Taiyi Protects Nezha? Then Our Intercepting Sect Can Call for Backup Too

Shiji did not set out immediately.

She stood in the valley, her calm gaze resting on Lin Yuan.

"Qianyuan Mountain is Taiyi's cultivation ground."

"Since you mentioned that place, you must have already guessed who this arrow is connected to."

Lin Yuan nodded.

"The Heaven-Shaking Arrow came from Chentang Pass."

"Although Li Jing is the commandant, he would not necessarily fire such a divine weapon at Skeleton Mountain without cause."

"The most likely one to do something like this..."

Lin Yuan paused.

"Is a child."

Shiji narrowed her eyes.

"Nezha."

"Senior Sister knows of him?"

"Of course I have heard of him."

Shiji said coldly, "Taiyi took Li Jing's third son as his disciple a few years ago. That child was born with strange phenomena and is said to have a stubborn, unruly temperament. He has caused no shortage of trouble."

Lin Yuan immediately relaxed inside.

It was good that she knew the background.

What he feared most was that the plot details in this world had deviated drastically.

For now, it seemed the general direction still matched up.

Shiji continued, "But why are you certain that I will die?"

Lin Yuan had long prepared an explanation.

"When I blocked that arrow for Biyun earlier, a powerful warning suddenly arose in my heart."

"After I saw the Heaven-Shaking Arrow, that warning grew even stronger."

"Especially after thinking of Taiyi, I even felt as though a great calamity was about to descend upon me."

That was half true and half false.

Innate Spiritual Perception did indeed exist.

But the reason he truly knew the outcome was his memories from his previous life.

Shiji fell silent for a moment.

If some unfamiliar disciple had come to tell her such things, she would not have believed them so easily.

But Lin Yuan had just saved Biyun.

And that arrow from earlier was undeniable proof.

"You mean I should simply endure this?"

"Of course not."

Lin Yuan shook his head without hesitation.

"They nearly shot one of our Intercepting Sect people to death, and we are supposed to endure it?"

"Senior Sister may have a good temper, but mine is not nearly that good."

Shiji was visibly stunned.

She had thought Lin Yuan would urge her to turn a major matter into a minor one.

Yet from his tone...

He seemed even more eager than she was to settle the score.

"Then what do you intend to do?"

Lin Yuan grinned.

"First, we go to Chentang Pass."

"We reason with them when reason is called for."

"We hold them accountable when accountability is called for."

"If Taiyi, Senior Uncle, truly insists on shielding his disciple..."

He patted the communication jade talisman at his waist, bearing the mark of the Jin Ling Lineage.

"The Explanatory Sect knows how to call their master."

"Our Intercepting Sect is not made up of orphans."

Shiji: "..."

Biyun secretly pressed her lips together.

This senior brother was quite amusing when he spoke.

A short while later.

The three left Skeleton Mountain.

Shiji's cultivation far surpassed Lin Yuan's.

With a sweep of her sleeve, she carried Lin Yuan and Biyun with her, moving more than a hundred times faster than before.

Lin Yuan finally experienced what true travel through the Primordial World was like.

He had previously flown on his sword for three days.

But now, with Shiji carrying him...

Not long after.

Chentang Pass appeared at the edge of his vision.

"Now this is what a movement technique should be."

Lin Yuan felt a little bitter inside.

His shabby sword flight was, at best, a shared bicycle.

Shiji's method started at high-speed rail.

The three descended into the commandant's residence of Chentang Pass.

When Li Jing learned that Immortals of the Intercepting Sect had come calling, he hurried over at once to receive them.

Shiji did not waste words.

She placed the Heaven-Shaking Arrow on the table.

"Commandant Li."

"Do you recognize this?"

Li Jing's expression changed on the spot.

"This..."

"Of course I recognize it."

"The Heaven-and-Earth Bow and Heaven-Shaking Arrow are the treasures that guard Chentang Pass."

Shiji's tone grew colder.

"Today, this arrow flew to Skeleton Mountain."

"It nearly killed Biyun, my attendant disciple."

"Give me an explanation."

Sweat immediately beaded on Li Jing's forehead.

"Immortal, please wait a moment!"

He immediately sent someone to fetch Nezha.

Before long.

A bright-eyed youth with red lips and white teeth strode into the hall.

When he saw the Heaven-Shaking Arrow on the table.

Nezha's steps clearly faltered.

Li Jing understood everything at once.

"You wretch!"

"Was it you?!"

Nezha curled his lips.

"I just thought that bow looked fun sitting there, so I pulled it once."

"Who knew the arrow would fly out on its own?"

Shiji's face turned icy.

"How very convenient. It flew out on its own."

Nezha was young and hot-blooded. Seeing Shiji's unfriendly tone, his own temper flared.

"No one died."

"I'll compensate you with something."

Lin Yuan's brow twitched as he listened from the side.

Kid.

You really were consistently performing at your best.

That mouth of yours deserved a beating, if only for the audience's sake.

Shiji was indeed enraged.

An immense immortal pressure suddenly descended.

Nezha's expression changed slightly.

Li Jing hurriedly stepped in front of his son.

"Immortal, please calm your anger!"

Just as the atmosphere was about to spiral out of control.

A streak of golden light suddenly descended from outside the residence.

"Junior Sister Shiji."

"Since the attendant disciple is unharmed, why quibble with a child?"

The voice rang out.

Taiyi, clad in immortal robes, had already appeared in the hall.

Upon seeing his master, Nezha immediately perked up.

The chill in Shiji's eyes deepened.

"Senior Brother Taiyi arrived quite quickly."

Taiyi stroked his long beard.

"Nezha is still young and was indeed reckless."

"I will naturally discipline him after I return."

"Why not let this matter end here?"

Lin Yuan nearly laughed aloud from the side.

The child had nearly shot someone to death.

One sentence about educating him after going home.

And that was it?

He really had the air of a top-tier parent from the current version.

Shiji obviously did not accept this.

"If I had returned to my cave residence one step later today, Biyun would already be dead."

"With one sentence about his youth, Senior Brother wants to let this pass?"

Taiyi's expression also cooled.

"What does Junior Sister want?"

"Let Nezha return to Skeleton Mountain with me."

"Once the matter has been investigated clearly, Senior Brother may personally come to take him back."

"No."

Taiyi refused without the slightest hesitation.

The hall instantly fell silent.

Lin Yuan knew it.

The most crucial step had arrived.

In the original plot, if this continued, Shiji would pursue Nezha and ultimately send herself to Qianyuan Mountain.

So he stepped forward directly.

"Senior Uncle Taiyi."

For the first time, Taiyi looked seriously at Lin Yuan.

"You are?"

"Lin Yuan, disciple of the Golden Spirit Holy Mother of the Intercepting Sect."

Taiyi's brows shifted slightly.

Lin Yuan continued.

"Senior Uncle believes that Nezha is a disciple of the Explanatory Sect, so the Explanatory Sect should handle him."

"That makes sense."

"Since that is the case."

Lin Yuan took out his communication jade talisman.

"Senior Sister Shiji is also a member of our Intercepting Sect."

"This matter concerns disciples of both sects."

"Then we'll handle this according to the rules of the sect."

An inexplicable sense of foreboding rose in Taiyi's heart.

"What do you want to do?"

Lin Yuan looked up.

His smile was exceptionally polite.

"Call the parents."

With that said.

He poured his mana into the jade talisman.

Buzz!

A beam of Supreme Clarity Spirit Light shot into the sky.

Straight toward Golden Turtle Island in the Eastern Sea!

Taiyi: "..."

Even Shiji could not help but glance at Lin Yuan.

Good grief.

This junior brother really did not hold back.

At the same time.

Golden Turtle Island.

Golden Spirit Holy Mother had just finished cultivating.

A jade talisman suddenly lit up.

With a sweep of her divine sense.

She quickly grasped most of what had happened.

Nezha.

The Heaven-Shaking Arrow.

Biyun had nearly died.

Taiyi protected his disciple.

Golden Spirit Holy Mother rose to her feet expressionlessly.

"Water and Fire Acolyte."

"Inform Teacher for me."

"I'm going out for a while."

The next moment.

A golden rainbow streaked out of Golden Turtle Island.

Its destination—

Chentang Pass!