The fairy father

Donghuang Taiyi's voice circulated in the room.

No one responded.

He sat beside the soft couch without moving for a long time, and the memories in his heart continued to increase.

Li Ping'an's calm but firm eyes, and the order Donghuang Taiyi heard just now, made his Taoist heart on the verge of collapse at this moment.

Why?

Why did father deliberately hurt Aunt Zhong?

Isn’t it his father’s most trusted partner who has been with him the longest?

Although the air around him was quiet, Donghuang Taiyi found it difficult to breathe at the moment. He clutched the edge of the couch tightly with his hands, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

Finally, he made his choice.

"Donghuang Taiyi..."

He murmured softly.

But in the next moment, the memory that appeared in his heart, both from the past and from this moment, was that Donghuang Taiyi was a little bit surprised. The figure protected by the golden light in the fierce battle with Li Pingan raised his head and looked at Chao Ge. city.

The eyes of the two Eastern Emperor Taiyi collided across time and space.

Something seemed to be breaking between heaven and earth.

An invisible wave swept across the sea of ​​Taoism.

The golden figure who was fighting fiercely with Li Ping'an suddenly let out a shout, flew backwards, and suddenly raised his hand and struck out a palm to knock away the Chaos Bell that existed at this moment.

Afterwards, the golden figure continuously flashed and disappeared, leaving behind a golden ball of light, which exploded in an instant.

The sky filled with golden light filled the huge hole created by the battle.

In the palace, Donghuang Taiyi lay back weakly.

A series of new memories appeared in his heart, including a dispute with the Chaos Clock, but this dispute was soon repaired, and the subsequent story remained unchanged. This was just a small sudden outing for a fight in ancient times. .

But Donghuang Taiyi had already felt that there was a gap in the relationship between him and the Chaos Clock.

Unrepairable gaps.

Donghuang Taiyi smiled mockingly and lay there motionless.

The Tai Chi diagram outside the city.

All the masters, both covertly and covertly, were looking at the situation ahead with confusion.

From their perspective, Li Pingan was engaged in a fierce battle with the ancient Donghuang Taiyi. Later, Donghuang Taiyi forced Li Pingan to retreat and took the initiative to knock away the Chaos Bell. He disappeared in a flash, triggering a violent explosion of golden light.

When the golden light faded, there was no trace of the fluctuation of the avenue in the middle of the hollow. A small bronze bell was suspended quietly. The fairy light converged, giving people a feeling that it was very weak.

Li Ping'an's robe was blown to pieces, and he was now only wearing a pair of trousers, revealing his muscular upper body and long flowing hair.

He was already standing in front of the little clock, raising his hand to grab it.

The hearts of the masters around him were severely troubled.

Chaos clock!

The three most precious treasures of Kaitian!

But Li Ping'an was the closest, and the strength Li Ping'an had just shown made the surrounding masters quickly give up the idea of ​​fighting forward.

If these masters don't fight for it, it doesn't mean that Li Ping'an can easily touch this little clock.

In the hollow wrapped in the Tai Chi diagram, a golden lotus bloomed quietly from under Li Ping'an's feet. However, the golden lotus had not yet completely condensed. A ray of yin and yang condensed out of thin air, just like a slap in the face that knocked away the golden lotus.

To the west appeared the phantoms of the Seven Treasures Tree and the Divine Banner;

The afterimages of the red hydrangea and the green Ping sword appeared in the east;

The wise man from the northwest appears and looks at this place;

The skinny old man above Jiutian frowned, seeming to have a lot of confusion.

Li Ping'an held the bell ears of the Chaos Clock.

The visions everywhere disappeared almost at the same time, and a dissatisfied snort came from the western sky.

On the outskirts of the original place of fighting, all the immortals breathed a sigh of relief.

Their hanging hearts finally fell.

Li Ping'an held the Chaos Clock in his palm, and then heard... a few cries?

The curse of Chaos Clock came from the bottom of his heart:

"Your teacher asked me to stay with you. He was so evil! He directly asked Donghuang Taiyi to break my magical power! He also said that he would let me go back after the Conferred God is over!"

Li Ping'an blinked, picked up the Chaos Clock and looked inside.

"Don't look around! You brat!"

Where is Lu Ya?

Li Ping'an shook the Chaos Clock. The fairy light on it was dim, and there was no trace of Lu Ya inside.

Zhong Ling said: "I was taken away by your teacher."

"Then why doesn't the teacher take you away with him?"

"He said that I became competitive and disturbed the ancient Donghuang Taiyi, which could easily make the ancient Donghuang Taiyi lose control. Now the ancient Donghuang Taiyi already knows that he will become Zishou in the Conferred God Tribulation in the future. He has More choices.”

Zhong Ling's voice paused:

“It’s just that nothing has changed now, which shows that although there are new options, Taiyi still chooses to follow his father’s will.

"My efforts were in vain."

Li Ping'an:...

He made some calculations in his mind and suddenly understood what the Chaos Clock was doing.

First, she went to Lu Ya, intending to release the news about the reincarnation of Donghuang Taiyi, deliberately triggering a series of turbulence, creating conflicts and contradictions, and finally attracted a master to fight with her.

The purpose of the Chaos Clock should be to summon the ancient Donghuang Taiyi to tell him everything that will happen in the future, so that the ancient Donghuang Taiyi can make some choices that are more beneficial to himself.

The Chaos Clock did, but only in vain.

Donghuang Taiyi should have known this, but in the end he still maintained his original appearance.

The world has not been changed.

The Chaos Clock only suffered a certain amount of backlash, leaving no scars on the clock body.

If Donghuang Taiyi had made a different choice, such as choosing to escape instead of die in the battle of the Fall of the Ancient Heavenly Palace, the entire world would have changed due to the problems that occurred at this node.

No, it could also be that Donghuang Taiyi made other choices, but was repaired by the transcendent teacher.

There are too many possibilities here, full of the operating rules of the Avenue of Time. Li Ping'an has not yet dabbled in the Avenue of Time. At this moment, he has just made a little calculation and has fallen into a fog.

Don't understand.

It was a mess.

Forget it, just put the Chaos Clock away first.

At least it can make the experts of all walks of life envious, and at the same time dispel their enthusiasm for fighting for the Chaos Clock, allowing Chaoge City to temporarily restore peace.

Li Ping'an said loudly: "Fellow Taoists, the Chaos Bell is temporarily in the heaven. I want to find the secret of the transcendent. I will be supervised by Laojun here."

After saying that, he cupped his hands and looked apologetically at Master Xuandu who was vomiting blood in the forest.

The Archmage waved his hand, swallowed a few Nine Transformation Spirit Pills, and his injuries healed quickly.

A few...

It's just a small advantage for people to teach disciples.

Li Ping'an bowed his hands to Our Lady of Wudang and Jiejiaoxian, then looked at Guangchengzi and Kuiliu Sun, who had not yet appeared, waved a greeting to Taiyi, Yuding, and Huanglong, and disappeared in a flash. .

His voice sounded from everywhere in heaven and earth:

"Taoist Lu Ya intended to slaughter the human race from Nanzhou, but now he has betrayed the world and defected to the great demon outside the territory. Everyone can kill him."

A few words, but it completely eliminated the possibility of Taoist Lu Ya continuing to cause trouble in Fengshen.

The power of heaven came from everywhere, and the sea of ​​law reappeared in this hollow. Lines of various colors intertwined the grid of law, and then the power of heaven came and restored the sky and white clouds.

It's just that the affected area on the ground has turned into a deep pit, and the vegetation and mountain forests have disappeared. Groundwater has gushed out from underneath, and will turn into a deep lake later.

After a fierce battle, the Chaos Bell suffered heavy damage and was taken away by the Emperor.

This news quickly spread throughout the three realms.

As for the Archmage who tried his best to control the aftermath of this battle with Tai Chi diagrams... no one even mentioned it.

Others didn't care, but Li Ping'an had to care about this matter.

Li Ping'an naturally knew that he could capture Chaos Bell this time, firstly because of his own efforts, and secondly because Taiqing was supporting him behind the scenes.

Although Taiqing was promoting the Great Tribulation of the Gods, which made Li Ping'an a little disillusioned, everyone now has the same position, and Taiqing should still be given the respect he deserves.

Li Ping'an returned to Heaven and went straight to Tushita Palace with the Chaos Bell.

He actually wanted to use Ji Dan's identity to visit Donghuang Taiyi. Donghuang Taiyi's condition must be very bad;

But for a moment, Ji Dan was a bit abnormal in the past;

Secondly, the entanglement between Donghuang Taiyi, Chaos Bell, and the Transcendent is not something that an outsider can interfere with.

Let's discuss countermeasures with Laojun first and see if we can control the Chaos Clock.

As for Taoist Lu Ya who was rescued at some point.

Li Ping'an wasn't too interested in him. After all, after weighing it today, Taoist Lu Ya was not as strong as Daluo Jinxian. He was still far away from killing three corpses. His treasures were only the two nail-head Seven Arrows Book and the Immortal-killing Flying Knife. Great, but the rest is just average.

He didn't even need to use any of his trump cards, and he had already forced Taoist Lu Ya to the point where the Chaos Clock had to take action to survive.

What Li Pingan is interested in now is actually why his teacher insisted on rescuing Lu Ya.

Does Lu Ya play a big role in the teacher's plan?

…

Outside Xuandu City, within a wisp of chaos.

Old Man Wanri looked at the middle-aged Taoist meditating in front of him with a smile, and did not mind at all that the Chaos Bell was captured by his apprentice.

Taoist Hongjun frowned and asked, "A treasure like the Chaos Bell was left in Li Ping'an's place like this?"

"Um?"

Wan Ri smiled and said, "Zhong can come back anytime he wants. She's just having a temper."

Taoist Fuxi Shanshi Zheyun frowned and said, "Can you please clarify my confusion?"

"The Chaos Clock wants Taiyi to regain his fighting spirit, it's that simple."

Old Man Wanri spoke unhurriedly, walked to the low table where Taoist Hongjun and Taoist Zheyun were sitting, and sat down leisurely.

Taoist Lu Ya was like a clay sculpture at this moment, and he could not hear the conversations of the three Taoists outside.

The old man said:

"The Chaos Clock is a treasure after all, not a living being. She looks like a living being, but in fact she doesn't understand the human heart at all.

"She took advantage of this time that I asked her to deal with Taoist Lu Ya, and deliberately gave Lu Ya some hints, making Lu Ya mistakenly think that Chaos Bell would help him at the critical moment, and took advantage of Lu Ya's ambition to disperse Donghuang. Taiyi is the news that the future Shang prince will receive.

"Then he deliberately attacked Lu Ya, making him irritable and restless step by step.

"When the Chaos Clock is planning, it's not like you and me, who consider all aspects. It looks at the various possibilities that may arise in the aftermath of an event, and then draws a path among them.

"Chaos Bell saw the possibility of letting Donghuang Taiyi and Li Ping'an fight. There are many implications here. Only Taiyi and Chaos Bell know it. It's not convenient for me to reveal it to you.

"If I hadn't taken action in time to remind Taiyi that the past that had happened cannot be changed, otherwise the deaths and injuries of countless existing creatures would have increased.

“Tai Yi has a soft temper and ultimately rejected the Chaos Clock’s kindness.

"The struggles before and after the Chaos Clock actually only made Taiyi more painful and strengthened Taiyi's destiny to die after completing his mission in the battle with the Twelve Ancestral Witches.

"The Treasure of Time thinks that it is the Avenue of Time, but it doesn't know that the Avenue of Time itself is nothingness."

Hongjun and Zheyun thought separately.

Taoist Zheyun asked: "Is it possible that the Chaos Bell betrays you?"

"That's not the case. It understands me."

Wanri sighed:

"It's just that I interfered this time. I'm afraid Taiyi has a grudge. However, Taiyi has no use anymore. No matter what choice he makes now, it will no longer affect the overall situation. Don't worry too much."

Hongjun asked with great interest: "Can we throw away things of no value at will?"

"otherwise?"

"Then what's the difference between a fellow Taoist and a poor Taoist?"

The old man Wanri sneered and raised his eyebrows at Hongjun: "I am more confident than you."

Taoist Hongjun's face turned black, but he didn't say anything else.

…

In the Tushita Palace.

Li Ping'an and the Archmage who had just returned were sitting on the futon in front of Lao Jun.

A thoroughfare emerged from the palms of the three of them.

What Li Ping'an sacrificed was the Avenue of All Living Beings. The Archmage and Laojun each held the Avenue of Yin and Yang, and sealed the layers of the Chaos Bell that gathered all the immortal light.

Xiaojin and Xiaoyin looked at the three chaos clocks suspended in the middle from behind, admiring such a treasure that opened the sky.

Li Ping'an's heart was also a little hot.

Now, a door has appeared in the teacher's secret room. As long as you open this door, you can find the teacher's secret, and perhaps find a way to confront the teacher.

Aren't there two biggest troubles at the moment?

The first is the end of the natural direction of heaven and earth;

The second is that the transcendent person may destroy the world in advance and take away the original things of the world.

Although the first one is more difficult to solve, there are many ways to delay it;

The second issue is, to put it bluntly, the biggest crisis at present.

Chaos clock!

This treasure of creation that has always accompanied the Transcendents has now become their prisoner for the time being.

How can it be interrogated?

Without Li Ping'an taking the initiative to speak, Lao Jun gently shook the fly whisk, and the bell spirit of the Chaos Clock turned into more than a foot tall, appeared above the Chaos Clock with a depressed face, and sat cross-legged out of thin air.

Zhong Ling looked at Lao Jun, then at the Archmage, and finally chose to face the most handsome one here.

"Okay, you got me."

Zhong Ling's words were full of helplessness:

"Now you can try to persuade me to become your treasure.

"But I can remind you that this kind of thing actually happened several times a long time ago, but every time I came back to your teacher.

"I no longer want to be left at the end of the years. You can't imagine the pain of being gradually swallowed up by darkness.

"I have made him a little angry this time... I mean, I tried to arouse Taiyi's fighting spirit and tactfully told Taiyi what would happen next. This part is actually something your teacher has forbidden me to tell Taiyi."

Li Ping'an thought for a moment and asked directly: "Does the teacher know everything and every detail that will happen in the future?"

"That's not the case."

Zhong Ling thought for a moment and took the initiative to explain:

“The past cannot be interfered with and the future cannot be changed.

"It's because after the past happened, using the tangible world as the framework and moving along the avenue of time, a complete space-time zone has been built. If fluctuations occur so that what has happened will not happen again, it will trigger a causal tide.

“It’s not that another future suddenly appears, but that the whole world returns to a state of chaos and collapses in on itself.

"The future cannot be changed because it has not happened yet, everything is uncertain, and we can only see trends and various possibilities."

Li Ping'an blinked: "So this time, you actually want to destroy the world and save the ancient Donghuang Taiyi?"

"Hmm," Zhong Ling smiled, "Whether the world is destroyed or not has nothing to do with me. In fact, it has nothing to do with you either. The so-called salvation is nothing but self-deception and self-satisfaction...that's the fact."

Li Pingan raised his hand to his forehead.

This Zhong Ling doesn't seem to be as 'mentally stable' as she showed before.