World of Cultivation - Volume 06 - All Hail Our King

by Fang Xiang

  He could only used meditation everyday to comfort his mind. Even though his cultivation was gone, his Samadhi had grown.

  When Shidi had suddenly reappeared in front of him, his dhyana heart had been lost.

  "I had passed onto them some dhyana cultivation advice, their power at the time was terrible. At that time, I was an assistant to Master Zong. While I was busy, I was still very happy. Shixiong was on my mind all that time, but I didn't have a lot of money and I couldn't save to commission Shixiong's lingdan."

  Yi Zheng was full of nostalgia and regret. He had gotten the lingdan and given it to Shixiong but there was no effect so they had come to Mo Cloud Sea. In reality, when he saw the state of Shixiong's old temple where it sat half collapsed, the fury and discomfort he felt almost caused himself to lose control.

  Shixiong knew Yi Zheng well. Seeing the guilt on Yi Zheng's face, he knew, and changed the topic subtly. "Master Zhong? Is he also a dhyana xiu?"

  When Master Zong was mentioned, Yi Zheng became alert. "Yes! Master Zong might be of an unorthodox background but no one in Great Buddha Temple can compare to him."

  "Oh, so strong?" Shixiong said with a smile. He could see that Shidi was full of respect towards this Master Zong.

  "Yes, Master Zong has reached wish power. There are not many in the temple that have achieved wish power." Yi Zhen looked around, and then said in a low voice, "It is even the Buddhahood Abandonment Death Wish."

  Shixiong shook in shock. Buddhahood Abandonment Death Wish. These four words caused him to unconsciously stop breathing.

  While ling power had transformed to shen power, with the changing times, the Buddhahood Abandonment Death Wish still caused people to change expression.

  "Where is he now?" A hopeful light suddenly appeared in Shixiong's eyes. If he could obtain guidance from this kind of master, maybe his injury would have hope.

  Yi Zheng was slightly dispirited. "Eight years ago, Master Zong went into death seclusion and hasn't come out."

  "Death seclusion!" Shixiong's eyes were wide and his expression changed. The two phrases, Buddhahood Abandonment Death Wish and death seclusion caused him to imagine a fearless dhyana xiu, stubborn and not willing to give himself any other choices on his path for advancement.

  "Yes, it would be good if Master Zong came out. Master Zong would definitely have a solution for Shixiong's injury. Fortunately, Master Zong's Buddha Lantern has not extinguished," Yi Zheng said with slight regret and joy.

  Just as he finished speaking, a bright light appeared on the horizon.

  Everyone in the sky stopped moving and looked with shock into the distance. The light was blinding but there wasn't any sound.

  A vast presence suddenly exploded!

  The cloud sea around the cloud island suddenly roiled and formed cloud waves of dozens of zhang each. The cloud sea roiled, the presence booming like thousands of snowy white monsters howling and snarling as they spread in all directions.

  "Not good!" Yi Zhen's expression changed slightly. In a flash, the cloud wave was coming at them like a collapsing wall, giving off a crushing feeling of being unstoppable.

  A light suddenly appeared on Yi Zheng's body.

  Faint golden scaled armor rippled and covered his body. At some time, a Vajra scepter appeared on his hand. The golden mask on his face held imperceptible mirth like that of a Buddha.

  Shen equipment!

  Shixiong's pupils suddenly expanded. While the place he had been residing in had been isolated and closed off from the world, he had heard of shen equipment.

  Yi Zheng lightly tapped the Vajra scepter towards his feet, his left hand held straight up as he chanted!

  Faint golden light rippled from below his feet and began to slowly cover the two of them. In a flash, a golden shield took form. Countless sutra characters swam like tadpoles on the surface of the golden shield.

  This was … …

  Shixiong was filled with shock. Shidi's power was extremely strange. He could not name it, but he was certain that it definitely was not something from Great Buddha Temple.

  Suddenly, two words flashed in his mind like lightning to illuminate his mind.

  —Shen power!

  He did not notice that shen equipment had also appeared on the bodies of the people around them because the astounding cloud wave was now right in front of them!

  Boom!

  The two were instantly drowned by the tall cloud wave.

  The golden light shield trembled, the sutra characters swimming even faster. Yi Zheng's eyes were wide and he was clearly fighting back with all his power.

  Shixiong's mind was roaming. He suddenly thought of how he had protected Shidi in the past. But now Shidi was able to protect him.

  It was a short moment of reminiscing but time seemed to stretch as he watched Shidi.

  Yi Zheng's lack of expression showed that he was fighting with all of his power. Shixiong quickly refocused and closed his eyes. He had had high in cultivation before, once being one of the geniuses of Great Buddha Temple's younger generation. While he had lost his cultivation, he had spent all of his time on his Samadhi, and his perception had become even more sensitive.

  Once he focused, he was slightly shocked. Shidi's present strength was even stronger than he had been in the past.

  This astonished him.

  He knew Shidi's talent, he did not have great talent. He himself in the past had been one of the most talented in the temple. Even in the present Great Buddha Temple, there were not many young people that had reached his past skill level.

  Shidi had grown to be so strong!

  A strange yet powerful power. Suddenly, he was filled with curiosity about Mo Cloud Sea.

  The cloud waves came endlessly. The two were like a wooden boat desperately swaying in the tsunami unable to stay still. After making it through several cloud waves, Yi Zheng's body started to tremble, dense sweat appearing on Yi Zheng's forehead.

  Shixiong's expression became stern as he started to chant a sutra.

  His chanting was not loud, but each word was clear among the roaring of the cloud waves. Shixiong's chanting seemed to have an unique power to calm people's minds. Yi Zheng felt his mind calm down, his body stopped trembling. Threads of power suddenly appeared from deep within his body, and he became re-energized.

  At this time, a voice suddenly sounded in the sky.

  The howling roaring immediately disappeared.

  "Scatter!"

  The white cloud sea in the surroundings seemed to collapse and disappear like snow. In a flash, a figure with their palms together appeared in the sky.

  Behind him, there was the figure of a bald Buddha hundreds of zhang tall who also had their hands in a praying position with a solemn expression.

  Seeing that familiar figure, Yi Zheng's body shook, uncontrollable joy appearing on his face, "Master Zong!"

  Shixiong raised his face to look dazedly at the giant Buddha true form behind Zong Ru, his mind completely blank.

  When his gaze met with the gaze of the Buddha's true form, his body couldn't help but tremble.

  The pupils of the Buddha were grey!

  Zong Ru had came out of seclusion, the cloud sea shook!

  ———

  "It has been so long since we came back to the yao world, I really miss it," Cang Ze said wistfully. Most of the youthfulness on his face had disappeared, and he had become a much calmer person.

  Ming Jue Zi shook his head. "I still feel that Cloud Sea Jie is better."

  "I'm just remarking." Cang Ze laughed at himself. "Of course Cloud Sea Jie is better. I heard that the yao are in chaos right now, the infighting among the Council of Elders is great. While everyone is polite on the surface, it is a mess down in the lower ranks."

  Nan Yue did not make a sound. Listening to the conversation of the pair, her thoughts wandered. Were her friends from the yao art house still alright?

  However, her thoughts were quickly interrupted by the noise coming from behind her.
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br />   "I'm telling you all, this time, you cannot block this genius' road! Finally get a mission, whoahaha, it is time for this genius' light to shine on the bodies of minuscule beings like you!"

  The orange-haired yao laughed heartlessly.

  A Wen shot back with a cold expression, "Idiot!"

  The black smoke yao perceptively took two steps back to get further from the two.

  "Trash, who are you calling an idiot?" The orange-haired yao glared angrily at A Wen but then smiled smugly. "I know this is because you are jealous. You lost to me last time, whoahaha, your small and fragile heart received a destructive blow, I'm too strong!"

  "You only caught up and evened the score." A Wen smiled coldly. "If you don't believe me, ask Old Smoke."

  The orange-haired yao stilled and then turned to ask the black smoke yao. "Old Yao, did I only catch up?"

  The black smoke yao gave a prepared answer. "En, before, he had won six hundred and twenty two times, you had won six hundred and twenty one times."

  The orange-haired yao immediately howled, "Ahahah! How can it be so! How can it be so! Come, trash, let's fight now and see who is stronger!"

  "Let's go! Who's afraid of who!" A Wen did not retreat and stared back angrily.

  Nan Yue felt exasperated. How many times was it now on this trip alone?

  She turned her head. "Boss said if you fight during the mission, you will be put under house arrest for three months."

  The two froze.

  The orange-haired yao muttered. "I'll let you off this time. If Boss didn't protect you, I would let you taste your six hundred and twenty third defeat!"

  A Wen responded, "If Boss didn't protect you, I will take your small life as easily as reaching into my pocket!"

  The orange-haired yao stilled. "Who did you learn that line from? It seems very strong!"

  A Wen forced himself to not show his smugness but his tone still exposed it. "Old Smoke!"

  The black smoke yao immediately knew it was not good. As expected, before he could react, the orange-haired yao shot in front of him like a gust of wind. "Old Yao, Old Yao, quick, think of a line better than that one … …"

  Suddenly, the group stopped and stared warily at the group in front of them.

  At the head was a youth that gave off a dark and cold presence. He stood silently.

  "I have been eagerly waiting for your arrival, I am Youqin Lie."

  Translator Ramblings: Fang Xiang did not forget about Yi Zheng's shixiong. For some reason, Yi Zheng's shixiong also remains nameless in this chapter.

  Chapter 752: The Little Ones

  Mo Cloud Sea started to secretly move.

  This kind of movement was concealed from the outside world. Even in these years of peace, people had become used to the movements of battalions and the unusual focus on cultivation.

  Silently, several battalions appeared at Black Wood Jie which was under the control of Rare Artifacts Hall.

  Ever since Rare Artifacts Hall threw their lot in with Zuo Mo, they attracted the enmity of other mo factions. Out of consideration for safety, Mo Cloud Sea built large numbers of seal formation forts at their borders.

  But Rare Artifacts Hall was founded in business, and the transportation of their inventory was not affected greatly. The events of Bu Zhou City had caused them to become famous. After that, with the support of Mo Cloud Sea, the quality of their wares increased greatly and their wares were welcomed on the market.

  Even the Mo Marshal Alliance bought large amounts of mo weapons and supplies from Rare Artifacts Hall. Benefiting from this, their business avenues had always been smooth. Other than this, they continued to build blood pools to make the travel between the three jies of Rare Artifacts Hall and the other factions even more convenient.

  Transporting through blood pools was expensive, especially with large volumes, but it could greatly shorten the time spent and was much safer. Adding on that Rare Artifacts Hall was wealthy, they did not care about the expense of building blood pools. In one go, they built dozens of blood pools connecting them to the outside world. This meant that the Mo Marshal Alliance was unable to cut off Rare Artifacts Hall from the outside, even if they wanted to.

  Yi An, naturally, had to be present for such a great event, as the arrival of their battalions.

  But when he saw Bie Han was in the lead, he was still shocked. He immediately understood the importance that the higher-ups placed on this battle campaign. Among Mo Cloud Sea's battle generals, Gongsun Cha and Bie Han were of the same in status. While Bie Han never managed any matters, his status was not something that other people could shake.

  Bie Han was personally here, it definitely would not be a small fight.

  "Daren!" Yi An immediately went forward to give a greeting. He was a core member but he could not compare in status to Bie Han.

  On the newest battle general ranking from the xiuzhe world, Bie Han was ranked tenth, an undoubted top battle general of the xiuzhe world.

  The descriptions on the battle general ranking were detailed. The evaluators thought that Bie Han's fighting abilities were astounding, his battle style dominant and fiery. He was strong offensively. The reason that he was ranked tenth was that his shortcomings in other areas were clear. For example, his soft skills were lacking and he did not take care or maintain relationships with his allies, or his reclusive personality.

  In the conclusion, Bie Han was said to be a battle general with clear skills and shortcomings. He was strong offensively and weak defensively, and also, he was a battle general that needed strong support from the rear.

  This was also the reason that many people thought that Gongsun Cha was better than Bie Han. Gongsun Cha's overall strength was more outstanding. He wasn't just strong at command, he was outstanding both offensively and defensively as well as having taught a group of talented battle generals. There was no argument about his position on the battle general ranking. Almost all of the people in the battle general circles found it reasonable.

  But when the battle general ranking came out, the fact that Mo Cloud Sea possessed two top battle generals still caused a furor. However, when more of the details about Gongsun Cha and Bie Han's battles were made public, the voices of dissent gradually dissipated. On the newest battle general ranking, Zhong De from Xi Xuan who had come back out of nowhere had directly stepped into second place, just under Kun Lun's Xue Dong. The rankings which had not changed for a few years finally changed for the first time.

  But even so, Bie Han still held on to the position of tenth.

  Along with Bie Han's Sin Battalion came:, Shi Dong and Ye Ling's Grey Camp, Ma Fan and his Green Dragon Camp, A Zha Ge Battalion, and Tangzi Battalion.

  Shi Dong and Ye Ling had been partnered together for a long time and worked well together . Shi Dong who had once had a difficult time progressing in cultivation due to his birth had been selected by Gongsun Cha to the first group of battle generals to cultivate shen power. He had treasured this chance. The strength and diligence he had shown won admiration from all the people around him. He had also improved rapidly and shockingly had moved into the ranks of gold battle generals.

  And a battle general like Ye Ling who was skilled in understanding the larger picture was a person that all the camps wanted.

  There was nothing to be said of the trio of Ma Fan, Lei Peng, and Nian Lu. They were also people that Gongsun Cha had paid great attention to grooming. The three that had come from Vermillion Bird Camp did not fail Gongsun Cha's efforts. Ma Fan was skilled in directing battle and successively advanced to become a gold battle general. Lei Peng was strong, and was the one that lead troops from the front. Nian Lu was detail-oriented, and full of cunning. The three of them worked well together. Every time they fought in mock combat, they caused other people headaches.

  A Zha Ge had been a gold battle general to start with, and he was experienced in leading troops. As his clan set down roots in Mo Cloud Sea, and their lives continued to change, he could finally throw himself completely int
o matters of war. The style that A Zha Ge showed was frequently praised by Lil' Miss.

  The main commander of Tangzi Battalion was Tang Fei with Miao Jun as the vice commander. Tang Fei was talented and Miao Jun taught her all he knew. Adding on Gongsun Cha's occasional guidance, she grew up extremely quickly as she fought against other battle generals to become a gold battle general herself. While she was female, her fighting style was strong and tenacious. Influenced by her the battle style of Tangzi Battalion was also very steadfast, and they never feared going toe-to-toe with the enemy.

  After the nurturing and training of these years, all of the battalions with names in Mo Cloud Sea had good strength.

  Bie Han was not skilled in being the commander-in-chief but his insight into strategy and his perception when fighting was unrivalled by all in Mo Cloud Sea, except by Gongsun Cha. He had thought deeply about the battalions he had picked to come with him this time.

  Grey Camp, A Zha Ge Battalion, and Tangzi Battalion were all battalions who had originated from the mo territories. This was advantageous for their optics if they had them to attack the mo territories.

  Green Dragon Camp was skilled in defense. They were selected in preparation for after taking down Hundred Energy Jie and having to turn to defense.

  Such a large number of battalions entering Black Wood Jie could not be disguised from people. All kinds of news quickly spread. Many factions were like alarmed birds. They shut their blood pools that were connected with Black Wood Jie. Rare Artifact Hall's business was greatly affected.

  All the major factions of the mo territories went on their guard.

  Yet what they hadn't expected was that Bie Han was faster than they had imagined.

  Before the news even reached the Mo Marshal Alliance, Bie Han's group of battalions had already stepped onto the border of the Mo Marshal Alliance.

  ———

  The heavy iron door was pushed open a crack. Lil' Pagoda leaned against the door and panted heavily. It was clearly exhausted. Lil' Fire flew around its head as though it was trying to motivate the other. Lil' Black stood up on its hind legs, its antenna waving furiously as it tried to cheer on Lil' Pagod. However, Lil' Black clearly was staying back. As it waved its antennae, it turned around to look. If something happened, it would immediately flee.