IS Chapter 61
by VolareAmong them, many had just identified themselves as knowledgeable, telling their junior brothers and sisters about the mystical abilities of Abbot Yin Ye.
In the space of a few breaths, Abbot Yin Ye had already been pierced by a sword. And the person who wielded the sword didn’t care about it at all; in fact, he didn’t even put Abbot Yin Ye in his eyes.
——How was he supposed to explain this to his junior brothers and sisters?
Well, never mind. He couldn’t explain it.
Just now, the Dao Sect Elder had said that Abbot Yin Ye’s actions couldn’t be measured by common sense.
But as long as you stayed in the Immortal Dao long enough, you would know who was the one whose actions couldn’t be measured by common sense.
This was the first time the junior brothers and sisters had participated in such a grand Immortal Dao gathering, and they had seen such a scene. He really didn’t know if they would also go astray in the future.
The blood of Abbot Yin Ye was still dripping from this person’s sword.
The hundred families of the Immortal Sects had gathered here, but they were seeing blood and injuries. Such actions were not only disrespectful to Abbot Yin Ye, but also blatantly disregarded the reputation of the Upper Purity Mountain.
And their Palace Master, Wei Sheng Xian, didn’t have the slightest intention of reprimanding him.
“Second Palace Master Ye,” the one who spoke seemed to be a highly respected Elder of the Dao Sect, “Abbot Yin Ye has the ability to understand the secrets of heaven, but because of this, he cannot cultivate. His body is like that of a mortal, and he is so weak. Why must you be so aggressive?”
Ye Zhuo looked calmly in the direction of the voice.
The last drop of blood fell from the tip of the sword.
The long sword returned to its sheath.
In an instant, the spring chill was sharp, as if a freezing cold suddenly swept through the entire valley.
The person who spoke was shocked by that momentum, and he retreated several steps before steadying himself.
In full view of everyone, what was he going to do!
“Second Palace Master Ye! You—”
“Yuan Zheng, be polite.” But another calm and gentle voice interrupted him.
An extremely clear aura brushed over, diluting the chilling pressure in the valley and clearing everyone’s minds.
The person speaking sighed softly, “Dao friend Ye, the scene just now was due to our sect’s poor hospitality. Please forgive us.”
Ye Zhuo replied, “It’s nothing.”
“Who is speaking?”
“That is the Dao Sect’s Supreme Elder, Immortal Tai Su. The Dao Sect Master, Real Person Yuan Tai, is his chief disciple.”
“This Second Palace Master Ye… does he need such a figure to offer him a way out before he is willing to step down?
“It can’t be considered arrogance. Looking at the power just now, this Second Palace Master Ye has already reached the Tribulation Transcending Realm. Such a figure, without a master or elder, who can reprimand him?”
“But this is a bit too…”
“Actually, wasn’t it Abbot Yin Ye who started it first? If you ask me, since it’s a matter of ‘past karma like the sea’, we shouldn’t speculate, and the Upper Purity Mountain shouldn’t interfere. If the scene is ugly, then so be it.”
“That Abbot Yin Ye hasn’t come down the mountain for over twenty years. I really haven’t heard of any past karma between the Micro-Snow Palace and the Poor Passage Temple.”
Divine sense transmissions and private discussions, naturally no one could hear them.
What’s more, most other people were probably doing the same.
It was just that such a disturbance alarmed even the three Dao Protectors of the Upper Purity Main Sect.
Everyone finally came back to their senses and realized that the three majestic Dao Protectors were looking deeply at this place.
An indescribable and inexplicable pressure of the Great Dao enveloped everyone.
——They immediately lowered their eyes and calmed their minds.
Ye Zhuo seemed unaffected. He walked into the valley.
Li Yuan had been guarding behind him, so he naturally followed.
When passing by Yin Ye, he glanced at him quietly.
Since he was in a mortal body, receiving Ye Zhuo’s sword, even if it hadn’t injured his internal organs, it was still a serious injury.
However, as long as he wasn’t dead now, it wouldn’t be considered that Ye Zhuo had killed him.
He looked at Yin Ye, and Yin Ye also looked at him calmly.
Li Yuan felt that kind of gaze.
A pair of empty and dim eyes, yet they seemed to be able to see some things in the void.
Behind Yin Ye, the flowing light slowly shifted.
“I haven’t asked this guest his name and origin yet.” Looking at Li Yuan, Yin Ye’s lips curled into a gentle smile, “Your cultivation is extraordinary, and your aura is profound. You are a figure I have never known. I wonder where you come from, and what is your relationship with Second Palace Master Ye?”
——If he wasn’t still bleeding profusely from his chest while saying this, the atmosphere would be more harmonious.
And what he asked was also what many people wanted to know.
Li Yuan: “Since Abbot knows the secrets of heaven, why not calculate it?”
“With Palace Master Wei Sheng Xian present, I’m afraid I can’t calculate your fate.”
“It doesn’t matter,” Li Yuan said, “I am someone in Palace Master Wei Sheng Xian’s eyes whose ‘heart deserves to be punished’. He is not protecting me, so Abbot can calculate as he wishes.”
“Then I really have to calculate. If I reveal any secrets, I hope you will bear with me.”
Li Yuan agreed readily, “Please.”
Such a conversation made Ye Zhuo unhappy.
Why was Dragon Li Yuan interested in everyone?
He also turned around and quietly looked there.
Wei Sheng Xian sighed and shook his head silently.
Looking in Li Yuan’s direction, Yin Ye raised his hand and calculated with his fingers.
Those eyes seemed to want to pierce through the clouds and see the secrets of heaven on him.
The next moment, Yin Ye suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.
“Abbot!”
“Abbot!”
Exclamations rose one after another.
His body was barely supported, and he spat out several more mouthfuls of blood.
Even Tai Su instructed, “Quickly have the Dan Sect send someone to take care of Abbot.”
Having known it would be like this, Li Yuan indifferently withdrew his gaze.
There was probably no one in the myriad realms who could calculate his fate.
——He met Ye Zhuo’s quiet gaze again.
Li Yuan followed calmly.
A total of three people had come, and now two of them had walked forward, so Wei Sheng Xian naturally had to leave as well.
He just glanced at that side when passing by Yin Ye.
Seeing this scene, Tai Huan’s eyes couldn’t help but twitch.
“Calculating all the secrets of heaven is just harming yourself and others. Why bother?” Wei Sheng Xian looked at Yin Ye.
Palace Master Wei Sheng Xian usually treated people with courtesy, always gentle and kind. It was rare to see him with such an indifferent expression.
Yin Ye had just finished spitting blood, but upon hearing this, he smiled gently.
“Your flower has bloomed?”
“It has bloomed.”
“That’s good,” Yin Ye said, “Unfortunately, I can’t see it.”
“Your flower has died, and I can see it,” Wei Sheng Xian said before leaving.
Those from the Dan Sect who were skilled in medicine also hurried over and took over the care of Abbot Yin Ye.
The disturbance finally subsided, and no one dared to provoke the Micro-Snow Palace again.
In a secluded place, Tai Su closed his eyes slightly, seemingly having already begun to adjust his breathing.
“Junior Brother, regarding that extra person from the Micro-Snow Palace, did you get any results from having someone inquire at the Hundred Knowledge Pavilion?” He transmitted his divine sense to Tai Huan.
Tai Huan: “I’ve inquired. The Hundred Knowledge Pavilion replied that he is a flood dragon spirit from the Cold Pool of the Green Mountains who has transformed into a human.”
Tai Su: “Are you saying that a Tribulation Transcending Realm flood dragon spirit from the Cold Pool made the Abbot of the Poor Passage Temple spit blood? If the deer spirit, snake spirit, and pheasant spirit from their mountain also came, wouldn’t he die on the spot?”
Tai Huan was speechless.
He didn’t dare to retort to his Senior Brother’s rebuke.
Before the Ancient Tree of Life and Death, the three Dao Protectors had already taken their positions of Heaven, Earth, and Man, preparing to use profound Dao techniques to communicate with the Heavenly Dao and open the realm.
“Forget it,” Tai Su said, “Yin Ye’s temperament has become increasingly extreme and strange in recent years. If there is an opportunity, we should still properly investigate what that so-called ‘past karma like the sea’ actually is.”
“Yes, Senior Brother.”
“Second Palace Master Ye! This way, this way.”
Ye Zhuo was already surrounded by a crowd of disciples from the Red Dust Sword Sect.
Chairs and soft couches had already been set out in front, inviting him to sit down.
Ye Zhuo didn’t have much resistance to the enthusiasm of the Red Dust Sword Sect.
Although they were talkative and incessant, it was ultimately rooted in a love for the way of the sword. If there was a problem, it was the problem of the Red Dust Sword Immortal who had created this sword style himself.
Since the disciples had already welcomed the person in, the Red Dust Sword Immortal had no choice but to entertain him.
Entertaining Ye Zhuo meant also entertaining Li Yuan and Wei Sheng Xian, who were next in line. Anyone who didn’t know better would think that the entire Micro-Snow Palace had merged into their Red Dust Sword Sect.
Oh, and there was also that Little Su from the Upper Purity Sword Sect.
The angry gaze of the Sword Sect’s Second Elder was about to burn a hole through his back. But the Red Dust Sword Immortal could only ignore it, since Su Yizhen wanted to be here himself.
“Second Palace Master Ye, it’s been half a year since we last met. Have you transcended the tribulation?”
“Yes.”
“Second Palace Master Ye, will you be traveling with us in the Ghost Realm this time?”
“No.”
How indifferent these answers were, but the disciples of the Red Dust Sword Sect were willing to bear them.
Su Yizhen just stood aside with a slight smile, not saying a word.
It seemed that just being like this was already good enough.
“Second Palace Master Ye, what was that Abbot Yin Ye trying to do? Did something happen in the past?”
“Never met him.”
“So you’ve never even met him before, and he’s talking about some kind of past karma, as if he had been beaten by Second Palace Master Ye before.”
The Red Dust Sword Immortal suddenly said seriously, “Alright, stop asking. If you encounter Yin Ye in the future, don’t get involved with him.”
“Is he very scary?”
“He was stirring up trouble in the Immortal Dao back when you weren’t even born yet,” the Red Dust Sword Immortal said, “That’s not right, how do I remember telling you these things?”
“… Did you? Sect Leader, you don’t seem to have ever mentioned it.”
“Really?”
“No, you haven’t.”
“Is that so…” Now even the Red Dust Sword Immortal began to have doubts on his face.
Li Yuan quietly watched the Red Dust Sword Immortal’s appearance.
He was wondering how many people the Red Dust Sword Immortal had told these kinds of stories about things that were forgotten the more they were mentioned.
Having told them so many times, how did he still seem to remember?
Presumably, the memory was very deep.
“Forget it.” The Red Dust Sword Immortal gave up trying to remember. “All of you get lost, let Second Palace Master Ye have some peace.”
The disciples were finally driven away, and even Su Yizhen retreated to the side and began discussing the way of the sword with the Red Dust Sword Immortal’s chief disciple.
The Red Dust Sword Immortal watched the movements of the three Dao Protectors and looked towards the direction where the disciples of the Poor Passage Temple were.
“Brother Wei Sheng, I still think it’s best if you don’t come,” the Red Dust Sword Immortal said, “If you leave now, there’s still time.”
Wei Sheng Xian: “Why do you say that?”
“People like Yin Ye have already come down the mountain, and your foundations aren’t stable yet. I’m not at ease.”
Wei Sheng Xian: “Whether or not our foundations are stable actually depends on how many people our Second Palace Master can beat. Besides, Abbot Yin Ye seems to want us to come.”
The Red Dust Sword Immortal shook his head, “You’re young, and you haven’t seen him stir up a storm back then, have you?”
Wei Sheng Xian thought about it, “It seems not.”
“Back then, his five senses hadn’t been lost, and his ears were sharp and his eyes were clear. He predicted the secrets of heaven and judged aura meridians. What a famous figure he was. But I’ve never liked him,” the Red Dust Sword Immortal said, “Few people mention these things anymore. The Nine Heavens, Ten Earths Chaotic Sealing Great Formation, do you know about it? That was the formation he drew. More than thirty years ago, in order to cast this formation, the entire Immortal Dao paid a great price, forcibly pushing the spirit-severed lands in the southeast, northwest, and southwest inward by fifty thousand li, and gathering the spiritual energy towards the center, making the Immortal Dao’s spiritual energy two points denser.”
“Fifty thousand li, how much land could not be cultivated, how many people were displaced, and it was the year with the most wars and instability among the mortal dynasties,” the Red Dust Sword Immortal said absentmindedly, “Perhaps knowing that this matter was too harmful to the heavens, no one has mentioned it again in recent years.”
“Besides this, there are countless other things. If you’re talking about past karma, which person in the Immortal Dao doesn’t have past karma with him? ——You say, with a person like this, whether he wants to come down the mountain himself, or the Upper Purity Mountain invites him to come down the mountain again, will anything good happen?”
Wei Sheng Xian replied, “That’s exactly why I want to come.”
“… You care about the common people, I am far from being as good as you,” the Red Dust Sword Immortal said helplessly, “Then be careful, and don’t provoke him again.”
Wei Sheng Xian: “We already have.”
As if recalling what had just happened, even the Red Dust Sword Immortal smiled slightly.
“Alright. Listen to me, just provoke him this once, and stay far away from him,” the Red Dust Sword Immortal said, “Otherwise, if he casts a divination one day and announces to the world that your Micro-Snow Palace deserves to die, and the Immortal Dao attacks you as a group, what will you do then?”
Wei Sheng Xian didn’t say anything after hearing this.
“It’s not like such a thing hasn’t happened before,” the Red Dust Sword Immortal said, suddenly losing interest, “Forget it, it’s useless to say it. What’s the use of saying it if you don’t remember? Just like those little beasts just now, it makes me wonder if I remembered it wrong.”
But he unexpectedly saw Li Yuan next to Ye Zhuo listening attentively.
He had misunderstood. The little beasts would forget, but Brother Li Yuan wouldn’t forget.
In that instant, past events suddenly reappeared in the Red Dust Sword Immortal’s mind.
“… To say that Yin Ye’s eyes weren’t blinded when drawing that Chaotic Sealing Formation is a lie. He lost all five senses and hid in the mountains for over twenty years because of those three divinations he cast that year,” the Red Dust Sword Immortal heard himself begin to say.
“At that time, even with such a great formation that seized the power of heaven and earth, the spiritual energy was still withered, and the entire Immortal Dao was helpless. Some people said that this was divine punishment. Since it was divine punishment, shouldn’t someone who could communicate with heaven come forward?”
“The Upper Purity Main Sect didn’t come forward, but he did.”
“In the extreme east, on Poor Passage Mountain, he set up a great formation that connected heaven and earth, and with three copper coins in his hand, he stepped onto the mountaintop and asked heaven for a divination.”
“The first divination said: ‘There is a great calamity in heaven and earth, without pardon.'”
“The second divination said: ‘The calamity begins in the southwest.'”
His tone gradually became intermittent, and the Red Dust Sword Immortal’s expression also became blank.
“Sword Immortal Brother.” Li Yuan walked to his side at some unknown time, “Have some tea.”
His throat was dry, and it seemed like he should have some tea. The Red Dust Sword Immortal took the tea.
Li Yuan: “Sword Immortal Brother, if you don’t want to remember, then don’t say it.”
Hearing the implied meaning, the Red Dust Sword Immortal understood that he was being stopped from speaking further.
Strange, the past was like a torrent, and Brother Li Yuan was clearly the most suitable person to listen, so why didn’t he want him to continue speaking?
Just as he was thinking, he heard Ye Zhuo’s voice, indifferent and cold.
“What about the third divination?”
For some reason, the Red Dust Sword Immortal felt a bit cold all over.
Involuntarily, he looked into Ye Zhuo’s eyes.
Those eyes were no different from usual, as if no matter what he said next, it wouldn’t stir up the slightest ripple in this person’s heart.
Actually, sometimes, Ye Zhuo’s expression reminded the Red Dust Sword Immortal of someone. Although it was only rarely.
Red Dust Sword Immortal: “The third divination: ‘The source of the disaster, Illusion Cloud Cliff.'”
Finally saying these words was like a great pressure that had been buried in his heart for many years finally settling down. The Red Dust Sword Immortal let out a long breath.
Ye Zhuo quietly looked into the Red Dust Sword Immortal’s eyes, seeing a deep bewilderment in them.
Speaking of which, the Red Dust Sword Immortal had been stuck in the late stage of the Tribulation Transcending Realm for a long time. It must have been because he was entangled in the past and couldn’t escape.
Behind them, Su Yizhen was still talking about the way of the sword with the Red Dust Sword Sect’s chief disciple.
The several sect leaders and palace masters over there were also talking, but they had put up a soundproof barrier, so the voices couldn’t be heard. They must have been talking about something important.
He only occasionally glanced in Ye Zhuo’s direction.
Second Palace Master Ye was not far away, in a place within sight, which made Su Yizhen feel at peace.
But—
Su Yizhen lowered his eyes and pressed his fingers against the front of his heart.
But, his heart still ached faintly.
——Ye Zhuo was still watching the Red Dust Sword Immortal’s eyes.
“And then?” he said.
“And then? It’s laughable to say, but even today, I don’t know how much of that divination was true and how much was false. I also don’t know if those were Yin Ye’s own words, or words that someone wanted him to say. It’s just that, after that day, his five senses and six roots were truly gone.”
“After that, on Illusion Cloud Cliff, there were violent winds and torrential rains, with mountains upon mountains.”