Chapter 1536 - : A Straw to Clutch At (1/2)

Time kept passing. Jiang Yi was determined to realize the Divine Sound Heaven Skill and Heavenly Spring. It was only when the red light shone once again and the Lunar Beasts emerged from the soil that he opened his eyes. Once the Lunar Beasts backed away again, he went right back into seclusion. He had lost track of time and space, and he forgot all about the danger he was surrounded by. He kept focused, hoping to make some progress before the Sword Emanations Race beings were fully consumed.

“How many waves have passed?”

Another wave of Lunar Beasts retreated. Jiang Yi lay down on his guqin for ten full minutes before he was woken up again by the groan from underground. Confused, he blinked several times at the wilderness, covered in corpses by now. A look of bitter agony surfaced on his face.

He pondered for a while. He was not sure how much time had passed either. All he could do was retrieve his Wintry Pearl and send his divine senses in. It did not matter how much time had passed. The more important question was how many Sword Emanations Race beings did he have left? How much longer would he be able to survive?

So much time had passed, and yet he had not made any progress on realizing the Heaven and Earth Quintessence, the Heavenly Spring Rhythm. It could be because his cultivation level was still extremely low or that his realization speed was too slow. This divine rhythm and mysterious laws were etched in his mind, but that did not mean that he would be able to realize it. This thing was like a wordless book. He knew that it was a mystical book, and he knew that he would be able to gain something if he read it. However, the problem was he could not find the words within.

“There are still two million!”

He took one glance into the Wintry Pearl, and the corner of his lips twisted upwards into a bitter smile. Eight million Sword Emanations Race beings had been destroyed. He had two million more, which would last him for five or six more rounds of attacks at the very most. In other words, he had a hundred to a hundred and twenty hours left to live. Then, he would be at his wit’s end.

“Sigh!”

He sighed gently, a feeling of exhaustion spreading throughout his body. It was not that he had not worked hard enough; neither was it that he did not give it his all. His enemy was just way too strong. The Wintry Sovereign said that there was a sixty percent chance that he would survive, but he had indeed been overestimating Jiang Yi.

Bang!

He tossed the guqin on his thighs to the side, and then he fell down to the ground, head first. He was too tired to think, and he just wanted to take a break. It was not his body that was tired, but his mind.

As he lay on the floor, he closed his eyes and took a nap. If it were possible, he wanted to fall into a deep sleep and never wake up. To fight with people is endless fun; to duel with heaven is endless fun… this was all nonsense. Who had nothing better to do but to battle with different people every single day? If he could lead a peaceful life, why wouldn’t he? If he could settle down in bliss, why would he wander around the world?

Gong!

The heavens just did not approve of it. The groan sounded from underground again, and Jiang Yi immediately felt like he had been stabbed in the chest. Although he was numb to it by now, he still opened his eyes, red-faced and grimacing in pain.

Since he had been lying down, he could see the branches and few glowing trees above his head. The branches looked thick, strong, and long. They twisted here and there, looking at Jiang Yi like snakes. These branches had divine glow seeping through them as well. They emitted a warm light, just like the few leaves that were attached to them. Together, they looked like a string of luminous pearls.

Jiang Yi had inspected this divine tree once before, but he did not find anything special about it. There was no way he could go any closer to investigate either. Later, he had been so focused on realizing the Heaven and Earth Quintessence that he forgot about trying again. Now, he stared at the branches and leaves of the trees for a long time and felt strangely moved.

It was almost as if…

These branches and leaves contained something mystical inside them. Jiang Yi could not put his finger on it, and he was not very sure of it himself. However, he felt like there was something worth looking into there. Something incredibly lay within; it felt like one of the absolute laws of heaven and earth lay inside those branches and leaves.

This huge tree could grow in such a horrible place and survive for goodness-knows-how-long. It had a strange glow and exuded such huge gravitational force as well. It could even fend off the Demonic Repellent. All of these things proved that this tree was supernatural. It probably contained some sort of Quintessence. If it contained absolute laws of heaven and earth, Jiang Yi would not be surprised.

He studied it for a while and finally looked away. The huge tree may contain some deep truth, but the problem was that he would not be able to realize it; neither did he have time to realize it. When he was in the Primitive Mystic Realm and Dao Heaven Mystic Realm, everything around him harbored deep truths and laws. Yet, Jiang Yi could not realize them either. It was the same for the Heavenly spring rhythmic movement as well. Even though it was etched in his brain, he still could not realize it, even up till this point.