947 The Dangerous Yet Rewarding Jade Pool (1/2)

With his body inside the dark and quiet ice pool, Meng Qi had a subtle feeling of his Dharmakaya and real spirit rising rapidly, looking down at all things in the world in his palm. Suddenly, something caught his attention. He saw a sparkling long river flowing with water from a distance far away and on toward an endless place.

The river split into countless layers — some were vast with planets emitting heat and light floating in them, some had golden turtles and jade rabbits swimming in them, some had deities formed from the sun and the moon, and every star was like a kingdom, there were too many of such things to mention them one by one — looking at this river was like looking at layers of the universe, all different from one another!

”Heavenly River…” these two words came straight to Meng Qi's mind.

This was the Heavenly River that passed through all realms of the world; one of the symbols of the Nine Levels of Heaven. Compared to the fragment of the Heavenly South Gate that he had entered, the Heavenly River here was even more mysterious, it was not just a starry galaxy!

No wonder the Jade Pool is one of the top three levels!

He and Mister Lu Da stood on the side of the Heavenly River, the waves were huge and the other side was beyond reach. The surroundings were cold and quiet, without the ambush that they had imagined. Opposite them was a bridge that was neither formed by white clouds nor transformed by celestial fogs, but linked by numerous huge magpies — their feathers dull and their eyes hollow, and should have been dead for many years.

This is the Bridge of Magpies — the meeting place of the Cowherd and the Weaving Girl? Meng Qi nodded slowly. But now, only the Bridge of Magpies remained, whereas the Cowherd and the Weaving Girl had long gone missing, and could have already fallen in the calamity of the Heavenly Court back then.

”The Bridge of Magpies…” Mister Lu Da lamented, ”Looks like we can only cross the Heavenly River from here.”

Meng Qi said, ”With only one road, we're very likely to be ambushed. Let me try other ways first.”

He stepped into the void and did a somersault. The moment he reached the top of the Heavenly River, he felt his vision change. In front of him was boundless darkness and he could only vaguely see a few planets giving off white light. Crossing this space would be the equivalent of crossing the cosmic rivers. With his current conveyance speed, it would be impossible for him to fly over.

In other words, not walking on the Bridge of Magpies meant not walking on the sky of this world but going into the vast universe, so it was naturally not doable.

Flying back, Meng Qi mused, ”We can only walk the Bridge of Magpies, and we can't fly up, we have to walk on foot.”

Without saying much, Mister Lu Da took the first step onto the Bridge of Magpies. At this moment, light suddenly shone from the other end. A pure green sword beam approached with aggressive sharpness, like a rainbow passing through the Heavenly River, leaning against the Bridge of Magpies and directed at Mister Lu Da and Meng Qi.

The demonic intention of the sword was filled with coldness. Its viciousness was such that even Meng Qi who was enveloped in a layer of dim chaotic light felt a chill down his spine.

Holding a blade and a sword respectively, the two struck right on cue and criss-crossed, blocking the green sword beam together.

Clang!

Meng Qi felt his wrist become heavy. The chaotic light showed obvious ripples due to the tremor, and it was no longer dark and calm.

The pureness, conciseness, and viciousness of the sword beam were all not commonly seen by Meng Qi before, and the Wuji Seal almost couldn't break down and devour its strength.

Mister Lu Da's body shook, unable to fully break down its strength no matter how he controlled.

The pure green sword beam rebounded before disappearing in a whiz far away on the Bridge of Magpies.

At this moment, Meng Qi and Mister Lu Da could clearly see that the pure green sword beam was transformed from the tip of a broken sword. A world of ruins and loneliness seemed to be hidden in it, and it had long lost its spirituality with only viciousness remaining.

A broken Heavenly Weapon… Meng Qi suddenly understood where the danger of the Jade Pool was — the danger that made even Lu Ya who could control the Immortal Flying Blade with only some strength feel fearful!

”Senior Lu, the Jade Pool connects to the main path and is the explicit instantiation and source of the world's golden rule. It is the beginning of ancestral weapons; not only is its water sharp and vicious — just one drop is comparable to a Heavenly Weapon and the entire pool is peerless — it is also good at nourishing and repairing weapons. Countless fragments of heavenly weapons are sunk in it. It is said that the Qing Emperor placed the core fragment of the Haotian Mirror in the middle of the Jade Pool before he disappeared,” Meng Qi said.

Mister Lu Da listened attentively and guessed according to the situation just now, ”These Heavenly weapons were destroyed and lost their spirituality, inevitably leaving behind unwillingness and viciousness. As time went by, their viciousness underwent changes and would attack anyone who enters the Jade Pool?”

”Yes.” Meng Qi walked slowly on the Bridge of Magpies, ”Things were still fine when the Golden Emperor was living in the Jade Pool. He would regularly send people to kill the viciousness and help the weapons recover. But the Nine Levels of Heaven had fallen and the Golden Emperor had left the Jade Pool, cutting away the past and transforming into the Lifeless Mother. The fairies here had either died or escaped, and there was no one to resolve the viciousness of the fragments. Now that it has been through the ages, you can imagine the final situation.”

”Other than Dharmakayas such as the Devil Master and the Wizard King, our enemies would be the these fragments. Each of them have their own special abilities, and could even be part of a supreme treasure of legendary level or Dharmakaya level. Take the core fragment of Haotian Mirror for example, even though it is not as powerful as before, it is still very dangerous and not easy to deal with.”