Chapter 2575 - 2573: Luring the Enemy into the Trap
Lady of Mount Li and Little Bai’s group all stopped together, and Jiang Ziya also shielded Huang Feihu at his side, pulling away from them.
He held the Jade Box in his hand, and said to Lady of Mount Li with a face full of righteousness, "Senior Sister, these two are originally people of my Kunlun Mountains. I’m taking them back, acting under orders concerning these two; this is the way of Heaven and the proper path. If you’re not convinced, you can come to Kunlun and reason with Master. We’ll take our leave now!"
He and Huang Feihu mounted the Four-Not-Alike and immediately left this place.
Lady of Mount Li shouted angrily in helplessness, "Jiang Ziya..."
As she opened her mouth, she actually did not know what to curse, just as powerless as during the Deification Catastrophe.
If she hadn’t hidden in the Chaos Void back then, she would have long since met the same great disaster as her other sisters.
Little Bai and the others exchanged glances, knowing that Lady of Mount Li was apprehensive of the Kunlun Mountains.
They immediately took their leave, rushing back to Liangshan Island for reinforcements.
What was supposed to be a proper proposal and gift-offering, they never thought it would turn into such a mess.
On Liangshan Island, Lin Yingying and the others were helping He Tiantian pick the colors for her wedding dress.
Who knew Little Bai and the others would burst in together, wailing toward them, "Mother, hurry and save Big Brother!"
Lin Yingying and the others frowned and asked, "What happened?"
Little Bai and the others quickly recounted everything that had just happened.
As soon as they heard it, their anger surged, and they cursed furiously, "Exposition Sect Traitors, in our past life you bullied us until our whole Sect was wiped out, and in this life you still want to do the same?"
Lin Shanshan had already summoned her sword, and said to her two elder sisters, "What are we waiting for, send troops to the Kunlun Mountains and hurry to rescue them!"
Wang Xiaoya stopped her and said, "Our husband has gone out and not yet returned, we can’t act rashly!"
Lin Yingying analyzed, "From what Jiang Ziya said just now, he deliberately only captured the Kylin and Zixuan. Though these two both come from the Kunlun Mountains, what exactly is his purpose in doing this?"
Wang Xiaoya said, "Exactly, many a spirit-beast has come out of the Kunlun Mountains; could it be they want to drag all of them back?"
Lin Shanshan said anxiously, "Why worry about all that, that old bastard clearly harbors ill intent. If we’re late by even a step, the Kylin and the others will be that much more in danger."
Lin Yingying ordered, "Third Sister is right; no matter what the situation is, we must go over immediately and win some time for the Kylin and the others."
The four Little Bai spoke in unison, "Mother, we’re going too!"
He Tiantian was so anxious she cried out, "I’m going too!"
Lin Yingying instructed her, "You stay at home and wait. When your Uncle Dragon comes back, tell him about this immediately, and let him come to the Kunlun Mountains to help."
This matter was of great importance; she told He Tiantian not to speak of it outside for now, and that only the few of them would go forward.
Kunlun Mountains, the boundary line between the Southern Observation Continent and the Western Cow Hee Continent.
Past the Kunlun Mountains, going west one would reach the territory of the Western Buddha Country.
The Immortal Realm’s territory was vast; if one were not a True Immortal, to walk from Liangshan Island to the Kunlun Mountains, who knew in what year or month one could arrive.
The three of Lin Yingying, carrying Little Bai and the others, sped westward through the air, like streaks of flowing light cutting across the Void.
Even so, by the time they reached the Kunlun Mountains it was already dusk.
The setting sun sank in the west, shrouding this Divine Mountain.
The main peak, over a hundred and several tens of thousands of meters high, stood like the backbone of the earth upon this land.
Its summit was covered in ice and snow, connected with the clouds in the sky.
"That should be where the Jade Void Palace is located!"
Little Xuan divined the heavenly secrets and had already seen the afterimages of Jiang Ziya and Huang Feihu passing by.
Wang Xiaoya asked Lin Yingying, "The Kunlun Mountains are Yuanshi Celestial Venerable’s Dao Field, with countless disciples and cultivators under him. If we charge in right now, we’ll be forming a life-and-death enmity with the Exposition Sect."
Lin Yingying said, "With the Catastrophe descending, we’re already unable to escape it; forming enmity now is no different from forming it later."
Lin Shanshan’s eyes blazed with anger as she said, "In our previous life, it was Martial Uncle who was ruthless, flaunting his seniority, ignoring the hierarchy, and personally struck us down. Master, constrained by the Heavenly Dao of Divine Enthronement, couldn’t help us, and let him kill as he pleased. Now is no longer the time of Divine Enthronement; if he dares make a move, Master will surely step in to help."
Kirin Cliff, the Three-Treasure Jade Ruyi, and the Primordial Unity Jade Box were the instruments of tribulation for the three sisters.
Their resentment toward the Kunlun Mountains was different from that of others.
"Up the mountain!"
With a single command from Lin Yingying, she led Little Bai and the others as they stepped forward together, entering the territory of the Kunlun Mountains.
The domain here was exceedingly powerful; due to the influence of the Formation on the mountaintop, within three thousand li there were no birds, beasts, insects, or ants.
Ordinary people coming here would be pressed down by the mountain’s domain with each step, and after only a few steps they’d faint on the ground.
This was a Saint’s Dao Field; one could see Purple Qi suffusing the sky from afar.
Because the Spiritual Energy was too abundant, even in this arid land whole mountains of forest had grown.
One green tree after another, with the tallest over three hundred meters high.
After Jiang Ziya captured the Little Kirin and Zixuan and brought them back, he and Huang Feihu rode the Four-Not-Alike down from the sky.
He opened the Primordial Unity Jade Box, released the Little Kirin and Zixuan, bound the two of them with the Immortal Binding Rope, and had people hang them on the sacrificial platform of the Martial Arts Field.
Huang Feihu asked Jiang Ziya somewhat discontentedly, "Senior Brother, why not just kill these two juniors directly, and instead leave them alive?"
Jiang Ziya stroked his beard and laughed, "Cultivators who don’t talk strategy and only know killing and fighting— with these two people here, we can draw the enemy here without end. This place has our Kunlun Mountains’ Slaying Immortal Great Formation; however many of these thieves come, that many we can slaughter."
Huang Feihu’s face was filled with astonishment. "Slaying Immortal Great Formation? Isn’t that the Sect of Severance’s Formation?"
Jiang Ziya said, "During the Divine Enthronement, this Formation was set up by the Sky-reaching Hierarch. But after Master led people to break the Formation, he seized their Four Swords of Slaying Immortals and stored them upon the Kunlun Mountains. Before I left, I already had people set them up in the four directions. If the thieves dare come, even that Eastern Emperor won’t leave here alive."
Huang Feihu considered it and said, "Doesn’t this Formation need to be used together with a Formation Diagram? Without the Diagram, having only the four swords—is it reliable?"
Jiang Ziya sighed, "Back then Master invited the two Saints, Zhunti and Jie Yin, to jointly break the Formation. Amid the chaos in the Formation, the four swords were respectively taken by Senior Brother Jade Tripod, Senior Brother Dao Xing, Senior Brother Guang Chengzi, and Senior Brother Chi Jinzi. Unfortunately we only obtained the swords and not the Formation Diagram. However, Master has already reconstructed the Diagram and refined it anew with Magical Treasures; its power should be no different from the original Formation Diagram."
Huang Feihu clapped his hands and praised, "Excellent, excellent, excellent. With these four swords of Heavenly Dao’s slaughter as our aid, the great hatred of my sons can be avenged. That wild demon can no longer run rampant, bringing disaster to the Three Realms."
Jiang Ziya stroked his beard and said, "Exactly so. The Jade Emperor handles matters poorly, so we must step forward. This Catastrophe should still be dominated by us Exposition Sect Disciples. Otherwise, our Exposition Sect will face great calamity."
Huang Feihu said, "Naturally it should be dominated by us. We are a righteous and reputable Sect, acting on behalf of Heaven, never overstepping. Unlike those Demonic Spirits and evil paths who provoke karma everywhere; they should indeed be slaughtered clean by us so as to pass through this Killing Tribulation."
Jiang Ziya’s gaze turned cold as he said, "Exactly so. When the Killing Tribulation descends, if you don’t kill others, others will kill you. As long as we can preserve the Exposition Sect’s foundation, any Sect and any Dao Fruit can be sacrificed."