NIP 150. Chapter 150 The Real Dragon And Tiger, Zhang Daoxian!
150. Chapter 150 The Real Dragon And Tiger, Zhang Daoxian!
Chapter 150: True Dragon and Tiger, Zhang Daoxian!
Longhu Mountain is located in the southwest of Daxia, not far from Longhai City, about 600 kilometers away.
Liu Zimo and his two disciples rode on a giant turtle and quietly arrived in less than half an hour.
Just as they entered the territory of Nanling City, Liu Zimo and the old turtle under him both felt a faint wave of divine consciousness sweeping over them.
There's a master!
Their whereabouts have been discovered!
Liu Zimo raised an eyebrow slightly, showing a surprised expression.
Although the longevity turtle is currently in the realm of Transcendent God and flying in the sky over a kilometer high, its aura is completely concealed by the martial intent it emits.
Even the two girls, Xiaofeihong and Lou Xiaoxiao, who were riding on its back, had their auras concealed by its martial intent.
Under normal circumstances, no one should be able to detect their arrival.
But now...
They had just crossed the border of Nanling City and had not even entered the influence of Longhu Mountain, yet their tracks had already been discovered!
Who is so powerful?
Is it the True Dragon and Tiger of Longhu Mountain, Zhang Daoxian?
Liu Zimo's mind stirred, secretly speculating.
In the previous life, he had only heard of Zhang Daoxian's name but had never seen him in person.
And Zhang Daoxian's reputation is not as loud as the three Great Martial Saints.
Liu Zimo only knew that he was the head of Longhu Mountain, a master of profound Dao, and ranked first among the top ten masters of the Federation.
But the specific level of his strength is not well understood.
Therefore, at the moment, he couldn't be sure if the divine consciousness that just swept over them was emitted by Zhang Daoxian.
But it doesn't matter.
After all, they came to Longhu Mountain this time to pay their respects. Whether they were discovered in advance or not, it doesn't make a difference.
If it is Zhang Daoxian, then it's even better.
It shows that Zhang Daoxian's spiritual cultivation talent is extraordinary, and binding with Zhang Daoxian would make this trip worthwhile.
"Master, it seems like we've been discovered!"
The longevity turtle transmitted a buzzing sound to Liu Zimo and asked softly,
"Should we continue?"
According to the rules of ancient times, they have already crossed the boundary and entered the territory defined by others.
If they hadn't been discovered, everyone would have been safe and there would be no disputes.
But once the owner of this place detects and warns them, if they still act recklessly, they will inevitably be regarded as unwelcome guests and have to confront the owner of this place.
In the turtle's view, the divine consciousness that just swept over them should be a kind of warning.
"Of course, we should continue!"
Liu Zimo didn't hesitate and said calmly,
"We've come all this way, how can we be scared off by a strange divine consciousness?"
"Moreover, our trip is righteous. If we have a clear conscience, we won't be easily obstructed!"
Upon hearing this, the old turtle instantly understood.
[Isn't it just whoever dares to block our way will be killed? Why speak so elegantly? Almost confused me!]
[I just hope that big snake doesn't do anything stupid. If it really jumps out at this time, it will inevitably bring bad luck to the master. If the master casually kills it, there will be nowhere to reason!]
[I said before, the name Longhu Mountain sounds so familiar. I didn't expect it to be related to the Dragon and Tiger Sect of the past!]
[It's really not easy. After experiencing the end of the era for ten thousand years, the inheritance of the Dragon and Tiger Sect can still be preserved!]
[Unlike the Tongtian Sect, after the old Taoist died, it fell apart within a thousand years, and the inheritance was lost!]
Hearing the old turtle's murmurs, Liu Zimo's eyes brightened.
The big snake mentioned by the old turtle should be another ancient spirit beast, right?
I really didn't expect it. Longhu Mountain actually has such a background!
Not only is it an ancient sect that has been passed down from ancient times to the present, but it also has preserved all the sect's spirit beasts!
If he remembers correctly, when the old turtle swallowed the teleportation channel, it accidentally discovered the "Great Power Tiger" hidden in the extreme south, which seems to be related to the Dragon and Tiger Sect, right?
A snake and a tiger, connected together, doesn't it imply "Dragon and Tiger"?
In this way, this Dragon and Tiger Sect seems to be quite powerful!
From ancient times to the present, not only has it been passed down, but all the sect's spirit beasts have survived!
Although the tiger has run away to the South Pole, which is a bit far away.
But at least there is still a spirit snake guarding and protecting the sect, so that the sect's inheritance will not be interrupted halfway.
It's really impressive!
Now that I think about it, even in the end, Longhu Mountain seems to have never completely abandoned its mountain gate. It didn't move the sect to nearby cities, most likely because of this!
Their mountain gate has an ancient spirit beast guarding it, so there is no need to worry too much!
However, let's go back to what was said earlier.
Similarly, as ancient sects with long-standing heritage, why is it that the guardian spirit beasts of the Longhu Mountain have been able to steadfastly protect the sect's inheritance without fail?
And yet, this turtle, despite its longevity, abandoned the Tongtian Dao Sect and went into a deep sleep in the East Sea?
Could it be that this guy, after his old master passed away, directly betrayed the sect and went solo?
Thinking about the turtle's behavior along the way, Liu Zimo had no doubt that this old turtle was indeed capable of doing such a thing!
Previously, it was even trying to deceive him and take away that strand of divine soul origin!
Just think about it, when the master was still alive, it was already so audacious and wanted to go solo.
If the master is no longer around, can it really live peacefully?
"Since we're idle, why don't you tell me about the Tongtian Dao Sect?" Liu Zimo pretended to be bored and asked Turtle Suishou.
"Before, I heard from the Spirit Crane that you were the guardian spirit beast of the Tongtian Dao Sect. How did you end up leaving in the end?"
Turtle Suishou shook its head slightly and said, "Master, I can't remember the past clearly!"
"I only vaguely remember that the old Taoist released the contract with me and set me free before he died. As for the rest, I really forgot everything!"
The old turtle continued to pretend to have amnesia, but in its heart, it kept complaining:
[It's all because of that damn treacherous crane. If it weren't for him repeatedly mentioning the Tongtian Dao Sect in front of the master, how could the master have known about my past?]
[Even if the master is the reincarnation of the old Taoist, he couldn't have remembered the ancient times before Su Hui fully awakened.]
[Really, if the old Taoist knew that those disciples he entrusted me to take care of, one by one, were so useless that they even lost the inheritance of the Tongtian Dao Sect, I wonder if he would be so angry that he would spit blood?]
[I'm just a spirit turtle, a "non-human" in the eyes of the human race. Without the constraint of a contract, how could they fully trust me?]
[Old Taoist, oh Old Taoist, it's not that I didn't protect the inheritance of your sect, it's just that your disciples were too heartless and worthless!]
[Do you know that after the arrival of the Dharma-ending Age, those brats of yours, because they lacked spiritual energy to sustain their cultivation, all went crazy and targeted me!]
[One by one, they either wanted to draw my blood to refine pills, or eat my flesh to enhance their cultivation, or break my bones to refine tools. Can I endure this?]
[If it weren't for the face you gave me back then, old turtle me would have swallowed all those brats without hesitation. How could I continue to stay there and suffer?]
[...]
The old turtle sighed lightly in its heart. Although the old Taoist was a bit unscrupulous, at least he kept his word and honored his promises. He was a reliable cultivator who could uphold his bottom line.
But the later generations of the Tongtian Dao Sect were all disappointing!
There's a saying, how does it go?
No matter how wealthy a family is, it can't withstand the misfortune caused by a prodigal child!
Moreover, during the thousand years that followed the Tongtian Dao Sect, there was not just one prodigal child and disaster star that emerged!
Liu Zimo couldn't help but shake his head in silence upon hearing this.
He never expected that even a long-lived turtle like this would have such a regrettable experience.
No wonder it is now so guarded towards everyone, speaking in a way that is habitually evasive and unwilling to be straightforward.
If he hadn't been able to hear the turtle's inner thoughts, he might have been fooled by this old creature just now!
Truly, it is a cunning old fox that has lived from ancient times until now.
It has truly integrated the principle of "saying only three parts of the truth to others, never revealing one's true intentions" into its bones, casually and naturally deceiving people as easily as eating and drinking.
However, Liu Zimo had no intention of exposing it.
This is actually quite good.
Just like the little bug he keeps in his sea of knowledge, as long as the inner thoughts continue, he can always hear the information he wants to know!
This kind of unguarded and unfiltered inner dialogue is often the most reliable and accurate source of information!
"So, how much do you remember about the inheritance of the Tongtian Dao Sect?" Liu Zimo continued to ask, guiding the conversation.
Dealing with someone who is inconsistent in their words and thoughts, he is already familiar with the process and knows how to ask questions in order to extract the information he wants to know.
"I don't remember anything at all!" Turtle Suo Shou decisively shook its head without even thinking about it.
"Except for the [Pingyang Breathing Technique] and the [Pingyang Ten Forms], all the other techniques can only be practiced by our spirit beasts."
"After all, I am just a guardian spirit beast in the Taoist temple, not an elder in the transmission hall. How would I know about the sect's inheritance?"
Turtle Suo Shou denied it outright, and surprisingly, there was no inner voice coming out.
Seeing this, Liu Zimo couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
It seems that the old turtle didn't lie about this sentence. It really doesn't know about the inheritance techniques of the Tongtian Dao Sect.
"However, the Dragon Tiger Mountain, which inherited the ancient Dragon Tiger Dao Sect, should have inherited some ancient sect techniques."
Turtle Suo Shou kindly pointed out the direction for Liu Zimo and said,
"But these sects that have been passed down from ancient times are mostly very conservative and may not be willing to show their techniques to outsiders!"
"So, if the master wants to study the inheritance techniques of the Dragon Tiger Dao Sect, he will need to use some means!"
Is this trying to provoke him?
Liu Zimo glanced lightly at this treacherous old turtle.
It is said that fellow practitioners are enemies. As guardian spirit beasts in the Taoist sect, this old turtle probably has some grudges with that snake and tiger.
Otherwise, it wouldn't have instigated its master to go cause trouble for others.
[The master should be tempted, right?]
The voice of the old turtle resurfaced:
[I'm not deceiving the master. The "Dragon and Tiger Visualization Method" of the Dragon and Tiger Daoist Sect is a top-level spiritual cultivation technique of the Ninth Grade. Even the old Taoist priests were extremely envious of it back then.]
[Unfortunately, although the old Taoist priest was powerful, he couldn't handle the three peak-level cultivators in the Lingyu Realm of the Dragon and Tiger Daoist Sect.]
[Moreover, Dalihu and the Linglong Snake are not easy to provoke. In the end, he could only sigh and honestly cultivate his "Supreme Induction Chapter"!]
[If the new master wants to consult the "Dragon and Tiger Visualization Method" now, it is undoubtedly the best opportunity.]
[Both Dalihu and the Linglong Snake are still recovering from their injuries, and their strength has not even reached the Grandmaster Realm. There is no need to worry.]
[And now, there is only one little Taoist priest in the Dragon and Tiger Sect who has some strength, while the others are all useless!]
[If we don't take the opportunity to bully them now, it will be difficult once Dalihu and the Linglong Snake recover to their peak state!]
Hearing the muttering of the old turtle, Liu Zimo couldn't help but take another deep look at the turtle.
From the tone of the old turtle when it mentioned the snake and the tiger, it was not difficult to see that it seemed extremely wary of these two spirit beasts of the Dragon and Tiger Daoist Sect.
If nothing unexpected happened, it should have been bullied by the other party many times in ancient times, so now it wants to retaliate against them.
And this retaliation is simply to vent its anger, without any intention of killing.
Liu Zimo had no interest in participating in this kind of childish quarrel.
However, what the old turtle mentioned, the "Dragon and Tiger Visualization Method," made him somewhat tempted.
After all, a technique that even the ancient superpowers like Tongtiandao Ren coveted and longed for must be extraordinary.
At least, it is definitely not inferior to the "Supreme Induction Chapter" left behind by Tongtiandao Ren!
If there is a chance, he wouldn't mind taking a look at it!
At the same time.
Longhu Mountain, Guanlong Pool.
In the center of the cold pool, a silent vortex was quietly stirring.
Immediately after, Zhang Daoxian, the contemporary head of Longhu Mountain, suddenly appeared.
"The venerable has summoned me. I don't know what it is for?"
Zhang Daoxian bowed in the direction where the vortex appeared and inquired respectfully.
"That giant turtle has come!"
Although the water spirit beast had not taken form, its voice came from the depths of the water, soft and pleasant, unexpectedly a female creature.
"Be careful in dealing with it. That old turtle and I, as well as the Tiger Venerable, have had some conflicts!"
"Now it has recovered to the Divine Power Realm before us. It must have come with ill intentions!"
"The Divine Realm?!"
Zhang Daoxian's expression changed.
"The giant turtle that the Elder mentioned, could it be the one that suddenly appeared in the void before the catastrophe and swallowed the teleportation channel?"
"A damn turtle!"
The voice of the underwater spirit beast said disdainfully,
"It was nothing more than a cowardly turtle back then. It didn't even dare to make a sound in front of me and the Tiger Elder!"
"I don't know what kind of luck it had this time, but it took the opportunity to recover to the peak of the Manifestation Realm at the beginning of the spiritual energy recovery."
"In this way, it can use the 'Advanced Spiritual Energy Source' in the extradimensional teleportation channel to restore the Divine Realm in one fell swoop!"
"However, even if it has restored the Divine Realm, it is still a waste!"
"It can't even withstand a palm strike from an extradimensional demon. It's a disgrace to the ancient spirit beasts of our lineage!"
"If the same opportunity were given to me or the Tiger Elder, that guy would have no chance of survival!"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Daoxian's mouth twitched involuntarily.
From the Elder's words, he sensed a hint of sour grapes.
When the giant turtle was being beaten, he was also observing from a distance.
The power fluctuations displayed by the giant claw that emerged from the teleportation channel had clearly exceeded the limit that this world could bear.
At the moment the giant claw appeared, Zhang Daoxian even heard the sound of nearby space shattering.
It was just a single strike from the giant claw, which did not linger in this world for long.
Otherwise, Zhang Daoxian would even worry that the world they were in would be overturned and shattered by the earth-shattering power carried by the giant claw.
And for the giant turtle to survive under such a devastating attack was already quite remarkable!
At least, such a powerful being was far beyond what he and the Dragon Tiger Mountain behind him could withstand!
"Elder, since the other party is hostile, why don't we temporarily retreat?" Zhang Daoxian suggested softly.
Having cultivated for half his life, he no longer cared much about temporary victories or defeats.
If he knew that the other party was hostile and unbeatable, why would he stand there and take a beating instead of taking a step back and hiding?
"No!"
The voice in the water angrily refuted.
"If it were another powerful person coming to challenge the mountain gate, as the head of the sect, I wouldn't interfere no matter how you try to avoid it."
"But this old turtle, it is not worthy!"
"Don't worry, the Tongtian Dao Sect and the Longhu Dao Sect are allies. That old turtle won't harm you juniors!"
"If it really goes too far, I will personally come out of seclusion to deal with it!"
"Hmph, even if it has a divine body, it absolutely cannot withstand my [Spirit Snake Strike]!"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Daoxian stopped speaking and just recited a mantra, bowing respectfully towards the pool.
At the same time, he sighed inwardly:
Another dispute due to personal pride, why bother?
That spirit turtle has already reached the divine realm. What's the difference between confronting it head-on and seeking trouble for oneself?
Even if the [Spirit Snake Strike] of the venerable can truly inflict heavy damage on the opponent's soul, the venerable's own consumption will not be insignificant!
If things go wrong, the injuries on the body may become even worse, and the recovery time will be infinitely prolonged!
So, why bother, why bother?
We are all surviving ancient spirit beasts. It is a great fate to be able to live together until now.
Isn't it good to sit down and have tea, discuss the Dao, and also look forward to the future?
Zhang Daoxian wanted to persuade, but seeing that the venerable's anger had not subsided, he could only temporarily nod and comply.
The reason why Longhu Mountain has been able to pass down to this day is undoubtedly thanks to the Linglong Venerable.
He believed that although Linglong Venerable had personal pride and was unwilling to admit defeat, he would never really risk the lives of all the disciples of Longhu Mountain.
While he was thinking, Zhang Daoxian suddenly felt the light above his head darken, so he looked up abruptly.
He happened to see a giant turtle at least a kilometer long soaring from above, hovering directly above the gate of Longhu Mountain!
At this time, the disciples in the mountain also noticed the anomaly, and they looked up curiously, pointing and discussing, seemingly recognizing the identity and origin of the giant turtle.
Seeing this, Zhang Daoxian flew up directly, rising to a height of a kilometer, confronting the giant turtle face to face.
When he saw the giant turtle and Liu Zimo and his disciples standing on its back, his expression couldn't help but change slightly.
"There are other people too?"
"And judging from the posture, those three people on the turtle's back clearly treat this spirit turtle as their means of transportation!"
"But how is this possible?"
"Lingling Venerable has already confirmed that this spirit turtle has reached the mid-stage of the divine realm. How can anyone in this world subdue it?!"
Zhang Daoxian's mind surged, his thoughts flying, somewhat unable to believe the three strangers in front of him, not knowing their true origins!
"I am Zhang Daoxian, I have seen the esteemed Linggui predecessor, and I have seen the three virtuous individuals!"
Zhang Daoxian bowed respectfully and asked the three individuals and the turtle, "May I ask why the esteemed guests have come to Longhu Mountain?"
The turtle snorted lightly and ignored this junior.
Meanwhile, Liu Zimo looked at this legendary Zhang Zhenren with great interest. He wore a blue robe with golden patterns, and at the age of fifty or fifty-one, he stood there with an imposing aura and extreme composure.
Indeed, he had reached the Manifestation Saint realm!
Sensing the Manifestation Saint aura emanating from Zhang Zhenren, Liu Zimo sighed softly in his heart.
These martial arts powerhouses from the millennium-old sects were truly adept at concealing their true abilities!
Whether it was the wise and virtuous Master Zhiyuan of Dalin Temple, or those below him such as Zhishan and Zhihui, or the current head of Longhu Mountain, Zhang Zhenren, and the elders who had successfully advanced to the Grandmaster realm within Longhu Mountain's sect.
In the previous federal government, almost all of them had hidden at least half or even more of their cultivation strength!
Otherwise, during the thirty years of the apocalypse, there would have been more than just a handful of Martial Saint-level powerhouses in the Human Federation, and there would have been even more Grandmaster-level experts!
Liu Zimo's gaze shifted upwards.
He saw a solid lock shadow releasing a dazzling purple light three feet above Zhang Daoxian's head, and a hint of satisfaction and surprise appeared in his eyes.
Indeed.
Among all the martial artists who had revealed their Saint-level and Grandmaster-level cultivation strength during the thirty years of the apocalypse, only Zhang Zhenren was the one who had hidden the deepest!
Looking at the dazzling purple light emitted by the lock above his head, not only was it solid and dazzling, it was also impossible to look directly at.
What was even more impressive was that beside the purple lock, there was a companion auspicious cloud floating leisurely!
This was the first time Liu Zimo had seen a purple lock shadow with a companion auspicious cloud on a human, other than the ancient spirit beasts!
From this, it was enough to prove that Zhang Zhenren's talent and potential had truly reached an extraordinary level!
Such unparalleled talent that could rival ancient creatures!
In the current era, it might not be unique, but it was definitely a rare existence!
Clap!
Liu Zimo didn't hesitate at all. With a single thought, he instantly bound the lock shadow above Zhang Daoxian's head.
Immediately, a corresponding prompt sounded in his ear:
[Binding successful! Your good brother Zhang Daoxian is now online. Currently, you can bind objects (76/100).]
(End of this chapter)