Chapter 128: Seven Great Divine Waters — You Ming Zhen Shui

Long ago, when the wild was first opened, the ten thousand Daos were in decline, the Dao Court ruled the world, and the Emperor set the standards.

Between the worlds, there were ten types of True Fire and seven Great Divine Waters, creations of the clear heaven and refreshing earth, the essence of the sun and the moon.

They possessed boundless and immeasurable great power to cleanse the clear and the turbid, to be the source of all things, and to cover and carry all living beings.

When great, they filled the universe; when small, they could be captured in a hair's breadth.

Ruling the ten directions, their spiritual power was supreme, extremely rare to see, truly extraordinary!

The ten True Fires and seven Great Divine Waters of the world had strange appearances, each with its own cultivation method. After the collapse of the Dao Court, the various secrets and keys were always held only by a few Immortal Sects and ancient sects, never leaking outside those mountain gates.

The Yin-Yin Shi Hong Shui that Song Rupu just mentioned was one of the three child waters of the You Ming Zhen Shui.

And the You Ming Zhen Shui—

was prominently ranked among the seven Great Divine Waters mentioned above!

It was even faintly hailed as the head of the seven Great Divine Waters!

If a cultivator in the world were fated to collect the three child waters of the You Ming Zhen Shui—Yin-Yin Shi Hong Shui, Luo-Dark Black Water, and Passing-Away Bai Shui—and refine them together to transform their form, return to the root, and restore their mandate, they could cultivate the true You Ming Zhen Shui.

This water contained boundless, inconceivable divine power, which even True Persons and True Lords of the orthodox Immortal Dao would crave and admire.

And in the hands of those with powerful magic, a single drop of You Ming Zhen Shui was enough to allow them to derive layers of underworld worlds, killing and trapping all the boundless living beings of a heaven in absolute terror.

Although the Yin-Yin Shi Hong Shui was not the You Ming Zhen Shui, it was ultimately one of the three child waters, and it was the one with the most power of slaughter and decay among the three, naturally possessing extraordinary aspects.

Filthy and evil, extremely Yin and extremely evil!

Ordinary cultivators who touched even a wisp of Yin-Yin Shi Hong Shui would immediately face a fate of rotting flesh and ashes for their primordial spirit, and even talisman artifacts could not contend with it at all.

Even the Qinglü Sword, the ultimate among mid-grade talisman artifacts, would have its spiritual light dimmed and its nature light greatly reduced if struck by the Yin-Yin Shi Hong Shui.

Without special methods to nourish Qi and protect the sword,

within three days, it would be nothing but a pile of scrap metal.

Although the Yin-Fighting Rope in Miss Yue's hand also had the power of filth, it could not compare to the Yin-Yin Shi Hong Shui at all; comparing the two was like a small witch meeting a great witch.

And the filthy power of the Yin-Yin Shi Hong Shui was only inferior to the Yellow Springs True Water among the seven Great Divine Waters in the world, its fierce reputation resounding!

However,

although the Yin-Yin Shi Hong Shui was so extraordinary, it was not easy to obtain...

According to Song Rupu's words just now, although that high-ranking expert from the Zhongyi Sword Sect carved the mountain into a pillar and engraved the cultivation method of the Yin-Yin Shi Hong Shui on it, it was truly a test.

One needed to pass through those layers of barriers to see the true chapter and cultivate the true technique.

That stone pillar engraved with the Yin-Yin Shi Hong Shui was about a hundred zhang high, and only by stepping into the hundred-zhang territory within the stone pillar would the golden light characters appear on it. However, the characters that appeared were extremely cluttered and disorderly, often not allowing for careful viewing, and even the general idea was hard to remember.

It was even mixed with some other scriptures, confusing the viewer, extremely testing the cultivator's grasp of mystic principles and Dao theories.

And if one stayed in place for more than three breaths without moving forward, a sword Qi would fly out from the stone pillar and kill the person reading the scripture on the spot.

This process was not only arduous and tortuous, but also did not allow for turning back.

Only this once, one could only move forward and not retreat; there was no other way out!

Those who went to read the scripture either succeeded and retreated, taking the cultivation method of the Yin-Yin Shi Hong Shui to store in their bodies,

or, due to a moment of hesitation while reading, missed their step and were slashed by the sword Qi in the stone pillar, their souls destroyed.

If one used a clever method, although they could not distinguish the golden light characters on the stone pillar, they kept moving without stopping and walked straight to the stone pillar.

At this time, they needed to recite it once. If it did not match the original true scripture of the Yin-Yin Shi Hong Shui, even if it was just a one-character difference, a sword Qi would fly out from the stone pillar, and they would still not escape death.

Because of this reason,

although Song Rupu knew the detailed location of the stone pillar and knew that the Yin-Yin Shi Hong Shui was a great supernatural power, extremely rare,

he did not dare to risk his life to gamble on a fortune.

That was almost a situation of ten deaths and no life.

The Yin-Yin Shi Hong Shui is a creation of the world, a divine manifestation of heaven and earth; it does not fall into the narrow confines of the Immortal Dao, Ghost Dao, Martial Dao, or Divine Dao, and all living beings, if they have the affinity, may learn it.

In these years, he did not know how many ghosts had come for its reputation, arriving at the stone pillar one after another, but the outcome was always being slashed to death by sword Qi, not a single one surviving.

Having witnessed these tragic events one by one,

if Song Rupu had originally harbored a glimmer of thought, now it was completely extinguished, and he dared not move again...

"Having said so much, this kid should be afraid, right? If he still insists on going to read the Yin-Yin Shi Hong Shui, his own death is a small matter, but if he implicates me, that would be truly unforgivable!"

At this moment,

Song Rupu muttered in his heart.

He raised his head and glanced at Chen Hang, whose expression was calm, then quickly withdrew his gaze, rubbed his hands unnaturally, and gave a sheepish laugh.

This person's joy and anger were all visible, yet he thought he was hiding it very well, and that others could not see the clues.

Chen Hang saw through Song Rupu's inner thoughts, but did not point it out, just pondered slightly.

There was no doubt.

He must try this fortune of the Yin-Yin Shi Hong Shui.

Even if it was as dangerous as Song Rupu said, he could not retreat!

Let alone that he was currently just a rogue cultivator with insufficient means to face enemies, and there was a gap between him and those disciples of great sects.

Great supernatural powers and methods were naturally the more the better!

And even for those in the great mystic sects, facing this fortune of the Yin-Yin Shi Hong Shui, they would also be jealous and unable to restrain themselves!

"With the 'One True Yizhen Yizhen Fa Jie' in hand, using the rule of 'one day in the world, ten days in the Yizhen Yizhen Fa Jie', I still have some confidence. Even if it is somewhat dangerous, I cannot care about it. On the road of cultivation, where is there a beautiful thing that is all smooth sailing?"

Chen Hang's gaze rose, and he thought to himself.

The Yin-Yin Shi Hong Shui alone was a great supernatural power. If he learned this true method, he did not know how many times his own combat power would improve, and he would have another leap.

And if he had enough fortune in the future, he could find the methods for the Luo-Dark Black Water and the Passing-Away Bai Shui, and refine the three child waters together to produce the You Ming Zhen Shui.

That would be no different from having an extra great means that even True Lords would be jealous of!

It would be almost enough to dominate within the same realm!

Since his mind was made up, Chen Hang asked a few more detailed questions. Song Rupu heard the meaning in his words and clearly decided to go read the scripture.

For a moment, his face was extremely bitter!

But he could do nothing about it, and could only mournfully cough twice and explain them one by one.

"Rest assured, I won't drag you along to be buried with me. If it truly reaches a point where I am unable to do it, I will dissolve the magic contract between us."

After listening, Chen Hang smiled and said to Song Rupu, whose face was wooden.

And before Song Rupu could recover from his wild joy,

he continued to ask in a calm tone:

"You said you had spoken a few words with that high-ranking expert from the Zhongyi Sword Sect, and he even personally told you his background?

Then I wonder what supernatural power this high-ranking expert came to the Earth Abyss to practice by borrowing this boundless turbid Yin? And why did he carve the mountain into a pillar and specifically leave behind the cultivation method of the Yin-Yin Shi Hong Shui?"

"... I don't know what supernatural power it is. I only met that Immortal Dao senior by chance. It was a stroke of luck that I was able to exchange a few words with him. If I weren't a Jing cultivator who doesn't use blood food, with pure Yin Qi and no blood evil Qi mixed in, I might have been killed by the senior on the spot."

"However..."

Song Rupu hesitated for a moment, then said:

"That senior seems to have the intention of taking disciples? Even if not taking disciples, he is an elder who likes to be a teacher."

"Oh?"

Chen Hang was slightly startled and said:

"How do you explain this?"

"To tell you the truth, I once knew a Jing cultivator who also doesn't use blood food, named Lou Fu!"

When he said this,

Song Rupu slightly shrank his head, as if he had suffered a loss at the hands of this ghost, and said in a muffled voice:

"Although Lou Fu is a ghost, he has a set of exquisite sword skills and has achieved the realm of 'Ten Steps, One Kill'. Because of this, he is often summoned into the cave dwelling by that senior from the Zhongyi Sword Sect to listen to lectures. I heard that he is now at the second realm of Sword Dao, called what—"

"Second realm of Sword Dao, Sword Intent Manifestation."

Chen Hang said in a deep voice.

"Right! Right! It is exactly Sword Intent Manifestation!"

Song Rupu sighed: "Now that kid is extremely arrogant, looking at no ghosts in his eyes! Even if we meet on the road, seeing me, this old senior of the past, he doesn't even have a greeting; it's completely unreasonable!"

"And it's not just Lou Fu. In the surrounding territory, any Jing cultivator with some talent in Sword Dao has listened to the senior's sword techniques. It's just a pity that this little brother knows nothing about Sword Dao, so I have never had the luck to respectfully listen to the great Dao mystic principles spoken by the senior..."

Song Rupu spread his hands:

"Looking at it this way, doesn't that senior from the Zhongyi Sword Sect have the intention of taking disciples? As for the Yin-Eroding Blood Water, it must be another part of the trial."

After a pause, he added.

"However, according to what this little brother has seen, no living being has ever passed the step of reading the scripture and seen that Yin-Eroding Blood Water..."

Listening to lectures...

Taking disciples?

"I'm afraid it's not taking disciples."

After pondering for a moment, Chen Hang slowly shook his head in his heart.

Song Rupu was ultimately a ghost born in the Earth Abyss. Although he had some knowledge, his vision was limited to a corner.

Let alone that the Zhongyi Sword Sect was the most stringent in taking disciples, and one could not enter without comprehending the first realm of Sword Dao, "Ten Steps, One Kill," before sixteen.

And the entire Eight Sects and Six Schools, whether it was the Mystic Sect or the Demonic Gate, generally rejected demons and ghosts from entering the Dao. Only a few did not follow this rule.

But the Zhongyi Sword Sect was not of this type.

From the very beginning of its founding, from top to bottom, this mystic sect was entirely human cultivators, with not a single alien.

Although Lou Fu and the others were Jing cultivators who did not use blood food, if they wanted to be accepted as disciples and cultivate the Dao, it would be no different from seeking fire from ice...

"The matter of taking disciples is not true. Could it be that that high-ranking expert was bored in the Earth Abyss and thus had the intention to teach?"

Chen Hang thought for a moment and stopped thinking about it.

He asked Song Rupu a few more random questions, and seeing that he really had no more stock in his belly, he waved his hand to signal him to retreat.

"Brother Song knows I am a human cultivator, right."

Before parting,

Chen Hang suddenly spoke.

"I... I know."

Song Rupu had just crossed the threshold when he was called back. He did not understand the meaning and was startled, hurriedly defending himself:

"Elder brother! This little brother has never eaten blood food! I am a vegetarian from the womb! I have never eaten meat since I was young, let alone human flesh; I haven't even eaten chicken, duck, cow, or sheep. Otherwise, that senior from the Zhongyi Sword Sect would have slashed me long ago—"

"I don't mean to doubt you with these words. It's just that since I am a human cultivator, how can I bear to see my own kind locked in human pens, living in fear like livestock day and night?"

Chen Hang said: "The ghosts of all sizes in this mansion have been eaten by me. I still need to trouble your honor to go to the human pens and free everyone."

"... Such trivial matters, why trouble elder brother to keep them in mind? This little brother understands!"

Seeing that he was not going to turn back on his word and question him, Song Rupu felt relieved and added:

"However, the Earth Abyss is ultimately turbid and heavy with Yin, not suitable for living people to stay. Even if elder brother saves them, I'm afraid they won't be able to last long."

"I have some Little White Yang Pills on me, which should be able to sustain them for a few days. But I'm afraid that because they have been locked in the human pens for years, their bodies are weak, and they can no longer withstand the medicinal power of such pills."

When he said this,

Chen Hang could not help but frown.

The number of living people locked in the human pens was not small, and he did not know how Miss Yue had managed to get so many living people in this place of absolute Yin.

And the "Luo-Manifest Lead Boat" that could leave the Earth Abyss would not come to pick them up from the outside world until half a year later.

Although he had prepared many Little White Yang Pills, he could not withstand this kind of usage...

"Elder brother, this little brother has a plan."

Seeing this, Song Rupu chuckled and said:

"After that senior from the Zhongyi Sword Sect entered the Earth Abyss, he used his own strength to kill countless Yin spirits of the Zhao cultivators, saving many living people. Afterward, he specifically created a technique. Anyone who practices this technique can give birth to a wisp of life-Yang Qi from within their body, without fear of the harm of Yin Qi entering the body."

"There is actually such a method?"

Chen Hang was surprised and bowed his hands, saying:

"Your honor, please speak in detail."

"This matter is not strange. After that senior swept away the Yin spirits of the Zhao cultivators, although he has been practicing in seclusion in his cave dwelling and rarely goes out, he passed that technique to the group of Jing cultivators who listened to his lectures, telling them to continue the work of saving people and killing the Zhao cultivators."

Song Rupu hurriedly said:

"Lou Fu has listened to lectures under the senior, so he must know that technique! This little brother can write a letter to send a message to him. After explaining the truth, Lou Fu will surely tell the truth about that technique!

And for the living people in these human pens, he will also personally come forward to pick them up and find a suitable place to settle them, so elder brother doesn't have to worry!"

"It's actually like this? It seems that senior is indeed a high-ranking expert of the Mystic Sect. Educating aliens and saving countless living people, he truly has the legacy of the ancient sages."

Chen Hang looked deeply at Song Rupu and said:

"I must thank your honor for telling the truth; it truly relieves a great worry in my heart."

"How dare I, how dare I, it's my duty! It's my duty!"

Song Rupu felt a little flustered when he saw this gaze, and hurriedly shook his head and waved his hands.

Although he was a Jing cultivator who did not use blood food and had met that senior from the Zhongyi Sword Sect once, he had never listened to lectures under him, and therefore did not have much interest in the so-called saving people and doing good...

Otherwise, he would not have been bored and decided on a whim to come to Zhao's place to have a cup of vegetarian wine.

And right now, he was just forced by Chen Hang to sign a magic contract, with his life and death in his hands.

In order to please this person, he had painstakingly helped him plan...

"I wonder how long it will take for that Lou Fu to arrive here?"

Chen Hang pondered for a moment and said.

He did not yet have the ability of an inner-scene cave dwelling, and there were nearly a thousand people in the human pens, which was truly not a small number and could not be hidden.

If that Lou Fu could find a suitable place to settle them, it would truly be for the best.

"As for that technique to remove Yin Qi, after this little brother sends a message to Lou Fu, it will be obtained. As for Lou Fu..."

Song Rupu thought for a moment and said: "At the earliest three or five days, at the latest six or seven days, he will be able to arrive here."

"Very well, then I will wait for him for a few days."

Chen Hang nodded upon hearing this.

And after Song Rupu bowed and left to go to the human pens,

he also shook his sleeves and turned out of the main hall. After passing through a few rooms, he finally found the kitchen in a quiet small courtyard.

He pointed his hand, and a gust of wind blew up, smashing the human-head-sized refined iron lock, instantly splitting the door open.

"Found it."

He stepped inside.

Seeing the scene inside, Chen Hang said in his heart. ===== CHAPTER 129 =====