Chapter 744: One move behind, achieving the Nascent Soul Dao

The "Iron Wall Demon Emperor," with white whiskers hanging on his face, looked at Li Mufeng with a smile, then shook his head gently:

"Fellow Daoist Li, you misunderstand. I have no life-and-death grudge with your sect, and obstructing the tribulation lightning goes against the Heavenly Dao. Having cultivated for thousands of years, how could I easily get involved in such karma?

Coming here today is just because I have long heard of your great name and want to spar with you. I have no interest in other matters."

"Fellow Daoist Iron Wall wants to spar with me; why bother coming to my Guyang Mountain? I have important matters to attend to today and it is inconvenient to make a move. Fellow Daoist just needs to say a time, and I will definitely visit and ask for advice another day."

Hearing Li Mufeng's reply, the "Iron Wall Demon Emperor" waved his hand: "Fellow Daoist Li, I am here today entrusted by others; whether you want to fight or not is not up to you."

As soon as he finished speaking, the "Iron Wall Demon Emperor" opened his mouth and spat out several streams of water, heading straight for Li Mufeng's location. These streams quickly turned from small brooks into surging rivers, rolling Li Mufeng and the "Brother Molong Demon Emperor" on the side into a water prison.

Seeing this, Li Mufeng also immediately controlled the magic treasure in front of him to resist the water flow beside him, wanting to rely on brute force to rush out of the water prison's encirclement.

But the water flow released by the "Iron Wall Demon Emperor" looked exactly the same as ordinary river water, but the flow rate was very rapid, and even the magic treasure in Li Mufeng's hand could not directly open it for a while, causing him to frown.

"Brother Iron Wall, with your move today, we will definitely succeed. I will definitely visit you another day to thank you as promised."

Hearing the flattery of the "Brother Molong Demon Emperor" on the side, the "Iron Wall Demon Emperor" nodded slightly and smiled: "I only promised you to contain Li Mufeng; I will not interfere in the rest.

Whatever you want to do, hurry up and do it, lest you delay the time and fail, and don't blame it on me."

"That's good! I'll leave it to you, brother."

The "Brother Molong Demon Emperor" bowed and responded, then immediately rushed out of the water prison through the gap specially opened by the "Iron Wall Demon Emperor."

The "Brother Molong Demon Emperor," who had just come out, swept a glance at "Guyang Peak" not far away and saw that the sixth Nascent Soul lightning tribulation in the sky was about to form, a trace of pride immediately appearing on his face.

Coming to Guyang Mountain to obstruct Bai Yuxian's tribulation this time, the "Brother Molong Demon Emperor" not only pulled in the "Brother Chiyun Demon Emperor" to come together but also used a treasure in his hand to persuade the higher-cultivation "Iron Wall Demon Emperor" to help.

Spending so much effort, they were just to stop the "Xiaoyao Sect" from giving birth to a second Nascent Soul cultivator. Now that all the "Xiaoyao Sect's" strength was contained, he only needed to kill Bai Yuxian in front of him, and this mission would be accomplished.

Once Bai Yuxian falls under the lightning tribulation, the "Xiaoyao Sect" will definitely suffer heavy damage and it will be difficult to recover for hundreds of years. When the next beast tide arrives, they will still have a great chance to capture the north of the Wei Kingdom in one fell swoop and slowly erode the territory of the human cultivators.

The "Brother Molong Demon Emperor," who had already arrived above "Guyang Peak" and was watching the lightning tribulation above the sky, thought of the scene of the demon clan moving south in the future, and a trace of excitement appeared on his face again.

Because the power of the Heavenly Dao lightning tribulation is huge, the "Brother Molong Demon Emperor" did not dare to attack Bai Yuxian rashly at this moment, lest he be contaminated by the aura on her and be accidentally injured by the lightning tribulation.

For him, the simplest way is to wait for the moment the lightning tribulation falls, when Bai Yuxian is resisting the lightning tribulation with all her strength, and move to directly destroy the "Qiankun Soldier Armor Formation" in Bai Yuxian's hand that is resisting the lightning tribulation.

As long as this last barrier resisting the lightning tribulation disappears, without the "Brother Molong Demon Emperor" needing to make a move, Bai Yuxian will definitely be reduced to ashes under the lightning tribulation.

Just when the "Brother Molong Demon Emperor" was standing in the distance waiting for the lightning tribulation to fall, he did not expect that after a long while, the black clouds above the sky only kept rolling, but the heavenly thunder he expected never fell.

The "Brother Molong Demon Emperor," standing in mid-air, saw this situation, and a trace of doubt slowly appeared on his face.

"This is... Not good, it's a smoke screen!"

Detecting a trace of something wrong, the "Brother Molong Demon Emperor" waved one hand to release a fireball, then cast a spell to disperse it into dozens of fire lights shooting toward his surroundings.

Soon, the scenery around the "Brother Molong Demon Emperor" changed, and he realized that his location was actually still halfway to "Guyang Peak."

And at this time, the Nascent Soul lightning tribulation in the sky had already fallen, and Bai Yuxian was also operating the formation to resist this last powerful lightning tribulation with all her strength.

Seeing this, the "Brother Molong Demon Emperor" immediately changed his form to reveal his true body, then directly spat out a powerful black light heading straight for Bai Yuxian's location, wanting to stop the opponent from resisting the lightning tribulation.

He did not expect that this black light was blocked by a huge bronze mirror that suddenly appeared halfway. Immediately after, a white-haired old man holding a whisk and carrying a bit of immortal demeanor appeared in front of the bronze mirror.

"Hehe! I wanted to let you stop and save some effort, but I didn't expect that this little trick still couldn't hide from Your Excellency. I can't even steal a moment of leisure.

Those who obstruct the Heavenly Dao tribulation will mostly suffer some karma and will eventually have to pay it back in the future. It is not easy for you and me to achieve the Nascent Soul Dao; why bother looking for more trouble for yourself?"

"Feng Laogui He, so it was you hiding in the dark all along."

Seeing the person who suddenly appeared in front of him block his attack, the "Brother Molong Demon Emperor's" expression changed, instantly showing a bit of annoyance, and his voice became a bit gnashing of teeth.

And Song Qingming and the others, who were still entangled with the demon beast side on the battlefield not far away, all showed a bit of joy on their faces when they saw this old man.

They had guarded near "Guyang Peak" for so long and had not noticed at all that there was another Nascent Soul cultivator hidden on the mountain.

Only Li Mufeng, who was fighting against the "Iron Wall Demon Emperor," was not surprised by this. Clearly, in the entire "Xiaoyao Sect," only he, the Supreme Elder, knew about this matter long ago.

This white-haired old man holding a whisk, Song Qingming had also seen from afar back then; it was none other than He Wuyou, the Supreme Elder of the "Star Sect" of the Wu Kingdom.

He Wuyou's cultivation had already reached the peak of the sixth layer of Nascent Soul, one step higher than the "Brother Molong Demon Emperor." Seeing such a powerful formidable enemy suddenly appear to block the way, it is no wonder the "Brother Molong Demon Emperor" was so annoyed.

Seeing the "Brother Molong Demon Emperor" recognize him, He Wuyou nodded with a smile: "I haven't gone out for a long time; it's rare that you can recognize me at a glance. It is a great honor.

I am here today to protect the Dao. I advise you to retreat quickly and don't go any further, otherwise, I fear it will be difficult for you to retreat unscathed today."

"Hmph! Things have reached this point; how can I let you have your way today? If you want me to retreat voluntarily, you have to see if you have this ability."

Facing He Wuyou's warning, the "Brother Molong Demon Emperor" was not afraid of the opponent and opened his mouth again to condense a black sphere in his mouth.

"Since that is the case, then I will learn your high moves!"

Just as He Wuyou finished speaking, the black sphere in the "Brother Molong Demon Emperor's" mouth had already shot out, but his target was not He Wuyou in front of him, but Bai Yuxian, who was already at the critical moment of undergoing tribulation not far away.

Seeing this, He Wuyou lifted the whisk in his hand gently, and another huge bronze mirror appeared in mid-air in front, easily blocking the black sphere just fired by the "Brother Molong Demon Emperor."

Seeing this scene, the "Brother Molong Demon Emperor," knowing that the opponent's strength was not inferior to his own, had a very ugly expression. But looking at Bai Yuxian undergoing tribulation not far away, he really did not want to give up this once-in-a-thousand-years opportunity to obstruct the Dao.

"Feng Laogui He, I miscalculated today. I didn't expect Li Mufeng to secretly find you to help protect the Dao. But if you think you can block me like this, you are underestimating us too much."

The "Brother Molong Demon Emperor" roared angrily and spat out a mass of black light again. However, he did not rush to launch an attack next, but gathered the black light into a round black sphere before firing it toward He Wuyou's location.

Facing the Demon Emperor's accumulated strike, He Wuyou's expression also became serious. He waved the whisk in his hand and suddenly flipped out three bronze mirrors in front of him, stacking them in a row to resist the attack of the black sphere.

However, just when He Wuyou was working hard to deal with the black sphere in front of him, the "Brother Molong Demon Emperor's" huge figure suddenly emitted a burst of white light and disappeared directly from the spot.

The next moment, the "Brother Molong Demon Emperor's" figure suddenly appeared in mid-air behind He Wuyou, having already bypassed his current location, and then quickly headed straight for Bai Yuxian on the mountain peak.

However, just when the "Brother Molong Demon Emperor" approached Bai Yuxian's location and was about to launch an attack, He Wuyou, who had already been left behind by him, suddenly appeared in front of him out of thin air again.

"Shifting Shadows; I didn't expect you to know this move. You really almost made me underestimate you."

Hearing what He Wuyou said in front, the "Brother Molong Demon Emperor" thought he had fallen for some smoke screen again and ignored the opponent, directly spitting out a black light, but did not expect it to be easily blocked by the opponent again.

The "Brother Molong Demon Emperor," who discovered something wrong, turned around and saw another "He Wuyou" behind him who was resisting the black sphere he had just fired, and could not help but show a shocked expression.

"Could this be the technique of an external avatar!"

The two He Wuyous looked almost exactly the same. Although the aura emanating from their bodies seemed a bit weaker than before, their cultivation was still above the Nascent Soul stage, clearly not things like puppets or corpse puppets.

Setting aside these doubts, it could only be the technique of an external avatar that high-tier cultivators can cultivate.

"Hehe! This clone of mine is just temporarily differentiated with the help of my natal magic treasure; it is not any technique of an external avatar. You are overpraising me with these words."

He Wuyou, who had desperately blocked the black sphere, explained to the "Brother Molong Demon Emperor," who was still full of doubts, then directly drilled into the bronze mirror in front of him, and immediately drilled out from the mirror beside the other "He Wuyou."

In the "Brother Molong Demon Emperor's" surprise, the two "He Wuyous," both with Nascent Soul cultivation, immediately merged into one, and the aura on his body also returned to his previous cultivation.

"So that's it. I didn't expect you to know this secret technique of spirit splitting. Today, I really underestimated you." "Just a small trick, how can you praise me so much."

Bai Yuxian not far away had already resisted most of the power of the last lightning tribulation and threw out a fourth-grade spiritual talisman, which transformed into a protective shield to block above her head, preparing to welcome the remaining lightning tribulation, whose power had already weakened a lot.

For her, she had already survived 80% of this tribulation, and with a fourth-grade spiritual talisman left to resist, it was basically foolproof; she was just waiting for the lightning tribulation to end.

After fighting with He Wuyou for a while, the "Brother Molong Demon Emperor," although unwilling, knew that his supernatural powers were not as good as the person in front of him. With him there, he had no chance to cross here to obstruct Bai Yuxian's Dao.

Having carefully planned for a long time, he did not expect that in the end, he was still one move behind.

Realizing that his trip had failed, the "Brother Molong Demon Emperor" looked back at the battlefield where they were still fighting not far away, then decisively issued a sound transmission to retreat and directly flashed backward.

Seeing that the "Brother Molong Demon Emperor" had voluntarily retreated, He Wuyou did not chase the opponent but stood firmly on "Guyang Peak," watching the direction they were moving away.

The demon cultivators who were entangled with the "Xiaoyao Sect" members here, after receiving the "Brother Molong Demon Emperor's" sound transmission to retreat, also hurriedly disengaged from the battle and voluntarily retreated outside the "Guyang Mountain" mountain-protecting formation.

Seeing that the enemy wanted to retreat, the "Xiaoyao Sect" members still wanted to step forward to entangle with them and forcibly keep the opponent.

However, the "Brother Molong Demon Emperor" side was clearly prepared long ago, directly sacrificing a banner magic treasure to transform into bursts of black thick smoke to block the "Xiaoyao Sect" members who came to pursue.

Subsequently, together with the "Brother Chiyun Demon Emperor," he took all the Demon Kings and used the thick smoke to escape rapidly toward the north.

The "Iron Wall Demon Emperor" side, seeing the "Brother Molong Demon Emperor" fail, sighed softly, then voluntarily put away the water prison that trapped Li Mufeng and directly escaped toward the south without looking back.

Seeing this, Li Mufeng did not choose to block the opponent. After letting the "Iron Wall Demon Emperor" leave Guyang Mountain, he flew to Song Qingming and the others and opened his mouth to stop the crowd who were chasing.

"Do not pursue a desperate enemy; guarding the mountain gate is important. Everyone go back first; there will be plenty of opportunities to settle accounts with them in the future."

At this moment, although the demon side voluntarily retreated, their own strength was not damaged, and it would be difficult to keep them if they chose to pursue rashly.

For the current "Xiaoyao Sect," guarding Bai Yuxian, who is undergoing tribulation behind them, is the top priority. As long as Bai Yuxian can successfully pass the tribulation and advance to the Nascent Soul realm, these invading demon cultivators will sooner or later have to pay the price.

Hearing Li Mufeng's instructions, everyone hurriedly stopped the pursuit and responded in unison, then turned and returned to "Guyang Peak," where Bai Yuxian was undergoing tribulation.

This battle came quickly and went quickly. From the appearance of the "Brother Molong Demon Emperor" and the others to the end of the battle, it took less than half an hour.

Although both sides used all their means and fought very fiercely on the spot, there were no major deaths or injuries after a big battle.

After the battle, the numerous Golden Core cultivators on the "Xiaoyao Sect" side basically only suffered minor injuries; only Fang Baixuan and Yun Nishang, who had lower cultivation, were more seriously injured and needed to recuperate for a period of time to recover.

Just as everyone returned to "Guyang Peak," Bai Yuxian's tribulation had just reached the final stage.

With the help of the "Qiankun Soldier Armor Formation" above her head to resist a portion of the lightning tribulation, Bai Yuxian injected all her remaining magic power into a fourth-grade low-quality spiritual talisman in her hand, transforming it into a protective shield to firmly hold off the remaining lightning tribulation.

Knowing that passing the lightning tribulation is not easy, Li Mufeng had already prepared many spiritual items for Bai Yuxian in advance. This fourth-grade low-quality spiritual talisman was also specially bestowed upon her by him for undergoing tribulation.

Although the power of this talisman to resist the lightning tribulation is not as good as the fourth-grade "Thunder-Resisting Talisman" used by Feng He back then, it is at least a fourth-grade low-quality defensive spiritual talisman, and its defensive capability is still there; there is no big problem in resisting the remaining lightning tribulation.

A moment later, as the lightning light above Bai Yuxian's head slowly disappeared, the black clouds entrenched above her head also dissipated rapidly, revealing a very dazzling five-colored glow.

Seeing a burst of sweet dew descending rapidly toward her location in the glow, Bai Yuxian immediately took out several porcelain bottles that had already been prepared and collected all these "Earth Spirit Dews," which are very rare in the cultivation world.

"Congratulations to the Sect Master for achieving the Nascent Soul Dao!"

Seeing that Bai Yuxian had successfully passed the tribulation, Song Qingming and the others not far away hurriedly rushed over and congratulated her in unison, bowing to her.

Bai Yuxian nodded with a smile when she saw everyone, then took out two bottles of "Earth Spirit Dew" from her hand and gave them to Xu Cheng Ziyan.

"This time undergoing tribulation, I have troubled everyone to protect the Dao for me. These two spiritual items are just a little bit of my personal heart. I have to trouble Junior Sister Xu to take them and exchange them for spirit stones to distribute to everyone!"

Seeing the two bottles of "Earth Spirit Dew" given by Bai Yuxian, a gleam of light also appeared in Xu Cheng Ziyan's eyes, and she hurriedly opened her mouth to thank her: "Hehe! Thank you, Senior Uncle Bai... Senior Uncle Bai for the reward. Don't worry, just leave this matter to me."

In the cultivation world, if there is no nominal master-disciple inheritance between the two parties, the address between cultivators is based on the superior. Now that Bai Yuxian has broken through to the Nascent Soul realm, everyone will naturally address her together with Li Mufeng from now on.

Seeing Xu Cheng Ziyan change her address first, Song Qingming and the others also immediately followed and thanked in unison: "Thank you, Senior Uncle Bai, for the reward."

Just after everyone finished thanking her, seeing Li Mufeng also bring He Wuyou to Bai Yuxian's side, they immediately retreated to the side tactfully, leaving space for these three Nascent Soul cultivators to talk.

"Congratulations to Fellow Daoist Bai for joining our ranks. Fellow Daoist has outstanding talent and will definitely have a bright future!"

Hearing He Wuyou's praise, Bai Yuxian replied modestly: "Senior He is joking. Yuxian's cultivation aptitude is just average; how can I be worthy of a bright future in front of Senior.

This time I was able to successfully pass the lightning tribulation, all thanks to Senior blocking the invading Demon Emperor. I will never forget the grace of protecting the Dao. Please accept a bow from me, Senior."

After speaking, Bai Yuxian took the initiative to step forward and bowed heavily to him.

Seeing this, He Wuyou, holding the whisk, hurriedly waved his hand: "Sigh! Now that Fellow Daoist Bai has broken through to the Nascent Soul realm, you can interact with us as peers from now on; don't call me Senior anymore.

This time I came here entrusted by Fellow Daoist Li. Fellow Daoist Bai doesn't need to be so polite. Moreover, we are all human cultivators; even if I were just passing by, I couldn't sit and watch these demon thieves obstruct the Dao."

Bai Yuxian nodded slightly and smiled: "Then, Yuxian will not be polite with Fellow Daoist."

He Wuyou nodded, then shifted his gaze to Li Mufeng on the side and asked directly: "When you asked me to protect the Dao back then, I thought Fellow Daoist Li was a bit over-worried. I never expected that so many demon experts would really come to obstruct the Dao this time, and even the Iron Wall Demon Emperor was persuaded by them.

These demon experts came so coincidentally; I fear there are some clues in it. Fellow Daoist Li, have you thought about where the problem lies?"

Li Mufeng, seeing this, replied with an unhappy expression: "After Junior Sister went into seclusion to condense the Nascent Soul these years, I had already strictly ordered to seal the news. Relying on the Golden Feather Mountain demon clan alone, it is impossible for them to have the ability to calculate Junior Sister's tribulation time so accurately.

It is not difficult to guess that such a coincidence happened today; it is nothing more than someone deliberately leaking the news to Golden Feather Mountain.

Having had grudges with my Xiaoyao Sect all these years, I know who the person who least wants to see Junior Sister break through to the Nascent Soul realm is without even thinking. Only that group of people can do such despicable things.

They thought that by borrowing the hands of the demon clan, they could stop Junior Sister from breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm, but they didn't know that I had already invited you to protect the Dao in advance, making them happy for nothing."

This time Bai Yuxian went into seclusion to break through to the Nascent Soul. To be on the safe side, Li Mufeng had already sent a letter to the Wu Kingdom a month ago, inviting He Wuyou, this Nascent Soul expert, to "Guyang Mountain" to protect the Dao.

The relationship between the "Xiaoyao Sect" and the "Star Sect" has always been quite good, and there has always been contact between the two sides. When He Wuyou underwent the Nascent Soul lightning tribulation back then, Li Mufeng's master, Daoist Dao Xuan, also went to the Wu Kingdom to protect the Dao for him.

After receiving Li Mufeng's request, He Wuyou immediately put down what he was doing and rushed to "Guyang Mountain."

However, after He Wuyou arrived, he did not appear in public and had been hiding in a cave dwelling near "Guyang Peak." In the entire "Xiaoyao Sect," only Li Mufeng knew of his existence.

Before Li Mufeng asked He Wuyou to come, he had indeed received some wind that the "Golden Feather Mountain" demon clan in the north had some unusual movements. However, at that time, he was not sure whether the "Brother Molong Demon Emperor" and the others would really come to obstruct the Dao. This move was nothing more than preparing an extra layer of protection for Bai Yuxian's tribulation.

Hearing Li Mufeng's answer, He Wuyou nodded with a smile: "Hehe! As long as you have a count in your heart, I won't say any more about this matter.

A few years ago, I heard that there were demon beasts undergoing tribulation in Taiyuehu again, and I still don't know if they succeeded. Now the power of the Taiyuehu demon clan is getting stronger and stronger, and our pressure in the south is also getting greater and greater.

Fortunately, now that Fellow Daoist Bai has condensed the Nascent Soul and your sect has another Nascent Soul cultivator, the affairs of the demon clan in the north will all depend on you two fellow Daoists from now on.

I have been here for so many days, and there are still some things in the sect that need to be dealt with, so I won't stay here for long." After speaking, He Wuyou bowed to Li Mufeng and Bai Yuxian.

Seeing this, Li Mufeng hurriedly tried to persuade him to stay: "Sigh! It was not easy for Fellow Daoist He to come to Guyang Mountain, and our sect hasn't been able to fulfill the duties of a host properly. Why are you in such a hurry to leave? It wouldn't be too late to stay for a few days before leaving."

"Hehe! Fellow Daoist Bai has just broken through to the Nascent Soul realm and still needs to stabilize her cultivation. Fellow Daoist Li also has many things to deal with. I won't bother you anymore. Let's wait until Fellow Daoist Bai comes out of seclusion, and then we will find an opportunity to have a good chat." (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 745 =====