Chapter 357: Hunyuan Anomaly, A Turning Point Appears

A bolt of dry lightning suddenly cracked across the sky, startling True Person Fuyin, who was taking a nap, into sitting bolt upright.

He was getting on in years, after all; handling the various affairs of the sect these days had truly exhausted True Person Fuyin.

In the past, True Person Fuyin only had to manage Qiuyun Peak, which could be considered a quiet corner, but now that he had to oversee matters for the entire sect, he truly felt a bit overwhelmed.

Look at this: he usually spent this time in meditation, yet just now, he had accidentally fallen asleep.

It was still a lack of cultivation!

True Person Fuyin sighed and rubbed his temples, which helped him wake up quite a bit.

It was at this moment that another flash of lightning struck outside the hall, followed by a thunderous boom.

True Person Fuyin was instantly alert and rushed outside. Looking up, he saw a fierce gale howling and tossing the dark night sky.

He had thought it was just a nightmare, but he never expected it to be real.

Dry lightning is no good omen!

True Person Fuyin furrowed his brows deeply and, facing the wind, began to calculate with his fingers.

The Yuanqing Sect could no longer withstand any more turmoil!

But before True Person Fuyin could calculate anything, he saw Guanyue come scrambling and tumbling in.

"Master! It's bad!"

Hearing this, True Person Fuyin's brows nearly touched his nose—why couldn't this Guanyue be more steady? It was a waste of him naming him 'Yue' (Mountain) to remind him to be grounded.

The little junior sister was much better! Despite being a bit mischievous at her young age, she was never seen in such a flustered state.

At the thought of Lingxiang, True Person Fuyin couldn't help but feel melancholy.

He wondered how she was doing now...

While he was lost in thought, Guanyue had already "rolled" to his face, panting heavily as he hissed, "Master, it's bad!"

True Person Fuyin looked at him with disdain, but was too lazy to scold him, asking weakly, "What is it?"

True Person Fuyin truly had no way to deal with his second disciple.

And there was also Xiaomaidong...

True Person Fuyin drifted off again, but snapped back to reality in an instant; he couldn't help but mock himself: had he really grown old?

But Guanyue's next words startled him so much he nearly dropped the horsetail whisk in his hand.

"Master! There is an anomaly with the Hunyuan Instrument!"

Guanyue only felt a gust of wind pass by, and then he saw True Person Fuyin abandon the divination he had half-calculated and fly off on his sword toward Wuji Hall, not caring whether he could keep up or not.

True Person Fuyin had stated that he was merely acting as the head of the sect and that occupying Wuji Hall was against the rules, so he would return to Qiuyun Peak every day at sunset, leaving only Hanyang to guard Wuji Hall on ordinary days.

However, True Person Fuyin was still somewhat uneasy, fearing that something might go wrong, so he would leave one disciple behind every day to facilitate communication.

Today, it was Guanyue who had been left behind.

As for where the other disciples of the Yuanqing Sect had gone, most had been sent down the mountain to clean up the mess in the human world, with only the first and second disciples of several Elders, along with a few young disciples, remaining on the mountain.

The first and second disciples were needed to assist in managing sect affairs, while the young disciples had shallow cultivation and were not yet capable of dealing with the affairs of the human world.

The human world was now filled with Living Corpses; without a proper strategy to deal with them, the slightest carelessness would turn it into a purgatory.

The Imperial Court had allocated people, but those good-for-nothings, accustomed to eating official meals and playing political games, spent their days maneuvering for power—where would they have the heart to focus on cultivation?

Because of this, the heavy burden mostly fell upon the Outsiders.

The more chaotic the times, the less one could stay out of it.

Therefore, many sects had successively sent out their own disciples to be stationed in the human world to deal with those walking corpses, which also served as training for them.

And these sects mostly maintained contact with one another. For instance, the Yuanqing Sect with the Taishang Sect, as well as the Kunwu Sect.

Different sects had their own unique secret arts, which were never made public, and each sect had its own areas of expertise.

Take the Kunwu Sect, for example; they were only specialized in the way of catching demons, and were not particularly adept at driving away ghosts or eliminating evil.

But in the face of this human catastrophe, these sects had set aside their prejudices and brought out their respective Daoist arts for mutual study.

Returning to the anomaly of the Hunyuan Instrument, it had alarmed the young disciples of the 'Han' generation. By the time True Person Fuyin arrived, they were all craning their necks and blocking the entrance, looking into Wuji Hall.

Upon seeing True Person Fuyin, the group of children scattered in a hurry.

It was because True Person Fuyin had a good temper and rarely punished these little rascals that they were allowed to be so lawless.

As soon as he entered Wuji Hall, Hanyang came up to meet him and explained the cause.

Hanyang and Guanyue had been meditating when, suddenly, lightning flashed and thunder rolled outside the hall, and a fierce wind arose. The two thought to close the doors and windows, but it was then that they heard a sound coming from the Hunyuan Instrument.

At first, the two thought it was an auditory hallucination, but after closing the doors, they turned around to see the Hunyuan Instrument flashing, the stars of the heavens shifting, and even the Hunyuan Platform vibrating.

The Hunyuan Instrument and the Dust-Peering Mirror were originally connected as a pair; ever since the Dust-Peering Mirror was taken away by the Demon Lord, the Hunyuan Instrument had lost its luster and had not shown any movement for three years.

Yet, after those two bolts of dry lightning, the Hunyuan Instrument had actually begun to function again.

This matter was no small thing! Hanyang had hurriedly sent Guanyue to fetch True Person Fuyin.

Before True Person Fuyin arrived, Hanyang had thought for a long time, but still could not figure out why the Hunyuan Instrument had suddenly started moving.

The two went up to the Hunyuan Platform one after the other, but even after Guanyue arrived panting, the stars within the Hunyuan Instrument continued to shift incessantly.

"Master, could this thing be broken..." After catching his breath, Guanyue looked at True Person Fuyin with a puzzled expression.

"Stop spouting nonsense!" True Person Fuyin immediately shouted, "The Hunyuan Instrument was crafted by the Grandmaster himself and has never made a mistake; even if you were broken, it wouldn't be!"

Looking at the constantly shifting stars, Guanyue felt very aggrieved—could the Grandmaster not make a mistake?

But at this moment, the vast sky of stars projected onto the Hunyuan Instrument suddenly stopped.

"This is!" Hanyang exclaimed!

"What! What is it?" Guanyue was confused and hurriedly looked at True Person Fuyin and Hanyang, only to see one with a grave expression and the other full of astonishment.

Although Guanyue had been cultivating for several years, he had always been vague about astrology and naturally could not understand the Hunyuan Instrument.

But Hanyang was different.

Hanyang was the next sect leader that True Person Shangqing intended to cultivate, so he had been taught all kinds of Daoist techniques and theories thoroughly, and star-gazing was naturally no exception.

At this moment, the seven stars were appearing on the Hunyuan Instrument, among which Yaoguang was faint and Yuheng was displaced.

It is an ominous sign!

Thinking back to the two bolts of dry-weather lightning from just a moment ago, Fuyin Zhenren could not help but have his heavy robes soaked with sweat.

When an ominous sign suddenly appears, a disaster is sure to follow.

Now, let alone Yuanqing, even the entire human world is teetering on the brink; how could it possibly withstand any more turmoil?

"Sixth Martial Uncle, should we go and invite Master and the three Martial Uncles to come out of seclusion?" Hanyang asked hurriedly.

Fuyin Zhenren could not make up his mind for a moment; with his cultivation, he was not yet capable of seeking good fortune and avoiding calamity, but at present, there were no better strategies.

And just then, the Hunyuan Instrument moved once again, and the handle of the Dipper shifted its position accordingly.

This time, Yuheng returned to its position, Yaoguang reappeared, and the starlight of Tianshu and Tianji shone brilliantly.

"Tianshu governs reversal, Tianji governs change. Sixth Martial Uncle, it is a turning point!"

Hanyang looked at Fuyin Zhenren, and Fuyin Zhenren let out a long sigh of relief.

"A glimmer of hope in a dark situation, there is alarm but no danger!"

It is a sign of turning bad luck into good!

Guanyue truly did not understand why his master and the sect's senior martial brother were suddenly anxious and then suddenly relieved, and he scratched his head with a face full of confusion.

"What's going on..."

He really could not understand it at all!