lovenovelstory #386 - The first restriction
#386 - The first restriction
Chapter 383: The First Layer of Restriction
Patriarch Changsheng was a bit doubtful about life. Where did that little brat get such a powerful formation? Its might was so heaven-defying?
However, Zou Wenlong's identity was extraordinary, and he couldn't be allowed to fall into the formation casually. He had to find a way to rescue him.
As Patriarch Changsheng's mana poured into the Heaven and Earth Treasure Mirror, Zhang Chen's refining of the treasure mirror was divinely assisted. As his connection with the treasure mirror deepened, he was able to capture the movements of the outside world.
"Patriarch Changsheng is helpless against my Nine Bends Yellow River Formation?" Zhang Chen felt the movements outside and couldn't help but feel a little smug.
"Hehe, just keep pondering. The longer you ponder, the faster I will refine the restriction," Zhang Chen thought smugly.
Patriarch Changsheng shone the Heaven and Earth Treasure Mirror on the formation for seven or eight days. Zhang Chen had completely refined and mastered the first layer of restriction. Just as Zhang Chen wanted to strike while the iron was hot and attack the second layer of restriction, the patriarch put away the Heaven and Earth Treasure Mirror, foiling Zhang Chen's plan.
He had completely figured out the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation, but unfortunately, he couldn't break it. It was like a dog biting a hedgehog, at a loss.
"What to do?" Patriarch Changsheng's head was buzzing. It was really not a good thing to have this formation in his Daoist sanctum.
"Someone, send a message to Old Ancestor Dongxuan, the Three Immortals Overseas, Old Ancestor Xuanji, Fairy Dongqian, Fairy Moonlight, Monk Haichan, and Old Ancestor Fulu of Fulu Island. Invite them all over. I want to ask the ancestors to jointly decipher this formation," Patriarch Changsheng's eyes were full of helplessness.
These people were considered his allies, comrades on the same battle line. He could live to this day and occupy this blessed land of Qingcheng Mountain not only because of his outstanding strength but also because he was not fighting alone.
How could one survive and become a victor in this ancient era and in this turbulent situation by fighting alone?
With an order, a cultivator left Qingcheng Mountain and quickly went to deliver invitations to all parties.
The patriarch instructed the disciples: "You are here to guard the formation. Do not let the disciples of the sect fall into it. Wait for me to discuss a result with the ancestors before considering it."
Then Patriarch Changsheng instructed Xu Erniu: "You come with me."
The two came to the back courtyard hall. The patriarch put the Heaven and Earth Treasure Mirror back in place, then waved his sleeve at Xu Erniu, and Xu Erniu immediately fell into an illusion.
The patriarch pointed at the Heaven and Earth Treasure Mirror. The next moment, the Heaven and Earth Treasure Mirror opened, and the soul of the Innate Peacock was reflected on the mirror surface.
Speaking of the Ruins of the Heaven and Earth Treasure Mirror, Zhang Chen mastered the first layer of innate restriction and was about to launch an attack on the second layer. But who knew that the next moment, he sensed the fluctuation of the Heaven and Earth Treasure Mirror? Someone was mobilizing the power of the Heaven and Earth Treasure Mirror to peep into this place. Fortunately, Zhang Chen had already mastered the first layer of restriction in the spiritual world, and it was not difficult to hide himself.
Moreover, he could sense that the other party's means of mobilizing the Heaven and Earth Treasure Mirror were very crude, relying only on powerful mana and realm to forcibly mobilize it. It was very crude to operate, and it was not difficult for him to hide from the other party.
Just as Zhang Chen was hiding himself, Patriarch Changsheng's voice sounded in the Ruins: "Peacock, we haven't seen each other for a long time."
"You dog thief, if you have the ability, release me. What ability is it to rely on schemes and tricks?" The Innate Peacock snorted coldly, his voice full of unforgettable hatred: "Don't let me have a chance to get out, otherwise, I, Old Ancestor, will definitely tear you, this conscienceless thing, into pieces. If it weren't for my promotion, you would just be a street beggar. How could you have today's achievements? How dare you repay kindness with enmity?"
Patriarch Changsheng smiled softly upon hearing this: "These are all old things. You beast, don't say it. I can have today's achievements entirely because of my own good fortune. I have great luck. You can meet me, promote me, and complete me, all because of my own luck. What does it have to do with you?"
Zhang Chen, who was on the side, almost couldn't hold back when he heard Patriarch Changsheng's words. This guy was simply too narcissistic. How could there be such a weirdo in the world?
Then Zhang Chen turned his head to look at the Innate Peacock: This guy seems to be a big fool. He even had the time to be a tool person for an old grandpa?
Sure enough, the Innate Peacock heard Patriarch Changsheng's words, and his illusory body trembled constantly with anger, almost unable to maintain and collapse his body.
"Evil creature! Don't let me have a chance to rush out, otherwise I will definitely kill you!" The Innate Peacock's body was trembling with anger.
Unexpectedly, Patriarch Changsheng smiled softly upon hearing this, not taking the Innate Peacock's angry scolding to heart at all, but said with a smile: "Old Ancestor, don't be annoyed. This disciple is here today, but I have something to ask for advice. This disciple has encountered a great formation. Although I can see its origin, I can't break it. Please, Old Ancestor, give me some guidance."
"Do you think I will tell you?" The Innate Peacock's voice was trembling with anger. Even the indestructible state of mind was difficult to maintain at this time.
"Hehe, do you know who this girl next to me is?" The patriarch suddenly changed the subject.
The Innate Peacock looked at Xu Erniu without speaking.
The patriarch said: "This person is your seven hundred and thirty-second generation great-granddaughter and also the ninth ginseng fruit I want to refine. If you are willing to help me, I might spare her life in the end. Otherwise, I will use the power of blood in her body to extract your true spirit power. Sooner or later, you will be extracted until your soul is scattered, and I will refine a grass-returning pill."
"Oh, I forgot to tell you that this person is also my own daughter. This girl's mother was used by me as a furnace to stimulate a little bit of innate five elements energy, completing the five elements energy in my chest. It's a pity that the bloodline is too thin," Patriarch Changsheng said with emotion: "In the past, I transformed myself out of Qingcheng Mountain. Your great-granddaughter was very infatuated with me, allowing me to use her, as stupid as you."
At this time, Zhang Chen, who was on the side, was a little dazed when he heard this, and couldn't help but raise a doubt: "Patriarch Changsheng transformed himself into a mortal man, seduced Xu Erniu's mother, and gave birth to Xu Erniu. Why didn't he bring Xu Erniu into Qingcheng Mountain as a furnace? Instead, he let Xu Erniu be a beggar in the mortal world, almost starving to death outside Yangzhou City?"
Moreover, the relationship between Patriarch Changsheng and the Innate Peacock is a bit chaotic! Messy!
Zhang Chen was very puzzled. Is there any trick in this? Or did something go wrong?
Just as Zhang Chen was racking his brains, he heard the Innate Peacock gnashing his teeth in hatred: "Evil creature! Evil creature! I will kill you! I will kill you sooner or later!"
"Kill me? Wait until you have the ability to rush out of the Heaven and Earth Treasure Mirror." Ancestor Changsheng's voice was full of indifference: "If you can guide me on how to break the formation, I might spare this girl's life and teach her to become a Ginseng Fruit, reversing her essence to strengthen her bloodline, and then give birth to more offspring. Otherwise, this girl is afraid she will die."
As he spoke, the ancestor's voice, which made people feel a little creepy, lamented: "What a lovely girl, I can't bear to do it."
Upon hearing this, the Innate Peacock trembled with anger, its illusory figure's arm directly exploded, its eyes full of anger, and finally it closed its eyes tightly and remained silent. He had suffered a great loss when facing the Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Formation back then. If he had any means to deal with it, he wouldn't have had his Innate Five Elements Qi seized by Zhang Chen. However, after pondering over these years, he had gained some understanding of how to deal with the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation, but whether it would work still needed verification.
"You refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit! This girl has your bloodline in her body and can absorb your power. I want to see how long your undying true spirit can last, and whether it is truly undying." Ancestor Changsheng severed the connection with the Heaven and Earth Treasure Mirror, then dispelled Xu Erniu's illusion, and said to Xu Erniu: "Today, I will impart a technique to you that will allow you to absorb the Innate Five Elements Qi from this Heaven and Earth Treasure Mirror, accelerating your alchemy cultivation. Listen carefully…"
Then, Ancestor Changsheng began to impart the incantation to Xu Erniu. At this time, Zhang Chen, in the Ruins of Return, sat in his cage, looking at the Peacock thoughtfully. He didn't expect this guy to have such a miserable time. With his intelligence, based on the TV dramas he had watched in his previous life, it was not difficult to guess a bloody drama of love and hate.
Zhang Chen didn't care about the grudges between the two, but he knew his chance had come.
"Hey, do you want to consider my previous suggestion? As long as the Old Ancestor is willing to teach me the method of transforming Yin Yang and Five Elements, I will release the Old Ancestor." Zhang Chen looked at the Innate Peacock with a smile.
"Ant, even I can't escape from this Ruins of Return, let alone you? What makes you think you can?" The Innate Peacock sneered at Zhang Chen: "That dog thief is not human, and you are no good either. You are all birds of a feather…"
The Innate Peacock simply didn't believe that Zhang Chen could escape and directly opened up to Zhang Chen with ridicule, but the next moment he saw the cage in front of Zhang Chen disappear out of thin air, directly appearing in front of the Innate Peacock. The Innate Peacock's angry scolding immediately stopped, and a pair of eyes stared blankly at Zhang Chen, his pupils rapidly constricting, his eyes full of disbelief, staring hard at the disappearing cage, muttering: "How is this possible? How is this possible?"
"Old Ancestor, I think you can consider my deal. This Heaven and Earth Treasure Mirror is very unique. With your strength alone, you can't escape. If the Old Ancestor chooses to help me, I will definitely repay the Old Ancestor and help you escape to take revenge on that old guy." Zhang Chen said with a smile.
The Innate Peacock fell silent upon hearing this, retracting his gaze from where the cage had disappeared. His eyes stared fixedly at Zhang Chen, increasingly feeling that this kid was strange. He had not only seized his natal feathers back then, but now that he had fallen into the Heaven and Earth Treasure Mirror, he still had such methods. It was truly strange to the extreme.
"I don't trust you!" The Innate Peacock said after a moment of silence.
He was trapped here and really had no way out. If there was any other way, he wouldn't have been trapped here.
"How can the Old Ancestor trust me?" Zhang Chen asked.
The Innate Peacock pondered for a moment, and then said: "This place is the Ruins of Return, the laws of heaven and earth do not exist, and the power of the Heavenly Dao is not here either. Only the Great Dao of the Heavenly Demon can be free from restraint. Swear by the Great Freedom Heavenly Demon, and I will teach you the method of converting the Five Elements Great Dao into the Yin Yang Great Dao. You must save me, and you must not play any tricks, otherwise you will surely die in the Heart Demon Tribulation in the future."
Zhang Chen was stunned upon hearing this, and a question mark appeared in his mind: Swear by the Great Freedom Heavenly Demon? Is it the Great Freedom Heavenly Demon who was reprimanded and蹂躏 by me like a grandson?
"Stop thinking, it's me!" The Great Freedom Heavenly Demon's voice was full of smugness in Zhang Chen's heart.
Zhang Chen was stunned upon hearing this and said: "Is that Innate Peacock crazy? What power can you, a useless thing, have?"
"…" The Great Freedom Heavenly Demon was speechless. It should be known that that was the Heavenly Demon Tribulation that all cultivators feared like a tiger and accompanied them throughout their lives, but it was so unbearable in Zhang Chen's mouth. What else could the Great Freedom Heavenly Demon say?
He felt aggrieved in his heart!
Simply aggrieved to the extreme! Even if he had great abilities, he was helpless when he encountered Zhang Chen, this strange thing.
"If you swear, I will believe you and teach you the means to transform the Five Elements and Yin Yang." The Innate Peacock looked at Zhang Chen with burning eyes.
Zhang Chen smiled lightly upon hearing this: "Alright! I, Zhang Chen, swear today that as long as the Innate Peacock teaches me the wonderful methods of transforming the Innate Five Elements and Innate Yin Yang, I will save him. If I violate this oath, I will surely fall into the demonic tribulation and never be reincarnated."
Zhang Chen swore without hesitation. Not to mention that the Great Freedom Heavenly Demon had no restraint on him, even if there really was restraint, he had never thought of going back on his word.
Hearing Zhang Chen's oath, the Innate Peacock's heart gradually settled down, and then he said: "As the saying goes: Chaos gives birth to Yin and Yang, and Yin and Yang transform into the Five Elements. Positive transformation is the evolution of the Heavenly Dao, and reverse transformation is returning to chaos. Back then, after you seized my Innate Five Elements, I broke through and then re-established myself, reassembling the Innate Five Elements Qi, which actually allowed me to glimpse the mysteries of its transformation and see the Great Dao within."
Speaking of this, the Innate Peacock's voice was somewhat sighing: "I originally wanted to use this method to break through to a higher realm and break the innate limit, but who knew I would encounter a great enemy."
"That's going too far. I will teach you the method now, but whether you can cultivate it depends on your own abilities." The Innate Peacock said.
Zhang Chen's heart sank upon hearing the other party's words, and an ominous premonition surged into his heart: "This old guy is going to go back on his word!"
"Old Ancestor, you can't do this!" Zhang Chen suddenly became anxious.
"What's the hurry? Listen to my method first. Besides, I only said I would teach you the method, and I didn't say you would definitely succeed in cultivation. You can't blame me for this." The Innate Peacock looked at Zhang Chen unhappily.
Zhang Chen's lips trembled with anger upon hearing this. These old guys are not good people, and each one has too many tricks up their sleeves.
Zhang Chen was so angry that he didn't want to speak. Since this Innate Peacock wanted to trick him, then don't blame him for tricking him. He only said he would release him, but he didn't say how to release him.
He could release him by opening the restrictions of the Heaven and Earth Treasure Mirror, or he could use the Soul Hooking and奪魄 skill to mark him and then pull him out.
Looking at this old guy's soul, Zhang Chen felt that he should be able to mark it, right?