Lord of Time: From a Five Elements Cultivator to a Master of All Daos

Chapter 232: The Pagoda Blocks the Eye, the Chen Family Steps in

Outside the Fire Refining Demon Gate, many spirit boats were flashing with light.

A young man looked towards the sect's sacred mountain behind him, with a bit of reluctance in his eyes:

"Master, are we just going to follow the instructions from above and abandon the mountain gate and leave in disgrace?"

A bearded man beside him heard this and patted his forehead heavily with his broad palm:

"How dare you have any second thoughts? That was a joint request from many Nascent Soul masters. My Fire Refining Demon Sect is just a small Jindan force.

"The sect master is only in the middle stage of Jindan, and the great elder is only in the late stage of Jindan. Do you dare to resist the orders of Yuanying seniors?"

The young man fiddled with the jade seal on his waist, still feeling unwilling:
“But the Great Elder has entered the late Jindan stage for many years, so he may have the opportunity to enter the Yuanying stage. These Yuanying people told us to move away from the mountain gate, which is too overbearing…”

Before he finished speaking, an extremely loud explosion was heard from the mountain gate.

When the two masters and apprentices heard the voice, they walked to the edge of the spirit boat in confusion, and saw many disciples in the sect staring with eyes wide open, with expressions of great surprise on their faces.

When the master and disciple looked towards the former mountain gate not far away, they were also equally shocked.

"Lingshan collapsed?"

The sacred mountain that was once the lifeline of the Fire Demon Sect, with thick smoke emitting from it and both fire and spiritual veins underneath, was split into two halves by the power of some powerful force.

The violent shaking sound just now was the loud noise made by the upper half of Lingshan Mountain falling to the ground.

The bearded man rubbed his eyes hard and looked into the distance, only to find that the fracture of the sacred mountain was extremely smooth, as if it had been cut by some sharp weapon.

"What kind of evil has this committed?"

Originally, they were evacuating from Huolianling Mountain, and everyone in the sect had plans to return in the future. After all, the entire sect relied on the fire and spirit veins beneath the mountain to survive.

Without fire veins, one cannot refine weapons, and will lose the biggest source of income. Without spiritual veins, one has nowhere to practice, and it is difficult to improve one's cultivation.

Both are indispensable to the Fire Refining Demon Sect.

Now this plan has completely failed.

The sacred mountain had been destroyed, and these elders had left no chance for the people from the Fire Demon Sect to return.

With a sigh, the bearded man returned to the spirit boat, and even his body was a little more hunched than before.

……

"As expected, we have been discovered by these demons. We shouldn't have let the Fire Refining Demon Sect evacuate and alerted them."

Yu Si said this as he looked at the broken sacred mountain in front of him and the red magma erupting due to the broken fire veins.

Cang Mingzi beside him shook his head:
"Not everyone in my Demon Sect is as cold-hearted as you, Fellow Daoist Yu, who doesn't care about the lives of others."

In his heart he was filled with slander;
"Fortunately, the Fire Demon Sect is still under the command of the Tianji Sect. As an elder of the sect, Yu Si actually does not care about the safety of the subordinate sects at all."

"Humph……"

Seeing that Cangmingzi was singing a different tune from him, Yu Si snorted unwillingly.

"Okay, you two should stop talking."

Yuchi Yu interrupted their conversation and looked at the Great Elder of Qianshui Demon Sect not far away:
"Fellow Daoist Murong, this trip still requires the cooperation of both of you and me."

The latter was an old lady with an aged face. She nodded slowly:

"Why haven't I seen the figure of Senior Huashen?"

Yuchi Yu smiled awkwardly:
"Senior Huashen has his own arrangements, which are not something we two can interfere with."

The old woman turned to look at Cangmingzi and asked:

"Where is your fellow Daoist Luo Shengwu? Why is there no sign of him?"

Cangmingzi looked embarrassed:
"Mother-in-law Murong, this really stumps me. How can I know the whereabouts of the Great Elder?"

The latter snorted coldly upon hearing this.

Cangmingzi secretly wiped a sweat in his heart:

'This old woman has a high level of cultivation, but her personality is too difficult to get along with. Especially after the Thousand Waters Demon Sect was wiped out, her personality became even more difficult to understand. She always looks cold and icy to everyone she meets.'

"Let's stop talking nonsense. Let's first enter the secret realm where the ascension platform is located."

Yuchi Yu waved his right sleeve, and a ball of black lightning instantly emerged from his hand.

Lightning flew out towards the demon figure escaping from the secret realm. With just one strike, every inch of flesh and blood on his body was destroyed, turning it into a ball of blood mist.

The person who was trying to stop him changed color when he saw this, and turned around and retreated towards the secret passage behind him.

Murong Shuqing snorted coldly, and a bright light flashed in his hand, sweeping across the fleeing demons and instantly cutting them in half.

What followed were several sword lights, which turned the remaining bodies of the demons into pieces.

The great elder of the Qianshui Demon Sect is actually a Nascent Soul swordsman.

The four of them ran into the secret realm together, where their figures slowly disappeared into nothingness.

High in the sky, Bai Heng and Chen Gong, who had just returned from Beiyuan, stared at the few people entering the secret realm.

Then he lowered his head and saw the four life fires flickering in his hands, without any sign of fading.

"It seems that there is no obvious danger in the secret realm. Could it be that the haze comes from the upper realm?"

Chen Gong frowned, still hesitating.

Bai Heng couldn't help but interrupt when he saw this:

"Fellow Daoist Chen, is it time for us to take action? Those four juniors may not be able to defeat the many great demons in the secret realm. We still need to act with thunderous means."

Chen Gong did not intend to take action immediately, but said:
"Fellow Daoist Bai Heng, please wait a moment."

Then a cloud of mist obscured his figure.

Bai Heng was quite impatient with his timid behavior, but he was also worried that he would be trapped in that secret realm alone.

I had to wait patiently.

Chen Gong took out a bamboo tube with many fortune sticks in it. He made a sound and shook the bamboo tube, and a fortune stick flew out.

He grabbed it in his hand and saw the words "Great Evil" on it.

Chen Gong's hands trembled and his expression changed.

But this is not over yet, Chen Gong shook the dice several times and another one was "good luck" and "medium".

This situation is very similar to what was calculated when it set out, and it is still uncertain whether it will be good or bad.

With a sigh, Chen Gong put away the bamboo tube and the fortune stick in his hand.

"No matter what, we still have to go to this secret realm of the Ascension Platform."

He said to Bai Heng beside him:
"Fellow Daoist Bai Heng, shall we go in now?"

"Can!"

……

At the border of Yunzhou, a captivating laugh came from the Demon Eye Channel, causing all the humans present to change their expressions.

"A fifth-level demon?"

Wei Zhong's face condensed, and he turned around and fled to the outer protective formation. At this moment, the passage was completely stabilized, and the fourth-level and lower demons had been cleared out. It was not a place for Wei Zhong's cultivation to stay.

Sure enough, a voice sounded in the air:
"Everyone retreat!"

The figure of Hongxu emerged from the formation, with a small black tower spinning in his palm.

It has about nine floors, and there is silver-white light flowing on the tower, making it look magnificent and extraordinary.

"A fifth-level demon-suppressing tower?"

Wei Zhong had already read the techniques for refining the fifth-order Demon-Suppressing Tower, and this was what it described as its appearance after being refined.

"And it's not just an ordinary fifth-level demon-suppressing tower. It seems to have refined a fifth-level demon core."

When reaching the fifth level, there are several ways to increase power, and refining the demon core of the inner demon is one of them. This can further increase the suppressive effect of the demon tower.

Upon hearing his order, everyone retreated, while Hongxu himself walked into the formation, staring closely at the magic eye passage that was filled with dark demonic energy.

The Demon-Suppressing Tower in his hand flew high up, and then continued to spin and grow until it became the same size as the entrance of the passage.

Then it fell down and covered the entire Demon Eye Channel.

Turning around, a voice was heard by all the Nascent Soul cultivators present.

"I will do my best to stop it for a while, and you can summon your fellow gods to come and help. You must not let this place become an outpost of the demons..."

After saying a few words, Hongxu took a light step and walked into the Demon-Suppressing Tower.

"This……"

When Wei Zhong was puzzled, the fifth-level formation in front of him suddenly lit up with dazzling light. Beams of light rushed towards the fifth-level Demon-Suppressing Tower in the center, and then gradually condensed into golden chains, slowly wrapping around the Demon-Suppressing Tower.

Bu Wenzhi wiped the sweat from his forehead and instructed the people around him:
"Pay attention to replenishing the spirit stones in the formation, and do not cut off the supply of spiritual power."

"Yes!"

He then looked at the pagoda wrapped in the formation and sighed heavily.

The Jin Jue Xu Tian Formation is not only a fifth-order formation that combines defense and offense, it also has a sealing effect. This effect can be doubled when superimposed with the Demon Suppression Tower, so as to achieve the effect of temporarily blocking the Demon Eye passage.

This was what the Huashen high-level officials had discussed with Bu Wenzhi early in the morning.

There was only one incarnation of Hongxu guarding this place, and even with the great formation, it might not be able to defend against the sudden attack of the demon army. Just two fifth-level demons were enough to make Hongxu panic.

If there are three of them, then it is only a matter of time before this formation is broken.

It would be better to directly use the combined formation to block the passage, so that we can buy more time and wait for our fellow human beings to free up their hands to support this place.

After a few discussions, several Nascent Soul cultivators decided to leave some people behind to guard the Demon Abyss, and then the rest would return to their respective sects to rest.

After all, many monks were injured during this battle.

Wei Zhong glanced at Shan Gu, who sent a message to summon all the Nascent Souls who had gathered in the Chamber of Commerce.

"I have been ordered to go to Fengzhou and other places to call for support. You guys should discuss the matter of the Demon Abyss and the Chamber of Commerce here. In case of disagreement, Shan Qin's order shall prevail."

Everyone nodded, and Shan Gu then turned his gaze to Wei Zhong.

"I'd like to trouble Brother Wei to help me with all his heart."

Now Wei Zhong has entered the middle stage of the Nascent Soul. Apart from Shan Gu, he is one of the cultivators with the highest cultivation level in the Chamber of Commerce.

In addition, when he just entered the Nascent Soul stage, he was able to repel Yu Si, who was in the middle Nascent Soul stage. Now that his cultivation has reached a further level, Shan Gu believes that his strength is probably stronger than those present.

Wei Zhong nodded:
"Don't worry, Master!"

Shan Gu then gave instructions on some details, and soon turned into a streak of light and escaped into the distance.

Wei Zhong turned around and looked at the cultivators around him. Miao Lishan and the others still had some fatigue after the battle in their eyes, but Yu Tianze looked a little better.

Even though he was injured, he had traveled extensively in his early years and was already accustomed to this kind of continuous fighting.

He arched his hands:

"Miss, what should we do now?"

By changing the name of fellow Taoist, Yu Tianze's words were meant to support Shan Qin.

The latter looked hesitant, and after a moment he looked up at Wei Zhong:
"Does Brother Wei have any advice?"

Wei Zhong shook his head:
"I will follow the leader's instructions and listen to what you do. I will not interfere with the arrangements here."

Wei Zhong didn't care whether to stay in Demon Abyss or return to the Chamber of Commerce.

Hongxu sealed the exit of the passage, so he was safe for a short period of time. Guarding in the Demon Abyss, he just had no spiritual vein supply, so his cultivation level would improve a little slower.

However, Wei Zhong still needs to repay the Shadow Moon Sect for three fourth-tier magical instruments, so he probably won't have much time to concentrate on practicing during this period of time.

Therefore, even if he was assigned to guard the Demon Abyss, he was not reluctant at all.

Shan Qin looked at the expressions of the three people around him and said:
"In that case, Fellow Daoist Wei and I will be responsible for guarding here. Aunt Miao and Elder Yu can take half of the disciples back to the Chamber of Commerce.

"I still need to trouble you two with the affairs of the Chamber of Commerce. In addition, I would like to ask Elder Du to come out of seclusion again. At this critical moment, our Chamber of Commerce urgently needs a senior fourth-level alchemist to take over..."

After giving an order or two, Miaoli Shan, Yu Tianze and many of their disciples returned to Yunzhou City.

Wei Zhong and Shan Qin chatted with many fellow practitioners who stayed behind, and then each of them found a practice room to heal their wounds and practice.

Taking out the jade slip that recorded the magic weapon, Wei Zhong sighed:
“I didn’t expect the situation to change so quickly.”

Just by accepting an invitation to visit the Shadow Moon Sect, the demons broke through the blockade of the Demon Abyss and almost completely stepped into the human world.

"The rest of the time must be spent on cultivating to the late Nascent Soul stage after resolving this cause and effect."

Even if he didn't reveal his cultivation level, it was enough to give himself an extra level of self-protection.

As he said this, Wei Zhong lightly raised his hand, and a golden light that only he could see emerged.

"One thousand three hundred and eighty-one."

The merit points increased again, reaching more than 500 points, most of which came from the many fourth-level demons killed by Wei Zhong.

Especially the middle-stage fourth-order inner demon, which is worth two hundred merit points, which is much higher than the value of ordinary demons of the same order.

In this battle, Wei Zhong earned half of a fifth-level Demon-Suppressing Tower. If outsiders knew about this, I wonder how envious they would be.

But not everyone has the ability to crush cultivators of the same level or lower with ease.

Most monks had to fight for a long time before they could barely defeat their opponents with the help of other fellow monks. This kind of battle could not earn many merit points.

Wei Zhong stroked his chin:

“If you want to increase your strength, in addition to improving your cultivation, it would naturally be faster to exchange for one or two fifth-level treasures.

"But Hongxu has already gone deep into the Demon Suppression Tower. Who should I find to exchange these things?"

Most of the items in the Hun Tian Ce were distributed by several major Yuan Ying forces, while the fifth-level and even some precious items were in the hands of Hua Shen.

Before Wei Zhong was puzzled for long, a spirit boat crossed the natural barrier above the Wanshou Mountains and headed towards Yunzhou.

There was a fluttering flag on the spirit boat, with the word "Chen" written in large gold-plated characters.

A Yuanying cultivator stood at the bow of the boat. Hearing the report from his clansmen behind him, he looked solemn and sighed:
"The situation has deteriorated to this point after all. Our ancestors were truly very smart."

(End of this chapter)