Chapter 814 - 317: Kill That Man Who Cares for All (Part 2)
And the last time Celestial Venerable Zizai returned to the world, it wasn’t for the matter of Celestial Venerable Mihua, but for... Fu Manman.
This detail was very clear to both Celestial Venerable Shangli and Celestial Venerable Baiyu.
"Laozu not being in this world" is actually the norm.
What to do?
Beads of sweat mixed with blood were already trickling down from Celestial Venerable Shangli’s forehead. Even he wasn’t sure how much longer this body could hold out; it might explode at any moment.
What to do?
This time, he left in too much haste, without any hands or treasures to handle the situation.
Celestial Venerable Shangli nearly ground his teeth to pieces,
"Quick... find the nearby Tribulation Immortals to assist."
Celestial Venerable Baiyu smiled bitterly and said,
"Shangli... don’t you know that this sea region is the farthest from land?"
The Kongshan Sea Region, no matter from which direction it’s measured, is the farthest place from land. The closest East Continent, even with the usual leg strength of Tribulation Immortals, would take at least half a month to reach without a teleportation array.
Many times in the past, Celestial Venerable Shangli felt that this world was too small, as he stood atop the White Jade Capital and could easily see everything.
But now, he felt this world was truly too large; once leaving White Jade Capital, he was insignificantly small, like a speck of dust.
Celestial Venerable Shangli’s face was shrouded in a kind of radiance, which could also be said to be a misty dust, as he stared ahead at the Cosmic Forbidden Area,
"Baiyu, do you think... using all that I have could earn us their time for rescue?"
"Shangli, what are you planning to do?" Celestial Venerable Baiyu felt uneasy, "No matter what you’re thinking, please calm down. Your current state is practically a demonic obsession."
As he spoke, he performed a Dao Technique, summoning nearby Tribulation Immortals.
The vast sea only answered them with silence. In the vast majority of times past, the Kongshan Sea Region was a no-man’s-land... The warriors of the Fallen Immortal Land here were also those most likely to lose their Dao hearts.
"Shangli!"
Suddenly, Celestial Venerable Baiyu felt the reckless surge of Dao intent, and upon closer inspection, it turned out to be Celestial Venerable Shangli burning his own Formless and Bodiless Intent.
"Stop, stop it now!"
He was terrified, sweating profusely. Formless and Bodiless Intent was what Celestial Venerable Shangli had spent his entire life cultivating; if it were to burn, it would be no different from never having lived at all. He was well aware of how many roles Shangli had played in the mortal world for this Dao intent before becoming the Little Freedom Official.
It was precisely because Shangli emerged from among various people that he could become the Alliance Leader of White Jade Capital in the world when the members of Three Elders Pavilion were not present.
Celestial Venerable Baiyu had never seen Shangli in such a miserable state, as if the thousand years of pressure had finally crushed him.
Celestial Venerable Baiyu wanted to stop him, but the burning Dao intent of Shangli made it impossible for him to get close for even a moment.
"Why..." he could only ask in frustration.
Shangli said,
"The duty of White Jade Capital is to protect the world; my duty is to protect White Jade Capital. No matter what, I cannot let White Jade Capital suffer humiliation... I have already disappointed Laozu once, and I do not want to see her gaze, indifferent enough to make me tremble, again."
"Laozu just... doesn’t care about these things." Celestial Venerable Baiyu spoke with some pain. Based on seniority, Celestial Venerable Shangli was one of his teachers, his Guardian. Although he often called him by name directly, he respected this elder from the bottom of his heart.
He knew very well how much Shangli had sacrificed for White Jade Capital.
Shangli looked up at the sky, "I am so insignificant, and my lifelong wish is simply for Laozu to look at me directly."
Zizai Ancestor was Shangli’s idol, this was known to Baiyu.
The reason he chose to become the Little Freedom Official instead of the easier Little Leisurely Official was also for Zizai Ancestor.
This was like farewell words, shaking Baiyu’s heart.
Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly became excited,
"Shangli, wait! Someone has responded to us! And many! One, two, three... seventy-four! Seventy-four Tribulation Immortals are rushing here! And they’re fast! Shangli, stop your hand, they’ll be here soon!"
Celestial Venerable Shangli asked in shock,
"How can there be so many Tribulation Immortals nearby? Where did they come from?"
Baiyu’s pupils suddenly trembled, laughing dryly as he said,
"Just the surrounding sea region. So, don’t rush to sacrifice yourself, Shangli. It’s not that time yet! White Jade Capital still needs you!"
Celestial Venerable Shangli calmed down and stopped burning his Dao intent.
At dawn, dozens of arcs crossed the horizon. They seemed to be drawn by a great force, and in short... this speed was not something an ordinary Tribulation Immortal could display.
However, when their faces were revealed, Celestial Venerable Shangli felt an unprecedented humiliation.
Because,
these seventy-four Tribulation Immortals were all Great Feng Immortal and Feng Immortals from East Continent He Yue Village!
He turned his head, growling lowly as he asked Baiyu,
"You knew they were from He Yue Village?"
Celestial Venerable Baiyu smiled bitterly and said,
"If I had said they were from He Yue Village, would you have stopped?"
He understood his elder’s character well enough. Better to die than to be helped by "enemies."
Gu Lan came up to them, wasting no words,
"The situation has been understood. Celestial Venerable Shangli, please take a bit of rest. Your body and soul are at their limits."
After saying that, she deployed the Evolutionary Dao to stabilize Celestial Venerable Shangli’s state.
Then, swiftly commanded the He Yue Village group to use various Dao methods to form a huge array, forcibly locking this space. Once the space stabilized, like a Divine Maiden offering rain, she moved gracefully past the massive group of True Demons, her elegant and beautiful posture seemingly merging with the natural world.