Wandering Gods of Day and Night

Chapter 1390 - 518: Master Ziyan (Part 3)

Yun Ziliang’s pupils immediately brightened, and he said, "Could this possibility really happen?""Lao Yun, I asked the Eternal Life Sect Leader if he could cast spells in the Ancient Hall to affect the real world. He demonstrated it personally, and indeed, it’s possible."

Zhou Xuan continued, "Those mysterious spaces, even disciples of the Space Law from the Five Realms, can’t just recklessly enter and exit, but Mr. Yan, with the Ghost-faced Butterfly by his side, can indeed enter some mysterious spaces."

"From what you’re saying, this Mr. Yan is a Dragon Seeking disciple, but he’s obviously a member of the Heavenly Fire Clan."

Li Changxun said, "He’s also a big grub, disgusting to death, and a very mean person. Where does he have the ease of our Dragon Seeking Heavenly Masters, like idle clouds and wild cranes?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Xuan immediately joked, "Old Li, I remember when you were trapped in the Earth Abyss, you weren’t very composed either, crying for your parents."

Li Changxun, struck by his words, stammered, "Great...Great Master... how can you... how can you sully someone’s innocence so easily..."

"I saw you being hoisted up by the Ancestor’s Brain in the Earth Abyss and whipped with vines, and it made you cry."

"..." Li Changxun quickly shut his mouth, afraid that Zhou Xuan would continue to "stir up trouble."

Yun Ziliang asked, "If that Mr. Yan is indeed one of our Dragon Seeking disciples, then why would he set up a Fengshui Array?"

"The Eternal Life Sect Leader once mentioned the day Mr. Yan took leave, can you guess when it was? It was the very day I refined the Source Power Pill, acquired the stone temple, and took in Danzi."

Zhou Xuan said nonchalantly, "And on that day, Mr. Yan happened to witness my alchemy."

"So..." Yun Ziliang had an ominous premonition.

"So, Mr. Yan probably saw my skill and realized that Danzi was not truly dead; he knows I took in Danzi."

At this point, Zhou Xuan was speaking, and Danzi also raised his head, saying, "Impossible—my feigned death even deceived Bai Yujing, how could it not deceive a gatekeeper?"

"Cats have cat roads, mice have mouse roads. In this world, cats that eat mice are common, but there are also mice that can eat cats—perhaps Mr. Yan has some unique Magic Skill."

Zhou Xuan stood with his hands behind his back and sighed, "Mr. Yan is not on vacation. He has been hiding in East Market Street all this time."

"But if Mr. Yan knew you took in Danzi, wouldn’t the entire Heavenly Dome know?

If the Heavenly Dome knew, Bai Yujing would also know. Danzi is the strongest Human Pill under heaven. Wouldn’t Bai Yujing and the Heavenly Dome send someone to find you to retrieve it?"

Li Changxun asked.

Zhou Xuan shook his head and said, "That’s why, Mr. Yan, having learned of Danzi’s existence, did not inform the Heavenly Dome. He wants to snatch Danzi from me for himself. Were it me, I would do the same."

"You two have nerves as strong as the sky itself, daring to do such a big thing." Li Changxun said, shrinking his neck.

"He’s not bold, he’s found a matter with no risk and only high returns."

Zhou Xuan saw through Mr. Yan’s plan and said, "Mr. Yan most desires to monopolize Danzi, so he is now exhibiting his Divine Skills to take Danzi from me."

"But, if his Divine Skills still can’t snatch Danzi, what would he do? Show his cards and come to extort me openly; if I don’t give him a massive share of the benefits, he will report to the Heavenly Dome about my taking in Danzi."

"Danzi can’t be exposed to the light," Zhou Xuan said ruefully.

Danzi, hearing this, felt a bit unhappy. As a stalwart Spirit, how could he not be seen?

He wanted to retort, but on second thought, if he truly left the stone temple, parted from Zhou Xuan, in just a few days, he would likely be found by those great figures of Jing Country, and then what awaited him would be the calamity of being devoured.

"Alas, I really can’t be exposed." Danzi said.

At this moment, Zhou Xuan thought of a third possibility, saying, "Moreover, if Mr. Yan lands in our hands, in theory, we still can’t kill him."

"Is his Taoist cultivation high?" Yun Ziliang asked.

"No, he’s a member of the Heavenly Fire Clan," Zhou Xuan said. "Before the opera, the Eternal Life Sect Leader warned me that as a Pill Master of Bai Yujing, I could walk horizontally on Jing Country’s land, but there was one thing I must never do—never kill a member of the Heavenly Fire Clan."

Li Changxun slapped his thigh, realizing, "Exactly, exactly, the Heavenly Fire Clan is extremely united. Back then, to protect a Young Master Lin Ming, they flattened Wuwen Mountain,

this Mr. Yan, as a gatekeeper, must have some standing within the Heavenly Fire Clan. If he died, the reprisal would be more brutal than the calamity of Wuwen Mountain,

probably implicating the entire East Market Street in his burial."

Yun Ziliang immediately felt worried and said, "This is quite a problem; we can’t kill him, nor can we drive him away. Like a stubborn plaster, it’s hard to resolve."

Danzi, although familiar with many secrets of Jing Country and having ways to visit various spaces, was not worldly wise. Seeing Zhou Xuan troubled, he quickly said,

"Great Master, the Mr. Yan you’re talking about is just greedy. How about you go find him, I’m willing to offer him enough benefits."

"Agree to the terms, then the people won’t report, and the officials don’t bother, living peacefully?" Li Changxun asked.

"That’s exactly what I mean." Danzi said.

Zhou Xuan, however, shook his head and said, "No, with someone like Mr. Yan, once he tastes the benefits, he’ll keep extorting me violently; he’ll become a sore on my back, growing bigger and eventually becoming an inextricable bone-deep ulcer."

He had just taught the Eternal Life Sect Leader how to extort the Fire Sect, so he was very familiar with this kind of thing.

"What then?" Danzi was a bit anxious.

"First, find him." Zhou Xuan’s eyes flashed fiercely, "Then, kill him."

"He’s from the Heavenly Fire Clan." Li Changxun thought Zhou Xuan was too reckless, repeatedly saying.

"Even if he were from Bai Yujing, I would still kill him." Zhou Xuan suddenly thought of something, making up his mind.

However, he then moderated his tone and said, "This Mr. Yan, his identity is still peculiar. I always feel there’s something not quite right about his origin within the Heavenly Fire Clan."

"Oh? How so?" Li Changxun asked.

Zhou Xuan continued,

"Look, this Mr. Yan, in finding out I had hidden Danzi, proves he’s very skilled in Alchemy Dao and the alchemy technique is very sophisticated,

and he also knows the Feng Shui Skill of the Dragon Seeking Heavenly Master. Lao Yun, I remember you said some time ago, on the eve of the disaster of Hidden Dragon Mountain three hundred years back, you took a Human Pill."

"Yes, it was refined by my junior brother."

"What’s your junior brother’s name?"

"His name was Yun Ziyi, known as ’Master Ziyan,’ he..." Yun Ziliang faltered as he spoke.

Li Changxun also finally understood and asked, "Great Master, are you suspecting that this Mr. Yan is the Yun Ziyi of Hidden Dragon Mountain from three hundred years ago?"

Both bearing the name "Yan", both adept in Alchemy Dao, both were Dragon Seeking disciples, Zhou Xuan felt his suspicion was quite reasonable.

"But how did a junior brother from three hundred years ago become a member of the Heavenly Fire Clan?"

Yun Ziliang still couldn’t believe this.

Li Changxun found it hard to accept too. Back then, Yun Ziyi, though not as talented in cultivation as Yun Ziliang, was renowned at the time as one of the top Great Heavenly Masters.

Such a prominent Dragon Seeking figure had become a big grub within the Heavenly Fire Clan, disgracing the sect...