Cultivation: Fortune by Lots

Chapter 881 - 335: Head of the Great Tang Dao Sect (Part 2)

In this situation, following conventional wisdom, regardless of the outcome, Huang Xuanpu would at least have a chance to escape, and our encirclement would be in vain. If we could at least purge his followers, this mission would not count as a failure.But who would have thought that Huang Xuanpu not only suffered a crushing defeat, but even he, who had already achieved the Perfect Nine Heavens Realm, died with his Dao dissipated."

Lu Zhen said, and suddenly sighed softly: "This time, I finally understand why, on that day on Dragon Tiger Mountain, the Thousand Leaves Butterfly King and Rong Guangchen, along with Wei Qiyue, those two demons, would fall so quickly..."

Shangguan Qing nodded: "In the Celestial Master Mansion, Elder Xu should be regarded as a Great Vehicle High Immortal of the Perfect Nine Heavens Realm.

Celestial Master Tang is not comparable to an ordinary cultivator who has just reached the Nine Heavens in a few years either.

And that Taoist Xuanxiao Zi, regardless of how it was during the Dragon Tiger Mountain battle, now that he has cultivated the External Scenery of the Divine Court, in terms of actual combat spellcasting, he should also be regarded as a Mahayana cultivator of the Nine Heavens Realm."

After Lu Zhen was lost in thought for a while, he suddenly asked: "This Elder Lei, he started cultivating relatively late, was already older at that time, right?"

Shangguan Qing: "Correct, he was only brought into Dragon Tiger Mountain at eighteen by Elder Xu and officially became a true heir of the Celestial Master Mansion by twenty."

He knew what was on Shangguan Qing’s mind: "From his entry into the Celestial Master Mansion’s Tao Boy Court to his cultivation now, it has been about forty-two years in total... In terms of the same cultivation mindset, he is actually not that far behind Celestial Master Tang. In recent years, his cultivation progress has, in fact, been faster."

Lu Zhen nodded: "Celestial Master Tang and Elder Xu took about twelve years each from the Seventh Layer of Heaven to the Eightfold Heaven Realm, but this Elder Lei did it in just over ten years, at least at this juncture, he is faster than those two!"

At this point, Lu Zhen’s expression was somewhat complicated: "He should indeed have acquired a fortuitous encounter, enhancing his root bone and comprehension talent. Regardless of how he was before, now he probably possesses the Immortal Root Bone and Serene Comprehension just like Celestial Master Tang!"

Shangguan Qing did not respond.

He agreed with Lu Zhen’s speculations and judgments.

At this moment, he thought of his own Shangguan Clan.

The leading figure of the younger generation, Shangguan Peng, unfortunately perished in the Southern Wilderness battle over twenty years ago.

Among those of the younger generation after Shangguan Peng, Shangguan Xiu has reached the Seventh Layer of Heaven, and Shangguan Zhengqing has just reached the Sixth Heavenly Layer.

Among them, Shangguan Zhengqing is currently progressing towards the Seventh Layer of Heaven, while Shangguan Xiu has already started advancing to the Eighth Fold Heaven Realm.

If Shangguan Peng were still alive, by now he might have already reached the Eighth Fold Heaven Realm?

But whether it’s Shangguan Peng or Shangguan Xiu, they are far behind compared to Lei Jun from the Celestial Master Mansion.

In this era, the Celestial Master Mansion has truly received great fortune... Shangguan Qing sighed inwardly.

......

"The Celestial Master Mansion has received great fortune!"

At the same time, within Chongyang Palace at Zhongnan Mountain, a middle-aged Taoist expressed similar sentiments.

It was Wang Xuan, the High Merit Elder of Pure Yang Palace.

Opposite Wang Xuan stood Luo Jinduan, the elder with the highest status and cultivation level currently within Pure Yang Palace.

However, the old Taoist was still somewhat out of sorts:

Senior Huang... Huang Xuanpu has died with his Dao dissipated.

Even though he left Pure Yang Palace nearly ten years ago, at this moment when Liu Jinduan heard the news, it still felt somewhat unreal.

Wang Xuan understood his uncle’s feelings.

His ability to calm himself was instead due to the numerous years he spent imprisoned during the calamity of the Mortal Tao Country.

Even so, when he first heard about Huang Xuanpu’s death, he was stunned as well.

Moments later, Liu Jinduan regained his composure and asked: "Did Taoist Xuanxiao Zi from the Celestial Master Mansion ultimately kill Huang Xuanpu?"

Wang Xuan nodded: "According to reports, although he escaped from Elder Xu’s Liheng Halberd and temporarily stopped Elder Xu from pursuing him using the Talisman from the Ancient Talisman Sect, he had already thoroughly exposed his whereabouts, allowing Elder Xu to track and determine his location.

He fled all the way to Chuanxi, where the new ancestral altar of the Yellow Sky Sect was hidden in the snow mountains of Chuanxi. Lei, following Elder Xu’s directions, pursued him to Chuanxi and finally completely obliterated his Nascent Soul Yang God."

Pure Yang Palace currently lacked personnel.

Among the core high-level members, Jiang Yu was in seclusion deep in meditation, while Yue Xiling had led the army south to Bashu to face the Inner Mount Shu Sect cultivators.

The palace needed experts to stay behind and oversee, so both Wang Xuan and Luo Jinduan remained.

Nobody from overseas participated in this battle.

The news they were currently receiving came from the Tang Imperial Court.

After listening to Wang Xuan, Luo Jinduan fell silent again.

After a long while, he finally spoke again: "The changes in the world are indeed unpredictable."

Wang Xuan remained calm: "At least for now, the Great Tang Taoist School is to be led by the Dragon Tiger Mountain Celestial Master Mansion."

Luo Jinduan fell silent once more, then nodded gently.

Who could have predicted fifty years ago that the situation would turn out like this?

At that time, the Celestial Master Mansion was undergoing internal turmoil repeatedly, at its lowest point.

Pure Yang Palace was lauded as the first sacred place of the Taoist Sect.

Back then, among the three sacred places of the Great Tang Dao Sect, although neither the Talisman Sect nor the Refinement Sect of Mount Shu made it explicit, it was unanimously acknowledged inside and outside the Great Tang Taoist School that the Pure Yang Palace, the holy land of the Alchemy Cauldron Sect, was the leader of the Great Tang Dao Sect.

Now, both the Mount Shu Sect and the Pure Yang Palace have suffered devastating blows, their plight even graver than the Celestial Master Mansion’s past series of internal conflicts.

The Dragon Tiger Mountain Celestial Master Mansion, however, seems to be emerging from the trough.

If, despite the astonishing cultivation of Xu Yuanzhen and Tang Xiaotang, one still felt the Celestial Master Mansion was somewhat unstable for various reasons, then the recent rise of Xuanxiaozi Lei Jun, who has shown signs of succeeding Tang Xiaotang as Celestial Master, has erased any remaining doubts, winning confidence in their future.