As the old beggar's disciples, Lu Xiaoyou and Yang Zong did not ask about the monsters that had escaped before, because those monsters fled very quickly and the direction of their escape might have meant that their master would only cast a spell and not pay much attention to them.
The two disciples didn't say anything, and the old beggar was in no mood to say much. He kept thinking about things in his mind. Besides thinking about how these demons could actually think of and have the ability to kill him, he also felt uneasy for the hundreds of thousands of resentful spirits.
But in this situation, when the old beggar used his fingers to calculate the situation of Tianyuzhou and Qianyuan Sect, he only got a slightly tortuous result. This was obviously an absolutely abnormal situation. No wonder the head teacher had to send people to Tianji Pavilion.
"Master, what other well-known righteous practice sites are there in Tianyuzhou? They should be able to respond, right? The Qianyuan Sect should also be able to tell them something, right? There are also various sacred paths and mountain and water spirits."
After all, Yang Zong was a former emperor, and except for being a little moody when he was old, he was not incompetent throughout his life. Therefore, he liked to look at problems from the perspective of a comprehensive consideration. Even though he knew that people in cultivation were more Buddhist, and that the major cultivation forces were too lazy to interact with each other except at the Immortal Dao Conference, they were still of the same righteous path after all, and if the crisis was really strong, they should not disperse.
"Well, there are many well-known righteous forces in Tianyuzhou. Many of them have connections with Qianyuan Sect or respect Qianyuan Sect. Among them, there are nine sects, thirteen caves and twenty-two islands, which are distributed all over Tianyuzhou. Other righteous forces will also give face to Qianyuan Sect. If Qianyuan Sect's Zhenshan Bell rings nine times, they will definitely receive a notice."
"Well, you two don't have to worry too much. If the sky falls, there are tall people to hold it up. Maybe we really encounter some difficulties this time, but Qianyuan Sect can withstand it! It depends on what is causing the trouble."
The monster that gathered resentful spirits flashed through the old beggar's mind again, and then he put aside all distractions and rushed across the sky with his two disciples. He did not escape into the strong wind layer nor did he hide himself. Even the light emanating from his body did not converge. He wanted to rush all the way back to Tianyuzhou in this state.
The vast ocean seemed to remain unchanged. As the old beggar spared no effort to speed up his journey, he had already reached Tianyuzhou in more than a month. Until this moment, he found an inconspicuous deserted island and landed on it. With the protection of his two disciples, he took a short breath and recovered for a day. Then he flew to the nearest continent of Tianyuzhou in the dim light with the rising sun.
Looking at the boundless land in the distance and confirming that it was definitely not an island, Lu Xiaoyou looked at the old beggar beside him who was still shining with immortal light.
"Master, shall we go to Qianyuan Sect?"
"No hurry. I already had a feeling when I came here. The Qianyuan Sect's mountain gate is fine for now. The problem should be Tianyuzhou. Let me go and take a look first."
Since there was nothing wrong with Yuyuan Mountain in the sea, the old beggar didn't want to meet his senior brother like this and chose to go to Tianyuzhou to take a look.
Afterwards, the old beggar concealed the ostentatious immortal light on his body and flew into Tianyuzhou with his two disciples. However, after only a few days of flying into Tianyuzhou, the old beggar and his two disciples felt something was wrong.
Chaos. All the human kingdoms that flew by in a few days were in chaos. Floods, locust plagues, droughts, and plagues were seen, and most of them were in turmoil. Several countries were at war, fighting with their neighbors or having internal turmoil.
This unimaginable chaos can be seen with the naked eye, and all kinds of energy are intertwined together, causing even a great man like the old beggar to feel irritated.
The three men did not descend in altitude and tried their best to scan the mountains and rivers as much as possible, but there was hardly any stable land. In such a chaotic situation, demons and monsters would of course breed or be attracted. So in addition to the sufferings of natural disasters and man-made disasters in the general sense of the mortal world, there were also the disasters of demons and monsters.
They flew for several days in a row, during which time the old beggar and his two companions also saw fairy light passing by, or divine light shining, which represented the interference of righteous people, but the three of them never landed on the ground.
"It's getting dark again."
Lu Xiaoyou watched the sun setting in the sky. Although the sunset glow was bright, the earth was already shrouded in haze.
"Um."
Yang Zong echoed and looked towards the places where it got darkest the fastest, where evil spirits grew fastest. Some ghostly fires had even begun to appear. People in more remote areas had already gone indoors and turned off the lights, and there were almost no people wandering around outside.
"Xiao Zong, what do you think?"
After all, Yang Zong has experience as an emperor, so he should have some unique insights into the chaos in the world.
"Master, from the perspective of the human world, the current situation of conflict among nations seems like some countries want to unify the world, but from the perspective of the immortals, it is more than that. There must be an evil being hiding behind and stirring up trouble."
"Well, that makes sense, but there's more to it than that. It's not just as simple as provoking trouble!"
The old beggar thought of the ambush again. It was obvious that Qianyuan Sect was also aware of the problem and might have even had a confrontation with the real mastermind behind the scenes, which was why the monks were ambush.
"Master, over there!"
"Um!"
Lu Xiaoyou pointed to an area in the distance that had long been shrouded in darkness. The old beggar nodded and slowly flew towards that place with the two of them.
The reason they chose to pause here was because the old beggar realized that although the mountains in this area were not very majestic, the underground mountains were extremely spectacular and had great ties with the surrounding countries. In layman's terms, they were related to the dragon veins of various countries.
At this moment, that area got dark much earlier than other places, and it was also the place with the strongest evil energy within a thousand miles around.
The three of them landed silently on the top of a hill. Although the evil energy around was strong, it seemed that no evil spirits had been bred yet. The old beggar glanced around a few times, and after landing on a valley, his gaze fixed and he stretched out his hand and pointed in that direction.
"Xiao Zong, Xiao You, go over there and dig three feet into the ground and dig something up."
"yes!"
When the two heard the master's order, they didn't waste any time and flew directly over there without asking what it was. Anyway, they would be sure to see it after digging three meters. They used the earth-leading method to turn over the rocks and soil. Some rocks and soil fell like quicksand, but kept spreading to the side.
Soon, a large pit as wide as a three-meter-deep water tank appeared in front of Lu Xiaoyou and Yang Zong, with something reflecting a faint light inside.
Lu Xiaoyou stretched out his hand, and the thing flew up and landed in Lu Xiaoyou's hand. Then the two of them took it back to the top of a mountain not far away and handed it to the old beggar.
This is an earthy yellow scale, about the size of two ordinary people's palms. It feels smooth to the touch but looks dry and withered.
"Master, is it dragon scales?"
Yang Zong asked curiously. When he was an emperor, he was always praised as a real dragon on earth. He also knew that the emperor did have some dragon energy, so he would always pay more attention to things related to dragons.
"Yes, the scales of the earth dragon."
"Earth dragon?"
Yang Zong and Lu Xiaoyou looked at each other. They had never heard of this kind of dragon.
"You've heard of a dragon turning over, right?"
Everyone has heard of this, so of course the two nodded. The old beggar looked at the scales in his hand and said lightly.
"The so-called earth dragon turning over refers to the destructive force generated by the huge change in the power of the earth. But in fact, in some places where the mountain energy is relatively strong, some lazy dragons like to practice there, especially in some so-called dragon veins. They stay motionless for many years and almost merge with the mountain. Slowly they evolve into earth dragons. But occasionally turning over can affect the surrounding earth power, which is also the origin of the earth dragon turning over. It's just that this..."
The old beggar looked around this place. The evil aura was so strong. Although there were evil dragons among the dragon species, the earth dragons did not like this kind of aura very much.
"Let's go down and take a look!"
As he spoke, the old beggar and his two disciples went straight into the top of the mountain, escaping into the ground using the earth burrow method, and then they fled to a certain direction based on their sense of direction. Only half a minute later, the three of them arrived at a depth of nearly a thousand feet underground.
In a gap between mountains and rivers, three people with the spiritual light of earth escape stopped. Lu Xiaoyou and Yang Zong stared blankly at the front, and the old beggar's face was not looking good either.
A huge earth dragon was lying here quietly, its body was at least twenty or thirty feet long and extremely strong. However, the earth dragon was too quiet at this moment, and it did not even exchange breath with the outside world.
"Master, is this earth dragon dead?"
"Hmph, dead!"
The old beggar's eyes were flashing with a faint Dharma light. Not only was the earth dragon dead, but the dragon's corpse was filled with extremely resentful spirits, which continuously emanated hostility and evil spirits, permeating the surrounding mountains and dragon veins.
"Master, this earth dragon is so big, it must be quite powerful, right?"
"Well, although the strength of dragons is not entirely determined by their physique, this one's cultivation must not be too bad, considering its size. It must have been cultivating for at least a thousand or several hundred years. Even if an earth dragon is weaker than an ordinary dragon, it is no worse than a real water dragon in a big river."
Yang Zong's expression was equally solemn, knowing that his master had something else to say.
"Such a dragon actually died quietly underground? Who did it?"
"Hehe, it can't be the right way anyway! No wonder the royal families of the surrounding countries are going crazy."
"Then if we deal with the corpse of this earth dragon, can we stop them from fighting?"
When Lu Xiaoyou asked this, the old beggar shook his head slightly, and Yang Zong on the side sighed.
"Brother, when the war breaks out, there is no choice in many things, especially when people go crazy and kill each other. The resentment is entangled with each other. And this matter is obviously not just a problem of one earth dragon. Who knows how many things there are in the entire Tianyu Continent."
"Xiao Zong is right, but we can't just ignore this matter. Let's seal the dragon corpse first. If we continue like this, the dragon will turn into a corpse!"
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The transformation of the earth dragon's corpse shocked Lu Xiaoyou and Yang Zong. It was terrifying just to think about it, and this kind of thing would definitely anger the dragon clan, even though this earth dragon might just be a "lone wild dragon."
"If the dragon clan gets involved, the situation will get even more chaotic. The dark hand behind this is very powerful, more sinister than a large group of demons."
Lu Xiaoyou also frowned and said something.
"And I'm afraid there will be no shortage of demons."
"good!"
However, at this moment, the old beggar still felt that with the powerful foundation of Qianyuan Sect and Tianyuzhou's righteousness, he could resolve all crises.
"Gurgle..."
Suddenly, a slight sound came out from the dragon corpse. In the quiet underground, it was caught by three people, which immediately made them realize that there was something wrong.