Chapter 669

After the woman on the back of the white deer arrived outside Golden Blade Gorge, she merely sat sideways on the deer, stepping on the sea waves and quietly watching the True Dragon Profound Water Array standing across the sea.

Wherever the white deer passed, the waves of the four seas were subdued and came to a halt; a ripple spread out, making the entire sea surface as clear and still as a silver mirror.

The woman sat on the white deer in this manner, serene and peaceful, for a moment appearing to confront the rolling clouds and water in the distance across Golden Blade Gorge.

One side was vast and magnificent, with clouds and water merging with the sky, while the other side was like a clear, white lotus, without a single ripple, holy and serene.

This actually gave people a sense of stillness confronting motion, as if the woman and her deer alone could contend with that dragon clan's sea-blocking array; compared to the disciples of the other immortal sects, she appeared even more extraordinary, setting her off as increasingly holy!

Within the True Dragon Profound Water Array, a dragon's roar rolled out: "Clouds a thousand layers deep, water a thousand layers deep, existing within a thousand layers of clouds and water... Fan Xi Ru! My Long Gong has come this time solely to compete with the cultivators of the East Sea and reclaim our dragon clan's supreme treasure! It has nothing to do with you, Mount Luojia of the South Sea; why must you wade into these muddy waters?"

The woman on the white deer smiled faintly, her voice light, wondrous, and pleasant, and she said softly: "Crown Prince, Fan Xi Ru has come this time to persuade the Crown Prince to stop here, so that the two clans may live in peace!"

"Fan Xi Ru is a person of the Buddhist faith, possessing the ambition to save all living beings; naturally, I am unwilling to see the East Sea plunged into misery for the sake of an external object. The dragon clan are the gods of the four seas decreed by the Heavenly Court, naturally pure and noble gods, incomparably dignified. Possessing the four seas, why must you create karma for the sake of a Dew-Catching Basin? Therefore, I have come here voluntarily to persuade the Crown Prince to withdraw this array and restore friendly relations with the cultivators of the East Sea!"

As she spoke, a trace of emotion appeared on her face, as if she possessed an otherworldly compassion, shedding tears for the living beings of the East Sea!

The dragon's roar within the array sighed: "This matter is not something I can decide! Fan Xi Ru, I am unwilling to make things difficult for you; you should withdraw!"

Upon hearing these words, the woman on the white deer, Fan Xi Ru, could not help but lower her head, her eyelashes trembling slightly, a sense of unspoken compassion enveloping all the living beings in the entire sea area. Even on the flying boat of Shaoqing, the inner sect disciple Lu Nan could not help but exclaim: "This Feng Xianzi Fan Xi Ru is too kind! To actually delusionally attempt to persuade the dragon clan to retreat alone..."

Just as he finished speaking, he was struck on the head by Xie Jianjun's sword scabbard; a sword qi that was unconstrained and extremely free-spirited was unleashed, only then severing the flying boat from this peaceful, serene, and beautiful atmosphere.

Only then did He Qilang break free from her charm, secretly alert, and said in his heart: "This woman has a formidable charm technique!"

"Although Mount Luojia cultivates the path of universal salvation, their worldly walkers of every generation are all cultivators of the Buddhist Wondrous-Appearance Heavenly Maiden!"

Xie Jianjun warned: "This method is the external manifestation of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, most focused on converting heaven and earth; my Shaoqing sword heart slashes through ten thousand methods, as long as one does not lose oneself, one will not be bewitched by her. You all must not fall for their tricks!"

He Qilang also discovered that, apart from the effort it took him to break free from the charm, the other Shaoqing disciples, including Lu Nan who had just spoken, all had a trace of sword qi emerging on their bodies; instantly, their expressions became clear and cautious.

Feng Xianzi Fan Xi Ru of Mount Luojia pressed her palms together, bowed slightly to the dragon shadow in the array, and said in a low voice: "Fan Xi Ru is a person who has left the secular life; men take 'Shi' as their surname, and women take 'Fan' as their clan name."

"Crown Prince, please call me Fan Fan Xi Ru!"

Watching the 'goddess' riding the white deer, sadly withdrawing from the front of the array, left an extremely profound impression on the human and dragon clan cultivators here.

Although she was not as fierce and overbearing as the previous array-breakers, she was like rain moistening things silently, and thus even more profound.

Qian Chen stood on the reef, his hand rubbing his chin somewhat sluggishly!

A moment later, he continued to pick at his face and sighed: "Too heavy! This tea flavor is too heavy!"

"The people of this other realm are, after all, a bit too simple; they might not be able to withstand a player of this level!"

"However, what this woman cultivates should be a path of external perception; it should be useless against those with truly firm Dao hearts, but gods do not cultivate the Dao heart and are more inclined to resonate with heaven and earth. No wonder that Dragon Crown Prince couldn't withstand it." Qian Chen saw through Fan Fan Xi Ru's background at a glance.

The Wondrous-Appearance Heavenly Maiden who externally perceives heaven and earth is closer to the divine path.

If I am sad, heaven and earth are sad together, and snow falls in the sixth month; if I am happy, a hundred flowers bloom, and the sky is clear for ten thousand miles.

If this method is righteous, one uses the human heart to resonate with the heavenly heart, cultivating the heavenly heart consciousness, becoming divine and enlightened; if it is evil, one uses one's own heart to replace the heavenly heart, and wherever one goes, one externally perceives heaven and earth, dyeing and transforming all things.

The reason why the white deer the woman rode subdued the waves of the four seas wherever it stepped, although it also had the innate ability of the white deer as a water spirit beast, was also because it had participated in cultivating this method!

Of course, there is something even more evil—usurping heaven and earth, establishing my heart as the heavenly heart; that is the ability of a Demon Lord!

In a single thought, a Dao seed falls into a certain world, dyeing its heavenly heart with demonic influence, causing the entire world to gradually rot.

Sometimes, the Heavenly Demons of the demonic path sneak into a great world, dyeing it with demonic influence from within, replacing the heavenly heart with their own demonic heart, and thereby cultivating into a Dao Lord; this is the method they follow!

"However, those who cultivate the path of external perception are most afraid of demonic dyeing!"

"The Wondrous-Appearance Heavenly Maiden can be a Heavenly Maiden when accompanying a Buddha, and a Goddess when accompanying an Immortal; if the external perception reaches the Nine Heavens, it is not strange for her to instantly transform into a Wondrous-Appearance Heavenly Demon. People who are easily moved are also extremely prone to losing their original heart! Although Mount Luojia has passed down for so many years and must have ways to cope, with several magic treasures to suppress inner demons, several divine abilities to clear the heart and suppress evil, and even tempering the original heart through worldly experiences!"

"Alas..."

Qian Chen shook his head and sighed: "My demonic nature might be the obsession of the Dao Zangshan Laozu; even the Dao Chen Pearl can barely suppress it. What means does Mount Luojia have to block it?"

Thinking of this, Qian Chen no longer felt repulsed by the tea flavor! This is one of his own people who can be converted with a single look; a rare talent and beauty!

He rubbed his hands together slightly in his heart and secretly said: "I wonder how many more disciples of Mount Luojia cultivate this path; that is my blessed land!"

After Fan Fan Xi Ru withdrew, she rode that white deer to visit the true disciples of the major immortal sects.

I don't know what means she used to gather these people together.

These people were almost all the true elites of the overseas immortal sects, each of them the core of the younger generation in their own sect; besides themselves, they all brought some junior brothers and sisters with them.

Except for that true disciple of the Cloud Heaven Palace who had the Qiongxiao Tower with him, the few who came later were also not lacking in magic treasures; magic treasures like the Dragon-Snake Yin-Sha Sword that the Daoist Zhen had painstakingly refined in the Central Lands that Qian Chen saw in the past were things they would consider demeaning to give as rewards.

Even side-door magic treasures like the Seven-Sha Banner could only be used casually!

The core magic treasures they refined themselves had to be of the quality of the Long Quehuan...

The few gathered in that Qiongxiao Palace in the clouds; that disciple of the Cloud Heaven Palace, as the host, stood in the main seat wearing fur robes with cloud patterns; on the two shoulders of the cloud robes were sun and moon emblems, and beneath the cloud patterns were hidden emblems of dragons, phoenixes, mountains, rivers, and stars. There were also two Cloud Heaven Palace disciples standing behind him, respectful and submissive, not daring to even breathe loudly, actually appearing like servants.

The Cloud Heaven Palace is also a sect controlled by noble families, with three great families within: Cloud, Qiong, and Palace, among which the Cloud clan is the leader!

Just seeing this true disciple calling and shouting at his junior brothers like servants, one knew that he must have come from the Cloud clan, the lineage of the Cloud Heaven Palace's Sect Master; only such noble family lineages that distinguish between legitimate and illegitimate would hand over a great treasure like the Qiongxiao Palace to a junior to manage!

But his behavior provoked dissatisfaction in one person, who snorted coldly; it was precisely the second Shenxiao Sect disciple to break into the array.

That disciple of the Shenxiao Sect who had cultivated the Eight-Trigrams Immortal-Slaying Divine Thunder was dressed in Daoist robes, and even followed by an acquaintance of Qian Chen, who was none other than Yan Yan Shixiong Gu, whom he had seen in the Yuan-Magnetic Earth Cavity.

In the past, he had achieved a second-rank Golden Core and cultivated the Yin-Extreme Yuan-Magnetic Divine Thunder; now he was also a true disciple of the Shenxiao Sect!

The Shenxiao Sect inherits the thirty-six Shenxiao Thunder Methods, which are fierce in killing; in terms of strength within the sect, it is only second to the Shaoqing Sword Sect among the overseas immortal sects; the two true disciples sent had both refined divine thunder, but although Yan Yan Shixiong Gu had cultivated the Yuan-Magnetic Divine Thunder, because the Yin-Extreme Yuan-Magnetic Core he formed was lacking in the two polarities, it was always difficult to fuse the Two-Polarity Divine Thunder and the Yuan-Magnetic Divine Thunder to master the Two-Polarity Yuan-Magnetic Divine Thunder; in this life, I am afraid there is no hope for great divine abilities, and only by achieving the Primordial Spirit is it possible to cultivate a Heavenly Mansion Divine Thunder!

By comparison, the other disciple beside him, who had already fused the Eight-Trigrams Immortal-Slaying Divine Thunder, had a brighter future!

That person had a dignified appearance and was imposing without being angry; seeing the Cloud clan true disciple calling and shouting at his junior brothers like this, he just sneered: "I have never seen anyone call and shout at their own junior brothers like servants!"

"Ning Ning Shimei Fan, you said that our magic arts are different, and if we want to break this sea-blocking array, we must have someone to coordinate, someone to preside, and then combine our efforts to defeat the Long Gong's array. But if the presiding person chosen is one who treats his own junior brothers like servants, I cannot accept such an insult!"

Once these words were spoken, there was a bit of silence in the palace, and the true disciples of the other major immortal sects also kept their mouths shut, obviously agreeing with these words to some extent.

The Cloud Heaven Palace disciple smiled coldly and said: "There is an order of seniority, and a distinction between noble and humble! Could it be that the Shenxiao Sect doesn't even have a bit of etiquette?"

"My Shenxiao Sect disciples are friendly; there has never been a reason for elder brothers to treat their junior brothers like servants!"

That Cloud Heaven Palace disciple said angrily: "They are just outer sect disciples, their status is naturally like this; if they are willing to work hard and achieve a supreme-rank Golden Core, I will naturally look at them with higher regard!"

The Qian Shidi Gu beside him laughed: "Although I am untalented, I am also a second-rank Golden Core! I don't know how many first-rank ones have come out of your sect, which distinguishes between noble and humble and humiliates people like this?"

The Cloud clan true disciple originally relied on his status as the host here to try to compete for the position of the presiding person, but he didn't expect to be beaten down by a few words from the Shenxiao Sect true disciple.

Who among the people present was not arrogant? It was difficult for them to be subordinate to others; although they all knew that the Cloud Heaven Palace true disciple would never dare to call and shout at them like servants, who could bear to be stepped on by someone who believed in "order of seniority and distinction between noble and humble"?

If someone said that the Cloud Heaven Palace disciple was "noble" above them, even the face of their own sect would be lost!

The true disciple of the Cloud Heaven Palace was called Yun Lang, and the true disciple of the Shenxiao Sect was also a disciple of the Lin clan, called Lin Mingxiu; seeing the two of them at odds and arguing from the beginning, Fan Fan Xi Ru came out to smooth things over: "Fellow Daoists, you all came here under the orders of your sects; you have all seen the Long Gong's sea-blocking array just now! It is indeed strictly organized and contains mysteries within; let alone us! Even if we invited a few Soul Transformation ancestors to take action, it might not be possible to break it."

"If you all continue to go your own way, it would be better to just disperse now!"

These words were agreed upon by everyone; the great array laid out by the Long Gong was naturally not ordinary, and the Soul Transformation ancestors behind them could only guarantee that the Long Gong would not dare to take action against them; they really didn't count on them to break the array.

To truly break the array, it still had to be done after they, the juniors, had probed it, figured out some of the array's situation, and then invited the Soul Transformation True Persons to take action; whether breaking the array or withdrawing, it had to be a decisive blow.

Otherwise, if the Soul Transformation ancestors of the major immortal sects broke the array with great fanfare, only to be defeated repeatedly, would they still want their faces?

The Long Gong would also inevitably increase its momentum, causing the major immortal sects to lose face!

But if they, the juniors, took action, even if they were defeated, it wouldn't be said too harshly.

But if they were blocked outside the array, like scattered sand, and helpless, let alone probing, they wouldn't even have touched the door of the array; I'm afraid the sects would also blame them.

Seeing this situation, that relaxed and indifferent youth of the Xuan Kong Tian Xing Sect smiled slightly and said: "Ning Ning Shimei Fan is right; we should join forces to meet this array! A few days ago, someone from the Central Lands went down the river and used a sword to break the array laid out by the Long Gong at the river mouth; we shouldn't let others say that our overseas generation are all trash, right?"

Yun Lang shook the Qiongxiao Palace and said proudly: "The Central Lands are too far from the Long Gong; even if they laid out an array, how much power could it have? That generation just picked up a bargain; how can it be compared to our path? If you all join forces to help me sacrifice the Qiongxiao Palace, what is difficult about breaking through this array?"

Fan Fan Xi Ru clapped her hands and laughed: "I have long heard of the names of the Cloud Heaven Palace and the Qiongxiao Palace; this treasure is a rare large-scale magic treasure, as famous as the Twelve-Story Tower of the Seven Immortal Alliance, known as the Dragon Tower and Precious Palace. The most rare thing is that everyone can hide in the palace to sacrifice this treasure without being threatened by the array; it is the best strategy!"

Hearing this, everyone sneered in their hearts: "In this way, it is your Cloud Heaven Palace that becomes famous overseas, and we all become tools in your palace to provide magic power, helping you become famous; could it be that we are really willing to be lowly?"

But they all remained silent, obviously unwilling to "distinguish between noble and humble."

Yun Lang originally thought that he had such preparations and should be able to take the position of the presiding person and be the leader of the crowd, but he didn't expect to be found a flaw by the first sentence of Lin Mingxiu when he entered the palace, provoking the resentment of the crowd. Now, even if this method was the best, the crowd wouldn't support it!

He knew this clearly and became even more jealous of Lin Mingxiu.

Yun Lang just sneered: "Then what method do you have?"

Lin Mingxiu just said: "I don't have any external objects, and the sect didn't bestow any magic treasures; I only have the ability to join forces with Qian Shidi Gu to unleash the Eight-Trigrams Immortal-Slaying Divine Thunder and the Two-Polarity Yuan-Magnetic Divine Thunder! Combining the Two-Polarities and Eight-Trigrams only has a trace of the power of great divine abilities..."

"However, since everyone has their own methods, why don't we join forces to break into the array and show our own divine abilities!"

This method was worse than the previous one; although everyone could use their own methods, dividing their strength was a great taboo in breaking the array, making it easy for them to be defeated one by one; therefore, Fan Fan Xi Ru said tactfully: "If we divide our strength, we will be weak and easily fall into the array's calculations; it is better to work together!"

Seeing this, the youth of the Xuan Kong Tian Xing Sect pointed lazily, and an array map floated out, transforming into a starry sky, in which each of the twenty-eight mansions had an array flag.

He said: "This Twenty-Eight Mansions Profound Heaven Array is a variation of the ancient Zhou Tian Star-Dou Array; if there are twenty-eight fellow Daoists to suppress the array eyes and hold the array flags, I have the confidence to fight with that dragon clan's sea-blocking array. This array can transform our magic power into the twenty-eight mansions divine beasts, each with its own divine abilities, and can also unleash the methods of fellow Daoists, and can also combine several people together to transform magic power into the Four Symbols..."

"In this way, even if it's the worst, once the array map is rolled up, it is still possible to move away!"

Fan Fan Xi Ru clapped her hands and laughed: "Fellow Daoist Xuan Xiao's method is good..."

But the true disciple of the Jin Wu Sect said coldly: "My Jin Wu Sect's abilities are all in our natal magic treasures; we are not willing to enter someone else's array! And using an array to break an array, how can we not be restrained? Even if his array is good, can it compare to this great array set up by the Long Gong? I'm afraid it will be counterproductive!"

For a time, no one was convinced by anyone, and the scene fell into a stalemate...