Chapter 821 Design
The fierce battle caused fluctuations in the energy of heaven and earth to spread far away.
Soon after, this battle alarmed many people.
The half-immortals and powerful true immortals of Lingyun Palace who were standing in the distance watching the battle began to quietly change their stance and move to encircle Lan Ran and Yin Ranyue from behind.
In the distant sky, high above, Jiang Qiaonian and Hao Yuansong restrained their breath, looked at the battlefield from afar, their faces changing constantly.
"You Shiqi, you are not worthy of being a Taoist immortal, yet you are so despicable and shameless. You cannot beat us, but you even use your superior numbers to attack the minority! I'm leaving now!" Yin Ranyue shouted, and a bolt of lightning suddenly streaked across the sky. The dazzling light enveloped her and Lan Ran.
Jiang Qiaonian and Hao Yuansong's faces suddenly darkened when they saw this. They took a step forward, but the lightning had already disappeared into the distance.
You Shiqi followed closely behind.
A moment later, You Shiqi stood above a sea area, with twisted muscles on his face, looking a bit ferocious.
Taoist immortals can tear apart space, construct space channels, and cross a distance of tens of millions of miles in one step. This is something that Yin Ranyue cannot compare to.
But when it comes to the art of escape, with Yin Ranyue's current level of cultivation and the help of a mid-grade Taoist treasure of the Thunder Element Profound Realm, even if You Shiqi is a Taoist immortal, he would be inferior to him.
"Master Jiang, Master Hao, these two women are much stronger than I thought. If they are to survive the heavenly tribulation, they must do it safely. They cannot be allowed to stay!" You Shiqi said to Jiang Qiaonian and Hao Yuansong who arrived later.
"With our status, if we take action against them, it will not only damage our status, but also violate the laws of the Immortal Court. Once the General's Mansion and the Immortal Lord's Mansion blame us, we can't afford it." Jiang Qiaonian and Hao Yuansong looked at each other and said with difficulty.
"As for the General's Mansion and the Immortal Lord's Mansion, we at Lingyun Palace will intervene. At most they will be punished, but we can't really do anything to your Siyou Sect and Nanbo Sect!
But if these two women survive the heavenly tribulation and become Taoist immortals, I'm afraid that you, the Siyou Sect and the Nanbo Sect, will have trouble sleeping and eating, and there will be endless troubles! So, you two had better join forces with me to suppress and kill them!" You Shiqi said.
Jiang Qiaonian and Hao Yuansong saw that You Shiqi's words were full of pride and coercion, and a hint of anger flashed in the depths of their eyes. However, You Shiqi's identity was extraordinary, and now he was a Taoist immortal, so they couldn't get angry on the spot.
"This matter is of great importance after all. If something goes wrong, it may cause great turmoil in the West Sea of the Great Barbarians. We two need to think about it carefully." Hao Yuansong said.
"You two are Taoist immortals. What kind of people are you? Why do you need to be so cautious? Those two women talked a lot, but they are just two true immortals of the Jiuxuan Sect. If they are not Taoist immortals, then just kill them!" Seeing the two of them shirking their responsibilities, You Shiqi could not help but say with contempt.
Jiang Qiaonian and Hao Yuansong became even angrier after hearing this.
Are they really afraid of the Jiuxuan Sect? What they are afraid of is the Qixing Palace behind the Jiuxuan Sect.
The entire Netherworld Palace was annihilated, and now the outside world is saying that it was Si Baijun's doing. A few years ago, the head of the Tianji Pavilion even made a special visit to the Jiuxuan Sect, and Si Baijun also came forward to warn the three forces not to send out Taoist immortals.
Lingyun Palace could ignore these things if it got angry, but the two of them could not.
"If you are unwilling to take action, that's fine. Anyway, my Lingyun Palace is billions of miles away from here, and it is also the West Route General Administration Office, with strong troops and horses. Could it be that after the two of them have survived the heavenly tribulation and become Taoist immortals, they still dare to seek revenge on our Lingyun Palace?
In the end, they will most likely seek revenge on you, Siyou Sect and Nanbo Sect. With the strength shown by those two women now, I am afraid that they will become middle-grade Taoist immortals sooner or later. When that happens, don't blame us at Lingyun Hall for letting things go." Seeing that the two still refused to express their opinions, You Shiqi smiled coldly.
Jiang Qiaonian and Hao Yuansong's expressions changed slightly.
They naturally understood this principle. Otherwise, given their status, they would not have been willing to accept You Shiqi's tone and words, and would have walked away directly.
"After this battle, I'm afraid Lan Ran and Yin Ranyue will not fight again!" Hao Yuansong said after a while.
"No, I can see that these two women want to use me to hone their cultivation and become a Taoist immortal, so as to prepare for the final tribulation. And they don't expect you to make a move. As long as you hide in the dark and wait for them to fall into the trap, just like before.
The three of us used our magic to seal the space. Even if Yinran Yuelei Dao escape technique was extremely powerful, it would be impossible for him to escape. The winner will be the king and the loser will be the bandit. Once we kill the two of them and completely cut off the luck of Jiuxuan Sect, what else can others say? "You Shiqi said.
Jiang Qiaonian and Hao Yuansong thought about it and finally nodded in agreement.
Xuansha Palace.
"Did you gain anything from this battle?" Qin Ziling asked Yin Ranyue and Lan Ran with concern.
" I have gained a lot, especially when you reminded me that there were two Taoist immortals lurking in secret. My sense of crisis increased greatly, and at the same time, my Taoist heart entered an unprecedented ethereal state." Yin Ranyue replied.
"It's the same for me. I have a hunch that if I experience that powerful crisis again, my Dao heart will be perfected, my momentum will reach its peak, and I will be able to trigger a heavenly tribulation soon." Lan Ran said, with anticipation in his eyes.
"Very good!" Qin Ziling was delighted when he heard this, but soon turned to thinking, stroking his chin and said: "Those two Taoist immortals who were secretly spying on Ye Chen also appeared outside Jiuxuan Mountain when Ye Chen was undergoing the tribulation. They must be Jiang Qiaonian and Hao Yuansong.
At that time, they had just arrived and had not yet made up their minds about the next move. I had already warned you, allowing you to jump out of the battle circle before they could react.
But next time you go out, if my guess is correct, the two of them will join forces with You Shiqi to block your retreat. Then you will have no chance of escaping unless Jin Peng goes out.
But if Jin Peng goes out, it will definitely cause a huge sensation and attract a lot of attention. Then he can't hide in the dark and become our trump card. Let me think about this matter again."
"In that case, there is no need to attack again. Anyway, this battle has already humiliated You Shiqi and enhanced the reputation of my Jiuxuan Sect. As for the matter of transcending the tribulation, judging from the current situation, it will only be postponed for a few more years." Lan Ran said.
"The sooner you get through the calamity, the sooner our Wuji Sect can use your name and the Jiuxuan Sect's to do whatever it wants. Otherwise, we will still be tied up. Moreover, the Siyou Sect and the Nanbo Sect have been invading and bullying the Jiuxuan Sect. The Jiuxuan Sect wants to take back the lost territory. Sooner or later, there will be a battle between the three.
If Jiang Qiaonian and Hao Yuansong take action this time, we won't have any mercy in the next battle, and we can kill them legitimately, and even the Immortal Lord Mansion will have nothing to say." Qin Ziling said.
“It’s just that Jin Peng’s fighting power is too amazing. Once he appears…” Lan Ran frowned slightly.
"Hey! Why is he here?" Qin Ziling suddenly showed a look of surprise.
"Who is it?"
"Tai Shi Ba! I was just looking for a way to have the best of both worlds, but I didn't expect this idea to come to me!" Qin Ziling said with a smile.
"Do you mean to let Tai Shi Ba take action?" Lan Ran and Yin Ranyue's beautiful eyes lit up slightly when they heard this.
"That's right! Three Taoist immortals besieged two true immortals, and they were two beautiful true immortals. This behavior was simply outrageous and a disgrace to the Taoist immortals. Tai Shiba has a strong personality and an overflowing sense of justice. It's normal for him to roar when he sees injustice!" Qin Ziling said with a smile.
While Qin Ziling was speaking, Yue Huai came to visit.
"Hello, teacher!" Yue Huai bowed to Qin Ziling first, and then bowed to Lan Ran and Yin Ranyue.
"Are you an outsider?" Qin Ziling asked with a smile.
"Teacher is really good at predicting things. Just now Jiuxuan sensed the fluctuations of the aura of a Taoist immortal outside the mountain, and it was approaching our Jiuxuan Mountain protection formation." Yue Huai said.
"That's my sworn brother, Tai Shiba, the elder of the Tai Shi family. Ask Jiuxuan to open a hole, let him in quietly, and lead him to Xuansha Peak to meet me." Qin Ziling said.
Taishi Jia was one of the four great generals who guarded the Great Barbarian Sea. Yue Huai had heard of him, as he was feared throughout the Great Barbarian Sea.
However, the Jiuxuan Sect has been isolated from the outside world for nearly ten thousand years. The Taishi family is far away in the West Sea of the Great Barbarians, and Taishi Ba has only risen in recent years, so Yue Huai has never heard of them.
But since Tai Shi Ba was the elder of the Tai Shi family and a Taoist immortal, he was naturally a big shot to Yue Huai. When he heard that he was Qin Ziling's sworn brother, he was shocked and happy. He quickly agreed and left in a hurry.
Seeing this, Qin Ziling took Yin Ranyue and Lan Ran out of Xuansha Palace.
Soon, Tai Shi Ba, accompanied by Yue Huai himself, got off the cloud and arrived at Xuansha Peak.
Seeing Qin Ziling and two beauties standing outside the Xuansha Palace waiting from afar, Tai Shiba quickly pressed down the cloud, knelt on one knee and bowed as soon as he landed, saying: "Greetings, big brother!"
Qin Ziling quickly led Yin Ranyue and Lan Ran forward, helped Tai Shiba up, and said, "Brothers, there is no need for so many empty formalities!"
Tai Shi Ba smiled.
Yue Huai's heart beat faster as he watched.
This is a Taoist immortal, and an elder Taoist immortal of the Taishi family.
"Let me introduce you. This is my second wife Yin Ranyue, and this is my fourth wife Lan Ran. There are two more wives. They are currently in seclusion practicing. I will introduce them to you later." Qin Ziling said.
When Tai Shiba heard that the two beauties in front of him were Yin Ranyue and Lan Ran, who had recently gained fame in the Western Road of the Great Barbarian South Sea, he was surprised and immediately bowed and said, "Tai Shiba greets Sister-in-law Ranyue and Sister-in-law Lan Ran. I have heard of your great names for a long time!"
"We don't have that much of a name. But you, Ziling, have mentioned us many times." Yin Ranyue and Lan Ran responded.
"It seems that my two sisters-in-law don't know that I have already made a great reputation over the years!" Tai Shiba said.
"Haha, let's talk about it after we go inside." Qin Ziling smiled and patted Tai Shiba's shoulder.
As he spoke, Qin Ziling led Tai Shi Ba inside, and did not forget to greet Yue Huai, asking him to follow him into the hall.
After entering the hall, the host and the guests took their seats, and servants served them fairy fruits and fine wine.
"Why did you suddenly think of coming to Jiuxuan Mountain?" Qin Ziling asked.
" After we parted at Daluo Island last time, I returned to Jindu Mountain and began to practice in seclusion not long after. Before the retreat, I ordered people to pay attention to the movements on the west road of the Daman South Sea.
After I came out of seclusion, I found out that in recent years, Lingyun Palace had joined forces with Siyou Sect and Nanbo Sect to fight with Jiuxuan Sect many times in the waters of Jiuxuan Mountain.
I thought that since my elder brother couldn't do it himself, he might need a Taoist who could be used for his services, so I told my grandfather and rushed to Jiuxuan Mountain." Tai Shiba said.
Yue Huai's jaw almost dropped to the ground when he heard this.
This is a Taoist immortal, and he actually came all the way here to be ordered around!
"Haha, you know what, I really have something that needs your help." Qin Ziling said with a smile.
"I don't know what it is, big brother, just give me your orders!" Tai Shiba said.
Qin Ziling nodded, and then told them that Yin Ranyue and Lan Ran might be surrounded by three Taoist immortals and that he would need to help rescue them.
"These people are really lawless and have gone too far! Big brother, don't worry, I will definitely beat them up severely and avenge my two sisters-in-law!" Upon hearing this, Tai Shi Ba's eyes glared with murderous intent.
“Although you have the fighting power to severely injure any one of the three of them, your identity is different. There is no need to drag the Taishi family into it and make things more complicated.
When your two sisters-in-law have survived the catastrophe, we will take back our positions one by one. There is no rush now. You just need to pretend that you just happened to pass by and help them out when you see injustice. "Qin Ziling said lightly.
Yue Huai sat there, listening with both excitement and fear.
Just now, he was shocked to see Tai Shi Ba respect Qin Ziling so much and regard himself as his younger brother. Now he realized that Tai Shi Ba's fighting ability is actually extremely strong and can seriously injure any one of Hao Yuansong and the other two!
"Well, let them enjoy themselves for a few more days." Tai Shi Ba said helplessly after hearing this.
…
In the following days, Tai Shi Ba stayed in Jiuxuan Mountain temporarily.
Every day, Tai Shi Ba either practiced cultivation or discussed the Dao with Qin Ziling.
Although Qin Ziling was only a ninth-rank immortal, he knew the true meaning of the great Dao better than Tai Shi Ba.
So most of the time, it was Qin Ziling who gave him instructions.
Tai Shiba always gained a lot from discussing with Qin Ziling, and he respected Qin Ziling more and more from the bottom of his heart, just like a teacher.
By getting along with Tai Shi Ba, Qin Ziling learned more about the Huangji world, especially the Great Savage Sea. He even discovered that whether it was due to the changes in the times or the fire dragon's incomplete and confused memory, the classification of Taoist immortals was actually quite different from the fire dragon's statement.
Huolong said that Taoist immortals are divided into four levels: low-grade, medium-grade, high-grade and super-grade. The super-grade is also called half-Tao master.
The strength gap between each grade is approximately three to five times.
According to Tai Shiba, the strength of lower-grade Taoist immortals is indeed about three to five times that of middle-grade Taoist immortals, but the strength of upper-grade Taoist immortals varies greatly.
The most ordinary top-grade Taoist immortal may only be able to fight against three middle-grade Taoist immortals, but a powerful top-grade Taoist immortal can beat several ordinary top-grade Taoist immortals alone.
This also means that a truly powerful upper-grade Taoist immortal can defeat more than ten or even more middle-grade Taoist immortals.
Although the super-grade Taoist immortals are very powerful and can kill the upper-grade Taoist immortals with amazing combat power, only those who have fought with the Taoist Master, or are recognized as having the hope of becoming the Taoist Master, or are qualified to be on equal footing with the Taoist Master, can be called half-Tao Masters.
In other words, a super-grade Taoist immortal is just an extremely powerful Taoist immortal, while a half-Taoist master is a Taoist immortal who is qualified to compete with a Taoist master in terms of reputation, fame, qualifications, power, and combat power.
Of course, with Tai Shi Ba's identity, the things about upper-grade Taoist immortals and above are basically just hearsay, and many of them are difficult to verify.
For example, the Taoist immortals in the Great Savage Sea all think that Immortal Lord Yuanyou is too weak, but no one can tell exactly what his strength is or what position he occupies in the circle of upper-grade Taoist immortals, because they have never seen him take action, and many things about Immortal Lord Yuanyou are heard from others.
While Tai Shiba was staying in Jiuxuan Mountain and discussing the Great Dao with Qin Ziling every now and then, the news of the battle between Yin Ranyue, Lan Ran and You Shiqi in Lingxu Mountain blessed land had spread at a very fast speed in the South China Sea of Daman, and like a stone that caused a thousand ripples, it caused a great sensation.
Almost all major forces are talking about this matter.
Everyone was amazed at the strength of Yin Ranyue and Lan Ran, and secretly ridiculed and despised You Shiqi's despicable behavior.
You Shiqi had just broken through to become a Taoist immortal, and originally wanted to use the opportunity of killing Yin Ranyue and Lan Ran to establish his reputation.
The result was that Yin Ranyue and Lan Ran became famous, but not only did he fail to establish his own reputation, he also lost face and became a laughing stock.
These noises from outside gradually reached You Shiqi's ears, and he was so angry that he smashed several large tables.
Not many days later, You Shiqi, who could no longer suppress his anger and grievance, ordered the Lingyun Palace, the Siyou Sect, and the Nanbo Sect's true immortals to lead their men to attack the Rongxuan Mountain blessed land, which was only eight million miles away from the Jiuxuan Mountain.
Rongxuan Mountain Blessed Land is an important place in the Jiuxuan Mountain sea area, with many mineral veins and many medicinal mountains.
The one who rules this place is a powerful immortal cultivation family founded by disciples of the Jiuxuan Sect.
Before these True Immortals arrived, Yin Ranyue and Lan Ran had already appeared out of nowhere and stopped them in the sea outside the Rongxuan Mountain blessed land.
With one move, a seventh-grade true immortal was killed and fell into the sea.
Just as Yin Ranyue and Lan Ran were preparing to continue stopping and killing the True Immortals, suddenly a huge mace broke through the air from the horizon and came down towards Yin Ranyue and Lan Ran like a mountain.
The space was turbulent and the wind was blowing violently.
A terrifying aura swept across heaven and earth.
After holding the mace, You Shiqi stepped into the air with his black hair flying.
"Lan Ran, Yin Ranyue! This time, I'll see where you can escape! Just surrender quickly!" You Shiqi looked down upon him, with a smug sneer on his face.
"You Shiqi, as a Taoist immortal, you not only attacked the true immortals without reason, but also launched a sneak attack. You are truly lawless and despicable!" Yin Ranyue shouted sternly, stepping on the electric dragon and holding the purple thunder staff in his hand. With lightning flashing, he was like the ancient mother of lightning, whose majesty was not to be offended.
Yin Ranyue raised his hand and pointed the Purple Thunder Staff towards the sky. The space split open and a purple thunder dragon rushed out and fought with the huge mace.
Almost at the same time, the Ice Evil Bead above Lan Ran's head began to emit cold light, and a giant ice dragon also rushed out. The icy chill swept across the sky and earth, and the cold wind howled.
