Chapter 93: A Perfect Grade D Encounter

In the capital of Great Liang, atop Zhaixing Tower.

The spacious Yinling Platform is brightly lit; in bronze lamps, Jiaoren Oil soaks the wicks, burning silently.

It is the dead of night, yet the entire Zhaixing Tower is as bright as day.

A faint, delicate fragrance lingers in the air, clearing one's Divine Soul and stabilizing the Spirit Platform.

This is Zhaixing Tower, the tallest building in the capital, standing much higher than the Great Liang royal palace.

It is a Blessed Land and Grotto-Heaven created jointly by the Great Liang royal family and several Immortal Sects within Great Liang; the Immortal Sects use the momentum of Humanity to interfere with heaven and earth, invoking the Spirit Rhyme of heaven and earth to gather here and construct a grotto-heaven.

It is situated in the location with the best feng shui in the entire capital, gathering the Humanity Power of the four directions, condensing the essence scattered by the galaxy, and drawing in the vast Spiritual Qi of the eight wildernesses.

It is the best place for cultivation in all of Great Liang.

If one of the Immortal Dao cultivates here, they can achieve twice the result with half the effort; it is an extremely rare and precious place for immortal cultivation, slightly superior even to the Penglai Three Mountains of the East Sea.

Of course, one is a mountain and the other is a pavilion, so the comparison is not of much significance.

However, to be able to rely solely on human effort to create such a Blessed Land—looking across the Central Plains today, one would think only Great Liang could achieve this.

The construction of the Yinling Platform is quite unique; looking down from above, it resembles a giant Taiji Diagram with two fish chasing each other.

One side is made of top-grade cold jade, and the other of top-grade warm jade, serving as the sites of extreme yin and extreme yang to trigger the formation and drive the grand array.

Yin reaches its extreme and yang is born, yang reaches its extreme and yin is born; yin and yang intersect, endless and ceaseless.

This is an extremely exquisite arrangement, capable of capturing the power of heaven and earth to nourish oneself.

At two special points, there are two people currently sitting cross-legged with their eyes closed.

The surrounding Spirit Rhyme flows into their bodies continuously, bit by bit nourishing their flesh and souls.

Looking closely, they are Zhang Yi and Su Qin.

A terrifying force is swirling and circling around them, grinding away at their bodies bit by bit.

Both men have their brows tightly locked, their breathing becoming chaotic from time to time due to the vibrations of the power upon them.

That power is extremely unique; in the haze, one seems to see the lives of ten thousand creatures, farming and weaving, witnessing the myriad states of all living things.

Listening carefully, one can even hear the sounds of street hawking; a rich atmosphere of the marketplace emerges before one's eyes.

This is Humanity Power.

And it is Humanity Power concentrated to the extreme.

The Humanity Power entangles Su Qin and Zhang Yi, damaging their bodies bit by bit.

Even with the cultivation of these two Confucian Dao Sub-Sages, they are pressed down by this vast Humanity Power, unable to rise, their internal energy in chaos, appearing to be in danger of falling at any moment.

With mortal bodies, to invoke the destiny of a nation, bearing the Humanity Power of nearly eight hundred million people, and still having to condense divine abilities to suppress the mountains and rivers.

Such a burden, even for a Sub-Sage, seems difficult to bear.

Outside the Taiji Diagram.

An official wearing court robes watches with some worry.

"Has the situation of the Prime Minister and his junior brother not improved yet?"

On the left, a cultivator with the bearing of an immortal, carrying a sword case on his back, shakes his head.

He looks at Su Qin and Zhang Yi, a trace of reverence appearing in his eyes.

"Without being the master of the God Dynasty's destiny, to drive such vast Humanity Power without being devoured and killed by Humanity on the spot is already a stroke of immense luck."

"The Ghost Valley lineage truly has great courage."

The cultivator sighs, then straightens his robes and speaks to the person beside him:

"Right Prime Minister, I have a question."

"Is the Liang King truly unharmed?"

"Why must the Prime Minister be made to risk his life to invoke this Humanity National Destiny?"

Hearing this, the official in court robes frowns slightly.

His expression is gloomy, his left hand clenches into a fist, the veins on his forehead jump once, but then they slowly fade away, and he speaks slowly in as steady a tone as possible.

"How can the King's affairs be discussed recklessly?"

"How can a disciple of your Xijian Pavilion be so ignorant of the rules? What kind of decorum is this?"

He looks at the cultivator, his gaze growing increasingly cold.

"Great Liang has a prior agreement with the Immortal Sects: do not interfere with the internal changes of the dynasty."

"Those who violate the order shall be beheaded!"

"You are so presumptuous, are you trying to seek death?"

Hearing this, the cultivator's eyebrows jump, but then he returns to normal and claps his hands in laughter.

"Haha!"

"Right Prime Minister, calm your anger; Right Prime Minister, calm your anger."

"It was this Shen who overstepped."

The cultivator stretches his back and bows to the Right Prime Minister to apologize.

While apologizing, he gently mutters a few words, speaking slowly in a voice only the two of them can hear:

"It is just that, please do not forget, Right Prime Minister, that the Southern Wilderness has not been peaceful lately; if Great Liang falls into chaos..."

"That is not a problem that can be solved by you or me, or by throwing in one or two Immortal Sects, or even one or two dynasties."

"Right Prime Minister, think twice, think twice!"

The man carrying the sword smiles and says no more.

He only looks at Zhang Yi and Su Qin again and again, his gaze turning toward the south with some worry.

"How Great Liang conducts its affairs..."

"... is not for a small Grade Three cultivator like you to discuss."

"Just mind your own business!"

The Right Chancellor swept a cold glance over the cultivator, snorted, and flicked his sleeves as he left.

Watching the Right Chancellor's departing back, the cultivator shook his head and gave a self-deprecating laugh.

"Shen Zhangfeng, oh Shen Zhangfeng."

"You, a mere Grade Three cultivator, why are you worrying about the grand situation?"

"Hmph! Look at the cultivators of the Penglai Three Mountains; they refuse to leave their mountains, they simply refuse to leave..."

Shen Zhangfeng unslung his sword case, and a cyan-white longsword flew out from within, buzzing and vibrating as it circled him.

He ignored the longsword.

He merely looked toward the Daliang Royal Palace with a worried gaze, then raised his head to look at the horizon further to the north.

That direction was.

The Central Plains!

——

Outside Chiyang County, Li Xiang looked at the bronze-colored Token in his hand.

His expression was slightly hesitant.

"Damn, this thing is absurd!"

"Utterly absurd!"

"I originally thought the Ranyi Bone Pen was already the limit of imagination."

"But now you're actually telling me there's something like this?"

Li Xiang lowered his head and looked at his hand.

【Perfect D-Grade Adventure Token: Can automatically trigger a D-Grade adventure based on the user's needs. This adventure is a perfect adventure, with no danger, no special changes, and rich rewards.

Note: Needs exceeding the value of a D-Grade adventure cannot be fulfilled.

Note: Needs that are too specific cannot be fulfilled.

Note: Wishing you success in all your desires, peace, and joy!】

Looking at the item's attribute description, Li Xiang's expression was rarely this happy.

As expected, there is no future in Mortal Cultivation.

To rise up, you must learn to cheat!

"According to the evaluation."

"It truly deserves to be called a perfect-grade item."

"This is simply a 'wish-fulfillment' voucher."

Li Xiang muttered to himself.

It automatically triggers an adventure based on the user's needs.

If you want to get rich quick, it can trigger a wealth-gaining adventure to obtain gold, silver, and goods; if you want Immortal Dao Luck, it can trigger an Immortal Dao dungeon, allowing you to perfectly obtain Immortal Dao techniques or sect tokens.

Whatever you want, that is the dungeon that triggers.

It could even be that if you want a beauty, then you could...

Ahem!

How could a cultivator of our generation indulge in such devious and evil methods!

I, Li Xiang, have been irreconcilable with gambling and drugs my whole life!

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Li Xiang stood on a small hill and looked out into the distance again.

But this time, he was still somewhat disappointed.

He was searching for a place with Spirit Rhyme nearby.

But clearly, the results did not look ideal, otherwise he wouldn't be holding this item in his hand.

Although Chiyang County is still considered the border wilderness, it is already considered to have entered the plains.

Looking as far as the eye could see, the entire landscape was in view, yet he could not find a single place with Spirit Rhyme.

"The Southern Wilderness..."

"The Southern Wilderness is truly poor."

Li Xiang commented indifferently.

He had come out today just to find a place with Spirit Rhyme to absorb Spiritual Qi, nourish his Divine Soul, and break through his Immortal Dao cultivation.

Only by cultivating all three paths could he satisfy the system's evaluation and attain the Transformation Realm.

The Martial Dao cultivates Qi and Blood, the Immortal Dao cultivates the Divine Soul, and the Buddhist and Confucian paths focus on questioning the heart.

His Martial Dao had entered the Seventh Grade, and it was currently unrealistic to expect his Qi and Blood to rise rapidly.

It still required slow tempering or finding some long-aged spiritual herbs to nourish his Qi and Blood.

Currently, he was still relatively poor, so improving was a bit troublesome.

His Confucian Dao had also entered the Eighth Grade; in a few days, he would write a few more articles to accumulate Haoran Righteous Qi and enter the Seventh Grade sooner.

On the path of the Nine Realms of Transcendence, the first three grades are basically accumulations of quantity and are not too troublesome; if he finds an opportunity sooner, he can raise his cultivation.

Currently, the best choice for him to rapidly increase his combat power is to have all three paths enter the Seventh Grade and break through to the Transcendence Seven Realms as soon as possible.

After that, the Martial Dao requires condensing intent, the Confucian Dao requires entering officialdom, and the Immortal Dao requires choosing a path; all are quite troublesome to deal with and will be considered later.

To put it in detail, what he needed most urgently right now.

Was still to find a place with abundant Spiritual Qi and push his Immortal Dao cultivation to the Seventh Grade in one go.

It's just that...

He hadn't expected that this Southern Wilderness border could be poor to such a degree.

The Heifeng Mountain before him was destitute and barren, transparently clear, without a shadow of Spiritual Qi to be seen.

The ten thousand miles of plains behind him were bare and verdant, filled only with grass and trees, with no Spirit Rhyme to be found.

No wonder the Demons of the Southern Wilderness all want to charge into the Central Plains.

Who would want to stay in such a godforsaken place? There is not a shred of Spiritual Qi; cultivating here is simply a death sentence.

No wonder the spirits are not skilled in spells or divine abilities and only enjoy physical combat.

Good heavens, if you could cultivate a Demon Monarch who knows how to use divine abilities in such a poverty-stricken place, what kind of creature would that even be...

Idle talk aside, Li Xiang directly gripped the Token in his hand.

He spoke softly toward the void:

"System, use the Perfect D-Grade Adventure Token!"

"I want to find a place rich in Spiritual Qi to cultivate."

【Are you sure you want to use the item: Perfect D-Grade Adventure Token!】

"Confirmed!"

The words had just fallen.

The bronze Token in Li Xiang's hand turned into a breeze and dissipated.

It was as if time had corroded everything, leaving behind only a little dust.

At the same time, the familiar voice of the System rang out in his mind.

【Congratulations! You have triggered the Perfect D-Grade Adventure: Fish Leaping Over the Dragon Gate!】

【Your map has been updated!】

【Please check it in time!】

If you find that I haven't updated

Do not doubt it

It must be because I am staying up late to write

P. S.: Begging for monthly tickets, sob sob sob

(End of this chapter)