Rapidnovel #427 - Goodbye Ascension Pool
#427 - Goodbye Ascension Pool
Chapter 424: Reunited with the Ascension Pool
Zhang Chen didn't even glance at the murals on the wall, instead opening his Dharma Eyes to observe the aura within the tomb.
He then saw that deep within the tomb, a wisp of mysterious aura was being released, flowing out bit by bit along the tomb passage.
“Come with me!” Chen Xu said to Zhang Chen, beckoning him to walk deeper into the tomb.
The tomb floor was paved with a peculiar kind of stone, polished into hexagonal star patterns, creating a sense of spatial distortion.
“Be careful, stay close behind me, and follow in my footsteps.
Do not step on the wrong floor tiles, or there will be big trouble.
The tomb of this Prince Pingbian is filled with countless mechanisms.
Even if we possess mysterious power, if we fall into a trap, I fear we'll only meet a fate of death and obliteration.” Chen Xu walked ahead, cautioning Zhang Chen with a serious tone.
Some mechanisms and traps activate in an instant.
Even with mysterious power, what if there's no chance to activate it before being killed by the mechanism?
Upon hearing this, Zhang Chen cautiously followed behind Chen Xu.
The two of them passed through a long corridor, traveling underground for several hours and covering more than a mile, when suddenly a crack about a meter wide appeared ahead.
The crack was bottomless, filled with auspicious light, as if it contained a world of immortals within.
“Good heavens, the fall of the Ascension Pool actually fractured the earth, tearing open a gap, and the energy of the Ascension Pool transmitted through that crack.
However, due to the suppression of the Feng Shui formation set up by the Pingbian Royal Mansion, an energy barrier was formed, blocking Chen Xu's path.
Zhang Chen scanned the barrier before him, and with his current insight, he could understand the situation roughly.
Chen Xu said to Zhang Chen, “This barrier is indestructible.
To break it, we need to rely on those two brushes to stir it up, perhaps there's a chance to break through.”
Hearing Chen Xu's words, Zhang Chen shook his head, expressing a different view: “We can't break the barrier.
Once the barrier is broken, the energy of the Ascension Pool will be released without suppression, inevitably attracting everyone's attention.”
Hearing Zhang Chen's words, Chen Xu was dumbfounded: “If we don't break the barrier, how can we enter inside, how can we approach the Ascension Pool, and seize the fortune of the Ascension Pool?”
“Be patient, let me experiment.” Zhang Chen comforted Chen Xu, and the next moment a drop of water appeared in his hand.
He flicked his finger gently, and the water droplet pierced through the void, directly passing through the energy barrier and landing in the opposite glow.
“Indeed, this Feng Shui formation can only suppress mysterious power, and has no obstruction for ordinary objects in the material world.” Zhang Chen smiled with satisfaction seeing the water droplet pass through the barrier.
“Do you want to transform into a stream of water and pass through?” Chen Xu asked after seeing Zhang Chen's method.
Zhang Chen nodded, and the next moment his body transformed into a stream of water, flowing towards the barrier.
However, as the stream of water approached the barrier, it was actually supported by the barrier, and Zhang Chen's water form couldn't penetrate it at all.
“Failed!” Chen Xu muttered after seeing Zhang Chen being blocked.
Zhang Chen transformed back into human form, standing on the colorful light罩, muttering thoughtfully: “It really has some tricks!
But do you really think you can stop me like this?”
After muttering, Zhang Chen turned to look at Chen Xu: “I'll go inside later, you just wait for me outside.
Whatever fortune is inside, I will bring it out to share with you, and you will definitely get your share of the benefits.”
Chen Xu smiled upon hearing this: “Brother Zhang, what are you saying?
If it weren't for your rescue back then, where would Chen Xu be today?
Of course, I trust you.”
Zhang Chen nodded with satisfaction, he liked Chen Xu's intelligence, knowing what to do and what not to do.
Then, Zhang Chen activated the Water Control skill, and his figure directly used Water Droplet Teleportation, appearing the next moment at the place where the other water droplet had fallen within the light screen.
(The new skill gained after the Water Control skill was upgraded earlier allows him to transform into two water droplets, and the protagonist can switch between them at will within a certain distance)
Within the underground crack shrouded in colorful light, Zhang Chen's figure appeared in the underground world, only to feel a constant surge of energy, permeating his skin and pores.
“Not bad, it's that taste, the aura of the Ascension Pool from back then.” Zhang Chen had personally come into contact with the Ascension Pool in an unknown era, so of course he knew what the aura of the Ascension Pool was like.
Zhang Chen took a breath of the energy released by the Ascension Pool in the air, feeling comfortable all over, as the energy of the Ascension Pool nourished his skin and soaked his magic power, subtly changing his body and magic power.
“The energy of the Ascension Pool scattered in the air is too thin to allow me to complete a true transformation and become an immortal physique.” Zhang Chen didn't stop, directly transforming into a cloud of mist, flying towards the distance through the void.
Zhang Chen transformed into mist and flew very quickly, flying for about half an hour, before stopping his mist flight, revealing his human form, staring at the ten thousand zhang glow ahead, knowing that the Ascension Pool was not far away.
However, unlike the Ascension Pool in his memory, the Ascension Pool at this time had a rising glow, and that glow emitted a terrifying pressure, actually making it difficult for Zhang Chen to move.
“In my memory, there wasn't this pressure.” Zhang Chen didn't know where this pressure came from, but he had already prepared, and with a thought, the Yin-Yang Millstone in his mental world flew out, rotating and emitting a pulling force, devouring the energy released by the Ascension Pool in the underground crack.
In just thirty or so breaths, the energy diffused in the underground crack was completely swallowed by the Yin-Yang Millstone, and at this time, after swallowing the energy of the Ascension Pool, the Yin-Yang Millstone actually underwent some inexplicable changes, its color deepened, as if a trace of unique charm was being nurtured.
Zhang Chen urged the Yin-Yang Millstone, constantly moving forward in the air, and wherever the Yin-Yang Millstone passed, all the energy released from the Ascension Pool in the air, as well as the pressure emanating from the Ascension Pool, were all refined by the Yin-Yang Millstone.
The predecessor of the Yin-Yang Millstone was originally those two unique brushes, possessing the ability to break restrictions, and the Yin-Yang Millstone naturally inherited the ability to break restrictions.
Although the pressure was strong, it couldn't stop the Yin-Yang Millstone.
After all, pressure is an illusory, conceptual force.
Faced with the power of the Innate Yin-Yang Dao, even if the Innate Yin-Yang Millstone was still very weak, the difference in essence between the two could be described as a qualitative difference, like a real kitten in reality versus a tiger on paper, simply incomparable.
Zhang Chen, bearing the Innate Yin-Yang Millstone, climbed forward step by step in the crack.
Wherever he passed, the energy scattered in the air was swept away by the Yin-Yang Millstone, and finally, after half an hour, Zhang Chen arrived ten zhang away from the Ascension Pool, seeing the Ascension Pool emitting colorful light from afar, now emitting energy like dry ice.
“Go!” Zhang Chen urged the Yin-Yang Millstone, and the Yin-Yang Millstone rotated, hovering above the Ascension Pool, directly devouring the energy released from the Ascension Pool.
Zhang Chen stared at the Ascension Pool as a whole, seeing mottled marks all over the Ascension Pool, with fist marks, knife, spear, sword, and halberd prints deeply engraved on it.
There were even several palm prints that had pierced through the Ascension Pool, and now a constant stream of colorful mist was emanating from the openings.
Zhang Chen stared at the marks for a moment before taking a deep breath: “What exactly happened from ancient times to the present?
Even the Ascension Pool has been pierced through?
You should know that even the Purple Firmament Divine Lightning didn't pierce through the Ascension Pool in the past.”
“No! No! There is a residual aura of Purple Firmament Divine Lightning flowing on this Ascension Pool.
It should be the Heavenly Punishment transformed by the Purple Firmament Divine Lightning that severely damaged the Ascension Pool, causing the Ascension Pool's power to decline, resulting in such a miserable state.” Zhang Chen seemed to deduce something after sensing for a moment, a look of regret in his eyes.
Zhang Chen walked around the Ascension Pool, seeing the liquid constantly seeping out of the Ascension Pool, flowing into the Northern Land Ancestral Vein, nourishing the foundation of the Northern Land Ancestral Vein, making the Northern Land Dragon Vein stronger, and the fortunes of the Pingbian Royal Mansion even greater.
Zhang Chen wanted to step forward and approach the Ascension Pool, but the Ascension Pool emitted rays of colorful light, which transformed into a barrier, blocking Zhang Chen from the outside.
“Eh~” Zhang Chen muttered in surprise: “I haven't seen the Ascension Pool have such methods before?
Why is this happening?”
“Could it be that the Ascension Pool was completely suppressed in the hands of the Innate Peacock, Longevity Ancestor, and others back then, so it didn't show its various methods?
Now that the Ascension Pool is no longer controlled and suppressed, its divine power is actively reviving itself, so that's why this situation has occurred?” Zhang Chen already had a speculation in his heart.
He tried the strength of the colorful light cover, and it was not something Zhang Chen could shake.
However, this matter didn't stump Zhang Chen, and Zhang Chen formed hand seals, silently reciting the incantation, and as the magic power in his body was mobilized, the colorful light cover of the Ascension Pool in front of him actually began to gradually retract, eventually disappearing without a trace.
“Fortunately, I obtained the control incantation of the Ascension Pool back then, otherwise even if I had the opportunity to see the Ascension Pool today, I would be afraid that it would be difficult to approach the Ascension Pool by half a step.” Zhang Chen transformed into a cloud of mist, landed on a corner above the Ascension Pool, and after manifesting his human form, he looked down, seeing a kind of colorful energy flowing in the Ascension Pool, a look of joy in his eyes: “Could this be the liquid that can transform people?
It's just that there's too little left, only less than five centimeters deep, I don't know if it's enough.”
Zhang Chen stared at the liquid under the Ascension Pool, complaining, he was about to become the owner of the Ascension Pool, so of course he hoped that the more liquid left, the better.