Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest-Chapter 843 - Master of the Courtyard, Spare My Life

Chapter 843 -843 Master of the Courtyard, Spare My Life

Taking the final step down, Wang Chen looked back at the towering Green Cloud Peak piercing into the clouds.

The palaces on the peak still stood majestic, but in his eyes, they were nothing more than rotting wood and crumbling earth.

After a brief verbal confrontation, without using any force, the Great Elder of Green Cloud Palace ultimately yielded and obediently handed over the three Innate cultivators involved in the siege against Wang Chen.

These three cultivators were all healing in their Cave Mansions, never dreaming they would be sold out by the Great Elder.

Thus, the process of slaying them was undramatic, with no surprises occurring.

From then on, Wang Chen’s grievances with Green Cloud Palace were wiped clean.

However, as a result of this battle, Green Cloud Palace lost a significant part of its top fighting strength, and the treasures from their secret vault taken by Wang Chen led to losses that could only be described as shocking.

Yet, what was lost the most was people’s hearts.

As the saying goes, no secret can be kept forever. Wang Chen’s ascend to Green Cloud Palace, with the Great Elder kneeling submissively, would undermine its reputation as the number-one palace in the world!

It was only a matter of time before they would be replaced by Taiji Palace.

Back at Taiji Palace, Wang Chen soon announced another period of seclusion.

In the blink of an eye, another three years passed.

“Palace Master!”

An anxious call roused Wang Chen from his deepest meditative state.

He opened his eyes, and a spark of divine light flickered within the pitch-black depths, quickly sinking into the abyss.

Counting on his fingers, Wang Chen realized he had been in secluded cultivation for a full three years.

Although his Taoist robe was still immaculate, a thin layer of dust had settled on the ground around him, radiating from the Heaven and Earth Taiji Disc he was sitting on, revealing the shape of Innate Taiji.

Wang Chen’s hair had unexpectedly grown to touch the ground!

He gathered his long hair with his hand and tucked it within his robe, then stood up and waved his sleeve, opening the heavily sealed door.

A flush of fresh air instantly flowed in.

Kneeling before the door was a burly man with a tiger’s shoulders and a bear’s waist.

It was Gao Zhuang.

Upon seeing Wang Chen, Gao Zhuang immediately rejoiced, “Palace Master!”

Wang Chen asked in a deep voice, “Stand and speak, what has happened?”

He had specifically instructed before his seclusion that unless Taiji Palace faced an existential threat, nobody should disturb him.

Clearly, a significant event had occurred!

Gao Zhuang hurriedly stood up and reported, “Palace Master, two flying dragons have come and are attacking the city, the City Protecting Great Array is almost at its breaking point!”

“Flying dragons?”

Wang Chen was momentarily taken aback—what in the world?

However, now was not the time to get to the bottom of things; he furrowed his brow, “Where is Mo Han?”

Before his seclusion, Wang Chen had not only used the treasures plundered from Green Cloud Palace to perfect Chang’an’s City Protecting Great Array.

He had also helped to enhance Mo Han’s power.

During his time in seclusion, Mo Han was in charge of the authority over Chang’an and Taiji Palace, including the City Protecting Array!

Wang Chen was confident that with the array he had perfected, as long as everyone at Taiji Palace worked together, not even if Green Cloud Palace attacked in full force, could they breach it.

How could it be on the verge of collapse because of two flying dragons?

Surely these flying dragons couldn’t be tier-nine Fiend Beasts!

“Elder Mo is in Taiji Palace, presiding over the array.”

Gao Zhuang hesitated for a moment, then said with a wry smile, “It’s just that the cultivators in the palace are divided, and he is barely holding on!”

“Eh?”

Wang Chen suddenly noticed something amiss with Gao Zhuang’s aura, “Are you injured?”

“I was stealthily attacked just now.”

Gao Zhuang admitted with some embarrassment, “Luckily I had the treasures you bestowed upon me for protection, otherwise…”

Wang Chen instantly realized the imminent crisis Taiji Palace was facing was probably the result of internal and external troubles.

He guessed that his three-year absence from public view had given certain individuals the notion they had found an opportunity!

“Let’s go!”

Wang Chen wasted no time and immediately left the Cultivation Chamber.

This secret chamber was located underneath Lingyan Pavilion, equipped with special Formation Mechanisms, accessible only to Gao Zhuang and Mo Han.

To avoid outside disturbances, it was built exceptionally deep, which is why Wang Chen had been completely unaware of the commotion above ground.

The exit of the secret passage was right behind the main hall of Taiji Palace.

When Wang Chen returned to the surface and stepped into the main hall, his gaze fell upon the opposing parties within.

On one side was a group of several dozen cultivators led by Mo Han, while on the other side were also cultivators, all dressed in the unique Taoist Robes of Taiji Palace. Yet the two groups stood at a standoff, at the edge of internal strife.

“Gongyang Ji!”

Mo Han glared at a lean middle-aged cultivator and yelled furiously, “The sect leader has treated you well. Even if you don’t remember his kindness, how dare you incite others to betray Taiji Palace at such a critical juncture of life and death, you deserve death for your treachery!”

That middle-aged cultivator named Gongyang Ji was the leader of the other party. Facing Mo Han’s rebuke, he scoffed, “You know it’s a critical time of life and death, huh? If you can’t withstand the Flying Dragons outside, you can’t expect the rest of us to be buried with you, can you?”

“The sect leader has treated me well, but he’s been in seclusion for three years with his life and death uncertain. How can you blame me for wanting to preserve my own life?”

As soon as Gongyang Ji finished speaking, the cultivators beside him echoed his sentiments.

“Yes, yes, we just want to live. What’s wrong with that?”

“Elder Mo, if even you can’t hold them off, don’t blame us.”

“Right, open the Array restrictions and let us out!”

Their momentum was aggressive, as if they were on the verge of fighting to the death at a moment’s disagreement.

Any City Protecting Great Array required someone to preside over and anchor it for normal operation.

Under normal circumstances, the more cultivators stationed at the Array’s core and nodes, the stronger the Array’s operation and defensive effects.

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The main hall of Taiji Palace was exactly where the core of Chang’an’s City Protecting Great Array resided.

Originally, these cultivators should have been cooperating with Mo Han to counter the external threats.

Instead, they rebelled at a crucial moment.

Mo Han was so enraged she nearly spat blood, “You…”

“Elder Mo!”

Stepping forward triumphantly, Gongyang Ji boasted, “Actually, saving Chang’an City is simple. Just open the Great Array and let the friends from Green Cloud Palace outside the city in. With more people, there will be greater strength, and the crisis will naturally be averted.”

“I believe the sect leader would agree if he were here!”

“I don’t agree.”

Right after Gongyang Ji spoke, an indifferent voice echoed throughout the main hall, clearly reaching everyone’s ears.

Gongyang Ji’s face turned ashen instantly!

While Mo Han was ecstatic, “Sect Leader!”

Wang Chen walked into the main hall, his gaze sweeping across the face of each cultivator.

Some cultivators were incredibly excited, some let out huge sighs of relief, some had faces as pale as death, and some trembled in fear.

Gongyang Ji managed to force out an extremely ugly smile, “Sect, Sect Leader, I was only…”

Wang Chen didn’t speak, raising his right hand and pressing down through the air.

Boom!

In an instant, Gongyang Ji was crushed into a pulp on the ground by an invisible force, utterly weak as a newborn infant under Wang Chen’s hand.

He didn’t stand a chance.

The other cultivators from Gongyang Ji’s faction were scared out of their wits, collapsing to their knees on the spot.

“Spare us, Sect Leader!”

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