Chapter 396

"Phantom curse?" Hearing this, Jing Yan's expression changed. "My friend has been staying here and hasn't gone out, why would he be hit by a phantom curse!"

Envoy Cang Yu's expression was ugly. Although he was just an artifact spirit good at processing information, not that kind of powerful 'battle spirit', no matter how you put it, Zhao Xing had been hit by a phantom curse while staying in his Yuanhai Hall, which was not good for the reputation of the Yuanhai Hall.

Du Yun's expression also darkened. He had just gone to pick someone up, and he didn't expect Zhao Xing to have problems. Zhao Xing was under his protection, and at this moment, he also felt that he had lost face.

"Can it be solved?" Du Yun asked.

"Difficult." The great scholar pointed to his head, "The path of curse arts is difficult to practice, and it is even harder for outsiders to solve, not to mention that this is a mental curse master."

"How could this happen? Is there no way to cure his illness?" Jing Yan was anxious.

"I'm not sick," Zhao Xing frowned, "I'm just..."

Du Yun waved his hand, directly sealing Zhao Xing's whole body, turning him into a wooden man.

"He is indeed right," the great scholar took a look at Zhao Xing. "The influence of mental will is not a visible injury."

"Being influenced by mental will leads to personality changes and expanding desires. This is not a kind of illness, at least not an illness in the conventional sense."

"Some emperors were wise and martial in their early years, but became muddled and cruel in their later years, often making some moves that outsiders find difficult to understand."

"It is not a kind of injury, just a kind of influence. That is why it could bypass the defense system of the starry sky fortress."

"This mental illusionist has very high attainments. I think he should have wanted to capture Zhao Xing alive, otherwise he would already be dead."

"Specialization is the key to success. Just like you, Du Yun, can be invincible among your peers in the Great Divine Realm, and even kill Dao Domain Realm cultivators, the means of this mental illusionist are also almost unbreakable among peers."

It was complicated. Du Yun, Cang Yu, and Jing Yan felt it was complicated and difficult to understand the existence of mental curse masters.

Du Yun grasped the key: "Difficult does not mean impossible. Master Zhuo, do you have any way to solve this problem?"

Zhuo En nodded: "Yes, the simplest way is isolation and supervision."

"Phantom curses have a time limit; the influence is only temporary. Just like people who have encountered drastic changes, although they are hit for a while, as long as they are isolated from the source of stimulation, they will wake up and recover after a long time."

Du Yun thought for a moment and shook his head: "No, change to another one."

Zhao Xing had just finished a deal with him when he was hit by a phantom curse. If he didn't cure Zhao Xing, Du Yun wouldn't have the face to mix in the universe.

Zhuo En nodded: "Then hand him over to me. I can make him recover, but I need your cooperation."

"How do I cooperate?" Du Yun asked.

Zhuo En pointed to the starry sky: "Besides needing a medium, the control of distance is also very important for phantom curses. Calculated by the defense system of the Hutou Star Continent, this Dao Domain Realm curse master should be hiding within a range of 0.5 star sectors."

"If you kill him, or drive him away, you can help me."

"Afterward, I will spend 500,000 years of cultivation to transfer the curse on his Dao body to you, and you will share it."

"The phantom curse has a great influence on him, but it is ineffective against you."

"However, the premise of this spellcasting is that you have to drive him away or kill him."

Du Yun was murderous: "Good, let's do it!"

The artifact spirit Cang Yu also immediately expressed his stance: "I will fully cooperate with the Prefecture Lord and keep my mouth shut."

Du Yun nodded slightly, and then disappeared with Cang Yu.

"I'll go out too." Jing Yan was very conscious.

"No, you stay," Zhuo En said. "Be my assistant; I might need you to attack him."

"Yes." Jing Yan stayed behind.

This place was a quiet room, and Zhuo En wasn't idle either. He waved his hand, and a grandfather clock the height of a person suddenly appeared in front of Zhao Xing.

On it were the twelve earthly branches: Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, and Hai.

On the large dial were the four seasons and the five elements scale.

Chaos energy flowed on the dial, eventually condensing into a pointer.

The aura emitted from the pointer gradually synchronized with Zhao Xing's aura.

Jing Yan was surprised to find that two Zhao Xings had appeared in his perception.

If he didn't look with his naked eye, the grandfather clock seemed like another living Zhao Xing.

Zhuo En looked at Jing Yan, who was about to speak, and smiled slightly: "You are quite good. Which part of the Red Star Empire are you from?"

"Beiye Star System, sir," Jing Yan replied respectfully.

"I have been to the capital of your hometown," Zhuo En recalled, "It's a very good place."

"Thank you for your praise."

"Ask whatever you want to ask." Zhuo En pulled up a stool and sat down.

"Sir, what is this for?" Jing Yan pointed to the grandfather clock.

"Inner Heaven and Earth Clock," Zhuo En replied. "He was influenced by the phantom curse, and his Dao body also had some problems."

"Influenced by mental will, he is constantly in a state of excitement and tension, and his Dao body, acupoints, spiritual power, and origin energy are all in a boiling state of combat."

"It's nothing if it's short, but it will affect his cultivation if it's long."

Jing Yan cursed a long string silently.

Zhuo En laughed dumbly, because Jing Yan's cursing was very dirty.

Outside the Hutou Star Continent, in the universe starry sky, on a meteorite.

Weijiu looked at the large group of star patrol generals and mechanical puppets appearing in front.

"Discovered."

Such a big movement on the Hutou Star Continent naturally couldn't be hidden from Weijiu, and he also sensed that Du Yun had united several Dao Domain Realm cultivators to clear the field.

It was very obvious that this was to force him to leave.

"I've done it so secretly, yet I was still discovered." Weijiu wasn't disappointed either; the most common thing in the universe is accidents.

He took this mission because he thought it was simple and the danger factor wasn't high.

As a mental curse master, he cast a spell from afar; if it succeeded, it succeeded, and if it didn't, it was very difficult for others to discover him.

The spellcasting means of their profession were very hidden.

"Can only look for opportunities again."

Weijiu immediately activated the boundary boat to shuttle, leaving the clearing range.

However, Weijiu also knew very well that with the other party alerted, it would be quite difficult to find opportunities in a short time.

"Compared to fighting Du Yun, losing a bit of deposit is nothing." Weijiu was also clear-headed; he wouldn't go head-to-head with Du Yun for 150 billion Red Star Coins.

"The 0.5 star sector has already been cleared once," Cang Yu reported to Du Yun. "Prefecture Lord, do you need to check again?"

"No need." Du Yun shook his head. One strike failed and he immediately fled; the other party was obviously a professional. Without preparation, it was very difficult to catch a Dao Domain Realm curse master in the public star sea area, unless he had already been 'seen' by him.

Once seen by Du Yun, a Five Elements Dao Domain Realm cultivator would find it very difficult to run.

Now that he couldn't even see the person, there was no way to catch him.

"Du Yun, I feel the power of the phantom curse weakening," Zhuo En's voice rang in his ear. "That person should have left."

"To prevent him from returning, I will patrol the starry sky," Du Yun said to Cang Yu: "The rest of you can go back; don't delay the ancient kingdom's official business."

"Lord Lin, Brother Hai, thank you." Du Yun cupped his hands toward the other two Dao Domain Realm cultivators.

"Prefecture Lord is too polite." The other two Dao Domain Realm cultivators cupped their hands, although they were one realm higher than Du Yun, their combat power was far inferior to Du Yun's.

Not everyone could master Great Divine Abilities; they had all just passed the minor divine ability stage and then tried to find ways to open up the Dao Domain to achieve the Dao Domain Realm, so the difficulty would be smaller.

The distinction between minor and great divine ability stages in the Third Realm was entirely used to distinguish between geniuses and ordinary practitioners.

"Swish~"

Du Yun turned into a ray of light and quickly disappeared before everyone's eyes.

"Gone." In the blink of an eye, Lord Lin couldn't capture Du Yun's trail.

"At the Origin Realm stage, speed, regardless of special treasures, is normally 1-10 times the speed of light, but Du Yun exceeded 80 times the speed of light," another Dao Domain Realm cultivator said enviously. "The higher the speed, the harder it is to improve; Du Yun is worthy of being a genius selected by the Origin Heaven Palace."

"Let's go, Brother Lin."

The two didn't stay any longer; they couldn't capture Du Yun's movements at all.

"Tick~ tick~" The pointer started to jump.

Zhuo En placed the sleeping Zhao Xing in mid-air. At this moment, his body was taut, as if he had also become a pointer, rotating in the air with a tiny amplitude.

Every time he rotated a circle, Zhao Xing's breathing slowed down by a fraction, his heart rate and spiritual power operation also decreased, and the origin light released by the Purple Yin and Purple Yang star acupoints was no longer dazzling.

"Hum~"

One thousand days later, Zhao Xing's Dao field underwent a powerful release.

Afterward, his aura calmed down completely, and his breathing became even.

"Wake up."

Zhuo En's voice entered Zhao Xing's mind.

A moment later, Zhao Xing slowly opened his eyes.

He saw Du Yun beside him, as well as Jing Yan and Zhuo En, and that strange-looking grandfather clock.

"How are you?" Du Yun asked.

At this time, Zhuo En had already completed the two processes of conditioning the Dao body and transferring the curse.

"I feel like I had a dream," Zhao Xing said somewhat blankly.

"What did you dream about?" Zhuo En asked.

"I dreamed that I picked up a supreme treasure outside and became a Dao Domain Realm cultivator... but this dream was very tense, giving me a sense of oppression, as if I had won a big prize and couldn't sleep, both afraid and excited... but now I feel relieved," Zhao Xing moved his body, "My mind is very relaxed."

Listening to Zhao Xing's description, Du Yun looked at Zhuo En: "Is he better?"

"I'm not sure what kind of person he was originally, or if his personality has changed," Zhuo En said. "However, at least he won't act recklessly because of the illusions expressed by the phantom curse. He can be considered to have returned to normal."

Jing Yan walked up to Zhao Xing: "Do you remember me?"

Zhao Xing recalled: "I remember, you were in this dream, and you even stabbed me twice... thank you."

"Damn, you scared the hell out of me." Jing Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Alright, don't let him think about this matter for now." Zhuo En waved his hand and pulled Jing Yan away.

"Zhao Xing, this wasn't a dream, but for now, treat it as a nightmare and let it pass; don't think about it," Zhuo En stared at Zhao Xing. "Do you know the memory sealing technique? If not, I can teach you."

"I know it." Zhao Xing nodded. He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and gradually faded the memory related to the 'sense of opportunity'.

"Thank you, Prefecture Lord, thank you, Master Zhuo." Zhao Xing bowed deeply. Although he still didn't know exactly what had happened, he understood that he had survived a catastrophe.

"You don't have to thank me," Du Yun said. "Forget it, it's not suitable to talk about those things with you now. Stay here and learn from Master Zhuo."

"When you finish your studies, come find me again."

"Yes."

"Jing Yan, you leave too." Du Yun looked at Jing Yan.

"Zhao Xing, remember to send me a message when you come out," Jing Yan said.

"Good."

Soon, only Zhuo En and Zhao Xing were left in the room.

"Du Yun invited me here to help you with a preaching scholar's enlightenment," Zhuo En said: "My preaching only offers one opportunity to everyone, unless I can take two more steps and reach the Reincarnation Realm."

Zhao Xing nodded slightly.

In the panel's detection, he saw Zhuo En's name and profession, as well as the Dao Domain Realm information of the Yin-Yang Dao Domain Realm.

"You are a dual-origin cultivator; the techniques you cultivate are Purple Yin and Purple Yang?"

"Yes." Zhao Xing nodded; one must be honest about the techniques one cultivates to a preaching scholar.

"You can demonstrate the path you have walked to me."

Zhao Xing waved his hand, and then the two origins, Purple Yin and Purple Yang, began to entangle in the air.

The origin Dao is the utilization of spiritual energy, and almost all of them are simulated and fused based on the sun spiritual energy origin and the Taiyin spiritual energy origin.

All changes are inseparable from their origin, but any technique cannot escape these two origins.

Zhuo En nodded: "Being able to think of using the Yuanhai World's Benwo Sect technique to balance the Yin-Yang origin, making the Dao body reach a perfect balance, your aptitude and comprehension are quite good."

Zhao Xing wasn't stupid, which was good news for Zhuo En.

At the very least, he could save some effort and time.

If he were a stupid person, he would have to spend a lot of effort.

"Not to mention the Dao Domain Realm, even if you didn't invite a preaching scholar, you could still cultivate to the Third Realm in a few thousand years," Zhuo En commented.

"But using the 'Yuanhai World' to balance the Tian Shi technique also has drawbacks."

Zhao Xing's eyes narrowed: "Please give me some pointers, sir."

"That is, your Tian Shi technique will forever be constrained by the Benwo Sect technique," Zhuo En pointed to the pattern that looked like Taiji,

"The Purple Yin and Purple Yang techniques were created to allow people to better comprehend the two top-tier source stars of the Purple God Star System."

"You using the Benwo Sect's inner heaven and earth to balance Purple Yin and Purple Yang is equivalent to taking a shortcut."

"In the short term, you can indeed take a shortcut to improve quickly, but in fact, your understanding of the Tian Shidao is not profound."

"Your Dao body will sooner or later encounter a greater bottleneck in the future."

"In addition, the Yuanhai World is a technique created by a royal of the Yuanhai Ancient Kingdom and can only be cultivated to the Third Realm."

"Benwo Sect techniques are hard to find; even if you can exchange for advanced techniques in the future, you may not be able to continue improving in the same way."

"You actually haven't achieved true dual cultivation; you've only specialized in the Benwo Dao. The improvement of the Tian Shi technique is just an incidental effect of your improvement of the Benwo Dao. Do you understand what I mean?"

Zhao Xing pondered Zhuo En's words and fell into deep thought.

"I understand, sir."

"There are no shortcuts to the Great Dao," Zhuo En said leisurely. "Those who take shortcuts are all heretics, with the risk of qi deviation."

"Of course, if you can walk out of it, then pretend I didn't say anything."

Zhao Xing smiled upon hearing this; if he could walk out of it, that would be a pioneer, a new technique.

Zhuo En wasn't discussing right or wrong with him now, just pros and cons.

"You can retain your own understanding," Zhuo En waved his hand: "My enlightenment realm can help you comprehend the Tian Shidao purely, so that your Dao reaches the level of the Third Realm."

Zhao Xing understood Zhuo En's meaning, which was to break through without relying on shortcuts, that is, without relying on the "Yuanhai World" to balance.

This didn't hinder his existing path; he could continue such balance in the future if he wanted to.

In this way, the Tian Shidao would be a truly independent and powerful Dao for Zhao Xing, not an appendage of the Benwo Dao.

Zhuo En waved his hand, and a light gate appeared in front of Zhao Xing.

It was half dark purple and half bright purple.

There was a star suspended on both the left and right.

"This is the enlightenment realm I provide for you."

"It is expected that within fifty years, your Tian Shi technique will be able to reach the Third Realm."

"Afterward, we will proceed with the teaching of 'Law'."

Zhao Xing thought for a moment and asked: "Can you teach me the first layer of 'Extreme Land'? Let me complete the breakthrough?"

Zhuo En asked back: "What do you think?"

Zhao Xing was somewhat embarrassed, cupped his hands toward Zhuo En, and then drilled into the light gate.

Techniques like "Extreme Land" could not be taught by a preaching scholar.

Not to mention whether Zhuo En would, even if he could, he wouldn't dare to do so.

A technique used to screen geniuses is equivalent to an assessment system involving the foundation of rule; who would dare to destroy it?

The 【Enlightenment Realm】 of a preaching scholar is called the Gate of All Wonders.

Because it is very mysterious and efficient.

Every preaching scholar's enlightenment realm is different.

After Zhao Xing entered, he saw another self.

He stood between heaven and earth, his Dao body reaching tens of thousands of kilometers high.

The two kinds of aura around his body were like chaotic air currents, his physique could be called perfect, and when Zhao Xing looked over, every inch of muscle, bloodline, and acupoint was presented before his eyes.

Spiritual energy and body were intertwined, and the 840 million star acupoints seemed to exist truly and realistically.

The entire Dao body was like a profound Dao map of techniques, presented before him from different angles.

"This is me in the Third Realm?"

Zhao Xing soon understood Zhuo En's ability.

"I can fully feel that these Daos are incomparably compatible with me; the Dao rhyme in every gesture originates from me, yet is stronger than me."

With a stronger self as a reference, Zhao Xing only needed to cultivate according to the sample.

What is called 'pointing out a clear path'? This is it!

No matter how stupid a person is, they couldn't possibly be unfamiliar with their own cultivation path; a preaching scholar is equivalent to feeding the rice into one's mouth.

"Fifty years? It won't take that long at all," Zhao Xing immediately sat down to comprehend.

Spiritual energy here is very sufficient; if spiritual energy is compared to materials for building a house, there is no need to worry about materials at all now.

Before having a preaching scholar, one was afraid of making mistakes in building a house, but now there is no possibility of making mistakes.

Because there is a self in front, he just needs to do what the self does.

"Truly a fool-proof teaching."

Zhao Xing sensed that his cultivation was rising steadily, and couldn't help but sigh.

Inside the enlightenment realm, his cultivation was changing almost every moment.

The progress of Purple Yin and Purple Yang, in the blink of an eye, went from 62% to 63%.

Spiritual energy entered the body and turned into his own power, which proved that the enlightenment was on the right path, and the Qi and body merged to become power he could use; this was the 'spiritual energy origin', which was the Origin Realm.

Zhao Xing was on the path of spells, so he didn't need to fuse his soul like a martial artist at this stage, so the progress was quite fast.

It only took seven years for him to reach 90% progress.

In the ninth year, the progress was 99%.

Afterward, without any hindrance, he reached 100%.

Directly breakthrough!

"Boom~"

The 840 million stars in the Dao body lit up together, and the vortex in Zhao Xing's dantian changed from a gray patch to a brilliant nebula.

The 840 million origin stars were completely solidified, no longer as illusory as before.

Zhao Xing felt that his comprehension of the Five Elements Great Dao, Yin-Yang Great Dao, and Life Great Dao in the universe had all become clear.

"Dao body transformation, spellcasting is easier, because the range of the Dao field has become larger," Zhao Xing thought to himself. "My Dao field now can wrap around a medium-sized boundary star."

"With a single thought, the boundary wall of a medium-sized boundary star and a small world will be repelled by my Dao field."

"I am no longer suppressed by the world rules of the small world; on the contrary, my Dao field can replace the world rules."

What kind of concept is this? It's equivalent to him becoming the 'Heavenly Dao Controller' of that world.

The martial artist path can shatter the Dao of that small world, equivalent to proving the Dao with force. Both paths have advantages; the spell system has the advantage in terms of control, because martial artists can only shatter, not control with a single thought.

But when martial artists enter the Third Realm, the golden body opens the treasure of the flesh, and they can be born with innate divine abilities; the spell path, because it doesn't fuse the soul, cannot be born with them.

Lacking the fusion of the soul and spiritual phase, the Dao body is still a mortal body.

【Name: Zhao Xing】

【Profession: Si Nong】

【Realm: Third Realm (Minor Divine Ability Realm)】

【Dao Field: Medium Boundary Star First Stage】

【Age: 2031】

【Remaining Lifespan: 1.9 Eras】

"Can live for two eras now; the limit lifespan of the Third Realm can reach 3 eras," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

"Hum~"

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Sensing Zhao Xing's breakthrough, Zhuo En quickly put away the enlightenment realm.

"Not bad, faster than I imagined."

A trace of appreciation flashed in Zhuo En's eyes.

He was very satisfied with Zhao Xing's performance.

Expected to break through in fifty years, but broke through in less than ten.

"Thank you, sir, for the preaching." Zhao Xing bowed again in thanks.

From the late stage of the Second Realm to perfection, and then breaking through a major realm, there was no bottleneck at all, and it was a natural success.

If he had to cultivate by himself, he didn't know how long it would take.

"No need for formalities," Zhuo En said: "What just happened was only the appetizer; what follows is the true preaching."

Zhao Xing was also somewhat excited.

Yes, for the path of spells, a preaching scholar's enlightenment naturally wasn't just as simple as letting the Dao body break through.

The path of spells emphasizes Law!

That is to say, Zhuo En had to let him master a divine ability to count as a complete preaching.

Zhuo En introduced: "I basically know half of all the divine abilities that can be taught in the Desolate Domain Ancient Kingdom Alliance; of course, I know fewer of the very cold and rare ones."

"You can specify it yourself, or choose from me."

Zhao Xing was in high spirits; if this were playing a game, it would be drawing skills from an NPC!

However, the upper limit was the minor divine ability level; the great divine ability level could not be reached through preaching.

"You can think about it first."

Zhao Xing currently had four divine ability techniques on him; one was "Three Gods Life Palace", which was the great divine ability "Reincarnation" from the Reincarnation Divine Palace.

The second was "Soul Heaven Vision", a theoretical divine ability technique created by Su Wan'er, which was also a detection-type divine ability technique derived from the Three Gods Life Palace, which Zhao Xing had learned.

The third was "Purple Light Eight Eras", a minor divine ability of Qing Qing Yu Zi.

The fourth was "Tithe Origin Divine Ability".

"Giant Yang Straw Doll Technique", he had obtained the technique but hadn't practiced it to the divine ability level yet, it was only at the void technique stage.

The Giant Yang Straw Doll Technique was relatively cold, and Zhao Xing estimated that Zhuo En wouldn't know it.

Even if he did, Zhao Xing wouldn't choose to improve this one.

It would be too wasteful of this opportunity; of course, a new one would be better.

"If you don't know how to choose, I do have a divine ability to recommend to you," Zhuo En said.

"Please give me some pointers, sir." Zhao Xing said respectfully.

"Mental will divine ability; your mental will has not been tempered at all," Zhuo En said. "In my opinion, it is relatively poor."

"You are right." After this catastrophe, Zhao Xing also understood that he had a shortcoming in this regard.

Because in the universe version, he leveled up too fast and had never undergone similar training.

Soul divine abilities like the Three Gods Life Palace could not be classified as mental will types.

The soul refers to the life soul, heaven soul, and earth soul. Although they are related, they cannot be confused.

A strong soul has advantages in calculation and deduction, and also has advantages in facing direct soul attack collisions. But a strong soul doesn't mean a firm will or a strong mind.

Disciples of large families should have training in this area during the origin stage; for example, Jing Yan, this fellow was eroded by the Miluo Flower when exploring the tomb, yet he was still very calm and not panicked at all.

Precisely because his mental will was firm, he could still not hum even when facing the pain of erosion, and in the intense pain, he could still resist and control his power to cast divine abilities.

Later, facing Wang Yun's sudden appearance, Jing Yan also dared to block in front, ready to counterattack at any time when facing the strong; this is the embodiment of mental will.

Jing Yan had received special training and learned techniques in this area, but Zhao Xing hadn't.

Zhao Xing shouldn't have ignored the tempering in this area, but since entering the universe version, he really couldn't spare the time to cultivate techniques in this area.

There were already enough techniques and laws for the Si Nong three factions, and the cultivation of mental will techniques took a long time; it was a kind of bitter cultivation technique itself. Zhao Xing had limited energy and really couldn't take care of both.

"If you want to learn this, I have three divine abilities for you to choose from," Zhuo En said. "You can listen to them before making a decision."

"Thank you, sir." Zhao Xing cupped his hands.

"The first is 'Lingxi Millstone'; this divine ability focuses on cultivating one's own heart. The divine ability has three layers. By the time you reach the end, your will will be like a millstone, and any illusion or curse will be crushed by the Lingxi Millstone. However, this method will be somewhat painful; you will have to endure pain for a period of time after the preaching."

"The second is 'Killing Thought Blade'; this divine ability cultivates killing will, infecting the heart with killing intent, making the heart like a sharp blade, cutting through all falsehoods, focusing on attack. It is an external cultivation method; you need to engage in many killings, immersing yourself in absorbing killing intent to temper your mental will."

"The third is 'Yin-Yang Ling Heart Curse'; this divine ability has the highest achievement, with a subsequent stage known as the famous 'Xuanling Divine Curse', which is rumored to have been created by the God of Souls, 'Xuanzhuo'."

Pausing, Zhuo En added: "My research in this area is acceptable; any one of the three divine abilities preached to you will allow you to immediately reach the Third Stage of divine ability or higher."

Zhao Xing was somewhat surprised. Zhuo En was indeed quite strong.

Usually, a preaching scholar letting someone master a divine ability is only at the First Stage of divine ability, which is the stage of just getting started.

Yet Zhuo En could lead people into the minor success realm.

The difficulty of obtaining spell divine abilities is greater than that of martial artist divine abilities, and the difficulty of preaching is even greater; it is indeed worth every penny.

Zhao Xing immediately started to ponder.

Xuanling Divine Curse, he definitely wouldn't touch; he hadn't even heard of the God of Souls.

Anything related to gods he didn't know, he wouldn't learn, no matter how strong it was.

So Zhao Xing wouldn't choose the "Yin-Yang Ling Heart Curse", which seemed to be the strongest among the three.

Zhao Xing wanted both "Lingxi Millstone" and "Killing Thought Blade".

However, "Lingxi Millstone" would affect his actions in the short term, and was eventually ignored by Zhao Xing.

"I choose 'Killing Thought Blade'."

Can killing temper it? This was the most convenient and fast way; Zhao Xing could find vipers or other wild beasts to kill.

The range of choices for practice was very wide.

Hearing Zhao Xing's choice, Zhuo En couldn't help but be somewhat surprised.

However, he didn't want to know what Zhao Xing was thinking.

After all, he was just here to complete a deal.

"Have you decided?" Zhuo En asked anyway.

"I confirm."

The aura on Zhuo En suddenly became incomparably terrifying.

In Zhao Xing's eyes, the gentle scholar Zhuo En suddenly turned into a half-human, half-beast image.

He possessed a huge body and strong muscles, wore a red battle robe, and held various fierce weapons; he had multiple arms, holding battle axes, long spears, or large swords, etc.

At this time, Zhuo En had a fierce expression, and his eyes revealed an endless desire for killing.

"This is a divine ability of the Asura race," Zhuo En's voice was cold. "It was condensed from the Dao rhyme of 178 Asura warrior corpses I rubbed from Asura race ruins."

"Every one of them was a Dao Domain Realm or Great Divine Realm cultivator, and they had killed countless lives in their hands."

Following Zhuo En's description, Zhao Xing seemed to see a Shura field.

Chaos, destruction!

Before his eyes, it seemed as if raging flames were burning, mountains were collapsing, and the earth was shattering, filled with the aura of death and fear.

Mountains of corpses and seas of blood had piled up on countless planets, and blood-colored planets were magnified before his eyes, like a hellish scene impacting his mind.

"Hum~"

A blood-red aura enveloped Zhao Xing.

The extremely dense blood energy wrapped around Zhao Xing layer by layer, forming a blood cocoon.

A trace of paleness also appeared on Zhuo En's face.

Preaching for a preaching scholar was also a burden for him.

"Whether it is the Third Stage of divine ability or the Sixth Stage of divine ability depends on your own good fortune."

Zhuo En thought silently.

The other two divine abilities were self-cultivated by him; only this one, because it required killing, he couldn't cultivate it himself at all.

This divine ability was also a power he obtained from the Asura race ruins, rubbing the Dao rhyme with the soul and incorporating it into his own divine ability; this was one of the innate abilities of a scholar.

In terms of the level of the realm, among the three methods, Zhuo En was actually the strongest in this one, reaching the level of divine ability perfection.

As a transit station, he was now instilling it into Zhao Xing, and the final realm would be higher than the other two methods.

Zhao Xing had also inadvertently made a choice that maximized his benefits.

Three years later, the blood cocoon gradually became transparent and eventually disappeared.

Zhao Xing opened his eyes, and a blood blade flashed in his eyes.

The heaven and earth in the cultivation space shook and twisted.

Relying solely on mental will, he interfered with the stability of the void!

This is a divine ability!

"Fifth Stage of divine ability."

Zhao Xing felt that everything was different, although his realm and spiritual power hadn't changed at all.

But he had indeed become stronger, his mental will interfered with reality, and his Dao field would carry the characteristics of the killing divine ability.

"This deal was a huge profit."

"If I had learned it myself, I might not have been able to learn it even in ten thousand years."

The tempering of mental will is a slow process, and only in a situation like a preaching scholar can countless time be saved.

"Deal completed, causality cleared." Zhuo En looked at Zhao Xing.

"Deal completed, causality cleared." Zhao Xing also repeated it.

The process after preaching is like this.

However, Zhao Xing still bowed to Zhuo En in thanks.

Zhuo En didn't say much, nodded, and disappeared from where he was.

"Du Yun." Zhuo En appeared in the Yellow Sand Prefecture mansion.

"Master Zhuo, is it over?" Du Yun asked.

"Hmm." Zhuo En nodded.

"What did he choose?" Du Yun asked.

"A mental will divine ability," Zhuo En said.

"That's good."

Du Yun didn't continue to ask; this could be considered Zhao Xing's privacy after all.

"Du Yun, I want to leave here," Zhuo En said, "Return to the Origin Heaven Palace."

"Master Zhuo, are you in such a hurry?" Du Yun was stunned.

"The Desolate Domain Ancient Kingdom Alliance will soon hold the third Spiritual Domain Dharma Assembly," Zhuo En said, "The venue will likely be in one of three places: Yuanhai Ancient Kingdom, Yanyue Ancient Kingdom, or Ziyi Ancient Kingdom. I must return as soon as possible to strive for this hosting opportunity to fall to the Yuanhai Ancient Kingdom."

The purpose of the Spiritual Domain Dharma Assembly held by the alliance is only one: to introduce new ideas to counter the Desolate Domain-like spells, magic tools, techniques, and formations, etc.

"I will send you back, sir," Du Yun said.

"No need," Zhuo En said, "Time is earlier than expected; I can return with King Tianji's merchant fleet."

"Since that is the case, I won't keep you." Du Yun cupped his hands.

Zhuo En thought for a moment and said to Du Yun: "Du Yun, I still owe you a favor. There are some things I don't know whether to say or not, and I don't know if it's good or bad for you if I say them."

Du Yun pondered: "How many parts good and how many parts bad does Master think it is if you say it?"

Zhuo En pinched his fingers: "When I came, I cast a hex for you, but I didn't see anything at the time, so I could only cast half a hex. Now I've completed it; it's six parts good and four parts bad, so I think I can tell you."

Du Yun said: "Please speak, sir."

Zhuo En said: "Zhao Xing involves a big trouble for you, but also a big benefit."

Du Yun was slightly stunned; he didn't expect that what Zhuo En had calculated for him would involve Zhao Xing.

"The trouble involves life and death, and the benefit also involves life and death."

Zhuo En continued: "As for what it is, I can't see clearly either. In short, my advice is: either stay completely away from him, or protect him to the death; do not waver, otherwise..."

"Otherwise what?"

"Life and death will be unpredictable."

Du Yun's expression became incomparably grave; he didn't expect Zhuo En to give such an answer.

But thinking about it, since the trouble involves life and death, and the benefit also involves life and death.

If he wavers, life and death will naturally be unpredictable.

"Thank you, sir, for your words," Du Yun cupped his hands. "My causality with you is cleared."

Zhuo En nodded and disappeared in the mansion.

After Zhao Xing cultivated "Killing Thought Blade", he immediately recalled the previous events.

"Zhuo En said I was hit by a phantom curse, and I sensed being plotted against when I was in Nanluo."

"Then this operation must have been orchestrated by Marquis Marquis He Yin of the Dongyan Ancient Clan."

"If I had walked out of the Hutou Star Continent at that time, it would be like Tang Seng walking out of the protective circle drawn by Sun Monkey."

"Too bullying!"

Zhao Xing's eyes were somewhat cold.

He hadn't even met that Marquis Marquis He Yin of the Dongyan Ancient Clan, yet he had encountered two assassination attempts by him since coming to the universe for a thousand years.

This time, it was incomparably close to death!

Now that Zhao Xing had truly come to his senses, he couldn't help but feel some lingering fear.

Once captured, he would definitely die.

Marquis Marquis He Yin would definitely force out all his secrets, and then kill all his relatives and friends, the people of Great Zhou, and erase all traces.

Zhao Xing immediately found Jing Yan.

"Jing Yan."

"Zhao Xing, you're out of seclusion?" Jing Yan was somewhat happy, "Hey, Third Realm, not bad. It seems I have to break through as soon as possible too."

"Jing Yan, since you are a royal and a mechanical master, you should have the empire's exclusive encrypted mechanical Dao soldiers on you."

"Yes, it's called 'Red Star Disk'; the empire has its own encrypted cluster mechanical formations in every major ancient kingdom," Jing Yan said.

"Is there an intelligence department in the Yuanhai Ancient Kingdom?" Zhao Xing asked.

"Don't put it so harshly," Jing Yan said, "Intelligence, it's the intelligence department!"

Aren't they all the same?

"Good, intelligence department."

"What do you want to do asking this?"

"I'll give you a code, help me find a way to have an encrypted communication with him," Zhao Xing said. "And then check some things..."

"Hmm, no problem, what effect do you want to achieve?" Jing Yan asked.

"The kind that is very unexpected," Zhao Xing said.

"No problem," Jing Yan said, "Give me half a month to prepare, but you have to pay some expenses."

"How much, name a number," Zhao Xing said domineeringly, "I can afford it."

"Fine, then I'll get some extra money for the brothers in the intelligence department," Jing Yan grinned and immediately went to contact people.

The code Zhao Xing gave Jing Yan was for 'Yin Hou', one of the two people who contacted Purple Bone back then.

He was certain that this person must be a force of Marquis Marquis He Yin.

Now, Zhao Xing wanted to talk to Marquis Marquis He Yin; he couldn't be so passive anymore, otherwise, he didn't know if he would have such good luck next time.

Zhiluo Boundary Star, Marquis Marquis He Yin's mansion.

At this time, Marquis Marquis He Yin was also somewhat restless.

Seeing that the three-hundred-year mission time was approaching, the Dark Palace still hadn't sent any good news.

He had paid the money, could it be that it still couldn't be done?

"Master."

Suddenly, a maid appeared beside Marquis Marquis He Yin.

"What is it?" Marquis Marquis He Yin asked.

"I previously contacted one of the targets via Yin Hou, but now someone has forcibly broken open my star realm and contacted me, and specifically named you, Master, to talk," the maid said.

"What?" Marquis Marquis He Yin was stunned, "I didn't have you destroy that... wait, you mean after a thousand years, someone contacted you through that communication from a thousand years ago?"

"Yes," the maid nodded.

Marquis Marquis He Yin was silent. Who had such great ability?

"Connect me."

If it's a blessing, it's not a disaster; if it's a disaster, you can't hide from it. He decided to talk to this mysterious person.

Before long, Marquis Marquis He Yin's phantom appeared in front of Zhao Xing.

When Marquis Marquis He Yin saw Zhao Xing, he was stunned.

Because he had seen Zhao Xing's appearance long ago, so he naturally recognized him.

However, he never expected that Zhao Xing would contact him in such a way.

Likewise, he didn't expect Zhao Xing's opening line to be: "Marquis Marquis He Yin, I'll give you a chance."

"Give me a chance?"

Zhao Xing said indifferently: "Report to the highest Elder Council of your ancient clan immediately, sever all causality with me, and withdraw the assassination mission of the Dark Shadow Holy Palace."

"Then, you commit suicide immediately."

"I will leave the Yuanhai Ancient Kingdom, and my causality with your Dongyan Ancient Clan will be cleared."

(End of chapter)