“Ah ……” “You
shall not die well …… One day …… day. My senior brother will kill all of you …… through and through ……” “It hurts
, it really hurts, the soul-beating all over in their hands, it hits my holy soul and escapes to shatter.”
Outside the …… Yin
Yang Hall, there stood four evil cultivators in grey robes, holding soul beating whips and taking turns to beat the seventeen heads hanging on the gate.
The blood in the seventeen heads had already dried up, and their faces were full of whip marks, blood and flesh, and the attainment couldn’t see their five senses.
“Snap!”
Every whip fall was accompanied by a miserable scream, making the already eerie Yin Yang Hall even more oozing, and the cultivators didn’t dare to stay on the nearby streets at all.
Among them, a dwarf who was only five feet tall let out a sharp laugh, “Three days have already passed, but Zhang Ruochen doesn’t even dare to come and save you guys, he’s just a shrunken head turtle.”
“How would Zhang Ruochen dare to come to the Yin Yang Hall, he would only be sending death if he came.”
A Supreme Sage from the Ten Thousand Evil Realm let out a deep laugh, and then, he lashed out his whip again.
…… Zhang
Ruochen, Xiao Hei, and Ling Feiyu all changed their appearances and walked quickly past the outside of the Yin Yang Hall, they didn’t stop and crossed three streets in a row before stopping.
Zhang Ruochen’s face was as sullen and cold as it could be.
In order to borrow the Glazed Heaven Sealing Mask, Zhang Ruochen quietly returned to the Mirror Fragrance Cliff Dojo again.
Ling Fei Yu’s attitude was quite resolute, he had to follow along and come to the Tendu Sacred City before he was willing to lend out the Glazed Heaven Sealing Mask, and in the end, Zhang Ruochen could only compromise.
Little Black said, ”Let’s wait a little longer, this Emperor has recently been refining a set of formation flags and is still missing the last material. As long as that material is bought in the Tendu Sacred Market and refined into it, the power of the formation flag will be greatly increased, so I’m not sure if it will be able to be of great help.”
“What material?” Zhang Ruochen asked.
Little Black immediately said, “Sun Gold Essence.”
Zhang Ruochen furrowed his brows, having never heard of this material before, it was clear that Sun Essence Gold must be quite rare and not that easy to find.
Just as Zhang Ruochen and the others, were preparing to go to some of the top Holy Markets to look for Sun Sacred Gold …… Suddenly
, space trembled slightly.
The sky above their heads became dark.
Instantly, day turned into night.
“Not good, we’ve been discovered, someone has blocked off the space here.”
Almost in an instant, Ling Fei Yu summoned the Burial Heavenly Sword, condensed the Sword Dao Xuan Gang, and stabbed out.
The sword light, like a piercing white rainbow flew out, illuminating the surrounding dark space.
“Boom.”
Ling Fei Yu’s sword collided with a crystal clear jade finger.
The invulnerable Sword Dao Xuan Gang was unexpectedly blocked.
At the tip of that jade finger, a white petal flew out, dissolving all the Sword Dao Xuan Gang into nothing.
Ling Fei Yu’s length flew up, his eyes cold and sharp as he locked eyes with that masked woman standing on the opposite side, the Burial Sky Sword in his hand bursting out with more and more radiant Xuan Gangs.
Xiao Hei hurriedly rushed up to persuade the fight, saying, “Own people, own people.”
“Own people?”
Ling Fei Yu saw that the other party was indeed not hostile before he withdrew his sword astral, fell back and stared at Little Black with a puzzled look, waiting for it to explain.
Little Black hemmed and hawed, “These Hundred Flower Fairies are friends of Zhang Ruochen, and this Emperor is not very familiar with her.”
Ling Fei Yu had naturally heard of the Hundred Flower Fairy’s name, known as one of the Nine Beauties of the Celestial Court Realm, the leader of the Thousand Rui Realm, a woman who had left countless men spellbound.
However, legend had it that the Hundred Flower Fairy’s character was so clear and cold that almost no man was able to get close to her.
How long had Zhang Ruochen become friends with her?
Zhang Ruochen stared at the Hundred Flower Fairy not far away, his heart quite wary as he said, “What exactly have you done to my body?”
“In your mind, I am that underhanded a person? That’s why, last time, you left without saying goodbye, fearing that I would kill you to silence you?”
Ji Fanxin’s voice was flat, but anyone could hear that there was a hint of resentment in the words.
Zhang Ruochen said, “Why did you find me just after I arrived at the Tendu Sacred City?”
Ji Fanxin was slightly silent for a moment before explaining, “Because you touched the pollen on the petals of the Illuminating God Lotus, the pollen has entered your body, and once you appeared within 10,000 miles of me, I was able to sense your location.”
“The petals of the Illuminating God Lotus? Pollen?”
Zhang Ruochen was first a bit puzzled, then, as his eyes stared towards Ji Fanxin’s jade hand, he suddenly came to a realisation.
Zhang Ruochen immediately mobilised his spiritual power to internally investigate his hands, and sure enough, a minuscule grain of pollen was found within the flesh and blood of his hands.
Not just his hands …… those
pollen grains, they had long been spread all over his body, integrating into the bone marrow, blood, and internal organs.
Zhang Ruochen tried to force those pollen powder particles out of his body or refine them, but they all failed. Those powder particles were like maggots on the bones of his tarsus, and could not be removed at all.
“It’s over, I should have known that I shouldn’t have touched her.” Zhang Ruochen had some regrets.
The voice of the Sacred Eating Flower resounded within Zhang Ruochen’s body, saying, “Master, the pollen of the Illuminating God Lotus is of great use to me. Sticking to the pollen will allow me to increase the degree of nutrient absorption by ten times.”
After reaching the realm of a half-step Saint King, the degree at which the Saint Eater Flower absorbed nutrients was getting slower and slower.
Now, every day, it reached its limit when it absorbed half a Saint Source. As the degree of nutrient absorption became slower, the degree of cultivation enhancement naturally became slower as well.
If the degree of nutrient absorption was increased by ten times, then the Saint Eating Flower would be able to absorb five Saint Sources per day, and I’m afraid that it wouldn’t take long for it to break through to the Saint King realm.
Zhang Ruochen asked, “Can it absorb all the pollen in my body?”
“It should be possible, however, it will take at least a few months.” The Sacred Flower Eater said.
Receiving this answer, Zhang Ruochen finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Without letting his guard down, Zhang Ruochen asked, “What exactly is Fairy’s purpose in coming to me?”
“You don’t have to be so defensive, I have no ill will towards you, I just want to tell you that Shang Ziqi is in the Yin Yang Hall, you’d better leave the Tendu Sacred City immediately, don’t fall into the trap he’s set up.” Ji Fanxin said.
Zhang Ruochen revealed a cloudy expression and said, “So what if he’s in the Yin Yang Hall?”
Ji Fanxin said, “You simply don’t understand how powerful Shang Ziwei is, he has extremely high attainments above the Way of Truth, and has already broken through the seventh layer of the Sea of Truth’s ocean and entered the eighth layer of the ocean.”
“Before becoming a Great Saint, he is almost certain to be able to break through the eighth layer of the sea, and even has a slight chance of breaking through the ninth layer of the sea.”
“Even if his cultivation is suppressed to a half-step Saint King, however, with his profound attainments in the Way of Truth, he will be able to crush all opponents.”
Shang Ziwei’s strength made even Ji Fanxin quite fearful.
Because of that, not wanting to watch Zhang Ruochen go to his death, that was why she took the risk of personally coming to see him, hoping to dissuade him back.
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes were calm as he suddenly said, “I helped you save the Dan Spirit King, and you had personally said that you owed me a favour. Now, I want you to return this favour.”
“You want me to help you deal with the Yin Yang Hall?” Ji Fanxin said.
Zhang Ruochen shook his head and said, “This matter is a matter of life and death, even if I really wanted you to do this, you would definitely not agree. What I want you to help me with is another matter, it’s not as difficult as you think.”
……
After parting ways with
Ji Fanxin, Zhang Ruochen, Ling Feiyu, and Xiao Hei went to the “Temple of Causes and Fruits”, a holy shop opened by the Buddhist Realm in the Western Heaven, to settle down temporarily.
In the afternoon of that day, Ji Fanxin came to the Temple of Causes and Fruits and found Zhang Ruochen again.
“I’ve brought all of the Hundred Flowers Palace’s Sun Sacred Gold, a total of thirty-seven grams, worth thirty-seven million Sacred Stones.”
After handing over a box containing the Sun Sacred Gold to Zhang Ruochen, Ji Fanxin took out eight more talismans and placed them in front of Zhang Ruochen, “Four Heavenly Sword Talismans, three Divine Demon Talismans, and one Hundred Steps Without Life Talisman. It’s worth one hundred and thirty-two million Saint Stones.”
“These eight talismans were not refined by the Thousand Rui Realm’s talisman masters, so even if you take them and use them, Shang Ziwei will not suspect the Hundred Flowers Palace. This is the limit of what I can help you with!”
“Heavenly Sword Talismans, belonging to offensive talismans, when invoked, they are comparable to the full force of a three-step Saint King’s strike.”
“Each one, worth five million Saint Stones.”
“Divine Demon Talisman, it is a talisman that combines function and defence. With the strength of your physical body, as long as you stick it on your body, within ten breaths, it’s as if you’ve transformed into a God-Devil, and your strength can reach the level of a Three-Step Saint King, while attacks below the level of a Three-Step Saint King are ineffective against you.”
“Each one, worth twenty million Saint Stones.”
“Hundred Steps to Lifelessness Talisman, once invoked, within a hundred steps, cultivators below the Three Steps Saint King realm can be said to die for sure if they don’t have a defensive talisman. Value, sixty million Saint Stones.”
Each of the eight talismans laid out on the table was worth a fortune, and grasping any of them would allow even a Saint to kill a Saint King. Of course, with a Saint’s wealth, even if they accumulated it for a lifetime, there was no way they would be able to afford one of the cheapest Heavenly Sword Talismans.
“One hundred and sixty-nine million Saint Stones, even some Great Saints with weak fundamentals might not be able to take out this many Saint Stones at once!”
Zhang Ruochen said as if muttering to himself, and then, taking out the Golden Step Dragon Carriage, he held it in the palm of his hand and handed it to Ji Fanxin, saying, “Temporarily mortgaged to you, when I capture the Yin Yang Hall, I’ll carry the Sacred Stones to redeem it.”
“Indeed it is a Nine Flare Ten Thousand Stripes Sacred Artifact, marvellous, marvellous ……,” Ji
Fanxin’s pair of vastly beautiful eyes also both exuded a look of amazement, saying, “The value of this Nine Flare Ten Thousand Stripes Sacred Artifact is far more than one hundred and sixty thousand Nine million Saint Stones, aren’t you afraid that I won’t return it to you?”
“If I were to die in the Yin Yang Hall, it would be better to give it to you than to have it obtained by Shang Zi Zi. If I manage to destroy the Yin Yang Hall, aren’t you afraid that I will use the same means against the Hundred Flowers Palace?” Zhang Ruochen said.
Looking at Zhang Ruochen’s sharp eyes, Ji Fanxin suddenly had a strange thought, this son said that it was not certain that he would really be able to level the playing field with Shang Ziqian.
Originally, if Zhang Ruochen died in the Yin Yang Temple, Ji Fanshen would be able to obtain an incomparably precious Nine Flare Ten Thousand Stripes Sacred Artifact. But for some reason, she was even more looking forward to the fact that Zhang Ruochen would be able to walk out of the Yin Yang Hall alive.
After Ji Fanxin left, Xiao Hei took away the Sun Sacred Gold and went forward to refine the formation flag.
Zhang Ruochen, on the other hand, entered the inner space of the Space-Time Crystal Stone and sat down on his knees, pondering on how to take advantage of this period of time to raise his strength some more.
With that, he took out the 50,000 year old Mixed Yang Flower that Ji Fanxin had given him.
The fist-sized flower bloomed with a star-like radiance, releasing a flame-like Pure Yang Holy Qi.
“I have already cultivated the eleventh palm of the Dragon Image Prajna Palm to a minor accomplishment, only one step away from a major accomplishment. The most crucial point from minor to major accomplishment is the accumulation of masculine qi in the body.”
Cultivating into the tenth palm of the Dragon Image Prajna Palm, the masculine qi in the body was ten thousand times that of a normal person.
To cultivate into the eleventh palm, the masculine qi in the body was 100,000 times that of a normal person.
Therefore, if one wanted to cultivate the eleventh palm to great success, the first step to take was, to take a large amount of pure yang-type holy pills and medicines, to accumulate the masculine qi in one’s body to more than 50,000 times that of a normal person, and then proceed to punch the gate.
However, this step was quite perilous, as it could result in a light offence of going overboard, or a heavy offence of bursting the body and dying.
Zhang Ruochen had only just cultivated to a small level not long ago, and now he was rushing to impact a large level, the probability of success could be said to be as low as no more than 10%.
In the end, Zhang Ruochen still did not act impulsively and put the Mixed Yang Flower away again.
“Huh!”
Zhang Ruochen realised that there was a mass of light and shadow in his mind, which was his seventh life’s memories and Sacred Dao insights in the Seven Lives and Seven Deaths Diagram. This mass of light and shadow had been in a sealed state, and Zhang Ruochen had never touched it.
“After fusing it, my strength shouldn’t grow much, but it’s always good to be able to raise it a bit.”
Zhang Ruochen thought of Ling Feiyu.
Whenever the seventh world was mentioned, Ling Fei Yu’s expression was always unnatural, and Zhang Ruochen suspected that something must have been revealed during the seventh world.
It was because of this reason that Zhang Ruochen hesitated and never fused it.
“What’s the point of thinking so much? Enhancing your strength is the right thing to do.”
Zhang Ruochen stopped thinking about it and unsealed the mass of light and shadow and began to fuse it.
