Chapter 586

In that case, the monster clan's heavenly pride also did not reject Xie Yan.

"If what Xie Yan said is all true, then I am now more concerned about the situation in the monster realm." A monster clan heavenly pride said solemnly.

The monster clan's heavenly pride's faces grew solemn.

Elsewhere.

Yuan Yao also told Quan Li the current state of the demon realm.

After listening, Quan Li fell into a long silence, then slowly raised her head and looked at Yuan Yao: 'As long as we both live, our alliance will not be broken.'

Yuan Yao nodded and smiled.

The two raised their palms and joined them.

…

At the same time, the cultivation realm was tumultuous, with calamities big and small arising endlessly.

The spirit veins had nearly been looted empty, causing the spiritual energy concentration of the entire cultivation realm to plummet; the crisis of resource scarcity had already emerged.

Thousandjade Mountain secretly investigated and finally obtained irrefutable proof that the Formless Immortal Venerable Xu Yanzi and his disciple Lu Xiang were colluding with the monster and demon realms.

He presented the evidence before the eleven elders of Tian Jiaocheng, and the hall instantly fell into dead silence.

Ancestral Light Immortal Venerable gripped his cane tightly, his knuckles whitening from force, his lips moving, yet he could not utter a word.

For the past four years, it was precisely he and the Buddha Venerable who repeatedly overruled opposition and protected Xu Yanzi in every way.

Who would have thought that the one they painstakingly protected was actually a treacherous villain!

Thousandjade Mountain's face turned icy cold, seeing this, he dropped another bombshell: 'I also discovered that the Buddha Venerable is the biological father of Xu Yanzi.'

Upon these words, it was like a thunderclap from clear sky; the eleven elders in the hall all turned pale with shock.

"How… how is this possible?" an elder exclaimed in disbelief, his face full of incredulity: 'The Buddha Venerable is a high monk of the Buddhist sect—how could he break his precepts and have a child? Moreover, he and the Formless Immortal Venerable differ in age by nearly nine hundred years.'

Thousandjade Mountain did not refute, merely slowly lifted his gaze, his eyes like a cold sword sweeping over the elder who had spoken.

The elder was cowed by his stare, his words stalled, and all color drained from his face.

He instantly realized.

For a high-level cultivator, how could an age gap be a reason to hinder reproduction?

Yet no one expected that the Buddha Venerable, as a model of the Buddhist sect, would have reached such an advanced age and still commit an act violating the precepts and utterly shameless!

Thousandjade Mountain continued in a cold voice: 'Most of the cultivation realm's resources have been nearly swept clean; such precise, large-scale theft—aside from Xu Yanzi and Lu Xiang, no one else in the cultivation realm has the ability and motive! Have you long lost contact with them?'

Upon hearing his last words, the eleven elders exchanged glances and then nodded slightly.

'I never expected Xu Yanzi to be a traitor! Why would he treat the cultivation realm this way? Asking our own hearts, we have never wronged him!'

'A hundred years ago, he was the one I most admired! I never thought he would fall into heretical demonic paths—it is my failure to judge people!'

'What's the use of saying this now? Better to quickly find Xu Yanzi and Lu Xiangxiang and make them spit out all the resources they've taken from the cultivation realm!'

'No wonder… no wonder Lu Xiangxiang cultivated so rapidly, breaking through to the Body Integration Realm in just a few years! It turns out all her cultivation resources were stolen! Shameless to the extreme! Shameless to the extreme!' an elder cursed.

If the resources had been obtained legitimately, he would naturally not say she stole them.

But those two shameless master and disciple actually seized all the cultivation realm's resources and even stirred up calamities big and small throughout it!

The elders of Tian Jiaocheng were all furious beyond endurance.

Even Ancestral Light Immortal Venerable's face turned dark as iron, his fingers clenched on his cane's hilt, his words forced out between his teeth: 'We must absolutely not spare them! Letting them die a thousand, ten thousand times is not too much!'

At that moment, Elder Fengxuan frowned, his face grave, and said: 'There is an even more important matter. Several passages linking the cultivation realm to the monster and demon realms have been forcibly broken open, and many monster and demon peoples have mixed into our cultivation realm. Word from below says they learned from these monster and demon captives that the monster and demon realms have changed rulers, and soon they will join forces to invade the cultivation realm!'

'What?!'

Everyone present changed color.

Elder Yue Shan asked: 'Could it be that Xu Yanzi long knew of this danger to the cultivation realm, which is why he early on stole resources?'

'This cannot be ruled out.' Elder Fengxuan continued, then she lifted her gaze to the crowd: 'If the monster and demon realms truly join forces to invade the cultivation realm next, then we too must prepare in advance.'

The elder who had just been shouting abusively spoke again: "This Xu Yanzhi is truly a troublemaker! He actually pays no heed to the safety of all living beings under heaven!"

Zong Guang Immortal Venerable took a deep breath, suppressed the turmoil in his heart, and his expression returned to its usual dignity and solemnity. He said in a low voice: "Convey my order: in three days, summon all immortals of the cultivation world to gather in Tian Jiaocheng for a meeting!"

"Yes, Elder Zong Guang!" the elders replied in unison.

Zong Guang Immortal Venerable turned his gaze toward Qianjue Shan, his tone softening: "Jueshan, the Buddha Venerable will also be present in three days. By then, you must join forces with us and be sure to capture him! Otherwise, should he defect to protect Xu Yanzhi, we will gain a formidable adversary, and trouble will be endless."

Qianjue Shan pressed his thin lips together and uttered a single word: "Okay."

Having said that, his gaze involuntarily drifted toward the outside of the hall.

His children…

Are they all right?

He knew they were not in mortal danger, for he constantly kept their life tablets on his person.

The life tablets could reveal their life-and-death status.

…

Three days later.

All the immortals gathered in Tian Jiaocheng.

But one person was absent.

That person was the Buddha Venerable.

In the hall, Zong Guang Immortal Venerable looked toward Qianjue Shan and the elders of Tian Jiaocheng, and said in a low voice: "It seems the Buddha Venerable has divined that this journey would be unfavorable to him, so he did not come."

Elder Yue Shan cupped his hands in salute and said: "We sent him a message, but he did not reply. Immortal Venerable Zong Guang, why don't I personally go to the Buddha Sect?"

"I will go," said Qianjue Shan.

Before they could react, Qianjue Shan had already vanished from their sight.

At the mountain gate of the Buddha Sect, mist swirled about, solemn and majestic.

As soon as Qianjue Shan arrived, he saw a figure standing silently before the mountain gate—it was the Buddha Sect's Buddha's son.

That monk wore a bright red kasaya, clashing with the pure, simple aesthetic of the Buddhist realm, yet oddly highlighting their transcendent aura.

They were exceedingly handsome, brows and eyes exquisitely refined, like a meticulously carved jade statue, and those eyes bore a faint indifference.

At this moment, they pressed their palms together, countenance solemn, gaze calm and unruffled as they faced Qian Jue Shan.

Qian Jue Shan's gaze lingered briefly on the monk's face, stirring a slight movement in his heart.

From him, Qian Jue Shan saw the shadow of Cang Li.

The two looked alike.

Qian Jue Shan composed himself and got straight to the point: "I am looking for the Venerable Buddha."

The monk lowered their eyes slightly, tone still indifferent: "The Venerable Buddha left the sect three days ago; his whereabouts are unknown, and this poor monk cannot reach him either."