Read Novel Full Chapter 1770: Chapter 953: One Stone Conceals a Mountain, Immortal Qi Stone Sphere
Chapter 1770: Chapter 953: One Stone Conceals a Mountain, Immortal Qi Stone Sphere
On the desolate, silent Gobi desert, billowing dust suddenly rose up from afar.
As the dust drew closer, a majestic, snow-white Qilin galloped through the air, seated on its back a young Daoist with a handsome appearance clad in a simple Daoist robe.
Zhao Sheng gazed into the distance, where the land undulated slowly, littered with stones and gravel of various sizes with not a hint of green in sight.
It seemed as if this land had died, and the deeper one went inland, the harsher the environment became.
Moments later, the Jade Qilin had run hundreds of miles.
“Cut?”
The Jade Qilin suddenly paused in its tracks, then descended straight to the ground.
Then, the Stone Spirit lowered its head, carefully sniffing the nearby ground.
Seeing this, Zhao Sheng gracefully descended to the ground, curiously watching the Stone Spirit’s actions.
Only four or five breaths later, the Stone Spirit seemed to have discovered something and began frantically digging into the ground with fervor.
Before long, most of its body had already plunged into the hole.
Suddenly, the Stone Spirit let out an excited low growl, then nimbly retreated, a head-sized irregular Crystal Stone held in its mouth.
The Stone Spirit raised its head, intending to swallow the Crystal Stone into its belly.
Unexpectedly, at that moment, a powerful force surged forth, instantly snatching away the Crystal Stone, leaving it swallowing nothing but emptiness.
Zhao Sheng held the Crystal Stone in his hand, carefully observing it, paying no mind to the reproachful gaze of the Jade Qilin beside him.
When his gaze landed on the Crystal Stone’s surface, as his Spirit concentrated, the surface of the Crystal Stone rapidly enlarged, growing bigger and bigger…
Gradually,
In Zhao Sheng’s vision, towering mountains and dried-up winding riverbeds slowly emerged, with some ancient relics gradually appearing among the rugged mountains.
Most of the relics were ruins inside, but a few Crystal buildings managed to remain fairly intact.
Beneath the surface of this irregular Crystal Stone lay hidden a vast expanse of mountain ranges.
Although the books of the Second Patriarchs had long recorded something similar, witnessing the immense mountain ranges on a microscopic level still left Zhao Sheng deeply shocked.
“Buddha says: a world in a flower, a Bodhi in a leaf.”
In the “Vimalakirti Sutra · The Inconceivable Chapter” it was recorded: “With the height and width of Mount Sumeru, it fits into the mustard seed, without increase or decrease, remaining the same as Mount Sumeru.”
The “Avatamsaka Sutra” wrote: “In a tiny mote of dust, all worlds can be seen.”
The records of past sages all tried to expound the supreme principle of the world within a mustard seed.
On the surface of this Crystal Stone, he observed the opposition and unity of the macrocosm and microcosm, suddenly realizing the true doctrine of harmonious integration without obstruction.
After a moment, Zhao Sheng’s eyes glimmered, suddenly shouting, “Shui Zha, where are you?”
Before the words had fallen, a Cloud Pattern Water Mirror flew out from his sleeve, slowly hovering before him.
Zhao Sheng sent the Crystal Stone into the Mirage Cloud Mirror, then retracted the treasure mirror into his sleeve.
Seeing the Crystal Stone swallowed, the Stone Spirit stomped its hooves in agitation, exclaiming, “Unfair! I discovered the treasure first; you must share half with me.”
“Alright. I’ll account this as a merit for you this time, and I’ll repay you several times over in the future,” Zhao Sheng smiled slightly, soothing with a gentle attitude.
Hearing this, the Stone Spirit immediately ceased its tantrum and soon voluntarily lowered its body, allowing its master to sit atop.
Once Zhao Sheng tilted and settled onto it, the Jade Qilin sprung forward seven or eight meters, then soared towards the distance.
Hundreds of miles flashed by in an instant.
The originally Gobi-transformed surface gradually shifted towards desert.
The air here was filled with scorching heat; often a gust of hot wind swept through, carrying masses of sand, leaving no place to hide.
Fortunately, the Stone Spirit was naturally a darling of the earth, with countless grains of gravel falling to the ground without warning the moment they came within three feet of it.
This kept Zhao Sheng perpetually fresh and clean, untainted by a speck of dust.
Having run nearly a hundred miles more, a weak Law Fluctuation suddenly echoed from the front.
Zhao Sheng abruptly opened his eyes, his body soared, and he ascended straight into the hundred-zhang-high sky.
He looked out as far as he could, vaguely seeing two streams of Flowing Light endlessly pursuing and colliding at the desert’s end, occasionally bursting out with dazzling brilliance.
It seemed that someone was fiercely battling in the distance.
A breath later, Zhao Sheng returned to the back of the Qilin, then patted its head.
The next second, the Jade Qilin darted out, swiftly approaching the distant battlefield at lightning speed.
After half a tea’s time, the two streams of Flowing Light were already visible to the naked eye, and the distant clanging of weapons could faintly be heard.
Zhao Sheng could see it with the naked eye, and naturally, the combatants could also detect this uninvited guest.
Consequently, the two streams of Flowing Light suddenly separated, revealing a tall and a short figure in the blink of an eye.
The tall figure was burly, wearing a bright silver armor, gripping a wolf tooth stick as thick as a thigh, its body stained with blood, evidently having been tainted by many people’s blood.
The short figure was an exceptionally beautiful young woman with a graceful posture.
The young woman held a pair of exquisite jade daggers in reverse grip, the blades like willow leaves, the tips flickering with a few inches of sword light.
The two of them simultaneously looked over, their eyes full of alertness and vigilance.
The Stone Spirit received a hint from the master and immediately slowed down, gradually approaching the battlefield.
In a short while, Zhao Sheng was already a hundred feet away, forming a three-legged tripod stance with those two people.
At this moment, the armored Great Han suddenly shouted, “Taoist, if you don’t want to intervene, please withdraw quickly. Otherwise, once I start fighting this woman, you might get hurt.”
Upon hearing this, Zhao Sheng couldn’t help but feel some goodwill towards this person.
“I, a humble Taoist, will speak fairly. Unless there is an irreconcilable enmity, why must you two fight to the death? Why not stop and make peace now?”
As soon as he finished speaking, the young woman’s expression softened slightly, and suddenly she spoke up, “Wei Manzi, what do you think?”
“Vicious woman, as long as you hand over that piece of Immortal Qi Stone, I will spare you a life path,” the armored Great Han spoke with great confidence in his words.
The young woman raised her phoenix eyebrows, angrily shouting, “It is something I found, and if you want to forcibly take it away, you must first ask these Feathered Transformation Sabers in my hands.”
The woman infused her voice with Divine Thought, making her words akin to launching a surprise attack.
Wei Manzi was prepared, immediately swinging the large stick in his hand down violently, causing the air in front to explode instantly, with the sudden sonic boom cloud just managing to neutralize this sound attack.
At this moment, a sharp chill silently sliced across the armored Great Han’s throat, the unrivaled sword light barely cutting in but already causing a faint pain.
No one expected the young woman to have a third Feathered Transformation Saber hidden.
When Zhao Sheng arrived and both paused, the young woman discreetly hid the last Feathered Transformation Saber in the sand.
Taking advantage of the opponent’s distraction due to the surprise attack, the last Feathered Transformation Saber suddenly flew out, slicing through the Great Han’s throat like lightning.
Logically, a Tribulation Crossing Venerable wouldn’t be fooled by such a trick.
However, his opponent was also a Tribulation Crossing Realm Venerable.
Coupled with the vastly different environment and laws of the Honghuang Continent compared to the outside world, this allowed the young woman’s sneak attack to succeed.
So quickly did these events unfold!
As the blade touched the skin, the Feathered Transformation Saber abruptly halted.
The blade trembled repeatedly, as if struggling with all its might, but unfortunately, it couldn’t move an inch.
The armored Great Han retreated over ten zhang, exhaling a long column of air, cold sweat soon soaking the inner lining.
Buzz!
Only then did the Feathered Transformation Saber regain its freedom, immediately transforming into a streak of sword light, swiftly flying back to its master’s side.
The young woman suddenly turned to look at Zhao Sheng, her gaze showing a hint of murderous intent.
In a cold tone, she questioned, “Is it you!!”
Zhao Sheng smiled and walked over leisurely, laughing as he walked, “I, a humble Taoist, am compassionate and couldn’t bear to see blood sealing the throat, so I intervened to stop it. If this offends the Taoist… I also understand a bit of martial arts.”
As he spoke, he had already walked between the two, seemingly standing quietly there, yet gradually releasing a grand and imposing aura, filling the heavens and earth with a vast oppressive force.
The pressure seemed to rise endlessly, quickly overwhelming the aura from the other two, immediately causing their expressions to change slightly.
After a moment, both the armored Great Han and the young woman looked pale, their bodies trembling, as if they might collapse at any moment.
The authority Zhao Sheng unleashed was so overwhelmingly strong, far surpassing their imaginings.
Neither having passed the Heavenly Fire Tribulation, how could they imagine the terror of a Three Tribulations Peak Venerable.
The young woman was the first to be unable to hold on, having to pretend to be pitiful, pleading, “Senior, please stop! I’m willing to hand over the Immortal Qi Stone.”
As soon as she spoke, the terrifying pressure that nearly crushed her immediately lessened significantly.
The young woman felt relieved, hastily flipping out a red stone sphere the size of a basket, tossing it afar.
Zhao Sheng grabbed the red stone sphere, noting its smooth and delicate surface, simultaneously emitting a very faint mysterious aura.
“Is this the so-called… Immortal Qi Stone?” he was a bit curious, as he had only heard of it in rumors and had never seen what it looked like in reality.
After looking at it, Zhao Sheng had only four words in his mind: unremarkable and ordinary.
He casually sent the Immortal Qi Stone into the Mirage Cloud Mirror, then flew back to sit atop the Jade Qilin.
“I have matters to attend to, so let us part ways here, perhaps we’ll meet again if fate allows!”
As soon as he finished speaking, the Jade Qilin stepped into the air, arrogantly soaring over their heads, and then swiftly departed.
Leaving only the armored Great Han and the young woman standing there, staring at each other, speechless.
As soon as he finished speaking, the Jade Qilin stepped into the air, arrogantly soaring over their heads, and then swiftly departed.
Leaving only the armored Great Han and the young woman standing there, staring at each other, speechless.