Chapter 90: Saw the Linglong Immortal?

Chen Zheng, Piao Yun, the white-bearded old man and the others chatted a few more words, then left the Shadow Castle.

After flying for a while in the flesh-and-blood mire, the group arrived again outside the Return Ruins passage they had come through before.

Through this passage, everyone returned to the Profound Yellow Great World, on the sea where glaciers stand.

This place is the northernmost part of the Southern Sea Region, perpetually howling with cold wind and covered in ice and snow.

Upon returning, the white-bearded old man bowed to Chen Zheng, smiling, and said, "I and Xingyun Baobao are going back to Star Gate. Brother Chen, if you have time in the future, you may visit my Star Gate as a guest; I will sweep the mat to welcome you."

Damn old man, who asked you to sweep the mat to welcome?

Chen Zheng inwardly scoffed, but smiled faintly on his face, "Well said, well said."

During the earlier conversation, he learned that the old man was named Xingbai, one of the Elders of Star Gate.

And ever since seeing his formidable power, Xingbai's attitude changed drastically, treating him with great respect, his words full of flattery.

He naturally understood what was happening.

Xingbai wants to win him over as external support for Xingyun Baobao's contest to claim the next headmaster position of Star Gate.

Xingyun Baobao, being young, lacks Xingbai's scheming, and in a babyish voice said, "Brother Chen Zheng, you must come to Star Gate to see me later."

"I will go."

Chen Zheng smiled in agreement, reached out and pinched his chubby little face.

At that point, the old man and the child departed.

Under everyone's farewell gaze, the two quickly turned into tiny dots and vanished at the horizon's edge.

"Let's go as well."

Chen Zheng took out the Five Prison King Cauldron, called out, and entered the cauldron together with the women.

His magical power had reached 150,000 ma, far stronger than before, and he directly activated the twenty‑two acceleration arrays inside the cauldron, propelling them at a speed of thousands of miles in an instant toward Wan Gui Sea City.

It is said that Linglong Blessed Land lies at the opposite end of the Great Northern Ocean, extremely far from the Southern Sea Region.

Ordinary low‑level cultivators, if they wish to go there, must fly over vast seas, taking a very long time.

But that applies only to ordinary people; for Piao Yun and several true‑disciple students, returning is a piece of cake.

Because Linglong Blessed Land has a teleportation gate in Wan Gui Sea City, Chen Zheng only needs to go there with them and enter the gate to reach Linglong Blessed Land directly.

In fact, when Piao Yun and the other women trained after leaving Linglong Blessed Land, they also teleported from their sect to Wan Gui Sea City, saving a great amount of unnecessary travel time.

From then on, there was no conversation along the way.

The Five Prison King Cauldron traversed the boundless sea and finally arrived at the edge of Wan Gui Sea City.

This place is crowded and full of prying eyes.

The Five Prison King Cauldron's target is too big.

Chen Zheng is still being wanted by the Taiyi Sect.

To avoid drawing attention, he and the women emerged from the cauldron into the outside world.

He folded away the cauldron and flew toward the bustling sea market.

Chen Zheng also used the "Sea Mirage Qi Gong" obtained from a Taiyi Sect disciple to alter his appearance, becoming an unremarkable young man.

However, this Sea Mirage Qi Gong is merely a great divine skill; if cultivators of Golden Core rank or higher deliberately investigate, they can easily discover his true visage.

"If only a calamity character that could completely change my appearance appeared on the Sheep Skin Scroll, that would be great."

Chen Zheng sighed lightly in his heart.

He urgently needs a powerful transformation technique to avoid numerous troubles.

It would also allow him to impersonate others and engage in some unsavory deeds.

For example, five days later he could impersonate the Death Island Lord, infiltrate the Forty Great Thieves group on Shadow Island, and look for opportunities to gain benefits.

"Senior Brother Chen, over there is the Linglong Tower that my Linglong Blessed Land has established in Wan Gui Sea City; although it is not a Dao artifact like the Mystic Turtle Pavilion, it is still a treasure."

"Moreover, many places in the Profound Yellow Great World have our sect's Linglong Towers; we can travel to all corners of the world through the teleportation gates inside the towers."

The group quickly entered Wan Gui Sea City.

Piao Yun, Ye Qingqing and the other women pointed at a majestic tower thirty‑six stories high, emitting red light, in the distance, and introduced it to Chen Zheng.

"Oh, the Mystic Turtle Pavilion is a Dao artifact?"

Hearing them, Chen Zheng did not focus on the Linglong Tower, but looked toward the Mystic Turtle Pavilion towering in the center of Wan Gui Sea City.

The pavilion is not tall, only about a thousand zhang.

Its exterior is also unremarkable, decorated much like a secular imperial palace, exuding a nouveau‑rich vibe.

No powerful aura emanates from the Mystic Turtle Pavilion.

When he last came to sell the Seven Demons Gourd, he truly hadn't noticed whether this pavilion was a Dao treasure.

He only felt that the interior of the Mystic Turtle Pavilion was extremely spacious, with countless main halls and rooms, but most doors were tightly shut.

Now that he thinks about it, those rooms and halls inside the pavilion should be the interior space of the Dao artifact.

The interior space of a Dao artifact is immensely vast.

Even the lowest‑grade Dao artifacts have interior spaces of at least a thousand li in radius.

It is equivalent to another world.

For example, above the Ascended Heaven Palace, there is infinite space, where the upper echelons of the Ascension Gate nurture billions of celestial demons and thirty large dynasties.

A rough estimate suggests that at least a hundred billion various beings live within the Ascended Heaven Palace.

But those hundred billions of beings never have to perform any labor.

They never worry about food or clothing.

They only need to do one thing.

That is to remember the kindness of the Ascension Gate.

At the same time, they pray day and night for the Ascension Gate, generating a hidden faith power that refines the Ascended Heaven Palace.

I must admit, the Yuhua Gate has to guarantee the many beings' eating, drinking, excreting, and also laboriously manage them; there are countless matters to consider.

They only need to remain loyal and gratefully strive generation after generation.

Pure bliss overload!

"The grand undertaking Fan Qingying convened the Forty Great Thieves for—to acquire a Dao artifact—won't it be the raid on Xuan Gui Pavilion?"

Chen Zheng suddenly had a bold idea flash through his mind.

The idea was not baseless.

Because Xuan Gui Pavilion is an asset of Wan Gui Immortal Island.

And Wan Gui Immortal Island recently issued a bounty, actively hunting the Forty Great Thieves.

The Great Thieves naturally desire revenge.

Moreover, Fan Qingying has the divine race backing him, showing no fear of Wan Gui Immortal Island at all.

Hence it is normal for the desire to seize Xuan Gui Pavilion to arise.

And just as Fan Qingying was preparing to launch the Great Thieves' raid, Song Weiyi and others of the Taiyi Sect arrived at Xuan Gui Pavilion, disrupting the plan. Thus Fan Qingying postponed it.

Clear.

Everything is now crystal clear.

Fan Qingying indeed wants to seize Xuan Gui Pavilion!

Even if not, Chen Zheng will seize it himself later.

A Dao artifact sits there, Wan Gui Immortal Island bears a grudge against him; if not Xuan Gui Pavilion, then who?

At this moment, a faint green glow already emanated from his gaze toward Xuan Gui Pavilion.

"Senior Brother Chen, what's wrong with you?"

Piao Yun noticed Chen Zheng's expression had changed and couldn't help looking at him, asking.

"Nothing much."

This novel you…

Chen Zheng withdrew his gaze and casually asked, "May I ask who governs Xuan Gui Pavilion?"

Piao Yun replied, "The master of Xuan Gui Pavilion is Grand Elder Wan Qingshan of Wan Gui Immortal Island, assisted by Thus we have Title: Elder Wan Renxing, Thus we have Title: Elder Wan Yuhua and other elders."

Chen Zheng nodded, and his spirit, traversing the myriad worlds, located the basic information of Wan Qingshan and the others.

Wan Qingshan is at the First Rank of Longevity, the Wan Shou Realm, with combat power roughly equal to Fan Qingying's.

Wan Renxing, Wan Yuhua and the others are at the Seventh Rank of Divine Power, Golden Core Realm, their strength comparable to the second, third, and fourth ranked Great Thieves.

In other words, the group stationed at Xuan Gui Pavilion can be dealt with by the Forty Great Thieves.

Even clearer.

"Senior Brother Chen, come with us inside."

"I have already sent a message to the welcoming junior sisters inside the sect; they are delighted to hear you are coming to visit."

Chen Zheng, with a thought, teleported, dispersing his mirage qi, and descended with Piao Yun and the other women to the entrance of Linglong Tower.

They entered together.

Then everyone stepped through a Teleportation Gate.

Next came a swirl of space‑time transformation.

When his sight returned, Chen Zheng found himself inside a massive hall.

The hall contained nothing else, but Teleportation Gates placed everywhere, one after another, densely packed.

It seemed this was the Grand Hall of Teleportation in Linglong Blessed Land.

In front of many Teleportation Gates, groups of women came and went; they were likely disciples, like Piao Yun's group, returning to their sects or going out to train.

"Welcome, Senior Brother Chen!"

Chen Zheng hadn't even had time to scan the surroundings when eighteen women appeared ahead, all tall and beautiful, arranged in two neat rows, flanking him in greeting.

They were of modest cultivation, all at the eighth or ninth flesh levels, their eyes swirling as they examined Chen Zheng repeatedly, as if something strange had blossomed on his face.

"Junior sisters, please accept this small token."

Chen Zheng smiled, flicked his sleeve, and eighteen rays of light burst forth, each a treasure—dagger, sword, bracelet, needle—landing in the hands of the welcoming women.

"Exquisite spiritual artifacts!"

"Thank you, Senior Brother Chen, for the gift!"

The welcoming women, seeing the treasures in their hands, couldn't help letting out a light exclamation.

Although each possessed a spiritual artifact, they were only low‑ or mid‑grade; none were exquisite.

Now Chen Zheng bestowed one upon each of them, so they were overjoyed.

"Is that Chen Zheng of the Yuhua Gate? It is said he is the nemesis of the Taiyi Sect, a reincarnation of an ancient divine being—truly a name lived up to."

"So handsome! Senior Brother Chen is literally a hundred times more handsome than the rumors."

"Senior Brother Chen is so generous; with one move he produced eighteen exquisite spiritual artifacts—many inner disciples don't even have a single one…"

Beside the many Teleportation Gates nearby, numerous female disciples were drawn by the commotion, turning their curious or admiring gazes toward Chen Zheng.

Many also looked at the exquisite artifacts in the welcoming disciples' hands, their faces full of envy.

"Senior Brother Chen is an honored guest of our sect; you all should not crowd around, go attend to your own matters."

Piao Yun turned her head toward the distant women, spoke lightly, and asked them to step back.

Then she smiled at Chen Zheng and said, "Senior Brother Chen, please follow me; I will take you to see the Elder."

"Thank you for your effort, junior sister."

Chen Zheng nodded and followed the guiding women, including Piao Yun, out of the hall filled with Teleportation Gates.

Upon stepping into the outside world, the view opened up, revealing a scene of a celestial sacred land before his eyes.

All that can be seen is misty clouds filling the space between heaven and earth.

In the sea of clouds, huge immortal mountains rise one after another, numbering in the thousands and tens of thousands.

On the immortal mountains are splendid palaces and towering trees, as well as countless immortal birds and spirit beasts, either soaring through clouds and mist or frolicking playfully.

One can even see golden dragons appearing and disappearing within the cloud sea, now visible, now hidden.

There is also a giant eagle soaring in the sky, its clear cry penetrating the nine heavens.

This is surprisingly a five-colored divine eagle born from the crossbreeding of a phoenix and a spirit bird, innately possessing bronze skin and iron bones, able to spew flames that melt metal.

Vast, boundless cloud sea.

Myriad immortal mountains.

Flood dragons and five-colored spirit eagles.

Together they form a grand and beautiful scroll.

This is the Exquisite Blessed Land.

And at the very center of the myriad immortal mountains stands an even larger, more majestic golden divine mountain, reaching straight to the end of heaven.

Before that golden divine mountain, people appear as mere specks of dust.

The crowd walks upon the broad great road.

Ye Qingqing saw Chen Zheng's gaze fall upon the golden divine mountain, and proudly said, "Senior Brother Chen, that is our Exquisite Blessed Land's supreme dao artifact, the Sumeru Golden Mountain, which once subdued to death the Supreme Elder Tai Yu Tian of the Taiyi Sect. Our Sect Master Supreme resides on the summit."

Chen Zheng sincerely praised: "Very impressive."

Immediately, as if seeing something, his gaze narrowed and he asked the women: "Who are those people?"

On Sumeru Golden Mountain there is a golden step a hundred zhang wide, like a heavenly ladder leading straight from the base to the summit.

At this moment, a group of men and women stands at the lowest end of the heavenly ladder.

Meanwhile, on the steps below the mountain, three people continuously climb upward, as if wanting to pass via the steps to the summit of Sumeru Mountain to meet the Exquisite Immortal Venerable.

(End of chapter)