Chapter 398: Bad Omen
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
The night sky of Gray Stone City was always as dark as ink, without the slightest starlight. Under the vast night sky, the back courtyard of the An family’s residence was as warm as spring.
Her fair skin was moist and shiny. The slightly undulating pavilion was glowing under the crystal light. Her weak voice was mixed with an indescribable cry. The flower bones had weathered the storm for a long time. It was already familiar with the thickness of the Vajra Body.
Jing Huilan pursed her red lips slightly, and her fair shoulder stretched out like a ripe morning sun.
A long time pa.s.sed. As the last sound reverberated, the spring light slowly faded. Shen Ping lowered his head and hugged the beauty in his arms. He looked at the virtual interface. No matter how he felt that Jing Huilan was sincere previously, she could not compare to the virtual frame that was shining with silver light at this moment. After five years of attentive service, although his days were as calm as water without any twists and turns, the feelings she had acc.u.mulated became deeper and deeper. It was as if she had completely determined in her heart that she would be Shen Ping’s Dao Companion in this life.
“Fellow Daoist Shen…”
Hearing the voice, Shen Ping retracted his gaze and tilted his head to look at Jing Huilan. He smiled and said, “Lan’er, call me husband in the future.”
Jing Huilan’s body trembled slightly, and tears gradually welled up in the corners of her eyes. She knew that the broad figure who was accompanying her at this moment had finally acknowledged her from the bottom of her heart. She could not help but say happily, “Thank you, husband.”
Shen Ping smiled. His eyes swept across the pavilion and landed on the flower bud. “Can Lan’er still bear the kindness?”
Jing Huilan said weakly, “Husband, Lan’er is a Golden Core cultivator… Ah.” Several days pa.s.sed. Shen Ping set up the array formation in the quiet room and carefully instructed Jing Huilan. Then, he sensed the Strange Beast Gate in the depths of his sea of consciousness.
Whoosh. He crossed the Strange Beast Gate and appeared in the room of the Heaven Ascension Hall.
In the past five years, relying on his communication with his master, Lian Xuejin, and his mastery of the Basic Scripture of the Divination of the Beast Scripture, he successfully pa.s.sed more than ten rooms. During this period, he even killed six foreign cultivators with Beast Pattern Golden Core. As the number of strange stones he obtained increased, the power of strange beasts in his dantian became more and more abundant. Now, he had already reached the critical point of breaking through to the intermediate stage of the Golden Core realm.
With a few more strange stones, he could successfully break through. However, in the past few times, he had only obtained beast spirit treasures and some other special items. He did not obtain any strange stones.
Crack.
He opened the secret compartment. Taking out the items inside, Shen Ping swept his gaze around and revealed a joyful expression. “Master, it’s a strange stone. There are a total of 300 pieces!”
Lian Xuejin’s gentle voice also carried a hint of joy. “Not bad, you’ve finally encountered a strange rock again. Quickly absorb it and break through to the intermediate stage of the Golden Core realm. With the power of the strange beast, you’ll break through to the intermediate stage of the Golden Core realm. Your strength will soar, far exceeding your ordinary magic power at the late stage of the Golden Core realm.”
The power of strange beasts was an energy that seized the creation of heaven and earth. Before leaving the Nine Continents Tower, there was only one wisp in Shen Ping’s body, and the increase in his cultivation strength was minimal. But the reddish-gold aura in his body now had nearly ten thousand wisps. At the same time, he could control three low-grade beast spirit treasures and unleash their greatest power for a long time.
It was also because of Beast Spirit Treasures, Talisman Dao Mystique, and many other methods that he could kill other foreign race cultivators.
There was no hesitation. He immediately sat cross-legged and absorbed the energy in the strange stone.
As the wisps of strange beast energy increased, the abundant strange beast energy instantly underwent a transformation. Nearly 10,000 wisps of reddish-golden aura suddenly converged and fused, and it gradually condensed into a trace of dark golden aura before this transformation ended.
As soon as the dark golden aura appeared, the remaining energy in the strange stones surged into Shen Ping’s body. In just a few dozen breaths, the 300 strange stones were annihilated.
Shen Ping opened his eyes. A look of surprise appeared on his face. He did not have the experience of breaking through to the Golden Core Realm, but the changes in his body undoubtedly meant that he had already broken through to the intermediate stage of the Golden Core Realm.
After his master, Lian Xuejin, found out, she smiled and said, “This is a good thing. The power of strange beasts has transformed and its absorption speed has increased. Try activating the beast spirit treasure and see if there are any other changes.”
Shen Ping nodded. He took out the purple spear. The moment the dark golden aura in his body circulated through his meridians and quickly surged into the spear, the purple spear erupted with spear shadows. Almost in an instant, it enveloped the entire room. The incomparably sharp aura seemed to want to pierce through s.p.a.ce. “Master, it’s even easier to control beast spirit treasures!” He could not help but say.
Previously, it needed to be constantly activated to erupt with the strongest power of a Beast Spirit Treasure. Now, with the metamorphosis of the dark golden aura, it could easily erupt with the strongest power.
Lian Xuejin’s voice carried a trace of relaxation. “The power of a low-level beast spirit treasure has already exceeded the true power of a spiritual ancient treasure to a certain extent. Generally speaking, if you want to unleash the true power of a spiritual ancient treasure, you need to be at least at the late-stage of the Void Refinement Realm or even the Body Integration Realm. You just broke through to the mid-stage of the Golden Core Realm with the power of a strange beast and already have such strength. If you encounter a Nascent Soul cultivator, you will definitely be able to kill them with a sudden eruption. Even a Divine Transformation cultivator will die if they are not careful.
“The treasures of this Heaven Ascension Hall are really magical. As expected of the Strange Beast Gate that contains the mysteries of longevity. Disciple, you can’t be careless from now on. You have to be careful.”
Shen Ping nodded repeatedly. “I understand!”
“By the way, what level have your divination skills reached?” Lian Xuejin asked.
In the past five years, she had been teaching Shen Ping the Basic Divination Scripture of the Beast Scripture. Unlike the Talisman Beast Scripture and the Puppet Beast Scripture, the Divination Beast Scripture was even more obscure. Even now, he had only comprehended the second level of the beast skin stage.
However, if he wanted to comprehend the first level of the beast form, he had to at least reach the fifth level of an ordinary divination master. Under normal circ.u.mstances, cultivators with such talent would need thousands of years of research. However, Shen Ping was not an ordinary person, so she was still looking forward to it.
“Master, I’ve already reached the low-grade Level 4.”
Shen Ping did not hide anything. Ever since he contacted his master, other than communicating with his wife and Dao companions every day, he had been communicating with his master for the rest. Moreover, he could pa.s.s through more than ten rooms in a row because of his master.
It could be said that if not for Lian Xuejin, he might not even be able to open the secret compartment in the first room. Therefore, deep in his heart, Shen Ping trusted his master very much. Other than his greatest secret, he basically told her everything he knew.
Lian Xuejin was surprised. “Fourth level? If I remember correctly, you’ve only practiced divination for five years, and your new Dao companion is only at the third level!”
Shen Ping coughed dryly. “I might be better at skills!”
Lian Xuejin did not ask further. She had long known that her disciple had some kind of fortuitous encounter. It was just a good thing. “There’s still a distance between the fourth level and the beast form cultivation volume. With your speed, you should be able to reach it in a few decades. At that time, you can start cultivating. Of course, a fourth level divination master is enough to accurately divine fortune.”
They chatted briefly for a while before Shen Ping waited quietly in the room. Over the years, he had long known that as long as he took the brocade box in the secret compartment and stayed in the room for less than ten days, other rooms would appear. Moreover, more than two would appear every time.
Every choice was an adventure.
Ten days pa.s.sed quickly. Layers of light ripples immediately appeared on the metal wall. Immediately after, a door appeared. However, to Shen Ping’s surprise, there was only one door this time.
He quickly did a divination. The result was an ominous omen. And ominous omen meant that one was in danger of dying.
Lian Xuejin’s voice was solemn. “Disciple, according to the rules of the Ascending Heaven Hall that you’ve observed from other cultivators and over the years, once a door appears, you have to choose to enter. There’s only one door now, so you have to enter it. There’s no other way. However, there’s no need to panic. There’s also a chance of survival for the ominous omen. If the Ascending Heaven Hall wants to deliberately harm the cultivators who enter, there will be other hidden hands long ago..”