ATPnovel #334 - The Mountain Moving Seal
#334 - The Mountain Moving Seal
Zhang Chen's descent was rapid. Before long, he had passed through the mountain rocks and arrived at the center of Mount Buzhou. Suddenly, he fell from the soil and dropped into a karst cave.
Zhang Chen quickly reverted to his true form inside the cave, his eyes surveying the scene. The underground cave was not dim; the walls shimmered with a faint light, illuminating the cave as if it were daytime.
The cave was about the size of three basketball courts. In the very center stood a lotus platform carved from jade, as large as a building. On top of it was a flawless, square piece of jade, radiating white light.
"Did you see that jade? That's what Pangu's hip bone transformed into," the Great自在天魔 said, his eyes gleaming with fervor as he pointed to the jade on the lotus platform.
"This jade doesn't look like it was formed naturally, does it? Who has ever seen naturally formed jade that's perfectly square?" Zhang Chen turned to look at the Great自在天魔, a strange expression on his face. "Are you playing some kind of trick on me, old man?"
Zhang Chen wasn't stupid. Could he not tell whether this jade was natural or not?
The Great自在天魔 didn't try to hide anything at this point. "Kid, remember when we went to the Primordial Era?"
"Of course, I remember," Zhang Chen nodded.
"At that time, I did something earth-shattering that provoked an enemy. That enemy possessed the power to create the heavens and the earth and actually suppressed me under Mount Buzhou. As for the square jade in front of you, it's not the natural shape of Pangu's hip bone. It's the result of my constant polishing over hundreds of millions of years. The essence of Pangu's hip bone was huge, as large as this entire cave. If I want to escape, I have to completely obliterate it, but who knew that this last bit of essence would be indestructible? Even if I used every method I could, I couldn't refine it, so now I can only ask for your help," the Great自在天魔 chuckled.
"What did you do to provoke such a powerful enemy?" Zhang Chen asked, puzzled. This was Mount Buzhou, after all, shrouded in divine might. It couldn't be an ordinary person who could shake Mount Buzhou and suppress the Great自在天魔 here.
"Pangu transformed his body into all things, and his primordial spirit also transformed. My enemy is that person. Ordinary beings might not be able to do anything about the collapsed Mount Buzhou, but the being transformed from Pangu's primordial spirit is different. With the power of Pangu's primordial spirit, plus the collapse of Mount Buzhou, he can still sense this collapsed Mount Buzhou and use its power to suppress me," the Great自在天魔 said.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Chen used his Soul Hooking skill and indeed sensed that one of the Great自在天魔's incarnations was suppressed under Mount Buzhou. However, he wasn't in a hurry to release the Great自在天魔. Instead, he circled around the jade, observing it. The jade was perfectly square, its color like mutton-fat jade, looking elegant and beautiful.
Most importantly, it was engraved with profound and unpredictable runes. The runes were naturally formed, born within the mutton-fat jade, looking like meridians, but upon closer inspection, they seemed indistinct and not quite like them.
If he wanted to release the Great自在天魔, he had to move the jade away. After examining the layout, Zhang Chen turned to look at the Great自在天魔:
"What benefits did you gain back then?"
This was what he cared about. He wanted such benefits too. Given this fellow's nature of never getting up early without a profit, the Great自在天魔 must have obtained great benefits back then.
The Great自在天魔 wanted to curse upon hearing this. "If I could have obtained benefits, would I have been suppressed here? It's really screwed me over. That old thing was aware of it long ago and deliberately set up a trick to harm me. It's truly outrageous. If I hadn't accidentally fallen for his trick, would my true spirit have been suppressed under Mount Buzhou?"
The Great自在天魔's voice was full of resentment. The resentment was so strong that even Zhang Chen could feel it.
Zhang Chen glanced at the Great自在天魔. This dog was causing trouble everywhere. He must have caused a huge mess back then, so he was tricked into going under Mount Buzhou and then suppressed using mysterious methods.
No wonder when he wanted to use Soul Hooking on him, his soul was actually fixed in place. So, the real root cause was here.
Zhang Chen stared at the jade in front of him and asked, "Is there any danger here?"
"Where's the danger? I've hollowed out this cave. Just go up and refine it," the Great自在天魔 said.
Zhang Chen's expression turned cautious upon hearing this. He walked forward, his eyes fixed on the jade. After sensing it slightly, he said, "This jade is flowing with divine might. I can't mobilize my magic power in front of the jade."
He tried to mobilize the magic power in his body, but who knew he would sense the aura of divine might, which suppressed him.
Zhang Chen opened his Eye of Devouring and saw a thick layer of divine might flowing on the surface of the jade, covering an area of about a meter, condensed and unscattered. Most importantly, the divine might was not a dead object but in a state of constant circulation, constantly drilling into the jade and constantly drilling out of the jade. It circulated endlessly, continuously.
In Zhang Chen's Dharma Eyes, the divine might within the jade was vast, like a sea of smoke. Even if he absorbed it for hundreds of millions of years, he wouldn't be able to absorb it all, so Zhang Chen had no choice but to ask the Great自在天魔 for help.
"This is the last core of Mount Buzhou, so of course, there is still divine might within it that has not dissipated. But you don't have to worry. Since I asked you to come, I was of course prepared long ago. I can buy you an hour to absorb the divine might into the jade, and then you can refine it," the Great自在天魔 was not flustered. "As long as you refine it a few more times, it will be done."
As he spoke, the Great自在天魔 had already arrived next to Zhang Chen. "Kid, I'll mobilize my divine power later. Just look for black lotus patterns flowing on the jade. That means I've made my move, and you can use your divine power to refine it."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Chen turned to look at the Great自在天魔 again and repeated, "I said, old man, you must not trick me. If you trick me, don't blame me for settling the score with you afterward."
"Don't worry, it concerns my escape. How could I dare to do anything on this matter?" the Great自在天魔 patted his chest, guaranteeing.
Zhang Chen nodded upon hearing this. "Then start."
No matter what plans the Great自在天魔 had, he had the other party's soul in his grasp. At worst, he would drag the other party down with him.
Upon hearing this, the Great自在天魔's figure disappeared. The next moment, black energy flowed on the jade, covering the entire jade. The black energy constantly collided with the divine might on the jade. Before long, the divine might was absorbed by the black energy, and then the black energy formed a black lotus in the air above the jade, covering the entire piece of jade.
Seeing this, Zhang Chen knew that the time had come and quickly stepped onto the lotus seat, came before the jade, looked at the square jade, and began to activate his golden finger:
"Cultivate 'Mountain Moving Technique'."
[Skill (Not Initiated): Mountain Moving Technique (0\\50000000)]
[Note 1: A unique stone is required.]
"Good heavens, fifty million experience points, that's no small number." Zhang Chen muttered to himself, relieved that he had finished collecting, gathering fifty million experience points.
"Cultivate!" Zhang Chen commanded.
The next moment, a golden light burst forth from Zhang Chen's body, radiating outwards and enveloping the core stone of Buzhou. However, just as Zhang Chen thought he was about to succeed in his cultivation, countless messages flashed on his golden finger interface, and images frantically jumped before Zhang Chen's eyes:
[Discovered unknown level of strange stone.]
[Refining has resulted in unknown changes...]
[Detecting...]
[Analyzing...]
......
The series of messages left Zhang Chen somewhat dazed, his eyes staring blankly at his golden finger interface. It was the first time he had seen such a situation occur on his golden finger interface.
[Detection and analysis complete. A Pangu Stone has been discovered. Due to the target's extremely high level, to continue cultivation, 180 million skill points are required!]
[Do you want to continue cultivation?]
Zhang Chen looked at the 180 million points on the golden finger interface, and he couldn't help but gasp: "Good heavens! 180 million, you really dare to ask for a lot!"
But Zhang Chen still chose to cultivate, because he had 180 million points!
He had accumulated exactly 180 million from devouring the Bashe earlier, plus devouring the Divine Might later along the way.
"Pangu Stone? I wonder what incredible effects the Mountain Moving Art cultivated with the Pangu Stone will have," Zhang Chen thought to himself.
"Cultivate!"
Without saying a word, Zhang Chen directly clicked it.
Then, the jade stone disappeared into thin air, and all the points on Zhang Chen's golden finger interface directly evaporated. Then, a stream of light flashed in Zhang Chen's mind, and the square jade stone appeared in Zhang Chen's spiritual world.
At this time, the golden finger interface refreshed:
[12 Skills (Entry Level): Mountain Moving Art (0\\/12000000)]
[Note: The Pangu Stone weighs 480 million pounds, under seal! Cultivating into a rune can release 1,000 pounds of weight!]
Looking at the experience points required on the golden finger interface, Zhang Chen made a slight deduction in his mind, and he had already deduced all kinds of information: "The first level of entry has a total of twelve thousand runes, requiring twelve million experience points. Converted, each rune requires one thousand experience points. As expected of the pre-requisite technique for the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Art, it requires a lot of points."
Zhang Chen didn't have any points to add at this time, all the points were used up.
But Zhang Chen was not in a hurry. He didn't have any points, but as long as he returned to Huangli Temple, what was a mere twelve million points? As long as he made a slight move, he could gather all the points.
"Huangli Temple is a good place, that is my ancestor's place of prosperity, I can't leave easily," Zhang Chen was sighing in his heart when he saw a rune burst out from the jade seal. The rune was imprinted on Zhang Chen's body, and a heat flow flowed through Zhang Chen's muscles and bones and strength, and his body was slightly strengthened, but there was no major change.
Just as Zhang Chen was pondering the changes brought about by the Mountain Moving Art, he suddenly heard a burst of laughter resounding in the stone cave. The voice was very arrogant, full of the sense of sight of a big villain, making Zhang Chen eager to step forward and flatten him: "Hahaha! Hahaha! I, the ancestor, am back again! You can't lock me up! You can't lock me up!"
Zhang Chen followed the sound and saw seven or eight black petals slowly floating up from the place where the jade seal disappeared. The petals were surrounded by black air, and there were inexplicable auras circulating on them. At this time, they gathered together, transforming into the form of the Great自在Heavenly Demon.
However, compared to the beginning, the body of the Great自在Heavenly Demon was no longer illusory, but solidified like a real person.
"Boy, I have to thank you a lot. If it weren't for your help, I'm afraid it would be difficult for me to turn over," The Great自在Heavenly Demon patted Zhang Chen's shoulder very boldly: "Boy, I will cover you in the future."
Zhang Chen looked at the Great自在Heavenly Demon who was patting his shoulder and felt that this old guy seemed to be floating.
"What's the situation with those lotus petals?" Zhang Chen asked curiously.
"It's just a fragment of my true spirit in the past," The Great自在Heavenly Demon said: "Now that I have retrieved some fragments of my true spirit, it means that I have truly resurrected. Next, I will only need to find more fragments of my true spirit to resurrect more completely."
Speaking of this, the Great自在Heavenly Demon said to Zhang Chen: "Boy, let's go quickly, if we don't leave, we may be buried in the first heaven."
Zhang Chen was shocked when he heard this: "What do you mean by this?"
"The stone you took away is the core of the entire first heaven of the spiritual world, suppressing the entire spiritual world. Now that the stone has been taken away by you, the entire spiritual world will collapse without suppression in a year," The Great自在Heavenly Demon's voice was full of complacency: "When the first heaven of the spiritual world collapses, countless good things will fall into the material world, we must take the opportunity to snatch them."
"The first heaven of the spiritual world will collapse? Then wouldn't I be too sinful?" Zhang Chen was shocked when he heard this, and he suddenly remembered a major event: "Will there be karma?"
The Great自在Heavenly Demon stroked his chin when he heard this, and said somewhat uncertainly: "There shouldn't be, right?"
"Shouldn't?" Zhang Chen repeated the words of the Great自在Heavenly Demon.
The Great自在Heavenly Demon took a breath: "You are a creature of the material world, this is the spiritual world, there should be no causal relationship between the two, right?"
His words were a little uncertain.
Zhang Chen's face suddenly darkened when he heard this, especially when he heard the other party's uncertain tone, his whole heart was half cold.
If he were to destroy a world, such a huge karma would be enough to kill him ten thousand times.
"You have obtained the essence of Pangu, even if the sky thunders, it can't do anything to you, what are you afraid of?" The Great自在Heavenly Demon forcibly cheered Zhang Chen up, constantly encouraging Zhang Chen.
Zhang Chen raised his eyebrows, look at what the other party said, is that human speech?
It seems that the karma is not falling on you, and the heavenly punishment is not hitting your head.
"If it really doesn't work, I will put this jade brick back," Zhang Chen cursed.
While talking, Zhang Chen looked at the place where the jade brick was stored before, and saw a purple light ball the size of a basketball in the place where it was stored, flashing with a faint purple light, flashing in place.
"Purple light ball? Experience points or skills?" Zhang Chen couldn't help but be stunned when he saw the purple light ball, and then his little heart jumped wildly, knowing that he had never harvested a purple light ball before.