As soon as the voice echoed, I felt my body sink. Then, I felt dizzy.
"What the Sage points to is what our tribe will do. The Sage's evil is our tribe's enemy. The Sage …"
I felt like I was outside of this world. I couldn't see anything. The world was chaotic, and only the echoes of screams echoed in my ears. Sometimes, it was far, and sometimes, it was close. I couldn't sense anything.
"Third Baby, are you all right?"
The fatty's voice came to me. I shivered and bit the tip of my tongue. Under the stimulation of the pain, my mind became clear. The scene in front of me returned to normal.
"Third Baby, what happened to you?
Both of your eyes are white and there isn't a trace of blood on your face. I almost thought that I was possessed by a ghost. But thinking about your cultivation, it shouldn't be possible. "Seeing that I had recovered, the fatty heaved a sigh of relief and asked me half-jokingly." That's right.
I shook my head and showed the bronze token to the fatty. "I should have entered an illusory realm just now. Can you help me take a look at this token? Is there an illusory array engraved on it?"
Fatty took the token and only glanced at it twice before he made a decisive conclusion. "This is definitely not an illusory array. It should be a very ancient restriction. I've seen a similar array in an ancient book in my sect, but there were no records of its specific functions. However, based on the array patterns on it, I'm guessing that it should be a defensive array."
Seeing that I didn't answer, the fatty continued to ask, "What happened?
Could it be that you were attacked in the illusion? "
"No, I didn't. I just heard some vague sounds." Then, I put the token into Xiang Liu's body and stored it.
Since I couldn't figure it out for the time being, I didn't want to think too much about it. Anyway, there were too many strange things happening to me. Now that I was a Reborn Saint, it wasn't strange for me to have something to do with Sages. As for what the token was, I would find a chance to ask Officer Wang. Then, I would know.
The fatty and I had played together since we were kids. He knew my character well. Since I didn't want to talk about it, he didn't ask further.
After walking out of the mountain, the fatty and I came to the city. Since the fatty hadn't broken through to the Sky Master realm, taking the plane would affect his cultivation. Hence, we took the train and headed back to our hometown.
Along the way, I kept thinking about my appointment with Lu Zhenyang in Zhulu, Hebei Province. Because of the Devil Refining Gourd, I felt that I owed the fatty a lot. He had lost an ancient divine tool because of me.
Therefore, even though Lu Zhenyang and I are mortal enemies, I have no choice but to go on this trip to Chiyou's Skull Tomb. However, when I thought of Lu Zhenyang's terrifying strength, to be honest, I still lacked some confidence.
Originally, I had thought that with the Qilin accompanying me, I would at least be able to protect myself. But now that the Qilin wasn't willing to follow me down the mountain, I had lost my greatest support.
Thinking about all the trump cards I had, I found that it was difficult to pose a substantial threat to Lu Zhenyang. The fully recovered sacrificial evil spirit should be a match for Lu Zhenyang, but now it was missing. Xiaojin, who had been freed from the restriction, might also be able to compete with it, but I didn't know where he had gone.
Although the remaining snake spirit and pupil were considered outstanding in the Heaven Master realm, they were not enough to compete with the current Lu Zhenyang.
With my own strength, it might be difficult to find an opponent below the Yang Spirit realm. But now, Lu Zhenyang had reached the Yang Spirit realm, and he had the inheritance of Chiyou. Even Fu, who was at the peak of the Yang Spirit realm, was not a match for Lu Zhenyang when he was in the seal realm, let alone me.
After thinking about it, I found that among all the things I had, only the Xuanyuan Sword could pose a threat to Lu Zhenyang. However, at present, I couldn't display the true power of this ancient divine tool. If I followed the sword cultivation method that Huang Zhu had taught me and nurtured the Xuanyuan Sword for a period of time, maybe I would be able to use it to kill Lu Zhenyang by surprise.
Apart from this, I was afraid that there was no other way.
Unconsciously, I found that Lu Zhenyang had changed from the arrogant and despotic young master of the Metaphysics Association to a mountain that was pressing on my heart.
I adjusted my mood and calmed myself down, no longer thinking about Lu Zhenyang. If it was a blessing, it wouldn't be a disaster. If it was a disaster, I couldn't avoid it. The blood feud between him and me had long been irreconcilable. In the end, it had to end.
Now that time was tight, I had to cherish every minute and second. Along the way, I kept meditating and cultivating. At the same time, I began to use the sword cultivation method to nurture the Xuanyuan Sword.
From Mount Wangwu to my and Fatty's hometown, it wasn't very far. It only took us half a day to get there by train.
Since we were eager to return to our hometown, after leaving the train station, Fatty and I didn't have time to rest. We took two taxis and went straight back to our hometown.
However, when we arrived at the entrance of the village, we felt that something was wrong. Normally, we wouldn't see a single outsider for several months, but at this moment, there were two black off-road vehicles parked at the entrance of the village. There was no one in the vehicles, but I felt a pure aura of Dao energy in the vehicles. It was obvious that the people who had gotten out of the vehicles were cultivators with profound cultivation bases.
"It's the Righteous Dao energy of Mount Longhu!"
Fatty also found the problem. He went to the side of the car and looked at it for a while. Then, he turned his head and said to me with a solemn face.
At this moment, I also felt the aura of Mount Longhu from the aura of the Dao energy. I felt very anxious.
Before I could say anything, a fierce wave of Dao energy came from the direction of the village. It seemed that a cultivator was using a spell.
I focused and looked carefully. Soon, I sensed a trace of Wizard Qi in the intense and majestic fluctuation of Taoist Qi.
"Uncle Lin!"
"Not good, it's my dad's aura!"
My voice and the fatty's voice rang out at the same time. Soon after, the fatty screamed in fear as he dashed towards the direction of his ancestral house.
I hurried to follow him. The Daoist of Mount Longhu had chased after me because of what had happened in Yin Xu. If I got Uncle Lin into trouble because of this, I would be in big trouble.
When the fatty and I arrived at the Lin family's ancestral house, we saw three Daoist of Mount Longhu holding a Daoist sword and surrounding Uncle Lin.
At this moment, Uncle Lin had a few sword wounds on his body. He held an ink-colored box in one hand and a small bronze cauldron in the other. His body was circulating his shaman energy as he struggled to fight against the three Daoist. His face was full of determination.
What surprised me was that the three Daoist of Mount Longhu had the cultivation base of a Heavenly Master. However, Uncle Lin's shaman energy was only at the Glorious World realm. Even so, he was able to resist their attacks. The reason was probably because of the ink-colored box in his hand. As for the small bronze cauldron, I recognized it. It was one of the seven cauldrons I had collected that had the words "Nine Prefectures" carved on them.
However, as the situation was tense, I didn't have time to think about other things.
The sudden appearance of the fatty and me had startled the three Daoist priests of Mount Longhu. However, after seeing our faces, their faces relaxed, and they looked ecstatic.
"It's the Three Pure Ones' protection!
I thought that we would return empty-handed. I didn't expect that we would be able to catch a remnant of the witch tribe before we left. I didn't expect that you, the main character, would also come back. "The leading Daoist looked at me, his face full of surprise.
As for these sanctimonious Taoist priests of Mount Longhu, I really didn't want to waste my breath on them. I had already said what I needed to say last time in the Celestial Master's Mansion. Instead of finding the real culprit, they kept pestering me. I had had enough of them.
However, when I was about to save Uncle Lin, the fatty beat me to it.
The fat man took out two jade slips from his robes and casually tossed them to the left and right. He didn't seem to make any movements, but he softly chanted a few incantations. Suddenly, a burst of yellow smoke appeared out of thin air, and in the blink of an eye, engulfed the three Taoist priests of Mount Longhu.
"You're just at the Glorious World realm. You've learned some crooked Daoist techniques. How dare you come out and show off?"
The Daoist of Mount Longhu didn't care about the fatty's Yellow River of Nine Bends Formation. One of them looked at Uncle Lin while the other two rushed out of the yellow smoke with their swords.
"Senior, be careful. This yellow smoke is strange. It seems to be able to swallow Daoist energy." A Daoist's voice arose from the yellow smoke.
"It doesn't matter. It's just a crooked trick. I'll break it with the Heavenly Thunder!"
Then, the leading Daoist used his Daoist energy and drew a Heavenly Thunder Talisman in the air, sending it into the yellow smoke.