Pawn Crossing the River

For a secret society, there is nothing that is off limits. At the beginning, several ancient immortals even took advantage of Xuansheng's retreat to sneak into Yujing City and start a fierce battle with the two deputy head masters. Then they retreated calmly with the help of the Lord Buddha. This battle also became the lead in the war between Buddhism and Taoism. fuse.

It is not inconceivable that the Lingshan Witch Cult wants to take revenge now. Others are afraid of the Taoist sect's power, but these ancient immortals who have fought with the Taoist sect for hundreds of years are not afraid.

The ancient immortals are not afraid, and neither are their followers.

The old Taoist stretched out his hand towards Zhang Yuelu, his fingers spread wide, and the yellow jade beads on his wrist lit up one after another.

Zhang Yuelu did not sit still and wait for death. The "photographic paper" turned into countless paper lotuses and flew out. Even if the strong wind roared, these paper lotuses that could destroy gold and break jade were not blown away by the strong wind. Instead, they were torn apart by the strong wind and moved toward the old Taoist. Circling around, as far as the eye can see, there is a vast expanse of white.

The old Taoist's palm was shrouded in rich gold, and a golden light shot out from his palm.

The paper lotus flowers that were not blown away by the strong wind were actually blown away by this golden light. Although it was not damaged, it deviated from its original trajectory. The golden light continued to move straight towards Zhang Yuelu's face.

Zhang Yuelu had no choice but to dodge sideways, and the golden light fell on the ship building behind her, directly exploding a big hole, and the turbulent wind kept pouring into it.

The old Taoist chuckled and said: "Thanks to the Quanzhen Taoist's visit to Zhengdao, all the high-quality Taoist priests who wanted to leave Yunjin Mountain in the past two months took the Quanzhen Tao's flying boat and left on the New Year's Day. Today, there is no one on the flying boat. There is no second-grade Taiyi Taoist priest, and there is no third-grade Youyi Taoist priest. The highest is the fourth-grade Jijiu Taoist priest. Among them, Master Zhang should be the best. In other words, there is nothing that Master Zhang can do to avoid old age, and the others have nothing to do with old age. , Some people even dare not leave the ship building."

Zhang Yuelu waved, and countless pieces of paper gathered towards her like butterflies and turned into a long sword. At the most critical moment, Zhang Yuelu's most trusted weapon was the long sword.

"The 'Cihang Pudu Sword Code' also has means of condensing Dharma, but I don't know which one is stronger or weaker compared to our Wu Zhu's Dharma?" The old Taoist laughed, and the golden divine power in his palm condensed again.

Qi Xuansu could see clearly that it wasn't that he didn't want to go out to help out immediately, but that he didn't have Zhang Yuelu's means to break the formation. The formation on the flying boat was like "cutting off the water with a knife and making the water flow again." Whether it was the old Taoist or Zhang Yuelu, Regardless, they can only temporarily separate a gap for entry and exit in a very short period of time. After they pass through the gap and leave, the formation will automatically close again.

It wasn't until the golden light emitted by the old Taoist exploded on the ship's building that it truly opened a big hole that could not be restored immediately. Only then did Qi Xuansu have the opportunity to leave the ship's building.

However, Qi Xuansu also understood very well that in terms of a head-on confrontation, Zhang Yuelu did not dare to directly resist the golden light power emitted by the old Taoist. The best chance of winning.

At this moment, several more fourth-grade Taoist priests also left the ship building and came to the deck. Together with Zhang Yuelu, they faced the old Taoist from the front and formed an encirclement.

The old Taoist was not afraid at all, he laughed and said: "Come on, come on, I didn't expect that after spending most of my life as a coward, I can enjoy myself for a while before I die. I can vent the pent-up energy in my heart and eliminate all the obstacles. How happy, how happy."

After hearing these words, several Taoist priests of the fourth-grade wine ceremony felt their hearts sinking. This person actually had a death wish, which would be troublesome. If he made up his mind to drag one or two people to death, that would not be unreasonable. Possible things.

But now that he has come out, he cannot go back. Not to mention the problem of face, even if he is held accountable afterwards, he cannot escape the charge of being timid and timid, so he can only bite the bullet and be in a dilemma.

Zhang Yuelu took a step forward and rushed towards the old man.

The old Taoist waved his hand, and a golden light that had been brewing for a long time swept across.

Zhang Yuelu was on guard this time, and his forward sweep remained unchanged. His center of gravity suddenly sank, turning into a sliding shovel. He almost slid past the golden light and quickly approached the old Taoist.

Then the long sword in Zhang Yuelu's hand penetrated into the old Taoist's heart with a hiss.

The old Taoist's expression remained unchanged, and there was even no blood seeping out of the wound.

The old Taoist laughed. As he breathed, black breath continued to escape from the seven orifices. At this time, he had undergone great changes. The vitality on his body was getting less and less, and the death energy was getting more and more. At the same time, his realm cultivation level It is also rising steadily.

Seeing this scene, several Taoist priests of the fourth grade wine ceremony couldn't help but be shocked: "This is the divine power of Lord Siming!"

No one thought that the old Taoist actually possessed the power of two ancient immortals.

Although the old Taoist's state of cultivation has improved by leaps and bounds as a result, and he is only one step away from being a heavenly being, he has also paid a huge price. His lifespan is running out.

The old Taoist exhaled a breath of black breath full of corpse and rotten smell: "Master Zhang, it's a pity to lose my old life here. You are in your prime, and your great life has just begun."

Zhang Yuelu hurriedly sheathed his sword and retreated.

The old Taoist moved his body and said: "With the magical power of Si Ming, it is not easy to survive, and it is even harder to die. I wonder who among you can grant me death?"

Several fourth-grade Taoist priests standing in the wind were standing in the wind. Although they were all in the stage of returning to their true nature, they were intimidated by the power of the old Taoists and no one took action rashly. From this point of view, no matter how the battle ends, this person is destined to die. If he fights to the death again, it is not worth it, so self-preservation comes first.

The old Taoist was also not in a hurry to take action, and said with emotion: "When I entered the Taoist sect, I was also full of ambitions and wanted to do a good job. However, the great master of the fifth generation had a bad temper, used his power for his own purposes, acted domineeringly, and could not tolerate any opposition. , my master was demoted to the Requiem Division just because of one wrong sentence. When I was in my prime, the Sixth Generation Grand Master took over. He was weak and could not convince the three deputy chief masters. The master wanted to do it. Redress is still far away, and I die in depression. Today, I am already old and old, and the position of the Grand Master is vacant. The three deputy Masters hold the power and refuse to give in to each other. It is really interesting, and it shows that the Taoist sect is also in trouble. When it reaches its peak and declines, it’s a pity that I can’t see the day when the Taoist Gate collapses.”

After finishing speaking, the old Taoist shook the old Taoist robe on his body, his hazy eyes were filled with introverted spirit, and there was a cold and dead silence in them.

Zhang Yuelu did not dare to underestimate the old Taoist, and responded with a horizontal sword in front of him.

The next moment, a long white bone sword appeared in the old man's hand, filled with dark divine power. His figure swept away, and he followed the sword and swept away towards Zhang Yuelu.

Zhang Yue's deer feet did not leave the ground, holding a sword to meet him. Where he landed, there were layers of lotus-shaped ripples of Qi, creating a lotus with each step.

After the two people got close, the sword lights intertwined, and a series of fine metallic clanging sounds immediately sounded, continuously. Then they separated, and the old Taoist waved the ancient sword. The clouds were gloomy, the wind was howling, and the black energy was pouring down on the head, densely like a torrential downpour.

The sword energy surged from the paper sword in Zhang Yuelu's hand. Wherever it passed, billowing black clouds and mist separated like blue waves and surged backwards to both sides.

The dusty Taoist robe on the old Taoist's body moved without the wind. I don't know if it was caused by the insufflation of his own Qi, or it was blown by Zhang Yuelu's majestic sword Qi.

The two men kept fighting with each other.

The old Taoist's bone sword collided with Zhang Yuelu's paper sword no less than a hundred times. Although the bone sword was extremely powerful, it could not do anything to Zhang Yuelu.

The old Taoist's golden light power never came out. Instead, the black mist rose sharply above the bone sword, like the water of a river in the flood season.

For a moment, everything in front of Zhang Yuelu disappeared, only the billowing clouds and black fog, and an unimaginable chill hidden in the old Taoist's sword energy surged towards Zhang Yuelu.

Zhang Yuelu threw away the paper sword in her hand, and one turned into two, two turned into four, four turned into eight, eight turned into sixteen, sixteen turned into thirty-two, thirty-two turned into sixty-four, and spread out in sequence behind her like a peacock spreading its tail. , then she spun around, and her whole body was like a huge top. Hundreds of swords moved in unison, and countless sword energy shot out in all directions. Each sword energy was extremely sharp and indestructible. It not only scattered the dark clouds and black fog, but also forced The old Taoist's bone sword couldn't get close to him, and it also attacked the old Taoist himself.

But in the blink of an eye, there were three more sword wounds on the old Taoist's body, all of which were critical, and blood as black as ink flowed from them. However, the old Taoist was blessed by the divine power of Lord Siming, so he was not dead and was still alive and well. .

This is also expected. This is why the believers of the Ancient Immortal are so difficult. They themselves have good cultivation, and they have received the divine power of the Ancient Immortal through external objects. It is like the Taoist priests and spiritual officials of the Taoist sect merge into one. , the degree of difficulty can be imagined.

As for why the Taoist sect does not act in this way, it has its own considerations. The main reason is that this method can only bless a small number of people, and the area that the Taoist sect has to govern is too large and requires more manpower, especially the high-quality elite Taoist priests who are unwilling to divide Concerned with various grassroots chores, such as guarding, escorting, patrolling, etc., the Taoist sect had to lower its standards, expand the scale of spiritual officers, use spiritual officers to fill the vacancies of Taoist priests, and share various responsibilities that Taoist priests are unwilling to bear, even if the Taoist sect has a huge number of Compared with the huge number of spiritual officials, divine power is still insufficient, so it is even more impossible to allocate divine power to Taoist priests.

Zhang Yuelu did not intend to kill the old Taoist directly with the paper sword in her hand, but used it as a restraint. She once again approached the old Taoist, grabbed his wrist, and started to run the "Six Void Tribulations".

The old Taoist's divine power could not escape the fate of being forcibly transformed by the "Six Void Tribulations", but he was not afraid. He looked past Zhang Yuelu and looked at the few fourth-grade wine-sacrifice Taoist priests behind her who had not moved for a long time, and laughed. Said: "It's ridiculous to protect one's own safety and just sit on the sidelines. She is worse than a little girl. Such a sect is really ridiculous, ridiculous."

After saying that, the old Taoist directly threw the golden light power condensed in his hand towards several fourth-grade wine-offering Taoist priests.