Chapter 152 Different Daos
The Peacock King’s eyes were clear as water, his hair soft, appearing like a snow lotus upon the peak of an icy mountain. He elegantly said, “Wouldn’t you say that joining hands to enter the Bronze Ancient Palace is just throwing away our lives? I still hadn’t lived my fill yet.”
Nan Gongzheng’s silver hair gently danced, his tall body being enveloped by a rain of flowers in midair. All the plants beside him were emerald green and filled with vitality. “Don’t you want to see the secret of achieving Immortality? Could it be that the reason you exited your eight hundred year seclusion wasn’t due to this?”
“From ancient times to now, just how many peerless lives has the Bronze Immortal Palace taken? I haven’t heard of anyone achieving Immortality due to it. Rather than say that it’s an immortal palace, it’s more like a tomb for the Eastern Wastelands’ experts.”
“Naturally it is difficult and risky to achieve Immortality. Otherwise how could all the ancient sages all end up with nothing? If you and I join hands to enter the immortal palace, we can have a final life and death struggle to become Immortals. It’s at least not dying at the end in a completely boring and empty manner.”
“I swept through the heavens, fighting Sacred Masters, living my life as a I pleased. How was it boring? Dying in the end isn’t a big deal.”
“Not matter how great your golden age was, you haven’t been able to reach the peak or see all the marvels of the world. In the end, your life will still be empty. After a thousand years, who will still remember you? If you don’t achieve Immortality, your life will be empty, nothing more than the passing clouds or the dust on the ground.”
“Who cares about what happens after a thousand years? All I know is that it’s the present that matters. To desperately chase after Immortality your whole life only to achieve nothing is much more lamentable.”
Nan Gongzheng shook his head, firmly saying, “Separate yourself from the mortal world and live free forever. That is the greatest hope of my lifetime. There’s no need to deceive yourself with lies to console to yourself.”
The Peacock King’s laugh shook the sky. “Let me ask you, from ancient times until now, has the Eastern Wastelands ever seen an Immortal appear? Don’t even try talking about those people in the ancient texts; their existence was too fishy and can’t be trusted.”
“Naturally there have been people to achieve Immortality. The Immortals suppressed to death by the Desolate Pagoda.”
“Did you personally see that?” asked the Peacock King.
“No.”
“Not becoming Immortal doesn’t mean your life was nothing. I am a peak existence capable of looking down on the land with no one daring to cross me.”
Ye Fan felt as if the Peacock King was very free, not even caring about achieving Immortality. But Nan Gongzheng’s words were also very original, standing out from ordinary people’s thoughts. He was definitely worthy of being a sovereign of the human race.
Ji Ziyue quietly muttered, “It really is weird. To these legendary figures, a hundred years is nothing. Their age can only be measured in the thousands, yet they’re still so young, even more handsome than my big brother…”
“Nan Gongzheng, everything you said is hollow. Could it be you wish to have a battle with me to block my affairs?” darkly asked the Peacock King.
“The Ji Family Master said to me that if I should meet you by chance, they’d send any disciple of theirs to me to become a disciple so I could pass on my legacy. I wish to enter the Bronze Immortal Palace, but I still have no one to pass on my inheritance. So this is my way of resolving this wish.” Nan Gongzheng’s surrounding flowers all blossomed, making him appear exceptionally transcendent.
“You really want to fight? Think carefully about it!” An extremely cold light shone in the Peacock King’s eyes, and powerful aura like a volcano erupting surged out of him, soaring into the sky.
“Peacock King, since you’re an old friend, I still want to persuade you to join hands with me and search for the opportunity to achieve Immortality. Otherwise your prospects might become bleak.”
“What great courage. Could it be that the Ji Family Master is nearby and waiting to suppress me with you?” Intimidating divine light shined in the Peacock King’s eyes.
“He doesn’t know where you are.” Nan Gongzheng paused briefly before saying, “It’s not only the Ji Family Master who is searching for you. The Flickering Light Sacred Master has also personally left seclusion.”
“I already expected that. We’ll see what they can do to me. To take advantage of my clansmen, I wouldn’t be worthy of being a sovereign if I didn’t handle this. Eight hundred years ago I could already roam freely through the southern region. Now that eight hundred years have passed, they won’t be able to suppress me.”
“The supreme existences whose legacies extend back to the Ancient Desolation have unfathomable abilities. It might really be possible for people to come out of there to suppress you…”
“The only way for them to do such a thing would be to open their ancestral tombs and resurrect their Divine Kings! If they wish to block me, they’ll need to use strength to do so!” The Peacock King’s eyes were sharp like electricity, his aura becoming huge.
The powerful scent of the flowers continued to burst out, their petals that filled the sky shining brightly. Nan Gongzheng was very intimidating, like a supreme god of flowers. A huge ancient tree rose to the heavens beside him.
“Since it’s like this, you’ll have to excuse me!”
“You and I should have had a battle long before!” The Peacock King only appeared around sixteen years old, but now he appeared like an exceptionally sharp sword had been unsheathed, a grand and intimidating aura radiating off of him that caused people’s flesh to hurt, his cold battle intent soaring.
WHOOSH!
The Peacock King suddenly opened his Celestial Eye, a divine light shooting out from his forehead and rushing into Ji Ziyue’s body.
“Hey, what are you doing?!” shouted Ji Ziyue.
“Don’t worry, it’s just a trace so that I can find you later. Right now you both should quickly leave,” he transmitted to them.
“Let’s go!” Ye Fan pulled Ji Zyue and soared into the sky. A fight between two sovereigns would definitely shatter the heavens and break the earth.
Ye Fan and Ji Ziyue flew extremely far, but they still felt an ocean-like surging aura behind them that profoundly shook them.
Looking back, Ji Ziyue shouted in alarm, “Heavens, there’s a huge sun!”
Two blazing and extremely piercingly bright suns hung in midair in the distance. As for which was the real sun and which was created by a sovereign, it was impossible to tell.
“The ‘clear sky’!”
The sky had split itself into halves, but both were still dark blue.
“This is…Radiant Stars in the Clear Sky!”
A sovereign’s Variation of the Radiant Stars in the Clear Sky was such that each star appeared like a blazing sun, a shocking scene to anyone!
In the clear sky, each star somehow appeared as large as a mountain, extremely bright and causing the heavens to move!
Suddenly, a huge ancient tree rose up, towering up within the sky. It seemed as if it wished to split open the heavens, the treetop reaching a height that was impossible to see, completely covering the sky and hiding the sun.
“That’s a legendary Jianmu[1]! I didn’t expect Nan Gongzheng to actually take it out!” Ji Ziyue was extremely shocked.
The Jianmu had endless legends about it whether it was in this world or on the other side of the starry sky. According to ancient texts, it was a sacred tree worshipped by ancient people, a bridge that connected heaven and earth.
For such a Variation, it was easy to even split the dome of the sky!
On the edges of that ancient tree were also strange divine plants and trees, each trembling. They were all extremely green, filled with endless vitality.
This was a kind of nameless Variation. Nan Gongzheng truly was worthy of being a sovereign of the human race; his might was truly shocking.
Ye Fan and Ji Ziyue felt a burst of dizziness. A terrifying roar had shaken them and sent their Qi and blood rolling. They quickly flew further away.
The distant sky was filled with mist as another different Variation appeared. The supreme secret arts two sovereigns were capable of using exploded out; the true battle had finally begun.
“There’s another person’s Variation…” Ji Ziyue’s eyes shone. She wanted to stay and keep watching, but she knew the most important thing was to run for their lives.
A battle between sovereigns was capable of collapsing the heavens, and even a glimpse was hard to obtain.
Ye Fan was very regretful, but he also didn’t look back. Using the divine secret footwork he used all his energy to flee, quickly disappearing across the horizon.
They continuously fled without pause for hundreds of kilometers before finally feeling safe. However, they still didn’t stop, continuing forward.
“I really wanted to see the Peacock King’s roar that can shake mountains and rivers, his supreme divine might that can even pluck stars and the moon,” Ye Fan muttered to himself. He had already realized how powerful sovereigns were from Ji Ziyue’s words, and he really wanted to see a peak hegemonic battle of theirs.
“He…ugh, whatever!” Ji Ziyue was still somewhat afraid. The Ji Family’s ancestors had been shaken into pieces with but one roar from the Peacock King, and it still made her shiver when she thought of it. “I really did want to see how powerful that white-haired heroic man was …”
“How amazing. Despite the Peacock King appearing in this parts, you actually managed to flee…”
A cold voice came from a mountaintop in front of them. A hemp-clothed man rushed up, his hand carrying a five level silver pagoda, blocking their path.
At the same time, people ascended into the air from all directions, preventing them from escaping.
There were now six cultivators surrounding Ye Fan and Ji Ziyue, each of them not ordinary.
These were the people who had been chasing them just before. Although their faces were covered with mist and their appearance couldn’t be seen too clearly, that voice was identical.
“For the Phoenix Crown Lightning Bird to be unable to take your life is much more amazing…” Ji Ziyue ridiculed them.
Other than the hemp-clothed man with the silver pagoda, the other five people’s clothes were all very roughed up and their skin was burnt. They had obviously paid a great price.
“Kill them!” The hemp-clothed man waved his hands. He didn’t say much, acting decisively to kill them immediately.
A powerful aura immediately exploded out. Those people took out their weapons, some of them displaying secrets arts as they attacked the two of them.
Ji Ziyue’s wounds had yet to heal, so she was still too weak to fight back.
Ye Fan relied on his speed to dodge, quickly charging below. These people were definitely beyond the Paramita realm, and so he was unable to fight them head one. He could only choose to flee.
“Don’t try to escape in vain. Next year will be anniversary of your death, and I’ll come burn some money for you on the other side…”
The hemp-clothed man personally acted, the silver pagoda quickly increasing in size. The five layered ancient pagoda was covered in mist, comparable to a huge mountain as it tried to suppress them.
Ji Ziyue whispered in Ye Fan’s eyes, “Quickly transfer divine energy into my body. I have a secret treasure we can use to escape.
Ye Fan directly sent his body’s divine energy into her. Ji Ziyue immediately began to emit a pure white light that blocked the five layer pagoda.
In the next moment, the two of them were covered in light, slashing through all the various secret arts and weapons and rushing away.
Like a bolt of lightning flashing within a block cloud, in just a few flashes they escaped the encirclement.
An ear-piercing nose rang out. The hemp-clothed man’s five fingers were all stretched out, each becoming the size of a small mountain and immediately reaching out, causing space to warp.
(Ed. note: I think Buddha did this to the Monkey King, except he got there before Monkey King did…)
Ye Fan’s expression immediately. This person was extremely terrifying!
Ji Ziyue’s expression also changed. It appeared it would be very difficult to flee from this formidable man. She somewhat anxiously transmitted to Ye Fan, “Listen closely, little brat! I’ll transmit the completely Great Void Art to you. Use it to hide within the void!”
(Ed. note: Ah, she’s ‘somewhat anxious’ at this point?)
[1]建木 jian mu is a sacred tree from ancient times. It was said to be a bridge to the heavens.