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Chapter 23: Wuzhuang Temple! Diverting Misfortune to the East!

“Almost there!”

Yuan Lian’s Divine Sense locked on to the destination, and the distance was only tens of millions of miles away.

Behind him, Taoist Five Elements and Xuan Chen’s terrifying murderous intent locked onto his back.

‘They finally caught up.’

After being outsmarted before, the two had reached a consensus, and they would use all their strength to stop Mu Gong again.

If one of them was seriously injured, the other would definitely help with all his strength and share the treasures together.

They swore in the name of the Dao, and if they violated it, they would suffer a flaw in their Daoism.

Wuzhuang Temple.

Zhen Yuanzi was sitting and discussing the Dao with his friend Hong Yun, but suddenly, he raised his head; his eyes crossed the endless mountains and rivers and looked into the extreme distance.

“There are cultivators fighting, and they are coming this way,” Zhen Yuanzi said with deep eyes and a tone that was neither fast nor slow.

“Could it be another ferocious beast?” Hong Yun hurriedly asked.

No one knew when it started, but suddenly there were many fierce beasts in Heaven and Earth.

They have no spirit or wisdom; they only know about destruction. Wherever the beasts go, the world is devastated.

The ferocious beast is an existence corroded by the Laws of the Chaos Demon God, and its aura is incompatible with the Primordial World.

Even Wuzhuang Temple has been attacked by fierce beasts several times.

“Regardless, let’s go; let’s go and have a look together. The visitor is not kind!” Zhen Yuanzi shook his head.

Before he finished speaking, Zhen Yuanzi stepped forward and stood tall in the sky.

Hong Yun followed closely behind, at his side.

Sure enough, within a few breaths, they saw a stream of light coming straight at them.

“Activate!”

Zhen Yuanzi unfolded his sleeves lightly, and the Innate Earth Formation had already been opened.

“I am Zhen Yuanzi. Fellow Daoist, why do you forcibly break into my dojo?”

Zhen Yuanzi’s voice was very calm, but the voice was easily heard by Yuan Lian, who was thousands of miles away.

“Zhen Yuanzi! It’s really… amazing!”

Yuan Lian was inexplicably surprised when he heard the words; his speed became faster and faster, and he rushed up without saying a word.

“Fellow Daoist, if there is a fight, look elsewhere to resolve it, otherwise don’t blame the Poor Daoist for being rude!”

When Zhen Yuanzi saw that Yuan Lian was still rushing forward without saying a word, he felt slightly angry.

Thousands of miles were crossed in an instant, and Yuan Lian could even feel the endless coercion from the majestic formation in front of him.

“If you come toward us again, don’t blame me for launching an attack!” Zhen Yuanzi’s eyes flashed with killing intent.

Yuan Lian still didn’t speak; instead, he directly called out the World Purifying White Lotus Platform and crashed into the Innate Earth Formation like a shooting star.

“Reckless fellow!”

Zhen Yuanzi didn’t say much anymore and immediately used his spirit energy to kill Yuan Lian.

But at the moment when Yuan Lian was about to hit the big formation, he spoke.

“Fellow Daoist Zhen Yuanzi, the two people behind are going to snatch your Top-grade Innate Spiritual Root, the Ginseng Fruit Tree!”

Zhen Yuanzi was taken aback and looked at Yuan Lian in disbelief. ‘How could he know that the Ginseng Fruit Tree is here?’

BOOM!!

But in just that moment, Yuan Lian blasted directly into the formation.

The formation automatically counterattacked, and the violent Innate Essence of Earth made Yuan Lian spill blood. However, under the protection of the World Purifying White Lotus Platform, and taking advantage of Zhen Yuanzi’s momentary distraction, he broke in.

Without the slightest hesitation, Yuan Lian immediately hid in Penglai Immortal Island, fully activated the Innate Concealment Array, turned into a particle of dust, and hid in the void, cutting off all contact from outside the formation.

This set of operations was very smooth.

Seeing that Yuan Lian had disappeared, Zhen Yuanzi finally came to his senses and looked at his friend, who was also astonished beside him, with a wry smile.

Zhen Yuanzi shook his head helplessly, forced himself to suppress the doubts in his heart, and looked at the two Innate Sacred Beings approaching menacingly.

“Zhen Yuanzi! Hong Yun!” Wu Xing and Xuan Chen looked at each other, both seeing the fear in each other’s eyes.

‘Damn it, why did I come to the junction of East and West without knowing it?’

They knew that Zhen Yuanzi and Hong Yun were in the same area after all; even if they were not very familiar with each other, they had heard some stories about them.

And the reason why Zhen Yuanzi and Hong Yun are so famous is that they once had a battle with Qiong Qi, the King of Beasts occupying the West.

Although they didn’t know the specific situation, Qiong Qi retreated in the end, and Zhen Yuanzi and Hong Yun were also safe and sound.

Thus, the names of these two top powerhouses become famous.

Just when Wu Xing and Xuan Chen felt troubled, Zhen Yuanzi spoke up.

“I am Daoist Zhen Yuanzi, and this is Fellow Daoist Hong Yun. Who are these two Fellow Daoists?”

Zhen Yuanzi made a bow, and Hong Yun also nodded.

“I am the Taoist of the Five Elements.”

“Taoist Xuan Chen.”

The two returned the greeting; both of them were in the Late-stage of the Golden Immortal Realm, so they didn’t dare to act arrogantly.

“Oh, it turns out to be the famous Fellow Daoist Five Elements and Fellow Daoist Xuan Chen, known for the Dao of Time.”

Zhen Yuanzi rarely travelled abroad, so he didn’t know them well.

But Hong Yun is different. He has been wandering around the Primordial World all year round, so he naturally knows them.

“I don’t know why the two Fellow Daoists are here?”

Although he didn’t quite believe what Yuan Lian said, Zhen Yuanzi was still fully alert to avoid being forced into the formation again.

“Fellow Daoists, the cultivator called Mu Gong is evil. He killed my friend Li Yuan and took away his Spirit Treasure. It is a heinous crime.”

Taoist Wu Xing spoke first, and then Xuan Chen continued:

“That’s right, for a mere Spiritual Treasure, he brutally killed Fellow Daoist Li Yuan, who was also an Innate Sacred Being. I have evidence to show the two Fellow Daoists about this matter.”

“We also request Fellow Daoist to open the formation and let us enter and take away the evil cultivator. I promise that I will never damage the dojo of Fellow Daoist.”

Wu Xing added to Xuan Chen’s words.

Zhen Yuanzi: “…”

Hong Yun: “…”

Zhen Yuanzi was speechless, and Hong Yun couldn’t help but laugh.

Regardless of whether what the Taoist of the Five Elements and Xuan Chen said is true or not…

But at the very least, Zhen Yuanzi knew that he had been cheated.

Taoist Wu Xing and Xuan Chen didn’t know about the Top-grade Innate Spiritual Root, the Ginseng Fruit Tree.

But when you’re wronged, you really are wronged!

But what left Zhen Yuanzi speechless was that he really had a Ginseng Fruit Tree!

It is impossible to open the formation. Even Hong Yun knows this, so neither could laugh nor cry.

What is this called?

Sitting at home, calamity falls from the heavens!

Zhen Yuanzi had to swallow the bitter pill in silence; he shook his head and said:

“The two Fellow Daoists are wrong. There is no one named Mu Gong in my dojo.”

“…”

This time, not only Taoist Wu Xing and Xuan Chen, but even Hong Yun looked at Zhen Yuanzi with a calm face in surprise.

The Five Elements Taoist and Xuan Chen got angry.

‘Do you think we are blind?’

‘Why is our IQ humiliated so much?’

“Anyway, I haven’t seen anyone now, so no one has been here.”

Facing the gazes of the three, Zhen Yuanzi stared back calmly, silently persuading himself in his heart.

Xuan Chen took a deep breath, stepped forward, and said:

“Fellow Daoist, what I said is true. If you don’t believe me, you can take a look at the Time Image of the evil cultivator killing a Fellow Daoist.”

As he said this, Xuan Chen was going to activate the Spirit Treasure to reproduce the scene, but was directly interrupted by Zhen Yuanzi.

“I believe it, but… this cultivator is really no longer in my dojo. The two Fellow Daoists might as well look for him elsewhere.”

Wu Xing and Xuan Chen were overjoyed when they heard Zhen Yuanzi say he believed it, but when they heard the word “but,” they felt bad.

Really!

They saw with their own eyes that guy rushing into the formation and then hiding in the formation, yet Zhen Yuanzi wants them to look elsewhere?

“Fellow Daoist, for insulting us like this, isn’t it too easy to talk about being a Deity?”

The Taoist of the Five Elements was furious, and the Five Elements Killing Swords came out all at once, full of evil spirits.

Xuan Chen was also very angry and immediately used spirit energy on his Spirit Treasure Compass, trying to attack.

“Oh, the two Fellow Daoists want to do something?” Zhen Yuanzi clapped his palm, and a Hunyuan Whisk appeared in his palm. (Or “Earthly Whisk”).

“Come and fight!”

Hong Yun was also holding a sword that was as bright as a red cloud, the Acquired Middle-grade Spirit Treasure, the Fire Cloud Sword, which he refined himself.

Although…

Of course, he had to help his friends in fighting; is it even questionable?

(End of this chapter)

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