My Arms Can Turn into Blades

Chapter 382 - 230: Dispute

Li Feng smiled and sat down as well.

Zhang Xiufeng cast one last look at Chen Qing, then decided not to speak further and shifted his gaze away.

However, Chen Qing took the initiative to sit down, frowned, and asked, "Go ahead, what’s this all about?"

Zhang Xiufeng, with an indifferent expression, said, "Aren’t you trying to strip me of my title?"

Chen Qing glared, ready to argue with him again.

"Celestial Master Zhang, enough."

Zhang Yunzhong laughed and said, "There’s no need to argue. Haven’t you both been at it for most of your lives? Isn’t that enough? Moreover, you summoned us in such haste, even using a Talisman. Surely, there’s something urgent, right?

The finished Talismans left by your sect are practically irreplaceable, and yet you used three at once this time. You must be that desperate, right? There’s no need for further delay... Since you’ve invited Fellow Daoist Chen, let’s have a proper discussion."

Zhang Xiufeng, hearing this, sighed in relief, nodded lightly, and did not pursue the matter further. Instead, he calmly said, "The reason I asked you all here is mainly to talk about the Daoist Lineage."

"Daoist Lineage?"

Upon hearing this.

The other three immediately looked serious.

After all... this is a painful topic for all of Daoism to bear.

"Have you found any clues?" Chen Qing asked, his breathing a bit quickened.

Zhang Xiufeng hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "Sort of..."

Following that,

he recounted everything that happened during his trip to Jinling.

He left nothing out.

He shared all the known information.

As they listened to Zhang Xiufeng’s account, the other three Daoists’ breathing quickened, and their expressions were quite remarkable.

"That’s about it."

About twenty minutes later, Zhang Xiufeng slowly breathed out and concluded his narration.

"How can this be possible!"

No sooner had he finished than Zhang Yunzhong exclaimed, "Jinling still has scenes? Returned to reality? Turned into a cat? And you say you saw the Ancestral Celestial Master? How is this possible?"

"The Daoist Lineage in the scene, in the raccoon slave... This legend is actually true? Are you sure the Celestial Strategy Mansion isn’t just fooling you with any cat they found?"

On the other side,

Li Feng was also full of disbelief.

It couldn’t be helped.

This was truly hard to believe.

The phrase "The Daoist Lineage in the scene, in the raccoon slave," they were aware of, but when the last feudal dynasty fell, they had long assumed it was a falsehood.

But now Zhang Xiufeng tells them that, even though the last feudal dynasty has fallen, the legend is true.

This would bewilder anyone.

"At first, I had my doubts."

Zhang Xiufeng was not surprised by the reactions of his fellow Daoists: "But when I saw Chen Lu Si transform into the likeness of the Ancestral Celestial Master, I was convinced this is not false."

"..."

Upon hearing this.

Zhang Yunzhong and Li Feng looked at Zhang Xiufeng with peculiar expressions, wanting to speak but holding back.

Finally, Chen Qing, straightforward and direct, said, "You idiot! The focus is the scene that supposedly turned into a cat!! Not Chen Lu Si! You’re telling me you haven’t thought of investigating that cat? You just came straight to us?"

Zhang Xiufeng turned back and calmly said, "There’s no need. That cat isn’t the focus, whether it’s the scene or not, it’s not important anymore. The key now is Chen Lu Si. I have a hunch that the key to the Daoist Lineage lies with him.

Don’t doubt my intuition... I dare to stake the title of Celestial Master, Unity of Heaven and Man, Daoist Natural Law, since becoming Celestial Master, I’ve never had a wrong feeling.

And don’t forget what the Ancestral Celestial Master represents; do you think his image would appear if it wasn’t related to the Daoist Lineage?"

"You!"

Chen Qing laughed in exasperation: "Let’s not talk about how long the Ancestral Celestial Master has been gone! That limitation on using his image — have you verified its effect on outsiders? We only know! Daoists cannot transform into his likeness! But here you go, expanding that to everyone! What if someone from the Celestial Strategy Mansion could mimic the Ancestral Celestial Master? Are you going to be tricked endlessly?"

Hearing this.

The two other Daoists’ expressions became even stranger.

Zhang Xiufeng furrowed his brow slightly: "The focus isn’t on limitation, but on intuition."

"Intuition, my foot! Can you rely on intuition for something like this? And you haven’t even spoken with that Chen Lu Si much? You just trust him? I was only hypothetically speaking earlier, but now I truly feel you’re unworthy of bearing the title of Celestial Master."

Chen Qing looked at Zhang Xiufeng with a complicated expression.

"Are you the Celestial Master or am I the Celestial Master? Is the Ancestral Celestial Master my ancestor or yours?"

Zhang Xiufeng retorted, then confidently said, "Tomorrow, I will hand over a Talisman I drew, without a talisman head, to him and let him add the talisman head. Just wait and see."

"I..."

Upon hearing this.

Chen Qing’s eyes widened in disbelief: "You don’t actually think that by letting an outsider add the talisman head, it can reestablish a connection and activate the Talisman, do you?"

"Hmm."

Zhang Xiufeng nodded firmly.

"..."

"..."

"..."

The three looked at Zhang Xiufeng, remained silent for a moment, then couldn’t help but shake their heads.

"Too obsessed, you’ve become too obsessed."

Zhang Yunzhong sighed deeply and said, "Celestial Master Zhang, you’re too fixated. Everyone present wishes to restore the Daoist Lineage as well, but there’s no need to go to the point of obsession. We value going with the flow, and I believe the Ancestral Celestial Master wouldn’t want to see you this way if he were alive.

Furthermore, regardless of whether what you’re saying is true, even if it is true that the Daoist Lineage is related to Chen Lu Si, what makes you think an outsider’s added talisman head would work? It’s important to know that Talismans have many intricacies. I’ve studied for decades and wouldn’t dare claim to draw a Talisman perfectly even if the Daoist Lineage existed.

And yet you expect an outsider to succeed on their first try?"