Chapter 255: Veiled Curtain (2)
Translator: Deep_Blue Editor: Kurisu
“I want to know what’s the difference between the power of Divine Weapons, Devil Blades, and you Devils compared to ordinary power?” Lu Sheng asked calmly. “If you can tell , I’ll let you out.”
“HAHAHAHA, lowly ant, how dare you dream of breaking through the limits of the heavenly rivers and earthly ridians! Fool!” the voice bellowed. “A re human like you dreams of grasping the power of the heavenly rivers… you don’t know what you’re talking about!”
“Tell about the difference. Whether or not I can do it is my business. Your choice—will you tell or will you not?” Lu Sheng said quietly.
“Hmph! After pulling out such a long sealing saber, do you think you can still suppress !? You underestimate the power of this king accumulated over ten thousand years. I’m perfectly able to break through the seal with my own strength—”
“Boom!”
Lu Sheng stabbed the saber back into the boulder again.
He had long felt the massive force coming from the saber hilt. But the level of force was within his zone of tolerance. He could handle it even in Yin Extre Mode.
The sealing saber landed back into the boulder heavily, causing a crisp clang.
And then, it was silent.
A mont later, Lu Sheng pulled a stretch of the saber upwards slowly.
“Foolish lowly ant! How dare you make a mockery out of this king! Earlier, this king was simply careless. This ti, I’ll definitely—”
“Boom!”
Lu Sheng stabbed it back decisively.
The resistance seed to have multiplied by a fold. But there was no worry. He had been using his left hand. Worse cos to worst, he would simply just use his right hand as well.
A mont later, he pulled out the saber slowly again.
“…”
This ti, the voice was silent.
An awkward silence…
Lu Sheng broke the silence first.
“So? Have you thought through it?” he asked softly.
“…No harm telling you.”
The voice paused for a while.
“Do you know what your Pri Devil Sect’s Ten Laws and Nine Wills are imitating from us?”
“What?”
“It’s our breathing,” the voice whispered. “This sealing saber wasn’t left behind by the Pri Devil Sect, either. It had been here since way earlier. They rely discovered this saber by accident, then lured here.”
“…Alright.” As Lu Sheng suspected, its level of intelligence was worrying.
Lu Sheng remained placid as he continued asking, “What’s this got to do with the Ten Laws and Nine Wills? All I’m interested in is what’s the difference between the power of Law and ordinary elents?”
“The difference is that they exist on different leagues. They co from different classes and sources. The most fundantal, smallest ingredients that compose them are entirely different,” the voice finally answered honestly.
“Just like how water and ice are fundantally the sa item, yet ice is countless tis harder than water. Unless you have massive volus of water smashing into it at high speed, water will never be a match for ice head-on.
Your Pri Devil Sect put in all your life’s work. But all it has done is to imitate our breathing. This breathing is the source that produces Devil Qi.”
“Then how can I master the power of Law?” Lu Sheng continued asking.
“Simple. You just need enough quantity. Even if you’re a pig, if you can multiply yourself into a thousand pigs, you can trample over a tiger. Aren’t there many remains of the Ten Laws and Nine Wills in the depths of your Pri Devil Sect? Back then, that bunch of liars carved everything into the deepest part of the River of Poisoned Fog and even used so material to prevent the words from fading with ti.”
Lu Sheng was speechless.
“Put simply, under extre concentration, ordinary elents may possibly transform into the power of Law. You’ve got to try that out on your own,” the voice remarked casually. “Alright, is it ti to let out yet? Make good your word?”
“I understand now. Many thanks.” Lu Sheng put the saber back into the boulder, turned around and strode away.
Silence first descended on the ground, followed by an abrupt, violent tremor as if sothing underground was shaking in fury.
Lu Sheng had already co up with a plan. Since his body could not be upgraded, then he would use external materials as substitute. When he had tested it out clearly, then he would try it again on himself.
Returning rapidly to the lake in the River of Poisoned Fog, Lu Sheng recalled how the Devil had ntioned that Pri Devil Sect’s founding ancestors had carved the Ten Laws and Nine Wills in the depths of the river.
‘Teacher Liu Shanzi should be unable to enter the deep parts of the River of Poisoned Fog. That’s why they’ve not been discovered. Those founding ancestors must have decided to leave behind their inheritance in such a lousy environnt out of safety. Well, it so happens that I need to find ntal Energy. Let first take a walk around this place.’
Lu Sheng thought for a mont and left the cave. He began exploring the caves around the lake, progressing towards the deeper parts.
Soon, a joss stick’s duration had passed. After a long walk, Lu Sheng had not discovered any secret chambers or switches.
Lu Sheng then went out to the stone forest and walked several rounds there, searching all the small caves packed densely together. He did, however, find so toys with ntal Energy in them and reaped a harvest of about twenty-odd units of ntal Energy. There was nothing else.
He returned to the lake.
Gazing silently at the lake glistening before him, Lu Sheng frowned. “Could it really be inside?”
After so hesitation, he finally decided to enter the water himself.
The lake was not deep, but there were many pits and caves under it. Perhaps the secret lay here.
Lu Sheng found sothing to stuff his nostrils with, then took a deep dive.
“Splash!”
He burrowed into the cave and raced for the bottom of the lake like a fish.
The entire lake was only seven to eight ters deep. Back when he had sucked the lake of water, he had used Ultimate Crimson Nine Furies Skill as thrusters under his feet to maintain an upright erect position in the water.
But now, he did not want to float. Instead, he wanted to dive.
Soon, Lu Sheng clutched the wall beside the bottom of the lake, found a hole and entered it.
“Ka-ka…”
Eccentrically, the interior of the cave was without moisture at all. It was dry. One by one, the multiple-ard clay won stood on the walls, struggling to break free of their molds and crawled towards Lu Sheng.
So of them only had upper bodies. They could only crawl against the ground and walls with their many arms in an attempt to reach Lu Sheng.
So of them only had half their bodies. Limping and falling, they neared him.
“ROAR!!!”
With a wave, Lu Sheng released the Lion of Rage. The mont this Yin Devil appeared, it roared in rage and pounced at these clay won.
In a jiffy, all the multiple-ard clay won were shattered into yellow soil all over the ground.
They were slow but strong, and carried poison and odor on them. But the Lion of Rage was a Yin Devil which had inherited great strength from Lu Sheng. Add to that the toxic flas all over it, which made it invulnerable to poison and odor, and it countered them perfectly.
Hence, clearing up these clay won took Lu Sheng about as much effort as stepping on an ant did.
Presently, he walked to the innermost wall of the cave without obstruction. The wall was filled with many carvings.
“It was true!”
After dispatching the clay won, the remaining patterns on the wall turned into words. It was ancient Song script.
On it was written: Number Five of the Ten Laws and Nine Wills: Enmity Fire Devil Body.
Below it was a series of cultivation techniques packed densely together, accompanied even by diagrams.
Lu Sheng quickly morized them, intending to ask Teacher Liu Shanzi what Enmity Fire Devil Body did when he got back.
‘Ten Law Devil Bodies represent ten different types of Devil Bodies. Add to that the Nine Wills, and we’ve got a total of nineteen Pri Devil Secret Arts. This Enmity Fire Devil Body…’ Lu Sheng scrutinized the contents.
He discovered that the contents were still based on the Devil Qi from the River of Poisoned Fog.
Soon, he had committed the contents to mory. He left this cave and swam towards other caves.
One by one he passed by many small caves. Soon, he found another cavern. The Lion of Rage charged into it and set it ablaze imdiately. After dispatching all of the clay won, Lu Sheng walked into its innermost part and discovered another one of the Ten Laws of Pri Devil Secret Art.
Closely after that, Lu Sheng found all ten Devil Bodies Secret Arts in the caverns at the bottom of the lake. Of them, two were too badly damaged by erosion. The other eight were kept in perfect condition.
Lu Sheng was overjoyed. After experiencing the power of the Phantom Listening Devil Body, he held his breath in anticipation of the other Devil Bodies.
The Phantom Listening Devil Body gave him near infinite liquefied Qi detonation. This ant that his Yin Yang Integration and liquefied Qi detonation pinnacle state could last forever and be used like normal… instead of having to rush for ti like previously, when he had nothing left after detonating all ten drops and his strength would drop drastically.
Since the Phantom Listening Devil Body was known as the most diocre Devil Body, then what these supposedly stronger Devil Bodies held in promise excited Lu Sheng.
Like with martial arts, Lu Sheng began thinking of accumulating all Devil Bodies on one person—himself.
What heights would he arrive at?
Just a single Phantom Listening Devil Body already put Lu Sheng at the pinnacle of the lower three grades of Snake realm, casting aside his own extraordinarily strong physical body.
If all the other Devil Bodies were added to that…
***
West Infinity Court.
Number one in the Hundred Lineages, historically the strongest sect, equivalent to the Noble Families, extrely powerful and rich… one praise after another, one halo after another continually cloaked West Infinity Court in prestige.
To the many sect disciples who have lost the protection of the Noble Families from which they ca, West Infinity Court was the epito of strength in their minds.
Because of that, West Infinity Court was often compared to the Noble Families by disciples in the Hundred Lineages.
All of them wanted to see if they could develop to their fullest even without the backing of a Noble Family, and whether or not they could match up to the Noble Families.
West Infinity Court was the subject of such high hopes as it continued to lead the entire Hundred Lineages.
Sect Master Zhao Zhi was dressed in jade white robes and crowned with a purple gold headdress. Seated upright in the study, he practiced calligraphy leisurely.
Over fifty years in age, he was reputed as West Infinity Court’s most charismatic sect master as of yet. Since he began holding the reins of the sect, he had constantly been working hard, accumulating strength, managing West Infinity Court till it entered an age of unprecedented strength. Because of that, he was widely loved by many disciples.
Gripping the brush, he slowly completed the character for “complete” (‘完’).
Zhao Zhi dipped his brush in ink and was about to continue when he was suddenly interrupted by the sound of breaking air outside the window. Hurriedly, he lifted his head.
A small, intricate ancient yellow bronze mirror had appeared on his windowsill.
The mont Zhao Zhi’s gaze landed on that mirror, the color of his face changed. Quickly, he walked over, took the bronze mirror and hid it in his sleeve.
He shut the windows swiftly, threw out a ball of silver dust from his hand and waited for a while. Only after that did he take out the bronze mirror once again.
“What is it?” he whispered to the mirror. Astonishingly, he was not using the Song language. Rather, it was a bizarre language.
“It’s about to start… the new wave of Devil Disaster.” The blurry image of a lady slowly erged in the mirror. A voice spoke in the sa language from within, sharp and clear.
Zhao Zhi’s face fell as he asked, “So soon? Didn’t the last one occur just ten years ago?”
“Indeed. Originally, it wasn’t ti yet. But this ti, one of the three gates belonging to Three Sacred Gates that should have been opened was closed. We didn’t expect that soone could resist that temptation and backed out of the tunnel and shut it.
This is a golden, once-in-a-thousand-years opportunity. Absolutely unmissable. With one gate down, it ans a batch of forces that could have resisted us for a long ti is now gone,” the lady replied.
“But in such a hurry?” Zhao Zhi hesitated.
“There’s no hurry. Without the help of the gate, at least a fifth of the resistance is cut. Perhaps this ti we really can take down the Song Dynasty,” the lady said deviously.
Zhao Zhi fell into silence.
“I understand now…”
Devil Disaster. It ant that terrifying power of the league of a Divine Weapon Master was about to be unleashed into the mortal world. As a spy planted in the Hundred Lineages, he had to cooperate and do the preceding work well.
The decline of sects that have been suppressing Devils, such as the Pri Devil Sect, the Cave of Ten Thousand Caverns… etc., was in actual fact his work behind the scenes.
Now, the main forces who had once resisted the Devil Disaster had been reduced to the lower three grades.
Since the other party had notified him, it ant that his place was about to beco the frontline.
According to the established pattern, two Devil Spirits would first descend and build the Gate of Flesh and Blood.
These two Devil Spirits, each of Divine Weapon Master level, were sufficient to massacre the entire Jiang Yu City and its region, including several cities like White Bell City, in order to build the Gate of Flesh and Blood.
Faced with such a sudden assault, not even the Shangyang Family would be able to resist it.
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