Night of Despair

Chapter 333 - 333 331 Plotting One

?Chapter 333: 331 Plotting One Chapter 333: 331 Plotting One Mid-November.

Late autumn.

Zihe Palace.

The vast Ziying Lake, shimmering with scales of light, was slowly coated with a layer of brilliant golden-red under the sunlight.

In the center of the lake, a wooden bridge runs through it.

The bridge is narrow, its surface paved with black and white stones.

In the middle, the ground is embedded with a one-meter-diameter Tai Chi Diagram.

At this time, in the Tai Chi Diagram, a long-haired woman wearing a purple skirt is sitting on a small wooden stool under an umbrella, intently staring at the float on the lake surface.

She holds a brown bamboo fishing rod, her beautiful and exquisite face filled with serenity and anticipation.

Suddenly, her expression shifts, turning to look not far to the side.

A handsome man in a purple Daoist robe is slowly approaching along the wooden bridge.

The man has a tall posture, a square face, broad shoulders and a wide body, his black hair falls like a waterfall behind him, and a small black mustache lingers on his lips.

“Did you come back early today?” The woman withdrew her gaze, continuing to watch her float.

“You’re fishing for my purple-gold carp again.” The man showed a helpless expression, walked to her side, and stood still.

“You didn’t say I couldn’t.” The woman raised her eyebrows.

“Sigh…” The man helplessly, closed his eyes, massaged one of his temples.

Suddenly, he feels a faint fragrance approaching, followed by a cold finger gently massaging the other temple.

He reached out and held that hand.

“You’re so cold, yet still sitting in the center of the lake, be careful of catching a cold.”

“Do I, your senior sister, still need your concern?” The hand forcefully withdrew and instead grabbed his.

“Little junior brother, haven’t seen you for a few days, didn’t trim your beard, looking quite mature, huh?”

The man opened his eyes, gazing at the beautiful face close to him, couldn’t help but stretch his hand around her waist.

The woman did not struggle, just rolled her eyes at him and put aside the umbrella.

“If I get tanned, you owe me.”

“I’ll apply sunscreen for you.” The man smiled.

“Still thinking of taking advantage?” The woman said, yet her body gently leaned into the man’s embrace.

“Ku Chan, I’ve been thinking about a question these past few days.”

“What?”

“Do you think we should have two or three kids in the future?”

“…You decide is fine.”

“Such a big matter definitely needs discussion by both of us. I asked our parents, and they indeed hoped for more, wishing for prosperity.”

“Then let’s have more, but won’t too many affect your health?”

“Let’s have one first, see how it goes? If it’s good, we can have more. I like lively.”

The woman pondered, “My dream when I was a child was to give birth to a National Grand Theater, where everyone can play my favorite music, sing the national anthem, sing together. That scene would surely be impressive.”

“…Your hobby…” Ku Chan’s lips twitched, unable to imagine that scenario.

“A National Grand Theater can seat tens of thousands of people; it seems I won’t fulfill this dream in my lifetime.” The woman said helplessly.

Ku Chan smiled helplessly, lifted her delicate and fair chin, their eyes met.

“How about, we first have one and see?”

“Here?? Wait! Ku Chan you…!” The woman’s face changed, a flash of panic in her eyes.

“Spiritual Technique.”

“Heavenly River Reversal.”

Swish!

In an instant, centered around his body, a tremendous terrifying spiritual pressure spread and shook.

Centered around the two, a large expanse of lake water was pulled up by an invisible force, forming a huge sphere around them.

The sphere completely enveloped the two, the surface emitting a faint purple light, covering everything.

The sound of rushing water completely covered the subtle noises inside.

From a distance, atop the majestic purple-red Taoist Palace.

A woman in a white dress looked over here, shaking her head helplessly.

“Jin Zhi is being reckless again.”

“What’s there to fear, since he and Ying’er have been engaged for a long time, planning to marry successfully next year, and it’s about time to have children, and also respond to the national call for not delaying marriage and childbearing.”

Behind, the Palace Master of Zihe Palace, Yu Qin, indifferently maintained her beloved qin.

The guqin made from jade and paulownia wood, even under the sunlight, displayed a cool light blue hue.

“Speaking of which, Jin Zhi has also worked hard recently, just give them a vacation to rest well,” Yu Qin softly said.

“There are many matters in the palace now, can it be done?” The woman in the white dress said in surprise.

“I’m here, no problem. Such a big Zihe Palace can’t always rely on Jin Zhi to handle everything. We have so many disciples and elders, they can’t just be idling.” Yu Qin laughed.

“That’s a good decision,” the woman nodded.

“Speaking of which, Jin Zhi’s Daoist Skills have already reached the highest realm, taking another step forward, he could only break through the Sect’s restrictions like the old Heavenly Masters, and carve out his own path. I wonder how long this step will take for him.” Yu Qin sighed.

“He’s not even thirty yet, still very young, no rush,” the woman comforted.

“Yes, at this age, indeed no need to hurry, the old Heavenly Masters were also in their fifties or sixties before they found their direction. Compared to them, my son is much stronger.” Yu Qin said with a slight pride.

“Right, the Feixia Sword went to Taizhou and came back injured. It seems that the situation in Taizhou is quite serious,” the woman reminded.

“Yu Cheng has already gone to check. It was Qing Huang from the Seven Evil Alliance, who concealed Feixia’s perception and then sniped from a distance with a sniper rifle. It was almost a goner,” Yu Qin said gravely.

“The Seven Evil Alliance really is like a persistent ghost, lurking everywhere. Poor little Feixia, encountering such great danger,” the woman also expressed her discontent.

“We will properly compensate Feixia. Qing Huang, seems like he is one of their self-proclaimed Dark Sky Masters? Quite arrogant to name their leader and those so-called experts under the Seven Evils as Heavenly Masters, it’s an insult to our two great Heavenly Masters of the Taoist Sect,” Yu Qin nodded.

“Alright, let’s not bother with these trifles. With two great Heavenly Masters backing us, even if the sky collapses it won’t be your turn to handle it. Let’s think about how to distribute the responsibilities when the grandson comes out. Let me make it clear, I want to sleep with my grandson tonight!” the woman changed the subject.

“Hehe… do you think I’m a fool? The cutest time for kids is exactly this stage! No way!” Yu Qin decisively refused.

“Then name your terms.”

“No terms will do!”

“Then shall I invite Bai Yu to the palace for a discussion?”

“Bai Yu… this… really?” The Zihe Palace Master immediately thought of his own moonlight crush, hesitating.

“Seriously, you’ve been married to me for so many years, and you still can’t forget that Bai Yu!!” The woman in the white dress immediately got furious and charged towards him.

“Wait, I was just thinking about what we are eating for dinner tonight? It’s white fish tofu soup, right!?”

Yu Qin quickly got up and ran.

“You still want to have Bai Yu tofu! You shameless! How old are you? Always looking at videos of beautiful women on your phone! Are you not embarrassed?!”

At the top platform of Zihe Palace, for a time, the painful cries of the Palace Master kept drifting out.

The Taoists passing by below were used to this and went about their own business, considering this a natural phenomenon that occurred every so often at Zihe Palace.

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Taizhou.

Inside a separate courtyard of Qingchen Temple.

Yu Hong and a group of Elders gradually entered the courtyard’s main gate, and then the last person closed it by hand.

Everyone took their seats on the wooden chairs that were already set up in the yard.

All the chairs were arranged around a black chair, forming a huge circle.

In the middle of the circle on the ground, densely packed with scriptures and symbols.

At this time, the sunlight was nearing midday; since it was autumn, even at noon, the sunlight wasn’t too strong. Only half of the Elders were illuminated, bathing in the light.

Snap.

Yu Hong sat on the central chair.

“Everything is ready. Zhong Rou, this time we will assist you in taking the elixir to stabilize your breakthrough in the Daoist Realm. Although using elixirs for breakthroughs makes it easy to fall back, with us old folks forming the array to help, we should substantially extend this timeframe,” Yu Mo solemnly instructed Yu Hong.

“The disciple understands,” Yu Hong nodded seriously.

“Understood, then adjust your state,” Yu Mo waved his hand, and immediately including himself, all the Elders raised their hands at the same time, forming the same seal, and chanting the true scriptures aloud.

Yu Hong sat in the center, faintly feeling strands of not very strong but very resilient spiritual power.

These strands of spiritual power, swirling around him like birds constantly circling.

Time ticked away bit by bit.

Approximately half an hour later, all the Elders of the Yu Generation paused at the same time, completely stopping their chanting.

At that moment.

Hissing sounds!

All the spiritual power birds suddenly pounced towards Yu Hong.

They surged in succession, constantly rushing into Yu Hong’s body.

Within a few minutes, all the birds completely disappeared.

Yu Hong sat alone, feeling the temporarily entered spiritual power birds swiftly dispersing inside his body.

“Get up quickly! Go inside and take the elixir!! It must be taken within ten minutes, otherwise, it will be ineffective! Then immediately go into seclusion. Starting today, you retreat in deep meditation until your Daoist skills stabilize before coming out!” Yu Hen loudly instructed.

“Yes!” Yu Hong immediately got up and rushed towards the inside in a few steps.

The door was already open; Yu Hong entered and immediately sat cross-legged on a cushion on the ground, then entered meditation.

Two minutes later, after regulating his breathing, he reached into his waist pouch and took out a black gourd-shaped small bottle.

Upon opening the bottle cap, a strong fragrance of the medicine immediately burst out.

Yu Hong immediately poured out a yellowish-brown pill and tossed it into his mouth.

Instantly, a sweet taste of mandarin candy surged into his mouth and slid down his throat several times.

This was the purpose of today, taking the elixir.

The Heart Changing Pill was one of the two major foundations of Qingchen Temple, now giving him two pills at once, aiming for him to break through his limits more quickly.

Once the elixir was ingested, Yu Hong felt a scorching wave of heat, rushing up from his stomach violently.

His entire body trembled slightly under this strong stimulus.

Hiss…

In his ears, Yu Hong seemed to hear an inexplicable hissing sound, like a venomous snake, like something scraping on the ground.

Grating and continuously unbroken.

Amid these sounds, his spiritual power at this moment was unconsciously skyrocketing rapidly.

At the same time, the spiritual power fluctuations detected by the device he carried skyrocketed from sixty-something to over a hundred.

Simultaneously, the most dangerous aspect of Guanwu Skill also followed.