees, a gray "imprint" floated slightly.

This "image" is of extremely high status, with countless gray threads hanging down, covering all the heavens below the thirty heavens.

"This kid almost sensed the calamity aura of the Heavenly Palace, that's interesting..."

A hollow voice rang out, tinged with surprise.

"Having just entered the Heavenly Palace and not yet mingled with this world, and having already witnessed the aura of calamity in the mortal realm, it's normal to have some feelings about it, after all, your seal is not yet complete..."

In the vast emptiness, another figure appeared, speaking calmly.

"It's almost done. In another hundred years, this Calamity Qi Seal will be fully completed. At that time, even if the Calamity Qi really enters the Heavenly Palace, it won't cause a great calamity..."

The hollow voice expresses only a sense of lament.

"The aura of calamity has already spread throughout the human world, and it may not be possible to wait for a hundred years."

"Moreover, the day the calamity occurs is the day the Longevity Seal is born."

"The dragon race will definitely take action as well."

“When the Dragon Clan makes a move, it is a great calamity, if not a major one. I’m afraid your Calamity Seal won’t be able to withstand it.”

The calm voice spoke again.

"In your opinion, what should be done?"

The hollow voice asked.

"Perhaps we can send out the person destined for the calamity to help you complete this seal as soon as possible. In this way, by using your seal to isolate the Heavenly Palace, we can send out only the person destined for the calamity to fight outside the heavens and in the Xuanhuang realm. This will protect the Heavenly Palace and prevent the great calamity from spreading and affecting us. Naturally, the Longevity Seal will not be able to be born."

"As long as the Longevity Seal is not born, we still have a way to ascend to the Heavenly Palace again."

The calm voice spoke again.

"I'm afraid... in the end, it will all fall short."

The hollow voice sounded somewhat heavy.

It is difficult to transcend the heavens and earth, even for the Great Luo Immortal.

Perhaps this "Great Luo" is not the true "Great Luo".

"We still have a chance, we can try again..."

"Otherwise, the only option is to fight for the supreme position, but in that case, the Heavenly Palace will be hard to survive."

The calm voice spoke again.

This time, the hollow voice also fell silent.

The supreme position can only be held by one person.

If we were to truly fight, it would be a complete and utter catastrophe.

All these plans made over tens of thousands of years will come to naught.

"Then let's send out the one destined to face this calamity!"

The hollow voice hesitated for a moment before finally making a decision.

"How should we deal with this calamity? And who should be the one to face it?"

He looked around at the world, then gazed into the void.

In an instant, six faint and indescribable figures appeared in the void, gathering in one place.

All eight meridians of the Great Luo have come.

"All eight meridians emerging together?"

A sound arose, like the chanting of heaven and earth.

"Under the influence of calamity, fairness is hard to find; even among the eight immortals, the number is not the same."

A sound rang out, like a resounding bell.

"If we conceal our true nature and do not leave the Jade Void and the direct lineage, we may find it difficult to stop the Xuanhuang Calamity Qi."

A calm voice rang out, echoing through the void.

The others remained silent, only a faint Daoist aura emanating from them.

"Seventy years of destiny will depend on each person's fate. If they are destined to face this calamity, none can be stopped."

Ultimately, that hollow voice decided everything.

The great immortals remained silent, only a faint, bright light dissipated into nothingness, accompanied by a long sigh.

(End of this chapter)