Protect Our Clan Leader

Chapter 3091: Chapter 95: North Polar Region! Wang Baoguang Pays a Visit_3

”It is indeed somewhat suspicious. By rights, Brother Taiyang is already the foremost in all the God Continents at refining Taoist Yuan Pills, the only Taoist Master who can actually make money off them. And the Heavenly Dao Alliance is in urgent need of Chaos Spirit Stones—there’s no reason they wouldn’t sell.” Taoist Master Ziyun stroked his beard and speculated, ”That leaves only one explanation: someone is buying up Dao Yuan Fruit at a high price, intending to compete with you, Brother.”

”Hmph!”

Taoist Master Taiyang let out a cold snort. ”Those capable of refining Taoist Yuan Pills are nothing more than three: Taoist Master Taichu of Dongxia, The Blissful Master of Southern Blaze, and the Great Sumeru Buddha Lord of Xi Ruo. I’ve heard that Old Ghost Hongzhen has managed three pills out of his last two furnaces—seems his luck is fairly decent. Most likely he’s mistaking luck for actual ability and foolishly dreams of competing with me in Alchemy.”

”If that’s the case, Brother Taiyang really needn’t worry. After all, that Taichu elder has no Dao Fire and no Dao furnace.” Taoist Master Ziyun said with a smile, ”Compared to you, Brother Taiyang, he is innately missing a huge piece. Once he’s taken his losses, he’ll naturally withdraw of his own accord. After all, Taoist Yuan Pills may be expensive, but they’re only truly useful when it comes to the inheritance of major powers.”

After a brief silence, Taoist Master Taiyang shifted the topic. ”Fellow Daoist Ziyun, for you to invoke a projection to meet me this time... you’re not here just to console me, are you?”

At these words Ziyun’s expression immediately grew more solemn. ”I trust you’ve received the intelligence as well—the Dongxia Divine Dynasty is under joint assault by four Great Commanders, and the situation is perilous.”

”Hmph.” Taoist Master Taiyang gave a detached, cold laugh. ”That brat Cangping acts far too recklessly. To rashly slay the Great Commander Apocalypse—how could that not provoke the Demonic Clan’s retaliation?”

”You can’t really blame him for that.” Taoist Master Ziyun, however, showed some understanding for the Cangping God Emperor. ”The Demonic Clan’s style has always been aggressively domineering, and Cangping God Emperor hails from the Xuanyuan clan, with the glorious halo of Old Ancestor Xuanyuan hanging above his head. The pressure is no small thing. Since he happened to run into a perfect opportunity, hitting them once with a heavy blow is perfectly reasonable.”

Taoist Master Taiyang gave him a sidelong glance and said blandly, ”Could it be, Fellow Daoist Ziyun, that you intend to lend a hand to the Dongxia Divine Dynasty? Do not forget: back during the Great Migration, Old Ancestor Xuanyuan relied on overwhelming Martial power to seize the most fertile Dongxia Zhongtu, while driving out Sects such as ours who refused to submit, exiling us to the barren wastelands of this North Polar Region.”

”So many years have passed; in the end, we are all still part of the righteous camp of the Human race.” Taoist Master Ziyun’s expression grew slightly stern. ”Personally, I believe that some proper support is still necessary. At the very least, the principle of ’when the lips are gone, the teeth grow cold’ is the simplest thing in the world.”

”Of course, given that relations between us are rather chilly, I suggest we wait until Dongxia has suffered some losses and received sufficient lessons, then step in and pull them up. At that time, the two of our Sects can also share in some of the fertile lands within the Dongxia Divine Dynasty.”

Taiyang neither assented nor opposed, pondering for a moment. ”Our Ice and Fire Dao Sect has already received word that the Dongxia Divine Dynasty’s persuasion delegation set out some time ago. Estimating their journey, they should be about to arrive at our Sect. According to your intent, Fellow Daoist Ziyun, we are to prevaricate and delay, sit back and wait until they’ve taken a heavy loss, then sit down to discuss terms, yes?”

”Brother Taiyang understands me perfectly.” Ziyun said with a smile. ”The Xuanyuan clan has monopolized the Dongxia Zhongtu for so long, yet never thinks to make real progress. It’s about time we collect some interest on behalf of our two Sects’ forebears.”

Taiyang’s scarlet eyebrows twitched a few times, and he spoke in a low voice. ”And you’re not afraid that brat Cangping, in a moment of impulse, will stake the remaining trump cards the Xuanyuan clan has preserved till now to respond to this crisis?”

”That would be ideal.” Taoist Master Ziyun burst into loud laughter. ”Trump cards are trump cards precisely because, while they remain unused, they possess the greatest deterrent force. Once he burns through his trump cards, what ability or face will the Xuanyuan clan still have to treat the vast fertile Central Lands as their ’forbidden meat’?”

It was precisely at this moment.

From the doorway came the report of Taoist Master Taiyang’s Direct Disciple. ”Reporting to Master, the ’delegation’ from the Dongxia Divine Dynasty has already arrived outside the Ice and Fire Divine Island. They earnestly request an audience with Master. How they are to be handled, we await Master’s instruction.”

”They’ve come quite quickly. Seems the pressure facing Dongxia is greater than we imagined.” Taiyang was faintly surprised, and asked offhandedly, ”Who is the ’chief envoy’ of this Dongxia Delegation—which Saint King of the Xuanyuan clan?”

”Reporting to Master, the chief envoy of this Dongxia Delegation is not a Saint King of the Xuanyuan clan, but a senior from the Primordial Taoist Palace named ’Sacred Supreme Cloud Peng’. The deputy envoy is called ’Wang Baoguang’, said to be Sacred Supreme Cloud Peng’s Direct Disciple.”

”Sacred Supreme Cloud Peng? Strange. Since they’re seeking aid, why didn’t a Saint King of the Xuanyuan clan come?” Taiyang was a bit puzzled.

The name was not very familiar; it should not be a famed Sacred Supreme.

As a lofty Taoist Master, even within the North Shu God Continent, he did not necessarily remember all the Great Luo Realm Sacred Supremes—indeed he had no need to. After all, ’mere’ Sacred Supremes have ’too little’ lifespan; take your eye off them for a moment and they might well have died of old age.

As for other continents, he knew even fewer Sacred Supremes—only those relatively outstanding, quite renowned ones had the qualification to enter a Taoist Master’s sight.

”The Xuanyuan clan too is declining generation by generation. In this one, there are only two or three Saint Kings with any real reputation.” Taoist Master Ziyun also shook his head with a laugh. ”They most likely know that this plea for aid will be difficult, with low chances of success and inviting cold looks from all sides. So they’ve sent out an ordinary Sacred Supreme to carry the blame.”