Free Web NovelChapter 534: Chapter 2: Heroes Gather in the Daoist Temple
’How could she see through a Daluo?’
"Strange, so strange..."
Little Lu Nian muttered in a childish voice:
"Why do I feel like something dangerous is watching me? Which old bastard dares to scheme against me..."
A hostile look flashed across the Old Temple Master’s serene face again.
At that moment, the middle-aged man holding Little Lu Nian glanced around the Daoist Temple. An apologetic expression appeared on his face as he said gently:
"We were passing through this barren mountain, and it’s already getting dark. I was wondering if you Daoists would allow us to take shelter here for the night?"
A solemn expression crossed the faces of Zhang Jiao and his two brothers. They had heard the little girl’s words just now—that she had taken a trip to the Underworld...
Although they didn’t quite believe her, the three remained wary. The Underworld was located in the Nine Nether, a place that even a Great Grade Immortal like Zhang Jiao wouldn’t dare to enter lightly...
With a grave look, Zhang Jiao nodded slightly and said:
"My two brothers and I are also just seeking shelter. That Daoist over there is the master of this temple."
The middle-aged man then turned his gaze to the Old Temple Master, a probing look flashing in his eyes. He immediately bowed and said:
"Esteemed Daoist..."
"All who come are guests." The Old Temple Master opened his cloudy eyes and nodded peacefully. "It is only for a night’s lodging. The three of you may do as you please."
The middle-aged man bowed again. He took the two children, one big and one small, and found a corner to sit down in, his eyes surveying the Daoist Temple with a puzzled expression.
He had come here because his divination had revealed that in the unseen world, destiny, Cause and Effect, and other forces were all pointing to this very place...
Yet now, he could not see anything out of the ordinary.
The three down-and-out Daoists who were also seeking shelter, on the other hand, were quite remarkable. A great destiny seemed to swirl around each of them.
Their fates also showed signs of a True Dragon raising its head. If nothing unexpected happened, they might be the ones to raise the curtain on a new great era!
’Could it be that destiny guided me here because of those three Daoists?’
While Zhuge Kongming’s thoughts were racing,
Little Lu Nian leaped from his arms, stretched, and yawned. The Little Golden Bell hanging from her neck swayed gently.
She brazenly sat down next to the boy whose arms were long enough to reach past his knees, and asked with a grin:
"Hey, little bro, your name is Liu Bei, right? Hmm, I can see your Cause and Effect. It’s really impressive! You carry a great destiny, even denser than the one those three Daoists over there have..."
The three Zhang brothers’ expressions changed. They grew slightly wary and stared in this direction.
’This little girl...’
Zhang Jiao’s thoughts spun. A wisp of clear energy veiled his eyes as he looked toward the exquisite porcelain doll, but he saw nothing...
’Strange, so strange.’
He muttered to himself in confusion. In a nearby corner, the boy named Liu Bei was quite nervous and lowered his head slightly:
"Ah, little sister, I... I don’t understand what you’re saying..."
Lu Nian tilted her head, pulled a bag of chestnuts from her robes, and offered it to him magnanimously. She said cheerfully:
"You’re a pretty shy one... What’s there to be shy about? Here, have some of my favorite chestnuts!"
Little Liu Bei hesitated for a moment before awkwardly taking the bag and opening it gently.
WHOOSH!!
A dense Innate Breath burst forth! Thirty-six colors of brilliant light intertwined, forming a pillar of light that shot into the Celestial Vault!!
Liu Bei jumped in fright and quickly covered the bag, his little face filled with panic. Not far away, the three Daoists also shot to their feet, their expressions grim!!
"That is..."
Zhang Jiao was dazzled, his heart pounding in his chest. He barely suppressed the greed in his heart, quickly chanting a few calming verses.
’Just now... that was definitely an Innate Spiritual Object, one rarely seen even in Ancient Times! Definitely!!’
Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang at his side were no better off. Just by smelling the innate fragrance, the qi and blood in their bodies surged, and their cultivation skyrocketed!
The three Daoists were terrified. ’To casually pull out an Innate Spiritual Object, this girl...’
’Her claim of having just been to the Nine Underworld was probably not a lie!’
’Could she be the direct daughter of some Great Immortal Family??’
The Daoist Temple fell into a strange, dead silence. Little Liu Bei was frantic, the three Daoists were grim-faced, and Zhuge Kongming didn’t know whether to laugh or cry...
As for the Old Temple Master, he still sat with his head bowed, seemingly oblivious to the changes around him.
In the dead silence, Lu Nian casually patted the bag and said with a silly grin:
"There, I’ve concealed the Spiritual Light. You can just eat them. There won’t be any more phenomena..."
After a moment’s thought, she generously pulled out three more bags of Innate Chestnuts. She patted each bag, causing the divine objects to conceal their own light.
Then she handed one bag to the middle-aged man, tossed one to the three inexplicably terrified Daoists, and threw the last one to the Old Temple Master.
Xiaodouding puffed out her chest and declared magnanimously:
"My mom always says, ’To meet is to be bound by fate, so everyone gets a share!’"
Zhang Jiao caught the Innate Chestnuts, clearly stunned. But he quickly recovered, bowed hastily, and said cautiously:
"Thank you for this gift, Senior."
’When in doubt, just call them Senior.’
Little Lu Nian clearly fell for it. A delighted expression appeared on her face, and she immediately tossed out two more bags of Innate Chestnuts.
Seeing this, the Old Temple Master, not far away, shook his head helplessly. ’This girl, how can she be so extravagant?’
He once again perceived the threads of Cause and Effect, peering into the past, and immediately understood.
’Well now, she secretly swiped them from Xiaoyan. No wonder she doesn’t feel the slightest bit of pain giving them away!’
Without a change in expression, Lu Xuan also saved this scene from the stream of time...
At the same time, a third set of footsteps and clamoring voices was heard from outside the Daoist Temple.
"Brother Ben Chu, Brother Wentai, there’s a Daoist Temple up ahead! Let’s go in and take cover. That divine light in the sky just now should have drawn the attention of most of those White Lotus Sect Members!"
"Mengde is right. It was my fault for being too careless this time. I asked my family for a thousand elite soldiers to quell the rebellion, but who would have thought these White Lotus Sect Members would be so terrifying..."
"Same here. It’s just a pity about my boys from Jiangdong... If I manage to escape with my life this time and get back to Jiangdong, my old man will definitely beat the hell out of me!"
Amid the discussion, three more young men, who looked to be about seventeen or eighteen and were clad in armor, stumbled into the temple in a sorry state, all of them bearing injuries.
The three were clearly stunned to see so many people in this remote Daoist Temple.
"Oh?"
The still-young Cao Mengde, Yuan Benchu, and Sun Wentai saw an exquisite, child-like doll let out a cry of surprise and tilt her little head.
"Another three people carrying a great destiny? This Daoist Temple is definitely suspicious. Very suspicious!"
Little Lu Nian looked at the Old Temple Master with a suspicious expression.
Outside the Daoist Temple, at this very moment, a fourth disturbance was heard.
"Destiny is in flux. There is a change here. What is this change?"
A calm and indifferent voice rang out. Inside the Daoist Temple, the three Daoists, the three young men, along with Liu Bei, Zhuge Kongming, and Lu Nian,
all turned to look.
More people were arriving?
A moment later, a clear brilliance rippled, and a middle-aged Daoist walked in slowly. His forehead was high and full, glowing with a natural spiritual light.
"Zhang Daoling of the Celestial Master Dao, here uninvited."
The three Zhang brothers’ expressions changed abruptly. Zhuge Kongming frowned.
The Old Temple Master’s expression also darkened slightly, and a cold light glinted in his eyes.
