Chapter 1088: Alligator Named Hulei Crosses Illusory Waves, Flag is Ribbon I Hold the Center

The three sat on the back of that huge alligator dragon.

Its back armor was quite wide, three zhang wide, and fifteen zhang long from head to tail, floating on the lake surface like a big ship.

Jiang Shang saw that the water surface of the Illusory Moon Lake kept setting off waves.

The slightly trembling water surface blurred the moon shadow.

Couldn't help but be curious: "Everyone says that the water of the Illusory Moon Lake is formed by overlapping countless illusions. Without the cloud-stepping bestowed by those few white deer, even a First-Rank Golden Core would find it difficult to cross. Why can you carry us across the lake, Hulei?"

Hulei smiled: "Not to mention me, even the Little Master can thunder-escape this lake."

Speaking of which, it was also slightly puzzled: "The Master told me that the alligator dragon's ancient name is 'Hulei'!"

"That's because after we achieve the demon core, there is thunder sound echoing between our internal organs, which can not only temper the internal organs, but also sense heavenly thunder and manipulate thunder light."

"Later, the Master gave me the name Hulei, left the cave mansion and left!"

"I followed the Master's order, waited for three years, and then entered the cave mansion to find the spirit pill left by the Master before he left. Because I thought the Master would come

"With the help of the spirit elixir, I refined the thunderous sound and lightning light within my internal organs into a type of thunder technique, named the Internal Scene True Thunder!"

"Later, the Young Master followed the Old Master's trail and found us. I thought he had come to seize the Old Master's cave dwelling, so I fought with him once. Only when he saw me unleash the Internal Scene True Thunder did he hold back and spare my life. Later, the Young Master inherited the Old Master's cave dwelling, and we resolved our misunderstanding. Only then did I realize he was the descendant left behind by the Old Master, and since then, I have served the Young Master diligently."

"He even gave me all the spirit elixirs the Old Master had left behind to consume, teaching me to achieve a demon core and, furthermore, to thoroughly master the supernatural power of the Internal Scene True Thunder."

"The Internal Scene True Thunder is a type of thunder light gestated within the five viscera and six bowels, most capable of breaking through internal obstructions and inner demons."

"After coming to this lake, I know not why, but while the illusion could trap others, it was instantly shattered upon encountering this thunder."

"I swim upon the lake, but in truth, I am also constantly drumming up the Internal Scene thunderous sound to break through those layers of illusions, naturally allowing me to swim freely within..."

Lei Zhuzi waited for the Tuolong to finish speaking before saying, "The Internal Scene True Thunder should be the direct true technique of the Louguan Sect. Being able to traverse the blessed land left by the predecessors of Louguan with this technique is only natural."

Jiang Shang was stunned and said, "Then, isn't Brother a descendant of the Louguan legacy?"

Lei Zhuzi said solemnly, "That is correct, I am naturally a disciple of Louguan! If you have ever been to Guangling, you must have heard of that Supreme Louguan Demon-Suppressing Stele!"

"I was born from that very earth aperture, and the text on the stone stele in this Flat Lake blessed land is exactly the same..."

"It must have come from the hand of the same person!"

Jiang Shang suddenly felt somewhat ashamed; this was entering a cave dwelling to scavenge for benefits, only to encounter the rightful owner!

He hurriedly stood up and bowed: "I did not expect Brother to be a descendant of Louguan..."

Lei Zhuzi asked curiously, "Why speak of two families when we are one? Qian Shidi, are you also a descendant of Louguan?"

Seeing Jiang Shang looking confused, he laughed, "The opening of this blessed land is a gift from the immortal predecessors of Louguan to those of later generations with affinity; it is not for me to say anything."

"But since you, Qian Shidi, have no master and come from a background of loose cultivation, having obtained the Daoist techniques and external elixirs left by the predecessors of Louguan, you are naturally an external disciple of the Louguan Sect... that is why I address you as Qian Shidi."

"Could it be that you, Qian Shidi, have other thoughts and wish to join another major sect of the Daoist gate, or perhaps a demonic sect of the outer path?"

"No, no, no..." Jiang Shang waved his hands repeatedly and said sincerely, "To receive the favor of Louguan is naturally the good fortune of our generation."

"It is just that in my youth, I received a great kindness from a senior, and this time... I originally came to find that senior and beg to be accepted into his sect!"

"Oh!" Lei Zhuzi frowned, "Since there is a prior connection, then this is hard to say!"

"No wonder I saw your foundation was slightly mixed, but your pill Dao is extremely pure; so it turns out you obtained a bit of affinity from a senior of the Daoist gate..."

"However, this is not a dilemma!"

"I was born and entered the sect by worshipping the Supreme Louguan Demon-Suppressing Stele, obtained the technique bestowed by this stele, and later achieved success in demonic arts within the eight halls of the ruins, thus emerging and repelling several sects that dared to plot against the ruins!"

"Coming to the northern lands now, one reason is to seek paternal kinship, and the second is to view the ancestral court of Louguan and pay respects to the ancestors."

"The third is that my heart was moved, sensing the heavenly secrets, and I perceived that the Supreme Louguan seems to have an opportunity for re-establishment, which is why I hurried here with Hulei."

"Since Louguan has opened, according to the usual customs of the Daoist gate, it should accept several disciples who have an affinity with Louguan, and pass on the Daoist inheritance originating from Louguan to them, to assist in its revival!"

"If that senior is a high-level expert of the Daoist gate, and you, Qian Shidi, have the heart, you can still continue that prior connection while also joining Louguan."

Jiang Shang felt slightly conflicted in his heart, but upon hearing this, he temporarily let it go.

After all, these conflicts would have to wait until he found that senior... Now that the senior's immortal traces were elusive, it was too early to talk about these subsequent matters.

Hulei swam in the Illusion Moon Lake, having already traveled dozens of miles.

Only then did the giant lotus flowers and lotus leaves in the lake appear on both sides.

The lotus leaves rose above the water surface, hundreds and thousands of square feet like small islands.

The lotus flowers bloomed like small mountains, standing on the water surface like immortal palaces; walking among them felt like walking in a palace.

The one closest to them was a green lotus, with vast and mighty clear qi appearing to descend from the nine heavens.

Many cultivators were sitting cross-legged within it, inhaling that clear qi of the nine heavens.

"What pure clear spiritual qi!"

Lei Zhuzi took a look and praised, "Even the spiritual energy thirty thousand feet above the Earth Immortal Realm is rarely this pure and dense! Just this single green lotus, if cultivated outside, would be enough to support the Foundation Establishment and breathing of the cultivators of a major immortal sect."

"Still, we arrived a step too late; otherwise, this green lotus would surely have gestated some kind of immortal qi."

"It might be the pure spiritual energy from the Three Clarities Heaven..."

"The Three Clarities Heaven!" Jiang Shang yearned.

If there were doubts about whether the Earth Immortal Realm was an immortal realm.

After all, even the Primordial Spirit True Immortals of the Earth Immortal Realm now hide their tracks and are rarely seen in public.

Without immortals, is it still an immortal realm?

But the Three Clarities Heaven is undoubtedly the immortal realm in the hearts of all Daoist disciples; even the heavenly realm where the Heavenly Court resides is not as orthodox as it.

After all, the heavens opened by the three Daoist ancestors where many immortals live in seclusion have been recorded countless times in Daoist scriptures.

There are countless techniques for inhaling its spiritual energy for cultivation, visualizing its scenery for entry, and even reflecting external scenes to refine the soul.

The Daoist gate also has countless such techniques.

Even Shen Bao, upon hearing this name, showed a moved expression.

Hulei said in a muffled voice, "When the Young Master entered the blessed land, he went straight to find that Karmic Fire Red Lotus, waiting for it to bloom. Otherwise, wouldn't it be wonderful to find a few things gestated by lotus flowers like this?"

Lei Zhuzi laughed, "You stupid fish, why are you so greedy? These lotus flowers are the blessings left by the immortal predecessors of Louguan for later generations. If they are of no use to us, we must not be greedy. You must know that for every extra bit we take, many fellow Daoists will have one less opportunity. Taking this extra bit will not help me become an immortal, but taking one less might just cut off their path..."

"On the Great Dao, our generation travels together; what is the point of occupying a landscape all by oneself?"

Hulei said, "This little beast is ignorant. Anyway, we of the demon race have always been greedy for every bite we can get. With one less bite, perhaps one day we will starve to death or be killed by a more powerful demon!"

Suddenly, on a part of the lake dozens of miles ahead, a ray of light shot into the sky.

It rolled like red silk, half submerged under the lake surface, and half spanning the lake like a rainbow.

Strips of red silk rolled up and fell like dragons.

Spanning more than a dozen arched bridges over the lake...

The billowing red silk rotated, growing larger and larger from a point in the distance, the sky full of red silk like a crimson dragon tossing and turning as it caught up with several streams of light.

In front of Lei Zhuzi and the other two, the crimson dragon plunged into the lake, kicking up waves dozens of feet high.

The wide surface of the silk gauze was like a long bridge dozens of feet wide, and even with Hulei's massive body, one could walk up it step by step.

Clearly, this red silk was a treasure of the magic treasure level.

When unleashed in a dangerous place like the Illusion Moon Lake, it could stir up such wind and waves; its power was truly extraordinary!

Opposing it was a pair of eyes, rotating like the sun and moon.

The gold and silver pupils, one as brilliant as the great sun, the other curved like a new moon, overlapped together, and they had unleashed a bronze cauldron, which was extremely heavy.

When unleashed, its power was vast, shaking the entire Illusion Moon Lake until it trembled.

Only hearing the person with the sun and moon golden pupils under the bronze cauldron laugh long, "Sister Daier, why are you so angry?"

"This prince long ago entrusted my elders to go to your door to propose marriage, and both sides' elders have already agreed. By the order of parents and the words of matchmakers, this position of my primary consort has always been reserved for Sister Daier!"

The woman in the distance rolling the red silk stepped barefoot on the water surface.

That sky full of red silk was actually just a ribbon hanging on her body.

"Xia Yi, you dead pervert, this girl has already grown up, why are you still pestering me?"

Hua Daier was very angry, "I even hid in the Central Lands, and you still followed me?"

"Miss Daier, if you say that I was originally the Second Imperial Prince and you looked down on me, but now I have obtained the appreciation of the main family of the Xia Houshi, sacrificed to the Nine Cauldrons to refine my bloodline, and awakened the complete Heavenly Son's Double Pupils of the Xia family. Even the Emperor has changed his mind and made me the Crown Prince!"

"The vast family business of the Hanhai Kingdom needs a wise Empress to preside over it. This divine sacrificial ribbon was even a gift from me; how can you pretend not to recognize me in the blink of an eye?"

Xia Yi said solemnly, "Moreover, this Crown Prince is not a pervert, I just like women who are still budding!"

"Miss Daier still has too little experience. A man of high position and great power like me, being so devoted, is already a moral model and keeps himself clean."

Lei Zhuzi held down the Tuolong, his face looking slightly conflicted, "It sounds like an emotional entanglement; it seems inconvenient for us to intervene!"

Shen Bao's eyes flickered, and he praised, "That woman's cultivation is extraordinary; she should be from overseas!"

"Overseas is rich in talent, and in recent years, several remarkable young talents have emerged, and that Crown Prince Xia Yi of the Hanhai Kingdom is one of the best among them."

"He has natural spiritual eyes. Years ago at the Jiazi Sea Market, relying on that pair of spiritual eyes, he actually dissected a Phoenix Blood Divine Jade!"

"It is said that the Xia Houshi of the Central Lands heard this news and went to overseas specifically to purify his bloodline!"

"Refining a pair of Heavenly Son's Double Pupils..."

"Legend has it that he was chosen by the Xia Houshi to be the candidate to enter the Central Lands from the Hanhai Kingdom and contend for the orthodox rule of the world when the world falls into chaos in the future."

"Did not expect he would dare to come to the Central Lands?"

"Is he really not afraid that the Cao and Sima families will take action and make him suddenly disappear?"

In Xia Yi's eyes, the sun and moon rotated, and every time the Heavenly Son's Double Pupils were unleashed, it seemed as if he had insight into the laws of the Great Dao.

With the blessing of the ancient gods in the bronze cauldron, a casual point made Hua Daier's ribbon unable to fall, fluttering and unable to land on solid ground.

"Divine sacrificial vessels are very mysterious, but the most powerful divine sacrificial vessel is in my Xia family!"

Xia Yi straightened his crown, wearing the Five-Dragon Fur Robe, looking even more noble than Cao Xuanwei...

He looked down with his hands behind his back and commented casually, "Sister Daier, your Hua family was originally unworthy of marriage with my Hanhai Kingdom, but who made me like you?"

"I sent the Zongbo to propose marriage, which can be considered giving your Hua family enough face, and your elders have already agreed, but there are still two things that exceeded my expectations. One is that after you returned from the Return Ruins, you actually refined that ribbon into a magic treasure. The second is that you actually hid a spirit elixir of innate First Wood Qi."

"After taking the spirit elixir, you actually fought your way out of the Hua family..."

"It was still me who told those below not to make things difficult for the Hua family, lest you cause a great disaster!"

Hua Daier said coldly, "Thanks to you, I have long since had no home!"

"Daier, do not be anxious. I have had someone calculate your fate, and it is noble beyond words, just right to match me!"

Hua Daier was still in the appearance of a young girl, and upon hearing this, she was furious, even the baby fat from her childhood was puffed out in anger.

She rolled up the ribbon and waved it across the sky, turning it into a giant heavenly net, shrouding it toward the bronze cauldron.

"Stop talking to yourself!"

And under the bronze cauldron, there was indeed an ancient god reviving.

He wore an ancient crown, and countless incense and wish powers floated in the cauldron.

The ancient songs of the ancestors echoed faintly, causing that god to open its eyes slightly.

Its figure overlapped with Xia Yi's, looking up indifferently at the red silk rolling down.

A finger pointed out, as if the light of the sun and moon gathered in this finger.

The double pupils converged at this point...

Divine light flowed on the red silk, and an ancient divine script manifested, its image resembling an upright flag, with two streamers above and below, appearing to be fluttering.

Lei Zhuzi saw this ancient character and widened his eyes in shock.

Hearing Jiang Shang sigh, "The Xia family is indeed an ancient clan left by the ancient Heavenly Emperor Xia Houshi; even a side branch has such Daoist techniques!"

"It is just that they use sacrificial vessels to bless and awaken the ancient gods within the sacrificial vessels."

"Governing all Daos with the Heavenly Son's Double Pupils is close to divine law, not the immortal Dao."

"This person practices ancient divine law, the way of the Heavenly Son, relying on the strange appearance of a pair of double pupils, which is equivalent to achieving a First Rank Pill."

"And that little girl only has one First Wood external pill; I fear she is not his opponent..."

Jiang Shang felt that this scene had happened not long ago, so his heart naturally had a bias, and he became worried for Hua Daier.

Lei Zhuzi shook his head, "It is not that simple!"

"The ancient character appearing on that red silk is the oracle bone used for sacrifice and divination by the Heavenly Shang Divine Dynasty."

"It has been passed down and evolved to this day, and it is the character 'Zhong' (Middle)!"

"This character is too ancient and solemn, simply encompassing the entire civilization; it is the Central Lands' own cognition of itself. If that character points to a god, then this god is the Central Lands Divine Continent itself!"

"Of the Five Directional Divine Emperors, only I hold the Middle!"

Hua Daier's small face was serious, the sky full of red silk fluttering in the wind, wrapping around her, like a young goddess who had walked out of a myth.

She chanted an ancient incantation, its name—'Siming' (Controller of Fate)!

That incantation finally communicated with the ancient divine script manifested by the red silk...

Following her light shout: "Zhong!"

A dragon-patterned long spear appeared in her hand, only refined with twenty-four layers of seals, most of which relied on its own natural dragon patterns.

Xia Yi laughed, "Daier, this is the vessel embryo you opened from that dormant dragon mud ball, right!"

"But in the end, it failed to gestate completely, not even counting as a perfect magic treasure; how can it shake my Hanhai Cauldron?"

A smile appeared on Hua Daier's face, and she casually turned the long spear upside down, heavily slamming it toward the bronze cauldron circled by the red silk on the ground.

"Zhong!"

The other end of the ribbon on her body was tied to the long spear.

At this moment, the long spear and the ribbon became one, turning into a flag with streamers.

In her heart, she remembered what Uncle Li had told her...

"Legend has it that in ancient times, people's hearts were simple and honest. Even when sacrificing to gods, sometimes they just pulled two ribbons and tied them to a wooden stick... but do not look at it as so simple; in fact, those ribbons were the best things they had!"

During the Heavenly Shang era, there was the oracle bone character "Zhong", which was a pictograph of a flag with streamers.

Resembling an upright flag, with two streamers fluttering above and below...

This type of flag with streamers was initially used to measure wind direction and sacrifice to gods, and was later extended to mean the middle.

On the ancient altars of the Five Emperors, there were such flags fluttering.

The ribbon stood in the center, pointing in all directions, to show the Yellow Emperor holding the middle, and the four directions submitting!

At this moment, Hua Daier used the Siming incantation gifted by Uncle Li to thoroughly trigger the ancient meaning carried on the ribbon.

It had no image of a god.

It failed to summon that ancient, powerful, and unfathomable divine power.

There were only two simple ribbons and a stick, inserted into the earth to show the center, representing the ancient Central Lands Divine Continent, which seemed to be in the middle of heaven and earth, carrying all gods and spreading for hundreds of millions of years!

The ribbon and the long spear turned into a streamer flag and inserted into the earth.

The heavy Great Dao carried by the Central Lands Divine Continent was like chains carrying divine radiance, spreading toward the blessed land.

The god in the extremely heavy bronze cauldron felt the threat and thoroughly revived, the surging wish power of the Hanhai Kingdom burning and erupting with brilliant divine light.

Two vast divine paths collided...

"Boom!"

This strike shocked heaven and earth and moved ghosts and gods.

The laws of the blessed land itself turned into chains of order, spreading out and locking the turmoil of the laws.

The heavy bronze cauldron carrying a divine realm was shaken.

Xia Yi's face was serious, his double pupils trembling violently, intending to stabilize the bronze cauldron!

But at this moment, a flower fox sable suddenly manifested its heaven-and-earth form and swallowed him along with the cauldron in one gulp.

The blue-shirted youth had five-colored mysterious light rotating in his hands, heavily suppressing the small world trembling inside the flower fox sable.

Hua Daier cheered, "He fell for the trap!"

She pulled up the flag of holding the middle with her backhand and stabbed it into the flower fox sable's mouth.

Connecting with the heavy law Dao rhymes of the Central Lands Divine Continent, it thoroughly suppressed the still-trembling small world.

The flower fox sable quickly shrank and was held in Hua Daier's arms, being constantly stroked.

Hua Daier laughed, "He followed me all day, clearly plotting for the things I obtained in the Return Ruins, and he thought I didn't know, hee hee! Fortunately, I met you, and finally teamed up to ambush him once in this blessed land."

Lan Jiu's expression was indifferent, "He and I have had old grudges; the destruction of Luo Zhen also has his share of blood feud."

"But the Xia family protected him, and I could never find an opportunity to take action."

"He thought that upon arriving in the Central Lands, the Xia family could still protect him, but the Divine Continent is so vast and has such deep foundations; it is not a place where the Xia Houshi can do whatever they want."

"For example, in this Louguan blessed land, the Xia Houshi would never dare to act recklessly."

"We captured him in the blessed land, just in time not to fear people from the Xia Houshi. Since those above Core Formation cannot enter, as for those below Core Formation, no matter how many his family sends, I will kill them all!"

"I am alone and not afraid of the news spreading, but what about your Hua family?"

Hua Daier suddenly slumped, looking at the fierce glares around her, and put her hands on her hips, saying, "How about we go all the way and silence everyone who saw it?"

Lan Jiu didn't move, and Hua Daier herself lost heart!

"Fine! There are too many monsters in the Central Lands, and First Rank Golden Cores are everywhere; I can't beat them..."

Lan Jiu suddenly reached out and pointed, and the nine flame dragons transformed by the Gan-Li Seven-Flavor Taiyin Zhenhuo suddenly rushed out, circling the two of them several times, and the scorching Gan-Li Seven-Flavor Taiyin Zhenhuo burned a person out of the void.

Li Xiuzuan said with a grin, "Eh... you suppressed a great enemy who was competing with me for the Karmic Fire Red Lotus, letting me win another point. Now that I am waiting at ease, and your magic treasures and divine beasts are both used to suppress this person, this is the second win. Why don't you two just retreat and stop competing with me for the Karmic Fire Red Lotus?"

Hua Daier was startled and saw Li Xiuzuan, who had sneaked up beside her, and glared at him fiercely.

"Wow! You are so shameless, actually ambushing an innocent little girl!"

Lan Jiu stepped on the flame dragon and said, "I have long heard that the Li family's second son's 'Win' character formula is almost invincible. Although I have lost several means, I would like to experience your Luo Tian Six-Character True Formula."

Li Xiuzuan looked at the five-colored mysterious light behind him, his expression strange, "Why does everyone everywhere practice five-colored mysterious light?"

"Is this some kind of very fashionable supernatural power?"

Cui Dan's voice came from afar, "Everyone, wait... Second Son, stop stirring up trouble! We really can't beat them if we make too many enemies!"

(End of chapter)