By lending the Heavenly Demon Stone Carving, Zhang Ruochen suffered no loss at all.
However, it could ease the conflict with Gu Shejing, which was like adding icing on the cake.
Mu Lingxi pondered for a long time, but surprisingly did not agree to Zhang Ruochen immediately.
This made Zhang Ruochen puzzled, and he said, “What’s wrong? What are you worried about?”
“No, I still can’t leave Luo Zu Yun Shan Realm.” Mu Lingxi lowered her head and said this.
“Why?”
Zhang Ruochen said, “Are you worried that Liu Shen won’t let you leave, or that she has cast some forbidden spell on you?”
Zhang Ruochen grabbed Mu Lingxi’s wrist, mobilised his mental power and the power of the Heart of Truth, and carefully probed and sensed.
“No! Although my master doesn’t value me at all, she hasn’t treated me maliciously either.” Mu Lingxi gently bit her lip, hesitating to speak.
She really wanted to tell Zhang Ruochen about Chi Xingtian.
However, she was also worried that after Zhang Ruochen knew, he would think it was too dangerous and forcibly take her away.
Although Zhang Ruochen did not die at the hands of Xiu Chen Tianshen, so she didn’t need to think about revenge, she had after all promised Chi Xingtian. As a person, one must keep one’s word.
Zhang Ruochen’s promise of a thousand gold back then still moved her to this day.
If she left like this, wouldn’t Chi Xingtian be forever imprisoned in Luo Zu Yun Shan Realm?
In the end, Chi Xingtian was after all the war god of Kunlun Realm in the past, and it was for protecting Kunlun Realm that he ended up in such a miserable state now.
Whether a hero or a war god, all are admirable, and should not have such an ending.
Zhang Ruochen said, “Is there something you can’t even tell me?”
“When the dust settles in the future, I will definitely tell you. But now…” Mu Lingxi closed her red lips again and gently shook her head.
She knew this matter was dangerous, and once exposed, it would lead to complete annihilation of body and soul, so she didn’t want to drag Zhang Ruochen into it.
“Alright, I won’t force you.”
Although Zhang Ruochen said this, in his heart he thought that when the time came, he must forcibly take Mu Lingxi away and not let her stay in Luo Zu Yun Shan Realm.
This place was too dangerous!
…
In the following ten days, Zhang Ruochen also cultivated in the Seven Stars Emperor Palace, mainly comprehending the rules of the Saint Path.
In the Supreme Realm, Yuan Hui level representative figures can cultivate thirty trillion rules of the Saint Path.
Yuan Hui level geniuses can cultivate forty trillion rules of the Saint Path.
And he broke through with the rules of the Saint Path from two Yuan Hui periods, reaching the Supreme Realm, with the number of Saint Path rules approaching thirty trillion. Zhang Ruochen was quite curious to know where his limit in the Supreme Realm actually lay.
Fifty trillion?
Or sixty trillion?
As for the legendary “absolute flesh body Dao transformation”, Zhang Ruochen had not thought about it at all. That was an ideal realm, with little practical significance in cultivation, no need to forcibly pursue it.
For him now, the Divine Realm was the goal.
Or rather, the level of Divine Venerable was the goal he must strive to pursue.
The venerable among gods, one person holding up a piece of heaven and earth.
As for “establishing a new order in the universe”, that was something to consider only after first becoming a Divine Venerable.
Without becoming a Divine Venerable, it was all empty talk.
Ten days passed in the blink of an eye.
Gu Shejing left the Seven Stars Emperor Palace, and then, together with Liu Shen, left the Nine Demons Cave.
“The place where Gu Shejing crosses the divine tribulation seems not to be in the starry sky.” Zhang Ruochen tentatively said this.
Luo Yan said, “Jingjing’s talent can be called the first in Luo Zu Yun Shan Realm in the past hundred thousand years. Her crossing the divine tribulation is naturally a matter of utmost importance.”
“Luo Zu Yun Shan Realm must have some means to make it easier for her to pass the divine tribulation.”
“We are guests, it’s better to know less about these secrets.”
Zhang Ruochen asked, “How long until you cross the divine tribulation?”
“After going back this time, I should cross it.” Luo Yan’s expression became serious.
Facing the divine tribulation, any cultivator must treat it cautiously.
Luo Yan then smiled again and said, “Don’t worry, Luo Zu Yun Shan Realm has means, and Tian Luo Divine Kingdom naturally also has methods to help me. On the contrary, it’s you, if you don’t step into the Divine Realm soon, I’m afraid you’ll have hard days ahead.”
“What do you mean by that?”
“Jingjing won’t let you go.”
Zhang Ruochen smiled and said, “I know she won’t let me go. What about you? If you step into the Divine Realm, will you let me go?”
“This princess naturally won’t let you go even more, at that time, I’ll eat you up, skin and bones together. Hehe!” Luo Yan’s right hand’s five snow-white jade fingers made a pinching gesture, her phoenix eyes rippling with smiles.
Zhang Ruochen naturally was not afraid of her, and looked up at the sky.
The blood-red sky gradually darkened.
A round moon even redder than the sky emerged from the clouds, revealing faint marks.
The demonic qi between heaven and earth became dense.
The Rakshasas of the Nine Demons Cave all walked out of the caves, came under the moon, assumed various strange postures, and swallowed and absorbed.
The altar piled up with white bones was also activated, drawing the moonlight to the vicinity of the altar.
Luo Yan saw Zhang Ruochen looking up at the moon and said, “The blood moon of Luo Zu Yun Shan Realm becomes full only once every three years. On this day, the demonic qi will be at its peak, and there will be some other benefits.”
“It’s said that cultivating for one night is comparable to three years of normal cultivation.”
Zhang Ruochen said, “Such an important time, I believe the cultivators of the Rakshasa clan will make good use of it and not waste it.”
“That’s natural!”
Zhang Ruochen prepared to set off, but Luo Yan did not leave, making it hard to escape, so he asked, “Have you seen Lingxi?”
“I haven’t seen her all day today.” Luo Yan shook her head, then smiled cleverly, “Isn’t she always with you?”
Zhang Ruochen was not worried that Mu Lingxi would encounter danger at this critical juncture and said, “Can you help me find her?”
Luo Yan looked at Zhang Ruochen for a while, nodded, and said, “Alright! I’ll go ask Yan Hong, perhaps she knows Lingxi’s whereabouts.”
Seeing Luo Yan return to the Nine Demons Cave, Zhang Ruochen immediately flew away.
Not long after Zhang Ruochen left, Luo Yan walked out from the darkness, looking at the light disappearing at the horizon, hesitated for a moment, but ultimately did not chase, yet let out a sigh from her mouth.
In recent times, Zhang Ruochen’s various abnormal actions, she had some guesses in her heart.
Including Mu Lingxi offering the Heavenly Demon Greedy Wolf Diagram and joining Luo Zu Yun Shan Realm, she also had some doubts in her heart. Others didn’t understand Mu Lingxi and thought she was offering the diagram for self-preservation.
But Luo Yan understood.
However, Luo Yan had no intention of uncovering the truth.
Even if she knew the truth, so what?
Could she stop Zhang Ruochen?
She couldn’t stop him!
Since that was the case, better to pretend she knew nothing.
Sometimes, living too clearly was actually a painful thing.
…
Zhang Ruochen did not deliberately hide, but directly flew through the air.
When passing some divine mountains and demon caves, he was naturally detected by divine spirits, but these divine spirits did not take it seriously at all. As long as Zhang Ruochen was not coming to invade their territory, there was no need to pay attention.
On the full moon night, the benefits for divine spirits were even greater.
Naturally, they would not spend time researching where Zhang Ruochen was going to cause trouble.
The black sea where Chi Xingtian slept was called “Demon Realm Sea”, fully tens of thousands of li vast. (The Pacific Ocean spans about 30,000 li north-south, and about 40,000 li east-west.)
For ordinary Rakshasa clan cultivators, the Demon Realm Sea was a forbidden land.
There, it was filled with terrifying dark forces, and the thousand li area along the sea was barren, not a blade of grass grew.
When Zhang Ruochen reached the edge of the Demon Realm Sea, the blood moon in the sky had become increasingly bright.
Even the moon’s outline had grown a circle larger.
The seaside was full of black sand, the air was cold.
The waves rolled higher and higher.
Zhang Ruochen had of course thought that this might be a trap set by the divine spirits of Luo Zu Yun Shan Realm, intended to test him.
Therefore, he had already thought of another set of excuses in his heart.
Just as Zhang Ruochen was about to enter the sea, he sensed a surge of energy fluctuation, so he quickly hid and disappeared into the air.
“Shasha!”
A black shadow rose from the mud and sand, with an extremely slender and graceful figure, obviously a woman.
But what surprised Zhang Ruochen was that the other party was clearly not a divine spirit, but with his cultivation, he only noticed when the other party had sneaked nearby.
And being so close, Zhang Ruochen surprisingly could not see through her cultivation.
She was like a mass of black mist, without a face, everything was unclear.
Luo Zu Yun Shan Realm was truly full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers?
“Hualala!”
The black shadow faced the waves and rushed into the sea.
Zhang Ruochen cautiously followed.
In the water, after diving for a short time, the black shadow sank to the seabed.
In the black shadow, a pair of bright eyes looked up and saw an incomparably huge divine body standing proudly, although immersed in the seawater, still majestic and imposing, like a divine mountain under the sea.
She took off the divine skin draped over her body, revealing her true form, wearing a suit of armour, with long black hair, and a fiery red phoenix mark between her brows.
She bowed and said, “Greetings to Xingtian Great God!”
The headless divine body did not respond.
She was already used to it, took out a space bag, and from it took out one blue soul grass after another, planting them on the surface of the divine body’s feet.
As soon as the soul grass landed on the divine body, it automatically grew roots, wanting to absorb the soul power inside the divine body.
But the soul power contained in the soul grass was instead absorbed by the divine body.
The grass leaves’ light became dim, then withered, turning into dust.
“Great God, Great God, you have already absorbed a thousand years of soul power, when exactly can you break through the soul imprisonment and completely escape?” She said this while planting.
Chi Xingtian’s feet were dozens of times larger than mountains.
She did not notice that a man’s figure appeared behind her.
That man watched her busy appearance, watched for a long time, before saying, “Compared to Xingtian Great God’s soul, the soul power contained in the soul grass is too weak! Not to mention absorbing for a thousand years, even ten thousand years, a hundred thousand years, it’s impossible to break through the soul imprisonment. At most, it can only strengthen the soul power, making the time of wakefulness longer.”
The woman who was planting the soul grass was greatly shocked, abruptly turned around, and met the eyes of the man behind her.
Zhang Ruochen’s gaze was gentle, looking at her, and sighed, “Lingxi, is this the reason you are unwilling to leave Luo Zu Yun Shan Realm?”
