nycdaug Chapter 311: The Silent Taoist
Chapter 311: The Silent Taoist
Chapter 311: The Silent Taoist
So the two continued walking forward.
Before long, the scenery in front of us changed.
The reason for the change is that there is a stone platform in front of us, and on the platform sits an old man, very old and frail, with a full head of silver hair, but he still sits there, his body straight, like a sculpture.
But Gu Heng felt that this was the oldest thing he had ever seen.
Just looking at his face, it was as withered as tree bark, and his hands were shriveled and trembling. It felt like he was only a little bit away from dying.
But strangely enough, he kept his old, dim, and cloudy eyes open.
Although his gaze was cloudy, a strange glint flashed across it when it fell upon Jiang Lingyun.
Then, he whispered hoarsely, his voice sounding exactly like the trembling words of a dying man: "It seems it's the two of you."
"If you hadn't said anything, I would have thought you were dead."
Gu Heng was so frightened that goosebumps appeared on his skin.
This old guy isn't dropping any gold coins yet; he's keeping us hanging on.
Jiang Lingyun squinted and stared intently at the old man, but she couldn't discern anything from him.
"You're right, I am indeed dead, otherwise I wouldn't be here, would I?"
The old man shook his head, then suddenly revealed a mysterious smile.
The next moment, he slowly raised his hand, and light shone from his fingertips. Then, a thunderous roar resounded, and the lightning was actually a bluish-green color, with overwhelming power, tearing open a large area of the blood-red sky.
Beneath the thunder, both Gu Heng and Jiang Lingyun heard strange melodies, as if the thunder itself was sound, but not simply the playing of musical instruments. "Who are you?"
Jiang Lingyun asked.
"Me? I don't even remember my own name. I only remember people calling me 'Wuyin Daoren' (Silent Taoist). I founded a sect called Qianyin Valley, and I planned to follow in the footsteps of that 'Sound Immortal' to see even higher realms..."
Upon hearing the old man's words, Jiang Lingyun's expression suddenly changed.
"The Silent Taoist"... was the first Valley Master of Thousand Sound Valley!
This is a very famous figure from the prehistoric era! By today, most of them have died and their souls have perished, but this old thing has managed to stay alive until now, residing in a celestial artifact like the Tongtian Qin?
That's really awesome.
"However, although I did not catch up with him, I found his zither, but it was already a bit broken. In order to continue to protect Thousand Sound Valley, I dismembered my physical body and merged my soul into the zither."
The old man seemed to reminisce a little as he recalled the past. "You...you replaced the spirit of this Heavenly Harp?!"
She understood now.
All magical weapons and halberds of the top three grades have a "weapon spirit," but the higher the grade, the more mature the weapon spirit becomes. When it reaches the immortal grade, its intelligence matures and it can transform into a human.
However, the Tongtianqin was badly damaged and obviously did not have the ability to transform into a human. Now it seems that the Tongtianqin is so badly damaged that its spirit must have been lost.
Instead.
It is the soul of this silent Taoist.
Now, he can actually be considered the spirit of this zither. No wonder the Heavenly Zither can still unleash the power befitting a celestial instrument even without its spirit.
"Ah... alright, I don't really care about any of that. Just tell us how to get out."
Gu Heng had no idea what Jiang Lingyun had understood, nor did he want to know. His main concern was to leave this place as soon as possible; it was rather eerie.
"Go out, we'll have to wait a bit."
The Daoist Wuyin smiled and waved his hand. A figure walked out from the side; it was Yuyinzi.
His face was full of sinister smiles, as if he thought Gu Heng and Jiang Lingyun were already dead, so he became unscrupulous and no longer bothered to pretend.
Upon seeing Yu Quzi, Jiang Lingyun initially wanted to attack directly, but since everyone was currently a spirit, and Jiang Lingyun was not skilled in attacks specifically targeting the mind, she preferred to annihilate her opponents physically rather than through swordsmanship.
"Let's see how long you can hide."
Gu Heng, however, seemed unconcerned, and uttered a sentence to Yu Yinzi.
"Hide? I don't need to hide!"
Yu Quzi laughed even more arrogantly: "You've come in this time because you're destined not to leave. With the first Valley Master of Thousand Sound Valley here, you've colluded to harm the most outstanding genius of Thousand Sound Valley, attempting to nip in the bud among my music cultivators who have the best chance of reaching the Sound Immortal realm!"
"You think your souls still have a chance to leave alive?!"
As he spoke, he turned to look at the Silent Daoist, knelt down, and respectfully kowtowed: "Senior! Please kill these two thieves immediately and give my Thousand Sound Valley a new way to survive!"
This time.
Gu Heng understood.
Holy crap, this guy actually wanted to directly attack his and Jiang Lingyun's souls!
We certainly can't let Yu Quzi succeed.
Although Gu Heng had never seen what a person whose soul had died looked like, he could imagine that they must have become a vegetable!
However, the Silent Taoist was not in a hurry.
He was very composed, seemingly not following Yu Quzi's orders at all, and turned to look at Gu Heng and Jiang Lingyun.
"Although I once swore an oath that if Thousand Sound Valley were to face future calamities and I were awakened, I would surely protect this legacy, however..."
"The Sound Immortal of yesteryear was a being who protected hundreds of millions of mortals and was revered by countless people. We juniors who want to follow in his footsteps must also uphold our original intentions and give light to the righteous path. Otherwise, where would we have any face?"
As soon as he finished speaking...
Yu Quzi's expression became somewhat unnatural.
"But the current master of my Thousand Sound Valley doesn't seem to be so upright..."
The Silent Taoist glanced at him indifferently, "It's not that I believe you."
Then he turned to Gu Heng: "I only intend to hear what you two have to say."
Suddenly, things took an interesting turn. Upon hearing Wuyin Daoren's words, Yu Quzi froze completely!
But he dared not say anything now, because this was the Tongtianqin's own space. Yu Quzi used his essence blood to awaken Wuyin Daoren and designated Gu Heng and Jiang Lingyun as targets, so all three of them were pulled in.
In other words.
In this space, the three outsiders were like lambs to the slaughter.
Unless Jiang Lingyun and Gu Heng have a way to counter immortal-grade magic treasures, there's no chance for them to succeed.
But since Daoist Wuyin didn't kill them directly, Yuquzi was worried that he might be attacked by the backlash!
"...This little girl is alright, but this person..."
Although the Silent Taoist had given his explanation, he actually had many doubts. There were two reasons why he hadn't made a move.
First, he genuinely felt that Yu Quzi was not a good person. Based solely on his intuition, Wuyin Daoren felt that Yu Quzi was quite dishonest.
Secondly, the Silent Taoist was not confident in eliminating the two souls before him!
Especially this young man!
He looked ordinary, but the Silent Daoist could sense that this world was about to be crushed by him!