Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 27 Each Takes a Step Back

Although there were more than ten supreme beings present, most of them remained silent, and the actual negotiations were implicitly led by the Old Man of Fortune who arrived first and the Celestial Venerable of Longevity who came later.

The Old Man of Fortune was gentle in nature and had good relations with all the forbidden zones, thus often mediating conflicts between the Supreme Beings. Hundreds of thousands of years ago, the Underworld caused a calamity involving corpses, which angered the Celestial Venerable Lingbao, who then used his sword to suppress the Underworld, leading to numerous frictions.

At that time, he persuaded Lingbao while awakening the Underworld Lord, successfully stabilizing the situation and facilitating a peace between the two sides.

The Celestial Venerable of Longevity was one of the most renowned legendary figures of the mythological era. The reputation of the "Secret of the One" goes without saying, and many supreme beings have benefited from some of the longevity methods he researched.

Moreover, Liang Yu not only received part of his inheritance and the secret of the character "者", but also had a pleasant conversation with him, so they could be considered to have some friendship.

These two are indeed the most suitable people to come and negotiate.

Liang Yu's sudden attack on Kunlun Immortal Shadow startled the Supreme Beings, but also angered them. As Zhulong had said, Liang Yu's actions were indeed quite disrespectful.

But they were helpless. Not to mention their avatars, even if these dozen or so supreme beings came in their true forms, they couldn't stop Liang Yu, who was wielding the Desolate Tower.

Zhulong was consumed by rage, and the celestial bell above his head shone with divine light. The bell's sound gradually rose, and runes of laws appeared.

He gritted his teeth and said, "Wuji, how dare you make a move in front of so many fellow Daoists? Do you want to make enemies of all the forbidden zones of life?"

Not to be outdone, Liang Yu once again manifested nine ancient immortals on the nine-story body of the desolate pagoda.

He sneered, "I just wanted an explanation from your Kunlun clan about the snake attack on me. Not only did you refuse, you also wanted to fight me. Do you think I'm someone to be trifled with?"

"Now, you're dragging other fellow cultivators into your every word, trying to sow discord. I see no sincerity in you whatsoever."

"Or are you just trying to incite other fellow cultivators to fight me, and you have no intention of ending the war at all?"

Zhulong sneered, "Fellow Daoists, you all have your own judgment. You know perfectly well who lacks sincerity."

Seeing that the situation was about to get out of control, they could only turn their attention to the Celestial Venerable of Longevity and the Elder of Fortune, hoping that they would speak up and negotiate.

The old man Fude stepped forward and stood between Liang Yu and Kunlun Xianying, saying, "Everyone, please calm down. Continuing will only deepen the hatred, and most importantly, it will not yield any results. It will also damage the universe."

The Celestial Venerable of Longevity continued, "Fellow Daoists, please hold your fire. Fellow Daoist Fude is right. If you continue fighting, it will be difficult to determine a result, and you may even both be severely injured. The path to immortality will open in a few hundred thousand years. At this time, we should restrain ourselves and not be swayed by momentary impulses, lest we do something we will definitely regret."

He was somewhat helpless. He had gained some insights from the Daoist discussions a few days ago and originally intended to go into seclusion to digest them before continuing his slumber until the unknown path to immortality would open tens of thousands of years later.

Unexpectedly, before the retreat even began, such a grand scene occurred, so the retreat could not continue.

With their persuasion, Liang Yu and Zhulong's attitudes softened considerably.

"Fellow Daoist Wuji, fellow Daoists of Kunlun Immortal Mountain, please reconsider." The other Supreme Beings echoed this sentiment.

Seeing that the attitudes of both sides had softened somewhat through persuasion, the old man continued, "It's better to resolve enmity than to perpetuate it. You are all outstanding individuals, why be so stubborn? In my opinion, it would be better to turn hostility into friendship and each give way a little, wouldn't that be better?" Zhulong was about to retort when he heard a voice transmission whisper, "Fellow Daoist, patience brings peace, and retreat opens up a vast sky. He is currently at the height of his power, so we should avoid his sharp edge. When his life force weakens, or he cuts himself, we will have a chance to settle our karmic debts. If he doesn't cut himself, he will pass away in a few tens of thousands of years at most, and then the karmic debts will naturally be gone. The path to immortality is near; I hope you will understand the importance of this matter."

Zhulong took a deep breath; he knew the person who transmitted the message was right. If Liang Yu didn't stop, their Kunlun Immortal Mountain wouldn't be able to withstand more than a few battles.

In fact, Liang Yu could wear them down simply by constantly harassing them.

Whenever Liang Yu attacks, they will have to use the Kunlun Immortal Array to form the Kunlun Immortal Shadow. However, maintaining and using this state is very costly, and it is difficult for the few of them who have severed their Supreme Beings to sustain the operation of the Immortal Array for a long time and to engage in a major battle.

With this shift in power, if Liang Yu were to engage them in battle every few days, the five self-severed supreme beings would soon be worn down to their death, while Liang Yu himself would likely not suffer any fundamental harm.

Unless they directly clash with Liang Yu and the five supreme beings ascend together, Kunlun Immortal Shadow might indeed be able to kill Liang Yu at that time.

However, if Liang Yu chooses to stall for time instead of engaging them in direct combat, even if they are stronger, he may not be able to defeat them and will most likely be worn down.

Moreover, exchanging five for one seems like a huge loss. Supreme beings who are capable of self-mutilation are generally very conscious of their lives; how could they possibly do such a thing?

Thinking this, Zhulong gritted his teeth and said, "Since Fellow Daoist Fude has said so, then I have no choice but to agree. It is only natural that Huashe was killed after ambushing Wuji. Kunlun will naturally do its best to compensate. I wonder what Wuji wants?"

Liang Yu said, "Do you have a fairy pool in your Kunlun Immortal Mountain? Give me ten thousand catties of fairy liquid first, and then give me some kinds of fairy gold, and I will forgive you."

Upon hearing this, Zhulong immediately used his Enlightened Heart to extinguish his anger.

He said in a cold voice, "Fellow Daoist Wuji is joking. My Kunlun Immortal Mountain is not an Immortal Realm, how could I possibly have so much?"

The Celestial Venerable of Immortality closed his eyes and remained silent. Since Liang Yu did not continue his actions and did not intend to annihilate Kunlun Immortal Mountain now, his mission was complete.

As for what he might ask for, the Celestial Venerable of Eternal Life didn't care at all. After all, these were all external possessions, utterly worthless compared to his own life.

Seeing the attitude of the Celestial Venerable of Longevity, the old man Fude sighed inwardly and stepped forward, saying, "Fellow Daoist Wuji, I visited Kunlun Immortal Mountain more than a million years ago and exchanged some immortal liquid with Fellow Daoist Bai Ze to prolong my life. I can testify that there is indeed not much immortal liquid in the immortal mountain."

Liang Yu smiled slightly and said, "In that case, how about we ask Fellow Daoist Fude to offer some advice to the fellow Daoists of Kunlun?"

The old man Fude turned and approached the Kunlun Immortal Shadow, whispering, "Fellow Daoists, since Fellow Daoist Wuji has already agreed, I think we should give him some immortal liquid."

Zhulong sighed, "It's not that I don't want to give it, but Kunlun doesn't have much left. My ancient star Kunlun has been almost completely destroyed this time, and I need to keep some immortal liquid to rebuild it; moreover, we and the immortal bell have suffered serious injuries and need immortal liquid to recover."

The old man continued, “Fellow Daoist Wuji isn’t an unreasonable person. Just give him everything else, and he will surely understand your difficulties. Although the Kunlun Immortal Liquid is produced very slowly, it can still accumulate quite a bit over hundreds of thousands of years. For us, time is both the most valuable and the least valuable thing. As long as it doesn’t delay our path to immortality, these things are insignificant.”

Zhulong nodded reluctantly. After all, the immortal elixir they had accumulated in Kunlun was going to be used up today, which meant their margin for error had greatly decreased.

As for immortal gold, the two didn't discuss it. Because as long as the amount wasn't too excessive, they could still scrape together enough to forge just one weapon. Of course, the main reason was that immortal gold wasn't a necessity for them.

(End of this chapter)