Chapter 131: Tianming Organization

Li Heng had previously learned through the Identification Function that Seng Daoke came from an organization called "Tianming." Now that Seng Daoke was right here, he saw no need to hide it and spoke thus.

Tianming?

Upon hearing these two words, Seng Daoke stood up, his expression stiffening. He fell into a long silence, as if lost in deep thought.

Meng Lingyun had originally wanted to complain, but seeing this situation, he couldn't help but be stunned, not daring to make a sound to disturb him. He wondered in his heart: Tianming? What kind of thing was that? Could it be related to Seng Daoke?

Why was this kid always able to say words he didn't know?

He felt his own life experience had been crushed by a young man.

"Li Jushi, where did you hear of this?" Finally, Seng Daoke spoke, looking at Li Heng with some confusion; his eyes remained somewhat dazed, as if he had not yet recalled anything.

"Then what have you remembered?" Li Heng said indifferently.

"I haven't remembered anything, just a vague feeling rising up, feeling as if something exists over there, guiding me to go," Seng Daoke said, pointing his finger toward the north, looking lost.

Li Heng frowned slightly. The north?

Beijun was already in the north of the Great Li Dynasty. Although Bei'an County was not in the extreme north, it was still in the northern part of Beijun. If one were to go further north, it was highly likely they would leave the borders of the Great Li Dynasty.

Could it really be as Ma Suxuan guessed?

That Seng Daoke did not belong to Great Li?

"You say there is something in the north guiding you? Could it be that so-called Tianming?" Meng Lingyun, who was nearby, recovered from his bewilderment, recalled some things, and said in a deep voice.

"There are no other kingdoms or dynasties to the north beyond Great Li, only a desolate land, a no-man's-land. Few people know what exists inside. Are you sure your intuition isn't wrong?"

Hearing Meng Lingyun's words, Li Heng had some faint guesses.

Perhaps the place where the so-called Tianming Organization was located was not in the Present World, but in a hidden realm. Just like when he went to the gathering before and saw those places in the Void.

Seng Daoke shook his head slightly, confirming that his intuition was not wrong.

The three of them fell into a silence.

Until Seng Daoke spoke again, breaking the stillness, "I don't know what exists there, but I always feel it is very important to me. Li Jushi, Meng Jushi, I feel that I... must make a trip there. I may have to excuse myself for the coming period of time."

He pressed his palms together and recited a Daoist title and a Buddhist chant.

"Li Jushi, I do not know the outcome of this trip, so take this." Seng Daoke took a small Peach Wood Sword from his bosom; a pair of small prayer beads were strung on the hilt.

"This is my proud work, a fusion of Dao and Buddhism, named the Prayer Bead Peach Wood Sword. It gathers the might of the Buddhist Sect and the intent of the Dao Sect, containing Innate Level mysteries, and can help you fend off Innate enemies."

"Consider this my repayment to Li Jushi."

He introduced this Prayer Bead Peach Wood Sword, a flash of pride crossing his eyes, and continued. "However, I know that this alone is not enough to repay Li Jushi for the great kindness shown to me."

"So... may I repay you another day?"

He handed over the Peach Wood Sword, looking at Li Heng with anticipation.

"Then do you have the confidence to return?"

Li Heng said indifferently, accepting the Prayer Bead Peach Wood Sword.

"Rest assured, this old monk still has that much confidence. After all, even I do not know how strong I am myself..." Seng Daoke said with a smile; this was also the truth.

Li Heng nodded; he believed this statement.

Because even though his Heavenly Eye had upgraded and his own strength had reached the True Qi Realm, and he could even blast an Innate expert to pieces when exerting his full power, he still could not see through this mysterious Seng Daoke.

Clearly, he was an extremely powerful Innate, or perhaps even higher?

"What about me?" Meng Lingyun's eyes lit up.

"Meng Jushi, for the sake of our friendship, I will temporarily waive the medical fees for that young Meng Jushi. I will collect them when I return. Calculating the time, young Meng Jushi should be waking up soon."

"You should go and comfort him," Seng Daoke said indifferently.

Hearing this, Meng Lingyun's expression immediately stiffened, and he trembled with anger. You old bald donkey, you old Daoist! After so many years of friendship, you still charge medical fees? Is this how you treat me!

Sigh, but forget it, I forgive you.

He shook his head, feeling listless and remaining silent, determined in his heart to break through to the Innate level before Seng Daoke returned, otherwise he wouldn't have the confidence to renege on the debt without enough strength.

"Alright, there is no time to lose, I should be going."

Seng Daoke sighed and walked away. Watching Seng Daoke leave until his figure disappeared, the two fell into silence. Finally, Meng Lingyun couldn't hold it in anymore and spoke with a laugh and a curse.

"You kid, you actually cost me a great general!"

He had spent a great deal of effort to coax Seng Daoke over, firstly to have him properly treat Meng Hao, and secondly to have him hold down the fort and prevent Bei'an City from falling into complete chaos.

Now that Seng Daoke had run off, if it weren't for the fact that Ma Suxuan was still there and there was another Innate to suppress the situation, he would have had to fight Li Heng. How could one just let a fierce general go?

"Don't worry, old man." Li Heng shook his head and laughed.

With his current strength, he was enough to roam Bei'an City invincible, not to mention there was still Ma Suxuan. Now that most of the Weird in Bei'an City had perished at Baishou Ridge, only a small portion of the Dead Remnants remained, which were not worth worrying about; he could just find a time to wipe them out.

It was the increasingly dense Yin Qi between Heaven and Earth and the unknown Disaster that were worth noting. However, once such a Disaster erupted, Li Heng doubted that even having one more Seng Daoke would solve it.

This was also the reason why he did not ask Seng Daoke to stay.

Of course, given his temperament, he didn't really want to ask him to stay either.

"Sigh, forget it, you kid..."

Meng Lingyun had originally wanted to argue with Li Heng for a few sentences, but seeing his appearance, he immediately lost interest, leaving only a sigh. His aura was like the setting sun, as if he were an empty-nest elderly man.

Li Heng couldn't be bothered to pay attention; who was he putting on this act for?

His old flame was right by his side, what empty nest!

"Forget it, forget it, I'll talk about serious business. Have you started practicing the Three Flowers Record? If you have already started, what level have you reached? Have you entered the door yet? Give me a reference."

Meng Lingyun put on the airs of an elder, as if he were going to instruct Li Heng, but his eyes were full of schadenfreude. This Three Flowers Record was extremely special. In his youth, he had the reputation of a genius, yet it still took him a year to condense the prototype of a Jing Flower, barely entering the door.

Even if Li Heng was a genius who could pave his own path.

He didn't believe Li Heng had entered the door in such a short time.

The talent this kid had shown before had simply frightened him and dealt a blow to his heart; now he wanted to properly suppress this kid's arrogance to prevent him from being too proud in the future.

Thinking this in his heart, he felt the reason was very justified.

Li Heng looked at him with disdain. Give it a rest, serious business? You have serious business coming here? If Aunt Xuan hadn't shown her cards to you and asked about various things, would you have been scared into running here to take refuge?

"Are you sure you want to know about this?"

He looked at Meng Lingyun with a grave expression.

"Of course I'm sure. Why? Could it be that you were stumped by this cultivation method? But actually, you don't have to feel discouraged; this is a normal situation. After all, this cultivation method is indeed very difficult. Back in my day, I..."

Meng Lingyun looked at Li Heng.

He was just about to speak of his own situation back then to find some comfort for his own stagnation over all these years. After all, if this kid with such strong natural talent could get stuck, then what about me?

Then, Li Heng's thoughts stirred, and the embryonic form of the Three Flowers manifested temporarily.

"This cultivation method is quite easy to practice; I just cultivated the embryonic form of the Three Flowers. It's a pity, though, that it only bloomed at the First Grade and didn't reach the Nine Grades, so it cannot be considered the true peak of the Three Flowers embryonic form."

Speaking of his own situation, Li Heng appeared to be sighing with emotion.

"Old man, how is your cultivation going? Have the Essence Qi Spirit Three Flowers been fully condensed? Have the three flowers bloomed and formed the Nine Grades? After so many years, with your natural talent, old man, you should have reached it, right?"

He looked at Meng Lingyun with a smile that was not quite a smile.

Meng Lingyun looked at the embryonic form of the Three Flowers before him and fell silent. What was this supposed to mean? This kid had been practicing the Three Flowers Record since he was in his mother's womb, right? He had directly condensed the embryonic form of the Essence Qi Spirit Three Flowers!?

He really wanted to pinch his own face to see if he was dreaming. But after thinking about it, he felt that would be undignified and beneath him, so for the sake of the dignity of the Demon Suppression Division Chief, he refrained.

Gazing at Li Heng, Meng Lingyun opened his mouth to speak, but the words had barely left his lips before he swallowed them back down to compose himself again. Li Heng smiled without a word, even taking out tea leaves to brew tea, waiting quietly.

Finally, he could not hold it in anymore.

"You kid, damn it, you're strong!"

He cursed directly, then let out a torrent of words. "Sometimes I really suspect that you aren't just from a noble bloodline, but also have some ancient divine bloodline; you really are a child of Heaven and Earth..."

In the end, he spat out the last sentence, completely devastated.

"You wouldn't even be this fast if you were practicing the Five Tigers Severing Gate Blade!"

Li Heng remained smiling, sipping his tea.

Meng Lingyun wanted to say something more, but he saw the courtyard gate kicked open. A beautiful woman with a menacing aura and one hand on her hip appeared before the two of them, looking at him with a cold expression.

"I could hear your cursing from far away. Speak, why did you run over to Little Heng's place! Little Heng shouldn't have provoked you, right?" She walked to Meng Lingyun's side.

Meng Lingyun had a belly full of grievances with nowhere to vent, and since there were no outsiders here, he told Ma Suxuan exactly what had just happened.

Hearing what had just happened, Ma Suxuan was also very surprised.

The special cultivation method that had stumped Ling Yun for most of his life could actually be mastered so quickly by Li Heng, and even cultivated to a certain degree? As expected, her judgment of people was good; he really was a genius!

After all, she did not practice the Three Flowers Record and lacked the ability to empathize, so she did not have as huge a reaction as Meng Lingyun; she just felt that with Li Heng's natural talent, it should be like this.

Compared to her, Meng Lingyun was like a child.

You're at your age, aren't you ashamed!

Seeing that even Ma Suxuan was siding with Li Heng, Meng Lingyun smiled bitterly and said nothing, retreating into his own shell. Forget it, forget it, why was he looking for a sense of superiority in this kid when he had nothing better to do?

He was simply asking for trouble!

The interlude ended, and the discussion returned to the main topic.

When Ma Suxuan learned about the matter of the Monk-Daoist Guest, she nodded slightly. "No wonder when I came over just now, I sensed a mysterious expert leaving. It seems that was that Monk-Daoist Guest. Could my previous guess be correct?"

"It's just that the disturbance was a bit large, as if the Void had been torn open by some terrifying, immense force. Is the strength of the Monk-Daoist Guest really that terrifying, that even the Void can be torn open?"

"This is not something an ordinary Second Heaven can achieve!"

She sighed, finishing her assessment of the Monk-Daoist Guest.

Ma Suxuan's expression turned grave in an instant.

"However, I seem to have some impression of that so-called Heaven's Mandate."