Chapter 79: with translation of chapter title

Chan Yinsha stared at Zhou Shuo, not knowing what to say; she had first exchanged the Present Tathagata Scripture with him, and now she said the Qiankun Bag was in the hands of the Witch Ghost Dao—what on earth is this guy's background, possessing the Present Tathagata Scripture and even telling her this information!

"Yinsha?" Zhou Shuo looked at the dazed woman, unconsciously raising his voice, "Can you give me an answer, yes or no?"

"You've given me so many surprises today!" Chan Yinsha came to her senses, involuntarily showing a wry smile, "Is this guy real or fake?"

"Yinsha, is this you refusing me?" Zhou Shuo raised his brows slightly, "What kind of answer is this?"

"No, I agreed—I'll help you get the Qiankun Bag—but I have some things I want to know: Zhou Shuo, what exactly are you? And why do you know the Qiankun Bag is in the Wasteland? Are the Future Wu Sheng Sutra and Past Amitabha Sutra inside the Qiankun Bag? If the scriptures are in the bag, I want a share." Chan Yinsha's mind instantly turned over many thoughts.

"The Future Wu Sheng Sutra is in the hands of the Heavenly Emperor Yang Pan, the Past Amitabha Sutra was hidden by Monk Yinyue and has drifted somewhere—I have a rough idea but can't be certain. Neither is in the Qiankun Bag; the bag hides part of the wealth of the Great Chan Temple." Zhou Shuo sized up the soul-state Chan Yinsha; the Qiankun Bag holds the Great Chan Temple's wealth, but the most precious is the bag itself and the Outline of the Present Tathagata Scripture inside—there's no need for me to say that.

"Then how do you know all this?" Chan Yinsha asked; what she most wants to know now is this guy's background.

"I'm Zhou Shuo, originally a nobody, but due to some mishaps I was taken in as a disciple by the Holy Maiden He Wu Sheng of the Wu Sheng Dao; my teacher He Wu Sheng's true identity is actually a Supreme Dao Elder, and because of some minor offenses I angered her and have been hunted……" Zhou Shuo understood Chan Yinsha's psychology and handled it with ease.

"Supreme Dao, no wonder……" Chan Yinsha listened to Zhou Shuo's words, looking at his gaze with a sudden realization; being able to know so many secrets, if he's a disciple of a Supreme Dao Elder, it's not surprising—the Supreme Dao is famed as a super holy land that can suppress imperial power.

"Then is your martial art also learned from the Supreme Dao?" Chan Yinsha suddenly felt moved; since this guy possesses the Great Chan Temple's Present Tathagata Scripture, does he also know the Supreme Dao's secret arts?

"Do you think if I had learned the Supreme Dao's martial arts I'd still need to be hunted? The core Dao arts and martial skills of the Supreme Dao are known only to the sect leader and the Holy Maiden; of course, the previous Holy Maiden Meng Bingyun, having been lured by Hong Xuanji, gave the Two Cosmic Scriptures and Supreme Dao Elixir Scripture to Hong Xuanji to view, but even so I could never learn them." Zhou Shuo understood Chan Yinsha's meaning.

"Then what about your martial arts and the Present Tathagata Scripture?" Chan Yinsha, hearing Zhou Shuo's words, couldn't help but think further; Zhou Shuo is a pawn whose fate transcends itself—how did he cultivate his martial arts to this level?

"My own fortuitous encounter." Zhou Shuo spread his hands, "I can't possibly tell you that!"

"I understand. Fine, I agree to your request: you help me kill Bi Shi Hua, and I'll help you seize the Qiankun Bag; as for what's inside the bag, if it doesn't contain the three scriptures—present, past, future—I don't want yours anyway." Seeing Zhou Shuo spread his hands, Chan Yinsha felt a bit embarrassed, yet she pledged her promise, just as Zhou Shuo had made an unequal exchange earlier; she was equally magnanimous.

"Yinsha, don't regret it later." Zhou Shuo, hearing Chan Yinsha's words, couldn't help but glance askance; although the Qiankun Bag's most precious is the bag itself and the Outline of the Present Tathagata Scripture inside, the wealth within is considerable—enough to rival an enemy state, actual enemy-state wealth, not some converted secret manual.

"No regrets. When do we go to the Wasteland? The news of the Qiankun Bag will probably leak soon." Chan Yinsha was impatient; she couldn't help but be urgent, for many major powers would surely notice the Qiankun Bag, but the Supreme Sky Dao now has only her alone, she can't find any other help; otherwise she would certainly gather experts to seize the treasure.

"I can go anytime, I just don't know the way and can't find a trustworthy ship to go to sea." Zhou Shuo looked at the eager Chan Yinsha, his gaze slightly askance; it's a very helpless problem—he can't even trust the sister flowers, being able to talk to Chan Yinsha is solely because she herself is a notable expert; although she's a princess of Chuyun Kingdom, in substance she's a lone solitary figure.

"Then do you trust me?" Chan Yinsha couldn't help but show a look of interest.

"How to put it! At least Yinsha, you didn't deceive me about the Lightning Flash Body Technique." Zhou Shuo flicked his fingers, giving a vague answer.

"Rest assured, I, Chan Yinsha, though I attained the Dao as a strange being of the sea and am called a demon immortal, am a person of my word; if I say I'll help you get the Qiankun Bag, I certainly will." Chan Yinsha, hearing Zhou Shuo's words, couldn't help but speak.

"Then Yinsha, when do you decide to set out?" Zhou Shuo, hearing the guarantee, didn't comment much but threw the question back.

"I want to first observe the movements in Yunmeng and the Great Qian direction, and also go to the deep sea to find a medicinal herb to boost my cultivation; do you want to come with me?" Chan Yinsha pondered, then looked over at Zhou Shuo; she decided to still set aside the idea of going to the Wasteland for treasure, for that treasure is indeed no small matter and needs scouting the situation—whether it's Yunmeng and Great Qian, or this mysterious partner of unknown origin.

"As long as Yinsha doesn't mind, but what medicinal herb are you looking for, Yinsha?" Zhou Shuo understood that Yinsha wanted to smooth over their relationship, but hearing what herb she sought, his heart stirred.

"My sharks discovered a thousand-year tiger clam in the deep sea; by a fortunate coincidence, it absorbed a strand of earth-milk essence in the ocean trench, nurturing a Yuanpin Heavenly Pearl. If I could obtain that pearl, I could completely exchange my blood and purify my marrow; though I might not reach your level of divine mechanism and smoothness, it could guarantee this mortal body a two-hundred-year lifespan." Chan Yinsha also didn't hide it; since we've decided to cooperate, the Lightning Flash Body Technique earned the Present Tathagata Scripture, so there's no need to conceal such a minor matter.

"Like that!" Zhou Shuo widened his eyes slightly; Chan Yinsha's words hit exactly what he had in mind—the Yuanpin Heavenly Pearl, isn't that precisely the thing that bound Chan Yinsha and Hong Yi in fate? This plot is indeed about to begin.

"But if you're going with me, you'll have to ride sharks—are you game?" Chan Yinsha looked at Zhou Shuo's expression, suddenly amused; she invited Zhou Shuo to jointly plot to seize the tiger clam's pearl, fundamentally just to observe him and smooth their relationship; if the relationship isn't handled well, during the scheme to seize the Qiankun Bag they'll inevitably have to guard against each other—of course such vigilance is probably unavoidable in the end, but the less, the better.

"What's there to dare?" Zhou Shuo had no second thoughts; he was confident his strength was not inferior to Chan Yinsha's, and he had many means of self-defense; as long as it wasn't a lethal attack, as long as he had a breath, he could rely on space to escape.

"All right then, at noon tomorrow go to the Dinghai ship berth at Taoshen Harbor; we'll take a ship out to sea together, then ride sharks to seek treasure." Seeing Zhou Shuo unafraid, daring to go with her to ride sharks in the vast ocean and entrust his safety to her, Chan Yinsha couldn't help but feel admiration.

"Good." Zhou Shuo nodded in agreement.

Having agreed to ride sharks together to seek treasure, Chan Yinsha withdrew her thoughts and left, while Zhou Shuo raised his head to observe the moon phases and sum up the heavenly timing; practicing alchemy requires understanding heavenly timing and climate, because the body's spirit, qi, and blood have waxing and waning changes, whose pattern relates to the motion of sun and moon; since he often traverses between worlds, his grasp of each world's changes is incomplete, only better in the Yang Spirit World, because the earlier learned Yin Yin Heavenly Born Divine Chapter already contains heavenly timing changes.

After observing the heavenly signs for a while, Zhou Shuo timed his practice for a bit, until the sun rose to afternoon, then after saying a word to Uncle Fu, he got up and left Ruting Residence, rushing to the agreed ship berth with Chan Yinsha; as expected, the ships of Chuyun Kingdom were already waiting, and the guarding warriors had long received Chan Yinsha's instructions; upon knowing who he was, they immediately let him aboard.

Under the guidance of the Chuyun Kingdom warriors, Zhou Shuo saw Chan Yinsha's true fleshly body: a white gauze long dress, hair pinned with a silver hairpin at the back; between her picturesque brows and eyes there is both an immortal air and a hint of heroic bearing and domineering presence; in summary of her demeanor, face, and figure, she should be the type of a mature queen.

"Since you're here, sit down! No need to be polite." Chan Yinsha, looking with her naked eyes at the still ordinary man, gestured for him to enter the cabin.

"Good." Zhou Shuo didn't say much, following her hand into the cabin; this decked ship is completely different in form from the Jade Pool Sect's ironclad warship; inside is a great hall, with tables already set, and upon them laid a banquet of sea delicacies.

"Now there's a banquet to eat, not bad—is this for welcoming me?" Zhou Shuo looked at the feast and burst out laughing; without hesitation he found a seat and sat down.

"Of course, eat!" Chan Yinsha nodded with a smiling expression.

"Anything else you want to ask?" Zhou Shuo saw the beautiful demon immortal nod, and without ceremony reached out and grabbed a big crab that looked delicious.

"Yes, what's your relationship with the master of Ruting Residence?" Chan Yinsha watched him gnaw on the crab without any manners; she nodded, both amused and exasperated.

"Um, if nothing unexpected happens, the master of Ruting Residence should be my future dao companion." Zhou Shuo shrugged his shoulders.

"You said you were cultivated in the Wu Sheng Dao, so how are you also related to someone from the Jade Pool Sect?" Chan Yinsha composed her expression; she had already investigated Ruting Residence—it is a ground-floor property of the Jade Pool Sect of Yin Prefecture in the Great Qian Dynasty.

"When I escaped, I hid for a long time, then was discovered and pursued; at that time, Yue Ting and Yue Ru were preparing to come and duel with me." Zhou Shuo couldn't get meat from the crab, so he tossed it aside and grabbed a big lobster, picking the shell and eating the meat while recounting the situation; naturally, Chan Yinsha's expression shifted unpredictably, for turning an opposite-sex enemy into a red beauty is truly like a plot from a novel.