Episode 157

  When I was at a loss and bewildered by the grandeur of what had been accomplished, not knowing how to respond, a soft and gentle voice like a wisp of cloud floated into my ears. The sound was as light as a breeze, yet it shook me like thunder on my side. I felt my heart skip a beat, the world around me fell silent, leaving only the sound booming in my mind! For a long time, I trembled and stammered:

  "Who is beneath your feet?"

  "Silence! Your body has been surrounded by several layers of combined forces, and the blood sacrifice method is being used to inspect you. It's likely that your tracks have already been exposed."

  He was shocked and changed color upon hearing the words.

  "My true body is in the apricot forest, your divine consciousness has scattered to this place. You can use the method of transmitting sound with the gods and have a word with me."

  "Yes! What's your surname, Fairy?"

  The sound was insufficient to convey the message. However, upon recognizing the divine gaze in this place, there was not a single person or object present. Just as I was wondering, that wonderful sound echoed again.

  "Few words! One word will do! To live or to die?"

  "Long live the late-born!"

  "I will keep my promise."

  "What's wrong?"

  "Go to the northern land of the ancient continent and find three things for me, and I will spare your life! The first is the Holy Forbidden Law Disk, the second is the Great Sun Crystal, and the third is the Broken Forbidden Cauldron."

  "Immortal, these three things are all forbidden in the world. How can a small cultivator like me possibly achieve this? Furthermore, even if I had the opportunity, it would be hundreds of years from now! Isn't that too late?"

  "You, a trustworthy person! The deity only needs your promise, come here within 200 years!"

  After a moment of hesitation, he said again:

  "We have never had the chance to meet before, how did you know of my virtues?"

  "You and that snake spirit once lingered in this land, everything you did was before my eyes. How could I not know? Your question is probably confused about the purpose of my helping hand! This matter involves extremely shocking things, it's not suitable for you to know all the secrets at this time. It's just that we two each take what we need, why worry about others?"

  "I don't know how Xianzun is going to live with him."

  Being puzzled and asking:

  "Haha! So suspicious, aren't you afraid of shortening your lifespan?! Your appearance has changed greatly, and even if you use ordinary methods to investigate, it's impossible to succeed. However, even if your face has changed, your body still has its original blood vessels, which haven't changed. This time, I'm afraid your fresh blood will flow into a certain place, and they will obtain it. Therefore, they will combine their powers, use the Blood Sacrifice method, track down the source of the blood, and you won't be able to escape!"

  "In that case, why don't they take people away immediately?"

  "Capture you? The law of blood sacrifice is not that easy! I think it's your blood, they gained very little, only determined the general direction, so they couldn't come quickly to capture you! However, if they had a few more moments, capturing you would be no difficulty at all!"

  "Oh!"

  "The true self has a secret method, which can deceive heaven and earth, and escape from the cycle of birth and death! However, there must be a prior agreement, this secret method consists of two stanzas, if one cultivates only half of it, even if they manage to escape danger, after 200 years, if they do not cultivate the second stanza, then the divine power they have cultivated will inevitably bring about their own downfall, and they will perish in a self-inflicted disaster, with no chance of escape!"

  Insufficient words are spoken, absolute truth is conveyed:

  "I wish to cultivate this technique!"

  "This heavenly secret, you and I must not let it enter a third person's ear!"

  "I understand now!"

  "And attach your spirit to this apricot tree."

  "Yes!"

  In the apricot forest, a giant tree stood tall, and suddenly a dark light flashed, wrapping the golden light ball that was not yet recognizable in its divine form. In an instant, the dark light dissipated, and the golden light turned to dust, scattering in all directions. Hundreds of miles away, under a precipitous cliff, a man sat cross-legged with his eyes closed. After a while, he smiled and stood up, taking big strides towards the entrance of Mount Ling.

  At the same time, it was that overbearing female cultivator who stirred up the water with her giant sword, causing the incomplete old wound on the shore to collapse, and the soil and rocks beside the blood-stained ground were all dyed red. Several senior cultivators had their mouths stained with blood, their faces pale, and they looked at each other in dismay:

  "The ritual of blood sacrifice is actually useless!"

  "It must be because we used our magic twice in a row, and our magical powers were insufficient!"

  "No! This method will either fail to be applied or if successful, it will be pursued and corrected, with no place to hide!"

  "This is indeed a great wonder!"

  "Although your achievement is remarkable, the method of blood sacrifice will ultimately backfire and has never been seen since ancient times!"

  "Hurry! Within a radius of three hundred miles, those who are not our fellow practitioners should be captured upon encounter!"

  "Yes!"

  The disciples and followers all nodded in unison, then dispersed. In an instant, the blue bird messengers' tokens fluttered wildly, as within a radius of three hundred li, the cultivators either trod on clouds to hurry along or rode the wind to come and go, what a lively scene!

  Insufficient footsteps are extremely fast, and the heavenly mechanism is hidden from the heavens. It directly exits to receive the spiritual mountain and goes deep into the ancient mainland.

  Apricot forest.

  A soft and gentle voice said:

  "The true body has appeared in this place with an insufficient form and bloodline, but has come to play a little among the cultivators here. It's just that the insufficient history is a beautiful person, suffering such injuries, yet enduring great pain! This child's mind is indeed extraordinary, he will surely have great achievements in the future!"

  "Report! Three hundred li away, Apricot Forest, there is a great sage whose name is not in the records."

  "Advance into Apricot Forest, no mistake is allowed!"

  Thus, the quiet apricot forest is red and fiery like a fairy's hometown. The immortals from all directions in the sky tread on clouds to come and go, while the lower-ranking cultivators on the ground hold their breath and look around cautiously. But where is there any trace of an insufficient history?

  "This is bad! This is a trick to abandon the shell like a cicada! We have fallen into the trap! That Shi is not enough, it seems that there is a mastermind behind him. I'm afraid by now they have already gone far."

  A burst of anger and frustration.

  "Let all the troops disperse, and surround them for a thousand miles! Not even an ant can escape!"

  "Yes!"

  Thus all parties retreated from Apricot Forest. Apricot Forest returned to its silent days.

  At this time, in a white thick cloud in the sky, more than ten cultivators rushed along the road, and a beautiful female cultivator said:

  "Big Brother Master, who would have thought that the insufficient history was lingering by the river ditch where we were chasing and killing the demon beast!"

  "Sister, be quiet! This matter must never be mentioned again!"

  "Big Brother Master, could it be that you think that shape-shifting demon is actually the Historian Insufficient?"

  He then corrected his mistake and asked:

  "I've never said that! Fellow disciples, let's just focus on the pursuit, don't have any other thoughts or ideas in your minds!"

  "Got it!"

  The crowd of cultivators proceeded in silence. Before long, the delicate female cultivator couldn't help but speak again:

  "Big Brother, there's an order from above that within a thousand miles, no ant shall be spared. How can they not be spared?"

  The elder brother sighed and smiled at this female cultivator:

  "Sister is so enthusiastic, and such words also need to be investigated thoroughly."

  "Senior brother, with a radius of a thousand miles, it's not just ants that can't be thoroughly investigated, even demonic beasts may not be able to do so."

  The elder brother sighed and said:

  "Don't worry, sister, we have thousands of people searching all around, and after a careful search, we'll definitely find that person."

  "However, in a land of thousands of miles, with numerous monks entering, it's just like trying to capture a single drop of water from the flat lake - where can you possibly catch it?"

  "Sister, I...I have an emergency, going down to the woods below for a moment, you all continue on ahead."

  Watching the great master brother being entangled by the little junior sister, feeling suffocated and unable to free himself, all the cultivators couldn't help but secretly laugh.

  "Big brother! Are you supposed to say this to a female cultivator? How ridiculous!"

  Jiao Jiao's face turned red with anger.

  "Ah! This......"

  "Haha... "

  The crowd on the cloud finally endured the hardships and couldn't help but laugh, first in a low voice, then bursting into loud laughter.

  At that time, he was already far away in a thousand miles!