Read Novel Full Chapter 3631 - 1769: Cross Corner Street’s Three Anomalies, the Eight Bazhun’an Wait in Stillness (Part 2)
Chapter 3631: Chapter 1769: Cross Corner Street’s Three Anomalies, the Eight Bazhun’an Wait in Stillness (Part 2)
This doesn’t count as a loss?
What does this count as!
Aunt Xiang clearly had her own understanding: "Elder Dao the Flamboyant never takes just one path, on the surface there’s one plan, behind the scenes there’s another, maybe even more than one..."
"Are you saying he has other intentions?" The Divine spoke from the bronze mirror, "What are those intentions?"
Aunt Xiang slightly shook her head, how could she know?
She looked towards the Eagle Snake: "Besides Xu Ai’s battle, what other important or suspicious matters are there in the five regions, bring them all to me."
Speaking of this, Aunt Xiang suddenly paused, raised her hand to stop the Eagle Snake from speaking, and lowered her head into contemplation.
The good thinker is good at introspection!
In dealing with Hallmaster Dao, Xiang Yaoyao didn’t dare claim complete understanding, but she could certainly heighten her vigilance to its fullest.
Before she spoke, or right after, she would always reflect on herself.
And just after she spoke, Aunt Xiang’s self-reflection revealed where the problem lay.
Even in her habitual thinking, she was concerned with anomalies across the five regions, but completely overlooked the ground beneath her feet, not considered at all!
Raising her eyes, Aunt Xiang asked: "Any anomalies at Cross Corner Street recently?"
The Eagle Snake was stunned, pondered for a moment, and slowly shook his head:
"A few days ago, the normal disturbance at the Slaughter Ground on Central Square, you are aware of it."
"Now, it’s just someone scheming to covet the position of North Street Master, nothing significant..."
North Street Master?
After Ye Xiao, this position changed hands three to five times a month, truly insignificant.
But without anomalies...
This is reasonable!
If Hallmaster Dao made a move, how could it reveal unreasonable places?
Even if it could be seen, it would not be by someone like the Eagle Snake and herself, but by opponents of his own level.
Aunt Xiang quickly thought of something and asked the bronze mirror, "Look again... the position of the pagoda, maybe if Hallmaster Dao made a move, you could see it."
"Heh, been looking for thirty years." A gentle laughter came from inside the bronze mirror, "He won’t allow it, not even Hallmaster Dao can find it."
The speaker was unintentional, but the listener grasped the meaning.
Aunt Xiang’s pupils suddenly dilated, reminding her of the "normal disturbances" at Cross Corner Street shortly after returning to the City of the Dead Bodhisattva.
Frequent disturbances occur at Cross Corner Street.
Sometimes earthquakes, sometimes thunder, or murderous intent converging, turning fierce winds into disasters, those who touch it are prone to cultivation deviation.
This was nothing unusual, every so often, Cross Corner Street would experience it once, otherwise the gruesome reputation of the City of the Dead Bodhisattva would be undeserved.
But the unusual aspect was... when Aunt Xiang calculated carefully, the normal disturbance of a few days ago seemed to coincide with the time the Heavenly Ladder melted and Sleeveless entered Buddha!
"Did You Yuan leave?"
"Or if his power leaked, then over at Cross Corner Street..."
Before this, she was completely unaware and never even considered thinking deeply in this direction.
Now thinking of it, the more she thought, the more terrifying it became!
Aunt Xiang felt a chill down her spine, was about to urge The Divine to seriously search again, when suddenly an astonished voice came from her bronze mirror:
"Eh?"
This sound at this time was more terrifying than the sky collapsing, Aunt Xiang couldn’t help but ask, "What did you see?"
"The Inverted Pagoda?" The Divine hesitated.
"What? You found it?"
"...Yes."
When The Divine became certain, Aunt Xiang’s mind went blank, and soon the turbulent thoughts in her mind boiled rapidly:
"The Divine found the Inverted Pagoda, during the weakest period of these thirty years."
"Ai Cangsheng died by Xu Xiaoshou’s hand, under the restrictions of his own Ancient War God Platform, henceforth no Daoist Guardian for the five regions."
"Hallmaster Dao didn’t suddenly intervene at the last moment, but started planning all this at the Divine Relics."
"Just perfectly, You Yuan’s power leaked at Cross Corner Street, melted the Heavenly Ladder, cutting off the great families of the Five Great Holy Emperors and the two planes of the Shengshen Continent..."
Interpreting the Divine Relics and the current five regions’ structure from another perspective, Aunt Xiang suddenly understood Hallmaster Dao!
This didn’t bring pleasure, instead, it caused more palpitations.
Even I realized it?
Does this mean the time for Concealment from the sky and sea is over?
Aunt Xiang clutched the bronze mirror and solemnly asked, "You mentioned before, You Yuan was suppressing something, what was it?"
"You can’t remember." The Divine said bluntly.
"I can now!" Aunt Xiang desperately wanted to slap this idiot’s head, "With the Heavenly Ladder melting, Xu Xiaoshou’s Great Path of Will was always interfering!"
"The Demon Ancestor."
The Eagle Snake’s body stiffened.
Is this something I should hear?
The boss won’t silence me, but the lady boss... uh, it’s hard to say!
"Should I step out?" The Eagle Snake couldn’t hold it anymore.
"No need, you better be Hallmaster Dao!" Aunt Xiang glared viciously.
The Eagle Snake turned green.
I’m not Hallmaster Dao!
Lady boss, why do you suspect everyone you see is that flamboyant Elder Dao!
Fortunately, the boss in the bronze mirror was able to help me out, asking: "Xiang’er, what have you realized?"
Aunt Xiang held her forehead, letting out a long sigh:
"Demon Ancestor..."
"If it’s the Demon Ancestor, then I understand."
"Cursed Yin wants to enter the game, it can only communicate or form an alliance with the residual intent of the Ancestral God from the Inverted Pagoda, which also exists on the Shengshen Continent."
"Demon Ancestor." The Divine corrected seriously, "It’s not the residual torso, spirit, or intent of the Ancestral God, it’s the Demon Ancestor."
Aunt Xiang was taken aback, her face turning a bit pale:
"Then perhaps Cursed Yin has to take a lower position or promised some benefit to the Demon Ancestor?"
"No, before You Yuan even emerged from the tower, they probably hadn’t officially met."
"So it seems Dao Qiongcang is the intermediary between the two, he’s playing a good game of chess!"
Aunt Xiang’s face was filled with shock, as if realizing something else:
"You Yuan doesn’t leave the tower, the Demon Ancestor and Cursed Yin don’t meet."
"Then Dao Qiongcang can completely use the Demon Ancestor to ally with Cursed Yin on one hand, and later communicate with the Demon Ancestor with Cursed Yin’s sincerity—what a move of getting something for nothing!"
"That’s why the Stairway to Heaven melted down, because he either had a part in it or predicted that You Yuan was about to fail?"
"That move created this situation, Elder Dao the Flamboyant will be the first to want to communicate with the Demon Ancestor!"
The more Aunt Xiang spoke, the clearer her thoughts became, and eventually, shock turned into fear as she covered her mouth and whispered:
"Dao Qiongcang, right at the Cross Corner Street!"
Eagle Snake was stunned, feeling a chill at the back of his head.
The Hallmaster Dao is here, could it be that Aunt Xiang is actually him in disguise?
But suddenly, Eagle Snake noticed Aunt Xiang’s gaze on him had turned into deep suspicion.
No...
Eagle Snake had no way to explain.
He hadn’t understood half a word, only grasped the conclusion, how did he become Dao Qiongcang?
Once again, he had to rely on The Divine Almighty from the bronze mirror to save the situation: "What do I need to do?"
Aunt Xiang was silent.
The Divine has already ended it this way, even opening the sacrifice of the Four Sacrifices.
Just right, his current state requires nothing else, but to watch the unfolding change.
Though it’s unclear what plan Dao Qiongcang has, what he’s after, as long as one avoids the sharp edges...
"Xiang’er, I must make a move."
The Divine’s words interrupted her thoughts.
He couldn’t see the bigger picture, clearly understanding what his partner would think.
It was nothing more than worrying about his own safety, and then wondering if doing less might mean more, simply opting not to participate.
Just like previously, they repeatedly hinted to stay at Cross Corner Street, spending the rest of their lives together.
The Divine knew this wasn’t realistic.
The level he’s at doesn’t allow for such naivety.
"If I don’t make a move, Bazhun’an, Xu Xiaoshou will have no one behind him." The Divine spoke earnestly, "I am the big tree, they need something to rely on."
Aunt Xiang angrily shook the bronze mirror in her hand, trying to wake up the person inside it this way:
"You’re like this now, take a step back!"
The room fell into a momentary silence.
Eagle Snake listened while trembling, feeling that he shouldn’t be here.
But not long after, that calm and steady voice spoke again:
"You know, I won’t step back."
Aunt Xiang powerlessly placed the bronze mirror in her hand onto the table, dropping her hands, remaining silent for a long time.
Eagle Snake could only wait.
From dusk to late night, to the early hours...
As the sun rose from the east, when the morning light shone upon the window, Eagle Snake finally saw Aunt Xiang move.
"You shouldn’t retreat..."
"But others must advance!"
She suddenly blinked as if grasping at a lifeline in an endless predicament, her bloodshot eyes stared fiercely, rather grimly:
"What is Bazhun’an doing?"
"Ah?" Eagle Snake was startled, what is Lord Baz doing, how would I know?
Aunt Xiang didn’t need an answer, she continued to talk to herself: "In the jade scroll you gave me, Love for All Living Beings Ancestor Transformation, with Hooking Eye anchoring Bazhun’an, is in the Central Region?"
"Um... yes!" Eagle Snake hesitated for a moment, then nodded heavily, does this have any connection?
"Why is Bazhun’an still in the Central Region?"
"Uh."
"He hasn’t made a move the whole time?"
"Uh?"
Eagle Snake was in a daze the entire time.
He couldn’t keep up with Aunt Xiang’s pace at all.
But he’s not foolish, and becoming aware of the situation, his lips parted slightly, revealing a surprised expression.
"Yes, Xu Ai’s great battle, Lord Shou doesn’t need Lord Baz’s help anymore, then this journey of Lord Baz to the Central Region..."
"Who is he waiting for?"