As the Universe Turns - Chapter 161

Chapter 161 Azure Dragon Test

After a long time, Xiao Chen finally seemed to have accepted this reality. A Nascent Soul that could not be cultivated, a Nascent Soul that was nothing more than a virtual Nascent Soul, was originally as likely to appear as a Supreme Void Nascent Soul, but the heavens seemed to have played the biggest joke on him.

“These past few days … Thank you, Senior.”

Xiao Chen slightly cupped his hands towards Daoist Gudeng. If he couldn’t cultivate the Nascent Soul, then he couldn’t cultivate. He wouldn’t sink down. He could still cultivate the Book of Heaven. There were still many things he needed to do. Even if he couldn’t cultivate the Nascent Soul, how many of his peers could compete with him?

True Monk Lonely Lamp said, “Little friend, don’t be discouraged. Everything in this world is bound to go wrong, and every mistake will go wrong. Although your Nascent Soul is unable to cultivate, and although you are unable to form your own world like the others, the Laws … However, all things coexist. Since they exist, there is a reason for that.”

“Senior, what you mean is …”

At this moment, Xiao Chen’s gaze became solemn again. This senior in front of him had spent his entire life studying Nascent Soul, and his insights must have its own uniqueness.

Lonely Lantern stroked his white beard and said meaningfully, “Why don’t you think about it? The probability of a white infant appearing is the same as a supreme Void Infant. Since there is a supreme Void Infant, why is there a white infant? Everything in this world is mutually exclusive. A white infant must have its own reasons for existence.”

Hearing this, Xiao Chen fell into deep thought. After a long time, Lonely Lamp said, “Little friend Wu Chen can come to my place at any time these days.”

“This …”

Xiao Chen raised his head and suddenly felt a little guilty. Daoist Gudeng shook his head and turned around to look at the falling leaves outside the window. He slowly said, “My life has been spent studying Nascent Soul, but little friend is such a special Nascent Soul. Perhaps it is also the will of heaven.”

“In that case … Thank you, Senior.”

Xiao Chen cupped his hands again. For the next two months, he would come to Daoist Gudeng every day. Sometimes, he would stay in the Profound Realm for several days without leaving. However, he would leave every time the Death Qi returned. Daoist Gudeng did not discover anything about the Death Qi in his body.

On this day, he woke up from a mysterious realm. Daoist Gudeng had been standing by the side and seeing him wake up, he asked, “How is it?”

“Mm …”

Xiao Chen nodded slightly and said, “Thank you, Senior, for the past few days.”

Obviously, with Daoist Gudeng’s help, he had been able to sense his Nascent Soul again in the past two months. It was even clearer than before. Although neither he nor Daoist Gudeng could understand the mysteries of the White Infant, it was much better than two months ago.

Daoist Gudeng smiled. “It’s good that you can sense the mysteries of the Nascent Soul again.” At this point, he paused for a moment before continuing, “Are you leaving?”

Xiao Chen didn’t say anything. In fact, his relationship with Daoist Gudeng had become very close during this period of time. There was no way that other disciples and elders in Celestial Pogoda would be as close to him as he was to Daoist Gudeng. He could tell that Daoist Gudeng intended to take him as a disciple.

How many people were envious of being Celestial Pogoda’s Four Great Elder’s disciples? But he couldn’t.

Perhaps there could be two masters in the Immortal Northern Ancient Realm. Even if he had joined the sect and worshipped a master, he could still worship another master after coming to Celestial Pogoda.

However, he was not from the Immortal Northern Ancient Realm. He only had one master. Whether it was life or death, he only had one master in this life or in the next.

Taking a deep breath, Xiao Chen stood up from the ground and cupped his hands to Daoist Gudeng again. “This junior came to Celestial Pogoda only to see Senior, but in these two months, Senior did not hesitate to expend any effort to help this junior sense the Nascent Soul again … Today’s friendship, this junior will remember it in my heart.”

Daoist Gudeng stroked his beard and smiled, “Alright, alright. However, if you wish to return to Celestial Pogoda in the future, you can still come to me. Remember, don’t tell anyone about your White Infant.”

“Thank you for reminding me, senior. This junior knows.”

Xiao Chen slightly cupped his hands and turned around to go outside. Daoist Gudeng looked at his departing figure with a somewhat disappointed expression. It was unknown whose disciple such a talented person was.

…

It was already dark outside. A Moon hung in the air, illuminating the entire Extreme Heaven Peak. Xiao Chen walked on an empty mountain path, thinking that the Nascent Soul incident had finally ended. It was time to leave. Wei Yang did not know where he was.

If he hadn’t found Immortal North Ancient Realm in Wei Yang, then he would have returned to the Immortal Origin Five Regions and headed south, east, west … In short, even if he traveled all over the world, he would still have to find him.

Suddenly, he remembered the Danfeng Villa that Granny Meng had mentioned last time in Kuangsha Castle. The Villa Master of Danfeng Villa, Bie Lifeng, had saved a severely injured and unconscious girl in the desert more than two years ago.

Now that he had been in the Extreme Heaven Pagoda for almost half a year, Bie Lifeng’s birthday was almost here. It was next month. At that time, he had to think of a way to get an invitation and sneak in. At the very least, he had to make sure that the girl that Bie Lifeng had saved was not Wei Yang, so that he could calm down.

Just as he was thinking this, a violent shock suddenly came from the bottom of the mountain, causing the entire Extreme Heaven Peak to seem to shake.

“What’s going on?”

Xiao Chen became alert. This tremor was extremely sudden, without any warning. At this moment, numerous mountain peaks began to tremble, and even the Extreme Heaven Pagoda began to shake violently. However, the originally bright and clear night suddenly became dark clouds that covered the sky and the moon, as if an ancient great devil was about to awaken. The scene was extremely terrifying.

At this moment, all the disciples who were cultivating or sleeping woke up from their shock. They ran outside the house one after another. When they saw the scene of the black clouds pressing down on them, all the disciples’ faces turned pale with fear. What was wrong with this?

The elders also quickly came out to maintain order. This lasted for about half an incense stick of time before the shock slowly dissipated. The black clouds in the sky gradually dispersed, revealing the full moon in the sky.

“What’s going on? What was that shock just now?”

At this moment, not only did the new disciples look confused, even many old disciples who had been here for more than ten years or even more did not know what had happened. They had been in the Heavenly Pagoda for so long and had never seen such a strange thing before.

Near the Extreme Heaven Pagoda, Xiao Chen slowly regained his senses. What happened to the sudden shock just now? It doesn’t seem to be coming from the bottom of the mountain. Strange …

The next day, the elder gathered all the disciples and told them that the shock last night was due to the change in direction of the Heavenly Extreme Peak’s array formation. The shock was caused by the sudden loss of control of Spiritual Energy. Now, it was completely healed.

After hearing this, the disciples finally calmed down. Last night, they thought that there were some powerful enemies attacking them.

At this moment, Xiao Chen was standing in the crowd. Although the elders had spoken calmly, he still felt that the shock from last night was somewhat unusual. His divine sense was sharp. It was definitely not a shock caused by Spiritual Energy losing control. Since it wasn’t, why did the elders seem to be hiding something at this moment?

However, on second thought, he was already about to leave, so what did this have to do with him? Even if there was something wrong with the Heavenly Pagoda, there were still four great elders and so many Heavenly Word Realm disciples here, so why would he need to worry about them?

After a while, after the crowd quieted down, a green-clothed elder said, “Of course, there is another thing that I want you to announce this time. Next month’s 15th is the day of the Azure Dragon Trial. I hope that you will participate enthusiastically at that time.”

Upon hearing the words “Azure Dragon Trial”, the crowd started to boil. Whether it was the new disciples or the old disciples, they couldn’t help but feel excited at this moment. They had long forgotten about the shock from last night.

There were endless discussions in the crowd. The so-called Azure Dragon Trial had four endless ancient mountain ranges in Immortal North Ancient Realm. They were the Azure Dragon Mountain Range in the east, the White Tiger Mountain Range in the west, the Zhu Que Mountain Range in the south, and the Black Tortoise Mountain Range in the north.

Because Immortal North Ancient Realm had the Earth Spirit Vein, every time he moved his Spirit Vein, he would produce an extremely strong Spiritual Energy, which would eventually form “Azure Dragon’s Power”, “White Tiger’s Power”, “Zhu Que’s Power”, and “Black Tortoise’s Power”.

These four Spiritual Powers, Either way, It was extremely attractive to Immortal North Ancient Realm’s cultivation clans and sects. Therefore, long ago, all the clans and sects had been fighting for these four Spiritual Energy until the sky was dark. It was only later that an agreement was reached. In order to prevent Immortal North Ancient Realm from flowing into a river of blood again, the Spiritual Energy would be fought for by the three special forces every time in the future.

Of course, in order to prevent the Divine Martial Hall, Mysterious Frost Pavilion, and Heavenly Extreme Pagoda from being overly destructive in the mountain range, the three forces had reached an agreement that only disciples could enter each time to compete for Spiritual Energy. At most, there would be a few more trial elders to lead them.

As for people with profound cultivation like the Four Great Elders, they were not allowed to enter the mountain range to compete for Spiritual Energy. Otherwise, if they fought inside, how could they still do it? When that happens, the damage to Immortal North Ancient Realm as a whole will probably be immeasurable.

At this moment, the discussions in the crowd grew louder and louder. The Earth Spirit Vein shifted every twelve years. This time, it happened to be on the eastern side, forming the power of Azure Dragon.

The power of Zhu Que, the power of Black Tortoise, and the power of the White Tiger were all snatched away by the Divine Martial Palace and the Profound Frost Pavilion. This time, the power of Azure Dragon was in the Eastern Region. As the saying goes, the nearby water and the tower were the first to gain the moon. If the Extreme Heaven Pagoda failed to contend for the other two forces, it would truly be shameful.

After a long time, the disciples gradually calmed down. At this moment, everyone’s eyes were very focused. Regardless of whether their cultivation was high or low, they had to go to the Azure Dragon Mountain Range to contribute a portion of their strength. Even if they couldn’t display their strength in the final battle for Azure Dragon’s strength, they still had to obtain enough ordinary spiritual energy to help Feng Gufei and the others obtain Azure Dragon’s strength.

As for the disciples of the Heavenly Word Realm from a hundred years ago, they had disappeared since a hundred years ago. In these past hundred years, none of the disciples knew where they had gone. It was as if they had suddenly disappeared one night a hundred years ago, and they had never appeared again. Therefore, over the years, Celestial Pogoda was simply unable to compete with Divine Martial Palace and Profound Frost Pavilion.