I Don't Want to Get Hurt, So I'll Max Out My Defense-Chapter 959 - 960: Opening of the Five-colored Altar
Chapter 959: Chapter 960: Opening of the Five-colored Altar
Watching the two old men’s faces full of doubt, Li Xiaobai knew that mere words wouldn’t convince them. He flipped his wrist, took out a stick of Huazi, placed it in his mouth, lit it and took a small drag. Amidst the puzzled gazes of the two men, he exhaled a thick cloud of smoke.
Yitilou’s nose suddenly fluttered, and the disdain on his face instantly solidified, his eyes filled with shock and disbelief.
“What is this thing that can actually enhance wisdom!”
“No, it’s not just about enhancing wisdom, this thing can clean a person’s internal organs and even wash the Spiritual Platform!”
“What kind of treasure is this? Has the Cultivation World already advanced to this step?”
Yan Zuzi also caught the scent of Huazi, his face full of disbelief.
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Merely by smelling it, he felt as if his whole being had been refreshed.
“This object is called Huazi, and the two seniors have already felt its effects, so this junior will not elaborate further. This object can withstand the invasion of the Power of Faith, and this junior relied on this treasure to reach the end of the Transmigration Ladder,” Li Xiaobai said.
Li Xiaobai took out two sticks of Huazi and passed them over, nothing that Huazi couldn’t explain. If there was, it simply meant one hadn’t smoked enough.
“Amazing stuff indeed, truly miraculous!”
“If we had something like this back in the day, there wouldn’t have been so many who fell midway.”
Yan Zuzi’s eyes shone brightly as he endlessly praised the fine Huazi.
“Yes, if only we could have gotten our hands on this treasure sooner. Sadly, now this thing isn’t of much use to us. We have all created our own Cultivation Techniques, and our understanding of them has already reached the peak. Even if we add more wisdom, there’s no more room to improve our techniques. Without igniting the third Soul Lamp, everything feels in vain,” Ergouzi said with his eyes closed, his face full of rapture, yet the words he spoke were still disheartening.
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“Seniors, what exactly happened a thousand years ago, where does that ladder lead? Why are all the seniors pursuing self-created techniques? Are there enemies at the end of the ladder?” Li Xiaobai asked in a timely manner.
“Your cultivation level is too low. You will know about these matters once you step into the Saint Realm. It’s still too early now. Forcing the inquiry will only affect the stability of your Dao heart,” Yan Zuzi said seriously. The things they knew were too shocking for the world. If they were to spread, there would be no more hot-blooded heroes left.
“This junior once saw a tombstone that mentioned the matter of the three Soul Lamps, and this senior keeps emphasizing the need for self-created techniques to escape obstacles,” Li Xiaobai persisted.
“Whose tombstone was it?” Yan Zuzi asked.
Li Xiaobai told the truth: “Evil God Huo Yun.”
The stone chamber fell silent, and after a while, Yitilou spoke up, “Only by igniting three Soul Lamps on the Spiritual Platform can a saint realm powerhouse achieve the position of a deity. That’s all there is to say.”
“Focus more on improving your cultivation level. With your Earth Immortal Realm cultivation, these matters are still too far away for you. Go find your companions, we don’t have the answers you seek,” Yan Zuzi said.
“Go now,” Yan Zuzi added.
“Thank you for your guidance, seniors. I shall take my leave,” Li Xiaobai said, feeling helpless. With the strength of an Immortal in the third realm, he clearly wasn’t on equal terms to converse with those two, and obtaining even a bit of information was already a great gain.
He walked out the door and habitually reached for a smoke, only to find that the packet of Huazi he had kept at his chest was now empty.
Turning his head back, he saw the two old men in the stone chamber had resumed their carefree appearance, each with a stick of Huazi in hand, continuing to look content.
“Hiss!”
“Even with my cultivation sealed, they could take something from my chest without me noticing, and I was completely unaware. Is this the strength of a saint realm expert?” Li Xiaobai felt a chill in his heart, realizing that the two old men wanted to tell him that even with his cultivation fully suppressed, they could still take his life effortlessly. He knew he must hurry and improve his strength; that was the true way.
But it’s not impossible that those two old men simply craved for Huazi out of sheer gluttony.
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Inside the house.
Yan Zuzi and Yitilou were puffing on Huazi one after the other, enjoying it immensely.
For a moment, the room was filled with swirling smoke.
Yitilou said, “Evil God Huo Yun is dead too. I remember when he was just a pawn on the battlefield, always charging to the front line in every battle and yet somehow always lucky enough to survive. Who would have thought he would also turn into a cup of yellow earth.”
Yan Zuzi replied, “Those who don’t become spirits are ultimately like pigs and sheep being raised for slaughter. If one could realize the key to creating their own cultivation system and record it for posterity, then one wouldn’t consider their life to have been lived in vain.”
“Did you notice? That kid just mentioned a thousand years ago. I was wondering why prodigies these days are popping up like cabbages. It seems like the golden age is coming again.”
Yitilou reminisced about the time he lived in, when there was a group of people whose cultivation progressed by leaps and bounds, standing at the pinnacle of the Cultivation World in the blink of an eye, only to disappear just as quickly, as if they had never existed. It was after that when their group started to rise and compete for the summit.
Yan Zuzi said, “It’s much different than when we didn’t understand anything back then. Nowadays, most sects record some secrets of the Transmigration Ladder; they know.”
Yitilou asked, “Do you think that kid from before seemed like one of those prodigies?”
Yan Zuzi pondered, “It’s hard to say; he does seem like it.”
“What a pity, he’s about to be converted into a fool by the old bald donkey,” Yitilou clucked his tongue in regret.
“That’s not necessarily the case. The kid’s cultivation level is so ordinary, yet he is so confident. Since entering the Buddhist Pagoda, he hasn’t shown a hint of panic, and the fat man and the dog with him are also perfectly composed. I’m convinced that they must have a way out, so they’re not worried at all!”
Yan Zuzi said with certainty.
“Then we…”
“Let’s sneak over and take a look!”
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At the same time, elsewhere.
Ergouzi and Liu Jinshui had returned, both wearing gloomy expressions.
They had searched all the floors corresponding to the Immortal Realm’s three levels, only to scrape together a pittance.
They didn’t dare venture to the Semi-Saint level. Both the man and the dog barely broke even, each clutching about a million top-grade Immortal Stones.
“Damn it, the cultivators in this Buddhist Pagoda are too poor!” Ergouzi exclaimed.
“It must have been already raided by the disciples of the Buddhist Sect before we came in. Even the little resources left on them aren’t enough to fill the gaps between teeth; indeed, chances to strike it rich don’t come that easily everywhere,” Liu Jinshui also felt somewhat disappointed.
“We can almost leave; let’s find a place to set up the altar.”
Li Xiaobai found an absolutely secluded spot on the level where Buddha’s eyes lay, where the stone walls had been torn apart, creating ravines. These cracks, blocked by various fragments, looked utterly chaotic. He guessed that this must have been the result of Yan Zuzi’s outburst when he was first imprisoned.
Finding a relatively deep crevice, he wedged it to the side, making it look inconspicuous like a slightly larger piece of rubble.
He threw a pile of top-grade Immortal Stones onto the Five-colored Small Altar. In an instant, light burst forth, and a whirlpool of Immortal Yuan Power materialized, fluctuating in the void. Lightning flashed and thunder roared within the center of the whirlpool; this was the construction of a spatial portal.
Seeing this scene, the two men and dog exchanged glances, excitement clearly reflected in their eyes.
“It’s done!”
