Chapter 1424: Princess Mulberry (2)
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The tail of Princess Mulberry’s dress was very long. It glittered as it fluttered in the air. She was as silent as a statue as she leaped down.
At this ti, Lu Zhou felt as though ti was flowing faster than ever. Three seconds passed in just a blink of an eye; the last grain of blue sand was about to hit the bottom.
Princess Mulberry looked around as her nose twitched slightly.
Swoosh!
After a mont, she leaped onto the white crane’s back and said icily, “Let’s go.”
Swoosh!
In just a blink of an eye, the white crane carried Princess Mulberry away into the distance.
“...”
Although it was just eight seconds altogether, ti seed to pass quickly and slowly at the sa ti.
Buzz!
The Hourglass of Ti returned to its original state, and Lu Zhou cut off the power of concealnt.
To the people of the Evil Sky Pavilion, they did not experience the excruciating ti earlier. They looked at the black fog in the sky in confusion. The white cranes had all disappeared.
“Where are the white cranes?” Zhu Honggong asked curiously.
Kong Wen was puzzled. “Huh? This is really strange. How could they just disappear?”
After putting away the Hourglass of Ti, Lu Zhou returned to his original position and activated the Purple Glazed Ceramic to recover his divine power.
Kong Wen said, “This is Princess Mulberry’s entourage. It doesn’t make sense, it really doesn’t make sense.”
Zhu Honggong rolled his eyes and said, “I’ve overestimated you.”
“I guess I was mistaken,” Kong Wen said.
Only Lu Zhou alone knew Kong Wen was not mistaken. He looked at the northern sky and whispered to himself, “Perhaps, it’s not a bad idea to avoid danger.”
No one knew that those eight seconds were Lu Zhou’s limit. Even Chen Fu would not be able to easily maintain the freezing effect for eight seconds. Lu Zhou had only managed to achieve this after using the sacred relic, the Hourglass of Ti, and depleting more than half of his divine power.
Lu Zhou sighed. It was really difficult to control ti. He wondered if there was truly no one in the world who could reverse ti.
At this ti, Zhu Honggong said, “Was I hallucinating?”
“You’re not. Perhaps, master beat them up,” Yu Zhenghai said, patting Zhu Honggong’s shoulder.
“...”
Then, Yu Zhenghai turned around said, “Alright. Rest here and cultivate! It’s ti to increase your strength. We have so many life hearts here. How can you still have ti to talk?”
With Yu Zhenghai showing his might as the first disciple of the Evil Sky Pavilion, no one dared to continue their discussion anymore. They scattered and found their own places to cultivate and attempt to break through.
After all, during this period of ti, the mbers of Evil Sky Pavilion had improved their cultivation trendously due to the effects of the Pillar of Impermanence.
At this ti, Qin Naihe ca to Lu Zhou’s side and asked in a low voice, “Pavilion Master, I keep feeling like sothing isn’t right. It’s like I missed sothing.”
Lu Zhou glanced at Qin Naihe and asked, “You felt it?”
Qin Naihe nodded. “It feels like sothing is missing.”
When ti was frozen by the Hourglass of Ti, only those who had comprehended the power of the Dao could sense it, and perhaps, they could offset the effect slightly. For example, the Hourglass of Ti could freeze ti for eight seconds. For ordinary Venerable Masters who had comprehended the power of the Dao, they could offset the effect by a second, which ant that they would be frozen for seven seconds instead of eight seconds.
In other words, Qin Naihe was already beginning to comprehend the power of the Dao.
Lu Zhou asked, “You’ve activated your 18th Birth Chart?”
Qin Naihe smiled and said, “Yes. Thanks to the blue crystal with the Great Void energy that you gave , the process of activating the 18th Birth Chart was very smooth. Moreover, it even opened up the next region in my Birth Palace.”
Lu Zhou nodded and said, “Very good. The Evil Sky Pavilion will have another Venerable Master.”
Although Lu Zhou’s voice was not loud, everyone heard him. They looked at Qin Naihe in shock.
“Venerable Master?”
Kong Wen stepped forward and said, “Congratulations, Brother Qin!”
The others congratulated Qin Naihe as well.
After all, everyone knew it was not easy to beco a Venerable Master. Take the green lotus domain for example, after so long, they only had four Venerable Masters. Every ti there was trouble, the four of them would have to step forward. Now that Tuoba Sicheng and Ye Zheng were gone, there was now Qin Naihe. Perhaps, this was heaven’s will.
“Thank you for your kind words. I’m only able to reach this stage because of the Pavilion Master’s care. If you need my help in the future, please don’t hesitate to speak to ,” Qin Naihe said modestly with a smile on his face.
“Hmm? You’re not putting on airs at all?” Mingshi Yin asked after he flew to Qin Naihe’s side.
“Mr. Fourth, don’t joke. I’m not that kind of person,” Qin Naihe said.
Everyone nodded, filled with praise. With the appearance of a new Venerable Master in the Evil Sky Pavilion, they were also greatly motivated to work harder. With this, they did not waste ti and hurriedly returned to cultivate.
…
The next morning.
Since Lu Zhou had recovered his divine power, he continued to lead the others and flew toward Ji Ming.
The journey was smooth sailing.
Apart from divine beasts, the other fierce beasts were no match for the Evil Sky Pavilion at all.
With weapons of mass destruction like Yu Zhenghai and Yu Shangrong, most of the ti, they would easily sweep up the fierce beasts.
The more powerful fierce beasts could be dealt with by Qin Naihe.
Most importantly, they had Lu Zhou, the Great Venerable Master, who could deal with the powerful fierce beasts with just one palm seal.
Just like that, the people of the Evil Sky Pavilion spent each day in a boring and repetitive manner.
As they traveled, they would kill fierce beasts, harvest their life hearts and the cultivation treasures they encountered.
When they stopped to rest, they would cultivate diligently under the effect of Lu Zhou’s Pillar of Impermanence.
…
In just a blink of an eye, they had spent two months in such a way.
They were not too far away from Ji Ming now.
At this ti, Yan Zhenluo seriously reported their harvest.
“Over the past two months, we’ve obtained about 25 beast kings’ life hearts, 65 high-grade life hearts, 156 mid-grade life hearts, 3 mystic microstones, 5 stalks of mystic life grass…”
Yan Zhenluo did not bother reporting the number of low-grade life hearts. With the current strength of the Evil Sky Pavilion, everyone could easily find low-grade life hearts.
Lu Zhou nodded. “Distribute them accordingly to those who need them.”
During the past two months, the cultivation of the people of the Evil Sky Pavilion had increased slightly. As long as they continued on this path and traveled to the other Pillars of Destruction, their cultivation would only continue to improve
“Understood.”
Over the past two months, Lu Zhou had used another beast king’s life heart to activate his 20th Birth Chart. The process was rather smooth, and with the Pillar of Impermanence, the difficulty was not high.
At this ti, he was thinking about his blue avatar’s eighth leaf.
‘Is the blue avatar’s limit eight leaves as well?’ Perhaps, it was due to the shadow left over from the eight-leaf limit in the golden lotus domain, he could not help but wonder if his blue avatar would be restricted as well.
At this mont, Kong Wen and his brothers flew over from afar and landed in front of Lu Zhou.
Kong Wen said, “Pavilion Master, the Pillar of Destruction is about thirty miles to the north. This is a crude map that I’ve drawn.”
Then, Kong Wen laid the map on the ground.
Everyone gathered around him imdiately.
After taking a look, Yan Zhenluo asked, “Is that a ring-shaped lake?”
“There are many lakes near the Pillar of Destruction. So are big, and so are small, but this ring-shaped lake is rather special. It covers an area of 3,000 feet, and a huge mulberry tree stands in the middle of the lake. That should be where Princess Mulberry lives. I suggest we take a detour to avoid the ring-shaped lake during our journey to Ji Ming.”
Everyone nodded.
Lu Zhou recalled Princess Mulberry with her long dress and white crane before he asked, “Is Princess Mulberry human or a zombie?”
“Based on ancient books and word of mouth, she’s a zombie. However, not many people have seen her before,” Kong Wen said.
At this mont, Little Yuan’er said in a small voice, “Master, I think we should take a detour…”
Lu Zhou turned to look at Little Yuan’er before he said, “Alright, let’s take a detour then.”
With that, Lu Zhou leaped onto Whitzard’s back and flew north.
The others got on their mounts and followed suit.
With their strength and mounts, it would not take long for them to cover a distance of thirty miles.
…
On a cliff.
Lu Zhou sat on Whitzard’s back as he looked at the Pillar of Destruction that towered into the dense fog.
Yu Zhenghai and Yu Shangrong stood at each of Lu Zhou’s sides and looked at the Pillar of Destruction as well.
“We’ve finally arrived at Ji Ming,” Kong Wen said, “It’s slightly brighter here since Ji Ming represents dawn. It’s also the place closest to the Red Line.”
“Where’s the ring-shaped lake?”
“We went around the lake previously. It’s about 30 miles to the west,” Kong Wen replied.
“30 miles…” Lu Zhou thought the ring-shaped lake was too close. After all, that girl’s cultivation base was not low. With only 30 miles between them, if there was a battle here, it would definitely attract her attention.
He could not understand. Her appearance and movent did not like that of a zombie at all. Moreover, she clearly had a will of her own. If she was not a zombie, it would be easy to suppress her with a Deadly Strike Card.
After a while, Lu Zhou said, “Lead the way.”
Kong Wen nodded before he and his brothers flew out in succession.
Since Kong Wen and his brothers joined the Evil Sky Pavilion, they had worked very hard and did their best at everything. Moreover, they did not complain no matter the task given to them. Everyone in the Evil Sky Pavilion acknowledged this so they were also given the corresponding respect. This was sothing they could not even imagine when they were solitary cultivators in the green lotus domain. Now, when they worked, they were no longer driven by profit alone.
Kong Wen tossed out a large number of tracking seals as he flew.
At this ti, Lu Zhou turned to the side and looked at the towering ancient tree in the distance before he called out, “Hua Wudao, Hua Yuexing.”
“Your orders, Pavilion Master?”
“Both of you take to a higher altitude. If there are any strange movents from the fierce beasts, kill them without rcy. Nonetheless, rember that your survival takes precedent over the mission.”
“Understood!”
The duo cooperated very well; one would focus on offense while the other focused on defense. Hence, Lu Zhou did not think they would encounter a big problem
“Zhao Hongfu.”
“Yes, Pavilion Master,” Zhao Hongfu replied as she stepped forward.
“Build a runic passage in a hidden area. Can you complete it in three days?” Lu Zhou asked.
Zhao Hongfu smiled. “I can build a small one in two days, but I’d need a month for a large one.”
“A small one will do.”
“Understood,” Zhao Hongfu said confidently.
Lu Zhou nodded before he said, “The Left and Right Envoys, the three Guardians, and the four elders will be in charge of protecting Zhao Hongfu.”
“Yes, Pavilion Master!”
Lu Zhou began firing out instructions again after that.?“Yu Zhenghai, Yu Shangrong, and Qin Naihe. The three of you have the highest cultivation base now so you will act as Free n for the ti being.”
The trio nodded.
Lu Zhou swept his gaze across the remaining people and said, “As for the rest of you, stay here with Lu Wu and Cheng Huang. Wait for my orders.”
“Yes.”
With Lu Wu and Cheng Huang, this group of people were the safest.
Lu Zhou leaped on Whitzard’s back and said before flying away, “I’ll go and investigate first.”
Swoosh!
Lu Zhou and Whitzard disappeared into the horizon in just a blink of an eye.
Everyone rubbed their eyes.
Zhu Honggong asked in confusion, “When did Whitzard beco so fast?”
“It is rather fast now.”
Zhu Honggong grabbed Dang Kang’s ear and said, “Why aren’t you so fast?”
Dang Kang snorted before it lay on the ground, pretending to be dead.
Yu Zhenghai patted Bi An and said, “Bi An doesn’t specialize in speed.”
Yu Shangrong added, “It’s the sa for Ji Liang.”
Little Yuan’er looked around before she said, “My little Fire Phoenix can’t fly yet so I won’t compare with you old people.”
“...”
Lu Wu, Cheng Huang, Ying Zhao, and Di Jiang turned to look at Yuan’er.
‘Little ancestor, what’s the aning of bringing up your divine beast? Isn’t this an overkill?’
Then, Di Jiang cried out twice. After all, in terms of speed, if it claid second place, no one would dare to claim the first place.
On the other hand, Ying Zhao looked at the Pillar of Destruction uneasily.
Zhao Yue, who had been traveling with Ying Zhao, could sense Ying Zhao’s uneasiness. Hence, she asked, “Tenth Junior Sister, what’s wrong with it?”
Ying Zhao raised its head and made a few strings of noises.
After that, Conch said, “Ying Zhao ca from the core area of the Unknown Land. Although this is just the outer area, it said that the pressure and dangerous aura of this place are similar to those at the core area. That’s why it feels uneasy.”
“Don’t worry. With the Pavilion Master around, everything will be fine.”
Everyone nodded.
…
At the sa ti.
Lu Zhou and Whitzard passed through a forest. In order to avoid falling into formation traps, he brought the Golden Taixu Mirror and shone it forward.
“Whitzard, raise the altitude.”
Whitzard obeyed imdiately.
When they were about 100 ters in the air, the range of the Golden Taixu Mirror widened. It revealed the true forms of everything it shone on.
One after another, traps were exposed.
“As expected, there are formation traps.”
Lu Zhou and Whitzard avoided the traps and flew through a jagged stone peak before Lu Zhou called out, “Stop.”
Lu Zhou observed the formations again. If it were left by Saints or people from the Great Void, they should not be so new.
“Are the other people here?”
Lu Zhou imdiately brought Whitzard to a lower altitude before landing on a huge boulder.
The Pillar of Destruction stood not far away. The roiling black fog was reflected on the pillar, looking like the rippling shadows of waves.
The surroundings were completely silent.
Lu Zhou silently recited the mantra for the power of sll. Soon after, he frowned, “Void Chest tribesn?”
Lu Zhou had slled the familiar pungent and slightly sour stench he had slled back in the ruins of Transient City.
“500 ters ahead,” Lu Zhou said.
Whitzard understood imdiately. It flew out and ca to a stop after crossing 500 ters.
When Lu Zhou looked down from the sky, he saw a huge group of Void Chest tribesn lying silently on the ground like dried loaches. A few of them wore clothes. Most of them were dark and bald.
Lu Zhou wondered inwardly, curious, ‘Why are the Void Chest tribesn here?’
Lu Zhou looked at the Pillar of Destruction before he said in a low voice, “Go around them.”
Lu Zhou did not want to alarm the Void Chest tribesn and decided to go around them to investigate the situation at the Pillar of Destruction.
Whitzard turned around and began to fly around the Void Chest tribesman.
It did not take long before they arrived at the Pillar of Destruction.
The Pillar of Destruction in Ji Ming was basically the sa as the one in Yu Zhong.
Lu Zhou saw a few fierce beasts resting nearby.
‘There should be a beast emperor guarding this place…’
Lu Zhou was not in a hurry to enter the Pillar of Destruction. He wanted to check the surroundings before making plans. Soon after, he saw a ring-shaped lake.
The ring-shaped lake covered an area of 3,000 feet; it was not too big. In fact, in the Unknown Land, it was considered insignificantly small. In the middle of the lake stood a huge mulberry tree in full bloom. Golden spots of light flickered around it, and they were reflected in the lake. The scenery completed the gloomy dark fog quite well. It looked like a scene out of a dark fairytale.
“Princess Mulberry,” Lu Zhou murmured softly to himself.
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