Li State, Desert Sea Plain.
From above, through the clouds, Wang Mu could see patches of a purple sea, divided into blocks by intersecting lines. After traveling for several days, he had already reached the territory of Tianlu Temple. An endless stretch of fields entered his view.
Only... the concentration of Spiritual Energy seems to have dropped... Wang Mu mused, flying low with a bit of curiosity. In such a region, nurturing so many Spirit Plants, normally shouldn't the Spiritual Energy be denser than in other places?
Not long after, having flown for a good while, he had seen countless Spirit Fields but still hadn't found Tianlu Temple.
"I've heard Tianlu Temple is different from other Sects; it doesn't have a fixed location," Jinmao Rat said, sitting on the Flying Sword and grooming its fur. "It used to have one, but later it took up residence in the Desert Sea Plain, claiming the entire plain as its Sect."
How peculiar... Wang Mu thought. As he was pondering this, before he even got close to the Spirit Fields below, the ground shook. Heaps of purple dust stirred as if the mountains themselves were moving, rapidly changing and transforming into a colossal, purple-black earth giant.
"Who goes there?"
The voice of the earth giant was magnificent, echoing wide, carrying an extrely strong pressure of Divine Sense.
Wang Mu was startled. At first, he thought it was so sort of mountain spirit or earth monster, but after a mont of perception, he realized it must be a special Earth Form conjured by a Spell.
"I am..."
Just as Wang Mu was about to introduce himself, he thought, With such an impressive display, is Tianlu Temple using this kind of Spell to welco ? Do I command that much respect? This Earth Form, hundreds of yards tall, comparable to a mountain, conjured in the flick of a finger, must be an Earth-based Technique from a cultivator of extrely high Cultivation.
Unexpectedly, on the other side, the clouds parted and space itself seed to ripple. Following the earth giant's shout, hundreds of figures slowly materialized in the distant void.
These individuals were clad in Armor and wielded weapons that pulsed with the energy of Magic Artifacts. They resembled a disciplined military force, like Immortal Soldiers and Immortal Generals, their bodies radiating potent Spiritual Power. They rode black Qilin horses with dragon tails.
The one in the lead had a red-tasseled ponytail and carried a black-gold spear. Their helt and Armor were a single unit, making their gender and appearance indiscernible; only faint glimrs of light shone from their eyes. This leader stood suspended in the void, exuding an overwhelming aura.
"Big Brother, those are the Shen Hao Army of the Haotian Dynasty!" Jinmao Rat's deanor imdiately turned serious. "These guys are all high-Realm Body Cultivation specialists. Foundation Establishnt Stage is the minimum, and there are even Golden Core Realm soldiers among them! General Yu Lin, whom I ntioned to you before, is one of their generals... Strange, Tianlu Temple never gets involved in Dynasty conflicts, and the Dynasties in Li State rarely provoke Tianlu Temple... Why would the Shen Hao Army co here?"
Wang Mu saw this and realized they weren't here to welco him. In that case, I'll just relax and be a spectator, he decided.
These were dynastic cultivators, genuine Cultivators indeed. However, most of them specialized in Body Cultivation. Compared to Cultivators from other states, they lacked a touch of Immortal Energy and carried more of the Mortal World's aura.
Since he was standing quite far away to avoid any accidental involvent, Wang Mu didn't use his Divine Sense to scan them. He could only perceive the confrontational tension between the two sides.
Not long after, the leading figure suddenly snorted coldly.
Imdiately, a majestic phantom rose, its pressure surging like a tidal wave. The phantom resembled a radiant, golden deity, then shifted to look like a palace, constantly transforming, flickering in and out of existence. It looked like so kind of Dharma Image, and in an instant, it subdued the earth giant.
The earth giant crumbled and disintegrated.
However, the phantom dissipated just as quickly.
Such a Spell... Wang Mu felt a bit uneasy. Once a Cultivator condenses their Primordial Spirit, they can communicate with heaven and earth through it. If the Primordial Spirit can leave the body, they can cultivate their own Primordial Spirit Dharma Form, thereby delivering an almost dinsionally superior strike against lower-Realm opponents. This is a perfect example. No matter how powerful you are in the Nascent Soul Stage, it's nearly impossible to defeat a Divinity Transformation Cultivator. The higher the Realm, the more difficult it is to fight across levels.
That person's aura is at most at the Nascent Soul level... But this Spell, how can it have aspects of a Primordial Spirit Dharma Form? Why is the pressure so strong?
Wang Mu fell into deep thought. It seems this trip to Tianlu Temple won't be so easy after all.
「A mont later,」
The earth giant rose again, and an old man stepped out from the void. This elder wore a simple linen robe and held only a stalk of rice, which he lightly swept across the void.
The next second, golden waves of energy erupted outwards in all directions.
In just an instant, the leading general of the Shen Hao Army was violently blasted back dozens of miles, and in mid-air, hundreds of Shen Hao Soldiers scattered and tumbled down...
"Tianlu Temple has a Crossing Tribulation expert, you know," Jinmao Rat said, digging its nose. "Both sides are in a standoff, and the Shen Hao Army clearly ca with ill intentions. Do they really think Tianlu Temple is a pushover? This elder should be Suihe Temple Master of Tianlu Temple... Considering his age...
"I rember when I went to Tianlu Temple for food back in the day, he looked just like this. After all these years, he still looks the sa... I wonder how long he's lived.
"I heard the Old Temple Master was one of the Disciples that the Living Immortal Xiao Yu accepted back then..."
"You've t him?" Wang Mu asked.
"AHEM," Jinmao Rat coughed. "Once, when I went to the Heaven and Earth Grain Storage at Tianlu Temple, I happened to et soone sweeping the granary. Only later did I find out it was the Old Temple Master of Tianlu Temple. Fortunately, he didn't catch at the ti and even gave a few bags of Heavenly Fragrant Rice..."
"..." Wang Mu.
「A mont later, the smoke cleared.」
Everything returned to tranquility.
Suddenly, the distant Suihe Temple Master looked towards Wang Mu and asked, "Young friend, from where do you hail, and why have you co to my Tianlu Temple?"
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