lerbook #370 - The Second Heaven of the Spiritual World
#370 - The Second Heaven of the Spiritual World
Chapter 367: The Second Layer of the Mental World
Looking at the worried Chen Xu, Zhang Chen could tell that this fellow was genuinely afraid.
“Don’t be afraid. Rest assured, I know the foundation upon which the Pingbian Prince’s Mansion rises, and I also know why its fortune has suddenly surged. All the schemes of the Pingbian Prince’s Mansion are within my grasp. I will show you how I can cut down their fortune and let you witness my methods. If the Pingbian Prince’s Mansion wants to rise, they must first ask for my permission!” Zhang Chen’s voice was domineering and confident: “The stronger the opponent, the more interesting the game becomes. Don’t be afraid; everything is under control! Just listen to my orders and act accordingly. In this game, you will have half of the great fortune.”
Chen Xu looked at Zhang Chen with suspicion. It wasn't that he didn't believe Zhang Chen's words, but compared to the Pingbian Prince's Mansion, Zhang Chen's power was like hitting a stone with an egg. The gap between the two sides was too large, and he couldn't see any hope of Zhang Chen winning.
He already knew Zhang Chen's background well, and even Zhang Chen's life trajectory was as clear as looking at flowers in his palm. Therefore, the more he understood Zhang Chen, the less he could see any hope of winning.
The only thing he couldn't figure out was how Zhang Chen obtained such incredible methods. This was the biggest mystery. No matter how he analyzed Zhang Chen's growth trajectory, he couldn't figure out how Zhang Chen obtained such methods.
However, since Zhang Chen had guaranteed it, he had no choice but to agree. He decided to deal with it for now and watch the evolution of the situation from the shadows. If Zhang Chen gained the upper hand, he would assist Zhang Chen. If Zhang Chen was crushed by the Pingbian Prince's Mansion, he would withdraw and take the opportunity to escape.
He had now obtained many methods, and he believed that if he hid in the shadows and wanted to escape, it wouldn't be easy for the Pingbian Prince's Mansion to catch him.
Seeing Zhang Chen's confident guarantee, Chen Xu could only nod in agreement, considering it as agreeing to Zhang Chen's words: “However, let's be clear about this beforehand. If you can't resist the Pingbian Prince's Mansion and are crushed by them, don't blame me for running away.”
Zhang Chen smiled upon hearing this. He didn't dislike people who made all the ugly words clear beforehand, because this kind of person was always better than someone who silently ran away at a critical moment.
“If you see things going wrong, just run away. I won't blame you.” Zhang Chen patted Chen Xu's shoulder: “I have something for you to do now. Go and do it quietly. After you've done it, even if you run away directly, I won't blame you.”
“What is it?” Chen Xu breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Zhang Chen's words. He was afraid that Zhang Chen was too confident and would not only send himself to his death but also drag him down to hell.
“Send a message to the heroes of the Northern Lands, saying that the ancestor of the Pingbian Prince’s Mansion, Zhang Shicheng, intends to transform into a divine dragon.” Zhang Chen said.
Chen Xu gasped when he heard this, feeling a chilling coldness rushing from the soles of his feet to the top of his head: “Really? Are you spreading rumors, or is this really happening?”
Zhang Chen pointed in the direction of the Pingbian Prince's ancestral vein: “Zhang Shicheng's soul is hiding within the ancestral vein, collecting the incense and faith of the Northern Lands, preparing to transform into a divine dragon.”
Chen Xu's face was horrified: “No wonder the Pingbian Prince’s Mansion has such fortune. Once Zhang Shicheng transforms into a dragon, he will at least be a tenth-order existence, right? No wonder smoke is billowing from his ancestral grave.”
Then Chen Xu looked at Zhang Chen: “Let's run away quickly! Once Zhang Shicheng transforms into a dragon, we'll be finished!”
Zhang Chen glanced at Chen Xu and sneered: “How unambitious. Haven't you thought about slaying the dragon? Once we slay the divine dragon, we'll gain its essence, energy, spirit, and all kinds of good fortune. Wouldn't we make a fortune? By then, our strength will have reached an incredible level.”
Chen Xu looked at Zhang Chen with a resentful expression: “Big brother, do you think we two can slay a divine dragon?”
“Of course, we two alone can't slay a divine dragon, but if we leak the news, there will be many people from various forces in the world who will be interested. To transform from a flood dragon into a dragon, one must undergo tribulation. That will be the time for us to strike.” Zhang Chen said with a smile: “Just go and do it. You will get your share of the benefits.”
Chen Xu sighed faintly upon hearing this. Now that he was on Zhang Chen's pirate ship, he had no choice but to do as he was told.
Zhang Chen watched Chen Xu's departing figure and couldn't help but shake his head secretly before turning around and walking into the house. He spread the news of Zhang Shicheng, the Pingbian Prince, transforming into a dragon, not only to slay the dragon but also to divert the attention of the Pingbian Prince's Mansion and give himself a greater chance to seize the Ascension Pool.
There will definitely be many people in this world who want to seize the good fortune of the divine dragon. Not to mention the various families, even the imperial court will not be indifferent.
“I wonder if that Chief Eunuch of the Inner Court has recovered from his injuries yet.” Zhang Chen thought to himself.
Zhang Chen returned to his house. He hadn't slept all night and wanted to take a nap, but Zhang Chen thought of the Visualization Technique he hadn't practiced for a long time. Now that the first layer of the mental world had been destroyed, he should explore the second layer.
It would also be good to see how the Emperor's Daughter was doing in the second layer and whether she had found any good fortune to leave for him.
Since discovering that those old fellows like the Innate Mosquito could interfere with his mind, Zhang Chen had not meditated for a long time, and his mental cultivation had almost fallen behind.
Thinking of this, Zhang Chen sat cross-legged in front of the stove, then pinched a hand seal, and the second layer of the Visualization Technique was directly activated. Zhang Chen fell into the boundless dark void.
Just as Zhang Chen was about to enter the second layer of the mental world, the vast energy of the Ascension Pool in his fate was surging down overwhelmingly, directly breaking away from the shackles of the marriage line, breaking away from the control of the Divine Maiden, pouring into Zhang Chen's soul, and disappearing into Zhang Chen's soul.
At this moment, Zhang Chen's soul was like a bottomless pit, devouring the surging energy. The Ascension Pool buried in the ancestral vein seemed to sense something, and at this time, it emitted five-colored light, which transformed into substance, irrigating along the Feng Shui Grand Formation, and directly submerged into Zhang Chen's soul.
At this moment, the Divine Maiden in the Sea-Stabilizing Divine Pearl was stunned, staring blankly at the changes in Zhang Chen's soul, her eyes full of disbelief: “The soul is still there, but the consciousness has disappeared? How is that possible! His fate and consciousness have disappeared out of thin air? Also, what exactly happened? This energy has broken away from my control?”
The Divine Maiden stood blankly in the Sea-Stabilizing Divine Pearl, sensing the changes in Zhang Chen's spirit, her eyes full of horror.
Moreover, she discovered that the energy surging from the Ascension Pool had increased more than a hundredfold. That energy swept across the nine heavens and ten earths, as if the Ascension Pool was actively pouring energy into Zhang Chen. The Feng Shui Grand Formation had lost control and was being controlled by the Ascension Pool in reverse, becoming a tool for the Ascension Pool to transmit energy.
The goddess's shock was unknown to Zhang Chen. At this moment, Zhang Chen's consciousness shifted, and he walked in endless darkness, as if he had fallen into a state of samadhi and emptiness for the first time.
In that endless darkness, there was a light, flickering like a firefly. If the void hadn't been so profoundly dark, Zhang Chen would have found it difficult to discover that glimmer in the darkness.
"Could that be the world barrier of the second heaven of the spiritual world?" Zhang Chen stood in the endless darkness, looking thoughtfully at the light in the darkness.
Then, Zhang Chen stepped forward and walked towards the light in the darkness. He already had experience with this kind of thing. The first time he entered the spiritual world, it was the same process.
However, the current Zhang Chen was countless times stronger than before, and his eyesight and knowledge were also countless times greater. He walked unhurriedly in the darkness, but this time Zhang Chen's walk was different from the last time. This time, Zhang Chen didn't feel tired, as if a vast force was pouring into his body from the void, constantly nourishing and replenishing the origin of his soul.
In the chaotic darkness, time was immeasurable. Zhang Chen didn't know how long he walked, but the light grew closer and closer. Finally, Zhang Chen stopped, and the light in front of him had turned into a magnificent and vast curtain, blocking his way.
The curtain in front of him was silver-white, with mysterious runes flowing on it. Countless runes turned into chains of order, wandering and intertwining, looking very extraordinary.
"The world barrier?" Zhang Chen looked at the light curtain in front of him, revealing a thoughtful expression.
However, the current Zhang Chen was different from before. Facing the light curtain, he naturally had to use different methods.
Looking at the silver light curtain in front of him, Zhang Chen said with a smile: "This time, I won't go in little by little in an orderly manner."
As he spoke, Zhang Chen stretched out his palm, and the Golden Shear appeared in his hand. With the recuperation of recent days, plus the nourishment of the black and white brush, the wounds on the Golden Shear had been repaired a lot.
"I wonder if my Golden Shear can cut off the chains of order in front of me." Zhang Chen held the Golden Shear in one hand and cheered himself up: "It should be fine. After all, the Empress also relied on the Golden Shear to blast open the barrier between the material world and the spiritual world. You know, the barrier between the spiritual worlds is at least dozens of times weaker than the barrier between the material world and the spiritual world."
As Zhang Chen's words fell, five hundred years of mana suddenly poured into the Golden Shear. He saw the Golden Shear in his hand turn into a black and white stream of air, swirling and twisting towards the world barrier in front of him. The next moment, countless chains of order broke, and the world barrier was cut open by the Golden Shear.
Zhang Chen was overjoyed when he saw this: "The Golden Shear is indeed a supreme artifact, it didn't disappoint me!"
However, the countless chains of order were constantly repairing, and the opening was resisting the tearing of the yin and yang energies transformed by the Golden Shear. Zhang Chen's heart moved, and he quickly rushed towards the opening.
But just as Zhang Chen rushed into the opening, and had just entered the opposite world, the next moment he heard the sound of thunder, and hundreds of millions of purple lightning bolts slammed down on Zhang Chen, and what entered Zhang Chen's eyes was an endless sea of thunder.
"Damn it! Have I violated the laws of heaven! What sin, what evil, to use this kind of purple lightning to bombard me." Zhang Chen couldn't help but curse at this time.
The purple lightning was mighty, and Zhang Chen's soul trembled under the lightning. He had a premonition that as long as he was hit by one of the lightning bolts, his soul would be scattered, and there would be no second result.
At this moment, even if Zhang Chen had countless methods, he couldn't help but lose his color in the face of the purple sea of thunder. An unprecedented sense of powerlessness surged into his heart. The thunder in front of him was simply not something he could resist.
Seeing that Zhang Chen was about to be destroyed in the lightning, the Golden Shear sensed Zhang Chen's crisis, turned into a black and white stream of light, wrapped Zhang Chen's soul, and took the initiative to recognize him as its master.
Then, the Golden Shear wrapped Zhang Chen's soul and rushed towards the purple sea of thunder. The next moment, overwhelming lightning slammed down, and the black and white qi streams constantly shuttled and strangled the purple lightning in the sky.
However, the level of the lightning was too high. Even its aura had already captured Zhang Chen's soul, making it impossible for Zhang Chen's soul to move. Facing the unknown level of lightning, even the black and white qi stream transformed by the Golden Shear was constantly consuming rapidly at this time.
"Quickly take me back! I want to retreat!" Zhang Chen constantly transmitted his will to the Golden Shear, but after the Golden Shear flew a distance towards the way he came, he saw that the way he came was all a purple sea of thunder. Where was the shadow of the world barrier?
It was as if the world barrier that Zhang Chen had broken open before had never been encountered.
Seeing that he couldn't find the way he came, Zhang Chen couldn't care about thinking about the reason, he could only drive the Golden Shear to rush to the outer edge of the sea of thunder.
"Quick! Rush! Rush! If we rush out of the sea of thunder, we will have new hope!" Zhang Chen saw the black and white qi stream constantly shuttling and struggling in the sea of thunder. At this time, his mind was agitated and his eyes were full of tension.
Either he rushed out of the sea of thunder, or he would be annihilated by the sea of thunder.
At the same time, Zhang Chen was also cursing: "Damn it, what sin is it that actually made me suffer such terrifying thunder? Why is it that every time I come to the spiritual world, there is no good thing? The great formation of the first heaven of the spiritual world was fine before, but now that I have come to the second heaven, I have suffered even more terrifying thunder?"
Zhang Chen didn't know if it was an illusion, but he felt that the aura emitted by this purple lightning was even more terrifying than the aura on the Empress, and even more made people tremble.
"As expected of the spiritual world, it's so dangerous!" Zhang Chen muttered in his heart, his mind flashing quickly, thinking about ways to break the situation.
"Mount Buzhou Stone has divine power and can suppress all laws. I wonder if it can suppress the thunder and lightning between heaven and earth." Zhang Chen's heart moved, and he was about to summon his own Buzhou Seal, but when he sensed the Buzhou Seal, he found that his own Buzhou Seal had lost its sense and disappeared from his soul.
"Damn it, why is my Buzhou Seal gone?" Zhang Chen couldn't help but curse. This was really adding insult to injury, and all the bad things happened together.
"Damn it! It's really damn it! It's simply a sin!" The black and white streamer transformed by Zhang Chen shuttled in the thunderclouds, but the endless thunder was nowhere to be seen. The light on the Golden Shear was also getting dimmer and dimmer, and the qi stream was getting smaller and smaller, gradually turning from dozens of feet to ten feet in size. It was fine if its shape was shrinking, and the flying speed of the Golden Shear was constantly decreasing.