Shuang Feng’s cultivation was extremely profound, reaching the realm of a five-step Saint King, yet his spiritual strength was only at the same level as Zhang Ruochen’s, and it seemed that he had only reached the fifty-fifth step not long ago.
Such a spiritual strength naturally could not be concealed from Zhang Ruochen’s perception.
Walking on the streets, Zhang Ruochen did not move, his heart secretly gazing: ”The cultivators of the Hundred Flowers Palace are actually following me, and their cultivation level seems to be extremely high, what exactly do they mean? Could it be that they want to strike at me outside the Hundred Flowers Palace?”
Thinking of this, the sense of crisis in Zhang Ruochen’s heart rose sharply as he quickly thought of a strategy to deal with it.
With his current cultivation, he was still far from being a match for the Hundred Flowers Palace, and continuing to stay in the Tendu Sacred City was an extremely dangerous thing to do.
However, immediately fleeing, Zhang Ruochen had some reluctance, after all, he had already given the Hundred Flowers Palace a deposit of five million Sacred Stones, could he just blow it all away?
“Whatever, let’s first see what the Hundred Flowers Palace really wants?”
Zhang Ruochen, who was originally walking on the street, performed Spatial Shift and disappeared from his original spot.
In the next instant, he appeared on the top floor of a tower not far away, and, he immediately stirred up the power of the twelve Buddha beads to conceal the aura of his body.
“What’s going on? Why is the figure shifting and the person disappearing, is his degree that fast?”
Shuang Feng chased after him, appearing at the location where Zhang Ruochen had just disappeared, his eyes checking in all directions, even using his spiritual power to probe, but he couldn’t find a trace of Zhang Ruochen’s aura at all.
“Could it be spatial shifting? In that case, it seems that the probability of him being Zhang Ruochen has reached 90%.”
Shuang Feng also guessed that the other party had most likely already noticed that he was following him, thus, instead of immediately returning to the Hundred Flowers Palace, he wandered around the Tendu Sacred City.
This wandering around was most of the day.
“Could it be that I’m being too careful and cautious, how could a mere half-step Saint King possibly now that I’m following him?”
Shuang Feng didn’t notice that someone was following him, and instantly felt that he had overestimated Zhang Ruochen, and so, no longer continuing to wander around, he walked straight through a street and arrived at a secluded alley not far from the Yin Yang Hall.
Shang Feng took out a piece of talisman paper and slashed his finger on it.
“Gimme!”
The talisman paper immediately burst into flames, turning into a ray of fire that flew into the Yin Yang Hall.
A few moments later, a cloud of demonic mist rose from the ground, coalescing into a form that appeared to be human and not human, as if it did not have a real physical body, however, the aura that radiated out from the demonic mist was extremely strong and powerful.
“You even came to see me with your real body, you are not small in guts.”
In the demonic mist, an ambiguous voice resounded.
Shang Feng appeared extraordinarily calm, and with a flick of his hand, a seed flew out. The seed landed on the ground and immediately grew shoots, and quickly grew flower paths and flowers.
As a white flower, grew out, the figures of the two of them, gradually disappeared from their original position, and even the breath on their bodies was covered by the faint fragrance of the flower.
“A good True Illusion Sacred Flower, such a means is more powerful than many illusionists.” The man in the magic mist said.
“It’s just a small means, it can’t reach the big stage.”
Shang Feng’s expression became serious and said, “I want to see Shang Ziwei.” ?
The person in the demonic mist, said, “Is Lord Zi烆 not something you can see just because you want to? It’s just as well if you have something important to tell me.”
“I’m afraid it’s different, I have extraordinary news to sell to him.” Shang Feng’s expression was rather cold.
“Duke Zi is not in the Tendu Sacred City, if there really is extremely important news, I will definitely relay it to the Duke in the first instance, and won’t take credit from you.”
After some thought, Shuang Feng said in a low voice, “Zhang Ruochen has come to Tiandu Sacred City, however, only I know where he is.”
“Is this true?”
The body of the man in the demonic mist became a bit more solid, obviously attaching considerable importance to this matter, because he knew that the person that Duke Zi Zi wanted to get rid of the most right now was Zhang Ruochen.
If Zhang Ruochen was really in the Tendu Sacred City, the value of this piece of news definitely exceeded ten million Sacred Stones, if not more.
“Lol.”
Shuang Feng naturally wouldn’t tell him exactly where Zhang Ruochen was, and lightly said, “You should report to Shang Zijian first, if he can come up with a price that satisfies me, I don’t mind telling him the exact information about Zhang Ruochen.”
After saying this, Shang Feng carried his hands behind his back and travelled into the distance.
“Giggling.”
The True Illusion Sacred Flower on the ground, its petals burned, all the way up to its roots, and amongst the ashes, a bright grain of light flew out and fell into Shang Feng’s hand.
That was the seed of the True Illusion Sacred Flower.
No one knew whether the seed of the True Illusion Sacred Flower had really blossomed just now. Or was it the power of the seed that created the illusion.
“You’d better be careful as well, don’t let the Demon Jedi King and Ji Fanxin notice the clues, if they know that you’re a part of the Black Demon Realm, I’m afraid you won’t live to see tomorrow.”
Hearing these words, Shuang Feng’s figure paused slightly, his face sank, and he snorted coldly, “I don’t need you to mind my business.”
Both Shuang Feng and Devil Mist disappeared inside the alley.
Roughly another half a quarter of an hour had passed, and in the alley, the space trembled slightly, and Zhang Ruochen’s figure appeared out of thin air, raising his head and looking towards the Yin Yang Hall not far away, “A great expert of the Hundred Flowers Palace is actually a being of the Black Demon Realm, interesting, interesting ……So, the Black Demon Realm is a Black Shadows member?”
Based on Zhang Ruochen’s encounters in recent times, it was roughly certain that the Rhea Realm where the Dead Void was located, the Soul Realm where the King of the Birds was located, and this Black Demon Realm were all more or less related to Shang Ziqian. They were more or less related to Shang Ziwei, and were most likely the dark power that the Moon God had spoken of.
These three great worlds were each ranked among the top 1,000 strong worlds, and just their power already made Zhang Ruochen feel a huge pressure.
Not to mention, those great worlds that were still hidden in the Black Curtain.
With all the power of the Black Curtain revealed, it was feared that even a Great Saint would be suffocated by the pressure on his body.
It was no wonder that the Moon God hadn’t explicitly told Zhang Ruochen just how huge the power of the Black Curtain was, if Zhang Ruochen couldn’t withstand that pressure, he would most likely retreat, despair, have a mental breakdown, and give up on himself.
Nowadays, Zhang Ruochen was like paddling a small boat on the river, only able to move forward, not backward. However, there were iron locks across the river, like steel dragons blocking the way, if he continued to advance, the boat would surely capsize and people would die.
At this time, the only way to break through the iron locks across the river is to take out an unrelenting momentum. Otherwise, one would only throw oneself into the river and die because of despair in one’s heart.
Next, Zhang Ruochen changed his appearance again and went to the holy shop run by the Time God Temple, spending five million holy stones to purchase a piece of Temporal Agate, and another one million holy stones to purchase a small bottle of water from the Long River of Time.
The entire process seemed quite smooth.
In the holy shop, the master administrator whose cultivation had reached the Saint King realm did inquire about Zhang Ruochen, asking him if he was a Time Cultivator and if he had any plans to go forward to the Temple of Time to study.
Zhang Ruochen, however, just replied, “Where would I realise the Way of Time, these things, I purchased them for my family’s son.”
Upon hearing this, that principal lost interest in Zhang Ruochen and asked no more questions.
Time cultivators were indeed quite rare, however, every great world almost always had some inheritance of the Way of Time, and were able to give birth to a few Time cultivators. Among them, some of the strong worlds even had ancient sects that cultivated the Way of Time.
In the Truth Heavenly Domain, the emergence of a Time Cultivator was not something strange.
Unless a Time Controller popped up, it would cause a stir.
Zhang Ruochen thought carefully, weighing the pros and cons, and ultimately decided that he would continue to return to the Hundred Flowers Palace for a temporary stay.
Entering the Swallow Palace Cave, Zhang Ruochen immediately opened the Hundred Forbidden Formation, and then, took out a piece of Time Agate the size of a pigeon egg, along with a white Sacred Jade Vial.
“It’s really expensive, just such a small piece of Space-Time Agate is actually worth five million Saint Stones, which can already be used to purchase an Earth Grade Saint Pill.”
This Space-Time Agate that Zhang Ruochen had purchased could only be considered of inferior quality, but, when worn on the body, it could slow down the flow of time by a factor of two in a three-foot radius.
Moreover, it could also form this piece of misplaced space with a diameter of three zhang.
In other words, as long as the Temporal Agate was carried on the body, the cultivator could have twice the cultivation time at any time, anywhere. Moreover, it also formed a dislocation space defence field, which could automate the sneak attacks and assassinations of the enemy.
Such a treasure was coveted by an unknown number of people, and selling it for a high price of five million Sacred Stones was actually worth every penny.
However, at this moment, Zhang Ruochen crushed this valuable treasure into powder, not to mention how painful it was in his heart.
After crushing the Temporal Agate thoroughly and pouring the powder into the vial containing the Water of the Long River of Time, he shook it for dozens of times and waited until the two were mixed evenly before Zhang Ruochen took out the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword, along with an Inscription Brush.
“Such a small vial of liquid is worth six million Saint Stones, it must be effective, or else we’ll lose a lot of money!”
Zhang Ruochen took a deep breath to keep himself in the best condition possible, then, lifting the inscription pen, he dipped it into the liquid in the vial and sketched a time mark on top of the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword.
Because he was worried about wasting it, Zhang Ruochen was extremely careful and prudent, and actually sketched the time imprint in one go.
“Give it a try.”
Zhang Ruochen grabbed the hilt of the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword and mobilised his Saint Qi to inject it in, and gradually, an inscription emerged on the sword body, one thousand, two thousand, three thousand …… Waiting until
the number of inscriptions on the sword body reached ten thousand, bursting out with consummate power, the time imprint engraved on the sword still did not disappear.
“Did it work?”
I don’t know if it was a side effect of the Joy and Fury Pill, but Zhang Ruochen couldn’t suppress the joy in his heart and actually let out a long whistle.
A sword was swung out, and a Time Seal, following the sword Qi, flew out, chopping at a Spirit Crane flying in mid-air.
The sword Qi, flew past the top of the Spiritual Crane, and only the Time Seal hit the body of the Spiritual Crane.
The Spiritual Crane wailed and its body became quite weak as it fell down from the sky above.
Zhang Ruochen stretched out a hand and struck out a piece of thick Sacred Qi, causing the Spiritual Crane’s descent to become slower and slower, and finally falling lightly to the ground.
Next, Zhang Ruochen detached a spiritual force to check the state of vitality within the Spiritual Crane.
“The life force has indeed dropped drastically, as if it had fallen gravely ill, losing a full sixty years of longevity.” With Zhang Ruochen’s current spiritual strength, he was naturally able to accurately judge the lifespan of a living being with a lower cultivation level than his own.
Zhang Ruochen looked at the Time Seal on the sword again, it hadn’t disappeared, it was only slightly dimmer, it should be able to be used multiple times.
“With the aid of the Time Seal, it is an additional means to hurt people invisibly.”
Zhang Ruochen didn’t feel complacent because of this, because, to skilfully combine the power of the Sword Dao and the Time Seal wasn’t an easy task, one had to constantly grope for it in the midst of actual battles in order to be able to use it freely.
“This person, Shuang Feng, must be eliminated as soon as possible. He absolutely cannot be allowed, to tell Shang Ziwei the news that I am in the Hundred Flowers Palace. Otherwise, with Shang Zi烆’s methods, before I even get my hands on the Dragon Soul and the Elephant Soul, I will be subjected to a furious killing spree.”
Earlier, Zhang Ruochen had already side-stepped the identity of the white-clothed scribe from Swallow’s mouth, knowing that he was a five-step Saint King realm powerhouse.
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes flashed with a killing light as he picked up the vial on the ground and put it into his spatial ring. In the vial, there was still three quarters of the liquid left.
Only after thinking of the most appropriate means did Zhang Ruochen walk out of the Swallow Palace Cave.
