After making a trip to the Corresponding Sacred Pavilion, Zhang Ruochen gained a month’s worth of cultivation time, and at the same time, he also obtained three Order Seals of the Truth Divine Hall, which represented three quotas to enter the Divine Hall for cultivation.
Unfortunately, a cultivator could only obtain a quota once in a year, otherwise Zhang Ruochen was eager to give all three token seals to Mu Lingshi and Ling Fei Yu.
Walking out of the Divine Hall of Truth and seeing Su Jing, Zhang Ruochen handed over the three token seals to him.
Su Jing was well aware of the importance of entering the Divine Hall of Truth to cultivate, and every additional spot represented that the overall strength of the Guanghan Realm could be raised by one point.
As if he was holding three peerless beauties, Su Jing put away the three token seals and said, “This king will now rush back to the Shatuo Heavenly Realm and select three more Saint realm cultivators to come over.”
“Uncle Jing.”
Zhang Ruochen called out to Su Jing and said, “At this stage, the Broad Cold Realm is in a very difficult situation in the Truth Heavenly Domain, so I think we should deploy three Saint King realm powerhouses over first.”
Su Jing was a little hesitant.
After all, only when one comprehended the Rules of Truth at the Saint realm, the more helpful it would be to the cultivator. The higher the cultivation level, the less malleable it would be, and instead, it would not be able to wield the true value of the three slots.
Su Jing understood Zhang Ruochen’s intention, which was to deploy strong men to take back all the other dojos belonging to the Guanghan Realm as well, and might even go to war with Shang Ziqi.
However, Su Jing had lived more than ten times as many years as Zhang Ruochen and saw more deeply, saying, ”If we deploy three Saint Kings, the other side might deploy thirty, or even three hundred. Those powerful realms are deep and have many Saint Kings, so even if one Saint King dies, it’s not a big deal. However, for the Guanghan Realm to lose one Saint King is a huge loss.”
Zhang Ruochen could tell that Su Jing’s character was calm but conservative.
Such a person was suitable for governing a great world and defending a great world, but was unable to make a great world rise strongly against the current.
Zhang Ruochen said, “Alright, deploy that Owl Sacred Beast from the Yuanxu Peak Sacred Ground, and the other two slots will be arranged by Uncle Jing.”
All three slots were fought for by Zhang Ruochen, so Su Jing naturally had no problem with it.
Su Jing instructed them to be more careful and not to leave the Mirror Fragrance Cliff Dojo rashly before returning to the Shatuo Heavenly Domain with the three token seals.
“Zhang Ruochen, I’m going to take on the mission set out by the Truth Divine Hall to earn cultivation time, so I won’t be returning to the Dojo with you.” Ling Fei Yu walked out, as proud and dusty as a snowy mountain ice lotus.
Ling Fei Yu was well aware of the importance of entering the Truth Divine Hall to cultivate, so naturally, she wanted to do everything she could to earn as much cultivation time as possible.
Since he hadn’t been able to cross the first layer of the sea, he could only take up the mission of the Truth Divine Hall.
Zhang Ruochen knew Ling Fei Yu very well, and knew that she was a woman of great independence, with her own plans and arrangements, and did not need others to teach her what to do at all.
Moreover, Ling Fei Yu had the powerful strength to go on missions alone.
“Good.” Zhang Ruochen said.
“If you want to attack the Moon God’s dojo, or deal with those powerhouses in the Cloud Realm, just send a message to me, and I will definitely rush back to help you.”
Ling Fei Yu also understood Zhang Ruochen very well and could already tell his next plan.
After Ling Fei Yu left, Zhang Ruochen took Mu Lingshi, Wen Shusheng, Ling Mi, and Su Qingling through the teleportation array and returned to the Mirror Fragrance Cliff Dojo.
Empyrean Island.
Feng Rocks arrived outside the hallowed hall in the centre of the island, and with that, the door to the hallowed hall, automatically opened.
Only to see that Feng Ruoxi and the dao-robed man were still sitting on both sides of the chess table as if they had never left, quietly playing chess.
“Sister, Zhang Ruochen crossed the first level of the sea and arrived at the second level of the sea’s barrier, dueling with the guardian for three strikes.” Feng Yan said.
“Got it!”
Feng Ruoxi kept her gaze fixed on the chess table and spoke faintly.
“Should these two pretend to be so calm? Even if you guys are strong, aren’t you surprised at all?” In Feng Yan’s heart, he was quite offended.
Seeing that Feng Ruoxi and the dao-robed man only focused on playing chess without saying a word, Feng Yan felt bored, so he shook his head and left the sanctuary.
I don’t know how long it had been quiet before Feng Ruoxi spoke, “Zhang Ruochen’s performance in crossing the Sea of Truth was nothing short of astonishing, so I’m guessing that Shang Ziqi will definitely make a move. You can still sit here so calmly and play chess with me?”
“Shang Zi烆 has always liked to maximise his interests when doing things, and I already have some guesses as to what he wants to do. So, there’s no hurry, no hurry.” The dao-robed man said indifferently.
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the Mirror Fragrance Cliff Dojo, Mu Lingshi and Wen Shusheng, among others, immediately sat down on the underside of the cliff wall and began to view that Way of Truth graphic left behind by the Tree God.
Crossing the Sea of Truth was just too much of a stimulus for them.
Zhang Ruochen had already reached the barrier of the second layer of the sea, yet, they could not yet reach the twentieth mile of the first layer of the sea, such a gap was too much of a blow to them, forcing them to cultivate desperately and try to catch up.
Zhang Ruochen arrived at the edge of the dojo and opened his Heavenly Eyes to observe, and now those Saint Kings from the Cloud Realm had already retreated.
“They probably received the news and know that I have already been to the Truth Divine Hall and crossed the first layer of the sea.” Zhang Ruochen smiled faintly.
Since they knew that they couldn’t besiege Zhang Ruochen and the others, those Saint Kings of the Cloud Realm weren’t stupid, and they definitely wouldn’t continue to guard here. It was just unknown if they had cursed Zhang Ruochen’s ancestors when they left.
Zhang Ruochen was about to send a message to the Moon God to enquire about the “Truth Upanishad”.
However, the Mirror Fragrance Cliff Dojo wasn’t safe, in case there was a cultivator whose spiritual strength exceeded his who was guarding the vicinity, he would be able to intercept the light talisman that he had sent out and intercept his secrets.
His opponent was the new generation leader of the Merit Divine Hall, Shang Ziwei. Sending a Spiritual Power Saint King to guard the vicinity of the Mirror Fragrance Cliff Dojo was something that was entirely possible.
Of course, the transmission light talisman could only be intercepted when it was just flying out.
The likelihood of it being intercepted while flying in the middle of the journey was slim to none.
For safety’s sake, Zhang Ruochen used the Spatial Teleportation Formation to arrive at a lofty mountain range roughly 100,000 miles away from the Mirror Fragrance Cliff Dojo, and burned the information he wanted to ask about, after which, he punched the Transmission Light Talisman out.
The next step was to slowly wait for the Moon God’s reply.
Zhang Ruochen observed his surroundings and realised that this place was a primitive jungle in the middle of nowhere, with a large number of Golden Maple Trees growing, each as thick as a millstone and extraordinarily ancient.
It was very quiet and extraordinarily remote, with very few cultivators setting foot here.
“It’s possible to set up a teleportation array here, it might come in handy in the future.”
Every teleportation formation was a way to retreat.
Zhang Ruochen only spent one hour to set up a spatial teleportation formation.
Afterwards, he used soil and buried the formation three metres deep below the ground.
“If Little Black was around, he could have used a concealment formation to hide the teleportation formation better.”
Zhang Ruochen seldom spent time studying formations, and thus didn’t place a half-assed concealment formation outside the teleportation formation, lest it would be botched and instead be seen by the passing cultivators.
“Wow-” A
point of light broke through the clouds and flew into into the Golden Maple Forest, landing in Zhang Ruochen’s hand.
“It’s a reply from the Moon God.”
Zhang Ruochen grabbed the Transmission Light Talisman and couldn’t wait to read the contents on it, one by one, words appeared on top of the jade talisman.
“Firstly, this is a great opportunity, you continue to cross the Sea of Truth, and with each layer of the sea, you should still be able to obtain more Truth Upanishads. When you get one percent of the Truth Upanishads and become a Truth Messenger, I will naturally tell you what the Truth Upanishads really are.”
“Second, this secret, cannot be told to anyone. Because, besides you, there are other cultivators who have also obtained the Truth Upanishad. If the news leaks out, those other cultivators who possess the Truth Upanishad will try to kill you by all means and seize the Truth Upanishad within you.”
“Thirdly, the Truth Upanishads in the heavens and earth are constant and only have a whole number. You have now obtained one ten thousandth of it, and must fight with all your might for the remaining nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine thousandths.”
Seeing the content on top of the jade talisman, the doubt in Zhang Ruochen’s eyes became even more intense.
Afterwards, he mobilised his spiritual power to check the Truth Upanishads within his body.
Those Truth Upanishads were like grains of light that spread all over his body, causing his brain to be clear, as if there was not a single impurity.
It wasn’t just about comprehending the rules of the Sacred Dao, it was as if anything he did was easier than before.
Just like setting up the Teleportation Array just now, it only took an hour to complete, the speed and efficiency was so fast that Zhang Ruochen himself found it a bit unbelievable.
But in the past, he would need to spend three hours to set up a teleportation array.
“It’s better to ignore that much for now, endeavouring to collect more Truth Upanishads is the right thing to do, the Moon God surely won’t harm me, the Truth Upanishads are presumably something quite remarkable.”
Zhang Ruochen didn’t know which other cultivators had also obtained the Truth Upanishads, and there was no way to go and seize them, thus, he could only go and cross the Sea of Truth in order to have a chance to obtain more Truth Upanishads.
The guardians of the second level of the sea were quite powerful, and with Zhang Ruochen’s current strength, he would not be able to break through.
“The weaknesses that I need to make up for the most right now are in three areas.”
“Truth Rules. Only by comprehending more Truth Rules can I control the Ark of Truth more easily and explode with even more powerful battle power.”
“Spiritual power. Spiritual power can help me control the Ark of Truth.”
“Middle-ranked holy arts. I must cultivate into a middle-ranked Sacred Art before I can do so, or else I’ll still suffer a great loss when I fight with the Gatekeeper again.”
Zhang Ruochen now held forty-seven days of cultivation time, but, with the large number of cultivators from all walks of life, not all of them were able to enter the Truth Divine Hall to cultivate at any time, and they had to continue to queue up and wait for the Divine Hall’s notification.
“First, I will cultivate the eleventh palm of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm, and as long as the palm reaches great success, I should be able to compete with the defenders of the second level of the sea.”
Zhang Ruochen decided to go to the Tendu Sacred Market first to purchase Saint King level Dragon Souls and Elephant Souls, and at the same time, he also wanted to shop around to see if there were any Saint Pills to enhance his spiritual power.
The Tendu Sacred Market was the only trading market in the Truth Heavenly Domain, where cultivators from all realms of the universe, as well as disciples of the Truth Divine Hall, would go to buy and sell items.
Because of the special status of the Truth Divine Hall, it made the Tendu Sacred Market incomparably prosperous, and it had a notable reputation throughout the entire Heavenly Domain, and there were very few things that couldn’t even be purchased in the Tendu Sacred Market.
Zhang Ruochen left this lofty mountain range and arrived at a cloud boat ferry, taking the cloud boat and rushing straight towards the Heavenly Capital Sacred Market.
In order to avoid being recognised, Zhang Ruochen used the Formless and Phaseless Thirty-Six Transformations to change his appearance, and used the Buddha Emperor’s Buddha Bead to conceal his body’s aura.
