Two treasure maps

Chapter 190: The Holy Beast Sect's Leader

Hidden among the towering mountains is an ancient temple.

This temple is the headquarters of the Holy Beast Sect. After thousands of years of wind and frost, it still exudes majesty and solemnity.

The towering spires reach the sky, and every stone slab and every stone pillar is carved with ancient totems, as if telling the vicissitudes of time.

Guo Lingli transformed into a little fox. As soon as she followed Mo Yan into this solemn hall, she felt a mysterious force surging from all directions. It was like an invisible vortex that wrapped the little fox up.

A trace of fear flashed in the little fox's eyes, and then he felt a black screen in front of his eyes. His body involuntarily lost control and fell into darkness and dizziness.

Mo Yan knew that there was a restriction in this temple that isolated spiritual consciousness, so he quickly took out a white silk handkerchief from his arms and gently covered the little fox with it.

The silk handkerchief emitted a faint fluorescent light, as if there was an invisible barrier separating the little fox from the outside world.

Mo Yan seemed to be holding a white silk handkerchief in his hand and strode into the temple.

The interior of the temple was spacious and bright, with all kinds of magic weapons and artifacts placed around. On the Arhat couch in the center, a man in his forties was sitting upright. He was wearing a green Taoist robe, with a gaunt face and a majestic temperament between his brows.

This person is none other than Xiang Tongguan, the leader of the Holy Beast Sect and the eldest son of Tongtian Jiaozhu. He is also the one who refused to go home because of the Conferred Gods Battle.

Seeing Mo Yan coming, Xiang Tongguan smiled slightly, turned his head and greeted him: "Big Brother, come quickly, let's play the next game."

Mo Yan nodded, transformed into a human form, and walked to the couch.

He gently placed the little fox covered with a silk handkerchief beside his legs, and then sat down opposite Xiang Tongguan.

He stared at the chess pieces on the chessboard and said in a deep voice, "Big Brother, you are in such a good mood. The matter of the Mermaid Secret Realm has caused a lot of uproar. Do you still have the leisure to play chess here?"

Xiang Tongguan smiled nonchalantly and said, "Aren't you the one who's worried about it? I just need to keep my position as the leader of the Holy Beast Sect."

Mo Yan shook his head. Ever since he knew that his emotional knot had been resolved and he was no longer indifferent to his master, this senior brother had turned into a rogue and threw almost everything to him.

If he hadn't shouldered everything in the past, I wouldn't be so willing to help deal with these matters now.

He began to place the chess pieces: soldiers, horses, cannons, generals, soldiers, and elephants. Each piece seemed to contain infinite power.

He raised his head, looked at Xiang Tongguan and said, "Big Brother, why don't you go back and see Master? This time the mermaid illusion is a bit strange. They really have the ability to pierce the sky barrier."

Xiang Tongguan smiled calmly, "Guo Xiu, what you said is not right. Let alone them, even if it's you and me, or the recuperating Taiyi Zhenren, and his disciple Nezha, who can't pierce the sky barrier? So the ability of mermaids is not surprising."

Mo Yan frowned when he heard this.

He also knew that what Xiang Tongguan said was true, but these immortal cultivators all had their own Tao hearts and principles, and would not arbitrarily destroy the balance between heaven and earth.

He sighed and said, "Big Brother, you and I are both wise people. Although we have the ability to pierce the barrier of the heavens, who among us would do this for our own selfishness? We are all maintaining the laws of the heavens, but mermaids are different. If we can't find its weakness, the consequences will be disastrous."

Officer Xiang Tong picked up a red chess piece and started with a cannon.

"Everyone only knows that in summer and autumn, the water of Feibo Stream cascades down from Cuiping Peak, resembling flying silk, hence the name. But no one knows that the reason why Feibo Stream is called Feibo Stream is because you raise mermaids at the bottom of the Stream to weave mermaid silk gauze as thin as a cicada's wing."

Mo Yan also picked up a chess piece and made a move.

"But now I have lost contact with the leader of the mermaids, Chen Jiao. The last message I received was ten days ago. It said that this place has been occupied by mermaids and asked me to send people in to rescue them."

Xiang Tongguan and Mo Yan were sitting on the Arhat couch, and the chess game on the board was in a stalemate.

Xiang Tongguan stared at the chessboard and casually asked Mo Yan, "You clearly arrived here more than two months ago, why did you leave suddenly?"

Mo Yan's eyes flashed with helplessness: "I originally thought that it would be enough to let Wu Jun contact the leader of the mermaid tribe, Chen Jiao, but I didn't expect Wu Jun to be seriously injured."

Xiang Tongguan was no stranger to Wu Jun. As he placed a chess piece steadily on the chessboard, he asked, "Is there any trace of Wu Jun's father, the great wizard who inherited the Jianmu legacy?"

Mo Yan pondered for a moment before he slowly spoke: "I recently heard from Master Uncle that he might have gone to the Demon Realm with the Demon Queen Yun Meng."

"It is beyond my expectation that Taishang Laojun would help my father."

Xiang Tongguan sighed, his tone revealing a hint of confusion and doubt.

Mo Yan sneered coldly: "I heard that the second uncle was also contaminated with evil spirits. This may be the main reason why the first uncle stands on the side of the master."

After hearing this, Xiang Tongguan's eyes flashed with deep thought, "Nowadays, there are not many people in the world who can cultivate demonic energy as spiritual energy. Sooner or later, you will reappear in their sight."

Mo Yan shook his head. He was not actually planning to return to everyone's attention. It would be better to be relaxed and comfortable now than to live a life where he always had to be on guard against being plotted against.

He frowned, "There is one thing I have never understood. Second Master Yuanshi Tianzun is from the same era as us. He cannot possibly not know the cultivation method of demonic energy transformation. Why did he go to the demon world?"

"Maybe the demon world has something he wants more." Xiang Tongguan felt pretty good about directly devouring Mo Yan's army.

Mo Yan glanced at the chessboard and felt no regrets about the army he had just lost.

"What he pursues is different from what we do. It's a pity that the Twelve Heavenly Stars were torn into pieces. Without our two elder brothers, Randeng has risen to become the elder brother of Jiejiao."

Xiang Tongguan smiled casually and said, "Who would obey him? He was just driven to the Buddhist world. You don't have to care about these things. In the hearts of these fellow disciples, you will always be their eldest brother."

Mo Yan's eyes flashed with a hint of deepness: "I don't necessarily want this title, but the future of Jiejiao still needs our joint discussion. The situation is complicated now, and we must be more cautious."

In his heart, he disagreed. If it hadn't been for the cooperation of these so-called junior brothers, perhaps his plan wouldn't have been so easy to execute. Whether it was junior brothers or junior sisters, there was no need to take it too seriously. Once a person's heart is cold, it's hard to warm it up.

Xiang Tongguan was not unaware of the knot in the heart of this eldest senior brother, but the future of Jiejiao could only rely on the current Guo Xiu. After all, his ability and wisdom were feared by Yuanshi Tianzun, otherwise they would not have chosen to get rid of him first before starting their plan to confer the gods.

"The Jade Emperor said that he would allow an unusual girl to enter Jiejiao. Did you see it?"

"I have seen it, but I haven't noticed anything special yet." Mo Yan said after leaving the general behind.

Guo Lingli, who Mo Yan concluded was nothing special, had already been awakened by the silver mirror and was hiding under the silk handkerchief eavesdropping on their conversation.

She didn't know who the person was talking to Mo Yan. Mo Yan didn't say the other person's name either. She only knew that he should be Mo Yan's senior brother.