Sword Emperor of the Astonishing Sky

"Xiantian Dao Sect?"

Lin Bai's ears echoed with Crow's last words before leaving.

What he was talking about was...the old monster from the Xiantian Dao Sect.

The Xiantian Dao Sect is one of the oldest forces in the demon world. Legend has it that it existed on this land before the demon world and the spiritual world were separated.

They have always just wanted to retreat into seclusion and practice silently, and rarely bothered with trivial matters in the demon world.

But at this moment, how could the Xiantian Dao Sect suddenly enter the world?

Lin Bai looked solemn and slowly returned to the city wall, pretending to be nonchalant.

But in reality, he was secretly looking around with vigilance, wary of dangers that might come at any time.

But after waiting and waiting, nothing strange happened. It was not until dawn that Lin Bai slowly felt relieved.

…

In the dark void surrounding the imperial capital.

In the darkness, an old man wearing a green robe sat cross-legged on a white cloud. He held a fly whisk in his hand and had a goatee on his chin.

The entire face is slender and shriveled, and the eyes are old and cloudy.

The gray beard is coiled on the top of the head and covered with a lotus crown.

The whole person is surrounded by white light, exuding an aura of immortality.

"Is that it?"

"Or him?"

The old man suddenly sensed something and slowly moved his gaze to look into the imperial capital.

Just by looking at it, the space shook violently.

His eyes seemed to have turned into a huge distance and hit the spatial barrier.

But he didn't see anything. He only saw a young man standing on the city wall, overlooking the mountains, rivers and land.

"The supreme form?"

"Is he Lin Bai?"

"Haha, I really didn't expect to meet him."

The old Taoist's gaze fell on Lin Bai, but his expression showed confusion, and he murmured in a low voice: "But the breath I feel does not seem to come from Lin Bai, but from... that bird?"

The old Taoist frowned and thought for a moment, then slowly drove the white clouds towards the imperial capital.

He originally planned to enter the imperial capital and chat with Lin Bai.

But I didn't expect it.

The moment he just controlled the movement of the white clouds, bursts of strange and harsh laughter suddenly came from the dark void.

"Hey hey hey..."

This laughter was shrill, weird, and eerie as it echoed in the darkness.

The old Taoist immediately stopped Bai Yun, shook his fly whisk, and said with a smile: "After many years of separation, my old friend is still like a child? Do you still like to play tricks?"

"Oh, you are so experienced and so boring."

The ruse was exposed, and the person hiding in the dark void laughed silently and slowly walked out.

An almost extremely strong death aura filled the darkness.

The old Taoist had a kind smile on his face and looked straight into the void in front of him with his muddy and old eyes.

I saw a skinny old man, with a hunched body and hands behind his back, slowly walking over.

His whole body was covered with age spots, and his whole body exuded a strong aura of death.

There was no breath of life, like a corpse that had just crawled out of the grave.

"It seems like you won't live much longer like this?"

The old Taoist shook his fly whisk, saw the other party's condition, and sighed helplessly.

"Did the events in the Eastern Region and Northern Region actually force you to leave seclusion?"

The old Taoist said meaningfully: "Is your Chu royal family secretly instigating this matter? Are you planning to use the blood of living creatures to sustain your life?"

The skinny old man opposite shook his head and said, "How joyful is life, and how painful is death. Cause and effect in the world are determined in the end. If I was destined to die, how could I do such a thing that goes against the harmony of nature?"

"The war between the Eastern Region and the Northern Region was not instigated by me."

"Instead, it's those old monsters from the Northern Territory who are provoking it."

"But..." the skinny old man said with a smile: "Since the war is destined to break out, then what's wrong with me borrowing the blood food of some creatures from the Northern Territory to extend my life?"

The old Taoist expression was silent and said in a cold voice: "This method is too bloody and cruel, and will be stained with great sins. The Taoist platform will be polluted, and you will not be able to go any further for the rest of your life."

The skinny old man said: "Look at what I'm like now. I can't even breathe. How can I even think about going further?"

You just want to live now, right?

The old Taoist understood the implication of this skinny old man's words.

"Old friend, you came here because you want to know whether Chu State is behind this matter."

"Yeah?"

The skinny old man asked with a smile, and at the same time replied: "Then let me tell you the truth, this matter has nothing to do with the Chu State. It is not that the Chu State insists on going to war with the Northern Territory, but that the Northern Territory insists on going to war with the Eastern Territory."

"Those old guys from the Shen Lian Sect in the Northern Territory have not long left to live, and they also need blood food to support them."

"You can stop me, but you can't stop them."

The skinny old man stood in the void, looked into the Imperial Capital, and whispered: "Old friend, if you don't believe it, you can stay in the Imperial Capital for a while. Take a look at the Imperial Capital today... how many unfamiliar faces there are."

"These faces are not from the Eastern Region, nor from the Northern Region, nor from the Southern Region or the Western Region."

"It's not even from the demon world."

He laughed and said to the old man: "The warriors of the Northern Territory want to get rid of the cruel environment of the Northern Territory and plunder the territory of the Eastern Territory; the old monsters in the Northern Territory need blood to maintain their lives; people from the outside also want to see the demon world Chaos.”

"This war has brought together almost all the conditions and has almost reached the point where it has to be fought."

"Even if the Xiantian Dao Sect steps in to stop it, I'm afraid it will be of no avail."

The old Taoist held down the fly whisk and couldn't help but shook his head and sighed.

This war between the Northern Territory and the Eastern Territory is far more than what Lin Bai seems on the surface.

It's not just a competition between the warriors from the Eastern Region and the Northern Region, it's also a competition between the old monsters from the Eastern Region and the Northern Region, and it's also a competition between people outside the realm.

In this war, not only the Eastern Region but also the Northern Region were involved.

Behind this are the shadows of the Southern Territory, the shadows of the ancient sects, and even the shadows of people outside the world.

The old Taoist was thoughtful and did not dwell on the war between the Northern Territory and the Eastern Territory. Instead, he asked: "I met Lin Bai just now. This boy has a bright future. The Xiantian Dao Sect intends to accept him into the mountain sect."

"Let me take him away. Maybe I can keep him safe during this war."

"If he participates in this war, he will definitely become the first choice of those old monsters in the Northern Territory."

The skinny old man shook his head and said, "Do you know why I appear in front of you?"

"Do you really think I'm here to catch up with you?"

He laughed and said: "Lin Bai is very important to the Chu State. I will not let him leave the Chu State easily, let alone let you take him to the Xiantian Taoist Sect and sit there all day long to realize the Tao. That would be so boring. It’s a matter.”

The old Taoist also laughed: "If a supreme prime minister dies in the demon world, this will be an extremely tragic thing for the demon world."

"If we train him well, he might be a good card against the spirit world in the future."

The skinny old man retorted: "The so-called training does not mean letting him hide in the innate Taoist gate and sit on the shrine without experiencing the wind and rain. After all, the genius will be as weak as morning dew and will break at the touch of it."