lovenovelstory #229 - Whip
#229 - Whip
Mr. Wu Liu's voice was filled with a stern attitude, his body surging with qi and blood, wishing he could just smash the scholar in front of him to death with a single punch: "Setting fire to the mountain? What a great sin that would be!"
But there was no way around it. Officials of higher rank could crush those below. The Pingbian Prince's mansion had strict rules, and he dared not disobey them.
"But there are still many people from the academies in the mountains… and some famous scholars…" The general's voice was hesitant. If people were burned to death, it would cause a huge uproar. Those academy guys were not easy to deal with.
Hearing this, Mr. Wu Liu coldly snorted: "Those people are not fools. The foundation of the academies is beyond your expectations. Just do as you are told. Now that our Pingbian Prince's mansion wants to exclusively enjoy the fortune within the great tomb, we want to take this opportunity to clear the area. The treasure was born within the territory of our Pingbian Prince's mansion, how can we allow those guys to take it away? If someone really gets burned to death, directly blame it on Zhong Xiang, saying that Zhong Xiang wanted to deliberately take revenge by setting fire to the mountain, intending to monopolize the fortune within the great tomb."
Speaking of this, Mr. Wu Liu looked at the general: "Who said we set the fire? The arsonist was clearly Zhong Xiang."
A great fire soared into the sky, spreading fiercely through the mountains and forests. Wherever it passed, countless Confucian scholars who had come to seize treasures cried for their parents and ran in all directions. As the fire spread, the entire mountain area was cleared, leaving only the men of the Pingbian Prince's mansion.
At this time, Zhang Chen had already reappeared in his old nest, the cave, along the underground river. Looking at the black smoke soaring into the sky in the distance, he couldn't help but be secretly shocked: "Why did a fire suddenly start? Could it be that someone accidentally leaked their power during a fight?"
Zhang Chen was secretly surprised, but he didn't think much about it. He never expected that Mr. Wu Liu would set fire to the mountain in order to catch him. Zhang Chen had taken Mr. Wu Liu's flying sword, which was the foundation of Mr. Wu Liu's life. No wonder Mr. Wu Liu was so anxious and desperate.
At this time, Zhang Chen looked at the nine flying swords in his hand. The flying swords were shrouded in colorful light and fell into a deep sleep. He couldn't help but feel a little troubled: "The level of these flying swords far exceeds my Zhen character talisman. My Zhen character talisman simply cannot suppress them. Only my Five-Colored Divine Light can suppress them, but I can't keep using the Five-Colored Divine Light to suppress them, right? Wouldn't that turn me into a colored lantern? Shining brightly wherever I go?"
Zhang Chen looked at the nine flying swords, a hint of contemplation in his eyes, but he couldn't think of a proper way to place them for the time being, so he could only leave it like this for now.
Zhang Chen then took out the jade box from his arms. This jade box was the only treasure that floated out of the tree coffin, and it was definitely not a simple treasure.
Zhang Chen's heart moved, and he directly lurked into the ground, then set up the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation, sat in the formation, and directly pushed open the jade box. He saw a white light soaring into the sky from the jade box, but it was blocked by the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation. Zhang Chen used the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation to suppress the aura of the jade box. Seeing that the aura in the jade box could not leak out, he happily completely opened the jade box. Then Zhang Chen looked at the jade box and was stunned.
What flowed in this jade box was actually a ball of white light, and countless runes were flashing and intertwined in the white light.
"What is this?" Zhang Chen looked at the white light, a hint of curiosity in his eyes, and then reached out to take the white light, but as soon as his palm came into contact with the white light, the white light turned into countless runes and directly drilled into Zhang Chen's mind.
The next moment, his brain roared, and countless streams of information exploded and poured in frantically, making Zhang Chen's primordial spirit seem to explode.
The stream of information was too vast. Even if Zhang Chen had cultivated mana and his soul had been nourished, it was still difficult to withstand the vast stream of information.
Zhang Chen's soul seemed to be losing itself in the vast stream of information. Countless streams of information impacted Zhang Chen's consciousness. At this time, Zhang Chen's eyes were covered with red bloodshot eyes, and his eyeballs protruded as if they could burst open at any time.
"No, this stream of information is too vast, I simply can't bear it. I must think of a way, otherwise my soul will be burst by the vast information, and I will be completely destroyed." At this time, Zhang Chen's eyes were full of horror. He never expected that he had survived countless storms, but who knew that at a critical moment, he would actually capsize in the gutter.
Because his soul was too weak to withstand the vast information and burst?
This kind of death was really too suffocating.
Countless thoughts flashed in Zhang Chen's mind, and he finally thought of a solution. The next moment, Zhang Chen pinched his hands and directly entered a state of concentration.
As Zhang Chen entered a state of concentration, stepping into the wonderful realm of the unity of things and self, and the eternal existence of heaven and man, his thoughts were infinitely magnified, as if integrated into the heaven and earth. Although the vast stream of information was mighty, it still seemed insignificant compared to the entire heaven and earth.
Zhang Chen directly fell into a state of concentration, gradually straightening out the stream of information. After about seven days, he opened his eyes in the Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Formation, a strange look in his eyes: "It is actually a heritage restriction for refining magic weapons, but this magic weapon… this magic weapon…"
Zhang Chen's eyes were filled with strange colors. This magic weapon was a bit strange. It specializes in hitting the souls, primordial spirits, and soul bodies of cultivators. It is the nemesis of all soul bodies.
"It's just that it directly names and surnames the method to restrain the Yang God." Zhang Chen muttered.
"However, this thing also needs a strong realm to refine. With my current cultivation, I can probably only refine a magic weapon embryo." Zhang Chen pondered the information, and countless thoughts flashed in his mind.
Although this God-Smiting Whip has the same name as the God-Smiting Whip in the Investiture of the Gods novel, the effect is completely different. The God-Smiting Whip in the Investiture of the Gods can only restrain the cultivators in the list of gods, but this treasure can hit all divine souls.
Little thoughts flashed in Zhang Chen's heart:
"I have the Five-Colored Divine Light to brush the mysteries of the five elements, and with this God-Smiting Whip, I can go to 99% of the places in the world in the future."
However, it is not easy to refine this God-Smiting Whip, and the materials required are also extremely special.
The first type needs the essence of Xutu. The second type is Gengjin. The third type is the origin of the Yellow Springs. The fourth type is the fragment of the soul avenue. The fifth type is the innate yin and yang energy. The sixth type is the innate five elements energy. The seventh type is the innate azure treasure tree energy. The eighth type is the origin of the five tai, the innate five tai are the five kinds of gases that existed at the beginning of the creation of the world, such as Tais, Taichu, Taiyi, Taiji, and Taixu. The ninth type is the seed of the world.
Zhang Chen looked at the nine materials needed, and couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. How could he gather such rare fairy treasures?
However, fortunately, he can find substitutes for these nine ultimate materials in the early stage, refine the magic weapon embryo, and then continuously find various innate materials to refine into it.
Zhang Chen looked at the refining methods and various materials, and secretly deduced in his heart: "I don't have the essence of Xiantian Earth, but I have the origin left by the Houtu God. This thing is the essence of the earth. Although I don't know its origin, it can also replace the essence of Xiantian Earth in the early stage. As for Xiantian Gengjin, I don't have it yet, but I can use Taiyi Gengjin instead. Taiyi Gengjin is also a kind of Xiantian material. Although it can't compare to Xiantian Gengjin, it has its own wonderful uses and can be used as a substitute."
"These two things are the skeleton. With these two things, the magic treasure embryo can be refined. Then, various mysterious auras are continuously added to improve the magic treasure, or better materials are found to replace them." Zhang Chen thought to himself: "I have the origin of Xiantian Yellow Springs. Perhaps I can try to go deep into the Yellow Springs to pick the origin of Yellow Springs, or simply refine the Nine Bend Yellow River Great Array into it, and replace the Yellow Springs origin with the Nine Bend Yellow River Great Array. The Xiantian Five Elements Qi is not difficult for me, but the Xiantian Yin-Yang Two Qi…"
Zhang Chen thought of Chen Xu's two brushes, which were conceived from the origin of Yin and Yang. Even if he didn't take both brushes, it wouldn't be too much to 'borrow' some Yin-Yang Qi, right?
Zhang Chen pondered, it seemed that he had enough materials to initially refine the magic treasure embryo of the God-Smiting Whip.
The God-Smiting Whip is very peculiar, with a total of thirty-six layers of restrictions. Once the first twelve layers of restrictions are completed, one ability can be obtained: to knock people's souls out of their bodies. No matter how strong a person is, as long as they are hit by the God-Smiting Whip, their souls will be knocked out of their bodies. Once the middle twelve layers of restrictions are completed, as long as the other party's soul leaves the body, the God-Smiting Whip can be activated to hit it. No matter what realm the other party is in, as long as the soul is hit by the God-Smiting Whip, it will be immediately knocked back into the body.
The last twelve layers of restrictions are aimed at the damage to the soul. The Yang God has twelve levels, and the restrictions of the God-Smiting Whip have twelve levels. One level can kill the existence of one level. As long as it is hit by the God-Smiting Whip, the soul will immediately be scattered and never be reborn.
Even if it is a powerful soul, using any treasure to reassemble the soul, it will never be able to be reborn, and it is specially designed to restrain all kinds of crooked ways such as substitution and soul exchange.
These three kinds of restrictions can be cultivated at the same time. The twelve layers of restrictions correspond to the twelve heavens, corresponding to the twelve levels of the Yang God method.
"This God-Smiting Whip is very strong, simply too strong." Zhang Chen felt the information transmitted, and a look of joy appeared in his eyes. He must refine this treasure. Once it is refined, it can be said that he has an extra trump card.
"Although I now have the basic materials, I still need a kind of heaven and earth spirit fire to refine the treasure, and I lack a kind of flame." Zhang Chen tapped his knee thoughtfully, his mind spinning wildly, thinking about a solution.
I don't know how long he thought, Zhang Chen suddenly had a face pop up in his mind, the annoying face of that kid Zhong Xiang jumped out.
"Zhong Xiang's flame seems to be very unusual. That kid's flame may be comparable to a twelfth-level flame. If I can use Zhong Xiang's flame to refine the treasure…" Zhang Chen's eyes suddenly lit up: "I'm just afraid that Zhong Xiang is petty and unwilling to cooperate with me to refine the treasure."
Zhang Chen's mind deduced countless thoughts. In the end, no matter how he pleaded, I'm afraid that after Zhong Xiang met him, he would hate to tear him into pieces. As for helping him refine the treasure? That's impossible, don't even think about it.
"Forget it, I'll ignore him for now. I'll go find Chen Xu to borrow a wisp of Xiantian Yin-Yang Qi first." Zhang Chen thought to himself: "Mr. Wu-Liu is searching for me all over the mountains and fields, he would never have thought that I would sneak into his base camp again."
At this time, the sky was dim. Zhang Chen directly transformed into a mist and shuttled through the mountains. From afar, he saw a raging fire soaring into the sky in the distant mountains, and the entire sky was burned red. Countless soldiers followed the flames from afar, shuttling through the mountains.
"Did the Pingbian Prince's Mansion set this fire?" Zhang Chen looked at the soldiers checking behind the flames from afar, and a cold look appeared in his eyes.
That Mr. Wu-Liu's Yin God left his body, and at this time he was constantly wandering back and forth in the void, seemingly searching for something.
Zhang Chen hid in the dark and glanced at Mr. Wu-Liu, and then came all the way to the Pingbian Prince's Mansion's camp. From afar, he saw that the Pingbian Prince's Mansion's camp had half of its guards missing, and most of the troops had been sent to search for the mystery in the mountains, looking for Zhang Chen's whereabouts.
Zhang Chen concealed his figure and came directly to Chen Xu's tent. He saw Chen Xu pacing back and forth in the tent, restless.
The curtain of the tent was suddenly lifted and then dropped. Chen Xu was startled and turned to look at the entrance of the tent: "Could it be that Young Master Zhang Chen has come?"
"You are quite smart." Zhang Chen directly revealed his figure upon hearing this, standing in the tent and quietly looking at Chen Xu.
"Young Master Zhang, you have caused a great disaster. That Mr. Wu-Liu is anxious now. In order to force you out, he has already set fire to the mountains. You have taken his flying sword, which is equivalent to robbing him of the treasure that suppresses his luck. You should escape quickly. If he finds your trace, I'm afraid…" Chen Xu's heart sank when he saw Zhang Chen appear in the tent.
Zhang Chen smiled upon hearing this: "I have come to find you today to do one thing. As long as I finish it, I will leave immediately."
Chen Xu's heart jumped upon hearing this. Zhang Chen's visit at this time was definitely not a good thing, but he didn't dare to resist, let alone shout, so he could only serve respectfully: "I wonder what Young Master is looking for me for? Please tell me, I will definitely not refuse."
Zhang Chen smiled upon hearing this: "Before in the stone cave, you seemed to be very dissatisfied with your two brushes, and seemed to hate not being able to get rid of them, didn't you?"
Chen Xu was stunned upon hearing this. The appearance of him wanting to get rid of the two brushes was just for outsiders to see. In fact, these two brushes have great mysteries. He has not yet developed the mysteries of the two brushes. He felt that the methods of these two brushes would definitely not be worse than any mystery. He was just talking big in front of everyone before, but he never thought of really giving up these two brushes.
At this time, facing Zhang Chen's inquiry, Chen Xu was stunned for a moment, and then said: "What does Young Master mean?"
"I may have a way to help you strip away the two brushes, so that you have the hope of mastering the remaining mysteries." Zhang Chen said, although it was a tone of discussion, his voice was full of unquestionable meaning.
"So you want to get the idea of my two brushes." Chen Xu sneered in his heart upon hearing this. His two brushes are not that simple.