Chapter 1250: Slabs Falling into the Pond
The ancient trees of the earth veins are also in the network of the Faceless Saint Emperor's source of essence.
Therefore, when Ruomu surrendered, the ancient tree of the earth vein also felt something in his heart. However, he could not be sure, but the feeling of panic in his heart increased day by day.
"Now we are all subordinates of the Holy Emperor. With the Holy Emperor's protection, how dare He do anything to me?" The ancient tree could only comfort himself in this way.
The ancient earth tree knew clearly that perhaps only the Holy Emperor could save his life in this world.
The more useful you are in the Holy Dynasty, the safer you will be.
Therefore, the ancient tree of the earth vein couldn't wait to prove its worth to the Holy Emperor.
It was a pity that since he came to the Holy Dynasty, he seemed to have been forgotten. No one took the initiative to look for him.
Even the previously assigned task of combing through the veins of the Daqi small world had not been checked by anyone.
This made the ancient tree of the earth vein quite depressed.
However, on this day, the opportunity for the ancient tree to perform that he had been looking forward to finally came.
The visitor was none other than the Holy Emperor’s fifth disciple, Ou Shangtian.
"Is this the schematic diagram of the flow of the earth veins in the Xuanhuang Realm?"
Ou Shangtian asked, pointing at the image in front of him.
It is densely packed, like a huge underground net, extending to all parts of the Xuanhuang Realm.
Just like the blood vessels in the human body, they kept contracting and pulsating. It looked quite strange.
The ancient tree nodded and said, "Young Master, I understand."
Ou Shangtian seemed to be quite pleased with the praise of the ancient tree and readily accepted the title of "Little Venerable".
"I heard from Senior Sister Lin Ling that when walking on the flowing veins of the earth, the power of the Heavenly Dao of the Xuanhuang Realm will spontaneously cover it up, making it difficult for ordinary people to detect. Is that true or not?" Ou Shangtian asked again.
"Yes." The ancient earth tree handed over a dead branch, "Young Master, take a look."
Ou Shangtian felt the power of the earth veins surging in the dead branches and frowned slightly: "I don't think this seems to be a big deal. How can I block other people's perception?"
The ancient earth vein tree smiled slightly: "Little Venerable, you must know that sand gathers to form a tall tower, and drops of water gather to form a river. Although a little earth vein power may not seem very impressive, when all the earth veins in the entire Xuanhuang Realm are gathered together, it is really mighty and powerful, like the force of thunder."
"After all, the circulation of earth veins is also an important part of the normal operation of Xuanhuang Realm. I am just a representative of it. Compared with the great truths of the entire Xuanhuang Realm, ordinary cultivators are just like ants. It is normal for them to be ignored."
Ou Shangtian stared at the diagram of the earth vein flow and fell into deep thought.
After a long time, he came back to his senses, returned the dead branch, and said, "It just so happens that I am going out to carry out the task assigned by my master this time, and I may need your help."
This is what the ancient tree was waiting for. Hearing this, he was overjoyed: "Just give me your instructions, young venerable. I will definitely help you with all my heart."
"There is a senior in the Xuanhuang Realm with unfathomable strength. He carries a stone slab on his back... Do you know about him?" Ou Shangtian asked, looking at the ancient tree of the earth vein.
The ancient tree's expression suddenly changed, and its previous hospitality disappeared in an instant.
He stared at Ou Shangtian in disbelief, and after a while he asked tentatively: "Young Master, is the Holy Dynasty going to take action against Senior Shiban?"
"Excuse me for being blunt, but the stone slab is truly in the realm of immortality, and has been enlightened for many years..."
Ou Shangtian waved his hand impatiently: "Of course I know the strength of that stone slab. The realm of immortality!"
"Compared to Master, it's nothing!"
"Don't worry, I'm just responsible for luring it to a specific location."
After hearing what Ou Shangtian said, the ancient tree breathed a sigh of relief.
Since the mysterious Faceless Saint Emperor was able to subdue my father, I think he should have no problem dealing with this stone slab.
The ancient tree cheered up: "Little Venerable, may I ask how you can cooperate with me?"
Ou Shangtian explained the detailed plan, and Gu Shu nodded after thinking about it, indicating that it would not be a big problem.
"There is no time to lose. After I meet the Master, I will leave immediately."
The ancient tree said: "My true body is still in Xuanhuang. As long as the young master summons me, I can appear at any time."
Ou Shangtian hurried into the Holy Throne.
When he walked out, the anxiety on his face had disappeared without a trace.
"I have the Kun Gan bone hand, and the seven-color jade gilded body protection, and this time I got a treasure from my master. I have also been learning the formation for such a long time..."
"We just need to lead it to the fishing pond and the mission will be accomplished. It shouldn't be a problem."
"But isn't the fishing pond a treasure of our Holy Dynasty? Why did Master ask me to lead the enemy there? Aren't you afraid of any accidents?"
Ou Shangtian couldn't figure it out no matter how hard he tried.
But in the end, he was too lazy to care about all that, and left the Daqi small world, heading straight for the Jiushan Prefecture of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance.
With the help of the surging earth veins, they arrived at Jiushan Prefecture in just a cup of tea.
Ou Shangtian tried it and found that the laws of space here were indeed somewhat chaotic and fragile.
If you rashly use the teleportation technique, you may very likely tear the space apart, be sucked into the spatial turbulence, and disappear without a trace.
“But flying is no problem. These nine mountains can be difficult for ordinary cultivators, but not for me who has the seven-colored divine light.”
As Ou Shangtian thought about this, the colorful jade light formed a protective circle outside his body under his deliberate manipulation. Like the sun in the sky, it continuously radiated its own rhythm.
With a slight movement of his mind, a set of armor that also radiated colorful luster suddenly appeared on Ou Shangtian's body.
The master's words rang in Ou Shangtian's ears at the same time: "This item is called [Flowing Light Armor], and it is made from Nine Heavens Thunderbolt and Morning Breath Neon. After wearing it, the flying speed can be comparable to lightning. It can also ignore most attack methods..."
Ou Shangtian tried it.
Looking at the top of the mountain ahead from afar, in a trance, he arrived at the top of the mountain the next moment.
“So fast!?” Ou Shangtian, the instigator, was also shocked.
With the dual blessing of the Flowing Light Armor and the Seven-Colored Jade Void Glaze, his speed has reached an incredible level.
Even though he was so ostentatious, with colorful light emanating from his entire body as he flew in the sky, his speed was so fast that no cultivator in the entire Jiushan Province could notice him.
Even the Hedao garrison of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance is the same.
Ou Shangtian was a little cautious at first, but after he was sure that no one could detect him, he gradually relaxed.
There is even a sense of pleasure in doing whatever one wants.
"It feels so good! It really feels so good!"
In the huge Jiushan Province, he had already flown back and forth several times in just a breath. The feeling of speeding made Ou Shangtian a little intoxicated.
At the same time, I couldn't help but feel confused: "Can I lure the stone slab out by flying non-stop like this?"
"Is it really that mysterious? I was so fast, could he not find me?"
"Do you want me to slow down a bit and try?"
Just when Ou Shangtian's mind was a little distracted, an inexplicable sense of crisis suddenly arose in his heart.
A scene suddenly emerged in my mind.
The sky and the earth suddenly darkened.
As if there was some invisible restraint, no matter how he flew, he could not escape the area shrouded in darkness.
In despair, his body could only slowly slide towards the center of darkness.
…
"!"
Ou Shangtian was shocked.
He knew that this was a spontaneous warning from the Book of Ten Thousand Deaths, another magical item that accompanied him besides the Kun Gan Bone Hand.
"What the hell? Slate?"
The foreseen scene made Ou Shangtian's hair stand on end. He made a prompt decision and detonated a formation crown that he had prepared for a long time.
In an instant, countless formations were set up, protecting Ou Shangtian in the center.
The illusion of the Book of Ten Thousand Deaths slowly dissipated.
However, Ou Shangtian's sense of crisis did not subside because of this, because as the one who set up the formation, he could feel very clearly that the hundreds of thousands of formations he had personally arranged around him were disappearing rapidly at an incredible speed.
But from beginning to end, he did not see the person who broke the formation. It was as if something was swallowing him silently.
The fear in his heart became more and more intense. While the protective formation was still effective, Ou Shangtian threw several formation crowns around.
As the layers of formations were unfolded one after another, a shadow slowly emerged.
Ou Shangtian didn't dare to look at it any longer.
"Earth veins!"
With a secret shout in his heart, Ou Shangtian rushed straight into the ground from the sky.
It disappeared in an instant.
However, the thousands of formations he left behind were strangely compressed into entities like book pages, and all slowly floated in front of the figure that suddenly appeared.
The figure gradually revealed its true appearance, a scholar, and the stone slab behind him was very conspicuous.
Every time he took a page and finished reading it, the page disappeared from his hand, glowing with light, and then seemed to be imprinted on the stone tablet.
The scholar was not in a hurry to chase after the fleeing Ou Shangtian, but slowly read all the pages of the book in his hand.
The originally calm face gradually frowned.
"Xuanhuang Realm, when did the formation develop to this point?"
"That light of the world..."
"Could it be an outsider?"
All the pages of the book in his hand disappeared, and the scholar looked towards the location where Ou Shangtian was located.
"What a fast speed. There is even an ancient earth vein tree to help..."
The scholar sorted out the recent records on the stone slab.
No relevant records were found.
"With more and more foreign states coming in, the slate that claims to know everything is no longer worthy of its name."
"Wuyou, you are right. Nothing is ever permanent. This also applies to immortals and the power that we immortals are so proud of."
Although this matter clearly revealed an air of conspiracy, as if it was intended to lure him over.
But there was no fear in Shiban's heart.
Instead, more curiosity.
He took a step forward and the next moment he arrived at the place where Ou Shangtian was before.
However, Ou Shangtian seemed to be well prepared and had already taken a step ahead and drilled into the earth veins.
The earth veins roared and flowed, and even on the stone slabs it was difficult to find the figure of an ant.
However, Shiban was not in a hurry, knowing that the other party would definitely appear again, so he just stayed where he was and waited.
"Interesting. It seems the person behind this knows a little about me."
Instead of being annoyed by being teased, a faint smile appeared on his slate face.
In this way, the stone slab was attracted little by little to a quiet Taoist temple in the mountains.
Ou Shangtian no longer fled, but stood respectfully behind a tall figure.
Shiban's gaze also shifted from Ou Shangtian to this figure.
After observing for a moment, the smile on Shiban's mouth finally disappeared.
Then a trace of confusion and solemnity emerged.
The person in front of him gave him a feeling of familiarity and a warning of danger.
"I can't feel the aura of unity of body and Tao. Is it not the state of immortality? Or, like me, the ancient method of immortality?" Shiban speculated secretly.
"Aren't you tired of standing like this? Come in and sit down." After a moment of confrontation between the two sides, Li Ping took the initiative to speak.
Just one sentence broke the tense atmosphere.
It didn't feel like enemies meeting, but rather like good friends who hadn't seen each other for years, greeting each other in a familiar manner.
Shiban suddenly felt a little strange.
But he still said softly: "Okay."
Follow Li Ping and enter the Taoist temple below.
After passing through the Taoist temple, Li Ping did not stop, but continued to walk to a pond behind the temple.
"Fellow Daoist, how long have you been carrying this stone slab on your back?" Li Ping asked.
The slate was slightly startled, but then did not hide it and replied, "Thirty-six thousand nine hundred and forty-two years."
"Thirty-six thousand nine hundred and forty-two years." Li Ping repeated the number.
"It sounds like a long time. But it's only been more than 30,000 years. Compared with the lifespan of the Xuanhuang Realm, it's insignificant. Not to mention the starry sea outside the Xuanhuang Realm." Li Ping sighed.
The stone slab also echoed: "Yes, thirty thousand years passed in the blink of an eye. For the world itself, it may not be worth mentioning. But for an ordinary person like me, it is really a long time."
"Ordinary people..." Ou Shangtian couldn't help but muttered softly at this time.
Li Ping smiled and said, "Shangtian, don't be rude. This senior is right. He is indeed just an ordinary person."
Ou Shangtian did not dare to disobey the Holy Emperor, and quickly bowed to the stone slab to apologize.
Shiban didn't bother with him at all, but stared straight at Li Ping: "You...seem to know me very well?"
Li Ping didn't admit it: "It's just that I feel the same way."
"I am just an ordinary person, but I have undertaken a destined mission."
After hearing this, Ou Shangtian lowered his head even lower, fearing that he would reveal the slightest sign of abnormality.
Shiban seemed to be thinking about something and kept looking at Li Ping.
That tall figure is different from that of a monk in the ordinary sense.
The several auras entwined and attached to his body were also extremely mysterious, which made Shiban dare not underestimate it.
"Fellow Daoist, why did you bring me here? Could it be that it is just for a brief chat?" Finally, it was Shiban who asked, interrupting the witticism between the two.
"I am here to help my fellow Taoists get rid of their sufferings." Li Ping said in a deep voice.
These straightforward words made Ou Shangtian raise his head, with a hint of excitement in his eyes.
Slate narrowed his eyes and became alert.
"It seems that you have misunderstood me. I really want to help you get rid of it." There was a hint of disappointment in Li Ping's tone.
The Faceless Saint Emperor pointed towards the surroundings.
"Could it be that you, Daoist friend, didn't notice anything wrong here?"
After hearing this, Shiban's attention shifted from the Faceless Saint Emperor to his left and right.
Looking around, his eyes finally fell on the calm little pond.
(End of this chapter)
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