With Gala Gu and the Third Prince of the Immortal Blood Clan, one dead and one injured, eventually retreating, a storm, finally calmed down, the Boundary Son Feast finally on track.
Although the Standing Earth Monk deliberately killed people and broke the rules of the Boundary Son Banquet, however, the Holy Book Talented Lady went and did not expel him from the Book Mountain.
“For the Buddhist path to purge traitors is a reasonable thing to do, it’s not considered a violation.”The Sacred Book Talented Lady said.
Obviously, the Sacred Book Talented Lady had already contacted the Standing Earth Monk a long time ago and was certain that the Standing Earth Monk, would be one of the nine Realm Sons.
Thus, regardless of whether or not the Standing Earth Monk’s approach was reasonable or not, he would definitely be able to sit on top of one of the Boundary Sons’ seats.
Next, a steady stream of cultivators began to climb the mountain of books, vying for the “Seat of the Master”, “Seat of the Pride of Heaven”, “Seat of the King”, and “Seat of the Son of the Realm”.”.
On the second King’s Seat, Bei Gong Lan stood up abruptly and marched towards the top of the mountain, embarking on the path to compete for the Boundary Son’s Seat.
The injuries on her body had, surprisingly, completely healed.
Bei Gong Lan’s body carried a healing sacred medicine refined by the Holy Academy, the Deadwood Dan. This Dan, which was boiled down from a withered ten thousand year old holy tree, contained an extremely strong healing medicinal power.
As long as there was still a breath left, no matter how badly the cultivator was injured, taking the Deadwood Dan would allow the injury to heal within an hour.
Bei Gong Lan’s strength was, in fact, quite powerful, being the number one expert of the Holy Academy. If it wasn’t for the Third Prince of the Immortal Blood Clan, who wore the Hundred Sacred Blood Armour, it would be impossible to be her opponent.
At the same time, there were some other young cultivators who were originally sitting on top of the king’s seat, who were quite confident in their own strength, and left their seats, travelling in the direction of the mountain top, going forward to compete for the position of the Boundary Son’s seat.
A feast of dragons and tigers had just begun, and it was still an unknown who would be able to secure the position of the Boundary Son Seat.
Zhang Ruochen, however, appeared exceptionally calm as he sat on the ground, just running his gong methods and going all out to heal his injuries.
“What’s going on?”
Suddenly, Zhang Ruochen felt the sky rotate and his heart sensed something, so he slowly opened his eyes.
The scene in front of his eyes had unexpectedly changed drastically, and he could not see the Book Mountain or any silhouettes at all, it was as if he was in the interior of an ink painting scroll.
Zhang Ruochen was only a little surprised initially, but soon understood what was going on and regained his composure, still sitting cross-legged on the ground, saying, “Worthy of being a Saint of Spirituality, just a thought can change the sky and change the earth, one can’t help but admire it.”
“Wow!”
Not far away, a cloud of ink smoke flowed rapidly, coalesced together, and condensed into a woman as gentle as jade. She wore a light plain Confucian dress with a belt, making her brute waist very slender and forming beautiful curves.
It was precisely the Sacred Book Talented Woman.
The Holy Book Talented Lady’s pair of eyes were incomparably bright, and one eyelash was clearly distinguishable, only, that look in her eyes, however, appeared to be rather complicated as she said, “With your natural talent and strength, there will definitely be a place for you in the Nine Realm Son Seats, so why would you be willing to be a guard?”
“Lord Saint brought me here just for this matter?”
Zhang Ruochen smiled to himself and said, “As the saying goes, a hero cannot pass the barrier of beauty, and although Lin Yue is not a hero, he still cannot pass this barrier.”
“County Mistress Smokey suffered from the ostracism and humiliation of the three heirs of the Eastern Region Saint King’s Mansion, as her suitor, how can I stand by and watch?”
The Sacred Book Talented Maiden’s pair of holy eyes, black and white, stared at Zhang Ruochen without blinking, as if she wanted to see through him, saying, “Is it really possible to love someone and give everything for her? Is it worth it? Do you know what ‘Boundary Son’ really represents? Do you know why the Empress ordered the selection of the nine Sons of the Realm?”
Zhang Ruochen smiled and shook his head, looking indifferent.
The Sacred Book Talented Maiden sighed, but she still didn’t give up, wanting to continue persuading Lin Yue.
This was because, Lin Yue was one of the three people that she had already determined long ago that he had to become a Realm Son.
She said, ”With your realm, you shouldn’t know some hidden things yet. In the recent centuries, the imperial court has repeatedly deployed its military armies, and after an unknown number of great battles, it has finally expelled the barbarian beasts of the five domains, making the human territory unprecedentedly vast.”
“On the surface, it seems that the Kunlun Realm has entered a peaceful and prosperous era, with a hundred saints chiming in, geniuses coming out in droves, a great boom in the martial arts, and the power of the human race, which has also become unprecedentedly strong.”
“In reality, behind this prosperous weather, there are many hidden crises.”
“For example, the netherworld of the Perishable Tomb Forest. According to the books, the territory there is vast and boundless, with an unknown number of undead and ferocious spirits, even if a Saint steps into it, there is no return.”
“If, the undead and ferocious fiends of the netherworld escaped, can you imagine what horrifying consequences it would cause?”
Zhang Ruochen nodded, naturally knowing very well how treacherous the Perishing God Tomb Forest was.
Fortunately, in the Perishing God Tomb Forest, there was a mysterious force that suppressed all the Undead Ferocious Fiends, otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable.
“Another example is the Barbarian Secret Realm. Although the barbarian beasts in the five domains have been purged, the barbarian beasts in the Barbarian Secret Realm are even more numerous.”
“If it wasn’t for the fact that three hundred years ago, Lord Empress broke into the Barbarian Secret Realm and beheaded eight beast emperors in a row, deterring the major beast clans, I’m afraid that the five domains wouldn’t be as peaceful as they are now.”
In fact, during the ancient times, the entire Kunlun Realm was completely all barbaric.
Even when humans were born, they were just tribes. Later, some tribes developed and grew before they carved out a small territory from the barbaric wilderness and developed into cities and countries.
Even now, the five domains opened up by mankind, together, only occupies a relatively small piece of territory, Kunlun boundary more areas, is still covered by the vast and boundless barbaric wilderness, known as the “barbaric secret realm”.
Eight hundred years ago, the territory occupied by the five human domains was only half of what it is now, and not only were there constant internal strife, but also, at any time, one had to worry about being attacked by savage beasts.
In the recent centuries, the development of the human race had been quite rapid.
Zhang Ruochen certainly knew that the threat of the Barbarian Secret Realm was terrifying, and that the slightest mishap could subvert human civilisation.
Eight hundred years ago, the human race had nine emperors and three queens, yet there were dozens of beast emperors in the Barbarian Secret Realm.
Fortunately, the savage beast races in the Barbarian Secret Realm had always fought each other internally and were not united, thus, the humans had become the masters of the Kunlun Realm.
If, however, the barbarian beast races became united and unified, it would definitely be a nightmare for the humans, and the prosperous and flourishing Five Regions would instantly turn into hell on earth.
Three hundred years ago, Empress Chi Yao was the one who discovered that in the Barbarian Secret Realm, there was a dark force that was integrating the barbarian beast clans and wanted to attack the human frontier.
Thus, she had broken into the Barbarian Desolate Secret Realm and killed eight beast emperors in a row, finally snuffing out the turmoil ahead of time, causing the barbarian beast clans to only submit.
The Sacred Book Talented Maiden said, ”Empress Chi Yao is sitting in the Kunlun Realm, so naturally, she doesn’t have to worry about threats from the Barbarian Secret Realm. But what if, in case, the Empress has a crisis?”
Zhang Ruochen smiled and said, “With the Empress’s current cultivation, who could threaten her?”
“The Heavenly Dao.”The Sacred Book Talented Lady said.
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes narrowed, and then, somewhat understood the meaning of the Sacred Book Talented Lady’s words.
“During the Middle Ages, when the Heaven Receiving God Wood was chopped off, no more people or savage beasts were able to become gods in the Kunlun Realm. Some people say that it was because, the rules of the Heavenly Dao changed. Any being that was about to become a god would be snuffed out.”
“Nowadays, Lord Empress’s cultivation level is infinitely close to that of a deity ……”
The latter half of the sentence, the Holy Book Talented Lady did not say.
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes, became quite sullen, his ten fingers had been pinched tightly as he said, “The Empress ordered the selection of the nine Realm Sons, could it be that it is precisely because, she feels that a crisis from the Heavenly Dao is about to come?”
All along, Zhang Ruochen’s greatest motivation was to strive to become stronger and then go to Chi Yao for revenge.
If, however, Chi Yao was strangled by the Heavenly Dao, who should Zhang Ruochen go to for revenge?
The Sacred Book Talented Maiden didn’t reply to Zhang Ruochen’s words, and only after a long silence did she add, “It’s not just the Perishing Tomb Forest and the Barbarian Mysterious Realm, but also the Endless Abyss. Overseas, there are also many uncertainties, such as the Deadly Zen Sect and the Immortal Blood Clan. On the Market Realm Battlefield, there are also unknown crises that may even threaten the survival of the entire Kunlun Realm.”
“The Empress ordered the selection of the nine Realm Sons because she wanted to pour out all of the cultivation resources of the Kunlun Realm, and for the human race, cultivate nine pillars that will stand up to the heavens and the earth, so that even if there is no more of her in the future, there will be someone who will be able to hold up a heaven and earth of survival for the human race, as well.”
The Sacred Book Talented Lady’s eyes, once again, looked towards Zhang Ruochen and said, “Lin Yue, you now know the importance of the nine boundary sons, don’t you? Don’t you want to obtain the cultivation resources that all Saints can only dream of?
“For example, the opportunity to enter the ‘Heavenly Wheel Seal’ for cultivation, the Thousand Stripe Saint Artifact, Ten Thousand Stripe Saint Artifact, Saint Pill, Saint Pill …… As long as you are able to obtain these resources, your speed of cultivation will surely grow by leaps and bounds, leaving the rest of the people far behind. Losing this one chance, in the future, the gap between you and the Nine Great Realm Sons will grow wider and wider, and in the end, it will be one heaven and one earth.”
“Besides, even if it’s not for cultivation resources, don’t you want to do something for the entire human race?”
The Sacred Book Talented Maiden stretched out a snow-white, slender hand, and with a clatter, white holy light emerged.
In the next moment, a pea-sized pill appeared in her palm.
“This is a withered wood elixir, as long as you promise me that you will go forward to compete for the Boundary Son Seat, I will now give this elixir to you to help you heal your injuries.”
Her pair of beautiful saintly eyes had a few moments of expectation as she stretched her hand in front of Zhang Ruochen, waiting for him to make a choice.
To know, with her status, to do this to a cultivator of the Fish Dragon Realm was already unparalleled.
Among them, there was certainly the mood of seeking talent, but there were also some other emotions.
Zhang Ruochen shook his head, his gaze moving away from above the Withered Wood Dan and said, “I’m sorry for letting Lord Sage fall in love with me wrongly… Since I’m already a retainer of County Lord Smoky Dust, I won’t be competing for the position of Boundary Son anymore. My mind is made up, Lord Saint need not be persuaded any further.”
The Sacred Book Talented Lady was both quite disappointed and very puzzled, having already put her words to this point, she couldn’t even impress him?
Why on earth?
However, she could also tell that Zhang Ruochen was indeed quite repulsed by the identity of a “Boundary Son”, so she did not say any more.
The Sacred Book Talented Maiden sighed softly, her voice was very soft as she pursed her lips and said, “You’re seriously injured, take the Withered Wood Pill first.”
Even if, Zhang Ruochen did not compete for the Sectoral Son Seat, the Sacred Book Talented Lady had already been prepared to gift him the Withered Wood Pill a long time ago.
