Unlimited priesthood

Chapter 97 Discussion
On the towering city wall, Lin Cangyu gazed into the distance and saw a wide road stretching for hundreds of miles behind the military camps, with golden rice paddies on both sides.

It is autumn now, and the rice is ripe. Fields stretch out one after another, like a golden ocean, rippling in the wind and carrying the sweet fragrance of rice.

Lin Cangyu stared at all of this, remaining silent for a long time.

Until a girl with an ethereal air came to his side: "What are you looking at so intently?"

Lin Cangyu glanced at her, then turned his gaze back: "Didn't they say that the people of the Martial Kingdom have fallen into darkness and are eating raw meat and drinking blood? Why are they still growing so much rice?"

"This……"

The girl was taken aback and somewhat puzzled, but she quickly found a reason: "Perhaps they still have some rationality left. After all, there are not many examples of dark power mutating humans. Maybe it only mutated Li Taiyi, and the others were coerced by him."

"is it?"

Lin Cangyu murmured, still gazing at the golden rice field: "It's rice harvest time again. I wonder how busy the villagers are. Come to think of it, it's been several years since I've been back to see them."

The murmured words carried an inexplicable meaning.

The girl looked at him with a puzzled expression: "Cang Yu, what's wrong with you?"

"It's nothing, it's just that something's a bit strange."

Lin Cangyu shook his head and turned to look at the palace behind him: "Li Taiyi was once a Heavenly Mandate Spirit Master, the head of Heavenly Mandate, and the Chapter of Courage. Why did he end up like this today?"

The girl hesitated and said, "The teacher said it was because the Celestial Beast died in battle and was corrupted by the power of darkness in the final battle to seal the Dark Demon King Beast. In addition, some of his subsequent experiences and his hatred for the nobles led him down this extreme path."

"Hatred towards the nobility?"

Lin Cangyu murmured, his expression becoming even more enigmatic: "The nobles I remember are all good people, especially the lord of our White Leaf Valley. He cherished his people like his own children, and he even bravely fought and died protecting our village during a beast tide. And then there were those we met during our training..."

"Of course!"

The girl nodded: "Nobles are the pillars of the great kingdoms, meritorious officials who have made important contributions to protecting the Spirit Continent. After defeating that demon king, you and your descendants will also become nobles, or even kings of a country, to continue to protect the continent and your people."

"Is that right?"

Lin Cangyu turned around and looked straight at her: "But why do I feel like it's all fake?"

"false?"

The girl asked, puzzled, "What do you mean by fake?"

"..."

Lin Cangyu was silent for a moment, then shook his head: "It's nothing, maybe I'm just overthinking it."

"Enemy attack!"

Just then, a cry of surprise drew everyone's attention.

Lin Cangyu's eyes narrowed, and he looked in the direction of the sound. He saw a golden light coming from afar. Several Monarch-level Spirit Masters tried to resist it, but they were all instantly pierced through.

"This is……"

In a moment of horror, the golden light was already close, landing above the stone city and transforming into a figure.

"Li Taiyi!!!"

Lin Cangyu was about to observe further when he heard a commotion in the city, followed by a burst of ice and fire light shooting into the sky, heading straight for the man.

"Shen Tu Ming?"

"not good!"

Lin Cangyu's eyes narrowed, and he immediately rushed forward.

At this moment, the light of ice and fire had already soared into the sky, transforming into a divine bird that was both silver and crystal clear and covered in crimson flames. Its wings flapped the power of ice and fire, instantly forming a domain that enveloped the person's figure.

Ice Phoenix Fire Phoenix
Spirit Beast Rank: Destiny (Sacred Beast)

Spirit Beast Type: Phoenix (Ice and Fire)

Spirit Beast Combat Skills: Ice and Fire Intertwined, Blazing Inferno, Rebirth from the Ashes, Absolute Zero...

"Screech!" The Ice Phoenix and Fire Phoenix spread their wings and soared into the sky. The ice and fire domains instantly became a prison. Although they were clearly incompatible forces, they complemented each other at this moment. Ice burned like fire, and fire froze like ice. The extreme high temperature and the extreme low temperature swirled back and forth. Even the hardest spirit iron would be turned into fragments or even dust.

This is the power of the Heavenly Beast, the Ice Phoenix and the Fire Phoenix.

Above the Ice Phoenix and Fire Phoenix stood a cold-faced youth, the orphan of the Fire Kingdom, the Mandate of Heaven Spirit, the Chapter of Hope—Shen Tu Ming!

He rode his Ice Phoenix and Fire Phoenix, staring at the figure ahead, his eyes burning with intense hatred and chilling killing intent.

However, the man remained unmoved. The power of ice and fire alternated to the extreme, like the great millstone of yin and yang turning, capable of erasing everything in the world, but unable to erase the thin layer of golden light on his body.

"It can actually withstand the burning of the Ice Phoenix and Fire Phoenix's domain?"

"It really is him, the Dark Lord—Li Taiyi!"

Lin Cangyu leaped and landed beside Shen Tu Ming.

At the same time, from within the fortified city below, streaks of spiritual light shot into the sky, rushing into the battlefield and transforming into dozens of figures.

It was the three generations of destiny and a group of Emperor-level Spirit Masters.

"Li Taiyi!"

Looking at Shen He within the Ice and Fire Domain, Jun Cangming, He Yanfeng, and the others were all somewhat surprised.

They had just decided to send a challenge to Wudu and have the secret agents within Wudu spread the word to create momentum and force Shen He to come and accept the challenge, but before they could put it into action, he arrived at their door.

what is this?
Going to the meeting alone, fighting against fate by himself?
Has his strength grown to this extent?

still is……

Everyone was filled with doubt and suspicion, their expressions becoming increasingly solemn.

Only Shen Tu Ming remained unmoved, his Ice Phoenix and Fire Phoenix spreading their wings fiercely, determined to kill the mortal enemy before him.

"stop!"

A silver-haired woman spoke, her voice echoing the words of the previous era's Light Chapter.

But Shen Tu Ming turned a deaf ear and paid no attention, and was even more unwilling to stop.

"Ah Ming!"

It wasn't until Lin Cangyu and the other chosen ones arrived at his side that they forcibly stopped him and his Ice Phoenix and Fire Phoenix.

Shen Tu Ming stopped what he was doing, and the silver-haired woman breathed a sigh of relief, looking at Shen He with suspicion and uncertainty: "Li Taiyi, what are you doing here?"

"I have come here to fight you."

Shen He smiled, his gaze sweeping over Lin Cangyu, Shen Tuming, and the others before returning to Zhong Qingcang and the other former chosen ones: "They've been well-trained and haven't disappointed."

"Um!?"

Zhong Qingcang's eyes narrowed, and the silver-haired woman was even more surprised and suspicious: "Are you so confident that you can face the Heavenly Fate Spirit Master and the Heavenly Fate Sacred Beast?"

"Whether it is possible or not, the outcome will be determined."

Shen He shook his head, ignoring Shen Tu Ming's hateful gaze and Lin Cang Yu's surprised look, and said to the silver-haired woman, "But before that, I would like to discuss the Dao with you."

"Discussing the Dao?"

The silver-haired woman frowned deeply: "What path are we discussing?"

"The Way of Heaven, the Way of Man, the Way of Heaven and Man".

Shen He smiled, his expression enigmatic: "Interested?"

"Um!?"

Zhong Qingcang's eyes narrowed, then flashed with a sharp light, his killing intent surging. He directly said to Shen Tu Ming and the others, "Don't listen to his lies and mislead the public. Join forces and kill him immediately!"

　Because I'm having some writer's block on this part of the story, I've been repeatedly breaking my promise to update at 8 PM every day. I'm really sorry, but I'll definitely update on time once I get through this!
　　
　
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