The ancient giant bear hiding in the world of immortal cultivation

Chapter 480 Wandering Taiyi
"understood."

Wang Wu nodded. This was indeed quite a headache. Everything has its advantages and disadvantages. This was the backlash brought about by Shuang Jun's all-out gamble.

Then he asked, "If your senior brother had been killed, triggering an emergency alert from the Hidden Origin Elder Council, and the council had convened an emergency meeting to investigate the matter, would it have been possible to catch the murderer?"

Feng Muhan shook his head and smiled bitterly.

“Theoretically, it is possible to catch him, but in reality it is not very realistic, because the murderer who ambushed my senior brother was not our enemy force personally, but a wandering Taiyi hired by him. I can even confirm that the murderer is Xiao Bu'er, the wandering Taiyi True Immortal who is currently ranked 57th on the wanted list of the Nine Alliances, Three Associations and Two Sects in the cultivation world.”

"His strength is estimated to be between the sixth and seventh levels of the Taiyi realm. Therefore, unless a second-rank elder of the Yinyuan Elder Council is willing to take action personally, we are actually helpless against him. This is because the Seven Domains are highly autonomous, and the other six domains will not assist us in capturing him unless they have a vested interest in the matter."

"Most importantly, the wandering Taiyi are all lone wolves. They have no main interests, no individual interests, and no weaknesses. After succeeding, they simply hide in the Outer Heaven. So unless they are captured and killed on the spot, once they escape, even if my master comes in person, there is nothing he can do."

"What if we hire wandering Taiyi to carry out a reverse assassination? Surely that would be a tactical countermeasure?"

As soon as Wang Wu said this, Feng Muhan, Zhuang Bufei, and Qu Shenglian all showed embarrassed expressions. Zhuang Bufei even smiled bitterly and sighed, "My lord, you don't know this. Over the past fifty years, the leaders of several branch altars in my Frost Domain have been repeatedly targeted, and many things have not progressed smoothly. There is a Taiyi True Immortal on the other side. His methods are extremely vicious and he is very difficult to deal with. After several battles, we have suffered considerable losses."

"Mainly because there was no other way, at the suggestion of our eldest brother, we raised our hands and voted to hire a wandering Taiyi to teach the other party a lesson. Of course, we didn't go too far, only asking that they be seriously injured. But that wandering Taiyi somehow managed to kill the Taiyi True Immortal on the other side."

"Therefore, an emergency warning was triggered, and the Hidden Origin Elder Council initiated an emergency motion to investigate the matter. Of course, in the end, nothing came of it. Those wandering Taiyi are unreliable in their work, but their methods of hiding and running away are first-rate. They went straight to the Outer Heaven. The Hidden Origin Elder Council had no better solution than to increase the bounty on their wanted list."

"And then, that's when their countermeasures came."

“Yes, I even think that Xiao Bu’er deliberately watched me rescue my senior brother so that even the emergency warning wouldn’t be triggered.” Feng Muhan sighed.

The conflict between the two sides has clearly escalated, and it would be pointless to take the case to the Yinyuan Elder Council.

Hearing this, Wang Wu nodded, having already grasped the general situation. "You all should go about your business for now. The most urgent task is to suspend some of the riskier matters in Frost Domain, while also preventing us from being defeated one by one. Also, prepare a detailed situation report for me. I need to review it later. In any case, we must maintain overall stability first."

"As for Lu Tong's injuries, I can only guarantee that he will not die."

"Is there really no other way, my lord? Our senior brother is currently the strongest force in our Frost Domain. In a few years, he will be needed to personally lead the Trial Temple in the Outer Heavens. It concerns the spirit tax, so we cannot be careless!"

Feng Muhan still pleaded, unwilling to give up.

Zhuang Bufei also said sincerely from the side, "Sir, we don't mean to make things difficult for you. Here, see what you need. Any conditions, any price, as long as we can afford it, or even if we can't afford it, we will find a way to buy it from the secret vault black market. We definitely have a way."

“That’s right, sir. Please tell us what the difficulties are, and we’ll all work together to find a solution. Even if we have to use the Golden Book of Creation or the Jade Book of Creation, we don’t believe there’s no elixir we can’t refine. Or, you can give us the formula, and we’ll gather the alchemists from Frost Domain to work together to deduce it.”

For a moment, listening to their persuasion, especially their talk of sparing no expense, Wang Wu was genuinely tempted.

But in the end, Wang Wu shook his head. "I said, this elixir was obtained by chance. It cannot be easily refined, and there is no formula for it. Even I am not confident that I can replicate it. Instead of wasting time on this, let me use my method to heal Lu Tong immediately."

After saying that, he took out five hundred Vermilion Bird Array Stones in front of the three of them and quickly constructed a miniature Heaven and Earth Needle.

This time, Feng Muhan and the other two remained silent, but their eyes were filled with surprise. Of course, they recognized the array stone. In fact, each of them was proficient in using the Vermilion Bird Array Symbol.

What shocked them was that this kid was too audacious. He dared to embezzle money right under their master's nose and even flaunt it in front of them. If their senior brother were still sober, given his righteous and incorruptible nature, he would definitely be furious and could easily send this guy to the Tower of Sin with a single report!
Five hundred Vermilion Bird Array Stones! This is of immense value, and it's a strategic resource. It might alarm the Hidden Origin Elder Council, and then result in a Shattering Spirit Pill, a Destruction of Creation, and imprisonment for ten thousand years!

Seriously, their senior brother is capable of doing it.

For a moment, Feng Muhan looked at Zhuang Bufei, and Zhuang Bufei looked at Qu Shenglian.

All three of them shook their heads firmly at the same time to show their innocence. This matter had to be kept a secret, and no one could tell anyone.

"Um, sir, are you planning to use this to heal my senior brother?" Feng Muhan quickly asked.

"That's right, don't you know this method? By finely adjusting the Yin and Yang energies through the Heaven and Earth Needle, irradiating the fragments of the spiritual pill inside Lu Tongxian's body, and then injecting a large amount of pure spiritual energy, the effect is much better than your soaking in the spiritual spring. If you're lucky, he can stabilize his injuries in three to five hundred years."

Wang Wu casually said that he had considered keeping it a secret, but firstly, these were all Shuang Jun's disciples, whom he trusted very much. If he couldn't even trust them, what would be the point?

Secondly, he really couldn't think of any other way.

The Greatest Agreement Pill was definitely out of the question. As the Lord of the Frost Domain, he couldn't just stand by and watch a True Immortal at the sixth level of the Taiyi realm perish. "Wait, sir, do you mean my senior brother needs to stay here for several hundred years?" Feng Muhan's expression was a bit strange, and Zhuang Bufei and Qu Shenglian also had wandering eyes.

"Oh? You're implying something. Is what I'm doing also against some taboo?" Wang Wu immediately realized that he knew the Hidden Yuan Society had too many rules, and he had been unjustly imprisoned once before because of this.

"Yes, sir, from the perspective of the Hidden Origin Society, these Vermilion Bird Array Stones you have taken out are absolutely contraband. In particular, these Vermilion Bird Array Stones may have come from the No. 1 Great Wilderness Sin Prison Tower, which is almost equivalent to committing the most serious crime. It may even alarm the Hidden Origin Elders Council, and you will definitely be sentenced to the punishment of Shattering Spirit Pill, Destroying Creation, and being imprisoned for 100,000 years."

"Wait a minute, these Vermilion Bird Array Stones were crafted using resources provided by our Frost Domain. I am now the Lord of the Frost Domain. Is there anything wrong with me having some intact Vermilion Bird Array Stones left over?"

Wang Wu was utterly astonished; he felt a chill run down his spine.

"My lord, that's not how it works. First of all, it was Yin Yuan Divine Lord who funded the purchase of that Great Wilderness Sin Prison Tower. Theoretically, the Great Wilderness Sin Prison Tower belongs to Yin Yuan Divine Lord."

"Secondly, the reason why our Frost Domain is competing for the task of building the Heaven and Earth Needle is to gain the authority and status for the next 100,000 years. So you see, even my master's Vermilion Bird Array Soul had to be handed over. This is proof, this is the reason."

"Also, among these Vermilion Bird array stones, is the core material from the Great Wilderness Prison Tower? Yes, right?"

"Under these circumstances, your hoarding of these five hundred Vermilion Bird Array Stones is an irrefutable crime. So, you'd better put them away quickly, sir. I swear, I will never tell anyone about this. My second senior brother and junior sister Qu are also people who keep their mouths shut. But our eldest senior brother is the only one who will definitely expose this matter once he sees it."

Grass!

Wang Wu was completely dumbfounded. He quickly put away the five hundred Vermilion Bird Array Stones. Zhuang Bufei, Feng Muhan, and Qu Shenglian all breathed a sigh of relief.

"My lord, I swear to the Great Dao that we saw nothing today, please rest assured. But in the future, please never do this again."

Zhuang Bufei looked terrified.

Qu Shenglian and Feng Muhan also hurriedly swore oaths. Regardless of whether it would work or not, this attitude finally reassured Wang Wu somewhat, but at the same time, he also felt something was strange.
"Why would your senior brother Lu Tong definitely tell everyone? I'm saving his life, it doesn't make sense."

"My lord, it's a long story. Our senior brother is a good person with a simple and honest character. The key is the path he chose when he broke through from the ninth level of Earth Immortal to Taiyi True Immortal. At that time, he traveled all over the world and searched for the Dao, but he couldn't find it. He wasted tens of thousands of years until one day, he had the opportunity to meet Yin Yuan Divine Lord and received his enlightenment. From then on, he highly recognized the neutral path of Yin Yuan Society, especially the five energies of the human world of Yin Yuan Society, which he greatly admired."

"Then he traveled for a while and, based on the five elements of the human world, he comprehended the Dao of Righteous Qi. After that, he joined the Hidden Origin Society and happened to encounter the Frost Domain branch. He accumulated merits all the way and advanced to the Taiyi True Immortal. Because of his Dao of Righteous Qi, he had a unique style of doing things, hated evil as if it were his enemy, and was full of justice. He was highly appreciated by our master and was later accepted as his eldest disciple."

"In short, this matter really cannot be known by him, otherwise he will risk his life to send you to prison. He really is capable of saying it and doing it."

After hearing this explanation, Wang Wu felt admiration and gained a deeper understanding of the Dao.

"Then there's nothing I can do. You all, please continue with your work. I have to go now."

"Sir, I'm sorry to have troubled you. Don't worry, we'll just pretend nothing happened."

Feng Muhan hurriedly stepped forward; he was also quite conflicted.

"What is your Dao, and is it so peculiar?"

Wang Wu asked one more question.

"It's not particularly strange, but it's also hard to explain clearly. Perhaps it's just a kind of original aspiration that one adheres to, but at the same time it can also be a kind of obsession, a kind of idea. In summary, it still comes down to figuring out who I am, where I come from, and where I am going. There is no standard answer to this, but it cannot be faked either. It's hard to explain in just a few words."

"My lord, are you also currently searching for your own path?"

"I guess so, but we don't have any leads yet."

"It's good that you're clueless. I suddenly understand now that my master wants you to take charge of the Frost Domain. This is truly the best place for you to train and hone your skills. Come on, don't think about leaving or escaping. It's not worth it. As long as you avoid my senior brother's stubbornness, everything else is not a problem at all."

"Second Senior Brother, Junior Sister Qu, I'll leave this place to you for now."

"My lord, from this moment on, I will be your personal attendant!"

(End of this chapter)