Grand Supreme Elder Laozi immediately began calculating with his fingers.
Because Lin Xuan was no longer using the Chaos Bead to obscure the heavenly secrets.
Moreover, Grand Supreme Elder Laozi had the deepest cultivation among the four saints present.
Thus, through the entanglement of the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation's tribulation aura and the lingering effects of the Chaos Bead obscuring the heavenly secrets, he could faintly calculate that something had happened to his own Daoist sanctuary!
After calculating this result, Grand Supreme Elder Laozi's expression darkened slightly.
But he still thought to himself.
It's fine.
His Daoist sanctuary was protected by the Innate Two Forms Dust Array, with Late Stage Quasi-Saint Xuandu guarding it.
Even if that little thief Lin Xuan launched a surprise attack, he would definitely be repelled.
At worst, Xuandu would notify him in time.
He had not received any news at all, which meant that the Daoist sanctuary should not have suffered any major problems.
Although Taishang thought this way, he still could not help sending Xuandu a message.
He wanted to confirm it.
However, the message he sent sank into the sea, receiving no response whatsoever.
Grand Supreme Elder Laozi's expression abruptly changed.
He said to Yuanshi, Zhunti, Jieyin, and the other saints present:
"Fellow Daoists, something has happened to my worthless disciple and my Daoist sanctuary. This old Daoist will take his leave first."
With that, Taishang, unable to contain his anxiety, transformed into a streak of clear light and vanished from the area.
Upon hearing this, the somewhat disheveled Primordial Heavenly Venerate subconsciously recalled some unpleasant memories.
At the same time, however, an inexplicable sense of satisfaction arose in his heart.
Immediately afterward, Primordial Heavenly Venerate Yuanshi turned to Zhunti and Jieyin.
"Fellow Daoists, why don't we go over together and take a look? Perhaps we can be of some help."
The two saints, Zhunti and Jieyin, nodded in unison.
"Good."
The three saints then each employed their own methods and headed for Grand Supreme Elder Laozi's Daoist sanctuary, the Eight Sceneries Palace on Shouyang Mountain.
When the four saints arrived at Shouyang Mountain, their expressions changed in unison.
The Shouyang Mountain that had once been filled with smoky clouds and auspicious mists, with the sun and moon radiating auspicious light, colorful radiance swirling through the air, and virtue shining through purple haze, now looked as though it had been ravaged by a locust plague.
All the Innate Spiritual Roots Laozi had spent several kalpas gathering had been dug up completely, leaving behind nothing but scattered pits in the ground.
It was as though they were mocking all the saints.
When Grand Supreme Elder Laozi saw this scene, his expression turned so gloomy that it seemed water might drip from it.
He immediately flicked his sleeve and walked toward his Eight Sceneries Palace.
But as soon as he approached the Eight Sceneries Palace, Laozi saw his disciple Xuandu, in whom he had placed great hopes, lying on the ground, his life or death unknown.
He instantly felt a stifling pressure clog his chest, making him unbearably uncomfortable.
At this moment, he finally understood how Primordial Heavenly Venerate Yuanshi had felt back then.
Then Grand Supreme Elder Laozi took a deep breath. Ignoring Xuandu lying on the ground, he headed straight into the Eight Sceneries Palace.
Laozi's footsteps grew increasingly hurried.
Finally, he arrived at his alchemy room.
The pills he had spent countless kalpas refining had all vanished without a trace.
Even the Innate Spiritual Treasures he had deliberately searched the entire Primordial World to find—the ones most suitable for alchemy—had all been taken, without a single one left behind.
To Grand Supreme Elder Laozi, this was equivalent to someone ripping out his lifeline.
Grand Supreme Elder Laozi, who had always cultivated the Dao of Nonaction, could not stop the fury from rising in his heart at this moment. He let out a furious roar:
"Thief Lin Xuan! I swear I'll grind your bones to dust!"
When a saint raged,
the heavens immediately changed with him.
Boundless tribulation clouds began gathering above Shouyang Mountain, stretching across nearly a hundred million miles.
Outside the Eight Sceneries Palace, Primordial Heavenly Venerate Yuanshi, Zhunti, Jieyin, and the other saints could not help twitching their faces slightly when they heard Laozi's furious roar.
What exactly had Lin Xuan done to Laozi to make this usually tranquil and inactive old Daoist fly into such a rage?
Zhunti and Jieyin were even gloating inwardly.
This was a good thing.
Since Lin Xuan had thoroughly offended Laozi, when the time came to destroy the Interception Sect, Laozi would surely give his all instead of merely going through the motions as he was now.
In fact, it was not only these three saints. The countless living beings throughout the Primordial World also heard Laozi's furious roar.
They could not help asking one another curiously.
Just what kind of divine being was this Lin Xuan?
How could he make the tranquil, inactive saint Laozi so furious?
Wasn't it said that beneath the saints, all living beings were nothing but ants?
Even Netherworld Blood Sea Minghe, who had been secluded for a long time and paid no attention to worldly affairs, was awakened by Laozi's furious roar. He summoned members of the Asura Clan he had created and questioned them.
At this moment, the aftereffects caused by Lin Xuan using the Chaos Bead to obscure the heavenly secrets finally dissipated completely.
Zhunti and Jieyin, who had been gloating moments earlier, immediately sensed a heavenly-secret warning related to themselves.
The expressions of the two saints instantly froze.
They sensed that their Daoist sanctuary at Mount Sumeru in the West had also been struck by calamity!
Looking at the devastation before them in Grand Supreme Elder Laozi's Eight Sceneries Palace, the hearts of Zhunti and Jieyin began sinking steadily.
They did not even dare imagine what Mount Sumeru looked like at that moment.
The Two Sages of the West, Zhunti and Jieyin, did not even have time to exchange greetings. They immediately rushed toward Mount Sumeru in a panic.
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