Chapter 384: The Green Emperor Opens (Seeking Monthly Votes)
Chapter 384: The Green Emperor Opens (Seeking Monthly Votes)
Just as Thousand Mechanisms Palace Master and Venerable Gansha were conversing,
A flicker in the void suddenly appeared in the distant sky.
A long silver-white rainbow, like a massive wave, emerged from it, carrying a colossal treasure ship. Standing upon it were two Nascent Soul cultivators: Chi Old Ghost and Dongyuan Shangren.
They had pursued Zhan Tu earlier, and although they hadn't succeeded, they had unexpectedly obtained a treasure map at the end. They were currently manipulating their Void Piercing Treasure Ship to search for loot when they saw a pillar of green light soaring into the sky from this location. Knowing that a great opportunity must have appeared, they swiftly rushed over.
Boom!
At this very moment, the formations and restrictions surrounding the Green Emperor Palace completely dissipated, revealing a colossal bronze gate.
Upon the great gate were two silver seal scripts, dazzling and eye-catching, resembling phoenixes about to spread their wings and fly.
“Oh? Phoenix Seal Script, isn’t it! ”
“Oh? What is Phoenix Seal Script? ”
Chi Old Ghost inquired.
The white-browed youth seemed to already know, a look of realization appearing in his eyes.
Meanwhile, Thousand Mechanisms Palace Master and Venerable Gansha turned their attention over. All the Nascent Soul cultivators kept a certain distance from each other, appearing extremely cautious.
“Hehe. . . Since all you fellow Daoists are present, allow this old man to offer a small explanation. This Phoenix Seal Script originates from the ‘Dragon Chapter Phoenix Seal Script’. It is said to be a manifestation of the Great Dao’s laws, later compiled and organized by a powerful demon race figure in the Earthly Immortal World. Legend has it that this mighty figure was a True Spirit Phoenix, hence it was named ‘Phoenix Seal Script’. Each character is said to possess supreme miraculous uses, and many secret cultivation manuals from the Earthly Immortal World can only be written in ‘Phoenix Seal Script’. . . ”
Dongyuan Shangren declared loudly, “As for ‘Dragon Chapter Script’, it is even rarer. Legend says ‘Phoenix Seal Script’ leans towards the Dao of Void, while Dragon Chapter Script leans towards the more elusive Dao of Time, though I don’t know if that’s true. . . But the restrictions of this Green Emperor Palace are clearly extraordinary, a secret spiritual restriction transmitted from the Immortal World! ”
“Daoist Friend’s words are profound, and you must have some research into Phoenix Seal Script. Why don’t you take the lead in breaking this formation first, how about it? ”
Thousand Mechanisms Palace Master said with a chuckle.
Nascent Soul old monsters had all lived for hundreds of years, each a shrewd individual. Even if they harbored deep-seated grudges, they wouldn't fight to the death before the treasures appeared.
The group of Nascent Soul old monsters exchanged a few spiritual sense transmissions and swiftly formed a simple offensive-defensive alliance.
Immediately, Dongyuan Shangren arrived before the Green Emperor Palace and studied it carefully: “This spiritual restriction was extremely tight before. . . even we found it hard to breach. Fortunately, after the collapse of the Myriad Transformations Divine Wood Grand Array, the restrictive power here is gradually dissipating. Allow this old man to attempt to break it! ”
He took out a cyan formation flag and began chanting incantations.
The formation flag immediately burst forth with brilliant spiritual light, revealing the figure of a white-feathered demon bird.
This demon bird was extraordinarily majestic, its wings like white jade. With a sudden long cry, it flew into a certain spot on the palace gate.
Buzzing!
The main gate of the Green Emperor Palace rumbled, and numerous runes flickered and shifted erratically.
The two largest ‘Phoenix Seal Scripts’ seemed to be agitated by the white demon bird’s aura, appearing as if they were about to spread their wings and take flight!
Witnessing this, Dongyuan Shangren immediately showed a hint of joy.
According to the agreement with the other Nascent Soul old monsters, if he could breach the main gate of the Green Emperor Palace, the first treasure would naturally be his to choose.
He continuously injected his magic power into the spiritual treasure, making the formation flag flutter even more violently.
Suddenly!
The great gate of the Green Emperor Palace burst open with a crash, revealing a gap.
A verdant green light continuously overflowed outwards.
“Not good! ”
Dongyuan Shangren responded with astonishing speed. With a hand seal, a defense like golden armor immediately appeared on his body.
Not only that, he injected his magic power into the formation flag, causing its pole to instantly swell, like a thick pillar, blocking in front of him.
Puff, puff!
Streaks of green light flickered, continuously overflowing outwards.
A Core Formation demonic cultivator stared blankly ahead, his figure, along with his magic treasure, suddenly splitting into pieces. . .
An unexpected turn of events!
Dongyuan Shangren, who bore the brunt of it, lowered his head blankly, looking at his chest, where a line of blood had already appeared.
In front of him, the white demon bird let out a mournful cry, split into several pieces.
And on the flag pole, an extremely fine scratch appeared, astonishingly splitting it in two from the middle!
Pffft!
Dongyuan Shangren’s upper body immediately tilted, continuously gushing blood.
A look of regret appeared on his face as he chanted a spell.
A flash of light!
A slightly illusory Nascent Soul flew out from the crown of his head, plump and white, its features vaguely resembling Dongyuan Shangren, and beneath its feet was a small silver boat.
“Damn it. . . ”
The Nascent Soul emitted a faint, dense sound: “I didn’t expect there to be another restriction after this one. . . As soon as the first restriction was destroyed, the hidden trap immediately erupted. . . ”
Thinking of those streaks of green divine light just now, even Dongyuan Shangren couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
Even a spiritual treasure and a Nascent Soul cultivator’s physical body were as fragile as paper in front of that divine light.
He looked behind him and saw many unfortunate Core Formation cultivators who had been directly pierced, body and magic treasure alike.
In contrast, the Nascent Soul cultivators, apart from Dongyuan Shangren who was too close and bore too much of the restriction’s power, were safe and sound.
In fact, Dongyuan Shangren was also lucky. If that divine light had shifted even slightly, it would have struck his Nascent Soul directly, leaving him no chance to escape or snatch a new body to gain a second life!
But after losing its physical body, a cultivator's Nascent Soul, though still possessing some power, was extremely vulnerable.
Especially some high-grade demon beasts, who particularly enjoyed devouring cultivator Nascent Souls to increase their demonic power.
Dongyuan Shangren stepped onto the Void Piercing Treasure Ship beneath his feet. The treasure ship, now shrunk several hundred times, carried his Nascent Soul and, with an instant teleportation, directly rushed into the interior of the Green Emperor Palace!
“Go! ”
At this moment, Chi Old Ghost seemed to awaken from a dream.
Dongyuan Shangren's actions clearly indicated that he knew there were no further dangers at the Green Emperor Palace gate and intended to rush in to seize more benefits, making up for his losses, while also avoiding other Nascent Soul cultivators who might harbor ill intentions.
He immediately transformed into a crimson long rainbow and, passing through the gap in the Green Emperor Palace gate, entered its interior.
The white-browed youth, Thousand Mechanisms Palace Master, and others followed closely, and then more Core Formation cultivators. . .
Although many of them had witnessed the terrifying scene of the green light bursting forth, where those struck would surely die, they still rushed forward without hesitation, all for the chance to break through their current realm.
Of course, there were a few Core Formation cultivators from the Ice God Palace who seemed to have received instructions not to follow inside. Instead, they took out several white formation flags and began setting up a formation at the entrance of the Green Emperor Palace, clearly intending to act as gatekeepers.
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In the distance, Fang Xi's eyes flickered with purple light as he watched this scene: “Old Ghost. . . should we make a move? If we wait for these people to set up the formation, we’ll lose our geographical advantage. . . Also, that restriction just now. . . ”
When the green light burst forth just now, Fang Xi's heart stirred.
He felt that it seemed to bear a great resemblance to the Azure Wood Divine Light.
“Hehe. . . That was the ‘Taiyi Azure Wood Divine Light’. . . it’s also a great divine ability. If the power of the restriction hadn't been weakened by half, perhaps not even a few Nascent Soul old monsters would have survived at the gate. . . ”
Old Ghost chuckled, “Now that the main gate’s restrictions are open. . . several side entrances can also be used. However, if you don't take the main path, you won't be able to pass through the Heart Tempering Path or the Hundred Treasures Pavilion. . . and thus won't receive the rewards. ”
“Never mind. . . Now is the time to make a choice. Mere rewards are nothing. Let’s take the side path. ”
Fang Xi immediately made his decision.
“Hehe, Daoist Friend’s Dao heart is firm, this old man admires it. . . You should know that this Heart Tempering Path is used by Green Emperor Mountain to test its true disciples; it’s very useful for tempering one’s Dao heart and overcoming heart demon tribulations. . . And the rewards in the Hundred Treasures Pavilion are enough to tempt even Nascent Soul cultivators. . . ”
Old Ghost chuckled as he and Fang Xi avoided the Ice God Palace disciples, arriving at another side of the Green Emperor Palace.
This area originally had only sealed walls, but when Zhan Tu took out the ‘Xunmu Pearl’, a doorway immediately appeared.
“Let’s go! This hidden path, only this old man should know about it now. ”
Old Ghost led Fang Xi into an alleyway.
Fang Xi looked at Zhan Tu’s retreating back, his eyes profound.
‘Old Ghost’s performance doesn’t resemble that of the last Core Formation cultivator of the Nine Leaves Sect. Could he be. . . the Nine Leaves Patriarch? ’
A guess surfaced in Fang Xi’s mind, but he didn't reveal it.
“After passing through the black jade plaza ahead, we’ll reach the Ancestor Hall inside the Green Emperor Palace. . . That major treasure is right there in the Ancestor Hall. ”
Zhan Tu remembered Old Ghost’s instructions, and his heart couldn't help but surge with emotion.
After exiting the alleyway, they saw a black jade-like plaza.
The surroundings were a murky gray expanse. Fang Xi tried to release his divine consciousness, but gained nothing, indicating that the divine consciousness restrictions here were even more profound.
But the next moment, he stopped.
Zhan Tu also stopped, looking at a corpse lying on the ground not far ahead in the plaza.
The corpse had its back to Fang Xi, wearing a cyan robe that still flickered with spiritual light. The corpse itself seemed not to have turned into white bones, but rather into a mummified body.
“Cultivator remains? ! ”
Fang Xi and Zhan Tu exchanged glances, both somewhat surprised.
However, in the cultivation world, stories of obtaining cultivation manuals and pills from the remains of predecessors were countless, so the two couldn't help but be tempted.
“Judging by the attire. . . it seems to be a Green Emperor Mountain disciple. . . How could someone be here? Could it be. . . a traitor? ! ”
Old Ghost no longer bothered to conceal himself and flew out in his ghost cultivator body, clearly very shocked and puzzled.
Seeing this, Fang Xi's eyelid twitched slightly, then he said: “Whether this person is a traitor or not is irrelevant. I care more about how he died. . . Could it be that there are dangers here even you don’t know about? ”
“Danger? Impossible. . . This old man. . . ”
Before Old Ghost finished speaking, numerous vines suddenly pierced through the ground, shooting towards Fang Xi and Zhan Tu.
Only then did a massive demonic aura burst forth from underground, causing Zhan Tu’s expression to change drastically: “A Fourth-stage demon? ! ”
He roared, merging with Old Ghost to unleash magic power far exceeding a perfected Core Formation cultivator. He opened his mouth and sprayed out an azure glow.
Within the green glow was the wood cauldron, which in Old Ghost’s hands truly displayed astonishing divine ability, spewing out a large amount of poison mist that corroded the wood tendrils.
Fang Xi, with a single wave of his hand, made a blood-red lightning bolt appear.
The lightning flashed once, perishing together with the numerous vines.
On the plaza, a jade-green figure had appeared at some unknown point.
Looking closely, they realized it wasn’t a human, but a. . . green treant demon with branches and vines.
“Ten Thousand Year Wood Spirit! ”
A gleam flashed in Fang Xi's eyes as he muttered, “No wonder its concealment technique is so profound, even I didn’t detect it. . . ”
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