God Emperor - Chapter 1581
Chapter 1581: Spiritual Power Saint King
“If I live in Hundred Flower Palace, can I study the Way of Truth image left by the Datura Flower Goddess?” Zhang Ruochen asked.
“Of course.”
“Okay,” Zhang Ruochen said. “I’ll live here temporarily before receiving the dragon and elephant soul.”
The Fairy Extreme King smiled instantly. He arranged a lower Saint maid to take Zhang Ruochen to the residence built just for esteemed guests.
This residence was named Swallow Palace after the bird. From the outside, it was a medium-sized pagoda.
Opening the door, there was a spatial bubble of around 30 miles wide.
The spatial bubble contained a martial practice field, pavilions and pagodas, birds and flowers, and ancient trees and waterfalls. It was beautiful like a paradise hidden away from the world.
“Merely building this spatial bubble would cost many saint stones,” Zhang Ruochen lamented. “The Thousand Pistil World is indeed generous.”
The maid called Swallow smiled with bright eyes. “Sir, you are an esteemed guest, so you deserve this treatment. I am your personal maid. Please let me know if you need anything. Also, if you don’t wish to be disturbed or let outsiders know your secrets, you can activate the Forbid All Formation.”
After explaining some more things that Zhang Ruochen should be aware of, Swallow left.
It was Zhang Ruochen’s first time realizing that saint stones were useful. He could buy whatever he wanted. Of course, he could also have a strong Saint as a maid and receive the best treatment.
Those Deities and descendants of gods would definitely have more saint stones. They could purchase upper or even earth grade divine pills to improve their cultivations. This kind of speed was unimaginable to regular cultivators.
Zhang Ruochen carved a communication rune and sent it to Mirror Fragrance Cliff Dojo before returning to the Hundred Flower Palace. He activated Swallow Palace’s Forbid All Formation and started refining three Emotion Pills.
“One million saint stones for one pill. Even a Saint King wouldn’t bear to buy one pill. I hope I can use these three Emotion Pills to become a Spiritual Power Saint.”
Zhang Ruochen already calculated that if he could become a Spiritual Power Saint, then he could stabilize the Truth Boat with only his Spiritual Power in the second level of the sea.
When he reached the guardian of the second pass, he would be able to fight with all his might. He wouldn’t be restricted like last time.
Next, he entered the Time and Space Crystal. He swallowed one Emotion Pill and started refining it.
The Emotion Pill contained immense power of the seven emotions. Amongst it, “joy” and “anger” were the main ones. He could use these two emotions to temper his spirit.
Sitting cross-legged on the ground, Zhang Ruochen sometimes laughed loudly, sometimes was filled with anger, sometimes cackled eerily, sometimes was furious. His expression was manic and completely out of his control.
With the help of the Divine Fire Jingmie, Zhang Ruochen only used five days to mostly refine one Emotion Pill. When he checked inside, he discovered that his Spiritual Power had indeed improved greatly.
Before, his Spiritual Power was only in the beginning of level 54. Now, it was in the middle or even the later stages. It was an incredible improvement.
If he didn’t have the Emotion Pill and only cultivated purely, he probably wouldn’t reach this level in a few years.
The only thing that annoyed him was that he only refined 80% of the Emotion Pill in five days.
The other 20% of the pill’s power seeped into his entire body, even melting into his saint source and soul. It would be very hard to refine them. He probably wouldn’t be able to finish cleaning it out in a few months.
If he couldn’t refine it completely, he wouldn’t be able to control his emotions.
“You get what you pay for.”
Zhang Ruochen sighed with slight frustration. But this kind of side effect was still manageable. Next, he laughed uncontrollably for 15 minutes before he could start refining the second pill.
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In another residence formed by a spatial bubble, the Fairy Extreme King, appraiser Qian Liwen, and other important figures of the Thousand Pistil Field were in a discussion.
“The treasures that the human sold to the Hundred Flower Palace include things from each of the Shatuo Seven Fields,” the Fairy Extreme King said. “Many also contain Evil Sha Qi from Hell World. He must’ve participated in the merits battle earlier, especially the Saints Merits Battle.”
A beautiful woman with a petal in her forehead grew doubtful. “He’s from the Shatuo Seven Fields? If he can have so many treasures then he must have a high status. He must be an Heir or Priest. But even so, he’s only a junior from a weak world. Why did you invite us here to discuss him?”
The petal in her forehead wasn’t drawn on. She’d been born with it.
A scholar clad in white smiled. “Could the Guardian King think that he doesn’t have a backing, yet has so many saint stones…so you want to kill him and steal his fortune?”
The Fairy Extreme King’s eyes were serious. “Shang Feng,” he said coldly. “I am a Guardian King of the Hundred Flower Palace. When would I ever do such a thing? Plus, do you really think that I could kill an Heir or Priest of a weak world? Even weak worlds have gods. A genius like the Heir or Priest would be important to a god. Who can fool a god?”
The scholar named Shang Feng apologized hurriedly. “It was just a joke. Guardian King, please don’t take it seriously.”
The beautiful woman with a petal asked, “Then, why do you think so highly of this human? Is there anything special about him?”
“I suspect that he’s Zhang Ruochen, number one on the Saints Merits Rank.” The Fairy Extreme King revealed his guess.
As expected, everyone present grew solemn when he said it.
“A few days ago,” he continued, “I had someone give me the scrolls and information from a dozen important Saints of the Shatuo Seven Fields. None of them match with the human. Thus, I suspect that he used a transformation spell. Coincidentally, Zhang Ruochen changed his features in Zuling Field and fooled all the Luosha marquises. He must be very skilled in transformations.”
“If it really is him, then it’s quite troublesome,” the beautiful woman said.
“Guanghan Field has quite a lot of enemies,” Shang Feng said seriously. “Zhang Ruochen must not have a simple reason for coming to the Heavenly Capital Saint Market. Should we tell the Fairy? She’s wise and might be able to think of a solution.”
Zhang Ruochen was only a half-step Saint King, but his identity was too special. They had to take him seriously.
Merely his status as number one on the Saints Merits Rank could make a god take him seriously.
The Fairy Extreme King shook his head. “She came here to focus on cultivating. We shouldn’t disturb her about these mundane matters. I think that if the human really is Zhang Ruochen and chose to change his features to do business with us, he probably doesn’t want to cause trouble. In that case, we’ll pretend to not know anything. Of course, we still have to be careful, so we aren’t taken by surprise if anything happens.”
“As you say,” everyone there said in unison.
Zhang Ruochen cultivated in the Time and Space Crystal for 20 days in a row. Finally, he refined 90% of the three Emotion Pills. As expected, his Spiritual Power reached level 55. He was now a Spiritual Power Saint King.
When he was trying to enter level 55, the Mysteries of Truth in him helped a lot.
At that time, the pass had been like an unbreachable metal door. But after the Mysteries of Light poured in, the metal door instantly turned into sand. He broke through with a slight push.
After this, Zhang Ruochen realized even more how extraordinary the Mysteries of Truth were.
He exited the Time and Space Crystal and opened his Heavenly Eyes to check his surroundings. The entire world had become stranger, completely different from the world he saw before.
Zhang Ruochen moved his finger. A dozen finger projections appeared, drawing quickly in the air.
In an instant, he drew a time print.
Holding that time print, Zhang Ruochen smiled. “If I send this out, I can take at least 50 years from someone.”
He believed that as his Spiritual Power strengthened, his time prints would be able to cut down 100 or even 1,000 years from someone’s life.
“I wonder if I can carve a time print on the Abyss Ancient Sword.”
If he could, then even if his sword itself couldn’t hurt his enemy, the time print that flew out would be able to take decades from their lives.
If he struck a dozen times, then even a Saint King might be killed.
Zhang Ruochen immediately took out the Time and Space Secret Guide. He read the passages with careful attention to detail. Without fail, he found related records in the corner of one page.
However, the guide said that he needed to use time and space agate and water from the river of time. Only then would the time print stay on a saint weapon for a longer time.
Otherwise, it would be shattered the instant saintly power burst from the weapon.
“I don’t believe that!”
He took out the Abyss Ancient Sword and placed it on the ground. Then he used a pen and started drawing on the sword. A moment later, a complicated time print appeared on the sword.
Whoosh!
He added Holy Qi into the sword and hundreds of runes emerged on it. The time print shattered, transforming into speck of lights that disappeared in the air.
“It’s so unstable. Do I really need to find time and space agate and water from the river of time? I don’t even know where to find time and space crystals, let alone those two things.”
Thinking with furrowed features, Zhang Ruochen mumbled to himself, “Seems like I’ll have to read more and familiarize myself with Heaven World. Otherwise, I won’t know many common things. I won’t even know where to find the things that I need.”
Next, he lifted the Forbid All Formation and sent a message to Swallow.
A moment later, Swallow entered the spatial bubble and bowed to Zhang Ruochen. “Sir, how may I help you?”
“Does the Hundred Flower Palace have a library?” Zhang Ruochen asked.
“No.”
After thinking for a while, Swallow continued, “But the Fairy Extreme King has collected many scrolls. If you wish, I can ask him. Perhaps you can borrow the books that you wish to read.”
“No need,” Zhang Ruochen said. “Lead me directly to him.”
