Chapter 960 - Cultivation Base Rising Rapidly
Shen Xi's gaze hardened as he looked at Lian Xing and said, "Sorry for the offense."
Following that, Shen Xi waved his left hand.
Lian Xing cried out when she was suddenly pulled into the eye of the formation. In just an instant, black vine-like energies emerged from the Dao inscriptions on the floor and restrained her. It did not take long before she gave up on struggling and resisting.
"Miss Fifth," Shen Xi called out.
Zhao Yue walked to the other formation that mirrored the formation Lian Xing was standing on. Similarly, black vine-like energies emerged and restrained her as well.
Following that, the astrolabe emitted an energy that felt palpably heavy.
.Upon sensing this, Lu Zhou used the Heavenly Writing's power of sight to watch the scene before him. He saw tiny blue spots of light like grains of sand slowly leaving Lian Xing's body before moving toward Zhao Yue.
'Great Void energy?' At this moment, he discovered that the Great Void energy and the supreme mystic power were rather similar in that they were both blue.
So this was the effect of the Great Void Seed? Lu Zhou grew even more curious about the Unknown Land.
He thought about Conch who came from the Unknown Land and wondered why she had a red lotus.
Soon after, his mind wandered to Ji Tiandao and Luo Xuan who had been to the Unknown Land. With their low cultivation bases at that time, how did they safely escape the Thousand Realms Whirling experts there? What tricks did they have up their sleeves?
At this moment, Shen Xi called out, "Xiaomo."
"Coming." Li Xiaomo hurriedly stepped forward and manifested his black astrolabe as well. Then, it hovered above the third formation, covering it.
"Two astrolabes, three formations, five layers of protection..."
The blue grain-like energy connected Lian Xing and Zhao Yue like the Milky Way.
Lian Xing could acutely feel the Great Void energy she had obtained with great difficulty leaving her body. At this moment, she regretted her decision immensely. She cried out, "No!"
"There's no room for you to refuse!"
Shen Xi moved his hand again.
The astrolabe in the sky dropped a few meters while the astrolabe on the ground rose a few meters.
Accordingly, the siphoning strength increased by several times as well.
Lian Xing's eyes widened in fear as she cried out, "My Great Void energy! My cultivation base!" She struggled against the black vine-like energies in vain.
The power of the Thousand Realms Whirling astrolabes was like a huge vortex, constantly drawing out the Great Void energy from Lian Xing's Eight Extraordinary Meridians, internal organs, and Dantian's sea of Qi before it entered Zhao Yue's body.
The entire process was rather long.
Lu Zhou studied the changes between the two. Since this was related to Zhao Yue's future, it was best if he kept a close eye to make sure nothing went wrong.
Lu Zhou had always wondered if it was really a coincidence that Ji Tiandao obtained ten Great Void Seeds, and the number of disciples he had was exactly ten as well. Moreover, there was the poem, 'The bright moon shines over the sea; from far away we share this moment together', that seemed to predict the names of his disciples.
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
The power generated by the two black astrolabes grew even more powerful. The energy left Lian Xing's body in waves now.
"Zhao Yue! I… I saved your life! Now I… I want it back!" Lian Xing cried out. Following that, she began to laugh maniacally again.
Shen Xi said with a frown on his face, "What a hypocrite." Then, he turned to Lu Zhou and said, "She has long made preparations to die. All her Birth Charts boost Primal Qi!"
Lu Zhou asked, "What are the effects?"
"Miss Fifth only has six leaves so her Dantian's sea of Qi is weak. If so much Primal Qi is transferred over at the same time, I'm afraid it will…"
To put it bluntly, Zhao Yue's Dantian's sea of Qi would not be able to withstand such a huge influx of Primal Qi.
Shen Xi said, "Fortunately, I've made sufficient preparations. These formations can suppress the Primal Qi, and I'll be able to extract just the Great Void energy."
"So we have to give up on the Primal Qi?"
"We have no choice but to give it up," Shen Xi replied.
Lu Zhou thought for a moment before he said, "Not necessarily."
"Pavilion Master, you mean to siphon all of it? This is…" Shen Xi looked troubled. However, in the end, he said, "Alright, I'll do my best."
At this moment, Lu Zhou raised his head and called out, "Tianxin."
"Your orders, master?"
"Give the excess Primal Qi to Cheng Huang," Lu Zhou said.
"Understood." Ye Tianxin nodded.
Shen Xi looked at Cheng Huang that was sitting nearby.
After Ye Tianxin spoke to Cheng Huang, it roared loudly before it leaped high up into the air, past the astrolabe. Then, it turned its body around before it dove with a thunderous noise.
Pan Zhong scratched his head and said, "Heavens! Every time you order it to move, the earth and the mountains will shake!"
Ye Tianxin could only smile helplessly. There was nothing that could be done since Cheng Huang was so big. To think this was after it had shrunk.
Cheng Huang lowered its head. Its long face and ears made it look rather graceful, and it complemented Ye Tianxin's pure temperament. At this moment, it suddenly blinked and opened its mouth. A vortex seemed to appear and drew Lian Xing's Primal Qi into its mouth.
Everyone was stunned by this sight.
Li Xiaomo said in a daze, "Brother Shen, if... Chenghuang were in peak condition, do you think you'll be able to take it down?"
Shen Xi shook his head. "I'm not sure."
"What about now in its current state?"
"Perhaps, with schemes and tricks it's possible. However, it's unusually smart and won't be easily fooled. Usually, 10,0000-year-old Birth Chart Beasts like this rarely leave their territories."
Ye Tianxin, who was hovering in the sky, said, "It came from the Moonlight Woodland where there are countless fierce beasts. Six-leaf cultivators can enter the outer parts of the forest. To go slightly deeper, one would need seven or eight leaves, but one should never provoke the fierce beasts there. In the depths of the forest, there's a 10,000-foot-deep abyss. In the abyss, there are even fiercer beasts. It's not a place where cultivators can enter. If it weren't Cheng Huang, I would've died at that time."
Shen Xi said, intrigued, "The Moonlight Woodland? Even I feel like taking a look after listening to you…"
"Guardian Shen is a Thousand Realms Whirling expert so you can naturally enter and leave as you please…"
Shen Xi waved his hand and modestly said, "Not necessarily. There are many strange things in this vast world. Miss Sixth has the Great Void energy. Even 10,000-year-old fierce beasts would submit to you, let alone the weak fierce beasts. If a Thousand Realms Whirling expert encounters a horde of fierce beasts, without any means to escape, he or she would still be torn to pieces."
After all, it was hard to fight against numbers. Moreover, beasts could not be reasoned with like humans. This was similar to Lu Li's situation at the Endless Ocean.
Meanwhile, Cheng Huang burped happily after it absorbed the excess Primal Qi.
Lian Xing's voice trembled, "Why?"
Buzz!
Shen Xi no longer held back. He increased the spinning speed of the two astrolabes.
All the Great Void energy and Primal Qi entered Zhao Yue's body.
Zhao Yue felt as though her Dantian's sea of Qi was going to explode as energy surged in. At the same time, she also felt the power coursing through her Extraordinary Eight Meridians. With these, her cultivation continued to soar.
Soon enough, Zhao Yue felt a cooling sensation as the energy attacked the wall of her sea of Qi after it was fully filled, trying to expand it. The cooling sensation came from the Great Void energy.
She hurriedly manifested her Hundred Tribulations Insight avatar that was missing its lotus. It looked incredibly insignificant next to the two black astrolabes.
Swoosh!
The seventh leaf appeared.
Her cultivation base continued to rise rapidly.
Swoosh!
The eighth leaf appeared.
Pan Zhong and Zhou Jifeng watched with eyes filled with envy. The speed of the cultivation base rising had overturned their understanding of cultivation.
Meanwhile, Lu Zhou stroked his beard and nodded in satisfaction. "Guard your Dantian and let the Primal Qi in. Lian Xing is a Thousand Realms Whirling cultivator; seize this opportunity, and you might be able to sprout the tenth leaf."
"Yes, master."
Inside the formation, the surging Primal Qi that was drawn out by the astrolabe and the formation entered the Hundred Tribulations Insight avatar. With that, the golden avatar grew rapidly.
After 15 minutes…
Swoosh!
The ninth leaf appeared.
At the same time, Ye Tianxin who was hovering in the air said with a smile, "Master, the fierce beast is here. Please allow me to deal with it."