Chapter 1535 - 121: Ageless, Undying, and Indestructible (Part 2)
What a coincidence.
These two are very similar.
The Nether Sea is reluctant to show its head.
Ling Chenzi is the same.
For sixty years, the Nether Sea has been researching the Talisman Sea Array, while Ling Chenzi... is unknown what he has been researching...
"Brother Dao, I’m sure you’re not here for idle chitchat today?"
The Nether Sea Venerable didn’t beat around the bush, but went straight to the point.
He looked directly at the person in front of him.
Yes.
The one he’s been waiting for... is not the Heavenly Phoenix, but Ling Chenzi!
The Nether Sea never expected someone as weak as the "Heavenly Phoenix" to be any help to him, nor did he expect the Great Palace Master to lend a hand...
Ling Chenzi is different.
Ling Chenzi has lived in the Third Realm for nearly a century.
In a sense, he has already become a part of this Great Ape Mountain, watching every breeze and movement in the Third Realm.
He is a Great Divine Ability User of the Seventh Layer Heaven of Yang God.
Skilled in talismanic technique, Longevity Technique!
"Naturally, it’s not idle chitchat."
Ling Chenzi calmly said, "I’ve come to find you... for collaboration."
"Collaboration?"
The Nether Sea laughed, "Last night, the Holy Emperor’s Dharma Aspect emerged. Brother Dao, you must have seen it. Today, a large group of guests went to visit the Saint Prince. Are you sure you want to collaborate with me at this time?"
"Stop beating around the bush."
Ling Chenzi said expressionlessly, "You and I both know that dharma is merely an illusion..."
True strong people never care about those who sway with the wind.
They can see through appearances.
Reach directly to the core.
The appearance of the Holy Emperor’s Dharma Aspect sounds intimidating...
But if the Holy Emperor were alive, why would he rely on the dharma to show power?
"..."
The Nether Sea restrained his smile.
He knew that the Great Saint Mountain still had people with sharp eyes.
"You have been researching the ’Ten Thousand Demon Array’ for many years, haven’t you?"
Ling Chenzi glanced at the talismans around him, suddenly speaking again.
This time.
Already restraining his smile, the Nether Sea’s expression grew complicated.
"You truly are the Great True Master second only to ’Xiao Yaozi’ of the past Taoist."
The Nether Sea pondered for a moment.
He chose not to refute or deceive but instead said honestly, "Yes... I am indeed researching the ’Ten Thousand Demon Array’..."
To deduce by merely looking at the talisman?
Ling Chenzi is even more perceptive than I thought.
"If I’m not mistaken, you’ve been infusing ’Ape Blood’ into the Great Array over the years."
Ling Chenzi calmly said, "It seems... you’re prepared to abandon the ’Earth Abyss Bloodline’."
The heritage of the Great Ape Mountain is named [Earth Abyss].
Hence, the Ape Clan Royal Blood is also called [Earth Abyss Bloodline].
"To deal with Big Brother, I can only think of this way."
The Nether Sea Venerable chuckled self-deprecatingly.
He also wants to promote to the Ninth Realm of Yang God and become as strong as his brother, but the road is too difficult.
Not to mention sixty years.
If he doesn’t receive the Ancient Saint’s legacy...
He might spend his entire life and still not reach this step.
"It’s useless."
Ling Chenzi said decisively, "To rely on the Ten Thousand Demon Array to deal with the Holy Emperor is nothing short of dreaming... The ’Ape Blood’ you’ve infused is simply not enough. Even if the Great Array successfully activates, at most, it will only slightly injure him."
"..."
The Nether Sea squinted his eyes.
He knew Ling Chenzi was right.
This Great True Master also has a "brother"... not weaker than the Holy Emperor!
"Back then, I once built a Great Array stronger than the ’Ten Thousand Demon Array’ on Tianyuan Mountain."
Ling Chenzi said indifferently, "You should know, this is a Pocket World that has accumulated for a thousand years, containing endless vast Primordial Energy... At that time, my senior was in closed-door cultivation, I concentrated all the Primordial Energy of the Great Array and launched a completely unexpected strike. You know the result?"
Is there such a thing?
The Nether Sea raised an eyebrow, "You... injured Xiao Yaozi?"
He had heard of Tianyuan Mountain.
It is said that inside this Secret Realm lies half of the world’s total Primordial Energy.
With Ling Chenzi’s talismanic prowess, what kind of spectacle would it be to mobilize this Primordial Energy and build a Great Array?
"Wrong."
Ling Chenzi said expressionlessly, "That strike... didn’t even touch a corner of the senior brother’s robe."
"...?"
Even prepared mentally, the Nether Sea was still stunned by this answer.
Didn’t even touch the corner of the robe?
He couldn’t help but slightly turn his head, looking at that cluster of blood fire he had hidden in the cave abode.
Can my Ten Thousand Demon Array be more powerful than Ling Chenzi’s Great Array?
Within the Nether Sea, he was uncertain.
But he was well aware, if Ling Chenzi from sixty years ago couldn’t even damage Xiao Yaozi’s robe, then it’s impossible for his current Ten Thousand Demon Array to kill the Holy Emperor.
"Once one becomes the strongest, the rules of heaven and earth change."
Ling Chenzi lowered his eyelids and said, "Back then, my senior brother might have already mastered the power of ’Origin’... Although he never appeared again after the Battle of Poison, in my heart, he is a more awe-inspiring opponent than Zhao Chunyang."
Zhao Chunyang, Xiao Yaozi, Zen Master.
These are the three great mountains of the Human Race.
"At that time, did Xiao Yaozi already grasp ’Origin’?"
Nether Sea frowned.
As far as he knew, when Zhao Chunyang swept through the Demon Country, he hadn’t yet reached that realm.
Xiao Yaozi...
Surely he wouldn’t be faster than Zhao Chunyang?
"My senior brother is a ’Divine Traveler’."
Ling Chenzi was silent for a moment, then said meaningfully, "He traveled back and forth within the River of Destiny, past, present, future... Over the years, as I recall the scenes of that time, I always feel something was amiss. Maybe what I hit was not my senior brother back then."
"What do you mean?"
Nether Sea was somewhat bewildered.
"I might have hit my future senior brother."
Ling Chenzi said, "In any case, that assassination attempt utterly failed... The Primordial Energy of the Heavenly Origin Secret Realm surged, the Great Array collapsed, and I had no choice but to flee north."
"..."
Nether Sea listened to this secret tale, his expression complex.
He had never imagined.
Ling Chenzi had done such an unconventional thing, attempting to kill Xiao Yaozi with an array. It was simply unbelievable!
"I don’t hate my senior brother."
Ling Chenzi said lightly, "In fact, I had already started planning to go north before that day..."
Back then, he had taken Mo Zhen’s Undying Spring.
Rather than staying in the Taoist.
He preferred to pursue longevity in another way.
"I’m just very curious."
Ling Chenzi paused, then said, "Is someone as ’perfect and flawless’ as my senior brother truly without any flaws, without any weaknesses..."
After escaping to Great Saint Mountain.
Ling Chenzi couldn’t help but think of the scene from that day.
Shocking, astonishing, terrifying.
He was thankful that the person hunting through the Demon Country was Zhao Chunyang, not his senior brother.
During the days Zhao Chunyang was advancing north through the Demon Country, Ling Chenzi was in secluded cultivation at Great Saint Mountain, but he was inwardly anxious, fearing he would be "sold out" by Great Ape Mountain, fearing he would be captured alive by Zhao Chunyang and "brought" back.
His greatest fear.
Was meeting his senior brother again...
However, the heavens were kind to him, and from the look of things now, he probably never will meet "senior brother" in this lifetime.
Because he was still alive.
And his senior brother had already died.
In self-reflection, half of that assassination attempt back then was out of envy, half out of curiosity.
Ling Chenzi wanted to know...
If there was a way in this world to kill his senior brother.
He racked his brains, thought of every method, finally deciding to use the power of Tianyuan Mountain for this strike.
As it turned out, the solution he thought of was just a joke.
Under the bombardment of the Great Array.
Xiao Yaozi’s clothes remained unscathed, not a hair was harmed.
"Your current situation is somewhat similar to mine back then."
Ling Chenzi said sincerely, "If we only talk about the flesh and body strength, the Holy Emperor might be even more powerful than my senior brother... So, if you want to kill him with the Great Array, it might be very difficult, a very difficult thing."
Nether Sea was stronger than he was back then.
But.
In front of the strongest, these differences don’t mean much.
"So, what is your suggestion?"
Nether Sea looked directly at Ling Chenzi.
"I have a way to enhance the power of the ’Ten Thousand Demon Array’ to its extreme."
Ling Chenzi gazed into the eyes of Nether Sea: "I can help you. But as the price, you need to tell me... your secret of ’immortality’."
At these words.
Nether Sea paused for a moment.
Immortality?
He bowed his head then, only realizing... Sixty years had passed, he continuously let blood for the Ten Thousand Demon Array, yet showed no signs of aging.
Time is like a knife, but only on him did it not leave a single trace.
It’s because of the shadow.
Undying and Undying and Undying.
The thing that worldly cultivators dream of pursuing.
Even Big Brother couldn’t obtain it.
It turns out...
He had unknowingly held it in his hands.
