Chapter 282: Ye Song Voluntarily Walks into the Trap

Only by experiencing it personally can one understand the terror of the Heavenly River, because the Heavenly River is just ordinary water; there are no restrictions in the water, no Spiritual Power, yet it is inexhaustible, and even if one wants to break it, there is no way to start.

Ye Song scooped up a handful of the Heavenly River water beside him, feeling depressed beyond words.

From beginning to end, he could not understand why he had fallen for the Heavenly River's trick.

As for a person he loves, the only one he could think of was Ye Lan.

But Ye Song would rather die than admit that he could like that little disciple who possessed a deadpan face and could anger people to death with her words.

He would rather believe that Lin Bai possessed the ability to grant everyone the Heavenly River.

But this seemed even more terrifying...

Fazhe Zhidao, lacking constraints and methods to break it, is just too disgusting.

The Duke of Zhen watched Ye Song, who was encircled by the Heavenly River, and feeling somewhat dissatisfied with Lin Bai's unreliability, interrupted them: "Alliance Leader Lin, the matter of teaching your disciple can be put aside for now; the army is pressing on the border..."

He only said half of it.

A mass of black mist suddenly erupted from the encampments of the various sects of the Justice Alliance Army.

Within the black mist, wandering vengeful spirits were vaguely visible, and screams and cries for help rang out immediately, one after another.

Some cultivators tried to rush out of the shroud of black mist, but as soon as they flew up, they were dragged back by the vengeful spirits hiding in the mist; the vengeful spirits let out shrill cries, drilled into their seven orifices, and in an instant, took their lives...

"Ten Thousand Souls Devour Heart!" the Duke of Zhen blurted out.

As soon as the words fell.

The cultivators of the Zhenbei Army had long since raised the Blazing Sun Mirror, and scorching light shot out from the mirror's surface, dissolving the black mist that shrouded the Justice Alliance Army.

Wherever the light reached, the vengeful spirits within the black mist let out squeaking screams and instantly vanished into thin air.

But the black mist was produced continuously, as if it were endless, shrouding the Justice Alliance Army, as if it would not stop until it had wiped them out completely...

The players on the viewing platform were stunned.

The female players of the Lin Bai Support Group stood there blankly, unable to shout any slogans; scenes from horror movies were playing out in reality, scaring the wits out of them.

Damn it!

The gap between the two sides was too great.

Lin Bai's expression turned extremely ugly in an instant; the cultivation of most of the Justice Alliance Army cultivators was at the Golden Core realm, and any random Void Refinement Realm cultivator could kill them as easily as chopping melons and vegetables.

The two sides were not existences of the same level; this was a one-sided slaughter.

The opponent's intention was very obvious: to first eliminate his wings and turn him into a commander with no troops.

The players possessed infinite lifespans, and the first to bear the brunt were these members of the Justice Alliance who could not undergo Regeneration...

This was the true war between cultivators; his previous methods were indeed too merciful!

Lin Bai's eyes turned slightly red.

Although the cultivators of the Justice Alliance Army were not high in cultivation, under his training, they had long been loyal to the Justice Alliance; they were his core foundation!

The opponent's cultivators were at least at the Void Refinement Realm.

The attack range of the Void Refinement Realm is very far; since the opponent could evade the search of the Zhenbei Army, they certainly would not be at the scene of the cooking competition...

With the bonus of the Spirit Fruit, Lin Bai's combat talent was extremely high; he did not think about looking for the opposing cultivators.

As his thoughts raced, Benyue immediately covered all the Justice Alliance Army members shrouded in the black mist, and then, he pressed the switches of five Recording Pens.

The sound of the tongue twister "Mountain Before Has a Cui Thick Leg" rang out, and Lin Bai shouted to the Zhenbei Army cultivators holding the Blazing Sun Mirror: "Parallel coverage of the sky above the black mist with the Blazing Sun Mirror."

Benyue would not provide protection for cultivators during the ascension process, but it could convert the Spiritual Power within their bodies into speed.

Most of the Justice Alliance Army cultivators had experienced Benyue; when the familiar thrust came from under their feet, everyone who was still alive was overjoyed and hurriedly circulated all their power, turning into rocket-like figures, rushing toward the top of the black mist.

The vengeful spirits entangled them and flew upward with them, but as soon as they poked out of the black mist, they encountered the scorching of the Blazing Sun Mirror, let out a scream, and shrank back into the black mist.

In the blink of an eye, most of the Justice Alliance cultivators shrouded in the black mist were sent into mid-air by Benyue, posing in alluring postures.

Even so, in such a short time, nearly ten thousand cultivators of the Justice Alliance Army had suffered a ten percent reduction in numbers; the survivors were still shaken, each maintaining the posture of Benyue, their hearts heavy, and their morale dropped to the extreme.

At the same time.

Ye Song, who was watching the show on the viewing platform, suddenly shuddered; a scene intruded into his mind—clouds and mist swirled, and a palace appeared before his eyes, moving from afar to near.

Outside the palace, dozens of heavenly pillars reached straight into the clouds, and then, the three ancient characters "Doulu Palace" entered his eyes.

The palace gates were wide open.

An old man riding a green ox slowly emerged.

The old man was seen wearing a Bagua robe, holding a horsetail whisk, with the three flowers gathered at the crown, and a halo formed by the light behind his neck floating behind his head—a picture of wisdom and transcendence.

He looked at Ye Song indifferently: "Ye Song, I am Taiqing Moral Heavenly Venerable. Now the reincarnation of the Ziwei Heavenly Emperor is in trouble. You are destined to be the Heavenly Dao Protector Venerable God; you should assist Ziwei Dijun in overcoming this tribulation, and there will surely be blessings in the future."

After speaking, he rode the ox into the clouds.

All the images vanished into thin air.

Ye Song stood frozen on the spot.

The images of the nine ancestors of the Justice Sect had once appeared in his mind, but although the nine ancestors were in the galaxy, they looked like nothing more than cultivators with profound cultivation.

But this time, the person who appeared in his mind riding a green ox and calling himself Taiqing Moral Heavenly Venerable had a sacred majesty that clearly surpassed the so-called nine ancestors of the Justice Sect; he was more like, more like a born sacred being.

What shocked Ye Song was the content of what the Moral Heavenly Venerable said: reincarnation of Ziwei Dijun, Heavenly Dao Protector Venerable God?

This seemed to be incredible news!

He turned to Lin Bai in the sky: Ziwei Dijun?

For tens of thousands of years, cultivators who underwent Tribulation Transcendence and ascended had never sent back any information; could it be that this so-called Taiqing Moral Heavenly Venerable and Ziwei Dijun came from the legendary Immortal World?

Did the Heavenly Descended who are Undying and Indestructible bring the Immortal World's attention to the lower realm during these troubled times, and is the Immortal World going to confront the world behind the Heavenly Descended?

Justice Sect?

Fazhe Zhidao!

So there was an even deeper secret behind it all...

Ye Song's imagination ran wild, and he swallowed gently; he feared that even Lin Bai didn't know about this secret!

The reincarnation of Ziwei Dijun, what a grand origin!

No wonder that over these years, Daoists and Fozi have been reincarnating one after another...

No wonder that in the dark, he felt compelled to come and participate in this nonsensical cooking competition; it turned out that the great powers of the Upper Realm had already arranged everyone's fate perfectly.

Under the influence of the Dihua Skill, Ye Song naturally connected all the clues and rationalized them.

At this moment.

The tongue twister from the Recording Pen also reached its end.

The Lightning Storm reappeared in the world, falling into the black mist like raindrops.

Palm Thunder restrained the yin spirits, and its lethality was far greater than the Blazing Sun Mirror.

The moment the lightning fell.

The black mist churned violently up and down like boiling water, and the yin spirits hidden within let out one shrill scream after another; those that tried to rush out of the black mist were struck head-on by the lightning and turned into fly ash in an instant.

The black mist shrank at a speed visible to the naked eye, revealing the dead and wounded Justice Alliance Cultivators, who lay on the ground in disarray, all bleeding from their seven orifices and dead.

Suddenly.

A voice came from all directions: "Hahahaha, Alliance Leader Lin is truly a silver-tipped spearhead; what does it matter if you destroy this batch of my yin spirits? I can wipe out a thousand cultivators of your Justice Alliance with a single blow; how long can your remaining few thousand hold out? I fear that in just a few rounds, Alliance Leader Lin will be left all alone."

Lin Bai had not yet spoken.

Ye Song, who was on the viewing platform, suddenly turned into a mass of black mist and dissipated.

Everyone was startled by this sudden situation.

The Duke of Zhen was shocked; it turned out Lin Bai wasn't making a mountain out of a molehill, and Ye Song was indeed that Great Vehicle Realm ancestor of the Shengji Sect.

From this, it was evident that there were likely many more enemies hidden within Zhen City.

The Defense Array of Zhen City could launch attacks internally, but if the enemies hidden in the city launched a surprise attack, the Zhenbei Army would be caught off guard and would likely suffer losses just like the Justice Alliance.

After all, their lowest cultivation level was the Void Refinement Realm.

The Duke of Zhen frowned; time was too tight, and with the previous lax precautions, he feared Zhen City had long been infiltrated like a sieve.

This battle would be hard to fight!

The cooperation between the Taiyi Kingdom and Lin Bai was likely a wrong decision.

Xu Longyun's expression was not very good; she was the one in charge of the cooking competition.

Moreover, she had been certain that Ye Song was an ordinary person, but the supernatural ability Ye Song just used to disappear was clearly something only a Great Vehicle Realm expert could master; if Ye Song had launched a sneak attack just now, the consequences would have been unimaginable...

"Ji Huang, quickly order the Zhenbei Army to be careful of enemies lurking in the city. If you discover Ye Song's tracks, spare no cost to expel him from Zhen City," the Duke of Zhen ordered in a deep voice.

No sooner had he finished speaking.

A black mist flashed, and Ye Song reappeared on the viewing platform; he had returned to the appearance of a slender young man. At this moment, he was holding a withered old man in his hand, his eyes filled with smiles as he looked at the Duke of Zhen, who was facing a formidable enemy: "Duke, no need to guard against me; we are on the same side, we should be united against the outside."

Ye Song was handsome and elegant, possessing the demeanor of an expert.

But the circle of Heavenly River surrounding him ruined his image completely.

"Ye Song, you betrayed the Demonic Five Sects, you will die a horrible death!" The old man held by Ye Song revealed a vicious look, roaring fiercely and struggling with all his might, but he could not break free from Ye Song's grip; instead, he was pressed by the head and shoved into the Heavenly River, choking on a mouthful of Heavenly River water.

"..." The Duke of Zhen looked at Ye Song, silent; he was not stupid enough to provoke a Great Vehicle Realm expert so close to him, and besides, he couldn't quite figure out Ye Song's purpose.

"Good disciple, I truly did not misjudge you," Lin Bai pressed stop on the Recording Pen and looked at Ye Song with a smile that wasn't quite a smile.

As he spoke, three Magpie Bridges connected to Xu Longyun and the others.

Xu Longyun, Jiang Qingqin, and Xiaobai stepped onto the Magpie Bridge and arrived at his side in an instant.

To do a play, one must do it thoroughly; the Being Read Mind and Dihua were things he had sent into Ye Song's mind, but Lin Bai wasn't sure how much the superposition of the two Skills affected Ye Song.

He still had to act out the play.

Everyone was forced to show a smile.

Ye Song was no exception; he looked at Lin Bai, raised an eyebrow, and smiled: "Master, you believe me, right? Look, I caught the guy lurking in the dark for you; the spies in the cooking competition earlier were also cleared out by me."

"You went to such lengths to sneak into Zhen City, what do you want?" Lin Bai asked.

"Naturally, I want to take you as my master and learn the Fazhe Zhidao," Ye Song looked at the vigilant Lin Bai, believing the words of the Moral Heavenly Venerable a bit more, "Otherwise, I could have just assassinated you directly; why go to such lengths to participate in some cooking competition? Regardless of what others think, I firmly believe that the future will surely belong to the Fazhe Zhidao."

"I think you just don't know how to deal with the Heavenly River on your body, right?" Lin Bai pointed at the Heavenly River beside Ye Song and asked with a smile, looking for a more suitable reason for Ye Song.

After all, suddenly believing a Great Vehicle Realm expert from the opposing side seemed too much like a farce; he had to make the process of subduing Ye Song seem more realistic.

"Master, have you heard of the Moral Heavenly Venerable?" Ye Song looked at Lin Bai and asked suddenly.

"What Moral Heavenly Venerable?" Lin Bai hummed.

"Fine, I did indeed want to enter the Justice Sect through you, but I didn't expect your vigilance to be so strong, using the Heavenly River on me for no reason. Since I can't break your supernatural ability and I can't just watch you get beaten to death by others, I might as well cooperate with you and help you get through the current crisis; are you satisfied with this reason!"

Ye Song sighed inwardly and simply went along with Lin Bai, making up the most reasonable excuse.

It was obvious Lin Bai didn't know the Moral Heavenly Venerable; if he threw out the reincarnation of Ziwei Dijun, Lin Bai would be even less likely to believe him and would instead be counterproductive.

"Just this?" Lin Bai asked.

"As the dignified Hundred Changes Demon Lord, walking around with a circle of Heavenly River wrapped around you, what does that look like?" Ye Song said helplessly, "If you die, who will help me remove the Heavenly River?"

Pfft!

Xiaobai looked at Ye Song and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Xu Longyun smiled.

"Ye Song, you helping Lin Bai will surely make you an enemy of the world, and you will have nowhere to hide... Ugh, glug glug!" The old man held by Ye Song shouted indignantly, but halfway through his words, he was pressed into the water by Ye Song again.

Seeing that Lin Bai hadn't spoken for a long time, Ye Song said: "With my ability, at such a close distance, I haven't even made a move against you; what else do you have to distrust me? Master, a Great Vehicle Realm expert is helping you, yet you are so coy; you're not even as good as a woman..."

"Fine, let us join hands to kill the enemy. If we can win this battle, I will remove the Heavenly River for you," Lin Bai looked at Ye Song and laughed heartily, "If you act against me during the great battle, don't blame me for being impolite."

"Just removing the Heavenly River is not enough." Ye Song was forced to smile along; he looked at Lin Bai and said, "You also have to accept me into the Justice Sect. You heard what this old thing said just now; me making a move against that group of people outside is equivalent to betraying the Shengji Sect. If the Justice Sect doesn't accept me, I have nowhere else to go."

Compared to the position of the Heavenly Dao Protector Venerable God, the Shengji Sect ancestor was not even worth a fart, so Ye Song naturally was unwilling to let go of Lin Bai's thick thigh and simply climbed up the pole.

……

The Duke of the State's eyes were wide as saucers; he could not quite understand the situation before him—a Great Vehicle Realm expert had just inexplicably surrendered because of the Heavenly River?

And was shamelessly insisting on joining the Justice Gate?

What was going on?

This was too much of a farce!

He could not help but warn, "Lin Bai, be careful he is playing a trick!"

Lin Bai looked at the Duke of the State and said, "Rest assured, Duke, I have my own sense of judgment. Cultivating the Fazhe Zhidao requires a Pure Heart; once a path is decided upon, one must move forward without hesitation. Although the Incomplete Dao I cultivate is not yet initiated, when I saw Ye Song, I felt in the dark that there was an unbreakable karmic bond between us. Otherwise, I would not have used the Heavenly River on him alone. I trust him..."

Ye Song laughed heartily and breathed a sigh of relief, "Trusting me is the right choice. From this moment on, we shall join forces as master and disciple to crush the allied forces of the seven righteous sects."

"I cannot lift your Heavenly River ahead of time," Lin Bai said.

"It doesn't matter, I'll just carry it," Ye Song laughed, "When Master truly feels at ease, you can help me lift the Heavenly River then."

"Disciple, how about you bring that old fellow in your hand to the brink of death?" Lin Bai blinked and pointed at the old man being held by Ye Song.

"No problem, Master." Ye Song did not care about his reputation at all and called him Master directly. With a flick of his hand, the old man from Wanhun Valley spat out a mouthful of blood and fell unconscious.

Lin Bai took the opportunity to toss out a Blank Card and collected the old man inside.

"……"

The Duke of the State watched speechlessly as the two, who had eliminated their barriers and achieved tacit understanding after just a few words, frowned slightly; in a daze, he felt a bit more confidence in this battle.

(End of this chapter)