Chapter 199 The Return of the Five Elements [4K]
The old man picked up the spear and fought with it. Suddenly his expression changed slightly and he took a few steps back. Then he looked at the golden ape with a trace of solemnity in his eyes.
After just a preliminary fight, he felt that the bloodline of this giant gorilla was extremely powerful, and he was afraid that it was close to further transformation.
"Friend Zhang, prepare to die."
At the same time, Taoist Wuyun urged the Five Elements Killing Formation into the air, and a killing formation composed of a set of top-grade spiritual weapons trapped him firmly inside.
Faced with the joint siege of a man and an ape, the Zhang clan leader immediately fell into a disadvantage, and the battle became completely intense.
On the other side, a battle had broken out across the entire sky.
Several fake Dan ancestors of the Tianxing Sword Sect came to this sky, intending to completely defeat the coalition forces of the Luoyi Sect and the Sanyuan Alliance here.
The fake elixir masters from the two major forces were not willing to be outdone and sent out two fake elixir masters to participate in the battle, but after all, there was still a shortage of numbers and it was difficult to make up for the imbalance in the high-end combat power of both sides.
After such a fierce battle, the Luoxia Sea area began to lose ground, and the troops were gradually concentrated in the core of this sea area.
Before Qingling Island, the fight between Taoist Wuyun and the Zhang clan leader almost turned into a life-and-death battle.
The Zhang clan leader was making his last stand at this time, and it seemed as if he was seeking death, and his style of play was only attacking and not defending.
If only Taoist Wuyun attacked him, he might only have a 40% to 50% chance of winning.
Fortunately, with the giant Vajra Ape leading the charge, Taoist Wuyun only needs to activate the formation to defeat the enemy, and the battle will be much more calm after all.
After all, the King Kong Giant Ape is one of the most adept fighting spirit beasts, and its defense is at the top level of foundation building perfection, and it can almost withstand most means below the fake elixir.
This great battle lasted for more than half a day. In the end, the head of the Zhang clan was suppressed and severely injured by the Taoist Wuyun's formation, and was killed by the giant Vajra Ape between heaven and earth with one move.
"Why bother?"
Seeing this scene, Taoist Wuyun couldn't help but sigh slightly, revealing a look of helplessness.
He took out a pill and swallowed it to restore his magic power, then stepped into the Zhang ancestral temple.
At this time, several cultivators outside the ancestral temple had disappeared, leaving only Zhang Xuanyu, whose scapula was pierced through, inside the ancestral temple.
"You came."
Looking at the Taoist Wu Yun, Zhang Xuanyu smiled bitterly: "My death is coming, but your death is also coming soon."
"I know." Taoist Wu Yun nodded and sighed, "We have no grudges against each other, but everything has been predetermined. We have no choice."
"Has my father died in the battle?" Zhang Xuanyu asked with a sigh.
"Yes." Taoist Wu Yun spoke calmly, with a touch of emotion on his face, and said: "He feels guilty and would rather die on the battlefield than leave."
A trace of sadness appeared in Zhang Xuanyu's eyes. With his father's cultivation level, it would not be difficult for him to protect himself.
But he still chose to die in battle, perhaps because he felt guilty, or perhaps to reassure Luoxia Sect and Five Elements Elder.
After all, after experiencing this incident, he, a great cultivator who had achieved great perfection in foundation building, had become a considerable threat to Luoxia Sect and Old Man Wuxing.
Only the death and weakening of the Zhang Immortal Clan can make these forces feel at ease. This is also the best way for them to preserve the Zhang Immortal Clan.
"Sad, deplorable."
Taoist Wu Yun spoke slowly, then sighed and said, "I will borrow your method to make one last effort."
"If successful, I'll send that old thief down to see you."
"If I fail, I don't think I will be left too far behind you on the road to the underworld."
Zhang Xuanyu smiled, and then said with a sad smile: "My life is full of regrets, but if you can kill that old villain, it will not be a waste of my practice."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Xuanyu dissolved his physical body, and his cultivation transformed into the purest Dao essence that began to float between heaven and earth.
Taoist Wuyun activated his own Taoist foundation and absorbed all the purest Taoist power.
All of a sudden, his cultivation began to advance by leaps and bounds, and his magic power, which had already reached the ninth level of foundation building, began to rapidly approach the great perfection of foundation building.
It was unknown how long it had passed, but after Taoist Wuyun had completely absorbed all the Taoist essences, he discovered that his cultivation had become completely complete and had reached the peak level since his foundation.
"Breakthrough."
Taoist Wuyun spoke, then looked calmly up at the sky.
But as he broke through, a figure in a Taoist robe strolled over from the vast sky and appeared in front of Taoist Wuyun.
"Five Elements Old Man."
The moment he saw this person, Taoist Wuyun's face revealed an extremely solemn expression.
At the same time, the Five Elements Elder nodded, and then said calmly: "Disciple, surrender."
"Disciple?" Taoist Wu Yun said with a cold face and murderous eyes: "You and I have never met before, how can we talk about master and disciple?"
"Then look at who I am."
The Five Elements Old Man spoke slowly, and with a flick of his sleeves he transformed into another old man in gray.
The moment he saw this person, Taoist Wu Yun was shocked and said in disbelief, "It's impossible. My master had already passed away when I was a teenager."
"The master has not yet passed away."
The old man Wu Xing spoke calmly, then sighed and said, "More than two hundred years ago, when I was still at the foundation-building stage, I accepted you as my last disciple on Wuxia Island."
"At that time, I didn't have much time left to live, and I wanted you to inherit my Five Elements Dao Sutra. But later, by chance, I broke through to the Jindan realm."
The old man of the Five Elements narrated the story slowly, and finally said slowly: "Later, when my master broke through to the Jindan stage, he knew that you and I would definitely become enemies of the Great Dao."
"In order to prevent our relationship from deepening and causing me to be unable to kill you today, I faked my death and joined the Three Yuan Alliance."
When everyone heard this, they finally understood the whole story.
It turned out that the old man of the Five Elements sincerely wanted to train the Taoist Wuyun as his successor at the beginning, but ever since he broke through the Golden Elixir, he knew that this person was destined to be his enemy.
So he hardened his heart and severed the relationship between the master and disciple in advance, in order to eliminate the soft-heartedness in his heart.
"Hahaha, Master, it turns out to be you!"
Taoist Wuyun laughed miserably, showing a look of disbelief.
He always thought that the Five Elements Old Man was just an ordinary enemy of the Great Dao. Even if he died at the hands of the Five Elements Old Man, he would only admit that he was inferior to him in skills.
But he never thought that this old man of the Five Elements was his most beloved mentor.
This kind of astonishment and the pain in his heart made him feel as if his heart was torn apart.
"Fellow Taoists kill each other, teachers and students turn against each other, and fathers and sons break up."
“Swallow the Dao, swallow the Dao, why is there this road of swallowing the Dao!” Taoist Wu Yun roared, looking at the old man Wu Xing with a pale face and said: “Master, you really don’t care about our friendship and want to swallow me completely?”
"Silly child." The Five Elements Elder shook his head and sighed, "Once we embark on this path, you and I have no choice."
"Do you have any last words? For the sake of our relationship as master and disciple, I will fulfill your wish."
Taoist Wuyun shook his head. He looked carefully at the old man in front of him and couldn't help but recall the past.
He started his spiritual practice at the age of six and cultivated for ten years under the guidance of Taoist Wuyun. Those were the happiest days of his life.
He was carefree at that time. Although his mentor was old, he was like a harbor that sheltered him from the wind and rain, protecting him from all the dangers of the world.
Later, in order to help him achieve enlightenment, his master went to search for the five rare treasures for him, and finally found the things he needed to build his foundation at the cost of being seriously injured and dying.
Not long after, his master passed away in front of him, and he was left alone to embark on the path of cultivation.
He suffered a lot in the days that followed and almost couldn't hold on many times, but every time he recalled his youth and remembered his master's sincere teachings, he strengthened his determination to practice Buddhism.
But now, his mentor appeared in front of him and told him that everything was fake, which filled his heart with unbearable pain.
"Hahaha, it turns out that the relationship between master and apprentice, the friendship of preaching, and the grace of raising a child, all of this is fake."
Taoist Wuyun gave a bitter smile, with a hint of pain in his eyes.
At this moment he slowly stood up, looked at the Five Elements Elder and said, "Master, this is the last time I will call you Master."
"If I hadn't had my mentor, I would have never been able to embark on the path of cultivation in this life. Even if I had chosen this path by chance, I would not have made it this far with my five spiritual roots."
"All the achievements of Wuyun today are due to you. Now that you want it back, I will give it all back to you."
"But from now on, you and I will completely break off all ties."
"We will never see each other again in three lifetimes!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Taoist Wuyun suddenly reversed his true essence, completely splitting his Taoist body into pieces, transforming it into the purest original power that appeared between heaven and earth.
Seeing this scene, the Five Elements Old Man who was originally prepared for a fight suddenly fell into a daze.
He was somewhat incredulous and inconceivable, and his expression was filled with an indescribable melancholy. The suicide of Taoist Wu Yun was beyond his expectations, and it also touched his frozen heart.
He originally thought that Taoist Wuyun would fight to the death and struggle with all his might to have a final battle with him.
But he never expected that Taoist Wuyun would so decisively choose to commit suicide. He repaid the kindness of his upbringing with his own life.
"So in your heart, the relationship between you and your disciple is more important than your own life?"
The Five Elements Old Man was leaning on a cane, slowly standing between heaven and earth. For a moment, his figure seemed much more hunched.
He slowly picked up the clothes of Taoist Wuyun and looked at the remaining Five Elements spiritual weapon. A rare hint of tenderness appeared in his originally cold eyes.
"Fool, idiot."
"If you were in the position of a teacher, you would have no choice. If you don't take the initiative, you will always be afraid of being devoured by the wolf cubs you raised."
"Don't blame me, my master. I have no choice. If you want to blame someone, blame the ancient people who destroyed the sky. It was them who cut off this immortal road and made this road of swallowing the way our only hope."
"boom--"
At the same time, boundless and magnificent aura burst out from the sky.
One after another, earth-shaking auras penetrated the sky, and several powerful Jindan masters appeared between heaven and earth, and an earth-shaking battle between powerful masters broke out.
The sudden suicide of Taoist Wuyun was beyond the expectations of everyone on both sides, and also made the Jindan masters on both sides completely unable to sit still, and they wanted to decide the outcome at this moment.
The war was about to break out, and it reached its climax in an instant.
"..."
At the same time, Ye Linyuan, who was hiding in the deep sea, used the fake pill puppet to see the whole story.
At this moment he sighed slightly in his heart, and then quickly took back the fake pill puppet.
The sudden suicide of Taoist Wuyun disrupted Ye Linyuan's original plan, and he felt more and more compassion for the feud between master and disciple.
After two lifetimes of cultivation, he has seen many things, including masters and disciples turning against each other, fathers and sons scheming against each other, and sects fighting among themselves.
In this era where the Road of Devouring Dao is rampant, these are all normal things.
But there are very few people like Taoist Wuyun who regard the relationship between master and disciple as more important than his own life.
This might be the only weakness of Taoist Wuyun, but it was completely shattered by Old Man Wuxing, causing him to lose the idea of fighting him thoroughly.
Not everyone in this world is heartless. The vast majority of cultivators have warm hearts.
People who are heartless and heartless cannot appreciate the emotions of the human world and the beauty of mountains, rivers, sun and moon, and it is difficult for them to understand the true meaning of the universe and nature.
Because only people with rich emotions can use their hearts to comprehend the Tao, to comprehend the laws between heaven and earth, to comprehend the warmth and coldness of the world, and to experience the temperature of the changing seasons.
But the path of swallowing is the most ruthless path.
When lovers walk the path of ruthlessness, their path of cultivation is destined to be filled with cruelty and tragedy.
Therefore, when people in the world want to cultivate fellow practitioners, most of them will not choose family disciples, or pass on their knowledge to their personal disciples.
Because humans are not plants or trees, who can be heartless? Hundreds of years of nurturing will become the greatest test of one's Dao heart when the time comes to swallow the Dao, and will also make the future Nascent Soul's inner demon tribulation several times more difficult to overcome.
The most terrifying thing is that when swallowing the Tao, one will also swallow some of the other person's thoughts and emotions.
If the person who swallows the Tao feels guilty at this time, and the two have a certain relationship, this emotion will greatly affect the Tao heart of the person who swallows the Tao.
Therefore, when it comes to cultivating fellow practitioners, high-level cultivators mostly choose to let them be. This way, not only will they not develop feelings for them, but they also don’t need to provide them with resources for cultivation.
Even if there are people from the same sect or family walking the same road, they often avoid each other.
Right now, the Five Elements Taoist had violated a taboo. It would have been better if he swallowed the Five Elements Taoist during the battle.
But the fact that Taoist Wuyun committed suicide in front of him will surely become the biggest demon in his heart for the rest of his life, and will also become his biggest regret in this life.
Ye Linyuan didn't know whether this Five Elements Old Man would suppress his guilt in the future and continue to walk the path of swallowing the Tao indifferently, or whether his Tao heart would be unstable and fall into self-consumption.
He only knew that it was difficult for the old man of the Five Elements to calm down now. The guilt in his heart and the side effects brought about by the Path of Swallowing Dao made the old man of the Five Elements completely upset.
At this moment, the old man of the Five Elements held up the relics of the Taoist Wuyun and walked between heaven and earth in a daze.
He ignored the requests from the Luoxia Sect's Jindan masters for a fight and flew straight into the depths of the endless ocean.
"Disciple, I was wrong. I will take you home."
(End of this chapter)
