Chapter 22: Confucian and Taoist Magical Powers

“It really is him?”

The scholar Tong Xuan, the woman with the flower umbrella, and the round-faced monk all looked at Su Yun, their expressions filled with surprise: “He’s not a demon, but a living person who lives in the uninhabited zone?”

The appearance of a living person, and a young one at that, in the uninhabited zone was far more surprising than the appearance of a large group of monsters.

Given the dangers of the uninhabited zone, it was absolutely impossible for humans to survive there!

And indeed, ever since the ‘Other World Event’ occurred, this place had become an uninhabited zone, overrun with demons.

They would rather believe Su Yun was a demon.

The round-faced monk’s prayer beads revolved around his neck, his eyelids lowered, his gaze fixed on his nose, and he said, “Tong Fan can die at the hands of ghosts and gods in the ghost market, or at the hands of demons in the uninhabited zone, but he absolutely cannot die at the hands of a human. To die at the hands of a human would tarnish the Tong family’s reputation.”

The Tong family was a prominent clan in Shuofang; they could not afford to lose face.

The woman with the flower umbrella said, “So no matter what his background is, he must be punished.”

Hua Hu’s heart skipped a beat, and he quickly jumped to Su Yun’s side, shouting, “Xiao Yun, wake up quickly!”

Almost at the same time, thunder boomed in the sky, and lightning poured down from the clouds like a waterfall!

And at this moment, the qi and blood behind Su Yun had completely transformed into a Flood Dragon, the friction of qi and blood against the air erupting into a Flood Dragon’s roar: “Grrr—!”

His qi and blood flood dragon coiled around his body with a whoosh, its long body circling him more than twice.

The powerful surge of qi and blood caused his pupils, which had been compressed to the extreme by the sword light of the immortal sword, to suddenly spin and dilate!

For the first time in six years, he had vision!

He had not refined the sword light of the immortal sword, but rather used his powerful qi and blood to temporarily overcome the suppression of the sword light on his pupils, gaining temporary sight.

At the same time, the black flood dragon in the Snake Gorge finally shed most of its snake skin, with only its tail still connected to the skin.

It had been beaten all over by the monsters, with no intact part on its body, and was on its last breath. It mustered its remaining qi and blood, letting out a dragon roar, and the water in the Snake Gorge instantly surged.

In the sky, lightning, like a waterfall, crashed down, striking the black flood dragon.

“Grrr—!”

Amidst the thunder, a long dragon roar echoed, and the water surged. Instantly, electric sparks and flames crackled across the water’s surface, and the ox demons, sheep demons, and weasels in the water trembled incessantly. Those with lower cultivation were instantly electrocuted, resulting in heavy casualties!

The Snake Gorge was like a pot of meat soup, with the aroma of cooked meat wafting everywhere.

As the lightning waterfall descended, on the cliff top, opposite Su Yun, the scholar Tong Xuan roared, “Attack!”

Behind him, the woman with the flower umbrella and the round-faced monk immediately leaped, jumping down the cliff.

The woman with the flower umbrella threw out her flower umbrella. From within the umbrella, a pair of male and female Bi Fang divine birds flew out. As they flapped their wings, fire light surged like a tide beneath them, rushing towards the lightning-filled Snake Gorge.

The string of prayer beads around the round-faced monk’s neck flew up, spinning in the sky, growing larger and larger, making whooshing sounds, following closely behind the divine birds.

Each prayer bead was two feet square, translucent and orange. Suddenly, fire light ignited within each bead, and the phantom of a Bi Fang divine bird appeared within each one!

The two Bi Fang divine birds from under the flower umbrella plunged into the lightning storm, extending their sharp claws to grip the black flood dragon’s head and tail, lifting the dragon.

The prayer beads followed closely, coiling around the black flood dragon’s neck, shrinking and tightening.

The two top experts of the Tong family were extraordinary, far surpassing the wild monsters near Tianmen Town.

On the cliff top, the scholar Tong Xuan looked at Su Yun opposite him.

Su Yun had already been on alert when Hua Hu shouted “Wake up quickly!” Just as the joy of gaining vision had surged within him, he suddenly saw a wave of blood rushing from afar in his “vision,” growing higher and higher until it obscured his “sight” ahead!

Su Yun’s hair stood on end. This “sight” was his qi and blood sensing.

The scholar Tong Xuan on the opposite bank,

his body hadn’t moved, but his qi and blood had, directly obscuring Su Yun’s perception with his incredibly powerful qi and blood!

Su Yun opened his eyes, a sharp gleam in his pupils, and glanced at the scholar Tong Xuan.

Although he had broken through the blockade of the immortal sword’s light, the sword light remained. The moment he opened his eyes, he could vaguely see the light and shadow of an immortal sword floating in the pupils of each eye.

“Go!”

Su Yun suddenly leaped, jumping down the cliff!

The four fox demons hesitated, but at that moment, a blood-colored flood dragon coiled up from below the cliff, sweeping up the four fox demons and pulling them down the cliff!

The cliff was sixteen or seventeen zhang high, and below it was the Snake Gorge.

That place had already become incredibly dangerous. The lightning waterfall crashed down, boiling the water in the Snake Gorge, and countless monsters were struck dead by lightning, electrocuted, or even boiled alive.

The monsters that hadn’t died, though severely injured, were fighting desperately.

On the shore, five old weasels were still using their spiritual abilities, attacking the Snake Gorge.

Adding to that, the round-faced monk and the woman with the flower umbrella had now joined the battle, making the Snake Gorge an extremely perilous place!

And the black flood dragon, formed by “All Village Eating,” encountered two formidable opponents, the round-faced monk and the woman with the flower umbrella, making it even more ferocious. The inverse scales on its neck whirred and spun, forcefully resisting the round-faced monk’s prayer beads, preventing them from tightening.

The black flood dragon was gripped by the two Bi Fang divine birds. The divine birds flapped their wings, pulling it up and carrying it towards the flower umbrella.

The black flood dragon’s body was long, over three zhang in length, and filled with thumb-thick tendons. Its large tendons exerted force, muscles tensed, and its body twisted and coiled like a snake, preventing the two divine birds from fixing it in place. With one claw each, it instantly crushed them!

This black flood dragon broke free from the spiritual ability, throwing its head back and roaring. It was at this moment that Su Yun, along with the four fox demons, jumped down from the cliff.

As the black flood dragon threw its head back, it saw Su Yun taking a coil of rope from his embrace.

The scholar Tong Xuan did not want to let them go just like that. He leaped, also jumping down the cliff, and said indifferently, “Go? Where can you go?”

Just as he had jumped down the cliff, he suddenly saw a rope shoot straight up into the sky, whooshing through the clouds and reaching into the high altitude.

The scholar Tong Xuan was stunned. He saw Su Yun and the four foxes clinging to the rope, being carried high into the sky by it, flying past him at an extremely fast speed.

“Immortal Rope!”

The scholar Tong Xuan was incredibly surprised, his body already falling into the gorge.

“The Immortal Rope is no longer just a spiritual ability, but a spiritual treasure. How can there be such a treasure as the Immortal Rope in this barren land? However, even if you have the Immortal Rope, you can’t escape my grasp!”

He activated his spiritual power, and suddenly, he saw splendid writings soaring into the sky above his head. Sheets of characters, as large as plates, arranged themselves in the sky, reaching about thirty zhang high.

These writings were formed from his deep study of the sages’ texts, pondering the meaning of each word and phrase, which over time manifested through visualization. Or perhaps they were his own scholarly insights, with grand ideas within his heart, allowing the writings to form naturally.

The scholar Tong Xuan stepped on the brilliant writings, rising higher and higher at an extreme speed, chasing after the Immortal Rope.

The thirty-zhang distance was covered in a flash. The scholar Tong Xuan saw the tail of the Immortal Rope and reached out to grab it, but grasped at empty air.

He continued to step forward, trying to catch up, but his foot stepped into empty space. Tong Xuan’s heart sank: “Darn it! My scholarship isn’t enough…”

His scholarship was only enough to lay out writings thirty zhang high. To go higher, he had no more scholarship, not a single character could be laid out. Therefore, he was only a scholar among spirit masters, not worthy of being called a great Confucian.

“If I can’t capture him alive, then I can only eliminate him!”

The scholar Tong Xuan flipped his wrist, took out a writing brush, and with a gentle wave, a string of glowing characters from his spiritual ability flew out, chasing after the Immortal Rope.

Su Yun and the few foxes held onto the Immortal Rope, being carried by it into the clouds. Tong Xuan’s characters also rushed into the clouds.

The string of characters sped through the air, radiating light, and a grand chant echoed: “The origin of human culture began from the Great Ultimate, silently assisting the divine, with the Yi (Book of Changes) as the foremost!”

As the characters entered the clouds, the sound gradually faded, seeming distant.

A moment later, Su Yun and the four fox demons, riding on the rope, shivered from the cold. The rope burst out of the clouds, suspended above them.

“Did you see it?”

Fox Buping excitedly shouted to them, “There’s a dragon in the clouds!”

Just now, as they passed through the clouds, lightning flashed and thunder roared all around them. The Immortal Rope carried them dodging and weaving, avoiding streaks of chaotic lightning.

And the scholar Tong Xuan’s characters were still chasing them. The voices from within each character were still grand, but these characters were quickly shattered by streaks of lightning.

However, just as Su Yun and the others were about to burst out of the clouds, the Immortal Rope seemed to sense some danger and abruptly changed direction.

Su Yun and the four foxes riding on the rope suddenly saw a long, shimmering blue body swimming past the Immortal Rope. The body was massive and elongated, with huge claws that, when they stepped on the clouds, erupted with the roar of thunder.

Su Yun and the four foxes stared wide-eyed, but they couldn’t get a clear look at the true face of this behemoth before the Immortal Rope carried them out of the clouds.

“It’s not a real dragon.”

Su Yun shook his head and said, “I sensed that it was just a mass of primal energy.”

“Primal energy?” The four foxes were puzzled and confused.

Qingqiu Yue, however, thought of something else: “Little Yun Ge, are your eyes better?”

“Not yet.”

Su Yun suddenly stood up, placing one foot in front of the other on the Immortal Rope, his expression solemn, and turned around.

The clouds burst open with popping sounds, revealing the characters “Shen” (god, divine) and “Xiang” (elephant, elephant) bursting out of the clouds. These two characters were tattered and dim, clearly having endured the baptism of lightning in the clouds, but they had survived.

The two characters flew over, with “Xiang” in front, suddenly transforming into a white elephant with a long trunk and large ears, galloping ahead, while “Shen” followed closely, leaping up with a whoosh, transforming into a golden-armored divine warrior, straddling the white elephant with legs spread apart.

The “礻” radical transformed into a halberd, which the divine warrior grasped in his hand, heading straight for Su Yun!

Zhai Zhu: Giddy up, giddy up! Riding my beloved little model (yes, this sentence is imitating a reader’s comment from this chapter), asking for recommendation tickets~~