Daoist Master of Qing Xuan

The white ape’s violent Qi dynamic was like the howling wind and torrential rain; like the rocks wrecking the clouds.

Under the attack of the terrifying Qi dynamic, Shen Lian’s Dao robe merely fluttered a little. His cold eyes were like an abyss, there was no motion seen at all.

However, the deep small stream behind the gigantic ape was rising continuously and there appeared many Yin spirits which looked almost identical to the person dressed in white on the bottomless boat.

Shen Lian could definitely recognize such Yin spirits. Back in the past before he entered Qing Xuan, he had encountered this spirit-summoning messenger dressed in white in a river and his spirit was almost taken away. Fortunately, the grandmaster Ziling had saved his life and thus, he was able to escape this trial. Otherwise, there might not even be the Shen Lian of today.

It seemed like the white ape’s odd change had broken some rules which made these Yin spirits appear. Then, the heaven and earth were filled with a type of Yin energy from Netherworld.

The Qi of vitality in the Netherworld was already in excess of Yin, now it felt colder and stranger. Ordinary people would assume that the weather had turned cold. Only those with profound cultivation experience could feel that there was a gradual change in the rules of the world. The spirits of those who had died were supposed to dissipate quickly between the heaven and earth. However, now that it was infected by the cold and strange vital force, the dissipating spirits’ wills began to stop dissipating.

In Bi You Palace, Lady Mother of the Chariot looked startled when the power of the Register of Life and Death strengthened rapidly in this tide of cold and strange vital force. It was even suppressing her divine power.

“Rama, you’ve to settle the trouble that your ape has caused,” Lady Mother of the Chariot’s voice penetrated through countless of space to arrive at a mysterious space by the Blood Sea. There were mountains, pagodas and also Bodhi Buddhist ray.

Rama was exactly the name of the monk by the Blood Sea. There were only a few people in the Netherworld who knew about that and the Lady Mother of the Chariot was definitely one of them.

“You can’t blame it. Who’d have thought that the person would put his evil intentions on Hanuman? Is it still not enough for him after messing things up in Nine Underworlds once?” A Buddhist chant penetrated through the void and responded to the Lady Mother of the Chariot

It seemed like Rama tried to avoid saying the name of the existence. He only used “that person” and “he” as a replacement.

The Lady Mother of the Chariot stopped talking. The Register of Life and Death had been taking good care of her, especially. Now that there was a significant increase in its power, the stress she felt was thirty percent more than before.

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The gigantic ape held its spiritual stick which was like an enormous pillar that could support the entire sky and broke through the clouds in the sky. When it tried to swing the stick, instantly, the wind was blowing and the clouds were scudding. Then, it furiously struck using its stick, targeting was Shen Lian.

At this moment, there was still no change in Shen Lian’s still expression. He slowly lifted his hand and there was a sword which had the pattern of a fishing rod piercing the world-shaking stick suddenly.

Shen Lian’s swordcraft seemed to have advanced to the next level upon completing the Killing Sword. The momentum of this sword was not as majestic as before. However, there was an indescribable feeling about the moment when he struck using his sword. His expression seemed like those fishermen whose fishes had taken the bait and he was making the last movement to pull back the bait.

The invincible world-shaking strike seemed like a fish which had taken the bait. The tip of the fishing-rod-like Killing Sword made a vibration which looked like it was narrating about the abstruse and deep meanings of the universe. Later on, a white ray was emitted at the point when the tip of the sword and the stick intertwined. The void seemed like a quiet surface of water whereby a stone dropped into it and there were ripples forming at the rate which could be seen by naked eye.

The layers of ripples of the space was a terrifying power that could send a chill down the spine of any land immortals. If they were unguarded, this power could make their bodies and spirits completely vanished.

The ripples had finally spread to the whole gigantic spiritual stick which caused it to rapidly dispel. The gigantic ape howled in pain and it was as though there was a thunderstorm.

The fact that even if there was a change that had happened to the gigantic ape, it was still incomparable to Shen Lian and this fact was verified at that very moment of time.

Initially, Shen Lian wanted to just capture it and then solved the matter regarding the Yin spirits. However, he suddenly felt agitated.

A violet gold alms bowl flew out from the pagoda which Rama was located at and crossed countless of space and suddenly appeared in the sky, reaching directly above the gigantic ape’s head. It emitted unlimited golden rays which shielded the ape. In a blink of an eye, before the fierce and cruel gigantic ape could even launch an attack towards Shen Lian, it kept shrinking in size and finally entered the violet gold alms bowl.

It was followed by a Buddhist ray which was shining over the heaven and earth. The Yin spirits which were initially coming together seemed like they were melting. In the end, all of the spirits looked like they finally got their freedom and disappeared from the world. However, the cold and strange vital force was still there and even the Buddhist ray could not help with it.

“Dear benefactor, this animal had been with me for a long time and I didn’t expect that it’d escape when I wasn’t alert and thus, it’d made such a big mess. Now I’m keeping it into the alms bowl that Buddha had once used and suppressed under the pagoda. Hopefully, by using Dharma, it can resolve the evil intentions within it. If you have any more doubts, you can come to the Blood Sea to look for me. I’m Rama, the old monk. I’d definitely say all I know and say it without reserve. ” The monk’s tone was filled with anxiety. As for the violet gold alms bowl, it seemed to not be able to completely constrain the white ape, there was a change in its shape.

In the end, there was a piercing sound in the sky and the ritual bowl crossed the space and returned back to the pagoda where the monk was at.

The turmoil which happened to the Qi of heaven and earth subsided quickly. When Shen Lian looked forward, all he saw was the calm river and the bottomless boat was still there but without the spirit-summoning messenger.

It was the second time that Shen Lian met Rama, the monk. The techniques of Taiyi State was really unpredictable. At least Shen Lian felt that he would not be able to pacify what happened just now in such a casual way.

Something was really different about the white ape after the happening of the odd change on it. There was a terrifying vital force hidden in its body that could make it unscrupulous and also brutal. However, that had brought about an indescribable longing in it. It seemed like the vital force represented the breakthrough of the plight and a gain of indescribable freedom.

The evil intentions which Rama mentioned might be the vital force.

If Rama was aware that Shen Lian could realize all these, he would be really shocked at the acuity of Shen Lian’s Primordial Spirit.

A monk’s words were still so sincere after all. However, Shen Lian did not plan to go to the Blood Sea to look for him. After all, the troubles he had to face were already more than enough.

Rama was definitely very powerful but his movement was still restricted in the Netherworld. This showed that the water in this world was very deep.

Thankfully, he did not face all these alone. Although Chen Jianmei could not get out of the Asura Blood Sea, Shen Lian believed that sooner or later, Chen Jianmei would be able to help him. Just like how he would be able to help him one day too.

This habit of helping and protecting each other in the same sect was most probably the true meaning behind the orthodoxy left by the Founding Master Yuanqing.

There were only so many immortals in the River of Time. Only by helping and protecting each other in the same sect, they could walk a further journey to get the uncertain detachment.

Shen Lian left those emotions behind and looked to the front. After losing the spirit-summoning messenger, the bottomless boat quietly floated on the surface of the stream, looking surreptitious.

There seemed to be a demonic voice rushing Shen Lian to get up to the bottomless boat. By doing so, he could be taken to a place that everyone desired to be.

Shen Lian almost took a step forward but in the end, he only scoffed and said, “Can I get to the other side of heaven after riding on you?”

The bottomless boat was speechless, and the water drowned in complete silence.

Shen Lian said, “No I can’t get there.”

Then, he turned around and did not stop at all. His body and spirit vanished in between heaven and earth.

The bottomless boat gradually changed its shape and transformed into a divine sculpture. It disappeared together with the entire river. There seemed to be a faint sigh heard between the heaven and earth, accompanied by regret and dissatisfaction.