Long Fei understood that under equal strength, unless he defeated these two, Dragon-Tiger Mountain would not truly submit.
He raised a hand, smiled faintly at the two, and said, "I accept your challenge!"
People around imdiately scattered, knowing that at this level of battle, staying close would surely impact them.
Zhang Ziheng pulled the young disciple who had just fired the cannon to the side, anxiously asking, "Was that your maneuver, or was the Sect Leader secretly involved?"
The young disciple replied, "Of course, it was !"
Zhang Ziheng widened his eyes, "Is this Magical Treasure really so powerful? Even capable of handling the Third Elder?"
The young disciple excitedly said, "It’s true. At the mont of firing, my heart was trembling. Senior Brother, you are wise, following this leader, we’ll definitely achieve great things in the future."
Zhang Ziheng straightened his back, stared at Long Fei in the distance, squinting his eyes, and said, "Indeed, when have I ever been wrong?"
On the square, the Dragon-Tiger Daoists simultaneously made their move.
Though they were seniors, they did not underestimate him, aware of Long Fei’s extraordinary strength, they attacked with lethal intent from the start.
The Dragon Daoist focused on entrapnt, while the Tiger Daoist was on the offensive.
One attacked as the other defended, a technique they had honed over many years.
Long Fei was surrounded by a halo of azure light.
The Dragon Daoist was not of ordinary Dragon Blood, but bore the lineage of an Azure Dragon,
Its long body transford into a stream of light, channeling burgeoning azure wood energy towards Long Fei.
The Tiger Daoist slashed down with a sword, its sword qi surging, also imbued with Geng tal Qi, unparalleled in sharpness.
It too was not of common bloodline, concealing Geng tal Qi, exactly the Western White Tiger Bloodline.
The Dragon and Tiger auras transford into two Dharma Laksanas manifesting in the void, causing those nearby to shudder in fear.
Sect Leader Zhang Changling stroked his beard and smiled, "Seniors are indeed seniors, already masters at the Unity Realm Stage. This young lad may possess so heterodox path skills, but before authentic Esoteric Sect Cultivation Techniques, he’s rely a paper tiger, easily torn!"
Other elders nodded in agreent with a light laugh, "True, true, the two Daoists were personally enlightened by our Ancestral Master of Dragon-Tiger Mountain, their techniques are naturally remarkable."
Experts strike with the intent to kill with one blow.
Within the Dragon-Tiger Daoists’ Slaughter Formation, suddenly a phantom handprint erged, gathering all the ambient energy within a hundred miles here.
This handprint pressed down heavily, like a giant mountain descending.
The wood and tal laws below scattered with a thunderous boom, and the Dragon-Tiger Daoists were all crushed beneath the handprint.
The mountain’s solid body was indented by over a dozen ters from the impact, cracking all around like turtle patterns.
With just one move from each side, the battle was over.
The Dragon Daoist and the Tiger Daoist had been forced into their true forms, an Azure Dragon and a White Tiger, seeming as if pinned under a mountain.
Long Fei stood amid them, calmly withdrawing the handprint.
People all around were dumbfounded, thinking, was it over just like that?
Lin Yingying breathed a sigh of relief while holding her stomach, previously worried these two might have hard Long Fei.
After all, they were both Demon Kings at the Unity Realm Stage.
Zhang Ziheng secretly sighed, "Once we all were peers, who’d have thought in just a few short years, he’d grow to such a height. Destiny and fortune, truly destiny and fortune!"
The Dragon and Tiger Daoists, after returning to human form, stood up.
They cupped their fists in gratitude towards Long Fei, "Thank you, Sect Leader, for your rcy."
Long Fei smiled faintly, "No need, I was rely considering your difficult cultivation, not wanting to commit such a dire act. If you are willing, you can follow as guardian elders on Jade Island, how does that sound?"
The two exchanged a glance, defeated, they were fortunate not to be killed, where could they find room to negotiate.
They both nodded in agreent.
Sect Leader Zhang Changling of Dragon-Tiger Mountain nearly spat blood, these were their ancestors, overnight becoming soone’s elders.
Zhang Ziheng then jumped out, pointing at him and shouting, "Zhang Changling, don’t drag all the brothers down for your own selfish desires. Can you still not see the situation clearly? Dragon-Tiger Mountain’s glory is gone, just surrender with everyone now!"
Zhang Changling and a group of elders wore bitter expressions, at this point, they couldn’t even muster anger for this traitor.
Only feeling their ancestral foundation was wasted away, how could they face their ancestors in the afterlife.
Before they could respond, disciples knelt on one knee, bowing towards Long Fei, "We wish to abandon darkness for light, to follow the Sect Leader."
Seeing the situation lost, so elders sighed helplessly, bowing in submission as well.
Finally, only Zhang Changling and the Third Elder remained, exchanging glances, they asked Long Fei, "If we submit, will you truly preserve the na of Dragon-Tiger Mountain?"
Long Fei nodded, "Of course, the title of Dragon-Tiger Mountain is of no consequence to ."
The two sighed, thinking the circumstances were beyond them, regardless, it was better to keep the foundation of Dragon-Tiger Mountain.
They too followed, bowing in submission, and no one in all of Dragon-Tiger Mountain resisted anymore.
Long Fei and Lin Yingying spent a day in the Scripture Pavilion of Dragon-Tiger Mountain. After exiting, they instructed Ma Tengfei to pack up all the scriptures, preparing to take everything to Jade Island.
From now on, the heritage of all sects would be on Jade Island.
The Third Elder and a group of elders wept like grieving widows, kneeling on the ground, crying out their apology to their ancestors.
Zhang Ziheng, on the other hand, was excited, having achieved his wish of becoming the Head of the Sect of the new Celestial Master Sect.
With the deanor of a Sect Leader, he comforted a group of elders, "Do not be saddened, the old must go to make way for the new! Look, what formidable Magical Treasures have we had to show these years? They’re all second-rate stuff used by Jianghu people, nothing lost just worth discarding! Now everyone work under the Sect Leader, work diligently. Maybe when Sect Leader becos immortal, we might catch so fortune too!"
Before he could finish, the Third Elder and a group of oldsters chased him away.
Zhang Ziheng mimicked Long Fei’s tone, leaving furiously, "Inconsiderate lot, you old stubborns are destined to be swept into history’s trash."
Indifferent to the external matters, Long Fei gained significant ancient artifact crafting insights within the Scripture Pavilion.
These secret collections were all journals and insights left by Dragon-Tiger Mountain’s past masters, not found elsewhere.
He loaded all these insights into his ntal database, and, with Lin Yingying, took a tour of the cave where Zhang Tianshi once cultivated.
This cave was revered as forbidden ground of Dragon-Tiger Mountain, typically inaccessible to commoners.
Sect Leader Zhang Changling was kneeling before the ancestral tablet inside, lanting deeply.
When Long Fei and Lin Yingying entered, he imdiately stood up, attended to them with decorum.
Long Fei consoled him, "Sect Leader Zhang, there’s no need for this. Were it not for the Demon Calamity, I wouldn’t trouble you either. Once we join forces and withstand this great disaster, you can return anyti!"
Zhang Changling, already considering wandering the Four Seas in despair, brightened up instantly, "Does Sect Leader Long truly an this?"
Long Fei chuckled, "Of course, the interests of your Dragon-Tiger Mountain are too interwoven, without a complete overhaul, secular power can’t push through here, nor effectively utilize these resources. Between us, it’s rely a difference in approach, not a contest of Daoist Orthodoxies, what would be the point of destroying your Dragon-Tiger Mountain’s orthodoxy?"
Zhang Changling contemplated briefly, then cupped his hands, "I understand now, Sect Leader’s vision is far-reaching, beyond our comparison."
"As long as you understand."
Long Fei patted him on the shoulder, gazed around the cave peacefully, and reflected, "The elders of old valued peace and non-action. Their dwellings were always simple, devoid of embellishnts, wholly integrated with nature. We, later generations, have been too tainted by worldly matters. Our cultivation ceremonies are elaborate, palaces extravagant, style emphasized everywhere. Compared to the ancients, truly a bit vulgar."
Lin Yingying mildly disagreed, smiling as she countered, "Not so, if one can cultivate comfortably, why suffer in this barren cave? Do you think they didn’t want to enjoy life! It’s just they had no disciples nor founded sects back then, conditions didn’t allow it."
She pointed to sparkling objects above her head, "Look, didn’t they even adorn this cave ceiling? Aren’t those Light Gathering Stones embedded above, these encircling patterns are quite beautiful."
Zhang Changling continued to chuckle dryly, "What’s above is the Chart of Heavenly Mystery refined for astronomical observation by our Ancestral Master. Generations of ancestors have cultivated here, none so far deciphered anything substantial. Rumor is, it holds a great fortune, yet to this day, nobody knows what that fortune is."
"Hm?"
Curious, Lin Yingying looked up, surprised, "There’s such a story?"
Long Fei also glanced up, since it was a fortune, he decided to sit, pondering those radiant ringed patterns above.
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