Trafford's Trading Club Chapter 1131: Chapter 175: Disruption, Correction, Disruptio

Chapter 1131: Chapter 175: Disruption, Correction, Disruption, Correction—Who Are You to Correct

Lai Caisheng’s lips twitched slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but Gongsun Shiyu’s hand was like iron pincers, almost crushing his throat.

Crack.

Gongsun Shiyu’s palm suddenly exerted force, and Lai Caisheng’s neck instantly lost support… causing his head to droop down.

“The answer is, whatever you calculate, I will kill.” Gongsun Shiyu laughed deceitfully, casually tossing Lai Caisheng onto the ground.

“You… you killed him!” Behind him, Gongsun Zhishui ascended the altar and saw Lai Caisheng thrown to the ground, motionless… his face slightly changed.

Gongsun Shiyu sneered, “No one is unkillable.”

This event was somewhat beyond Gongsun Zhishui’s expectations… the Spiritual Energy Awakening plan, Lai Caisheng was one of the masterminds, and at this critical moment, he was killed… what does this mean?

Everything… is not developing according to plan, there are always so many variables.

“But if you kill him, then there’s no one to host the final phase… if the Earth’s spiritual energy ultimately can’t resurge, wouldn’t all previous efforts be wasted?” Gongsun Zhishui couldn’t help but frown.

At present, Gongsun Shiyu did not choose to kill him… for the short term, he probably wouldn’t have such plans; otherwise, he wouldn’t keep him around… asking was truly due to confusion about the uping chaos, while also testing the other’s limits.

“Naive, do you think there’s really no one besides the Clothed Daoist who can make the Earth’s spiritual energy resurge?” Gongsun Shiyu coldly laughed.

Gongsun Zhishui was stunned, opening his mouth slightly.

Gongsun Shiyu walked in front of the crystal pillar standing on the altar—the crystal pillar within which was sealed the dragon vein transforming into a dragon… hope.

Gongsun Shiyu at this moment pressed his hand lightly on the crystal pillar, laughing deceitfully, “You mortals want to open the spiritual energy of Heaven and Earth, needing to break an opening from the outside. However, for us, it’s much simpler…”

“You say…’us’?” Gongsun Zhishui’s gaze shrank slightly.

Gongsun Shiyu’s face grew increasingly bizarre… and at this moment, the men in black within the cave finally discovered the scene of Lai Caisheng being killed on the altar.

“Master!!”

“Master is dead… Gongsun Shiyu killed the master!”

“What happened!”

Dozens of men in black rushed out… they surged onto the altar from all directions, angrily staring at Gongsun Shiyu and Gongsun Zhishui.

As the aura on the bodies of these dozens of men in black surged crazily… Gongsun Zhishui couldn’t help but break a cold sweat—these were old monsters almost desperate, with no hope of promotion.

They were persuaded by Lai Caisheng, always plotting for the grand plan of the spiritual energy resurgence, and each had prepared to sacrifice themselves… but at this moment Lai Caisheng died in front of their eyes, effectively ruining their only hope.

Gongsun Shiyu coldly snorted, “What’s with the madness, your potential is exhausted, your life span is nearing its end, only striving to restore the spiritual energy, merely seeking to regain past regrets… as long as the spiritual energy can be restored, what difference does it make who is your master? Don’t think only Lai Caisheng can achieve this… furthermore.”

Gongsun Shiyu changed his tone, waved his arm, a gust of wind flipping Lai Caisheng’s corpse around, “This guy, isn’t the real Lai Caisheng, just a scapegoat!”

A red-black mist flashed across Lai Caisheng’s face, after which his cheeks seemed corroded… rotten material began peeling from his face, revealing another different face.

“This… isn’t this person the Tianchi old man from Mount Changbai? How can it be him!” Among the men in black, someone recognized this person’s background, “Wasn’t he exhausted of his lifespan and passed away ten years ago… I even saw his passing with my own eyes! Impossible!”

“Clothed Daoist has methods to prolong life.” Gongsun Shiyu laughed coldly, “You bunch of fools, Lai Caisheng’s idea is to forcibly twist the trend of humanitarianism, offending not only the human race but also the will of China’s land… do you think he’d easily place himself in harm’s way?”

The men in black fell silent.

Gongsun Shiyu laughed loudly, “Why, do you feel cheated… I can responsibly tell you, he’s not a good person at all! Opening the Earth’s spiritual energy and resurging, might not be as he said, for restoring the glory of the Divine Land’s Daoist Fiend!”

With Gongsun Shiyu’s words, the aura of the dozens of men in black kept declining.

“Only I can help you!” Gongsun Shiyu laughed, then palm-strucked the altar from the air!

In an instant, the entire altar cracked open… as the cracked altar exposed the steaming furnace within, suddenly, rich spiritual energy and life energy sprayed out madly from the fissures!

Within the furnace, dozens of Soul Orbs were arranged in a circle, continuously flashing, emitting countless vitality!

Gongsun Shiyu waved his hand, the gushing vitality and spiritual energy transformed into dozens of strands, simultaneously rushing into the bodies of all men in black in the venue!

Under the nourishment of this rich vitality, they astonishingly found that their life, which had reached its end, was actually bit by bit restored… or even increased!

“I, now grant each of you five more years of life.” Gongsun Shiyu arrogantly said, “See, it’s just this simple… you don’t need to sacrifice yourselves!”

The men in black looked at each other… under the effectiveness of the life-extending method, those already made decisions now seemed like a joke, collapsing as unexpectedly as they themselves.

“Now, protect me, do everything to help me absorb the Power of a million souls!” Gongsun Shiyu sternly said, “Once I recover, I will open the Earth’s Spirit Vein, granting you immortality!”

“Greetings, Master!”

The dozens of men in black spoke in unison, deeply bowing in submission.

Gongsun Zhishui silently watched all this, feeling both amusing and relieved… at this moment Gongsun Shiyu wielded power that ruled over everyone, naturally possessing the ability to shift everything according to his will… when power is strong enough, less planning is needed.

This perhaps is what Gongsun Shiyu pursues… but unfortunately, now he’s no longer the original him.

“Greetings, Master.”

Gongsun Zhishui long sighed at this time, slowly bowing his head.

“Gongsun Zhishui, I mand you to stop the ‘Four Seasons Glazed Book’ and reveal the area around Mount Tai within a hundred miles!” Gongsun Shiyu’s voice echoed within the cavern: “I want all the Daoist fiend from China to gather and witness this great moment!!”

With that, Gongsun Shiyu laughed madly and plunged into the crevice of the altar, entering the furnace, as torrents of spiritual energy wildly surged into his every limb and bone… and the eerie expression on his face grew even darker.

“True dragon, oh true dragon… aren’t you planning to e out? I am very much looking forward to devouring you.”

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Wolong Mountain Villa.

The thick fog shrouding the sky over Wolong Manor was slowly receding at this moment… the midday sun shined on what was still the cold days of winter, but after nearly a month without seeing sunlight, the Manor now seemed to have a hint of warmth in the air.

The long-awaited sunlight led the many Daoist fiends inside the Manor to step out from their rooms, gazing towards the clear blue sky – yet none felt the urge to celebrate.

Because this bizarre change seemed to herald something.

In the other courtyard, the Fiery Cloud Evil God awoke from his meditation, came outside, looked up at the sky, and furrowed his brow tightly… Just then, the sound of footsteps came from behind.

He quickly turned around to see Mr. Blind stepping out from the chamber, looking extremely weary, his face pale as paper.

“Blind?” Fiery Cloud Evil God quickly moved to Mr. Blind’s side, grabbing his arm and channeling a gentle strength, “Have you found anything?”

“Seal Buddhist Platform.” Mr. Blind said solemnly: “Before midnight tonight, the seventh Jade Dragon Pillar must be erected, midnight is the best time to activate this formation… If you really want to awaken the Earth Spirit Vein, you must choose the right time.”

“Midnight tonight.” Fiery Cloud Evil God furrowed his brow… the timing was too urgent.

As there were no more than twelve hours until midnight – though Wolong Manor was originally built at the foot of Mount Tai, requiring little time to reach the Fengshan Ritual Site, only half a day remained, insufficient to gather the scattered hearts within the Manor… Yan Xiaoxi’s persuasion hadn’t been very effective, all the Daoist fiends seemed listless.

“Second day of February, dragon’s head rising… this is the time when the ley line is most active each year.” Mr. Blind said seriously: “If the ley line is unsealed tonight and the spiritual energy changes with the dragon’s head rising, coupled with the formation’s effect, the ley line’s seal will be pletely broken.”

Fiery Cloud Evil God furrowed his brow further because the blind man before him seemed not just worried about the Spiritual Energy Awakening, “Blind, is there something you’re not saying?”

Mr. Blind sighed slowly, “Old Fool, if spiritual energy really awakens, it will be something for the future. But if the Spirit Vein starts to awaken, if the Earth Spirit Vein really breaks through the ley line seal with the dragon’s head rising, the first thing it brings won’t be hope… but despair.”

“What do you mean?”

Mr. Blind sighed: “Do you know when the decline of Daoist fiends started?”

“It’s said to have begun a thousand years ago.” Fiery Cloud Evil God furrowed his brow: “Since a thousand years ago, the decline of nature’s spiritual energy has been steep, a huge blow to you Daoist fiends, but for us martial artists, the impact hasn’t been significant.”

Mr. Blind said: “A thousand years ago, it’s more palpable, something that Daoist fiends can truly feel. But in reality, the spiritual energy has always been declining, a thousand years ago was just a clear dividing line… The real decline of nature’s spiritual energy perhaps started from the Great Qin Empire.”

“What happened?”

“In bygone days, Emperor Shihuang swept the six states, unified the Central Plains, simultaneously vanquishing evil and curbing fiends. Afterward, to suppress the development of Daoist fiends, Emperor Shihuang placed a massive seal at Mount Tai’s Fengshan Ritual Site, using the thousand-year national fortune of the Great Qin Empire as a sacrifice, bined with the Power of the Stars from the heavens… This seal took a thousand years to plete itself, and only started formally around a thousand years ago, beginning to gradually gather spiritual energy from heaven and earth… Until today, the spiritual energy has bee so sparse.”

Mr. Blind chuckled bitterly, “In less than a hundred years, the spiritual energy within heaven and earth will be entirely locked up. By then, Daoist fiends will no longer be able to obtain any sliver of spiritual energy from heaven and earth. The world will no longer have Daoists, nor any demons able to break the shackles of heaven and earth… The remaining ones will only be corroded by time, slowly perish. There will be no more Daoist fiends.”

This was the first time Fiery Cloud Evil God heard of a thousand-year-old secret… It seemed only sects like the Clothed Daoist, with an undefined number of years of heritage, would know of such secrets.

Even as the strongest of the Human Race, he didn’t dare listen without feeling cold sweat trickling down.

A long silence.

“Emperor Shihuang…” Fiery Cloud Evil God slowly exhaled: “A timeless emperor… worthy of being a timeless emperor, daring to use the dynasty’s thousand-year fortune just to eradicate Daoist fiends. No wonder the Great Qin Empire only lasted for such a short time… Such ruthless determination… Such audacity!!”

Mr. Blind then said, “This spiritual energy has been sealed within the earth for far too long, two thousand years’ spiritual energy has been pressed within the earth. Once this seal is broken and it surges toward the heavens, do you know what consequences it will bring?”

Fiery Cloud Evil God furrowed his brow: “pression rebound?”

Mr. Blind nodded heavily, “Once the seal is broken, this vast spiritual energy will sweep away everything… I cannot calculate the exact range, but at a minimum, it will exceed seven hundred kilometers. Within this range, from the inside out, from strong to weak, all souls within the scope will withstand this immense spiritual energy impact… Old Fool, pure oxygen is poison, pure spiritual energy is also poison, spiritual energy that is overly pure cannot be absorbed by Daoist fiends with less cultivation, they may explode and die, let alone those mortals… Once the Spiritual Energy Awakens, the first thing may be devastation, ah!”

The lands of China are vast, seven hundred kilometers might not be significant… But if seven hundred kilometers is just a minimum… Furthermore, Mount Tai is only four or five hundred kilometers from the capital, should the spiritual energy shock reach there…

“Blind…” Fiery Cloud Evil God suddenly chuckled bitterly, “I suddenly feel an urge for this Spiritual Energy Awakening to succeed.”

This frightened Mr. Blind quite a bit, not knowing what madness the Old Fool was suddenly spouting.

Only to hear Fiery Cloud Evil God say eerily: “If it doesn’t succeed, afterward, the blame will be something the Daoist fiends can’t bear… I won’t let you leave China.”

Mr. Blind chuckled bitterly, not saying anything more.

He merely silently took out a pouch of golden needles, then used his energy to manipulate them… The golden needles instantly shot out, piercing into various acupuncture points in his body, then directly entering his body.

“Blind you…”

His face instantly turned rosy, full of spirit, simultaneously, a terrifying and fierce mana fluctuation erupted from Mr. Blind’s body, the powerful impact even caused Fiery Cloud Evil God’s cheeks to shake.

Mr. Blind’s eyes slowly opened.

At this moment, he could truly see the colors around him.

“No need.” Mr. Blind shook his head, “I won’t live past sunrise tomorrow.”

He turned his head, looked toward the Firmiana tree in the courtyard, and softly said, “So it really has grown tall.”