This is the martial arts world, what are you cultivators interfering in?

Chapter 202 The Immortal Emperor as a Disciple

"Bai Daotu, chieftain of the Baishui tribe, respectfully welcomes the holy son of the Shiren tribe!"

A loud shout rang out from within the Baishui tribe, and instantly the astonishingly powerful Great Sage Formation vanished.

Bai Daotu, accompanied by three clan elders, personally came out to greet them.

Upon seeing this, the stone monkey's expression softened slightly, but Li Lan beside him remained wary and became even more vigilant.

"Upon hearing of the Holy Son's sudden arrival, our clansmen initially thought someone was impersonating him, and thus acted as if facing a formidable enemy. This was truly rude of us, and we beg the Holy Son not to take offense!"

Bai Daotu immediately bowed respectfully upon arriving.

Sun Wukong was filled with rage, but he found it difficult to vent it. He coldly pointed his iron rod at the clear green lake of the White Water Tribe and said, "Is this the water of the Creation Lake?!"

A look of heartache flashed across Bai Daotu's face as he said, "Exactly!"

"The Creation Lake is the hope for the future rebirth of humanity. In the past, our Great Emperor issued a strict order that no one should touch it. How dare your race use it?!"

The monkey demanded an explanation!

"This matter involves a great deal of information and was done out of necessity. Your Majesty, please take a seat, and I will explain it to you in detail."

Bai Daotu remained extremely humble.

"Wait a minute."

But seeing the monkey about to go in, Li Lan stopped him, saying calmly, "Our noble family has distinguished guests. It would be inappropriate for my parents to go in now, wouldn't it?"

He was just testing the waters casually, but a look of surprise flashed in Bai Daotu's eyes. He reacted quickly, suppressing it and instead asking, "May I ask who this gentleman is?"

“My sworn brother from the human race, his name is Shi Li.”

The monkey spoke calmly.

This was an agreement Li Lan made with the monkey before setting off, to make things easier.

Bai Daotu suddenly realized that, of course he knew that in ancient times, the Stone People had always been the protectors of the Human Race. In order to deepen their friendship with the Human Race and show their kinship, every Stone People had to choose a human brother to teach them cultivation and pass on their skills.

In ancient times, the human race was the food source for all other races, and it was almost entirely thanks to the Stone Race's selfless support and assistance that the human race was able to gradually emerge.

The Baishui tribe has received countless great favors from them.

"So you're the Holy Son's sworn brother, then please invite him along!"

Bai Daotu respectfully extended his hand and said, "To be honest, Holy Son, the stone that the Immortal Emperor Wangchuan transformed into seems to be showing some unusual activity. I request that you go and settle this matter!"

Upon hearing this, the stone monkey was even more astonished, for the Immortal Emperor Wangchuan was the last Immortal Emperor of their Stone Man Clan.

He was about to leave when Li Lan became increasingly suspicious, almost certain that the other party had ill intentions!

However, he glanced at the scene and saw that Bai Daotu had brought three Great Saints with him. If the other party really had malicious intentions, it would be very difficult for them to escape. Moreover, the Black Emperor must be here. How could he possibly leave?

He immediately fell silent and followed the monkey.

The two entered the Baishui tribe and were led into a large hall by Bai Daotu.

"Where are the fossils of our clan's Immortal Emperor?"

The monkey asked a question.

But Bai Daotu, who had been so respectful and humble, suddenly sneered, waved his sleeve, and said, "Is there any need to ask?"

"It's just a lifeless stone, battered by wind and rain, or stained by mud."

He spoke lightly, but the stone monkey's voice turned serious: "What do you mean by this? Are you trying to make fun of me, Old Sun?"

"So what if I'm just teasing you?"

Bai Daotu sneered, completely at ease.

"Bai Daotu, do you want to die?!"

The monkey pulled out an iron bar!

But Bai Daotu laughed: "Sun Wukong, you don't actually think of yourself as the high and mighty holy son of the Stone Clan, do you?"

"This is the Baishui tribe's territory. How dare you, you impudent monkey, act so presumptuously? Seize him!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the array in the hall roared, and countless array powers transformed into chains of order to suppress it. At the same time, the three elder saints beside him also made their move together.

"Dare you!"

With a loud shout, the monkey swung his iron cudgel with tremendous force, striking the head of an old sage with astonishing momentum.

However, his cultivation level was ultimately only that of an Immortal Saint. At this moment, he was bound by the great formation, and with three Great Saints making their move, he was directly suppressed.

Even Li Lan made a move, but he didn't go all out; he merely disguised himself as a carefree Golden Immortal with considerable talent.

"Bai Daotu, what exactly do you mean?"

The monkey was furious.

"What could it possibly mean?"

Bai Daotu grinned menacingly, finally shedding all pretense. He said coldly, "Your Stone Clan has ridden over my White Water Clan for thousands of years. Now it's time for my White Water Clan to be superior, isn't it?"

"Why should we, the White Water Clan, have to bow and scrape before your Stone Clan? Why should your Stone Clan be high and mighty?"

"Since the Stone Clan is extinct, it should be completely extinct. You should not live, and you should never appear again!"

The words were utterly naked!

The monkey, however, was furious and roared:

"When have we, the Stone Clan, ever oppressed or humbled you, the White Water Clan? We, the Stone Clan, have always respected all human tribes as brothers, shielded you from wind and snow, and spared you from bloodshed. Is that what you call humbled and subservient...?"

Li Lan coldly replied, "Why make so many excuses? He simply seized everything from the Stone Clan for himself. Now that the original owner has discovered this, he wants to kill the original owner to silence him. If he can just be straightforward and act like a true villain, it won't be so disgusting!"

Bai Daotu didn't care and smiled, "Sun Wukong, you're not as insightful as your sworn brother!"

"Didn't you want to ask about the Creation Lake? Hehe, this lake already belongs to my clan; it is our clan's sacred lake!"

"Everything that belongs to your Stone Clan belongs to our White Water Clan!"

"Don't worry, after we kill you, we'll throw you into your wretched ancestral land. Heh, it's filled with eerie energy now, so it'll be good for you to keep your damned ancestors company!"

He waved his hand.

The other Great Sages were about to make their move.

Li Lan's expression also turned cold, preparing to use her trump card—

Besides the Heavenly King Tower, which is at the Immortal Saint level, he also possesses the female spirit Qingyan. Her strength has reached the Immortal Saint level, but due to the characteristics of strange creatures, even a Great Saint would find it difficult to suppress her.

Moreover, Li Lan also possesses the Reincarnation Seal, a true treasure. Although Li Lan has not yet truly used it, its power is absolutely extraordinary!

"Wait a minute."

But at that moment, a voice rang out.

A figure walked in, and upon seeing him, a look of surprise flashed in Li Lan's eyes.

It was none other than Xun Yuan Tianjun!

Was he the one who led the way and greeted the Baishui tribe with a flag?

How did the Baishui tribe and the Immortal Court become connected?

"Heavenly Lord,"

Bai Daotu asked in confusion, "Is there anything else you would like to teach me?"

Xun Yuan Tianjun smiled slightly and said, "I dare not accept your instruction, but this monkey still has some great use!"

"He was on very good terms with Li Lan of the human race. This boy is extremely vicious and I have an irreconcilable hatred for him. Now that I have captured this monkey, I will have another trump card in the future..."

He spoke leisurely.

Bai Daotu suddenly realized that although he wanted to kill the monkey directly, since Xun Yuan Tianjun had already spoken, he might as well do him a favor...

"So simple. Guards, take these two away and lock them in the death row. When this matter is settled and the Immortal Emperor emerges from seclusion, the Heavenly Lord can take them with him."

Xun Yuan Tianjun smiled and said, "Thank you, fellow Daoist!"

He turned around, looked at the monkey and Li Lan, walked closer, and sneered, "Sun Wukong, when you followed Li Lan to attack the Primordial Demon Ape, did you ever think of today?!"

"You scum of the human race, how dare you spout nonsense in front of me?!" Sun Wukong merely sneered.

"Ha ha……"

Xun Yuan Tianjun didn't say much, but just sneered, "I won't kill you now."

"At the Alienation Conference a year from now, I will invite Li Lan to the banquet. In front of him, I will slowly torture you to death, and refine your soul into a weapon slave!"

"I'll make him suffer terribly!"

His words were chilling, and with a wave of his hand, Li Lan and Sun Wukong were immediately taken away.

……

Inside the imperial prison.

The surrounding area was filled with chains of order, and the laws were astonishing, suppressing Sun Wukong and Li Lan to an extreme degree.

“You’re right. I, Old Sun, was angry, but it has implicated you.”

Sun Wukong said to Li Lan, "But don't worry, I will help you escape from this place!"

He closed his eyes, repeatedly circulating the power of his bloodline, preparing to use a forbidden technique to send Li Lan away.

"Don't panic, Brother Monkey!"

Li Lan understood Sun Wukong's intention, but stopped him, saying, "I have my own way of escaping."

Sun Wukong was somewhat puzzled, but knowing Li Lan's exceptional wisdom, he also trusted him to some extent and asked, "What method?"

With a thought, a ray of light flashed in Li Lan's dantian, revealing the female spirit Qingyan.

Before this, Li Lan would wrap the smoke in stone skin and put it into his storage ring, but after obtaining the Samsara Seal, he discovered the wonderful uses of the dantian.

The Great Seal of Reincarnation was located in his dantian, forming a powerful protective barrier. It also created a space within his dantian that belonged to him. Therefore, he simply placed various items such as light smoke and the Heavenly King Pagoda into it.

Even the Great Sage couldn't detect anything unusual.

Before entering the prison, both of them were thoroughly searched. The monkey's iron rod and golden ring were taken by the Baishui tribe, but Li Lan's treasures were not lost.

"Strange creatures?"

The monkey was taken aback.

"Light Smoke, can you sense the presence of the Black Emperor?"

Li Lan asked a question.

He heard Bai Daotu say that the depths of the ancestral land were now filled with strange auras, and he guessed that it must be the Black Emperor!

Now that they've arrived, they can simply have the dog come and pick them up!

Qingyan closed her eyes and slowly circulated her internal energy. After a long while, she opened her eyes and said, "It's alright, it's not... very far from us!"

Li Lan was overjoyed and said, "Send word to him to come here and pick us up!"

In this way, we can avoid further conflict!

……

And this moment.

Within this desolate area, overgrown weeds and shrouded in gray mist resembled a ghostly, underworld.

"Senior, when can I take this final step?"

Inside a dilapidated hall, a middle-aged man in a wide-sleeved robe asked a question calmly.

His aura was extremely powerful, and a natural Daoist charm emanated from his body. Every move he made was imbued with rules, clearly a manifestation of the Great Dao that could only occur when one is in harmony with a Heavenly Heart Imprint!

This person is none other than the only Immortal Emperor in the Immortal Realm, the Supreme Dao!

Thousands of years ago, the Supreme Immortal Emperor entrusted all affairs of the Immortal Court to his shrewd and capable disciple, the Heavenly Lord Xunyuan. However, no one knew that he had gone to this Wulou Heaven to focus on comprehending the Dao!

And the one who taught him to attain enlightenment was actually a... big black dog.

At this moment, the large black dog, whose beard and hair were almost entirely white, leaned against an ancient stone table in the ancestral land of the Stone People. On either side of him were various glittering five-colored stones, their light reflecting off him.

The big black dog lazily and wearily raised its eyes, "The final step, fraught with difficulties, is not easy..."

Upon hearing this, the Supreme Immortal Emperor sighed softly and said, "Thank you, senior. I will come to seek your guidance again tomorrow."

He knew the big black dog needed to rest again.

The big black dog's cultivation was astonishing, truly reaching the heavens and the earth. However, it only had a few moments of lucidity each day, and spent the rest of the time in a deep sleep. Occasionally, it would even go mad. For safety reasons, even the Supreme Immortal Emperor only dared to visit it at specific times.

The big black dog closed his eyes, preparing to sleep, but suddenly, sensing something, he awoke with a start and instinctively barked, "Woof—"

There was a clear hint of excitement in the dog's bark.

The Supreme Immortal Emperor, who had just reached the door, stiffened and turned back with some apprehension, preparing to flee, fearing that the big black dog was out of his mind and about to go mad.

"No need, the resources for you to take the final step have already arrived."

The big black dog opened its mouth.

The Supreme Immortal Emperor was startled and asked, "What do you mean, Senior?"

"You want to establish a strange foundation for your Dao and eventually seize the authority of the Gray Mist, but you're always missing a catalyst!"

The big black dog asked solemnly, "Do you know about the Stone People?"

"of course."

The Dao of the Supreme Immortal Emperor.

"This race was created by the Goddess of Mending the Sky. Besides being powerful, the most crucial thing is that they are immune to the erosion of strange forces!"

The big black dog said calmly, "As long as we obtain the primordial soul of the Stone Clan, refine it into a large potion, and swallow it, it will naturally take effect!"

The Supreme Immortal Emperor frowned: "But the Stone Clan has been completely wiped out. Where in this world can we find their primordial souls?"

As he spoke, he glanced at the multicolored crystals surrounding the big black dog. Each of those multicolored crystals represented a former powerful member of the Stone Clan!

"Who said they're extinct?"

The big black dog sneered and said, "There is another person who was sealed in the divine source. Now, that person has arrived and is in the White Water Clan."

Upon hearing this, the Supreme Immortal Emperor was instantly overjoyed, exclaiming, "What?!"

"It seems you have some luck, kid. The power of the Gray Mist in this life is rightfully yours. Go and bring back the Stone Clan. I will refine medicine for you."

The big black dog gave the order, and the Supreme Immortal Emperor was overjoyed. He bowed deeply and said, "Disciple obeys!"

After saying that, he disappeared.

And after he left.

"It's finally here!..."

The big black dog was so excited that it trembled slightly, and said, "I have waited for so many years, and it has finally come! Woof! Master, your grand plan is finally about to begin!"

"Tremble, myriad realms, source of all evil! This time, I will show you the might of my master!!"

"Wang Wang Wang!"

Its dog eyes were filled with anticipation!

……