As a Divine Spirit, Gu Mingyue could even more acutely sense the filth and ominous aura in the dark, but in such a situation, did he dare to claim he knew nothing?
If he had a way to break through that blood-red aura, then it wouldn’t be a big deal; it would just be a small matter, and he could naturally talk about it. But the moment he saw the lotus pattern on the carp, the blood lotus on the carp’s scales had materialized, seemingly transforming into mysterious runes. The countless runes interconnected on the scales, forming an Order Chain. The chain then composed a complex grand formation, and before this chain of rune order, he didn’t even have the chance to decipher it, let alone break such a means?
Gu Mingyue felt quite helpless and had a premonition in his heart: "This is big trouble! Something major is going to happen!"
However, he didn’t dare to explain the real situation to Prince Pingbian and could only feign ease, saying: "Don’t worry, Your Highness. This is an anomaly reflected from the evolution of the Old Prince’s bloodline, which isn’t a bad thing. The anomaly appearing on this carp actually shows that the Old Prince’s Dragon Transformation was quite successful and is not far from completion."
After saying this, he secretly prayed in his heart: "Oh dear Heaven, please, when Prince Pingbian undergoes the Walking Flood Dragon transformation, let nothing go wrong, let it not be affected, I beg you."
Now he could only hope in his heart that these blood lotus flowers had no impact on Zhang Shicheng’s Walking Flood Dragon transformation. Even if Zhang Shicheng transformed into an Evil Dragon, he would accept it, as it was better than a failed Dragon Transformation.
Zhang Shicheng’s Walking Flood Dragon transformation was a critically important part of his grand plans. If Zhang Shicheng succeeded in this transformation, he would have the power to contend with the Great Virtuous Master and also hold influence over the court. By then, with Zhang Shicheng’s protection, splitting from the Yellow Heaven Dao would be a natural course.
"With this, I am relieved. I thought there was some major issue with the ancestor’s Walking Flood Dragon transformation, it scared me so much that my heart jumped, turns out it was just a false alarm," said Prince Pingbian.
Gu Mingyue heard this and gave a dry laugh; could he not know whether it was a false alarm?
Inside Huangli Temple, Zhang Chen dismissed Xie Lingyun and began contemplating the Mountain-moving Technique. Time flew by quickly, and another ten days passed. Suddenly, the Golden Finger Interface before Zhang Chen flickered, revealing a new entry:
[12 Skills (Uninitiated Level): Mountain-moving Technique (0/50000000)]
[Note 1: Requires one Curious Stone.]
"Finally grinding out the interface?" Zhang Chen looked at the Golden Finger Interface, overjoyed beyond measure. He had been painstakingly comprehending the Mountain-moving Technique, and now he finally caught a glimpse of a pathway.
"But the points needed for upgrading are somewhat exaggerated. It’s just the beginning, yet it requires fifty million points?" Zhang Chen looked a bit dumbfounded, even somewhat incredulous.
What kind of skill is this? Not even at the entry level, yet it needs fifty million points to start?
However, considering the Mountain-moving Technique only has four stages: Initial Entry - Minor Achievement - Great Success - Perfection, and the Initial Entry alone requires fifty million points... that’s quite exaggerated!
Do they think fifty million points are as common as cabbages?
Even if he accumulated two million points every day, it would still take him twenty-five days of painstaking effort!
And fifty million points would be enough to upgrade how many of his skills?
And this is just the entry-level, requiring a vast amount of points later on; this is definitely a bottomless pit.
Zhang Chen considered whether to continue grinding, continuing to allocate all points to the Mountain-moving Technique, knowing that fifty million points would be enough to upgrade many skills to the Perfection stage.
However, after contemplating his Golden Finger Interface at length, Zhang Chen still chose to continue allocating points for three reasons: First, it was a prerequisite for the Nine Revolutions Profound Skill. Second, this Divine Technique could hammer and temper his physical body. Third, this Divine Technique was currently Zhang Chen’s only offensive Divine Technique.
Despite having acquired many skills, Zhang Chen indeed had no offensive Divine Technique; right now, the Mountain-moving Technique was the only offensive and deadly Technique he had obtained.
Zhang Chen couldn’t help but complain; it’s like he had bad luck, having so many skills yet no offensive Divine Technique, what could he say?
This was the only offensive skill he had acquired, and it must be upgraded!
No matter how high the level of auxiliary Divine Techniques, even if upgraded to the ’fruit’ level, what would be the use?
If an enemy comes and you can’t kill them, wouldn’t that be a useless Divine Technique?
Most importantly, he now had a chance for his physical body to enter the Spiritual World, where he could obtain the legendary Curious Stone from Buzhou Mountain, possibly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, how could Zhang Chen give it up?
If he missed this opportunity and regretted it later, it would probably be too late.
"So I need to crunch points quickly," Zhang Chen thought to himself, transforming into a stream of water, stealthily slipping underground, returning to the passage he dug previously. He noticed the collapsed walls of the secret chamber had been restored, and those walls were once again enveloped densely by Divine Power.
To prevent others from piercing through the stone walls again, the people of Yellow Heaven Dao had even increased the output of Divine Power. The Divine Power on the walls was three to five times denser than before, causing the delighted Zhang Chen to keep rubbing his hands: "Good things! This is good news for me! With the Divine Power on the walls so dense, if I go to absorb the Divine Power, it’s less likely to be noticed, the cultivators of Yellow Heaven Dao are truly good people."