Chapter 596 384: Ancient Battlefield
Flat Peach Tree?!
Chen Ku was surprised by the message he received. Upon closer inspection, the message was marked in green, indicating a high level of urgency.
"This message doesn't even specify the exact location. It only contains some ancient legends about the history and secrets of the Five Elements Land, yet it's worth the Primordial Qi of a top-grade spirit medicine."
He quickly judged that the reason for the message's value was likely related to the Flat Peach Spiritual Root:
"Flat Peach? Is it akin to the mythical peaches in my past life stories, where consuming them grants immortality? To live as long as heaven and earth?"
For now, he couldn't glean more information from the message.
"The messages heard by the Six-Eared Macaque are generally about real events, so the existence of the Flat Peach Spiritual Root is not questionable, allegedly located in the Five Elements Land."
At this moment, Chen Ku used the Six-Eared Macaque's 'perspective' to listen to the world within a radius of two thousand miles.
He could clearly 'see' within the world of sound, within the city of Yan Capital and the two thousand mile radius encompassing Divine Martial Mountain and the Five Elements Mountain, message after message tangled and intertwined like a web covering the land.
Above these countless messages, there are hundreds of purple ones alone.
The second-level red messages number fifteen.
Even the first-level gold messages tally up to three.
"Could it be that the specific whereabouts of the Flat Peach Spiritual Root lies within these three 'gold messages'?"
If that were truly the case.
Chen Ku faced a dilemma.
So far, he had only deduced that a top-grade spirit medicine could allow him to hear a green message. As for the upper levels like purple, red, and gold messages, he still had no idea how much Primordial Qi it would take to hear them.
"Holy Medicine? Divine Medicine? Immortal Elixir?"
If an Immortal Elixir is required to discern the location of the Flat Peach Tree's Spiritual Root, why would I need the Flat Peach Tree at all? I should just consume the Immortal Elixir for ascension."
His mind was caught in complex waves.
After a long time.
He exhaled and said:
"Since it's confirmed that the Five Elements Mountain Range contains great providence, including a Flat Peach Tree spiritual root, that serves as a precise direction. Even if I currently don't know precisely where it grows, as long as I keep exploring the Five Elements Mountain Range, aided by the transformation abilities of the Six-Eared Macaque, I'm bound to find clues."
Thus, aside from his daily training, Chen Ku would delve into the Five Elements Mountain Range at night, utilizing the Six-Eared Macaque's capabilities, listening to the secrets within the mountain range within a two-thousand-mile limit.
[An Eighth Realm Demon Water Soul Tiger is giving birth seven hundred miles away...]
[Eight hundred miles away, a Wood Element Supreme Spirit Fruit 'Green Cloud Lotus' sprouts new buds]
[Three hundred miles away, a Tenth Realm Great Demon 'Golden Iron Elephant' is sleeping]
Such messages have no information regarding the Flat Peach Spiritual Root.
Seven or eight days later.
No further news about the Flat Peach Spiritual Root emerged.
The General Hall organized a mid-month training assessment.
The thousand trainees from the three major divisions were gathered together as Zu Dengfeng began to speak:
"Everyone, it has been a month since you entered the Divine Martial Hall. Some trainees have made rapid progress, having preliminarily grasped some inheritance from our training hall, while some are slower to progress. In order to assess your cultivation advancement and to test whether your learning from the General Hall could be applied in reality, the academy has decided to conduct a monthly assessment."
Zu Dengfeng, with a resolute countenance and majestic stature, arms crossed, his straight spine as if holding up the heavens, spoke heavily:
"You thousand will be sent according to three divisions into different sections of the 'Ancient Battlefield' within the Martial Arts Heaven and Earth of the Provincial Martial Temple for training. This is both a practice and a selection, as you'll encounter countless ancient war projections during the process, randomly transported into any war projection. At that time, a similar faction identity will be given to you, and your task is to use all possible means to help your chosen faction win in the Ancient Battlefield."
The purpose is also to let you adapt to future battlefield environments in advance.
Finally, a reminder that the Ancient Battlefield is an evolved world from ancient fragments within the Martial Arts Heaven and Earth, and it may not contain just the environments set by the martial temple. Some ancient residual powers might manifest, which you must handle with caution."
"Ancient Battlefield?"
Although Chen Ku had been mentally prepared for the martial temple to simulate battlefield environments within the Martial Arts Heaven and Earth, considering even the Martial Training Camp could simulate various battle conditions, now it sounded: "It seems there are quite a few ancient secret realms within the Ancient Battlefield, randomly appearing?"
As Chen Ku considered this.
Other trainees whispered busily.
Some seemed to know a lot about it:
"Our Divine Martial Hall is truly bold, letting the martial temple bring out the 'Ancient Battlefield' tier of Martial Arts Heaven and Earth. It's heard that in the history of our Dragon Abyss Province, dating back to Ancient Times, many significant events occurred, from the battle of the Ten Great Rebel Kings, stretching back to the ancient war ten thousand years ago, the battles of the Great Emperors during the medieval era, all possibly recorded within the Martial Arts Heaven and Earth."