Chapter 1010: The Curtain Rises, Everyone's Choice

Cui Bu'er stood on the ruins of the Wanghai Tower, looking at the Sanchahe estuary below.

A lotus cast of iron floated in the middle of the river, and several chains locked the lotus firmly. That Wu Ponu, who had been in the limelight the day before, was standing on the stone ox that suppressed the river on the river bank. Beside him were nine children, all of them carved from pink jade.

At the same time, hundreds of Xuanzhen Sect followers who had rushed from all over Hebei were bare-chested, their feet firmly gripping the ground, carrying huge iron chains as thick as a bowl.

They locked the iron lotus firmly in the middle of the river!

The iron-cast lotus had melted more than half, but every bit of the petals was lifelike.

A monstrous resentment seemed to be trapped inside the lotus, and the river water was constantly being evaporated. If the Sanchahe estuary were not a bottomless Dragon Abyss, it would probably have dried up to the bottom.

The net woven from countless knots in Cui Bu'er's hand was also entangled on the iron chains.

The nine red threads were pulled by the nine children, winding around the iron chains like streaks of blood.

Cui Bu'er saw clearly that when the Drought Demon was born at the Sanchahe estuary, the iron lotus seal set by the Xuanzhen Sect Leader was about to be opened. He had originally thought that with that earth-shattering momentum, it would inevitably be a situation where the Drought Demon was born and the world was in chaos.

But the seal set by the Xuanzhen Sect Leader seemed to be a bit too strong!

Only a trace of aura leaked out, and the hot wind swept across the entire North China land, but the lotus only opened a slit. The golden bell on the Drum Tower in the city suddenly rang, and the next moment, Wu Ponu of the Xuanzhen Sect had already arrived at the Sanchahe estuary, using nine chains to bind the lotus.

Immediately after, the Xuanzhen Sect followers took their positions one by one. They were barefoot, pulling the iron chains binding the lotus like trackers. Step by step, they left bloody footprints, driving the lotus to rotate.

Now two hours had passed.

The lotus had turned eight times, and the bloody footprints had circled the Sanchahe estuary eight times.

Cui Bu'er could see that those bloody footprints were also a kind of talisman. Each inconspicuous footprint, stepped out by the Xuanzhen Sect disciples like trackers, was as majestic as an iron city.

These eight circles of bloody footprints were like the eight layers of the Iron City Mountain of Hell, forcibly sealing the Drought Demon within them.

Cui Bu'er also used the "Billion Kalpas Myriad Profound One Heart Fear Abuse Tianfu Tianfu Zhenfu" in his hand to weave the fates of those Xuanzhen Sect followers into threads, tied to the iron chains.

Besides that, there was a young Xuanzhen Sect follower, embroidered with ten thousand ghosts and ten thousand demons, worshipping the Five Elements and Five Immortals in his internal organs, constantly taking medicine and chanting spells, fixing various secret rituals and spells, and various spiritual pills and medicines into various embroideries on his body.

Cui Bu'er watched him take medicine for an hour and chant spells for an hour.

Now, with the help of the golden bell on the city tower, he had begun to freeze various terrifying secret methods that borrowed the power of the Time Venerable and violated the secret history taboos into the next instant.

Even though Cui Bu'er was well-informed, he felt his scalp tingle.

The embroidery of ten thousand demons and ten thousand ghosts on his body was completely active, freezing various states within it. Once it erupted, ten thousand demons would devour his body, ten thousand ghosts would devour his soul, in exchange for an instant of extreme eruption.

Cui Bu'er boasted that with his own skills, even with the "Billion Kalpas Myriad Profound One Heart Fear Abuse Tianfu Tianfu Zhenfu", he would be blasted into ashes in an instant.

"What kind of cultivation does the Xuanzhen Sect Leader have?"

Cui Bu'er was a bit lost.

"Even a True Immortal in the world might not have such Dao practice!"

"I originally thought that the birth of the Drought Demon was already invincible in the world, but I didn't expect there to be experts. The iron lotus seal didn't show any clues at first, but when the Drought Demon impacted it, our generation knew its power."

"There were three kinds of talismans used in succession. When the golden bell rang, heaven and earth froze, and the overall situation was reversed in an instant. The bloody footprints walked out of a path of yin and yang, and hundreds of people walked out of an Iron City Mountain of Hell together. Each footprint communicated with ghosts, borrowing the power of the endless ghosts and gods deep in the secret history."

"Cultivators below the Yu Yu Changsheng Realm couldn't even take a single footprint!"

"They walked out of three San Tu Rivers, three Naihe Bridges, and eight layers of Iron City Mountains, firmly suppressing the Drought Demon in that temporarily opened hell!"

"And that embroidery of ten thousand ghosts and ten thousand demons, as if it really embroidered all the monsters and ghosts in the secret history on it. On the human skin, every demon shadow, every evil ghost, communicated with the original body, adding various conflicting powers, secrets, taboos, and rituals to the human skin, layer by layer."

Cui Bu'er became more and more frightened as he watched. As far as he knew, the Xuanzhen Sect had a total of eight such talismans!

"If it weren't impossible, I would almost suspect that the Xuanzhen Sect Leader is a Time Venerable descended to earth..."

Cui Bu'er sighed: "The lotus that seals the Drought Demon is almost indestructible. The only loophole is that the Sanchahe estuary is formed by the convergence of three rivers, so those bloody footprints have to pass through the three bridges over the Nanyunhe, the Beiyunhe, and the Haihe."

"The Chaoguan Floating Bridge on the Nanyunhe, the Embroidered Uniform Guard Bridge on the Beiyunhe, and the Jin Tang Bridge on the Haihe. If someone destroys these three bridges, the Iron City Hell that seals the Drought Demon will be broken immediately!"

"The Drought Demon is born. No matter what calculations the Xuanzhen Sect has, they are protecting Zhigu at this time."

"For the safety of this city, the old Daoist can only contribute some effort!"

The Chaoguan Floating Bridge was previously broken by the Nine Dragon Treasure Ship. Now, the Xuanzhen Sect used two river-suppressing stone oxen connected by iron chains, and then drove the flood dragons to drag the iron ship bridge base back into place, temporarily building it.

So Cui Bu'er guarded this place personally to prevent it from being broken again.

On the Jin Tang Bridge, Dou Dabiebao and Feng Xianzi Bei also stood on the bridge. Just now, the Shaman Sect Leader was rescued by a terrifying powerhouse, along with the Taiyin Treasure Mirror that Dou Dabiebao regarded as his lifeblood.

Both of them had a trace of lingering fear in their hearts.

That person's cultivation had far exceeded the Sacred Realm of Yu Yu Changsheng; he was a figure who had truly ascended and attained the Dao!

"After all, we accepted the favor of the Xuanzhen Sect and obtained this treasure talisman, so we must contribute some effort to protect the hundreds of thousands of people in Zhigu City!" Dou Dabiebao couldn't help but speak: "Although the Xuanzhen Sect's intentions are mysterious, those who are enemies with them seem to be even less human, completely disregarding the lives of the people in the city..."

Feng Xianzi Bei also nodded: "There seems to be an extremely evil existence born overseas... it is going upstream against the Haihe, attacking toward Zhigu. I must never let it enter the city!"

On the Embroidered Uniform Guard Bridge, Mud Man Zhang held his hands in his sleeves, kneading a mud man.

He took it out and looked, it was actually himself sticking out his tongue and rolling his eyes.

Mud Man Zhang laughed loudly: "The fate has arrived!"

"I am not the person destined to face this calamity. I am forcefully facing this calamity, firstly to have a clear conscience, and secondly, I want to see the power of the Bright Venerable descending to earth..."

Three Gods fight Four Monsters!

"Four monsters are born, reversing the punishment of heaven! The Bright Venerable descends to earth, the world is auspicious!"

"In the late years of the Great Qian Dynasty, the Emperor sought immortality, wanting to refine immortality medicine with the world's dragon veins in the Forbidden City. Foreigners, the three religions of Daoism and Buddhism, and the northern sects, either in the name of offering medicine or wanting to cut off the Qian Dynasty's dragon veins, will launch a great battle in Zhigu. Wind and rain from all directions gather in Zhigu! Xuanzhen, Bai Lian, Daluo, Hongyang, Zhao Tianli, and many other sects, either performing secret rituals or searching for ancient secrets, finally provoked the four most dangerous monsters in the world!"

"The Xuanzhen Sect occupies Zhigu, and the four monsters will arrive together."

"However, there are dragons and snakes among the grass, and experts of the side sects in the world, either with the heart of saving the world and benefiting the people, or just out of righteous indignation, will strike when the four monsters attack!"

"This is a magnificent legend before the chaotic times of Zhigu begin—Three Gods fight Four Monsters!"

"Main mission: At the beginning of the plot, choose the Three Gods or Four Monsters camp, make your move, either stop or facilitate the four monsters entering Zhigu. Mission reward: 20 morality."

"Side mission: The five major sects of Xuanzhen, Daluo, Hongyang, Bai Lian, and Zhao Tianli will fight a battle around Zhigu. Reincarnators can join the sect camp, killing enemy reincarnators rewards 10 morality. Killing plot characters of the enemy camp will be rewarded according to their realm."

"Side mission: Explore the secrets of the Xuanzhen Sect Leader, the Qian Emperor of the imperial court, the foreign church, and various hidden plot parties..."

In the Zhigu Wei Chenghuang Temple, five figures suddenly appeared.

Yuwen Heita saw the text projected on the wall by the oil lamp and frowned: "This world again?"

"This world produces Dao seeds, which is naturally of immeasurable value to Primordial Spirit True Immortals, but it is not very friendly to ants like us below the Primordial Spirit. However, there seems to be some connection between these plots... Zhigu is where we returned last time!"

"Last time, our cultivation was just beginning, and it was with the help of Ancestor Chen Tuan that we condensed the Dao Talisman."

"At that time, the stone man stirred the Yellow River, and the righteous armies of the world rose up. The imperial court's prime minister Tuotuo and the Daoist Chen Tuan were both at the Primordial Spirit True Immortal level. Many reincarnators knew the 'history', but the Lord of Reincarnation did not allow us to understand the 'history', which caused us to be calculated and almost crushed by the Eighteen Heavenly Demon Dance under Tuotuo's command."

Heita communicated with the Lord of Reincarnation, his eyes froze, and he shouted: "What do you mean the stone man we sealed last time is one of the four monsters? It belongs to the follow-up plot, so it was forcibly inserted into our mission sequence?"

"A stone man! Chen Tuan, with the status of a Primordial Spirit, used the four great breaking supernatural powers of wind, earth, water, and fire, but could only barely contend with it. In the end, he joined forces with Tuotuo and borrowed the Cauldron Mother's supreme treasure to barely suppress it. It's just one of the four monsters?"

"Lord of Reincarnation, are you kidding me!"

"Heita, the mission difficulty is balanced. According to this reward, the plot characters on our side are stronger..." Puliuru comforted.

A moment later, his voice also changed!

"What do you mean no Primordial Spirit? This world tops out at the Yu Yu Changsheng Realm? There are no ascenders among the plot characters?"

"There's a problem, Lord of Reincarnation, you absolutely have a problem?"

"What do you mean the mission doesn't need to be forcibly executed, and reincarnators can choose to follow the plot? Doesn't everyone go to the four monsters? There's a ghost, there's absolutely a ghost. When has the Lord of Reincarnation been so kind?" Heita cursed.

He looked back at the remaining three teammates.

Liu Yu was noncommittal, and He Qilang, carrying a flying sword that seemed to be cast from black ice, also had no expression.

Instead, Fan Xinuo smiled and smoothed things over: "The Lord of Reincarnation is a supreme power residing in the heavens and myriad worlds. Although He doesn't care about the offenses of us ants, we still have to be respectful."

"And although the Lord of Reincarnation acts a bit... but He has always been fair and just in terms of rewards. If the main mission only has 20 morality, then the difficulty is absolutely only 20 morality. On the contrary, the side missions with vague rewards might pop up with some earth-shattering things."

Puliuru also muttered secretly in his heart. These three had only joined their Central Plains team in the last reincarnation mission.

Liu Yu was fine, just a military cultivator from Southern Jin.

He Qilang's origin was unknown, claiming to be a loose cultivator, but the Guanghan Bingpo Pill was famous, and his sword technique had the charm of Shaoqing. He knew a secret.

Legend has it that the Guanghan Feng Xianzi of Guanghan Palace this time was cultivated by the Shaoqing Sword Sect. It's hard to say that He Qilang has no connection with it.

Of course, Yan Shu of Shaoqing and the contemporary Guanghan Feng Xianzi were both at the level of the first person below the Primordial Spirit.

Not to mention the trip to Gui Xu, it is said that the two slaughtered Western Kunlun and killed the Dragon Clan so they couldn't come out of Gui Xu.

That Guanghan Feng Xianzi slaughtered dragons like killing earthworms. After coming out of Gui Xu, the name of the Taiyin Divine Sword became even more famous. Unless the three palace masters of Guanghan Palace came out, no one could beat her.

She beheaded several old demons under her sword.

The Blood Sea Dao also sent out news, telling their disciples not to provoke her.

And Fan Xinuo should be a cultivator from Mount Luojia in the South Sea. After joining the Central Plains team, she was good at socializing, but Puliuru had long seen that she had been probing the famous Gui Xu mission in the Reincarnation Land, seemingly convinced that some kind of opportunity was hidden within it.

Heita looked at the Wei Chenghuang Temple and said: "We should be in Zhigu City now. Well, it's convenient. Perhaps it's because the mission time is too tight?"

"Should we choose the Three Gods or the Four Monsters? According to my heart, I naturally want to choose the Three Gods camp. After all, the Lord of Reincarnation calls them 'monsters', so the four monsters will inevitably cause monstrous killing." Puliuru sighed: "But this mission difficulty..."

Fan Xinuo smiled: "I said it before! This mission is by no means as simple as the Lord of Reincarnation introduced. I am not a person with shallow vision!"

He Qilang also said lightly: "Naturally, I will not violate my heart and will follow the righteous path."

Just out of the Wei Chenghuang Temple, everyone felt something was wrong. They saw a big city in a mess. Citizens and people were running around, snatching rice, flour, and materials. Every household had their doors closed, and every household had their doors locked. The ones maintaining order were a group of sect followers, who should be the people of the Xuanzhen Sect.

Heita looked toward the center of the city and saw a woman holding a golden bell on a drum tower in the center of the city, looking down at the common people.

He peered with the military arts, only to feel that although there were some extraordinary figures in the city, generally speaking—it was just so-so. Even the woman who faintly suppressed the city was only at the level of a Core Formation cultivator.

In the eyes of their Central Plains military cultivators, what did this count for?

But he had seen the stone man among the four monsters with his own eyes, a fierce thing that could be ferocious even at the Primordial Spirit level!

What the hell is this mission?

How can the Three Gods fight the Four Monsters?

Heita was a bit puzzled...

But at this time, a brilliant aura of death was pressing in from the east gate of the city, not giving them any time to think at all, and the plot had already begun...

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1011 =====