DiploNovel #333 - Devouring the Unpredictable Spirit
#333 - Devouring the Unpredictable Spirit
Hearing Zhang Chen's words, the Great自在Heavenly Demon turned his head to look at Zhang Chen, his eyes full of strangeness, scrutinizing Zhang Chen up and down as if he were looking at a monster.
"What's wrong? Could it be that I guessed correctly?" Zhang Chen was also startled by the Great自在Heavenly Demon's expression, feeling somewhat uneasy. Could it be that he really guessed correctly?
Hearing Zhang Chen's words, the Great自在Heavenly Demon shook his head: "I am wondering why you know the two words 'Pangu'."
"Never mind how I know, just tell me if my guess is true." Zhang Chen had some guesses in his mind when he first obtained the Shangqing Talisman Method, but he didn't have more clues to prove it. Later, upon hearing the names of the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Skill and Buzhou Mountain, Zhang Chen became suspicious, but he didn't have more clues to corroborate it, because he hasn't found any evidence related to the Primordial World.
Now, arriving at the foot of Buzhou Mountain and just asking a question, the reaction of the Great自在Heavenly Demon exceeded Zhang Chen's expectations. Could it be that his guess has come true?
Zhang Chen's heart began to stir. If he really came to the Primordial World, how incredible would that be? Wouldn't he have a head start?
The Great自在Heavenly Demon did not answer Zhang Chen's words, but instead said: "Do you know what the two words 'Pangu' represent?"
Hearing this, Zhang Chen looked at the Great自在Heavenly Demon, pondering the meaning of his question. Since he asked, it certainly wasn't as simple as 'creating the heavens and the earth, transforming into all things'.
Just as Zhang Chen was pondering how to answer, the Great自在Heavenly Demon said: "'Pan' is like a jade plate, 'Zhou' is round and full, without defect or regret. Therefore, the word 'Pan' represents great perfection. 'Gu' represents ancient times, representing the long river of time spanning the past and the future, representing the vastness of time. Therefore, the two words 'Pangu' together represent great perfection."
"In the past, there was a supreme demon god who cultivated into an unknown realm. His cultivation was flawless, with no room for improvement. He could penetrate the long river of future time and space, control the creation and destruction of the universe, open up worlds, and create all living beings, gathering all the fortunes. He was the ultimate evolution of the Dao. Later generations did not know his name, so they called him Pangu. That realm of great perfection is also named after Pangu."
"I see," Zhang Chen said, waves crashing in his heart: "So the Buzhou Mountain in front of us...?"
"That's right, it was transformed from the spine of that Pangu. The mountain base we see now was transformed from his pelvis. The uppermost spine has been broken," said the Great自在Heavenly Demon.
Hearing his words, Zhang Chen fell into silence. The Great自在Heavenly Demon mentioned Pangu, but he couldn't judge whether this was the Pangu he knew.
"It shouldn't be the Primordial World, right? If it's really the Primordial World, how could the traces of the saints be erased? I've never heard of anyone worshiping the Three Pure Ones," Zhang Chen muttered in his heart.
Moreover, he was certain that in the mythical Primordial World, there would never be an Emperor's Daughter, let alone an era of Emperors, nor would there be an Emperor who slaughtered the gods and demons in the sky, creating a great era for humanity.
Even the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors did not possess such power.
If it were really in the Primordial World, would you dare to slaughter gods and demons on a large scale without asking the Haotian God? Without asking the six saints? Without asking the Hongjun Ancestor?
"It's a bit like it, but not quite," Zhang Chen muttered in his heart.
"You haven't said how you know about the Pangu realm," the Great自在Heavenly Demon asked meaningfully from the side. He suspected that the Zhang Chen next to him was an old friend from the past, otherwise how could he have such powerful strength?
Zhang Chen did not answer the Great自在Heavenly Demon's words. He wanted to maintain a cold and aloof demeanor in front of the Great自在Heavenly Demon, to maintain his mystery, lest this old guy get out of hand.
"Climb the mountain!" Zhang Chen only replied, and began to climb among the mountains.
Seeing Zhang Chen like this, the Great自在Heavenly Demon could only follow behind in anger.
The entire Buzhou Mountain was shrouded in a layer of mysterious rhythm. That rhythm turned into pressure, and even caused Zhang Chen's magic power to stop flowing. He could only rely on his flexible body to continuously climb among the mountains.
Fortunately, Zhang Chen's body had undergone several transformations, and his steps were light and swift. He continued to jump and leap among the mountains, and those towering mountains could not stop him.
Zhang Chen had infinite physical strength. He didn't know what kind of variety his crystal nucleus was, but even in the face of the divine rhythm pressure, it could still provide him with a steady stream of essence and blood to restore his physical strength.
Just as the two were climbing, Zhang Chen's mind started to work again. His eyes looked at the towering mountains, and thoughts flashed in his mind:
"This Buzhou Mountain is flowing with divine rhythm, should it be considered mysterious? I wonder if I can pick up any skills on Buzhou Mountain."
He faintly hoped in his heart that this was the mysterious Buzhou Mountain. Even if the most useless skill fell, it would be awesome for him.
It's just that Zhang Chen couldn't figure out the rules of skill drops. Logically speaking, when he was dealing with Bashe before, Bashe was also considered strange, and he should have dropped a skill for himself, but who knew that Bashe didn't even leave a single hair?
So Zhang Chen was full of doubts at this time: What is the basis for the drop of his own skills?
"Could it be that Bashe is not considered a mysterious category?" Zhang Chen was puzzled.
That Bashe can also be considered a congenital creature, and when he fought the congenital mosquitoes in the underworld, didn't the congenital mosquitoes also drop skills?
"Could it be that for that kind of life-like mystery, I need to injure it before there will be a skill drop?" Zhang Chen thought of a point that was similar but not quite the same.
Countless thoughts flashed in Zhang Chen's mind, but he couldn't make up his mind.
At this time, facing the majestic and magnificent Buzhou Mountain, Zhang Chen's heart was surging. He wanted skills too much! If this towering Buzhou Mountain could drop skills for him, then he would be awesome.
The two traveled among the mountains all the way. After three days, they finally came to a basin.
The basin was very large, with a size of seventy or eighty miles, which was larger than the diameter of an ordinary third-tier city.
The bottom of the basin was a big pit, but the big pit was not very deep, only a thousand meters.
Zhang Chen followed the cliffs of the mountain, flexibly climbing down, and finally came to the very center of the basin, then stood on a big tree, turned to look at the Great自在Heavenly Demon beside him: "Where is the Pangu jade bone you mentioned?"
"It's a thousand feet underground here. You only need to use the infiltration technique and infiltrate down along the stone to see the jade marrow. This jade marrow is the essence of Pangu's pelvis. Although it is not the twenty-four vertebrae, it does not have the mystery of the twenty-four vertebrae, but in terms of hardness, it is stronger than the vertebrae. You must know that all living beings in the world exert their strength from the hip bone. The hip bone is the key, the origin of all power. It also has to bear the weight of the thirty-three vertebrae, which is the foundation of everything, the cornerstone of everything!" The Great自在Heavenly Demon said with burning eyes:
“Back when Mount Buzhou collapsed, there were mighty figures who wanted to enter and dig out the jade skeleton. But who knew the divine power on the jade skeleton was still potent, its Dao rhythm obliterating all laws. Even those supreme beings couldn't get close. So, the jade skeleton has been preserved until now. With the arrival of the Dharma-Ending Age, its spirituality has diminished, and the divine power on the jade skeleton has dissipated, which is a boon for you, kid. If you can use this bone to cultivate the Mountain Moving Art, you'll surely be invincible among your peers in the future,” the Great自在 Heavenly Devil said.
Zhang Chen glanced at the Great自在 Heavenly Devil upon hearing this, filled with helplessness, and said, “Old timer, did you overestimate my strength? That divine power might have dissipated for you, but it's still a behemoth to me.”
Zhang Chen felt bitter, but he didn't say it. Standing on the ruins of Mount Buzhou, the only skills he could use were the crystal core, which provided him with essence blood, and the Devour skill. He couldn't activate any other supernatural powers.
However, Zhang Chen had to admit that his Devour skill was tenacious. Even in the face of the pressure in the void, it could still be activated.
Just as Zhang Chen was sorting out his thoughts, the Great自在 Heavenly Devil sized him up, his eyes full of suspicion:
“Can't be, right? Aren't you pretty amazing, kid? You can't handle this mere divine pressure?”
The Great自在 Heavenly Devil was somewhat incredulous, “It's come to this, stop hiding your abilities.”
Zhang Chen was too lazy to pay attention to the Great自在 Heavenly Devil. Instead, he activated the Devour skill and looked at the void before him. Sure enough, he saw faint golden energy permeating the air.
The golden energy was like mist, with mysterious runes within. The runes constantly changed, sometimes scattering into golden mist, and sometimes the mist gathered into runes. These countless runes combined and separated, forming a strange power that spread through the air.
Upon seeing this, Zhang Chen couldn't help but gasp, “My Devour skill is truly heaven-defying. It can even devour this?”
“If I devour all the divine power in the air, wouldn't I be able to use my supernatural powers?” Zhang Chen felt a surge of anticipation.
If the divine power were at its peak, he certainly wouldn't be able to devour it all. But since the Great自在 Heavenly Devil said that the divine power was about to dissipate, there shouldn't be much left. He still had plenty of time. The space passage wouldn't close for a few months, so he could try it out.
If it worked, he could dig out the core of Mount Buzhou, and the materials for the Mountain Moving Art would be readily available. If it didn't work, he could just pick up a piece of Mount Buzhou's rock and leave!
With that thought, Zhang Chen slowly stretched out his left hand. The mouthparts of the congenital mosquito slowly extended, aimed at the divine power in the air, and devoured a large mouthful.
A mouthful of divine power entered his abdomen, and points transformed into foundation, pouring into Zhang Chen's body. This time, Zhang Chen didn't convert it into points. Instead, he chose to convert it into his roots. Only by improving his roots could his cultivation improve in the future.
Besides, he didn't have any major attack skills right now, only support skills. What was the point of leveling them up? It was better to improve his roots. A strong foundation was truly a good thing that could last a long time.
The improvement of roots could be directly seen, such as comprehension and cultivation speed.
As long as his roots were improved, he could even comprehend his own skills directly, without relying on skill points. Instead, he could comprehend the skills like comprehending supernatural powers.
Zhang Chen was a smart man. He knew that as he climbed the path of cultivation, he would gain more and more skills, and the number of points required would become increasingly enormous. But the source of points relied entirely on luck, and Zhang Chen was a person who never completely pinned his hopes on luck.
The golden finger came inexplicably. Although it was very useful, Zhang Chen didn't think the golden finger was his own. Only his roots were his own.
To say nothing else, if he transformed his own roots into the roots of a congenital being, then cultivating supernatural powers and comprehending the laws of heaven and earth would be a piece of cake.
Seeing Zhang Chen devour the divine power between heaven and earth, the Great自在 Heavenly Devil was dumbfounded. He stared blankly at Zhang Chen's actions, his eyes full of shock, “Good heavens! Truly good heavens! Back then, if that congenital mosquito had your spirit, it would have escaped tribulation long ago!”
The divine power was like mist, constantly permeating the air. Zhang Chen was also constantly devouring it. But as the Great自在 Heavenly Devil said, there wasn't much divine power left. In just half a day, the supply couldn't meet the demand. After another two days, the divine power flowing in the basin had been devoured by Zhang Chen, creating a gap. Within a hundred miles of Zhang Chen, the divine power in the air had been devoured cleanly. Although divine power flowed and permeated from afar, the speed at which it flowed was extremely slow, even slower than the clouds moving in the mountains.
As his roots transformed and his foundation continuously strengthened, Zhang Chen felt clear-headed. Looking at the sky, there seemed to be a strange rhythm flashing in the sky. That feeling was vague. In the dark, he seemed to have some understanding, but it was like a flower in a mirror or the moon in the water. Everything dissipated into smoke.
Zhang Chen wasn't anxious about this. He knew that his roots hadn't completed their transformation yet. When he truly succeeded in transforming, those principles of heaven and earth that were like flowers in a mirror and the moon in the water would be within his reach.
Seeing this, Zhang Chen stopped his supernatural power and directly used the Penetration Art to penetrate into the ground.
There was no divine power in the stones, which saved Zhang Chen a lot of trouble.
Even during the process of traveling through the stones, Zhang Chen had already noticed the difference in the stones. How should he put it? The stones of Mount Buzhou were indeed good, but that was all. They were stained with jade luster and were a little better than the stones outside, but that was just a little better.
“Countless billions of years have passed, and everything has been weathered away. The divine power within these stones has dissipated,” the Great自在 Heavenly Devil followed beside Zhang Chen's transformed stream of water and sighed softly.
“If the divine power in the stones has dissipated, where did the divine power in the air outside come from?” Zhang Chen asked curiously.
“It's leaking out from the framework of the entire Mount Buzhou,” the Great自在 Heavenly Devil said.
Zhang Chen pondered upon hearing this and continued to penetrate downwards in silence.
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