597: Chapter 120 Retaliation 597: Chapter 120 Retaliation The heavy rain poured down, and the Golden Cicada flew upwards against the rain.
Xie Xuanyi raised his head, somewhat puzzled as he watched this scene…
He did not understand what it meant for the Zen Master to gift this Golden Cicada within the River of Destiny.
This Golden Cicada seemed nothing special at a glance.
“Xie Zhen!”
The shout of Deng Baiyi brought his thoughts back to reality.
The vast Buddha Country burned into nothingness, the sky filled with golden ashes fluttering like spent fireworks.
The rain washed over the earth.
The entire small mountain was enveloped in a dreamlike state.
The Transmission Array was already set up.
Deng Baiyi’s expression was pale, clutching the Transmission Talisman Paper tightly without injecting any Primordial Power.
She stood at the edge of the Buddha Country, waiting for the outcome of this battle.
Her face was filled with worry…
Anyone would be worried.
After all, the person within this barrier was the Three States Iron Cavalry Lord.
“Chen Chong?
Is he dead?”
The young man holding the umbrella for Deng Baiyi, upon seeing the dissipating golden light scene, relaxed slightly but still couldn’t help being curious.
The last scene visible to these spectators was Chen Chong riding the Green Thunder, declaring war on the Buddha Country, followed by a golden hand descending from the Heavenly Peak, suppressing all the noise and tumult.
Now the Buddha Country has dissolved with the wind.
Fa Cheng had disappeared without a trace.
Chen Chong… likewise.
The young man’s expression was somewhat shocked.
Although he wasn’t clear on the specific ranks within the Cultivation World or who was more formidable in the battle, the scene before him seemed to clearly indicate the outcome.
It was truly unbelievable – could it be that Chen Chong, the Three States Iron Cavalry Lord, was just slain by the young Sword Immortal from Da Sui Sword Palace?
Xie Xuanyi shook his head and remained silent.
He looked towards not far away.
Although the Green Thunder had dissipated, the rumbling sounds did not stop.
Deng Baiyi and Chu Guo, instinctively following Xie Xuanyi’s gaze, lifted their heads, their expressions revealing surprise.
The previously fading clouds unexpectedly started to show a tinge of red.
“Another enemy attack?”
This journey to the east had kept Deng Baiyi on high alert.
She instinctively wanted to activate the Transmission Array Talisman.
But the next moment.
Xie Xuanyi stretched out his hand, stopping her action.
“It’s not an enemy.”
Xie Xuanyi’s expression was calm as he gazed at that mass of refining fire clouds.
From the aura emanating from the clouds, he had already guessed the identity of the other party.
Fa Cheng’s lingering spirit in the river had told himself.
Wait for the Buddha Country to dissipate.
He would then see how the Buddhist sect dealt with “Mi Yun” and the “layout in Yuan Province.”
Now, as the golden Buddha Country finally dissolved, the piercing fire in the clouds fell like an arrow, landing near the small mountain.
“Hiss hiss hiss!”
The fiery burst tore through the void, transforming into a gate of refining fire.
Whoosh!
A tall figure, travel-worn, hurriedly walked out from this gate of refining fire.
Confused, dazed, Mi Yun, who had always been in a “drowsy” state, now scented the familiar aura.
Its closed eyelids struggled, slowly lifting.
“…Uncle Master?”
The little one, looking pitiful, opened its eyes.
Seeing the tall figure emerging from the gate of refining fire, it could no longer hold back, crying out loud, breaking free from Chu Guo’s embrace, and threw itself into the arms of the tall monk.
The battle at Qixia Mountain.
The delegation from Fan Yin Temple suffered heavy casualties.
The Uncle Master, with his Cave Heaven Body, fought Du Yunzhong, stopping this Tiger General.
Even though he might have successfully escaped, it must have come at a great cost.
These past few days.
At night, Mi Yun was restless and often burst into tears whenever thinking of the ambush at Qixia Mountain.
All the misfortunes originated from him.
“…”
Miao Zhen, bearing the hardships of life, now had a complex expression.
With thousands of words stuck in his heart, he couldn’t speak them out.
Eventually, he reached out his hand and gently wiped the tears from Mi Yun’s cheeks, his expression softened a lot…
“The ambush at Qixia Mountain, seemingly fierce with overt killing intent, actually harbors a second layer of hidden threats.”
At this moment.
From within the gate of Harden, a lingering voice emerged.
“In this scheme, it seems that only Nalan Xuance and Chen Chong are the planners.”
“But outside Yuan Province, Nalan Xuance has laid another hidden move.”
The lingering voice paused briefly, as if pondering how to explain.
“This hidden move, it probably doesn’t come from Chen Chong, right?”
Xie Xuanyi stared at the end of the void gate, taking over the conversation, and slowly said, “Under Chen Chong’s command lie Yuan Province, Yu State, and Wu State of Li Kingdom.
Although Chen Chong has been awarded control over the three states, seeming extremely prominent as a noble official but still too young and inexperienced.
These three provinces, long-suffering from hardship and perennial poverty, are far less affluent compared to neighboring Qian State and Dou State.
Considering Nalan Xuance’s character, to ensure this killing game, he must mobilize the power of Qian State and Dou State.”
“Exactly.”
From the gate of Harden, a voice of admiration arose: “Little Xie Mountain Master is smarter than I thought.
Nalan Xuance wanted to see the stance of Fan Yin Temple, so he arranged for Chen Chong to enter the game inside Qixia Mountain and arranged Qian State Iron Cavalry and Great Practitioners of Dou State outside.
Their intentions are relatively straightforward; Nalan Xuance only wants to focus on one person.”
Xie Xuanyi looked towards Miao Zhen.
Miao Zhen was seriously injured.
To survive, Miao Zhen had already forcibly broken through the Yin God Realm, yet his aura was still very feeble.
Xie Xuanyi was very familiar with such injuries…
In the past, when he had fought thousands of miles non-stop, he was just like this.
“Ultimately, Nalan Xuance’s arrangement of the Qixia Mountain killing game and the destruction of Buddha in Yuan Province is to clarify the ‘trump card’ of Fan Yin Temple.”
Xie Xuanyi lowered his eyes and murmured, “To kill Buddha’s son, to kill Mi Yun, both can achieve this purpose.”
Within Yuan Province, destroying Buddha and seeking Mi Yun.
Outside Yuan Province, Iron Cavalry’s Flying Swords, assassinating Miao Zhen.
These are dual arrangements!
“Unexpectedly, One Strike Sect, always acting alone without engaging in conflicts, was willingly manipulated by Nalan Xuance.”
Miao Zhen could not help but express his emotions.
He bowed in the direction of the gate of Harden and sincerely said, “Thank you for your assistance…
Without this help, this calamity would have been immensely difficult for me.”
One Strike Sect is one of the major forces in Li Kingdom.
Its sect master, Luo Lie, is also a Great Practitioner of the Yang God Realm who has comprehended the Rule of Destruction.
After escaping from Qixia Mountain.
Miao Zhen thought the killing game had ended, but unexpectedly, everything had just begun.
Leaving Yuan Province, he found himself embroiled in the annihilation by the Iron Cavalry of Qian State and the cultivators of One Strike Sect.
Nalan Xuance had long laid a net of heaven and earth, waiting for him to fall into the trap.
Luckily…
At the critical moment, he received this assistance, otherwise, he might have been forced into a dead end!
“No need to thank me.”
After a moment of silence on the other side of the gate of Harden, the voice responded lightly: “If Buddha’s son truly wishes to express gratitude, then thank Chen Jingxuan…
After all, this chess move was his idea.”
At this part of the conversation.
The identity of the person at the other end of the gate of Harden was undoubtedly clear by now.
It’s indeed the “Fire Master”, arranged by Chen Jingxuan to hide his traces.
Xie Xuanyi suddenly remembered the conversation he had with Chen Jingxuan in the Ruyi Order before their delegation entered Qixia Mountain…
It turns out that at that time, Chen Jingxuan had already made his move.
If it weren’t for him arranging the Fire Master to step ahead, escaping the sight of the Great Practitioners of Li Kingdom.
Today, Miao Zhen would hardly be “safe”.