1572 Ocean of Truth (1/2)

Feng Yan stood in the distance, dry coughing a bit and smiling. ”You guys only haven't seen each other for a couple of days. Do you really need to hug each other for that long?”

Ling Feiyu, Su Qingling, Wen Shusheng, and Ling Mi were also standing at the edge of Saint Martial Field, and they all had different facial expressions.

Zhang Ruochen tried to look calmer and stopped hugging Mu Lingxi. He looked to Feng Yan and said, ”Who are you?”

”Let me introduce myself again. I'm Feng Yan, a first disciple from Truth Godly Palace. I've been waiting for you here for three days, Zhang Ruochen. Would you like to sit down and have a talk with me?”

Feng Yan was smiling the entire time.

Zhang Ruochen saw Feng Yu's hospitality and the guest treatment the other monks from Guanghan Field got, so he nodded and followed Feng Yan to a bamboo pavilion.

Two maidens in white served Zhang Ruochen and Feng Yan some wine.

”I know you love to drink, so I bought a pot of Fairy Flower. This was made of the pedals of the saint flowers collected by Ji Fanxin, Fairy of Hundred Flowers. It's invaluable.” Feng Yan smiled.

The fragrance was refreshing.

Hundreds of flowers blossomed in the air, and the pedals waved in the air, following the breeze.

Obviously, Feng Yan thought Zhang Ruochen loved alcohol because he had Dragon Spirits Mad Oxen Wine.

”Drink?” Zhang Ruochen said. ”Unfortunately, I don't like to drink. If I could, I wouldn't drink at all.”

”Really?”

Feng Yan waved his hands to signal the maidens to take the wine away, and then, he asked them to bring a pot of tea.

Zhang Ruochen only needed to sip the tea a bit to notice how incredible the tea was. It could help monks comprehend saintly way, so it must be of the same value as 'Fairy Flower.'

Both the wine and the tea are inaccessible to ordinary monks. Feng Yan must come from a great power, probably an ancient race with a God, Zhang Ruochen thought.

Zhang Ruochen said, ”I'm curious. Do all the first-class disciples from Truth Godly Palace have a saint island around the godly palace?”

Feng Yan shook his head and said, ”Not that easy. The owner of this saint island is my sister, and she's the disciple of a God from Truth Godly Palace. She's way more prominent than I am.”

”I see,” Zhang Ruochen said.

Feng Yan said, ”Actually, I invited you over because I hope we can be friends.”

”Why? We barely know each other,” Zhang Ruochen said.

Feng Yan smiled and said, ”I make friends with people because of their vibe, not because of something material. Brother Zhang, you've refined in Truth Godly Palace for thirteen days already. How do you like this place?”

”Incredible,” Zhang Ruochen said.

Feng Yan said, ”However, you only have a bit more than half a month left until you have to leave. Don't you want more time to refine?”

”No.”

Feng Yan shook his head and said, ”I told you, I don't have any material purposes when I'm making friends. Even if I do sometimes, I'll tell them straight away. Besides, even if you want to join Truth Godly Palace, I'd suggest you don't do it.”

”Why not?”

Zhang Ruochen was a bit surprised.

Feng Yan said, ”You've been here for some time now, so you should've seen how cruel this place is. Actually, the competition among the disciples from Truth Godly Palace is fiercer. Even the disciples from Truth Godly Palace will find it hard to refine in the godly palace.”

As a matter of fact, Zhang Ruochen also didn't want to join Truth Godly Palace, so he didn't ask any further questions.

”Then how can I get more time to refine?” Zhang Ruochen asked.

Feng Yan said, ”There're two ways.

”The first one is to finish the tasks from Truth Godly Palace, for example, killing a monk from Hell World on the merits battlefield, or finding a precious saint pill, or teaching in some primitive large fields.

”As for the second one... There's a place called Ocean of Truth which is eight thousand miles away from Truth Godly Palace. There're ten levels of ocean domains. If you pull through the first domain, you can gain an additional month, and the second domain will give you two additional months, and the third domain will give you four additional months, so on and so forth. If you can get through all ten ocean domains, you can get eighty-five years and three additional months.”

Zhang Ruochen had heard about Ocean of Truth before he came here, but he was still thrilled by why it mattered so much.

Every refining day in Truth Godly Palace was precious. Even a mediocre monk could become a supreme saint if he could refine in the palace for eighty-five years and three months.

Who wouldn't be tempted?

However, Zhang Ruochen calmed himself down quickly and said, ”It's going to be very difficult to pass all the ten levels of ocean domains, isn't it?”

Feng Yan was impressed by how calm Zhang Ruochen was. He said, ”Lingxi, Palace Leader Ling, and others from Guanghan Field have tried. Perhaps they'll give you the answer.”