In a place called Qiming Palace on Mount Mao, Feng Menglong and the little fox had been imprisoned since the day the Mao Shan Daoist fell unconscious. This was surprisingly ordered by the Mountain Master of Mount Mao.
Although Feng Menglong possessed righteousness, his initial righteousness could only combat Yin spirits and ghosts. Mount Mao practiced the Supreme Purity True Law, where the power of righteousness was limited. Moreover, he was merely a scholar. While he had considerable strength, enough to carry two sacks of magical treasures around, in the face of these cultivators from the Supreme Purity Sect, mortals were still mortals. How much strength could a mortal possess?
As for Hu Xiao Shi, this little fox immortal was completely ignored.
After all, the Golden Light Mantra was soft and lacked any power. Others could only shake their heads when they saw it. Of course, the vast difference in strength was also a factor.
The one who imprisoned them was an unfamiliar sect leader. In fact, Feng Menglong couldn't even recognize all the factions and sect leaders on Mount Mao. Besides the old eighth, old tenth, and old fifteenth, who were beaten by Ji Xiang at the beginning, everyone else was a complete stranger.
"I thought the Mountain Master of Mount Mao was a good person before, but I didn't expect him to turn his back on us in just a few days. Daoist Ji has gone missing. That old man said Daoist Ji was comprehending in the Great Treasure Hall, but what kind of place is the Great Treasure Hall? How would I know?"
"Isn't this clearly fooling us?"
A surge of anger rose in Feng Menglong's chest. The other party had forcefully imprisoned them. Although there was normal food, they were not allowed to leave. This was clearly a move to cause trouble. And most importantly, they had taken Madam Hou away!
"How dare you touch my wife! Let me out!"
Feng Menglong yelled at the palace gate, but the gate remained tightly shut, and no one responded. The gate was sealed with a magical prohibition. A mortal combined with a fox immortal could not possibly get out. This was a prohibition placed by a congenital master!
"Stop yelling. You yell every day, but you still can't get out."
The little fox simply gave up.
After venting his frustration by punching and kicking the gate for a while, Feng Menglong said to the little fox, "It's all because you aren't trying hard enough, because you aren't diligent enough. If your magic power was boundless, would we be in this situation?"
The little fox jumped up instantly, "That's where you're wrong! That's congenital, do you understand congenital? It's even stronger than Huang Ting. The strength of that sect leader is a whole realm higher than the three sect leaders who were instantly killed by the Ancestor Master!"
"Congenital masters are few and far between in this world. Do you think the power of the thirteen realms is just talk? If Golden Core Earth Immortals can summon wind and thunder, Nascent Souls can connect with the Dharma Realm, and Huang Ting can destroy a thousand demons with a palm, then congenital masters can split clouds and sever rivers with a breath!"
"Only by cultivating to the congenital stage can one begin the path to immortality. That is the realm of the immortal path!"
"No matter how powerful my talismans are, I cannot counter the immortal path realm with mortal magic power!"
"Of course, I admit my talismans are trash. If you have the guts, don't use them anymore! Just wait. When my talisman techniques are perfected and I cultivate into the number one fox immortal in the world, I will make you hold the talismans I drew and kowtow to me!"
Feng Menglong pounded on the gate, "Daoist Ji is missing, my wife has been abducted by those cunning cultivators, and those two from the Quanzhen Sect are also silent, likely imprisoned as well. What should we do?"
As he was speaking, the gate suddenly opened. He lost his balance and fell out. He didn't see the Mountain Master of Mount Mao. The one who opened the door was a young man wearing a sky-blue Daoist robe.
The man sized up Feng Menglong and showed a slight smile.
"You want to see your wife?"
Feng Menglong immediately stood up, "Are you finally willing to open the door? Good! Hurry up and call your sect leader. I want to reason with him! I don't believe there's no place for reasoning in this world. I'm telling you, when Daoist Ji arrives, you will all have to grovel!"
"Don't think I'm easy to bully... Don't think I'm easy to bully now! You won't be able to afford to offend my future self!"
Do not bully the poor youth! Do not bully the poor middle-aged man! Do not bully the poor old man!
Do not bully the poor grave!
Feng Menglong's face turned red and his neck bulged. He clenched his fists, but knowing he couldn't defeat the other party, his punch would only be like scratching an itch.
The young man laughed heartily, "Interesting. How can someone like you possess Heaven and Earth Righteousness!"
"The principles of Confucianism are actually the most unreasonable. Those old officials in the imperial court studied diligently for ten years, and when they passed the imperial examinations, they still worked diligently and navigated the officialdom for decades, eventually becoming Grand Secretaries. Although they held immense power, they couldn't even show a shred of righteousness. All they had in their eyes was a sense of decline and a sophisticated heart for dealing with the world."
"Perhaps, the righteousness of Confucianism only favors those who are like you, fearless calves, or those who fear nothing. True Confucianism... is it about having the awareness of 'Ren' as Confucius said and 'Yi' as Mencius said, from the Spring and Autumn period?"
Feng Menglong was provoked and glared, "Heaven and Earth Righteousness favors me, what business is it of yours! Hurry up and release my wife! What did you do to her after you took her away!"
The young man said indifferently, "We did nothing. We just asked her to prepare to inherit the Dao lineage of Mount Mao."
Feng Menglong was greatly shocked, "The Mountain Master of Mount Mao promised that he wouldn't force my wife to inherit the Dao lineage. That old man broke his promise!"
The young man raised a finger and shook it.
"You are mistaken. The Mountain Master of Mount Mao keeps his word, naturally. After all, he is a major sect of the Three Mountains, the leader of the Daoist sects, how could he break his word?"
"However, as long as the previous Mountain Master no longer serves as the Mountain Master, then there is nothing to worry about. He said his words, I say my words. The county magistrate is not as good as the current official, don't you agree?"
Feng Menglong was startled, "What, what do you mean by 'he no longer serves as the Mountain Master'?"
The young man smiled slightly, "What I mean is, I am now the Mountain Master of Mount Mao. I am the new Mountain Master of Mount Mao, and I also want you to become the Mountain Master of Mount Mao."
"Don't you want to stay with your wife?"
"As long as you become the Mountain Master of Mount Mao and lead the Supreme Purity, isn't that enough?"
His words echoed, carrying a hint of temptation, but it was ineffective on Feng Menglong. He asked strangely, "Why are your words suddenly echoing? Is there something wrong with my ears?"
Feng Menglong tapped his ear, and the young man's gaze sharpened.
Could Heaven and Earth Righteousness even exempt him, a powerful expert, from his influence?
The Dao of Confucianism is truly unreasonable. After all, righteousness is an extremely rare thing, so it is normal for it to be so difficult to deal with...
"Never mind, I'll just ask you, this immense inheritance is before you, do you want it or not?"
"As long as you accept this inheritance, you can both ascend to immortality with your wife, and be a beautiful story together in the Supreme Purity. From then on, you can travel to the North Sea in the morning and roost in Cangwu in the evening, becoming a true immortal couple, laughing at all beings in the world. How wonderful would that be?"
The young man was very confident. The temptation of the Mountain Master of Mount Mao and the future of ascending to immortality together, shouldn't this be what scholars yearn for the most?
Countless vernacular novels and storybooks depict the situations that scholars dream of: a poor scholar is favored by a fairy and lives happily ever after. In some storybooks, although the fairy is not obtained, stories of fox wives, ghost concubines, conch maidens, and crane daughters are endless. Although they lack pure and ethereal beauty, they have their own charm.
Feng Menglong was stunned. He then imagined his future situation in his mind. After a little embellishment, he showed an expression of envy and anticipation, which was exactly what the young man wanted to see.
So he smiled, feeling that he had achieved his goal.
But in the next moment, Feng Menglong's expressions gradually disappeared, and then he looked at the young man with a cold expression.
"Although it's beautiful, I refuse!"
"Pie doesn't fall from the sky. Things given suddenly, if not obtained through strength or righteousness, must be dangerous. I don't know you, and you want me to be the Mountain Master of Mount Mao. I dare not accept such a great gift!"
"I am just a small scholar, without any magic power, how can I be worthy of being the Lord of Supreme Purity! You'd better tell me where you've locked up my wife! Don't wait until Daoist Ji returns, then all of you will be beaten into the mountain and can't be dug out!"
The young man was stunned for a moment, then let out a heavy snort!
This snort made Feng Menglong vomit blood directly. The Heaven and Earth Righteousness on his body did not disappear, but the initial Heaven and Earth Righteousness could not provide much protection to Feng Menglong, especially since his snort was a "Daoist Shout"!
The little fox, behind Feng Menglong, couldn't interject at first, but she was also disoriented by this snort, with two streams of blood flowing from her nostrils, hanging very long.
"Daoist Sound Technique!"
Although the little fox was a poor student, she recognized some common magical techniques.
The sound that the young man in the sky-blue Daoist robe uttered at this moment was a basic magical technique in Daoist cultivation, called "Daoist Sound Technique," also known as "Daoist Shout."
In a Daoist Shout, the arrogant tone is forceful and can cause confusion and vomiting; the majestic tone is rigid and can cause the body's Qi to flow unevenly; the enraged tone is overbearing and can cause the internal organs, liver, and gallbladder to rupture.
When the Daoist Sound Technique is cultivated to a high level, it can reach the stage of immortal fox cries, even tiger roars, dragon chants, and mountain and river rumblings.
The little fox had learned the immortal fox cry on Mount Longhu. Although she was a fox herself, she still had to learn the cry of a fox immortal, because the cry of a fox immortal is different from that of ordinary foxes and fox demons.
The little fox had also thought about this problem. Before she learned it, she had many whimsical ideas in her mind.
Little did she know that if Ji Xiang were here, he would tell the little fox.
The cries of foxes are different.
Ordinary foxes go "ying ying ying," fox demons say "Master, come play," and fox immortals say "Great Chu prospers, Chen Sheng is king!"
In short, the little fox had a relatively high immunity to Daoist Shouts, which made the young man in the sky-blue clothes look at her with a bit more attention.
"You little fox immortal, with your low magic power and no righteousness, unlike this scholar, you only bled from your nose after hearing my Daoist Shout? You're not bad either. Do you want to join the Supreme Purity?"
The little fox immediately wiped her nosebleed, "No! I am a cultivator from Mount Longhu under the Heavenly Master Sect!"
"The Heavenly Master Sect? You?" Hahahaha!"
The young man in the sky-blue Daoist robe burst into laughter as if he had heard the biggest joke in history.
"A fox immortal taught by Mount Longhu, and you are like this?"
"It seems Mount Longhu is in decline! But being suppressed by such a Mount Longhu, the Supreme Purity Sect is even more disgraceful! As for those two Quanzhen Sect cultivators, there's nothing to say. They've completely disgraced their five Emperor Ancestors!"
The young man in the sky-blue Daoist robe used his magic power to capture the two of them.
"I originally wanted you to accept the inheritance voluntarily, but since you are unwilling, I can only resort to force. Remember this, I am now the Mountain Master of Mount Mao. As for the previous Mountain Master, he admitted his guilt and resigned from his position as sect leader!"
"So now the Supreme Purity Sect listens to me. If you are unwilling to join the Supreme Purity, then you have no choice!"
The young man in the sky-blue Daoist robe took the two of them away to another grand palace.
Meanwhile, the two cultivators from the Quanzhen Sect were under house arrest in a palace. Luo Po Xian was very concerned about Feng and Hu's confinement and Madam Hou's abduction, believing there must be something strange going on.
However, Nan Yang Zi told him that even if there was a problem, there was nothing he could do. He should focus on cultivating and recovering his strength. His physical body didn't need to be rushed. Once his strength recovered somewhat, he could find a way to communicate with them, and then he would use his escape technique to bring him out.
"There is no place that the Human Escape Technique cannot flee from! This place cannot hold me."
Nan Yang Zi was very confident about this, but he didn't expect that after cultivating for a few days and recovering some strength, he was still far from his peak. However, it was enough to consecutively use the Human Escape Technique and even more advanced magical techniques.
But unexpectedly, as soon as he activated the escape technique, his mind followed the environment, and he saw a vast land he had come from, which was the outer mountain of Mount Mao. He then flew out and disappeared into white smoke. The next moment he reappeared, he was within a formation!
Nan Yang Zi was greatly alarmed!
"I've fallen into a trap. The palace we were in before had a hidden formation! As soon as we use an escape technique, we will be drawn here!"
At this moment, the two of them were trapped in a grand formation. Nan Yang Zi and Luo Po Xian looked panicked. This was truly a case of escaping the wolf only to fall into the tiger's den!
Moreover, this formation was constantly emitting countless killing intents, and at the same time, fire arose within the formation, engulfing the two of them!
"Formation within a formation, a trapping formation with a killing formation inside!"
Nan Yang Zi was shocked, "What is going on? This formation is trying to refine us!"
"How can a major sect like the Supreme Purity use such vicious formations!"
The Quanzhen Sect was not skilled in formations, so they naturally couldn't recognize this formation. Nan Yang Zi used his escape technique, but the trapping formation remained unbroken. The human escape would forever only see illusions, and there was no way to truly get out, constantly circling within the grand formation!
Nan Yang Zi's face turned pale. He truly did not expect that the dignified Supreme Purity Sect would engage in such activities!
They were all fellow Daoists, why would they kill each other!
Luo Po Xian was anxious, "I knew long ago that there was something wrong with the Supreme Purity Sect! Mount Mao sealing its mountain must have been them telling us about Biyou Palace, and fearing we would reveal it, they decided to silence us!"
"Or it was the work of Old Eighth, Old Tenth, and Old Fifteenth. They held grudges against us and took revenge!"
Luo Po Xian was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks. Of course, he also admitted that even if he recovered his strength, with his abilities, he still couldn't get out of this grand formation, and it was a formation within a formation.
"Human escape is ineffective. I cannot escape with my mind, so I will use the Grand Supreme Three Caves Divine Escape Incantation!"
"Divine generals, heed my command and take us out!"
Nan Yang Zi wrote the Grand Supreme Three Caves Divine Escape Incantation and summoned several invisible divine escape beings. The divine escape beings had no minds and only executed commands. They led the two of them to maneuver within the formation, searching for a breakthrough. However, just as they were about to escape outside the formation, another grand formation was placed over them!
Three formations rotated, the Heaven Locking Grand Formation!
"My life is over!"
Nan Yang Zi lost all his strength. The combined power of the three formations sealed all possible escape routes!
.......
In the Nine Heavens Palace, many sect leaders arrived. This time, their expressions were complex as they looked at Madam Hou kneeling below the main hall. Her legs had been broken, and blood was flowing profusely. At the seat of honor was a Pure Yang realm expert, yet in the Supreme Purity Sect, besides the Mountain Master, there was no other Pure Yang expert!
"For so many days, you are still unwilling to accept the inheritance? I will tell you, if you still refuse to accept the inheritance, your husband, that little fox immortal, and your two fellow Daoists from the Quanzhen Sect will all die because of your refusal."
This Pure Yang expert threatened Madam Hou. Madam Hou was shocked to hear this news, but she still suppressed her anger.
"How can a major sect like the Supreme Purity resort to such despicable means... What is going on... When Daoist Ji returns, he will definitely have a good talk with you!"
The Pure Yang expert narrowed his eyes, "Daoist Ji?"
"The one in the Great Treasure Hall? Don't worry, he won't be able to return. We have heard of this expert, so we have already set up a formation to trap him. As for whether he lives or dies, that is hard to say."