The Counterattack of the Villains

The eve of Chen Xiang’s sixteenth birthday.

The Milky Way is bright and the sky is filled with stars.

In the backyard of Haoran Sect, Liu Yanchang was sitting alone in the courtyard, with a Kongming lantern filled with Chinese characters in front of him.

He looked at the night sky and murmured to himself: "Third Holy Mother, I originally hoped that our child could live a peaceful life as a mortal like you said."

"But I didn't expect that he would have magic power. I really don't know how to tell him."

"After he knows the truth, will he cry out for his mother every day like he did when he was a child?"

"Third Holy Mother, do you still remember what we once said? We will never be separated in all our lives."

"If you can see this sky lantern, give me a dream and tell me what to say to him, okay?"

No wonder Liu Yanchang suddenly felt melancholy. It was actually the changes in Agarwood in the past six months that made him a little overwhelmed and felt that it was beyond his control.

Should it be said that he is worthy of being a semi-immortal? In the past six months, Chen Xiang and other Haoran Sect disciples have been practicing the same techniques.

But even Goudan, who is a genius who believes in nature rather than nurture, has only just been able to use the power of air separation, and his Qinggong skills can only be used to fly on grass, float on water and so on.

The other disciples couldn't even release their air energy, and they could reach the roof with just one leap.

But Agarwood has already flown into the sky and escaped from the earth, going in and out of Yin and Yang.

Yesterday he actually told himself that he had made friends with Black and White Wuchang.

Liu Yanchang knew that this was not a problem with Li Mu's technique, but a problem with Chen Xiang himself.

Because even Li Mu couldn't figure out how much potential there was in Agarwood's body.

Liu Yanchang is now very scared, fearing that Chenxiang will be targeted by Heaven, which will not only harm him, but also harm Li Mu and the villagers of Liujia Village.

Back at the foot of Huashan Mountain, he had seen the ferocity of heavenly soldiers and generals, and they did not take mortal lives into consideration at all.

Many villagers in his hometown were implicated by his wife and died in the aftermath of the fight between gods.

He and Chen Xiang would not have survived if the Three Holy Mothers had not protected each other with lotus lanterns.

If the Three Holy Mothers had not taken care of them, how could they have been caught so easily with the lotus lantern in hand?

After all, Liu Yanchang is just a mortal who does not understand the immortal way. How can he understand that the power of Agarwood is certainly due to his semi-immortal body.

But without Li Mu's skills to develop the potential of his semi-immortal body, he would only be able to pass through walls and control objects, and would not be able to fight at all.

Looking up at the Kongming lantern disappearing behind the clouds, Liu Yanchang sighed and returned to the house.

Little did he know that when the Kongming Lantern flew high into the sky, a golden light fell from the sky and destroyed it.

…

The next morning, Chen Xiang woke up from meditation.

Since he started practicing, he has never slept again and has always replaced sleep with practicing. This is why he became an Earth Immortal in just half a year.

After finishing her work and getting up, Chenxiang walked out of the room, but saw that the door to her father's room was not closed.

Through the crack in the door, he saw his father sitting at the table, holding a jade-green lamp in his hand, lost in thought.

Now that he has cultivated himself, he can faintly feel that there seems to be a spiritual energy lingering on that lamp.

Chen Xiang opened the door and asked curiously: "Dad, what is this? Why have I never seen it before?"

Liu Yanchang quickly put the lamp into the box in front of him, and while closing the box, he said nonchalantly: "A friend gave me the lamp."

Chen Xiang quickly said: "Dad, don't accept it yet, let me take a look."

Liu Yanchang patted him on the shoulder and said, "There's nothing interesting to see. It's almost time. It's time to go to the sect. You can wait for me outside."

Chen Xiang had a suspicious look on his face, but he didn't show anything strange and just said: "Oh, I'll go out first."

Chen Xiang turned around and went out, but when he walked outside, he silently used the incarnation technique outside his body and transformed into another person. He used the invisibility technique to hide aside.

His external incarnation is naturally not a high-level method among the seventy-two transformations. Strictly speaking, it is a blind method.

Some practitioners in the world can do this with the help of talismans, straw figures, puppets and other media.

It's just that the incarnation created by this small magic can deceive the eyes of mortals. It has no other use and will dissipate after a slightly heavier impact.

And because this incarnation has no intelligence, its demeanor and movements are slightly stiff, and it can only mechanically perform the actions set by the master. It may not be able to deceive even a more careful mortal.

However, because Liu Yanchang was distracted by seeing things and missing people, he did not notice anything wrong with Agarwood at all.

After going out, he saw Chen Xiang waiting at the door and casually greeted him: "Let's go!"

"oh."

The avatar outside the body responded expressionlessly, and then followed Liu Yanchang to Haoran Zongxing.

Haoran Sect is said to be a sect, but its actual operation mode is no different from that of a private school.

Disciples come to practice with Li Mu every morning, and return home as usual in the afternoon, either helping their parents with some work, or practicing the skills they learned during class.

At night, those who are more diligent are like Agarwood, meditating instead of sleeping.

I couldn't stand the boring part, so I meditated after dinner until nightfall, then I stopped and lay down to sleep.

As for the courses within the sect, we meditate together to practice magic power in the morning, from the time the sun rises to the third pole above the sun, which lasts about an hour and a half.

Then it was time to practice various martial arts and spells until lunch, then rest for half an hour before continuing.

This way of working and resting is similar to that of students of later generations.

After her external avatar left with her father, Chenxiang showed up and went into her father's room, rummaging through everything.

The room was not big, and there were only so many places to hide things. Agarwood quickly found the box containing the lotus lantern in a wooden box.

He put the box on the table and opened it with great interest, and the jade-green lotus lantern appeared in front of him.

"What on earth is this?" Chenxiang held the lotus lamp and took it out.

After looking at it carefully for a while, I didn't see any problems. Except for the faint aura lingering on the lamp, there was nothing special about it.

Agarwood tried to input a burst of mana. Unexpectedly, when the mana poured into the lotus lamp, it was like turning on some switch, and the lotus lamp suddenly bloomed with brilliant colorful light.

Chen Xiang was startled and subconsciously threw the lamp out.

However, the lotus lantern he threw out did not fall to the ground, but was suspended in the air.

The light on the lamp gradually converged, but the lamp still did not fall off.

Chenxiang looked at it for a while and found that there seemed to be no danger. Then she tried to step forward and slowly reached out to grab the lotus lantern.

What shocked Chenxiang was that just when his hand was about to touch the lotus lantern, the lotus lantern suddenly flashed to the side, avoiding his grasp.

Chen Xiang was greatly surprised and grabbed it again, but the Lotus Lantern dodged once again.

Chen Xiang was a little unconvinced. She summoned her magic power and was in front of the lotus lantern in a flash. She grabbed the lotus lantern with lightning speed, but she still couldn't catch it.

The lotus lantern seemed to be playing hide-and-seek with him, swaying here and there, sometimes moving up and sometimes falling.

No matter how fast Agarwood is, Baolian Lantern can always avoid it half a step ahead.

Agarwood was aroused by the lotus lantern. She stepped lightly on the waves with her feet and used her oracle bone dragon claws on her hands to grab the lotus lantern.

"Where are you going... I'll let you hide..."

The lotus lantern flew around the room for a while, and finally flew out of the room and flew away. Agarwood quickly chased after it.

A strange scene appeared on the streets of Liujiacun. An emerald green lamp flew in front of it. Agarwood used extremely agile footwork and chased behind it, dragging a string of afterimages behind it.

This lotus lantern does not fly high, it floats about half a foot above the ground, and can flexibly avoid pedestrians.

As a result, Chen Xiang's sword control skills were useless, and he could only use light kung fu and footwork to catch up.

The villagers coming and going looked at this strange scene and couldn't help but feel very interesting. They all talked about it, thinking that Chen Xiang was doing some training!

If this had happened a few months ago, it would have caused a riot.

But nowadays, it is normal for the disciples of Haoran Sect to not take the ordinary path. They often use Qinggong to fly over the roofs, and the villagers have long been accustomed to it.

Some even laughed and joked: "Agarwood, hurry up, if you hurry up, why can't you even catch a light?"

"Eh? Isn't agarwood here? Then why is there still agarwood?"

At this time, Liu Yanchang and his incarnation had not yet gone far. Chenxiang's attention was entirely focused on the lotus lantern, and he did not notice Liu Yanchang at all, but passed him directly.

"Agarwood?" Liu Yanchang suddenly turned his head and looked at the incarnation behind him, and then at the agarwood who was chasing the lotus lantern. He still didn't understand what happened.

He stamped his feet anxiously and slapped the avatar's shoulder hard.

"puff"

As soon as Liu Yanchang's palm fell on the shoulder of the avatar, the avatar immediately exploded into a mist and disappeared without a trace.

"Agarwood, what are you doing?" Liu Yanchang shouted at Chenxiang's back, and took big steps to catch up.

After Liu Yanchang became a teacher in a private school, he also followed Li Mu and practiced the Yijin Guteng Kung Fu, just to strengthen his body.

After more than ten years of unremitting training, my body has become very strong. Although I have not practiced internal skills, I can sprint as fast as a galloping horse.

Therefore, although he couldn't catch up with Chen Xiang who used Lingbo Weibu, he could barely catch up with him at a distance without losing him.

Chenxiang chased the lotus lantern all the way out of the village, and finally there was no obstacle.

Baolian Lantern seemed to understand this, and immediately stopped flying at low altitude, but gradually rose higher.

Seeing this, Chen Xiang decisively used the skill of sword control, wrapped herself in sword light, and flew towards the lotus lantern.

There is a small river not far outside the village, which is a tributary of Yangcheng Lake. Just as the lotus lantern flew over the river, there was a sudden explosion in the river.

A five-clawed golden dragon with reddish color rushed out of the river, causing large splashes of water.

The dragon circled around, and its claws firmly grasped the lotus lantern.

The next moment, golden light bloomed above the dragon drive, and the dragon quickly shrank in the golden light, and finally transformed into a beautiful woman wearing a red dress and long golden hair.

She held the lotus lantern and looked at the agarwood parked not far in front of her.

Chenxiang's eyes widened and she said in shock: "Fourth aunt?"

Ao Tingxin smiled, tilted his head and said, "Go down first!"

The two flew towards the shore and landed in front of Liu Yanchang, who had just rushed over. Ao Tingxin handed the lotus lantern back to Liu Yanchang.

Chenxiang looked at Ao Tingxin, then at Liu Yanchang, and said in a deep voice: "Fourth Aunt, you are not a mortal. Who are you?"

"And what is this lamp? Why is it so magical?"

Ao Tingxin and Liu Yanchang looked at each other and said softly: "Let's go back first!"

At this moment, a ray of light flew from the direction of Haoran Sect, landed three feet away from a few people, and revealed the figure of Li Mu.

"Agarwood, brother Yanchang, what happened?"

Liu Yanchang forced a smile and said: "It's nothing, today is Chen Xiang's birthday, and Fourth Sister is here to celebrate his birthday."

Li Mu looked at Ao Tingxin and said solemnly: "If you are seeing correctly from below, the fourth girl is a dragon?"

Ao Tingxin glanced at Chenxiang, lowered her eyelids slightly, and did not respond to Li Mu's words.

Liu Yanchang said: "Brother Li, there are some things, let's go back and talk about it first!"

Li Mu nodded, and the four of them returned to Liu Yanchang's home in silence.

Liu Yanchang, Ao Tingxin, and Li Mu sat down at the table in the living room. Chenxiang stood aside and was the first to speak: "Dad, Fourth Aunt, I know there are some things, and it's for my own good that you don't tell me."

"But I'm already sixteen years old, and I don't want to live in such a haphazard way anymore. I want to hear my mother's story. I want to know whether my mother is a fairy or a monster."

There was silence in the room. After a long time, Liu Yanchang sighed and said slowly: "You are right. You have grown up. There are some things that should no longer be hidden from you."

After saying this, Liu Yanchang looked at Li Mu and said with shame: "Brother Li, you shouldn't have been involved in these things originally, but now... I really can't help it."

Li Mu waved his hand and said, "There is no need to say this again. I watched Chenxiang grow up, and he is also my direct disciple. We have already had a continuous relationship of cause and effect."

"No matter what he needs to face in the future, as a master, I will definitely help him."

Liu Yanchang nodded gratefully to him, then stretched out his hand toward Ao Tingxin and said, "What you said before is correct. The fourth sister is indeed the dragon clan. She is the fourth princess of the East China Sea Dragon Palace."

Chenxiang looked at Ao Tingxin absently, and said in a daze: "Princess, then my mother..."

Ao Tingxin said: "Your mother is the niece of the Jade Emperor, the biological sister of Erlang Xian Sheng Zhenjun, and the Holy Mother of the Western Mountains consecrated by heaven. Because she ranks third, she is called the Three Holy Mothers by the world."

Chen Xiang looked at Li Mu in shock: "My mother is the Third Holy Mother, and the uncle I met a few days ago..."

Li Mu said solemnly: "It should be Erlang Shen."

"What?" Liu Yanchang was shocked when he heard this. Chenxiang had never told him about this. When he heard this, he couldn't help but stood up and said in a voiceless voice: "You met Erlang Shen a few days ago? Why didn't you tell me?"

Chen Xiang said bitterly: "What's the use of telling you? I can't even walk in front of him."

Liu Yanchang's face changed, and he said in shock and fear: "He came to the door, what does he want to do?"

Li Mu pressed his hands and said: "Sit down first, don't worry, if he wants to do harm to Chen Xiang, how can Chen Xiang survive until now?"

After hearing this, Liu Yanchang finally calmed down. This was indeed the truth.

Li Mu continued: "When you put it this way, I basically understand what happened."

"As far as I know, the law of heaven does not allow gods to touch mortal hearts, and it is a grave sin to marry a mortal privately."

"Since the Third Holy Mother married you and gave birth to agarwood, she violated the laws of heaven. Her outcome... I'm afraid it won't be too good."

Chenxiang asked in a trembling voice: "What will happen if you violate the rules of heaven?"

Li Mu shook his head and said, "I don't know either. I'm afraid only Erlang Shen knows this matter best."

After hearing this, Chen Xiang subconsciously touched the jade pendant Yang Jian gave him in his arms, and secretly made a decision in his heart.

If it were any other situation, he could temporarily ignore the investigation and make up his mind to practice hard until he could defeat his uncle.

But now he discovered that this could not be solved by defeating his uncle at all, so he could not wait any longer.

Agarwood's sixteenth birthday was spent in a dull atmosphere.

Liu Yanchang passed the lotus lantern to Chen Xiang, but with Chen Xiang's current magic power, he could not exert the true power of the lotus lantern.

However, it can be regarded as a magic weapon that is close to him. With his cultivation as an Earth Immortal, he can cross two realms with the Lotus Lamp and defeat a wave of opponents from the True Immortal Realm.

He is the son of the Three Holy Mothers, and he has half of the blood of the Three Holy Mothers in his body, so the Lotus Lantern does not reject him, and it was only in the state of playing with him before.

And if the lotus lantern resists someone, like little fox Xiaoyu's grandmother, it will only trigger the defense mechanism of the lotus lantern and knock the opponent away.

However, with Agarwood's level of cultivation, it was impossible to refine the Lotus Lamp into his body, so he used a cloth bag to hang the Lotus Lamp around his waist.

…

In heaven, thirty-three days away, Yuqing Tianmiluo Palace.

After Yang Jian arrived here, he greeted a Taoist boy and said: "Yang Jian has met the senior brother. The disciple received the master's decree and came to see him."

Tao Tong is the direct disciple of the Antarctic Immortal, the immortal boy accompanying Yuanshi Tianzun, and the white crane boy whose body is a red-crowned crane.

Although he only looks like a young man and his magic power is not very strong, he is the senior brother of three generations of disciples of the Yuxu lineage.

The boy Baihe smiled and nodded: "Junior brother, there is no need to be polite. Master has given orders. When you arrive, you can go in and see him directly."

"yes."

Yang Jian entered Miluo Palace, bowed respectfully to Yuanshi Tianzun who was sitting cross-legged on the futon, and said: "Disciple Yang Jian, pay homage to the master."

After becoming a god to measure the catastrophe, Yuanshi Tianzun escaped into chaos with his Taoist temple, Yuxu Palace, and was not allowed to enter the prehistoric world. Therefore, the Yuqingtian Miluo Palace is actually the good corpse of Yuanshi Tianzun.

Yuanshi Tianzun opened his eyes, looked at Yang Jian and said: "Yang Jian, he proclaimed himself a god to measure the calamity, and the law of heaven has been set. It has been nearly two thousand years."

"The old rules of heaven are now out of date, and the new rules of heaven are about to come into being, and your sister Sansheng Sheng and your nephew Liu Chenxiang are the ones who should be robbed."

Yang Jian's eyes narrowed, and he clasped his fists respectfully: "I dare to ask Master, are my sister-in-law and Chenxiang... are their lives in danger?"

Yuanshi Tianzun said indifferently: "Under the way of heaven, there is always a glimmer of hope. Whether you worry about your life or not, it all depends on your nephew."

"If he can break the old shackles and successfully usher in the new heaven, he will naturally have merit and good fortune, and everything will be fine."

"If the new Tiantiao cannot be born smoothly, your parents and brothers will serve as a warning."

Yang Jian's heart trembled, and he quickly asked Yuanshi Tianzun for details. Although Yuanshi Tianzun could not reveal the secrets too much, he could also give some indirect suggestions.

After a while, Yang Jian walked out of Miluo Palace with a solemn expression and headed towards the lower world.