How Did You Become a Celestial Master While I Was Just Taking a Nap, Shanfeng?

Chapter 41: How Did You Become a Celestial Master While I Was Just Taking a Nap, Shanfeng?

"More or less."

Lin Yuan sheathed the True Martial Sword.

Under those few strikes, of the several thousand Demonic Crowd members surrounding Dragon Tiger Mountain, even if they had not all been wiped out, at least ninety-nine percent had died.

Lin Yuan turned and walked toward the members of Celestial Master Manor.

"Celestial Master Shanfeng."

Pingyang Taoist Priest and Changqing Daoist's hands trembled, tears streaming down their aged faces.

This was a Celestial Master. After five hundred years, Celestial Master Manor had finally produced another Celestial Master.

"Greetings, Celestial Master."

"Greetings, Celestial Master."

The people from the other Righteous Factions also bowed in unison.

Their hearts trembled as well, and a question arose within them.

Were Celestial Masters of Celestial Master Manor really this powerful? Did they slaughter Celestial Phenomenon Realm experts as easily as chickens? They had witnessed every moment of Lin Yuan's attack, and the various factions all had records of Celestial Masters throughout the ages.

In terms of strength, Celestial Masters did indeed stand completely above the Celestial Phenomenon Realm, but their abilities and methods should not have been this terrifying, should they?

"Rise."

Lin Yuan waved a hand.

"Yes."

Everyone rose, feeling slightly relieved.

It sounded like this generation's Celestial Master had a fairly good temper.

But when they thought of the fate of those thousands of Demonic Crowd members and the corpses strewn across the ground not far away, they immediately tossed that notion aside.

Good temper, my ass.

"This disciple... this disciple is guilty."

Azure Lord remained kneeling where he was.

Others could rise, but he could not.

"It is nothing."

Lin Yuan shook his head slightly.

Azure Lord had indeed abandoned him before, but Lin Yuan's decision to cultivate the Taiyin Sun path simultaneously had truly been shocking beyond belief.

If it had been anyone else, that would have been one thing.

If they died, they would only have themselves to blame.

But Lin Yuan had been acknowledged by the True Martial Sword and was a Celestial Master Seed.

He was of immense importance to Celestial Master Manor. Such a disciple had stepped onto what the world regarded as a crooked path. Azure Lord's anguish was understandable.

It was like the scientists of the Universe Human Alliance who studied warships and mechas suddenly devoting themselves entirely to literature and theology. Even outsiders would be angered by that, much less the teachers and schools that had nurtured those great scientists.

After that.

After exchanging a few words with the other Righteous Factions.

Lin Yuan returned to Dragon Tiger Mountain with the people of Celestial Master Manor.

The powerful experts from the various Righteous Factions tactfully took their leave as well.

"Five hundred years. Celestial Master Manor has finally produced another Celestial Master."

"I nearly thought the ancient records were wrong. That there were no Celestial Masters at all, that the Celestial Phenomenon Realm was the strongest, and that Celestial Masters beyond the Celestial Phenomenon Realm were utter nonsense."

"A Celestial Master... To witness the bearing of a Celestial Master in this lifetime, tsk tsk."

"By the way, what was that Celestial Master's name again?"

"Zhang Shanfeng. I heard the Zhenren of Celestial Master Manor mention that name."

"Zhang Shanfeng... Celestial Master Zhang."

The powerful experts of the Righteous Factions discussed among themselves. It was foreseeable that within a month, news of Celestial Master Manor producing a new Celestial Master would spread throughout the world.

Halfway up Dragon Tiger Mountain.

Lin Yuan walked step by step along the mountain path.

Behind him followed Azure Lord, Pingyang Taoist Priest, and the other disciples of Celestial Master Manor.

"Celestial Master."

Pingyang Taoist Priest hesitated.

Lin Yuan had once told him that he intended to walk the Taiyin Sun path and even fuse Taiyin and Sun to surpass the Celestial Phenomenon Realm.

At the time, Pingyang Taoist Priest had thought Lin Yuan was insane. Cultivating Taiyin and Sun together was already immensely difficult, and fusing them? But now, it seemed...

Lin Yuan had clearly succeeded.

Even outsiders could tell that the strength Lin Yuan displayed seemed different from that of Celestial Masters throughout the ages.

As a Celestial Phenomenon Realm expert of Celestial Master Manor, Pingyang Taoist Priest naturally felt this even more deeply.

That was why doubts had arisen in his heart.

"I know what you wish to ask."

Lin Yuan stopped and looked out over the scenery below the mountain.

"I have indeed fused Sun and Taiyin."

"After Taiyin Limitless and Sun Limitless were fused, I called it... Taiji."

After pondering for a moment, Lin Yuan spoke slowly.

At the same time, a Taiji Diagram formed from the interlocking Yin Fish and Yang Fish appeared above Lin Yuan's palm.

The extreme of Taiyin was Sun.

The extreme of Sun was Taiyin.

Taiyin and Sun together formed Taiji.

"Taiji... Taiji..."

Pingyang Taoist Priest felt an inexplicable shock in his heart.

This was a realm none of the thirty-six generations of Celestial Masters of Celestial Master Manor had touched. Even the strongest First Generation Celestial Master paled in comparison before the path of Taiji.

"The Taiji path cannot be touched by those without great perseverance, great fortune, and great comprehension."

"I will engrave this path into my Celestial Master Sword."

"Afterward, I will place that sword in the Sword Graveyard. If a future disciple secretly aligns with the Taiji Dao, the sword will fly forth on its own."

Lin Yuan continued.

The Taiji Dao was something he had comprehended in this world, so he would return it to this world.

The reason Lin Yuan did not directly record the Taiji path in books and pass it down was that cultivating Sun and Taiyin together was simply too dangerous.

Ordinary people would die the moment they touched it.

If the complete Taiji Dao were shown to everyone, Celestial Master Manor would probably destroy itself before many years had passed.

Inside a Taoist Academy on Dragon Tiger Mountain.

Lin Yuan stood before a bed.

Behind him, Azure Lord, Pingyang Zhenren, and the others stood respectfully.

Lin Yuan looked toward the bed, where Changqing Daoist lay unconscious.

Changqing Daoist had fought a demonic expert and was ultimately flooded with Demonic Qi, which seeped deep into his lungs and organs.

As a result, his consciousness had fallen into a coma, leaving him unable to awaken.

Such injuries were difficult to cure completely. Even Celestial Phenomenon Realm experts could do nothing about them. They could only rely on the patient himself. If one day the Demonic Qi within his lungs and organs wore down enough, he might awaken on his own.

Of course.

Such an injury was naturally nothing to the current Lin Yuan.

Using Taiji Power to harmonize yin and yang, he cleared all the Demonic Qi from Changqing Daoist's body in just a few breaths.

Half an hour later.

Changqing Daoist slowly woke up.

"Shanfeng."

The moment Changqing Daoist saw Lin Yuan, he became agitated.

"I found traces of the Helm Master of 'Yin Serpent,' the one who attacked Zhang Family Fortress years ago. But when I tracked him down, I was ambushed instead."

"That Helm Master of 'Yin Serpent' had been prepared. I used every ounce of my strength and only managed to seriously wound him before the others struck me."

As Changqing Daoist spoke, his gaze became unfocused.

He knew nothing at all about what had happened afterward.

"It is nothing."

"I will personally reclaim the vengeance of Zhang Family Fortress."

Lin Yuan smiled slightly.

"Shanfeng, those people from the Demon Sect are exceedingly cunning. You must never put yourself in danger."

Changqing Daoist's tone immediately turned stern.

He was a living example. He had thought himself the hunter, only to fall into the trap laid by that Helm Master of 'Yin Serpent.'

"You—"

Changqing Daoist was about to continue lecturing Lin Yuan.

But Pingyang Taoist Priest beside him could no longer stand it.

"Changqing, what are you saying?"

"The one before you is Celestial Master Zhang."

"Watch your tone."

Pingyang Taoist Priest gave Changqing Daoist a meaningful look.

"Ah?"

"Celestial Master Zhang?"

"Shanfeng became Celestial Master Zhang?"

Changqing Daoist looked utterly bewildered. Only when he saw Azure Lord and the many Zhenren standing respectfully behind Lin Yuan did his mouth slowly fall open.

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