Chapter 496: Two new troop types, accidental splitting, evil split soul born?

Zhao Xing was not surprised to hear that the first level was the Will Level.

Plant lifeforms cultivated from seedlings or seeds naturally feel close to everything about their master, and it is very easy to achieve spiritual fit and unity of heart and mind.

Subduing plant troops that have entered the maturity or peak period requires facing the spiritual impact of the plant lifeform.

If the standard is not met and one forcibly subdues them, one of the Si Nong or the plant lifeform will be injured.

Of course, there are some exceptions. Assuming the plant lifeform possesses extremely high intelligence and knows how to endure humiliation for the sake of the overall situation. At this time, with external help, such as the "Water Primordial Method Contract" used to subdue the Thousand-Illusion Tree back then to implant Zhao Xing's consciousness, it is possible to achieve forced driving.

In other cases, without a sufficiently powerful heart and will, one cannot subdue wild troops, and leaving them in the internal world will only cause destruction.

The assessment of the Primordial Assembly back then tested mental will and soul strength multiple times.

Zhao Xing did not have much confidence in the Will Level. After all, the artifact spirit Xuanyue said that one must have Emperor-level will to pass.

His true spirit is Lord-level late stage. Although mental will is not directly linked to true spirit strength, he probably hasn't reached the Emperor-level level.

The will-type divine ability he cultivated by killing turtles back then, as well as the Heart Field Method he currently possesses, are far from reaching the Emperor-level level.

"It is possible that the standard mentioned by the artifact spirit is lower than the empire's standard. However, to be safe, I still have to cultivate a Reincarnation-level secret method of the will type first," Zhao Xing thought.

Where can I get a Reincarnation-level secret method of the will type? Zhao Xing's gaze fell on Feng Chen.

A scholar is a mobile secret method library. A Six-World Scholar matches the Emperor level. Feng Chen must have will-type secret methods.

"Elder, I just broke through to the Reincarnation Realm and haven't learned the corresponding will-type secret method. I wonder if I can buy one from you." Zhao Xing said his thoughts.

"You only think of sharpening your spear when the battle is imminent?" Feng Chen smiled. "Zhao Xing, it's not that I won't sell it to you, but I'm afraid you won't have time."

"You just broke through to the Reincarnation Realm, and your true spirit strength is not enough. Even if I teach you a Reincarnation-level secret method of the will type, you can't cultivate it to the Emperor-level level all at once."

A scholar's empowerment is not omnipotent and must follow basic laws.

In Feng Chen's view, Zhao Xing is far from the artifact spirit's requirements. Even if he spends cultivation to empower him, it is impossible to pull Zhao Xing's will level to the Emperor level.

"Elder, how do you know without trying? Anyway, we are just waiting here, just name your price!" Zhao Xing was heroic. He has money now, and he has enough confidence to speak.

Feng Chen was soft-hearted, and seeing that he couldn't persuade him, he opened the Dao-Pondering Realm and let Zhao Xing enter.

"I have three Reincarnation-level will secret methods."

"The first is 【Mirror Heart Method】, the heart is like a bright mirror, reflecting all illusions. This is a secret method attached to the Scholar City divine artifact Mirror of General Knowledge, focusing on defense rather than attack."

"The second is 【Profound Spirit Divine Curse】, created by the God of Soul 'Chen Xuan Zhuo' of the Reincarnation Divine Palace, focusing on both offense and defense. However, to learn this method, you must start by reciting the Yin-Yang Spirit Heart Curse. Recite it 130 million times, and after getting a response from that great figure, you can learn it."

"The third is 【Great Dark Heaven】, aiming to practice the heart with slaughter. I copied this method from the Di Ming stone slab. It is rumored to have been created by a demigod of the Asura race based on the race's innate talent. It replaces defense with offense."

"There are three types of secret methods, and none of them are easy to learn. The second method cannot even be empowered to help you improve your cultivation progress."

After listening to the introduction, Zhao Xing fell into thought.

There is no doubt that 【Mirror Heart Method】 is what Feng Chen is best at, and its level is also the highest. If he asks for this method, the spell level he obtains after empowerment will also be higher.

He will forget about the Profound Spirit Divine Curse. Zhao Xing had heard of this method back then. At that time, he didn't want to get involved with the gods of the Reincarnation Divine Palace, and he still doesn't want to now.

Loyalty to the empire is the main thing!

"Elder, I choose 【Great Dark Heaven】." Zhao Xing said what he wanted. "I wonder what price I have to pay?"

"If you only learn it, I will give it to you for free. Without you, it would be difficult for me and Emperor Fuzhi to dig those boundary stones on the road. Just don't pass it on."

"If you want me to empower you, I have to spend 100,000 years of cultivation, so that would be, that would be..." Feng Chen seemed a bit hesitant, as if he was embarrassed to set the price too high.

"Elder, please speak directly." Zhao Xing said.

"8,000 Profound Spirit Ancient Coins." Feng Chen held up an eight.

"..."

Master Zhao was stunned.

He thought Feng Chen would say an astonishing number, but he didn't expect it to be only 8,000 Profound Spirit Ancient Coins.

Zhao Xing, plus the Great Zhou national treasury, received 4.02 million Profound Spirit Ancient Coins in the last dividend. He kept 3 million for himself, and the rest went into the national treasury.

This time for the demigod cave dwelling, just selling 10 quotas sold for about 200,000, and digging boundary stones on the road shared 15,000.

Feng Chen's transmission of power consumes 100,000 years of cultivation, but he only asked for 8,000. It is simply too conscientious, and he is even embarrassed by this number.

What a good person!

Master Zhao was moved, and he held Feng Chen's hand sincerely and said: "Feng Lao, I will pay 10,000, please be sure to accept it."

"This, it doesn't need that much." Feng Chen was very embarrassed.

"It's needed, that's settled."

"Sigh, alright." Feng Chen sighed. "I will do my best. How much you can learn depends on yourself."

"Many thanks, Feng Lao."

Next, the two said no more, one cast the spell to transmit power, and the other realized it with his body.

As the transmission began, the scene in the Dao-Pondering Realm also changed.

Above the garden with birds singing and flowers fragrant and sunshine bright, a black dot appeared. As the black dot appeared, the sky quickly darkened, and all things began to wither.

At first, Zhao Xing only felt the light dim, but in the end, it went completely black.

The black dot got closer and formed a human figure.

It had three heads and six arms, a tall body, and cyan-black skin.

The postures of the six arms were different. One hand held palms together, the second hand held fire, the left three hands held knives and staves, and the right three hands held weights.

Among the three heads, one was angry and majestic, one was cold and ruthless, and one was contemptuous of all living things.

When it appeared, the vitality around it was cut off, as if the Great Dao of Life had moved away from him, and even the six qi stopped operating.

It swung its knife at Zhao Xing, but the terrifying killing intent made Zhao Xing feel instinctive panic, and he couldn't help but flee everywhere.

Immediately after, flames sprayed again, but the flames were not physical, but anger born from the heart. That kind of anger was difficult to extinguish even if all the four seas were poured out.

"Ah——————"

Zhao Xing screamed and woke up.

He was still in Feng Chen's Dao-Pondering Realm, and the scene around him was still birds singing, flowers fragrant, and sunshine bright, but Zhao Xing felt his hands and feet were cold, lying on the ground, his heart trembling constantly.

The hallucination disappeared, but the scene just now was difficult to erase, and the lingering charm still made him feel terrified.

Feng Chen was too conscientious; he displayed the original power of that Asura demigod without any comparison.

Zhao Xing's acceptance was also too high. Empowerment, hiding spirit in meaning, this transmission was really scared enough.

"Zhao Xing, are you okay?" Feng Chen asked with concern.

"Elder, I, I am fine."

Fear, slaughter, and anger faded like a tide, thoughts condensed, and a phantom of an Asura appeared in Zhao Xing's heart.

Feng Chen looked at Zhao Xing's twisted face, and faint patterns appeared, presenting the figure of that Asura demigod, and couldn't help but be shocked: "

Zhao Xing's receptivity was also too high. With the empowerment of wisdom and the concealment of spirit, this transmission of power had truly scared him enough.

"Zhao Xing, are you alright?" Feng Chen asked with concern.

"Elder, I, I'm fine."

Fear, slaughter, and anger receded like a tide. As his thoughts condensed, an Asura phantom appeared in Zhao Xing's heart.

Feng Chen looked at Zhao Xing's twisted face, where faint patterns were appearing, presenting the figure of that Asura demigod, and couldn't help but be shocked: "Asura in a single thought... you actually received more than eighty percent of the transmission?!"

"You are the one with the highest reception efficiency in my career of transmitting power!"

The will secret technique 【Great Dark Heaven】 has a total of three forms.

Great Dark Heaven, Asura in a Single Thought, and Immovable Bright Venerable.

Great Dark Heaven is a mental domain formed by the interweaving of dark, negative emotions.

Asura in a Single Thought is a killing thought-body born from the mental domain.

Immovable Bright Venerable is the veneration of will, reaching the demigod-level will.

Zhao Xing received his power through empowerment, breaking Feng Chen's past records of transmission. Never before had anyone been able to directly learn Asura in a Single Thought while receiving the 【Great Dark Heaven】 secret technique.

"Are you really alright?" Feng Chen watched Zhao Xing lying on the ground for a long time without getting up, and couldn't

help but ask again.

Zhao Xing sat up: "It seems a bit uncomfortable, but I can't say where the problem is."

However, when he checked his panel, he discovered that he had indeed learned a new spell.

【Great Dark Heaven: Reincarnation-level secret technique】

【Progress: Sixth Stage (12/1000)】

"What I displayed was the primordial Dao rhyme of the Emperor Ming stone tablet; you might have been a bit scared," Feng Chen said.

"I've made a fool of myself in front of you, Elder." Zhao Xing shook his head and didn't think about it anymore.

After resting for about three months, Zhao Xing was already able to skillfully cast 【Great Dark Heaven】 and 【Asura in a Single Thought】, so he stepped onto the eastern staircase full of confidence.

Feng Chen followed closely behind, while the artifact spirit Xuanyue said something to Zhao Xing.

Through Feng Chen's translation, Zhao Xing learned that the other party had said he would be responsible for his own life and death.

"Be careful."

"Mm." Zhao Xing took a deep breath and looked at his feet.

The steps were made of white jade, twelve in total, secretly conforming to the supreme principles of the music Dao of the five tones and twelve pitch standards.

After stepping onto the first step, Zhao Xing felt the sound of flowing water ringing in his ears. It was faint at first, but after his feet stood firm, it amplified rapidly, like a surging torrent, echoing in his ears.

Before Zhao Xing's eyes, a real flood seemed to appear, surging down from above the staircase, crashing into him.

"The tactile sensation is real. Could the water flow be real too? That's impossible."

The floodwater rose above his knees, as if it wanted to push Zhao Xing away.

The real tactile sensation originating from his soul made Zhao Xing not dare to underestimate the Five-Tone Illusion.

At this moment, he had a soul fragment outside the staircase observing, and he could clearly see that there was no water flowing down the staircase.

It could be seen that this "reality" was because the main body's mental will had been bewitched by the Five-Tone Illusion.

Zhao Xing lifted his foot again and went up two more steps.

"Splash~"

The flood was heaven-surging, directly submerging Zhao Xing's waist, abdomen, and head.

Zhao Xing increased his size, and the flood also rose.

It was always one step ahead of him.

Realizing that this was a deception, Zhao Xing returned to his normal size, and sure enough, the flood also shrank accordingly.

"The flood is not to be feared; the fake is fake after all."

Zhao Xing expanded his mental domain, and the impact force was indeed greatly reduced. He stood firmly on the third step.

Feeling that he still had strength to spare, he stepped onto the fourth step.

"Woo woo woo~"

A low horn sound rang out beside the river. Zhao Xing saw the staircase palace above suddenly disappear, replaced by heavenly soldiers and generals filling the sky.

Banners stood like a forest, cloud Qi was dense, and an aura of slaughter spread, making people not dare to approach even a step.

Zhao Xing looked back and found that the scene behind him had also changed. He seemed to be standing on the riverbank, with a dark mass of black clouds in the distance, as if a war was about to break out.

"Go up again!"

Zhao Xing stared at the pressure and went up two more steps.

Standing at the sixth step, the heavy atmosphere and aura of slaughter made him feel somewhat suffocated. As the staircase rose, he also saw more images. The figures of those divine soldiers and generals seemed even more solid; blades, armor, and cold glints flashed, making people not dare to look directly at them.

"Dong dong dong~"

Stepping onto the seventh step, the sound of drums entered his ears first, and then a giant drum made of ten thousand miles of oxhide appeared. The sound waves spread throughout heaven and earth, as if they wanted to make people's hearts jump out. Even his mental domain, Great Dark Heaven, was somewhat shaken.

Standing on the ninth step, the drums thundered, and lightning flashed and thunder rumbled in the sky. As the drums were beaten more rapidly, it was as if a great war was on the verge of breaking out. On the opposite side of the riverbank, there seemed to be a great terror. Zhao Xing felt his whole body stinging, and a large number of thoughts were occupied by the desire to run away.

"Hum~"

A three-headed, six-armed Asura appeared in his mental domain. One thought infected another, and the thought of running away was defeated, turning into nourishment for the Asura.

Zhao Xing stood firmly on the tenth step.

Relying on his mental secret technique, he also successfully stood firm on the eleventh step.

At this moment, Zhao Xing had reached the final step of the Five-Tone Illusion.

There was a giant wearing golden demigod armor, violently striking the big drum with a bone hammer. That pair of bone hammers was simply striking Zhao Xing's heart, and every inch of muscle in his body trembled accordingly, out of his control.

Zhao Xing had to use both techniques simultaneously, pushing his mental domain and Asura in a Single Thought to the limit, only then daring to take the final step.

"The mental domain is the interweaving of dark emotions. First, sink into the darkness, and the illusion will be unable to stir my mind. The Asura body walks out from the darkness, with killing intent as the main focus and other evil thoughts as auxiliary, breaking through all illusions!"

"Dong!"

After standing on the twelfth step, the last drumbeat fell, and all sound stopped abruptly.

Zhao Xing gained a brief moment of peace, and heaven and earth fell into dead silence.

The next moment—

"Kill!!!"

Heaven-surging killing intent radiated from the army formation, the flood became even more ferocious, the entire army on his side of the riverbank moved out, and the black Qi on the opposite bank filled the air, already close at hand.

In an instant, Zhao Xing was influenced by the surging battle intent and killing intent, charging toward the opposite bank of the river along with the army.

"Bang!"

The killing intent, battle intent, and drum music of countless powerhouses intertwined, instantly shaking Zhao Xing off the twelfth step.

Freed from the illusion, he naturally regained his clarity.

"Failed?"

Zhao Xing clutched his chest, feeling somewhat uncomfortable.

However, Feng Chen nearby was looking ahead in shock.

Zhao Xing looked up and saw that on the twelfth step, he was still standing there. His head turned, revealing half of his face, carrying an evil, charming smile.

"What? This is..."

Zhao Xing also immediately realized what had happened.

He had indeed fallen off, but what fell off was the soul body of his main body. He had been shaken out of his soul at the last step!

But he had indeed passed. His main body was at the twelfth step, and because of the excessive use of his mental domain and Asura in a Single Thought, he had unknowingly allowed his soul to complete its 101st great tearing!

This tearing was completely different from the past. It was not something Zhao Xing had done actively, and the connection was also very weak, just like the Primordial Clone that had left him many years ago.

Furthermore, it was also very dark!

It felt like another evil version of himself!

"Oh no, have I become a clone?"

His main body soul at this moment had lost its magic body and had been shaken out by the Five-Tone Illusion.

Without the support of negative emotions, the main body soul could not pass the twelfth-step illusion using Great Dark Heaven.

Could it be that he could only watch the dark-side soul fragment occupy his physical body?

"Zhao Xing, the aftereffects of your soul splitting this time seem to be a bit large..." Scholar Feng Chen also noticed that something was wrong.

Because the soul fragment body did not care about the main body soul that had been shaken out below, it headed straight for the big tree outside the eastern palace gate.

"It is a bit large." Zhao Xing smiled bitterly. "I finally understand what that discomfort was just now. It turns out the 101st splitting was coming, and because I practiced the 【Great Dark Heaven】 secret technique, what is now in the magic body and physical body is a dark soul fragment."

"In other words, you've suffered from Qi deviation?" Feng Chen was shocked.

"Not exactly." Zhao Xing shook his head. "There is still a way to remedy it."

The Primordial Clone he had left behind earlier came in very handy at this moment.

Zhao Xing's main body soul immediately jumped into the Primordial Clone that was observing from beneath the staircase.

Immediately after, he activated the No-Distance Teleportation.

"Hum~"

The next moment, the main body soul returned to the physical body on the staircase.

When Zhao Xing returned to his life-palace sea of consciousness, he saw an Asura wantonly devouring the remaining ninety soul fragments.

The Asura's face had turned into Zhao Xing's appearance, and it was growing rapidly.

Zhao Xing's expression changed, and he immediately shouted: "Stop!"

The dark soul fragment did not speak, only devouring blindly.

It was as if there was a voice in his mind devouring the other voices, and the thoughts of the other soul fragments were gradually assimilated by the evil of the dark soul fragment.

Even Zhao Xing's main body soul was affected, unable to help but feel the urge to kill.

"Boom!"

The main body immediately took action. In the life-palace sea of consciousness, a golden Five-Finger Mountain fell, wanting to suppress the dark soul fragment.

The main body's soul was stronger than the soul fragment; in this kind of pure confrontation, it should logically be easy to extinguish it.

However, 【Great Dark Heaven】 was stronger in the hands of the dark soul body, and the main body soul was unable to suppress it for a time.

"Reincarnation!"

Finally, Zhao Xing remembered the soul secret technique 【Reincarnation】 gifted by Qing Qing Yu Zi.

A black hole appeared in the chest of the main body soul, and the situation turned one-sided, forcibly absorbing the dark soul fragment.

"Thanks to the main body soul practicing 【Reincarnation】, the life-soul fuses with the earth-soul and heaven-soul, and it must be superior to all soul bodies. Moreover, the soul fragment bodies all had their memories partitioned; the soul fragment only had the memories of Green Flower magic power, not the memories of Red Lotus magic power."

After absorbing it, Zhao Xing breathed a sigh of relief.

The flaws of the Primordial Straw Man Technique were very clear, so when he split initially, he had kept the main body soul as the priority, just to guard against this kind of accident.

"Fortunately, fortunately. It seems I should use less of the Scholar's empowerment and secret techniques like Great Dark Heaven in the future."

If it weren't for the Scholar's empowerment, the Great Dark Heaven secret technique couldn't have had such great power all at once. If he had practiced it slowly, Zhao Xing wouldn't have split into a dark soul fragment body.

"Zhao Xing, how are you?" Feng Chen shouted from below.

"I'm fine," Zhao Xing responded.

"Why don't you come down first and let me check."

"Elder Feng! I said I'm fine, so I'm fine!" Zhao Xing was somewhat annoyed by his chatter and walked straight to the big tree.

Feng Chen below looked at Zhao Xing's back, a trace of worry flashing in his eyes.

"The Primordial Straw Man's great soul splitting tore out his dark side. How can he say he's fine after suffering from Qi deviation... Sigh, it's all my fault. I shouldn't have taught him the technique."

【Note: The text seems to have a line break error here, but the meaning is clear.】

"Dong dong dong~" The heart-shaped leaves of the tree swayed in the wind, emitting drumbeats, as if thousands of troops and horses were rushing over to stop Zhao Xing from approaching.

Zhao Xing was not afraid at all, looking directly at the big tree, and obtained its information.

【Li-Sound Tree (Mutated Species)】

【Status: Peak Period】

【Quality: Emperor Grade】

【True Spirit: Peak Emperor Grade】

【Secret Technique: Pointing to the Immortal, Li-Sound Talisman, Ten Thousand Sound Domain】

【Description: Having listened to the immortal music of the demigod musician for many years, its spiritual wisdom has greatly opened. The fusion of acquired learning and innate secret techniques has greatly increased its strength.】

【Remaining Lifespan: 4.3 Epochs】

"Jee jee—" The bark of the Li-Sound Tree squirmed, forming a human face, seemingly saying something.

Without needing Feng Chen to translate, Zhao Xing also understood that this fellow did not want to follow him.

Life forms with highly opened spiritual wisdom and high intelligence all possess strong free will. Who would be willing to become someone else's slave?

However, Master Zhao had gone to such great lengths to come up here; how could he let it go?

He would collect it first and talk later.

"World Projection!"

His internal world expanded, the projection pressing down, instantly enveloping the entire Li-Sound Tree.

The leaves on the big tree unfurled, lighting up like talismans.

However, before it could fully unfold, it stood still.

Because Zhao Xing had chosen to forcibly subdue it, he used the power of the Hunyuan Dao Tower

to suppress it.

Even the legendary Spirit-Devouring Grass could be suppressed, let alone the Li-Sound Tree?

Even if its strength was comparable to the peak Emperor level, it could not withstand a divine artifact forged by a Great Emperor.

"Whoosh~"

The Li-Sound Tree was uprooted.

Zhao Xing then jumped down.

Feng Chen came up to meet him, staring straight at Zhao Xing: "You should go out immediately and find someone to take a look."

"Does Elder Feng think I've suffered from Qi deviation?"

"I don't know, but you are definitely not right."

"How so?"

"That big tree said that since you passed the trial promised by the artifact spirit, it was willing to serve you as its master and show you its abilities. Why did you suppress it without saying a word?"

"..."

Zhao Xing couldn't help but be speechless.

The other party had intended to pledge loyalty, but he had ended up beating them up.

This was too much!

"Elder Feng, why didn't you say so earlier?" Zhao Xing was somewhat displeased.

"How was I to know you would act so quickly?"

"Forget it." Zhao Xing said indifferently. "Beating it up might have had a better effect."

"Elder Feng, what is the second trial?"

Feng Chen did not answer.

Clearly, he felt that Zhao Xing should go out and see a physician now, rather than continuing to pass the trials.

At this moment, Zhao Xing also discovered that Feng Chen had a stubborn personality; no matter how he tried to persuade him, he refused to be the translator anymore.

"Very well. Since Elder Feng is unwilling, I will do it myself." Zhao Xing cupped his hands. "Still, thank you for your previous help, Elder Feng."

After saying this, Zhao Xing sent out dozens of Primordial Clones to search for text on the buildings in the previous ruins area to study.

It's better to rely on oneself than to beg others. He didn't believe he couldn't master a language.

Watching Zhao Xing act alone, Feng Chen couldn't help but shake his head.

After spending three years, Zhao Xing mastered the language here.

After mastering it, he immediately tried to talk to the artifact spirit Xuanyue.

"Fairy Xuanyue, I have already passed the first trial. I wonder what the second trial is?"

The artifact spirit Xuanyue had been standing in front of the palace gate, previously like a statue, turning a blind eye to the dispute between Feng Chen and Zhao Xing, including Zhao Xing's accident.

But hearing Zhao Xing speak, she reacted again.

"The World Trial." The artifact spirit Xuanyue pointed to the south. "If your internal world can withstand the pressure of the World Ladder, it proves that you have the ability to take away the Sun-Moon Vine."

The World Trial? Zhao Xing smiled after hearing this.

He immediately flew to the south and stepped up the stairs.

The south side also had twelve steps, each producing an extremely strong sense of spatial pressure.

Zhao Xing had to withstand the pressure and expand his internal world to walk up; reaching the top would mean passing the trial.

It sounded simple, but the starting pressure was at the early Emperor level, and the pressure produced by each step increased incrementally.

By the twelfth step, the projection of his expanded internal world was also compressed to about a hundred meters in radius.

"The pressure at this moment is already equivalent to the peak Emperor level, but I can still open a world projection of about a hundred meters."

"The internal world opened up by two divine objects is indeed extraordinary."

Zhao Xing passed this trial calmly and successfully harvested the second type of plant troop.

【Sun-Moon Vine (Mutated Species)】

【Status: Peak Period】

【Quality: Emperor Grade】

【True Spirit: Late Emperor Grade】

【Secret Technique: Eight-Sign Sun Wheel, Moon Brilliance Feather Light Array, Merchant Cluster World】

【Description: Having listened to the immortal music of the demigod musician for many years, its spiritual wisdom has greatly opened. The fusion of acquired learning and innate secret techniques has greatly increased its strength.】

【Remaining Lifespan: 7.6 Epochs】

Most of the vine-type innate secret techniques are of the containment type. The Sun-Moon Vine feeds on the sun and moon, its innate talent is related to the Yin-Yang Dao, and it combines with the Five-Tone Scale, further amplifying its containment ability; it can even use arrays!

A plant troop that can use arrays is simply a niche development. Emperor-level powerhouses of this era, once trapped, would find it very difficult to find a way to break through for a time.

"Fairy Xuanyue, I wonder what the third trial is?"

Xuanyue looked toward the west, where four black-edged, red-inside flowers were planted. Three of them had already withered and died, and the remaining one was also closed.

"The third trial is a test of the music Dao." The Fairy Xuanyue looked at the closed flower and said somewhat sadly:

"The 'Cave-Deep Flower' is a descendant of the Flower God Clan and was the master's beloved object. Since the master died, it has also fallen into a deep sleep."

"Only by obtaining the 【Eight-Sound Divine Method】 within the palace and playing it on a zither can it be awakened."

A test of the music Dao? Zhao Xing couldn't help but frown.

Among the three living plants, the one he valued most was this 'Cave-Deep Flower'.

Because although it only had Emperor-level strength, its bloodline was very high.

Perhaps he could extract the life template of the Flower God Clan from it.

One of the paths to godhood for a Si Nong of the Benwo Sect was to extract plant divine patterns.

Even if this hope was very slim, with this point, the value of the Cave-Deep Flower exceeded the previous two.

However, for a music Dao test, Zhao Xing could really only stare blankly.

"I can only wait for Emperor Qianyin or Emperor Fuzhi to come out, and then ask them to take action," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

Since he was idle, Zhao Xing chatted with the artifact spirit about the bare golden bamboo pole standing on the north side.

But Xuanyue seemed very impatient: "If you are not passing the trial, then stay quietly. Where do all these questions come from?"

Zhao Xing didn't know why she had suddenly changed her face. Being rebuked like this, a nameless anger surged in his heart, but he dared not show it on his face, so he could only cup his hands and sit to the side to wait.

Time passed slowly. About eight years after entering, the Lingluo Cave Dwelling soon welcomed its second batch of people. There were two mechanism masters and one martial artist who arrived here.

The martial artist was Emperor Chimei, but Zhao Xing did not recognize the two mechanism masters.

Hearing them talk to Feng Chen, he learned that the other two demigod mansions had already entered the final stage of contention.

Knowing they couldn't get any benefits, they had run to the musician's cave dwelling to try their luck.

"Elder Feng, I wonder if the flowers outside the palace and that golden bamboo pole can be taken away?" Emperor Chimei asked as soon as he arrived.

It was obvious that Zhao Xing was not the only one who saw the value of these things.

Even if they couldn't see it, it was a case of "plucking a goose as it flies by"—regardless of whether it was valuable or not, pluck it first.

"Emperor Chimei, do not act rashly," Feng Chen explained. "If you want to move them, you must wait until the inheritance of the Lingluo Palace ends."

"Fine." Emperor Chimei's eyes rolled, and his gaze fell on Zhao Xing nearby. "Great Si Nong Zhao, I wonder if you can tell what this flower is?"

"I don't recognize it," Zhao Xing replied coldly.

After waiting for another five years, there was finally movement inside the Lingluo Palace. A clear sound that resonated through heaven and earth appeared, and the dharma image of an ancient zither emerged on the palace roof. It had nine strings, each of a different color, surrounded by the phantoms of auspicious beasts, extraordinary and divine.

Zhao Xing's expression was shaken, because judging by this movement, this was undoubtedly the power that only a divine object could trigger!

He hadn't expected that the other two martial artist cave dwellings hadn't produced divine objects, yet the musician's mansion had a divine object appear in the world?

That's right, Wei Ling Tianchen had multiple divine objects; the probability of a demigod level having divine objects was still very high!

It was a pity that this was a music mansion; Zhao Xing and the others could only watch and could not snatch it.

It wasn't that they didn't want to, but that they couldn't.

Assuming Emperor Qianyin or Emperor Fuzhi had inherited it and were holding a divine object, who could beat them?

"I wonder if there is a Si Nong mansion among the seven cave dwellings. Since this was a cross-domain ethnic migration, there shouldn't be no demigod Si Nong."

"My current strength, if I want to go head-to-head with an Emperor, I can only rely on the methods of the Benwo Sect and rely on powerful troops."

"I hope that one of them will come out and be able to do me a favor by handing the Cave-Deep Flower to me," Zhao Xing hoped.

The vibration of the dharma image lasted for a full half-year, and finally, the divine light all converged into the palace.

Subsequently, the palace gate opened again, and a figure walked out slowly.

"A single figure? How can only one person come out?" Zhao Xing stared at the palace gate and found that it was Emperor Fuzhi who had walked out, while Emperor Qianyin was nowhere to be seen.