Chapter 227: 149. Moyun Palace Reincarnated, East Sea Dragon King’s Enemy (4K Big Chapter)_2
The Fourth Level of the Immortal Foundation, the realm of Mist-Spreading Mysterious Light, is good enough. It’s just a pity that this world doesn’t allow for the collection of Lisang Wood to refine a Lifebound Flying Sword; otherwise, with a flying sword in hand, I’d have an extra means to deal with Ghost Immortals. However, with Immortal Path Magic Power at my disposal, I can use some of the spells from the Main World. It’s still quite good.
Xu Xing casually broke through the rocks blocking the Cave Mansion entrance, then cast a spell to restrain his aura and converge his Magic Power into his Dantian. Relying solely on his physical body, he crossed the void and headed towards the Bottom of the North Abyss.
The goal of Immortal Path cultivation is to catch the enemy off guard and plot against them. Pure Fourth Level Immortal Path cultivation, without various auxiliary measures, can only be compared in strength to some cultivators who have just entered the Seven Tribulations Ghost Immortal stage; it’s far inferior to my Leakproof Realm.
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The North Abyss, located in the northern part of the Jiang Dynasty and the Northern Barbarians, was a vast canyon stretching tens of thousands of zhang.
Looking down from high above, one could see that such chapped canyons were not unique to this location.
However, the North Abyss was the largest such scar on the Lu Continent, a mark left by the peerless bladesman Song Knife.
The canyon was deep and bottomless, a pitch-black expanse.
It seemed to have pierced through hell, reaching the legendary Netherworld.
The Three Great Demon Immortals are all here... And the East Sea Dragon King? I wonder who this man in the dragon robe is? Could he be King Li Hong of Chu from the Jiang Dynasty? He’s confronting the Three Great Demon Immortals, yet they haven’t acted? It seems they’ve secretly reached some kind of agreement.
Arriving at the North Abyss, from about ten li away, Xu Xing noticed five figures hovering above it: one woman and four men. He recognized four of them: Blood Snake King Dai Feng, Heavenly Fox King Xiang Jun, and Purple Rat King Dingzong from the Top Ten Demon Immortals, as well as the East Sea Dragon King, whom Demon Immortal Kou Chun had introduced him to.
Besides these four, there was another man in a dragon robe.
Under the sky, renowned powerful individuals are few. Xu Xing guessed this man was King Li Hong of Chu, Emperor Hongcheng’s imperial uncle.
Unexpectedly, two powerhouses at the Returning Core level are now involved...
Xu Xing’s emotions were complicated.
When he parted ways with the Three Great Demon Immortals, he had assumed they wouldn’t allow a powerhouse like the East Sea Dragon King to participate. After all, with the East Sea Dragon King present, neither he nor the Three Great Demon Immortals stood to gain anything.
"Xu Daoist, last time when I used the Heavenly Fox Heart-Bewitching Technique to make Shooting Sun Marquis Wuyi reveal the truth, I concealed a part of it. Emperor Hongcheng is, in fact, King Li Hong of Chu... Today, I also didn’t expect King Li Hong of Chu to come personally, nor that the East Sea Dragon King would arrive as well.
"One of them is at the Golden Body Realm, and the other is an Eight Tribulations Ghost Immortal.
"It seems the four of us will have to cooperate again today."
Just as Xu Xing hesitated, unsure whether to advance or retreat, Heavenly Fox King Xiang Jun’s voice transmission reached his ears, explaining King Li Hong of Chu’s presence.
Given their prior collaboration with the Three Great Demon Immortals to kill Shooting Sun Marquis Wuyi, Xu Xing knew without needing to think that the Three Great Demon Immortals and King Li Hong of Chu were definitely adversaries.
As for Heavenly Fox King Xiang Jun’s previous concealment from him, although Xu Xing felt a slight resentment, with two powerful external enemies present, he could only suppress his dissatisfaction for now. He resolved to make her pay the price when the opportunity arose in the future.
"Alright, the four of us will ally," Xu Xing replied via voice transmission, agreeing to her proposal.
His Immortal Foundation Lifespan was four hundred years, and Moyun Palace opened once every one hundred years. He didn’t absolutely have to explore Moyun Palace this time. However, Shi Yuyan, the mother of his reincarnated self, was still in Moyun Palace.
Besides, facing King Li Hong of Chu and the East Sea Dragon King, he wasn’t without means of self-preservation. His Tenth Heaven Immortal Destiny [Sui Yun] allowed his escape speed to be no less than that of ordinary cultivators at the Late Immortal Foundation Stage. The cultivation inheritances of this world were incomplete. Although the Golden Body Realm was powerful, its practitioners weren’t necessarily faster than him in terms of escape speed.
As for the East Sea Dragon King, an Eight Tribulations Ghost Immortal was indeed strong. But Xu Xing cultivated two paths and had almost no weaknesses; the East Sea Dragon King couldn’t do much to him. The weaknesses of the Ghost Immortal Path were very obvious. Therefore, as long as these two experts didn’t join forces, his self-preservation should be assured.
Xu Xing took a step and instantly appeared beside the Three Great Demon Immortals, joining them to confront the East Sea Dragon King and King Li Hong of Chu.
"It seems Kou Chun has fallen by your hand."
Seeing Xu Xing approach, the East Sea Dragon King sensed that Xu Xing’s aura was vastly different from Kou Chun’s and sighed inwardly. Then, his cold gaze swept over Xu Xing as he declared, "Kou Chun was my nephew. After you enter Moyun Palace, if the four of you separate, I, this Lord, will take your life!"
Xu Xing’s choice of sides had already revealed his stance. Pretending to be friendly would be useless for both of us. It’s better to state my intentions clearly from the start. This way, the conflict is directed solely at Xu Xing. Once inside Moyun Palace, if the Three Great Demon Immortals are sensible, they will surely abandon Xu Xing and go their own way.
It seems the East Sea Dragon King’s arrival at the North Abyss... is likely related to arrangements Kou Chun made before his death, or perhaps Kou Chun revealed the secrets of Moyun Palace to the East Sea Dragon King before he died.
Hearing the East Sea Dragon King’s threat, Xu Xing remained calm, his thoughts turning to this possibility.
Compared to Song Knife, the East Sea Dragon King is pitifully weak. I’m not even afraid of Song Knife, so why would I fear a mere East Sea Dragon King? However, while I can look down on him strategically, I must be cautious tactically.
Xu Xing’s eyes flashed as he sent a Divine Sense transmission to Heavenly Fox King Xiang Jun: "Heavenly Fox King, back when I gave you the Dragon Scale Token... Now that the East Sea Dragon King resents me for killing Kou Chun, he will surely extend his anger to you as well. Superficially, the East Sea Dragon King only considers me his enemy. His purpose... hehe, is quite clear: to divide us first, then defeat us one by one. If I die, you two won’t be far from death either."
The East Sea Dragon King had his schemes, and Xu Xing had his countermeasures. Back then, when he threw the Dragon Scale Token to Heavenly Fox King Xiang Jun, it wasn’t as if he didn’t intend to divert trouble onto her.
"Xu Daoist, rest assured..."
Hearing this, Heavenly Fox King Xiang Jun inwardly cursed Xu Xing for being an old fox, his schemes laid out long ago.
However, right now, the opportunity within Moyun Palace and dealing with the threat from the East Sea Dragon King were more important. She suppressed her anger and spoke to Xu Xing calmly, "Later, when Moyun Palace opens, the three of us will each give you, Xu Daoist, a Token. It will contain a sliver of our consciousness. As long as you crush the Token, the three of us will arrive promptly. At that time, we’ll kill the East Sea Dragon King first, then King Li Hong of Chu!"
The East Sea Dragon King was scheming against Xu Xing. And the Three Great Demon Immortals were also scheming against King Li Hong of Chu and the East Sea Dragon King. King Li Hong of Chu had enmity with all three of them. Although the East Sea Dragon King had no feud with Purple Rat King Dingzong, he had enmities with the other two.
Evidently, neither the East Sea Dragon King nor King Li Hong of Chu was aware of this. They were also subtly at odds with each other and held themselves in high regard. This was precisely what gave the Three Great Demon Immortals and Xu Xing the opportunity to strike.
"Heavenly Fox King has arranged things well," Xu Xing praised.
But in his heart, he immediately marked Heavenly Fox King Xiang Jun as a primary dangerous adversary.
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After waiting for about half a day, night fell. The phenomenon of the Conjunction of Six Stars appeared in the Heavenly Vault.
"The time has come."
The six people hovering above the North Abyss each unleashed a stream of Magic Power. Instantly, the Conjunction of Six Stars phenomenon gradually transformed into the Conjunction of Seven Stars Connecting Pearls. Following this, illusory jade pavilions began to emerge one after another from the Bottom of the North Abyss.
In the blink of an eye, these jade pavilions solidified.
On the Plaque were three Silver Tadpole Texts.
Although no one present recognized the script, the meaning "Moyun Palace" surfaced in their minds.
Silver Tadpole Text, just like on the Teleportation Magic Formation?
Xu Xing was greatly surprised.
Indeed, this world is connected to the Qingli World that his previous ’other self’ had left. Perhaps I can find the key to deciphering the Silver Tadpole Text in this Moyun Palace. Moyun Palace might even contain a Teleportation Array similar to the one in the previous world, Xu Xing speculated.
This world isn’t like the previous one; it doesn’t have an Underworld. If there were an Underworld, with the abilities of these Ghost Immortals, they would definitely be able to probe the depths of the earth and sense its existence.
He then looked down again.
The entirety of Moyun Palace was finally revealed.
Its layers upon layers of jade pavilions stretched as far as the eye could see, wreathed in mist and clouds. It was a scene of paradise, with all sorts of rare herbs and exotic flowers, divine palaces and crimson gate-towers, celestial mountains and storied pavilions. Among the balustrades and winding corridors, graceful Immortals seemed to stroll amidst fragrant grasses, while immortal gods conversed and laughed merrily within.
Wave upon wave of heart-penetrating fragrance wafted out from the Immortal Palace.