Killing Dao Fruit
Chapter 347 - 344: 34 Bugle Calls from the City Walls, the Treasured Sword in the Box Rings Day and Night!

Chapter 347: Chapter 344: 34 Bugle Calls from the City Walls, the Treasured Sword in the Box Rings Day and Night!

Yan State, southwest.

Above the pitch-black clouds, a circle of Thunder Gods, robust and square in stature, encircled in a ring.

Pairs of eyes, flickering with electric light, stared intently at an old man in their midst.

After a long time, someone could not restrain himself and spoke up with a voice as deep and thunderous as thunder:

"Old Xu, we’ve been calculating for so long, can you do it or not?"

Surrounded by a group of Thunder Gods, who had evidently already successfully convened.

At Xu Zhenzhi’s side, seven Divine Tablets of the Douzhai Star Gods sparkled with starlight, engaging the Mountain and Sea Qi Method to practice the Ziwei Dipper.

This Giant Gate Star Lord, due to the Precept Taboo, couldn’t stay in any place for more than a month, thus his steps never ceased.

Therefore, when he had just arrived in Yan State, he was immediately seized by a group of urgent Thunder Department Immortal Officials as a strong man.

They wanted his help to divine the precise location of the source of the rat plague and why all the Human-Faced Rats in Yan State had suddenly disappeared at the same time.

Hearing the Thunder God’s question, although Xu Zhenzhi really wanted to retort, "If I weren’t capable, how could I have consumed so many of Old Lei’s ’Canna’?"

Unfortunately, this time... he truly couldn’t.

Clenching his beard with a look of defeat, he muttered to himself:

"It’s peculiar indeed, I can’t seem to divine the location of that Yellow-Skinned Dharma King.

Clearly, there is someone with greater Taoist ability shielding the secrets of heaven, likely with the help of some kind of array power.

I could let that go.

But divining its current state of life or death, and the reason behind the disappearance of all sources of the plague, I only got this line of divination:

The king of the divination asks about lifespan, birthrights are bestowed by heaven’s will, though the matters of life, death, rise, and fall are known, peach and locust trees dream of the nine springs!"

The study of geomancy primarily consists of four major schools based on "Configuration" and "Qi Management" as their sources: Great Yan, Xuankong, Forbidden Jade Box, and Crossroad Yin and Yang.

The Mountain Sea Tao belongs to the Xuankong Sect among the Qi Management, especially proficient in managing fate and conflicts using mountains, seas, stars, and gods.

Moreover, with the power of the Giant Gate Star Lord, he should be able to make definitive judgments.

Unfortunately, even he himself couldn’t help but scratch his head upon seeing this divination.

Seeing the group of Thunder Gods staring blankly at him, Xu Zhenzhi could only frown deeply and explain to them:

"This divination speaks of that Yellow-Skinned Dharma King whose entire life is subject to fate.

If you wish to know about its life or death?

Peach and locust trees dream of the nine springs!

March is the month of the peach, April the month of the locust, and their intersection speaks of this moment.

But most absurd is the phrase ’dream of the nine springs.’

The divination clearly states that this Yellow Seal Strange, born merely a month ago, hasn’t been killed by someone; instead, it has... passed away peacefully!

Yet, how could this Yellow Seal Strange, whom I may not even defeat, not survive even a single rat?"

After achieving the rank of Mage, Xu Zhenzhi traveled all over Red County Shenzhou gathering plants, stones, clouds, and dawn colors...

To create his Lifebound Magic Treasure, "Miles of Mist and Dawn Painting."

He is still a bit away from achieving formation and advancing to the Earth Essence realm.

He couldn’t help falling into self-doubt, wondering if his own realm wasn’t sufficient, having perhaps failed to make an accurate divination.

But at this moment, to maintain the image of a master of fate, he could only lightly cough and say:

"Though the method of death is uncertain, I can confirm one hundred percent that it and those Human-Faced Rats have all perished.

The crisis is mostly averted, a reason for joy and celebration!

We only need the Plague Department Immortals to get involved, to deal with the common rat plague that has already spread, and all will be well."

Upon hearing Xu Zhenzhi’s conclusion, the group of Thunder Gods instinctively rejoiced, yet couldn’t help feeling somewhat disheartened.

To chase down this Yellow-Skinned Dharma King, the Myriad Phenomena Heavenly Net had assembled specialists from the Thunder Department designed to counter plague demons.

Except for integrating everyone’s power through the Golden Essence Green Thought Immortal, Shen Qiuzhuo.

The following had arrived: Disaster Avoiding Thunder God, Poison Absorption Thunder God, Fuwei Thunder God, Rescue Illness Thunder God, Heaven Patrol Thunder God, Earth Inspection Thunder God.

Plague Absorption Thunder God, Absorb Poison Thunder God, Disaster Avoiding Thunder God, Evil Extinguishing Thunder God, Breaking Calamity Thunder God, Destroying Corpse Thunder God, Obstacle Breaking Thunder God, Monster Clearing Thunder God.

There was also a Punishment Evil Thunder God, Cui Baiyu, who hadn’t yet returned to the ranks.

After a long journey, as long as they could solve the Yellow-Skinned Dharma King, each person could at least share several thousand, even tens of thousands of merits.

But after gearing themselves up fiercely, they ended up swinging at thin air.

The Thunder Gods, joyful for all but despondent for themselves, couldn’t help but sigh deeply:

"When will we ever become superior beings with cave mansions, Taoist friends, and the freedom to accumulate merits?

Although Sixth Master, Old Lei, and Taibai are all unorthodox outliers, even they... have Taoist friends!"

"Once, a very valuable Deceit Monster was right before me, but I failed to capture it.

Only after completely losing it did I deeply regret it; the most painful thing in the world is this.

If heaven grants me another opportunity, I would say to it: Let go of those innocent people, come at me!

If I must add a number before this Deceit Monster, I wish for it to be one hundred!"

The leading Earth Department Immortal Official, Disaster Avoiding Thunder God, listlessly waved his hand:

"Everyone retreat, I’ll send a message to Xiao Cui and tell him not to come...huh, he’s sending a message?"

After listening momentarily to the message coming through the Myriad Phenomena Heavenly Net among the curious gazes of others, his eyes grew brighter.

"Is there really such a good thing in this world?!"

Raising his head to see several colleagues about to go their separate ways, he shouted loudly to stop them:

"Wait! Brothers, our luck has turned!

Xiao Cui is truly righteous, thinking of us first with a good opportunity, missing this chance might mean waiting another hundred years.

We must hurry! We cannot let an Immortal Official outside of the Thunder Department get ahead."

Snap...

Electric light exploded, and the "Disaster Avoiding Thunder God" took the lead, transforming into brilliant lightning and rushing towards Junzhou, followed by streams of escape light darting across the sky.

...

In Luoyang City, just across a body of water from Beimang Mountain, a wisp of green smoke shot straight into the sky.

In the central area of the city, inside and outside a luxurious temple no less grand than the City God Temple, countless citizens knelt down, covering the ground densely.

Looking at the divine statue holding a Money Sword on the shrine, who else could it be if not the "Money Sword Immortal"?

Last year, Luoyang had been saved from a corpse uprising instigated by Wang Yuan, and the "Nine Corpses Daoist Skill," along with a host of demonic outsiders.

Every household was worshipping the "Money Sword Immortal."

No one was willing to spend the ancient coins Wang Yuan had distributed to every household.

Because those carrying such coins while walking at night encountered ghosts, the residual Sword Qi from the ancient coins would be spontaneously activated before the ghosts could approach, easily dispelling them.

Consequently, these ancient coins that initially served as carriers for the "Money Sword Qi" became priceless heirlooms for the people of Luoyang.

The fame of the "Money Sword Immortal" spread even more loudly in the area surrounding Luoyang, and building temples and erecting monuments were simply a natural progression.

However, today the citizens looked worried and pleaded:

"Money Sword Immortal above, Luoyang City is facing another great disaster.

Please be merciful and save us!"

"Pray for the Sword Immortal to manifest!"

"..."

As soon as they sent out their prayers, "Old Master Wang’s ’Three Feet Above the Head There Are Gods’" descended right above their heads.

As long as it was on the land where his followers lived, "King Yanluo’s" gaze could spread everywhere, detecting sin and arriving at the sound to exorcise disasters and calamities.

As it proved.

Now, Boss Wang’s Daoist practice was still limited; he had not reached the level of flawless planning.

As the fight on the road gradually resulted in a victor, the winners from both sides kept gathering on Beimang Mountain.

Soon, the leaders of both factions realized the difficulty of the situation and doubted if they could easily defeat the other side.

So they thought of gathering "human sacrifices" nearby to enhance the power of their formations.

They each blocked the southern and eastern gates of Luoyang City, deterred by the residual "Dragon Qi Prohibition" from entering the city, but they prevented anyone from leaving or entering, immediately capturing all who attempted to pass.

At this moment,

One of the Sect’s avatars, who had returned to Beimang Mountain with reinforcements, also stepped out of a dream and stood atop the south city gate, surrounded by several "Calamity Butterflies."

His face radiant with treasure light, his slender willow brows sharp as blades, his bright eyes twinkling like cold stars.

His close-fitting silver scale armor was dazzlingly bright, his feet in battle boots, his figure tall and robust, containing power far surpassing that of demons.

The scarlet cape behind him fluttered loudly.

It was quite reminiscent of the Dharma King Cui Baiyu’s demeanor.

Looking at the front of Dingding Gate, where under the leadership of a Yellow Seal Mage, seven or eight White Bone Monks nonchalantly packed a group of citizens into cages.

Clearly, in their eyes, these people were just "human sacrifices" providing bones and flesh, no different from the pigs and sheep seen by humans.

The cries from inside the cages were distressingly pitiable.

"This is Red County Shenzhou, not the lawless Desert North, do they think we’re all dead?"

It was never Wang Yuan’s intention to expose himself and let Luoyang suffer.

Moreover, this ancient capital of thirteen dynasties and the Beimang Mountain Blessed Land supplemented each other as Yin and Yang; if this place suffered, it would surely bring no benefits to the Beimang Mountain Blessed Land.

"Good, since you hesitate to act due to uncertainty,

let the ’Star Lord Taibai’ from the Nine Soldiers add fuel to the fire.

If you don’t hurry up and kill the opposition, relying on the Blessed Land to establish a ’Sealing Boundary,’

the ’accidentally visiting’ Star Lord Taibai will soon call the main forces of the Nine Soldiers here."

With his mind made up, he immediately took action.

He muttered low:

"Military Dao Dharma Image: White Tiger with a Blade! Open!"

The embodiment of Taibai, who had already reached the "Military Leader" realm, reverberated with a sonorous clang of metal inside her body as a solemn golden wind abruptly whirled up from under her feet.

As it swept past her entire body,

a pair of interlaced black and white tiger ears emerged from her silver hairline, and a striped tiger tail resembling an iron rod swung behind her, whipping up fierce whirlwinds.

From her embroidered mouth, a crescent-like white sword light soared into the sky.

The edge was sharp, and the chill penetrated to the bone!

The clangs were incessant, sounding like a tiger’s roar or a sword’s cry.

"Three or four blasts of the horn atop the city walls, the treasured blade in the box ringing day and night! Slash—!"

At the same time, the midday star appeared above their heads.

The power from the "Hesperus" thunderously poured into the embodiment of Taibai, amplifying her strength completely.

This let the demons clearly see a great star flashing above the head of Luoyang City, vanishing in an instant.

It also made them realize that the vanguard of the Nine Soldiers had arrived, and their time was running out.

The next moment.

*Clang—!*

A blazing white blade light, seamless from start to end, rose like a sun from the city walls, magnificently and intensely filling heaven and earth.

It instantly swallowed the group of White Bone Monks who had just realized the situation in front of Dingding Gate.

However, at that moment,

Wang Yuan heard an exceedingly familiar voice calling from afar:

"Eh? The midday star appears, Taibai Gold Star!

Is that our ’Dou Department’s’ signature skill ’Star Entering Life’? Hurry to Luoyang City! Taibai is here!"

Search the lightnovelworld.cc website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.