475: Chapter 475 Giving You a Chance

Heavenly Venerable Mogong had her long hair tied up with a Plain Silver Hairpin, her face as cold as frost. Hearing this, she said indifferently, "I have only come this time to act as a spectator."

She glanced slightly to the side, her gaze passing over Mystic Talisman Heavenly Venerable and landing on Great Love Immortal Venerable behind her. "This is a grudge between the Dao Seeking Sect and the Wansheng Dao Court. If you intend to interfere and stop us, Fellow Daoist, do not blame me for being impolite."

Hearing this, Mystic Talisman Heavenly Venerable raised an eyebrow. "Very well, then let us see exactly what your Mechanical Beast is made of."

"And what if this old man is added to the mix?"

Just as the two were at each other's throats, an old, raspy voice drifted from the distance.

Everyone looked toward the sound and saw a verdant green flying boat slowly approaching. Medicine Venerable stood at the bow with his hands behind his back, his grey robes fluttering. On his face, framed by white hair and beard, his murky old eyes hid two glints of sharp light.

For a hundred years, the Medicine Hut had always maintained good relations with various factions.

When word previously spread that Medicine Venerable and Heavenly Venerable Mogong had gone to Heavenly Tribulation Continent to demand accountability, some were puzzled—now it seemed there was indeed more to the story.

Mystic Talisman Heavenly Venerable's gaze narrowed, and the smile on her face gradually faded.

With two Heavenly Venerables arriving at the same time, this was definitely no ordinary provocation.

Chen Xuan leaped down from Bai Ze's back, his white clothes fluttering as he landed steadily in the Void Realm. He looked up at Great Love Immortal Venerable and spoke nonchalantly:

"Do we fight here? Or go to the Outer Heavens?"

Great Love Immortal Venerable's gaze darkened as he stared at the young man before him. After a moment, he suddenly laughed:

"Although I have a good temper due to my experiences, do you truly not know how to spell the word 'death' to come here and provoke me like this?"

Chen Xuan's reply was so brief it seemed he was too lazy to say another word:

"Dumbass!"

Great Love Immortal Venerable's eyes turned cold. His aura became as deep as an abyss and as vast as the sea. The pressure of the Peak Tribulation Transcendence Realm was slowly released, scattering the clouds within a hundred-mile radius.

"Since you seek death, I shall fulfill your wish."

As soon as he finished speaking, his figure blurred, turning into a streak of light that soared toward the Nine Heavens.

"Follow me if you have the guts."

Chen Xuan didn't waste words either. He tapped his toes lightly against the Void Realm and followed close behind.

The two figures, one after the other, vanished into the clouds in the blink of an eye, leaving behind two white trails that seemed to tear through the firmament.

On the ground, everyone looked up to see the two figures growing smaller and smaller, finally turning into two microscopic black dots that disappeared above the Nine Heavens.

A moment later, an earth-shattering boom echoed from high above, causing the entire land to tremble slightly.

Mystic Talisman Heavenly Venerable withdrew her gaze and was about to speak when she saw that both Heavenly Venerable Mogong and Medicine Venerable appeared completely composed, deepening the doubts in her heart.

She had just taken out a Talisman, preparing to investigate the battle above—

When a clear, resonant hoof-cry suddenly rang out, echoing through the Nine Heavens!

In an instant, dark clouds surged from all directions, blotting out the entire sky. Thunder snakes danced wildly within the cloud layer, and purple lightning illuminated the world in a deathly pale light.

The Golden-Feathered World-Burning Sparrow flapped its wings and dived down from the clouds, surrounded by raging flames that turned half the sky a crimson red.

Medicine Venerable stood with his hands behind his back, looked at Mystic Talisman Heavenly Venerable, and spoke slowly:

"Fellow Daoist, have you still not figured it out?"

"The one colluding with the Yao Race is precisely that Great Love Immortal Venerable by your side."

Hearing this, the Talisman in Mystic Talisman Heavenly Venerable's hand paused slightly, and she immediately retorted in a heavy voice, "How is that possible?!"

"The Yao Race has repeatedly invaded the Nine Provinces over these past centuries. Has it not always been Great Love Immortal Venerable who led the defense? If not for him presiding over things, the Nine Provinces would likely have been devastated long ago. Your words are simply too absurd."

Medicine Venerable did not answer immediately. He only narrowed his eyes, looking toward the figure that had already disappeared above the Nine Heavens:

"Then have you ever considered—"

He turned his head to meet Mystic Talisman Heavenly Venerable's eyes:

"Why the power of the Human Race has declined step by step from its Peak five hundred years ago to its current state, while that Demon Race Continent has grown increasingly formidable?"

"This..."

Mystic Talisman Heavenly Venerable opened her mouth, momentarily at a loss for an answer.

Heavenly Venerable Mogong's figure flashed as she turned into a streak of light, soaring directly toward the Nine Heavens. She needed to rush to the Outer Heavens to provide support and prevent Great Love Immortal Venerable from setting a secret ambush.

Medicine Venerable withdrew his gaze and continued, "Five hundred years ago, after Great Love Immortal Venerable brought back the head of that Great Yao, he rose to power rapidly. And every time his reputation reached a new height, it was inevitably accompanied by a major offensive from the Yao Race."

He looked at Mystic Talisman Heavenly Venerable:

"Don't you think, Fellow Daoist, that it is a bit too coincidental?"

Heavenly Venerable Mogong's figure had already disappeared into the clouds, leaving only a faint trail of spiritual energy. Mystic Talisman Heavenly Venerable stood in place, her three thousand silver strands of hair messy in the wind, her brow furrowing tighter and tighter.

"You mean..."

She spoke slowly, her voice carrying a hint of disbelief, "That the Yao Race is deliberately paving the way for Great Love Immortal Venerable?"

Medicine Venerable neither nodded nor shook his head, but simply continued, "In the previous battle of Rain God Continent, the Yao Race's goal appeared to be the conquest of a province, but in reality, they had other ambitions."

He suddenly changed the subject, looking in the direction where Heavenly Venerable Mogong had disappeared, and asked, "How is Mad Venerable's injury? He has been in seclusion for half a year, so why hasn't a single word been sent out?"

At those words, Mystic Talisman Heavenly Venerable's pupils contracted sharply.

A chill instantly crawled up her spine from her tailbone, so cold she almost shuddered.

She snapped her head around to look at Medicine Venerable, her voice tight. "No... impossible. What benefit would Great Love Immortal Venerable gain from doing this?"

"At our Realm, are fame and fortune not within easy reach? Why would he need to submit himself to those beasts?"

Medicine Venerable sighed softly. "As for the reason, I do not know, nor do I have the inclination to investigate."

"But you and I should be well aware that there are certain obsessions in the heart that, no matter how high your Realm, remain difficult to redeem."

He looked at Mystic Talisman Heavenly Venerable and said word by word, "As for what the truth is, it is very simple. Go to Frost Province and see if Mad Venerable is still alive, and everything will be clear."

Mystic Talisman Heavenly Venerable fell silent.

The details she had once ignored now flooded her mind like a tide.

Great Love Immortal Venerable's perfectly timed injuries after every victory, the Demon Race Army that was conveniently repelled at critical moments, and those fellow cultivators who 'unfortunately' fell on the battlefield after disagreeing with him...

If all of this was a setup...

She took a deep breath and said no more.

A Talisman appeared in her hand. With a flash of spiritual light, it turned into a streak of light that sped into the distance, vanishing into the horizon in an instant.

Having done this, she looked up at the sky. The two figures had long since disappeared from her sight, with only muffled booms occasionally echoing from deep within the clouds, like distant mountain thunder, one after another.

Her figure flashed as she soared toward the Nine Heavens.

Medicine Venerable followed close behind, his grey robes billowing as his elderly figure soon vanished into the sea of clouds.

The Outer Heavens.

The void was vast, with sparse stars scattered about.

This was the end of the world, the junction between the Nine Provinces Continent and the endless Void Realm. There was no wind, no clouds, only eternal silence and darkness. Occasionally, a meteor would streak past in the distance, trailing a long tail of fire before disappearing in an instant.

Two figures faced each other from a distance in the endless void, one white and one gold, like two unsheathed sharp swords with their edges pointed directly at each other.

"Young man!"

Watching the three people including Mystic Talisman Heavenly Venerable arrive one after another, Great Love Immortal Venerable spoke slowly, his voice vibrating through the vacuum with a condescending composure, "I will give you one more chance. Withdraw now, and I can act as if nothing ever happened."