Back when he was in the Ascendant Cloud Sword Pavilion, he had been besieged by the experts of the Hall of Gods because he had just entered the Ethereal Hall. It was the same for the second time in Greenwave City.
He hadn't thought of such a possibility, but now that he saw Fu Chenzi colluding with the Hall of Gods, he couldn't help but wonder if something had happened to the Ethereal Hall.
Kong Shi was a man of great magnanimity and benevolence. He had admired the other party ever since he was on the Master Teacher Continent. Given his character, there was no way he would side with the Hall of Gods and do something that would harm the Six Sects.
However, he couldn't say for sure what his subordinate was thinking. After all, he had been in the Azure for several thousand years, and it was only recently that he had come out.
There was a good chance that the Ethereal Hall, which had lasted for several thousand years, had lost its leader.
Take him for example. Even though he was the head of the Ascendant Cloud Sword Pavilion, Myriad Beasts Hall, Seven Star Pavilion, and Starchaser Palace, he didn't interfere in the affairs of the Ethereal Hall. Most of the elders in the Ethereal Hall wouldn't be able to tell if something had happened to them.
"I'll know once I give it a try!"
Holding the jade token in his hand, Zhang Xuan entered the Ethereal Hall once more.
The High Immortal realm Ethereal Hall seemed to be relatively deserted. Zhang Xuan walked up to the receptionist and asked, "Is it possible to buy the Water of Heavy Silver here?"
"Water of Heavy Silver?"
The receptionist was stunned for a moment before flipping through the books. A moment later, she replied with a smile, "Elder, while the Water of Heavy Silver is rare, we do have some in stock in the Ethereal Hall. However, the price is rather high. "
"How much?"
"Around 5,000,000 Ethereal Coins!"
The receptionist replied.
That was indeed an exorbitant price.
"I don't have any Ethereal Coins on me at the moment, but take a look at this and see if it's possible for you to exchange it for a portion." Zhang Xuan flicked his wrist and took out a few jade bottles.
The receptionist uncorked the bottle, only to feel concentrated spiritual energy gushing into the air. Her body jolted in disbelief as she exclaimed, "This is … the blood of a Semi-Divinity realm expert?"
With the blood of a Semi-Divinity realm expert, it didn't matter if she used the token that Kong Shi had given her or not.
After all, she didn't want to owe someone too much of a favor.
"Is it enough?"
"It's enough, it's definitely enough …" The attendant hurriedly turned around. "I'll give you an estimate right now!"
There were only a handful of Semi-Divinity realm cultivators on the Forsaken Continent, and the blood essence that they possessed was even rarer. Every single droplet of it harnessed boundless energy, making it incredibly valuable. Yet, the young man before him had actually taken out three bottles at once. Even a Semi-Divinity realm cultivator would not be able to gather that much blood essence even after several decades.
Not long after, he returned, and the attendant also handed over five jade bottles.
"Senior, this is the Water of Heavy Silver. There are five bottles in total, and their value is exactly the same as the blood from before."
"Yes!"
Zhang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief.
With so much Heavy Silver Water and the two treasures that he had prepared beforehand, it shouldn't be a problem for him to reach the Heavenly High Immortal realm. The only thing left was to see if the Hall of Gods would make a move against him.
After leaving the Hall of Enlightenment, Zhang Xuan wasn't in a hurry to leave Starchaser Palace. Instead, he found a quiet chamber and took out the three artifacts.
With a tap of his finger, he took out the Semi-Divinity realm blood essence and gathered the spiritual energy around it.
After collecting the corpses of Fu Chenzi and the middle-aged man from the Hall of Gods, Zhang Xuan used Little Chick's bath water to cleanse the air of degeneration. The blood essence of a Semi-Divinity realm cultivator was so valuable that it was practically impossible to find it, but for Zhang Xuan, there were dozens of jade bottles in total.
Driving the Heaven's Path Divine Art, Zhang Xuan's cultivation swiftly surged.
Heavenly High Immortal realm intermediate stage, Heavenly High Immortal realm advanced stage …
An hour later, he had already reached his limit, Heavenly High Immortal realm.
Due to the lack of a Semi-Divinity realm cultivation technique, this was already the highest level that he had reached so far.
It's impossible for a Semi-Divinity realm cultivation technique to reach the level of a Heaven's Path Divine Art. The only way for me to do so is to find my own path and create my own cultivation technique!
Zhang Xuan knew that there was a problem with his cultivation.
It was true that the Heaven's Path Divine Art was flawless, but this was also its greatest flaw!
He hadn't realized it before, but after his cultivation went berserk, he finally came to a realization.
The Heavenly Dao was flawed. If even the Heavenly Dao was flawed, how could a cultivation technique be flawless?
The longer one cultivated a flawless cultivation technique, the greater one's dependence on it would become. Eventually, without a flawless cultivation technique, one would be unable to cultivate it anymore, and the will of degeneration would only grow stronger and stronger. As time went by, it would become one's greatest inner demon!
Putting everything aside, Zhang Xuan had been cultivating flawless cultivation techniques ever since he was on the Master Teacher Continent, so he had already developed a strong reliance on them. As long as his cultivation technique did not reach the required level, he would not cultivate it.
Since he knew that it was impossible for him to gather a complete set of Semi-Divinity realm cultivation technique manuals, he might as well study them himself and create his own.
If others could do it, he could do it too!
With a thought, Zhang Xuan entered the cultivation chamber in the Library of Heaven's Path.
This was a cultivation technique that Lozosy had imparted to him using the Great Codex of Spring and Autumn before she left. The flow of time here was ten times faster than on the Master Teacher Continent.
In other words, a day on the Master Teacher Continent was ten days in the Library of Heaven's Path.
This allowed him to cultivate at an extremely fast pace.
After entering the Azure, Zhang Xuan had thought that the flow of time in the Library of Heaven's Path would be altered, but it was still ten times faster than on the Master Teacher Continent.
A day in the Azure was equivalent to a hundred days in the Library of Heaven's Path.
Two hours in the Library of Heaven's Path was equivalent to a hundred hours in the Library of Heaven's Path.
Zhang Xuan quickly went through the Ascendant Cloud Sword God Formula and the other cultivation techniques that could allow one to achieve a breakthrough to the Semi-Divinity realm in his head.
Some time later, he drove his zhenqi and spurted a mouthful of blood.
His first attempt failed.
However, he did not give up. His second attempt failed as well.
He tried more than a hundred times, but every single time, he failed.
"It's indeed not that easy to achieve a breakthrough to the Semi-Divinity realm …"
Zhang Xuan shook his head helplessly.
It was fortunate that he had Little Chick's bath water to help him recover from his injuries swiftly. Otherwise, he would have long suffered from cultivation deviation.
Feeling extremely fatigued, Zhang Xuan withdrew from the Great Codex of Spring and Autumn.
Taking a look at his surroundings, he noted that less than an incense's time had passed in the Library of Heaven's Path.
The Library of Heaven's Path is in my head, so I should be able to analyze it at any time, Zhang Xuan thought as he split a sliver of his consciousness into the Library of Heaven's Path to study the Semi-Divinity realm cultivation technique manuals.
After cultivating for some time, his cultivation had already reached Heavenly High Immortal realm. His fighting prowess was already on par with most Semi-Divinity realm cultivators. This was a good opportunity for him to see if he could lure those from the Hall of Gods over and get some Semi-Divinity blood or artifacts.
Without informing anyone, Zhang Xuan left Starchaser Palace discreetly and headed to a remote region of the ocean.
With a flick of his finger, the formation flags fell into the ocean like droplets.
The experts of the Hall of Gods were extremely powerful. Even though Zhang Xuan had many means up his sleeves, he dared not let his guard down.
He sat on the surface of the ocean and waited for more than two hours, but no one came to ambush him. He did not notice anything amiss either.
"Could it be that … the Hall of Gods didn't discover me through me entering the Ethereal Hall?"
Zhang Xuan frowned.
Given how powerful the Hall of Gods was, there was no way they would have chosen to hide from him just because they had set up a formation around him. Given how long he had been waiting, there was a good chance that they were unaware of his whereabouts.
If that was the case, the Hall of Gods did not discover him through the Ethereal Hall … What could it be then?
Zhang Xuan's body tensed up. "Could it be because of Kong Shi's token?"
He had been ambushed twice, and other than entering the Ethereal Hall, he had even used the token. Could this be the reason why his whereabouts had been exposed?
"Let's give it a try!"
With a thought, Zhang Xuan disguised himself so that no one would be able to recognize him. He was Zhang Xuan, Zheng Yang, and the others, so he entered the Ethereal Hall once more and passed the token that Kong Shi had given him over to the attendant.
"I want pinnacle Immortal Pills. Bring me as many as you have!"
"Pinnacle Immortal Pills, I'll bring them over right away!"
The attendant hurriedly left, and an hour later, he returned with two jade bottles. "We can only find twenty of this grade of jade bottles here. We can't find any more than that …"
"Un."
Zhang Xuan nodded.
Twenty pinnacle Immortal Pills was not a small sum. Every single one of them was worth 20,000 Ethereal Coins, and pinnacle Immortal Pills were a hundred times more expensive. In other words, a single pinnacle Immortal Pill was worth 2,000,000 Ethereal Coins. Twenty pinnacle Immortal Pills equated to 40,000,000 Ethereal Coins …
Previously, although the price of the Water of Heavy Silver was very expensive, it was nothing compared to these few pills.
Leaving the Ethereal Hall, Zhang Xuan took out the medicinal pills and opened one of the bottles. He could feel the concentrated and pure energy within it. Even with his current cultivation, it was still extremely useful!
"If I can find a cultivation technique that will allow me to reach the Semi-Divinity realm, these pills will be of great help to me!"
His current cultivation was already on par with Semi-Divinity realm cultivators, so while the blood essence of Semi-Divinity realm cultivators was powerful, it was not of much use to him.
He had been worrying about how to make a breakthrough to the Semi-Divinity realm in the future, but with these twenty pills in hand, he should not have to worry about that anymore.
Stretching his back lazily, Zhang Xuan stood up and scanned his surroundings, but he was still unable to find anything out of the ordinary. Just as he was about to leave the area and return to Starchaser Island, he suddenly felt the space around him distorting. The sunlight in the sky seemed to have been stripped away, and in the next moment, he found himself standing in a space filled with stars.
Hu hu hu!
An old man appeared before him.
He appeared to be in his fifties or sixties, and he was dressed in a grayish-gray robe. He stood quietly on the spot, reminiscent of a specter floating in the night sky.
"The Hall of Gods?"
Zhang Xuan narrowed his eyes as he clenched his fists tightly.
Previously, when he had entered the Ethereal Hall, the old man had not appeared. But now that he had used the token that Kong Shi had given him, the old man had appeared. This could only mean that the reason his identity had been exposed was due to the token!
Just what in the world was going on? Why would an artifact bestowed by Kong shi become a locator?
Could it be that the World's Teacher of the Master Teacher Continent had betrayed the Six Sects and joined the Hall of Gods?
Or could it be that the old man had been deceived by the token and did not know that the token that he had been given had the ability to track the location of the Hall of Gods?
However, no matter what the reason was, he was relieved to know that he would be discovered.
This way, he would not have to worry about the Hall of Gods catching up to him.
Heaving a sigh of relief, Zhang Xuan raised his head to look at the old man before him. With just a single glance, his eyebrows shot up as he swiftly drove his zhenqi.
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