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And a little girl with chubby cheeks, fighting against skeletons.
Behind the little girl was Cao Yisheng, whose cultivation had already reached the Quasi-Emperor realm. At this moment, he was using bones as fuel to light a Dao fire, setting up a large pot to stew food for several shivering little radish heads that looked no more than five or six years old.
Just as Zhou Xuan's divine sense descended and scanned the planet...
Cao Yisheng, who was helplessly taking out pieces of beast meat from his storage container, stripping away the saint's killing power and leaving only the most essential and nourishing parts of the beast meat, suddenly narrowed his eyes and looked in the direction of the little girl.
However, the moment he discovered that the divine thought scanning heaven and earth belonged to Zhou Xuan, he realized that Zhou Xuan was the one who had been doing so.
Cao Yisheng's wary expression turned into a speechless silence as he said to Zhou Xuan:
"You just left, and you've already arrived in such a short time?"
"I'm really worried. Why did you have to let your sister leave?"
"I'm always worried about my younger sister leaving home."
Hearing Cao Yisheng's telepathic message, Zhou Xuan, whose attention was entirely focused on the little girl, spared a sliver of attention to shield himself from all projections directed at Cao Yisheng and said:
"What's going on? We just left, and the fighting has already started?"
“The ancient road to the stars is fraught with peril, and every step is fraught with danger. Your sister is kind-hearted, and upon arriving here, she discovered many helpless children. So she set up a fire and cooked a meal to fill their bellies, hoping to at least let them die with a full stomach.”
Hearing this, Cao Yisheng turned around, took out a spoon, and under the watchful eyes of the children staring eagerly at the pot on the fire, scooped out a little bit, smacked his lips, and continued:
"Unexpectedly, this ancient star was a battlefield of the Primordial Era. The corpses of the soldiers who died here filled the mountain streams, and the flowing blood stained the rivers and seas red. On ordinary days, driven by their immortal resentment, the corpses fought each other."
“Your dear sister’s aura is different from that of this ancient star. Furthermore, by setting up a cooking pot, she has naturally aroused the hostility of the corpse on this ancient star.”
“Your dear sister, unwilling to waste this pot of good meat, fought against the corpses; when I arrived, I wanted to lend a hand, but your sister said that this was her own trial and did not allow me to help, only asking me to take care of these children.”
At this point, with a slight thought, he divided the meat and broth in the pot equally, each portion floating in front of the child. Cao Yisheng's gaze shifted to the little girl with a slightly chubby face, her expression serious. She was someone who, despite being repeatedly repelled, would rise again with sheer tenacity to fight the corpses. He spoke to her:
"However, I must say, your little sister is really resilient!"
"It's not just her resilience; her talent far surpasses others. Although her physique is slightly inferior, she can find the best way to deal with the enemy in the shortest amount of time. Even at such a young age, she has modified the core of the life-and-death technique in a short period of time, making it more suitable for dealing with this group of corpses."
Perhaps it was because he was surrounded by corpses, with innocent children and skeletons all around him, or perhaps it was because he was truly astonished by the little girl's talent, but Cao Yisheng became unusually talkative this time.
In no time, he launched into a rapid-fire string of remarks:
"With this talent, if your precious little sister could make up for her physical shortcomings, she might actually be able to attain enlightenment in this lifetime!"
"Change the law of life and death?!"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Xuan's divine sense turned to Cao Yisheng and asked:
"I wonder what kind of life-and-death techniques the elder brother has given my younger sister?!"
"It's nothing much, just a method of attack that can summon thunder."
Upon hearing Zhou Xuan's question, Cao Yisheng took out two large bowls, divided the remaining broth and meat pieces in the pot equally, took one bowl for himself, and used his magic to keep the other bowl warm. He then spoke nonchalantly:
"After all, thunder is pure yang, while these corpses, whose physical bodies are driven by an undying obsession, are extremely yin, which is exactly what pure yang thunder can overcome."
"However, to be honest, although the Thunder Technique is effective against corpses, it is not the best way to deal with them. The best way to deal with them is the Salvation Technique created by the Celestial Venerable Lingbao specifically for the corpse calamity."
As he spoke, Cao Yisheng took a sip of soup and waved his hand.
He sent a powerful attack technique, capable of summoning thunder and even heavenly tribulation, towards Zhou Xuan's divine sense.
After receiving Cao Yisheng's attack techniques, Zhou Xuan carefully examined them and discovered that these techniques were extraordinary, seemingly originating from a supreme scripture comparable to the Daoist scripture created by the Daoist deity in the mythological era.
Zhou Xuan, whose realm was that of a flawless Great Emperor and who had received insights from many ancient emperors, was naturally extraordinary. He discovered the source of this offensive technique from a mere glimpse of its essence.
It is a supreme scripture that requires one to constantly experience various tribulations, transcend numerous great calamities of heaven, earth, and humanity amidst these tribulations, and ultimately undergo infinite transformations and continuous ascents through all kinds of tribulations in the world.
To Zhou Xuan's surprise, the core idea of Cao Yisheng's Ultimate Dao Scripture was actually similar to that of the Devouring Heaven Emperor Scripture and the Undying Heavenly Skill.
Could it be that Cao Yisheng is one of the origins of the "Devouring Heaven Emperor Scripture" and "Undying Heavenly Technique" created by the little girl?!
"Fellow Daoist, could you please tell me the source scripture of this great offensive technique?!"
Thinking of this, Zhou Xuan raised his divine sense and looked at Cao Yisheng, saying:
"I can exchange with fellow Daoists the same level of supreme Daoist scriptures as the Taiyin True Scripture, the Taiyang True Lord, the Feathered Immortal Scripture, and the Stone Emperor Scripture."
"We're friends, why talk about exchanging things?"
Upon hearing this, Cao Yisheng, who, despite having attained the quasi-emperor level, still maintained a mortal demeanor, slurping soup along the rim of his bowl. His eyes darted around, and then, adopting a magnanimous expression, he spoke to Zhou Xuan:
"You can have it if you want!"
Cao Yisheng thought to himself: You already possess the achievements of slaying the Lord of the Undying Mountain, intimidating the major forbidden zones of life in the Big Dipper, and being revered by all beings in the universe as the strongest holy body and an invincible god's Great Accomplished Holy Body.
If I were to give you the "Transcending Tribulation Heavenly Skill" on my own initiative, how could you feel at ease if you didn't give me some kind of return gift?!
"brush!"
Thinking of this, Cao Yisheng, the unscrupulous fat Taoist with his eyes darting around, waved his sleeve and materialized all the chapters of the "Transcending Tribulation Heavenly Technique" into divine runes of the Great Dao, displaying them all before Zhou Xuan's eyes.
Zhou Xuan raised his hand to receive the scripture of the "Transcending Tribulation Heavenly Technique," and the divine light in his eyes dimmed slightly. With his supreme divine sense, he returned to the original location of the Ninety-Nine Dragon Mountain with the "Transcending Tribulation Heavenly Technique."
Standing there, watching Cao Yisheng, whose divine sense avatar's eyes were dim, clearly indicating that the ultimate divine sense had vanished without a trace, his pupils suddenly widened, and he exclaimed in surprise with an expression of having been cheated:
"Goodness, they're gone already?"
"They left without giving you any benefits?!"
"Oh, my mortal venerable one! Am I going to lose money this time?!"
"..."
"boom!!!"
Before Cao Yisheng could finish speaking, he was abruptly cut off by the sound of thunderous explosions.
Looking in the direction of the sound, one could see that the supreme yang power of the Sun True Scripture was used to connect with the dense clouds in the sky, drawing down bolts of supreme yang lightning to blast the little girl, whose body was covered with corpses.
Looking at Xiao Nannan, who had once again altered the core of her cultivation technique, allowing the life-and-death art derived from the "Transcending Tribulation Heavenly Technique" to be matched with the Sun True Scripture, unleashing a power that even she herself could not match at her current level.
Cao Yisheng, who initially felt that his cleverness had backfired and that he was bound to lose money, was certain that:
"That celestial being, I'm so worried I've forgotten about this girl."
"Even Zhou Xuan, with his Great Perfection Saint Body, treasures this girl like the apple of his eye. With this girl in hand, how could I possibly lose money!"
At this point, Cao Yisheng gritted his teeth, stamped his foot, and thought to himself:
"Anyway, this girl's brother dotes on her, so giving it to her brother is the same as giving it to her. Taking advantage of the moment when Zhou Xuan's divine sense was withdrawn, I gave the 'Transcending Tribulation Heavenly Technique' to this girl, making this soft-hearted girl completely indebted to me..."
"No, Daoist Master should take this girl as his disciple. Tsk tsk tsk, if this girl becomes Daoist Master's successor."
"Isn't Zhou Xuan just Daoist Master's junior?!"
Thinking of this, a flash of inspiration struck Cao Yisheng, and his eyes darted around as he thought:
"Given how much that guy cherishes this girl, if I, Daoist, were to become her master, wouldn't my mere Great Perfection Saint Body be completely under my control?"
"Zhou Jingxian, do you want a cultivation technique or not? A technique that points directly to the path of immortality. As long as you constantly transform and undergo tribulations, you can obtain a super technique that points directly to the path of immortality!"
The more Cao Yisheng thought about it, the more convinced he was that this investment would definitely not be a loss. His eyes lit up as he looked towards the little girl and said:
"As long as you become my disciple, I will impart this cultivation technique to you exactly as it is..."
Chapter 34 Then let's sink Zhongzhou!!
"The world is like water, and man is like a boat; throughout our lives, we are all struggling to cross it..."
The opening text of "The Heavenly Technique for Crossing Tribulations" surged through Zhou Xuan's mind.
It was as if an ancient deity, spanning the ancient times, the primordial era, mythology, and even more distant ages, was reciting scriptures, revealing the mysteries of the "Transcending Tribulation Heavenly Skill" to Zhou Xuan bit by bit.
This "Transcending Tribulation Heavenly Skill" is clearly different from the ultimate classics of the present era. Even the "Taoist Scriptures" of the mythological era are not on the same path as "Transcending Tribulation Heavenly Skill".
Among the ultimate classics that Zhou Xuan obtained, apart from the incomplete but still sufficient to support Zhou Xuan in cultivating to the level of a second-generation Great Emperor, the rest were either obtained from system rewards, or from the Stone Emperor's memories, or from exchanges with the major ultimate dynasties and immortal families of the Big Dipper.
Although the scriptures are all about gilding the sea of suffering and exhausting the pursuit of immortality, upon closer examination, one can see that the foundation of these ultimate classics is based on the premise that all races in the world have a lifespan of no more than ten thousand years, thus defying the creation of heaven and earth to push their own combat power to the highest peak and the ultimate limit of killing manuals.
However, the foundation of Cao Yisheng's "Crossing Tribulation Heavenly Technique" seems to be based on having endless lifespan, undergoing tribulations time and time again, and transforming again and again, ultimately reaching the state of being cleansed of death energy, having life force that lasts forever, and existing in the world for eternity...
He sensed the differences between the "Transcending Tribulation Heavenly Technique" in his mind and the major ultimate classics of the world, as well as the five secret realm cultivation methods of the human body that seemed superfluous and were forcibly added to the original intent.
Zhou Xuan always felt that there should be another version of this book, "The Heavenly Art of Crossing Tribulations," a version that could directly point to the path of immortality.
"Cao Yisheng has a big secret!"
Using the powerful primordial spirit refined from the two great mother scriptures of the human race, Taiyin and Taiyang, the various changes of the "Crossing Tribulation Heavenly Technique" were deduced, and it was finally determined that the Great Dao that the "Crossing Tribulation Heavenly Technique" can climb requires far too many harsh conditions.
Even if all conditions are met, the assistance of a level twelve Great Emperor is still needed to cleanse the death aura and transform the cultivator's entire body into pure Yang energy before the "Transcending Tribulation Heavenly Technique" can achieve a major breakthrough.
However, if one is refined by the power of the ultimate Dao, the cultivator will be suppressed by the laws of the Great Emperor.
Without the help of the Great Emperor, no matter how many breakthroughs a cultivator makes, it will be difficult to attain enlightenment.
Therefore, if a cultivator were to practice this method, they could at most reach the eleventh level of alternative Dao attainment combat power.
"However, Cao Yisheng possesses an Emperor-level physical body... This proves that he did not receive the full assistance of an Extreme Dao being to cleanse his body of death energy and transform himself into pure Yang life energy."
"It is because he himself once successfully attained enlightenment and transformed into an ultimate being."
"This can be verified by referring to the Supreme Being of the Forbidden Zone as the Underworld Emperor and the Source Emperor."
Thinking of this, Zhou Xuan, sitting atop Mount Ninety-Nine Dragons, gazed intently at the planet where Cao Yisheng and Xiao Nannan were:
"But how did he do that? Unless... the one who helped him back then wasn't a level 12 flawless emperor, but a Heavenly Emperor or an immortal with a higher level of life..."
The Yin-Yang Divine Eyes are activated, and the gaze descends the instant.
Zhou Xuan, whose eyes had been as calm as still water, suddenly narrowed his eyes, and his face twitched slightly.
"You unscrupulous Taoist priest, if I'm not careful, you'll be my elder!"
Cao Yisheng, who was teaching the little girl the "Transcending Tribulation Heavenly Skill", suddenly trembled and looked up at the sky.
Suddenly, Cao Yisheng, who had been grinning mischievously like a mouse that had stolen some sesame oil, vanished without a trace in front of Xiao Nannan, who was sitting cross-legged and practicing the "Crossing Tribulation Heavenly Technique".
In the next instant, a primordial particle that had been projected here by the Yin-Yang Divine Eye suddenly expanded and transformed into Zhou Xuan's original form, his blood energy soaring into the sky, glancing sideways at Cao Yisheng.
"How come the Taoist priest has taken Nannan as his disciple after only a short time apart?"
Zhou Xuan's voice was very calm, but Cao Yisheng's face twitched suddenly upon hearing this.
The moment Zhou Xuan spoke, a terrifying pressure descended, crushing Cao Yisheng's body.
In an instant, he pinned Cao Yisheng, who possessed the combat power of a quasi-emperor, to the ground.