Dry coughing sounds rang out, Feng Yan stood in the distance, gazing at the duo who were embracing each other, revealing a smile, “It’s only been a few days since we’ve seen each other, do you guys need to embrace for so long?”
Ling Fei Yu, Su Qing Ling, Wen Shusheng, and Ling Mi, were also standing at the edge of the Sacred Martial Stadium, each with a different look on their faces.
Zhang Ruochen suppressed the emotions in his heart, for the time being, and slowly separated from Mu Lingshi as he stared at Feng Yan, saying, “Who exactly is Your Excellency?”
“Introducing once again, a first class disciple of the Truth Divine Hall, Feng Yan. Zhang Ruochen, I have been waiting for you here for three days, do you want to sit down and talk?”
A smile was always on Feng Yan’s face.
Zhang Ruochen saw that there was no hostility on Feng Yan’s body, and that the few cultivators from the Broad Cold Realm were given VIP treatment, so he nodded and followed Feng Yan to a bamboo pavilion.
Two white-clad maids presented a jug of wine and filled it up for Zhang Ruochen and Feng Yan.
“I know that you are a lover of wine, so I made a special trip to the Heavenly Capital Holy Market to auction and buy a pot of Fairy Scattered Flowers. This Fairy Scattered Flower Wine is brewed by the Hundred Flower Fairy Ji Fanxin who collected the petals of a hundred kinds of holy flowers, and its value is incalculable.” Feng Yan laughed.
The fragrance of the wine filled out, fresh and light.
In the air, a hundred purple and red flowers blossomed, with crystal petals that fluttered together with the light wind, truly resembling the scene of a fairy scattering flowers.
Obviously, Feng Yan was aware that Zhang Ruochen was in possession of the Dragon Spirit Mad Cow Wine, which was why he assumed that he had a unique love for wine.
“Love of wine?”
Zhang Ruochen said, “Unfortunately, I’m not a person who loves wine, and if I can do without it, I don’t even want to dabble in a single drop.”
“Is that even so?”
Feng Yan immediately waved his hand and asked the maid to remove the “Fairy Scattering Flowers”, then called for a pot of tea.
Zhang Ruochen just picked up the teacup and took a small sip, knowing that this pot of tea was quite extraordinary, able to help cultivators realise the Holy Dao, and must be as valuable as the “Fairy Scattering Flowers”.
“Whether it’s that pot of wine just now, or this pot of tea now, it’s not something an ordinary cultivator can drink. The power behind this Feng Yan must be incomparably huge, and it might not necessarily come from a certain ancient clan that possesses a god.” Zhang Ruochen secretly said.
Zhang Ruochen said, “I’m curious, can all the first class disciples of the Truth Divine Hall own a holy island in the vicinity of the Divine Hall?”
Feng Yan shook his head and said, “It’s not that easy, the owner of this holy island is actually my sister. She is a Divine Transmission Disciple of the Truth Divine Hall, and her physical status is far, far higher than mine.” ?
“I see.” Zhang Ruochen said.
Feng Yan said, “In fact, this time, I invited Brother Zhang over as a guest, mainly because I want to make a friend with you.”
“Friend? Why? We don’t seem to have crossed paths before.” Zhang Ruochen said.
Feng Yan smiled and said, “Making friends is mainly based on mood and eye contact, without any other purpose. Brother Zhang has been cultivating in the Truth Divine Hall for thirteen days, what do you think of the cultivation environment inside?”
“Absolutely marvellous.” Zhang Ruochen said.
Feng Yan added, “Yet, Brother Zhang only had one month of cultivation time, and now he has already used up a small portion of it, don’t you want more cultivation time?”
“You want to drag me to worship the Truth Divine Hall?” Zhang Ruochen said.
“No.”
Feng Yan shook his head and said, “I’ve said it all before, I never make friends with any other purpose, and even if I did, I’d say it outright and wouldn’t beat around the bush like that. Besides, even if Brother Zhang intends to worship the Truth Divine Hall, I will advise you not to do that.”
“Why?”
Zhang Ruochen revealed a somewhat surprised look.
Feng Yan said, “Zhang Ruochen has already come to the Truth Heavenly Domain for some time, so he should have already seen the cruel environment here. In fact, the competition between the major disciples of the Truth Divine Hall is even more brutal. And even if one is a disciple of the Truth Divine Hall, wanting to enter the Divine Hall to cultivate is not an easy task.”
Actually, Zhang Ruochen didn’t particularly want to worship the Truth Divine Hall, thus, he didn’t continue to ask in detail.
“Then, how can I get more cultivation time again?” Zhang Ruochen asked one of his greatest concerns.
Feng Yan said, “There are two methods.”
“The first is that every month, the Truth Divine Hall will set out some missions, for example, travelling to the Battlefield of Merit and Virtue to hunt and kill a certain cultivator from the Hell Realm, or searching for a certain rare holy medicine, or travelling to some unenlightened primordial great worlds to pass on the Dao of Cultivation ……, and so on. ”
“In the second, roughly eight thousand miles away from the Truth Divine Hall, there is a Sea of Truth. There are ten layers of sea there, and crossing the first layer of sea, one can get a month of cultivation time. If you cross the second layer of the sea, you can get two months of cultivation time. Crossing the third layer of the sea, one can get four months of cultivation time……. Doubling down like this, if one is able to cross the ten layers of the sea, then one will be able to get eighty-five years and three months of cultivation time.”
Zhang Ruochen had heard about the “Sea of Truth” before he came here, but his heart was still slightly shaken by Feng Yan’s detailed explanation of the benefits.
One must know that in the Temple of Truth, every day of cultivation time was incomparably valuable. If one was able to cultivate inside for eighty-five years and three months, even a cultivator with very mediocre qualifications would probably be able to reach the Great Saint realm.
Who wouldn’t be moved?
However, Zhang Ruochen was only moved for a split second and quickly calmed down, saying, “It should be extremely difficult to cross the ten layers of the sea, right?”
Seeing Zhang Ruochen’s calmness and unruffled mind, Feng Yan secretly sighed in admiration and said, “Miss Lingxi, Palace Master Ling, and a few of our friends from the Broad Cold Realm have already gone and tried, so they might be able to tell you the answer.”
Zhang Ruochen inquired, “How many layers of the sea have you all crossed?”
“How many layers? Zhang Ruochen, you think the Sea of Truth is that easy to cross over? Of the five of us, not a single one of us has crossed the first layer of the sea, and moreover, only Palace Master Ling reached the first layer of the sea’s barrier, while the remaining four all crashed into the sea, midway through.” Su Qingling rolled her eyes, thinking that Zhang Ruochen was underestimating the difficulty of the Sea of Truth.
Zhang Ruochen was secretly shocked.
One must know that several of them were the topmost heavenly prides of a great world, and only one could be born out of hundreds of millions of living beings, yet, surprisingly, none of them were able to cross the first layer of the sea.
Ling Feiyu was a Sword Dao wizard, and was able to cultivate to the Saint King realm despite the severe lack of Saint Dao rules in the Kunlun Realm, yet, even she had failed.
Where was this difficult, it was simply not giving people hope at all.
“Take me there, I’ll give it a try.”
Zhang Ruochen had a strong interest in the Sea of Truth.
After all, being able to cross the first layer of the sea would give him a month’s worth of cultivation time, so he would have to give it a shot no matter what.
“Good.”
Feng Yan typed out a transmission light talisman, and before long, a cloud boat, arrived at the edge of Empyrean Island to guide Zhang Ruochen and the others, towards the Sea of Truth.
The owner of Empty Spirit Island, Wind Ruoxi, the Divine Transmission Disciple of the Truth Divine Hall, was sitting in the sanctuary, playing chess with a man in a Daoist robe.
Feng Ruoxi was wearing an Immortal Crane Blue Sky Robe, with a veil on her face, and an ethereal and dusty temperament, as she played chess, she said, “See, did it disappoint you?”
“Fortunately, not an arrogant person. Before I came, I watched his performance in the Ancestral Spirit Realm, and also heard that he went on a killing spree in the Mirror Fragrance Cliff Dojo, and was originally a little worried that his killing nature was too heavy and his personality too manic.” The dao-robed man said without slowing down.
Feng Ruoxi said, “Why didn’t you personally reach out to him and had to let me be the one to pull the strings?”
“It’s not time yet, I have to observe again. Besides, if Shang Ziwei knows that I’ve come to the Truth Heavenly Domain, I’m afraid that the chips he’ll use will be more than ten times greater than they are now. At that time, it will become a fight between me and him, what’s the point?” The dao-robed man said.
Feng Ruoxi said, “In the end, your Dao Family is just still waiting to see what happens, and doesn’t have much faith in him.”
The dao-robed man paused, looking carefully at the pieces on the chess table, and slowly said, “If you want the Dao Family to help him, he’ll have to show that he’s strong enough to do so. Otherwise, who would be willing to easily offend the number one ranked great world in the Western Universe, the Paradise Realm?”
Feng Ruoxi also paused and said, “Since you want to continue observing, should we take a trip to the Sea of Truth and see how he performs?” ? “Going to cross the Sea of Truth after thirteen days of enlightenment in the middle of the divine temple, will there be any results?” The dao-robed man seemed to be asking himself.
Feng Ruoxi said, “Even if he can’t cross the first level of the sea, taking a look at the amount of time he’s able to hold out at the pass will still allow for a preliminary assessment of his potential, enlightenment, and strength.”
The dao-robed man smiled faintly, “Why do I feel that you’re interested in him as well?”
“Time and space transmitter, number one on The Saint’s Merit List, a god’s fiancé, any one of these identities is enough to make me interested in him.” Feng Ruoxi said without any emotion.
“It seems like this game of chess can only be continued until later.” The dao-robed man said.
A few moments later, Feng Ruoxi and the dao-robed man transformed into two streams of light and flew out of Empyrean Island, heading straight for the Sea of Truth.
……
On the shores of the Sea of Truth
, a large number of Saint realm cultivators had gathered, all of whom had come here to cross the sea, wanting to seize more time for cultivation.
Zhang Ruochen stepped down from the cloud boat and peered over into the sea. Only to see that the sea took on ten different colours, and between every two colours of the sea, there was a curtain of light.
After a rough estimation, Zhang Ruochen realised that there were as many as two to three thousand cultivators gathered on the shore.
Among them, Zhang Ruochen saw some familiar figures, the Spirit Flame Demon Princess from the Great Demon Ten Directions Realm, and the Eastern Stream Sword Sovereign from the Violet Mansion Realm. There were also several cultivators from the Kunlun Realm, Wan Zhaoyi, Chen Wutian, the Mindfulness Buddhist Master, the Unable Monk, and Pei Yutian, the five people on the Heroic Fugue had surprisingly arrived.
When she spotted Zhang Ruochen, the Spirit Flame Demon Consort revealed a charming smile and swept straight over, saying, “Zhang Ruochen, you finally came to the Sea of Truth, how is it, do you have the confidence to cross the first layer of the sea?”
“I heard it’s difficult.” Zhang Ruochen said.
“Indeed it’s difficult, the first layer of the sea is thirty miles wide, and I’ve only reached the twenty-second mile before I crashed into the sea, and I didn’t even touch the barrier of the first layer of the sea. It is said that trying to break through the barrier is several times more difficult than reaching it.” The Spirit Flame Demon Consort sighed.
Before Zhang Ruochen had appeared, the Spirit Flame Demon Concubine was the only genius in the Shadrach Heavenly Domain who had entered the Saints’ Merit Ranking, and her talent was still above Wu Hao and the East Stream Sword Sovereign.
With her strength, it was surprising that she had only crossed to the twenty-second mile.
“However, I only cultivated for half a month in the Truth Divine Hall, so there will be opportunities in the future. Return to the dojo and cultivate for a year, then come back to cross the sea again, maybe there is still a chance.” The Spirit Flame Demon Princess said.
Right at this moment, a tsunami of shouts rang out from the shore, “The Dead Void Divine Son has broken through the barrier of the fourth layer of the sea and entered the fifth layer of the sea.”
Zhang Ruochen immediately looked towards the fifth layer of the sea, and saw that a man in black was slowly sailing forwards with the Ark of Truth.
