ebookslot Chapter 39 Heavenly Secrets and Strategies
Chapter 39 Heavenly Secrets and Strategies
Xiong Zhou looked at the towering divine tree in front of him, which shimmered with a bronze luster and was accompanied by a mysterious aura of faith and willpower.
He looked at the fish balls floating beside him and asked, "Is the opportunity in the Green Fruit Garden this divine tree that can collect the energy of incense offerings?"
Yu Yuan's gaze was somewhat unfocused. He muttered to himself, "I can't believe this thing actually survived from that era until now..."
After a pause, Yu Yuan continued, "That's right, this is exactly what I wanted to find for you, young friend."
With a touch of melancholy, he said, "When my merman tribe was gradually developing and prospering, the current... or rather the last chieftain, harbored rebellious thoughts and wanted to rebel against the master of this palace in order to gain complete freedom."
"Then a series of events occurred one after another, until one day, a bronze-colored staff that looked like a tree branch was swung across the land."
"My tribe was destroyed, and I was spared a remnant soul by the tribal artifact, and was captured by this worshipper."
"The weapon that destroyed my tribe was made from the raw materials of this bronze divine tree."
Yu Yuan sighed again, the hatred deep in her fragmented memories surging within her heart before finally dissipating completely.
The master of this palace has already perished, and all the worshippers are dead. Who else can he hate?
Yu Yuan glanced at Xiong Zhou. Did she hate him?
He felt that his remaining soul could still be saved and wanted to struggle a little longer.
Yu Yuan continued, "I learned this news from my friend's clansman when he was teasing me."
"This bronze divine tree is at least a fifth-level Qi Refining artifact, so young friend, you don't need to worry about the reliability of the information."
Xiong Zhou nodded.
But when they looked at the towering bronze tree, they were immediately stumped.
This sacred tree is currently alive, but the spirituality it possesses, belonging to living beings, is becoming weaker within the strands of time-worn Daoist energy that surround it.
Every minute, every second, Xiong Zhou could feel the unique aura of that independent individual converging with the myriad paths of heaven and earth in the Azure Sky Realm, and the speed of convergence was getting faster and faster.
Every moment, every instant, this thing's life process is approaching death at the speed of jumping off a cliff.
He is not dead yet, but the cliff is quite high, and he won't reach the bottom anytime soon.
"Dancing with the years, following the same path as all things, I fear that if I make a single move, I will be completely wiped out."
"How do I resolve this situation?"
If you force it, that's fine, but you'll only get a withered divine tree.
What Xiong Zhou wanted was a living bronze divine tree that could continue to thrive in a different location, which would be of some help to his path to sainthood.
He was starting to miss Senior Sister Duanmu again.
With this senior sister who specializes in herbal medicine, she should be able to provide a good solution.
Senior Sister Zixuan is also fine.
If we use that divine power to deduce heavenly secrets, we should be able to provide a better solution.
Just then, a voice came from outside the Green Orchard.
"Junior Brother Xiong Zhou, why don't you listen to our opinion?"
Xiong Zhou turned around and saw a tall, thin young man and a tall, fat young man, smiling and bowing to him.
The dreamlike ocean of the interior world swayed slightly, revealing several blurry images.
Some, like Xiong Zhou, obtained this bronze divine tree, while others stood on an altar to comprehend its principles.
On a whim.
It reveals a small opportunity, and the unknown opportunities that may follow it.
The first opportunity was without danger, while the second one carries some risk.
Xiong Zhou cupped his hands in greeting to his two senior disciples.
"May I ask your names, senior brothers? What guidance do you offer?"
The tall, thin young man smiled and nodded, saying, "Wang Qian, ranked eighth among the previous generation's true disciples, comes from the Tianji Wang family."
The tall, stout young man pointed to himself and said, "Wang Kuan, ranked ninth among the previous generation's true disciples, and Wang Qian's younger brother."
Wang Qian took a step forward, looking at the bronze divine tree. A phantom yin-yang symbol was reflected in his eyes, flowing through his complex thoughts.
He said to Xiong Zhou, "I wouldn't presume to offer guidance; I'm merely here to provide a convenience for Junior Brother Xiong Zhou."
Then, Wang Qian said seriously, "This bronze divine tree is the sixth generation of the legendary Ruomu tree. It has the ability to gather spiritual energy and can be transplanted using the method of cuttings."
Xiong Zhou's eyes lit up instantly.
Can it be propagated by cuttings?
That way he would have a better understanding of the situation.
Xiong Zhou arrived at a drooping branch, reached out and touched it. The power of [Innate Divine Power: █ (Pixel Cube)] and [Authority: Abundance] surged, carrying the innate divine power and the laws of heaven and earth of the Azure Sky Realm, and forcefully pixelated it.
"Splash..."
The branches of the bronze tree trembled, and its already dissipated spirituality collapsed into the abyss of annihilation in a completely chaotic manner.
At the same time, wisps of mysterious faith and aspiration swirling around it converged from various parts of the tree trunk toward where Xiong Zhou was holding it, like a bronze artifact that had been heated red-hot and was radiating fire, adding a strange sense of weight to it.
Fifteen minutes later.
A cracking sound erupted from a tiny point, and the entire bronze divine tree, under the lingering influence of time, turned into a cloud of bronze-colored dust.
Only the tender sprout in Xiong Zhou's hand, which was reddish in color and resembled a stone artifact, still exuded vitality.
【Name: Ruomu Stone 7th Generation Derivative】
Level: Fifth Level of Qi Refining
Status: Weak, Plantable, Abundant Servants
Description: This is a sapling that has absorbed some of the lingering glow of time, originating from the Ruomu tree. It has the function of gathering and purifying the Qi of incense offerings.
Xiong Zhou glanced at the information panel in front of him and immediately put away the pixelated sapling, which looked reddish yet grayish.
He looked at his two senior brothers and said, "Thank you for your guidance, senior brothers."
"However, the two senior brothers came to see their junior brother not just to offer some simple advice."
Wang Kuan straightened his body. "Of course, I'm not just here to give my junior brother some pointers."
He chuckled and rubbed his hands together: "My brother and I are here to make a deal with our junior brother. We want to get some resources for enlightenment from him to upgrade our current cultivation level and path to the pinnacle of the Dao practice stage."
Xiong Zhou glanced at his two senior brothers again, focusing on their qi and blood, which had risen to their peak, and immediately understood.
These two senior brothers are aiming to break through to the second level of Qi Refining, and at the same time, there's no time left for them to build up their foundation.
Xiong Zhou's thoughts probed through the [Gate to Another World], and then he said to his two senior brothers, "Enlightenment resources are extremely rare cultivation resources."
"I have a lotus seed that's roughly at the fourth level of Qi Refining. Each one has an effect roughly equivalent to a Small Enlightenment Pill. What do you two senior brothers intend to offer in exchange?"
Wang Qian and Wang Kuan immediately showed their delight.
Okay, things started to develop in a direction that was most favorable to them.
Wang Qian said, "We can provide some information, information that might give Junior Brother Xiong Zhou an opportunity to break through to the Xingdao stage."
Fearing the temptation wasn't enough, Wang Qian continued, "This opportunity and good fortune lies in a core area within this bronze palace."
"My brother and I only need two hundred lotus seeds, as Junior Brother Xiong Zhou mentioned. Once we have them, we will immediately tell Junior Brother Xiong Zhou the exact location of this opportunity and provide him with some assistance in obtaining it."
"If Junior Brother Xiong Zhou doesn't believe me, we can sign a contract that will be enforced by the sect."
Xiong Zhou pondered for only a moment before the [Gate to Another World] in his inner world began to fluctuate. His solidified consciousness immediately pulled out two hundred pixelated lotus seeds from within.
Xiong Zhou reached out and touched the air, and square lotus seeds immediately floated in mid-air, causing Wang Qian and Wang Kuan to be stunned for a moment, their eyes showing surprise.
They weren't surprised that their junior brother Xiong Zhou was willing to make the deal; given his wealth and influence, they estimated that he was quite likely to agree.
What surprised them was the appearance and aura of the two hundred lotus seeds floating in mid-air.
Such square and orderly resources for enlightenment, such uniquely styled cultivation resources, and such extraordinary innate supernatural powers—they had never seen anything like it before.
Wang Qian and Wang Kuan exchanged a glance. A Yin-Yang Tai Chi diagram and a Tai Chi Bagua diagram flashed before their eyes, as if they were calculating something.
Suddenly, the Yin-Yang Taiji diagram and the Taiji Bagua diagram collapsed simultaneously, disintegrating into nothingness, and the calculations ceased.
It's not that they don't want to make calculations, but that they are unable to make in-depth calculations.
This junior brother Xiong Zhou is not only blessed by heaven and earth, but also carries an immense amount of karma.
It's incredibly difficult to predict one's own fortune or misfortune from this second-generation immortal.
Even when the two brothers worked together, they could only deduce a very vague answer.
Wang Qian and Wang Kuan simultaneously cupped their hands in thanks and said, "Thank you, Junior Brother Xiong Zhou."
He reached out and pointed, and the subtle Yin-Yang Tai Chi principles, leaning towards the secrets of heaven, covered the two hundred lotus seeds, returning them to their original state.
Ultimately, two strands of azure energy, each carrying a trace of enlightenment and creation, were forged into tiny, translucent pixel cubes that dissolved into the void.
Wang Qian pointed his finger at himself and Wang Kuan again, and the green energy merged into his inner world.
Instantly, a unique and harmonious charm emanated from the two brothers.
The entire refining and enhancement process took less than three breaths.
Xiong Zhou narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking to himself, "These two senior brothers seem to have been quite close to the peak of the Dao Cultivation stage... Each of them consumed a hundred lotus seeds and reached the peak of [Lv.5], their foundation is extremely profound."
"I can only say that he is indeed a true disciple of Tai Li, who ranked eighth and ninth in the previous competition."
Wang Qian and Wang Kuan closed their eyes for a few breaths, then opened them with bright smiles on their faces.
Wang Qian immediately said, "Inside this bronze palace, there is a fragment of a time-related immortal artifact. Junior Brother Xiong Zhou's breakthrough to the Dao realm should be here."
Wang Kuan then added, "However, there is now a Yin spirit that has been resurrected from ancient times in that place, controlling this fragment of a time-related immortal artifact."
"Our junior brother Chen Fan, with his indestructible holy body, is currently entangled with him using his vast blood and qi."
Wang Qian said in a deep voice, "As for Junior Brother Xiong Zhou, the ancient remnant soul that you have attracted and revived by possessing a body is a possible breakthrough point."
"If we manipulate things a bit, causing the ancient Yin thoughts that are entangled with Junior Brother Chen Fan to collide with this ancient remnant soul, and with the help of that newly promoted True Disciple Yan Feng, there is a certain probability that Junior Brother Xiong Zhou will obtain this opportunity and fortune."
Xiong Zhou's mouth dropped open.
There is something revived here, and it is an ancient Yin thought that is entangled with the immortal holy body and junior brother Chen Fan.
As for Junior Brother Yan Feng, who was carrying a black ruler, Xiong Zhou was not surprised that he came here.
After a moment of silence, Xiong Zhou asked, "The other senior disciples must also want this opportunity, right?"
"Brothers, how can you help me win it back from them?"
Wang Qian and Wang Kuan exchanged a smile.
They said in unison, "Junior Brother Xiong Zhou, there's no need to worry, we've already made arrangements."
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Deep within the bronze hall, inside one of the main halls.
A blue-clad girl holding a gray net watched as the ancient, remnant soul, who was breaking through her limitations step by step, approached her, gritting her teeth in fury.
"I can't be that unlucky; it must be those two old swindlers from the Wang family again!"
A young man holding a law book and dressed in a black robe also had a livid face and spoke in a sinister tone.
"Those guys who use divination to set up elaborate schemes and traps are truly despicable. One day, I'll get my hands on those two bastards..."
The girl, dressed in a white robe and holding a long sword, had no expression.
She simply whispered, "Be careful, this ancient remnant soul is about to completely break through the restriction."
The girl in blue took a deep breath.
Her expression turned solemn, and she threw the net in her hand forward, aiming it at the ancient remnant soul, while continuously making hand seals.
"All the myriad paths of heaven and earth, transformed into a net of spirits, are forbidden!"
In an instant, countless interconnected Daos of Heaven and Earth revealed tiny fragments of themselves, intertwining and merging into this net.
Countless restrictions were generated, condensing into terrifying chains of law, all of which were applied to the ancient remnant soul that kept breaking the restrictions.
The next instant, the boy in the black robe flipped through the law book in his hand and pointed forward.
"Death energy is forbidden here!"
"Corpse energy is forbidden here!"
"The principles of Yin (negative) law are dormant here!"
Three booming sounds rang out, and all the laws of heaven and earth within the main hall began to shake.
All the death energy and corpse energy turned into nothingness.
All negative principles are hidden, becoming harder to perceive and unmanageable.
A girl in white robes holds a sword in both hands, holding it horizontally between her eyebrows. A projection of a sword appears behind her.
She murmured softly, "Once the sword is drawn, it never returns..."
Suddenly, the world turned into a hazy black and white, and all things fell silent.
The extremely solidified consciousness of the white-robed girl leaped out of her body, picked up the materialized sword shadow, and slashed it horizontally at the ancient remnant soul in front of her.
Time, in this particular moment, seemed to have been erased.
Everything inside the main hall seemed to have lost a frame.
Once everything returned to normal, the girl in white had empty, lifeless eyes, her reflection scattered like fragments of illusion.
The ancient, remnant soul, which walked step by step, had a white scratch on its neck before disintegrating into nothingness.