World of Cultivation - Volume 06 - All Hail Our King

by Fang Xiang

  He used all the methods he knew of to experiment with shen power and gradually understood some of the peculiarities. For example, he found if he absorbed ling power, the ling power would be rapidly swallowed by the shen power. If he cultivated the mo physique, it would be the same result. The shen power would actively absorb power from his body. This was also why his present body looked slightly thin.

  What was most exciting was that he found he could control ling power.

  Zuo Mo found the explanation from the [Greenvine] technique. [Greenvine] was the cultivation technique of the Greenvine Tribe and completely opposite to the Sun Tribe. However, it also cultivated shen power so some basic techniques were not very different.

  The control of shen power was extremely complex. Even with basic techniques, it had stringent demands of body, essence and consciousness.

  After studying a few basic techniques, a strange feeling grew. Body, essence, consciousness … … wasn’t that the techniques to control the three powers?

  Zuo Mo suddenly realized.

  He didn’t know what shen power was, but shen power was definitely the product of his three powers being merged together. So naturally, how it would be controlled would be using the control techniques of the three powers at the same time.

  Thinking this through, Zuo Mo was very motivated.

  However, he quickly found the difficulty in doing this was very high. In other words, he had to channel his mo skills, spells, and yao arts at the same time, and the three had to reach a perfect balance melding together before he could control shen power.

  It was too difficult!

  In just moments, Zuo Mo was soaked in sweat. Without the support of the mo physique, he had returned to his previous weak little body, and his endurance could not be said to be good.

  According to the demands on [Greenvine], Zuo Mo clumsily twisted his body like a drunkard, his steps stumbling strangely as he stammered.

  “Green vines luminous flower, serene moon a crescent, mountains tall waters clear, harmonious and still … … ordered and regular … …”

  His eyes were wide as he tried to draw out a strange shape in his mind that was similar to yao arts.

  Before he could finish drawing it out, his legs softened. Zuo Mo was unable to control himself and landed on his behind on the ground.

  Pant pant pant!

  Zuo Mo furiously gasped, his eyes wide.

  After resting for a full half-hour, he finally recovered and his eyes became light again.

  He finally knew why the use of shen power disappeared!

  Such a complex and hard-to-learn thing, it would be strange if it wasn’t eliminated. He really could not imagine how those ancient great ones had managed to produce something this complex.

  He did not doubt that the appearance and rise of the three powers was mostly because the people could not cultivate shen power so they divided shen power into three parts. Since they could not cultivate all of it, they would lower the difficulty and only cultivate one of them.

  Yet what made him want to cry was that the three powers in his body had all become shen power and the shen power automatically consumed other powers. This meant that even if he started cultivating the three powers again, he could not produce any results.

  Damn it!

  Zuo Mo’s face was black. The shen technique he had just practiced was called [Green Flower] and was one of the basic moves in [Greenvine]. Supposedly, children around age ten were able to cultivate it.

  Ten years old … …

  Zuo Mo gritted his teeth and he flipped through the [Greenvine] technique to search for easier content.

  Every type of shen technique would contain content in three areas, divination dance, command, and heavenly sacrifice.

  Divination dance was an extremely unique language based on limb movements. Not understanding it Zuo Mo viewed it as dancing around madly.

  Command meant orders, curses and acts.

  Heavenly sacrifice was to communicate with the world.

  Only when the three were in perfect sync could a shen technique be cast.

  At long last, his efforts did not fail him. In the last subordinate record, Zuo Mo found the simplest shen technique—[Light Finger].

  Zuo Mo chose it for a very simple reason, because its divination dance only required dancing of the fingers. There was nothing else more suited for Zuo Mo because he had not forgotten his practiced finger motions.

  As expected, Zuo Mo who had the foundation of finger motions could quickly finish the entire divination dance smoothly. Of course, it really was simple, and only had three movements.

  This caused Zuo Mo’s confidence to grow.

  The command was very simple, only one word.

  The hardest was the heavenly sacrifice. Zuo Mo took two whole hours to familiarize himself.

  Yet Zuo Mo quickly found that even if he was familiar with all three parts, it was not so simple for them to work together. Losing one or the other would occasionally occur, and the three were unable to reach a perfect meld.

  Zuo Mo was not demotivated. Failure was common to him.

  He repeatedly practiced.

  His sweat flowed down his forehead and his neck. His terrible endurance made him feel the exhaustion he had not felt for a long time but he gritted his teeth and persisted.

  His fingers moved rapidly and then pointed at the rock nearby as he shouted, “Break!”

  His eyes widened and the heavenly sacrifice was finished in an instant!

  The shen power in his body suddenly moved.

  Bam!

  A muffled sound. Zuo Mo stilled.

  Success? Had he succeeded?

  When his gaze moved towards the place that had just made the sound, his eyes widened and he was stunned where he stood.

  A rock hole with a diameter of one zhang was in front of him.

  Zuo Mo unconsciously walked towards the rock hole. The mouth was even bigger than he was tall and dazed him. The walls of the hole was smooth as though they were carved with a knife. The inside was completely dark and Zuo Mo walked in as though he was possessed.

  One zhang, two zhang, three zhang … …

  Twenty zhang, the hole was twenty zhang deep!

  Translator Ramblings: I’m not sure if Fang Xiang did it deliberately but he described Zuo Mo crawling over the wall like a vine in a previous chapter and then Zuo Mo ends up meeting someone from the Greenvine Tribe in his dreams right after … …

  Zuo Mo, you have to work for your power … … dance like a madman, dance like your jingshi depends on it.

  Chapter 497: Activation of the Shen Temple

  It was impossible to describe the shock Zuo Mo was feeling.

  The enormous rock hole that seemed to have been carved with a knife was completely smooth. It surpassed everything that Zuo Mo knew. Before this, Zuo Mo had felt that he was able to understand this power yet he found that its profoundness was much deeper and advanced than he had imagined.

  At this time, Zuo Mo suddenly felt his body shake. Pia, something inside his body seemed to explode.

  A familiar feeling returned to his body.

  Zuo Mo’s eyes widened and an expression of disbelief came onto his face.

  The exhaustion in his body swept away. He dazedly raised his arm. The familiar Great Day mo physique had returned to his body. His mind moved. As well, his consciousness and ling power had returned to normal.

  Was it … …

  A daring idea rose in his mind.

  The shock on Zuo Mo’s face uncontrollably turned to joy.

  Excited, Zuo Mo instantly started to experiment. He quickly proved what he had guessed. For some unknown reason, his shen power could revert back to the three powers and the three powers could merge to become shen power!

  What was even more joyous was that he could control this change!

  He could not resist and roared with laughter!

  The laughter echoed in the cave and even disturbed the hardship guards that were standing
guard outside. However, they did not rashly charge in. Even though they did not know what was making Daren so happy, but it definitely was something good.

  When he had achieved shen power before, Zuo Mo had not been this happy. Shen power was unrivaled in its power, but he was more familiar with the three powers, and could not help but feel disappointed at their loss.

  Now that he discovered that the three powers and shen power could freely transform into each other, the last bit of hesitation disappeared. If he wanted to use shen power, he would use shen power, if he wanted to use the three powers, he would use the three powers.

  However, the three powers that had been deconstructed were slightly changed. His mo physique and consciousness had decreased with different magnitudes, especially his mo physique which had weakened the most. The opposite had happened with his ling power which had increased greatly.

  The three powers had became equal.

  This change did not disappoint Zuo Mo. Rather he felt overjoyed. The problem of his ling power was one of main the problems he had had a headache about. He was living in the xiuzhe world. If he used the mo physique and yao arts every day, and someone with good eyes detected it, then it would be great trouble!

  Ling power was good, it was safe! As for spells he could use, that wasn’t a problem. They had won many spells over the course of their battles. As a last resort, he could even go to Pu Yao and nag and bother him, he would eventually get one.

  He felt the thick ling power inside his body. He was just a line away from jindan, and the feeling of clarity of his mind made him greatly intoxicated.

  Thinking about the shen power of just now, he felt that the three powers were more enjoyable.

  However, now with shen power, he had another ultimate technique to protect himself.

  Who would scorn themselves for having more techniques?

  Even more, it was a shen technique!

  Zuo Mo seemed to have been struck dizzy by jingshi that fell from the sky.

  After experiencing for a while, Zuo Mo once again went back into his cultivation. He had to familiarize himself with the transformation between the three powers and shen power. This was a killing move, an ultimate move!

  As he practiced, he suddenly pondered a question.

  When shen power turned to the three powers, the three powers that were obtained were extremely equal. Since that was the case, couldn’t he cultivate ling power through cultivating the mo physique?

  Once this daring idea jumped into his mind, he became alert.

  If he could really do it … … then it really was … …

  Very profitable!

  The three powers were each a system unto themselves and were strongly separated. There were many reasons that Zuo Mo’s ling power was a shortcoming, Pu Yao’s and Wei’s influences caused Zuo Mo to cultivate yao arts and the mo physique but the most important cause was that his talent at cultivating ling power was far less than his talent in the mo physique and yao arts.

  Wei Sheng was the opposite and was a genius at cultivating ling power.

  The three powers could merge and form shen power, the shen power could transform and divide equally into the three powers.

  Didn’t that mean that Zuo Mo did not have any cultivation shortcomings?

  Zuo Mo tried it and as expected, his idea was realized! However, he quickly calmed down. This matter had advantages and disadvantages.

  Even though he did not have any cultivation shortcomings, but if he wanted to improve the same amount as other people, the gains he needed to advance in cultivating was three times that of other people.

  This wasn’t an insignificant cultivation amount!

  Zuo Mo was full of motivation. He was frightened by the triple amount of cultivation. He dreamed about all three of his powers progressing together, stepping on all of his enemies, Zuo Mo felt his body heat up and wanted to start cultivating immediately.

  However, he didn’t get swept up in the moment and kept some of his intelligence. Cultivation was a long-term effort and there was an enormous treasure hoard waiting for him.

  For Zuo Mo, being satisfied was a very simple yet difficult task.

  He decided to explore the Sun Shen Temple.

  Sitting cross-legged on the ground, he entered the state of cultivation and only stood up again when he had recovered to his best state.

  Facing the rock wall, the three powers in his body merged into shen power. His head rang, as though there was a chord plucked right next to his ear. That strange “space shield” returned to his body.

  The rock wall that had been blank suddenly became filled with strange characters that were like earthworms.

  Zuo Mo didn’t recognize any of them.

  But that was alright. He reached out an arm and his palm placed on the rock wall.

  The golden earthworm characters on the rock wall suddenly lit up. The black and dense rock wall became clear, and Zuo Mo unhesitatingly stepped in.

  As Zuo Mo passed through the transparent rock wall, the rock wall resumed its previous appearance.

  Passing through the rock wall, Zuo Mo was frightened by the scene in front of him.

  He was situated in a stone corridor. The corridor was very large and about six to seven zhang wide. The height was even more astonishing, about twenty zhang tall. Exquisite carvings could be seen on the stone walls on both sides. Even after tens of thousands of years, there were still many carvings that were undamaged. Among the carvings, the most commonly seen were depictions of the sun.

  These sun carvings released warm light and illuminated the corridor as though it was under direct sunlight.

  The enormous stone slabs showed weathering in many places due to the passage of time.

  But what attracted Zuo Mo’s attention was that there were armored soldiers standing along the two sides of the corridor. These armored soldiers wore heavy armor as they stood with their battle-axes. Not far away were many pieces of damaged armor and there were some bones next to the armor.

  These soldiers must have been the guards for the Sun Shen Temple. The warriors that were standing guard would have been in this position before they were dead.

  Zuo Mo did not worry about these people. After tens of thousands years, they were completely dead.

  As expected, when Zuo Mo passed by these armored soldiers, they were motionless.

  He looked painfully at the damaged armor that was scattered on the floor. He didn’t know what the armor was made from. A portion of them had weathered after thousands of years but they were mostly preserved.

  These were not ordinary objects!

  However, Zuo Mo remembered what Big Brother Qing Lin told him and did not touch the armored warriors.

  The corridor was silent and without a sound. Even though Zuo Mo was daring, he was unconfident and regretted that he had not brought people with him.

  A ruckus suddenly came from behind him.

  Zuo Mo jumped in fright and hurriedly turned around. He found that a rock slab from the wall had fallen down, smashed to the ground and caused a cloud of dust to rise.

  After this false alarm, Zuo Mo hurriedly gathered his mind and forced himself to depart for the inner parts of the shen temple.

  His present position was in the Greenwood Secret Realm, but Qing Lin had passed away so there was no one controlling the Greenwood Secret Realm. It had stopped its activity but that did not mean that this was safe for him. Every tile, every carving in this place could be a trap.

  Zuo Mo kept the map that Qing Lin gave him in readied his mind. It was packed with all kinds of warnings and caused Zuo Mo’s scalp to tingle. There were many large and small secret realms in the shen temple. If he accidentally became trapped in one of them, he could be lost for his entire lifetime and then die as the shen temple was destroyed.

  Zuo Mo became as alert as he could.

  The corridors were like a maze. If he didn’t have a map, Zuo Mo would not have it so easily.

  Zuo Mo stopped moving. In front of him w
as a lake.

  The endless water was as smooth as glass and it was possible to faintly discern mountain peaks in the distance. There were bubbles of various sizes floating on top of the lake among the ethereal mist. These bubbles of various colors changed in the sunlight and were beautiful.

  Zuo Mo inhaled sharply, his face serious.

  This was the “Bloody Water Secret Realm!”

  It was a very dangerous secret realm! The guardian of the Bloody Water Secret Realm was a female called Tu. She had once been a princess of the Benthic Water Tribe. However, that had been far distant in the past and she had lost her sanity, only to become a monster that only knew to kill.

  These seemingly beautiful air bubbles were all dangerous. Each bubble was a water secret realm. If one ended up in it, they would be unable to escape Tu.

  Qing Lin’s imprint also told Zuo Mo honestly that even he was not a match for Tu. Even though everyone’s shen power was gradually disappearing, but Tu was still very powerful.

  There was definitely no chance if he fought her!

  Reviewing and remembering every warning that Big Brother Qing Lin gave him, he made sure he did not miss anything before stepping forward.

  Stepping on the lake surface, every step caused ripples to spread outwards. A light wind suddenly formed on the lake surface. The colored bubbles flowed with the wind and floated towards Zuo Mo.

  Seeing the air bubbles increase and come closer, Zuo Mo’s body became even more nervous.

  At this moment, a warm flow suddenly came from his body. The Sun Crystal Seed suddenly flew out of his body, floated above his head, and gave off a warm golden light like a sun. This layer of sunlight was like a golden shield that covered Zuo Mo.

  The five-colored bubbles seemed extremely afraid of the golden light and instantly ran far away.

  Zuo Mo finally released a breath.

  Qing Lin told him that the Sun Crystal Seed in his body was the crux to being able to enter the shen temple.

  With the protection of the Sun Crystal Seed, Zuo Mo safely passed through the Bloody Water Secret Realm. He did not encounter Tu. Tu probably had felt the presence of the Sun Crystal Seed and avoided him.