At the Divine Firmament Sacred Ground, inside the God of War Pagoda…
Zhang Longyuan and Ye Qingcang sat facing each other with a side table between them.
Ye Qingcang was brewing tea, and the purple tea leaves were soaking inside the bubbling spirit spring water. A wonderful fragrance wafted from it.
The Divine Firmament’s Sacred Leader’s lightning and heavenly aura rippled. “Leaves cultivated for over 10,000 years on the Tree of Enlightenment. It is indeed extraordinary. This is really the kind of tea that should exist only in the heavens.”
You are getting so excited over these tea leaves?
Wouldn’t you have a breakdown if you saw all those Enlightenment tea leaves which your disciple plundered?
This fellow had been practicing the Heavenly Dao Sutra, his aura rippling all day long, but still didn’t bear the manner of a pure and holy Sage untouched by emotions.
Ye Qingcang pursed his lips. “You specially came here to drink tea with me?”
The Divine Firmament Sacred Leader replied calmly, “Senior Brother Azure Lotus has brought a number of disciples to North Sea. I will be setting off soon too, so I came here to bid you farewell.”
“Go on then. I will not miss you.”
Ye Qingcang waved his hand as he pursed his lips.
Sigh… I wonder when Tian’er will be able to return?
After seeing that silver peerless Enlightenment tea leaf, Ye Qingcang just felt that these common Enlightenment leaves were not that fragrant anymore.
It was all that little rascal’s fault. He had brought him to the seventh floor to drink some enlightenment tea, and the moment his back was turned, that rascal had chopped a branch off that tree.
Hmph. Heard that that little rascal brought that branch back to Middle Ground and managed to grow a brand new tree from it. Unbelievable!
But the God of War Pagoda’s Tree of Enlightenment had suffered a major blow as a result of that. He had to spend many years cultivating it back to health.
Otherwise, this Tree of Enlightenment would have already attained the special status of a million-year-old tree.
Yes, it was all that little rascal’s fault! I am not just trying to discredit him!
A 100,000-year-old tree compared to a 1,000,000-year-old tree. The difference is huge!
It’s all that little rascal’s fault for cutting off that branch. He has to pay!
Sooner or later, I will go to Middle Ground to seek my compensation!
But to be fair, the Tree of Enlightenment was really a very precious treasure. Even the God of War Palace only had that 900,000-year-old mother tree, while the God of War Pagoda had its 120,000-year-old offspring.
It was already a miracle that that little rascal had managed to grow a living tree from that chopped-off branch.
How was it that there was another million-year-old Tree of Enlightenment in the Chaotic Star Island domain? It was unimaginable!
As worldly as Ye Qingcang was, he remained extremely astounded whenever he recalled what Shen Tian had told him about that Tree of Enlightenment.
The origins of that tree were just too amazing.
This mortal realm was not that simple after all!
The Divine Firmament Sacred Leader saw that Ye Qingcang kept refusing to pour tea for him, but he remained unperturbed.
He took up the teapot himself and took a sip. “Why did you agree to let Tian’er try and decipher the forbidden tablet?”
The Divine Firmament Sacred Leader had always believed that Shen Tian was the true Son of Providence. Nonetheless, when the Kun King had asked him if he would let Shen Tian try to decipher the forbidden tablet, he had still been quite worried.
This was because this tablet was just too bizarre. The Kun prodigies were not the only ones who had succumbed to it. Prodigies from the other races had also fallen at its hands.
The Kun race had once put this tablet on public display 10,000 years ago. All prodigies from the five regions could try and decipher it.
However, no matter how outstanding the prodigy was, none of them had managed to succeed.
Some had deviated down the wrong path, some had suffered spontaneous combustion, and that tablet had completely swallowed some.
The Divine Firmament Sacred Leader felt that this was just too risky.
After all, this was not something which you could get lucky and recover from. It would be a one-way road to hell if one failed.
Ye Qingcang smiled. “Don’t worry. That kid is very smart! He will never put himself in danger. Moreover, my divine consciousness will be by his side, watching over him.”
The Divine Firmament Sacred Leader thought about it before standing up. “I am still worried.”
The Divine Firmament Sacred Leader’s lightning and heavenly aura rippled as he said, “I should personally head down to North Sea to set up a protection array for Tian’er!”
The Divine Firmament Sacred Leader was not worried about Shen Tian meeting the same dire fates as those before him who had tried to decipher the tablet.
Given Shen Tian’s talent, providence, and powers, if he could not decipher that table, then no one could.
After all, my disciple has the potential to be a Thearch!
The Divine Firmament Sacred Leader was worried the Kun race might get jealous of Shen Tian if he managed to gain some amazing legacy from that forbidden tablet. What would those Kuns do then?
The current Kun King and the Divine Firmament Sacred Leader had been good friends for many years.
Nonetheless, the Kun race consisted of more than just the Kun King alone. Many other Kun elders possessed rather high authority.
The Kun King had gone against popular vote to give the Triple Light Divine Water to Shen Tian. There must already be some elders who were not happy with that.
Suppose Shen Tian managed to decipher some earth-shattering, indomitable technique from that forbidden tablet. In that case, he might invoke the displeasure of some of the powerful Kun practitioners who might then attack him.
Of course, the Divine Firmament Sacred Leader was not that worried about him being attacked by those practitioners.
After all, given Shen Tian’s providence, who across the five regions was able to harm him?
Whoever opposed a Son of Providence would face death.
What the Divine Firmament Sacred Leader was worried about was not being by Tian’er’s side when he got attacked. How could he still be called his Master then? He would lose so many brownie points!
Just the thought of that made his heart ache!
No way. He could not remain in the Divine Firmament Sacred Ground a minute longer.
The Divine Firmament Sacred Leader’s lightning and heavenly aura vibrated intensely. He left the God of War Pagoda and went straight into a void tunnel, speeding toward North Sea.
Meanwhile, under the Kun King’s lead, Shen Tian had already arrived at the valley where the forbidden tablet was located.
This valley was about 18,000 feet deep into the Abyss of Despair. Technically, this was already beyond the Kun race’s restricted area. It was guarded by the Kun elders all year long.
Shen Tian had just stepped into the valley when he felt 10 powerful auras sweeping in. Every single one of them was at least a Heavenly Venerable and above.
And they were highly powerful and experienced Heavenly Venerables. Their battle prowess was far above that of new Heavenly Venerables like Kun Yu.
No one dared to try and decipher this forbidden tablet, but the Kun race still guarded it carefully.
The Kun King explained, “This forbidden tablet is very strange. Our founding ancestor discovered it in some deep region of the Abyss of Despair, but it is completely immovable by any sort of art.
“That year, our founding ancestor made use of his Infinite Strength technique but was still unable to shift this tablet even an inch. The attempt even injured him.”
The corners of Shen Tian’s lips twitched. “Even a Sage is unable to move it?”
The Kun King said in resignation, “Our founding ancestor was already a certified Thearch then.”
Damn!
Damn, damn, damn!
A great, indomitable Thearch who had undergone 36 lightning tribulations was unable to move this tablet and was even injured by the attempt?
What the hell is this thing?
And why was that Kun Thearch so weak?
A great Thearch being stumped by a piece of stone. That’s too uncool!
And didn’t they say that the great Kun Thearch managed to decipher part of that tablet? Why did the tablet still hurt him then?
Shen Tian secretly sneered at that great Kun Thearch but didn’t voice out any of his thoughts. Instead, he asked, “In that case, how did this tablet get transported to this valley?”
The Kun King smiled mysteriously. “Our founding ancestor took advantage of a moment when the tablet was not paying attention and executed his indomitable technique, carving out the entire piece of land which the tablet was resting upon. He then transported that piece of land here.
“His array was big enough, and he moved fast enough, so he did not trigger any counterattack by that tablet.”
Shen Tian, “???”
Taking advantage of a moment when the tablet was not paying attention and moving its entire home?
Dear founding ancestor, you are really quite a smart Kun!