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Beast Tooth resembled ancient jade, crystal clear and pure white, with a rich luster, the number just right, exactly that of Heavenly Gang.
Li Hong dared not disturb Fuxi, sitting quietly beside him, his eyes drawn to the patterns displayed by Beast Tooth.
At first glance, the patterns appeared chaotic and disordered, but within them lay a subtle and mysterious order. The more he looked, the more he sensed profound meaning, as if they resonated with the heavenly principles, embodying both fortune and misfortune in constant flux.
Fuxi focused intently on the Beast Tooth pattern for about a quarter of an hour, took a deep breath, and crossed his hands over the pattern. In the blink of an eye, the Beast Tooth pattern shifted again.
Before long, Fuxi crossed his hands once more, and the pattern changed again.
Then the speed increased rapidly until it seemed that a new pattern emerged almost instantaneously. Fuxi's expression grew increasingly serious, his eyes shining with silver light, forming a luminous veil that enveloped the Beast Tooth pattern below. At the same time, the Beast Tooth began to emit silver light, reflecting off Fuxi's eyes in an eerie manner.
Li Hong held his breath, not daring to make a sound.
Ordinary divination techniques included Plum Blossom Divination, Six Lines Prediction, and Qimen Dunjia. However, the method used by Fuxi was distinctly different from all known divination methods and was clearly much older while containing more variables. Typical divination only had sixty-four hexagrams at most, totaling three hundred eighty-four variations. Yet in just half an hour, Li Hong had already witnessed the patterns change over a thousand times. Logically speaking, calculating a person's whereabouts would not require so many variations; this only indicated that Fuxi's divination skills were superior and that he was predicting the future.
It was evident that this divination was taxing; beads of sweat began to drip from Fuxi's forehead, and his complexion started to darken.
An hour had passed without any sign of Fuxi stopping, but the evolution of the hexagram gradually slowed down. Finally, Fuxi suddenly trembled. Li Hong focused his gaze and was immediately shocked to see that the Beast Tooth was slowly disappearing!
Li Hong could hardly believe his eyes. Looking closely again, he realized it wasn't that the Beast Tooth was vanishing; rather, thirty-six pieces of Beast Tooth were turning to ash one by one.
Sweat covered Fuxi, as if he had been pulled from water. He gasped for breath and said, "What an incredible person! They have actually destroyed my Kuiya Hexagram, which has accompanied me for tens of thousands of years! Li Hong, your fiancée is definitely not an ordinary person; I couldn't even discern her origins using the Pangu Divination Method. All I could determine is that she is indeed alive—not only alive but in a very mysterious place. If I’m not mistaken, it should be in that higher-level celestial realm we mentioned earlier."
Li Hong felt skeptical but also guilty seeing how exhausted Fuxi looked; he felt he shouldn't doubt him.
Not noticing Li Hong's unease, Fuxi continued, "Don't worry; I've calculated that you will reunite with her again. However, this matter may not be easy due to countless variables. Li Hong, do you have confidence in yourself?"
"Yes!" Li Hong declared loudly. "As long as she is alive, I will definitely find her! We will surely be together!"
"Alright, I really didn't mistake anyone, child. If you don't mind, from now on you can call each other siblings with Xi He. Xi He, I will leave you to take care of him. Are you willing to call me 'foster father'?"
Li Hong immediately knelt down and bowed three times, saying, "Foster father, please accept my bow."
Fuxi smiled and remained seated to receive Li Hong's greeting before helping him up. "From now on, I will call you Li Hong. Here, I have gained another family member; I am truly happy. However, it's a pity that the celestial realm is not peaceful. Even if we bring mortals back to Xu Yang Immortal Palace, trouble is still unavoidable, and you will suffer for it." Fuxi sighed heavily.
Li Hong understood his concern; he was worried about the tens of thousands of immortals like Xu Shiwann. It was inevitable that he would face another tough battle. Thinking of this, a question almost slipped out.
Fuxi noticed his intention and said while taking out some celestial herbs to consume, "Those immortals usually hide away and only come out when there are major changes in the celestial palace. Xu Yang Immortal Palace has been very peaceful; even Pure Yang Master doesn't know where they usually hide. Currently, there are only about fifty thousand people in Xu Yang Immortal Palace. But I believe that once we return, they will emerge. We need to come up with a foolproof plan; otherwise, after going through so much to save the mortals from danger, we cannot let them die in vain. To those immortals, mortals are not considered human but merely embellishments like flowers and trees; they do not care about the lives of mortals at all."
Li Hong thought for a moment and said, "We can first take the women and children back and hide them separately; it will buy us some time. When the next batch arrives, we can gather everyone together; there will definitely be a way."
"Yes, that's all we can do. By the way, Li Hong, don't overthink about Chu Xi. In this world, as long as there is confidence, nothing is impossible; it only takes time. If feelings are as strong as gold, then what does it matter if day turns to night?" After saying this, Fuxi began to close his eyes and meditate.
Li Hong sent him back to the Yin Yang Platform at Jade Palace's entrance and pondered for a long time before finally making up his mind. He must uncover the mastermind behind everything and find a way to restore freedom for everyone! Then he would search for Chu Xi. No matter how high the celestial realm or what other space it might be, he would definitely find her.
And then there was the Desolate South Celestial Palace; after this matter was settled, he would personally pay a visit. Regardless of what kind of person Ji Lianzi, the Ancestor was—even if he truly was an enemy—he needed to clarify everything face-to-face.
With a plan in mind, Li Hong's heart became as steadfast as rock. He once again stored the Eight Formation Flag and summoned Yue Que to continue his journey.
In the vast expanse of the Desert, wide and boundless, nothing could deter a determined person. In just one month, Li Hong arrived at Xu Yang Immortal Palace once more and saw a wide river along with countless celestial palaces within it.
Li Hong squinted at it for a while before losing interest; it was basically no different from Celestial Palace of Leisure.
He quietly sneaked in and found a secluded spot to bring Fuxi and Xi He out. Fuxi directly took Li Hong to the Rebels' camp. The camp was underground, connected by countless web-like passages linking square-shaped rooms together. There were over ten thousand cultivators inside.
Over the years, Pure Yang Master had invested countless efforts into setting up many formations to isolate movements within. This place had been operating for over ten thousand years; its scale was naturally beyond what Celestial Palace of Leisure could compare.
Li Hong had no time to look around; he simply released all the women and children here and left everything in Fuxi and Xi He's hands before returning to Xiaoyao City once again.
Li Hong's concerns were justified. Nearly one hundred thousand young adult men had lost their families and women. At first, these men could suppress their panic, but as time passed and each person could only receive a meager amount of food, just enough to survive, collective panic began to erupt.
Fighting incidents became rampant, with over a thousand Xuanyuan Disciples exhausted from trying to maintain order.
They discovered the wine cellar in the lord's mansion, and a rush for alcohol led to a brawl, creating chaos. By the time the Xuanyuan Disciples arrived and forcibly dispersed the crowd, they found that hundreds had been trampled to death, with two or three hundred more severely injured. Within a few days, half of them had perished. Subsequently, the relatives directed all their anger at the former lord Yun Ling's dozen or so adult sons, blaming them for the situation. The crowd was incensed, and even the Xuanyuan Disciples could not stop them; several of their members were killed on the spot.
With no other options, the Xuanyuan Disciples decided to distribute even less food, hoping that these people would lose the strength to fight. However, some individuals secretly stole water from others and even killed for a little bit of Clear Water.
Human nature became insignificant when faced with the struggle for survival. At this moment, the Xuanyuan Disciples wished that Li Hong had kept those sedative potions; if each person could be fed a dose to sleep through it all, there would be no trouble.
But that was merely a thought.
After a month had passed, the Xuanyuan Disciples realized they had become public enemies. Wherever they went, they were met with hateful glares. Rumors began to spread among the crowd that the immortals had left and would not return; these Xuanyuan Disciples were seen as jailers who only felt secure when watching mortals die.
Riots began to break out frequently; every few days large groups of mortals organized to attack the warehouses storing Clear Water. The Xuanyuan Disciples began to suffer casualties. These losses were entirely avoidable; they simply could not bring themselves to harm their fellow townsfolk and thus sacrificed their own lives.
At this point, the Xuanyuan Disciples also grew cold-hearted. After discussions among ten or so Golden Core Stage Xuanyuan Disciples, they decided to execute the ringleaders of the disturbances. Row after row of heads were displayed outside the warehouse as a warning. However, this only resulted in more hatred directed at them.
Two months barely passed when Li Hong finally returned to Sunrise City, but what he saw was desolation—yellow sand everywhere and rows of severed heads alongside numerous corpses.
In just two months, nearly fifty thousand young adults had survived, while the Xuanyuan Disciples had suffered over a hundred casualties.
Li Hong was speechless and felt immense sorrow; was this truly the result of his tireless efforts?
The Xuanyuan Disciples breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing Li Hong arrive and recounted everything that had transpired.
Li Hong did not blame them; it was indeed impossible for a thousand people to control one hundred thousand young adults without retaliating or killing. However, he knew that this incident would undoubtedly affect their resolve. Aside from those ten or so Golden Core members, it would be difficult for the remaining nine hundred plus disciples to overcome their Heart Demons on their path to Golden Core.
Li Hong gathered the remaining mortals together and calmly said, "You want to survive, and so do I. For your sake, we Rebels have endured countless hardships, yet what we received in return is your distrust. There is no point in saying more; now, anyone with blood on their hands should step aside. I will not take them with me. This is a principle; I cannot help those who do not trust me, especially when we have risked our lives for this!"
"Do not think you can deceive me, for I can feel it as soon as you come close."
Having said that, Li Hong's gaze fixed on a burly man, who immediately turned pale and collapsed to the ground.
Over a thousand people were abandoned in the ruins of Xiaoyao City, now a sea of sand. As they watched Li Hong and the Xuanyuan Disciple depart, their hearts were filled only with regret; facing death, they finally realized their mistakes.
The ten or so Golden Core cultivators sat on the Silver Purple Dragon released by Li Hong, observing the increasingly small figures of the mortals below—some were crying out in despair while others stood in shock. They felt a deep sense of compassion.
One of them, named Tian Cheng, whispered, "Chu Hongzi, they have already regretted it. Let's go back and take them with us. Sigh, after all, they are our own people; I cannot bear to leave them..."
Before he could finish his sentence, Li Hong coldly interrupted, "To be merciful to them is to be cruel to those they have killed. Cultivating immortality is also about cultivating the heart; the path of immortality is fraught with difficulties and dangers. We pursue the Dao step by step; we kill gods if they block our way and kill Buddhas if they obstruct us. What we do is inherently against the heavens. As long as you are guilt-free at heart, what does it matter if your hands are stained with blood? If you cannot bear this alone, then perhaps you should not pursue immortality!"
The Xuanyuan Disciple's eyes suddenly brightened, and many began to ponder seriously.
Li Hong secretly nodded; these seedlings were not bad at all. In the mortal realm, they would be considered individuals of great potential. Now he had planted the seeds of the Dao in their hearts; how much they could comprehend depended on their own fortune.
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