Chapter 1265: Lifelong Enemies
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Lu Zhou sat cross-legged in the air with his hands folded in front of his Dantian’s sea of Qi. Then, he activated the Purple Glazed Ceramic to recover his divine power. He did not use Whitzard’s ability, planning to use it during the critical moment.
Upon seeing this, Yu Zhenghai said, “Don’t wander away. This place is very strange.”
Everyone nodded and rested on the spot.
Lu Wu looked at the towering ancient tree fiercely. The urge to rush over was overwhelming, but it seemed to realize the opponent was too powerful so it did not dare to act recklessly. It lay on the ground before it began to clean its fur. Previously, the vine had injured it slightly. Fortunately, its recovery speed was amazing so it did not pay attention to the injuries.
At this time, Mings.h.i.+ Yin turned to Zhao Yu and asked, “How did you know the tree is Lord Zhennan?”
“It’s recorded in the ancient books,” Zhao Yu replied.
“What a coincidence!” Mings.h.i.+ Yin was clearly skeptical.
Zhao Yu explained patiently, “Since I decided to come here, I, naturally, made preparations. I studied this place a lot before coming here. The history, the fierce beasts, the formations, ways to approach the Pillar of Destruction, I’ve studied them all…”
Although Lu Zhou was meditating on the Heavenly Writing, he still heard Zhao Yu’s words. He did not expect Zhao Yu to be so thorough.
“You haven’t told us about Lord Zhennan,” Mings.h.i.+ Yin said.
“We’ll have to start with Tian Wu. Tian Wu, also known as Great Yu, was wors.h.i.+pped by the ancient people of Wu. In ancient times, the Unknown Land didn’t look like this. Everyone lived together harmoniously, and there was peace in the world. Perhaps, it was heavens’ way of punis.h.i.+ng humans by destroying this place. Anyway, Tian Wu had control over water so the people thought of it as a water G.o.d. As such, Tian Wu hated fire,” Zhao Yu said, “On the other hand, Lord Zhennan, whose name was Si Huo, was regarded as a fire G.o.d. Needless to say, these two G.o.ds with conflicting elements were at odds with each other. Like I said earlier, the duo fought for 10,000 years, and no one knew who won or who lost. Rumors flew about Tian Wu’s death and Lord Zhennan’s defeat and vice versa. In any case, Lord Zhennan was wors.h.i.+pped at a man-made tomb. Three years ago, a powerful cultivator came to Yu Zhong and set the Pillar of Destruction on fire. It was said that Tian Wu put it out with water. Somehow, Tian Wu came across that tree and fought with it.”
Zhao Yu sighed. “They’re really life-long enemies…”
“That doesn’t prove the tree is Lord Zhennan. Everything is just hearsay…” Mings.h.i.+ Yin said.
“Apart from Lord Zhennan, no one is capable of fighting Tian Wu for so long. Moreover, you heard what he said earlier…”
Little Yuan’er scratched her head. “I didn’t expect the tree to have such a past. Is it very powerful?”
Zhao Yu replied, “It’s said that Lord Zhennan relied on some secret arts to live by borrowing a tree’s vitality. With this, it’s likely his strength has been greatly reduced. The tree doesn’t have a Dantian’s sea of Qi so even moving is difficult.”
With these words, everyone realized how terrifying Lord Zhennan must have been in the past. Without a Dantian’s sea of Qi, he had no Primal Qi, which meant that he could not form energy seals, activate Birth Charts, and so on. Nevertheless, just by relying on the secret arts alone, his strength was still so terrifying. One could only imagine how powerful he was during his peak.
“What about Tian Wu?”
“Tian Wu should be guarding the Pillar of Destruction. There’s a spring near the pillar. My guess is Tian Wu is in the spring,” Zhao Yu replied. Then, he instinctively looked in the direction of the Pillar of Destruction as though he was afraid Tian Wu would suddenly appear.
It dawned on everyone again how powerful Tian Wu and Lord Zhennan were.
Little Yuan’er asked curiously, “You said all these happened in the ancient times. When exactly did those things happen?”
Zhao Yu glanced at Little Yuan’er before he replied, “The time before the world was divided…”
“Oh.”
Zhao Yu who had long noticed the little Fire Phoenix perched on Little Yuan’er shoulder, flapping its wings, asked, “May I ask what kind of fierce beast is this, Miss?”
Mings.h.i.+ Yin smiled mockingly. “Since you know so much about fierce beasts, you should know it’s a Fire Phoenix, right?”
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The little Fire Phoenix flapped its wings and slowly rose into the air. Then, it opened its beaks and spat out a wave of heat. There was no flame.
Thud!
Following that, the Little Fire Phoenix fell to the ground.
“…”
Zhao Yu shook his head. “Fire birds resemble Fire Phoenixes so it’s hard to tell. Fire Phoenixes control fire and disdain to interact with humans. They’re arrogant because of their n.o.bility.”
Little Yuan’er understood the implications behind Zhao Yu’s words. She stomped her foot and said, “It’s a Fire Phoenix!”
Zhao Yu shook his head and sighed. Then, he went to the side and sat down cross-legged to rest.
…
The next day…
Northwest of Yu Zhong.
“Venerable Master, we’ve arrived at Yu Zhong.”
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Many cultivators flew out of a flying chariot at this moment.
The cultivators on one side were dressed in gray robes while the cultivators on the other side were dressed in white robes.
Tuoba Sicheng stood on the deck as he looked at the dark sky up ahead and the Pillar of Destruction that towered past the clouds. Then, he said, “Venerable Master Ye, please.”
Ye Zheng walked out with his hands on his back. He looked at the Pillar of Destruction and said, “It’ll be good if we have a fortuitous encounter in this place…”
“To be honest, even if those people didn’t come, I still would’ve come to this place.” Tuoba Sicheng said.
Ye Zheng nodded. “Brother Tuoba, do you know their current location?”
Although they knew those people were in Yu Zhong, Yu Zhong was very vast after all.
Tuoba Sicheng shrugged. “No matter where they are, they must be close to the Pillar of Destruction. We’ll just wait for them to show themselves…”
“Aren’t you afraid of angering the guardian of the Pillar of Destruction?” Ye Zheng asked.
“Why? I’m just pa.s.sing by…”
The flying chariot continued to fly forward, flanked by cultivators. When it flew past a few dozen misty mountains, the duo could clearly feel a ripple in the s.p.a.ce.
Tuoba Sicheng smiled knowingly. Then, he flashed toward the helm and pressed his hand down.
Buzz!
In just a blink of an eye, Primal Qi shrouded the flying chariot. It buzzed as the flying chariot vanished into thin air and reappeared about a kilometer away.
…
Two days later…
Lu Zhou heard the sound of movements from underground.
At the same time, Kong Wen said, “Pavilion Master, I can no longer endure it…”
Lu Zhou opened his eyes and gauged his divine power. With the Purple Glazed Ceramic, he had recovered almost all of his divine power in three days.
Lu Wu rose to its feet as well.
Everyone tacitly turned to look at the ancient tree.
Under the effects of the Pillar of Impermanence, the ancient tree had lost 15,000 days, which was about 41 years, of its life. Compared to the vitality energy and the years contained in the pillar, these numbers were nothing. However, to Lord Zhennan, the years he lost were not nothing. He really could not accept this.
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Vine grew in a frenzy before they began to dig the ground, looking for the Pillar of Impermanence. Alas, it was in vain.
“Give me back my life!” Lord Zhennan roared. His voice reverberated through heaven and earth.
…
At the same time, the two Venerable Masters in the flying chariot looked at the Pillar of Destruction with great interest, unaware of the movement at a corner of this place.
…
Lord Zhenna grew swiftly. The trees, flowers, and plants around it grew swiftly as well.
At this time, all the ancient trees in the area seemed to be responding to Lord Zhennan.
“You really don’t know what’s good for you,” Lu Zhou said indifferently.
Boom!
Lu Zhou smacked his hand on the ground again.
A huge golden circle rippled out, causing all the trees that were growing swiftly to stop growing.
At the same time, the Pillar of Impermanence was growing rapidly as its absorption increased again. It increased from 5,000 times to 8,000 times.
The air began to distort and rippled as a vortex began to form again, swiftly absorbing the vitality energy in its range.
After sensing the changes in the Pillar of Impermanence, Lu Zhou exerted his will over it.
With that, the pillar spun even faster than before, and the vortex grew bigger.
“So this is how it’s used…”
Apart from the pillar, he could control the vortex as well. Naturally, this required strong control and consumed a lot of vitality energy.
The flowers, plants, and trees on the ground withered.
Everyone was astonished.
“Enough,” Lord Zhennan said.
The vines quickly gathered together and withdrew.
Lu Zhou raised one hand as the other rested on his back. “Are you convinced now?”
“Yes.”
“Very good.” Lu Zhou looked at the Pillar of Destruction before he asked, “Did you set up all the formations here?”
“I don’t have the time for that. It’s that old witch, Tian Wu. She wants to trap me!” Lord Zhennan said indignantly.
“Old witch? Tian Wu?” Lu Zhou furrowed his brows slightly.
At this time, the vines tossed out blood ginseng, fire lotuses, and snow lotuses on the ground.
Lu Zhou waved his hand casually, collecting them and handing them to Mings.h.i.+ Yin.
Zhao Yu was almost drooling as he looked at those things.
Lord Zhennan said, “These things are to compensate you. If you help me kill that old witch, I’ll definitely reward you greatly!”
“Do you really hate Tian Wu so much?”
“She’s my lifelong enemy! I’ll fight her forever, even in my next life!”
“…”
What kind of resentment and hatred was this?
At this time, Lord Zhennan said, “Put away your Pillar of Impermanence.”