From a Zhengyi Taoist Child to a Master of All Laws

Chapter 451 Desperate Reality

Mid-July is the hottest time of the year in Sichuan.

But this does not include Baiyun Mountain. Being covered by clouds and mist is one reason. Li Yang is constantly inhaling and exhaling lunar energy, which is yin in nature. This is also a reason that subtly changes the spiritual energy composition of Baiyun Mountain.

The clothes of the one thousand newbies who had just entered the Taoist temple were soaked with sweat and stuck to their bodies uncomfortably. But once they passed the formation area and walked through the clouds and mist to the mountain, they suddenly felt refreshed and their whole bodies refreshed.

Baiyun Mountain is shrouded in mist all year round. In the early morning, the mist is thick, like a veil, and the palace-like buildings inside are gradually revealed.

All that came into view were blue bricks and cold tiles. The seventy-two stone steps were hidden in the clouds. The two Chunyang Dharma Halls towered into the clouds, filled with curling incense and the sound of chanting scriptures. There were also many senior brothers and sisters in blue and white Taoist robes walking around.

The above is the first impression of the new 1,000 novices on Baiyun Taoist Temple.

The Yang siblings, Song Ling, and Li Mengyuan who served as volunteers looked at this group of weaklings who were looking around like they had never seen the world before, and they felt as if they were in a dream.

The arrival of one thousand new students finally made Qianshan lively. Many old students who were still immersed in the separation from their close friends finally had more emotion and smiles on their faces.

After assigning dormitories to the thousand freshmen, Yang Xinwu and Liu Ming immediately went to the Service Hall to receive the corresponding task points.

Just as Yubao was about to leave, a lot of freshmen gathered around him.

After a few days of interaction, Taoist Master Yubao, who was otherworldly and spoke in a soft voice, was undoubtedly the most popular among the freshmen. Several little girls followed her with both admiration and fear, chattering and asking questions about everything.

A group of freshmen had just arrived, and naturally they asked the most about the rules of the Taoist temple, followed by the two people in the back mountain.

These freshmen have been listening to the legends of the two for the past few years. Now that they finally see Baiyun Mountain, how can they not be excited and curious.

A little girl plucked up her courage and said, "Fairy Yubao, when we divide the halls later, I want to enter the Chunyang Hall and you can teach me."

Yubao said calmly, in a leisurely tone: "This is not decided by me, it is a random assignment, and the teaching quality of the two halls is not much different."

A little girl was looking around on the mountain, and then looked at the mountain behind: "Is that where Li Zhenjun and Chi Zhenren live? I don't know when we can see them."

"They should show up at your opening ceremony, but not necessarily at other times."

This time, Li Yang and Chi Yanhong completely handed the enrollment matters over to the four of them. They never showed up during the whole process. They ran around with swords every day, and no one knew what they were doing.

And that Liu Ming, he hasn't shown up in the Taoist temple for a long time...

Yubao was confused, but she didn't think too much about it. In her life dictionary, the most important thing was to do her job well.

"Ah, doesn't that mean we will hardly see those two during our one-year probation period?"

Some little girls were dejected and spoke with regret.

"Your senior brothers and sisters will also not be able to see those two a few times. You should calm down and try to survive the one-year assessment period."

Just as Yubao finished speaking, there was a sudden noise and vibration in the sky above Baiyun Mountain. A beam of bright blue sword light broke through the clouds, and with the tail sound of breaking through the air waves, it landed on the back mountain of Baiyun Mountain.

This scene, which only appeared in movies and novels, immediately caused the freshmen to cheer and jump for joy.

"The blue sword light, that should be Li Zhenjun! I know, that's his Moon Essence Wheel!"

"There is someone else on the sword, is it Master Chi?"

"It doesn't look like that. Besides, there are so many people here, maybe seven or eight..."

Just as he finished speaking, another red sword light streaked across the sky and also landed on the back mountain.

"This is Master Chi! This is her Zhaoluan Sword!" The group of little girls obviously knew everything about Li Yang and Chi Yanhong, and they hugged each other excitedly.

"It seems Master Chi is also bringing someone with him?"

Before the noise and vibration had completely spread, another light green sword light appeared in the sky.

The sword light flew a little low, and everyone looked up to see the scene on the sword clearly.

"It's Qi Qianshu, the leader of the group. He brought Taoist Priest Wu Peng, as well as Taoist Priests Chen Xiyan and Zheng Zhaoyuan!"

Some sharp-eyed people immediately recognized the celebrity on the sword light, and took a deep breath when they realized what was happening.
Aren't these people supposed to be busy recruiting students for their own academy? Why did they come to Baiyun Mountain?

Some clever ones immediately recalled the figures behind Li Yang and Chi Yanhong, and were dumbfounded for a moment as if they had discovered something.
Eighteen! Excluding Li Yang, Chi Yanhong and Taoist Priest Qi Qiansu, there are eighteen in total.

At present, the Chinese Taoist Alliance happens to be a kind of Taoism, the Eighteen Innates!
"Is it a coincidence?"

"No way, are all the bigwigs of Huaguo Dao League coming to Baiyun Mountain now?"

"Hiss, what could bring these big guys together? And just now I saw that Qi Kuishou's face was frighteningly gloomy."

A bunch of noobs were talking about it, even Yubao frowned slightly.
With her eyesight, she could naturally see the figure on the sword light.

It’s full and not a single one is missing, they are the eighteen innates of the Taoist Alliance!
Yubao looked at the mountain behind him which was shrouded in mist again and whispered softly, "Could it be that evil spirits are causing chaos in the world again?"
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In the Yuchan Hall, eighteen innate Taoist priests sat in two rows. They came from Taoist temples all over China and it was a rare gathering, but they had no intention of reminiscing about the past. All of them had a solemn expression, as if tears were about to drip out of their eyes.

Zheng Zhaoyuan spoke first: "Li Zhenjun, why did you invite us to gather at Baiyun Mountain today?"

Li Yang said calmly: "It's just as I told you in the invitation letter."

The faces of all the Taoist priests changed.

They were eager to see Li Yang deny it all and say it was just a joke.

If all this is true, then reality is too cruel and terrible.

After a few years, Chen Xiyan of the Maoshan Sect had a few more white hairs on his temples. He was an alternative innate cultivator, and his lifespan could not compare to the orthodox inner alchemy innate cultivators.

Even this old Taoist who had seen many storms and waves had a trembling voice at this moment: "Is that world really so powerful?"

Amid everyone's hopeful gaze, Li Yang nodded.

"I dealt with an illegal evil cultivator in Xianfeng Mountain a few days ago. You should have known about it."

"He is not an evil cultivator from abroad, but a fragment of the soul of an evil cultivator from another world who sneaked in here."

"He himself has the strength of a terrestrial immortal, named 'Chongdao', and is known in that world as 'Chongdao Immortal Lord'."

Li Yang's tone was calm, as if he was describing a trivial family matter. However, a stone stirred up a thousand waves, and even Qi Qiansu's face changed drastically, and he exclaimed: "Earth Immortal? There is actually an Earth Immortal master coming from that world!!"

Qi Qiansu had already deduced with the official that there must be combat power above that of human immortals in that world, so he was not surprised at what Li Yang said about the 'Chongdao Immortal Lord'.

What frightened him was that people from that world had already begun to sneak over!
This is not a good thing for the two sides to establish diplomatic relations or cultural exchanges. Currently, China and even Blue Star are not ready to welcome that world.

"It's just a fragment of soul. It took the risk to swim across. Its strength is only one hundredth of what it should be. In addition, its body is not compatible with it. At best, it has only innate strength."

"Innate? That's good..." Qi Qiansu breathed a sigh of relief and sat back in his chair.

"Brother Li searched the soul of that 'Chongdao Immortal Lord', right?"

"Yes."

Everyone's eyes immediately lit up. Currently, Blue Star had no idea about that world and had no information at all. If they could know the information about that world in advance, it would undoubtedly be a great thing.

Li Yang saw the changes in Wu Peng and Zheng Zhaoyuan's expressions and knew what they were thinking. He sighed, "Don't expect too much. This 'Chongdao Immortal Lord' practiced a secret technique and destroyed most of his soul. I didn't get much information from searching his soul."

Chi Yanhong, who was sitting next to Li Yang, thought for a moment and said, "According to the information you got from soul searching, what is the attitude of that world towards Blue Star?"

Qi Qianshu, Wu Peng and others quickly pricked up their ears, as this was also what the Chinese top leaders were most concerned about.

Li Yang smiled bitterly, looked around at the Taoist priests, looked at their expectant eyes, and spoke vaguely:
"You all know that Columbus discovered the New World, right?"

As soon as Li Yang said this, the innate masters in Yuchan Palace immediately extinguished the last fantasy in their hearts.

After Columbus discovered the New World, European powers quickly began to plunder American resources, including gold, silver, timber, etc. Many indigenous cultures were destroyed or disappeared, and social order was disrupted. Then European powers incorporated America into their own political system through colonial rule.

"When a powerful civilization discovers a weak civilization, especially when this weak civilization has a huge amount of treasure, the weaker civilization will definitely not be greeted with peace."

"My fellow Taoists, please wake up. What awaits us is an extremely terrifying social invasion by force, and the waiting process will not be too long."

The government and the Dao Alliance had already predicted this outcome.
In fact, all of this is not difficult to understand. What does cultivation require? It requires cultivation resources, a blessed place, and a technique.

These things are limited.

Once the people from that world come over with the tide of spiritual energy, these resources will surely be fought over and plundered. Facing that highly developed spiritual civilization, the entire process of plundering will surely be bloody and terrifying.

A Taoist priest was still unwilling to give up and asked, "According to our previous research, the ancestors of various sects on Blue Star should have ascended to that world with the tide of spiritual energy. Will they appear to protect China? Protect Blue Star?"

Li Yang shook his head: "I'm sorry, I didn't get any information about our ancestor here in this 'Chongdao Xianjun'. They seem to be in trouble in that world."

"How many earthly immortals are there in that world?"

"No less than ten people."

"Are there any beings above the level of Earthly Immortals? Are they hostile to us?"

"Yes. In the lineage of 'Chongdao Xianjun', there is a great cultivator who is above earthly immortals. He calls the cultivators of our world 'Xuedan'."

"When will they come and in what form will they come?"

"Within twenty years at the latest, a floating boundary gate will be built on the sea."

"Enough, enough, stop asking." Qi Qiansu said bitterly, interrupting the question and answer session between Li Yang and the Taoist priests.

Suffocation, everyone felt suffocated, and a feeling of despair as if falling into a bottomless abyss enveloped them.

Twenty years, what can be accomplished in this time?
Even Qi Qianshu, who was extremely talented, did not dare to guarantee that he could achieve the status of a human immortal in twenty years. As for the status of an earthly immortal? Qi Qianshu would not even dream of doing that.

At the end of one's practice, it is normal to stay in one realm for decades or even hundreds of years.

Twenty years later, Li Yang might have the strength to fight against the earthly immortals, but if the great cultivators from that world really come, there will be at least ten earthly immortals!

This is not to mention the existence above the earthly immortals!

So Qi Qiansu interrupted the question and answer session between Li Yang and the others. He was afraid that if he knew more details, they would not even have the courage to try to resist.

Lan Xing didn't say anything. China had been at peace for too long. The so-called life-and-death struggle and the so-called war were just a concept to many people in China, even many of the innate Taoist priests present.

Suddenly faced with an invasion from a civilization far more powerful than their own, no one could react.

Seeing the pessimistic atmosphere in the hall, Li Yang sighed.

These data are actually conservative.

He once captured a picture in the sea of ​​consciousness of 'Chongdao Immortal Lord'.

The picture shows an endlessly huge building with a figure covered in light sitting in it. With the cultivation level of an earthly immortal, Chongdao, who is an immortal king, is kneeling on the ground and doesn't even dare to raise his head.

"My fellow Taoists, no matter what, we cannot pin all our hopes on others. We need to save ourselves!"

"Li Zhenjun, what do you mean?"

Li Yang's face straightened: "It's not that we are completely powerless to fight back. It's not that easy for the cultivators from that world to come over. There are many restrictions."

"And even if they come, they definitely won't come all at once. As long as they show up one by one, we can fight them!"

After these words were spoken, the atmosphere of despair in the store finally faded a little, and many Taoist priests looked up again with hope.

If it was just an earthly immortal, and China was given twenty years to prepare, it might not be impossible to fight!
As long as you are qualified to fight, you have the possibility of winning!
Qi Qiansu looked around. As the leader of the Dao League, he was the first to calm down.
He stood up suddenly from his chair and said confidently, "No matter how difficult the road ahead is, what does it matter? When we faced the Blood Demon, most of the Taoists present were not even innate, yet they dared to point their swords at the Blood Demon on Mount Qingcheng!
Moreover, since the revival of spiritual energy, Fellow Daoist Li has entered the Xiantian realm in one month, the Zhongdao realm in two years, and the human immortal realm in five years. If given another twenty years, Fellow Daoist Li may be able to kill that earthly immortal!"

Li Yang's face froze, and he looked strangely at Qi Qiansu who was making an impassioned speech.

Lao Qi, just give me chicken soup, why are you bragging about me?
But it was not all empty words to comfort the other Taoist priests. After twenty years, he had almost exhausted the seventy-two earthly evil powers. Even if he could not become an earthly immortal, he could always fight against the earthly immortals with the seventy-two earthly evil powers and two five-thunder bodies.

"However, the invasion from outside is not just Li Zhenjun's business, but concerns the entire Chinese nation and the entire cultivation world. The purpose of cultivators is, first, to achieve immortality, and second, to protect the country and the people."

"After previous discussions with fellow Taoists Li Chi, our Chinese cultivation community has formulated a 20-year 'Azure Guardian' plan!"

(End of this chapter)