[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-baby-with-daoist-monarch-system":3,"chapter-baby-with-daoist-monarch-system-baby-with-daoist-monarch-system-chapter-453":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Baby with Daoist Monarch System",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1332536,1772,"Chapter 453 - 169: Searching for the Time Gem (Part 2)","baby-with-daoist-monarch-system-chapter-453",453,"\u003Cp>This meant that under Xu Ran’s guidance, their [Invisibility Skill] had improved tremendously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, their mentality also relaxed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more relaxed the mindset, the better the outcome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a result, it didn’t take long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While they were walking slowly between the two major legions, two divine-level auras approached from afar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking up, on both sides, both the Crystal Beast and the Resentful God had sent a divine creature each.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the divine level appeared, the squad members instantly became nervous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We won’t be discovered, will we?\" Tang Chichi asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guan Xin, Ningshuang, and Zhu Yuheng also showed signs of tension on their faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At present, they were walking on the plains between two armies where only creatures with a million Qi and Blood existed, not divine-level ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before their [Invisibility Skill] breakthrough, even creatures with 9 million Qi and Blood could notice a trace of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Xu Ran hadn’t corrected their shortcomings in time, they might have been discovered over the long term.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with Xu Ran’s guidance, after improving in stages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that divine-level creatures had appeared, they weren’t sure if they would be discovered. It was unpredictable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Tiger Girl saw the appearance of divine-level creatures, a surge of fighting spirit erupted from her body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s there to fear, if discovered, just slay the two divine levels on the spot. After all, this trial is to test our combat power!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tiger Girl remained as strong as ever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Xu Ran suppressed Tiger Girl’s fighting spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t rush, your current level of [Invisibility Skill] is enough to fool the divine level.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Moreover, these two divine creatures, having just advanced, their auras aren’t stable yet, they can’t detect your true level.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The nearby Mushroom City is your real training ground!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Xu Ran saying this, Tiger Girl calmed down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, the two appearing divine-level creatures ignored them, focusing on the confrontation between the two armies on the plains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, the squad members breathed a sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This sigh wasn’t about the fear of being discovered, but relief that their [Invisibility Skill] wasn’t a handicap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, their mindset improved even more!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They continued on their journey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An hour later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By this time, the squad members had become increasingly proficient with their [Invisibility Skill], capable of walking in the air in front of the just-appeared divine creatures without being noticed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Ran knew that their [Invisibility Skill] was sufficient at this stage, but it needed further refinement, so he led them to the outskirts of Mushroom City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arriving at the outskirts of Mushroom City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The high black-polluted walls composed of various mushroom structures lay within the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each midsection of the paths had an altar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Around the altar, eight dark green stone pillars engraved with eerie black runes seemed to emit radiation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything was exactly as Xu Ran had seen on his last visit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only difference was on the topmost building, the millstone lacked a piece, creating disharmony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The missing piece was the Time Gem that Zhu Yuheng had absorbed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also, during his last visit to Mushroom City, every altar was busily operating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, many of the altars had ceased their sacrifice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The squad members also noticed this oddity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Big brother, something seems to be missing from the top of Mushroom City?\" Tiger Girl curiously asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Ran laughed, \"The first Time Gem that Yu Heng absorbed was taken from the millstone up there!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone suddenly understood, \"So that’s it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They hadn’t expected the Time Gem to be pried off a building like that!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Time Gem that was so crucial to Zhu Yuheng had been so openly embedded at the top, which was a bit absurd!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At once, Tiger Girl’s imagination ran wild again, \"Big brother, do you think there are more Time Gems inside this Mushroom City?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Xu Ran paused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You might be right!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Ran’s eyes narrowed, \"It’s possible!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If the creatures in Mushroom City can use the Time Gem as a decoration at the top, it might not be important to them!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"On my last visit here, I was apprehensive of being detected by the divine level within Mushroom City, so I didn’t thoroughly explore its interior.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now, I can carefully search, perhaps there are more Time Gems!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Ran began to calculate, eyes on the topmost building inside Mushroom City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he closed his eyes, letting his Divine Sense scour inside Mushroom City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Xu Ran’s Qi and Blood weren’t high, his true strength could rival the Supreme.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with low Qi and Blood, his Divine Sense search was not something a divine-level creature could detect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within a short moment, Xu Ran made a discovery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind Mushroom City, the aura of a Time Gem reached them, also embedded at the top of a building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the building wasn’t that tall and was obscured, thus invisible to the naked eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There really is one!\" Xu Ran exclaimed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But it’s not as large as last time, only the size of a basketball!\" Xu Ran was slightly disappointed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Yuheng indifferently remarked, \"Small is fine, better than none. Besides, the Crystal Beast Egg has hatched, I’m not in such a rush to enhance [Time Acceleration] now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Zhu Yuheng said so, basketball-sized it is.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In that case, let’s further refine our [Invisibility Skill] inside Mushroom City, and retrieve it later, as it won’t run away!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On his last visit, there was a formidable divine-level centipede within Mushroom City, with a strength around 15 million, not reaching 20 million.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although several years had passed, given a divine creature’s cultivation speed, it surely hadn’t surpassed the 20 million mark, weird altar or not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, not everyone’s like Xu Ran.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the current strength of the squad, facing it solo wouldn’t be an issue, let alone with [Invisibility Skill] on their side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment’s thought, Xu Ran explained the situation to the squad members.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The strongest in this Mushroom City is a divine-level centipede with 15 million Qi and Blood but not reaching 20 million. With your strength, combined with [Invisibility Skill], it should be no problem.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are to train your [Invisibility Skill] in its presence until achieving Great Success.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the topmost building of Mushroom City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A giant six-meter-long centipede sat regally on the throne.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Around it floated three basketball-sized black pearls, shining brilliantly like dark suns, illuminating the entire room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Below the throne, a rat monster with barely a million Qi and Blood was reporting the situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"City Lord, the Qi Blood conversion rate of the altar is decreasing, and there’s no solution in sight!\" The rat monster trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The divine-level centipede on the throne gazed intently at the rat monster below, evidently dissatisfied with the answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there was nothing to be done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recently, the altar’s sacrificial deity, the [Three-Headed Snake], had some unknown issue, causing the Qi Blood conversion rate to plummet suddenly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, twenty living creatures with 5 million Qi and Blood, plus numerous dead ones, produced 200,000 pure Blood Qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, it couldn’t even reach 10,000.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to before, it was heaven and earth apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This also led to it being stuck at 19 million Qi and Blood, unable to break through the 20 million barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I see.\" A voice devoid of any emotion resonated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The frightened rat below was full of apprehension.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"City Lord, I’ll take my leave then!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the door closed, the immense room held only the divine-level centipede.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After some thought, it mumbled to itself, \"Perhaps joining with a few cities to launch a war and collecting enough sacrifices would allow me to break through 20 million Qi and Blood.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Given the altar’s situation, other cities must be facing the same, they too need plenty of sacrifices to elevate their strength!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After pondering for another moment, \"Yes, that’s the decision!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as it was about to stand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A spatial fluctuation unfolded before its eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ripples rose in the air, akin to a stone causing waves in water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A terrifying surge of Qi and Blood Power coupled with physical strength suddenly erupted, warping the space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon after, a sandbag-sized fist flew straight at its face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The unsuspecting divine-level centipede was suddenly struck hard, its body tilting backward.\u003C\u002Fp>",1373,"2026-06-05T19:50:38.012Z",1,"novelbin.me","b9bb56f90cdfaef0e3407991704c71437a8b632a107585a71f01586fde14c0c4","baby-with-daoist-monarch-system-chapter-454","baby-with-daoist-monarch-system-chapter-452",775,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbaby-with-daoist-monarch-system-cover.jpg"]