The Primordial Law

Chapter 392 The general trend

"Zhuang Yue" said, "These past few days, you've been fanning the flames, leaving him no way out. The atmosphere of conspiracy is too strong. Have all the martial arts practitioners in your court died out? Can't you find anyone who can challenge Xie Chucai?"

"Don't you pride yourself on being incredibly intelligent? Why do you think this is just a simple challenge? Do you really think he did it for me?" Jiang Ning asked.

Zhuang Yue said, "I know this isn't a simple challenge, which is why I'm even more aware of its dangers. He's not a martial artist from the imperial court; he has no backing there, unlike you. Your Jiang family has a transcendent ancestor and the Second Palace Master as your master. He will die!"

After a long silence, Jiang Ning said, "I know, so I will stay with him tonight. Whether he wins or loses."

Then, Jiang Ning continued, "I can only tell you that this battle is inevitable. You may not understand him at all. My goals are the same as his. As for your Zuoqiu Clan, you are only pursuing your own ambitions!"

"Zhuang Yue" said, "Your words have made me very angry. I can understand that you're declaring war on me, but are you?"

"I have no intention of declaring war on you, much less on anyone else. However, the fact that you have only cultivated for a year or two longer than me does not mean that your cultivation will always be ahead of mine. If you consider me an enemy, I will fight you to the end. My advice to you is to leave the city as soon as possible."

Jiang Ning gracefully dismounted from the back of the strange beast and headed towards the convoy bearing the flag of the Western Sea King's Palace.

Zhuang Yue stared in astonishment at Jiang Ning's departing figure, then chuckled in exasperation, realizing she needed to get to know her completely again. It was obvious that her fiancé's best friend had indeed found a female confidante.

The motorcade was grandly decorated and escorted by the military.

At first glance, it was clear that the person who had arrived was a very important figure from the Prince's mansion.

The carriage at the very front was incredibly luxurious, pulled by rare beasts and shrouded in clouds, as if it had flown directly off the ground.

The chassis came to a stop.

Song Qingli was the first to walk out and nodded slightly to Jiang Ning.

Jiang Ning bowed and said, "Jiang Ning greets Princess Yunchang. May the Princess enjoy boundless blessings and live a thousand years."

The surrounding martial arts practitioners were all dumbfounded, and then a heated discussion broke out.

Who would have thought that the clash between two juniors would alarm this important figure?

Princess Yunchang is the only surviving child of the King of Xihai, and is several hundred years old. For nearly sixty years, she has never shown her face.

It can be said that, under the purview of the imperial court, she held the highest position.

Even Chaoran had to give her some face.

Three days ago, Tai Shiyu, Jiang Ning, and Ge Xiantong contacted many members of prominent families who were willing to join them in this great undertaking. Each had their own tasks and were working hard to bring about today's battle.

Some of them sealed off the four city gates, not giving Xie Chucai a chance to leave quietly.

Some of them stayed by Xie Chucai's side at all times.

After the imperial court held a meeting, the shocking news of the "Mother-Child Spring Crisis" quietly spread among the core members of the powerful clans, and naturally many people got involved, unwilling to sit idly by and wait for their doom.

Song Qingli's task was to invite Princess Yunchang to come forward.

In any case, we must take advantage of the situation to force Liu Nian Zen Temple to open its doors.

Inside the carriage, a smiling, aged voice rang out: "Without breaking through to the other shore, how can one live to be a thousand years old?"

“Ancestor, you can definitely do it,” Song Qingli said gently.

"The great war in the Western Frontier is about to begin. I have come here to pray for the soldiers of the Western Sea. Qingli, go and knock on the door with a sincere heart, and hope that the Bodhisattva will bless the soldiers to return in triumph."

Princess Yunchang spoke very softly.

But it was clearly heard by every martial artist present.

Song Qingli climbed the steps, holding a copper ring, and gently knocked on the door.

After several attempts, there was no response.

Song Qingli infused her voice with Buddhist energy, and her voice boomed like thunder: "The Princess of Yunchang of the Western Sea Royal Palace has come to pray for the soldiers of the Western Border. She requests that Zen Master Liunian open the Buddhist gate and grant her a favor."

Before long, other young disciples brought out a highly respected elder from the clan, a figure at the Longevity Realm, to knock on the door.

Some came to pray for the Grand Palace Master. Others came to worship the statue of the Mist Emperor.

Gradually, many people realized that something was wrong.

Even if Zen Master Liu Nian has a high level of cultivation and a noble status, can he compare to Princess Yun Chang? Can he compare to the lives of the soldiers in the Western Border? Isn't he afraid of shaking the morale of the army?

More than ten young disciples of the Thunderclap Sect, led by Lu Cangsheng, were preparing to spend the New Year in Lingxiao City and only entered the city today.

“Something’s not right. This so-called decisive battle is very strange,” Lu Cangsheng said.

Someone asked, "How so?"

Lu Cangsheng said, "The stage is too high! Even if two juniors at the Dao Seed Realm are highly talented, it's not like so many giants at the Longevity Realm have come out to set up a stage for them. Among them, there's even Princess Yunchang."

Lu Wensheng sneered: "What's even more unbelievable is that Li Wei is only a five-star spiritual master. How could he possibly win? If he suffers a crushing defeat, how will these powerful figures in the Longevity Realm who set up this stage clean up the mess? The entire imperial court will lose face."

Qin Qian frowned: "Is Xie Chucai really that strong?"

Lu Wensheng said, "Having crossed the Dao Fruit realm, I have defeated ten experts at the seventh level of the Dao Seed realm in the past three days. I withstood a punch from Shi Liuyu, who was at the eighth level of the Dao Seed realm, without a scratch. A five-star Spiritual Master could be killed with a casual wave of his hand!"

With his keen observation skills, Lu Cangsheng could tell from Qin Qian's extremely worried expression with just a glance. His heart was filled with displeasure, but he pretended to be indifferent: "Senior Brother Xie possesses the purest bloodline of the Holy Dark Family and has a powerful physique. Even a young emperor of the same realm might not be his match. Li Weiyi was used by the court because of Jiang Ning and was dragged into a storm that he could not bear."

"Wow!"

The Phoenix Pavilion, towering a thousand feet high, activated its array, causing the clouds and mist to tremble. The resounding cry of a phoenix echoed throughout the entire Cloud Heaven Immortal Plain. All the martial artists in the city watched with bated breath, utterly shaken.

Since the Grand Palace Master locked the palace, Phoenix Pavilion has never experienced such intense energy.

After a while.

Ge Xiantong descended the mountain, riding the clouds straight to Liu Nian Zen Temple, and shouted: "By order of the Grand Palace Master, order Zen Master Liu Nian to open the gates of the Zen Temple immediately."

The situation instantly erupted, and all the martial arts practitioners were in an uproar.

Has the Grand Palace Master emerged from seclusion?

Many martial arts practitioners who regarded the Grand Palace Master as their idol knelt down and bowed in the direction of the Phoenix Pavilion.

A response finally came from inside the Zen temple: "Ge Xiantong, do you know the consequences of falsely conveying a Dharma decree?"

Ge Xiantong stood before the temple gate, gazing up at the vast Buddhist light within: "To falsely convey a decree is a capital offense. Therefore, I could never have done so falsely; the decree I just spoke of is absolutely true. Zen Master Liu Nian, you wouldn't have the Grand Palace Master come to beg you to open the gate, would you?"

From the crowd, Shi Jiuzhai shouted, "This is outrageous! Even I, a barbarian bandit, can't stand it! It's just a mere Buddhist temple, and even the Grand Palace Master's decree is useless. Is Lingxiao Palace still in charge of Lingxiao City? Has Lingxiao Palace become so weak that it has no absolute deterrent power in Lingxiao City?"

Shi Liu, eager to see more excitement, shouted, "This is so disrespectful to my most beloved Grand Palace Master! This is outrageous! I think we should just attack! Everyone, let's all join forces! Ge Xiantong, you take the lead!"

Ge Xiantong's eyes sharpened as he summoned the fifth-grade Thousand-Character Weapon, the Dragon-Slaying Whip.

"boom!"

It struck the ground heavily.

Driven by the power of the Dharma, the five-foot whip rapidly expanded into a golden pillar tens of meters high, with a golden dragon formed from scriptures coiled around it.

"This whip was bestowed upon me by my master, who commanded me to slay evildoers and heretics. Today, I will see if this whip can cleave open the gates of this monastery. Everyone, follow me and let's attack."

He hugged the pillar with both arms and took the lead in rushing forward.

"Boom!"

The resounding sound of the Dragon Whip striking the Six Thoughts Zen Temple, along with the roar of a dragon and the sounds of countless martial artists unleashing their magical weapons, echoed endlessly from the summit of Lintai.

"Are you trying to force me to abdicate?"

The Third Palace Mistress, dressed in colorful robes, with her hair tied high in a bun and skin as white as jade, suddenly rose from her throne in the main hall.

The six-colored celestial light burst forth, illuminating the entire world.

"Bang bang."

The group of elderly men who had been kneeling inside and outside the hall, pleading with the emperor to the death, were all thrown away like scarecrows by the radiant light.

She was tall and slender, with a pair of phoenix eyes that exuded frost, and ice crystals hissed as they spread throughout the three palace complexes of Lingxiao Palace.

Tai Shi Qing Shi immediately got up, blood flowing from his mouth and nose. He knelt down and shouted, "The trend is irreversible! If we do not open the Six Thoughts Zen Temple today, allowing everyone to pray and the decisive battle to take place, Lingxiao Palace will lose all popular support. If we lose popular support, we will perish without a fight."

Another old man slammed his head on the ground: "If even the gate of a Zen temple cannot be opened, who will still take Lingxiao Palace seriously in the future? Please, Third Palace Master, give the order to have Zen Master Liunian open the gate."

"I'm going to smash my head against the gate of Liunian Temple and die right now!"

A powerful, monstrous warrior of the Mighty Morpho race, clad in armor, strode out of the Lintai Hall.

"Get back here!"

After the Third Palace Master coldly shouted this, his tone softened considerably. He continued, "Before you crash to your death, go to the city defense camp and activate all the city's protective formations. Also, have the three major camps and the Embroidered-Clad Divine Guards assemble immediately and await my orders."

The powerful figure among the deformed soldiers was overjoyed, knowing that the Third Palace Master was finally forced by circumstances to assess the strength of the Six Thoughts Zen Temple.

He knelt down and kowtowed, shouting "Long live the Third Palace Master!"

Afterwards, he descended the mountain with six or seven influential figures, heading in different directions.

The Third Palace Master's wide sleeves were draped behind her back, her skirt like phoenix feathers, her figure shrouded in six-colored fairy clouds. She slowly walked to the jade window, which was ten feet long and wide, and her cloud-like eyes quietly looked at the Earth Demon Pine and the Six Thoughts Zen Temple in the distance.

She wasn't sure if the "ghost baby incident" was related to those people.

But the situation has already put her in this position, so why not take this opportunity to probe the truth of the matter? If she can really solve the problem, then the risk is worth taking.

"Xingyue Nu, go to Liu Nian Zen Temple and give the order to Zen Master Liu Nian to open the temple gates. Tonight is New Year's Eve, and all martial arts practitioners in the city will be there to welcome the new year. The city's protective formation is fully activated. He should understand the consequences of not opening the temple gates now," the Third Palace Master said.

"Disciple accepts the order."

Xingyue Nu, who was kneeling outside the hall, went down the mountain as fast as she could.

The Third Palace Master glanced at Tai Shi Qing Shi and said coldly with displeasure, "With your family putting in so much effort to create momentum, what are the chances of winning this decisive battle representing the younger generation of Lingxiao Realm and Du'e Temple?"

Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Tai Shi Qing Shi smiled broadly and said, "Not even a fraction of it. It wasn't meant for a decisive battle in the first place."

"If you're going to force me with such a grand gesture, you'd better have the ability to win! This is shameful, utterly shameful! It's not just a disgrace to Lingxiao Realm, but also to all of us Nian Masters. Get lost, go keep an eye on the city defense camp," the Third Palace Master said angrily.

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