The southern cliff of the Immortal Machine Mountain completely turned into a sea of fire, and all the other living beings, except for Zhang Ruochen and the others, were turned into robbed ash.
The entire world, it seemed, had become deadly.
Qing Xiao’s eyes sank as he wiped the blood from the corners of his mouth and said, “Stuart Phoenix City is a rare opponent, but it’s a pity that I wasn’t able to share a victory with him.”
“This is a great era where geniuses and men come and go, only a small number of them can grow up, and many more are destined to fall.”Zhang Ruochen said.
This great battle had finally ended, except for the Famous Movement Sword Saint who had escaped, the other Immortal Blood Clans were almost completely annihilated, counting it as a great victory.
However, Zhang Ruochen’s mood was not so pleasant, instead, a greater sense of crisis arose.
What secrets were hidden in the depths of Immortal Machine Mountain?
Where did the Dead Race come from?
Just a bone hand was so powerful, would another skeleton fly out? A bone leg? Or even a complete Dead Race powerhouse?
In the future, there will definitely be an even greater crisis, and today’s battle is just a prelude to a great upheaval.
Perhaps the only way to avoid having to wait for death in the future was to cultivate harder and raise one’s cultivation realm.
The Cang Lan Martial Saint returned, his wings retracted and landed on the ground, saying, ”The Flux escaped! What exactly happened just now, which Human Race Great Sage blocked that bone hand from the depths of Immortal Machine Mountain?”
Earlier, the Canglan Martial Saint had gone after Flux and left the area, and thus did not know what had happened.
Pei Yutian and Qing Xiao naturally knew that Zhang Ruochen’s body hid a great and unimaginable secret, and such a secret obviously could not be made known to the outside world, and in case it was spread out, no one knew what kind of turmoil it would cause.
Everyone was silent, and after a moment, Pei Yutian turned around and left, leaving behind a lonely back, saying, ”I still have things to do, so I’ll leave first. Qing Xiao, does our bet still count?”
“Of course it counts.”Qing Xiao said.
Pei Yutian didn’t turn around and said, “I’ve already condensed the rules of the Sacred Dao to the level of half-truth and half-void, so I will definitely break through to the True Saint realm before you. The two Saint Pills I want, you’d better prepare them in advance.”
By the time he uttered the last word, Pei Yutian had already disappeared at the end of the earth.
“This fellow really is poor and crazy!”Qing Xiao laughed and shook his head.
The Cang Lan Martial Saint frowned straight away, scanning Qing Xiao and Zhang Ruochen as he said, “Did you guys hear me or not?”
Qing Xiao directly shook his head and said, “An existence of that level, even if he shows up, with our cultivation, we can’t see his figure.”
The Canglan Martial Saint stared at Zhang Ruochen and said, “You didn’t see it either?”
“No.”
Zhang Ruochen shook his head, not wanting the Canglan Martial Saint to continue pursuing the matter, so he pointed towards the sea of fire behind him and said, “Stuart Fengcheng blew up his Saint Origin and went up in smoke along with Zhu Qingyi. Do you want to go in and look for the Burning Sky Sword?”
The Cang Lan Martial Saint looked at the two of them with suspicious eyes, always feeling that they were intentionally hiding something, and with a light humph, the wings on his back flapped and rushed inside the sea of fire.
Only after seeing the Cang Lan Martial Saint leave did Qing Xiao say to Zhang Ruochen in a cautious manner, “Eldest Senior Brother knows that you have many powerful helpers around you and have already established a force of your own. The secrets you carry are also powerful and intimidating. However, the waters of the imperial court are very deep and not as simple as what you see on the surface, so you must hide yourself and don’t rush to jump into the open until the situation is clear.”
Zhang Ruochen felt that there was something in Qing Xiao’s words and asked, “When will the situation become clear?”
“When the ten Blood Emperors of the Immortal Blood Clan step into the Central Region and take down the First Central Imperial City. Or, the time when the ten Blood Emperors are subdued as much as possible.”
Qing Xiao knew some inside information, but was unsure, so he spoke cryptically.
When the situation was uncertain, it was a case of the gun hitting the head, and whoever jumped higher would die faster.
Obviously, Qing Xiao felt that Zhang Ruochen was too sharp and was already standing at the tip of the storm, and could encounter a big crisis at any time, so he spoke out to remind him.
Zhang Ruochen nodded, able to hear the meaning in Qing Xiao’s words, and said, “Next, I will muffle my voice for a period of time, going from the surface, hiding behind the scenes.”
“What are the plans?”Qing Xiao said.
Zhang Ruochen smiled and said, “Recruiting soldiers and horses, growing in strength, and waiting for the day when the situation becomes clear.”
Carrying the Burning Sky Sword, the Canglan Martial Saint stepped out from the Fire Domain, stroking the sword and finding it hard to hide the joy in his heart. Suddenly, the smile on her face, was withdrawn again, as she said in a cold voice, “Recruiting soldiers and horses, growing in strength. Are you trying to rebel?”
“Just wanting to establish a clan of my own to build up my strength to cope with the great upheaval to come.”Zhang Ruochen said indifferently.
The Canglan Martial Saint’s cuirass gently nodded and said, “Counting on your kid’s good sense, you must bear in mind that going against the imperial court cannot possibly end well. However, this time, your performance is quite okay, and is considered to be a great merit, this Saint will definitely report this matter up, perhaps it can offset the offence you once committed, and it may not be certain that you can also be crowned and knighted.”
Although, the Canglan Martial Saint spoke very nonchalantly, Qing Xiao heard something different and felt a little surprised that this head of the Xuanwei, who was so arrogant that she looked at no one in the eye, was actually going to plead for Zhang Ruochen?
Even Qing Xiao knew that Zhang Ruochen was a felon that the Empress had personally ordered to be arrested, so there must be a deep-seated reason, and whoever went to plead for leniency would be risking their lives. Would the Canglan Martial Saint not know the dangers involved?
The attitude of this Head of the Xuanwei made even Qing Xiao a little puzzled.
The Canglan Martial Saint and Qing Xiao left together and went to the military camp at the Stop Lin Pass.
“How deep are the waters of the imperial court?”
Zhang Ruochen stared at their backs and recited a sentence to himself, then, also left the place.
After the Famous Moving Sword Saint and the Flux escaped, they rendezvoused at the borderland of the Hongchuan Prefecture.
The battle that erupted on Immortal Machine Mountain was so terrifying that it looked like the heavens and earth were about to be shattered, and Flux was naturally incomparably curious, inquiring, “What exactly happened?”
The Sun and Moon Crystal Coffin flew out of Zhang Ruochen’s body at a very fast speed, and the Famous Movement Sword Saint was standing far away, so he did not see clearly who had struck.
Until this moment, the Famous Movement Sword Saint still felt a chill on his vest as he said, “A round of blazing sun and a round of moon flew up into the sky at the same time and shattered the bone hand, it should have been the two Great Emperor level figures of the Human Race.”
“A round of blazing sun and a round of moon? Could it be the Martial Exalt of the Martial Market Chambers and the Demon Sect Master coming at the same time?”
Flux revealed a puzzled expression and muttered to himself.
The Famous Movement Sword Saint could not be sure, so naturally he could not answer her, saying, “Anyway, the Great Emperor level characters have made their moves, so even if the operation fails, it’s not our fault.”
Fluttershy couldn’t figure out the reason for this and nodded, saying, “Let’s go back to the Divine Hall first to resume our orders, perhaps the Hall Master will know something about the situation.”
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In the Qiankun Realm, the Sun and Moon Crystal Coffin was still suspended below the Heaven Receiving Divine Wood, roughly ten feet away from the ground, appearing crystal clear and fluorescent, one could vaguely see that there was an extremely beautiful looking female corpse lying inside, not like it was dead, more like it was in a deep sleep.
There were a total of thirty-four pieces of broken bones, suspended around the Sun and Moon Crystal Coffin, and each piece of bone contained a powerful evil aura of death.
Every time they tried to come together, the Sun and Moon Seal on the coffin would fly out a beam of light and break them back together.
Zhang Ruochen and the Blood Moon Ghost King stood underneath the Sun and Moon Crystal Coffin, using all sorts of methods to try and communicate with the female corpse in the coffin, but they all failed.
She fell into silence, and only the Sun Seal and Moon Seal were constantly absorbing the wood-attribute holy qi from the Heaven Receiving Divine Wood, forming two long bridges of holy qi.
“Who the hell is she?”
Even the Blood Moon Ghost King gave birth to such a question.
Seeing that he was unable to communicate with the Blood Moon Ghost King, Zhang Ruochen released his spiritual power and asked the Heaven Receiving Divine Wood, perhaps it would know something.
The Heaven Receiving Divine Wood was indeed knowledgeable, but unfortunately, the new sapling had only inherited a very small portion of the old tree’s memories, and was not clear about the specific identity of the female corpse in the Sun and Moon Crystal Coffin.
“Since the Sun and Moon Crystal Coffin is the sacred weapon of the Moon Worshipping Demon Cult, perhaps some clues can be found on top of the canonical texts of the Demon Cult’s general altar.”Princess Baili walked over and appeared behind Zhang Ruochen and the Blood Moon Ghost King.
Zhang Ruochen agreed with Princess Baili and muttered, “The two old antiques, Wine Crazy Man and Ancient Songzi, might know something.”
The Wine Crazy Man and Ancient Pine Zi had been hunted down by Night Xiaoxiang to the depths of Immortal Machine Mountain, and it was unknown if they were still alive now.
The Wine Crazy Man was able to brew the Six Sacred Ascension Wine, and Gu Songzi had mastered the Sacred Transformation Dan, if they could be brought together in the Ming Sect, it would be enough to make the Ming Sect want to rise quickly and become a first class power in the Kunlun Realm.
Such talents, the Demon Sect did not want them, but Zhang Ruochen wanted them badly.
Anyway, that bone hand had already been broken, and the danger in the depths of the Immortal Machine Mountain had been reduced by a lot, so Zhang Ruochen planned to go on a journey himself.
Before going, Zhang Ruochen asked the Heaven Receiving Divine Wood a second question, “Why am I able to mobilise the power of the Qiankun Realm at times, and at other times, not?”
“Your body and the Qiankun Realm haven’t fully fitted together yet, and the Sacred Dao rules that you have cultivated haven’t fused with the Heaven and Earth rules of the Qiankun Realm yet either. It will still take a longer period of time for you to be able to mobilise the power of the Qiankun Realm for your own use as you wish.”The Heaven Receiving Divine Wood said.
“I see.”
Zhang Ruochen wasn’t disappointed, it didn’t matter even if it worked sometimes and sometimes it didn’t, anyway, he wouldn’t use that power at all until it was absolutely necessary.
The power that was cultivated by himself was the purest and the Great Dao.
Zhang Ruochen picked up Pot Pot, Devil Ape, and Princess Baili from the Qiankun Realm and brought them to the shore of the Rim Lake, smiling, “See that kind of island in the centre of the lake, there is also a Divine Soil Pill Garden on the island, which is full of holy pills. Now, it’s the time for you to make up for your mistakes, whoever picks more sacred medicines, not only don’t need to be punished, but also, there are rewards.”
“Really? All holy pills?”
Pot’s eyes became incomparably fiery as he stuck out a tongue and licked his lips.
Zhang Ruochen guessed what was going through Pot’s mind and said, “Bai Li, you won’t have to pick the pills, and you’ll be responsible for keeping an eye on them so that they don’t steal them again.”
Princess Baili was obviously much more stable than Pot Pot and the Demon Ape and asked, “What about you? Where are you going?”
“I’m going to take a trip to the depths of Immortal Machine Mountain and will be back soon.”
Zhang Ruochen stopped talking and directly headed towards the depths of the Immortal Machine Mountain, not only to look for the Wine Crazy Man and Ancient Songzi, but also to find out what secrets were hidden there?
Flying to the peak of a mountain, he glanced back and saw that, both the Pot and the Demon Ape were letting out howls and scrambling towards the Unbounded Island.
Zhang Ruochen laughed and shook his head, using his spiritual power to send a message to Princess Bai Li, telling her that the Marginal Lake and the Marginless Island had the remnants of the Great Sacred Formation that had been left over from the Middle Ages, so just let the pots and pans and the demonic apes have their fill of suffering, and don’t let them lose their lives.
