Big ruins.
Two huge seas of gray fog were churning endlessly, tightly surrounding a pitch-black fruit in the middle.
"You deceived the Supreme Will with the mission and forced us to collect all the cursed power and give it to you... Hantian, you are worthy of being the most ancient master. You are even more cunning than the disgusting truth!"
The angry thoughts fluctuated back and forth, attacking the black fruit again and again.
"Deception?"
A vertical eye opened on the surface of the black fruit, conveying the thoughts of the Lord of Frost Sky: "Lord of Strange Wind, Lord of Dark Shore, the existence of the virtual and real entities has been confirmed by the Supreme Will. Don't you even believe in the Supreme Will?"
"Hantian, we are not low-level Void Seeds. Your evasive statement cannot convince us."
The other sea of ​​gray fog was a little calmer. "Yes, the Supreme Will confirmed the virtual and real entities, but what does this mean?"
"No matter how much time a virtual entity has to grow, it may not be able to reach the level of you and me, let alone threaten the void."
"The real threat to the entire void is the authority of light."
“And this kind of power, not even the Supreme Will can confirm whether it has been stolen.”
"Everything about the authority of light is just one-sided words from you and Salo."
"We have reason to suspect that this is a lie you made up in order to take away the curse power in the void."
At this point in the conversation, it can be said that the two sides have almost reached the point of a falling out.
As the oldest master of nothingness, Hantian was furious that he was doubted by two up-and-coming talents.
"So, you guys are planning to go to war with me?"
His eyes were extremely cold, revealing a hint of murderous intent.
"Start a war?"
Yi Feng suddenly became furious, and began to frantically shrink the gray fog with Han Tian as the center. "Hantian, I promise, you will pay the price for your arrogance!"
"Oh, you are just a weakling who has never experienced the battle between the real and the fake. Even if my authority has not been fully integrated and cannot be used, it is still easy to defeat you."
Hantian refused to give in and continued to taunt.
“That’s enough!”
The gray mist body belonging to An Ya forcefully pierced in, separating the two masters of nothingness.
"Yifeng, I know you have lost a lot of curse rules, and you were almost able to condense the second authority, but this cannot be a reason for you to go against the Supreme Will and go to war with your own people!"
"And Hantian, you should have mastered 50% of the curse rules, right?"
"Fifty percent...Except for the part that is free in the Great Ruins and cannot be plundered, it can almost be said that it has the exclusive power to curse."
"But don't forget, no matter how strong you are, you are still a member of the void."
"The Supreme Will of Nothingness will not let you do whatever you want."
"If you don't prove to us that the authority of light has revived, believe it or not, we don't even need to do anything. The Supreme Will will deprive you of everything you have now."
As soon as these words came out, the originally tense atmosphere suddenly stagnated.
"That's right."
An Ya continued, "Master Yifeng, your efforts will not be ignored by the Supreme Will. After solving the threat of nothingness, I believe you will be able to get a more generous reward. Of course, the premise is that this threat really exists... Don't you think so, Master Hantian?"
"Compared to me, you are the most cunning one."
A hint of mockery appeared in Han Tian's eyes. "Yi Feng targeted me because he lost a lot of strength. Why did you do that?"
"Are you really questioning the revival of light?"
"I guess not."
"You are afraid that after I complete the fusion of power, I will continue to use the excuse of eliminating threats to demand more favoritism from the Supreme Will."
"Haha, this kind of thinking, in the words of the real side... well, judging others by one's own standards."
"I am a gentleman, and you are a villain."
"It is you who truly utilizes the Supreme Will."
"but……"
"It doesn't matter. Don't you want me to prove the existence of the authority of light?"
As soon as the fluctuation of thoughts stopped, a big mouth emitting a faint purple light appeared on the black fruit.
His mouth opened and closed continuously, uttering dozens of obscure syllables in succession.
Not long after, a thin purple line floated out from the big mouth and slowly fell into the gray fog.
"Although I can't use the killing curse now, I can still use the induction curse."
Han Tian finished his action and continued to taunt: "Go, take it with you, follow it, it will always accurately point to the location of the virtual and real positions."
"go?"
Yi Feng was angry again, "Killing virtual and real entities is the duty you promised to the Supreme Will. Why are you pushing it to us?"
"This is my proof. It's up to you whether you want to go or not."
Han Tian responded coldly, "Of course, if you are not afraid, you can stay here and wait for me to complete the fusion of the curse power, and then curse and kill from a distance."
As soon as these words were spoken, the anger of the Lord of Strange Wind suddenly stagnated, and he had to start weighing the pros and cons.
The reason why he and Anya were surrounded here was, on the one hand, because they had a two-to-one advantage, and on the other hand, because the Lord of Frost Sky was integrating the newly acquired curse rules and could not use the power of the curse to its full extent.
Once the fusion is complete, the curse power of up to 50% is definitely not something that the two of them can deal with together.
Although he wouldn't die, he would definitely lose more of his power.
As for searching for the virtual and real person...
To be honest, he didn't believe Hantian.
What if this spell is not directed at the real or imaginary entity, but at the three real fruits?
For a moment, the Lord of Strange Wind fell into hesitation.
Suddenly, a small piece of gray mist surged up and swept away the purple thread.
"I'll go."
An Ya suppressed the joy in his heart.
"Be careful, there may be fraud!"
Yi Feng kindly reminded.
"For the common mission of all the void, I am willing to give everything."
An Ya looked righteous and awe-inspiring.
"whispering sound."
Han Tian sneered, "The most cunning truth is not half as cunning as you."
"Time will tell."
An Ya did not argue much. After saying a few words, he quickly left with the spell.
"Are you planning to stay here?"
Hantian's attention fell on Yifeng who was standing aside with some emotion.
"Humph, although we are both masters, the gap between you and Anya is as big as the entire Great Ruins."
Yi Feng snorted coldly and continued to threaten as he retreated: "If Anya gets hurt on this trip, I will report your conspiracy to the Supreme Will..."
"It's ridiculous and pathetic... He must have the power of stupidity in his hands, and it's still intact."
The vertical eye looked at the receding gray fog with great disdain, and then closed completely.
…
…
Baiyujing, Cabinet.
A month passed in a flash, and Xu Chong's phantom body arrived as promised.
"To the Regent..."
"No need to be polite."
Both giving and receiving gifts were done as usual, with nothing unusual.
The cabinet ministers were trying to avoid the unpleasantness of last time, while Xu Chong focused his attention on the hall.
There are two strangers, one old and one young, in the cabinet today.
The old man is over seventy years old, and judging by the robe he is a local official from the fourth to the sixth heaven.
"Your subordinate..."
The moment the old man was covered by Xu Chong's gaze, his whole body shuddered and he was about to kneel down trembling.
“Don’t be nervous. Those who participate in the cultivation of the divine text are all meritorious officials of Baiyujing. Just talk if you have something to say.”
Xu Chong waved his sleeves to stop the old man from kneeling.
"By chance... by chance I was able to cultivate the Fire... Fire God Text, but I can't use it."
The old man was still a little nervous, but fortunately he just stuttered a little and his meaning was very clear.
"Can't use it?"
Xu Chong raised his eyebrows.
Silently, a strand of hair faded and disappeared, extending straight into the old man's body.
After a brief feeling, Xu Chong became confused.
The old man's strength level is at the second level of body washing, which can be considered excellent in the entire official system.
But there was no trace of the power of divine words in his body. He was just a normal warrior from the Tianxuan Realm.
Could it be that...
Xu Chong's mind moved, and he controlled the hair to split into three strands, which were inserted into the center of the eyebrows, heart, and abdomen respectively.
“It is indeed so!”
Xu Chong's eyes lit up with a terrifying light.
In his perception, the old man's forehead and heart were empty, and he could not find any additional findings.
But there was obviously an illusory scene in the lower abdomen.
The lake surface is calm, and beneath the lake there are crisscrossing pipes.
It’s Yu Chi!
It has to be said that this discovery is an extremely significant breakthrough for the Tianxuan Realm.
You know, not long ago, as long as you didn't start planting the Tao, the Tao seeds would never appear in your body.
Although the jade pool in the old man's body is illusory and hazy, and does not have the clear and real feeling like the real Tao seed, it is undoubtedly a jade pool.
Not only that, in this illusory jade pool, there is a fiery red light that is flickering on and off.
It is the innate divine text of the fire element!
"Both my natal divine text and the water surface are extremely peaceful, without any harm..."
Xu Chong began to analyze quickly in his mind, "The illusory jade pool does not really exist in his body, so it is unable to expel the Fire God Text?"
"No, it shouldn't be."
“Although this jade pool is illusory, it is much closer to the real jade pool Dao Seed than the fleeting one in Huo Ling’er’s body.”
"Even that fleeting appearance can provide a lot of power to enhance strength. This illusory but always maintained state makes no sense for it to not be able to expel a newly condensed innate divine text."
"so……"
Xu Chong couldn't help but feel excited, "My destiny divine text and Dao seeds can coexist!"
At this time, the old man had calmed down a lot. He felt that what he had just said was not clear enough, so he explained again: "Your Highness, the Regent, just as I condensed my life text, it suddenly disappeared from my body. Now, although I can sense that it is still there, I have no way to mobilize its power."
There is no doubt that this sentence once again confirmed Xu Chong's guess.
Being able to sense it means that the divine text still belongs to the man, but it is isolated by the illusory jade pool and he is unable to mobilize the power within it.
Isolation is harder than expulsion.
Since the Tao Seed can isolate the divine text, it must have the power to expel the divine text.
The reason for not expelling is that there is no need.
At this point, there is no doubt that the Tao seeds and the divine texts coexist.
"Very good, your situation is of great help to me."
Xu Chong smiled and nodded to the man, "Once the new training system is developed, merits will be distributed according to merit."
"Meritorious...meritorious service?!"
The old man's eyes suddenly widened, somewhat unable to believe his ears.
Merit is not contribution.
Contributions can only be used to exchange for skills, magic medicines, weapons, etc.
And merits can be exchanged for titles.
Only those who, like Xie Changqing, had made outstanding contributions in the conflict between the imperial court and the Taiping Dao, had the opportunity to gain merit.
It is no exaggeration to say that in the former Tianxuan Realm, if you didn't hold an official position from the third rank and above, you couldn't even think about it.
In Baiyujing, because the concept of traitors no longer exists, it has theoretically become more difficult to gain merit. It requires the accumulated political achievements of several generations or even more than a dozen generations to be accumulated together before there is hope of gaining merit in the court's evaluation.
I never expected that just a few years after migrating here, I would come across the opportunity to earn merit!
"Thank...thank you, Your Highness the Regent!"
The old man was so excited that his face turned red.
"Um."
Xu Chong nodded slightly and turned to look at the young man next to him.
The boy was about thirteen or fourteen years old. His expression was much calmer than the old man's, and there was only admiration in his eyes, without any fear.
"Jiang Xintian, the first generation disciple of the Yang Vein of Yin Yang Palace, pays respect to His Royal Highness the Regent."
The young man bowed in a very formal manner.
"A member of the royal family? No wonder..."
Xu Chong nodded, "No need to be polite."
"Your Highness."
Jiang Xintian straightened up and said, "My disciple has also mastered the Fire God Technique, but his innate divine text dispersed as soon as it condensed."
"spread?"
Xu Chong frowned, "Not disappearing?"
"Disciple is sure it is not."
Jiang Xintian shook his head. "First, it's because I can't feel its existence. Second, when the innate divine text was dispersed, the disciple broke through to the first level of enlightenment."
"Um?"
Xu Chong's eyes widened and he asked, "What technique did you use to break through?"
"There is no technique."
Jiang Xintian replied, "My disciple is cultivating the Zhengyang Force, but the breakthrough to the first level of the acupoint opening does not seem to have anything to do with the Zhengyang Force, and the force within the acupoints does not have the characteristics of the Zhengyang Force."
“Could it be…”
Xu Chong thought of a possibility and stopped asking questions. He just followed the same method and started to explore Jiang Xintian's body.
Sure enough, there was no trace of the Fire God's text in Jiang Xintian's body, nor did he have an illusory Tao seed like the old man.
This represents the fire-attributed divine text, which has indeed dissipated.
Xu Chong was not surprised by this. He simply dispersed his hair into more and finer tentacles and found the eighty acupoints opened by Jiang Xintian.
"this!!!"
As soon as the tentacles penetrated the eighty acupoints, Xu Chong was shocked by what he sensed.
Jiang Xintian guessed right.
There is no liquid-like force in these acupoints.
Instead, they were divine texts with fire attributes that had been shrunk many times and were also flickering!
In other words, it is true that Jiang Xintian's realm is the first level of enlightenment, but the foundation that supports this realm has been replaced by the divine texts of the Five Spirits Realm from strength!
"By changing the essence of power and replacing the strength with divine words, can we directly go on the path of opening the orifices, clearing the meridians, cleansing the body, and even cultivating the Tao?"
Xu Chong couldn't help but have this thought, but he quickly rejected it.
If it were just that simple, there would be more than just the old and the young standing in the cabinet.
Although he did not interfere in how the cabinet handled the practice of divine texts, there was no doubt that given the cabinet's style of doing things, it would not be so crude as to miss out on such a basic direction.
So, there must be some bottleneck here.
"What is your conclusion?"
Xu Chong tilted his head slightly and looked at Zhang Shunyi who always had a smile on his face.
"Your Highness, my conclusion is..."
Zhang Shunyi grinned, his eyes leaping with joy: "The fusion of the two cultivation systems has been accomplished!"