Chapter 655: Chapter 440: Immortal Bones as Ink_2
As soon as Xu Yang arrived, he sensed that Niu Mang was rapidly approaching Wu City.
Very quickly.
Niu Mang, Ma Long, Lord Thunder, Lightning Goddess, Qianli Yan, Shunfeng Er, Sirius, and the other twenty-eight Stellar Immortal Lords descended at the entrance of the restaurant, along with many other divine beings.
Xu Yang went out to personally greet them.
The first floor of the restaurant was large, with room for more than ten tables. With seventy-two heavenly beings, Ma Long, Niu Mang, and including Xu Yang himself, there was a total of 75 “people”. Everyone took their seats and Xu Yang signaled for the kitchen to serve the dishes.
The meal was arranged according to wedding standards. Each table had eighteen dishes, with a mix of meat and vegetarian, cold and hot dishes, plus a dish of fungus soup and a serving of sticky rice sweet porridge.
Before everyone started eating, Xu Yang stood up and raised his glass for a toast.
After the toast, Xu Yang shared the news he received from Lord Cui.
“What?”
“Over three hundred inhabited planets have been blood-sacrificed?”
“How many people would have died from that?”
“Damn those Netherworld Demons…”
The divine beings were incensed. Qianli Yan even slammed the table and got up, saying: “Master Xu, what should we do? Say the word, and we’ll brave fires and waters, unafraid of a thousand deaths!”
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The crowd of divine beings stood up, expressing their consensus.
Even Shunfeng Er was incessantly mumbling “Ababa.”
Xu Yang said: “Over three hundred planets were sacrificed, increasing the power of the Bloody Sea in the Netherworld. The Blood Emperor could potentially break free at any moment… As far as I know, all the Netherworld Demons in the human realm are converging to Xuanhuang, Kunlun, and Yuanjie, the three realms. They plan on blood-sacrificing these three realms.”
“What?”
Sirius exclaimed: “Those three realms, closest to the Heavenly Realm, rich in history, have seen numerous strong Immortal Beings, and numerous lineages of immortal teachings persisted despite the six hundred year heaven-human barrier. The Netherworld Demons are actually attacking these three realms at the same time, it seems that there were quite a number of Netherworld Demons that sneaked into the human realm back in the day!”
Lord Thunder said: “Each realm is vast and infinite, with populations in the hundreds of billions… if the Demon Clan successfully sacrifices these three realms, it might instantly provide enough power for the Blood Emperor…”
He looked at Xu Yang, seemingly understanding Xu Yang’s intention, and asked: “Did you gather us in the hopes that we will intervene and secretly assist these three realms?”
Xu Yang smiled and said: “This is not just my intention, but also the emperor’s. He demoted you to the mortal world, yet he didn’t take away your divinity or even allowed you to bring your magical items into the human world. Isn’t his intention clear enough?”
The divine beings exchanged puzzled glances.
Lord Thunder expressed his confusion: “Why didn’t the emperor make it clear? With just his decree, we could immediately kill our way into the three realms.”
“Ababa, bababa, aaaaaah!”
Shunfeng Er stood up and babbled on.
The divine beings looked at Qianli Yan. He translated: “Shunfeng Er means that, as we have lost our immortal status and have been demoted to the mortal world, we can’t be considered heavenly beings anymore. If we take action now, it wouldn’t count as breaking the Heavenly Law.”
One of the divine beings asked, when should they set off.
Xu Yang said: “There’s no rush for the time being. Let’s talk about it. The three realms have deep histories. If they were going to be breached, it would have happened already. Let’s eat first… the food is getting cold!”
At the dining table.
Xu Yang suggested that everyone wait for seven more days.
“During these seven days, I will hurriedly prepare a batch of Daoist talismans that might be of some help.”
“After seven days, I plan to visit the Western Hell… When I return from the Western Hell, I will go to the three realms and join up with you guys.”
After the meal.
Xu Yang asked Ma Long to book a hotel with room for seventy-two divine beings temporarily.
He returned home, contacted his grandpa, and said, “Grandpa, I managed to borrow the ‘Zhengyi Mengwei’s Twenty-Four Grade Daoist Talisman’ from the Celestial Master of Dragon Tiger Mountain. I want to learn the Daoist talismans written in it, but the quality of my talisman paper and ink is a bit poor. It’s hard to perfectly bear the power of talismans of this level. You know many people in the Daoist community, can you help me find some good talisman paper and ink?”
On the other end of the phone, Xu Zhiyuan said, “The ‘Zhengyi Mengwei’s Twenty-Four Grade Daoist Talisman’ from the Celestial Master of Dragon Tiger Mountain is said to be 24 kinds of immortal talismans organized by Ancestral Master Zhang Daoling before his ascension. Talisman paper and ink that can bear the power of the Immortal talismans are probably hard to find in the mortal Daoist world… My great-grandson, you have a good relationship with Master Chengming, perhaps you can ask him.”
“That’s right, how could I forget that old immortal.”
Xu Yang’s eyes lit up.
Aside from Master Chengming, there’s also Wang Hou.
Although the Supernatural Affairs Bureau has not been established for long, it is backed by the state after all. Over the years, it has explored many “secret heritage sites”, and the resources and treasures it owns are by no means inferior to Dragon Tiger Mountain and Maoshan Sect which have a history of thousands of years.
Early the next morning, Xu Yang got up early, prepared gifts, and set off for Zongsheng Palace.
Today is February 10, 2024, the fourth day of the Lunar New Year. The heavy snow that fell on the 28th day of the twelfth month has not yet melted in the fields of the mountains.
Taoday, there was no snowfall in Wu City, but in Xi’an, it was lightly snowing.
Xu Yang arrived at Zongsheng Palace and took out the prepared gifts.
Grandmaster Chengming was laughing so hard that he could not close his mouth, and said: “You kid finally have a conscience, you haven’t forgotten about this old coot… Over the centuries, the number of people coming to give me New Year’s greetings has been decreasing.”
Xu Yang thought to himself, if it wasn’t for the talisman paper and ink, who the hell would want to come here during the New Year.
However, on the surface, he said some auspicious words, which made Grandmaster Chengming laugh continuously.
Seeing that the old Daoist was genuinely happy, Xu Yang then stated his intention.
The old Daoist was not surprised, he deliberately put on a stern expression and scolded, “You youngster would not visit unless you need something… I heard that you went to Dragon Tiger Mountain yesterday, did you manage to borrow the ‘Zhengyi Mengwei’s Twenty-Four Grade Daoist Talisman’?”
Xu Yang chuckled and said, “The wise elder really is far-sighted.”
“Far-sighted my ass!”
Grandmaster Chengming glared, “Yesterday, a disciple of our Zongsheng Palace happened to go to Dragon Tiger Mountain and saw you entering the Celestial Master’s Mansion.”
After scolding a few times, the old Daoist said: “Indeed we do have some high-quality talisman paper and ink in our Zongsheng Palace, capable of withstanding the power of an immortal talisman. Unfortunately, our Zongsheng Palace’s lineage in talisman arts isn’t very good, those talisman papers and inks have been gathering dust in the Daoist Collection Hall for years. Wait a moment, I have already sent a message asking a junior to fetch them.”
Very soon.
The sect leader of Zongsheng Palace brought the talisman paper and ink.
There are three big pots of ink. According to the old Daoist, these three pots of ink are priceless, the main material is made from grinding immortal bones. Furthermore, there are eight bundles of talisman paper. Each bundle should have a few thousand sheets. Each sheet can be cut into 10 pieces of the appropriate size for drawing talismans.
Xu Yang packed up the talisman paper and ink, and thanked them.
Grandmaster Chengming then said, “There was a secret heritage site discovered a few years ago. The owner was a master of Daoist talismans, and he had collected quite a number of good-quality talisman papers and inks. Perhaps due to a mishap while he was cultivating himself, he ended up dying. You can go to Hundred Flowers Mountain, you might be able to obtain a batch of talisman paper and ink.”
Naturally, Xu Yang wouldn’t miss this opportunity.
He went to Hundred Flowers Mountain, found Wang Hou, and explained his intention.
Wang Hou said, “In the warehouse of the Supernatural Affairs Bureau, we do have a pot of talisman ink and two bundles of talisman paper. Let me…make a call to my former secretary and assistant, and have them bring the talisman paper and ink over.”
Although Wang Hou has retired.
His influence in the Supernatural Affairs Bureau is still unyielding as before.
Without exaggeration, practically 99 percent of the high-ranking officials in the Supernatural Affairs Bureau were all personally trained and promoted by him, they all naturally adhere to his words.
With a single phone call.
Twenty minutes later, the talisman paper and ink were delivered.
Xu Yang received the talisman paper and ink, did not stay, and returned to Wu City immediately.
After eating lunch at home, he said, “Ladies, I plan to go into seclusion for seven days to focus on studying talismans… For these seven days, no matter who comes to find me, just have them wait. After seven days, I will come out on time and take you ladies to the Western Hell to become Immortal Beings!”