One After Another, They Die
"Yin and Yang divide day and night; nature bestows its most wondrous beauty!"
In mid-air above the mysterious Lingshan Mountain, the Yuanshi Celestial Venerable repeatedly expressed his amazement at the twisted and deformed mountain.
His gaze swept over the mountainside from time to time.
If the seeds of the elixir of immortality were available, they could simply be scattered across the sacred mountain, where they would surely multiply rapidly, thus making even the rarest treasures of heaven and earth commonplace.
Looking at the two large medicinal plants, Yuanshi Tianzun couldn't help but sigh with envy, feeling that he was not up to the task of seizing this fortuitous opportunity.
"Zhunti?"
"Jieyin?"
He glanced at Guanyin Bodhisattva, Yufeng was hurrying towards him on the wind, and couldn't help but shout loudly in the air above Mount Ling, trying to find these two people in charge of Mount Ling.
If these two leaders can cooperate to seize the fortuitous opportunity, the conflict between the Immortal Court and the Western Sect is not insurmountable.
This extraordinary coincidence is enough to overcome all conflicts caused by resource scarcity and allow each other to put aside grudges and look to the future.
There was no response from the Sect Master Jieyin and Zhunti sects in the sacred mountain.
Yang Jian, who was fleeing with the Seven Treasures Thousand-Petaled Golden Lotus, shouted from below.
"Heavenly Venerable, Zhunti is dead. Dongfang Shuo's spirit has left his body to investigate the cause of death. Please keep an eye on him and make sure he's not buried alive!"
"What?"
The effect is different when the words are spoken by Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva versus Yang Jian.
Yang Jian's relationship with the Immortal Court is so-so, but he wouldn't lie to people, especially not about something like this.
The leader of the Zhunti is indeed dead, but his death was both quiet and mysterious.
This matter shocked Yuanshi Tianzun, and he even began to doubt his own existence.
According to Yang Jian's words, Zhang Xuezhou by the Eight Treasures Merit Pool should be his true form, but he tried to grab him but failed, which means that the other party is very likely trapped in the spatial definition of "near but far".
The other party is clearly right in front of you, but in reality, they are already in another dimension.
"Could this fortune have been caused by Dongfang Shuo? How did he know about the fortune of Mount Ling? Wasn't he here to cause trouble?"
The toxic fumes sprayed by the Purple Gold Bell had not yet dissipated, and the pale yellow, nauseating odor still lingered in the air.
The Yuanshi Celestial Venerable thought Zhang Xuezhou's actions were very effective. His indiscriminate remarks had attracted few Western Sect cultivators near the Eight Treasures Merit Pool. Even those Western Sect cultivators who flew over only observed from afar and did not rashly rush into the poisonous smoke area.
Where is Zhenyuan?
Yuanshi Tianzun was somewhat puzzled by the situation.
But he began to believe what Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva had said: everything on Vulture Peak had indeed changed, and the person in charge in the future would likely be that Buddha's son.
"Young master, the mountain is about to collapse!"
The second person to discover Zhang Xuezhou's unusual physical condition was Buddha Son Shigong.
To be fair, Buddha Son Shigong still had some conscience. When he saw the mountain starting to deform and collapse, and saw Zhang Xuezhou standing there dumbfounded, he even pulled him aside as he left.
Like the Yuanshi Celestial Venerable, the Buddha Son Shigong pulled at nothing and found nothing, which made him question his existence for a moment. He even paused and reached out to touch it again.
"We're going to die! We're going to die! The young master seems to be dead too! This is even worse than the sect leader dying with only a skin on his body! What on earth happened here?"
The Buddha Son Shigong cried out, his gaze sweeping over the lotus leaves and flowers that were constantly blooming and growing on the mountainside, and then over the ginseng and polygonatum that were being sown and growing in abundance. He felt a chill run down his spine.
Despite being a witness and participant in the event, Buddha Son Shigong discovered that everything was just as he and Zhang Xuezhou had previously encountered; peeling back one layer, there was likely another.
He felt a bit of fear, afraid that he would be harmed again, so he could only jump and run down quickly.
After breathing in several breaths of the foul stench, Buddha Son Shigong felt even more uncomfortable and couldn't help but want to curse Zhang Xuezhou's ancestors for eighteen generations.
Ever since he started doing things with Zhang Xuezhou, he had benefited every time, but there were also hidden disadvantages that he hadn't noticed until later.
Now that he has obtained the Law Treasure of the Zhunti Master, even the Buddha Son Shigong has to be wary of what calamities he might encounter.
Seeing a mountain of rocks tumbling down, he looked back and fled without hesitation.
"Qingyun!"
Having just run a hundred paces, the Buddha Son Shigong heard the Yuanshi Heavenly Venerable speak.
Four golden lotuses appeared, their petals radiating light, and from that light, flowers bloomed, creating a scene of ten thousand golden lotuses shining in the air.
The landslide caused by the mountain tumbled over the golden lotus, but did not affect Zhang Xuezhou, who was standing next to the Eight Treasures Merit Pool, in the slightest.
Seeing that the Yuanshi Celestial Venerable was casting a spell to protect people, and that he had just escaped the range of the Celestial Celebration Cloud Technique, the Buddha Son Shigong felt that he had fled in the wrong direction.
He shouldn't have made that stupid mistake; if he had been even a fraction slower, he would have been caught in the Technique Method of the Yuanshi Celestial Venerable.
This is the most powerful protective Technique Method in the Three Realms. Once you enter, it's like entering a fortress. As long as the Yuanshi Heavenly Lord is alive, no one else will die. There is no other protection stronger than the Heavenly Auspicious Cloud Technique.
More importantly, Buddha Son Shigong also knew that this could very well be an fortuitous opportunity. He felt that Zhang Xuezhou wouldn't do anything that would result in a loss, and that the other party would definitely try to gain an advantage to the fullest extent.
If he could enter the Auspicious Cloud Technique of the Yuanshi Celestial Venerable, he might also have the chance to enjoy fortuitous opportunity.
The Buddha Son Shigong was filled with indescribable frustration. As his gaze swept over the rapidly growing heavenly materials and earthly treasures, he couldn't help but touch his own empty lower body, wishing he could take root, sprout, and grow like that.
"Heavenly Venerable One, please let me in!"
As a pile of earth and rocks tumbled down, the Buddha Son Shigong couldn't help but shout twice, but the Yuanshi Celestial Venerable clearly ignored him.
The Buddha Son Shigong called out repeatedly, but could only carry the Vajra Pestle and the Six Roots Purity Bamboo he had picked up and keep running down the mountain, trying his best to avoid the collapsing rocks.
"Boom, boom!"
When the two loud noises came, Buddha Son Shigong felt the entire Mount Ling tremble.
When he looked back, he saw countless rocks and dust being kicked up and swirling into the air.
The magnificent yet dangerous wind surged into the sky like a fountain, its almost solidified waves shattering everything in their path.
The massive mountain was flattened in an instant, the shattered rocks turned into countless dust particles, mixed with water.
As everything fell into chaos, the entire Ling Mountain was engulfed in dust and muddy rain.
"We're going to die! We're going to die! Mount Ling is going to collapse!"
One moment the Buddha Son Shigong was lamenting the lost fortuitous opportunity, the next he was already thinking about how to safely leave the sacred mountain realm.
The Bifeng Cave on the back mountain of Lingshan is crumbling. It's not just the Bifeng rising from the Eight Treasures Merit Pool; there are similar Bifeng on the other side. Just thinking about these Bifeng randomly sweeping into the secret land of Lingshan makes it hard for Buddha Son Shigong to imagine the scene of rivers of blood.
Let alone ordinary cultivators, even the Buddha Son Shigong could not withstand the damage caused by the sweeping wind.
Escaping from such a high-altitude, secret place is an even more difficult task.
Seeing two immortals appearing intermittently at the entrance to the Spirit Mountain Secret Land, Buddha Son Shigong felt that this one-way shuttle formation was no longer usable.
He can't use it if someone else is occupying it, and the risk of using the formation is very high when the secret place is in turmoil.
Parvati!
As he loudly called out to his wife, preparing to fly away from Mount Ling, the Buddha Son Shigong saw Brahma rushing towards him in a frenzy.
"It seems the Great Master was killed by that vicious Daoist and Dodaka!"
Brahma was clearly unaware of the changes at the Eight Treasures Merit Pool; having only received partial information, he frantically rushed back to relay the message.
"It seems he's dead?"
This news sent a chill down the spine of the Buddha Son Shigong, who felt his mind reeling.
"Did you see it with your own eyes?" asked the Buddha Son Shigong, anxiously.
"I heard it with my own ears; the Grand Master was cursing wildly, as if he were about to die. I think he might be beaten to death!"
Brahma did not see it with his own eyes, but he heard the sound with his own ears.
This news chilled the heart of the Buddha Son Shigong, who felt that the Western Sect was truly doomed.
But he quickly came to his senses. The Western Sect was finished, but they were not dead. He had picked up the relics of the Zhunti Leader, and he was willing to risk his life to get a share of the relics of the Sect Master Jieyin.