1324: Chapter 2 Tao Master 1324: Chapter 2 Tao Master Silence!
Absolute silence!
The air stifled instantaneously, and the toad’s grip on Su He’s hair bun tightened, its frog mouth gaping open in shock, and then…
it vanished with a “poof”.
In the Intention Orifice of Su He, it furiously rubbed its own face.
How embarrassing!
Frogs live for ages, and it had never felt such embarrassment in its life!
A hammer materialized in the Sea of Consciousness, smashing down on its head and embedding the toad deep within the Sea of Consciousness.
“Deserter!
Contemptible!” Roars of Su He’s rage echoed throughout the entire Intention Orifice.
The toad shrank into the depths of the Sea of Consciousness and completely refused to come out.
If it’s a deserter, then so be it, that’s far better than the embarrassing scene outside.
Indeed!
Even Soul Beasts are unreliable!
Su He looked at Tan Taifeng, opened his mouth but didn’t know what to say.
“It’s been…
a long time since we last met.” Su He spoke timidly.
Tan Taifeng stared at him for a while before saying, “You received my message.”
It sounded like a question, but the tone was clearly a statement.
As she drew near, she sensed the aura of the White Tiger on Su He, a White Tiger she deployed on Baiyin Small Planet.
She has her own ways to feel its presence.
“Baiyin, lost?” Su He immediately realised.
So, it is during this time period.
Tan Taifeng nodded.
Su He asked in a silent moment, “Where is Sword Mountain?”
“In the Shu Region.” Tan Taifeng replied concisely.
“How about the Sword Mountain Origin?” Su He inquired.
“It resides within Sword Mountain itself.”
Su He started to smile: “Good, then rest assured, Baiyin is still there.”
Baiyin had entered the Origin Space within the Sword Mountain Origin and had not yet materialized; at this moment, it only meant that its whereabouts were currently unknown.
Tan Taifeng shook her head: “I know she is there, if she were gone, heaven and earth would have responded.
But she must be in a bad situation.”
She looked at Su He and said, “Come with me.”
With a swoop of her sleeve, much like the old days, Tan Taifeng grasped Su He’s wrist and pulled him up towards the Nine Heavens, heading further west.
They did not traverse space but merely flew.
“Do not casually rupture space to travel in the Mystery Yellow,” Tan Taifeng’s voice was clear and cold.
“A great battle is on the horizon.
Immortal Sovereigns of Mystery Yellow are breaking through their barriers; inadvertently entering another’s domain through space rupture could provoke conflicts.”
Su He nodded, “Okay!”
Then he curiously inquired: “How many Immortal Sovereigns are there in Mystery Yellow now?”
Without a moment’s hesitation, Tan Taifeng answered: “Eighteen.
Including the Four Ling Ao Zu and Dragon Turtle Wenzu, the Guiwang Mountain Tao Lord and Sect Leader, the Temple of Great Compassion Non-Precept Bodhisattva, the Demon Clan Demon Sovereign and Demon Empress, The Savage Barbarian Clan Leader, the Four Directions Immortal Sovereign, Baiyin and me, and one wild monk.”
Unmistakably, it was Ancient Times.
The Yuan Qi was different from later generations, with the Great Tao manifesting clearly; the number of Immortal Sovereigns was nearly double that of later times!
Su He was amazed, “When did Wen Zu reach this stage?”
Wenzu was the Dragon Turtle who greeted them when Su He, following Baiyin, went to Di Mountain; the last time he saw it, its body was even larger than that of Wasteland Ancestor.
In this era, the Dragon Turtle tribe had forty to fifty clansmen, outnumbering the combined total of the other Four Spirits – it was quite natural for one tribe to have two Immortal Sovereigns.
But, Wenzu wasn’t an Immortal Sovereign during their last encounter.
“After you left!” replied Tan Tai emotionlessly, “After you left, we had a great battle with the Yuan Sovereign Clan.
The great witch of the Yuan Sovereign Clan was extinguished, four Dragon Turtles from the Dragon Turtle Tribe perished, but Wenzu advanced to the Immortal Sovereign State.”
Four…
Dragon Turtles?
Su He’s breath tightened.
Even without any personal interaction or even knowing who specifically had died, merely hearing the number triggered a painful feeling.
If such numbers were placed in later generations, there would be no need to wait for Yuan to come; Tai Zu would bring about the end of the world!
All damned to become sacrificial accompaniment!
“How many Immortal Sovereigns does Yuan Sovereign have?”
Immortal Sovereigns were the key to deciding the outcome of wars.
Su He now fully realized this truth through his many experiences.
Tan Tai Immortal Sovereign fell silent for a moment before saying, “Twenty-one!
The Temple’s great witch was slain, but his Origin nourished two immortals to achieve the Immortal Sovereign state.
There are the four Venerable Lords, with six more Immortal Sovereigns under their command, and another seven Immortal Sovereigns not belonging to the military system.”
She glanced at Su He, “Yuan Lang, whom you wounded and was then jointly slain by Baiyin and me, was of this kind.”
He wasn’t killed completely though; one hand was left behind, offering the Yuan Sovereign Clan a false hope.
If he had been wholly eradicated, it would have provoked an all-out rebellion from the Yuan Sovereign Clan there and then.
“What became of that hand?” asked Tan Taifeng.
Su He chuckled: “Ji Feixue killed and refined it, along with that blade.”
“Uh…
do you know about Ji Feixue?”
Tan Taifeng stilled for a moment before saying, “The other name on the Marriage Certificate.”
Suddenly, Su He didn’t know what to say.
Was this something Tan Taifeng saw for herself?
Or did Baiyin tell her?
If he remembered correctly, separation by eras meant the Marriage Certificate should only display names of the parties involved touching the certificate.
Su He awkwardly moved past the topic for a moment, “Yuan Sovereign still has two more Immortal Sovereigns?”
“They are Immortal Sovereigns from other clans who have sworn allegiance to them.” Indeed, Yuan Sovereign Clan’s power was inconceivably formidable.
Speaking of a single clan capable of standing alone against…
the Human Race?
Among the All Heavens and Myriad Realms, it’s beyond doubt that humans are the most powerful.
Humans are not only the main body of Mystery Yellow Big World but also of All Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms.
Unfortunately, humans are not synonymous with the Human Race…
Humans have never formed a complete concept of “Human Race”, there are only various great worlds!
In those times, Tian Emperor perhaps intended to unite the Human Race, but before the Heavenly Court could be fully established, it had already collapsed.
The two flew swiftly, crossing a thousand mountains and rivers in an instant.
During this era, the Mystery Yellow Big World was much larger compared to the later Mystery Huang.
Su He recognized iconic mountains and rivers, but there were many regions in between these landmarks which Su He had never seen before.
The Old Qilin once mentioned that the Mystery Yellow Big World was continuously shrinking.
It was the festive season, and lanterns lit up every household within the cities.
However, between the mountains and along the ley lines, military camps were everywhere—some hidden, some not; some obvious, some discreet.
The ferocity pervaded the air so heavily that even the clouds in the sky were tinged with a murderous intent.