Two Worlds: The Demon Cultivator Mistakenly Enters the Lord's World

Chapter 146 Five-Colored Canopy, Ruins of a Separate Residence

Chongfu Temple had previously suffered a great loss at the hands of Xuanyin Temple due to underestimating its enemy, losing two foundation-building monks in succession.

Now, their arch-rival, Yuchan Temple, has formed an alliance with Xuanyin Temple. The two powerful forces joining forces have made the situation at Chongfu Temple even more dangerous.

If both sides launch an attack, Chongfu Temple will truly be at a critical juncture of life and death.

In Chongfu Temple, a dry, hoarse old man's voice echoed from the main hall:
"A man who does not plan for the future will have trouble in the present! Yu Chan Temple and Xuan Yin Temple have already grown too big. If we don't take some measures to weaken them or kill one or two Foundation Establishment cultivators on the other side, there may be no place for Chongfu Temple in Hongze County in the future!"

The old man who spoke was none other than the monk Kurong, one of the two mid-stage Foundation Establishment monks of Chongfu Temple.

The left half of the monk's body was emaciated, seemingly devoid of any muscle, with only bone beneath the skin. The right half of his body, on the other hand, was full of vitality, with skin as white as jade and plump flesh.

The flourishing and prosperous tree symbolizes the true nature of Nirvana: permanence, bliss, self, and purity;

The withered and dying tree shows the world: impermanence, no joy, no self, and no purity.

The Tathagata Buddha entered Nirvana between these eight realms, which means neither withering nor flourishing, neither false nor empty.

The monk Ku Rong has now reached the state of "half withered, half flourishing," and is only one step away from the Buddha's state of "neither withered nor flourishing, yet both withered and flourishing."

As soon as the monk Ku Rong spoke, the other Foundation Establishment monks in the temple began to discuss among themselves. One of the fighting monks, who was in the form of a guardian Vajra, opened his eyes wide and roared, vowing to make the old Taoist priest of the Xuanmen pay the price.

Some eminent monks have also analyzed the current situation, dissected the advantages and disadvantages, and discussed how to dismantle the alliance between the two worldviews at the lowest possible cost.

Amidst the commotion, they were united in their determination to defeat Yuchan Temple and reclaim Hongze County.

Ultimately, another mid-Foundation Establishment level monk from Chongfu Temple, the Vajra Monk, set the tone for breaking this deadlock:
"It just so happens that this humble monk possesses an undiscovered immortal's abode, fraught with danger. It can be used as bait to lure the old Taoist priest from the Jade Cicada Temple into the cave, where we can trap him like a turtle in a jar and defeat him one by one."

"This method is excellent!"

This proposal was approved by the eminent monks of Chongfu Temple. They then set up ambushes and traps around the Immortal's Relic in the hands of the Vajra Monk, with the sole purpose of wiping out all the Foundation Establishment cultivators of Yuchan Temple and Xuanyin Temple.

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Ten days later,

Inside the Xuan Yin Temple, Lu Feng was enjoying tea with Daoist Yu Rong, chatting and laughing about the Dao of spiritual plants.

Suddenly, a bolt of lightning struck the western part of Hongze County, causing the earth's veins to surge, its energy to erupt, and the earth to tremble incessantly.

"What happened? Why is there such a commotion?"

There was also a noticeable tremor in the Xuan Yin Temple. Lu Feng and Daoist Yu Rong both changed their expressions slightly and walked out of the house together, looking towards the western land.

"Lu Feng, I think something's not right in the western region. There seems to be divine light emanating from the epicenter. Could it be that some extraordinary treasure has been born?"

Upon arriving outside, they saw Su Wangyu flying in the air, his eyes bloodshot, gazing towards the western lands.

She came out earlier and seemed to notice something unusual about the western lands.

"Fellow Daoist Yu Rong, please rest here for a while. Su Wangyu and I will go and take a look first!"

Lu Feng summoned the Daoist disciples Bi Han and Qing He, instructing them to comfort the civilians affected by the earthquake within the Xuan Yin Temple's territory and handle post-disaster matters. He himself flew into the air and stood with Su Wangyu, preparing to go to the scene of the incident to investigate.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, please don't abandon me. I am also quite interested in the changes in the Western lands!"

Unable to fulfill Lu Feng's wish, Daoist Yu Rong stretched out her hand, and a white jade lotus platform flew out from her sleeve. The petals bloomed, and she lightly stepped onto it.

The white jade lotus platform supported the body of Daoist Yu Rong, which flew in the air.

"Since Fellow Daoist Yu Rong is also interested, let's go together. However, I will walk faster, so Fellow Daoist Yu Rong must not fall behind!"

Seeing Yu Rong Dao Ren's persistence, Su Wangyu simply transformed into a streak of blood-red sword light and flew away, leaving behind a reminder.

The Burning Blood Sword Manual also contains the technique of flying with a sword; once the sword light appears, it can travel a thousand miles in an instant.

Lu Feng also knew this flying escape technique. He merged with the Demon Flame Longsword, transforming into a beam of sword light and disappearing from the spot.

While the Jade Lotus Platform of Daoist Yu Rong is in line with her Daoist cultivation and can travel a thousand miles in an hour, it is quite elegant. However, in terms of speed, it is far inferior to the sword light escape techniques of Lu Feng and Su Wangyu.

Therefore, in no time at all, even the trailing wisps of light from the swords of the two men could no longer be seen by the Taoist Yu Rong who was following them.

"This Fellow Daoist Lu doesn't know how to cherish women. He could at least give me a ride!"

Yu Rong Daoist stood on the white jade lotus platform, shook her head, and chuckled softly.

Meanwhile, after Lu Feng and Su Wangyu had left Yu Rong Daoist far behind, they took out the Bone Spire and entered it together.

"In the western lands, a strange treasure is vaguely appearing, but its exact nature is unknown. However, at this particular time, the Xuanmen and Buddhist sects are locked in a fierce confrontation, making the entire Hongze County like a powder keg, which is likely to cause a lot of trouble!"

Standing atop the skeletal spire, Lu Feng and Su Wangyu discussed the changes in the western lands, their faces showing little joy.

With his lord's land as a backing, ordinary opportunities and treasures are not enough to ignite his greed and make him go to war.

"Lu Feng, don't worry too much, just relax! As the saying goes, when soldiers come, generals will block them; when water comes, earth will dam it. Now your subordinates have accumulated many 2-star troops, and your strength has greatly increased. If we weren't all still in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, we would have already been able to take over the entire Hongze County!"

Compared to Lu Feng's worries, Su Wangyu seemed more relaxed. During the time she had been following Lu Feng, she had truly witnessed his prowess.

After the Bone Spire was built and the territory became a 2-star territory, the military strength in the Landwind territory has been growing at an astonishing rate.

Two-star undead creatures recruited through necromancy, and vampires recruited from the haunted house.

Currently, each of them has nine Blood God Child Dao Soldiers at the early Foundation Establishment stage stationed in their Dao Foundation space, and thirty-six 2-star undead creatures stationed in the Bone Spire.

Some of these 2-star undead creatures were recruited by Lu Feng himself, using the corpses of monsters he killed during his conquest of the Roland Forest.

The other part is Hero Ironwall, who, after becoming a 2-star Undead hero, leads the Undead army to expand the territory of Blackrock Territory, killing 2-star Undead creatures that summon spirits.

Select some undead units with good skills and place them in the Bone Spire.

If Lu Feng were to bring over all the 2-star undead creatures from his territory, he would have at least fifty or sixty 2-star undead creatures, more than all the Foundation Establishment cultivators in Chongfu Temple and Yuchan Temple combined.

Generally, two-star undead creatures are slightly weaker than Foundation Establishment cultivators of the same level, but as long as their numbers are high enough, Lu Feng can win even if he fights against Chongfu Temple and Yuchan Temple at the same time.

However, because Lu Feng himself cultivated the Foundation Establishment technique, he had a better understanding of the combat power of Foundation Establishment cultivators. Early Foundation Establishment cultivators were relatively easy to deal with; a larger number of 2-star basic units could overwhelm them and achieve victory.

If facing a cultivator in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, it would probably take many more 2-star basic units to gang up on and kill one.

The three Foundation Establishment stage cultivators in Hongze County are a significant destabilizing factor, so Lu Feng is reluctant to disrupt the current situation and directly confront the three Foundation Establishment cultivators in Hongze County.

Who knows if the three Foundation Establishment stage cultivators might pull out some trump cards, magical artifacts, or formations that would catch him off guard and cause him heavy losses.

So, wait a bit, Lu Feng can farm and recruit more 2-star units while waiting.

"Alright, let's observe the situation first. Such a large commotion in the western part of Hongze County will definitely attract Foundation Establishment cultivators from Yuchan Temple and Chongfu Temple to investigate. They'll probably start fighting. We'll decide what to do then!"

Lu Feng and Su Wangyu stood in the Bone Tower, not in a hurry. They hid in the void and arrived at the scene of the incident.

As Lu Feng and his group of 2-star undead creatures continued their relentless training day and night, the restrictions within his Bone Spire grew increasingly powerful.

In particular, the talisman of its Ruyi Treasure, the Secluded Treasure Raft, when refined to a certain degree, can shrink the Bone Spire to the size of a grain of rice, hiding it in the void without causing a great commotion, to the point that ordinary cultivators cannot detect it.

Lu Feng arrived quietly. Looking around, he saw that the Foundation Establishment cultivators from Yu Chan Temple and Chong Fu Temple had already arrived at the scene of the incident.

Led by the monks Kurong and Vajra, the eminent monks of Chongfu Temple occupied the western sky, and their Buddhist power spread through the air, turning the clouds on the horizon golden.

The Taoist priests of Yuchan Temple surrounded Yuchan Taoist, each with a body as white as jade, their auras mingling, standing as immovable as mountains.

Two completely different auras converged and collided in the air. The two sides already had a grudge against each other, and now, facing each other, the tension was even greater, and they clashed with each other without giving an inch.

However, the five-colored divine light emanating from the hundreds of feet underground below attracted their attention, preventing the two sides from immediately engaging in combat.

The five-colored divine light flowed endlessly, with red, blue, yellow, white, and black rays of light intertwining and swirling like living things, transforming into a sky-supporting canopy that covered all directions, protecting a half-ruined gate rooted in the earth.

The half-broken gate was about ten feet tall, and its entire body was dark blue-green. It was neither jade nor stone. At the broken top, half of a dragon head stone carving could be seen. From the broken dragon horn, pale golden liquid droplets seeped out, and when they fell to the ground, they turned into specks of spiritual light.

On the door frames on both sides of the portal, ancient runes that have long since faded are engraved, with five-colored light threads intertwined between the runes, echoing the sky-supporting canopy in the air, clearly the source of divine light.

"It's the ruins of an ancient 'Five Elements Sect' villa!"

Jade Cicada Daoist stared at the runes on the door frame, a look of surprise flashing in his eyes:
"The 'White Jade Talisman Scripture' in the temple records that this sect dominates the region with its Five Elements magic, and is known for its mastery of all kinds of wonderful methods using the Qi of the Five Elements!"

The Taoist priest Yu Shu beside him made a hand seal, and several talismans flew out and landed on the five-colored canopy.

The talisman paper burst forth with spiritual light, transforming into fireballs, wooden vines, earth and stone, black water, and metal energy—the five elements. Each talisman paper possessed the power of a casual strike from a cultivator in the early stages of Foundation Establishment.

As the spells landed on the five-colored canopy, the five colors shifted, and all the attack spells collapsed into the five elements of spiritual energy, merging into the five-colored canopy.

Not only did it serve no purpose, it also seemed to become the driving force for the protection of the gate of the Five Elements Sect's villa ruins.

Seeing this, Daoist Yushu's expression changed, and he said:
"What exquisite Five Elements magic! Such a protective array, with all the Five Elements magic and magical artifacts, is meaningless in front of this five-colored canopy. It will probably take a lot of effort to break through it!"

"Moreover, the Five Elements Sect's separate mansion formation seems to be built based on the local earth veins. Forcibly destroying it is equivalent to making an enemy of this land. Even if we forcibly break through the separate mansion, we will probably damage the local earth veins, bring disaster to the surrounding area of ​​thousands of miles, incur karma, and be hated by heaven and earth!"

The Jade Book Daoist explained how troublesome the remnants of the Five Elements Sect's separate residence were, but judging from the scale of this separate residence, it probably contained countless hidden benefits.

The Jade Cicada Temple's specialty, the Bright Jade Skill, is an earth-elemental technique. If they could obtain the techniques of the First, Second, and Fifth Elements Sect from another mansion, it might allow them to see a broader future.

Moreover, given the strength of this detached mansion formation, if one could obtain it and place it at the entrance of the Jade Cicada Temple, it would be a precious formation capable of suppressing the sect's fortune.

The villa also contained various spiritual artifacts, cultivation techniques, spiritual plants, and elixirs, all of which were tempting to the Taoists of the Jade Cicada Temple.

While the Taoists of Yuchan Temple were pondering how to enter the ruins of the Five Elements Sect's separate residence, Taoist Yurong also hurriedly arrived on her white jade lotus platform and joined the Yuchan Temple's camp.

When she arrived at this place, she looked around but did not see Lu Feng or Su Wangyu.

They must have arrived before me, hiding in the shadows, waiting for their chance to strike. So that's their 'clever' scheme.

Seeing the Foundation Establishment monks from Chongfu Temple eyeing them menacingly, Daoist Yurong decided to abandon her plan to disturb Daoist Yuchan and the others and search for Lu Feng and his companions.

Meanwhile, the monks at Chongfu Temple on the opposite side still had a slightly worried look on their faces, as this was not their original plan.

The ruins of this Five Elements Gate's separate residence were discovered long ago by the Vajra Monk, but the protective array of the separate residence relied on the earth's veins, making it too solid and stubborn.

The Vajra Monk, along with the monks of Chongfu Temple, pondered for a long time but still could not break through the protective array of the ruins of Beppu.

This time, they went to great lengths to deal with the Jade Cicada Temple. They originally planned to use the ruins of the villa as bait, set up a trap at the entrance of the villa, and lure the Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Jade Cicada Temple into it, so that they could catch them like turtles in a jar.

However, plans can't keep up with changes. They had just set up an array at the entrance of the Beppu Ruins today, but somehow they triggered the protective array within the Beppu Ruins.

The protective array stirred the earth's veins and attracted heavenly lightning, which resulted in the sudden thunder and the earth trembling. After this incident, the ruins of the Five Elements Sect's detached residence also emerged from the ground and were revealed to the world.

It was only because the highly accomplished monks of Chongfu Temple reacted quickly and abandoned the formation they had set up to retreat that they were spared from disaster.

Otherwise, if they were enveloped by the activated Beppu Remnant Formation, they might become unlucky enough to be under the Five-Colored Canopy, and whether they could survive would be uncertain.

The plan to trap them like turtles in a jar failed, and the eminent monks of Chongfu Temple were also cornered here by the Taoist priests of Yuchan Temple who had rushed over. Now, they were to decide whether to fight or make peace.

While Chongfu Temple was hesitating and Yuchan Temple was studying the ruins of the villa, Lu Feng, hidden in the skeletal spire, was leisurely studying the ruins of this villa belonging to the Five Elements Sect.

He wasn't interested in the fight between the two sides. If a real fight broke out, he would definitely help Yuchan Temple, gang up on Chongfu Temple, and never let those bald monks get away with it.

Of course, this did not prevent him from hiding in the shadows and waiting for an opportunity to strike. In any case, none of the Foundation Establishment cultivators above had discovered his whereabouts, so hiding in the shadows to facilitate a sneak attack was the best option.

Before they start fighting, let's see what good things are hidden in the ruins of the Five Elements Sect's villa, which has caused quite a stir.

Lu Feng also saw the five-colored canopy protecting the ruins of this villa and thought it was quite good. He felt that if he could find a way to seize it and refine it into the Bone Spire, it would be a very good defensive formation.

There are designated spots within the mage tower for placing magic arrays; a normal mage tower contains various magic arrays.

It has everything: defense, attack, movement, flight, and spatial confinement.

Lu Feng's Bone Spire should have been equipped with a large number of magic arrays, but he used the Talisman House technique from the cultivation world to refine the mage tower, replacing some of the magic arrays with the magical artifact restrictions of the Talisman House technique.

(End of this chapter)