Chapter 722: Gathering of Three Flowers (I)
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The offer was exceptionally tempting, and it was infinitely more realistic than the Primordial Demon’s temptation. It was similar to the way he dealt with people who harbored evil intentions towards his daughter previously where he made on offer of irresistible temptation. And now was no different. The Fifth Manor made him an offer he couldn’t refuse, so they made a deal.
Every offer needed to be fulfilled and that by a first-come, first-served basis. To gather the Three Flowers within 10 days was the first one to fulfill. After all, a hatchet man had to be strong enough; otherwise, he would be beaten instead, which wouldn’t be nice.
Zhou Bao could not gather the Three Flowers above the Head for the time being, mainly due to the last Void Thunder Tribulation that caused him to be still at the consolidation stage. Besides, the Three Flowers above the Head included the Body, the Qi, and the Spirit. To gather each flower required profound apprehension of the life forces of these three aspects. Zhou Bao’s rapid growth in strength left him far behind in his apprehension of these three aspects, just like the fact that his cultivation had always been behind his combat capability. This was both a good thing and a bad thing.
As the practice advanced, the apprehension of power and the cognition of the world’s nature became more and more important. If there were a lack of apprehension or cognition, the practice later up would have more and more bottlenecks and troubles.
Although the Azure Big World allowed Zhou Bao to cheat with time, there were things that could not be achieved even with ample time. To apprehend the three aspects needed constant struggles, apprehension, life and death fights, and rich experiences in the world, especially the Flower of the Spirit. Without thousands of years of experience in the world and seeing through the society and human beings, it was impossible to gather the Flower of the Spirit.
It was not a matter of time; it was a matter of cultivating one’s heart.
Having reached such a high state, Zhou Bao, of course, knew of it. And he knew his shortcomings too. So how could he turn down Qing Feng’s offer?
When Zhou Bao said yes without hesitation, Qing Feng smiled and had an eager expression on his face, saying, “Come with me. I’ll help you to gather the Three Flowers above the Head. Linglong, you can go back now. Tell your father to come back more often. When your granduncle and I achieve the Earthly Immortals’ Great Way, he will be in charge of Fifth Manor!”
“Yes, granduncle!” Ma Linglong nodded helplessly.
After following Qing Feng into the backyard of Fifth Manor, Zhou Bao looked around with his head stretched out. He made his Fiery Eyes fully functional just to see if the legendary ginseng fruit tree existed. However, it was obvious that he had done it in vain, for the backyard, though ordinary in appearance, also had an odd inhibition. This inhibition seemed to have no power, but Zhou Bao could not see through it even with his Fiery Eyes and Heavenly Magic Eye.
You heard right, even the Heavenly Magic Eye, a Taihao Fairy Weapon, could not see through the small yard.
“You’d better not activate a fairy weapon in Fifth Manor. It’s not good!” Qing Feng, who walked ahead, smiled and softly reminded Zhou Bao of that as if he knew what Zhou Bao was doing.
Zhou Bao blushed and quickly closed his Heavenly Magic Eye. This was Fifth Manor in Longevity Mountain, not some place else. If he really were to p.i.s.s off a mighty figure, no matter how many aces he had up his sleeve, those may be of no help to him.
“Your Heavenly Magic Eye is wonderful, and because of your Fiery Eyes Bloodline, it is, so to speak, your own ability. But you haven’t fitted well with it yet. When you gather the Three Flowers, I’ll give you a hand to make you a perfect match for the Heavenly Magic Eye. What do you think?”
“Are you serious?” Zhou Bao froze for an instant before a look of ecstasy appeared on his face.
The Heavenly Magic Eye, which he took from Yu Taixu, was a peerless fairy weapon that Divine Wind Palace spent countless painstaking efforts on refining the Fiery Eyes with all Fiery Eyes’ owners. The fairy weapon had exactly the same function as the Heavenly Magic Eyes of some of the most powerful Innate Deities in primitive times, it was just a little weaker than them.
The Heavenly Magic Eye mainly had two functions. One was its invincible attack force to the spirit, and the other was the ability to understand everything.
In the past, Zhou Bao’s Fiery Eyes had the power of soul-summoning. But in the Heavenly Magic Eye, it was actually just a little function. Now with the Heavenly Magic Eye, he knew the Dharma of Immortal practice and had a clear understanding of the Heavenly Magic Eye. Moreover, he could exert much more of its powers than Yu Taixu could, yet, it was still less than 30 percent.
What did it mean to make him a perfect match for the Heavenly Magic Eye?
It meant that Zhou Bao would be able to exert all of the Heavenly Magic Eye’s powers, which would significantly boost his strength.
“It’s no big deal. You have the Fiery Eyes, which should be in accordance with the Immortal practice’s Dharma within the Heavenly Magic Eye. Plus, you’re about to gather the Flower of the Spirit. So you’re definitely able to exert all the Heavenly Magic Eye’s powers then. What I’m going to do is to get rid of the process of further refining the Heavenly Magic Eye after you have gathered the Flower of the Spirit.”
Though Qing Feng said it so easily, Zhou Bao knew exactly how much he would benefit from it.
As for the quick speed of gathering the Three Flowers above the Head, Zhou Bao still had some concerns.
After all, a downside of having an unstable foundation will be reflected in many aspects. For example, after breaking through into the Realm of Human Immortal, his Dharma powers would be unstable for a long time, his comprehension of powers would be slow, and so on and so forth. If the Three Flowers above the Head would be forced to gather within 10 days, it could be imagined that he would encounter bigger, higher, and more troublesome bottlenecks in his future practice. But that was not something he could take care of now. The Heaven Realm World had been exposed, and the experts from various Alien Realms were looking at it menacingly. Moreover, he had quite a number of enemies, so with a little more strength, he would have a little higher chance of survival. As for the future, he could only think about it later on.
Qing Feng took Zhou Bao to a wing room in the backyard – a very large one at that. In it, an incense burner has been lit, and there was nothing in front of it, only a futon, which was for Zhou Bao to use.
At Qing Feng’s hint, Zhou Bao sat directly on the futon with his legs crossed without further ceremony. Then, following Qing Feng’s instructions, he started launching the Mysterious Icy Divine Light.
“You have the Zhuyan Bloodline and have integrated the Real Body of Zhuyan in you. Plus, you’ve practiced the Mysterious Divine Light. With exceptional advantages in physical practice, the Flower of the Body is the easiest one to gather for you. Now, run your Mysterious Divine Light. Do as I say and leave the rest alone!”
As the Mysterious Icy Divine Light had been launched, Zhou Bao began to integrate the Mysterious Divine Light into his body according to Qing Feng’s instructions. Being able to integrate into a body was a great characteristic of the Mysterious Divine Light. He had never done this before because he was afraid that his body would not be able to withstand too much of it.
Now, however, he had no qualms. This was because as he ran the Mysterious Divine Light, Qing Feng shot a drop of transparent liquid between his eyebrows.
The liquid was so bizarre that it permeated Zhou Bao’s spot between the eyebrows as soon as it touched it. Almost at the same time, Zhou Bao felt as if his body had become a bottomless pit that could contain the entire Mysterious Divine Light. And, what’s more, his body seemed to have developed a huge attraction and began to absorb the Mysterious Divine Light in his body automatically. Thanks to his huge and fully formed Dantian and the Qi restoration function of the Dharma Power-restoring Skill, he had more powerful Dharma powers than ordinary people. Otherwise, his Dharma powers would soon be drained.
As his body absorbed the Mysterious Divine Light and changed little by little, Zhou Bao felt his body was indeed becoming stronger and stronger. An overwhelming sense of satisfaction overcame him from the rapid intensification of his body.
Slowly, his muscles began to swell, and his bones began to stretch. He felt that he might turn into a Primordial Demonic Ape at any moment, but at the very beginning of this change, Qing Feng’s voice sounded out in his ear, warning him eagerly.
“Do not evolve into the Real Body of Zhuyan! Compress your body, and keep your human form! Only this way can you apprehend the mystery of the body and gather the Flower of the Body!”
“Sh*t, it can’t be!”
His originally rosy and moistened face by the Mysterious Divine Light suddenly turned ugly. It was too much for him now.
At this point, his body was changing as quickly as a high-speed train that was hard to stop. If Qing Feng would have told him earlier, it would have been much easier for him to suppress his body. Now that he was on the right track, it was extremely hard for him to stop and go back.
However, despite the dilemma, he had to follow the instructions; he was like a drawn arrow—there was no way back.
He clenched his teeth fiercely and began to contract his muscles. Then his body shook violently, and a gush of blood came up his throat, oozing out from his tightly clenched teeth. Afterward, clouds of blood seeped out from his body and patches of skin burst open one after another. But the iron bloodline of the Primordial Demonic Ape repaired his broken body at once, but then more patches of skin burst open.
Like that, his newly swelled body repeatedly burst and repairs several times, and, at the same time, it was slowly shrinking.