Chapter 1225
Yin-Yang Divination Plate, Underworld Messenger Asks for Directions
From the other side came Bu Suanzi's heavy breathing, clearly indicating that he was quite angry at these words.
But upon closer reflection, he had no right to refuse; he could only set conditions:
"Then release my avatar, and give me back the tortoise shell!"
"can."
Lin Shan readily agreed. He had no use for the tortoise shell and the avatar, so he was willing to let it go. As long as he could obtain the Yangqian Heavenly Disc, he didn't care about anything else.
"Also, there's something else I need to discuss with you in person. Let's find some time to meet."
"If you have something to say, just talk to my avatar directly. Isn't that a face-to-face meeting too?"
"Okay, that works too."
After the agreement was reached, the Nascent Soul stage cultivators around him were quite sensible and immediately ordered their subordinates to disperse the crowd, while also wanting to invite Lin Shan to be their guest.
The latter didn't have the time; he took the divination master's avatar and left without lingering there.
The faces of the crowd were visibly grim, and they couldn't help but grumble after he left.
"Look at how arrogant he is, he's practically looking down on everyone. He came to our territory and started demolishing buildings without even saying hello, and he didn't even give us any face when he left!"
"What face are you talking about? Do you have face or do I? It's already a good thing if you don't tear down MixC."
"Alright, alright, everyone, say less. Be careful he doesn't get too far. By the way, what should we do with this old bastard?"
Xuan Yaozi stood there trembling, barely daring to breathe, afraid of displeasing these venerable ones, but what was bound to happen still happened.
The leading Nascent Soul stage cultivator waved his hand.
"Detain him first. Once Leader Lin achieves his goal, the fortune teller will come to take him back in person."
Upon returning to the Xun Gu Sect, Lin Shan begins a dialogue with the incarnation of the Diviner.
"I want you to help me calculate the coordinates of the Ascension Platform in this world, and the whereabouts of Ouyang Feng."
"The coordinates of the Ascension Platform? Why don't you ask those ancient holy sites for them? Why do you have to make me calculate them?"
"If we could have gotten it, we would have gotten it long ago. We had no choice but to ask the fortune teller for help."
The avatar of the fortune teller hurriedly shook his head, claiming that this matter was beyond his ability and involved a powerful department like the Golden Palace of the Immortal Realm. He would be courting death if he dared to make wild predictions. If a powerful being noticed him, a flick of his finger would be enough to cause him to suffer a backlash and die!
"Master Lin, this is going to kill me! I'd better just tell you about that Ouyang Feng instead."
Seeing that he refused to comply, Lin Shan knew that it might be unreasonable to force him, so he had no choice but to settle for second best and gave Ouyang Feng some general information.
When Bu Suanzi heard that the other party had perished in the ascension passage, he hesitated for a moment, but since he couldn't refuse either of Lin Shan's two requests, he had no choice but to reach out and ask him to return the tortoise shell to him.
Then this avatar sat cross-legged on the ground, holding the tortoise shell and began to perform calculations.
In the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the other person opened their eyes and suddenly shouted:
"Do not!!!"
In an instant, a blinding golden light burst forth from his eyes, illuminating the room as bright as day!
Then, with a sharp pain, he closed his eyes and tears streamed down his face. The tortoise shell fell to the ground with a thud, and he covered his eyes with both hands, collapsing to the ground and crying out in pain!
Lin Shan was somewhat surprised to see this, wondering what had happened.
What are you doing?
"Oh no, I've been affected by the backlash. I've seen things I shouldn't have seen and foreseen secrets I shouldn't have foreseen. This Ouyang Feng..."
"What happened to Ouyang Feng?"
"He...he died on a broken ladder to heaven."
Suddenly, Bu Suanzi opened his eyes, which were filled with golden light, but he lost the whites of his eyes and his focus, like an empty puppet.
"Master Lin, I've gone blind."
Just by calculating Ouyang Feng's fortune once, Bu Suanzi went blind!
Lin Shan seemed to have sensed something and tentatively asked:
"This must be because your clone went blind, and it didn't affect your main body, right?"
Bu Suanzi nodded, handed him the calculated coordinates of Ouyang Feng, sighed deeply with lifeless eyes, and with a bitter smile, groped around on the ground to retrieve the tortoise shell.
"If I had to use my physical body to perform every divination, I would have died long ago. That's why I need to cultivate clones and subordinates to serve as my consumables. Otherwise, how could I have lived for so long?"
As the number one diviner in the lower realm, this old tortoise is incredibly cunning. He actually has a way to sever the lifespan connection between his avatar and his original body, and uses this deceptive method to consume the avatar's lifespan to perform divination.
Theoretically speaking, if the judges of the underworld find out that the accounts don't match up, they will definitely punish them severely!
But what does that have to do with Lin?
"Alright, thank you for your hard work, fellow Daoist. When will the Yangqian Heavenly Compass be delivered?"
"I will arrange for someone to deliver it to Xun Gu Sect in about a month. You can just wait for good news."
A month later, Lin Shan looked at the white disc in his hand and found that it was no different from the Cangkun disc in terms of texture and craftsmanship. The biggest difference was the color.
Now, the white and black have been combined into one.
Yin and Yang intertwine and overlap, revealing the wonder of creation in the dark environment, like water and milk blending together, finally forming a brand new gray plate.
[Yin Yang Plate]
Quality: Heavenly Treasure
Introduction: This world-class derivative spiritual treasure was born from the convergence of heaven and earth in this world. It can manipulate the timing of heaven and earth, yin and yang, the eight trigrams, feng shui metaphysics, and fortune and misfortune. It has the following functions:
① Deducing Heavenly Secrets: Combining known information, including the current situation, predicament, relationships, and cause and effect, to deduce the past or short-term future trend of a person, thing, or event (Note: Limited to things at the Nascent Soul stage and below the sixth rank; this spiritual treasure can only withstand three deductions; current remaining number of deductions: 3).
②Heavenly Net: Using the power of stars and earth veins, seal the opponent for ten thousand years.
③ Reversing Yin and Yang: Stealing the opportunity from the void, balancing Yin and Yang to obtain the power of reversal, breaking free from constraints and escaping the current predicament.
Enhancement required: 256 points
Lin Shan was overjoyed and refined the newly acquired treasure, finding it irresistible!
Because the two disks are combined, the number of simulations that were originally used up is reset, and three more simulation opportunities are available. This could be a lifesaver in some future situations!
Last time, this was used to escape the certain death situation at Blackwater Cliff, which shows the importance of a deduction tool.
Although he is not a diviner, it is as if he has a diviner with him at all times. He can make three calculations anytime and anywhere, and he doesn't have to worry about the consumption of his lifespan. It seems that asking for the Yangqian Heavenly Plate was the right choice!
As for the next two skills, sealing the opponent and breaking free from the seal, they should be mutually exclusive; in short, it's about locking and unlocking.
If you ever dislike someone and seal them away, but later regret it, you can still use the Yin-Yang Plate to break the seal. Of course, you can also try it if you encounter other difficulties.
Upon receiving the new magical treasure, his first act was to perform a divination!
Coordinates of the Ascension Platform!
What the fortune teller dares not calculate, I'll have the Yin-Yang compass calculate.
Just as Lin Shan was happily waiting, he suddenly realized that after waiting for a long time, there was still no result. It seemed that something was stuck inside, and the deduction process was interrupted at the very beginning.
It shows "waiting" and then just keeps waiting.
He waited a whole day, but the result was still being calculated!
slap~
Frustrated, he slammed the Yin-Yang Disc on the ground. "This newly acquired magical treasure isn't working either!"
Lin Shan then realized that the Yin-Yang Compass had significant limitations in its calculations. Even the fortune teller dared not calculate things beyond his capabilities, such as the coordinates of the Ascension Platform, so a mere Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure was naturally helpless against it.
Fortunately, I still had three attempts left; it would have been a real rip-off if I had used them all up!
After thinking about it, if I use the ancient charm to enhance it into a Xuan Tian spiritual treasure, is it possible to retain the deduction skill and obtain higher deduction authority?
He estimated that this was highly likely, but the Xuan Tian Ling Bao (mysterious heavenly treasure) might not be quantifiable, because the Ascension Platform belonged to the Heavenly Court's Golden Palace, a level quite high, and probably not something he could easily calculate. Moreover, he was only at the Nascent Soul stage, lacking the power of the Void Transformation stage, and therefore unable to use treasures of a higher rank.
"Forget it, let's take it one step at a time. We'll find Ouyang Feng's body first."
Lin Shan took out a communication talisman, spoke a few words into it, and then threw it away. The talisman spontaneously combusted and disappeared without a trace.
Two years later.
A mysterious person arrived at the gate of Xun Gu Jiao.
This person wore a strange, dark blue guokui (a type of flatbread), a black and green soft robe, a black and gold mask covering his face, a red ribbon around his waist, and a tattoo of some kind of ferocious beast on the tiger's mouth of his left hand. He walked step by step up Tianfu Mountain.
The disciples of the Xun Gu Sect who came and went ignored him, as if they could not see him, and hurried past him.
This person was quite leisurely, slowly strolling up the mountain, stopping from time to time to admire the scenery, seemingly praising the beauty of the mountains and clear waters.
Upon reaching the summit, I walked straight through the Mission Hall and saw disciples coming and going, looking worried as they faced their mission boards. I then visited the Weapon Forging Hall and watched the Black Skull Demon Lord instructing apprentices on forging magical artifacts. I also passed by the Council Hall and listened to Lü Xiuming and the higher-ups holding a meeting to discuss major affairs and strategies.
Finally, they found a small courtyard on the back of the mountain.
The annihilation clone was the first to sense something was wrong. Sensing something, it came to the courtyard to investigate and found the uninvited guest sitting under the willow tree, staring blankly at the sky.
You can call me Ying.
"Ying?"
This name has an ancient feel to it. People who can use a single character as their name are usually ancient people. There are not many places in the world that still retain this custom.
The Annihilation Avatar did not act rashly. Even though the other party came without warning, he could not see through their cultivation level, so he decided to be courteous first and then resort to force.
"May I ask what brings you to my cave dwelling?"
"Hehe, don't be afraid, I have a question for you."
This person invited him to sit opposite him and got straight to the point without beating around the bush.
"The Voidlings have migrated from this realm. Do you know where they went?"
The Annihilation Avatar trembled slightly!
The Void Queen did indeed ask me for a favor. Could it be that someone from the Underworld has arrived?
He was wondering how he could give the pursuers from the Underworld the wrong information as planned when they arrived in this realm.
Who knew they would come to my doorstep?
“I know you’ve spoken with the Void Queen. Just give me the position she gave you.”
"!!!"
The visitor spoke in a warm tone and was quite easy to talk to.
The face beneath the mask was unknown, but the tone carried a smile, a strange feeling that left the Annihilation Avatar utterly bewildered.
However, since the other party had already asked for it, he explained the location that the Queen Mother had given him.
Thank you.
There was no suspicion, nor were there repeated inquiries.
After a simple thank you, the person stood up and took his leave.
"Wait, are you from the Underworld?"
The annihilation clone asked a question softly, and to its surprise, the other side stopped, turned around, and nodded in a friendly manner.
“That’s right, you can call me the Messenger of the Underworld.”
"Messenger of the Underworld, how did you find my way here?"
The Annihilation Avatar was completely baffled, feeling as if he had unwittingly fallen into the trap set by the Queen Mother of the Void Nest, and he had to get to the bottom of it!
The Underworld Envoy Ying smiled beneath her mask, then turned and pushed open the door to leave, leaving behind a cryptic remark.
"You are the catalyst for the Great Cataclysm of the Epoch, and we are kindred spirits. Let me offer you a piece of advice: it's best not to go to the Immortal Realm; the dogs there have incredibly sharp noses."
The annihilation clone remained silent for a long time, its entire body trembling.
The prelude to the Great Cataclysm of the Epoch—isn't that just talking about the bizarre?
The Queen Mother of the Void Nest saw through my contact with the supernatural through the Star Palace, which is why she left the information to me, predicting that the Underworld Envoy would meet me when he came to this world.
For the first time, he realized the terror of a Void Realm expert!
Such calculations, done silently and without warning, are based on a high level of intelligence understanding, making everything seem unguarded in their eyes.
But if the Queen Mother of the Void Nest and the Underworld Envoy Ying can see that the Annihilation Avatar is not right, then when they successfully ascend to heaven, there will be even more capable people and extraordinary individuals in the Upper Realm, and the Annihilation Avatar will truly be able to hide.
Lin Shan immediately emerged from his seclusion.
He and his annihilation clone looked down at Tianfu Mountain. The figure of the Netherworld Envoy Ying had disappeared, as if she had never been to this world. She simply waved her sleeves and left without taking away a single cloud.
"What did he mean when he told me not to ascend to immortality before he left?"
The more I think about it, the more terrified I become, even to the point of my heart pounding!
If I were to ascend to heaven like this, would I be caught as soon as I got there and executed on the spot?
Lin Shan pondered in silence for a long time before decisively taking out a tree branch and contacting the immortal banished from the mortal world—the man in the straw hat!
"Senior, do you have a moment?"
He called out cautiously, but it was completely quiet on the other end. He could only guess that the big shot was fishing, and he was afraid of accidentally startling the fish.
"Hey, you haven't ascended yet?"
The man in the straw hat was surprised to hear the message; he seemed to be in a good mood.
"Uh, yes, I was delayed a bit in the lower realm, but I'm preparing to ascend soon."
"Hmm, you should ascend as soon as possible. Don't stay cooped up in this poor, remote place in the lower realm. What future can you have there? The great calamity of the era is coming soon. If you don't improve yourself quickly, you'll be nothing but ants at the table. You'd better hurry up!"
Lin Shan had heard the same words from the jinx, and now that they were coming from the man in the straw hat, he immediately felt the urgency of time!
It's one thing for one big shot to say this, but for two people to say it, it's safe to say that the overall environment is not good, otherwise they wouldn't have made such a deliberate effort to remind him.
"Senior, did Qu Gong successfully ascend to immortality?"
He decided to subtly inquire about his friend's situation first, but to his surprise, the man in the straw hat told him very readily.
"do not know!"
do not know?
Success is success, and failure is failure. I don't understand what that means.
Lin Shan was full of questions, unable to understand what kind of riddle the other side was playing, but the man in the straw hat patiently explained it to him.
"That kid is no longer in this universe, so I truly cannot know his current situation. In any case, life and death are predestined and left to fate; let him live or die as he pleases."
Not in this universe?
He keenly sensed the anomaly. Being outside this realm was understandable, but being outside this universe? What on earth meant? (End of Chapter)