Cultivating with Bragging System-Chapter 669 - 316: Want to Target Wang Xiu? That’ll Cost Extra!_1
The void here was elusive and formless, its changes unpredictable.
Within the peach grove, each peach tree seemed to possess its own consciousness, constantly shifting its position.
Wang Xiu stood still and closed his eyes. He fully activated the Supreme Sensing Chapter, attempting to capture the changes in the void around him. In his "mind's eye," this world was a massive and intricate Ancient Formation, as if an invisible hand were manipulating it from behind the scenes.
The Gate of Life, the Gate of Death... The changes are too rapid. This isn't a man-made formation; it must be a Natural Ancient Formation!
Wang Xiu concentrated for a long time before reaching his conclusion. He had encountered such a formation before. Back in the Ancient Sanctuary, he had come across a similar Natural Ancient Formation, and it was from beneath that very construct that he had found the Ancient Dragon Corpse containing a Zhulong's Scale.
Looking back, he realized his expertise in the dao of formations had stagnated for a long time. It was only at the beginning of his cultivation that he had miraculously obtained the perfect-level Green Lotus Sky-covering Array and the Four Symbols Evil-Suppressing Guarding Array. Along his journey, these two great arrays had been of immense help, but now, they were gradually struggling to keep up.
Ultimately, the System is my greatest trump card, far surpassing worldly treasures like the Origin of Zhulong... Wang Xiu's thoughts were crystal clear. His rapid progress had never been due to seeking out mysteries or exploring hidden realms. Instead, he had been propped up, bit by bit, by the boasts of countless common people, close friends, and esteemed seniors!
But now, his cultivation had hit a bottleneck. His Mana was at its limit. If he didn't break through to the next Realm, any more Mana from ordinary boasting rewards would be useless. As for other methods, even the most powerful cultivation techniques could increase his underlying strength, but if his Cultivation Level couldn't advance, he would still seem insignificant before the truly ancient factions.
Even with his myriad techniques, if he were truly faced with an Earth Immortal, or even a Heavenly Immortal, who shamelessly attacked him, he would likely have no choice but to flee. This was the principle of a single force breaking all techniques. Cultivation Level was, after all, the foundation of everything! Not to mention that ancient powers like the Yi Clan had Quasi-Emperor Supremes guarding their ancestral lands!
At this thought, his resolve hardened. He had to complete the remaining two trials of the Flawless Immortal Path as quickly as possible, break through his cultivation bottleneck, and then leverage the strengths of his golden finger once more. He needed to return to the mortal world and listen to the boasts of the masses... uh, no, the voice of the masses!
This Natural Ancient Formation is countless times larger than the one I encountered before, completely integrated with this world. With my current skill in formations, breaking it is impossible! But I don't need to break it. Aided by the unique void-related talent from the Origin of Zhulong in my body and supplemented by my powerful Divine Sense, walking out of this formation shouldn't be much of a problem!
At this thought, the divine mark between Wang Xiu's brows glowed brightly, condensing a figure shrouded in sacred light before him. It was his Divine Soul Incarnation, the Taishi Saint!
Wang Xiu cupped his fists. "I'll have to trouble you, my friend!"
The Taishi Saint nodded. "It is a small matter. You are too polite, my friend."
The Taishi Saint himself was born of Wang Xiu's Great Luo Supreme Divine Sense achieving its own Dao. Now, he was also a true Mandated Saint, bearing the imprint of this world. His ability to perceive the most subtle changes in the heavens and earth was exceptionally strong. And because he was Wang Xiu's incarnation, everything he knew and sensed could be perfectly integrated into Wang Xiu's own perception. Combined with the power of the Origin of Zhulong in Wang Xiu's main body, all the details of this colossal formation were instantly imprinted in his mind. Even the most minuscule changes were perfectly clear.
This method was far superior to other Cultivators simply using their Divine Sense to probe their surroundings. However, Wang Xiu's methods were something they could never hope to learn. After all, just possessing an incarnation that could walk a new and different path from the original body was an incredibly difficult feat. Furthermore, almost every incarnation that reached this stage developed its own independent consciousness, unable to merge its will with the original body to become a seamless whole.
This success was all thanks to the miraculous nature of the Great Luo Supreme Divine Sense. It was, after all, the legacy cultivation method of an ancient clan that had once dominated the universe long ago!
In the blink of an eye, months had passed since Wang Xiu delved into the Ancient Formation.
While Wang Xiu was exploring within the formation, a great commotion erupted in the Yaoguang Heavenly Realm.
On the day of the incident, major powers like the Nine Peaks Sect and the Taiqing Sect had entered the Savage Wilderness to search for Wang Xiu. However, for some unknown reason, they ended up in a massive brawl, leading to numerous tragic deaths. In the end, they were punished by Han Sancheng of the Holy Land's Sky Monitor Division. All participants were sentenced to a hundred years of confinement and slapped with hefty fines.
When the news spread, everyone was stunned. Although the Sky Monitor Division had always been responsible for policing the Celestial Realm on behalf of the Holy Land, and such a punishment was within their authority, the timing of it made people speculate about the Holy Land's intentions.
Could it be that the Holy Land also wanted the Origin of Zhulong? But if the Holy Land truly had such designs, why be so convoluted? If they were serious, Wang Xiu would have been seized the moment he arrived in the Yaoguang Domain, long before he ever left the registration hall. Within days, he would have been delivered to the Yaoguang Holy Land. No one dared to doubt the Holy Land's methods. If they truly set their minds to it, anyone beneath the realm of a Quasi-Emperor Supreme would find it impossible to hide their tracks.
Or perhaps... the boy had some connection to the Holy Land, which was why they intervened to protect him? This possibility seemed even more remote. Why would a mere Cultivator from a Lower Realm have any connection to the Holy Land?
For a time, opinions were divided, and all sorts of rumors filled the air.
The major powers were initially somewhat wary. But after several months passed with no further action from the Holy Land, they grew restless and began to stir. They spent a fortune to hire the Tianji Sect, hoping to divine Wang Xiu's whereabouts.
The Tianji Sect held a certain degree of fame in the Yaoguang Heavenly Realm. It was not considered a major power, but its lineage went back several thousand years, specializing in the arts of divination and fortune-telling. Their predictions of opportunities and dangers were remarkably accurate.
However, to protect themselves, the Tianji Sect had established numerous rules, refusing to divine certain things. They were either afraid of suffering a backlash from divining some formidable figure or worried about offending a Quasi-Emperor Supreme and having their entire clan exterminated. This was not an unfounded fear. Many lineages skilled in divination had appeared throughout the Nine Heavens, but many of their predecessors had disappeared from the world completely because they lacked restraint and dared to meddle with the karma of even Quasi-Emperor Supremes—a cautionary tale for all. Because of this, the Tianji Sect rarely did business with major powers, as the ambitions of such factions were always great.
But now, Wang Xiu fell outside the Tianji Sect's list of forbidden subjects. The major powers swarmed their gates, offering exorbitant prices to learn his location. They had discovered that he possessed an extremely potent concealment technique, one that was difficult to see through even for cultivators two Realms higher than him. Trying to find him by casting a wide net was an almost impossible task, so they had to resort to this approach.
However, faced with such high offers from so many powerful factions, the Tianji Sect's response was astonishing.
"This individual's fate is obscure, and his karma is immense. He cannot be divined lightly, for fear of a disastrous backlash! If you esteemed friends insist...
You will need to pay extra!"
