Chapter 178: Zhu Xian Formation vs. Golden Dragon Shears
Qiong Xiao was shocked by Taiyi Tianzun's words.
She never expected that Taiyi Tianzun could lie so seriously in front of all the gods.
But on the surface, there was nothing wrong with what Taiyi Tianzun said, and he even borrowed the words of Tongtian Sage, which was very high-sounding.
Unless she directly exposed the superficial harmony between the two parties, she would not be able to refute it even if she wanted to.
Qiong Xiao didn't know that when Taiyi Tianzun was still Taiyi Zhenren during the Conferred God Catastrophe, he was extremely good at this move -
Standing on the moral high ground, they use the greater good to cover up the mistakes made by their own people.
Not to mention just defending Li Anran, he can also say black is white and wrong is right.
The most typical example is the incident between Nezha and Shiji.
The cause of the whole incident was obviously that the naughty kid Nezha accidentally shot and killed Shiji's apprentice Biyun Tongzi.
But when Taiyi Zhenren came to Shiji, he directly said that Nezha was born to protect the emperor under the order of Yuanshi Tianzun, and asked Shiji to ask Yuanshi Tianzun for the person.
After Shiji attacked in anger, he decisively killed him and used the Nine Dragons Divine Fire Cover to refine Shiji into his original form, so that he couldn't even make it onto the List of Gods.
This kind of person is very scary when he becomes an enemy. He only recognizes relatives and not principles, and he is merciless when he attacks.
But when he is your own person, he is very reliable. He is there to hold up the sky even if it really falls!
The Buddhist sects are all afraid of the catastrophe of heaven and earth, and the Jiejiao sect is no exception.
Qiong Xiao did not dare to take the initiative to break up with the Chan Sect, and for a moment he did not know how to deal with it.
Bixiao didn't have so many concerns. She was straightforward and simple-minded. When she heard what Taiyi Tianzun said, she couldn't help but stepped forward and said, "Taiyi Tianzun, please stop talking in official language here!"
"You know the relationship between my Jie Sect and your Chen Sect very well! Your disciples secretly learned the Jie Sect's sect-defending formation, you need to give us an explanation!"
Qiong Xiao noticed Bi Xiao's action immediately but did not stop him.
There are some things she is not comfortable saying, but Bixiao doesn’t care!
Bixiao's character is well known to everyone in the three realms. At most, he will just bow his head and apologize, saying "I was impulsive and spoke out of turn."
With her backing them up, things won't get to an irreversible situation.
Taiyi Zhenren said slowly, "Fellow Daoist Bixiao, the matter of conferring the gods has long been decided. It is the result of a calamity that cannot be reversed by human power. When the three saints signed the Conferring the Gods List, they decided that those with deep roots and practices would become immortals, those with medium roots and practices would become gods, and those with shallow roots and practices would become humans."
"Master Tongtian also nodded in agreement on this matter. Now that the Conferred God Catastrophe has passed for thousands of years, you are bringing up the old matter again. Are you dissatisfied with the original decision of the saints ?"
Bi Xiao didn't buy his tricks and sneered, "Don't try to pressure me with the title of Saint! What I'm talking about today is the matter of Li Anran secretly learning the defensive formation of my Jiejiao Sect. It has nothing to do with other things!"
Taiyi Tianzun said: "What I just said is very clear. As a disciple of Xuanmen, Li Anran was able to learn the Immortal Execution Formation because of his good fortune. How can he have learned it secretly? And why should he explain it to anyone?"
"On the contrary, you, Daoist Fellow Bixiao, don't remember that the three religions are of the same lineage and humiliate the younger generation with your words. You don't know how to practice pure cultivation and observe the precepts, but you dare to stir up the fire of ignorance. If you continue like this, I'm afraid you won't be able to achieve the right result!"
Bixiao was furious and shouted, "Taiyi Tianzun, you are going too far!" He took out the golden shears from his sleeve and offered them to Taiyi Zhenren.
Snap!
The golden scissors rose up in the air and transformed into two ancient dragons, moving up and down, with auspicious clouds protecting their bodies. Their heads were put together like scissors, and their tails were intertwined like legs, with an ominous aura.
A cold light flashed across Taiyi Zhenren's eyes.
Since the catastrophe of the Conferred Gods, the Xuanmen sect suffered heavy losses due to internal strife. Although it later reached an unprecedented peak under his leadership, this peak referred to the inheritance of the Taoist tradition rather than its own strength.
On the contrary, Lingshan first forcibly converted many elite members of the Jiejiao during the catastrophe of the Conferred Gods, and after the catastrophe, it bewitched the core members of the Chenjiao such as Rāhula, Cihang, Manjusri, Samantabhadra, and Juliusun to convert to Lingshan.
Although the Supreme Saint plotted against Lingshan and let the Taoist Duobao convert a barbarian into a Buddha, the dispute between Mahayana and Hinayana Buddhism split Buddhism into two.
However, this only curbed the expansion of Buddhism in terms of general trend and fortune. The addition of Duobao made Lingshan's strength surge again, and it was already about to surpass Xuanmen.
Therefore, Taiyi Tianzun has been trying his best to ease the relationship with Jiejiao over the years, and has made many concessions to Jiejiao in the hope of getting Jiejiao to return to the Xuanmen.
But the effect is minimal.
The disciples of Jiejiao formed a group among themselves in the Heavenly Palace and ignored the goodwill of Chenjiao.
The Holy Mother Wu Dang was even flirting with Lingshan, just wanting to please both sides and keep Jiejiao out of the matter.
At the last Xianming Conference, Luo Xuan was allowed to cause trouble, causing him to lose face.
Taiyi Tianzun had long been dissatisfied with Jiejiao.
At this time, seeing that Bixiao still dared to be so presumptuous in front of him, he was ready to teach Bixiao a lesson.
As Taiyi Tianzun's mind moved, a white jade ruyi appeared in his palm.
It is the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi, the most precious treasure of the Chan sect!
During the catastrophe of the Conferred Gods, it was the White Crane Boy beside Yuanshi Tianzun who used the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi to kill Qiongxiao.
Before Yuanshi Tianzun left the Three Realms, he handed it over to Taiyi Tianzun!
It is also the red flower among the red flowers, white lotus roots and green lotus leaves!
But before Taiyi Tianzun could make a move, Li Anran had already stepped forward and stood in front of him.
"My master was trying to reason with you, but you started throwing a tantrum! If you want to attack my master, you have to get past me first!"
Clank! Clank! Clank! Clank!
Four sword lights of red, gold, purple and white flew out from Li Anran's body, standing at the four poles and hanging in the void.
The endless aura of killing and destruction gathered into wisps of yellow smoke that diffused out, and patches of brilliant golden light protected the surroundings like a solid wall.
Li Anran wanted to take advantage of the presence of Taiyi Tianzun to test the limits of the Zhuxian Formation, so as have a clearer understanding of his own strength.
Taiyi Tianzun also wanted to see how capable his disciple was and to what extent he had mastered the Zhuxian Formation, so he held the Sanbao Jade Ruyi in the palm of his hand, ready to take action at any time.
Those who shared the same idea as him included Qiongxiao, Guanyin, Yang Jian, Taishang Laojun, Jade Emperor, and even all the gods outside the West Heaven Gate.
Some of these gods were knowledgeable and experienced, and recognized the Zhuxian Formation and the Golden Dragon Shears. Others just saw that Li Anran captured the Golden-Winged Roc and others in an instant, and were curious about how powerful the Zhuxian Formation was.
For a moment, everyone's eyes were focused on Li Anran and Bixiao.
Bixiao hesitated for a moment, and when he saw Qiongxiao beside him did not speak to stop him, he said sternly: "Since you want to die! Then I will grant your wish!"
The Three Skies are three clouds in the sky that were transformed when the world was first created, and they are innate creatures.
However, there is a huge gap in the qualifications and strengths between them.
Yunxiao was already a Daluo Golden Immortal during the catastrophe of the Conferred Gods, but he had not yet killed the Three Corpses. Relying on the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation and the Hunyuan Golden Bowl, he single-handedly destroyed the cultivation of the Twelve Golden Immortals of the Orthodox School.
In the end, when he was about to attack Laozi, he was captured by Laozi using the Qiankuntu and was pressed to death under the Qilin Cliff.
Qiong Xiao is much worse, with only the cultivation level of Taiyi Golden Immortal. Even though he has now escaped the catastrophe of the Conferred Gods, he is still at the peak of Taiyi Golden Immortal.
And Bixiao was the last one to transform among the three sisters, and her cultivation was even worse.
When he was first listed on the Conferred God List, he had only reached the peak of the Golden Immortal realm. If he fought, he could not even defeat Yang Jian and Nezha of that time.
He had wasted another ten thousand years on the List of Gods and had only just now broken through to the Taiyi Golden Immortal.
But cultivation does not equal strength!
Although this golden shears is not an innate magic weapon, it was refined by Master Tongtian using two ancient dragons in the realm of Daluo Jinxian, supplemented by the innate Gengjin energy. It is a typical killing weapon, and its power is much stronger than many innate spiritual treasures!
Zhao Gongming once used it to force the Taoist Master Ran Deng to abandon his mount, the Sika deer, and flee in panic, and Yun Xiao also used it to scare off Lu Ya.
Although Bixiao cannot be compared with Zhao Gongming and Yunxiao, the power of the Golden Dragon Shears in his hands is equally impressive!
Bi Xiao made hand gestures, muttered something, and shouted, "Go!"
Oh!
The two dragons transformed by the Golden Shears emitted tremendous light all over their bodies. They intertwined with each other in the clouds. Their bodies kept growing larger. Endless sharp auras tore through the sky and hung down, drowning everything in a vast golden mass.
Li Anran did not dare to be careless at all and used all his strength to activate the Zhuxian Formation.
clang!
The four immortal swords rang out in unison, and sword energy gushed out straight into the sky.
The murderous and destructive aura in the formation flowed rapidly, infused into the four immortal swords, and then combined the four sword energies into one, forming a gigantic sword that stood tall and upright, filling the space between heaven and earth.
Wisps of sword light lingered above it, and countless tiny, intersecting space cracks constantly appeared and disappeared, and the misty light was hazy, transforming into thousands of strange visions.
The Golden Dragon Shears can be said to be one of the most powerful killing weapons among acquired magic weapons, and the Immortal Execution Formation is the greatest killing formation in the prehistoric world.
When the two collided, time, space, and even everything in the world seemed to be frozen in an instant.
boom!
It was hard to tell whether the two dragons transformed by the Golden Dragon Shears were rushing towards the giant sword of Zhuxian in the void from the left and right, or whether the giant sword of Zhuxian cut the two dragons.
The two entangled together, bursting out with dazzling light one after another, and extremely sharp and murderous aura burst out, tearing the entire space apart.
Guanyin, Taishang Laojun, Taiyi Tianzun, Yang Jian and others who had seen the real Zhuxian Formation couldn't help but gasp, their eyes filled with horror and disbelief.
The power of Li Anran's Zhuxian Formation is more than a million times weaker than that of Master Tongtian's Zhuxian Formation.
But, this is just a difference in intensity, there is not much difference between them in essence!
In other words, Li Anran has completely mastered the Zhuxian Formation and touched the core of the Great Way of Killing.
As long as he can continue to grow, the Zhu Xian Formation will continue to become stronger!
“It was blocked?!”
Bixiao was shocked to see that Li Anran had actually blocked the Golden Dragon Shears that he had used with all his strength, and that he had used their own Zhuxian Formation. He was furious and felt that he had lost face at the hands of this junior. He made hand gestures and continuously activated the Golden Dragon Shears to attack.
Li Anran was determined to test the limits of the Zhu Xian Formation and did not back down at all.
Both sides activated their magic weapons and formations, which continued to collide with each other.
The whole world was about to collapse, an invisible pressure swept over, the sun, moon, stars, and all things in the world seemed to be suppressed, and everything was trembling under this horrible collision.
Such a commotion soon alarmed the entire Three Realms.
Wanshou Mountain, Wuzhuang Temple.
Zhen Yuanzi was preaching to his disciples when he suddenly stopped, looked up in the direction of Cuiyun Mountain, and immediately sent his disciples away to figure things out on their own.
He stood up and walked to the main hall where the Treasure Mirror of Heaven and Earth was enshrined. He waved his sleeves and a ray of golden light flew out and landed on the Treasure Mirror of Heaven and Earth.
Buzz!
The Treasure Mirror of Heaven and Earth shone brightly and slowly opened, revealing the scene of Li Anran and Bixiao fighting.
"This is... the Immortal Execution Formation?!"
Zhen Yuanzi's pupils suddenly shrank and he stared at the picture in the Treasure Mirror of Heaven and Earth without blinking.
After a long while, he came back to his senses and muttered to himself, "Did Taiyi Tianzun teach him this? This Li Anran is so talented!"
He suddenly felt a little regretful that he had not helped Patriarch Hongyun to persuade Li Anran to become his disciple.
The Zhu Xian Formation is the greatest killing formation in the prehistoric world, but it also requires extremely high levels of comprehension.
At such a young age, Li Anran has already mastered the Zhu Xian Formation to such an extent. One can imagine his talent!
If Patriarch Hongyun accepted Li Anran as his disciple, he might be able to seek revenge on the demon master Kunpeng and Patriarch Minghe!
Zhen Yuanzi just felt a little regretful, but Tathagata in the main hall of Lingshan Leiyin Temple was a little restless.
He thought of a very important thing -
Where are the Four Swords of Zhu Xian?
Was it taken back by Master Tongtian? Or did it remain in the hands of the Chan Sect?
If it is the former, it’s fine. But if it is the latter, then it will be a bit troublesome!
With the help of those four inferior immortal swords, Li Anran's Immortal Execution Formation could fight back and forth with Bixiao's Golden Dragon Shears!
If he were to obtain the real Four Swords of Zhu Xian, it would be hard to predict how powerful they would be!
The strength of Lingshan and Xuanmen might be unbalanced in an instant!
The more Tathagata thought about it, the more uneasy he became. He immediately told Ananda and Kasyapa, "Go and invite Dipankara Buddha, Kalika Buddha, Manjusri Bodhisattva, and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva."
"Disciple obeys your command." Seeing that Tathagata looked solemn, Ananda and Kasyapa hurriedly took the order and went forward.
Soon , Dipankara, Juliusun, Manjusri and Samantabhadra arrived at the main hall.
Tathagata had already sent away all the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas and was waiting alone in the temple.
After some greetings.
Tathagata went straight to the point and asked, "Do you know the whereabouts of the four swords of Immortal Executioner that the Sage Tongtian has?"
Rāhāng Dānāgār and the others had long noticed the movements on Cuiyun Mountain. When Ananda and Kāśyapa came to invite them, they guessed the purpose of Tathagata's calling them here.
But, they really don’t know about this!
At that time, Master Tongtian set up the Zhuxian Formation at Jiepai Pass. Yuanshi Tianzun joined hands with Laozi, Jieyin and Zhunti to break the formation, and ordered Guangchengzi, Yuding Zhenren, Daoxing Tianzun and Chijingzi to take down the Four Zhuxian Swords.
Randeng and his companions had never entered the Zhuxian Formation, and they had no idea of the final whereabouts of the four swords.
Upon seeing this, Tathagata said nothing more and began to think about how to confirm the matter from Guangchengzi and the other three.
The Zhu Xian Formation is powerful, but if it is combined with the Zhu Xian Four Swords, it can already affect the structure of the Three Realms. He must figure out this uncertain factor, lest it affect his subsequent layout!
"Li Anran, the prison god." Tathagata silently recited the name in his heart.
If Li Anran was just an insignificant pawn before, now he has become the key figure who can influence the three realms!
