Chapter 133: Chapter 130: The Mystery of Divine Dao Cultivation
Divine Dao Cultivator—a unique path of Cultivation.
In Great Zhou, practicing martial arts, Cultivating Immortality, and pursuing Buddhist studies were all mainstream paths. Only the Divine Dao was exclusive to the Court!
The Great Zhou Court built City God Temples across the land, enfeoffing Heroic Spirits and righteous individuals as City God Chief Officials, allowing them to recruit Yin Soldiers and absorb Incense and Candlelight. From then on, the Divine Dao among the common people gradually fell into decline.
Unless it was for the few Mountain Gods, Earth Gods, River Gods, or Dragon Kings specially appointed by the Court, it was truly rare to see any trace of the Divine Dao among folk Cultivators.
As for the reason—
Song Ciwan didn’t actually know the reason. She had previously fabricated the existence of the Nameless Divine Venerable, confusedly received the faith of mortals, and even used the Heaven and Earth Scale to trade for Wish Power Pills.
But she had done all this in secret and had never publicized any of it.
Yet, she later learned from Yu Shu, the former Scholar’s Attendant of the Xu Mansion, that the Xu Family’s eldest young master was coveting her "Divine Dao Cultivation Method"!
’How could I possibly have a Divine Dao Cultivation Method?’
What she had was clearly a special Divine Artifact that transcended the Three Realms: the Heaven and Earth Scale!
Song Ciwan herself only had a partial understanding of the so-called Divine Dao. But from the Xu Family’s reaction back then, she understood at least one thing: in Great Zhou, Divine Dao Skills were precious, rare, and highly coveted.
From then on, Song Ciwan took special care to protect the true identity of the "Nameless Divine Venerable." Not only could she switch between countless Divine Envoy personas at will, but after arriving in Pinglan City, she even stopped playing the role of a Divine Envoy altogether.
Her discretion and caution had reached a whole new level.
But some things in this world move in mysterious circles. Song Ciwan had deliberately avoided matters of the Divine Dao, only to end up coming into contact with the Divine Dao Cultivator, Wu Yu.
And behind that Divine Dao Cultivator, Wu Yu, was none other than her old enemy, the "Second Prince"!
Song Ciwan had ransacked Wu Yu’s home and witnessed the power of Pinglan City’s No-Fly Array and the Night Wanderer. A thousand thoughts surged in her mind, but none of it stopped her from speeding along while continuing to operate the Heaven and Earth Scale to make her sales.
Midnight had passed. She still had nine sales left for the day.
The second item Song Ciwan sold was the Jade Purification Bottle she had taken from Wu Yu’s house.
Although the Jade Purification Bottle had originally been embedded in the Spirit-Storage Banner, the Heaven and Earth Scale had automatically separated them into two distinct items when it collected them.
The Spirit-Storage Banner was a Three-star Level Magical Artifact, but the Jade Purification Bottle was not a Magical Artifact. It was a Marvel!
[You have sold the Two-star Level Divine Dao Marvel, the Purifying Heart Bottle, and received one Two-star Level Marvel, a Purifying Primordial Stone.]
Purifying Primordial Stone: Throw this stone to expel evil spirits and filth, and to break malevolent illusion arrays. This stone cannot be bound and can be used three times.
As a Marvel, the Purifying Primordial Stone still had a usage limit: it could only be used three times!
It was hard to say which was more valuable, it or the Purifying Heart Bottle, but for Song Ciwan, the Purifying Primordial Stone was far more useful.
Although the Purifying Heart Bottle was also a Divine Dao Marvel, Song Ciwan had no real use for it.
’No matter what, it wasn’t a loss to sell it.’
As she pondered, Song Ciwan passed through another city ward.
She also took the opportunity to make her third sale of the day with the Heaven and Earth Scale: [You have sold the mutated and damaged flesh of a Divine Dao Cultivator transformed by Demon Blood and received five Three-star Level Red Blood Pills.]
Red Blood Pill: A Three-star Level Healing Elixir, effective against various internal and external injuries up to a certain level. It also aids in the repair of one’s Divine Soul, though its effect is slightly inferior to Yin Soul Wood of the same level.
Just as Song Ciwan was about to make her fourth sale, she suddenly saw two Martial Artists up ahead, where fireworks were blooming. Wielding a blade and a sword, they were fighting on the long street, their Qi Blood surging to the heavens.
Yet the people setting off fireworks to celebrate the new year were completely unaffected by these two Gods of Slaughter. It was clear that Qi Force was radiating from their battle, and they would sometimes collide with pedestrians, but whenever they collided with people from the Mortal World, both parties would simply pass through each other without any interaction.
They were in the same special state as Song Ciwan: in the Mortal World, yet not part of it!
No, or rather, it should be said that they and Song Ciwan were the ones who were truly in the same time and space.
When Song Ciwan saw the pair, the two Martial Artists were not just fighting in earnest, but also verbally confronting each other.
The swordsman said, "Brother Zhang, we’ve known each other for years and have faced life and death together. Are you really going to turn on me and draw your blade over this Soul Cleansing Lamp?"
The Blade Master replied, "We agreed it would be based on skill. Whoever killed the Mouse Demon first would get the Soul Cleansing Lamp. I was the one who beheaded the Mouse Demon, but you, Dong Qi, the so-called Red Sincerity Sword, ignored the rules and snatched the lamp first. If I don’t turn against you, will you return it?"
The Soul Cleansing Lamp was also a Divine Dao Marvel capable of collecting "human desires" and "faith"!
The swordsman, Dong Qi, said, "We are brothers, Brother Zhang, yet you don’t trust me. Neither of us can use the Wish Power in the Soul Cleansing Lamp directly; we have to find a way to perform Refinement on it anyway. But you were so eager you’d rather ambush me to snatch it. Why the rush?"
At this, Dong Qi’s tone became one of heartbreak and fury. "After the Wish Power is refined and we get Wish Power Pills, we can just split them evenly. Old Zhang, stop this! Do you really want to fight me to the death, even if it costs you your life?"
The Blade Master, Old Zhang, simply said, "If you don’t want to fight, then give back the Soul Cleansing Lamp!"
With every move the Blade Master made, his attacks grew fiercer and more ruthless. Under the rolling waves of qi, Dong Qi was forced back step by step.
Most interestingly, neither of them noticed that as they fought to the death, wisps of invisible energy rose from their heads. The wisps swirled above each of them for a moment before converging and flowing into the Soul Cleansing Lamp hanging at Dong Qi’s waist.
Suddenly, Dong Qi shouted, "Brother Zhang, quick! An outsider is here! Let’s work together to capture them first—"
Before his voice had even faded, both of them had already switched targets in unison.
Their coordination was exceptional. The Blade Master slashed out, and a strand of blazing white Sword Qi shot toward Song Ciwan.
Meanwhile, the swordsman’s longsword instantly flew from his hand, shooting straight for Song Ciwan like a Flying Sword, passing through the phantasmal crowd.
Song Ciwan was startled but not panicked. With a slight shift of her feet, her entire body transformed into wind and rose up.
The Masterful Skill effect of Grasshopper: Wind Shadow!
As Wind Shadow was unleashed, Song Ciwan’s body instantly split into ten identical figures. The ten figures, flickering between real and illusory, traversed the space and appeared before Dong Qi and Old Zhang.
The ten figures spoke in unison, "Gentlemen, I am but a worthless passerby. What use is it to take your anger out on me? I hope you will both think carefully about how you should act at this time and place."
As she spoke, the Heart Demon Seed in her Sea of Consciousness stirred.
The Void Illusion Demon Sword activated!
After several months, Song Ciwan had finally used the Void Illusion Demon Sword against an enemy once more.
This time, she had simultaneously unleashed the invisible Sword of Heart Demons on both of them!
