sinovels Chapter 867 I'll help you if I want to.
Chapter 867 I'll help you if I want to.
Chapter 867 I'll help you if I want to.
The lightning faded, but the smoke and dust remained.
On the training ground, the blue bricks were shattered, and scorch marks spread like a spider web. Gong Mengbi stood in the center, his face pale, but his posture remained as steadfast as a pine tree. Jin Ting Daxian leaned against a broken pillar, panting, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, but his eyes burned with an unquenchable ferocity.
Master Guiyuan slumped on the Sun and Moon Altar, holding the Yin-Yang Magic Pearl in his hands, his face ashen. The Taoist priests, though in the palaces and pavilions, were all swaying precariously, barely able to maintain their footing. The Water and Fire Refining Array, though not completely collapsed, was like a candle flickering in the wind, its light fading uncertainly.
Prince Lu and Lady Hui were unharmed, but they were still shaken. Lady Hui's perception of Gong Mengbi and the Golden Court Immortal had changed, and she was filled with both fear and trepidation. Prince Lu, being an ordinary mortal, had never seen such a powerful cultivator with supernatural abilities, except for Mingxiazi. Even Mingxiazi had never displayed such supernatural powers in front of him.
King Lu's expression shifted between light and dark, his heart filled with both surprise and delight. He was surprised by the incredible power and skill of such a man, which made killing him seem as easy as turning his hand, but delighted that with the help of such a master, there was no reason why his plans could fail.
King Lu forced himself to remain calm. He slowly rose to his feet, finally letting out a long sigh, his voice low and regretful: "We agreed not to hurt each other's feelings, how did it end up like this?"
Gong Mengbi shifted his gaze from Jin Ting Daxian and said, "To be honest, Your Highness, this is an old grudge between me and Jin Ting Daxian. This fox king once aided and abetted evil and harmed the innocent, violating the laws of the Heavenly Fox. I captured him and brought him to Mount Tai to be punished and atone for his sins, but I don't know how he escaped and instead became a guest of the Prince's Palace."
King Lu was startled and immediately looked at Lady Hui. Lady Hui gently shook her head, so King Lu refrained from asking questions. He carefully examined Gong Mengbi, then looked at Jin Ting Daxian and then at Gong Mengbi, and asked, "Is Gong Xian also a celestial fox?"
Gong Mengbi's voice was ethereal: "If Your Highness had asked earlier, I would not have been able to call myself a Heavenly Fox since I had not yet assumed my post. But now that you ask, I can barely be considered a Heavenly Fox."
Now it was Madam Hui's turn to have a drastic change in expression.
Gong Mengbi's eyes crinkled with laughter, and his voice carried a sense of satisfaction as he said, "I must thank Your Highness."
King Lu was puzzled, but no one could explain it to him at that moment.
Instead, Gong Mengbi and Jin Ting Daxian suddenly looked up at the sky. A beam of light, like a fire meteor, passed through the clouds that Gong Mengbi had pulled up, burning a colorful hole in the clouds before falling towards Mingxia Temple.
"Master!" Guiyuan Daoist was both surprised and delighted.
The rosy light fell to the ground, not onto the Sun and Moon Altar, but into a side hall.
A moment later, a Taoist priest emerged from the side hall. He was dressed in a yin-yang robe, with white beard and hair, and a gaunt face. He had the appearance of an old immortal that perfectly matched people's image of him. He held a yin-yang ring in his hand, but his eyes were filled with anger.
Guiyuan Daoist hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Master, why are you back so soon?"
Mingxiazi snorted coldly: "If you don't come back soon, Mingxia Temple will be demolished. Go in and keep an eye on your junior brother. His spiritual platform is damaged, and his cultivation will be difficult to complete."
Guiyuan Daoist's expression changed, and he immediately went into the side hall to check on Cheng Daoist.
Ming Xiazi stepped onto the Sun and Moon Altar, coldly glanced at Madam Hui, and said, "You used my disciple's cultivation as a pretext to make such a mess of things. I'll settle accounts with you later!"
Madam Hui hesitated, not daring to argue, and could only bow and apologize with a bitter expression.
"Daoist Master." King Lu felt somewhat guilty in front of Ming Xiazi.
Mingxiazi did not disrespect Prince Lu. After paying her respects, she said, "This matter is not your fault, Your Highness. Mingxia Temple has been supported by Your Highness for a long time and should be recruiting talented people for Your Highness. It is only because this fox spirit has infiltrated the temple and is deliberately causing trouble that Mingxia Temple has suffered the consequences."
Mingxiazi's magnanimity made the Prince of Lu feel a little guilty, so he took a step back and let Mingxiazi take charge of the remaining affairs.
Mingxiazi looked at Gong Mengbi, but did not mention the Demon Examination at all, because the Demon Examination was ordained by Heaven. It was better to do opportunistic things than to talk about them. He only said one thing: "The Prince of Lu ordered the construction of the Altar of Wind, Cloud, Thunder and Rain. You are a fox, how can you preside over the sacrifice?"
The Water and Fire Refining Array had already been activated again when Mingxiazi arrived in his rainbow form, locking the Yin and Yang void. Gong Mengbi already knew his intentions.
Gong Mengbi laughed and said loudly, "Master, you are mistaken. In the past, when Yu the Great controlled the floods, the Tushan clan assisted him; when King Wen of Zhou received his mandate, a white fox carried a letter—how could one abandon one's duty to Heaven simply because of different forms? Master, you are in charge of Mingxia Temple, how can you cling to your physical form and forget the Great Way? The Way is in ants, in weeds, in tiles, in excrement; how can it be found not only in humans, but also in foxes?"
Mingxiazi's eyes twitched, and she said, "No matter how eloquent or flattering one is, one's skill in dealing with people must be judged on one's actual ability."
Before Gong Mengbi could offer any further explanation, Ming Xiazi made his move. He slowly descended the Sun and Moon Altar, and with each step he took, the golden patterns on the ground brightened. In the void, nine glass lamps simultaneously ignited, illuminating a crimson light that transformed into nine suns.
The divine images of the Sun and Moon Venerables, which were shattered by the aftershocks of the battle between Gong Mengbi and Jin Ting Daxian in the Water and Fire Refining Array and had originally transformed into the true essence of the Sun and the true essence of the Moon, have now all returned to the divine statues enshrined in the hall.
With a creak, the gates of the Sun God Temple burst open, and the statue of the Sun God on the altar came to life, transforming into a divine body of the Sun God and turning into a crimson rainbow as it charged toward Gong Mengbi.
Gong Mengbi transformed into the wind and departed, avoiding the crimson rainbow.
The crimson rainbow then fell beneath the nine glass lamps, which slowly descended and landed behind the Sun God and the Dharma God, forming a nine-sun radiant light.
Gong Mengbi's heart pounded. Looking at the Sun God's Dharma Body, he said in a deep voice, "Since there is a Sun God's Dharma Body, there must also be a Moon God's Dharma Body. Why not invite them to meet?"
Mingxiazi twirled the Yin-Yang Ring in her hand and said, "If you want to die quickly, how could I not grant your wish?"
The gates of the Moon Goddess Temple also suddenly opened, and a white rainbow flew out from it. The white rainbow landed behind the Sun God's Dharma Body and transformed into a Moon Goddess Dharma Body.
The Sun and Moon Dharma Bodies stood back to back. The Sun God Dharma Body was tall and majestic, wearing a golden crow robe, covered with gilded fire armor, wearing a crimson sun crown, holding a sun-shaped golden mace, and surrounded by fiery clouds. The faint phantom of a golden crow could be seen in the shadows. It was the Dharma Body of the Golden Crow God General.
But when the Golden Crow God turned around, what was revealed was the Jade Rabbit True Person's Dharma Body, dressed in a wide-sleeved immortal robe, holding a cassia branch, and lying on its side suspended in mid-air.
The nine glass lamps shone with a crimson light on the side of the Sun God, but when turned around, they shone with a bluish-green light on the side of the Moon God.
Gong Mengbi felt a chill run down his spine. Reaching this level of cultivation in the Sun and Moon Dharma Body was already an extremely profound achievement, but the overwhelming sense of familiarity made him certain of the person in front of him.
Gong Mengbi slowly let out a sigh of relief and said, "What a fine Sun and Moon Dharma Body. If we were outside the formation, I might be able to put up a fight, but inside the formation, I am no match for you."
Ming Xiazi's gaze was icy as she said, "It's too late to beg for mercy now."
Gong Mengbi simply smiled, then looked at Jin Ting Daxian and said, "I have another helper."
Jin Ting Da Xian sneered, "Would I help you?"
Gong Mengbi took out a magical artifact that resembled a double-sided mirror from his sleeve. The front was a bright mirror, while the back was a completely dark shadow.
The moment this treasure was brought out, not only was the mind of the Great Immortal Jinting stirred, but even the Moon Goddess Dharma Body of Mingxiazi turned its gaze toward it.
Gong Mengbi threw the Moon Phase Instrument to Jin Ting Daxian and said, "Help me escape this calamity, and I will return the Moon Phase Instrument to you."
The Golden Court Immortal and the Moon Goddess Dharma Body moved simultaneously; one used magic to capture them from afar, while the other lit up the Taiyin Divine Light to subdue them.
"Get out of the way!" Jin Ting Da Xian shouted, and the Moon Star behind him was summoned, simultaneously capturing the Moon Phase Instrument and the Taiyin Divine Light.
Jin Ting Da Xian let out a long breath, looked at Gong Mengbi, and said, "I'll help you if I want to."