Rapidnovel #472 - Old acquaintances across time and space
#472 - Old acquaintances across time and space
Chapter 469 Old Acquaintances Across Time and Space
"What is the origin of this pool of water? That person seems to have prolonged his life by relying on this pool. I can feel the immense life force contained within the water," Xie Lingyun said, looking at the pool with a hint of caution in her eyes.
"Essence of the Earth!" Zhang Chen recognized the origin of the pool at a glance. At the same time, he was even more certain that the Core of Magnetism was beneath the pool of Essence of the Earth.
Only the Earth's Core of Magnetism, coupled with the feng shui secrets of Wuzhuang Temple, could gather the Essence of the Earth.
"What is the Essence of the Earth?" Xie Lingyun asked curiously.
"It's a mystical liquid that can revive the dead and regrow flesh, the essence nurtured by the earth. However, it cannot be collected. Once it leaves its place of origin, it will dissipate," Zhang Chen said.
As he spoke, Zhang Chen stepped forward, looking at the pool of liquid. The mouthparts of the Innate Mosquito appeared in his hand, and he directly plunged them into the pool, beginning to devour the essence of the earth.
What others couldn't store or transport, Zhang Chen could freely consume.
As he devoured, the liquid in the pool rapidly depleted, and then a figure with a face like jade and skin shimmering with a jade-like luster appeared before his eyes.
"Zou Wenlong!" Zhang Chen recognized the person before him at a glance. He was too familiar with this little fatty.
Moreover, he could feel the blood flowing in Zou Wenlong's body. This little fatty was actually still alive, and he was using the Essence of the Earth to maintain himself in peak condition.
Only an immortal ancestor like the Longevity Ancestor could create such a blessed place, right?
"Who is calling me!"
Zou Wenlong opened his eyes and met Zhang Chen's gaze. The two stared at each other, and then Zou Wenlong suddenly stood up, glaring at Zhang Chen with fierce eyes: "You brat, it's you!"
"Zhang Chen, be careful!" Xie Lingyun quickly reminded him when she saw Zou Wenlong revive. However, Zhang Chen's next words shocked Xie Lingyun. Zhang Chen looked at the chubby figure opposite him with a smile:
"Senior Brother Zou, long time no see!"
Hearing Zhang Chen's words, Xie Lingyun's scalp went numb and her pupils constricted rapidly. What did Zhang Chen call Zou Wenlong? Senior Brother Zou? Was she hearing things?
"You traitor of Wuzhuang Temple! I didn't expect you to still be alive! Today, I will seek justice for all the senior brothers and send you to meet them!" Zou Wenlong stretched out his palm, and a jade-like sword slowly condensed into shape. The next moment, a surge of sword energy swept out, slashing towards Zhang Chen.
"Ninth-Order Earth Cultivator!"
As soon as Zou Wenlong made his move, his aura leaked out, and Zhang Chen immediately sensed the other party's cultivation realm. He was definitely no match for Zou Wenlong at this time, even with Xie Lingyun.
That sword energy seemed ordinary, but its power already had the aura of a Ninth-Order immortal cultivator.
Fortunately, Zhang Chen was not an ordinary person. He had many methods at his disposal now, and he was not afraid of Zou Wenlong.
With a flash, Zhang Chen retreated to Xie Lingyun's side and covered the two of them with the Treasure Mirror of Heaven and Earth. Zhang Chen casually spat out a green branch from the Bashe space.
A stream of light flashed on the green branch, passing directly through Zou Wenlong's body. Zou Wenlong froze on the spot and dared not move again. He stared at the green branch in Zhang Chen's hand as if he had seen a ghost: "Why hasn't this thing withered yet!"
"Senior Brother Zou, we haven't seen each other for many years, why are you so angry as soon as we meet!" Zhang Chen looked at Zou Wenlong with a smile.
"Bah! Who is your Senior Brother Zou! You and Xu Erniu, these two traitors, actually colluded with outsiders to attack Wuzhuang Temple, imprisoning all the senior and junior brothers here to feed your branch. I will never coexist with you, a traitor," Zou Wenlong said coldly: "Do you think you can intimidate me with just a branch? This branch wants to take away my thousands of years of life, it needs to be activated thousands of times, and I don't need fifty moves to kill you!" Zou Wenlong's gaze fell on the Treasure Mirror of Heaven and Earth above Zhang Chen's head, and a hint of greed appeared in his eyes: "Boy, hand over the Treasure Mirror of Heaven and Earth, and I can spare your life, otherwise today will be your death date."
Zhang Chen didn't want to fight Zou Wenlong. He wanted to know what happened in the past. After he found out the truth, it wouldn't be too late to fight Zou Wenlong.
"Senior brother, can you listen to me? Is there any misunderstanding in this?" Zhang Chen was very polite at this time.
Zou Wenlong's face was cold when he heard this: "Misunderstanding? What misunderstanding could there be?"
Zhang Chen quickly said: "Senior brother said that I colluded with Xu Erniu, this is not a joke. How could I know anything about this? I was in closed-door cultivation when the Longevity Ancestor suddenly came to me, gave me the Treasure Mirror of Heaven and Earth, and said that Wuzhuang Temple was about to face a catastrophe. Then he took me to an unknown place and sealed me with the Essence of the Earth. The ancestor said that if Wuzhuang Temple survived the catastrophe, he would come to pick me up. If it couldn't survive, I would come out on my own after I had exhausted the Essence of the Earth, and then re-establish the Wuzhuang Temple lineage, so that the fate of Wuzhuang Temple would not be cut off. I have been sealed in the Essence of the Earth by the ancestor and only came out recently. How could I have anything to do with Xu Erniu? I went up the mountain with Xu Erniu to become a disciple, but you can't wrong me like this."
Zhang Chen used his silver tongue to turn black into white and white into black: "Think carefully, when the catastrophe of Wuzhuang Temple broke out, had I already disappeared?"
He was taking advantage of the fact that Zou Wenlong was sealed by the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation and didn't know the situation outside, so he was using eloquent words to deceive him.
At the same time, Zhang Chen activated the Soul Hooking skill to see if he could take the opportunity to mark the other party. But who knew that the reaction of the golden finger made Zhang Chen feel a chill:
[Target's lifespan is normal, cannot be taken away.]
Sure enough, after hearing Zhang Chen's words, Zou Wenlong's attitude softened, and a look of doubt appeared in his eyes: "What evidence do you have for what you said?"
"My ability to control the Treasure Mirror of Heaven and Earth is the evidence. If the ancestor hadn't taught me the means to control the Treasure Mirror of Heaven and Earth, how could I have mastered it?" Zhang Chen said.
Zou Wenlong had already believed Zhang Chen's words, and his eyes were fixed on the Treasure Mirror of Heaven and Earth above Zhang Chen's head. Greed had already risen in his heart, and he was thinking about how to deceive the treasure.
It should be known that the Treasure Mirror of Heaven and Earth requires a control incantation. Without the control incantation, it would be useless even if he deceived the treasure.
"Senior brother, what exactly happened to Wuzhuang Temple in the past? Please tell me," Zhang Chen said.
"You put away that branch first, and I will tell you," Zou Wenlong said.
Hearing this, Zhang Chen put away the branch and looked at Zou Wenlong. But he heard Zou Wenlong say:
"I was plotted against in the past. When I woke up, Wuzhuang Temple was already in chaos. The Longevity Ancestor had already fallen. The Innate Peacock was born, its pressure sweeping across the world, and it launched a decisive battle with the Great Demon Kings of the Demon Race. The four senior brothers knew that Wuzhuang Temple could not escape the catastrophe, so they simply moved the entire Wuzhuang Temple and hid it under the Spring Pavilion Lake Dragon Palace to avoid the catastrophe. But who knew that eight hundred years later, Xu Erniu would still find it and start a massacre. That Xu Erniu's cultivation was earth-shattering, and she clamored that our brothers would pay for our lives, saying that you were killed by us and that we would all be buried with you. She even set up a great formation, trapping all of us under the underground palace, using the lives of our senior and junior brothers to nourish that branch."
Zou Wenlong gritted his teeth as he spoke: "Fortunately, I was clever and hid in the ancestor's secret room in advance, using the ancestor's backhand to escape the catastrophe, otherwise I would have been killed by that Xu Erniu."
"In order to protect our senior and junior brothers, Senior Brother Bailu died in battle, his life force taken away by Xu Erniu's finger. The other three senior brothers also fled for their lives and disappeared. That crazy woman Xu Erniu said that as long as she successfully cultivated this branch, she could open the passage to the Netherworld and enter the Netherworld to retrieve your origin, so that she could use her divine powers to revive you. That mad woman, she's simply crazy!" Zou Wenlong's eyes were filled with horror.
Zhang Chen was stunned when he heard this, and he was quite touched. It turned out that the Tongtian Jianmu branch that Xu Erniu found from somewhere was actually to open the passage to the Netherworld, wanting to revive him?
Xu Erniu must have thought that he was already dead!
"Zhang Chen, you brat, you have caused misery to our brothers!" Zou Wenlong's voice was filled with dissatisfaction.
"What happened later? Why is this branch left here? Why didn't Xu Erniu take it away?" Zhang Chen asked in confusion.
Zou Wenlong said: "Since I was trapped here, I have never gone out."
Zhang Chen's heart sank when he heard this. If he wanted to know more about Xu Erniu's clues, it seemed that he could only find a way from other places.
Looking at Zou Wenlong in front of him, a strange light flashed in Zhang Chen's eyes. All the information he wanted to know was already known, and the next step was to strike him down.
He wondered if his Buzhou Seal plus the Golden Scissors, the two combined, could kill this bastard.