Chapter 472: The Immortal and Indestructible Great Lingzong Wang! A Long-Awaited Reunion

Zhang Taixu!

The last Celestial Master, Zhang Taixu, experienced the Great Daoist Calamity, and the North-South split of the Zhang family began from him.

"He stayed on Mount Zhongnan for two years," Xu Xuanguan said in a deep voice.

Few people know of this past event now.

Back then, after the Great Daoist Calamity, Zhang Taixu led the remaining survivors of the Long Hu Mountain Zhang family south, finding a place of refuge in Jiangnan. Later, he went to Chang'an alone and stayed on Mount Zhongnan for two years.

The Mount Nanwang where Qin Ergou hid while being hunted by the Pure Yang Wang family was the very place where Zhang Taixu once practiced in seclusion.

Two years later, this last Celestial Master unexpectedly split the remaining Zhang family forces in two, with one branch moving north. The North-South split originated from this.

"You are truly fortunate to have met such a peerless figure," Xu Xuanguan whispered solemnly.

Before the Great Daoist Calamity, Zhang Taixu was already world-renowned, the leader of the Daoist sects.

He was also the only existence capable of standing toe-to-toe with the Three-Corpse Daoist.

That Xu Jinzhao could meet such a figure in his youth and obtain a Sacred Seed from him—it was this very fortune that achieved his current cultivation at the Celestial Master Realm.

"This last Celestial Master only stayed on Mount Zhongnan for two years; it was indeed not easy for me to meet him," Xu Jinzhao sighed.

"In those two years, I wonder if he found what he was looking for," Xu Xuanguan said indifferently.

"You mean..." Xu Jinzhao's heart stirred.

"Chang'an is no trivial place. It is the location of the Central Dragon's knot among the three great dragon veins of the world. With the Four Symbols complete and the Wang Qi vast, its foundation is even more unfathomable than Yujing or Shangjing."

"You should know that the entrance to the Wu Wei Gate is there, yet the Daoist sects have searched for so many years and found nothing," Xu Xuanguan said in a deep voice.

"I'm afraid he wasn't looking for the location of the Wu Wei Gate," Xu Jinzhao looked deeply at Xu Xuanguan and suddenly said.

Xu Xuanguan was silent for a moment, then nodded: "He was very likely looking for the Nine Treasures."

"Chang'an is an extraordinary place, especially where Mount Zhongnan is located. The Nine Treasures have all appeared there, especially the Corpse-Slashing Sword..."

"Rumor has it that this sword suffered a great calamity, and its broken body fell into the Central Dragon," Xu Xuanguan said in a deep voice.

"Mount Zhongnan... was this last Celestial Master looking for the Corpse-Slashing Sword?" A realization dawned in Xu Jinzhao's heart.

"Your Coffin-Carrying Society holds quite a few secrets."

Xu Xuanguan remained silent, just watching Xu Jinzhao quietly.

"I was young then and didn't know the depth of it; how could I have known that the old man had such a background?"

"He, however, was quite cautious," Xu Jinzhao sighed.

"Zhang Taixu laughed, saying that although he practiced within the sect, he was as alert as a wild beast in the mountains."

"Having obtained such a treasure, we naturally practiced diligently day and night. Our Nascent Souls collided, hiding the dangers of life and death, concealing the madness of fortune and misfortune. The taste of it was truly indescribable. It was through these bizarre experiences that our Nascent Souls sublimated and transformed within that seed."

At this point, Xu Jinzhao sighed and looked at Xu Xuanguan.

"Because of this, during my two years on Mount Zhongnan, my cultivation progressed by leaps and bounds, surpassing my fellow clansmen in one stroke. Only you could steadily keep me down."

"That is as it should be," Xu Xuanguan said lightly.

"..."

"When the two years were up, I left Mount Zhongnan. When I returned, you had already run away from home. Later, I went back again, and five or six years passed just like that. I started a family, and I sent him an invitation, but he didn't come," Xu Jinzhao sighed.

"That was also the year the madman Ye changed his name to Ye Jinzhao and never set foot in Jinmen for the rest of his life," Xu Xuanguan suddenly said.

Xu Jinzhao was silent for a moment before saying: "Since then, we have never met again."

"Old Four Ye is dead; you should be able to feel it," Xu Xuanguan changed the subject and said suddenly.

Xu Jinzhao looked at Xu Xuanguan, his weathered eyes revealing a meaningful look.

"Indeed."

"When we were young, the methods we practiced were too mad. Our Nascent Souls collided, entangled, merged, and split. There was me in you, and you in me. Our Nascent Souls developed a subtle change and connection between each other..."

"Sometimes I couldn't even tell if I was him, or if he was me," Xu Jinzhao said in a deep voice.

"Similar to the Soul-Splitting Great Method in the Three-Corpse Fate-Illumination, I have to say, Old Four Ye was truly crazy enough," Xu Xuanguan said in a deep voice.

"So, when he died, I could feel it immediately, but..."

"He died, yet he didn't die," Xu Xuanguan interjected.

"The Sacred Seed..." Xu Jinzhao said solemnly.

"The immortal substance left behind after the death of a God-Demon Sacred Fetus practitioner—besides being able to repair the injuries of the Nascent Soul, its truly terrifying aspect is..." Xu Xuanguan said in a deep voice.

"Once a withered Nascent Soul resides within it, even if only fragments remain, there is a great probability of living a second life," Xu Xuanguan said in a deep voice.

"Indeed, this kind of thing shouldn't appear in the mortal world. It is a demonic flower on the road to immortality, reversing the impermanence of life and death," Xu Jinzhao sighed.

"So, that is why Zhang Tiansheng's cub is hiding in Mount Ailao and won't come out?" Xu Jinzhao changed the subject and said suddenly.

"You know quite a lot," Xu Xuanguan said lightly.

"I only heard that a Sacred Seed is hidden in Mount Ailao. That should be the most powerful and precious Sacred Seed in the world. It is said that the practitioner of that 【God-Demon Sacred Fetus】 has already touched the Pure Yang Limitless Realm..."

"Zhang Tiansheng's cub practices the God-Demon Sacred Fetus himself. If he obtained that Sacred Seed..." Xu Jinzhao's words came to an abrupt end.

"Combined, even if he doesn't enter the Pure Yang Limitless Realm, his Nascent Soul can be called immortal and indestructible. There is almost no existence in this world that can kill him..."

"The most critical thing is that even if he discards his physical body, he can possess any shell without restriction."

Once these words were spoken, even Xu Jinzhao was moved.

One must know that Daoist cultivation emphasizes the dual cultivation of nature and life. The foundation of nature-gong lies in the Nascent Soul, and the foundation of life-gong lies in the physical body.

To refine the Inner Dan in the physical body and achieve great success in life-gong—what a great fortune that is.

Once the physical body is lost, even a Celestial Master Realm practitioner must re-cultivate life-gong, and that is only on the premise of finding a suitable shell without rejection reactions.

But if Zhang Lingzong found that strongest Sacred Seed, his Nascent Soul would be unprecedentedly powerful. No shell in the world would reject him, and with dual cultivation of nature and life, influenced by the nature-light of the Nascent Soul, the new body could return to his previous realm in a short time.

By then, he would be truly immortal and indestructible; Heaven cannot kill him, and Earth cannot punish him.

To a certain extent, except for the strength of the physical body, he would be infinitely close to a natural spirit fetus in other aspects.

"They underestimated the young man, and they underestimated the remaining fire of the Southern Zhang."

"How many calamities and deaths has Zhang Laoer's cub experienced? They thought they were forcing him into a dead end, but in reality, that was just great luck hidden within the calamities..."

"Calamity and fortune generate each other; the principle has always been so since ancient times," Xu Xuanguan said lightly.

"Do you think... that kid can succeed?" Xu Jinzhao suddenly said.

"Whether he succeeds or not, only he can decide," Xu Xuanguan shook his head and whispered: "We've strayed too far."

Having said this, Xu Xuanguan paused slightly and suddenly asked: "Where is Old Four Ye's Sacred Seed hidden?"

"What do you want to do?" Xu Jinzhao's expression changed slightly.

"The method of the Golden Cicada shedding its shell—do you think he can avoid disaster just by hiding?" Xu Xuanguan said in a deep voice.

"I know Old Four Ye left a hand behind. He practiced the Small Soul-Splitting Great Method in the 【Three-Corpse Fate-Illumination】 and left a fragment of his Nascent Soul in the Sacred Seed," Xu Xuanguan said in a deep voice.

"I came back this time for this thing."

"In this world, only you know," Xu Xuanguan said in a deep voice.

Xu Jinzhao frowned and remained silent.

At this moment, his thoughts were chaotic. Even when Xu Xuanguan returned just now and the Pure Yang Sword appeared, it hadn't stirred his mind like this.

"Old Four Ye was not famous, but he was the number one expert on Mount Zhongnan. Looking at the world, the number of people who could kill him can be counted on one hand, let alone that he was killed on Mount Zhongnan," Xu Xuanguan said again suddenly.

"If you don't tell me, it will eventually bring a devastating disaster to the Xu family!"

Once these words were spoken, Xu Jinzhao's expression changed. He raised his hand slightly, then slowly lowered it, finally saying powerlessly.

"I'll tell you!"

Tonight is destined to be sleepless.

With such a great turmoil in the Xu family, no one can sleep.

Overnight, the status of the Third Branch underwent a heaven-turning and earth-shattering reversal; though they appeared to be withering in numbers, they held great power in their hands.

With two Celestial Masters sitting in command, their status was almost unshakable, not to mention that the once inconspicuous Xu Jiuliu had completely grasped the future and lifeline of the Xu family.

Undoubtedly, he was almost a certainty, viewed as the character who could truly inherit and carry forward the Xu Ancestor's Dharma lineage.

Sooner or later, the Xu family would be handed over to him.

Yet, all these changes were because of an outsider, an outsider named Zhang Fan. ===== CHAPTER 473 =====