Time flew by. In just a blink of an eye, half a year had passed.
Close to the coastline on the Flood Sect’s Howling Wind Island.
The disciples from the Flood Sect that numbered almost 100,000 filled the island.
At this moment, in a huge flying chariot hovering in the sky above the island.
Ji Hong, the emperor of Great Qing, grabbed Zhu Honggong’s hand as he asked, “My good brother, I wonder when you’ll return from your trip?”
The Disciples of the Hong sect numbered nearly 100,000 and filled the entire island.
Zhu Hong Gong withdrew his hands and said, “I’m just going out to play. I can come back at any time.”
“Brother, please don’t forget to come back. I will keep the position of the Divine Lord for you…”
“Alright. Thank you for all these years,” Zhu Honggong said.
“It’s nothing. Also… If you have any thoughts about my four royal sisters, I…”
At this point, Lu Li began to cough.
Ji Hong stopped speaking, embarrassed.
Zhu Hong spread his arms and said helplessly, “Your Majesty, I appreciate your kindness…”
“I’ll follow you for 1,000 miles to see you off. Please take care,” Ji Hong said solemnly.
Zhu Honggong’s attitude turned serious as he cupped his hands together at Ji Hong and said, “Take care.”
At this time, Xu Wanqing and Tao Jing flew up into the sky. They could still vividly remember the first time Zhu Honggong came to the Howling Wind Island.
Tao Jing said, “You kept your promise to make the Flood Sect the number one sect within five years. However, now that you’re leaving, what will the sect do in the future?”
“You’ll become the Sect Master in the future,” Zhu Hong Gong said.
“Okay, stop talking nonsense. Let’s go,” Lu Li said decisively.
Zhu Honggong flew up higher into the sky.
When Dang Kang rose into the air, its body was glowing faintly.
When Dang Kang paused for a moment, Zhu Honggong turned to look back. Everything in front of his eyes belonged to the past now. His heart moved slightly, and he said sincerely in a clear voice, “Wait for me to come back!”
More than 100,000 disciples of the Flood Sect kneeled in unison.
“Farewell, Patriarch!”
Humans were unfeeling immortals who were heartless, after all.
Zhu Honggong saw Lu Li’s expressionless face and could not help but ask, “Aren’t you touched at all?”
“The fewer ties you have, the more carefree you will be. You don’t understand this yet…”
Zhu Honggong only sighed in response.
Subsequently, the duo flew toward the Endless Ocean. It did not take long before they vanished from sight.
…
When they arrived at the coastline of the Endless Ocean, Zhu Honggong asked, “What if we lose our way and end up in the green lotus domain?”
“We won’t lose our way,” Lu Li said, “The Black Tower Council takes inventory of its members every once in a while. Since my life stone didn’t shatter, they’ll leave marks of the Black Tower Council to lead me back. Moreover, there’s no green lotus domain now…”
“How can you be so sure? You didn’t know about the yellow lotus domain either when we first arrived,” Zhu Honggong said.
“Deep in the Unknown Land is the green lotus domain. It’s an incredibly powerful domain. 30,000 years ago, there was a chaotic war between humans and beasts. There were also wars between the humans. Many people were killed or injured; the people were starving and homeless. At that time, Daoist Master Lu appeared out of nowhere and suppressed the black lotus domain; he ended the war that the black lotus domain could not extricate itself from for almost 1,000 years. After that, the green lotus domain moved to the Unknown Land and severed all contact with the outside world…” Lu Li said.
“Why is everyone’s surname Lu? One is Pavilion Master Lu, and Daoist Master Lu sounds really… exaggerated,” Zhu Honggong said with a straight face.
Lu Li’s expression turned solemn as he said, ”
“The ancestor of the Lu clan isn’t exaggerated. When we return to the black lotus domain, you’ll naturally understand how great the Lu clan is…”
“Fine, fine, fine, you can say whatever you want and I won’t be any wiser. Keep your mouth shut.” Zhu Honggong could not be bothered to bicker with Lu Li again.
At this time, Dang Kang began to grunt.
They had deliberately chosen a sunny day to set off. The sea was much calmer than usual, and the wind and the waves were not strong or big.
Lu Li said, “When there are no big waves in the Endless Ocean, it’s relatively safe. It doesn’t mean that it’s absolutely safe. You still be on guard during the journey. Don’t be loud. If we run into a sea king beast like last time, no one will be able to save us…”
“Don’t worry. I’ll save us.” Zhu Honggong’s confidence was greatly boosted after he defeated Wang Chao.
Lu Li ignored Zhu Honggong and flew to Dang Kang’s back.
Currently, it was not a problem for Dang Kang to carry four or five people on its back.
“Let’s speed up.” Zhu Hong patted Dang Kang.
Dang Kang snorted in acknowledgment before it shot off into the clouds like a shooting star and vanished from sight.
…
Deep in the red lotus domain’s Sky Wheel Rift Valley.
In the scorching hot gourd-shaped cave.
After half a year of roasting in the cave, there was not much left of Lu Zhou’s clothes. His upper body, which was much more muscular than before, was completely exposed now. At this time, his entire body was drenched in sweat.
Lu Zhou did not expect his Birth Palace still was not completed after half a year. It was only 90% complete and would take some time before it was completed.
Over the past half a year, other than stopping to quench his thirst, he only went out once. The rest of the time was spent roasting in this place, tempering his body.
Comprehending the Heavenly Writing had also become a daily activity.
Occasionally, when he had nothing to do, he would use the Heavenly Writing’s power of sight to check in on his disciples.
However, over the past few days, he could feel the soothing sensation from the Heavenly Writing was no longer as effective against the heat. With each passing day, he grew more and more uncomfortable like his entire being was being slowly roasted.
“Passing the Birth Trial is even more difficult than activating the sixth Birth Chart…” Lu Zhou found it hard to imagine how those who had possessed twelve or thirteen Birth Charts managed to pass their Birth Trials.
Lu Zhou looked at his Birth Palace.
The changes had increased slightly. At this moment, the 36 triangles shone distinctly and grew to cover half of the Birth Palace.
He closed his eyes and continued to endure the high temperature. He was in such excruciating pain that he almost wished he was dead. Even his bone marrows felt as though they were on fire.
…
In just a blink of an eye, another three days had passed.
Lu Zhou was awakened by a sizzling sound. He opened his eyes, thinking it was the lava, when he saw his Birth Palace was on fire!
In the blink of an eye, another three days passed.
“Not good.”
Lu Zhou clapped his hands together.
A palm seal as wide as his Birth Palace fell on his Birth Palace.
Bang!
Lu Zhou was assaulted by intense pain. What he did was equivalent to hitting himself, but he was left with no other choice. He had to use the palm seal to extinguish the fire on his Birth Palace.
“Is it blocked again?” Lu Zhou vaguely sensed something was amiss, but he could figure out what was wrong. The uncomfortable sensation in his Dantian’s sea of Qi appeared again.
This had been a problem since he regained his youth. As his cultivation base rose, the problem began even more obvious.
Under normal circumstances, the lotuses were resistant to fire. Let alone mortal fire, they were even impervious to karmic fire. An environment such as this only tested one’s tenacity for a long time, but it would not burn one’s lotus. However, when the vitality energy stagnated, lotuses would lose their protection accordingly. Therefore, when Lu Zhou’s Dantian’s sea of Qi was blocked for a moment, it was not surprising that his lotus caught fire. After all, the heat here was not inferior to the karmic fire’s.
“The price of youth?” Lu Zhou recalled the mission from before. He called up the system interface and looked at the mission.
“Second avatar: collecting all the blue crystals (4/9).”
‘The Second Avatar should be the key to solving this problem…”
Following that, Lu Zhou recited the Heavenly Writing’s power of sight to check in on Mingshi Yin.
Zzz! Zzz! Zzz!
Woof! Woof! Woof!
When Lu Zhou saw Mingshi Yin was fast asleep, he could not help but curse, “Bast*rd!”
Mingshi Yin was fast asleep.
Lu Zhou immediately recited the heavenly book and looked at Ming Shiyin’s situation.
With that, his supreme mystic power surged out…
