Stop it, Taoist, Your Fight almost Ruins the DAO!
Chapter 981 - 530: Cloak, Friends, Shared Interests, Lone Assassin, Ruthless Yi Chengzi, Giant Coffin! _2

"However, please do not reveal this matter to the Master of Soldiers, my friend is extremely proud, and I do not wish for her to feel any pressure because of this."

Yi Chen shook his head and immediately replied.

For friends, he has always helped as much as he could.

This was also an important reason why in his previous life he was able to break out of encirclement to grow and become powerful.

If a friend seeks his help, he will assist if he can, and explain candidly if there are difficulties.

If a friend is in trouble and he is powerless to help, he would never give hindsight advice pretending to be 'for their good' afterward, but instead, he would invite them to go have a barbecue or a foot bath.

Unsolicited 'educational advice' that doesn't help and cannot offer any real support, other than adding salt to wounds and satisfying one's own desire to teach others, is actually worthless, and he does not bother with it.

Even Liu, the Imperial Uncle in his quest to conquer the world, needed two good friends; 'Leek Yi', as he was known back then, naturally had his own team.

A hero needs a trio for support; a pure donkey horse will never get ahead.

"Yi Taoist is indeed good to his friends."

Upon hearing Yi Chen's subsequent instructions, the Master of Soldiers' expression also involuntarily relaxed a bit.

"I always treat my friends well, letting my friends suffer is like not treating them as friends. Such people are very dangerous for not understanding the pros and cons, and will fall hard, what do you think, Master of Soldiers?"

"You are very right, Taoist, but all my friends are dead."

The Master of Soldiers sighed lightly, his expression revealing a trace of reminiscence but also tinged with melancholy.

Time holds an incredible force that shortens the breath of heroes and turns beauties' hair white.

This brief statement also unexpectedly raised a level of sympathy in Yi Chen for the Master of Soldiers.

Although he was not aware of the past events, being trapped in the Yin Manor for countless years, surrounded by alien species, what's the difference from being imprisoned.

"Alright, let's not talk about this."

"Taoist, right now the evil objects of the Six Domains are besieging the cities and temples of our Yin Mansion."

"Over the years, I have offered protection to some fallen cities from other worlds, and over time, they too have become part of the forces of our Yin Mansion."

"Now, in these critical times, with the peculiar and unpredictable space of the Yin Mansion, I have a precious relic, Charm-Dispelling Barrier-Breaking, which can adjust in size as desired and conceal its presence, possessing certain protective powers. I shall give it to you, Yi Taoist."

"With this relic, you can traverse the Yin Mansion as if on flat ground, shrinking ground into inches as a common skill. Whether it's thousands of miles away or just around the corner, whether in battle or fleeing, it can offer assistance to Yi Taoist."

The Master of Soldiers flipped his hand, and a black cloak appeared in his palm.

The cloak was black on the outside but revealed a metallic silver-white color on the inside, emanating an 'evil objects' aura, mixed with another kind of strength, looking quite mysterious.

Noticing the surprise on Yi Chen's face, the Master of Soldiers chuckled and said, "Taoist, you must be thinking that this item has the aura of evil objects."

"Creating evil objects is extremely cruel and bloody, offending the natural order. This treasure was acquired from a powerful enemy I killed, and only with the aid of other treasures was it refined."

"It's a pity I have no spare evil objects on hand. If Yi Taoist is interested in evil objects, you will surely gain some while fighting against those alien menaces of the Six Domains. However, powerful evil objects like the one you destroyed earlier with Black Hidden Buddha's Divine Thought are rare and hard to find."

"Excellent!" Yi Chen responded with an open and happy smile on his face, and for some reason, the Master of Soldiers felt the killing intent on the Taoist before him thicken, but he did not think much of it and flipped his hand to take out a silver page.

"Yi Taoist, this is the map of the Yin Manor's cities and temple nodes. Do you need to rest a while before setting out?"

"There's no need, this little consumption is something Yi Chengzi can withstand. All heretical powers are World-Involved Calamity Conceptions. I, World-Shaking Pure Yang, cannot tolerate any speck of dust in my eyes. I am ready to depart immediately!"

Snatching the silver page from the Master of Soldiers' hand, the Taoist draped the black cloak over his shoulders and strode out of the courtyard without looking back.

Really, this black cloak is quite a good item.

"This Yi Chengzi, truly as fiery-tempered as the other children of Yin Mansion say, hating evil as if it's a personal enemy. Although cunning and greedy in nature, he understands measures, knows right from wrong – indeed, a character."

"In this world today, being cunning… cunning is good you know, otherwise heads easily roll!"

"Hope you really can make it back alive, otherwise..."

Master of Soldiers looked in the direction Yi Chen had left, and after a silent moment, he sighed deeply. Lifting his head without pause, he drained the wine in his flask and then his body became ethereal, disappearing into a Teleportation Array within the Temple.

In the dizzying spin of heaven and earth, the figure of the Master of Soldiers appeared within a dark Great Hall.

This Great Hall was so vast that it clearly contained its own space, hiding many mysteries within.

Beneath the skeletal structure of the dark temple, a crimson Giant Coffin over ten thousand meters long emitted a faint halo in the darkness, illuminating the beams and columns inside the hall.

On those columns were countless ghastly images of Ghostly Beings and Alien Species, some of which were unseen and unheard of before, these Alien Species looking lifelike, occasionally flickering with a faint luminescence as if they had life.

Above the massive crimson coffin floated myriad odd glowing points, which together sketched out strange patterns, interlinking with each other to form an enormous net that tightly locked down the crimson coffin.

The Master of Soldiers looked at the floating Giant Coffin with an expressionless face, no one knew what he was thinking.

After who knows how long, the darkness within the Great Hall suddenly echoed with a response.

"Old man, you really won't let me go even in death!"

"Why, why does it have to be me, why do you force your own wishes upon me, just because you taught me?"

"But Master, you've calculated everything, did you ever foresee today's situation? You can't predict people's hearts in your entire life."

"Life will always find its own way, why, why do you put on the airs of a Savior, look, all your scheming, splitting the Five Domains, setting down these Dao Mastery prohibitions, intending to save the Lingxia Realm, but what have you changed?"

"Those people don't know at all, that which restrains them is also protecting them, they've come up with a Great Formation, and have even attracted the attention of His Majesty Asna, that's something you didn't expect, right, heh, not only His Majesty Asna, but also the Demon Buddha Poxun."

"Everything will eventually return to its original path, you can't change anything, those destined to fall will inevitably plummet."

"Old man, you've really made me suffer."

"Drag it out, just drag it out, surviving another day means I've done enough for you."

"But I definitely won't be your, or this Red Residence's, accompanying sacrifice..."

To the voice of the Master of Soldiers, the floating crimson Giant Coffin remained motionless, still without a single twitch.

In a corner of the Great Hall, a huge Alchemy Furnace over a thousand meters tall emitted a faint clear light, illuminating a corner of the hall.

This Pill Furnace had three legs and nine orifices!

Deeper within the Great Hall, there was a huge crevice in the ground. From this crevice, starlight flickered like fireflies, drifting like stardust, along with the sound of flowing water emerging from within.

...

...

Above the Yellow Sand Plains, in the vast world, a father and his child Miao Zi walked alone through the sands.

"Dad, are you really going to fight those monsters to the death?"

"What else?"

"What if that masked man deceived both of us, what do we do?"

"You child, Dad didn't say he believed everything he said."

"Miao Zi, Dad will teach you another lesson today. Whether what the Master of Soldiers said is true or not, how much is true, how much is false, that's not important. What's important is whether we father and son can grasp enough benefits from this opportunity."

"Everything is in a state of flux, as long as Dad can snag enough advantages this time, with True Technique making another Breakthrough, switching between attack and defense becomes easy, does truth and falsehood still matter then?"

"Moreover, Yin Manor is in a time of crisis, precisely when people are needed the most. Dad has value to use, even if the Master of Soldiers has ill intentions towards Dad, he would need to weigh his options."