King of Creation
Chapter 286 - 283 Luluo’s Resentment (Second Update)

Chapter 286: Chapter 283 Luluo’s Resentment (Second Update)

"Luluo, I’m planning to leave the Divine Capital as soon as possible. This place is somewhat dangerous, you understand..."

"Mhm!"

"Although I will leave the Divine Capital, I won’t leave the Phantom Divine Empire in the next half year. I plan to find a place to cultivate in seclusion."

"Mhm!"

...

Ye Zhen spoke about several matters in succession, and Luluo responded with nothing but mhm, prompting Ye Zhen to simply go all out.

"Luluo, what do you think about that engagement issue? What should we do?"

This time, Luluo didn’t reply with mhm, but her pretty face turned somewhat red, and her hands nervously fiddled with the hem of her dress.

However, that was quite normal. Unmarried girls from noble families, even when the topic of marriage is fake, always feel a bit uneasy.

"Luluo, if needed, I will go through this marriage with you, accompany you in this pretense. We people of Jianghu don’t fuss over these matters much. But, you need to think it through. Marriage, for a girl, is a sacred affair, and I don’t want you to have regrets later..."

Luluo remained silent, so Ye Zhen kept talking, and the atmosphere between them started to grow strange.

"Luluo?"

"Mhm!"

"What do you really mean?"

"Perhaps, let’s just do as you said..." Luluo’s somber voice sounded.

"Alright. Then I will stay within the Phantom Divine Empire and cultivate intensely for the next six months. If you need, just send me a Talisman Letter. Once I receive it, I can be there within days."

This was Ye Zhen’s earlier proposal. Since Luluo was undecided about the matter, Ye Zhen had to make some sacrifices, staying available for summons during these six months.

If Luluo needed, one Talisman Letter would bring Ye Zhen to her.

"Since that’s the case, let’s imprint our Divine Souls into our respective Talisman Leads. It will also make communication convenient. Okay, I’ll be active within a hundred thousand li around the Qingluo Sect."

"Alright... then!"

While speaking, Luluo took out an exquisitely crafted necklace made of moon-shaped jade beads from her chest. It shimmered beautifully as it caught the light.

When Ye Zhen received it, the Jade Talisman was still warm, and a faint fragrance suddenly wafted into his nose. Since the Jade Talisman hung close to Luluo’s chest, and with that scent, Ye Zhen’s heart involuntarily skipped a beat.

Watching Ye Zhen lightly smell the Jade Talisman, Luluo’s pretty face blushed even more, and she seemed too shy to look straight at Ye Zhen.

With a thought, Ye Zhen imprinted his Dao Spirit and Soul into one of the moon-shaped beads, while also passing over a string of jade beads.

Since the Mirage Dragon Pearl had brought great benefits to Ye Zhen, he had developed a special fondness for beads, so he made his Talisman Lead bead-shaped.

That brings us to the function of Talisman Leads.

The main function of a Talisman Lead is to guide Talisman Letters.

Once a Martial Artist reaches the Spirit Summoning Realm, they can use Jade Talismans for communication, which seems very stylish and convenient. However, sending out a Jade Talisman isn’t as simple as just tossing it to anyone.

First, the maximum distance for ordinary Jade Talisman communication is one hundred thousand li.

Second, the transmission of Talisman Communications is actually fixed-point. For instance, inside the Qiyun Sect, there is an oversized Talisman Lead. Before Sect Disciples release Talisman Communications, they just need to record a Talisman Pattern identical to the Sect’s Talisman Lead, and the Talisman Communication will follow the mysterious connection inside the Talisman Lead and accurately reach its destination.

This is also true for communication between Martial Artists; one must have a Talisman Lead to contact each other via Talisman Communications.

However, a Talisman Lead can be used to determine a Martial Artist’s position, so only those who have a very close and solid relationship exchange Talisman Leads to communicate through Talisman Communications.

In Ye Zhen’s case, those who have exchanged Talisman Leads include Caiyi, Liao Feibai, Han Shi, the Sect Leader, and now Luluo.

Of course, such things as Talisman Leads, like the Ten Thousand Stars Plate, can be thrown into a storage ring when not in use, rendering them useless. Thus, many Sects have communal Talisman Leads that are taken out and worn when necessary and thrown back into storage rings when not needed.

Just like the public Talisman Lead between Zou Zhi and Zhi Sheng used during their communication in the Antai Mountain Range.

"Since that’s settled, Luluo, I will leave first. You and Brother Han should hurry back to the Qingluo Sect too. If things are confirmed, send me a Talisman Communication immediately, and I will come as fast as possible." After the exchange of Talisman Leads, Ye Zhen said.

"Mhm!"

"Alright, take care, and send a Talisman Communication if anything happens!"

"Mhm..."

In the courtyard, after saying goodbye to Han Tai, Ye Zhen mounted the Ghost Flame Blue-Faced Colt and rode away from the Divine Capital.

"Bang!"

After the sound of the horse hooves faded, a teacup on the small table was suddenly smashed to pieces by Luluo.

"You blockhead, you big blockhead Ye Zhen!"

"What kind of person do you think I am, to just randomly enter a sham marriage?"

"You blockhead, to leave you to marry, how could you make this young lady say it to your face?"

"Dead man, bad man!"

"Do you think this young lady doesn’t know that getting married is a very sacred thing for a girl? Do I need you to remind me of that?"

"Damn Ye Zhen, I hate you so much....."

.....

Ye Zhen had no idea about the temper tantrum Luluo was throwing. While riding out of the city, he could only sense that Luluo’s demeanor was a bit odd today, but he couldn’t pinpoint exactly what it was.

More importantly, Ye Zhen dared not stay any longer.

If he had stayed any longer, he feared that a single word from Luluo could have made him obediently follow her back to the Qingluo Sect.

It was a very strange feeling....

Not long after Ye Zhen left, Luluo and Han Tai also packed up and set off on the road back to the Qingluo Sect, while Ye Zhen rode toward the Rainbow Forest, twenty thousand li away from the Divine Capital of the Phantom Divine Empire.

The third largest river in the Black Dragon Domain flowed through the Rainbow Forest, branching into countless tributaries. Coupled with the warm and humid climate of the southeastern Phantom Divine Empire, mist permeated the Rainbow Forest year-round.

However, this place witnessed the earliest sunrise. The forest’s mists created a dazzling display reminiscent of a rainbow whenever the sun shone through, hence its name.

The Rainbow Forest sounds enchanting, but in reality, it is a perilous primordial forest, strictly off-limits to newcomers. Teeming with Fierce Beasts and Demon Beasts like seas and rain respectively, it serves as both a paradise and a graveyard for Martial Artists. Along with the Yin Mountain Range of the Black Water Kingdom and Antai Mountain of the Gu’an Kingdom, these are all infamous perilous sites, with the Rainbow Forest proving to be especially more dangerous.

Heading to the Rainbow Forest to undergo harsh Cultivation was a deliberate choice by Ye Zhen.

Had Ye Zhen exposed his identity within the Divine Capital of the Phantom Divine Empire, he would have been easily captured. But once in the Rainbow Forest, even if discovered by the Phantom Divine Sect, Ye Zhen was confident that he could escape, even from two Soul Sea Realm experts, let alone one Sect Leader.

After all, Ye Zhen’s reputation as the King of the Mountains wasn’t without merit. He found forests to be relatively safer.

When he was ten thousand li away from the Divine Capital, Ye Zhen simply abandoned the Ghost Flame Blue-Faced Colt and rode the Cloud Winged Tiger at high speed, reaching three thousand li deep into the Rainbow Forest in less than two days.

Whoosh!

Sword Light flashed like thunder, and Ye Zhen killed a group of lion-headed demon monkeys, exterminating every Demon Beast within dozens of li.

Ye Zhen lightly touched the monkey king’s body with his fingertips, but the expected scene of the Mirage Dragon Pearl absorbing the essence of the monkey king’s flesh and blood did not occur. Even after Ye Zhen prompted it multiple times, the Mirage Dragon Pearl showed no response whatsoever.

After thinking for a while, Ye Zhen realized something.

This monkey king was merely the king of its troop and only slightly stronger than the ordinary lion-headed demon monkeys, not a King-level Demon Beast.

Realizing this, Ye Zhen let the Cloud Winged Tiger freely indulge in its feast, while he himself began cleaning out a large tree hollow where the troop of lion-headed demon monkeys had resided.

The smell inside was truly foul, but after Ye Zhen meticulously cleared it out and fumigated it with spices he carried, this tree hollow became his home for the upcoming months.

As long as the Cloud Winged Tiger stayed on guard outside, Ye Zhen could safely cultivate for a while.

The main reason he seriously sought such a place was that Ye Zhen intended to comprehend and cultivate the Shattered Jade Scripture.

After obtaining the Shattered Jade Scripture, Ye Zhen had already spent time reading through it once. His guess was not wrong; the Shattered Jade Battle Body was indeed the latter part of the Shattered Jade Scripture.

In other words, the Shattered Jade Scripture in Ye Zhen’s possession was now complete. According to its descriptions, cultivation of the Shattered Jade Battle Body would significantly accelerate once the Shattered Jade Scripture was mastered.

The Shattered Jade Scripture and Shattered Jade Battle Body were somewhat similar, split into four stages: Green Jade, Red Jade, Purple Jade, and Shattered Jade, each divided again into the early, mid-, late, and peak stages.

As the auctioneer said, just cultivating to the first stage, the peak of Green Jade, would render him invulnerable to all evils and easily resist all poisons. Even if poisoned, he could neutralize it using Green Jade Spiritual Power.

If he could cultivate to the late stage of Shattered Jade, even some world-rare poisons could not affect Ye Zhen.

However, what Ye Zhen liked most about the Shattered Jade Scripture were two other aspects.

First, the Green Jade Spiritual Power or Red Jade Spiritual Power cultivated from the Shattered Jade Scripture, like Golden Spirit Power, Fire Spirit Power, and Water Spirit Power, belonged to attribute spiritual powers.

Moreover, this Jade Spiritual Power possessed both the sharpness and speed of Golden Spirit Power and the substantial heftiness of Earth Spirit Power.

Most importantly, Jade Spiritual Power was not restrained by the Five Elements Spiritual Power and could even suppress it, particularly strong against Fire Spirit Power, Water Spirit Power, and Wood Spirit Power.

The second point was the Shattered Jade Scripture’s innate killing move—Shattered Jade Seal!

Shattered Jade Seal, also known as Green Jade Seal, Red Jade Seal, Purple Jade Seal, etc., depended on the Martial Artist’s Cultivation progress—the higher the cultivation level, the stronger the power.

What Ye Zhen found most appealing was the statement that if one could cultivate the Shattered Jade Seal, even Vein Forging Realm Martial Artists would have to flee upon its deployment.

Of course, Ye Zhen regarded this statement as merely typical exaggeration found in Cultivation Technique Manuals.

But even accounting for such exaggeration, that the Green Jade Seal could contend with Spirit Transformation Realm Martial Artists, the Red Jade Seal with Soul Sea Realm Martial Artists, and the Purple Jade Seal with Vein Forging Realm Martial Artists was still incredibly powerful.

The Shattered Jade Seal was the second Middle-grade Earth Level Martial Skill Ye Zhen had cultivated, and of course, techniques like the Floating Cloud Finger, whose grade was unclear, could not be counted.

The first step in cultivating the Shattered Jade Scripture was to convert all the spiritual power in the body’s Spiritual Power Seed to Jade Spirit Power, which required consuming a massive amount of Green Spirit Jade.

"Luckily, I came prepared!"

As a large pile of Green Spirit Jade appeared in front of Ye Zhen, he called out, "Kitty, keep watch!"

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