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True Master Jun Shan, with his hands clasped behind his back, heard this assessment and didn’t get angry.
Instead, he turned to Xie Zhen with a smile and asked, “What do you think, does that count as breaking the precept against anger?”
It seemed that these two were old acquaintances “in life.”
Xie Xuanyi defensively asked, “Is Qi Yu your disciple?”
“Yes and no.”
True Master Jun Shan gave an ambiguous answer that was hard to figure out.
He really was a very strange fellow.
He had clearly lived for two lifetimes.
Yet Xie Xuanyi didn’t sense the “accumulation of years” within him.
This fellow’s manner of speaking and style of conduct actually resembled that of an immature child.
“Who is Qi Yu?”
Monk Miao Zhen frowned and spoke up.
He had traveled thousands of miles from the Da Li Kingdom and was oblivious to many things.
“Ever since my resurgence in the Divine Sea, I’ve been in seclusion at the Tai Shang House,” said True Master Jun Shan with a look of regret in his eyes, lamenting in an aged tone, “That little fellow Qi Yu has been serving tea, cooking meals, and attending to me for many years.
He has no merits, but he has worked hard…
In these years, I taught him both swordsmanship and Thunder Technique, but unfortunately, he didn’t learn either.”
Xie Xuanyi understood.
He drew his umbrella sword and spoke coldly, “So that strike just now…
you were here to seek vengeance for him?”
“No.
Not at all.”
This time,
True Master Jun Shan’s answer was very direct and crisp.
He proudly stated, “If I were to kill you, that strike just now…
wouldn’t have been so easily resolved by you.”
“…”
Xie Xuanyi fell silent once again.
At this moment, he came to understand Lu Yuzhen’s advice back in the Great Yue Kingdom.
The grand era was approaching, and the fortunes were resurging.
The strongest cultivators of Great Chu and the Da Li Dynasty were not only those geniuses from the Holy Lands but also the Reincarnators who had accumulated a lifetime’s worth of resources.
Whether it be Miao Zhen or Jun Shan, both of these Reincarnated True People had cultivated to the “Yang God Realm” in their previous lives.
When it came to the talent for cultivation, Xie Xuanyi was confident he could surpass them, but when comparing the depth of their past life experiences, he had to admit, he was somewhat lacking.
The methods of the Yang God were mostly inapplicable in the Cave Heaven Realm.
But the Divine Soul Secret Treasure brought by “reincarnation” was enough to widen the gap!
If True Master Jun Shan spared no effort in trying to kill him, could he really have resolved that strike?
“Why are you here tonight if not to seek vengeance for Qi Yu by killing me?”
Xie Xuanyi was perplexed.
“To seek vengeance for Qi Yu and to kill you, do they have to be the same thing?”
True Master Jun Shan muttered, stretching out a finger, and spoke leisurely, “So-called cause and effect, fate, is nothing more than having a beginning and an end.
He served me, waited on me, and I taught him swordsmanship and Thunder Technique; thus, we have already dissolved that karma.
He was killed by your Sword Qi at the North Suburb Villa, and tonight I returned a Sword Qi; the remaining karma is also considered settled.”
Xie Xuanyi rubbed his temples.
The words were somewhat obscure but not difficult to understand.
True Master Jun Shan’s attitude towards Qi Yu was entirely different from Li Chen’s towards Fang Hang.
Li Chen treasured Fang Hang like the apple of his eye.
Thus, when Fang Hang died at Xie Xuanyi’s hands, Li Chen wished he could tear Xie Xuanyi to pieces.
But when Qi Yu died,
True Master Jun Shan’s only thought was to settle karma…
and with that strike just now, the karma was settled.
“What in the world are you babbling about?!”
At that moment, Monk Miao Zhen could no longer contain his impatience.
He drew his Zen Staff, pointed at Jun Shan, and shouted angrily, “We have all ‘died once’ already.
It’s been so many years.
Can’t you change that annoying habit of beating around the bush?”
Without waiting for True Master Jun Shan to reply,
He threw the Ming Sha Treasure Staff.
Boom!
Wind and thunder roared, and thirty-one True Words burst forth in an instant, turning into dazzling golden characters, warding off and submerging half the sky!
“???”
These fearsome sights left Duan Zhao, who was outside the barrier, utterly stunned.
Even Xie Zhen was taken aback.
From this move, it was clear that Miao Zhen had held back when clashing with him…
Obviously, he had not shown his full strength.
The Treasure Staff crashed down in front of the childish figure in the Daoist robe in an instant.
Buzz!
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
This move was simply too fast; True Master Jun Shan had no time to deploy any other methods.
He quickly brought his hands together in prayer and forcibly clamped down on the Ming Sha Treasure Staff with his Thunder Talisman.
His originally calm and contented expression turned red with the surge of powerful energy in an instant.
Countless heavenly thunders tumbled down, pouring into the Ming Sha Treasure Staff, while the Heavenly Venerate’s Proverbs of the Taoist path emerged, creating a countering force against the Buddhist Sanskrit!
The rumbling of thunder spread.
“You baldy, are you sick?”
True Master Jun Shan cursed loudly, fuming with anger.
“…The sick one is you.”
Miao Zhen spoke earnestly, drawing the Zen Staff to him through the air with one hand, maintaining the pressure on True Master Jun Shan, while with the other hand, he tossed the Buddha Beads high into the air.
The peak of Moss Ridge was immediately submerged in the blazing light of the sun.
Countless strands of Sword Qi burst out from the third eye of True Master Jun Shan, clashing majestically with the Buddha Beads—such a scene could truly be described as “a battle of the immortals.” It was clear that two Cave Heaven Realm cultivators were attacking each other, but their display did not fall short of that of the Yin God Venerable!
“My dear mother…”
Sitting in the shade of an ancient tree, Duan Zhao watched this spectacle unfold and couldn’t help but stroke his Wind and Thunder Bracelet.
Before he had left Wangyou Island, his mother had expressly reminded him:
A great era was approaching.
Within the dynasties, it was very likely that he would encounter so-called “Reincarnators,” and he must remember that Reincarnated True People are not to be provoked lightly by geniuses of the same realm.
If harassed by a “Reincarnator,” he should reveal his bracelet and his identity, and not even think about fighting head-on.
Watching the battle prowess of these two Cave Heaven Cultivators, Duan Zhao began to appreciate his mother’s earnest advice…
However, Duan Zhao suddenly had a rather bizarre thought.
If “Reincarnated True People” were not to be contended with by force, then what was the little Sect Master Xie from earlier, who nearly matched Miao Zhen in combat?
…
…
The peak of Moss Ridge was illuminated as if it were daytime.
Tens of thousands of raindrops failed to reach the ground before being evaporated by the scorching sun, turning into countless streams of hot air.
“…”
Standing amidst swordsort and Buddha’s light, Xie Xuanyi wore a complex expression, and for a moment, he didn’t know what to do.
Logically, he should have been the “primary target” of the two Reincarnated True People.
But for some reason…
Now these two were fighting each other.
He had become the sole bystander.
Tonight’s meeting had taken on a touch of the ridiculous, a touch of the absurd.
He sighed softly, retracted his umbrella sword, and prepared to quickly leave this place of conflict.
The Southern Border Evil Cultivators had been completely eradicated, and the “Demon Clearing” plan was doomed to be postponed.
Staying any longer would be pointless.
Just as Xie Xuanyi was sheathing his umbrella sword.
An urgent message from True Master Jun Shan resounded in his Heart Sea.
“Xie, what are you standing there for… Hurry up and help!”
The thirty-one True Words of the Ming Sha Treasure Staff hadn’t crushed True Master Jun Shan’s spine, but they did press him from three feet above the ground down to the surface.
With his youthful body, Jun Shan could only look up and gaze at the tall figure of Miao Zhen from afar.
This angle was quite uncomfortable.
But he had no choice.
He could only glare furiously at Miao Zhen, while sending urgent messages: “Wait, wait, wait, you don’t actually think I intended to harm you, do you?
With your realm, you should have been able to feel that my last sword strike held no Killing Intent!
This matter is not something that can be explained in a few words.
I promise to explain it to you in detail later, but the urgent matter at hand is to suppress this baldy!
Give it some thought—we both are cultivators of the Great Chu Dynasty, but this baldy is from the Great Da Li.
Tonight we have the perfect opportunity for a two-on-one assault… If we give him a severe beating, what face will Fan Yin Temple have to come to the Imperial City and preach as part of the East Crossing Mission?!”
Xie Xuanyi looked perplexed.
Because at the same moment, Miao Zhen’s transmission also reached his Heart Lake.
“Patron Xie… I was wrong earlier, I misunderstood your identity.”
Miao Zhen was very polite, his tone seemingly calm at first listen, but upon closer scrutiny, one could see the anger concealed in his flushed face and eyes.
The peak of Moss Ridge was continuously struck by the Treasure Pearl Radiance clashing with the Sword Qi.
It seemed like an evenly matched battle of powerful energies.
But True Master Jun Shan’s Sword Qi was a notch stronger.
After several clashes, Jun Shan’s Sword Qi had cracked the Treasure Pearl Radiance in several places!
Clearly, both Reincarnators were now fighting in earnest.
“I heard that you had a dispute with the Tai Shang House Master, Li Chen.”
Miao Zhen spoke solemnly, extending an invitation: “This ‘True Master Jun Shan’ is the mentor of Li Chen; surely he must have come tonight on account of Tai Shang House’s grudges.
Why don’t we join hands and capture him?”