Chapter 742: The Grandmaster's Gift
The moment the ancestor disappeared in the air, everyone on the island felt a strange feeling in their hearts. Lost was accompanied by ease, something was falling, something was rising, and even the bald man without a heart felt fluttering.
"Where is the ancestor? Where is Fangfang's soul?" Bald man asked in confusion. There was only a ball of fire left in the air. The momentum that broke through the ice sea and looked down on everyone was gone. It became much gentler. He suddenly changed from a violent beast to a tamed pet. Even Bald man could see that his soul was no longer in it.
Sixteen high Taoist priests looked at each other, and their anxiety gradually arose, as if they were abandoned by their parents. Some secrets of Taoism were only controlled by the ancestors. His nirvana made the future of Taoism fall into the unknown fog.
They couldn't even enter Shenyou to talk. Grandmaster Pangshan Yang Yannian asked, "Why did the ancestor have to choose to be extinct at this time? Everyone can cast spells together to destroy the soul fire, right? What should we do next?"
The Taoist priest of Wangshan held the ancestor's long hairpin and small cloth bag and said seriously: "The ancestor has made it clear: the first Taoist priest who retires as planned, will be qualified to succeed the ancestor."
An old Taoist priest said, "Then what are we still here to do? Let's disperse and worry about our own Taoist affairs."
After saying that, the old Taoist priest disappeared on the spot, and immediately two Taoist priests left with him.
The remaining Taoist priests were hesitating, and the Grandmaster of Yashan, Shen Zangqi, said: "There is one thing the ancestor has not explained." The Taoist priests all looked at the tent.
The bald man who was guarding the door of the tent was startled, "Hey, don't make any decisions about me, I won't leave with any of you."
Shen Zangqi ignored his head and smiled at the Taoists and said, "Babys are not simple, and mothers are not simple. Do you just let them wander? I don't think Yang Qingyin has the ability to make the right decision."
The Taoist priest of Wangshan had already put away the relics of the ancestor and consciously maintained every decision he made before his life. Including those hints, "Yang Qingyin has already spitted out the pill, and the baby condensed into the inner pill of the scattered cultivator, so both of them have nothing to do with the Taoist dynasty, and their decisions do not require the interference of the Taoist dynasty."
Shen Zangqi nodded with conscientiousness, and the smile on his face did not change at all. "That's right, but since the sword souls within Shibubang can ignite the outside soul into Taoist fire, maybe they will leave something in the baby's body. Shouldn't the Taoist sect be clear?"
The Taoist priest Wangshan pondered for a moment. "No matter what, Yang Qingyin was once a Taoist priest Pangshan, and it should be judged by Master Yang Yannian."
Yang Yannian also thought for a while, "The ancestor's magic power is far greater than that of us. Since he has never said that there is something strange about Yang Qingyin and his son, it is no problem. If Pang Shan does not do things that are difficult for others, Yang Qingyin and his son can stay on the island."
"It's so good." The Taoist priest Wangshan was unwilling to cause trouble and immediately expressed his agreement. "The retirement has been arranged and each family will do it as soon as possible. Starting from Pangshan, all the nine major Taoist lords will retire within a year."
Shenzangqi said nothing. The casting disappeared, and the other Taoist priests then left the island and did not even impose the Taoist rituals. Even the bald man felt that the atmosphere was a little wrong. As soon as the ancestor died, the pace of the nine Taoist priests seemed to be less consistent, just like in the years when he disappeared, the Taoist priests fought each other.
In the end, only Yang Yannian was left, a high Taoist priest, speechless for a while.
The bald man smiled flatteringly, "Master, you have to keep your word. Yang Qingyin and Xiao Xiaoqiu can make their own decisions."
Yang Yannian sighed, "Why is it Pang Shan?"
"What?" The bald man didn't understand.
Yang's mother and Yang Qingyin walked out of the tent. They heard the sound outside and knew what was going on. The baby had a fuss and was sleeping heavily in the tent.
Yang's mother saluted to the master and asked, "Master, can I use the fundamental method of hiding the baby?"
The fundamental method of seclusion can strengthen the three fields, which is a very important protective method for lower Taoists.
Yang Yannian shook his head seriously, "Since he doesn't want to retreat with Pang Shan, don't have any contact with Pang Shan anymore. You can go back first."
Yang's mother looked at the master in surprise, and after a while he bowed down, the huge wave was broken by the soul fire, and the temporary instant platform disappeared. Yang's mother was just a Taoist priest swallowing smoke and could not teleport like a high-level Taoist priest. Yang Yannian casts spells to help her, and she disappeared on the island.
Yang Qingyin understood that the master had something to explain to him, so she said to the bald man: "Go and look at the baby, call me if you have something to do."
The bald man flew into the tent immediately.
Yang Yannian's expression was extremely serious. Yang Qingyin didn't even have an inner elixir at this time, and she was worried, but she still bravely faced the master and waited for him to speak.
Both of them are from the Yang family of Pang Shan and are related by blood, but in Taoism, this relationship has little significance, and Yang Yannian did not stay for this.
"Since the fall of the ancestor peak, Pangshan has been on the downhill road, and it has not ended yet."
"Yeah." Yang Qingyin responded.
"I kind of understand why the ancestor chose to die today." Yang Yannian's words had nothing to do with the previous sentence. "The ancestor could have lived for another hundred years, which was not long for him, but this was one of the most important one hundred years of the Taoist dynasty. He chose to die in order to make room for the Taoist dynasty."
"The ancestor is the only Taoist priest who is subdued by Yuemang in the world. Didn't his annihilation make the Taoist dynasty weaker?" Yang Qingyin asked in confusion.
"It's the case for the time being. The 'the only Taoist priest who can subdue the moon' is strength and a limitation. I don't know when the Taoist priests' practice goals began to decline, and now it is unattainable to subdue the moon." Yang Yannian paused, "The ancestor made a prophecy with the extinction, claiming that the Taoist priest will subdue the sun's appearance in order to enhance everyone's goals."
Yang Qingyin vaguely understood this truth, but still felt that the ancestor's approach was a bit difficult to understand.
"This is just my guess. The ancestor's actions must have profound meaning. Today, planting causes and getting fruits every day may take dozens or hundreds of years before the Taoist dynasty can fully understand the ancestor's entire intentions."
"Hmm." Yang Qingyin was not very interested in what would happen decades later.
"Since the ancestor predicted the appearance of the Rimang Taoist priest, all Taoist priests will work hard for this. In more than 130,000 years, the nine Taoist priests have appeared for the first time. Do you know what this means?"
"It means... no one can coordinate the contradictions between the Taoist priests during this period. Can the Taoist priests make decisions together?" Yang Qingyin still remembered that in the years when the ancestor disappeared, the Taoist priests jointly took charge of the overall situation, and nothing went wrong.
"At that time, everyone knew that the ancestors still existed and would come out to rule at any time. Each Taoist priest only needs to wait. Now it is different. The real competition is about to begin. You have to be prepared to face the chaos. You must understand that in the name of Taoist priests, the most heartless and abandoned desires, may also do whatever they want."
"Me? What does this have to do with me?" Yang Qingyin began to feel uneasy.
"The Taoist system has many prophecies, most of which are ignored, and some are extremely concerned. The prophecies you have received a lot of attention."
Yang Qingyin smiled bitterly. She lived in that ridiculous prophecy all her life. She never took it seriously, but she could not get rid of the followers behind her. "You have checked the baby..."
"It's not this one. You have proved that you can give birth to a unique baby. The prophecy about you has attracted more attention. Now the Taoist dynasty is looking forward to the next one."
Yang Qingyin was angry and ashamed, her face suddenly turned red, and she raised her head and said, "Then let the Taoist throne look forward to it, anyway, you never have to worry."
Yang Yannian did not have an interface. Instead, he summoned a strange ball of light. The ball of light rose into the air, circled around the fireball above the tent several times, and then flew back to Yang Yannian's hand. It slowly turned into a ball of fire, with a special shape, and then it changed, and the flame gradually disappeared, revealing the shape of a copper bell.
Yang Qingyin knew what this was. The Taoist magic weapon was divided into eighty-one levels, from level one to level nine. The nine treasures were not included. The Liuhuo Golden Bell was a magic weapon of level nine. It was powerful and extremely rare.
Yang Yannian pointed to the fire above the tent, "The ancestor destroyed the soul inside, but retained the Dao Fire. I believe this is the self-defense thing he left for you, but the baby's inner alchemy is too weak, and I am afraid that he will not be able to control the Dao Fire freely, so I will give him another fire golden bell."
Yang Qingyin was so surprised that she couldn't speak. After a while, she realized that she hurried into the tent and hurriedly walked into the tent to carry the baby out. The bald man flew out as well. He heard nothing and remained vigilant about Yang Yannian.
Yang Yannian continued to cast spells, and the ball of Taoist fire suddenly flew out of the air and entered the copper bell and disappeared, but the copper bell did not change at all.
"I suppressed the strength of the Liuhuo Golden Bell and matched it with the baby's inner alchemy. In the future, the inner alchemy will be improved, and the copper bell and Taoist fire will also be improved... Maybe it will be useful."
The copper bell in Yang Yannian's hand slowly flew to the baby.
The baby had woken up and couldn't open his eyes, but he stretched out a hand and accurately grabbed the handle of the bell.
"Don't let him use it indiscriminately..." Before Yang Yannian finished speaking, the baby suddenly shook the copper bell, and there was no sound, but a very small ball of fire was shot out and headed straight for the Grandmaster.
Yang Yannian reacted very quickly, tilted his head to avoid the fireball, but there were still a few hairs in his temples curled.
Yang Qingyin hurriedly grabbed the copper bell from the baby's hand and was about to apologize to the master. Yang Yannian had turned around and flew into the sky, and seemed a little angry. Suddenly, he laughed a few times, "If you don't break, you won't stand, the decline of Pangshan, this son's life may be right at the right time. Yang Qingyin, re-cultivate the inner alchemy as soon as possible, otherwise you will not be able to control this child."
Yang Yannian disappeared, and the baby scratched and scratched his mother's arms, trying to grab the copper bell back.
"I can't control you? I'll give you a baby, will I not control you?" Yang Qingyin snorted, and raised the copper bell higher with his other hand. "No matter whether you can understand or not, I still want me to take care of you. If you want to avoid being hungry, just be obedient."
The baby struggled for a while, but it actually calmed down, leaned in his mother's arms, and fell asleep.
The bald man admired him very much, "My mother, you really have a way of disciplineing children. You are willing to listen to you."
"Fall harvest in autumn and collect in winter, and call him Dong'er in the future, Daming - to rise again in the future."
"Mu Dong'er, haha, I think this is a good name." The bald man was so happy that he couldn't stop talking.
"Go and call the spirit demon, we can't wait, we have to do something." Yang Qingyin didn't believe that her destiny was all within the prophecy. The ancestor said, "All fixed numbers can be broken." She wanted to "break".
(This volume ends) (To be continued...)
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