Chapter 1567 - Comprehending the Great Dao (2)
Chapter 1567 Comprehending the Great Dao (2)
Shang Zhang glanced at the two girls before he accompanied Ming Xin out.
When they were outside, Shang Zhang asked with a smile, “What do you think?”
“Whether or not they’ll be a great help to the Great Void will depend on you,” Ming Xin said.
“Yes,” Shang Zhang said before he sighed and added, “They’re young and ignorant. They’re just newborn calves unafraid of the tiger. They often talk back to me, but for some reason, I’m not angry at all.”
Ming Xin remained silent.
Upon seeing this, Shang Zhang sighed again and continued to say, “If my poor daughter were still around, she’d be around their age now.”
Ming Xin’s expression changed slightly as he said solemnly, “There are some things in the past that you shouldn’t talk about.”
Shang Zhang only looked into the distance.
Ming Xin did not know what Shang Zhang was thinking, and he only said, “If you want to blame someone, blame the person who stole the Great Void Seeds.”
“I only blame myself,” Shang Zhang said.
Ming Xin was silent.
Shang Zhang sighed. “Forget it.” He changed the topic and asked, “Is the Unholy One really dead?”
Ming Xin said expressionlessly, “I don’t know.”
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“Are you afraid of him?” Ming Xin asked.
Shang Zhang scoffed. “Why would I be afraid of him? I’m not an idiot like Tu Wei.”
“I hope so.”
With that, Ming Xin vanished into thin air.
Shang Zhang flashed and returned to the area near Little Yuan’er and Conch. He looked at them from afar and wondered inwardly, ‘They’re still there. What’s Ming Xin, that old fox, up to? Qi Sheng is his man. Could they be working together to manipulate me?’
Shang Zhang felt that something was amiss. He walked over and sensed Little Yuan’er and Conch; they were the same as before.
When Little Yuan’er and Conch saw Shang Zhang, Little Yuan’er said, “Here we go
again.”
Shang Zhang smiled and said, “Little girl, you just came to the Great Void not long ago. Do you want to go out and take a look?”
“Can I?” Little Yuan’er was slightly surprised.
“Of course.”
Children were children, after all. There was nothing wrong with coaxing them once in a while.
“Let’s bring Conch along as well,” Little Yuan’er said. She knew Conch was from the Great Void, after all.
Since Conch was captured, she had been wanting to go out and have a look. However, she clearly did not have the qualifications nor was she in the condition to do so.
Shang Zhang looked at Conch. To be honest, he preferred and valued Little Yuan’er more. When he heard Little Yuan’er wanted Conch to come along, his interest was immediately dampened.
Conch asked very politely, “Emperor Shang Zhang, can you bring me out to have a look as well?”
Shang Zhang’s expression was clearly not as good as before.
Upon seeing this, Little Yuan’er said, “If you don’t want to, then forget it.”
Shang Zhang said, “I’m a man of my word.”
With a wave of his hand, energy shrouded the two girls.
Following that, the three of them looked like shooting stars as they shot out into the sky.
The sky was blue, and there were no clouds in the sky. The mountains and rivers were beautiful and magnificent. The plants and trees were lush. It was as though they had entered a spring painting with mysterious valleys and forests where mountains and rivers intersected. There was a vast and endless ancient road, and a sky-high platform.
“What do you think?” Shang Zhang was usually busy. Now that he was touring his territory, he discovered how beautiful and refreshing his territory was.
Little Yuan’er, who was affected by the beautiful scenery, could not help but nod and say, “It’s really beautiful.”
However, as soon as Little Yuan’er finished speaking, she seemed to realize she had misspoken. She quickly shook her head and said, “It’s just average. It can’t compare to my hometown at all.”
At this time, Conch pointed to a platform in the sky and asked, “What’s that?”
“That’s the Chao Tian Platform. It’s used as a sacrificial altar to worship the heavens and earth,” Shang Zhang replied.
Conch nodded before she pointed at a lake in the distance and asked, “What’s that place?”
“That’s the Heavenly Jade Lake. It’s as vast as the sky, and clear as crystal,” Shang Zhang said. Inwardly, he thought to himself, ‘I’m a divine emperor, but now, I’ve been reduced to a tour guide for two hostages…’
Shang Zhang suppressed his displeasure. However, when he looked at the innocent and pretty girls, he felt his anger disappear again.
Subsequently, the trio flew into a strange forest. There was a mound in the forest.
Little Yuan’er pointed at it and asked, “What’s
that?”
Shang Zhang frowned. “Don’t ask.”
“It’s fine if you don’t tell me. My master will tell me in the future,” Little Yuan’er said.
Shang Zhang: “?”
‘Does this mean she’s willing to accept a master?’
Shang Zhang’s frown eased, but his expression was still a little solemn. Then, he said lightly, “That’s a grave.”
“Whose?” Little Yuan’er asked, slightly surprised.
Shang Zhang calmly replied, “My daughter’s.”
Little Yuan’er muttered, “I didn’t ask on purpose…”
Shang Zhang let out a long sigh. “If she were still around, she’d be around the same age as you.” He no longer wanted to talk about this so he changed the topic and said, “I have a Dao hall in the southeast. If you’re willing, you can cultivate there. I can satisfy all of your requests, but I have one condition: both of you must be loyal to me from now on.”
Little Yuan’er rolled her eyes before she said, “I’ll think about it.”
“I have plenty of time.”
Then, three of them flew in the southeastern direction like shooting stars.
In just a blink of an eye, another ten years passed.
In the abyss.
The power of the earth continued to grow.
When one looked down from above, one would see what looked like a dark sky filled with stars. Among the stars, there was one that was particularly bright and dazzling. Not only that, but energy was gathering from all directions toward the bright star.
Buzz! Buzz!
The star hummed before it suddenly shot out like a shooting star and flew in the abyss. It lasted for about 15 minutes before it returned to its original position.
Boom!
With the star in the center, a vast energy swept out in the abyss. Following that, a beam of light shot up.
Rumble!
Rocks fell into the abyss without stopping.
At this moment, Lu Zhou suddenly opened his eyes. “What is space? What is time? Why am I here?”
Realization suddenly dawned on Lu Zhou. He sensed the energy in the abyss; it felt like seawater. He lifted his hand and tried to feel them. Every time he moved his hand, the space would ripple and distort.
Lu Zhou felt as though he had been dreaming for a very long time.
It took a while before Lu Zhou finally recovered his senses. He sighed. “I’m still in the abyss.”
He looked at the system interface and found that it was still upgrading.
Previously, this did not happen. He did not know why he would suddenly wake up before the upgrading process was completed.
Seeing that he was awake, he took the chance and brought out Gou Chen’s life heart to activate another Birth Chart. After embedding it into his Birth Palace, he meditated on the Heavenly Writing.
In less than 15 minutes, he was immersed in his meditative state again and lost all his senses again.
At the same time.
Dunzang began to shake violently. It took a while before it gradually calmed down.
Coincidentally, Dunzang corresponded with Shang Zhang Hall in the Great Void.
Shang Zhang frowned as he looked at the mountains and rivers, not knowing what happened.
Little Yuan’er asked fearfully, “There are earthquakes in the Great Void as well?”
Conch said, “Maybe…”
“It’s so dangerous here! I felt like I was going to fall earlier,” Little Yuan’er said.
“Don’t talk nonsense!” Shang Zhang said reproachfully.
At this time, five figures appeared in front of Shang Zhang and bowed.
“Your Majesty, we found out that the tremors came from Dunzang..” “Dunzang?”
“The Pillar of Destruction in Dunzang has already collapsed. An energy storm has appeared in the abyss. It’s possible… It’s possible that the storm caused a spatial tear that affected the Great Void.”
Upon hearing this, Little Yuan’er asked, horrified, “Is the sky going to fall?”
“With me around, the sky won’t collapse.” “I don’t want the sky to collapse…” Little Yuan’er muttered.
Upon hearing this, Shang Zhang asked, “Why?”
“My master once said that if the sky collapses, he’ll hold it up. I don’t want my master to carry such a burden,” Little Yuan’er said.
“You have a master?”
“Yes.”
“Where’s he?”
Upon hearing this, Little Yuan’er began to cry softly. With tears in her eyes, she said, “He fell into an abyss… and died.”
Shang Zhang did not know if he was happy or sad. He only said, “I’m sorry for your loss, but the dead can’t be brought back to life.”
Shang Zhang thought to himself, ‘Tu Wei and the Unholy One are to blame for this matter. Countless lives were lost due to their battle.’
Little Yuan’er wiped her tears away and said, “I want to go to Dunzang to have a look.”
Shang Zhang nodded. “Your filial piety is commendable. I’ll grant you your wish.”