"How audacious!"
"How dare you attack the Jade Emperor Temple!"
Listening to Shi Xuanming's words, several elders were furious.
As for Li Yan, he was completely unaware of this suddenly appearing Earth Immortal.
This isn't surprising.
The Divine State is vast, with talented individuals erging endlessly. Not everyone wishes to be in the lilight, especially in the Mystical Sect, where the reclusive wind is even stronger.
In the mountains and great marshes, who knows how many masters are hidden.
So single-mindedly focus on cultivation but cannot take that crucial step forward, unwilling to fall into the Netherworld, so they choose to join the Mystic Sect, their identities concealed.
Just like in Wudang and Qingcheng, Li Yan felt a presence, but due to friendship and agreents between the living Yin ssenger and the Mystical Sect, he pretended not to notice.
And as the Human Dao evolves, surely more Earth Immortals will stir.
Suddenly, a spiritual light flashed in Li Yan's mind.
He rembered when he first entered the Capital, discovering soone secretly intercepting the living Yin ssenger, but then they vanished without a trace, never appearing again.
He initially thought it was related to the "Pantao Conference," but now it seems they might be two independent cases just overlapping coincidentally.
The purpose of intercepting the living Yin ssenger was to remove the shackles on these Earth Immortals!
At that ti, who knows how many ambitious people will erge.
The na "Zhao Changsheng" resurfaced in his mind.
Li Yan had a premonition that this matter was definitely connected to him!
While he was pondering, the opponent had already acted.
Shi Xuanming, seeing that words were ineffective, stopped wasting ti. His left hand ford a mantra, and his right hand's Withered Pine Dragon Staff struck the ground fiercely, causing a gust of wind and rolling black mist.
The surrounding scenery beca blurry once more.
In the dimness, it seed as if a beast's howl arose.
Then, the ground beca cold, frost spreading, and streaks of faint green light rose, converging and twisting in the air, first transforming into various wild beasts, then into human forms, rushing straight at the people outside the Jade Emperor Temple.
Mountain Spirits, or rather Mountain Gods!
Li Yan glanced and guessed what these were.
After so beasts or highly spirited animals die, they often cling to the earth and rocks. Influenced past villagers appear illusions, offering incense and tying red ropes to pray for peace.
Over ti, they beco local Mountain Gods.
Nowadays, many places have legends of very spiritual trees or stones.
These are Mountain Spirits.
Speaking of which, they're not harmful.
People's hearts with good intentions and prayers also generally drive away wandering ghosts, protecting the locale.
Sowhat like simplified divine statues in temples, arising from people's hearts.
But now, clearly, these are controlled by Shi Xuanming.
"Form the formation!"
Although Shoumingzi and the seven elders were startled, they quickly ford the Beidou Seven Mysterious Formation.
Holding various magic artifacts, chanting incantations, the dense fog and the roaring Mountain Spirits were directly blocked five ters away, unable to approach.
"Shi Xuanming!"
Shoumingzi, his beard and hair bristling, shouted angrily: "You too are sheltered by the Magic Veins, how dare you provoke the Earth Vein Yin Sha, disturb the Divine Mountain with such rebellious actions?!"
In the mist, Shi Xuanming's figure was faintly visible.
His mocking cold laugh echoed, "Shoumingzi, don't chatter here. Taishan was initially a place of cultivation for us. You sects have occupied it for years, monopolizing the Qi Fortune, when have you ever thought of sharing with fellow Loose Cultivators?"
Before his words finished, he fiercely struck the ground with the Withered Pine Dragon Staff.
"Boom!"
The entire Jade Emperor Temple square and even the ground farther away seed to quake violently.
Dense inky Earth Energy, exuding piercing cold, surged from the cracks like tentacles of living creatures, with sharp whistling, sweeping up surrounding shattered rocks. Under a certain power's pull, it condensed into several earth-and-stone puppets about a dozen ters tall.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
Heavy footsteps, surrounded by sinister Evil Qi, headed towards the Jade Emperor Temple.
What a sight, mountain puppets!
Even Li Yan was startled.
This seems to be a type of Puppetry Technique combined with Earth Escape Technique, similar to Planting Beans into Soldiers, but Li Yan had never seen it used so skillfully.
Not only does it require profound Dao, but one must also be an Earth Master.
Daring to attack the Jade Emperor Temple, indeed a remarkable skill.
Li Yan realized: "This is no human strength, but the wrath of the mountain."
"Be careful!"
Seeing the situation turn dire, a black-robed elder quickly stepped the Astral Step, forming a mantra with his left hand, as his right palm emitted lightning, slamming into one of the approaching earth puppets.
With a loud boom, the earth puppet crumbled into chaotic rocks on the ground.
This Palm Thunder was perfected, and wearing a black robe, he's likely from the Taishan Thunder Institute.
Although the strike was effective, the elder, being aged and weakened, had long been deteriorating in physical condition. After the earth puppet's impact, he staggered back, spitting a blood arrow, shouting to everyone vigorously: "Disciples, beware! This rogue is our Taishan Earth Immortal Shi Xuanming!"
"He's well-versed in Earth Master skills, proficient in Earth Escape, master of 'Examination Ghosts and Summoning Gods,' who swore to protect the Taishan Earth Vein in exchange for a future position as Mountain God! Yet this madman is blinded by greed, seeking to seize the Taishan Lord's power!"
This old Taoist was also furious, directly revealing Shi Xuanming's roots.
Upon hearing this, many disciples couldn't help but gasp in surprise.
To think this person is a Taishan Earth Immortal, which explains the bizarre thods. In terms of familiarity with the Taishan Earth Vein, even their local sects might not compare to him.
But what caught even more attention was another statent.
Seize the Taishan Lord's power!
Who is the Taishan Lord?
Years ago, folk novel "Fengshen Yanyi" claid Huang Feihu was Emperor East Mountain.
In fact, this was not the case.
Since ancient tis, Taishan has been seen as a passage connecting the Netherworld and the Human World. The Eastern Han "The Book of Filial Piety" recorded the Taishan Lord, rumored to renew each five hundred years. During Qin Han and Jin, it was Taishan Lord Qin Yi and the Jin Hong Family, during the Tang Dynasty it was Cui Ziyu.
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