Chapter 474: Chapter 337: Slaying a Land Immortal!
“What?”
Xu Zhiyuan’s face changed drastically upon hearing this, he said, “How could this be? The six ancient martial families have a long history and are deeply rooted, their ancestors are undoubtedly Land Immortals… Why would they suddenly show up and disrupt the promotion ceremony to the rank of Heavenly Master?”
“Xu Yang… could it be that you’ve got a grudge against the six families?”
Xu Yang pondered for a moment, “If you’re talking about resentment, it’s not really blatant… At most, I had a slight friction with the Li Clan from Longxi!”
“A little friction?”
Xu Zhiyuan frowned and asked, “What kind of friction? If it’s just some small frictions, those ancestors would not demean themselves to deal with you.”
“Actually it’s nothing much.”
Xu Yang briefly mentioned the incident where the Li Clan of Longxi went to the Martial Arts Academy in Wu City to “snatch people”, and threatened him afterward. He said, “Considering the Li Clan of Longxi’s long-standing lineage with numerous experts in their clan… so, I made a trip to the ancestral house of the Li Clan in Longxi, trying to sneak into Li Manor and negotiate with the Li family’s steward.”
“Unintentionally, I ended up killing the head of Li Clan.”
Xu Zhiyuan was stunned for a moment, then roared, “You call this a little friction?”
Xu Yang said, “Why should Grandpa worry… they are merely six major families, not to be feared, and if worst comes to worst, I can call Xiao Xue, Yue Niang, and my nine ghost generals to strike first, and wipe out a family.”
Anticipating his grandfather would say “As a Daoist, how can you be so bloodthirsty”, he didn’t expect Grandpa to start seriously considering it upon hearing his proposition.
He pondered for a while, then with a solemn expression shook his head, “No… We do not understand the situation within the blessings of the six major families… Moreover, Land Immortals are not so easy to kill, if it fails, it may trigger the siege of the six major families and push us into danger.”
Grandpa paced back and forth, thought for a while, and said, “Instead of launching an offensive, it would be better to await their actions… My City God Temple is on West Mountain, at Wanshou Palace I can borrow the power of the geomantic omen, which will be enough to block a Land Immortal.”
“You have nine Ghost Immortals under your command, and additionally…”
After taking a glance at Long Xiaoxue, Grandpa remembered she was the legendary “monster dragon”. When he joined Wanshou Palace as a child, his seniors often scared him with her… resulting in him crying in his dreams several times.
Now thinking about her being his own “daughter-in-law”, Xu Zhiyuan felt a bit weird.
He paused for a moment, “Plus, your wives… we have a total of twelve Land Immortal-level forces, even if the ancestors of the six major families were to attack us altogether, they wouldn’t necessarily have an advantage.”
“You’re about to take over the position of Heavenly Master, things aren’t the same as before.”
“In my opinion, this matter is unfounded, it may not be true… If it’s true, it must be a secret plot of the six major families, why would they leak the information, let the martial world’s Baixiao Sheng know it, and publicize it everywhere?”
“Isn’t Baixiao Sheng afraid of being attacked by the six major families?”
Xu Yang affirmed, “Since this matter was exposed by Wang… by Baixiao Sheng in the martial world forum, it’s definitely true… But Grandpa, you make sense, let’s just hold the promotion ceremony as planned and not let them spoil our mood.”
To be honest.
Xu Yang prefers to take the initiative.
If it was his previous temperament, he would definitely be worried and panicked after hearing this news, sleepless at night. Only by taking the initiative to eradicate the six major families would he be able to breathe easy.
But times have changed, even if he is facing a “Land Immortal”, he now has certain self-defense abilities.
What’s more, he has nine Ghost Immortals under his command, plus his two master wives, Yue Niang, Long Xiaoxue, and a “City God Grandpa”… It’s not an exaggeration to say that Xu Yang’s personal power can now compete with those large sects and great families in the martial world.
After some discussions.
Grandpa left in a hurry again, saying that there were some other things that needed hurriedly attended to… Additionally, matters related to the feast of the promotion ceremony needed Grandpa to personally handle.
Xu Yang then went to the backyard of the Dao Palace at Wanshou Palace.
There is a small courtyard here, which is the residence of you, the “Supreme Sage”.
There are dedicated disciples who clean the small courtyard regularly, the environment is elegant, and there is also a small vegetable garden in the yard with a few rows of flowers and vegetables.
Upon entering the courtyard, Xu Yang said, “Xiao Xue, Xiao Yu, you both go inside the room first, I’m going to make a call.”
After the two women entered the room.
Xu Yang pulled out his phone and made a call to Wang Hou.
The phone rang for over twenty seconds before Wang Hou finally picked up, he said lazily, “Hello, Xu Yang… Let me guess… You’re calling at this time, you must have seen the post on the martial world forum, right?”
Damn!
Does this even need to be said?
Xu Yang inwardly ridiculed, and then asked, “Minister Wang, what exactly is going on? Why are the six major families suddenly coming after me? And aren’t the ancestors of the six families all at their respective paradises? How did they suddenly come out?”
On the other end of the phone, Wang Hou said, “Today is the sixth, the ancestors of the six major families haven’t come out yet, they’ll probably come out on the eighth day, and then they’ll be difficult for you.”
After a pause, Wang Hou continued, “As for the reason why the six major families want to target you… It’s naturally because you’re too close to me, and your talents are too monstrous, they’re afraid that you’ll become my assistance after you grow up.”
Xu Yang: “….”
Wang Hou continued, “To be honest… the six major families really do handle things well, I would also lose sleep if I was against you.”
Xu Yang was amused by the frustration.
“Minister Wang.”
“Can we stop the sarcasm for now?”
Xu Yang said, “The six major families coming after me, in the end, is because of you… Why don’t we do something big this time, seize the opportunity to kill one or two Land Immortals?”
“I cannot step in.”
Wang Hou directly refused, saying, “The heavenly pathway is about to open now, and there are already indications of the third resurrection of spiritual aura in the human world. The powerful beings from all the blessed lands of significant caves can step outside without paying a hefty price….”
“In our Da Xia martial world, everything seems prosperous and peaceful on the surface, but the undercurrents are raging, especially those ancient clans, general families, and the old Daoist ancestors.”
“In ancient times, they performed god-like tasks on Earth, far above the rest. They will never endure my authority.”
Wang Hou’s tone became serious.
He said, “In fact, I knew as soon as the six major families decided to deal with you a few days ago… I didn’t tell you right away because I wanted to understand their true purpose!”
“Oh?”
Xu Yang’s eyes moved, and he said, “Could it be… they are using this opportunity to deal with you, Minister Wang?”
“Yes.”
Wang Hou said, “In order to maintain martial world order and ensure the life and property safety of ordinary people, I have done a lot and killed many martial world’s disobedient ones… Various factions in martial world don’t say it outright, but secretly many people want me dead.”
“But they hadn’t the ability before….”
Xu Yang asked, “What about now?”
“Haha.”
Wang Hou’s serious tone suddenly became cheeky, and said, “They lacked power then, and they have even less power now… Those immortals who didn’t have the courage to ascend the heavenly path back in the day and chose to live among the blessed lands..do they really think they will be unbeatable once they re-emerge in the world?”
“Honestly, if the global situation wasn’t a little delicate…and if there weren’t those overseas dogs barking at Da Xia all the time, I would have slain a few Land Immortals this time to let those immortals know who’s the decision-maker in Da Xia!”
From Wang Hou, Xu Yang heard full confidence and endless tyranny!
Xu Yang became more curious about Wang Hou’s strength.
He has broken through to the realm of the Land Immortal for less than two months.
For a martial arts master of this realm, perhaps two months is just the time for one retreat… But why is Wang Hou so powerful?
Bearing the destiny of a nation…
Does this intangible thing called national destiny have such a significant enhancement to one’s strength?
And another thing…
Wang Hou seems to be a little too well-informed?
The six major families conspired against me, which should be a very secretive matter, and their ancient ancestors behind them were planning to draw out Wang Hou…this should be even more secretive, so how does Wang Hou know everything?
Xu Yang called Li Yuanchang and said, “Tell Grandpa that I will retreat to cultivate… and no one will disturb me before the eighth day of August.”
Li Yuanchang agreed.
Xu Yang walked into the room and said to Long Xiaoxue and Tu Xiaoyu, “You go back to Wu City and tell Yue Niang that I need her help… and the nine Ghost Generals, let them arrive at Wanshou Palace before the eighth day of August.”
“Remember… ”
“Don’t expose your whereabouts, you must hide it well!”
Before leaving, Long Xiaoxue asked, “Should I inform the Black and White Impermanence?”
“No need.”
Xu Yang smiled and said, “After all, the Black and White Impermanence are important minister of the Underworld, and they can help us do some things in secret… but it is inconvenient for me to act on the surface.”
Long Xiaoxue was curious and asked, “What do you want to do by doing this?”
Xu Yang blinked and said, “Since Minister Wang can’t make a move, I will personally slay a Land Immortal. This way, those old immortals will know the saying -‘the new wave pushes the old wave along in the Yangtze River!'”
Wait until Long Xiaoxue and Tu Xiaoyu left, Xu Yang then began to retreat.
He did not comprehend diverse techniques.
He did not practice martial arts.
Instead, he closed his eyes, emptied his mind, and carefully sensed everything of Wanshou Palace down to the last blade of grass, and sensed everything within tens of miles around Wanshou Palace.
“The power of geomantic omen…”
“So, that is it!”
Xu Yang murmured, “No wonder Grandpa is confident that he can block a Land Immortal with the help of the geomantic omen power…”
He had gained many techniques of controlling “geomantic omen power” from the City God of Silver City and some of his Yin deities, but he never had the time to understand them.
After some research, Xu Yang found that this “geomantic omen power” actually has some similarities with the “borrowing the method of heaven and earth” in the Martial Arts Celestial Phenomenon Realm.
However…
To borrow the method of heaven and earth is to borrow the power of heaven and earth.
And to control the “geomantic omen power” is to transform this piece of heaven and earth into one’s own… heaven and earth!