123: Chapter 123 Despair and High-Stakes Gamble of the Taiyi Holy Land

The Taiyi Holy Land in the Central Region.

Inside the Main Peak Hall, the atmosphere was oppressive to the extreme.

All surviving Grand Elders and Core Disciples were gathered here.

Every face bore the terror of a survivor and the dazed look of someone whose worldview had collapsed.

The Taiyi Holy Master sat slumped on the throne that symbolized the Holy Land's highest power, his face ashen, his eyes vacant and spirit broken.

It was over. Everything was over.

Their Taiyi Holy Land had inherited its Legacy for tens of thousands of years, and they had finally managed to climb to the position of overlord of the Central Region.

As a result, just today, they were first forcibly treated like dogs by a god of slaughter calling himself from the 'Heaven Burial Palace'.

Then they witnessed the descent of another even more terrifying, god-like Ice Snow Fairy.

She had beaten that insufferable god of slaughter until he fled as miserably as a dead dog.

This series of shocks had completely crushed his proud heart as a Holy Lord.

He finally understood how tiny and vulnerable he and the entire Taiyi Holy Land were before such true Upper Realm powerhouses.

"Holy Lord, what should we do now?" a Grand Elder's trembling voice broke the deathly silence in the hall.

"What should we do?"

The Taiyi Holy Master let out a miserable laugh that sounded worse than crying.

"What else can we do? That Heaven Burial Palace is incredibly vindictive. It won't be long before they send even stronger experts, and we'll be the first ones they make an example of! As for that mysterious Ice Snow Fairy... in her eyes, we probably don't even count as ants."

"We are currently like a blade of grass caught between two primordial divine mountains! Whichever mountain moves even slightly, we will be crushed to powder!"

His words, filled with despair, plunged everyone present into even deeper fear.

"No!"

Right then, a young Core Disciple suddenly stepped forward.

He was Lin Xuan, the most outstanding Genius of this generation in the Taiyi Holy Land and the successor the Taiyi Holy Master favored most.

Looking at the Holy Lord on the throne who had long since lost all will to fight, a trace of unwillingness and madness flashed in his eyes.

"Holy Lord! Elders! We haven't reached the end of our rope yet! There is still one path we can take!"

"Oh? What path?" the Taiyi Holy Master asked feebly.

"Seeking refuge!" The young Disciple Lin Xuan said each word emphatically, "Seeking refuge with that Ice Snow Fairy!"

"What?!" As soon as these words were spoken, the entire room was shocked!

"Absurd!"

A Grand Elder with white hair and beard and a stern face slammed the armrest and stood up; it was Elder Li, who was in charge of the Holy Land's punishments.

"Lin Xuan, are you trying to push the last of our Taiyi Holy Land's foundation into the bottomless abyss?"

He scolded with a harsh tone.

"What kind of existence is that Ice Snow Fairy? She is fickle and regards us as nothing! If you approach her proactively, how is that different from offering your neck to the blade?"

"Our Taiyi Holy Land has inherited its Legacy for ten thousand years. Even if we face total destruction, we must never wag our tails for pity and become another's dog again!"

Elder Li's view was immediately echoed by half of the Elders.

They believed the safest way now was to preserve themselves.

"Elder Li is absolutely right!"

Another Elder stood up.

"In my humble opinion, the priority is to immediately activate the Mountain-Protecting Formation's highest form, 'Return to the Void', seal the mountain gates, and sever all contact with the outside world! We will hide away for ten thousand years. Once the outside storms settle, perhaps we can still preserve a spark for the Holy Land!"

The opinions of the pro-peace faction and the pro-defense faction instantly split the hall into two camps, arguing incessantly.

"Hide away for ten thousand years?"

Lin Xuan retorted without fear.

"Elder Li, Elders, may I ask if sealing the mountain for ten thousand years isn't just waiting to die? That Heaven Burial Palace has vast Divine Abilities. We can hide for a moment, but can we hide for a lifetime? By then, the Spiritual Qi will be exhausted and the Legacy severed. How is that different from perishing today? It's just lingering on in a slow death!"

He took a deep breath and raised his voice.

"Waiting for death is a dead end! Taking the initiative is a slim chance, but it is a chance for survival after all! Everyone, haven't you noticed a detail?"

"What detail?" Everyone was drawn in by his words.

"Although that Ice Snow Fairy seems cold, she never once attacked us from beginning to end!"

"Her target from the start was only that Silver Armor! And do you remember? After she descended, she picked up a painting from the ruins and then cried like a pear blossom in the rain while holding it. Then, the East Region boy who possesses the burial heaven token was exactly who flew out of the painting!"

With his reminder, everyone's thoughts were pulled back to that shocking scene.

"I understand!"

The Taiyi Holy Master, who had been silent, suddenly had a brilliant light burst from his previously dead eyes and slammed his hands down to stand up from the throne!

"I understand!"

He scanned the two factions of Elders who were still arguing.

"Lin Xuan is right! Hiding is waiting for death, resisting is seeking death, only by seeking life through death can there be a glimmer of hope!"

"The reason that Ice Snow Fairy descended was entirely for that East Region boy! The two of them definitely have an extraordinary relationship! And that boy, he is after all a person of our world, so he is on the same side as us."

"As long as we can connect with him, it's equivalent to boarding the great ship that is the Ice Snow Fairy! At that time, let alone a mere Silver Armor, even if the entire Heaven Burial Palace comes, we might not be without the strength to fight!"

His words were like a shot of adrenaline, forcefully injected into the hearts of the pro-peace faction.

While the Elders of the pro-defense faction still had doubts, they had no way to retort under the Holy Lord's resolute attitude.

This was their only way out.

It was also a grand gamble that could decide the future fate of their Taiyi Holy Land.

Win the bet, and they would soar to the heavens.

Lose the bet, and they would be beyond redemption.

"Hear my command!"

The Taiyi Holy Master no longer hesitated, his eyes filled with a frantic gambling spirit.

"There is no need to discuss this further!"

"Immediately prepare our Taiyi Holy Land's three most precious sect-protecting treasures, and then follow me personally to the East Region to offer a humble apology."

He was already prepared to pay any price to cling to this golden thigh!

However, just then.

A voice full of playfulness and mockery rang out inside the hall without any warning.

"Hehe, no need to go to all that trouble."

"I have come here personally."

As the voice fell.

A young and upright figure appeared out of thin air in the center of the hall as if teleporting.

It was none other than Su Yun!