Killing Dao Fruit
Chapter 477 - 474: Sudden Aggression!

Chapter 477: Chapter 474: Sudden Aggression!

Hutong Cave Heaven, Dragon and Tiger Temple, Grandmaster Hall.

The floor laid with greenstone, the columns of white jade, and the beams of purple gold, the grandeur of the structure needed no further description.

Besides, just like sitting in the Wanxiang Hall in Pongxuan Cave Heaven, it also had vast space within, with its own Qiankun.

The great door was wide open.

Mrs. Niu, standing eight feet tall, clad in armor, with long horns on her forehead and muscles seemingly about to explode, led the procession.

One layer after another of formations, mechanisms, and prohibitions opened in succession before the Sect Master Seal bestowed by Yellow Dragon Sage.

Four golden-armored powerful warriors followed close behind, carrying Yuan Suifeng, who was still unconscious, step by step.

Additionally, two Temple Officials at the Divine Transformation Realm and four Earth Essence Stewards from the Law Enforcement Hall were in charge of the escort, making the level of precautionary measures impossible to overstate.

By this time, the "Golden Cloth Rope" that had bound Yuan Suifeng had long been replaced with the "Prisoner Dragon Lock", capable of suppressing even a Purple Seal demon, to ensure absolute security.

Only upon entering the depths of the Grandmaster Hall and bathing in a layer of golden Divine Light did the congregation let out a sigh of relief.

As the third eye on Yuan Suifeng’s forehead gradually showed a black qi, wriggling like an insect, those present as if facing a great enemy, relaxed slightly.

"Had it not been for the power of the ’Yellow Dragon Mace’ and the Taoist Master, we would have never detected the problem with this traitor.

It appears that the weird thing inside his body still cannot compete with the might of the ’Corpse Dissection Immortal’."

"With the Tribulation Energy spreading across the Mortal World and all sorts of divination ineffective, and with those three powers taking advantage of the collapse of ’Dragon Qi Prohibition’ to encroach our borders,

no one could stop Yuan Suifeng’s reckless actions, causing this disaster to drag on for over a month.

The troubles he has caused are now difficult to control.

Fortunately, this affair is finally drawing to a close, and those wolf-like Sect creatures, realizing they can’t take advantage of the situation, should soon retreat."

"It’s not that simple. This matter is not yet over.

The numerous Tao Lineages involved in the pursuit, our own brothers, and the Immortal Officials supporting from the Nine Soldiers all suffered heavy losses because of him.

You did not see how dreadful the final battlefield was; a stone forest spanning several miles was completely leveled.

After our first team brought people back, other teams have arrived in succession, and even now, they haven’t been able to find the body of ’Star Lord Taibai’."

"If this traitor can escape death under such circumstances, how can we, the Dragon and Tiger Temple, justify this to others? Our own brothers and sisters will not be satisfied either."

"Exactly, if this traitor does not die, how can we honor the ancestors who died at the hands of wicked demons and heretics?"

Hearing the questioning voices from behind that may or may not have been deliberately shouted, Mrs. Niu felt helpless and a headache coming on.

But considering the entrustment of her Taoist friend, she could only patiently explain to everyone:

"Do not worry, the Sect Master has his own plans. When this matter is concluded, he will give an explanation to everyone."

For those in power, having a morally upright Tao lineage is quite the challenge.

Even though everyone present was a staunch direct descendant of Yellow Dragon Sage, their ingrained sense of right and wrong would not let them easily compromise on certain major oversights.

Even someone as esteemed as the Sect Master at the Dharma Image Realm cannot cover the sky with one hand.

After all, were we to take ten thousand steps back, above the Heavenly Gate, there still resides a ’Corpse Dissection Immortal’ capable of rectifying mistakes with his own power, ensuring the situation won’t go out of control.

As the last chain-like formation in front of the congregation opened,

it revealed the ’Taoist Inheritance Artifact · Yellow Dragon Mace’ solemnly enshrined on the ancient temple platform.

Boom—!

Once released from its binding, the unruly divine power, like a Yellow Dragon eager to soar through the Nine Heavens, roamed freely before the team.

The blinding aura caused everyone’s breath to halt abruptly.

The mace appeared to be cast from pure gold, with a slender front and a thicker rear, divided into thirteen segments, shaped like a pagoda, and covered in purple Runes and symbols.

On each of the thirteen segments, there were four different Divine Beast Talisman Seals, totaling up to fifty-two.

Near the handle at the very end, the brightest Talisman Seal was that of the ’Dragon and Tiger Temple’s lineage - the ’Yellow Dragon Saint Seal’.

Less luminous at the mace’s head was the ’Manxiang Palace’s lineage - the ’Manxiang Saint Suppressing Seal’.

Individual branches of the Dragon Elephant Tao lineage retained one or several replicas of the fifty-two talismans.

Only the ’Yellow Dragon Mace’ enshrined in the Dragon and Tiger Temple was the authentic inheritor of the lineage,

the personification of the lineage itself, capable of unleashing a power that even the Corpse Dissection Immortal would take a second look at.

Without permission from the ’Taoist Master’ or the Sect Master Marshal, common folks who dare to meddle with it would face backlash and touch it at the peril of death.

"Bring Yuan Suifeng onto the temple platform."

After the command, the others stepped back.

Only Mrs. Niu, who currently held the highest position in the Dragon and Tiger Temple, held the Sect Master Seal in hand and gave a distant bow to the ’Yellow Dragon Mace’.

With a mantra in her hands and a solemn voice, she declared:

"I beseech the ancestral divine power to preside over the altar!

The universe is limitless, commanding the winds and thunders; the dragon battles in the wilds, conquering demons and suppressing monsters. Taishang Tianzun, swiftly, as the decree commands!"

With the chant’s completion,

the ’Yellow Dragon Mace’ subtly quivered.

Accompanied by a high-pitched Dragon Roar, a resplendent golden dragon shadow burst from the Yellow Dragon Mace, appearing both minuscule and yet immense, as if even the Grandmaster Hall could not contain it.

Its dragon eyes, resembling molten gold spheres, fixed intently on Yuan Suifeng, who lay in the temple platform.

Immediately after, two beams of Immortal Light of the Purple Seal level shot from the dragon eyes onto his body.

Like boiling water meeting hot oil, the deeply concealed black energy within Yuan Suifeng began to dissolve at a rapid pace.

"Hmph..."

Despite his heavy injuries and unconscious state, he could not help but utter a muffled grunt.

Skin, flesh, bones, internal organs... all became translucent one after another, while the intangible and formless soul was laid bare for all to see.

His Yin God, which was originally whole and pure, now seemed like a white piece of paper stained with colorful ink, exuding a nauseating sense of defilement.

This made the onlookers deeply furrow their brows.

The Yellow Dragon roared angrily, its head slowly descending to allow the mace head, engraved with the "Manxiang Saint Suppressing Seal," to gently touch Yuan Suifeng’s forehead.

A flash of pure white Immortal Light passed, and the contamination within his soul started to stir and converge as if suddenly animated, slowly coming together.

It appeared as if it was about to separate from Yuan Suifeng’s soul and become an independent entity.

This was the "Enlightenment Technique" that Wang Yuan had witnessed several times before!

The "Enlightenment Technique" could be said to be the signature supreme skill of the Dragon Elephant Tao, the very foundation of the sect.

The probability of animals and plants naturally transforming into demons is extremely low, not to mention lifeless objects.

It was impossible to meet the diverse and distinct needs for the "Earth Spirit Qi" required by the many branches of the Dragon Elephant Tao by merely collecting wild spirit monsters.

But the "Enlightenment Technique" could do it!

It had the power to turn the rotten into the miraculous, animate the inanimate, awaken the wooden to attain Tao, transform humans into beasts, and beasts into humans...

Including the "Enlightenment Cat Snake," "Calamity Beast Hiding," "Beast Creation Technique," "Stone-to-Gold Technique," etc. all stemmed from this very Daoist Skill.

At the pinnacle of cultivation, it could even enlighten the intangible, causing diseases, curses, seals, and other abstract concepts to sprout limbs and fly off.

As a common knowledge within the Cultivation Realm, it was understood that a Magician whose soul was mutated could indeed not be saved, with no way to reverse it.

However, if such soul contamination originated from the outside.

The "Enlightenment Technique" could activate this contaminated part of the soul, which under the desire for freedom, would voluntarily leave the host’s body, sacrificing the pawn to save the king.

Just as it was being done to Yuan Suifeng at this moment.

Observing the seemingly successful rescue process.

Mrs. Niu unstrapped a weighty Magic Treasure, the Golden Gourd Hammer, from her waist and silently moved to the side of the temple platform.

Looking at Yuan Suifeng’s still bruised and swollen head, she slightly lowered her eyes:

"Even if he is saved by the ’Yellow Dragon Mace,’ his three souls and seven spirits will be incomplete, destined to live a life of idiocy.

Yet a trace of his ’True Spirit’ is preserved, ensuring he still has the chance to reincarnate just like a normal person after death.

Suifeng, regardless of the reasons, you have accrued too much evil, unfit for this world, your... Master, can only do so much for you."

Everyone has self-interest, the seven emotions and six sensory pleasures.

Xin Ruoheng always thought that Old Master Wang, as a reserved "Yin Heaven Son," was born with a noble fate.

She had always wanted to lean on this wealthy individual to overcome her "Eight Defeats," lead a normal life with her daughter, and incidentally provide financial aid to the pitiful souls of the "Beggar Camp."

And Wang Yuan never considered those with overwhelming evil as his kin; not only did he throw them into blood and sweat factories for ruthless exploitation, but he even devoured many ghosts and monsters.

The Yellow Dragon Sage was no different.

He had high hopes for his protege, whose life had been turned upside down by an unfathomable Weird, a blow anyone would struggle to bear.

Furthermore, what even the dragon and the tiger, his two Taoist Friends by the pillow, did not know was that.

This True Disciple was far more than a mere common master-disciple relation to him, thus the blow to him was even greater.

However, the grave mistake committed by Yuan Suifeng had reached a point beyond even the Yellow Dragon Sage’s capability to cover.

He could only hope to save a bit of ’True Spirit,’ to prevent a total descent into an irredeemable Weird.

Thus, he not only neglected to treat Yuan Suifeng’s serious injuries.

He also ordered Mrs. Niu to send him on his way directly after the ’True Spirit’ was rescued, without further informing him, to give an account to his peers and the Nine Soldiers.

However,

Just as that black shadow splitting Yuan Suifeng’s three souls and seven spirits was about to take form,

Far to the south, five hundred li away at the White Dragon Mountain, at the frontline of the battlefield where twelve Sages confronted each other.

Sage Yuxiang, Sect Master Marshal of the "Manxiang Palace," seemingly caught something with his ears, abruptly turned his head towards the somewhat distracted Yellow Dragon Sage beside him.

His gaze intense, he spoke:

"Yellow Dragon Senior Brother, I have recently heard a rumor concerning you, and now I am troubled by doubts, not knowing if I should ask or not?"

As the Sages from the Dragon Elephant Tao’s ranks turned their puzzled eyes towards him,

Sage Yuxiang asserted with a face full of righteous indignation:

"That villain Yuan Suifeng, who has caused great havoc and accumulated heinous deeds—is he in fact... your illegitimate son, yes or no?!"

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