Chapter 0917: Restraint and Reconciliation
"Pangshan is overgrown with grass. As the master of Pangshan, Yang Yannian said this sentence even though it was ordinary, it seemed to have a profound meaning.
Shen Hao waited for the master of the sect as he wished. It was already seven days later. Yang Yannian did not explain the reason for being late, but said something strange. The other eight Taoist priests stayed in place, and only two Pangshan Taoist priests flew to the seaside to challenge the beast master.
"Grandmaster has been to Pangshan?" Shen Hao asked casually. His mind was already occupied by the upcoming battle and he didn't care much about Pangshan.
"The ravines left by the Demonic Fire Mountain are still there and are overgrown with weeds. They have been occupied by demons for a long time and are shrouded in unclean air and a large amount of poisonous gas."
"It won't take long for Pangshan Taoism to take back its old land and drive out all the filth." Shen Hao was a little confused as to why Yang Yannian was so sentimental. This was not the style of Taoism masters or Fu Yuemang Taoist priests.
"I was thinking, why not now?"
"Now?"
"It's not 'now', it's tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. Anyway, we have to start. Pangshan is recovering, and weeds mean vitality. As long as a little cleaning is done, all the filth can be removed. Asan, Hongshan, Wan, etc. This is not the case for other Taoist traditions, they are much less polluted than Pangshan. I wonder when the nine Taoist traditions will be able to return to their original mountains."
"Should...what did the Patriarch say?"
"The Patriarch didn't say anything. After seeing you and the old demon, he hasn't seen anyone in the past few days. No information has been transmitted, and no informant can bring in the Taoist priest's thoughts." Yang Yannian His tone was calm, but there was still a hint of resentment in his words.
Shen Hao took the lead and landed on a towering mountain. It was about ten miles away from Yang Qingyin and Xiao Hao. It was high up and the distance was moderate. It was a good position.
Shen Hao cast a spell to push away the surrounding trees that blocked his view. They lay on the ground and could stand up again after the fight.
"The Grandmaster has a big plan." Shen Hao never expected that he would be able to understand the Grandmaster's emotions.
"The nine masters are qualified to know the details of the plan. Taoism has never been decided by the master alone. Yang Yannian sent a huge rainbow into the sky, which can even be seen by mortal eyes. This is a challenge message between Taoist priests, expressing He had no intention of making a sneak attack, and at the same time asked the other party to make the first move.
Shen Hao was silent, thinking of the previous patriarch Fang Xunmo. When he led Wangshan to retire early, he did not notify other masters or Taoist priests. Instead, he did it quietly for a while before coming out to quell many speculations. The only difference is that the Taoist priests Everyone knows who Fang Xunmo is, but the current Patriarch Kun Chao is a second-generation disciple that no one has ever heard of.
"The cultivation of the beast master has progressed much faster than I expected. This matter is quite suspicious." Shen Hao decided to change the subject. This was what he was most concerned about, and it was also the purpose of inviting the master.
Yang Yannian stared at the rainbow in the sky, but the other party had not yet responded, "The difference between meticulous craftsmanship and roughness. For the same tall trees, pines and cypresses can live for thousands of years, while ordinary trees may only live for decades. The difference is on the inside, not on the surface. "
Of course Shen Hao understood this truth, "I invited the grandmaster here just to find out the 'inside' of the beast masters, because I can't see through their true strength."
A spell came from the seaside, which was also a rainbow, slightly smaller and positioned slightly lower to show respect.
Yang Yannian was still waiting, "I'm not here just for this matter."
"Please give me instructions, Grandmaster."
"The Nine Dao Traditions cannot just wait in confusion like this. We need to ask the Patriarch clearly: When will the Nine Great Treasures be returned to each Dao Tradition? When will the Dao Tradition return to each mountain?"
Shen Hao looked at the Grandmaster in surprise and finally understood that he had been persuading him, "Why are you looking for me?"
"You are farther away. We have found that the farther away you are from the ancestor, the easier it is to make the right decision."
Shen Hao felt uneasy. It was normal for Mu Xingqiu and others to be hostile to the Grandmaster. Why was even the Grandmaster suspicious? Although this suspicion is still very subtle, it is extremely unusual. "The entire Taoism may not be the opponent of the ancestor."
This sentence came out smoothly, and Shen Hao didn't even realize its true meaning. Yang Yannian glanced at him, "The Patriarch is the Patriarch, not the 'opponent' of the Taoism. The Grandmasters just want to unite more Taoist priests to show the true meaning to the Patriarch. idea.
Shen Hao's face turned red, Yang Qingyin's spell arrived.
The black phoenix soared in the sky, shooting a thin light from its left eye. Mortals nearby could not see anything. Even Shen Hao, who was in the state of concentration, could only see a white light slightly stronger than the sun.
The white light was about to arrive. Yang Yannian held the sword in his left hand across his chest, and flicked the sword with his right hand. The sword swayed slightly, and the air within three feet in front fluctuated like water, meeting the incoming white light.
The end of the white light also fluctuated, and the spell was completely dissipated in the process, unable to reach the sword body.
Yang Yannian also praised, "The method of refining beasts pioneered by Zuo Liuying is indeed quite good."
Black Phoenix's right eye emits a second beam of light, which looks no different from the first beam of light. When it enters the three-foot fluctuation zone of the magic sword, it causes a big shock and a small storm.
Yang Yannian flicked the sword three times in a row, and then quickly changed eleven techniques with his right hand. The wave zone retracted half a foot, trapping all the white light coming from it. The white light was fighting like a trapped beast, rushing here and there. Just can't get out.
The second beam of light had not yet dissipated, and the third beam of light came again. The two eyes of the Black Phoenix glowed at the same time, and merged into one halfway. The light did not strengthen, but weakened, almost indistinguishable from sunlight. Shen Hao could not see clearly with only the Heavenly Eye, and had to cast a spell to strengthen his eyesight before he could distinguish this spell.
Although he had doubts long ago, Shen Hao was still shocked. The strength of the Black Phoenix's move was comparable to his. Even if the animal trainer practiced freely and his magic power was not "stolen" by any magic weapon, such progress was really too amazing.
Yang Yannian's expression was a little solemn, and the magic formula of his right hand changed faster. Then he flicked heavily on the sword, and the magic sword shook obviously, making a clear buzzing sound, and the wave area in front condensed into a large ball of light.
The attack and defense collided, and the light of the magic sword sank into a piece, and then the light became brighter, growing from less than three feet to more than ten feet in an instant, and divided into seven pieces. Each piece was spindle-shaped, pointing diagonally to the sky, like a huge lotus. The pedicel was the magic sword, and the sunken pistil was caused by the enemy's white light.
This attack lasted a little longer, about the time of five normal people's breaths. After the white light disappeared, the lotus-shaped light group continued for a long time before slowly weakening, and the sound of wind and thunder continued during this period.
The stronger the Taoist's strength, the more restrained the magic. Correspondingly, as the defending party, it is necessary to release the restrained offensive magic. The concentrated light and the sound of wind and thunder are the solution to the black phoenix magic.
Generally speaking, a spell that has been resolved will quickly go out of control and fly around aimlessly. In order to show his strength, Yang Yannian restricted the three resolutions to a small area in front of him. In the small fishing village ten miles away, sharp-eyed people could see something like a fire in the distance, and could faintly hear the sound of wind and thunder produced by the last resolution. This at most made them feel strange, but not terrified.
The light completely disappeared, Yang Yannian put his left hand behind his back, raised his magic sword, and the tip of the sword exceeded his head. His right hand changed the magic formula again. He had received three moves, and it was his turn to attack.
Yang Qingyin was a disciple of the Taoist sect, so of course she knew the rules of fighting. The black phoenix hovering in the sky dropped three feathers from its body, and stopped in front of her thirty feet, ten feet, and ten steps from far to near, indicating that she was extremely cautious about this defense and had to set up a farther distance for defense, unlike Yang Yannian who dared to receive the magic sword within three feet.
Shen Hao looked more seriously, because he knew that the defensive party in the fight could better reflect the true strength.
While Yang Yannian was taking the challenge, Shen Hao cast several spells on the cliff ten miles away. He only found Xiaohao there, but not Yang Qingyin. The higher the level of the animal trainer, the better he hides when casting spells, so as not to become the weak spot of the enemy's attack.
Yang Yannian's right hand drooped naturally after changing the spell. The tip of the sword behind him, which was higher than his head, shot out a small ball of light, like a transparent butterfly, fluttering into the sky, and it seemed that it would fall down at any time due to lack of physical strength.
"Have you thought about it?" Yang Yannian asked.
"What?" Shen Hao looked up at the sky.
"What I said before."
"If Yang Qingyin can catch the Grandmaster's move... I also have something to ask the ancestor clearly."
"Very good, you are the 74th Taoist to join."
Before the butterfly-like light ball attacked the target, Yang Yannian had already confirmed that Yang Qingyin could catch his spell. "Nothing can destroy the heart of a Taoist more than doubt." He said, with a hint of frustration in his voice. "Mortals are always full of doubts, because there are too many incomprehensible powerful forces for them. Taoists can accept stronger existences, but cannot accept incomprehensible forces."
Shen Hao bowed slightly to the Grandmaster. Yang Yannian was right. The reason why he had doubts about the ancestor was not because the ancestor was stronger than the entire Taoist tradition, but because his strength was incomprehensible to the Taoists.
The light ball met the first feather, a ball of fire burned four or five miles away, reflecting half of the sky with red, but the light ball hardly changed, continued to rise, and met the second feather. This time it emitted a large ball of red light, with a wider range, reaching twenty miles away.
Black Phoenix had to take the attack at high altitude, because she and Yang Qingyin could not limit the spell to a very small range. Only at high altitude would they not accidentally hurt the surrounding creatures.
The ball of light still did not change. When it met the third feather ten steps in front of Black Phoenix, it did not emit a grand light again. Only the feather was ignited, burning from the tip of the feather to the feather tube. Unhurriedly, the ball of light disappeared.
Black Phoenix quickly ascended and flew more than a hundred feet high before stopping.
Yang Qingyin took the attack of the master, although reluctantly, but proved that she was slightly stronger than Shen Hao.
The mortals in the small fishing village and some places further away were frightened by the sudden appearance of the strange phenomenon in the sky. They would still have different opinions many days later, as the master Yang Yannian said-"full of doubts".
Yang Yannian was ready to launch the second move. He had already figured out the opponent's strength and decided to defeat him. He was the master of Pangshan and could not let the former Pangshan disciples escape unscathed under his hands.
But he failed to do so, and the decisive move was accidentally interrupted.
A Taoist priest who stayed behind flew over and sent a voice through magic from afar, "Mu Xingqiu and Zuo Liuying appeared in the Imperial Capital! The Grandmaster summoned all Taoist priests."