Wandering Gods of Day and Night

Chapter 1401 - 522: Hidden Dragon Ascends to Heaven (Part 2)

"Moreover, that time, the Heavenly Dome employed a method with Hidden Dragon Mountain that was not one of slaughter, but rather, the instruction handed down to the Heavenly Dome from Bai Yujing was – recruitment.""Recruitment?" Yun Ziliang widened his eyes upon hearing the word.

"Your Hidden Dragon Mountain, for reasons unknown, somehow grasped the secret of the Kongming Mirror. The Heavenly Fire Clan feared that you would leak the matter of the Kongming Mirror."

Qingping Daoist explained thus.

Zhou Xuan then asked, "What is so mysterious about the Kongming Mirror that the Heavenly Fire Clan is so afraid of it?"

"I don’t know the exact reason, but I have heard that this Mirror World is closely related to a prophecy from Ancient Times. Unfortunately, I am not one of Bai Yujing’s people, so I am unaware of the content of the prophecy."

Upon hearing this, Yun Ziliang asked, "Since you do not know the contents of the prophecy related to the Kongming Mirror, with your status, how do you know—Hidden Dragon Mountain’s impending disaster has nothing to do with the Zoroastrianism?"

"Simple."

Qingping Daoist laughed heartily: "Because I am... the Heavenly Vault Envoy sent for recruitment."

"You?"

Qingping Daoist’s human skin swayed, and he pointed with the severed end of his wrist at Mr. Yan, saying, "From the very beginning, my relationship with your Dragon Seeking Mountain was extremely good. Haven’t you ever wondered why Yun Ziyi suddenly became obsessed with the Alchemy Way?"

"Does it have to do with you?" Zhou Xuan asked.

"Of course, in a certain sense, I am Yun Ziyi’s second mentor; it was I who taught him the Alchemy Dao."

The Qingping Daoist’s demeanor grew ever colder as he said, "Your Dragon Seeking Mountain possesses an Alchemy Scripture, known as ’Seeking Pill Shocking Dragon’."

"That’s right, I learned my alchemy from this useless book."

Zhao Wuya finally encountered a topic that interested him. He was a Dragon Seeking Disciple and had once been afflicted with the ’bad habit’ of alchemy. Using this book, he had ruined half a steel mill.

"Heh, this is not some useless book; it is the introductory alchemy book I passed to Yun Ziyi 300 years ago. Though basic, it contains profound alchemical principles."

"Then why can’t I produce any good elixirs by following the book?"

Zhao Wuya was displeased.

The Qingping Daoist laughed arrogantly: "Cultivators in this world are divided into three grades — Upper Soldier, Middle Soldier, Lower Soldier."

Scripture scrolls, when Lower Soldiers hear of them, they laugh at their inadequacy; Middle Soldiers hear them and linger between understanding and ignorance; Upper Soldiers hear them and diligently practice without fail, swiftly grasping their true essence."

"If you utilize my book and fail to produce good elixirs, it means your talent is inferior, your aptitude lacking, you’re just too stupid."

"Damn..." Zhao Wuya.

Zhao Wuya had always suspected the problem lay with the alchemy book, never suspecting it was his own failing.

Qingping Daoist said, "Frankly, Mr. Yan has considerable potential in the Alchemy Dao. Before the Kongming Mirror came into this world, I unintentionally began befriending him."

Upon first meeting him, I spoke of Alchemy Dao, which greatly pleased him. In the days that followed, he further exhibited his talent, and so I endeavored to guide him."

"Yet my disciple achieved nothing notable in alchemy over those years,"

Yun Ziliang interjected.

"Elixirs do not circulate within the human world; this is a rule set by the Heavenly Dome. He didn’t fail to produce good elixirs; rather, all good elixirs were handed over to the Heavenly Dome."

Qingping Taoist revealed the Heavenly Mechanism,

causing Li Changxun and Alchemist Bai Lu simultaneously to look at Zhao Wuya.

Zhao Wuya was stunned, pointing at his nose, saying: "You are truly confused, Mr. Yan was feigning incompetence, I am genuinely incompetent... look at what I’m doing."

Qingping Taoist recalled: "Half a year after I started interacting with Yun Ziyi, you, Yun Ziliang Yun Heavenly Master, returned from the west, collaborating with thousands of disciples from Hidden Dragon Mountain to calculate the Kongming Mirror."

"It was from Yun Ziyi’s mouth that I learned about this and reported it to the Heavenly Dome,

and then with three days of discussion, the Heavenly Dome appointed me to recruit Hidden Dragon Mountain."

Qingping Taoist loudly declared,

"The Immortal Pill has arrived, the Hidden Dragon shall ascend!

In the original plan, Yun Ziyi and I would collaboratively refine thousands of elixirs for your Hidden Dragon Mountain disciples to consume,

This elixir, named ’Separation Essence Pill,’ had no unique divine skills, but it possessed a peculiar Dan Poison that would cause the consumer’s Primordial Spirit to exit the body, once the Primordial Spirit exited, it would roam above Jing Country,

Then, the Heavenly Dome would send down Divine Silk to pull all of your Primordial Spirits into the Heavenly Dome, thus executing the ’Ascension Plan.’

Zhou Xuan heard the Qingping Daoist speak with such detail and persuasiveness that it didn’t seem like a lie. Moreover, Yun Ziliang had mentioned some days ago that on the day of Hidden Dragon Mountain’s calamity, he consumed a Human Pill and then had a grand dream.

Now considering, this grand dream was actually Yun Ziliang’s hallucination; he had genuinely undergone the Primordial Spirit’s exiting.

But if the Heavenly Dome’s plan was to let Hidden Dragon Mountain’s thousands of disciples collectively ascend through undergoing Primordial Spirit exiting, why were Hidden Dragon Mountain’s disciples slaughtered entirely?

"Hmph, that is a question for your human world’s Heavenly God Level."

That Qingping Daoist sneered: "The Heavenly God Level, with us from the Heavenly Fire Clan, has always been mortal enemies. Your collective ascension would become a strength to the Heavenly Dome, so naturally, they were unwilling,

Thus, the Heavenly God Level intervened, eradicating all Primordial Spirits of your Hidden Dragon Mountain disciples."

"Was it the Heavenly God Level? Was it the Heavenly God Level from Jing Country, that killed so many Dragon Seeking disciples?"

Yun Ziliang’s eyes suddenly turned red.

Li Changxun equally lamented, "What a pity, ascension was never the desire of the Dragon Seeking disciples, the Heavenly God was displeased, one word of caution would suffice, why resort to killing?"