Chapter 177

Upon hearing that his master Zhao Yuzhen actually intended to descend the mountain, Li Fansong was instantly thrown into a panic.

Years ago, Zhao Yuzhen's master, Lu Suzhen, had left behind a prophecy stating that if Zhao Yuzhen were to descend the mountain, it would inevitably cause the world's situation to tremble, throw the world into chaos, and could even affect the imperial fortune of Tianqi.

Because of this prophecy.

The Emperor at the time even sought out Qi Tianchen of the Directorate of Astronomy to ask if this matter was true.

Although Qi Tianchen's answer was that it was nonsense, it put the Emperor slightly at ease, causing him to abandon the idea of leveling Mount Qingcheng.

However.

Even so.

The imperial court still dispatched three thousand armored cavalry to station themselves thirty miles outside Mount Qingcheng, and they stayed there for over ten years, all to prevent the Daoist Sword Immortal Zhao Yuzhen from descending the mountain.

From this, one can see.

How wary the Emperor of Tianqi was of this Daoist Sword Immortal.

And the previous generation's Sect Leader of Mount Qingcheng, Lu Suzhen, was likewise an extraordinary figure.

More than thirty years ago, people began calling him an Earthly Immortal; his Daoist arts were extremely profound, and he could calculate the past and the future.

Even Qi Tianchen once personally admitted that his own Daoist arts were inferior to Lu Suzhen's.

He even said that if Lu Suzhen were willing to enter Tianqi, he could directly become the ancestor portrait worshipped within the Directorate of Astronomy.

However.

It was precisely such a Daoist immortal, highly esteemed by Qi Tianchen, who ultimately did not ascend to immortality, but instead died in the year he turned sixty-four.

For a Daoist practitioner whose realm was at least the Spirit-Wandering Mystic Realm, sixty-four could be considered very young.

Everyone knew.