nyslfriends Chapter 295: A Familiar Face
Chapter 295: A Familiar Face
Chapter 295: A Familiar Face
It was a familiar scene.
Three enormous immortal ships began to appear from three different directions.
One ship seemed to be the color of white one moment but suddenly became black the next moment. Not only that, but the boat’s existence seemed to drift between a state of falsehood and truth, illusionary one moment but real the next.
The second boat had twelve engravings on its hall: a rat, an ox, a tiger, a rabbit, a dragon, a snake, a horse, a goat, a monkey, a rooster, a dog, and a boar. Each engraving shone and exuded a different kind of worldly law.
The third could only be described in one word; grand. The boat was made of the finest spiritual wood with a jade dragon carved at the front, and rather than the boat flying through the air, it seemed that the world was moving instead of it.
Upon arrival on Heaven Shroud Island, the strongest immortal present disembarked first. Daoyi followed close behind him. Then it was the other immortals followed by the nascent soul and core formation disciples.
Across from Tianyi, he could see that only two-thirds of the entourage from the Earth Continent were from the Eight Pillar Sect. The last third consisted of disciples from the Anti-Earth Alliance. Unlike his own timeline, the Anti-Earth Alliance did not have an immortal emperor, so the Eight Pillar Sect’s situation was better.
Tianyi thought he saw a glimmer of the tail end of a red robe, but he decisively ignored it.
Instead, he observed the Earth Continent’s two immortal monarchs: Monarch Dong of the Eight Pillar Sect and Monarch Evernight of the Eternal Night Sect.
He did not have the ability to discern the twos’ cultivation during the Three Heavens Connection Meeting of his timeline, but this time was different. Monarch Evernight’s immortal qi held traces of lightning and fire, showing that he had merged two elemental qis into his Daotree. On the other hand, Monarch Dong seemed to have merged four qis into his Daotree: fire, water, earth, and wood.
Tianyi turned his attention to the Cultivator Alliance’s entourage. Compared to the Heaven Continent, where everyone wore the same uniform, or the Earth Continent, where there was some semblance of a uniform, divided as it was, the Mortal Continent entourage all had different styles.
They were led by a single immortal monarch. The immortal monarch seemed to be at the fourth step like Monarch Dong. He had a barrel-like build and wore brown robes. He was Monarch Oxsplit.
The four immortal monarchs observed each other for a moment. Tianyi took the first step and walked towards the center of Heaven Shroud Island. The three others weren’t willing to show any weakness, so they also walked forward and met Tianyi.
Although Tianyi only appeared in the Silent Lightning Timeline for less than ten years, none of the other Immortal Monarchs would underestimate him. Despite Tianyi’s battle occurring in the middle of the Endless Seas, the Eight Pillar Sect, Anti-Earth Alliance, and Cultivator Alliance somehow managed to gain the intelligence on the clash.
“I have long heard of Monarch Nine Heaven’s famed name. The rumors don’t do you justice, as expected of the number one expert under the Extremity Immortal Realm,” Monarch Evernight said, enjoying the grimace that flashed across Monarch Dong’s face. As the weakest seamless immortal present, his face was all smiles.
The corner of Tianyi’s lips twitched. ‘Long heard of? You mean just recently?’
Still, Tianyi did not pierce Monarch Evernight’s lie. “You overpraise. Compared to me, Monarch Evernight’s fame has spread far and wide.”
“I never expected the Buzhou Immortal Sect to fall so low that they needed an outsider to lead their disciple,” Monarch Dong said, causing the atmosphere to turn silent.
Luckily, Monarch Oxsplit took control of the conversation. Only, it turned the atmosphere for the worse. “If I were you, I would worry about myself before others.”
“You!”
Compared to the relationship between the Buzhou Immortal Sect, the Eight Pillar Sect and Cultivator Alliance had a more significant rivalry in the Silent Lightning Timeline. The Eight Pillar Sect had two immortal emperors, and the Cultivator Alliance only had one, but the Cultivator Alliance had far more members and twice as many immortal monarchs. They may not be as united, but at a certain point, quantity transformed into quality.
Tianyi waved his hand. “Let’s stop it here. We’re here for the juniors to compete, not ourselves. What do you say to begin the competition?”
As he said that, Tianyi felt slightly giddy. He had already reached this point.
The other three immortal monarchs agreed, and they separated into their own camps. With a simple activation, ninety-nine pillars shot out from the ground. The rules were the same, the disciples had to duel atop the arenas, and only the winner would stay.
Tianyi didn’t recognize any of the core formation disciples, and he discovered that his task was somewhat troublesome. Not because it required much effort, but because it was too boring.
He wanted nothing more than focus on comprehending the laws again, but he was afraid that he would lose focus and embarrass himself. So, he turned towards Daoyi and asked. “What do you think?”
“It’s kinda exciting. I didn’t get the chance to come here last time because I was too weak,” Daoyi said. “What about you, what rank did you get?”
“Alright, it’s time for us immortals to enter the ruin. All disciples return to the immortal boat. Everyone else aside from the immortal station at the immortal boat, enter.” Tianyi said.
Unlike when the disciples entered, the weakest immortals entered first, followed by the immortal monarchs. Monarch Oxsplit entered first, followed by Monarch Evernight. Before Monarch Dong entered, he stopped and took a deep look at Tianyi.
‘I’m bearing someone else’s pot.’ Tianyi thought. It was true that Buzhou Immortal Sect had methods to control the ruins, but the person who did it absolutely wasn’t him. Well, guilt by association?
“Let’s go,” Tianyi said to Daoyi. She didn’t enter with the others, and no one was blind enough to comment on it, lest they earn Tianyi’s ire.
Tianyi and Daoyi walked through the gates, side by side. Unlike the first time, Tianyi could clearly sense the two of them being teleported into another location, separate from the rest.
“Is this supposed to happen?” Daoyi asked. She couldn’t sense anyone else despite over fifty immortals entering before them.
Tianyi nodded. “They should be transported to a different region. We’re probably the only two here.”
“You don’t seem surprised.”
“It happened to me last time,” Tianyi said. “Come on, let’s go. Someone should want to meet us.”
Tianyi flew into the air, followed by Daoyi. The restriction preventing flight no longer applied to him since his strength had outgrown it.
He paused mid-air and looked towards the east. Daoyi also stopped and asked, “What’s wrong.”
“Nothing, just an old friend. Let’s visit him,” Tianyi said.
Daoyi was confused but still followed Tianyi. The two landed outside the Heaven and Man Connection Pagoda. After entering, she realized what Tianyi meant by an old friend.
“Why are you here?!” Lei Jingye shouted.
Tianyi smirked. ‘This time, you sent yourself to me. You can’t blame anyone else.’
His hand slowly reached for his mask. He paused for a moment for dramatic effect before taking it off.
“Xi.Long.Yi!” Lei Jingye shouted in anger.
Tianyi sighed. “Xi Longyi that, Xi Longyi this. Don’t you have anything else to contribute? Well, considering that you are going to die, I’ll let it slide.”
“I would say it’s been nice knowing you, but that would be a lie,” Tianyi said. He pointed his finger at Lei Jingye. “Goodbye.”
But before Tianyi could kill Lei Jingye, a hand pierced his back and popped out of his chest. The hand grasped a tomoe-shaped jewel.
“Daoyi?” Lei Jingye said in surprise as he turned around.
Because of Daoyi’s speed, the silk mask covering the lower half of her face fluttered, allowing Lei Jingye to see her face. This was the last scene he saw before he died. Even in death, he did not know why his precious dao companion would kill him.
“Well, way to take my thunder,” Tianyi griped.
“You would have taken too long,” Daoyi said. “Plus, I wanted this.”
Tianyi shrugged. He waved his arm, and Lei Jingye’s corpse disappeared. Lei Jingye had the Longevity Oracle Mirror, so it wasn’t a total loss. Tianyi thought about taking the Heaven and Man Connection Pagoda but thought better of it. It would be even worse than when he took the spiritual mountain that supported the Immortal Court ruin.
‘Maybe I should see if Dandan is here,’ Tianyi thought as a sinister smile appeared on his face.
Tianyi and Daoyi walked out of the Pagoda but paused upon seeing the person waiting outside. He wore a jade-green robe and wore a dao crown on his head. He appeared to be in his mid-thirties and had two streaks of gray hair on his otherwise jet-black hair.
“Concealed Emperor?”