Lei Jun carefully examined this Dragon Form Raincoat. His mind flickered with ideas. The timing wasn’t right, and so of his ideas required additional Spiritual Objects. Therefore, Lei Jun quickly reined in his wandering thoughts and packed away these Dragon Form Raincoats as well.
He left the island and began to head back to the mainland.
On his way back to the mainland, Lei Jun discussed the details of his trip with his master, Yuan Mobai.
Even if the Celestial Master Mansion didn’t ntion it, the Tang Imperial Court would certainly make a big deal of the incident involving Zhou Peng and others with the Yellow Sky Sect.
Apart from Yuan Mobai and Xu Yuanzhen, Lei Jun didn’t ntion Kang Ming’s predicant or the parts of Wen Zhaoqian’s mories to Chu Yu, Shangguan Sheng, and others.
And the news spread by the Tang Imperial Court didn’t focus on how pitifully the followers of the Yellow Sky Sect had t their fates or how brutally Zhou Peng and his cohorts had acted.
The official reports highlighted Qi Shuo’s involvent. They emphasized how this high-ranking mber of the Yellow Sky Sect had conspired with Zhou Peng and others. He had provided conveniences for these outsiders and jointly hard the promising disciples of the Yellow Sky Sect.
The image of the once respected High rit Elder of the Yellow Sky Sect had transford into that of a human trafficker, one who preyed specifically on the Yellow Sky Sect’s own mbers.
As the news spread, disorder among the concealed followers of the Yellow Sky Sect was inevitable.
In a sense, the Tang Imperial Court hadn’t really frad Qi Shuo unjustly.
Regardless of his initial intentions and future plans, what he was currently doing could not be brought into the open, and the consequences were obvious even with minimal thought.
Qi Shuo himself was well aware of the inevitable price of being exposed; he had no choice but to bear it.
But Qi Shuo, even up to his death, couldn’t understand. Everything had been proceeding so smoothly and silently; which link had gone wrong for it to suddenly beco like fire that paper cannot contain?
The Yellow Sky Sect mbers were already panicking due to the breach of their Ancestral Altar, and now the chaos was complete. They grew suspicious of each other and of the high-ranking cultivators within their sect.
This disruption ant that other affairs could not be taken care of. The already ager numbers of the Yellow Sky Sect were unable to remain hidden, and their identities were exposed one after another.
Increasingly, more people chose to surrender to the authorities.
The authorities then began to reap the harvest with ease and delight, finding such an effortless task a rare occurrence.
With Taoist Taiping and Qi Shuo dead, only one High rit Elder, Zhao Zongjie, remained in the Yellow Sky Sect.
But because of Zhou Peng and the others, Zhao Zongjie was unable to reunite people’s hearts even if he stepped forward now.
Even with a leader, it was as if there was none.
The Yellow Sky Sect was almost completely scattered.
When Master and disciple Lei Jun discussed these matters, they could not help but sigh.
"Keep an eye on the Celestial Master’s Robe. Even if the hope is slim, once successful, they could turn their situation around," Yuan Mobai said.
Lei Jun replied, "Master, rest assured. Your disciple has been keeping a close watch."
"What about the Pure Yang Palace? Was it Gu Han?" Yuan Mobai asked. "Can you confirm that Taoist Brother Wang Xuan is not in league with them?"
Lei Jun explained, "According to what Wen Zhaoqian knew, Taoist Wang wasn’t with them. They frad him as a scapegoat, yet Wen Zhaoqian was also unsure if Wang Xuan was already dead at the ti."
However, three or four years had passed since the Guanlong Demonic Disturbance, and Wang Xuan had never appeared again, nor was there any news of him.
If he was indeed innocent and still alive, even if he had possessed soone else to save his life, he should have reappeared by now.
As for whether he had been captured or imprisoned, Zhou Peng, Wen Zhaoqian, and the others had no leads.
Lei Jun continued, "Zhou Peng, Wang Jingfang, and others, while outside, colluded with those still in the Pure Yang Palace, like Gu Han and Wen Zhaoqian. Liu Dongzhuo from the Mount Shu Sect and others faked their deaths, not just to leave Mount Shu but also with plans in mind. From the looks of it, there may be people within the Mount Shu Sect who are still in league with them."
"Speaking for myself, I would like to trust Taoist Brothers He and Ji, but there’s much strangeness to this affair," Yuan Mobai comnted.
Lei Jun suggested, "Why not wait and see if there are any new developnts with Kang Ming."
"By the way, congratulations, Chongyun, on obtaining such a treasure as the Qi of Transforming Heaven and Earth this ti," Yuan Mobai said. "Although there’s no precedent, as your Master, I believe the ti is ripe."
Lei Jun replied, "I’m grateful for Master’s auspicious words."
Considering the situation with Kang Ming, Lei Jun didn’t rush back to the sect.
He found a quiet and secluded place outside the mountain to start harmonizing the Qi of Transforming Heaven and Earth.
As Yuan Mobai had said, this was a Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure far superior to the Great Five Elents Creation Qi and Dragon Form Raincoats. It was a rare treasure of the world, making one wonder where Zhou Peng and his group had obtained it.
This treasure appeared to have been born at the beginning of heaven and earth, capable of reversing yin and yang and effortlessly transforming heaven and earth.
Zhou Peng, Wen Zhaoqian, and others used this treasure to ease the difficulties of cultivation after taking over bodies, reducing the hardships involved. This alone showed the priceless nature of the object.
No wonder Wen Zhaoqian had the thought of an arrow loosed from the bow that cannot be turned back, unwilling to waste it.
At this mont, with a deep breath, Lei Jun absorbed most of the Qi of Transforming Heaven and Earth within the cauldron into his body.
The Balance of Motion and Stillness, which he had long since refined into his flesh and blood, now distinctly precipitated, resonating with the Qi of Transforming Heaven and Earth.
The Celestial Book: Volu Three, rarely active, began to float and shimr with brilliance.
Above the True One Altar, the Nine Abyss True Fire from the first layer and the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder from the third layer stirred simultaneously.
These various phenona, too nurous to list individually, all mobilized at this mont.
And all of this was centered around and orchestrated by Lei Jun’s own Yin Yang Sacred Body, generating two streams of Mana, one black and one white, that circulated endlessly.
Yin and yang, heaven and earth, motion and stillness, light and darkness...
All the opposing yet interdependent principles and philosophies of the world were evolving and rging here one by one.
Until a certain instant.
Lei Jun’s two forms of Mana converged above his head. They ford a Tai Chi Diagram-like pattern of light that spun endlessly, while the original black and white gradually faded into a radiance of brightness and dimness, ebbing and flowing, flickering alternately.
Then, the Tai Chi Diagram descended to Lei Jun’s forehead and rged into it.
Lei Jun’s entire being began to emit a faint glow.
At so unknown point, the radiance vanished, completely retracting inward.
But Lei Jun could distinctly feel a monuntal change within himself, similar to when he had achieved the Hidden Dragon Spirit Body and the Yin Yang Sacred Body. His Root Bone Talent underwent a rebirth today, stepping into a new threshold. The level of an Immortal Body! The Liangyi Immortal Body!
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