1532 Man of Fame (2/2)
An owl saint beast walked out of the sacred land. Its body was as large as an elephant. It stood atop and said, ”I'll take the gifts and the invitation and give them to Zhang Ruochen. It'll be up to him to decide whether to go or not. After all, Emperor Jimie, Supreme Saint Nine Spirits, and Wu Zu also sent invitations.”
The owl saint beast then flapped its wings, and then, more than ten half saints moved all the gifts into the sacred land.
A level-nine half saint walked to the owl saint beast and said respectfully, ”Lord Blackie, I want to join Mount Yuanxu Sacred Land and refine with Lord priest.”
He then added, ”Lord priest is my idol. I'll do everything to join Mount Yuanxu Sacred Land.”
The owl saint beast said impatiently, ”It's not easy to join Mount Yuanxu Sacred Land. Line up there first, and I'll test every one of you. Only those who pass the test can join.”
The level-nine half-saint looked exhilarated and walked to the line while whispering, ”I must pass the test and join Mount Yuanxu Sacred Land. That'll be an honor for me. Yurou, wait for my news. I won't let you down. I'll become a man like Lord priest.”
Zhang Ruochen reined in his forces and stood afar.
He saw that some of the monks here were sending invitations and requests for joining his sacred land.
”Am I already that influential in Guanghan Field?” Zhang Ruochen stroked his nose and chuckled.
After one battle, he could already be a guest of supreme saints.
Was that what being in first place on the 'Saints Merits Rank' meant?
To avoid any unnecessary trouble, Zhang Ruochen dodged the crowd and sneaked into Mount Yuanxu Sacred Land.
”Come meet me.”
The owl saint beast was thrilled to hear the message from Zhang Ruochen. ”You're finally back!”
The owl saint beast gave the disciples in Mount Yuanxu Sacred Land an order, and then, it flapped its wings and flew to the deeper area of the sacred land.
There was white mist permeating the sacred land.
Below a cliff was a saint spring nurturing the sacred land. On the sides of the saint spring were spiritual medicine and saint medicine with fragrances and of all colors.
Zhang Ruochen stood beside the saint spring with his hands behind his back. The space around him seemed to have been affected as it was somehow solidified.
Whoosh!
The owl saint beast dived and laughed. ”You're finally back, Zhang Ruochen! You have no idea how many monks came here to send you gifts. Supreme Saint Nine Spirits and Emperor Jimie even implied in their invitations that they want their granddaughter or daughter to marry you.”
Suddenly…
Zhang Ruochen turned around and spread his arms. A golden dragon was formed by saint Qi between his hands.
Howl!
The golden dragon quickly spun in the sky, forming a golden circle.
”Out!”
Zhang Ruochen wielded the golden circle that had a diameter of five feet against that owl saint beast.
”What're you doing? I'm Blackie! Blackie!”
The owl saint beast was horrified. It flapped its wings forward, and then, two tumbling tornados were formed, clashing with the golden circle.
Boom!
The golden circle crumbled, turning into traces of dragon Qi, withering away in the air.
Those two tornados didn't disappear. Instead, they hit Zhang Ruochen's body, knocking him to the sky, and the winds felt like blades slashing Zhang Ruochen's body, making cracking sounds.
Zhang Ruochen had great enough defense power to ward off the tornados. He landed back on the ground and smiled. ”Just as I expected, you've recovered a lot.”
Blackie retracted its wings and said, ”Of course I have. I can easily fight a couple of saint kings myself.”
Zhang Ruochen couldn't tell the real power of Blackie, so he didn't know whether it was exaggerating or not.
Zhang Ruochen reined in his saint might and said, ”Don't you have incredible formation skills? Why didn't you set up a defense formation around Mount Yuanxu Sacred Land?”
”Of course, I have. It's just not activated, otherwise, do you really think you could sneak into the mountain that easily?”
Blackie rolled its eyes as it looked down upon Zhang Ruochen's power, and it was also very confident in its attainment in formations.
Zhang Ruochen said, ”Stop receiving gifts and people. Turn on the defense formation immediately and tell everyone that I won't meet anyone anymore. Seal Mount Yuanxu Sacred Land.”
”Seal the mountain? Why?” Blackie was confused.
Zhang Ruochen said, ”I'm who everyone is talking about now. There must be lots of people who're jealous of me. I'd better keep a low profile, and also… There's something I can't tell you yet. I reckon there'll be many assassins coming at me. It's best to seal the mountain.
”And besides, I need to spend some time organizing the collections I got from Merits Battlefield and improving my power.”
”Okay, I'll go activate the defense formation now.”
Blackie knew Zhang Ruochen was always cautious. He must've heard of something or sensed dangers coming, which was why he told it to seal the mountain.