Chapter Eighty-six: The War of the Gentleman

  The vast wilderness is boundless, in the north of the wilderness, there is little land, mostly vast oceans, the seawater is black, known as the North Ming.

  Block after block of dark reefs emerged from the sea, some long and some short, some large and some small, densely packed and scattered, covering the entire North Sea. A gentle breeze blew in, mixed with a bone-chilling coldness, a dull and lifeless air, as if it was a breath of death, making people feel very uncomfortable.

  This northern sea of nothingness, the spiritual power is extremely violent, and countless heavenly and earthly divine winds are floating on the surface all year round. The three samadhi divine wind, heavenly wind, and yin wind howl, forming one whirlwind after another, with an astonishing momentum.

  This wind can be so evil that it can blow a person's flesh to pieces, tearing muscles and bones apart, ripping blood and flesh asunder. Some winds can directly destroy a person's primordial spirit, dispersing their soul and annihilating their consciousness.

  Hong Jun strolled through the heavenly winds, a green lotus floating beneath his feet, surrounded by a halo of soft, pale light that blocked out the howling gusts. The further north he went, the more eerily cold the heavens became, to the point where even the mighty Heavenly Winds of Massacre did not dare approach.

  The extremely cold seawater emitted a thick white mist, but did not freeze. The seawater surged with the wind, constantly washing against the towering icebergs in the sea, and the fragmented ice blocks fell off from the mountain body and melted into streams. However, what was strange was that the iceberg would again condense the white mist on the surface of the sea and restore its original state.

  Hong Jun stared at the iceberg in front of him, his flat axe transformed into a residual shadow, attacking the iceberg.

  The flatbread slammed heavily onto the iceberg, making a loud "crack" sound, and large pieces of ice broke off.

  "A furious roar came from within the iceberg: 'Where did this old Taoist come from, daring to bully me right up to my own doorstep?'"

  "Hong Jun said: 'The residual soul of Hun Dun Demon God also dares to be so arrogant. Old Daoist Hong Jun will collect your residual soul today.'"

  That ice mountain's rumbling vibration transformed into a giant made of ice and snow, who said to Hong Jun Dao: "So it was Pan Gu's lingering soul, not very impressive after all."

  "Hong Jun said: 'You are in this North Ming Sea, using your devouring of countless lives to turn the North Ming into a dead land.'"

  "That Ice Snow Giant said: 'In the midst of chaos, Pangu still slaughtered us demons at will. Three thousand demons were destroyed. Perhaps only I, Xuán Bīng Lǎo Zǔ, was left with this wisp of residual soul to escape, narrowly escaping death. Hmph!'"

  Hongjun said: "Pangu's opening of heaven was in accordance with the trend of the Great Tao, how could you ignorant people know its twists and turns?"

  "Hmph, today I will settle the score with you." As he spoke, he swung his massive icy hand and slammed it towards Hong Jun. The sea water in the sky was scooped up by Xuan Bing Lao Zu, transformed into a waterfall, and pounced on Hong Jun, forming a wall of water above his head. At the same time, he spat out a mouthful of true energy, and a white misty air rose up.

  That mouthful of true energy was released later but arrived first, instantly freezing Hong Jun into an ice block.

  Xuanbing Old Ancestor gazed at Hongjun who had been frozen into an ice block, and burst out laughing: "So weak after all. My Ice Law is extremely fierce." Xuanbing Old Ancestor stirred the seawater, rolling up the ice block to escape to the depths of the ocean floor.

  The most dangerous thing in the depths of the North Sea is its coldness, this is the coldest place in the vast wilderness, with temperatures so low that they are hard to imagine! Under the sea water, layers of ice and snow wrap around each other, forming a natural barrier layer by layer.

  On the ice grew a crystal clear small tree with only two branches, bearing several pure white small fruits. The old ancestor of the mysterious ice picked one and put it in his mouth, laughing loudly: "This ice crystal fruit contains extremely poisonous cold air that can freeze the primordial spirit of the Daluo Golden Immortal Realm, but for me, it's a great tonic."

  Xuanbing Laozu led the frozen Hongjun through the glaciers, like a labyrinth, complex and mysterious beyond compare.

  These icebergs, smooth as mirrors, form a maze. Once you're trapped inside, the surroundings are all mirrored surfaces, and no matter how you turn, you'll lose your way and eventually be frozen into an ice block.

  After passing through the underwater ice maze, I arrived at a place where three colors of seawater intertwined to form a layer of water flow, which was actually the Three Light Divine Water. The upper layer was bright white moonlight divine water, the lower layer was dark purple sunlight divine water, and the middle layer was a deep blue starlight divine water. Sunlight divine water is specially used to harm people's physical bodies. Moonlight divine water is extremely gloomy and specially attacks people's primordial spirits, very insidious and toxic. Starlight divine water has a strong binding effect and also serves as a bond to condense the three light divine waters.

  Through the protective layer of the three-colored divine water, what appeared in front was a vast expanse of dark waters. The black sea water sparkled with specks of light.

  This dark water actually comes from a huge sea eye with a diameter of tens of thousands of kilometers, and the dark water transforms into solar divine water and lunar divine water after gushing out of the sea eye, then flows into the three divine water layers above. The North Sea Eye, this sea eye continuously spews out cold air, swirling the surrounding seawater into a whirlpool, causing the surrounding seawater to twist and form a protective barrier.

  This Xuanbing Old Ancestor did not enter the North Sea Eye, but instead passed through the twisted seawater and entered a strange space.

  A fairy island appeared in front of him, with a radiant glow, auspicious aura and purple air filling the sky, and starlight covering everything. Countless pure primordial spiritual energy permeated the entire small world, and thin streams filled with spiritual energy meandered through this small world, nourishing the earth silently.

  "Great Immortal, I've caught a guy who claims to be Hong Jun, seems to have something to do with Pangu, haha!" Like a thunderclap, it broke the silence of this small world.

  A figure materialized in mid-air and bowed to the ice block, saying: "Fellow Daoist, are you well? In just a short hundred million years, everything has changed. May I ask how I should address you?"

  That piece of mysterious ice began to melt slowly under the astonished gaze of Mysterious Ice Ancestor. Hong Jun, spotless and dustless, bowed to the figure in the air: "I, Hong Jun, pay my respects to Great Immortal Yang Mei. Your elegance remains unchanged." He then turned to Mysterious Ice Ancestor and said: "Thank you again, fellow cultivator, for guiding me on this path."

  Xuan Bing Lao Zu said: "How is this possible?"

  Yang Mei Da Xian said: "Foolish, Hong Jun Dao You is the reincarnation of Pan Gu Da Shen's corpse, and also has one-third of Xuan Huang Dao You's primordial spirit. How can you, a mere wisp of a demon god's residual soul, compare to him? I ask you, friend, how did you know that I was here?"

  That mysterious ice old ancestor nodded and agreed.

  Hongjun said: "I didn't expect fellow daoist to be here, just a hunch, calculated that there is a primordial spirit in this place. I thought it was the Old Ancestor of Xuanbing."

  "This person was actually harmed by Tian Qing's hand, and shouldn't have recognized Pangu Dao brother. Suddenly suspicious, he then took advantage of the situation, never expecting to see the Great Immortal." Xuan Bing Lao Zu glared with anger, staring at Hong Jun's flattering expression, thinking to himself that he wasn't so despicable.

  Yang Mei Da Xian said: "Fellow Taoist, shall we have another battle?"

  Hong Jun raised his head and looked up at the sky, saying: "This is a great immortal's decision, I just want to ask about it with the great immortal first."

  Yang Mei Da Xian said: "Fellow Taoist, please speak"

  Hong Jun Pan sits on Qing Lian, with three auspicious clouds appearing above his head, transforming and evolving all living things, the principle of the Great Way.

  "What is the Tao?"

  "The Tao gives birth to life, to the vigorous growth of life, and to the infinite multitude of living things."

  "What is Tao?"

  "The Tao is the law, with the rules of heaven and earth, and the reason for the operation of heaven and earth."

  "What's going on?"

  "There is right and wrong, there are achievements and mistakes. There are causes and effects, there are gains and losses."

  Hong Jun bowed to Yang Mei Da Xian and said: "I still need to fight with you, Great Immortal."

  Yang Mei Da Xian nodded and said: "Please, fellow Taoist, pity these flowers and grasses."

  Hong Jun nodded silently, and the green lotus under his knee suddenly burst forth with a brilliant green light that enveloped both of them.

  Hong Jun held the crutch and attacked Yang Mei Da Xian, but saw a spatial ripple around the opponent, and the crutch suddenly seemed to be intentionally stabbed into the empty space in front of Yang Mei Da Xian.

  Hong Jun suddenly strengthened his attack with a flat and hook-like movement, which was extremely powerful and unpredictable, causing his opponent to dodge easily every time.

  Hong Jun took out a sword with a bright green light, this sword can cut through space, the mighty sword energy, shining with green light, instantly tore through the spatial barrier around Yang Mei Da Xian, pointing directly at his opponent's face.

  Nor did Yang Mei see any movement, the sword quietly stopped three feet in front of him and could no longer be cut down. Hong Jun felt a binding force from the flying space coming from Qing Ping Sword.

  Hongjun took out another pair of magical artifacts, and instantly the light flashed, the treasure gas rose into the air. There were jade Ruyi, bells, hammers, guns, seals, etc., each with its own attacking methods, each with its own unique features.

  But then, Yang Mei the Great Immortal transformed into a thousand-meter-tall hollow willow tree with branches that stretched across the sky. The branches swayed and instantly caught all the heavenly treasures, none of which could escape.

  Hong Jun exclaimed with great joy: "Great Immortal, your skills are truly remarkable, and your divine powers are vast and mighty."

  Yang Mei Da Xian transformed into a Dao body and said to Hong Jun, "Thank you for sparing my life, I am no longer the strong and resilient Chaos body that was tempered through thousands of hardships. Although I have been nurtured in this fragment of Chaos for millions of years, I have become too weak. If you were to exert your power under the great Dao rules, I would not exist."

  Hong Jun Dao said: "Great Immortal, do you have a plan."

  Yang Mei Da Xian said: "Pursue the Great Way, hide in the chaos."

  "What does the Great Immortal think of this desolate land?"

  Yang Eyebrow said: "The heaven and earth are not complete, the heavenly way is non-existent. Merit cannot be rewarded, fault cannot be punished, cause and effect are unclear, gratitude and resentment are not clear. After a hundred million years, there will inevitably be a great disaster, even destruction."

  Hong Jun nodded and said: "I came this time also for this reason, hoping to save more people who are destined to be saved, so that they can stay away from this disaster."

  Yang Mei Da Xian said: "Fellow Taoist, do you want to open another heaven and earth? At that time, I will go and observe it." As he spoke, he exchanged the collected Wan Qian Fa Bao and Ling Bao one by one with Hong Jun.

  Hong Jun hastily thanked him and said: "Thank you, Great Immortal, but these few items are too many." As he spoke, he took out a few spiritual treasures and handed them over to Yang Mei Da Xian.

  Yang Mei Da Xian waved his hand and said, "This heavenly treasure is useless to me, you'd better give it to someone who has a predestined relationship with it." As he spoke, he took out twenty-four glittering pearls.

  Hong Jun said: "This is a treasure that the Great Immortal holds dear, it's better not to give it up."

  Yang Mei Da Xian said, "This is a fragment of my birthmate Lingbao's Hun Dun Pearl, transformed and retaining only a hint of its power. I'm just a little nostalgic, this Ding Hai Shen Pearl in my hands will only gather dust, unless someone with fate lets it shine brightly."

  These twenty-four Dinghai Shen Pearls have been spiritualized, and upon hearing the words, clouds and mist rose, as if in sorrow, with tears turning into mist.

  Hong Jun said: "The five elements of the primordial spirit root in this vast wilderness have a lot to do with you, Great Immortal. They are originally the five elements of the primordial energy, which merged with your chaotic body, and gave birth to them. Please take care of them."

  Yang Mei Da Xian heard this and was overjoyed in his heart, silently calculating, he deeply bowed to Hong Jun.