“Senior, I was wrong! I really didn't do it on purpose!! They forced me to do it!!”
Tianji Old Man quickly begged for mercy within the hexagram.
He only hoped the other party would spare his life!!
Slap...
Tianji Old Man clearly felt that the giant slap from the mist this time carried immense anger. This single slap directly caused his soul to tremble violently!!
Without any suspense, Tianji Old Man plunged straight into darkness!!
At the moment of losing consciousness, Tianji Old Man actually felt a sense of relief.
He finally didn't have to face the people of the Ancient God Clan anymore!!
Seeing Tianji Old Man fly backward, the Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan's face shifted. In a flash, he caught him.
“Did he suffer a backlash?”
“Did he figure out what happened to our ancestor?”
Seeing Tianji Old Man lying unconscious on the ground where the Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan had placed him, the Second Elder and Third Elder couldn't help but cry out in alarm!
The Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan also frowned as he looked at the unconscious Tianji Old Man.
Then, feeling the sting of the cost, he took out a top-grade recovery pill and stuffed it into Tianji Old Man's mouth!
In the past, he wouldn't have cared, but they were poor now!
As the pill entered his mouth, Tianji Old Man slowly woke up from his unconscious state!
“What is the situation with our ancestor?”
“Where is our ancestor?”
Seeing Tianji Old Man wake up, the Second Elder and Third Elder asked eagerly!
“Ah... Haha... Hahaha!”
A bizarre and crazed laugh suddenly erupted from Tianji Old Man's mouth.
His eyes, which had been clear, were now somewhat hollow and unfocused, and his hands clawed wildly at the empty air.
“A giant slap! A huge, huge slap! Haha, I saw it! I saw everything!”
He tilted his elderly head, his mouth stretching wide into an extremely eerie, twisted smile!
“Wuhaha... A giant slap...”
“Dead, he's dead...”
Seeing Tianji Old Man like this, the expressions of the Second Elder and Third Elder turned extremely grim.
They knew that Tianji Old Man had gone mad!!
“Tianji Old Man, where is our ancestor?”
Staring at the now-insane Tianji Old Man, the Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan refused to give up and continued to ask!!
The moment he asked this question, Tianji Old Man, who had been laughing maniacally, suddenly fell quiet.
Seeing him like this, the Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan asked softly once more:
“Tianji Old Man, where is our ancestor?”
Tianji Old Man widened his eyes and said with a deadpan, serious face:
“Dead... He's dead!”
“How is that possible?” the Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan couldn't help but cry out in alarm!
The Tianji Old Man, who had just quieted down, seemed to be startled by the Patriarch's shout and suddenly screamed maniacally:
“He's dead... Haha... He's dead... He's really dead!”
The eyes of the Second Elder and Third Elder narrowed.
The Second Elder grabbed Tianji Old Man by the collar in disbelief:
“You're talking nonsense! Our ancestor is at the peak of the Half-Immortal realm. How could he possibly die?”
“Hehe... I'm talking nonsense!! Hahaha...”
Tianji Old Man giggled and began to babble incoherently!
At this moment, the Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan stared deeply at Tianji Old Man and asked:
“Our ancestor is dead?”
“Dead... Dead...”
Still held by the collar by the Second Elder, Tianji Old Man continued to chuckle foolishly!
“Who beat him to death?”
The Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan stared at Tianji Old Man and asked.
“Patriarch, don't listen to his nonsense!!”
The Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan raised a hand, cutting off the Second Elder who was speaking!
Then, he continued to stare at Tianji Old Man and asked:
“A giant slap, beaten to death by a giant slap... Haha... A giant slap!”
Tianji Old Man continued to chuckle foolishly!
The Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan looked at Tianji Old Man again, but no matter how he asked, he couldn't get anything else out of him...
With a wave of his hand, he signaled the Second Elder to let go of Tianji Old Man!
“Patriarch, this fool is just talking nonsense. It's absolutely impossible!” the Second Elder said!
The Third Elder also nodded in agreement!
However, the Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan's gaze was deep as he stared at the two of them and said:
“It has been so long, yet there hasn't been a single bit of news from our ancestor, nor has he caused any commotion. Moreover, he has never been away from home for this long before...”
Hearing the Patriarch's analysis, the Second Elder and Third Elder fell silent as well!
“Whose technique involves a giant slap?”
The Second Elder and Third Elder looked at each other and began to ponder.
After a long while, the Second Elder spoke slowly:
“The Buddhist sects have a technique that is a giant slap—a giant slap that descends from the heavens...”
“Could it be that the Buddhist sects killed our ancestor?”
The Third Elder's eyes widened, and he couldn't help but cry out in alarm!
Then, he quickly covered his mouth, his face filled with utter disbelief!
The Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan's gaze was cold. “It's not impossible. Perhaps they found our ancestor first and killed him!”
“Could it be that they used their Buddhist clan-stabilizing treasure?” the Second Elder speculated!
The Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan shook his head slightly. “Unsure! We still need to investigate!”
Just then, the sound transmission token at the Patriarch's waist lit up.
Following that, Zhiku's voice came from within:
“Our Ancient Buddha Sect's Buddha Son is turning three years old. The Ancient God Clan is welcome to attend his birthday celebration...”
The Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice:
“We will take this opportunity to go to the Ancient Buddha Sect and take a look...”
The Second Elder and Third Elder nodded!
...
The weather was fine, and the sun was shining brightly.
The usually quiet Ancient Buddha Sect had been bustling with extraordinary activity lately!
Several ancient powers and the slightly famous sects of the Central Province had been invited to attend the celebration!
The Danji Sect and Guiyi Sword Sect were now in the same position as the Tiansheng Sect and the others!
They were all sects that possessed Mahayana powerhouses!
The Danji Sect's Great Ancestor and Guiyi Sword Sect's Jian Wuque had both entered the Mahayana stage!
Because of the appearance of the ancient powers, their breakthroughs did not seem particularly eye-catching...
At this moment, the two of them sat together with the disciples of their respective sects, watching the crowd of people coming and going.
“Sigh... I wonder how Saint Lu is doing?”
The Great Ancestor of the Danji Sect sighed and said to Jian Wuque!
Jian Wuque's face was also filled with worry:
“I don't know, but I believe that heaven helps the worthy. Saint Lu will definitely be fine...”
The Great Ancestor of the Danji Sect also nodded in agreement.
Behind these major sects, Bao Duoduo, wearing a bandit hood, had also brought the disciples of the Bandit Sect to attend the celebration!
“The Ancient Barbarian Clan has arrived!”
With a loud shout, the tall Man Yu walked in, leading Man Xiong!
Seeing the two of them, the entire crowd let out a collective gasp of surprise!
“So tall!”
“So strong!”
“So burly!”
“...”
Abbot Zhiyuan quickly went up to welcome them:
“Amitabha. Welcome, fellow Daoists, to our Buddha Son's birthday celebration. Please, have a seat!”
The tall Man Yu was all smiles as she pulled out ten sticks of bright, colorful candied hawthorns from her storage bag:
“Wishing your Buddha Son a happy third birthday! These candied hawthorns are a gift for your Buddha Son to eat! Don't be polite!”
Man Yu's booming voice resounded throughout the entire venue!
Everyone's mouths twitched. It was their first time seeing someone give candied hawthorns as a gift!