Chapter 2360: The Art of Heavenly Secrets

“It’s like this: ten days ago, my Tianlong Temple was suddenly attacked by the Demonic Sect…”

Faxiang began to recount. It turned out that ten days ago, the Demonic Sect, which had been hidden for many years, suddenly launched an assault on Tianlong Temple.

A large number of powerful cultivators were mobilized at once, and there were even cultivators at the Great Ascension Stage.

Tianlong Temple was only an eight-star Sect, and the highest cultivation in the temple was only Dongxu Peak. They were already weaker, and coupled with the sudden attack, they suffered heavy casualties.

Finally, under the leadership of Abbot Xu Wu, everyone hid inside the Celestial Buddha Pagoda of Tianlong Temple.

The Celestial Buddha Pagoda was originally the Sect's treasure pagoda, protected by a Formation, and Buddhist treasures had a suppressive effect on the Demonic Sect at a fundamental level.

This way, the Demonic Sect's powerful cultivators were kept outside. However, those people did not leave; instead, they set up a Formation throughout Tianlong Temple, completely trapping them inside.

At first, the people of Tianlong Temple thought that if they held out for a while, the other party would naturally retreat. Later, they discovered that the matter was not that simple.

The other party was clearly prepared this time. The Formation they set up was extremely powerful, continuously generating Devilish Qi and eroding the Celestial Buddha Pagoda.

As time went on, the Buddha light of the Celestial Buddha Pagoda grew fainter, and the Formation also began to loosen. It wouldn't be long before it completely collapsed.

This was already the last line of defense for the entire Tianlong Temple. If even the Celestial Buddha Pagoda was breached, the subsequent result would be the complete annihilation of the Sect.

In desperation, Great Master Xu Wu once again used the Buddhist treasure Vajra Pestle to forcibly break open a passage, allowing the Sect's Eight Great Vajras to rush out and seek help.

Speaking of this, Faxiang sighed, “The number of masters the Demonic Sect used this time was simply too many. The eight of us came out and fled in eight different directions, but each direction had powerful cultivators pursuing us.

I was already severely injured when I broke through the encirclement, and the two people following me were no weaker than me in cultivation. I was even more severely injured during the frantic escape.

Fortunately, I later met this Young man; otherwise, this old monk would have already gone to see the Buddha.”

After speaking, he clasped his hands together towards Ye Bufan, “This old monk thanks the Young man for saving my life.”

“Great Master, you’re too kind.”

Ye Bufan waved his hand, then asked, “Isn’t the Demonic Sect always hidden in the shadows? Why did they suddenly attack Tianlong Temple? Is there some hidden reason?”

“This old monk is not very clear either,” Faxiang said. “Precisely because everything happened too suddenly, we had no preparations, and we didn't even have time to ask for help from the various Sects.

However, in the great battle a hundred years ago, my Tianlong Temple was the main force in suppressing the Demonic Sect.

It was precisely because of this that we suffered heavy losses. We were a Nine Star Sect before, but after that battle, we fell to an eight-star Sect.”

Ye Bufan was not from the Kunlun Continent, so he didn't know what the great battle a hundred years ago that he mentioned was about.

Faxiang didn't say anything more. He turned and looked at Ximen Jiayin with a sincere expression: “Sect Master Ximen, saving lives is like fighting a fire.

I have been out for some time, and the Celestial Buddha Pagoda is in danger of being breached at any moment. Please lend a helping hand, or Tianlong Temple will truly be finished.”

Ximen Jiayin frowned slightly. Logically speaking, Nine Heavens Immortal Palace and Wuliang Temple were both righteous Sects, and at this time, they should extend a helping hand to Tianlong Temple.

But she knew Ye Bufan's current situation. He had successively killed the Four Great Elders of Wuliang Temple, and once Sect Master Qian Wuji came looking for him, only she could handle it.

She had just received a great favor from him, so it wouldn't be good to turn around and leave now.

She thought for a moment and said, “Ye Yixian, how about we go to Tianlong Temple together to lend a helping hand?”

According to her thoughts, as long as she kept Ye Bufan by her side, even if she directly faced Qian Wuji, there would be nothing to fear.

Originally, as fellow Nine Star Sects, both of their cultivations were at Great Ascension Peak, and Wuliang Temple and Nine Heavens Immortal Palace were also comparable in strength.

Now that the other party had successively lost four powerful cultivators at the Great Ascension Stage, their strength was already significantly inferior, and Nine Heavens Immortal Palace definitely held an absolute advantage.

Ye Bufan pondered for a moment, then shook his head.

“No, I have more important things to do.”

For him, the Kunlun Continent simply did not belong to him.

The most important thing for him was to find the five-colored mystic stone, repair the passage, and return to Earth. Whatever happened here, it didn't matter much.

Faxiang showed a hint of surprise, not understanding why Ximen Jiayin, as the Sect Leader of a Nine Star Sect and of high status, would ask for the opinion of a Young man?

But he didn't speak. At this point, he could only follow their arrangements.

“Ye Yixian, actually, I have a method that benefits both of us.”

Ximen Jiayin said, “I know you want to get the five-colored mystic stone the most right now, but waiting like this, hoping for a miracle, probably won't yield any results.

Great Master Xu Wu of Tianlong Temple and I have known each other for many years. Besides his cultivation at Dongxu Realm Peak, he is also proficient in the art of heavenly secrets.

It's just that this art reveals heavenly secrets and has great backlash, so he generally doesn't perform divinations for others.

But if we help resolve the crisis of Tianlong Temple this time, I believe Great Master Xu Wu will certainly not be stingy and will help you predict the location of the five-colored mystic stone.”

After she finished speaking, Ye Bufan's eyes immediately lit up.

If he could deduce the location of the five-colored mystic stone through mystic calculations, it would be much better than waiting aimlessly here.

He had also thought before of using the Innate Eight Trigrams method from the Ancient Medical Sect Legacy to make a deduction, but unfortunately, once it was related to himself, he couldn't deduce any results at all.

Not only could he not deduce the location of the five-colored mystic stone, but he also had no clue about the whereabouts of Situ Dianmo and others. In this situation, it would naturally be best if another person could help.

“Alright then, I will set off with the Sect Master now.”

Seeing that Ye Bufan agreed, Ximen Jiayin no longer hesitated.

She immediately informed Nine Heavens Immortal Palace and issued a mobilization order to the various Sects in the name of the Sect Leader, to jointly aid Tianlong Temple.

Ye Bufan also didn't delay. He directly hung a 'Temporarily Closed' sign in front of the Gu Yi Men Clinic, then took everyone and set off together.

He had no choice in this matter. With him and Ximen Jiayin not present, he couldn't let Wuliang Temple capture Lu Xueman and others to threaten him.

Once fully prepared, Ye Bufan directly summoned Nine Heavens, taking everyone with him as they sped towards Tianlong Temple.

Although Tianlong Temple was only an eight-star Sect, its foundation was extremely profound.

Just as Faxiang said, a hundred years ago, it was also a Nine Star Sect of Tianqiong State, but its strength declined later, leading to its current situation.

Although the speed of Nine Heavens was very fast, Tianxing Empire Royal City was relatively far from Tianlong Temple.

It was precisely because of this that when Ye Bufan and the others arrived at the entrance of Tianlong Temple, hundreds of people had already gathered there, all from other Sects who had received the news and came to assist.

At this moment, everyone was looking up at the mountain together.

The Tianlong Peak, where Tianlong Temple was located, was originally rich in Spiritual Qi, but now it was completely enveloped by clusters of black Devilish Qi.

Looking from afar, only the Celestial Buddha Pagoda on the mountaintop still faintly emitted golden Buddha light, but this light was growing fainter and fainter.

Everyone was very clear that once the black Devilish Qi completely engulfed the Buddha light, that would be the time of Tianlong Temple's annihilation.

Seeing this scene, Ye Bufan secretly sighed, how similar this was to the legendary story of the flooding of Jinshan Temple.

Only the flood was replaced by Devilish Qi, and Jinshan Temple was replaced by Tianlong Temple.

Although many people had come now, there weren't many masters. Facing the vast sea of Devilish Qi, they simply didn't have the courage to act.

Now, seeing Ximen Jiayin arrive, everyone's eyes immediately lit up and they immediately gathered around her.

After all, she was the Sect Leader of a Nine Star Sect, with extremely strong rallying power. With her present, everyone's hearts immediately felt much more at ease.

And just at this moment, several more figures sped over.

The leader was a tall, upright middle-aged man, dressed in a long robe, with a solemn face like still water, and exuding the Aura of a powerful cultivator.

It was none other than the Sect Master of the other Nine Star Sect, Wuliang Temple — Qian Wuji.