Chapter 846: Palace of Enlightened Dao (II)
His dark expression wasn’t due to greed for what lay within the hall. If the Metallic Essence truly resided there, the disturbance caused by opening it would be far beyond what Mount Changhuai’s Purple Mansion Realm cultivators could conceal. Finding it first wouldn’t mean claiming it.
Nor was he upset by Mount Changhuai slighting him so openly. What truly unsettled him was the deeper message saying that his old friends had all passed. Alone, Yuan Xiu was now weak and isolated. He was no longer well regarded by these younger cultivators.
Though he often quarreled with Yuan Su and found him distasteful, if a junior had dared say such words before them, Yuan Su would’ve slapped the offender and cursed him to his face.
That idiot’s done it more than once, too...
The image of Yuan Su flashed through his mind, but Si Boxiu, his true name, quickly forced it away. He turned his gloomy gaze toward the Purple Mansion Realm cultivator of Mount Changhuai. But after a moment, he said nothing, simply flicking his sleeve and leaving in silence.
He had only taken two steps when his divine power, Words of Hidden Perception, stirred faintly. Instantly stepping back, the golden talisman in his hand surged to life, blocking the beam of golden light coming straight at him.
Two radiant dharma bodies shot out before him; they were both glowing gold. One had four arms and four legs, with two faces on its neck. One of the faces was grinning, and the other one weeping. The figure held various dharma artifacts in its hands.
The other had two eyes on his face and a three on his chest. He gazed coldly, his arms arranged like a lotus bloom. It was he who had launched the golden attack just now.
“Nuzi, Five-Eyed...”