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Novel: [The Primordial Law]
Volume 4: [Shuangsheng Dao Sect (Twin Rice Sect)]
Chapter 151 (406): [The Six Thoughts Divine Mind Curse]
(151st of Volume 4)
Translator: Shadow Knight AK
Editor: Shadow Knight AK
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"This journey is extremely dangerous, fraught with the unpredictable. Won't you reconsider?" Zen Hai Guanwu asked, her voice tinged with surprise.
"I've considered it for a long time. I may understand the dangers even better than you do." Li Weiyi's gaze was resolute.
He detailed the Demon Race and Twin Rice Sect's alliance to attack the Cloud Heaven Immortal Plain, including the involvement of the Nether realm of the Dead and the Demon Kingdom.
He also revealed certain internal affairs within Lingxiao City.
This was a catastrophic crisis, a perfect storm of internal and external threats.
Enemies surrounded them on all sides, and victory seemed impossible.
A feast of division had already begun to unfold in the shadows.
Everything of value in the Lingxiao Realm - minerals, True Scriptures, Dao Techniques, spiritual artifacts, Essence Medicine, and even people - was on the menu.
Each faction had its own recipe, eager to gorge themselves until they were bloated and satisfied.
Zen Hai Guanwu remained remarkably calm.
"This aligns closely with our analysis, but the timeline is more urgent than we anticipated. Moreover, I didn't expect them to dare attack the Cloud Heaven Immortal Plain directly. I thought they would first seize the Western Territory to establish a foothold."
"Perhaps the Transcendents within the Imperial Court think the same way," Li Weiyi said, "Without roots, there's no retreat. Failure would come at a devastating cost."
Night fell, silent and still.
The carriage continued its journey, the muddy road rough and bumpy.
Zen Hai Guanwu's true form, having left Li Ling's body, appeared in the pitch-black carriage like a ball of flame.
Li Ling took out a Spirit Platform Blazing Star Stone, placed it in a bone lamp, and hung it on the carriage wall.
Zen Hai Guanwu's aura was restrained.
Dressed in red robes, her black hair shimmered with an otherworldly glow.
She sat cross-legged on the seat, hands clasped in her Ancestral Field, lost in contemplation.
An invisible aura emanated from her, not the kind that suffocates, but a transcendent Dao Resonance, sacred and inviolable, impossible to approach or defile.
If she were a painting, hanging on a wall, she would appear perfectly natural.
Li Weiyi could maintain a calm demeanor in her presence, but he could never fully dispel the sense of reverence and distance.
Facing her, he felt burdened by countless thoughts.
Could he truly ignore her millennia of cultivation, the mountains of corpses and seas of blood beneath her feet?
Could he dismiss her unfathomable mastery of the Martial-Mystic Dao?
She was one of the Transcendents who taught in Lingxiao City, once ruled over three hundred provinces, and had even slain a Martial-Mystic Dao Heavenly Emperor.
"How is your cultivation recovering?" Li Weiyi asked.
Zen Hai Guanwu shook her head gently, "I'm walking a path of cultivation that requires me to rebuild my foundation step by step. Given the current situation, I must complete the Yang Marriage as soon as possible. Otherwise, I'll remain bound by the Law of Life and the order of the Yang Realm, unable to even leave Li Ling's body during the day."
Li Weiyi forced a bitter smile: "This is so sudden!"
"Don't worry, I'm not ready either," Zen Hai Guanwu replied.
[T/N: Hehehe, Yang Marriage (Between an Ancient Heavenly Emperor (Zen Hai Guanwu) and a Dao Seed Realm Martial-Mystic Cultivator (Li Weiyi). Are you ready?]
Li Weiyi turned to the graceful figure beside him.
"Li Ling, this journey to Lingxiao City is fraught with uncertainty. Why don't you return to Li Province first?"
Li Ling rolled her eyes, "If I dared to venture into the Underground Immortal Mansion with Master, why would I fear Lingxiao City?"
Li Weiyi's heart stirred, "Zen Hai Guanwu, what exactly were you doing in the Underground Immortal Mansion? During the chaos of the Monk Corpse's revival, I faintly sensed your Spiritual Qi in the Sacred Heart Layer."
Zen Hai Guanwu sat there like a jade statue of a celestial maiden.
She should have been an unsmiling, awe-inspiring presence, but in front of Li Weiyi, there was a hint of tentative affection in her slight smile.
"Your Master Guan mentioned you. He said he met you and bestowed a chance encounter upon you."
"Master Guan?" Li Weiyi racked his brain, then shook his head.
He hadn't seen Master Guan in the Underground Immortal Mansion.
"Ask him yourself later," Zen Hai Guanwu said.
Zen Hai Guanwu said, "There were two main reasons for going to the Underground Immortal Mansion. First, we needed to find a substance or energy source that can rapidly restore cultivation and combat strength."
"Like the Monk Corpses you mentioned earlier."
"The Monk Corpses of the Ancient Bhagavata Sect, which have been dead for tens of thousands of years, can rapidly recover their cultivation and become incredibly powerful after revival. This is related to certain energy substances found in the Sacred Heart Layer."
"That's why I must had to bring your three Masters with us!"
"Second, I discovered clues in the memories of Wang Zhi and Wang Shouxin. Both had visited the Twin Rice Sect's Main Hall and experienced space teleportation. Space Teleportation Formations are not simple; only a few remnants from the Ancient Bhagavata Sect era remain."
Li Weiyi asked, "So, you deduced then that the Twin Rice Sect's Main Hall might be located within the Underground Immortal Mansion?"
Zen Hai Guanwu nodded and continued, "Actually, the most crucial information I obtained was that the Twin Rice Sect has been searching far and wide for humans with a specific birth chart. They gather these individuals and send them to the Main Hall. Both Wang Zhi and Wang Shouxin participated in this."
"This birth chart belongs to Yu Yao."
Li Weiyi was inwardly shocked.
He immediately recounted the scene from Tang Wanzhou's memory.
In Tang Wanzhou's memory, countless corpses lay piled up like mountains around the altar at the Twin Rice Sect's Main Hall, their blood staining everything red.
"Could it be that those humans sent to the Main Hall are sacrifices for the Rice Ancestors' Gu Curse ritual?" he asked.
Zen Hai Guanwu replied, "I've been to the Sacred Heart Layer, but I didn't reach the place you mentioned. Now that we've pieced together the information we've gathered, most of our questions have been answered."
"Based on the curse fluctuations in the Sacred Heart Layer's space, I believe the curse technique they're using are the Six Thoughts Divine Mind Curse."
"Is it related to the Ancient Heavenly Emperor's Six Thoughts Heart Demon?" Li Weiyi asked.
Zen Hai Guanwu replied, "He created it."
Li Weiyi was puzzled.
He frowned and asked, "How could the Twin Rice Sect possibly know the exact birthdate of someone like the Grand Palace Mistress?"
Zen Hai Guanwu's expression remained calm, but a cold light flickered in her eyes.
"Besides me, no more than three others know. Casting the Six Thoughts Divine Mind Curse requires far more than just a large-scale sacrifice."
Li Weiyi's heart was filled with shock.
He finally realized the true danger that lay ahead in Lingxiao City.
Time was of the essence, so they abandoned the carriage.
After burying the dead spirit coachman, Zen Hai Guanwu and Li Weiyi swiftly made their way to the Cloud Heaven Immortal Plain.
Instead of heading to the nearest Southern Yan Pass, one of the Four Passes, she led him into an ancient and primeval forest.
After passing through a dense forest and a several-mile-wide area of chaotic rocks, a sheer cliff face rose abruptly, piercing the clouds.
Daylight had broken.
Zen Hai Guanwu retreated back into Li Ling's body.
"The Cloud Heaven Immortal Plain couldn't possibly have formed naturally. What's its true origin?" Li Weiyi gazed at the three-colored cliff face, stretching endlessly in both directions, blocking off the entire sky and earth.
"There are many legends, but after countless ages, none can be verified. In truth, the struggle for dominance in the Lingxiao Realm is fundamentally a fight for the Cloud Heaven Immortal Plain. Its cultivation environment and resources far surpass even Xiaoyao Capital."
"The substance added to the Forged Yongquan Coin is an essential ingredient for crafting Hundred-Character Artifacts and Thousand-Character Artifacts.
Only the Cloud Heaven Immortal Plain possesses it in the Lingxiao Realm, and it's incredibly rare in other Life Realms."
"Whoever controls the Cloud Heaven Immortal Plain holds the right to mint coins."
"You mentioned the Six Thoughts Zen Temple earlier. It has an Ancient Immortal Soil Mine. I suspect the Demon Kingdom has been secretly excavating Immortal Soil there underground."
"Whoosh!"
Zen Hai Guanwu stepped forward and gently pressed her palm against the cliff face.
Instantly, a Formation Light Veil, spanning dozens of meters, materialized on the cliff.
Mysterious formation glyphs danced across the veil.
Any Holy Spiritual Master who saw these glyphs would be overwhelmed, too intimidated to touch them, and unable to decipher them.
The slightest misstep could trigger the formation's deadly power, turning them to dust at the cliff's base.
Zen Hai Guanwu showed no fear. Spiritual Light flickered in her brow as she carefully channeled her Psychic Power, layer by layer separating the array glyphs.
The foundation of the Cloud Heaven Immortal Plain's formation was her legacy.
Even after a thousand years of reinforcement by the Imperial Court's Spiritual Masters, the formation glyphs and formation structure still originated from her lineage.
She knew them inside and out, allowing her to open a gap.
Li Weiyi and Zen Hai Guanwu passed through the gap in the formation and ascended to the Cloud Heaven Immortal Plain.
Sunlight bathed the land, and Spiritual Qi surged with boundless energy.
She took a deep breath, a radiant smile spreading across her face.
"What do you want to do most right now?"
"Let's find a place to eat properly and inquire about recent events to plan our next move," Li Weiyi said.
"Agreed."
The two of them hijacked an Exotic Beast Carriage, obtained a Household Register, and used the Transformation Technique to successfully enter Lingxiao City.
Once inside, Zen Hai Guanwu's keen eyes constantly scanned the streets. Whenever she saw an ancient building, she would stop and gaze at it for a long time, trying to piece together the scene with her memories, but always failed.
They didn't go to the Heavenly Pavilion. Li Weiyi felt that the Heavenly Pavilion was somehow unlucky for him; every time he went there, something always went wrong.
They found the most bustling and lively restaurant on the main road not far from the city gate. The restaurant stood at a crossroads, next to the Heavenly Street, over a hundred yards wide.
In the center of the Heavenly Street ran the Imperial Road, reserved for the carriages of Immortal Realm Great Powers.
At noon, the first-floor hall was completely packed, with martial artists above the Five Seas Realm making up the majority of the crowd.
This was highly unusual!
Li Weiyi and Zen Hai Guanwu booked a private room on the third floor with a window view.
He had indulged in a lavish display, hosting a grand feast.
After all, his companion was the former Master of Lingxiao City, a Martial-Mystic prodigy of Martial-Mystic Dao Ancient Heavenly Emperor caliber.
To invite her to dinner, he couldn't be too frugal.
Zen Hai Guanwu ordered only a pot of thousand-year-aged vintage wine.
Various rumors drifted in from the main hall below, escaping neither of their keen ears.
"Snow Sword Tang Court is taking advantage of the chaos! Knowing war in the Western Territory is imminent, they're trying to seize Feng Prefecture."
"Feng Prefecture already has many Heaven's Chosen Daughters from Great Clans who have drunk from the Mother-Child Spring. With women from all over the world converging there, how can the Imperial Court defend it? Countless people will likely open the city gates themselves, cheering to welcome them."
"There's nothing we can do! Tang Wanzhou defeated the Demon Child and seized the Ninefold Demon Tower, gaining the means to neutralize the Mother-Child Spring's threat."
"Rumor has it Tang Wanzhou defeated the Demon Child in just fourteen sword strikes."
"If Li Weiyi is a legendary Psychic Master, then she's a legendary Martial-Mystic Cultivator."
"The greatest talent of the past thousand years, daring to call herself Young Lord in the Northern Territory. The Demon Child was doomed the moment he crossed her path."
Li Weiyi pondered in secret, feeling that Snow Sword Tang Court's actions were forcing the Demon Race and the Twin Rice Sect to strike prematurely.
"After the New Year's Eve battle, Li Weiyi vanished. Rumors say he was purged by a heretical sect and secretly executed."
"He uncovered the secrets of the Mother-Child Spring, offending many he shouldn't have. This world is too dark; good people never fare well."
"The commendation order issued by the Third Palace Master was a complete joke. I suspect the Imperial Court was actually behind the attack on Li Weiyi."
"Boom! Boom!"
Deafening hoofbeats and shouts erupted from the street outside.
Doors, windows, tables, and chairs creaked and rattled.
"The Demon Kingdom army has entered the city!" a Martial-Mystic Cultivator shouted in terror from outside.
Li Weiyi stood up and pushed the window open a crack with two fingers.
Outside, on the wide Heavenly Street that stretched north to south, a thick black cloud surged from the city gate.
Death Qi hung heavy in the air, withering the grass and trees.
Within the cloud, two columns of black-armored cavalry advanced rapidly.
Completely encased in armor, their faces were hidden.
Their mounts resembled crawling bone giants, each six or seven meters long, with skull-like heads, long, flowing hair, and ghostfire burning in their eye sockets - an indescribably terrifying sight.
Leading the charge were four Demon Kingdom powerhouses - three men and one woman - wearing Blood Handprint Demonic Armor and wielding long spears.
Their imposing presence and condescending gazes swept over the crowd of onlookers.
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END OF CHAPTER
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