The giant waves composed of blood crashed down on the city walls of Chen Tang Pass, smashing thousands of blood infants from the waters.
Madam Yin donned her armor and took charge, continually shouting orders to the soldiers of Chen Tang Pass to gather their courage and defend their homeland. However, the soldiers were so terrified that they trembled like chaff; not to mention shooting arrows at the enemy, merely standing there was a display of bravery.
We can't delay any longer.
"Master Shen, can you control your body?" asked Deng Chanyu to Shen Gong Bao.
"No, no, that's not the case!"
Deng Chanyu waited for two breaths, seeing that Shen Gong Bao didn't speak up, she looked at him pitifully and suddenly realized, "Ah, this time it seems it's truly not possible!" Originally, controlling one blood infant might have been possible. Now that there were hundreds of thousands of blood infants, Shen Gong Bao's cultivation was not up to the mark. She had underestimated the situation.
She quickly scanned the situation. Most of the civilians in Chen Tang Pass had gathered on this side of the Li Mansion. The mansion's steward was organizing the servants to rescue people, placing the elderly and children who could not move freely on higher ground. However, facing the increasing number of blood infants, these vulnerable women and children couldn't withstand even a single wave of attack.
Deng Chanyu threw her Nanming Lihe Jian to Long Ji, who was better with the sword, and said, "Help me delay for three breaths."
"Okay!"
With five spiritual swords, Long Ji desperately poured her spiritual power into them, attacking continuously. Even when Yuan Futong fiercely struck her shoulder with a stick, she did not retreat an inch.
In three breaths, Deng Chanyu spread out the Map of Earthly Paradise, covering an area of a thousand meters in radius instantly.
Her spiritual power quickly depleted as she used the certificate of Daoist Duanwa's Treasured Object, directly opening a smaller world between the world of Hongxia and the world of Earthly Paradise.
All the blood infants within her line of sight, as well as the bloodwater within the waves, any blood within her spiritual awareness that contained the divine power of the Ancestral Marrow River, was all drawn into it!
She quickly chanted a spell, and the scenery within the newly-created world changed at once.
The main body paused for a moment in the blood sea, helped by the perspective of the blood infants. He discovered that thousands of blood infants suddenly found themselves inside an ancient and worn-out Daoist palace.
Straight ahead in his line of sight was a two-foot-high platform, in front of which were six extremely ordinary felt cushions.
Zixiao Palace?!
The Ancestral Marrow River was shocked.
Anger followed the shock, and he raged in the blood sea. The thousand blood infants that had been taken into the newly created world were also cursing in unison. These voices were a mix of men and women, young and old, now converging to say in an eerie manner: "A mere child's trick of illusion, also dare to deceive our master!?"
Creating a false world through illusion is something not rare. As long as there is a single mistake, it can be easily exposed by pointing to the core.
The Ancestral Marrow River found it amusing and couldn't help but look around. A half-grown child was playing this game with me? I went to Zixiao Palace when your ancestors were not even born!
He looked around warily, growing more puzzled with each glance.
Here, it seems, probably, possibly, this really is Zixiao Palace!
He saw Emperor Jun and Taiyi in full imperial regalia, stern and imposing, he saw Zhengyuanzi and Hongyun who were amiable, he saw Kunpeng whose face was filled with evil aura. These were all well-known figures in the ancient era, it was normal to use illusion to simulate them. However, many great cultivators who died shortly after discussing at Zixiao Palace had their names fade from legends long ago. When these figures passed by in front of him, he had to recall their names from deep within his distant memories for quite a while.
Deng Chanyu is less than one ten-thousandth of the Ancestral Marrow River's vast lifespan. Does she have the insight for that?
When the Ancestral Marrow River saw that the cultivation level of the three cultivators, who had just barely reached the Daoist Saint realm, walked into Zixiao Palace and then sat down on the cushion without saying a word, his heart was immediately pulled up.
The Map of Earthly Paradise found his mental flaw and the illusion silently eroded his half alertness. All the blood infants unconsciously gathered together.
The Ancestral Marrow River's mind was completely overshadowed by the opportunity before him—the cushion! The chance to become a Saint!
The image was ten thousand times more shocking to him than Huadichu's transformation into a heavenly cycle. To become a Daoist Saint, who would want to be a Diannao Saint? He had woken up from his dreams multiple times, hoping that it was he who ran up and sat on the cushion.
This was the closest he had ever been to becoming a Saint.
With Nüwa sitting on the fourth cushion by herself, the originally seated Yinhe who was sitting on the fifth cushion, only one step away from the fourth cushion, could no longer remain seated.
The mental flaw was so vast that the Map of Earthly Paradise infiltrated even more.
Without even standing up, the Ancestral Marrow River exerted his buttocks with force, jumping forward like an old hen, and landed straight onto the fifth cushion. Two breaths later, he looked around proudly, his gaze filled with arrogance and satisfaction!
"Ha-ha-ha! This is what Deng Chanyu did! It's too bad for her! The person in question was already stupid, and you're just teasing them!" Nüwa couldn't help but laugh out loud when she saw the arrogant expression on the Ancestral Marrow River.
The Qingluan and the two maids were also covering their mouths and laughing lightly. The nine precious phoenixes are now only as intelligent as babies and don't know what the "sisters" are laughing at. However, they also made quack-like sounds. The primitive sal tree, unable to move, extended one of its branches, turned left and right, into the sleeping palace to join them!
Deng Chanyu didn't know that Nüwa was eavesdropping; even if she had known, she wouldn't have cared. She sensed the Ancestral Marrow River's hook, and changed her incantation in her hand.
A faint snap.
The Daoist on the platform said solemnly, "The seats are already determined. From now on, you must sit according to this arrangement. You are not allowed to change positions. I have obtained the Treasure Script of Creation and today I will follow the heavens' will to narrate the Three Thousand Dao for all beings."
The Ancestral Marrow River was overjoyed. Yes, yes, that's it! That's the flavor, that's the opening line!
The last remnant of doubt in his heart was also dispelled.
Can Deng Chanyu come to Zixiao Palace to listen to Hongjūn's first lecture? Mud-molded scum, she also deserves it! If Deng Chanyu had been there at the time, he, the Ancestral Marrow River, would have swallowed the big stone from Fenbao Rock!
There is no such thing as the Underworld being transformed into reincarnation, and then committing suicide, and being betrayed by disciples. It never happened! You must have understood the Great Cycle of Life and Death and have directly transported to even more ancient times! Before, your past memories were affecting you, but now you have finally come to your senses.
The grand gate of Zixiao Palace in the illusion was closed by Hou Tian and Yao Chi. The two boys walked to Daozu's side, standing on the left and right respectively. All three thousand guests had taken their seats, and Hongjūn began his first lecture.
Deng Chanyu couldn't imitate Hongjun's appearance, and the Ancestral Marrow River also didn't notice anything amiss. Not only at the time, but even now, there is no memory of Hongjun's appearance in the Ancestral Marrow River's memory. He had an indistinct impression that it was an image of an elderly Taoist, but to say exactly what he looked like, he had no memory at all.
Hongjun's first lecture only covered a thousand years, and the content was relatively basic. Deng Chanyu randomly pulled out a memory from Nüwa's time when she was on the derived cushion and started teaching the Ancestral Marrow River! It's all for the purpose of trapping the enemy and delaying time, whether you understand or not is irrelevant. Just go ahead and talk nonsense!
