Grandpa, times have changed.

Chapter 574 A Test Attack with Xuan

Xu Xing raised his hand.

The dusty, four-sided, perfectly standard crystal in his palm slowly rose up.

Once it reached a certain altitude, it disappeared directly into the dark space of space and vanished from sight.

Lin Ji looked up at the spot where the Dao soldier had disappeared, but could only see a dark and deep expanse.

Even with his profound cultivation, he couldn't see a single detail.

As expected of a unique being bearing the name 'Dao Soldier', it is truly mysterious and unparalleled.

Feeling a pang of emotion, Lin Ji looked at his master again, about to say something more.

Buzz~!

But then a domineering and fierce blade of light traversed millions of light-years and arrived nearby in an instant.

The newcomer was dressed in black, with a burly build and a thick neck with bulging muscles, resembling a coiled python. He carried a long knife in his hand.

Its sharp edge is imbued with a strong sense of iron-bloodedness.

Not others.

It was Gu Mo who, after the Righteous Alliance suffered the calamity of 'severing the heart's energy,' decided to come to the front line to guard it.

He was also taken aback when he saw Xu Xing.

"Brother Dao, you've come too?"

He was just cleaning up the long river of crystals formed after the Dao soldier's power was triggered.

In the blink of an eye, all the crystals had disappeared.

He thought it was someone who had summoned the power of a celestial artifact, the intent of the Overlord Fist, or perhaps Fellow Daoist Min or Senior You from the starry sky who had made a move, so he decided to come and take a look.

As soon as I arrived, I discovered that my fellow Daoist had come in person!

“The other fellow Daoists are all tied up with their own affairs; it’s the first Dao soldier trial, so I had to come and take a look,” Xu Xing explained.

Besides this reason, another reason was to prevent Xuan from taking advantage of the situation.

Although the possibility is slim, it's always good to be on the safe side.

It turned out to be the case.

Gu Mo nodded slightly, and then, just like Lin Ji, he was about to ask about the situation of the Righteous Path Alliance...

"Brother Dao, you're mistaken."

A voice came before him.

Without a sound, a wisp of rosy cloud seemed to drift down, transforming into a woman of unparalleled beauty and endless allure.

She was stunningly beautiful, wearing a long indigo dress.

"I can still come and take a look."

Meizu.

Ok?
A red 'entrance effect,' but you're wearing a blue dress?

Xu Xing muttered a curse to himself.

"Greetings, senior." Lin Ji quickly bowed.

Gu Mo was extremely surprised by the arrival of Meizu, but he still clasped his hands in greeting.

"I've met Taoist friends."

Meizu returned the greeting, then looked at Lin Ji with a smile, and said in a very 'magnanimous' manner.

“Young Lin, you don’t need to be so formal. Just call me ‘Master’s Wife’.”

The room fell silent.

Lin Ji's forehead was immediately covered in cold sweat.

Master’s wife?

If I actually dared to call someone that, I'd probably choke on my water and die of asphyxiation tomorrow...

Having no other options, he could only turn to his master for help.

Surely you won't just stand by and watch, will you?
Xu Xing: "..."

He really hadn't expected Meizu to pull this stunt so suddenly.

"Ahem!" After coughing, Xu Xing looked at Lin Ji seriously, "We were just attacked by Dao soldiers here. Although we discovered it in time, we still need to check it carefully."

Lin Jiru was granted a general amnesty:

"Yes, sir! I'll go right away!"

Having said that, he transformed into a streak of sword light and fled into the distance.

Only after Lin Ji had completely disappeared from sight did Xu Xing look at Gu Mo again.

"Fellow Daoist, you probably want to ask about the Righteous Path Alliance, right?"

Gu Mo, who was just feeling somewhat superfluous and planning to find an excuse to leave, paused upon hearing this:
"Indeed... I would like to ask for your guidance, fellow Daoist."

Before leaving, Yuan solemnly asked him to take good care of the Righteous Alliance.

How could he, who always valued promises, not be worried?
But whenever he thought about what the Righteous Alliance had done while he was in seclusion, he felt extremely resistant.

During his time on the front lines of the starry sky, the Righteous Alliance had sent people to invite him several times, but he had never agreed and hadn't even gone back to visit.

“The Righteous Alliance is doing well now, fellow Daoist, there is no need to worry,” Xu Xing explained.

"What happened before was, after all, a scheme devised by 'Heaven' and 'Ancient,' so no one else is to blame. Fellow Daoist, there's really no need to take it to heart."

"The front lines are in turmoil. Fellow Daoist, you are only one step away from comprehending the ultimate Dao. When the time comes, you must not let these things delay your own path of cultivation."

As he spoke, Xu Xing took out a jade slip and handed it to him.

"This is what the current Speaker of the Righteous Path Alliance asked me to bring to you. Everything you want to know is inside."

"No one can live a life without making mistakes; a single wrong thought can lead to a wrong turn."

"Besides, Gu's plan didn't work out either. Fellow Daoist, you've always been broad-minded. Surely you won't be depressed because of something that didn't work out."

Gu Mo silently accepted the jade slip, gazed at it for a long time, and finally couldn't help but let out a bitter smile.

It was his own negligence that led to his brother cleaning up the mess, and now his brother has to comfort him.

"I am truly sorry to have troubled you, fellow Daoist..."

After letting out a soft sigh, Gu Mo clasped his hands together and put away the jade slip.

"You are too kind, fellow Daoist."

I'll just bring a jade slip along and say a few words; it's really nothing.

"Is there anything else you want to ask?"

Gu Mo hesitated for a moment, but finally spoke slowly: "I don't know about my sister-in-law..."

Aside from the Righteous Path Alliance, what worried him most was his sister-in-law, who was undergoing a major transformation.

Sister-in-law?

A strange glint flashed in the eyes of the Demon Ancestor, who had remained silent all along.

Could it be referring to Fellow Daoist Mengxuan?
That's quite a nickname...

"Fellow Daoist Mengxuan is probably traveling around, but I don't know the specifics."

Without any reason, Xu Xing would certainly not investigate Meng Xuan's whereabouts.

“Is that so…” Gu Mo paused.

It seems I can only visit my sister-in-law when I go back later.

"Thank you, fellow Daoist. I'll go check out the surrounding area and then take my leave."

"Well, take care, fellow Daoist."

Then, just as before, a flash of sword light appeared, and it swept forward, disappearing into the distance.

For a while.

Only Xu Xing and Mei Zu remained in the same spot.

Xu Xing turned his head to look at Mei Zu, intending to ask her why she had come, but she beat him to it.

"Brother Dao, why don't you guess why I've come here?"

"Daoist soldiers?"

"You can understand this kind of thing just by looking at it from a distance."

Meizu smiled and gently placed a hand on Xu Xing's shoulder.

"I just think that the Sword Master's expression would be quite interesting if he saw this scene!"

As he spoke, he looked back towards the direction of the central continent.

"Hehehe~!"

Xu Xing: "..."

Perhaps Meizu's 'provocation' really worked, because Xu Xing felt a chill run down his spine for a moment.

A chill ran down my spine.

"Alright, stop fooling around." Xu Xing said seriously, "If I'm not mistaken, you're probably here to verify some ideas, right?" "Oh dear, I can't hide it from you, Brother Dao." Mei Zu blinked.

"The reason I came is indeed to verify some of my ideas..."

Turning around, my gaze fell upon the starry sky on the other side.

At this moment, the dust from the planet that had just been shattered was still lingering, making the scene beyond the boundary of the interstellar front battlefield somewhat blurry.

However, this does not achieve any blocking effect whatsoever.

Wherever his gaze fell, accompanied by an undisguised and majestic will, the drifting planetary dust was swept away.

A series of beams of light, filled with shock, anger, fear, and resentment, rose up.

It seems to be able to distort everything and see through the true nature of things.

Every ray of light that rises from the will is a manifestation of truth!

However, at this moment, it seemed particularly insignificant in the face of that gaze that pierced through the starry sky.

Human Immortal!
Another human immortal!
Amidst waves of shock and anger, the gaze traversed vast distances, finally catching a glimpse of purple aura deep within the starry sky.

But in an instant, the purple aura surged and billowed, as if giving birth to a world, creating creation, and separating chaos into two!

Wow~!

All the strange sights subsided, leaving only a boundless, purple-qi-filled Daoist temple that encompassed all extraordinary opportunities and elucidated all the mysteries of the world.

A figure sat upright on the platform, as if he were sitting at the beginning of the extraordinary.

Perhaps sensing the arrival of that gaze, He also raised His head, His indifferent eyes looking at Him calmly.

The mystery of the beginning of the Tao!

The Mysterious Ancestor of All Realms!
Heaven and earth fell silent, leaving only the grand Daoist voice echoing.

玄！
Sensing the undisguised, imposing will in that gaze, a hint of solemnity flashed in Xuan's eyes.

"Ok?"

It was just a soft sound, yet it completely drowned out the vast and boundless Dao sound.

The entire universe seemed to freeze completely in that one in a billionth of a second.

Meizu's smile had completely vanished. He slowly raised his right hand and gently pointed it towards the front of him.

Hey~
It sounded like a needle falling to the ground, but upon closer listening, one could discern that the sound contained all the sounds of the Tai Xuan Realm.

Red, white, gold, purple... a line that intertwines all the colors of the world, sweeping straight across towards the other side of the starry sky!

Everything in the Tai Xuan Realm, whether tangible or intangible, is collapsing toward that line.

The entire other side of the starry sky was divided into two distinct parts by that one line.

The face of the man sitting on the Taoist altar was blurred, and his eyes showed neither joy nor sorrow.

He simply raised his hand casually, flicked his finger to release a glint of purple light, and struck the straight line that was rushing towards him.

Hey~
It was still a soft sound.

That line of light only held its own against the purple light flicked out by Xuan Quzhi for a moment before it could no longer sustain itself and dissipated.

The purple light continued its relentless advance, piercing the boundary of the Starry Sky Frontline Battlefield and heading straight for the Demon Ancestor.

At the critical moment, Xu Xing stepped forward, drew his sword, and slashed upwards!

Buzz~!

The crimson sword light that divided Yin and Yang met the purple light head-on without flinching and shattered it directly.

Then, Xu Xing and Xuan gazed at each other across the starry sky.

But after a period of stalemate, neither side chose to make another move.

Call ~
All the anomalies disappeared, and the frozen battlefield in the starry sky returned to its original state.

Seeing this, Xu Xing turned to look at Meizu, who was frowning: "How is it?"

"As expected, there's still quite a bit of a gap." Meizu shook her head slightly, a smile returning to her face. "Luckily, Brother Dao is here, otherwise I would have been injured today."

Dao Xiong and Xuan went the furthest.

Now that she had moved forward a bit, she thought she would come and see for herself how much she was inferior to her Daoist brother and Xuan.

At the same time, it is also a way to observe the path they uphold, so as to perfect one's own path.

Judging from that test she just made, there is still an insurmountable gap between her and Xuan.

"Even without me, you shouldn't have gotten hurt."

After all, Xuan only wanted to block that one line; he didn't really intend to go all out.

"No, that's not it at all," Meizu said with a smile. "As a way of repaying you, I'll offer myself to you!"

Soon, after a few jokes...

The two then left the Star Front battlefield and returned to the Central Continent.

……

……

Deep beyond the starry sky.

In the Purple Qi Dojo, Xuan Jingjing gazed into the distance.

"So, have even the 'true self' human immortals reached this stage...?"

Although there is still a considerable gap between him and the Sword Ancestor.

After a while, Xuan withdrew his gaze and looked down at the two Dongzhen Cang clan members beside him.

Their situation at this time can be described as extremely miserable.

The robes were tattered and completely 'crystallized'.

His entire body, from his skin and inside his body to even the path he cultivated, was covered with crystals of various colors, densely packed and extremely eerie.

Crystals instinctively absorb all their essence to strengthen themselves.

Even though they tried their best to suppress it, the crystals continued to expand and their numbers continued to increase.

Correspondingly, their own 'existence' is becoming weaker and weaker.

When all their essence is completely eroded by the crystals, they will cease to exist.

Only one 'secondary Dao slave' comparable to Dongzhen will remain.

The wounds of the Taoist soldiers...

The original plan was to have them use their Daoist weapons to launch a surprise attack and weaken the human race's Dongzhen.

Even if you can't kill them, severely injuring them would be fine.

At least it can buy some time.

Unexpectedly, the human race also created Dao soldiers and turned the tables on them.

Hey~
With a sigh, Xuan raised his right hand, drew two wisps of purple energy, and sent them into the bodies of the two Dongzhen Cang clan members.

Click!

A crisp cracking sound came from the bodies of the two Dongzhen Cang clan members, and their energy began to drop continuously.

"Well!"

The intense pain caused the two Dongzhen Cang clan members to let out a muffled groan, and they suddenly opened their eyes, revealing tiny, densely packed, seven-colored crystals in their eye sockets.

"Bear with it," Xuan advised.

With a wave of his hand, a torrent of purple energy surged forth, engulfing the two members of the Dongzhen Cang clan.

The purple aura surged for a moment, then quickly returned to calm.

Only one hexagonal, perfectly standard crystal slowly rose from it and landed in Xuan's palm, emitting a purplish-red light.

This is also a Dao soldier, a Dao soldier created by Him.

However, the wounds inflicted by Dao soldiers are rooted in the Dao itself, and can only be gradually healed over time and through recuperation.

All He can do is accelerate this process to a certain extent.

"Xuan, they're going too far."

The sound came from outside the Purple Qi Dojo, and a wisp of seven-colored divine light broke through the barriers of the present world from the distant past and appeared in the Purple Qi Dojo.

Opposite to Xuan, purple energy spontaneously condensed into a platform.

Seven-colored divine light descended upon it, transforming it into a seven-colored deity with a rotating halo of time behind its head.

“The Sword Ancestor has been probing us frequently, and that ‘True Self’ human immortal has also made progress. The situation is urgent,” Gu said earnestly.

Xuan remained calm:
"So you're going to try and convince me to use the remaining 'divine will' to awaken the dormant 'heaven'?"

He knew what Gu wanted to say.

"Do we have any other way now?!"

Perhaps fearing that He would act secretly, Xuan took back the 'divine will' that he had given to Him not long ago.

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