The arrival of Qi Shuming and the others excited the disciples of the Emei Sect beyond measure, but it also shocked Grandmaster Ha Ha.
From Grandmaster Ha Ha's perspective, Emei Sect had first sent Elder Yue Yun with so many disciples to fight at the forefront, followed by six elders and the three immortals of East Sea arriving together, making it clear that they were truly out to kill him!
Therefore, he fiercely spurred on the Twelve Supreme Heaven Divine Slaughter, conjuring even more giant fiery dragons that soared through the air, shattering Qi Shuming's Taiqing Divine Light used to summon disciples and then altering the Yin Yang and shifting the Five Elements to twist the space, making the distance between the Emei disciples and Qi Shuming grow further.
"Qi Sect Leader has always been known for his gentleness and scholarly demeanor, yet today he has come to my place as an uninvited guest, indeed carrying the legacy of the late Changmei Ren Shou!"
Grandmaster Ha Ha pulled the Emei disciples behind Wildman Mountain, planning to hold them hostage, while engaging Qi Shuming and the others in a conversation across the void to test their reality.
Elder Bashan, who was on duty when Shi Feiyang took the Emei disciples to counter-raid Bai Man Mountain, felt something was amiss. Logically, Yue Yun should not have been so impulsive.
Initially, he did not think much of it, just feeling uneasy. After repeatedly calculating, at first the Gua Xiang was chaotic and disordered, but gradually it clarified, indicating that after defeating Lie Baduo they would venture elsewhere into a "tiger falling into a pit" situation, extremely dangerous and increasingly unsettling.
After much thought, he felt it was very wrong, eventually opening Qi Shuming's cave and discussing the matter with him.
After Qi Shuming calculated, learning they would head to Grandmaster Ha Ha's place, he was startled, but it also involved Bai Mei Zen Master's disciple, so he couldn't immediately untangle the threads involved. Hurriedly, he summoned Xuan Zhenzi, Xun Lanyin, and others out to discuss briefly, then decided they must rush to Wildman Mountain to at least bring the people back first!
Qi Shuming, Xuan Zhenzi, the reincarnated Ascetic Monk, Xun Lanyin, Bai Guyi, and Master Can Xia, a total of six people, rushed to Wildman Mountain at their fastest speed.
Still thousands of miles away, they saw dense black clouds covering the sky in the distance, recognizing it as the Twelve Supreme Heaven Divine Slaughter, all inhaling cold air in shock.
In the original, when Xiao Yue Zen Master sacrificed ten years of his life to release the Twelve Supreme Heaven Divine Slaughter, the Ascetic Monk pointed a finger and unleashed a thousand Taiyin Divine Thunders to break it, resulting in Xiao Yue Zen Master being backlash and fainting, leaving him both disgraced and furious.
Now that Grandmaster Ha Ha had released it, the spell was much more formidable than Xiao Yue Zen Master's. The Ascetic Monk had been reincarnated once, and his previous life's mana had not fully recovered, naturally unable to break it.
The group quickly decided to first get the disciples out, then have a proper talk with Grandmaster Ha Ha, hoping to avoid conflict if possible.
But Grandmaster Ha Ha's mana was incredibly strong, and he was well aware of their every move. He shattered Qi Shuming's Taiqing Divine Light and pulled the Emei disciples deeper into the black clouds.
The Emei Sect was already in troubled times, and with Blood God Deng Yin lurking nearby, Qi Shuming truly did not wish to harbor personal enmity with Grandmaster Ha Ha.
He knew the old monster was formidable. Even if they mobilized the entire sect's strength to defeat him, they could hardly eradicate him completely, only adding another formidable enemy to Emei Sect's future troubles.
Therefore, he tried to reason with Grandmaster Ha Ha, "Lie Baduo and your esteemed disciple were beguiled by Wise Monk Zhi Tong of the Wutai Sect, unreasonably setting fire to Emei Mountain to poison and kill all living beings.
Our fellow disciple Yue led the disciples to defeat him, then counter-attacked at Bai Man Mountain. They encountered the disciple of Bai Mei Zen Master seeking revenge for a past life grievance, ensuing a fierce battle, and finally chased here..."
Qi Shuming made a deal, as long as Grandmaster Ha Ha released Atong and Yun Luo Niang, and let the Emei Sect's disciples go, they would leave immediately.
In reality, this deal was acceptable. Grandmaster Ha Ha had lost two disciples on Emei Mountain, indeed resulting from his own actions, and this old monster did not wish to engage in a fight to the death with the Emei Sect, as there were no benefits, only resulting in mutual damage.
At that moment, a great explosion suddenly came from the rear mountain of Grandmaster Ha Ha's location, accompanied by an earth-shaking rumble and a large amount of soil and dust flying into the sky.
Then a long cry followed, "Ha Ha Old Monster, your time of death has arrived!"
"It's Junior Brother Yue!" Qi Shuming and the others recognized it as Yue Yun's voice, profoundly shocked.
They thought Yue Yun was with those disciples, but unbeknownst to them, he had reached the rear mountain of Wildman Mountain, creating such a grand spectacle. They were flabbergasted about what could possibly have led him to this point and hadn't heard of any deep grudges or hatred between him and Grandmaster Ha Ha.
In fact, Shi Feiyang, having spent so much time infiltrating the Emei Sect under the identity of Yue Yun, initially did not arouse any suspicion from Qi Shuming and the others.
They even went to Bai Mei Zen Master to ask him to illuminate with Buddha Light the Blood Shadow inside the Immortal Mansion of Emei to see who it truly was.
Bai Mei Zen Master used the Great Sandalwood Buddha Light to reflect back and forth multiple times but could not find the Blood Shadow nor reveal Shi Feiyang's true form.
Only recently, Shi Feiyang had intentionally exposed many loopholes, causing them to become suspicious, but they had not realized Yue Yun was an imposter.
On the contrary, Shi Feiyang had killed several of Deng Yin's disciples, and personally took charge of managing Emei's Lower Court, leading the team himself to counter-attack when Lie Baduo set the mountain on fire.
It could be said that during his time on Emei Mountain, Shi Feiyang had truly earned meritorious service for the Emei Sect!
Hearing that "Junior Brother Yue" had ventured deep into enemy territory and had taken action, Grandmaster Ha Ha became even more furious, and a resolution between them was no longer possible. Qi Shuming immediately ordered, and the six acted simultaneously.
Qi Shuming had already prepared for two eventualities before arriving; ideally, they would peacefully negotiate and bring everyone back whole, but if that failed, they had to use all their strength to overthrow Grandmaster Ha Ha!
The six immediately flew in different directions, each generating a Pure Yang Treasure Pearl above their heads, followed by two flags beneath the pearls.
The Treasure Pearl shone brightly, the flags soared into the sky, transforming into two giant gates, growing to tens of meters high, standing under the vault of heaven, casting out ten thousand rays of colorful light!
Liangyi Six Harmonies Microdust Formation!
Qi Shuming and others, in order to set up this Array outside, specifically joined forces to refine six Pure Yang Treasure Pearls, and used twelve Supreme Heaven treasure seals to make six Harmony Banner Gates specifically for use outside.
In the original work, they used this set of treasures to set up the Array and refine and eliminate the Green Robe Ancestor; now encountering the assault of the Blood God son, they considered that to deal with Deng Yin, they still needed to rely on this Array.
Thus, between the three Immortals and the two Elders, they repeatedly practiced and improved, diligently refining the six Treasure Pearls, their power growing increasingly formidable—it was second only to the original version on Emei Mountain among the various versions of the Liangyi Dust Formation.
All six Banner Gates ascended and formed an Array, immediately sealing off the surrounding airspace, disconnecting the inner and outer spacetime.
The Twelve Supreme Heaven Divine Slaughter of Grandmaster Ha Ha enveloped hundreds of miles around, with the edges of the black Evil Qi extending thousands of miles.
They knew that this Evil Qi was drawn from the Heavenly worlds, and once it spread and fell to the Human World, it would turn the local ghosts into fierce spirits, the bones into zombies, and the normal chickens and ducks into mindless monsters.
Thus, they arranged the Array as large as possible; aside from Qi Shuming, who presided over the Illusion Gate in the center, the other five flew thousands of miles away before they fully unfolded the Array Gates.
Once the Array was formed, they then gathered and contracted towards the center, the Pure Yang Treasure Pearls glinting brightly; from beneath the two Banner Gates, a great amount of Pure Yang Immortal Fire was emitted—this flame was the nemesis of Evil Qi, much like hot soup melting snow.
The black Evil Qi was eradicated en masse, and the flaming Giant Dragons that met it struggled and rapidly melted away within the Pure Yang Immortal Fire!
Grandmaster Ha Ha was also furious, he hadn't expected Qi Shuming to come up and use the Liangyi Dust Formation against him right away, which was practically condemning him to death!
He also knew quite a bit about the Liangyi Dust Formation, Master Changmei originally had unmatched Daoist power in the world, yet there were others whose Dao Level and Mana were not inferior to his; whenever it came to that, he would deploy this Array, and almost no one under heaven could fight it, not only could they not beat it, once trapped inside they couldn't escape!
Grandmaster Ha Ha originally also thought about having a talk, even though "Yue Yun" had blown up his lair, it could still be discussed.
He thought to first come back and capture "Yue Yun," save his face, then return "Yue Yun" as an elder.
Who knew Qi Shuming would disregard martial virtues and directly use the big move!
He had once watched Master Changmei use the Liangyi Dust Formation from a thousand miles away and felt it was extremely formidable; now that he himself was trapped within, he felt an even greater sense of impending doom, something he hadn't felt in over a thousand years, even when he faced tribulation in the past, he was still able to handle it calmly!
Shi Feiyang, seeing the Array rise, heaved a relieved sign, "Finally, you two have started fighting!"
He wasn't indeed hoping to see them both suffer defeats but to let the Taiyin Hunyuan Ancestor know that the Emei Sect intended to kill Grandmaster Ha Ha to seize the Xuanyuan Nine Swords; the key was here.
He sneaked in, delved deep into Grandmaster Ha Ha's cave, and dug out a concave stone cave on the rock wall, taking the real Yue Yun out from the Qiankun box.
Yue Yun's whole body's acupoints were sealed by him, unable to move, his Primordial Spirit was fixed, and he couldn't cast any Spells.
Shi Feiyang returned the Qiankun Bag on his body and the Flying Sword taken into his body to him, telling him, "I have finished using your things. The Ruyi Five Clouds Net has been worn out by me; I'll give you half a gourd of Five Fire Divine Thunder as compensation. I hope you are satisfied."
He also couldn't tell Yue Yun too much, the more the other party knew, the more likely they were to deduce his true identity.
Yue Yun couldn't speak and could only let him handle it, quietly watching him.
The time inside the Qiankun box was almost static, so his memory still lingered at the time he was put inside overseas.
During this period, time also passed; he tried to break through the seal on his body through a burst, but the time was short, and now he had been released.
He didn't know what this person who looked exactly like him was doing, nor did he know where this place was, but seeing his acts, it seemed he intended to let him go, leaving him here, briefly easing his worries.
He felt that the seals on his body were not particularly strong, with his Effort, it wouldn't take long to force out all the needles and he would be able to move; however, he dared not act rashly now for fear of being detected by the other party and causing changes.
After Shi Feiyang had made arrangements for him, he released his two disciples as well, positioning them on each side of him—one naked and the other clothed—who both couldn't move, foolishly looking at the two identical masters, completely confused about the situation.
Finally, Shi Feiyang patted Sun Dong's head, stepped back a few steps, and began casting, making the previously fallen rocks and sand fly back to their original place, forming a rock wall. In an instant, it was restored just as it was initially; no one knew that three people were actually stuffed inside.
"Who are you? What are you doing?"
A young Buddhist monk dressed in ochre robes approached with a bowl and saw strangers, he asked in alarm.
Shi Feiyang immediately released Five-Colored Divine Light to restrain him, then transformed into his appearance, changed into his clothes, and took his bowl.
Inside the bowl was a bundle of flame, a powerful Demon Fire that had been refined by someone.
Holding this bowl, he walked out of the cave and looked around, soon finding the other disciples and grandchildren of Grandmaster Ha Ha, gathering with them.
He quickly figured out his new identity; he was a disciple of the Red Flame Arhat, a grandchild of Grandmaster Ha Ha.
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