Chapter 1576 - Plan (1/2)

Zhang Ruochen gained an extra month to refine after going to w.a.n.glai Saint Pavilion, and he was given three tokens from Truth G.o.dly Palace, representing three opportunities to enter the G.o.dly Palace.

Unfortunately, a monk could only get one chance each year, otherwise Zhang Ruochen would’ve given them all to Mu Lingxi and Ling Feiyu.

After walking out of the Truth G.o.dly Palace, Zhang Ruochen gave all three tokens to Su Jing.

Su Jing knew how valuable the opportunities to refine in the Truth G.o.dly Palace were. Each opportunity meant an improvement in Guanghan Field’s overall power.

Su Jing carefully put away the three tokens. He said, “I’ll head back to Shatuo Heavenly Domain and select three more saints here.”

“Uncle Jing,” Zhang Ruochen said to Su Jing. “We’re having a hard time in Truth Heavenly Domain at the moment. I reckon we should deploy three saint kings from Guanghan Field here first.”

Su Jing was a bit hesitant.

After all, only comprehending the Rule of Truth as a saint would greatly help a monk. Those three opportunities wouldn’t help saint kings much.

Su Jing knew that Zhang Ruochen wanted great beings here to take back the dojos that once belonged to Guanghan Field, and he might wage a war against Shang Ziyan in the future.

However, Su Jing was also ten times Zhang Ruochen’s age, so he was more long-term-oriented. He said, “If we deploy three saint kings here, our enemies might deploy thirty, or even three hundred saint kings. Those powerful fields have a great number of saint kings, so losing one saint king is nothing to them, but it’ll be a huge loss to Guanghan Field.”

Zhang Ruochen could tell that Su Jing was very mature yet conservative.

He was suitable for managing a large field, yet he couldn’t help a large field rise.

Zhang Ruochen said, “Okay, then ask that owl saint beast from Mount Yuanxu Sacred Land to come here. You can choose the other two, Uncle Jing.”

Zhang Ruochen was the one who gained those opportunities, so Su Jing didn’t have any objection to it.

Su Jing asked him to be careful not to leave Jingxing Cliff Dojo, and then, he went back to Shatuo Heavenly Domain with the three tokens.

“Zhang Ruochen, I’ll go take some tasks from Truth G.o.dly Palace to gain more time to refine here, so I won’t be going back to the dojo with you guys.” Ling Feiyu walked out, standing there like a lotus growing on a snow-capped mountain.

Ling Feiyu knew how important it was to refine in the Truth G.o.dly Palace, so she would try everything to get more time to refine.

Since she failed to get past the first level of the ocean domain, she had to take up the tasks from the Truth G.o.dly Palace.

Zhang Ruochen knew how independent Ling Feiyu was, and that she had her plans and didn’t need others to tell her what to do.

Besides, Ling Feiyu was strong enough to take up the tasks herself.

“Okay,” said Zhang Ruochen.

“If you want to get back the dojos that belong to the Moon G.o.ddess or fight the great beings from Cloud Field, just send me a message. I’ll definitely come back and help you.”

Ling Feiyu also knew Zhang Ruochen well enough to figure out his next step.

After Ling Feiyu left, Zhang Ruochen went back to Jingxiang Cliff Dojo with Mu Lingxi, Wen Shusheng, Ling Mi, and Su Qingling.

Kongling Island.

Feng Yan came to the saint palace at the center of the island and the door was opened automatically.

Feng Xi and the man in the Taoist cape seemed to have never left, still playing chess.

“Sister, Zhang Ruochen got past the first level of the ocean domain and has reached the second level of the ocean domain already. He even fought the guard for a short while,” Feng Yan said.

“I know!” Feng Xi said, looking at the chessboard.

“Why are these two guys so calm? Even if you’re powerful, you should at least be a bit thrilled.” Feng Yan felt a bit irritated.

Feng Xi kept playing chess with the man in the Taoist cape without saying a word, which bored Feng Yan, so he left the saint palace, shaking his head.

After a while, Feng Xi said, “Zhang Ruochen’s performance was amazing when he was pa.s.sing through Ocean of Truth. I reckon Shang Ziyan will definitely make a move. Why are you still playing chess with me here?”

“Shang Ziyan is always very cost-efficient. I’ve already kind of figured out what he’s going to do. No need to rush,” said the man in the Taoist cape.

…

After getting back to Jingxiang Cliff Dojo, Mu Lingxi, Wen Shusheng, and the others started to comprehend the picture of the Way of Truth left by Tree G.o.d.

Failing to get past Ocean of Truth was a huge wake-up call for them.

Zhang Ruochen managed to get to the exit of the second level of the ocean domain, yet they couldn’t even get past the first twenty miles of the first level, which motivated all of them to refine to catch up with Zhang Ruochen.

Zhang Ruochen came to the border of the dojo, and he saw that all the saint kings from Cloud Field had all left.

“Perhaps they’ve received news that I pa.s.sed the first level of the ocean domain.” Zhang Ruochen smiled.

Those saint kings knew that they couldn’t trap Zhang Ruochen and the others from Guanghan Field, so they wouldn’t stay here. They probably cursed Zhang Ruochen and his entire family before leaving.