Chapter 330

A month has passed.

After entering Li Youyi’s ancestral field, Tang Wanzhou sat in meditation in mid-air, falling into a deathly silence; no matter how he called out, she could not be awakened.

Li Youyi tried to mobilize his magic power to drive her out of the ancestral field, but she was as steady as a rock, impossible to shake, as if she had grown roots inside.

Thinking of her cultivation base in the Longevity Realm and the terrifying backlash of her mental power earlier, Li Youyi did not dare to use the Dao Ancestor Taiji Fish, fearing that stimulating her would cause an unpredictable storm of power and truly destroy his ancestral field.

He had no choice but to let her "live" inside.

Recently, Li Youyi had been pondering why Tang Wanzhou had undergone such a change.

He seriously suspected that perhaps it was not qi deviation, but rather something she had encountered on the other side of the spatial teleportation array.

It was not until Tang Wanzhou remained silent in his ancestral field for a long time that a terrifying thought surfaced in his mind, linking her to the Great Palace Master of the Lingxiao Palace who had not stepped out of her palace gates for many years.

Tang Wanzhou’s state was exactly the same as that legendary Great Palace Master.

Both were once talented, wise, and brilliant, their presence overshadowing all the men in the world. Suddenly, their temperaments changed drastically, as if they had suffered qi deviation, becoming paranoid and extreme.

After the Great Palace Master changed, she encouraged the planting of Benevolent Rice and issued the Small Field Decree, throwing the world into chaos and causing public resentment to boil over.

At that time, it happened that the imperial court and major sects with millions of followers discovered that the Rice Sect’s main altar was in Fuzhou. Because war broke out, the major human forces were busy fighting the imperial court and had no energy left to deal with the Rice Sect.

When Li Youyi and Tang Wanzhou discussed this back then, he had guessed whether this war, which had lasted for more than a decade, might be related to the Rice Sect, intended to divert everyone’s attention and make the human race slaughter each other so they could reap the rewards from the chaos.

Tang Wanzhou, however, believed that the Rice Sect was not powerful enough to influence Yuyaozi.

Now it seemed that there might be a connection; perhaps the whole world had underestimated the power of the Twin Rice Sect.

Li Youyi felt conflicted. If this war, which had caused countless deaths among the common people, was truly instigated by the Rice Sect over a decade ago with the intention of wiping out the humans in the Lingxiao Life Realm, what did it make him now that he had joined the Rice Sect?

Tang Wanzhou had risked her life to come to the Rice Sect’s main altar to investigate the "Yin Corpse Planting Dao." If it were true, the coming storm and slaughter would only be more cruel.

A woman could risk her life for the sake of the people of the world.

Yet he, in order to survive and live on, had become a member of the Rice Sect.

Every time he thought of this, Li Youyi felt terribly uncomfortable and became lost regarding the path ahead. For the first time, he felt that the boundaries between right and wrong, good and evil, were so blurred.

There is wrong within right.

There is evil within good.

Everything in the world seems to be a Taiji diagram; there is no absolute black, and there is no absolute white.

Unfortunately, the spatial teleportation array had been destroyed, and there was no way to go to the other side to investigate and verify his suspicions.

Perhaps he could only wait for Tang Wanzhou to truly wake up to know the truth. Li Youyi actually admired her very much and had an unusual trust in her ability and strength, believing that she would definitely be able to break free from the illusion and find herself again.

Because even just after waking up from the teleportation array, she was able to quickly regain her reason and was not completely controlled by madness and negative emotions.

On a wide road about three or four miles from the Nanqing Palace, a magnificent procession of carriages was heading toward the Tianli Hall.

There were seven carriages in total, some pulled by exotic beasts and others by spectral soul beasts. A large group of beast-headed, human-bodied demon Wu Xiu followed behind the carriages, releasing rolling clouds of magic power and demon energy.

"How could demon Wu Xiu appear at the Divine Sect’s main altar?" Qi Xiao looked into the distance, extremely surprised.

Tuoba Butuo said, "The carriage at the very front has such a terrifying aura; it must be a big figure from the demon race."

Li Youyi said, "Tuoba, go and find out."

"Alright!"

Tuoba Butuo had already broken through to the fourth heaven of the Dao Seed Realm, and since they had previously severely wounded Sikong Jingyuan and Sikong Yanlun, their strength had shaken the entire Divine Sect. Now, he and Qi Xiao could walk freely in the main altar, and no one dared to provoke them easily.

On the contrary, every day, inner disciples, core disciples, and true transmission disciples came to defect, wanting to follow the Fourth Divine Son.

Li Youyi had no intention of developing power in the Twin Rice Sect, and since his heart was in a state of extreme contradiction, he naturally turned them all away.

In short, although the battle at the Minghua Black Swamp had been difficult, they had won the respect and awe of the Divine Sect’s younger generation of disciples and had firmly established themselves at the main altar.

More than an hour later, Tuoba Butuo returned with a cold face: "You would never dream of who I saw."

Qi Xiao said, "There aren't many demon cultivators we know. It couldn't be someone from the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival, could it?"

Tuoba Butuo looked at Li Youyi: "Luan Sheng Linyou is currently touring the Divine Sect’s main altar, and at this moment, accompanied by the Second Divine Son Huang Xu, has gone to the Divine Prison. Young powerhouses who are now famous throughout the world, such as Long Ting and Chen Wenwu, are following by his side."

The Second Divine Son "Huang Xu" and "Kong Xu" were rumored to be transcendent descendants who practiced the Void Imprint, with cultivation bases second only to the head of the Divine Sons.

The Third Divine Daughter, named Li Niang, was very mysterious, and there was very little information about her.

Qi Xiao was stunned: "It really is him. Have the demon race and the Divine Sect repaired their conflict?"

The conflict between the two major forces naturally referred to Qilin Zang breaking open the underground immortal mansion, dragging the hidden Twin Rice Sect into the water, and thereby pinning down a large number of human experts in the underground immortal mansion and Fuzhou. Only then could the demon race fight back and forth under the conquest of the major human forces.

"Something big is going to happen! The one who came is definitely not just Luan Sheng Linyou; there must be supreme demon powerhouses accompanying him."

Li Youyi keenly sensed the atmosphere of an impending storm and added, "Tuoba, keep inquiring. I want to know what Luan Sheng Linyou’s purpose is in going to the Divine Prison."

Tuoba Butuo said, "I have already sent people from the Sixth Divine Daughter’s mansion to inquire! I’m afraid... that after I meet them, I won't be able to help but strike."

At the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival, the Snow Sword Tang Ting was almost wiped out by the cultivators led by Luan Sheng Linyou, and he was the only one from the Tuoba clan to survive.

Tuoba Butuo had always remembered this blood feud.

Qi Xiao chuckled: "Tell me, two years have passed, what is Luan Sheng Linyou’s cultivation realm now?"

Tuoba Butuo said, "At the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival, before Brother Youyi appeared, I once thought that Luan Sheng Linyou could be mentioned in the same breath as the Young Lord from over a decade ago, an unsurpassable young Son of Heaven. Even without a dragon seed, such a person’s cultivation speed would be terrifying."

"With the blessing of a dragon seed, and being the grandson of a Flying Dragon, his understanding and compatibility with the dragon seed exceed everyone else’s. I dare not imagine how strong Luan Sheng Linyou has become now."

Li Youyi nodded gently: "A year ago, I fought Long Ting. His cultivation realm was ahead of Tuoba and Yang Qingxi, and Luan Sheng Linyou will only be stronger. Therefore, Tuoba, you must control your hatred. There is no need to fight him to the death. You should know that the old guys from the major human forces are probably all wanting to take his life; his days are not as glorious as they appear on the surface."

Not long after, news came from the Sixth Divine Daughter’s mansion: "Luan Sheng Linyou took thirty people from the Divine Prison, all of whom are Dao Seed Realm experts under the imperial court."

Over the past two years, countless Wu Xiu had broken into the underground immortal mansion in search of opportunities.

The underground immortal mansion was most attractive to Wu Xiu with inferior root Dao Seeds, all of whom felt that if they could find it, they could find the secret to breaking through to longevity with inferior roots.

These Wu Xiu, who came from all over the world, were ambushed by the Twin Rice Sect, and all those captured alive were imprisoned in the Divine Prison.

Yao Qingxuan returned to the Nanqing Palace, her state clearly different from her previous calm and wisdom. Even Li Youyi could see the emotions on her, her eyes full of gravity, struggle, distress, and thought.

Li Youyi did not ask, standing quietly to the side to wait.

After a long time, Yao Qingxuan finally withdrew all ripples and returned to her coldness: "The Golden Rice fluctuations are becoming more and more intense; it should ripen in the next two days. What are your plans for the future?"

"Listening to Master’s meaning, you don’t want me to continue staying in the Nanqing Palace," Li Youyi said.

Yao Qingxuan looked at him as if she had seen through him long ago: "If it weren't for the bond of the Golden Rice, you would have wanted to leave the Nanqing Palace long ago, right? Staying with me, don’t you feel restricted?"

Li Youyi gasped inwardly, wondering if the secrets on him had been discovered by her long ago.

Staying in the Nanqing Palace, entering the Blood Mud Space, or using the Time Cocoon to cultivate, he was indeed cautious and could not fully let go. Tang Wanzhou in the ancestral field was even more like a time bomb.

If he could leave, it would naturally be for the best.

Yao Qingxuan quickly moved her gaze away from his face: "Today, a transcendent from the demon race came to the main altar. Do you know what it is for?"

Li Youyi said, "A demon transcendent has entered the main altar; the Divine Sect could never hide his five senses. From now on, the location of the Divine Sect’s main altar entrance will no longer be a secret."

"In other words, the Divine Sect is about to officially appear in the world!"

"The moment it appears, there will surely be earth-shattering events, thereby clearing away threats in one fell swoop and changing the landscape of the Lingxiao Life Realm."

"I heard that the leader of the younger generation of the demon race, Luan Sheng Linyou, went to the Divine Prison to take away thirty Dao Seed Realm prisoners under the imperial court. This disciple dares to guess that the Rice Sect and the demon race are about to attack Lingxiao City, destroy the imperial court, and make the human race completely fall into disarray."

"In this way, even if the main altar is exposed, no one can threaten us."

A look of surprise flashed in Yao Qingxuan’s eyes; she did not expect Li Youyi to be able to analyze the general direction of the upcoming situation with limited information.

She said: "I have seen Luan Sheng Linyou. A natural-born genius, his talent and intelligence are at the peak; no one in the younger generation of the Divine Sect is his opponent. You, if your ancestral field hadn't been crippled, should have been able to compete with him. Have you reached the second heaven of the Dao Seed Realm?"

Li Youyi smiled bitterly: "Master, I have only been planting the Dao in my Wind Mansion for two months."

Yao Qingxuan said: "After Luan Sheng Linyou planted the Dao, he had palpitations for two months and stepped into the second heaven. Another half a year of Dao birth, and he entered the third heaven."

"He is the grandson of a Flying Dragon, and his understanding of the dragon seed is unmatched in the world. Let alone a half-crippled person like me, even those ten people who went to the Dudu Temple to cultivate might not be able to catch up to him."

(End of chapter)