Rise of Humanity, page 487
Right General took the letter, and Heavenly King Shang suddenly said, "True King Ju values the purity of the Ju Fang Celestial Race's bloodline very much. The Realm Lord alone might not be enough to persuade the stubborn True King Ju. Tian Gan, take my letter and go together with Right General. Realm Lord, with us together, True King Ju will surely grant you your wish."
Prison Realm Realm Lord then thanked him.
Losing a child was a bad thing, but those in power could always turn bad things to their favor. If Fa Bisheng could be reincarnated into the Ju Fang Celestial Race, he would also be able to have a close relationship with the Ju Fang Celestial Race.
The Ju Fang Celestial Race was one of the Heaven Realm's supreme races, it would bring endless benefits to them.
It was also the reason why Heavenly King Shang decided to help out.
"How is the Realm Lord going to deal with the skeleton?" Heavenly King Shang asked, "If he rises to become one of the top ten, he will need to be reported to the Realm Monarch. At that point, it will be impossible to act against him anymore."
Prison Realm Realm Lord answered, "The Ancient Land of God Graves is filled with countless dangers, it won't be too difficult to kill one or two Qi Practitioners, would it?"
Heavenly King Shang smiled, "Not at all."
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Ancient Land of God Graves. Song Realm.
Zhong Yue brought Bai Canghai, Ma Sansou and Goddess Shen Hou into the Song Realm again and immediately swam toward the palace in the sea. They arrived after a short while, and the ladies rushed to welcome everyone into the palace.
"This is where I rested in the past." Revisiting her old resting place, Goddess Shen Hou got a little excited when she heard the song she had left in the past. She smiled at the ladies and said, "Fate brought you to this place, and brought us together. If that's all fated, then don't be in a hurry to leave. I will stay here and teach the two of you for a few days."
Qiu Jin'er and Jun Sixie were puzzled.
Zhong Yue was overjoyed, he quickly pulled the two ladies to the side and explained to them. The two ladies were awestruck by Goddess Shen Hou's identity, and grew nervous around her.
Zhong Yue smiled and said, "Her teachings are a hundred times better than mine. You will follow her for some time, and she will bring you out of this place when the time comes."
"Senior martial brother, what about you?" Qiu Jin'er asked.
Zhong Yue smiled and said, "I want to compete with the experts of the many realms. I must make it to the top ten. So I can't stay here, I need to go to the outside world, and compete with the strong experts of the Prison Realm!"
He had been in the Bone Realm for seven or eight years. The starlight on the soul token was not enough for him to enter the top ten. Thus, he would need to head out and hunt for more.
Qiu Jin'er and Jun Sixie were definitely unable to enter the top ten. Moreover, it was already a good ending for them to be able to save their lives. Therefore, he needed to be the one that broke into the top ten and compete with the strong experts from all walks of life to get the chance to enter Zi Wei Galaxy.
"Junior martial brother, be more careful," Jun Sixie said.
Zhong Yue nodded, bringing Ma Sansou and Bai Canghai along and went out to the Ancient Land of God Graves.
It looked like it was necessary to carry out some bloody massacre in order to secure a place in the top ten. The Prison Realm had no good people anyway. But there are many experts, I still have to be careful so as not to be accidentally killed instead.
Zhong Yue asked Ma Sansou, "You are familiar with the Ancient Land of God Graves, are there any territories nearby?"
Ma Sansou was shocked and quickly said, "Senior Martial Brother Evil God plans to attack the territory of the other Qi Practitioners? This is absolutely a big no no! It is extremely dangerous, it's just like going against King Geng!"
Zhong Yue was surprised and asked, "Is it that those who build a territory are all like King Geng?"
"No, not that." Ma Sansou carefully said, "The Prison Realm's Qi Practitioners are often grouped in tens or more. Together, they would be able to build a territory. Other than the treasures and fortunes they can plunder from the lower realms, another purpose of building a territory is also to enslave the low-level livings of the lower realm. The living beings of the lower realm are often forced to worship the Qi Practitioners and when encountered with a strong enemy, these Qi Practitioners can blood sacrifice the lower realm's billions of living creatures to gain an appalling power!"
Zhong Yue startled, "Blood sacrifice the lower realm?"
"Exactly." Ma Sansou replied, "How many living beings are in the lower realms? A blood sacrifice of millions of lives can bestow the Qi Practitioner with the power of gods. If you sacrificed billions of the lives, the power bestowed upon them would be that of a Heavenly Deity's! That being said, it's extremely difficult to attack a territory! Senior Martial Brother Evil God, we were only able to break into King Geng's territory because King Geng was not there, and his followers didn't dare to blood sacrifice the lives of the Song Realm without permission. If they had indeed sacrificed the lives of the Song Realm, it wouldn't be that easy for you to kill them anymore."
Bai Canghai nodded, "I've met a strong person, one that goes by the name of Ming Shan. He is very strong and has over 70 followers. Ming Shan led us to attack a territory and when the Qi Practitioner that guarded the territory blood sacrificed the lives of the lower realm, all of us including Ming Shen were killed with me being the only exception. It is said that the Qi Practitioner blood sacrificed 30 million living beings in the lower realm."
Ma Sansou was shocked, he exclaimed, "Ming Shan is dead?"
Bai Canghai nodded, he replied, "That is the fourth team I followed. After Ming Shan's death, no Qi Practitioners are willing to take me in anymore."
Ma Sansou's face darkened and said, "Ming Shan is the rising star of the Prison Realm. I have heard several Dharma Kings speak highly of him, saying that he has a high chance of securing a place in top ten of Prison Realm. I didn't expect things to turn out this way…"
Zhong Yue snorted and said indifferently, "The power from the blood sacrifice is not one's own true strength. It's fine if one wielded it against the other Qi Practitioners, but that kind of trick is too basic to deal with me."
"Evil God, do not underestimate its power!" Ma Sansou quickly said, "There are countless lives in the lower realms. A constant blood sacrifice can bestow the lord of the territory with the power of a Heavenly Deity at anytime! Forcibly attacking a territory is no different to looking to die. It is better to roam around and see if there are any other lone Qi Practitioners."
Zhong Yue shook his head, "Where would there still be any lone Qi Practitioners roaming headlessly around? Enough talk. Just bring me to the closest territory. Rest assured, I know my limits. If there are any treasures we can find in the territory, they'll be all yours."
Left without a choice, Ma Sansou then led the way.
After a few days. They arrived outside of a certain territory. There were eight mountain ridges connected together by a palace in the middle. From afar, the palace looked like a dragon's head and the whole region looked as if there were eight dragons sharing the same head.
It was so peculiar that no matter from what direction, it felt like the dragon's head was staring at them.
"This is Qin Feng's territory. Qing Feng's strength is no weaker than Ming Shan, and he is one of those with high hopes of securing a place in the top ten Qi Practitioners of Prison Realm."
Ma Sansou said, "Senior Martial Brother Evil God, his territory is called the Eight Dragons Dominator Palace. There are eight paths to enter the palace, each filled with sealing formations. Inside the seals, there were the pseudo gods that were born within. These gods were evil in nature and were named Seal Gods. They have low intelligence and only allow passage through the paths when they are fed until full. In order to penetrate through to the palace, many of Qing Feng's followers were killed. And after they successfully claimed the palace, Qing Feng remained in it and guarded the palace himself. I heard that Shu Ye had his eyes on the palace as well and tried to claim it but failed and retreated."
Shu Ye came from a strong heritage was also a great talent like Li Tianxing, Fa Bisheng, and Jun Wudao.
Yet, Qingfeng was actually able to push back Shu Ye relying on the palace. This proved the palace's stunning strength!
Zhong Yue mulled for a moment and said, "You stay here, I will go and see."
He strode to one of the canyons, and saw the steep cliffs on both sides of the passage. The cliffs were covered with various seals carved by totems patterns. Evil spirits that were born within the sealing formations were called the Seal Gods. These Seal Gods would threaten the passing Qi Practitioners for food and if given nothing or insufficient, the Seal Gods would devour the Qi Practitioners instead.
These Seal God were unkillable and their appetites were big, that one or two Qi Practitioners wouldn't be enough for them. Thus, in order to get through the canyons, they would often suffer great losses.
"Hey, there is another delicious meal that just delivered himself to the door. But wait, it's just a fleshless skeleton, you can't even find a piece of meat on it!"
On the cliff, a Seal God suddenly leaped down. It has a green face, long and sharp fangs that were exposed in the air. It lunged toward Zhong Yue while laughing as it said, "But lucky for you, I am in the mood of changing my taste these days have changed!"
It leaped into the air, and all of a sudden, rays flashed out of Zhong Yue's eyes and burst into two dragons that sheared the Seal God into halves.
It was the [Dragon Shears]!
The Seal God yelled, and the two halves of its body flew back into the cliff before disappearing.
Chapter 682: The Sun Rises In The East, The Saber Shines Like Rainbow |
Feng Xiaozhong created the [Dragon Shears] with the purpose of breaking seals, even the seals on the cliffs weren't immune to its mighty power!
Feng Xiaozhong, what an incredible genius… The two light rays flashed back into Zhong Yue's eyes as he praised.
When he was imparted with the [Dragon Shears], Feng Xiaozhong was only at the Imminent Deity stage. Feng Xiaozhong created the skill when he was only one cultivation level higher than the current Zhong Yue. Yet, the [Dragon Shears] were developed with a high degree of delicateness and raw power.
Among all the Qi Practitioners that Zhong Yue met, King Geng was the only one that could ever counter the [Dragon Shears].
However, everyone had their own strengths. It was not to say that Zhong Yue's skills were much inferior to Feng Xiaozhong's. Feng Xiaozhong's skills were meticulous and attentive to detail, while although Zhong Yue's was not as refined as Feng Xiaozhong's, his skills were stronger in power.
With the [Dragon Shears] that countered all seals, I can just stroll through the whole canyon effortlessly. Zhong Yue bolted and rampaged all the way toward the end of the canyon.
There were 48 sealing formations in each canyon that led to the Eight Dragons Dominator Palace. There was a Seal God in each sealing formation, those who intended to pass through the canyon would be stopped and be asked for food, and when unable to present any to the Seal Gods, they would devour the passengers instead.
With this as its natural barrier, the Eight Dragons Dominator Palace was nearly impenetrable and unbreakable.
There were many treasures and fortunes in the Eight Dragons Dominator Palace. Among them, there was a little jade pool with stalactites above it. Every two years, a drop of milky spiritual liquid would fall into the jade pool.
The jade pool was half filled and emanated a strong air of spirituality. The spiritual jade in the pool was far more valuable than the Heaven Court's Heavenly Morning Dew. It could be used to break through to the next cultivation level, greatly improving one's talent. But its biggest and most valuable quality was that it could recuperate the flaws of the Dao cultivated by the cultivators. Thus, giving it another name — the Dao liquid.
But the Dao liquid was extremely precious, the jade pool was not big and was only half-filled. Even so, it took tens of thousand years for it to accumulate to this level. Even Qing Feng was not very willing to use it, only taking a small cup at a time.
As for rewarding it to the followers, he only rewardedthose that contributed greatly and only a drop once at a time.
The Dao liquid jade pool was only one of the many treasures and fortunes available in the Eight Dragons Dominator Palace. Even though the other treasures and fortunes were incomparable to the Dao liquid jade pool, they were still very precious. The best one would be the innate Qi. It should be that when the ancient existence created the lower realm, a small surge of her innate Qi fell and left in the realm.
However, these treasures were all occupied by Qing Feng, and his followers were forbidden from touching any of it.
"I have been away for a few years as I have been cultivating in closed-door training. With the innate Qi and the Dao liquid, my cultivation progress is far beyond imagination. Especially the Dao liquid, it allowed me to amend my previous flaws. They all say that Li Tianxing, Fa Bisheng, and Shu Ye are the strongest. But now, I am no weaker than any them!"
On this day, Qing Feng came out from his closed-door training, he could feel that he was unprecedentedly powerful and that his strength had transcended from the past. He was full of joy and muttered, "The innate Qi was a little too difficult to refine, but I've still been able to refine nearly twenty percent of it. With such a treasure with me, who else do I need to fear?"
He stepped out and sneered, "Shu Ye came to attack my Dominator Palace last time, but was pushed back and left some bodies behind. However, if he dares to attack my Dominator Palace now, I will be able to slay him right on the spot!"
As of this moment, a series of noises could be from coming from the outside, and a Qi Practitioner rushed over. He was shouting, "Senior Martial Brother Qing Feng, there is a Qi Practitioner trying to break into the Eight Dragons Dominator Palace, and he is now on the third sealing formation! Do you want to go to the lower realm and sacrifice some souls just in case things turn sour?"
Qing Feng couldn't help but laugh, "There are eight canyons that lead to my Eight Dragons Dominator Palace. Each guarded by 48 sealing formations and each sealing formation contains a Seal God. He is just on the third sealing formation now and is still far from reaching us. Don't panic. We will decide what to do once I check out who they are."
The Qi Practitioners' eyes lit up and smiled, "Senior martial brother's power is definitely stronger now."
Qing Feng walked forward and planned to head to the palace front to see who was breaking the seals in the canyon. He was quite contented and smiled as he said, "So you can tell? It seems that your ability has also improved. This time after the closed-door training, I have the confidence that even without sacrificing lives in the lower realm, I can still compete in Shu Ye, Li Tianxing and the others. But of course, I still can't compete with King Geng, but I am at most only slightly weaker than him."
He hadn't even finished talking when a Qi Practitioner suddenly rushed in from outside the palace and interrupted, "Senior Martial Brother Qing Feng, things have elevated quickly, the intruder is now at the 23rd sealing formation!"
Qing Feng was shocked and exclaimed, "23rd!? How could it be so fast? Who is it? Is it that King Geng is coming to attack?"
"Not King Geng, but a big skeleton, he is known as the Blood Bone Evil God." The Qi Practitioners quickly asnwered.
"Blood Bone Evil God?" Qing Feng was perplexed and he looked at the other Qi Practitioners curiously.
The Qi Practitioners explained, "Senior martial brother was in closed-door training all this while, and it's natural that you've never heard of the Blood Bone Evil God. He is a low-level living being from the lower realms. I don't know how he broke free from the lower realms. He is strong and many Qi Practitioners were killed by his hands."
"I see, so he is just a mere low-level creature from the lower realms. The lower realm is nothing more than a cage for lower-class living beings. It should be that the Seal Gods saw him as a skeleton with no blood and flesh, so they ignored him and let him pass. But we still mustn't let our guards down." Qing Feng heaved a breath of relief and said, "The two of you, head over to the Well Realm in the Dominator Palace, blood sacrifice the living beings in the Well Realm for me. I am going to get rid of this Blood Bone Evil God."
The two Qi Practitioners nodded and immediately jumped into a jade well in the center of the palace. The well water rippled and they have disappeared into the lower realm of the Dominator Palace.
Qing Feng continued to walk out of the palace. Suddenly a Qi Practitioners rushed toward him and shouted, "Senior martial brother, not good! Blood Bone Evil God has passed the 48th sealing formations and is heading to the palace!"
"Good!" Qing Feng laughed, his breath soared and he shouted, "All Qi Practitioners heed my command! Immediately gather around and form a formation. I want to see how much this Blood Bone Evil God can do!"
"Why bother so much for all the troubles?" Suddenly a ripple of psyche surged into Qing Feng's mind and rumbled thunderously. Dizziness struck Qing Feng and the voice even shook his psyche ocean. The voice contained the power of Six Paths Wheel and a Six Paths skill that affected his Yuan Shen as he felt the power was trying to drag his soul into Hell!
"You try to ambush me? Not so easy! I've also cultivated the Six Paths Wheel! I've also opened the six Yuan Shen secret realms on my own without relying on any treasures or fortunes!" Qing Feng burst into the air, and six light wheels appeared behind him.
Although he didn't reverse opened the five secret realms, he managed to cultivate all six Yuan Shen secret realms. As the Six Paths Wheel turned, the Six Paths skill in Zhong Yue's voice was dispelled.
