Chapter 110 The Peril of Youchao Clan
"What?"
"An opportunity to attain enlightenment?"
"Brother, don't deceive me. A great opportunity will truly arrive soon!"
Upon hearing this, the Youchao Clan was overjoyed and asked the Suiren Clan with some uncertainty. Ziyi Clan, beside him, also looked hopeful, hoping for a positive answer.
"Of course, would I lie to you about this?" Suiren Clan smiled and replied confidently.
After achieving the Great Luo Golden Immortal status, Suiren Clan's spiritual senses greatly increased, making him increasingly sensitive to matters concerning himself. Therefore, as soon as Nuwa issued her command, he sensed an opportunity approaching.
"Emperor Sui, congratulations!"
Youchao Clan wanted to ask something more, but from afar, Feng Zichen's voice came, followed by a flash of purple light, and his figure appeared before the three.
"Hmm, that is..."
The moment Feng Zichen appeared, the Suiren Clan felt an overwhelming divine might wash over him, majestic and powerful, causing his pupils to shrink as he stared intently at him.
"Mount Buzhou!!!"
Behind Feng Zichen, the phantom of a majestic divine mountain appeared, ancient and weathered, imbued with a profound Daoist aura, sacred and inviolable, radiating an aura of towering power, seemingly capable of suppressing everything.
"Zichen, what's going on? How did the phantom of Mount Buzhou appear behind you?" Shocked, Suiren asked in confusion.
"Oh, is Emperor Sui referring to Mount Buzhou?"
"That's a newly acquired great divine power of mine, extremely powerful, but with my current strength, I can't unleash it."
"What a pity!"
Feng Zichen had personally witnessed the power of the phantom of Mount Buzhou. This earth-shattering divine power, which he had clearly mastered, was unusable due to his limited strength, truly frustrating him.
"Indeed, this power already possesses the initial might of a Great Luo Immortal!" Suiren nodded in deep agreement. The aura of this divine power even made him, a Great Luo Golden Immortal, frown, demonstrating its immense power.
"Brother, what exactly is this great opportunity you mentioned? You only said half of it, it's driving me crazy!"
Seeing Suirenshi and Feng Zichen chatting as if no one else was around, Youchaoshi was anxious and interrupted.
"Opportunity? What opportunity is making Chaohuang so excited?" Feng Zichen had just arrived and didn't know much about what had happened before, so he smiled and asked curiously.
"Second brother, you're confused!"
"What is an opportunity?"
"It's called an opportunity precisely because it's unknown. If I had known what it was earlier, I would have just taken it directly. Why would I have waited for it to come to me on its own!"
Suirenshi frowned slightly at Youchaoshi's behavior. With a wave of his sleeve, a ray of clear light flew out and entered Youchaoshi's body.
"Brother, I'm sorry, I acted impulsively." The clear light entering his body instantly brought Youchaoshi to his senses. Reflecting on his actions, he quickly apologized.
"It's alright. Attaining the Dao concerns your future, so it's normal for you to be anxious."
"However, your emotions have been rather unstable lately, and you often act impulsively, completely lacking the demeanor of a Taiyi Golden Immortal. Is there something wrong with your health?"
As he spoke, Suirenshi, thinking of Youchao's recent unusual behavior, couldn't help but ask with concern.
Feng Zichen, standing to the side, was also somewhat puzzled. Logically, a Taiyi Golden Immortal should be undisturbed by emotions, tranquil and free, and shouldn't act impulsively. Why was Youchao's emotion so unstable?
Thinking this, Feng Zichen secretly used his Sun and Moon Divine Eyes to look at Youchao.
"Eh! Resentment! How can Youchao have so much resentment on him?"
Under the gaze of the Divine Eyes of the Sun and Moon, Feng Zichen clearly saw a thick aura of resentment swirling between Youchao's brows, emanating an ominous aura.
It was this resentment that clouded Youchao's spirit, dimming his true essence, causing him to lose his composure and become easily swayed by his emotions.
"But this doesn't make sense!"
"Youchao is protected by the golden light of merit, which can ward off all evil, and this golden light is most effective against such foul energy."
"Normally, this resentment would be extinguished by the merit emanating from Youchao before it even gets close."
"But what about this resentment? How did it bypass the golden light of merit and entangle Youchao?"
Closing his eyes, Feng Zichen used the Ziwei Doushu (a form of divination) to silently calculate and trace the origin of the resentment.
After a long while, he opened his eyes, glanced at Youchao with a complex expression, and quietly looked away, powerless to do anything about it.
"Alright, second brother, third sister, you should go back now. You've both worked so hard these past few days. Go back and get some rest!"
Seeing Youchao's bitter smile and silence, Suiren's lips twitched as he spoke.
"Yes!" Ziyi greeted him and pulled Youchao away.
"Zichen, you've noticed too, haven't you!" After the two had gone some distance, Suiren said with a worried expression, his words full of concern.
"Yes!" Nodding, Feng Zichen continued, "However, given Chaohuang's current condition, there's nothing we can do to help. He can only rely on himself to overcome it."
That resentment came from the human immortals who died at the hands of the ferocious beasts.
They resented Feng Zichen and the others for driving them away from the shores of the East Sea, leaving them to live in constant fear;
they resented Feng Zichen and the others for not helping them, letting them die tragically at the hands of the ferocious beasts.
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All of this caused their resentment to linger after death, transforming into a monstrous aura that attacked Feng Zichen and the others.
However, Feng Zichen and the others were protected by the aura of merit, and the resentment was purified by the golden light of merit before it even reached them, without even a ripple.
But Youchao was different!
He cultivated the path of protection, taking it upon himself to protect humanity and not allowing them to suffer the slightest harm.
In the past, Youchao built nests to live in, providing humanity with shelter from the wind and rain, and protection from the bullying of beasts.
Seeing the happy faces of his people, Youchao understood at that moment, finding his path forward: to protect his people and everything they had created.
Therefore, when the chaos of the ferocious beasts erupted, causing the deaths of many of his people, Youchao was filled with deep remorse.
This caused him not only to fail to purify the resentment when it surged forth, but also to actively suppress his aura of merit, allowing it to enter his body.
He intended to punish himself in this way, attempting to quell the resentment of his people.
"Yes, these things can only be understood by oneself; no matter how much outsiders say, it's useless." Suirenshi nodded somewhat wistfully, "He's stuck in a rut!"
"Hmm, I've got it!"
After thinking for a moment, Feng Zichen said to Suirenshi,
"Now that all the major tribes have gathered on the shores of the East Sea, and you have broken through to the Great Luo Realm, why not take this opportunity to preach to everyone for a hundred years?"
(End of this chapter)