Chapter 1810 - The Ancient Vein (1/2)

As starlight flickered in the night sky and fog hovered over the earth. In between Heaven and Earth flew streams of Saint Qi.

Nine gigantic dragons were hauling an ancient golden carriage flying across the sky, leaving behind the heart-shaking energy of the Path.

Zhang Ruochen was sitting inside the carriage. He had consumed the demonic tulip and achieved a breakthrough in his spiritual power. He was now in the 58th order of this spiritual power, of which every cultivator was dreaming.

Cultivators with 58th order spiritual power were as powerful as the Seven-step Saint Kings and even the Eight-step Saint Kings.

Zhang Ruochen felt his saint heart undergoing tremendous changes. It seemed to have turned into a boundless, small universe. When he opened his hands, saint and spirit Qi flew into his hands. These Qis materialized into thunder and lightning, and then fire, wind, and crystals.

As he willed it, wind gathered the clouds and blocked off the starry sky.

He cupped his hands. “Thank you, Fairy.”

“You’re welcome. That demonic tulip is of no use to me, anyway.”

She was in the middle of her cultivation, holding a translucent flower in her hands to study the patterns on the petals.

That flower was no ordinary flower but an Imperial Artifact of Precept.

Wi Sheng and Ying Huo were sitting in the dragon carriage and glancing at Ji Fanxin from time to time. They were speculating about who she was.

Ying Huo said to Qi Sheng through telepathy. “Could she be more powerful than Zhang Ruochen? If this is the case, even if we lure him to Qi Xiaotian and s.h.i.+ Kai, no way they could kill him.”

“If she is really that powerful, we might as well use her to get rid of Qi Xiaotian and s.h.i.+ Kai. We will have a chance to escape when they knock the daylights out of each other,” said Qi Sheng.

Compared to Zhang Ruochen, Qi Xiaotian was the one whom Qi Sheng wanted to get rid of more.

Ji Fanxin suddenly opened her eyes and stared at them.

Ying Huo and Qi Sheng’s hearts skipped a beat, wondering if this lady could hear them talking through telepathy.

“You should properly seal their spiritual power, Zhang Ruochen!” said Ji Fanxin, also through telepathy.

Judging by her tone of voice, Zhang Ruochen had more or less figured out that Ying Huo and Qi Sheng were using telepathy to talk to each other.

The thing was, he had never learned how to block off spiritual power.

“You think it is that easy?” asked Zhang Ruochen.

“All right. Let me teach you Heart-locking Touch. See carefully!”

Ji Fanxin’s finger moved like a phantom as spiritual power was flowing in her finger. She then focused it into an energy beam to hit on the chest of Ying Huo.

Ying Huo hissed, and instantly her mind slackened.

“See that?” asked Ji Fanxin.

Zhang Ruochen nodded. He then emulated what Ji Fanxin had done, hitting Qi Sheng’s chest with a Heart-locking Finger.

His learning speed increased as his spiritual power improved.

Before this, if he were to learn a skill like Heart-locking Touch, it would have taken him several hours to master it. But now, he could understand and master it almost instantaneously.

From now on, his speed in learning the Precepts would increase tremendously.

The Golden Dragon Carriage flew for one and a half hours in the Dark Wasteland when the Heavenly Polars Geomantic Compa.s.s in Zhang Ruochen’s hand glowed. As the glow increased in intensity, a majestic ancient hill appeared up ahead.

The Golden Dragon Carriage swooped down and then landed on the plain under the ancient hill.

Still, with the Heavenly Polars Geomantic Compa.s.s in his hand, Zhang Ruochen alighted. He looked up at the hill effusing with colorful lights and became excited. “That ancient vein should be beneath this ancient mountain.”

“Someone has mined this vein a long time ago,” said Ji Fanxin.

Zhang Ruochen carefully studied the ancient hill and found ancient patterns on the hill’s surface.

Most of the patterns were blurry, probably because of the weathering. But judging by the complexity of these patterns, he could almost see that danger still existed on this ancient hill. If any ordinary cultivators encroached into the hill, death would be their only outcome.

On the north side of the ancient hill, Zhang Ruochen discovered a mine that was the source of those colorful lights. The density of saint Qi around this place was much higher than that of other places.

The Heavenly Polars Geomantic Compa.s.s glowed to its maximum intensity, so bright that it illuminated half of the ancient hill.

“Mamma Mia! The brightness of this intensity means that something precious is definitely underground. Do you think we will find the G.o.dstones here?”

As Zhang Ruochen excitedly ran into the mine, the glow of the Heavenly Polars Geomantic Compa.s.s suddenly dimmed.

Light is good. Darkness is bad. Not good, danger ahead.

He tucked away the compa.s.s and immediately pulled back out.

A chunk of black mineral rock the size of an ordinary house flew out like a beam of light from the mine with a loud swoosh.

If Zhang Ruochen had not reacted quickly enough, the mineral rock would have crushed him. As strong as he was physically, the impact would have at least inflicted some injury upon him.

Boom!

The black-mineral rock fell to the ground about two hundred miles away, creating a thousand-foot-wide impact crater.

Just then, Zhang Ruochen sensed the presence of s.h.i.+ Kai. He quickly activated Armor of Words to engulf himself in it. The Fire G.o.d’s Gauntlet and Fire G.o.d’s Bracers glowed in his arms.

Some invisible forces were lifting the rocks around the mine. The rocks then formed into a giant stone blade and struck at Zhang Ruochen from above.

The stone blade measured several thousand feet in length.

Thinking of testing his newly attained Six-step Saint Kinghood power, Zhang Ruochen did not dodge. Instead, he summoned a palm to take on the stone blade.