Chapter 26: Yang Jian, wake up! Go call your elders over

Endless mist rolled, without stirring any transcendent elements between heaven and earth.

But in the next moment, that figure who had leapt out of the Three Realms and was not within the Five Elements vanished without a trace, leaving not the slightest mark.

Dugu Baitian stood quietly within the Shenmo Lingyuan; there were no superfluous movements when he appeared, yet all the phantoms of Gods and Demons within the Shenmo Lingyuan vanished, and the Gods and Demons lay obediently in their graves, showing no intention of moving.

Each one was as calm as a well-behaved baby, completely devoid of their usual restlessness.

Dugu Baitian was the true God King of God Kings, a taboo among taboos, yet he still could not see through that boundless mist.

He did not value the items offered for trade by the other party very much; he had experienced too many kinds of cultivation methods.

Dough Qi, Magic, True Essence, Immortal Essence, Internal Energy...

He had seen all kinds of cultivation methods; having reincarnated from the ancient era to the present, he did not even know how many eras he had experienced or how many failures he had witnessed.

The bit of cultivation method the other party offered did not count for much in his eyes; he was more concerned with the person himself.

"He must have grasped the Dao of Karma and Destiny to the peak, to actually be able to leave not a single trace."

"This is at least a supreme powerhouse not beneath me, and he hides himself extremely well. In the final battle, if he could also stand on our side, our win rate should be able to increase by another two points..."

If Zhang Xuan knew what thoughts were turning in Dugu Baitian's mind, he would definitely want to complain fiercely.

"I only wanted your cultivation technique, but you actually wanted my life!"

And Dugu Baitian, because he was calculating too much at this moment, unintentionally let out a sliver of his aura.

Instantly, boundless dark clouds rolled above the firmament again, and mighty thunder light descended from the sky, like a thunder tribulation that was grand to the extreme.

Dugu Baitian let out a cold snort, annoyed that this thing was disturbing his thinking; as the black mist vibrated, it revealed his body, which looked as if it were cast from copper and iron.

He threw a punch upward against the heavens, and the infinite fist light pierced through the entire firmament; the barriers between the Heavenly Realm, the Human Realm, and even higher levels seemed to have been punched through, and a large hole that was difficult to see through appeared above the firmament.

The vast thunder light vanished in an instant, and Dugu Baitian's figure flickered, also disappearing like a mass of smoke and clouds.

Only the Shoumu Laoren, who had been basking in the sun slowly in front of the small wooden hut outside the Shenmo Lingyuan and seemed like he could die at any moment, stood up abruptly, his eyes staring fixedly at the central area of the Shenmo Lingyuan.

But he could at most capture a phantom like smoke, and the rest was completely invisible.

"Damn it, just bullying an old man for having dim eyes, right! I knew there was a problem here."

Shoumu Laoren stomped his feet in anger; the many God and Demon corpses that had just wanted to come out and bubble up because Dugu Baitian had left were all stomped back into the ground by this kick, and they let out roars of unwillingness before falling silent.

At this very moment, at the foot of Tai Shan, in that hotel usually provided for travelers to rest.

Zhang Xuan slumped on the bed, his whole body not moving at all.

His face carried both unhideable exhaustion and deep excitement.

The "empty-handed white wolf" scheme was a great success, making Zhang Xuan very joyful all at once; although the Supreme Forgetting Emotion Record had a pile of problems and sequelae, Zhang Xuan was not panicked, nor was he afraid.

He did not necessarily have to cultivate this top-tier supreme divine ability; he could also cultivate others, as the methods in The One World of Supreme are equally top-tier.

"Sigh, the current progress is only half done, I still have to fool the other side."

Zhang Xuan felt exhausted all over; when he faced Dugu Baitian in the Shenmo Lingyuan, he was calm and composed.

But that was because he had no choice; if he had leaked even a little bit of his true self, his disguise would have exploded instantly.

He had already made a plan: if he didn't perform well, he would say it was some Administrator projecting himself down to trade with Dugu Baitian.

If that Administrator wasn't very successful and made a fool of himself.

Then "I don't know him, it has nothing to do with me."

If the whole thing was a great success, then it was the respected Administrator who had condescended to come down and trade with someone.

And even with extraordinary talent, even though he could obtain many items at will, he still chose to respect the other party and conduct a fair, just, and equal exchange.

"Hmm, from the looks of it now, I should be able to use the latter."

"But I still can't be careless; I can only truly relax after the next step is completed."

Zhang Xuan warned himself this way, but he still slumped on the hotel bed, unwilling to move.

The conversation with Dugu Baitian was quite exhausting, like walking on a tightrope; Dugu Baitian did not reveal much of his aura, but it made heaven and earth tremble because of it.

That reach and grab, it was as if the entire heaven and earth, the entire world, were held in his hand; that casual swallow, taking the thunder light that filled the entire world into his belly...

Every minute and every second felt like walking on the line of death; at that moment, Zhang Xuan felt both trembling and an inexplicable sense of excitement in his heart.

"Damn, a Chat Group Owner should be doing this kind of thing, right? What was the point of fooling people every day before? This is the romance of a man, to have a battle of wits with the most top-tier figures at any time..."

Zhang Xuan's body felt very tired, but his spirit still seemed somewhat excited.

The Supreme Forgetting Emotion Record in his mind not only contained the cultivation method of the Supreme Forgetting Emotion Record, but also the Seven Devil Blades Against Heaven, the Heaven-Piercing and Earth-Moving Devil Attack, and other methods known as top-tier divine skills and techniques in the Human Realm, which were also recorded in it at will.

Dugu Baitian did not care; the Supreme Forgetting Emotion Record originally recorded many divine skills and techniques in the world, just to shock people and let more people cultivate this devilish technique.

After resting fiercely for a while, Zhang Xuan came back to his senses, looking at the top-tier divine skills recorded in the Supreme Forgetting Emotion Record, and could not help but show a smile.

The Supreme Forgetting Emotion path itself is top-tier, but the divine skill also buried a huge pit: those who cultivate the Supreme Forgetting Emotion path will constantly have a "new self" appear in their bodies, more perfect than the original, with fewer flaws in character, and more in harmony with heaven and earth, and then the new self will kill the old self...

And this process is not once, but countless times, until finally a perfect "me" evolves.

But the perfect existence born at the end is definitely not the same person as the original; it can even be said to be two species, two existences.

Moreover, this cultivation method has a very strict hierarchy chain; the more perfectly evolved an existence is, the more targeted it is toward those who have not evolved as perfectly, and it can even become food for those higher-level evolvers.

And everyone in the world who cultivates the Supreme Forgetting Emotion Record will become food for the founder of this technique, the Supreme.

Zhang Xuan would definitely not cultivate such a problematic cultivation method.

At most, he would just write down the top-tier attack methods from the Supreme Forgetting Emotion Record; those divine skills and techniques are all very useful.

As for the Supreme Forgetting Emotion Record, let others have a headache; anyway, he doesn't want to have a headache.

Zhang Xuan felt that these little problems should be very easy for an Existence of the Other Shore to handle.

And Zhang Xuan also had a rough calculation in his heart about which Existence of the Other Shore in The One World of Supreme to trade with.

As far as the time period Meng Qi is in now, the strongest in the entire world are all in a dormant state; even that Time Blade of the Other Shore level only has the state of a Dharma Body at this very moment, and it cannot be unleashed anytime, anywhere.

The most top-tier powerhouses in the entire world have chosen to sleep; there is no way, if one uses their full strength casually, the number one on the Heaven Ranking is only a Dharma Body.

But this moment does not mean there are no top-tier powerhouses in The One World of Supreme, such as that Basis of the Existing World, the Moral Heavenly Venerable whose existence represents the existence of the entire world.

All Existences of the Other Shore can choose to slumber or remain hidden, but only this existence must remain alive at every moment; after all, if he were not alive or did not exist, heaven and earth would cease to exist along with him.

He is the current ceiling of combat power in the Shi Jie, and if no one else awakens in the short term, he will maintain this ceiling level of combat power for a very long time.

The Ancient One belongs to the absolute pinnacle among the Other Shore, and is also a trinity.

Yuanshi, Daode, and Lingbao are all in a state of alliance, and can be said to be undoubtedly the first among the entire echelon of the Other Shore.

The trading partner Zhang Xuan has chosen is Daode.

"It's just that to persuade Daode, I still need to organize my words!"

Zhang Xuan exhaled softly, his thoughts churning in his heart, feeling very exhausted.

However, relatively speaking, it is easier than conversing with those who have read the outer heavens. After all, the overall state and corresponding methods of the three, Heavenly Venerable Daode, Heavenly Venerable Lingbao, and Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi, are not that ruthless.

There are many figures among the Other Shore, and Zhang Xuan does not even consider cooperating with them, even if cooperating with them might yield more gains.

But these figures are also more terrifying.

That Golden Emperor even attempted suicide to transcend and become the Dao; he is ruthless to himself and even more ruthless to his enemies, even treating his own daughter as a chess piece to be manipulated at will.

If he were chosen and one were to cooperate with him by revealing some information, one would definitely receive a great reward from the Golden Emperor, with countless related divine arts, ultimate techniques, and divine weapons.

But Zhang Xuan dares not cooperate with him; that person's mind is truly too terrifying, and his schemes are too frightening.

Anan, Haotian, and the Demon Buddha's shared alias, the Lord of Reincarnation, are also of the same concept; these people are all too ruthless.

If he could, Zhang Xuan would not want to have any dealings with these figures at all.

Since even their closest and most beloved people can be discarded at will, Zhang Xuan does not think he would be anything special.

"The benefits of cooperation are immense, but who could sit securely after taking the benefits of such figures?"

From his heart and nature, Zhang Xuan does not want to cooperate with these people.

Having become the master of the Chat Group, can he not enjoy himself, and if he enjoys himself, can he not follow his own heart?

If he cannot, then what is the difference between that and not becoming the master of the Chat Group?

"Hoo!"

Exhaling heavily, Zhang Xuan once again calculated his previous plan in his heart, assessing that there were no major problems.

As thoughts turned in his mind, a wisp of shadow descended from above the nine heavens, landing in the Miscellaneous Affairs Courtyard of Shaolin, in front of the little monk Zhenhui—not far from Meng Qi.

"Yang Jian, Yang Jian, hurry and call your elders!"

Patting Zhenhui's little bald head with his hand, Zhang Xuan spoke softly.

(End of this chapter)