Zhu Xian: Get ten times the talent, the sword opens the gate of heaven

The next day!

Tongtian Peak!
Several long rainbows flew out from Tongtian Peak and shot straight into the distant sky.

Zhang Xiaofan and Master Puhong flew side by side in front, with Master Pude and Master Pukong, both of the Four Great Monks, behind them.

Behind them were two hundred elite disciples, including Faxiang.

This shows that in Master Puhong's heart, Zhang Xiaofan's status was already equal to his own.

After all, this was a being who could withstand a beast god without relying on the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation. Although, that beast god was severely injured.

However, this also shows that Zhang Xiaofan's strength is at least comparable to his.

Zhang Xiaofan stood on the Blood Soul Sword, wearing a black robe, his long blood-red hair flowing in the wind, his hands behind his back.

Master Puhong stood on the Great Compassion Golden Wheel, his hands clasped together, his face radiating compassion.

Considering that there might be members of the Demonic Sect ambushing them on the way back to Tianyin Temple.

Therefore, the group flew from dawn to dusk without stopping in between.

Master Puhong looked at the darkening night. If they continued flying in the darkness, and the demonic sect were lying in ambush, they would suffer heavy losses.

Moreover, his junior brother Pude behind him was also seriously injured, and most of the two hundred elite disciples behind him were also injured in the beast tide. After flying all night, they could not continue flying.

We should find a mountain forest to rest right now and continue our journey tomorrow.

However, looking at the mountains and forests ahead, Master Puhong was worried that the Demonic Church might be lying in ambush in the nearby mountains and forests.

Continuing to fly in the dark could lead to an ambush, as could resting in the mountains and forests ahead.

After weighing the pros and cons, Master Puhong suddenly stopped, and the monks Pukong and Pude behind him also stopped flying at the same time, as did the two hundred elite disciples behind him.

Seeing this, Pude looked at Master Puhong and said:
"Senior brother, why did you stop?"

Upon hearing this, Master Puhong said:
"After the battle of the Beast God attacking the mountain, most of the disciples are injured. We will rest here tonight and continue our journey tomorrow morning."

Upon hearing this, the monk Pude surveyed the mountains and forests below. The forests were dense, the mountains towering, and spirits occasionally appeared. He then said:
"Senior brother, if we rest here, I'm afraid members of the Demonic Sect will catch up and ambush us."

"After all, the Demonic Sect knows that the Beast God is attacking the mountain, and they will surely guess that we have suffered heavy casualties, most of us seriously injured. They will definitely not let go of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to ambush us."

Upon hearing this, Master Puhong continued:
"Rest here for the night might lead to our interception, and continuing our flight might also result in our interception..."

Before he could finish speaking, the monk Pukong patted Zhuangshuo's chest and said:

"They are just members of the Demonic Sect. Do you think I, the Divine Monk Pukong, would be afraid of them? I will kill them one by one, or two by two."

Among the four great monks of Tianyin Temple, Master Puhong, the deceased Master Puzhi, and Master Pude were all elderly and thin. But this Master Pukong was as strong as a black bear, with a robust physique, and a fierce, impulsive, and intense personality, like an angry Vajra.

Zhang Xiaofan glanced at Master Pukong; in his eyes, this man was already dead.

Because back then, Pu Kong led a group of righteous people to take advantage of Xiao Chi taking Bi Yao to visit relatives at the Six Fox Cave in Fox Ridge Mountain. They used the magic weapon, the Floating Golden Bowl, to collapse the Six Fox Cave, burying Bi Yao's mother, Xiao Chi, Bi Yao, and Bi Yao's maternal grandmother inside.

Biyao's maternal grandmother was seriously injured and died shortly afterward.

Biyao was half-human and half-demon. At that time, she had not yet awakened her fox demon bloodline and could not abstain from grains for a long time.

Therefore, Xiao Chi cut off his own flesh to feed Bi Yao. In the end, Bi Yao survived, while Xiao Chi died.

This incident left a lifelong shadow on Biyao, a shadow that still haunts her to this day, one she can never forget.

It would have been better if he had died directly, but the key issue was that he was buried in the dark and sunless Six Fox Cave, and it was his mother, Xiao Chi, who sacrificed herself and cut off her own flesh to save Bi Yu's life.

Every time Biyao thinks about this process, it's worse than death.

For eleven years, Biyao often woke up from nightmares about this, her face contorted in pain, tears streaming down her face. Therefore, in Zhang Xiaofan's heart, Pukong had to die.

He escorted Master Puhong and his entourage back to Tianyin Temple for only two purposes.

One is to obtain the fourth volume of the Heavenly Book, and the other is to capture Master Pukong alive and bring him back to the Ghost King Sect so that Biyao can take revenge.

Only in this way, with the revenge fulfilled, will Biyao's heartache be somewhat relieved.

However, capturing Pukong alive still requires obtaining the fourth volume of the Heavenly Book.

Master Puhong saw that his junior brothers Pude and Pukong both felt they should continue traveling through the night, but he was worried that most of his disciples behind him would be injured.

If one continues to travel without rest, there may be some aftereffects, and some people may even stop making any progress in their cultivation.

So, he turned his gaze to Zhang Xiaofan and asked:

“Benefactor Zhang, do you think we should rest here for the night, or continue our journey through the night?”

Zhang Xiaofan hadn't expected Master Puhong to ask him this, after all, compared to them, he was an outsider, and the vice sect leader of the Ghost King Sect, so he replied:
"We might be ambushed if we rest here for the night, or we might be ambushed if we continue to travel through the night. Moreover, our senior brothers back home are injured."

"Then we should rest here for the night and continue our journey tomorrow morning."

"It's always better to fight after a good rest than to fight while exhausted from traveling all night."

Master Puhong nodded upon hearing this and said:

"I also think it should be like this."

Having said that, he turned his gaze to Pudepukong and asked:

"what about you?"

Upon hearing this, Pudepu Kong did not answer immediately. Instead, he looked at Zhang Xiaofan beside him, saw his sinister expression, and, remembering his reputation as the Blood Prince and his ruthless methods, immediately said:
“What Benefactor Zhang said makes sense. Since both Senior Brother and Benefactor Zhang think we should rest here, then so be it.”

"Good!" Master Puhong looked at the two hundred elite disciples behind him and said:
"We'll rest here for the night and continue our journey tomorrow!"

After saying that, he and Zhang Xiaofan took the lead and flew downwards.

Soon, they chose a mountain forest as their place of stay, cleaned it up, ate their own dry food for dinner, and then each sat down to meditate and begin their cultivation.

As more than two hundred people began to meditate and cultivate, a faint golden light emanated from their bodies, making them particularly conspicuous from a distance.

Zhang Xiaofan sat cross-legged next to Master Puhong, glanced at the golden lights around him, and thought to himself that with such conspicuousness, it would be difficult for the Demonic Sect not to notice.

However, there was nothing that could be done about it, as most of the two hundred elite disciples were injured. Even the Venerable Master Pude and Master Puhong were seriously injured.

Therefore, it is necessary to use internal energy to heal the injury.

However, Zhang Xiaofan felt that even if members of the Demonic Sect came to intercept him, it wouldn't be the Ghost King Sect.

Because the Ghost King disdained to attack Tianyin Temple first; in his view, if you're going to do something, do something big and directly attack the righteous leader, Qingyun Sect.

Moreover, destroying Tianyin Temple would be of little use; it would only increase the casualties of the Ghost King Sect and greatly weaken its strength.

That leaves only the Hehuan Sect and the Wandu Sect.

In the original novel, the Ghost King devised a plan to lure a beast tide that would wipe out the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect. Instead of fleeing, the Joyful Union Sect watched the battle unfold and was ultimately destroyed by the beast tide. Only Jin Ping'er and some disciples escaped and joined the Ghost King Sect.

Now, just as the beast tide entered the Central Plains, the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect and the Joyful Union Sect led most of their disciples to flee ahead of time, heading to the Northern Wilderness Holy Temple.

However, Zhang Xiaofan felt that the current situation was more reasonable. After all, whether it was the Hehuan Sect or the Wandu Sect, their sect leader, Madam Sanmiao, and the Poison God were both wise and far-sighted, and their minds were deep. The Hehuan Sect and the Wandu Sect should not have been destroyed by the beast tide.

(End of this chapter)