It took five days for Zhang Ruochen and the Sacred Book Talented Lady to return to the ground again, seeing the snow-capped mountains, the bright sunshine, and the streams under the ice, which finally gave one a feeling of life after the calamity.
Meanwhile, the Sacred Book Talented Lady’s injuries, had already healed, her glistening white skin regaining its spiritual lustre, standing amidst the curling sacred mist, standing in a pavilion like a fairy in a painting.
She was at the bottom of the snowy mountain, bidding farewell to Zhang Ruochen.
“Before you leave, do me a favour!”
Zhang Ruochen took the ice-cold box that he had retrieved from Mei Lanzhu’s body and said, “This one box is arranged with a very complicated array seal, so I can’t open it with my mental power.”
The Sacred Book Talented Lady took the ice-cold box, placed it in her palm, and observed it for a moment.
Her palm, then, flicked lightly on the surface of the ice-cold box.
Instantly, the powerful seal was shattered as if it was a thin layer of paper and turned into nothingness.
Zhang Ruochen secretly smacked his lips.
There was indeed a huge gap between the strength of his spiritual power compared to the Sacred Book Talented Girl, and in his heart, he secretly resolved that in the next period of time, he must spend more time cultivating his spiritual power.
After all, manipulating time and space required a high level of mental strength.
If one wanted to cultivate all of the “Eight Changes of Scale” to a great success, one must also increase the strength of one’s spiritual power a little more.
The Sacred Scripture Maiden handed the ice box to Zhang Ruochen, her eyes moving as she wanted to speak.
There were some words that the Sacred Book Talented Maiden couldn’t say after all. Because, she had to see that Zhang Ruochen seemed to be deliberately avoiding it.
“I hope there is still a chance to see you again.”
In the end, with just this sentence, the Sacred Book Talented Maiden turned around and took a step forward, and by the time her footsteps fell, she had already travelled to several dozen miles away, leaving behind only a graceful back.
Taking another step forward, her back, too, completely disappeared.
Zhang Ruochen let out a soft sigh, and then, fixed his gaze on the ice-cold box.
Having lost the array seal, on the box, the temperature that emanated from it, was even colder.
“Ka!”
Opening the box, it was only to see that, inside, there was actually a crystal clear elixir lying inside. On the surface of the elixir, four circles of white holy light emanated, and the fragrance of the elixir that was released was even more rich and pungent.
Just breathing in a mouthful of the aroma, one’s hundred veins were also cleared and one’s spirit was refreshed.
“Fourth Grade Holy Yuan Dan.”
Zhang Ruochen was both somewhat surprised and pleasantly surprised.
He really didn’t expect that the treasure contained inside the ice-cold box was the very elixir that he desperately wanted to obtain right now.
Would it be a bit too coincidental?
“Mei Lanzhu’s cultivation level has already reached the peak of Third Order Half-Saint, so I guess he also wants to swallow the Fourth Grade Sacred Elemental Pill in the near future to break through to Fourth Order Half-Saint.”
Zhang Ruochen re-covered the ice-cold box, the corner of his mouth slightly hooked, as long as he had this Fourth Grade Holy Elemental Pill, it wouldn’t be long before he should be able to impact to the Fourth Order Half-Saint realm.
In the distance, a picture scroll, passing through layers of snowy mountains, flew over in the direction Zhang Ruochen was in, hovering a few feet above the ground.
“Wow!”
Xiao Hei rushed out from the scroll and landed on the ground, staring with wide eyes, revealing a shocked expression as he circled around Zhang Ruochen a few times, looking incredulous, saying, “Tsk tsk! Zhang Ruochen, you actually climbed out of the Endless Abyss? The First Gradient really exists, what exactly is down there? Are there any ancient Saint Artifacts left over from the past?”
“There’s nothing down there.”
Zhang Ruochen didn’t want to talk more about what was underneath the Endless Abyss and stretched out a hand, saying, “My four letters, give them back to me.”
Xiao Hei lowered his head, squeaking a bit, and said, “This Emperor thought …… that you definitely hadn’t survived, and on the second day after you left, you gave the four letters to Murong Yue, and asked her to use the power of the black market to help you send the letters out.”
Hearing this, dense black lines sprouted on Zhang Ruochen’s forehead, and trying his best to use a still calm tone, he said, “Still don’t immediately ask her to send someone, to go and chase the letters back.”
Xiao Hei did something, and it was indeed very unreliable.
The four letters, what was written on each of them, were all things that Zhang Ruochen wanted to say deep down in his heart, and among them, naturally, there were many secrets.
If, for example, he really died in the Endless Abyss, then the secrets would not be a big deal even if the recipients of the letters knew about them.
But now, he was still alive after all.
“I hope I can still catch up.”
Zhang Ruochen looked at Xiao Hei, who had turned into a black light and disappeared into the sky, and let out a long sigh, his feelings at the moment quite complicated.
He was not afraid of the people from the Black Market, knowing the contents of the letter. After all, the people sent by Murong Yue to deliver the letter must be very loyal and reliable.
The key was, what if the letter was really delivered to Chi Yao?
The forces of the black market were spread out in every corner of the world, there was almost nothing they couldn’t do, and there must be some means by which they could present the letter to Chi Yao’s face.
For example, they would take that letter, disguise it as a military secret letter, and have the sergeant from the Ministry of War, present it.
There was no need to censor it at all, and the letter would appear in Chi Yao’s imperial study.
At the same time, he sent out a sound wave, using the means of Thousand Mile Sound Transmission, to the Sacred Book Talented Lady who hadn’t gone far yet, asking her to help keep an eye on it as well.
If the letter had really been sent out and reached the Zi Wei Palace, with the identity of the Sacred Scripture Talented Maiden, there were still several layers of chances to intercept it.
The Sacred Book Talented Maiden had only just owed Zhang Ruochen a huge favour, so naturally, she had to help with this favour.
However, she still had a few moments of curiosity, how did Zhang Ruochen write a letter to the Empress?
What was the content of the letter, again?
Zhang Ruochen was alone, treading through the snow, carefully projecting, and muttering to himself, “The recipients of the four letters, Kong Lanyou, who is in Sacred Brightness Imperial City, is the closest.”
Between the Tiantai Prefecture and the Sacred Brightness Imperial City, there was a wormhole connecting the two places, and if the Black Market was fast enough, most likely, she had already received the letters.
In the letter, Zhang Ruochen did not mention that he had gone to the Endless Abyss, but just casually spoke some words of catching up and some memories from his childhood.
However, as long as Kong Lanyou saw the letter, she would also definitely know that he was still alive.
“Sooner or later, we will know, so why think so much?”
Zhang Ruochen shook her head, no longer thinking about the matter.
It wasn’t a big deal if she knew the truth.
Anyway, sooner or later, Zhang Ruochen would have to go to the Sacred Brightness Imperial City and pay homage to his mother. By stating this in advance, when the time came, the two of them would be a bit more open when they met.
Since he had already rescued the Sacred Book Talented Maiden, the biggest problem Zhang Ruochen faced now was how to refine the Blood God Compass?
Although, Zhang Ruochen was now able to barely resist the Blood God Compass’s gnawing, as long as it was still alive in the Qi Sea, it was ultimately a big threat.
It had only been a few days, but the aura emanating from the Blood God Compass had actually strengthened quite a bit, and it was already on the verge of reaching the Sixth Order Semi-Saint realm.
Once it reached the Sixth Order Semi-Saint, the power of the Blood God Compass would be even more powerful even faster, and the threat to Zhang Ruochen would become even greater.
A few days ago, Zhang Ruochen had asked the Sacred Book Talented Lady.
After all, the Sacred Scripture Woman was very knowledgeable and knew all the secrets of the world, and in the Kunlun Realm, she had the title of “omniscient”.
Omniscient was indeed an exaggeration.
However, her knowledge of the Blood God Compulsion was far more than Zhang Ruochen’s, and she told Zhang Ruochen, “Since the Blood God Compulsion is refined from the corpse of the Blood God, as long as we find the Blood God’s corpse, the compulsion will naturally detach itself from its host and return to the corpse.”
At that time, the Sacred Book Talented Maiden was a bit sceptical and repeatedly asked Zhang Ruochen why he had asked this question. Zhang Ruochen naturally didn’t tell her the truth and casually found a reason to put it off.
“Where exactly is the divine corpse of the Blood God stored? It seems like I can’t leave the Blood God Sect for the time being.”
Zhang Ruochen once again arrived at the Cang Tian Valley, preparing to return to the camp of the Pixie Character Heavenly Palace.
However, he had only just reached the entrance of the valley when a rumbling sound resounded in the valley.
Even the ground, was shaking along with it.
Two teams of flag bearers in black armour, riding savage elephants and holding war soldiers, rushed out from the valley, three layers inside and three layers outside, surrounding Zhang Ruochen in the centre.
There were a total of two hundred flag bearers, and each of them exuded a powerful battle might as they stared down at Zhang Ruochen with a murderous aura from above.
On top of that, a silhouette flashed out from the camp of the Pixie Character Heavenly Palace.
“Gu Linfeng has disappeared for so many days, but he’s still alive, it’s unbelievable.”
“So many people died, how come he’s the only one who returned alive? Perhaps we can interrogate the truth about the fall of the Divine Son from his mouth.”
“The Infinite Flag King has been missing for several days, and I don’t know if he’s still alive.”
……
A few days ago, the Spectral Character Heavenly Palace had lost five Flag Lords in a row, and even, the Divine Son of the Blood God Sect had died.
In addition, the whereabouts of the Sixth Battalion’s Flag King, Zhao Wuliang, and the newly promoted Flag Lord, Gu Linfeng, were unknown.
A series of events caused a huge stir in the Pixie Character Heavenly Palace, and even in the entire Blood God Sect. The Blood God Sect’s Sectmaster was furious and demanded that the Psi Character Heavenly Palace thoroughly investigate this matter.
Before returning to the Psi Character Heavenly Palace, Zhang Ruochen was psychologically prepared, thus, there was not a hint of panic.
In the crowd, Zhang Ruochen saw the phantom of the Blood God Sect’s Holy Maiden, Shangguan Xianyan. On her body, there was a circle of watery ripples of holy light, both some demonic and some holy.
Her eyes, fixed on Zhang Ruochen’s body, carried a smile that turned the world upside down. That smile seemed to carry a deep meaning, making it quite puzzling.
Other than that, Zhang Ruochen saw Zhao Shiqi and locked eyes with him.
A brawny Flag Master, riding a huge beast, stepped out from between the two teams of Flagmen, stared over at Zhang Ruochen, and coldly said, “Tie Gu Linfeng up, Vice Palace Lord Yao will interrogate him personally.”
With that, the two flagbearers used the Dragon Chain and walked over to bind Zhang Ruochen.
Zhang Ruochen did not resist, and was calm from start to finish.
The fall of the Divine Son was indeed a major event, and anyone who had anything to do with it was suspected. There was no excuse for the Pixie Character Heavenly Palace to do so.
If Zhang Ruochen had deliberately resisted, perhaps, he would have been killed on the spot. The Pixie Character Heavenly Palace directly claimed that he had killed Mei Lanzhu, and would be able to answer to the Blood God Sect Leader, as there was no evidence against him in death anyway.
Since even Zhao Shiqi was still alive, Zhang Ruochen naturally had nothing to fear, as long as he dealt with it carefully.
