Longevity Chronicles-Chapter 334 - 243 Daoist Friend’s Deadly Tribulation Approaches, Tao Qian Shows Saintliness Again
At this moment, in Demon City, hungry ghosts and giant trolls were rampant.
The ghostly mist pervaded, and the blood moon hung high.
The cultivator who revealed the hungry ghost and giant troll forms and overlooked the earth was clearly an Elder from the Beimang Mountain Six Paths Sect, called "Li Qingpan, the Ogre."
The extremely intense aura of the Cavernous Mystery Realm was impossible to conceal; his presence alone dragged this territory into an atmosphere akin to the Nine Nether Purgatory.
At Zhang Mansion, everyone from top to bottom, whether it was the group of cultivators from the Heavenly Immortal Dao or Zhang Baisui, the second-generation warlord, was shivering.
Disaster!
Those mortals who had fainted were somewhat better off, temporarily without the worry of losing their lives.
But for their group, with the only Transcend Mortality Cultivator, Zhu Quanfu, at its core, they were barely maintaining a Forbidden Technique that surged with golden light and bursting flames, protecting Zhang Baisui in the middle while also keeping that group of ferocious evil ghosts at bay.
Although they successfully prevented the evil ghosts from gnawing away at Zhang Baisui's skin and flesh, the cultivators of the Heavenly Immortal Dao felt no joy.
Including Zhu Quanfu, everyone's faces were as pale as gold paper, trembling incessantly.
There was no need for the Ogre Li Qingpan to come over; the other ghost practitioners from Beimang Mountain released one fierce ghost after another, tearing the grand Zhang Mansion apart.
One could only see the ghost practitioners with fierce faces revealing themselves all around, sneering at everyone in Zhang Mansion; one shook the Ghost Flag Demon Banner, releasing dozens of ghost soldiers and generals with infinite strength and green faces and tusks, flattening the buildings in Zhang Mansion; another tossed an Evil Ghost Net that not only enveloped this area but filled the sky with hanging ghosts, long-tongued ghosts, decapitated ghosts, and knife-grinding ghosts surging and howling.
Infinite ghostly mist surged, concealing who knows how many powerful beings, gnawing relentlessly around the Forbidden Technique.
Despite being pierced by golden rays and scorched by flames, they showed no intention of retreating.
On one side, sparks flew and golden light surged chaotically; on the other, they did not forget to insult and provoke everyone with their words.
Inside the shrinking protective shield of the Forbidden Technique, the cultivators of the Heavenly Immortal Dao clenched their teeth and looked toward the center, not at Zhang Baisui, their nominal master, but at their leader, the True Inheritor Daoist Zhu Quanfu.
This man had achieved Transcend Mortality Cultivation and was highly valued within the Heavenly Immortal Dao, a Heterodox Sect; otherwise, he wouldn't have been entrusted with the task of protecting Zhang Baisui.
In the past, this was a plum job.
But now, it was a deadly burden.
One Daoist with a shifty gaze bit his teeth and said,
"Brother Zhu, has there been any response from the Ninth Prince's side?"
"We cultivators are joining forces to hold up this 'Fire Spirit Emperor's Golden Light Skillful Method Cover,' barely resisting these ghost practitioners from Beimang Mountain. It's practically a joke. Without that Exotic Treasure, the 'Vajra Buddha Beads,' on the young master to temporarily deter Li Qingpan, we wouldn't be able to withstand a single breath."
"But those Buddha Beads are about to be shattered; if the Ninth Prince does not come to our aid, we must make early plans. I joined the Heavenly Immortal Dao to enjoy the blessings, not to lose my life."
As these words came out, along with the scene above, all the cultivators under the Golden Light Shield, including Zhang Baisui, changed their expressions.
Indeed, as he had said!
The reason Li Qingpan in his hungry ghost form had not yet succeeded
was due to his massive body being currently pinned down by a spinning, emitting hundred zhang Buddha Light, Buddha Bead.
This treasure came from Vajra Temple.
It was refined by a high monk of the Buddhist Sect, containing the mighty power of the Vajra Dharma; it could indeed hold a Cavernous Mystery Cultivator in place for some time.
But that was about it. Li Qingpan was no mere Loose Cultivator.
Beimang Mountain, Six Paths Sect.
They were definitely among the foremost in ghost practitioner forces.
As Li Qingpan roared and struggled, the Buddha Beads grew dimmer, ready to shatter and lose effect at any moment.
It was precisely for this reason that Zhang Baisui was even more angered now.
Although he was a second-generation warlord with neither much cultivation talent nor ability, being exposed to such matters had not made him a fool; naturally, he understood the meaning behind these few sentences.
What does it mean to make early plans?
It was clearly an intent to abandon Zhang Baisui and flee.
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Just as Zhang Baisui was seething with indignation and about to scold them,
the leading Transcend Mortality Cultivator named Zhu Quanfu preemptively shouted, "Shut your mouth, don't talk nonsense."
Then, turning to Zhang Baisui, he said,
"Master, don't panic. As soon as the disaster started, I sent a Cloud Talisman to the Ninth Prince's Mansion. The Great Governor and the Ninth Prince are allies. Hearing of the master's plight, they should send aid no matter what. Although Li Qingpan is fierce, he's just a Cavernous Mystery Ghost Practitioner; any Demon General from the Ninth Prince's command could easily scare him off."
These two sentences did indeed comfort Zhang Baisui.
However, the young master failed to notice the fleeting light in Zhu Quanfu's eyes as he spoke.
He wasn't lying; there were just a few things he hadn't said, secretly thinking to himself:
"Everyone knows the Ninth Prince has formed an alliance with the Great Governor in Demon City."
"If Li Qingpan this hungry ghost dares to take action, how could he be unprepared? I'm afraid there's some twist behind it all. With the current inexplicable situation in Demon City, if the reinforcement from the Ninth Prince's Mansion is not timely or encounters delays, wouldn't I end up dying alongside this frivolous young master?"
"How could this be acceptable? Let's wait and see how things change. If this young master cannot be saved, I must abandon the car to protect the commander. I've already inherited the 'Jade Emperor Heavenly Immortal Origin Scriptures'; by leaving this place, I can simply find a large province and raise a Sect force just as well."
...
In a villa adjacent to the Zhang Mansion, it appeared empty.
However, four heads were shamelessly perched on the wall, observing the grim scene inside Zhang Mansion.
Jin Xiuju, Little Age, and Shan Jiu could relax in peace and remain unaffected by the various evil ghosts and fierce ghosts only due to Lian Jing'er's methods.