Chapter 563: Chapter 554: Valley of Eternal Spring
Ding Ling watched silently, letting them go their own ways.
He would try his best to handle the remaining matters of this world before leaving, and if Li Canghai could stay with Zhong Ling, Li Qinglu, and Mu Wanqing, that would be ideal.
Li Qinglu was a clever person. Ever since she learned that Ding Ling might ascend and shatter the void at any moment, she warmed up considerably to Li Canghai, as Ding Ling suggested.
Clearly, she grasped Ding Ling’s intentions.
It must be said.
Li Qinglu was indeed superior in cunning and intelligence, surpassing Mu Wanqing and Zhong Ling by far.
...
On this day.
Ding Ling and Li Canghai arrived in Dali.
They both traveled using lightweight skills.
Because Li Canghai had learned the Breathing Technique, her speed increased tenfold, surpassing her past prowess. Thus, this journey through the air took far less time than traveling by horseback.
She also knew the Ripple Step and some exceptional lightweight skills, although her flying wasn’t as fast, steady, or high as Ding Ling’s.
But compared to other first-class experts,
she was no different from the Martial Dao God.
She knew the precise location of the Dali Eternal Spring Valley.
Hence, she led the way.
"That is the place we are looking for."
Li Canghai led Ding Ling into the Wuliang Mountain Range.
The area they reached was none other than the vicinity of the deep pool where the Scarlet Venom Toad resided.
Ding Ling glanced back and, sure enough, not far away was the spot where he had obtained the Green Pearl.
The Green Pearl was originally given to Zhong Ling’s Lightning Mink.
But after the Lightning Mink absorbed a significant amount of the poison from the Green Pearl, it had evolved to a certain limit.
Half a month ago.
The Lightning Mink no longer clung to the Green Pearl daily.
So Ding Ling took the Green Pearl back.
He was curious about why the Scarlet Venom Toad could hold the Green Pearl continuously, while the Lightning Mink stopped after a few months.
Was the Lightning Mink’s evolution faster and more intense than the Scarlet Venom Toad’s? Or was it due to some other reason?
Ding Ling didn’t know.
Now, when he heard Li Canghai say that the Eternal Spring Valley was nearby, he couldn’t help but be astonished.
Li Canghai said,
"The Eternal Spring Valley is shrouded by the Carefree Ten Extremes Array. It is difficult to discern with the naked eye or sense it clearly. To enter, one must follow the Life Gate path of the Ten Extremes Array."
"Do you know the Ten Extremes Array?"
Ding Ling asked.
"I don’t understand it."
Li Canghai shook her head and said,
"But I know how to step into this Life Gate."
Saying this, she immediately began explaining to Ding Ling how to enter the Carefree Ten Extremes Array, how to position oneself, and more.
After explaining,
Li Canghai took out a Secret Manual from her bosom.
It bore the words ’Small Faceless Skill’ prominently on it.
This Secret Manual looked extremely ancient, as though it had existed for many years. Seeing Ding Ling staring at the Secret Manual, Li Canghai explained,
"This Secret Manual is made from the bark of an Immortal Tree within the Eternal Spring Valley. With it, one can unlock this Eternal Spring Valley."
Hearing this for the first time, Ding Ling was intrigued, and inevitably asked a few more questions.
Li Canghai explained frankly,
"My master knew my nature was peaceful and steady, so he entrusted this Secret Manual for opening the Eternal Spring Valley to me, instructing me before leaving not to use this key unless absolutely necessary.
In addition, if the Small Faceless Skill, North Nether Divine Skill, and Eight Desolates and Six Harmonies, Only I Am Supreme are not all cultivated to Great Perfection, one should not step into this Eternal Spring Valley.
If one day, we as fellow apprentices have all three techniques cultivated to Great Perfection, then naturally we can step inside.
Alas, alas..."
As she spoke, her expression turned somber.
Clearly thinking of the love and hate among her senior brothers and sisters.
Blinded by love and hate, how could one achieve Great Perfection in all three Techniques?
Not to mention Wu Xingyun, or Li Qiushui, even Wuya Zi’s Eight Desolates and Six Harmonies, Only I Am Supreme was broken, making Great Perfection impossible in a lifetime!
In such a situation,
Li Canghai naturally had no hope of entering the Eternal Spring Valley, but to her great surprise, after waiting for decades, there was suddenly a new turn of events.
She had waited for a transcendent talent like Ding Ling.
Thus came about this action of theirs.
"I am also curious about what lies within the Eternal Spring Valley. But my master’s reminders still ring in my ears, and I dare not forget. My own strength is insufficient to open this Eternal Spring Valley, and I am not qualified to enter it."
She looked at Ding Ling and handed over the Secret Manual:
"This Secret Manual is for you."
Ding Ling accepted it.
Li Canghai continued,
"Simultaneously infuse three Great Perfection streams of Vigorous Qi from the Small Faceless Skill, North Nether Divine Skill, and Eight Desolates and Six Harmonies, Only I Am Supreme into the Secret Manual."
Ding Ling immediately operated the three Profound Skills, injecting three streams of True Qi into the ’bark’ crafted Secret Manual.
Boom!
As the True Qi poured in, the bark trembled, flew from his hand, transformed into a stream of light, and with a booming sound, crashed into the cave before them. In the next second, Ding Ling and Li Canghai felt a sudden brightness before their eyes.
They astonishingly discovered that within the cave, a mysterious tunnel had opened.
"That is where the Life Gate of the Ten Extremes Array is. Go in quickly."
Li Canghai urged, treading the Ripple Step like the wind, she was the first to fly inside.
Ding Ling followed closely, using the Dragon Capturing Skill to retrieve the ’Tree Bark Secret Manual’ that had fallen ten feet away after opening the secret path.
He sensed the Secret Manual might still be useful, so he dared not discard it.
Tap, tap!
Ding Ling followed right behind Li Canghai.
Reciting the Mantra, walking in particular stances and steps.
At times moving forward three steps, then six steps back;
At times leaping one meter high, and floating three feet to the right;
At times jumping ten feet deep into an unknown chasm, then shooting up eight feet again, flying and rushing unceasingly.
By the time Ding Ling reached the end, his head was almost spinning.
But after walking for half an hour,
the scene ahead suddenly opened up.
He realized he had arrived in a Grotto Heaven World.
A vast peach forest lay before him, dense and expansive.
A gentle breeze rustled the falling petals, a sight of unmatched beauty.
Looking up,
one could see a chaotic Celestial Palace.
Yet, strangely, within this Celestial Palace appeared to be a sun, casting warm and comfortable sunlight upon them.
Turning back to look,
he saw an endless abyss filled with flowing lights, departing fire, Xun Wind, and weak water.
To think that they had traversed this region just now.
Ding Ling broke out in a cold sweat.
"Worthy of the Ten Extremes Array."
Li Canghai noticed too, uttering in astonishment, then sprang upward, swiftly progressing on the peach tree tops.
Ding Ling operated the Soaring in the Void, leaping dozens of feet high, stepping on the breeze to proceed, and with this lofty leap, he saw farther ahead.
Indeed, it was a valley!
Mountains encircled them on all sides.
There was only one entrance and exit.
It was the abyss territory behind them.
The valley was roughly the size of a small city.
After passing through the vast peach blossom forest, there was a grassland, and in the center stood only a single tree.
Beside the tree was a deep pool.
