I Can Replicate Martial Arts

Chapter 440: Chapter 216: Celestial Secret Wanderer (2)

This left him feeling rather displeased.

Now that he saw the sect was unharmed, he could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"Sect Leader!"

"Is anything amiss?"

"Sect Leader, Zhao Zhenren has returned!"

"Zhao Rui?"

Weichen’s face lit up. "Where is he?" he asked hastily.

"He went to Mount Emei!"

"Mount Emei?"

Weichen immediately understood. He couldn’t help but shake his head. "Forget it. We’ll talk about it when he gets back."

With that, he prepared to head inside.

"Um, Sect Leader..."

Cang Zhenzi hesitated.

"What is it?"

Weichen frowned slightly. He was in a foul mood after being outmaneuvered by the Emei Sect.

"The Yin-Yang Old Monster is inside!"

"What?"

Weichen jumped in alarm. With a flick of his Floating Dust, he made to charge inside.

"Sect Leader, she was captured by Zhao Zhenren," Cang Zhenzi said quickly, rushing to stop him.

Weichen shot him a glare before striding through the gate.

It was a false alarm.

’This old Daoist hasn’t been this worked up in years.’

"Tell me everything."

"Yes, Sect Leader. After you left..."

Cang Zhenzi recounted the events, which, of course, he had heard from the Heluo Three Uglies.

"To think he heavily injured the Yin-Yang Old Monster... Zhao Rui’s strength has grown again!"

Sect Leader Weichen was stunned, sucking in a sharp breath.

He had Cang Zhenzi hurry and lead him to where the Yin-Yang Demoness was being held.

Er Chou, one of the Luo River Three Uglies, was guarding the door. He saw Cang Zhenzi approaching with Master Weichen.

He couldn’t help but yell, "Weichen, we’re on the same side now, so I won’t call you an old bull-nose anymore."

Weichen frowned slightly, and Cang Zhenzi explained, "The Luo River Three Uglies have submitted to Zhao Zhenren."

"Submitted?"

Master Weichen immediately understood the deeper meaning. ’It seems Zhao Rui intends to subdue the Yin-Yang Demoness as well.’

’In that case, the strength of the Qingcheng Sword Sect...’

Master Weichen shook his head. ’Putting that aside, Zhao Rui alone has probably already surpassed the entire Qingcheng Sect in power.’

’In times of chaos, a prodigy is bound to emerge.’

’Fortunately, this prodigy is from our Qingcheng Mountain.’

Whether he had come to terms with it or not, Weichen entered the building and, just as expected, found the Yin-Yang Demoness on the verge of death.

"She won’t die. That thing is neither man nor woman, already at the Half-Step Domain level. Tough as nails," Er Chou said with a sneer.

Weichen nodded. "My thanks for your trouble."

"It’s my duty!"

After asking a few more questions, Weichen left the building.

「Outside Emei Mountain」

Venerable Vajra flew through the air, followed by dozens of supreme experts. They flew away from Emei Mountain in a vast, imposing procession.

"Stay on your guard!"

Just then, Venerable Vajra came to an abrupt halt. He raised his left hand, stopping the others, and spoke with intense focus.

As he spoke, a flash of sword light came speeding toward them from the front.

It was headed straight for Emei Mountain.

"What an arrogant Escape Technique..."

One of them, unable to tolerate the display, casually threw a giant hammer condensed from Dharma True Qi to block the sword light’s path.

With a loud CRACK, the giant hammer was shattered to pieces by the sword light. Before anyone could even register their shock, the man who had thrown the hammer was sent flying backward, as if he’d taken a heavy blow to the chest.

"Don’t litter. A small punishment to serve as a lesson."

The sword light vanished into the distance, but the voice, though faint, echoed clearly in everyone’s minds.

"What a powerful Sound Wave Divine Skill!"

"To think the Central Plains had such a master."

Venerable Vajra’s eyes gleamed as he exclaimed in admiration.

"In the future, if you see that sword light, give it a wide berth. That person is a Domain Realm master."

"The Domain Realm?"

The Evil Sect masters were stunned.

Throughout the entire Central Plains Martial Arts world, those in the Domain Realm could be counted on one hand. The sect leaders and grand elders of the various sects were at the Half-Step Domain Realm at best.

After all, those who were able to cross the Two Realms Passage were mostly the core forces of their sects.

The strongest masters had to remain to guard the Song Realm, so naturally, they would not be the first to travel through the Two Realms Passage to the Central Plains.

True Domain Realm masters could only be found in the Song Realm, the Great Zhou, and the Great Shang.

As for Mu Hua Zi, his situation was rather unique. For one, the Taishan Sect was already in decline back in Gui Xu, with only a handful of members left in the entire sect.

There was no need for them to leave anyone behind to guard their mountain.

Second, he was already of an advanced age. As long as he didn’t unleash his full power, he was essentially at the Half-Step Gui Xu level, his strength limited.

Thus, when the Taishan Sect returned to the Central Plains, the entire sect relocated, and Mu Hua Zi naturally came along with them.

"Venerable, what about our lord’s plan?"

"It is of no concern. We are merely scouts. Our lord has his own methods."

"Let’s go! Back to Tianshan!" freёwebnovel.com

At Venerable Vajra’s command, the crowd of Evil Dao masters set off, heading toward Tianshan.

On the summit of Emei Mountain, Zen Master Puhua was speaking with Zhisheng and the others in a meditation chamber when he suddenly sensed a powerful aura rushing toward the mountain.

In a flash, he appeared, hovering above the peak. His aura flared, asserting his dominion over Emei Mountain.

"This humble monk is Puhua. May I ask which friend has come to my Emei Mountain?"

The thunderous Zen Sound reverberated through the valley.

"Emei Mountain? Puhua?"

The newcomer paused, stopping in the distance. "I am Zhao Rui of the Qingcheng Sword Sect," he called out, his voice tinged with curiosity. "Is Mount Emei unharmed?"

"Could it be Zhao Zhenren?"

Puhua had met him once back in Gui Xu, in the company of his senior brother, Zen Master Puyuan.

"The very same. Zen Master Puhua, what are you doing here?"

"It is a long story. Please, let us speak in the hall."

Facing Zhao Rui, Monk Puhua naturally wouldn’t put on the airs of a great master of Emei.

His senior brother, Zen Master Puyuan, had once said that Zhao Rui’s strength was not to be underestimated. To have such talent and fortune at his young age meant his future achievements would be immeasurable.

"Very well. And what of Sect Leader Weichen...?"

"Brother Weichen has already returned to Qingcheng Mountain."

"Oh, that’s good."

The two landed on a massive boulder on Golden Summit Peak as they spoke, then walked down the mountain and entered the Emei Zen Monastery.

"Master Zhisheng, long time no see!"

Zhao Rui was happy to see Zen Master Zhisheng again. Though they hadn’t known each other for long, they had gotten along well; their personalities just clicked.

"Haha, I’ve been hearing all about you, Donor Zhao. Your reputation precedes you!"

"As long as it’s not a bad reputation."

Zhao Rui smiled and also greeted Zen Master Zhishan.

’They were all familiar faces; he’d met them all at least once before.’

After everyone was seated, the conversation naturally turned to the recent crisis: the Evil Sect’s invasion of the Emei Sect and many other sects in the Central Plains.

"It is a long story..."

Zen Master Puhua put his palms together, recited the name of Amitabha Buddha, and then began to recount the entire affair from the beginning.

It turned out that the Emei Sect had learned of the Evil Sect’s invasion so early—and had dispatched Martial Dao masters led by Puhua to support their old home in the Central Plains—all because of an early warning from Shaolin. freёweɓnovel.com

Shaolin and Emei, both being Buddhist Sects, had always worked in concert to preside over the Martial Arts world and suppress evildoers.

This time, someone at the Shaolin Temple guarding the Song Realm learned that the Evil Sect titan, the Celestial Secret Wanderer, had for some unknown reason gathered a large number of Evil Dao masters and crossed a vast territory to reach the Central Plains.

Consequently, the Shaolin Temple informed the various sects in the Song Realm.

While sending out the news, they also dispatched their own masters across the vast distance to the Central Plains.

Some sects, such as the Emei Sect, the Kunlun Sect, and the Huashan Sect, also dispatched masters to return.

But other sects, for various reasons, did not have masters return in time.

Furthermore, the Evil Sect’s methods were unpredictable, and the weaker sects worried it was a ploy to lure the tiger from its mountain.

They feared that if they sent reinforcements to their Central Plains garrisons, opportunistic enemies would attack their home base.

"I myself only just arrived and happened to walk right into this matter..."

Puhua said, lowering his head, looking somewhat sheepish.

After all, he hadn’t informed the Qingcheng Sect of his return.

"This Celestial Secret Wanderer, what’s his origin? And what is the goal of these Evil Sects?"

"The Celestial Secret Wanderer is a supreme master who is over a hundred years old. Not only are his Martial Arts exceptional, but he also wields the Celestial Secret Skill. He is known for helping others avert disasters and resolve difficulties, making him one of the most prominent figures in the Martial Arts world."

"As for their objective, I do not know. But no one acts without a motive..."

Zen Master Puhua closed his eyes in thought, shook his head slightly, and sighed.