Chapter 531: Chasing Another Disciple Out
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Lonemoon took one step back and shook his hand off. "At this stage, you're still unwilling to repent? You said you had no clue about Zhi Lin's plot, but why then did you want to do all that you could to destroy that evil ghost? You didn't even want to leave its remnant soul behind." When Shen Ying grabbed hold of the evil spirit's remnant soul earlier, Jian Xing suggested destroying it completely.
"I..." Jian Xing paled. He was unable to say anything else.
"You're a cultivator. You should understand that the proper way of dealing even with evil ghosts is to send them to Samsara, yet you didn't do that!" Lonemoon exclaimed in a low voice. He exposed Jian Xing's inner thoughts. "Given your cultivation level, a half-step demon king would not have managed to hurt you so severely. Not unless you forced it to its limits. Only then would a spirit try to take you down with it no matter the cost."
"..." Jian Xing remained silent but his entire body began to tremble.
"You said you didn't know Zhi Lin's plot, and I believe you! But when you helped her to possess Mushroom's body, you should have realized the truth. Still, you chose to completely destroy that evil ghost," Lonemoon said, looking directly into Jian Xing's eyes. "Did you do that purely to get rid of the evil, or did you do that to help cover up for Zhi Lin?"
Jian Xing swayed. He sat on the floor, defeated.
"You made a mistake, but if you took the initiative to explain yourself, I could have considered letting you off." Lonemoon closed his eyes. In a tired voice, he said, "Jian Xing... You've really disappointed me."
"Master..." Jian Xing raised his head to look at Lonemoon, confused. "Teach me then, what was I to do? She was my sister – my only family member. If I didn't do something to help her, was I to just stand by and watch her become a wandering soul?"
"Because of that, you were willing to let Mushroom lose her soul!"
Jian Xing remained stubborn, as if he was genuinely convinced that he did the right thing. He smiled. "Everybody has their own selfish motives. I chose to help my own sister – was that wrong? There's no right or wrong in this world, there are only different stands.What's more, shouldn't Master take some responsibility for the way Little Lin turned out?"
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"What did you say!" Lonemoon frowned.
"Am I wrong?" Jian Xing said sarcastically. "You accepted her into this immortal sect and allowed her to learn about the huge world outside of what she knew. Then, you kicked her aside. How can you blame her for being resentful? She did everything she could just to return. How can you fault her?"
Lonemoon frowned even more deeply.
"Who in this world can have no selfish intentions at all?" The more Jian Xing spoke, the more agitated he became. It was as if he was finally releasing what he had been harboring in his heart all these years. "Even Master is the same."
"You're saying I did all of these things out of pure selfish intentions?" Lonemoon laughed mirthlessly. The last bit of pity he felt for Jian Xing dissipated.
"Isn't it true?" Jian Xing thought that Lonemoon was trying to deny it. He pointed toward Shen Ying and said, "Isn't she your selfish intention? She can't do a single thing right, yet you protect her no matter what and give her all sorts of benefits. You can't tolerate when anyone badmouths her. Just because Zhi Lin said one thing to offend her, you chased her out of the sect. You allow this woman to eat all sorts of spirit fruits, and to take all sorts of spirit herbs. You even allow her to abuse all sorts of high-level beasts and internal cores. Yet, you don't allow even the badly injured disciples in your sect the same benefits. What for? Isn't it because of your own selfish intentions?"
Yi Qing could listen to this no longer. He summoned his sword, but Shen Ying stopped him. Fatty's expression was extremely dark by now, but Lonemoon was even darker. Shen Ying, on the other hand, looked unaffected. She continued chewing on her fruits, as if she had not just been accused.
"You even let the evil ghost loose for fear of waking her up, thereby placing everybody in the city in grave danger," Jian Xing continued, agitated. He was shooting daggers at Shen Ying with his eyes. "She was the one who caused Zhi Lin to be captured. If you say I'm wrong, you are too."
"Are you done?" Lonemoon's silence was frightening. The corner of his lips twitched upward. "These are your true thoughts? You thought that I chased Zhi Lin out because I was purely biased toward Shen Ying?"
"Yes!" Jian Xing nodded profusely. "If Master was not biased toward her, given her skills-"
"Exactly how much do you know about her skills? Have you seen it for yourself?" Lonemoon interrupted him.
Jian Xing paused, not understanding what Lonemoon just said. Lonemoon smiled even more widely and coolly.
"Let me tell you – the combined power of Chef, Fatty, myself and everyone in this room cannot even match up to the power in just one of Shen Ying's hands!" He scanned everybody in the arena and emphasized each word as he said, "Not only that, If she wanted everyone in this mortal continent to die, all she would have to do is think about it to make it happen. Do you really think that I am doing this out of my own selfish intentions?"
Everyone present stiffened. Even Jian Xing looked unconvinced.
"I didn't want to wake her up because none of you would be able to withstand the consequences of that happening! She has been letting you off easy, not because her cultivation level is low.It's because your powers are so low that she can't be bothered!"
"..."
"Do you really think that she's the sect master only in name?!"
"No, that can't be..." Jian Xing glanced at Shen Ying in disbelief
"What do the spirit fruits, spirit herbs and other things have to do with you anyway? Don't give yourself all of these excuses! You think that it's more important for Zhi Lin to stay alive because Mushroom is nothing but a small demon? You think that Shen Ying is merely mortal, so her resources should be distributed to the rest of you? Hmph! At the end of the day, your logic is nothing but an excuse for you to do whatever you want to do and bully the kind-hearted!"
Jian Xing's face drained of all color for the umpteenth time. He seemed to be realizing slowly that he had made a grave mistake. Something in him seemed to crack.
"Jian Xing..." Lonemoon turned to face him with a serious expression. "You're right, everybody does have selfish intentions. You chose to give up Mushroom and save Zhi Lin – I can't say for sure that that iss wrong. You're also right to say that there's no such thing as right and wrong in this world, but... there is definitely good and evil!" He raised his hand and conjured a seal. "My Invincible Sect can do without disciples who harbor evil thoughts in their hearts!"
"No... Master!" An unexplainable fear filled Jian Xing. He immediately tried to crawl toward Lonemoon.
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This did not stop Lonemoon. He shot the spell toward Jian Xing, directly hitting his dantian. The spirit Qi around Jian Xing's body began to deteriorate rapidly. Even the Nascent Soul in his consciousness dissipated. His youthful face aged before their eyes so that he now looked like a middle-aged man.
Jian Xing watched with fear as wrinkles covered his two hands. "Master..."" He raised his head to beg further.
Lonemoon used two fingers to tap the middle of his forehead. "The experience of learning the ways of the Dao on this mountain caused the changes in Zhi Lin. Get rid of this memory."
Jian Xing's eyes widened, but it was too late for him to resist. A thick wave of darkness overcame him as he fainted.
Chapter 532: The Heavenly Dao Restarts
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"Send him down the mountain!" Lonemoon turned to instruct the other three disciples.
"Yes, Master." The three of them got up and carried the man on the floor before retreating.
Fatty carried Mushroom. "Master, I'm going to bring Mushroom down."
"Mm," Lonemoon responded. His eyes remained on the empty arena as his expression fell. They could not figure out what he was thinking; they only felt the air around them get heavier.
Shen Ying and Chef exchanged a glance, then walked two steps forward to stand on either side of him.
Shen Ying retrieved a pastry and handed it over. "Father Niu, do you want some?"
"... No!"
"Oh." Shen Ying put the pastry into her own mouth instead.
Suddenly, silence filled the arena. The only sound came from Shen Ying's chewing of the pastry.
A long time later...
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Lonemoon watched as one by one, the pastries in front of him disappeared. He pursed his lips. Finally, he could not help but ask, "Can't the two of you say something to comfort me?"
"Father Niu, what do you want to hear?" Shen Ying asked.
"How would I know?" Can't you tell that I'm in a bad mood?
"Alright!" Shen Ying sighed. "Father Niu, you have so many disciples. It's natural that one or two of them will drop out! Relax."
"Master is right!" Chef added. "You have taught so many people, there will be... some who will not become sword cultivators."
"This is how you comfort me?" This was more like adding salt to my wounds!
"Father Niu, if you really can't bear to let him go, ask him to come back. It's no big deal." It was true that there were very few people with innate sword embodiments.. What's more, apart from messing up for the sake of his sister, Jian Xing was pretty good in other areas. He was not entirely hopeless.
"No way!" Lonemoon turned that suggestion down immediately and frowned. "Even if there are no more sword cultivators in the world, I will not accept someone as evil as him being responsible for passing the Dao down."
"But... everyone has flaws."
"I know." Lonemoon turned to face Shen Ying. "I can forgive him for making mistakes in order to protect his sister, but I cannot forgive him for harboring evil intentions toward innocent people. Mushroom did nothing to harm him. Why did she have to pay the price for Zhi Lin to survive? Jian Xing knew that Mushroom was innocent, but he helped Zhi Lin to obtain her body anyway, and even thought of an escape plan for her. If he had come clean about this, there would have been better ways to deal with it. But he didn't! If he could do something like that to someone he knew, who's to say what he would be capable of after he sets up his own sect and when there's no one around to control him?"
Lonemoon sighed. "Of course I know that there's no such thing as a perfect person. Everybody makes mistakes. I've taught him for so many years. I was waiting for him to become a master himself. Yet, all my effort went down the drain just like that. This concerns the entire mortal race. Of course I'll feel like it's a waste. But I will not ignore the truth just because of the importance of the mortal race. If I let him off this time, who is going to let Mushroom off? Who will seek justice for her? If everyone gives up the truth for the sake of the greater good, this world will become a scary place."
"I just think that while there's no such thing as right or wrong in this world, and while it may be hard to tell good from evil sometimes, there must at least be some form of fairness, right?"
He was extremely serious as he spoke. Even Yi Qing was looking at him strangely. It was almost as if Yi Qing was only really looking at him for the first time. Was this really the shrewd businessman he met initially?
Shen Ying suddenly laughed. She patted Lonemoon firmly on the shoulder and said genuinely, "Father Niu, good on you."
Eh?
Why was she praising him so seriously all of a sudden?
"You've done it."
"What?"
Lonemoon paused. The next thing he knew, he heard a series of thunder as the sky darkened. He looked up and saw the lightning clouds rolling in and covering the sky above him. It was not just nearby. He released his divine perception and found that the entire mortal continent – no, the entire plane – was this way. The gray clouds covered the skies throughout the entire plane.
It was clear as day just seconds ago, but everything was pitch black. Lightning began to flash among the clouds. These clouds looked different from the ones that rolled in during the lightning tribulations. Above the layer of clouds, Lonemoon could faintly see something huge forming. It was like a shapeless net was hovering over the entire plane.
That thing was familiar but foreign at the same time. It was formless, and omnipresent. Lonemoon felt it get closer and closer. This was... the nomological force!
(⊙_⊙)
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Before he could react, the transmission amulet by his side lit up. Hong Meng's agitated voice came through.
"Sir, Sir! Did you see that? The Heavenly Dao has been set up! Come up and see, it's the Heavenly Dao ah.... It's finally set up! That's great! Wah... this world finally has the Heavenly Dao hahaha.... wah ah..."
Hong Meng was crying and laughing at the same time, so that he sounded like a strange wailing ghost. He sounded so excited that Lonemoon and the others were expecting to see his head pop up out of the transmission amulet anytime soon. He was shouting so loudly that their heads hurt.
Confused, Lonemoon looked up at the sky. Once again, he felt the new nomological force above the layer of clouds. It was almost as if the nomological force was responding to everything he said. He felt like his observations and thoughts were very welcome by the nomological force, which seemed to be rejoicing.
This really was the Heavenly Dao!
How did it suddenly set up? He did not do anything. Weren't things like the Heavenly Dao set up in a more formal manner? Didn't they need to conduct a meeting to discuss the rules of the Heavenly Dao one by one? Wouldn't they have to put it to the test before they then confirm those rules? Shen Ying, the manager, had not even done a single thing yet.
Could it be that he was leaving something out? He thought back to everything that just happened. It was almost as if what he said...
Fairness?!
His heart thudded as he clenched his fists by his side, crushing the transmission amulet in his hands. Hong Meng's wailing and screaming finally stopped. He turned to face the master and disciple duo, face falling. Rage began to fill his body.
"Both of you, explain things to me! What exactly is going on?"
The two of them stiffened and averted their gaze. One looked to the left, and the other to the right.
"Huh? Father Niu, what are you saying? I don't understand at all!"
"That's right, Father Niu, what are we supposed to explain?"
"Get lost! Continue acting!" Lonemoon pointed to the sky. "This Heavenly Dao was set up because of me, wasn't it? I'm a freaking assistant, and I'm not even from this plane. Where is this authority coming from?"
"Congratulations, Father Niu!" Shen Ying reached out and shoved a piece of paper into Lonemoon's hands. She seemed to have been prepared to do this for a long time. "From today onward, you are the manager of this plane. Applause!"
Once she finished speaking, the master and disciple duo began to clap awkwardly.
Lonemoon lowered his head to see that there was a piece of A4 paper in his hands. On it was written in huge font – Plane Transfer Form!
Lonemoon: "..." Son of a b*tch!
Chapter 533: The First Lightning Tribulation
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Three hours later.
"So the Heavenly Dao was formed because of me?" Lonemoon said through gritted teeth. He was trying his hardest to suppress the resentment he felt.
"You're the manager. Whatever you desire will be formed by the nomological force!" Yi Qing nodded..
"You knew this as well?" Lonemoon turned to Chef, shooting daggers at him with his gaze.
"Er..." Chef was caught between admitting he did or lying that he did not.
"In other words..." Lonemoon clenched his fists by his side so that his fan nearly broke into pieces. "You've been so obedient these days so that you can successfully trick me onto this sinking ship!"
"Ahya, Father Niu, stop being caught up in all these details. Being promoted is a good thing!"
"Details my ass!" How was this another detail? "I don't get any salary nor any insurance for doing this job, neither do I get to take a break from it. It's a job that will take up my time 24/7. How can this be any good?"
"Er..." That was true. She had nothing to say in reply.
"One plane is enough to stress my mind. Now you're throwing me yet another one. Do you think this is a game?" He turned and glared at Shen Ying. "And you, Shen Ying! You're just freaking lazy, aren't you! Each and everyone of you is leeching off me – you wastrels! How dare you still add on to my workload!"
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He had indeed snapped. Father Niu was scary when he lost control. Both the master and the disciple hugged each other and trembled uncontrollably.
"You're still displaying affection in front of me!"
Shen Ying: "..."
Yi Qing: "..."
They immediately jumped apart and wrapped their hands around themselves. They lowered their heads and tried to hide from his sight.
"I don't care – I'm not going to take over this plane. Throw it to whoever else you want." Lonemoon paced back and forth in anger. "Otherwise, give it to Hong Meng. I already have enough on my plate with the previous plane. I don't want to take over this mess as well!"
"What if you don't have to manage the previous one anymore?" Shen Ying asked meekly.
Lonemoon halted. "What do you mean?"
"I mean..." Shen Ying was just about to explain when they heard a series of thunder coming from the skies..
The three of them hesitated. The gray clouds that had just dissipated were returning. This time, however, they only hovered above the mountain and not above the entire plane. A strong suppressive force began to press down against them. Was this... the lightning tribulation?
"Master..." Fatty suddenly rushed over and addressed the three of them. "The disciples in our sect are about to go through the lightning tribulation. It's the Golden Core Lightning Tribulation!"
That's quick! Lonemoon hesitated. He had not expected that the first lightning tribulation from the newly formed Heavenly Dao would take place here.
"Go and take a look!" This matter was urgent – he had to go over and take a look. The moment he reached the entrance, he stopped and turned back to glare at the two companions behind him. "The two of you, just wait and see. I'm not done!" With that, he exited.
Shen Ying: "..."
Yi Qing: "..."
A long time later.
"Master, how much of our allowance do you think he'll dock this time?"
"Er... three months' worth?"
"..."
For some reason, Yi Qing felt like Lonemoon would likely dock three years' worth of their allowance.
He began to consider if the amount of food they had stored up over the years would be enough to last them for such a long time.
Just as Lonemoon walked into the front hall, he spotted the three disciples standing in the middle of the stage confused. The spirit Qi around their bodies began to expand rapidly. They looked like they were not at all ready to deal with this.
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"What are you waiting for? Quick, go and find a spot to focus. The lightning tribulation is going to start," Lonemoon shouted at them.
The three of them looked up blankly at him. Then, they fell to their bottoms and sat cross-legged, still confused. They had no idea what grave danger they were in.
Lonemoon could not help but remind them again, "This is your lightning tribulation, and it's a test from the Heavenly Dao. After you form your golden core, you will endure a lightning tribulation like this for every big cultivation level that you cross. You have to use all the power in your body to defend yourselves against it. This is one of the hardest obstacles you will face. You cannot escape it, nor can you get somebody else to replace you. You might not survive it as well. If you do, your cultivation level will grow rapidly, otherwise you'll be gone. But this is the only way you can gain the affirmation of the Heavenly Dao. Do you understand?"
The three disciples began to panic, but immediately they tried to calm themselves down. "Yes, Exalted Master!" They began to focus hard and regulate their spirit Qi to prepare to defend themselves against the upcoming tribulation.
It was almost time. The spirit Qi around them was getting thicker and thicker. Three flashes of lightning suddenly shot down from the sky, out of the gray clouds, and down onto the three of them.
The moment it struck them, Lonemoon looked up to the skies. He decided to observe the first lightning tribulation from the Heavenly Dao. The next bolt of lightning seemed to brake mid way through the air. The tip of the lightning bolt seemed to take on a life of its own as it turned and headed toward Lonemoon. It stopped and turned back toward the three disciples, then back at Lonemoon, then back at the three of them. For a long time, the bolt of lightning did not reach the ground.
It zig-zagged in this fashion a couple of times, as if it was unwilling to strike the disciples. Even the nomological force surrounding it felt... confused. It looked like it was asking Lonemoon for his opinion.
Lonemoon pursed his lips. This really was the Heavenly Dao that was born from his thoughts. A moment later, he gritted his teeth. "Do what you have to!" Why did it have to ask for his permission?
It was only then that the lightning bolt struck down toward the three disciples. The first bolt of lightning was a mental demon tribulation. The three of them were now battling with their own mental demons.Their faces were twisted in anguish. After all, this was the golden core lightning tribulation. They regained their consciousness quickly enough.
The second bolt followed quickly after, then the third. Each one struck the three people below accurately. Not only did they not make any detours, the speed with which they shot down from the skies was exactly the same as well. Even the suppressive force and voltage of each lightning bolt was exactly the same.
Lonemoon felt like he was looking at the lightning tribulation performing its accuracy. It was almost as if the lightning tribulation was putting on a show, conscious that it was being observed, Lonemoon's expression darkened. If not for the fact that the lightning tribulation was not over, he would have gone back to give the master and disciple duo a good beating.
The lightning tribulation ended soon enough. There were a total of 9-9, 81 bolts of lightning. The gray clouds finally began to part but the thick spirit Qi and nomological force lingered, as if not daring to dissipate without Lonemoon's instructions.
Lonemoon sucked in a deep breath and tried to keep his anger under control. He said, "Alright!" The nomological force dissipated. It was almost as if it just heaved a sigh of relief. Thank goodness the leader was happy.
The three people who had just endured the lightning tribulation were injured in varying degrees, but the spirit Qi around their bodies seemed considerably more powerful. This was the good thing about lightning tribulation. The Heavenly Dao was kind to the people who managed to endure the lightning tribulation. Fatty surveyed their wounds one by one and found that none of them were seriously injured. Instead, all of their cultivation levels seemed higher.
This perhaps was the Heavenly Dao's way of making up to them. After all, they had been training their core for a long time before the Heavenly Dao formed. This lightning tribulation was considered late. It could have let them off just like that, but now that they were at the mercy of the nomological force, the lightning tribulation was unavoidable.
Chapter 534: Receiving the Plane
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Fatty gave the three disciples elixirs that would help them with the recovery. After that, he gave them some guidance as to how to carry on cultivating. At the same time, he gave them a more detailed lesson on the lightning tribulation. Perhaps it was because they had already gone through the lightning tribulations themselves – as the disciples listened, they had fear and respect in their eyes. The pride they had in learning the ways of cultivation all disappeared. They no longer felt like they were a step above the rest.
If the three of them stayed true to themselves, it was possible that they would each become leaders of their own sects in the future. Lonemoon nodded satisfactorily and allowed Fatty to lead them away. Thinking that the two bastards were still at the rear hall waiting for him to deal with them, he headed back to the rear hall.
But he found that Hong Meng, who was supposed to be thousands of miles away, had also sprouted out of nowhere and was sitting in the rear hall as well.
"What are you doing here?" Lonemoon glared at him. "Where did you throw Rabbit to?"
"Sir Lonemoon, please do not worry. Rabbit is learned and very good with words. The divine races have also settled down considerably. Rabbit will be alright alone," Hong Meng said nervously. "Moreover, I don't have much to do in Purple Night Palace as well. I was getting bored out of my mind. The only thing I could do to help was hand Rabbit carrots."
"I've already done everything you needed to do – of course you're bored!" Lonemoon looked at him contemptuously from head to toe. "I have no idea how you even became an ancient god. It's no wonder that you screwed things up so badly!"
Hong Meng felt extremely close to coughing up blood. Could Lonemoon not stab him right through the chest? Still, he maintained his polite smile. "Heh heh heh... Sir, your teaching is true. I really owe it all to the three of you for all your help. This time, I came here to thank you personally for re-building the Heavenly Dao!"
Lonemoon narrowed his eyes and scanned him from head to toe once again. "Is it the usual practice in this plane to come empty-handed to thank others?"
Hong Meng paused and faintly felt another knife shoot through his chest. His entire palace had been moved away from his mountain to this place. What else did Lonemoon expect from him? Weren't they supposed to be friends? His heart was continually being stabbed by countless daggers.
"You came all this way just for this?" Lonemoon looked at him suspiciously.
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"Er..." Hong Meng kneaded his hands and looked all around the room. A moment later, he finally spoke up. "It's like this: Now that the Heavenly Dao has been set up, the plane is officially out of danger. But having the different races live together and mix around together can't be good for the development of the plane. That's why I think it will be better to split them into different realms so that they can be dealt with one by one. It's a pity that I'm not powerful enough. What's more, I heard that the Heavenly Dao was formed thanks to Sir Lonemoon. So can I please request your help-"
"Get lost!" Before he could finish speaking, Lonemoon exclaimed.
"Eh?" Hong Meng stared blankly at him. Why didn't he wait his turn?
"If you want to split them into different realms, you can go ahead and do so." Lonemoon was not going to get involved in the problems of this plane. "You're not paying me any salary. Why should I help you?"
"Father Niu..." Yi Qing could not help but step forward and pull Lonemoon aside. He whispered in his ear, "You're now the manager of this plane. If you don't take control of this plane, it'll fall apart." Lonemoon could make full use of the fact that Hong Meng was unaware about all of this to make it seem like Lonemoon was helping him out.
"Heh heh." Lonemoon slapped Yi Qing across the cheek. "You're trying to blame me for the pit that the two of you dug?"
Yi Qing: "..." Master, I tried.
Shen Ying hugged the plate of pastries closer to her and formed a tight circle with the two of them. "Father Niu, what's done is done. What's more, this company is yours now. You're the boss. Of course you won't get any salary."
Lonemoon narrowed his eyes and saw through all of Shen Ying's fake intelligence. "You mean to say that I no longer work for you anymore?"
"Oh. That's not true." He had to continue raising his own daughter.
"Then what are you saying!" No matter how she put it, he would still have to work his ass off for the both of them. It was enough that he had to work his ass off to raise two wastrels. Now, even Hong Meng was his burden. What was that all about? He even had to deal with this entire plane.
"..." It was too difficult to bluff Father Niu, who had already changed his line of business. Suddenly, the two of them understood why the people who cheated Lonemoon before felt so worried when they were exposed.
"Ah!" Shen Ying sighed. She suddenly reached out and handed the plate of pastries back to Chef. She sucked in a deep breath and pulled on Lonemoon's sleeves. A certain air about Shen Ying disappeared all of a sudden. She opened her eyes wide and pouted, so that she looked like she was about to cry. Her voice became soft and meek. "Father Niu... Are you really planning on rejecting this plane?"
"Of course..." Lonemoon turned around and glanced at the woman who was pouting as she spoke to him. Suddenly, the word "adorable" appeared in his mind. He clenched his fists and was just about to give in. It took all his willpower to hold himself back and say, "Shit! Stop using the same trick you use on Shen Jing on me as well!" Thankfully, he had seen a more adorable version of Shen Ying – Baby Ying. He... could handle it! He stiffened his neck and stopped himself from nodding.
"Alright!" Shen Ying once again slumped over and stopped acting cute. "If you really don't want to take over the plane, then forget it."
"Master..." Yi Qing was put in a trance by Shen Ying's show, but after hearing what she just said, he snapped back to reality and called out anxiously.
"Forget it, Chef. Let's not force Father Niu anymore." Shen Ying sighed long and deep. She tilted her head and acted nonchalant as she said, "But I've already transferred this plane away. We have to find someone to take over it. It's not easy to gain the approval of the plane. Other than Father Niu, I don't know who else will be able to. Why don't we just hand the plane back to my older sister? This plane is quite near to mine as well. From time to time, she can come here and observe the disciples..."
Lonemoon and Yi Qing's faces drained of color. A chill ran down their spine. Lonemoon quickly interrupted her. "Alright, I'll take it!" Could he still accept the plane now? They just did not want Shen Ying to call the big demon over.
"Really?"
"Yes, really!" Did he have any other choice?
"I'm not forcing you?"
"... No, you're not!" As if! But being forced to do it was better than being beaten to death by the big demon.
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Lonemoon gritted his teeth.
"Alright, Father Niu! Thank you, Father Niu!" Father Niu's promotion was finally decided. Shen Ying patted him on the shoulder and turned to grab a pastry from the plate Yi Qing was holding.
"Want one?"
"Get lost!"
"Alright."
The three of them had come to a consensus, so the meeting finally ended. They turned and returned to the table, to see Hong Meng staring blankly at Shen Ying. Although he had not heard anything, he did see something. He saw Shen Ying acting adorable and was clearly moved.
What did he just see? All he knew was his heart was beating extremely quickly and he suddenly felt the urge to rub something. He turned to look at Shen Ying.
"What are you looking at!" The two people by Shen Ying's side shouted aggressively. "What does this have to do with you?"
"No... I..." I don't know what's going on either?
"Holy shit, you dare to let your nose bleed?"
"Master, can I slaughter him?"
Shen Ying: "..."
Chapter 535: Separation of Three Realms
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When the plane was first created, all three realms were mixed together. Only when the Heavenly Dao was created, and the nomological force was formed, did the division of three realms start. And what Lonemoon had to do now was to divide the three realms. So long as the three realms were completely separated, the problem of the human race that Hong Meng worried about would no longer exist. In addition to that, there were all of Lonemoon's earlier efforts which established Daoist teachings among the humans. Though they still couldn't fight the divine race, they were no longer completely defenseless.
Hong Meng gave them a crash course on how to divide the realms. If it was only dividing up the land, it'd naturally be easy, just like directly tearing up a piece of paper into three layers. But dividing realms was different, because though the three realms were divided, they were still linked with one another, or they wouldn't be a complete plane. Just like the plane earlier, though the boundary between realms couldn't be crossed, there were still realm gates to connect them.
"How then?" Lonemoon frowned. It had to be separated yet connected, did he mean to fold the plane? But wouldn't that crush the lower-layer beings?
"This is actually quite easy to solve." Hong Meng hurried to say earnestly, "We just need to arrange the original source, which is the River of Forgetfulness of this plane, properly. But because there is no Meng Po here, we will still have to trouble Sir to arrange the River of Forgetfulness yourself."
"How to arrange?" That small ball of original source purple gas back then had already grown into a big river, covering the whole plane.
"You just need to make a trip to the center of the purple gas." Hong Meng hurried to say, "You only need to help me return it to the original state, and after the three realms are divided, change it back."
Lonemoon pressed his forehead. He also had no other way, now that he had already accepted the responsibility of this mess. Therefore, he gave Fatty a few reminders, and then left with Hong Meng, dragging a master and her disciple with him. "Don't you two be idle!"
That place that Hong Meng talked about was actually not very far from his Purple Night Palace... No, Purple Night Lawn was all that was left of it now. After all, that was the center of the whole plane. Hong Meng finally revived his plane after so much longing, and he was naturally very nervous about the original source purple gas, that he didn't even dare to live too far from it.
He even used up half of his God Power to completely isolate it, in case ignorant members of the divine race went inside and destroyed it. This was also part of the reason he couldn't beat those twelve divine races.
They followed him looking all the way. They went past countless traps and arrays on their way, some of which even Hong Meng himself forgot about, and they were almost shut outside, and only entered after spending some efforts to solve the array. Lonemoon expressed strong condemnation of such unreliable behavior of his, and then... spent two hours cursing him.
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Finally, they reached the center of the original source purple gas. That was a plain-looking desolate patch of land. It was so desolate that not even a plant grew on it, but in their eyes, the scene was completely different. That was an endless wave of purple, like a purple ocean hanging in the sky, making the whole world purple in its reflection.
Connecting to that purple sea were many rivers wide and narrow. They reached out in all directions to every corner of the plane. Even Lonemoon was momentarily shocked by the scene in front of him. He didn't expect that the original source which was the size of a well back then had already grown so huge right now. It seemed that Hong Meng really did protect it with all his heart these years.
"Sir, this is the center of the original source," said Hong Meng with a little pride.
The corner of Lonemoon's mouth twitched. "You're f*cking asking us to contain so big an ocean?" You must be joking. What could he use to contain it?
"This is, of course, not to be kept directly." explained Hong Meng. "The original source is different now from the past. To completely control it, we may have to go nearer towards the center."
"Then what are you waiting for? Go!" urged Lonemoon.
"Alright!" Hong Meng finally continued to fly inside. In an instant, their figures were swallowed by large waves of purple gases. The further inside, the thicker the aura of the original source. Around them, they could see nothing but the purple waves. Lonemoon followed behind Hong Meng, and at the same time he had to let out his divine perception to go towards the center in which the purple gas was the thickest.
Perhaps it was an illusion, but he somehow felt that the further he flew, the deeper that purple went. It gave him the illusion of darkness, as if a monster as tall as the sky was coming right towards them...
Roar~
Holy shit! So it wasn't an illusion, but a real monster!
Lonemoon hurried to drag Hong Meng back towards the side. In the next moment, a claw the size of a mountain slammed down beside his body with a bang, bringing up a wild gust of wind which blew away the purple gas in front of his eyes. The wind was so strong that even Lonemoon felt a bit unstable.
"What the hell is this?!"
Only then did Lonemoon see that it was a huge monster the same height as the sky. He couldn't even see its head, and its lower body was completely immersed in original source purple gas. Around its body were patterns of black and white circles, like a zebra. And those patterns were moving continuously without a fixed pattern. Its whole body was surrounded by these two colors, and no specific shape could be identified. And an aura he had never seen before came out of its whole body, it seemed to... not belong to any plane.
"This... is a Beast of Chaos!" Hong Meng gasped, his face full of disbelief.
"What beast of chaos?" asked Lonemoon.
"That's a monster that grows in primordial chaos." explained Hong Meng, even more panicked. "He must have arrived at this plane following the living beings of this plane, and nourished by the primordial qi on those beings, that's why it hid in the original source of the plane the whole time."
"Why didn't you say earlier about such an important matter!" Things from the chaos were more terrible than things from another plane!
"I... I also didn't know!" Hong Meng's face was full of anxiety. Should it be allowed to stay here, after it had sucked all the primordial qi, it will start with the original source purple gas.
"Shen Ying, this thing..." Lonemoon looked back at a certain person habitually, only to find an emptiness behind him. That familiar figure wasn't actually there. "Holy shit! Where did she go?" Did she have to be absent at every important moment? Hello?
Lonemoon seemed to have also just realized that Shen Ying and Chef who stayed behind the whole time were gone. He was stunned for a second. "We probably lost them just now because the purple gas was too thick."
"Shit!" Lonemoon really wanted to curse right now.
Yet another gust of wild wind swept in front of his eyes, with the momentum that seemed to be able to crush everything. Lonemoon's hand turned and the fan in his hand turned into a longsword instantly. He grabbed Hong Meng beside him and flashed towards the side.
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He didn't care anymore! He could only attack right now. Fortunately, though this Beast of Chaos was powerful, its movement was very slow. He wasn't completely without hope.
"Sir..." Hong Meng's standing was a bit unstable. The primordial qi brought about by that giant beast could directly erode the God Power in his body.
"Get away and don't be a bother!" With that said, Lonemoon turned his hand and threw Hong Meng out like a ball.