Chapter 645: 603 Converge 3
"What does each layer... rely on for division?" Zhang Rongfang thought briefly, no longer dwelling on the topic of the Spirit Flying Heaven, and instead asked about other matters.
"You should have felt it just now, the moment you broke through a thin membrane of obstruction, that’s it.
For you, I noticed there was minimal resistance when you ascended, so you must have many people remembering you outside, right?" the person guessed.
"It’s truly enviable. Haha... to be remembered by many, you must be an extraordinary figure. Unlike me... I’m just an ordinary, humble person."
"To be able to climb up from such an environment below, even if you were once ordinary, you won’t remain so in the future," Zhang Rongfang replied.
"Since you’ve forgotten your name, how about I temporarily give you a code name?"
"A name? You’re willing to remember me?" the person was slightly taken aback, seemingly quite surprised.
"It’s just a code name. It’s just convenient for addressing," Zhang Rongfang found it strange. He didn’t understand why such a small matter would elicit such a big reaction from the other party.
"That works the same." The person seemed to be in a better mood. "You’re really a good person. If there’s anything else you need, just let me know, and I’ll help you with whatever I can!"
"Since you said you climbed up from below, I’ll call you ’Climber’ until you remember your real name," Zhang Rongfang said solemnly.
"Climber? That’s really unpleasant, but having a name is better than none." The person was somewhat disdainful, but didn’t refuse. "Here, having someone willing to remember you is already a great favor. If you have any more questions, feel free to ask."
The person crawled slowly, seemingly wanting to get a bit closer.
"Can you tell me what I need to be cautious of when moving around here? Like dangers or taboos," Zhang Rongfang asked a broad question directly.
"Ah..." Climber groaned, "This question reminds me of some unpleasant things. Many people, many living beings, when they go down from above, always ask me similar questions upon encountering me.
But so many of them went down and never returned. You..."
He seemed to want to give a warning but held back.
"Whatever, you guys are all here for the endless treasures in the Sea of Oblivion below. Even if I dissuade you, you wouldn’t listen. Let me just briefly mention it," Climber sighed.
"Wait! Are there treasures in the Sea of Oblivion?" Zhang Rongfang was stunned, interrupting.
"Of course. The Sea of Oblivion has gathered countless powerful beings, their wills, and bodies fall there after being forgotten.
It can nurture countless terrifying relics, and naturally, there are many ancient treasures not yet entirely digested.
For instance, extremely powerful divine and Buddha artifacts, divine bodies, even divine consciousness lost of self-awareness.
If someone is lucky enough to absorb a lost and self-less divine consciousness, they could instantly become a new powerful divinity. From mortal to supreme, it just takes a bit of luck. Isn’t that enticing?"
Climber’s words were full of allurement and temptation.
"The odds are quite low, right?" Zhang Rongfang said calmly.
"Yes... Anyway, I’ve been here far too long, and I’ve never seen anyone succeed. On the contrary, quite a few have brought out small treasures." Climber chuckled.
"As long as one isn’t greedy, gains are possible."
"You haven’t mentioned the taboos and dangers here," Zhang Rongfang pressed.
"Hehe, don’t be so hasty... I can sense that there are several divine gazes on you with different natures. You’re someone with secrets, perhaps with very strong cards up your sleeve... but."
He paused.
"Never, ever go below the ninth layer. Do not approach the Sea of Oblivion. Do not even think of entering."
"Why!?" Zhang Rongfang discerned the gravity in the other’s tone.
"Because..." Climber laughed. He crept closer, close enough that they could finally see each other’s faces.
"Because just staying still, you’ll constantly lose."
"Like... the current me."
He abruptly raised his head.
He revealed the face that was originally shrouded in darkness and mist.
Zhang Rongfang was suddenly stunned, completely frozen, speechless.
He originally intended to query about new topics, but at this moment, upon seeing the other’s face, all topics in his mind vanished.
It was a face devoid of any features; there were not even breathing pores, just a smooth surface.
Like a blank slate, smooth and wrinkle-free.
As if eyes, ears, mouth, and nose never grew there.
Yet... he distinctly saw earlier, Climber ingesting a Fasting Pill given by him.
"Don’t mind my appearance; actually, I can eat," Climber said indifferently.
As he spoke, a fine seam appeared on his faceless face, then something was thrown in and chewed.
The seam seemed to appear suddenly, initially undetectable.
"That’s the price," Climber said, "If you still want to go down, you must follow the rules. Avoid taboos."
He paused, continued.
"The biggest trouble of the Sea of Oblivion is that the longer you stay on that layer, the fainter your existence becomes.
With time passing, you’ll lose much of yourself. For instance, your face, body, even everything!"
Zhang Rongfang looked at the person, suddenly recalling the innate warning he felt earlier.
He believed three parts of it.
"Then, the final question, if I want to find you again next time, where should I go?"
"Then just come here. I am always at the bottom of this layer, neither up nor down," Climber chuckled.
The smile on the faceless visage looked like a wrinkled old potato.
"Remember to bring me some good food." He advised.
"Certainly!" Zhang Rongfang intended to leave.
Today’s gains were already substantial. He needed to properly organize and enhance his information on Taoyuan.
"By the way, do you know Emperor Kun, Chen Junchen, those two names?" Just as he was about to leave, he abruptly asked once more.
"I don’t know him." Dipa shook his head.
"Alright then, see you next time." Zhang Rongfang said.
"Goodbye." Dipa waved his hand.
Zhang Rongfang said no more, exerted a force, and his figure shot upward, disappearing into the mist in the blink of an eye.
Leaving Dipa alone, hanging on the stone wall, staring blankly in the direction he had left. Not sure what he was thinking.
Not long after, Zhang Rongfang collected his blood points and once again escaped from Taoyuan.
Outside, it was already bright daylight.
Clearly, a whole night had passed.
Inside the Blood Pool, the blood was a bit clearer than before. But still not as clear as initially.
After metabolism, he needed to replenish nutrients again, these two steps could not be done simultaneously. They must be completed stage by stage.
At this moment by the edge of the Blood Pool, on the stone surface.
Invisible ripples suddenly spread out in circles in the air.
The ripples slowly gathered, grew larger, then...
Whoosh!
A figure shot out from the center, landing on the ground.
The vortex then disappeared.
"You came out? Did you find anything?" White Scale quickly asked.
"Met someone." Zhang Rongfang replied. "Let’s discuss this later."
He quickly got up, took paper and pen, and recorded the information he just obtained one by one.
In the coming time, he planned to focus on digging into the secrets of that Dipa.
Meanwhile, he could build another new Blood Pool to prepare for emergencies in the future.
Things like the Blood Pool had a time limit because blood loses vitality after it leaves the body for a certain period.
He needed to guard by its side to replace the dead blood at any time.
Replacing so much fresh blood was a huge undertaking, so he couldn’t maintain too many.
Building a few to maximize his efficiency in gaining attribute points would be enough.
He looked at his current attribute points.
Available attributes: 70 points.
Life: 1502.
"Building a Blood Pool requires a large amount of blood, which is a delay and drain on my attribute accumulation. It consumes a lot of nutrients and energy. The time is too long, it’s better to set it aside for now. After getting through this critical period, I’ll increase it again."
Zhang Rongfang didn’t hesitate, and put all the attributes into life.
Life instantly became 1572.
Warm currents appeared spontaneously at his chest, flowing and spreading to every part of his body.
He could feel that his self-healing ability had slightly improved.
"Almost... almost..." watching the blood pool slowly clear up, Zhang Rongfang suppressed his emotions and closed his eyes to meditate.
Currently, what he cultivated wasn’t the Illusion Talisman Skill, but the Five Qi Chaoyuan Skill that he had perfected, also known as the Five Heart Qi Collection Skill.
As a newly created martial path, the Five Heart Qi Collection Skill continued the various gathering techniques later developed by the Grandmasters.
It was considered the most orthodox martial path of the Great Spirit.
Joy, anger, sorrow, fear, pity, when the Five Qi were collected to perfection and gathered into one, one could reach the ultimate realm of the Grandmaster’s gathering technique.
Of course, just how much it could increase power by then, Zhang Rongfang himself was not sure.
However, the significance of gathering technique for a Grandmaster was very clear.
He thought, even if it couldn’t significantly increase his strength, it should be useful against the pressure of divine and Buddha might?
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Great Capital.
Grand Teaching Alliance, Celestial Sincerity Palace.
Yue Dewen looked calmly at the four wolf-patterned stag statues laying flat before him.
Behind him, Daoist Qingyi and Cosimo stood on either side, looking at the statues with somewhat complex expressions.
"The last one. Old Yue, when do we leave?" Cosimo asked somberly.
Of the Five All Living Beings Pillars, only the last one at the Jade Void Palace remained unremoved.
But even a fool could guess that the Spirit Flying Church would definitely focus significant power at this last location.
They couldn’t just let them destroy the last array base with ease.
"We depart today," Yue Dewen said calmly. His face had long lost its habitual smile.
It was just expressionless.
"At that time, I will have to trouble you both."
"We all share the same fate, flourishing or withering as one. There’s no point in saying this now," Daoist Qingyi said, his eyes flashing with divine light, continually pondering potential problems.
"However, Brother Yue, with the current concentrated trends in the world, is invincible. It should be easy to take down this last array base, shouldn’t it?"
"The White Ten Sect, Celestial Lock Teaching, Brahma Sect, and Black Ten Sect are all handling that side, so there shouldn’t be any major issues. As the final moment approaches, the Spirit Flying Church might also feel their impending doom, so some craziness is to be expected," Cosimo said with a smile.
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