Chapter 705
The Book of the Earth? Zhang Zixin's Surprise
Zhang Lingshan sized up the hunched old man and found him to be nothing special, just an ordinary person. He then asked, "What kind of book is this? Where did you get it, sir?"
The old man said, "This is just an ordinary book of strange tales. I remember a hunter found it in a cave and sold it to me. If you like it, I'll give it to you for two hundred coins."
Zhang Lingshan didn't haggle with him. He casually took out some loose silver coins that he hadn't used in a long time from his pouch, tossed one to him, and then left, returning to the Ascension Hall.
"You two protect me."
Zhang Lingshan said to Zhang Zixin and Zhang Jinxuan.
Because he had been busy running around, he had left the two of them to rest in the Ascension Hall. Now, they were finally put to good use.
Zhang Lingshan casually set up a shielding and defensive formation to prevent external disturbances before taking out the book.
Just as the old man said, this book was nothing special, just an ordinary book of strange tales, and its contents were basically worthless.
Only that one page was very special. The material looked exactly like ordinary paper, giving the impression that it would tear easily.
In reality, this page of paper was incredibly tough; no matter how Zhang Lingshan tore it with his hands, cut it with a knife, or burned it, he couldn't break it even a little bit.
'It truly is a treasure.'
Zhang Lingshan was amazed, then activated his Heavenly Eye and used the basic spatial rules to perceive the space.
Soon, his divine sense penetrated into the space within this page of paper.
as predicted.
Here we saw a figure in purple robes, none other than the Purple Mystic City Lord who possessed the body of True Monarch White Sheep on Mystic Heaven Island!
The space here was neither a room nor a vast expanse of white or darkness; it was completely different from what Zhang Lingshan had imagined.
This space is surprisingly beautiful, with clear waters and lush mountains, like a paradise on earth.
The Lord of Zixuan City sat cross-legged on a patch of green grass.
However, he kept his eyes closed and his brows furrowed, seemingly lost in thought, his entire demeanor appearing out of place in this idyllic paradise.
"Lord Zixuan, I've been searching for you for so long!"
Zhang Lingshan's voice suddenly rang out.
The Lord of Zixuan City suddenly opened his eyes, his face showing great surprise. He hurriedly looked around and shouted, "Who, who is speaking?"
"hehe."
Zhang Lingshan smiled faintly, "Do you still remember when you possessed my body, True Monarch Baiyang, on Xuantian Island and fought me?"
The City Lord of Zixuan City looked on in shock: "What! It's you! How did you get in? Where are you? Why can't I see you?"
Zhang Lingshan said, "What level are you to even look at me? But you're quite good at hiding, managing to hide in this strange space. This place is beautiful and serene, a perfect place for cultivation. I imagine your strength has greatly improved here. Why don't you come out and fight me?"
The City Lord of Zixuan was quick-witted and realized from Zhang Lingshan's last sentence that "So you only entered with your divine sense, not in person."
Then, as if he had found a savior, he said, "Great Emperor Xuantian, since your divine sense can enter, you must have already comprehended the rules of space. If you can help me get out using the rules of space, I can tell you the secret of this place."
"hehe."
Zhang Lingshan smiled sarcastically: "What secrets does this little space hold? I can explore them myself. Do I need you to tell me?"
The City Lord of Zixuan City said, “Your Majesty Xuantian, you may not know this, but I have been trapped here for hundreds of years before I was able to comprehend a trace of its secrets. If you want to comprehend the secrets, even if you are exceptionally talented and have outstanding strength, it will take you at least ten years. If you are unlucky, you may have to spend hundreds of years comprehending it, just like me. Instead of wasting your time, why not save me? You can easily obtain the secrets that way.”
"Oh?"
Zhang Lingshan became interested, but did not agree. Instead, he began to scan the entire space with his divine sense.
Soon, he discovered that this space seemed to be a beautiful paradise, with mountains and rivers, and mountains, as if it were vast and boundless.
However, in reality, when one's divine consciousness rises to a distance of three zhang, it will be bounced back by some kind of force.
The same was true all around.
In other words, all the scenery is an illusion. In reality, this place is no different from what Zhang Lingshan initially thought; it's just a small space.
To be more precise, this place is a bit like a pot, with the lid covering all sides, making it impossible to leave. The ground, which is the bottom of the pot, is also sealed off completely.
No wonder the City Lord of Zixuan sat there motionless, without the slightest leisure to appreciate the scenery, let alone enter a state of cultivation.
That's because you can't cultivate here at all.
If you're locked up in a pot all by yourself, without any spiritual energy, how can you cultivate?
The only thing that's useful is divine consciousness.
However, even with the strength of the City Lord of Zixuan, sending out his divine sense through the cracks in the pot was not an easy task.
The reason he was able to possess Aries True Lord was because he left his own purple clay magic treasure in the City Lord's Mansion, which contained a portion of his spiritual power. He then painstakingly manipulated Aries True Lord's body from a distance.
According to his original idea, if he could obtain the Xuan Tian Wu Ji Gong and have his two disciples cultivate it, he could use their strength to escape his predicament.
Perhaps the Xuan Tian Wu Ji Gong has miraculous effects, and I can cultivate it here and find a way to escape.
Unexpectedly, not only did he fail to obtain the Xuan Tian Wu Ji Gong, but both of his disciples were also wiped out by this suddenly appearing Xuan Tian Emperor.
Moreover, his divine sense had suffered a backlash from that battle, and now his strength was far inferior to before, so he could no longer let his divine sense seep out from this page.
Therefore, he didn't notice Zhang Lingshan's presence until Zhang Lingshan came in and spoke.
That is why the Lord of Zixuan City knew that with his current abilities, he would never be able to leave on his own, even if he spent ten thousand years comprehending the Dao. In fact, he would die from physical exhaustion in less than ten thousand years.
Therefore, he had no choice but to ask Zhang Lingshan for help; he had to grasp this lifeline.
"How do you want me to save you?"
Zhang Lingshan suddenly asked.
The City Lord of Zixuan was overjoyed and immediately exclaimed, "Since you can decipher the space on this page and come in willingly, you can use your mastery of spatial rules to pull me out of here! As long as you pull me out, I will tell you the secrets I have comprehended!"
Zhang Lingshan said, "No rush. Let me ask you how you found this page. If you hadn't come in on your own, I don't think this page has the ability to suck people in."
The City Lord of Zixuan said, "Rescue me first, and I will tell you whatever you want to know."
"Hehe. Never mind then, goodbye."
"No, I'll tell you!"
The Lord of Zixuan City hurriedly exclaimed, "I have a magic treasure called Zisha, which you have seen before. It was used to trap and strengthen your Dharma form back then."
"My purple clay can not only possess other people's images or bodies, but also sense the spatial rules of heaven and earth."
"Because he himself possesses spatial power, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to transform a tiny grain of sand into countless grains of sand, nor would he have been so heavy."
"The interior of the purple clay teapot is itself a unique space. Therefore, it resonates with this page of paper. By chance, I came to that bookstore, discovered the connection, and before I even got close, I was inexplicably sucked inside."
The City Lord of Zixuan City was still somewhat aggrieved, saying, "If I had known I would be sucked into this godforsaken place, I would never have used the purple sand to sense him."
After listening, Zhang Lingshan pondered for a long time before asking, "Where is your purple clay?"
The City Lord of Zixuan said, "After entering, my Zisha clay became one with this space."
"Really? Then why did you have purple clay when you were dealing with me on Xuantian Island?"
Zhang Lingshan asked.
The Lord of Zixuan City said, "That was just a portion of the purple sand in my purple sand space, which I specifically left in Zixuan City to guard it. The purple sand itself is not important; what is important is my purple sand space. He has some connection with this space and has merged into it. I suspect that the two are one."
"One piece?"
Zhang Lingshan pondered for a moment and said, "So you're saying these mountains and rivers weren't originally here, and that they were formed by your purple clay incorporating into them?"
The Lord of Zixuan City was greatly alarmed.
How did he guess that? Does he have such a profound understanding of the rules of space?
What else did he discover?
"Come out!"
Suddenly, Zhang Lingshan shouted. Before the City Lord of Zixuan could react, a tree branch wrapped around him, and with a thud, he fell to the ground.
"I'm out?"
The Lord of Zixuan City was both surprised and delighted.
How could it be so fast and so easy?
In his opinion, Zhang Lingshan would definitely have to expend a lot of energy to rescue him.
Then, I can take advantage of the moment when the other party rescues me to injure them. Even if I can't kill them, I'll still have a chance to escape.
But now.
They rescued me without lifting a finger, so how can I fight them back?
Inside that single page of paper lies death, and outside, one is no different from being killed by the other.
"Now that I've rescued you, tell me, what's the secret behind this thing?" Zhang Lingshan said.
"You must swear to the heavens that you will spare me..."
As the Lord of Zixuan City was speaking, he suddenly felt a chilling wind, and a red door appeared out of thin air, from which thousands of ghostly hands pulled him inside.
Upon entering the red gate, he immediately became obedient, saying, "I suspect this is a page from the ancient magic treasure, the Book of Earth, because my purple clay utilizes the power of the earth. This page can absorb my purple clay, so it must be related to the power of the earth. And it's so wondrous, what else could it be but the Book of Earth?"
"Nonsense, self-righteousness."
Zhang Lingshan was too lazy to listen to his nonsense, so he directly took away the Yama Ghost Realm and then sent his divine consciousness into the page again.
'Is it really a page from the Earth Book? How could someone tear it off and throw it here?'
Zhang Lingshan shook his head secretly.
What kind of magical treasure is the Earth Book? A legendary gem. Who can tear it off?
Whoever can tear it off must be a supreme expert, someone Zhang Lingshan can't even compare to a single hair on their foot.
So what if you know it's a book written on the ground, and what if it isn't?
The best treasures are those that you can use right now, regardless of their origin.
Therefore, Zhang Lingshan couldn't be bothered to listen to the meaningless nonsense of the City Lord of Zixuan.
Instead of listening to his nonsense, we should study it ourselves and figure out how to make good use of this treasure.
Half a day passed.
Zhang Lingshan still dared not risk entering the room himself, so he called Zhang Zixin in and said, "Go in and feel it. If you feel unwell, call me immediately and I will pull you out."
"Can I go in on this page?"
Zhang Zixin was very surprised and asked, "But how do we get in? My divine sense can't detect any space within this page."
Hearing Zhang Zixin's words, one can tell that the purple clay of the Purple Profound City Lord is indeed extraordinary, as it was able to send the Purple Profound City Lord inside.
"Let me help you."
Zhang Lingshan said something and used his spatial rule power to find a gap before sending Zhang Zixin inside.
Because with his current strength, he cannot break through the space of this single page; he can only find the flaw within it.
Fortunately, this page was torn out and was incomplete. If it were a complete spatial book, Zhang Lingshan would have no way of sending people into it.
"Hmm, this place is beautiful with its mountains and clear waters. However, it's like a rootless duckweed, with all sorts of rules and regulations incomplete."
As Zhang Zixin spoke, she couldn't help but say, "But it gives me a very familiar feeling, a bit like your portable residence."
The "Sui Shen Ju" is an upgraded version of the spirit beast bag, created by Qi Shuyan.
Zhang Lingshan had previously thought that Qi Shuyan was able to create this treasure because he must have comprehended a trace of spatial rules when making a replica of the Fantian Seal, which gave him the ability to enhance the spirit beast bag.
Thinking of this, Zhang Lingshan immediately summoned the replica of the Heaven-Turning Seal and placed it on this page.
Unfortunately, it had no effect; it seems it cannot be integrated into this page of paper like the purple clay of the Purple Mystery City Lord.
After retrieving the Heaven-Turning Seal, Zhang Lingshan asked Zhang Zixin, "Any other feelings or insights? Are you able to comprehend the rules of space here?"
Zhang Zixin shook her head: "It's difficult. But I think you can slowly send in the Five Elements rules you've mastered. Maybe it will make the space here bigger and the rules more perfect. This place is much better than that portable dwelling. I've decided to stay here. You can take me into the Immortal Realm."
She seemed very happy.
Previously, when she learned that Zhang Lingshan was going to ascend to become a slave, Zhang Zixin couldn't help but feel a little panicked. She knew that she would probably be separated from Zhang Lingshan. After all, it would be even more dangerous up there than when she ascended to the mortal realm. Zhang Lingshan would definitely not let her go up there to become a slave with him.
but.
Now that I have this one-page space, I can live here.
Moreover, this space can accommodate the City Lord of Zixuan for so long, which is far superior to the portable dwelling. I can definitely stay here indefinitely until Zhang Lingshan settles down in the Immortal Realm.
In addition, Zhang Lingshan can communicate with him at any time and ask him to help him comprehend the Great Dao of the Immortal Realm.
After all, it is the Great Dao Purple Heart Pill, which has a great effect.
Now that Zhang Lingshan has this treasure, he can't avoid taking Zhang Zixin with him, haha. (End of Chapter)