Chapter 305: The Backup Plan

Ten thousand miles of blue waves in the East Sea, waves crashing against the sky.

Su Chen rode a cloud, flying at extreme speed.

Behind him, within a shield formed by magic power, Qiao Ling sat cross-legged, eyes slightly closed, the spiritual energy around him circulating on its own.

This child truly had a good temperament.

Having just experienced life-and-death separation and the siege of Luo Hans, if it were anyone else, they would have long since lost their composure, yet he used the time spent traveling to meditate and breathe, stabilizing his state of mind.

When the salty, fishy scent of the East Sea rushed toward them, Qiao Ling opened his eyes.

He looked down and was instantly stunned.

Beneath his feet was the boundless blue sea, waves surging like mountains, each crest dozens of feet high.

On the distant sea surface, huge black shadows occasionally swept past, stirring up whirlpools; those were sea demon beasts swimming about.

"Master, are we crossing the sea?"

"Yes, Flower Fruit Mountain is in the Eastern Continent of Dongsheng Shenzhou; we need to cross the East Sea."

Qiao Ling had grown up in the mortal world for eighteen years and had never even left the Moyie Kingdom; now, crossing two continents in a single day, this experience was still somewhat shocking to him.

After about half an hour, the outline of an island appeared at the end of the sea of clouds.

At first, it was just a blurry black dot, but as the distance closed, the black dot expanded rapidly, becoming a huge island spanning the East Sea, with peaks standing tall upon it.

Qiao Ling looked down and saw that the mountain body was covered by dense primeval forests, ancient trees reaching for the sky, vines like snakes, blocking the sky and sun.

On the coastline at the foot of the mountain, giant waves crashed against black reefs, stirring up white water mist several feet high.

And what truly made Qiao Ling's heart tremble was the aura vaguely emanating from the mountain.

It was a feeling of wild, primeval oppression.

Su Chen brought Qiao Ling down onto a hillside of Flower Fruit Mountain.

The moment his feet touched the ground, a sharp whistle came from the dense forest.

Immediately after, more than a dozen figures darted out from the forest.

They were all monkey demons, wearing vine armor, holding long spears, arranged in a battle formation.

Every monkey demon's eyes revealed a sharp spirit; although the magic power fluctuations on their bodies were not strong, their formation was orderly, and their coordination was practiced.

Leading them was a gray-furred monkey demon; it saw Su Chen's face, its body stiffened, and then it planted its spear on the ground and hurriedly bowed.

"Advisor!"

The monkey demons behind it bowed and greeted in unison, their voices uniform.

Qiao Ling stood behind Su Chen, watching this scene, the expression on his face somewhat puzzled.

These monkey demons called his master "Advisor"; his master actually had a connection with the Demon Clan.

Su Chen waved his hand to signal the demons to rise and asked, "Has the Alliance Leader returned?"

"Reporting to the Advisor, the Great King just returned from Cui Ping Mountain yesterday and is resting in the Water Curtain Cave."

Su Chen nodded, said nothing more, and led Qiao Ling straight toward the mountain.

Along the way, Qiao Ling was dazzled.

Patrolling demon soldiers, drilling demon generals, towering demon outposts... every single thing was constantly refreshing his understanding.

He noticed that the demons encountered along the way, regardless of their cultivation level, would stop and bow when they saw his master.

That kind of respect was not superficial, but from the heart.

"Master," Qiao Ling couldn't help but ask, "what exactly is your identity?"

Su Chen didn't look back: "You will know when we arrive."

Among the northern peaks of Flower Fruit Mountain.

When Su Chen led Qiao Ling into the cave dwelling, Bai Ze was closing his eyes to rest.

Hearing footsteps, he opened his eyes.

Those white, pupil-less eyes first swept over Su Chen, then landed on Qiao Ling.

For just an instant, Bai Ze's gaze moved away from Qiao Ling, and he picked up a teacup to take a sip, his tone flat: "You're back. Did you encounter any trouble?"

Su Chen sat down opposite the stone table and signaled for Qiao Ling to sit.

"Aside from a little trouble, I had a run-in with two Luo Hans at the peak of the Tai Yi Jin Xian Realm."

Bai Ze glanced at him sideways and asked, "Xianglong and Fuhu?"

"The Senior is correct." Su Chen nodded and shared with Bai Ze the matter of Xianglong and Fuhu coming to the door to try and take Qiao Ling away.

Bai Ze nodded slightly after hearing it, his gaze landing on Qiao Ling once more, this time looking more carefully.

Qiao Ling felt that gaze, and the hair all over his body stood on end.

The white-haired old man in front of him looked kind and benevolent, but when those pupil-less white eyes swept over him, he felt as if he had been stripped bare, with nothing hidden.

"Not bad, the Buddha nature is suppressed very deeply." Bai Ze withdrew his gaze and nodded to Su Chen, "You taught him well; this child's self-awareness is already stable, and the Tathagata Dao Fruit cannot turn things around in the short term."

When Qiao Ling heard the two words "Tathagata," his body tensed, but he did not make a sound.

Su Chen poured a cup of tea for Qiao Ling and pushed it over.

"Drink your tea, don't be nervous. This is Senior Bai Ze; once you arrive here, the Fomen will never be able to find you again."

"Greetings, Senior." He stood up and bowed, his voice still relatively steady.

Bai Ze waved his hand and said to Su Chen: "The Fomen will not give up; Xianglong and Fuhu will go back to bring reinforcements, and Maitreya will soon take action. Before you brought him back, were you tracked?"

"No. With the Senior's jade talisman, the Fomen cannot track us for a while, but I am worried that the two from the West will take action personally. Does the Senior have a way?"

Bai Ze stood up upon hearing this.

"What you say makes sense. To isolate the probing of those two, I might not have a way in normal times, but now that the kalpa is about to rise, I can give it a try."

He walked out of the cave dwelling, and Su Chen led Qiao Ling to follow.

Bai Ze stood on the cliff outside the cave dwelling, his robes fluttering without wind.

He raised his right hand, palm facing down, and in an instant, the entire Flower Fruit Mountain began to tremble.

Deep within the earth beneath their feet, a power so vast it was hard to imagine was awakening.

That was the earth vein of Flower Fruit Mountain, and also the ancestral vein of the Eastern Continent of Dongsheng Shenzhou.

Bai Ze's Semi-Sage cultivation was fully channeled, drawing upon the power of the earth vein.

Invisible power surged from the underground, turning into a transparent curtain of light, with the place where the three of them stood as the center, rapidly spreading in all directions.

Afterward, Bai Ze's hands continuously formed seals, using the power of the earth vein to conceal the entire Flower Fruit Mountain.

"It is done." Bai Ze let out a long breath; even as a Semi-Sage, setting up a formation to isolate a Saint's calculations was very strenuous. "I have drawn upon the power of the ancestral vein of Dongsheng Shenzhou to conceal the entire Flower Fruit Mountain with a formation. Now that the kalpa is approaching, the heavenly secrets are already chaotic, and with this layer of concealment, as long as he does not leave Flower Fruit Mountain, even if a Saint calculates personally, they may not be able to find his location."

Qiao Ling stood in place, his eyes slightly red.

He couldn't describe that feeling; it was like a heavy shackle that had been worn since birth, and now it had finally been removed by someone.

Su Chen patted him on the shoulder from the side.

Bai Ze returned to sit behind the stone table and refilled his own tea.

"Now he can be considered safe." He looked at Su Chen and smiled, "Tell me, how do you plan to arrange this child?"

Su Chen picked up his teacup, his gaze landing on Qiao Ling.

Qiao Ling was standing on the edge of the cliff, looking at the greenery covering the mountains and plains of Flower Fruit Mountain.

"I have prepared two paths for him." Su Chen withdrew his gaze, his tone calm, "As for which one he takes, it depends on how he chooses himself."

Bai Ze raised an eyebrow: "Which two?"

Su Chen smiled and did not answer.

Bai Ze hummed, picked up his teacup, and stopped asking.

And in the distant Western Continent of Xiuniu, on Lingshan, rays of Buddha light were shooting into the sky, scattering like meteors to all corners of the Three Realms.

The decree of the Great Lei Yinsi had spread throughout the Fomen.

All disciples of the Fomen were dispatched in full force.

Countless Bodhisattvas, Jin Gang, and Jiedi turned into streams of light, descending upon the Four Great Continents.

The entire Three Realms was in a state of panic. ===== CHAPTER 306 =====