Chapter 171

"Xiao Xiao Shixiong Wang..."

Elder Xun saw that as soon as the golden-clothed youth stepped into the hall, his gaze was fixed firmly on Chen Heng.

His clear, thin face changed abruptly, and he couldn't help but frown.

He seemed to have thought of something, hurriedly put down his teacup, rose from his seat, walked a few steps quickly, and calmly protected Chen Heng behind him.

Afterward.

He smiled, performed a salute, and said enthusiastically:

"Why are you so late, Xiao Xiao Shixiong? You have made me wait so long! Come, come, please take the seat of honor in the inner hall!

Didn't you obtain a Heavenly Human Fruit from a flying land in the West Su Prefecture? I heard it is of superior quality? Congratulations, congratulations, this item is quite rare, and I was just about to take this opportunity to broaden my horizons!"

Hou Wen, on the side, had a strange expression.

He hurriedly retreated a few steps, lowered his eyelids, and hid the astonishment in his eyes.

It seemed that Elder Xun's eager demeanor was extremely rare; even he had rarely seen it.

And according to common sense.

An elder serving in the Xuanjiao Hall, with little lifespan left and his Dao path coming to an end.

Even if the two had some friendship in their youth, it wouldn't be enough to warrant such courtesy...

"This child, it seems, has something quite strange about him? But he is just a minor cultivator from a Southern Region Daoist lineage; how much of a storm could he possibly stir up..."

Hou Wen glanced at Chen Heng, who was protected behind Elder Xun, and thought to himself.

And in the hall.

Elder Wang ignored Elder Xun, his gaze like cold electricity, shooting straight over.

After dozens of breaths.

He flicked his sleeve, suddenly looked up to the sky, and laughed loudly, shaking the entire hall with a rumbling sound, like a hundred rivers spraying snow, like the Dragon Uncle driving the wind!

The momentum was fierce and extreme, impossible to resist!

Hou Wen's ears felt as if they were being pricked by needles; amidst the laughter, his blood surged, his soul shook, and his body stiffened severely. After a good deal of adjusting his breath and energy, he finally recovered.

At this time.

Elder Wang looked forward calmly and said:

"Chen Chen Shidi Xun, I am old, but I am not yet so foolish! Are you treating me like an ignorant child? Do not bully people too much!"

"What does Xiao Xiao Shixiong mean by this?"

The smile on Elder Xun's face faded.

"Behind you, isn't that the offspring of the demonic thief Chen Yushu? It has truly been a long time..."

Elder Wang's expression was cold and stern: "If I hadn't met him, so be it, but since we are face to face, and it is before my lifespan ends, is this not Heaven's secret hand, wanting to help me eliminate the great hatred in my heart? If I don't personally slaughter him, how can I comfort the spirits of my entire clan who died!"

"Xiao Xiao Shixiong, please think twice and be careful with your words; what sin has the child committed!"

"Then what sin did my family commit! When Chen Yushu was killing my clan, there was never a lack of infants still in swaddling clothes!"

"……"

Elder Xun sighed in his heart, knowing that he had still obtained the worst possible result.

At this moment.

In front of him.

Elder Wang pinched a Dharma seal, shouted violently, and struck out a vast gale of divine qi, heading straight for Chen Heng.

But the gale had only just been released when it was blocked by a pillar of green mist that appeared out of nowhere; with just a shake, it absorbed the gale entirely, its power unmanifested.

"Xiao Xiao Shixiong Wang, you are not my match; stop quickly, do not make things too big, or it will be difficult to end."

Elder Xun let out a long sigh and pleaded earnestly.

Facing these words, Elder Wang only sneered, unmoved.

"If you want to stop me, fine! You and I, as senior and junior brothers, haven't fought in many years; today, let's truly test your quality, Chen Chen Shidi Xun, to see how much ability you have actually learned from Uncle Sikong!"

He flicked his fingers repeatedly, instantly sending out hundreds of sharp rainbow rays, slashing through the air to kill.

At the same time, he secretly pinched a curse seal in his heart, his magic power surged, and a cloud of yin-yang mixed mist appeared above his head; after a slight rotation, it expanded violently in the air, bursting through the hall and rushing straight up to the mysterious firmament!

After Elder Xun had broken the hundreds of sharp rainbow rays one by one.

He looked up.

He saw a giant hand covering the sky, emerging fiercely from the dense clouds, carrying the momentum of ten thousand thunderbolts, grabbing down fiercely toward him!

That giant hand was almost like it was covering the sky and the sun; as its five fingers stretched out, it made the water clouds and mist filling the sky seem like a very small matter.

Elder Xun's vision darkened instantly; everything before him was filled by that giant hand, which was black and white, and he could see nothing else!

A hundred miles of miserable mist, wind and thunder rising in an instant!

Yang Thunder and Yin Lightning Giant Hand Seal—

"This hall of mine was only repaired by skilled craftsmen a few years ago; I quite like the hidden secrets and interests within it. Looking at it now, it seems it will have to be repaired again..."

The mother-sound roared and rolled through.

As if a corner of the ten-thousand-mile frosty sky had collapsed, it was truly shocking, and one dared not face it directly!

Elder Xun scanned his surroundings, his gaze filled with some regret and reluctance, and then he looked up, sighing slightly in his heart:

"Xiao Xiao Shixiong Wang, looking at it now, you haven't even broken through the barrier of the Return to Emptiness Realm; it seems you truly cannot cultivate Pure Yang and cannot cross the three disasters, no wonder you are searching for the Heavenly Human Fruit... Fine, I will play with you!"

In an instant.

The sound of wind and lightning became even more intense, and the giant hand covering the sky had already crossed the void to strike.

Elder Xun shook his shoulders slightly, and a piece of purple light was born, illuminating everything in the scene, clear as if washed, and he rose into the air without fear, meeting the giant hand that was striking down.

The two collided.

A deafening explosion, like the sea splitting and the land dividing, erupted in mid-air!

Hou Wen, standing not far from Elder Xun's side, raised his eyes and looked toward the high firmament.

He saw that the giant hand covering the sky had already exhausted its divine power and dissipated without a trace.

Only the purple light, although dimmed a bit, was still intact and could maintain its form without scattering.

"Elder Xun's cultivation has improved quite a bit; I fear he is not far from Pure Yang, just one step away... Is it because he fears the danger of the three disasters that he hasn't promoted his own Daoist cultivation?"

A flash of shock and awe crossed his eyes, which was immediately replaced by envy, and he thought to himself.

And at this time.

After a short silence.

Above the clouds, from an unknown direction, Elder Wang's loud voice suddenly came:

"This divine ability... Uncle Sikong actually taught you this divine ability too?"

"Xiao Xiao Shixiong Wang, stop; it is not too late to turn back. With me here, you still cannot kill Chen Heng."

Elder Xun waved his sleeve, sending out a piece of sword light to wrap up Chen Heng, and then shook his head slowly:

"Vengeance is never light... If you insist on acting like this, you are truly losing your own status and dignity."

"Back then, that Daoist child insisted on protecting the offspring of the demonic thief Chen Yushu; my words were weak, and I couldn't stop it, so I could only watch helplessly, secretly biting my teeth to pieces!"

Elder Wang sneered: "Chen Chen Shidi Xun, although your cultivation is slightly stronger, in terms of status, you are ultimately not as good as the Daoist child; do you dare to risk the anger of the sect to do such a crazy thing?"

Before Elder Xun could speak.

He added:

"Since one strike didn't work, I will come a few more times; I don't believe I can't break your turtle shell!"

At the end of his words.

Wind and thunder exploded instantly, and another giant hand covering the sky rose up with a rumble.

In the blink of an eye, it struck down fiercely again!

"……"

Elder Xun shook his head slightly, his gaze sinking.

……

After only a few breaths.

The giant hand covering the sky had already collided with the purple light dozens of times.

Such immense magic power collided together, without the slightest bit of trickery.

The flowing clouds and mist all around were blasted into pieces, lightning flashed fiercely, and the weather changed suddenly!

……

At this time.

The various great sages and cultivators who were meditating in their huts and retreats were also disturbed, raised their thoughts, and broke through their retreats to fly out.

Hou Wen looked into the distance at the long sky.

He saw grand lights shooting across the world rising abruptly, filling the sky, flowing with light and overflowing with color.

In those grand lights.

Were elders riding dragons, tigers, phoenixes, or cranes, or standing in the void, or stepping on the cinnabar firmament, all different.

They looked at the battle between Elder Xun and Elder Wang, their eyes slightly surprised, their faces showing confusion, and then they began to talk in low voices.

"……Not good."

Seeing this, Hou Wen's heart skipped a beat, and he secretly called it bad.

But before he could think too much, his body suddenly felt light, his feet felt soft, as if stepping on mist and clouds, and then a slight dizziness struck him.

When Hou Wen steadied his figure, he had already been moved through layers of void by someone using great magic power.

"Disciple Hou Wen, greets the various elders."

The surrounding spiritual energy was surging and turbulent, stirring infinitely.

Standing here, he felt the pressure increase sharply; even breathing was extremely difficult.

Hou Wen first steadied his mind, then bowed to the figures above his head, his attitude respectful.

"No need for ceremony, no need for ceremony... Hou Wen? I have heard of your name; when you were promoted to the top ten disciples back then, this old woman even went to watch the ceremony."

Hou Wen had only bowed halfway when a gentle force, as if it could not be refused, lifted him up.

An old woman with a short stature, white hair, and holding a nine-section tiger-headed staff said with a smile:

"You were just in the hall, so you must have heard clearly; why did the two junior brothers Xun and Wang get so angry and start fighting?"

"This—"

"Could it be that they disagreed on something, and Xiao Xiao Shixiong Wang got angry again?"

A Daoist sitting in a copper sparrow carriage, his face like painted cinnabar, with three long beards under his jaw reaching his chest and abdomen, laughed:

"Don't you all know his temperament? Back then, just for the ownership of a golden dragon, he almost killed his way to the mountain gate of the Huzhao Sect alone. If it weren't for Xiao Xiao Shixiong Shen and me desperately persuading him to stop, his reincarnated body should be about to enter the Dao by now, right?"

The old woman couldn't help but smile upon hearing this.

Several elders shook their heads.

"If they keep fighting, it will only invite ridicule and make the disciples in the sect panic."

A handsome Daoist wearing a black Daoist robe and a fish-tail golden crown sighed, and he looked at Hou Wen calmly:

"Hou Wen, you tell us, tell us the whole story from beginning to end."

As soon as this Daoist spoke, the various elders around stopped their discussion and looked at him.

"Disciple—"

Hou Wen sighed in his heart, just about to speak.

At this moment, a blur passed before his eyes, and then a spirited nine-eyed parrot appeared on his shoulder.

"Fu Ru?"

"Hou Wen can't say, Hou Wen can't say, but Fu Ru knows! Fu Ru knows!"

The nine-eyed parrot lifted one foot, ignored Hou Wen's eye signals, and shouted triumphantly at the top of its lungs:

"Fu Ru heard, Hou Wen brought Chen Heng of the Xuanzhen Sect, Chen Heng is the son of Chen Yushu—"

After it finished saying these words with a giggle.

Several elders around immediately changed their expressions, their faces darkening.

And the others.

Also had flickering gazes and different expressions.

After a moment of silence.

A female cultivator wearing a white crane and crimson silk robe, holding a jade flute, and of peerless beauty, suddenly spoke to the Daoist in the black robe:

"Xiao Xiao Shixiong Su, Chen Yushu first killed my own sister with the 'Nurturing Humans Scripture,' and then harmed my two nephews and nieces; this hatred is deep in my heart and truly hard to resolve! This younger sister will be rude this time!"

Having said that.

She didn't wait for the Daoist in the black robe to react, turned into a golden rainbow, and went straight to the battle between Xun and Wang.

And as she moved.

Six or seven other elders also flew up in unison.

"This... this..."

On the copper sparrow carriage.

The Daoist with the face like painted cinnabar and three long beards under his jaw was stunned.

He gave a bitter laugh, looked around, and said helplessly: "This... even if you want to take revenge and wash away the shame, you should go find Chen Yushu; what is the point of venting your anger on a child? If this spreads, everyone will lose face!"

"Are you suggesting we kill our way to the 'Water-Sky Rongcheng Duming' Mystic Realm? Don't joke; the great event of the Dharma Saint Heaven is imminent, and it is not yet time for the eight sects and six clans to turn against each other."

Someone replied: "Besides, as long as these offspring of Chen Yushu are alive and their cultivation improves, it is equivalent to helping Chen Yushu eliminate disasters and reduce calamities, acting as an accomplice! It is not strange for the fellow disciples to act this way."

"But to kill a child..."

"When Chen Yushu was killing people back then, did he care about any old, young, women, or children? Besides, our sect also produced that rebel Chen Bai, and all our efforts went down the drain! How can we trust Chen Yushu's offspring? We cannot be lenient!"

That person added: "Junior brother, you haven't personally experienced the destruction of your family, so it is hard to empathize; better not say any more."

"This..."

The Daoist on the copper sparrow carriage sighed and remained silent.

The Daoist in the black robe frowned slightly, looked up, and was noncommittal.

And at this moment.

The battle between Xun and Wang had already ascended to the highest point of the extreme sky.

Cold light shot out, billions of fire sparks, thick smoke rolling, burning through the heavenly pass!

After Elder Xun raised his hand to seal a divine light of ice soul, a small jade plaque flew out from the top of his head, blocking a five-clawed golden dragon that had suddenly jumped out from the void to bite and kill.

"Fellow disciples, have you all gone mad?"

Elder Xun activated the small jade plaque, taking the roaring and struggling five-clawed golden dragon into it; his face was as heavy as water, and he said coldly.

Originally, against Elder Wang alone, he could have steadily held the upper hand.

But at this time.

Several people suddenly appeared to besiege him.

Even if he boasted of profound Daoist practice and extraordinary means, he could not hold out.

"Damn Fu Ru, I should really slap its mouth hard! Could it be that the teacher disliked it for being noisy and that's why he transferred this bird to me?"

He pinched a seal and used an escape technique to avoid a glazed treasure bead that was striking at him.

Under this continuous siege, Elder Xun, who could barely find a chance to fight back, felt stifled in his heart and couldn't help but secretly cry out.

"Xiao Xiao Shixiong Xun, don't be stubbornly stubborn; I advise you to quickly hand over that child!"

The beautiful female cultivator wearing a white crane and crimson silk robe shouted.

"He, Chen Heng, can die anywhere in the world, but he cannot die in front of me."

Elder Xun sighed slowly and shook his head:

"Junior sister, please forgive me for not being able to comply with this request."

"Is that so?"

The female cultivator gave a light laugh, surged her magic power, and instantly the blue sky shook, and the boundless cloud light shattered and scattered, chaotic and unbearable.

At the same time.

The few people besieging him also adjusted their aura, wanting to launch a shocking strike.

Seeing this, Elder Xun's expression changed greatly; he tensed his body, reached into his sleeve, and was just about to release something.

Suddenly.

A loud laugh suddenly rang out like a thunderclap.

Its momentum was as if it wanted to overturn the silver sea, kick over the star shore, making the world shake, neither peaceful nor orderly!

"Everything was fine, why did you suddenly start fighting?"

The voice laughed: "Why, what is the reason for you all to disregard your demeanor like this? Could it be that you are fighting over treasures?"

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