Chapter 439

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Protagonist:

Yu Zhangsheng

"Speed?"

A vague concept surged into Yu Zhangsheng's perception; Yu Zhangsheng was startled, focused his mind, and carefully observed this pattern, thoughtful. He wanted to gain further insight into something, yet it was ultimately as if separated by a layer of clouds and mist, difficult to see clearly.

However, Yu Zhangsheng merely observed and did not attach his True Spirit onto it; he faintly had a premonition that if this time, like last time, he attached his True Spirit onto it, he would likely encounter a terrifying crisis.

"Forget it; it seems I can only observe up to here. But there is one point that can be confirmed almost certainly."

Yu Zhangsheng muttered and pondered in his heart; after a long while, sensing that his True Spirit power was almost exhausted, he closed his eyes and withdrew his Divine Sense and True Spirit, only his heart pondering, recalling the streams of information.

"This world is indeed inside the Wu Dao Ta; it truly exists, yet is illusory. Truly existing means all things of heaven and earth here have form, and I can touch, see, and feel them; illusory means everything here, whether living beings or myriad things, their origin and the outside world are completely different."

"What composes the origin and essence of all things here seems to be these patterns I don't quite understand... and living beings differ, the patterns have differences; this is the underlying logical law of this world, and this point may be the greatest opportunity for me entering the Wu Dao Realm."

Yu Zhangsheng frowned, suppressing the thoughts swirling in his mind one by one, then deeply exhaled a breath, opened his eyes again, his True Spirit returned to its place, and his complexion involuntarily revealed a trace of pallor.

"How did it go?"

Li Minghan immediately asked curiously.

Yu Zhangsheng was silent for a moment, then organized the words in his heart and slowly narrated his speculation.

"Is that so..."

The two listened quietly; Li Minghan scratched his head, somewhat puzzled, while Meng Wu'an's eyes flashed with sharp light, he looked deeply at Yu Zhangsheng, nodded slightly, and revealed a smile.

"Never mind; they're just some speculations. Let's look ahead; this world is so vast, let's see what gains we can have." Meng Wu'an thought for a moment and said softly.

"Perhaps Chou Xing and them know the mysteries in this Wu Dao Ta; if I'd known, I would've asked them clearly before entering." Li Minghan spoke with a trace of regret, his tone sighing.

"We're ultimately not fellow disciples with them; it's normal for them to hide things from us; don't hope too much." Yu Zhangsheng spoke indifferently, not minding this much.

"True." Li Minghan thought for a moment and nodded.

"Let's walk around more; the specifics will naturally have answers."

Yu Zhangsheng spoke concisely, thought for a moment, sensed the mana and True Spirit in his body that were almost exhausted, and with the Wanling Jue operating, began rapid recovery; the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi from all directions also swiftly gathered toward Yu Zhangsheng.

"But speaking of it, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi here is much denser than in the Abyss; under such circumstances, if it weren't for this world's rules, the fact that only First Rank beings are sensed would be strange."

Yu Zhangsheng muttered a sentence; in this environment, he recovered fully before long, sensed his cultivation base, still Qi Refining Ninth Layer, not the slightest loosening.

Yu Zhangsheng was helpless, but didn't mind this too much either.

Before long, Yu Zhangsheng recovered, and the party of three set off in a random direction.

The sun shone brightly, green grass like a carpet; in the Wu Dao Realm, everything seemed peaceful and sunny, to the point that Li Minghan couldn't help but narrow his eyes, spread his arms, stretch lazily, and exclaim: "Days like this are truly rare; been in the Abyss so long, finally can relax a bit; although still don't know where the mysteries of this Wu Dao Ta lie, staying in such a place for a while, relaxing, counts as not wasting the trip."

Yu Zhangsheng heard this and didn't speak, while Meng Wu'an laughed heartily, his mind also relaxing; he sized up Yu Zhangsheng and the other, thought for a moment, raised a topic and said:

"Speaking of it, this is the second time the three of us have entered a Secret Realm together; last time in the Xuan Yin Sect's Tian Sha Secret Realm, I didn't go due to some matters, but my senior brother Wen Hanhai went; he said inside he had dealings with you, Changsheng, haha."

"Wen Hanhai?" Yu Zhangsheng was stunned, heard this and carefully recalled for a while, then after a pause nodded: "Indeed there was; your senior brother's strength is not bad, person is decent too; in the Tian Sha Secret Realm he counts as having some exchanges with me; how come he's not seen in this Luo Ya Abyss journey?"

"Master had other arrangements for him, so let me come." Meng Wu'an waved his hand and said, looking at Yu Zhangsheng, slightly pursed his lips, a trace of deep meaning and complexity coexisting in his eyes, lightly sighed, filled with emotion:

"Unexpected, in just how long we haven't met, Changsheng you've grown to this step in a blink, becoming the face of my Wuzhou's First Prodigy. Hehe."

Meng Wu'an's tone carried a trace of strangeness and an indescribable implication; his facial expression was the same.

"Aren't you the same? Grown a lot; people all look forward." Yu Zhangsheng responded casually, glanced at Meng Wu'an, slightly surprised by the other's cultivation, but didn't ask further.

Last meeting was just three years ago; then Meng Wu'an was only Foundation Establishment Late Stage, now in a blink he's reached Golden Core Late Stage; this cultivation speed, even Yu Zhangsheng was somewhat surprised.

"This isn't the same."

Meng Wu'an mumbled at the corner of his mouth, but didn't continue on this topic, merely suppressed the surprise in his heart and nodded.

His own cultivation soaring fast was because Master arranged opportunities; these three years he'd been in closed-door cultivation, thought after emerging he'd surely be Wuzhou's first among peers.

Result: after emerging, what he unexpectedly heard was all about Yu Zhangsheng's powerful rise; this made Meng Wu'an's heart ultimately somewhat strange.

The party walked and stopped; cultivation bases restricted to Qi Refining Ninth Layer, their travel speed naturally wouldn't be fast.

Thus, after three double-hours, the sky gradually dimmed; a half moon slowly climbed the horizon.

Until the sun withdrew its last afterglow, the moon completely took over the horizon, and moreover countless stars, like eyes, suddenly flickered; a sky full of stars, stars surrounding the moon; thus bright moonlight and vast starlight unsparingly sprinkled over fields and mountains, instantly bursts of cicada and bird cries rose, like a symphony from the countryside and great marshes, continuously playing and replaying.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."

A breeze blew past, carrying the fragrance of earth, bending the grass and trees, also blowing on the three's faces; the three instantly paused steps, looking at everything fallen into night, somewhat helpless.

"Forget it; find a place to rest for the night; we'll look again daytime; unclear if there's any crisis here at night, better not act rashly; not urgent for a moment."

Yu Zhangsheng thought, glanced around; by moonlight it wasn't pitch black, plus some unknown things — fireflies or something else — emitting faint light; the surrounding scenery could still be seen roughly. "Okay."

Meng Wu'an and Li Minghan had no objections; thus the three found a large tree, built a campfire; under the firelight, a trace of warmth came, shining on the three.

"Cluck cluck cluck..."

The three sat cross-legged around the campfire; just then a discordant sound rang out; Yu Zhangsheng was startled, Meng Wu'an raised an eyebrow, simultaneously looking toward the sound's source, Li Minghan looked.

Li Minghan was somewhat embarrassed, scratched the back of his head, complexion revealed a trace of bitterness, patted his belly, muttered: "Don't know why, suddenly a bit hungry. Who has food on them, give me some."

Cultivation reaching Foundation Establishment, basically can do Bigu; hunger, except special circumstances, the three rarely encountered.

And obviously, in this Wu Dao Realm, the three's cultivation bases were restricted to Qi Refining Ninth Layer, also first time in a long while feeling hunger.

"I didn't bring any food either; Bigu Pills, who would deliberately carry them?"

Yu Zhangsheng lowered his brows, searched in his Storage Bag, finally helplessly said.

Meng Wu'an scratched his head, said: "I'm also a bit hungry; no matter, I see wild rabbits and small beasts quite many here; let's go catch a couple, make do; should be fine."

"Okay."

Yu Zhangsheng nodded, Divine Sense also spread along the Wanling Jue; soon had a discovery; figure flashed, when he returned again, hand already held three plump rabbits.

Three rabbits, one white two gray, caught by Yu Zhangsheng by the ears, lifted up; two legs kicked futilely in the void; ruby-like eyes revealed a trace of bewilderment, not knowing in the least what fate awaited them.

"Hehe, little cuties, tonight's dinner is you guys."

Yu Zhangsheng licked his lips, slapped the heads of the three rabbits hard, and the three rabbits instantly fell into a Stun; Yu Zhangsheng's palm shook, he kept one for himself, and threw the remaining two to Meng Wu'an and Li Minghan.

"This Wu Dao Jie is truly strange; clearly they are just ordinary animals, yet they all have First Rank Fourth Layer cultivation bases."

Meng Wu'an received a rabbit, clicking his tongue in wonder, but the movements of his hands did not pause in the slightest; he used a few small spells, and the rabbit in his hand was instantly peeled of its fur, revealing the raw flesh bare.

After cleaning the three rabbits clean, they were then placed on the fire rack to roast; as bursts of roasted meat fragrance wafted out, Li Minghan quietly swallowed a mouthful of saliva, muttering: "It's been so long since I ate this kind of mundane food; smelling it, it's actually quite fragrant."

Finished speaking, he couldn't help but take the roasted rabbit down from the rack, put it to his mouth and bite down hard, instantly his mouth was full of oil, he narrowed his eyes, a face full of enjoyment,

"Mmm~~"

Yu Zhangsheng smiled, likewise ate a bite, a special meat fragrance filled his taste buds, the meat quality was delicious, one bite entered his stomach, instantly his whole body warmed up, and furthermore wisps of energy filled his belly, rapidly eliminating the hunger sensation.

"In terms of taste, it's not much different from the outside world."

Yu Zhangsheng muttered, just then, the Turtle Senior's vicissitudes-laced-with-bewilderment voice suddenly rang in Yu Zhangsheng's mind: "Where is this, such dense Dao rhyme... my cultivation base, how did it also become First Rank Ninth Layer?"

Yu Zhangsheng froze, then was overjoyed, and said secretly in his heart: "Turtle Senior, you're awake? Recovered almost completely?"

From last time the Turtle Senior expended origin to protect the Wanxiang Sect group so they could safely land from the Tui Ya Platform, because of the illusion he fell into a deep sleep; this long, he has finally reawakened.

"Mm." The Turtle Senior nodded in a deep voice, sensing the outside world through Yu Zhangsheng's body, instantly a trace of strange color flashed in his eyes.

Seeing this, Yu Zhangsheng explained the situation to the Turtle Senior in full detail in his heart.

"Originally so," after a long while, the Turtle Senior nodded, thoughtful, "Holy Land Treasure, inside the Wu Dao Jie, this world's laws make it so; it seems First Rank Ninth Layer is this world's limit."

"However, this world is interesting, composed of one Dao rhyme Dao pattern after another; for you, it's just right, it will be the key to your breakthrough to Sub-Talisman."

The Turtle Senior hehe laughed.

"Composed of Dao rhyme? Referring to, the pattern of the origin essence of the living beings of this world?"

Hearing this, Yu Zhangsheng's mind moved, although he had doubts, he also roughly understood some.

The Turtle Senior pondered, shook his head and said: "The specifics I also can't sense clearly, the laws are blurry, but since this world has existed for so long, naturally there are corresponding methods to let you carry Dao patterns; you guys look first, this world, I can sense, has this world's living beings."

"Carry Dao patterns?" Yu Zhangsheng's expression froze for a moment.

"Mm," the Turtle Senior pondered, thought a bit and said: "You know, Golden Core ascending to Sub-Talisman requires condensing the Sub-Talisman Dameng, and the key to condensing the Sub-Talisman Dameng is Three Flowers Gathering Atop, taking this as foundation, connecting to heaven and earth Dao rhyme, empowering oneself, transforming and condensing the Sub-Talisman Dameng, thereby ascending."

"However, Three Flowers Gathering Atop cultivators are countless, but those who ultimately condense the Sub-Talisman Dameng are few; the reason lies in that for ordinary Golden Core cultivators, Three Flowers Gathering Atop comprehending the Great Dao, guiding heaven and earth power to take shape, is too difficult. This checkpoint has stuck to death too many cultivators."

The Turtle Senior slowly spoke explaining.

"Then..." Yu Zhangsheng's expression turned serious.

"But heaven and earth myriad things naturally have strangeness; for some top-tier great powers, Three Flowers guiding heaven and earth power, condensing the Sub-Talisman Dameng, although difficult, there are also methods."

"And above Three Flowers, carrying Dao patterns, is one of them." The Turtle Senior spoke with decisive finality.

"Dao patterns, inexpressibly profound, are the convergence of Dao rhyme, the projection of the Great Dao; taking this as foundation, guiding heaven and earth Dao rhyme, will be incomparably easy; therefore, if one carries Dao patterns atop Three Flowers, taking this as guide, gathering heaven and earth Dao rhyme, thereby transforming and condensing the Sub-Talisman Dameng, breaking through to Sub-Talisman will naturally be a matter of course." (Chapter End)