Chapter 609: The Testing Methods of the Four Great Yang Spirit Experts! Celestial Master Zhao Divines the Celestial Secrets! The Land Immortal!

Tian Xiaoling felt as if struck by lightning.

All life force instantly vanished. A strand of spiritual light shot out from her body, completely shattering her. Her eyes widened to their limit.

She reached out with her hands; her fingers, weak and bent like chicken claws, struggled forward, desperately trying to grasp the robes of the Fox Immortal Lady.

But the Fox Immortal Lady remained unmoved. Her expression was dignified, like a Bodhisattva relieving suffering and saving the afflicted.

It was a transaction; how could it be done without paying a price?

***

In the prefectural capital of Donglin Prefecture...

This was the largest city in Donglin, home to hundreds of thousands of people, renowned for its talented citizens and beautiful land.

Outside the city lay Mount Luojia.

Whoosh!

A streak of light fell from the sky. A small boat, shimmering with a golden, sacred aura, appeared.

Three figures descended from the boat. They were a young daoist wielding a long broadsword, a cool and enchanting celestial maiden, and a dignified, kind-looking woman.

It was Li Yanchu and his two companions.

Li Yanchu carried a Daoist artifact given to him by Celestial Master Zhao. From this distance, it could be used for simple communication. He sent a signal, and Celestial Master Zhao quickly responded.

“Daoist Master, why don’t you enter the city?” Lady Hu asked.

Li Yanchu smiled. “You are currently involved in a case of great importance. It is not convenient to bring you inside.”

Mount Luojia was treacherous terrain with few people around, perfect for a duel of magic.

Lady Hu shook her head slightly. “Since you refuse to believe me, there is nothing more I can say.”

𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

Before long, four streaks of light cut across the horizon. From afar came four terrifying auras.

Lady Hu’s eyes shifted slightly. These terrifying auras could only belong to Yang Spirit experts! It looked like four of them had arrived.

They were Celestial Master Zhao in a purple robe, the venerable and respected Master Baoshu, Xu Tiannan in official robes, and the young abbot of the Jinguang Temple, Master Wuse.

“Daoist Master Li!” Master Wuse greeted him with a smile.

Everyone had already heard Celestial Master Zhao speak about everything that happened in the Shanhai Secret Realm. Their admiration for Li Yanchu grew even stronger.

After exchanging greetings, they then turned to the two women standing beside Li Yanchu.

Master Baoshu had never met Minghe before, but Xu Tiannan did recognize her.

“Your Grace,” Xu Tiannan said politely.

“Lord Xu, it’s been a long time. Your elegance remains as ever,” Minghe replied with a smile.

She was the princess of the Ming Royal Mansion. Naturally, she was familiar with Xu Tiannan, an official of the Kingdom of Qian.

Seeing that Li Yanchu could mobilize four Yang Spirit experts at once, Lady Hu’s expression grew complicated.

“Daoist Master Li, who is this?” Xu Tiannan asked.

“The temple deity of the Fox Immortal Lady Temple in Donglin Prefecture,” Li Yanchu replied.

He explained the situation with the Zhou family and the Shanhai Tower, as well as Zhou Yushu’s confession regarding Lady Hu’s alleged dealings with the Zhou family.

The four great Yang Spirit experts were all stunned, and their gazes toward Lady Hu turned cold.

“Celestial Master Zhao, you know that Minghe knows yjr Heart-Questioning Method, but this fellow Daoist Hu shows no signs of deception. Therefore, I would like to ask you all to take a look,” Li Yanchu said.

Among the four Yang Spirit experts, Celestial Master Zhao was one of the Four Great Celestial Masters of Mount Longhu, skilled in divining celestial secrets.

The Buddhist monks also possessed divine methods capable of compelling truthfulness.

Li Yanchu knew that Xu Tiannan of the Court of Judicial Review had an extremely powerful primordial spirit, perhaps capable of soul-seizing or soul-summoning techniques.

That was why he had deliberately brought Lady Hu here.

Master Wuse, young and impetuous, and deeply grateful to Li Yanchu, stepped forward first. “Are you the one who traded with the Zhou family?”

Master Wuse’s voice was stern, and a wheel of fire appeared behind his head. Golden light flickered in his eyes; this was a Buddhist divine power.

“I am not,” Lady Hu shook her head.

“Do not speak falsely!” Master Wuse’s voice thundered, imposing. This was the strict law of the Buddhist order.

As a third-realm Yang Spirit expert, even a temple deity could not lie in his presence.

“I truly have no knowledge of this,” Lady Hu said, shaking her head, her gaze growing somewhat numb.

Master Wuse then clasped his hands and withdrew his divine power. Only then did Lady Hu feel as if awakening from a dream.

She looked at the young monk in surprise. In a single instant, he had unsettled her mind!?

Just moments ago, she had felt incapable of uttering even a single false word.

“I told this fellow Daoist Hu that if there were no problems, I would offer her a formal apology. That was no empty promise. But since everyone is here, you can all take a look for yourselves,” Li Yanchu said with a smile.

Xu Tiannan then unleashed his primordial spirit power, instantly enveloping Lady Hu.

His Yang Spirit was refined to perfection, anyone below the third realm could not resist his primordial spirit.

Li Yanchu’s intuition had been correct: Xu Tiannan was indeed skilled in Soul-Searching Technique.

Although forcibly searching a soul could turn a person into a fool, with Xu Tiannan’s immense primordial spirit, he didn’t need to probe Lady Hu’s entire soul, just a portion would suffice. It caused her no real harm.

In an instant, Lady Hu lost consciousness. Even though she was a temple deity with decent local reverence, in the presence of the four great Yang Spirit experts, she was utterly powerless and completely at their mercy.

After a while, Xu Tiannan withdrew his divine power and shook his head at Li Yanchu. “No issues.”

“Amitabha. The precepts of my Buddhist path are not much stronger than Master Wuse’s. I shall not embarrass myself,” Master Baoshu said with a smile.

Celestial Master Zhao also gave a faint smile, forming hand seals while taking out a compass to divine.

He was not using a regular compass, but the Jade Compass, which could absorb backlash from celestial secrets, preventing him from being harmed prematurely.

As Celestial Master Zhao manipulated the hand seals, the celestial truths gradually revealed themselves.

Soon, he slowly shook his head. “It seems this really was a misunderstanding. A formal apology will suffice.”

Li Yanchu was momentarily stunned. If three Yang Spirit experts said this, perhaps this Lady Hu truly had no issues.

Just as he was about to speak a few words to her, a voice suddenly echoed in his mind; it was Celestial Master Zhao’s. “This woman is of great consequence. Her true identity cannot be revealed, or it will attract the attention of certain beings. It’s better to let her go. As for the Shanhai Tower transaction, you can let that slide.”

Li Yanchu’s body stiffened slightly, then relaxed.

Celestial Master Zhao was a Yang Spirit expert of Mount Longhu. If he discovered that this woman’s identity was sensitive, and yet he didn’t even dare speak of it openly...

“Fellow Daoist Hu, this matter was my oversight. I’ve caused you to make a wasted trip,” Li Yanchu said.

“Though you act with forcefulness, you’re genuine. I have no complaints,” Lady Hu said with a smile.

Her gaze was clear, completely free of any malice. Ordinary people could not summon even a single Yang Spirit expert, yet Li Yanchu sent a signal and brought all four of the imperial Yang Spirit experts at once!

That kind of influence was... terrifying.

***

After a long while, everyone chatted casually for a few moments.

“What exactly is going on?” Li Yanchu asked himself.

“There are beings above the third realm called Land Immortals. Some of them are skilled in divining celestial secrets and calculating fate. If their names are invoked, and the karmic weight is heavy, it will alert them,” Celestial Master Zhao’s voice echoed again in his mind.

Li Yanchu’s heart sank.

Land Immortals!? Could it be that this Lady Hu is connected to a Land Immortal!?