Chapter 2785 - 1289: Impermanence Talisman
Chapter 2785 - 1289: Impermanence Talisman
"Brother Chen, I hope that the next time we meet, I will also already be one of the Divinity Transformation."
When Zhang Pankong received the Longevity Great Dao Dan, he could not help the joy showing on his face, and cupped his hands to Chen Mobai in thanks.
"Hahaha, that would be best. Among the three of us, you’re the only one left."
Chen Mobai said with a smile, offering his blessing to Zhang Pankong.
After he stepped out of the Eastern Wilderness, aside from Ye Qing, he was closest to Zhang Pankong. These two Taoist Children had, within the rather sullied customs of the Tianhe Realm, preserved a rare original heart.
Chen Mobai hoped that in this world in the future, there could be more people like them, with simple concepts of Dao and Virtue and a bottom line.
Precisely because of this, he very much hoped Zhang Pankong could attain Divinity Transformation.
Moreover, the number of Divinity Transformation cultivators in the East Continent was indeed somewhat fewer compared to the Central State. Now that they had already formed the Immortal Alliance, Chen Mobai also hoped the overall strength of the East Continent would become greater.
On matters of such overall pattern, his outlook had always been broad.
After that, Chen Mobai even spoke a bit about his experience in breaking through to Divinity Transformation, which moved Zhang Pankong deeply. Even in Taixu MiaoMiao Palace, this was the most precious heritage of knowledge; even with his status, he needed Da Kong True Monarch to personally bring him in before he could view it.
"Brother Chen, this, is it..."
Years of habit made Zhang Pankong instinctively feel that he should not listen. But his thirst for Divinity Transformation made him unwilling to let go of even the slightest sliver of knowledge that might increase his chance of success, so his words halted midway on his lips.
Chen Mobai smiled faintly and continued speaking of his own accord.
Zhang Pankong pricked up his ears, firmly engraving every word and every sentence into his heart.
Chen Mobai possessed the Four Volumes of Taixu. Although they were not the core inheritance of Taixu MiaoMiao Palace, all of the content related to the Void Great Dao was shared in common, so when he was imparting his own experience of Divinity Transformation, he deliberately mixed in some of his understanding of the Void.
"Brother Chen’s talent in the Void is likely no weaker than mine. If, at the time of Core Formation, you had come to my Taixu MiaoMiao Palace, the two of us would probably have become fellow sect members."
Even with Chen Mobai intentionally concealing part of his depths, Zhang Pankong was still full of amazement.
The reason Taixu MiaoMiao Palace went against the customs of the Tianhe Realm, spreading their cultivation technique throughout the Five Continents and Four Seas, was precisely because the entry threshold for this lineage’s cultivation technique was too high.
Any cultivator who could, by their own talent, cultivate the Void Law Body—so long as they came to the door and had not committed some great deed of slaughtering Taixu MiaoMiao Palace cultivators—would be taken in with eyes half-closed, even if they had once been a Rogue Cultivator.
Of course, those who purely relied on resources such as Void Stones to forcibly cultivate the technique would not be accepted.
Those were all mediocrities.
Even if, before Nascent Soul Formation, they could, by relying on resources, advance at astonishing speed, their upper limit would still be only Core Formation.
Taixu MiaoMiao Palace only wanted those who truly possessed Void Talent, and it was obvious that Chen Mobai certainly did.
The battle above the Mysterious Sea, where they intercepted the Sixth Rank Kui Beast, had long since spread across the Tianhe Realm along with the Divinity Transformations of the Five Continents and Four Seas. When Zhang Pankong went to the Central State this time, he too heard that Chen Mobai had displayed the Void Law Body. The Taixu Immortal was even deeply regretful as to why the Eastern Continent Taixu MiaoMiao Palace had not extended their business into the Eastern Wilderness earlier. If they had, then perhaps more than two hundred years ago, when Chen Mobai rose to prominence, they could have taken him under their gate.
As one of the oldest Holy Lands in the Tianhe Realm, Taixu MiaoMiao Palace did not lack Divinity Transformation cultivators, but they had never once had a Divinity Transformation who could engage in a Magic Duel with a Sixth Rank True Spirit.
With such a ruthless figure, coupled with a Treasure of Dao, no matter how terrifying the great tribulations of heaven and earth in the future, Taixu MiaoMiao Palace would have no need to worry.
It was just a pity that now this could only remain a thought.
"On other Great Daos, my talent surpasses even that in the Void, and when I was in the Divine Wood Sect, I had already obtained the Heavenly Sovereign’s inheritance."
Chen Mobai’s words made Zhang Pankong nod repeatedly.
Although the Heavenly Sovereign’s inheritance was certainly not on par with that of the Taixu True King, if one could enjoy it exclusively, it would not necessarily be inferior to entering Taixu MiaoMiao Palace.
After all, when the household is vast and the lineage great, the resources divided to each individual will correspondingly diminish.
"In former years, the Heavenly Sovereign was someone who could, at any time, harmonize with the Great Dao of Life, a Great Divine Power Wielder. However, after the Ghost Mother was slain by the Mother of Water, there appeared an opportunity to harmonize with the Life and Death Great Dao. The reason he has lingered in the Mortal Realm all this time is that here one can freely travel between the Living World and the Underworld, the place closest to that Innate Great Dao!"
Zhang Pankong spoke of another matter he had heard in the Central State main line of Taixu MiaoMiao Palace.
After Chen Mobai’s name resounded across the Five Continents and Four Seas, all matters related to his origins were naturally dug out thoroughly.
Whether it was the Five Elements Sect or Yi Yuan Dao Palace, the source of their cultivation techniques and Divine Skills was all the "Heavenly Sovereign."
And although the Heavenly Sovereign was the oldest living being in the Tianhe Realm, Taixu MiaoMiao Palace was similarly ancient.
Although the opening of heaven and earth at the beginning of creation was far too distant, and the Taixu True King was not someone fond of writing chronicles, leaving few records behind, the Heavenly Sovereign had lived long enough that the sages of Taixu MiaoMiao Palace had indeed interacted with him.
After the Taixu Immortal returned from the East Continent, he had perused all the materials in the palace concerning the Heavenly Sovereign.
"I wonder whether the Heavenly Sovereign has successfully achieved Harmonization? Was the Longevity Sect brought by him to all ascend together to the Spiritual Void Immortal Realm?"
After hearing this, Chen Mobai immediately asked the two questions that most concerned him.
Although he had indeed obtained all of the Longevity Sect’s inheritances, the Heavenly Sovereign had never once acknowledged him. Having brandished this tiger skin for so long, he was afraid that once he went up, he would be directly seized by the Heavenly Sovereign.
Moreover, in ancient times, the Longevity Sect had, in a single night, vanished from top to bottom. This had always left him deeply perplexed and suspicious, worried that there was some hidden matter involving a Great Divine Power Wielder entangled within.
"I don’t know about the first question, but I heard from the Sect Master that he recently consulted the Impermanence Pavilion and obtained a possible answer. However, because he’s bound by an oath, he can’t tell anyone. Brother Chen, if you’re interested, I can help you make a connection and arrange a meeting with the person in charge of the Eastern Continent branch of the Impermanence Pavilion."
Right now, Zhang Pankong already regarded Chen Mobai as his best friend and was sharing everything he knew without reservation.
"As for the second question, I happen to know the answer. The Sect Master has communicated with an ancestor in the Immortal Realm and confirmed that only the Yi Yuan True Monarch ascended. The Heavenly Sovereign has never shown any trace in the Spiritual Void Immortal Realm."
After listening to Zhang Pankong’s words, Chen Mobai nodded with a grave expression.
Impermanence Pavilion!
As the most mysterious intelligence organization in the Five Continents and Four Seas, he had never dealt with them, precisely to avoid getting entangled in new lines of cause and effect.
But the line related to the Heavenly Sovereign was one of the biggest among the lines he still had left.
If he could resolve it, it would definitely be beneficial for his Cultivating Void.
But if it really couldn’t be helped, he could only pass it on to a Disciple or Yin Qingmei.
Coincidentally, Luo Yixuan had just formed Nascent Soul and could now withstand the transfer of a line.
And Yin Qingmei cultivated the Qing Emperor’s Longevity Scripture, which was precisely the Heavenly Sovereign’s fundamental inheritance, making her even more suitable.
"Senior Da Kong once gave me an Impermanence Talisman..."
Chen Mobai said to the well-intentioned Zhang Pankong. This Talisman could directly contact people from the Impermanence Pavilion.
"All the better, then. But their intelligence fees have always been anything but cheap. If Brother Chen truly wants to learn something, you’d best be prepared to bleed heavily."
Before leaving, Zhang Pankong added another sentence. Every time he purchased intelligence from the Impermanence Pavilion, it was always for official business, so the Eastern Continent Taixu Piaomiao Palace paid the bill. If it were for his personal matters, he simply couldn’t afford the price.
But it was precisely because they charged so much that the Impermanence Pavilion’s clients were, for the most part, Deity Transformation True Monarchs of the Five Continents and Four Seas, and even Fifth Rank True Spirits.
After seeing Zhang Pankong off, Chen Mobai had originally planned to directly refine those Sixth Rank Materials into the Douluo Eight Scenic Lantern to help it advance.
But matters regarding the Heavenly Sovereign kept hovering in his mind, making it hard for him to calm down.
He took out a black-and-white Talisman—this was the Impermanence Talisman.
He thought for a moment; it wouldn’t hurt to at least get acquainted first.
He could see what price they quoted, and if it was truly outrageous, he could simply not buy.
With that thought, Chen Mobai no longer hesitated. He performed Void Teleportation, arriving at a barren mountain near Huozhen Immortal City, then activated the Impermanence Talisman in his hand.
Very soon, the Impermanence Talisman turned into black-and-white smoke, which merged into the surrounding Void.
Then, to Chen Mobai’s surprise, the Void fused with the black-and-white smoke and condensed into the figures of a man and a woman.
The man was dressed in black, with a slightly androgynous face; the woman was dressed in white, her skin almost translucent, completely bloodless.
Judging from their auras, the two of them only had Nascent Soul-level fluctuations, yet through the Impermanence Talisman they had descended before Chen Mobai in a very strange manner.
The man and woman were dressed and looked exactly like Black and White Impermanence. After appearing, they first glanced at each other, seemingly confirming identities, then turned to look at Chen Mobai, who was sitting cross-legged on the barren mountain.
"We pay our respects to the Eastern Wilderness Qing Emperor!"
The instant they saw Chen Mobai’s face, the Black and White Impermanence both recognized him and very politely saluted.
"Oh, you two know me?" Chen Mobai was somewhat surprised.
"We have memorized the data of all Deity Transformation True Monarchs in the Five Continents and Four Seas," Black Impermanence was the first to speak.
"I want to purchase some intelligence. Which one of you is in charge?" Chen Mobai nodded and didn’t waste words, going straight to the point.
"Senior, it’s like this. To prevent Disciples from embezzling, taking bribes, or giving inappropriate quotes when selling intelligence, all the Impermanence Pavilion’s business is handled by randomly selecting two Disciples to come together," Black Impermanence continued.
"What do you mean?"
"It means the two of us must jointly take responsibility for answering Senior’s questions." The one who said this was White Impermanence. Her features were very beautiful, but there was no trace of vitality on her entire body, just like Luo Yixuan back when Chen Mobai had first found her on the Yellow Springs Path.
Thinking of this, Chen Mobai couldn’t help but feel a stir in his heart as he looked at the Black and White Impermanence before him.
Could it be that they were both Ghost Cultivators?
Wouldn’t this count as Demon Path over in the Central State?
But since what had come were merely avatar-like shadows, it was hard to be certain.
Business first.
"I want to ask about intelligence regarding the Heavenly Sovereign."
As soon as Chen Mobai said this, the Black and White Impermanence both showed troubled expressions.
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