IS Chapter 96

After pulling the person over, Li Yuan examined them.

There were minor injuries, but no major ones.

There would definitely be some internal injuries, requiring a bit of recuperation, but nothing serious. There weren’t many external injuries either.

——But he still fed them a few pills as usual.

Jun Shaoliu inexplicably moved a few steps further away again. This was even better.

“The clothes are torn.” Li Yuan noticed an inconspicuous tear in Ye Zhuo’s Dharma robe. That old thing was quite capable.

“It’s nothing.” Ye Zhuo retrieved his clothes from the other’s hands.

Li Yuan said, “It’s fine, you can change into a new one later.”

“?”

Ye Zhuo: “You have another one?”

“Why can’t I? Who goes out with only one set of clothes?” Li Yuan said.

Ye Zhuo: “Who goes out and takes other people’s clothes without asking?”

“Then who goes out and takes other people’s scales without asking?”

Ye Zhuo stopped talking to him. The more he said, the more the other would learn.

He looked down at the Ghost Opera Stage, watching Wei Sheng Xian talk to Yu Lou. The other people from the Immortal Dao quietly listened for the true meaning behind their words.

Looking at them, he felt that everyone’s brains were turning as fast as the flowing light behind Yin Ye.

The Upper Purity Mountain was colluding with the Ghost Realm behind the backs of the entire Immortal Dao. Anyone who saw it would understand.

But many famous sects might not be like Shen Jingzhen, truly willing to stand up without hesitation and oppose the Protector Daoist.

They first had to consider how much chance they had of winning if they offended the Upper Purity Mountain.

Secondly, they had to consider whether there would be any profit to be gained from truly reaching an agreement with the Ghost Realm.

If the Human Realm and the Ghost Realm were bound to collide, of course they would have to find a way to cut their losses and survive.

It would simply be to re-establish the Six Paths of Reincarnation in the human world, and send the incense offerings of mortals to the Ghost Realm, since they didn’t rely on incense to cultivate anyway.

If the Human Realm and the Ghost Realm were connected, although they claimed they wouldn’t invade now, would the Ghost Realm come to invade the Human Realm when they wanted to eat blood in a hundred years? In any case, what they would eat wouldn’t be the blood of cultivators.

However, the magic treasures that stimulated the Aura Meridian could solve their immediate needs.

On the other side, Wei Sheng Xian asked how the Human Realm would “assist” the Ghost Realm. Yu Lou said that they didn’t need resources from the Human Realm, but just needed a few people from the cultivation realms to assist the Ghost Realm in finding the key points where the human and ghost realms once connected, to help the two realms smoothly connect without causing a disturbance.

Wei Sheng Xian then asked, “Since the collision between the two realms is imminent, how can the Real Person be so confident that they can find the key points?”

Yu Lou naturally had a well-thought-out plan: “We have studied the Dao of Realms in depth. Since we have agreed, we are confident.”

Ye Zhuo listened and only felt bored.

He held his sword. With a sharp blade at his side, listening to people talk, when he didn’t want to listen, the first thing he subconsciously thought of wasn’t arguing with them, but how to chop them up.

But assessing the situation, if he chopped them up now, he would be the one in the wrong.

Ye Zhuo originally didn’t believe in these notions of being in the right or wrong. But just like that scale, once he plucked it, Dragon Li Yuan could always bring it up to control him.

Coldly watching Real Person Yu Lou, Ye Zhuo’s expression was uncertain.

Seeing the man’s expression, Li Yuan knew what he was thinking.

Unimportant people were saying unimportant things, making this person annoyed.

Ye Zhuo was never the one to set up a scheme.

But he would be interested in disrupting one.

——Wei Sheng Xian asked one question after another, and no one in the Immortal Dao spoke to stop him, all waiting for him to ask.

It turned out that this Palace Master Wei Sheng Xian was not only eloquent during discussions, but even more aggressive when he had ulterior motives.

He didn’t ask what the Upper Purity Mountain was actually doing, but relentlessly pursued the “key points” claimed by the Upper Purity Mountain, insisting on asking how they would find them. Real Person Yu Lou said that this was a secret of the Realm, and it was inconvenient to pass it on to others. He instead brought up the Ghost Emperor and asked Yu Lou, since they couldn’t even say this, how could they convince the Ghost Emperor that they could really find the key points and reach an agreement?

The Ghost Emperor smiled without saying a word.

In the end, he was different from Li Yuan. The Ghost Realm was also different from the Dragon Realm.

His strength was too insignificant among the tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of years old ghosts and ghouls in the Ghost Realm. And those old ghosts were not good men or women either.

The old Ghost Emperor died, and he was able to climb up because he had the ability to make the treasures that were the foundation of the Ghost Realm recognize him as their master, forcing those monsters and demons to reluctantly accept him. He had taken this position, but to sit firmly, he still had to work hard and painstakingly manage it.

Being able to collude with the Upper Purity Mountain was because he knew about the Human Realm, and he wanted to try his luck. Jun Shaoliu also wanted to know how much the Real People had in their hands, and whether they were really trying to get something for nothing.

“How is this play going?” Jun Shaoliu asked Li Yuan.

Real Person Yu Lou looked at him, and he responded with a smile, a smile that Yu Lou couldn’t fathom.

“Not good,” Li Yuan said.

And he also knew that Ye Zhuo didn’t think it was good either.

After a round of debate, Real Person Yu Lou was already under attack from all sides. He had no choice but to reveal a bit of information: the reason they were able to ensure they could find the “key points” was that their predecessors had related inheritances.

The Upper Purity Mountain had a long history of inheritance. Some people believed this, and the Ghost Emperor seemed to believe it as well.

Wei Sheng Xian was still smiling, making people shudder, and even Yin Ye beside him had a mysterious expression.

And Ye Zhuo quietly watched Yu Lou.

His gaze was deep and quiet, like some kind of light beast lurking in the night, staring at the prey it had wanted for a long time.

Yu Lou shouldn’t have said these words.

Once said, a fatal flaw would be revealed.

In the strange, unspoken silence, Ye Zhuo spoke.

As soon as that voice, like frost-covered cold jade, came out, everyone’s gaze turned to him.

They saw his casual gaze fall on Real Person Yu Lou’s face, standing with his arms crossed on the upturned eaves, holding the Peerless Divine Sword that had just taken Real Person Yu Hu’s life in his arms.

In his eyes, a hint of seeming interest.

“But I heard,” he said, “that what the predecessors passed down was a great formation called ‘Suspended Pouring’. The great formation has eight gates. If you find them and open them, you can separate the two realms.”

There was a slight commotion in the crowd.

The two realms collided, unavoidable, so they negotiated peace. That was one situation.

But if there was a way to reverse it—that was a completely different situation.

Before Yu Lou could speak, a young voice rang out loudly from the crowd, preemptively: “Second Palace Master Ye, do you have any evidence for what you are saying!”

Li Yuan thought the people from the Red Dust Sword Sect were really interesting. Seemingly tearing down the stage, but actually putting on a show.

It was a pity that Sect Leader Lin wasn’t here, and there were no witnesses for the Du Shan formation.

But Ye Zhuo didn’t need witnesses.

Behind him, eight solemn golden pagoda phantoms appeared out of thin air, rotating and interlacing. Endless compassionate intent spread like the sea. This perfect and complete Buddhist orthodoxy almost blinded Jun Shaoliu, and he almost fell from the roof.

He only felt that Li Yuan deserved to die!

“One thousand five hundred years ago, Great Master Bei Zhen left behind the ‘Universal Salvation Nirvana Dharma’. I wonder if anyone still recognizes it?” Ye Zhuo said indifferently, “I happened to obtain the inheritance of my predecessors, and it’s not strange that I know a thing or two about ancient matters.”

Speaking to this point, he looked at Yu Lou: “It just so happens that the Real Person’s predecessors have an inheritance, and the Buddhist predecessors also have an inheritance. They say that the key points between the two realms can exactly corroborate each other.”

Yu Lou glared at Ye Zhuo.

“Ye Zhuo, the Immortal Sect Righteous Path is holding a meeting, and we can’t tolerate you, a rebellious and evil person, talking nonsense! You first killed a Real Person of the Dao Sect, then killed a Protector Daoist of the Main Sect, and you also allowed a demon beast to forcefully snatch treasures from the Void Realm—at a time when the Human Realm is in such danger, is this the time for you to stir up trouble!”

Ye Zhuo: “Then please tell me why I wanted to kill the Real Person of the Dao Sect, and why I wanted to kill the Real Person of the Main Sect? In the Du Shan of the Void Realm, why did the two Real Persons, Tai Su and Tai Huan, come to forcefully snatch my treasures? Since you know so much about me, why not tell everyone the whole story?”

Yu Lou’s aura surged, looking directly at Ye Zhuo, and he shouted: “You are remnants of the Illusion Sword Manor, who have repeatedly brought disaster to the human world, and you still dare to quibble!”

“Back then, Viewer Yin Ye asked the heavens three times, and the Illusion Sword Manor practiced evil methods, and their sword meridians plundered the creation, leading to the depletion of Spiritual Energy in the human world, causing a great disaster! Afterwards, there was Yun Xiangxi who killed all the people in the Illusion Sword Manor, cut off the sword meridians and returned them to heaven and earth, and only then was he able to ascend, and the Spiritual Energy of the human world was able to breathe again!”

“—Now the Upper Purity Mountain is seeking a way for the human world to survive, and the method of continuing the Spiritual Energy has a turning point, but you come out to stir up trouble, what are your intentions, everyone has their own conclusion!”

As soon as these words came out, even the sound of discussion disappeared in the crowd.

Such secrets were revealed in public for the first time, like a pebble thrown into a calm pool of water, the dregs of old events that had been buried long ago resurfaced.

Ye Zhuo laughed softly: “Who is the Real Person threatening? Are you threatening me that if I continue to speak, I will become someone who practices evil methods and plunders creation, or are you informing everyone that if they oppose your sect, they will be the next Illusion Sword Manor?”

“Don’t talk nonsense!”

Ye Zhuo’s voice was still calm, as if he hadn’t been provoked in any way. He looked in the direction of the Grand Mountain Sect: “As for the conclusion, whether I am a remnant or not, and whether what I cultivate is an evil method, Elder Pu, you and I have known each other for a long time, and we often interact. Why not ask you to give your conclusion first?”

Elder Pu already had cold sweat on his forehead.

How unlucky, why did he have to be named and dragged out!

Among the two sides facing each other now, which one could he afford to offend?

After thinking about it, he cupped his hands and said with difficulty: “I don’t know the details of many past events, so I can’t draw a conclusion. But after several encounters with Second Palace Master Ye, I think that Second Palace Master Ye is cultivating the orthodox Sword Dao, and I haven’t seen anything strange about him.”

Under Real Person Yu Lou’s cold gaze, Elder Pu’s voice became a little quieter: “…Zhou, the old monster from the Wandering Immortal Valley, can also testify to this matter.”

When Zhou Jingchuan heard this, he really wanted to give this fence-sitter a sword!

How unlucky, dragging him in!

At the moment, he could only show a difficult expression: “Second Palace Master Ye has come to the valley many times to discuss swords, and it does indeed seem that he has never practiced evil methods.”

All trash!

Real Person Yu Lou’s anger was churning in his heart. In this situation, Yin Ye, who had asked the heavens at the beginning, should have come forward to testify and smooth things over for him, but Yin Ye didn’t say a word, just standing there with a smile.

“Whether there is anything demonic about Second Palace Master Ye’s sword, I think all the sword cultivators in the world can prove it.” The Red Dust Sword Immortal came out of the crowd and said loudly, “As for the so-called ‘Illusion Sword Manor’ and the so-called ‘Yun Xiangxi’, I have also recalled them many times, but every time I think about it, I forget a little bit. This matter is strange. After thinking about it, I can only conclude that there is an expert who understands the secrets of heaven who has taken action to cover up the entire story of the Illusion Sword Manor from the Heavenly Dao. Since that’s the case, with the secrets of heaven covered up, all the previous events are no longer the previous events. I think it’s better not to talk about it.”

Li Yuan smiled: “The Red Dust Sword Immortal is right. Everyone, since we are discussing the affairs of humans and ghosts, why are we talking about the old events of the Illusion Sword Manor instead? Could it be that everyone thinks that the old events of that year are closely related to the Upper Purity Mountain?”

This dragon also wants to come on stage about the affairs of the human world, Ye Zhuo looked at him.

Li Yuan was a sensible person. Moreover, one sentence was enough.

All the things related to the Illusion Sword Manor, including the words themselves, were blurred in everyone’s memory due to the concealment of the Heavenly Dao, which was an undeniable fact.

Then in the end, besides the Upper Purity Main Sect, who else had such ability? Thinking a little more, if they were not related to this, why would they take action to cover it up?

Some past events can be hidden in the heart, ambiguous and unclear, but once they are made known to the world, they must be divided into right and wrong.

Why did no one speak out righteously twenty years ago? Why are they hesitant today in front of the Ghost Realm?

It was just because someone’s power was strong.

But times change, someone’s power will weaken, and some other power will rise. And the critical moment of life and death, which once fell on the Illusion Sword Manor, today, it falls on the entire human realm.

Ye Zhuo didn’t care.

Many things, many people, flowed by like water, leaving no trace.

But talking so far off topic would always make him want to draw his sword and chop up this group of people.

What was the point of something that happened eight hundred years ago?

Ye Zhuo was just looking at Yu Lou.

“I am a remnant of the Illusion Sword Manor, so I plan to bring disaster to the human world,” he said, “then who is the Real Person a remnant of, so that you plan to collude with the Ghost Realm? Why does my inheritance say how to separate the two realms, while the Real Person’s inheritance says that the Upper Purity Mountain’s predecessors left behind how to connect the two realms? Could it be that the Upper Purity Mountain’s predecessors also assisted the Ghost Realm, helping it to connect with the Human Realm?”

Yu Lou’s face changed several times.

“Where did Second Palace Master Ye get such a vicious statement?” Under the watchful eyes of everyone, he had no choice but to say, “The Suspended Pouring Great Formation can separate the two realms, but it has been too long, and the location of the formation gates has been lost. It is impossible to open it within a day or two, so we have no choice but to hand over one or two formation gate key points inherited by my sect to the Ghost Realm in exchange for the peace of the Human Realm.”

Shen Jingzhen suddenly looked up.

“Since you knew there were formation gates, and the Immortal Sects have been in the Void Realm for more than ten days, why didn’t you order everyone to look for them? Why did you only say ‘there are only one or two days left’ now?”

The Ghost Emperor laughed loudly.

“Brother Yu Lou, it turns out you weren’t telling the truth.” He said, “I thought the three Real People held all the formation gates, but I didn’t expect you to only have one or two of them, and you came to discuss with me.”

Things had come to this point, and there was no way to say it.

It was a fact that the Upper Purity Mountain didn’t have all the formation gates.

It was also a fact that they wanted to negotiate with the Ghost Realm and obtain treasures.

But not making a sound and secretly investigating the location of the formation gates was not for the purpose of selling out the Human Realm.

If the Ghost Emperor was not a kind person, and they couldn’t negotiate, or the negotiations couldn’t proceed, and the Human Realm was in danger, they would also tell everyone about the Great Formation and gather the strength of the Immortal Dao to find the formation gates and open them, to protect the Human Realm first.

But, it had already come to this point.

——So what.

The Realm Meridian had been passed down in a fragmented manner for thousands of years. Who could gather all the formation gates together in a short time? Jing Mountain had a Great Formation, but the thing in the center of the formation had been snatched away by Ye Zhuo, and even if they got that thing, they might not be recognized.

As of today, did the Immortal Dao still have another choice?

Yu Lou calmed down: “There are many different opinions, and I have nothing to say. Whether we should continue to discuss, or return to the Human Realm to prepare for the war between humans and ghosts, all the sects are here, let’s make a decision today.”

Naturally, there was another silence unique to the current Immortal Dao.

In this silence, they suddenly heard Wei Sheng Xian laugh. He said, “Ah Zhou.”

“Tell me, to open the Suspended Pouring Great Formation, how many of the eight gates need to be opened?”

“Five gates.”

“Oh.” Wei Sheng Xian said calmly, “Then the Great Formation is already open.”

A dead silence that was even more suffocating than before.

Only Wei Sheng Xian looked satisfied as he examined the vast formation patterns on the opera stage that had not yet been extinguished, and then reached out and counted on his fingers: “The ‘Open’ Gate of the Jinming Mountain in the Human Realm, the ‘Rest’ Gate of the Upper Purity Mountain, the ‘Life’ Gate of the Embracing Green Valley, and the ‘Du’ Gate in the Void Realm, plus the ‘Death’ Gate of the Ghost Realm where you are now, one, two, three, four, five, that’s enough.”

“Oh, I almost forgot.” Speaking of this, he calmly took out the Spirit Orb that Ye Zhuo had thrown to him in the chaos.

The Spirit Orb in his hand was like it had finally found its place. The moment Wei Sheng Xian opened his fingers, the crystalline Spirit Orb turned into thousands of Spirit Lights, like birds returning to their nests, submerging into his body.

“Six, I didn’t count wrong, did I?” Wei Sheng Xian said with a smile.

And Ye Zhuo sneered, his fingers already gripping the sword hilt.

Li Yuan quickly pressed down on his fingers: “Go back, wait until we go back to fight.”

Ye Zhuo didn’t want to wait until they went back. He knew someone was pretending.

This was Wei Sheng Xian’s Teleportation Formation.

This was Wei Sheng Xian’s Teleportation Formation!