Chapter 1303: Lang Huyen Ambushes the Void Beast (Fourth Update)
Finally, they walked into the area covered by the Lưu Ly Thanh Thiên Tràng, and Tần Mục let out a long breath, saying: "There's no need to sell yourselves short. These old hands of the world were merely born earlier than us and have experienced more of life's affairs—that doesn't necessarily make them smarter than us. If living longer made one wiser, then turtles would have taken over the world long ago."
Long Kỳ Lân couldn't help but laugh: "Giáo chủ, turtles aren't the longest-lived species."
Tần Mục smiled: "The longest-lived are the Ancient Gods, but haven't I still killed many of them? You see, living a long time doesn't make you smarter. In fact, what's dangerous is that living long makes you rely more and more on experience rather than your own brain. When you fall into the trap of experience, that's when danger arises."
Long Kỳ Lân felt these words were golden advice and noted them carefully in his heart: "Perhaps I can use this in my Sủy Nhân Kinh..."
"If Thái Đế suffers a heavy blow this time, can I take back the Thái Sơ nguyên thạch?"
Tần Mục blinked his eyes and stroked the beard on his chin—these whiskers were stubborn and unyielding; no matter how he pulled them, they would always grow back.
"If I take back the nguyên thạch, wouldn't the one I gave to Hiểu Thiên Tôn have been wasted? But Thái Sơ nguyên thạch is indeed very tempting..."
Meanwhile, Hư Sinh Hoa, Lam Ngự Điền and the others had passed through the rift in the heavens and finally arrived at Tổ Đình.
"What a treasure land!"
Everyone looked around and couldn't help but marvel—this place was even more like the Heavenly Court than the Heavenly Court itself. Everywhere were divine mountains formed of divine gold, rivers of quỳ thủy, white clouds gathered from spiritual energy, and drizzling rain transformed from spiritual power.
The soil on the ground was tức nhưỡng, capable of self-growth; a single piece of tức nhưỡng could transform into an entire landmass.
Those mountain ranges stretched and undulated like divine dragons in various postures. If there were a genius like Hoạn Long Quân, one could slightly alter the geography to make the mountains form true dragons.
And the vegetation in the wilds—lush and verdant, with all kinds of spiritual flowers, exotic herbs, and rare flora—all were things rarely seen in the outside world.
And those giant beasts walking through the mountains, flying through the clouds and mist, made people feel it was simply unbelievable.
"No wonder Giáo chủ always wanted me to come here."
Hư Sinh Hoa couldn't help but praise, murmuring: "The treasures here are too numerous. The natural patterns on those giant beasts contain profound principles—if one could grasp them, one's achievements would surely be extraordinary. The trends of the mountains and rivers, the heavenly materials and earthly treasures—this place is clearly where emperors rise!"
Lam Ngự Điền sensed the great dao here and murmured: "This will be the place where I attain the dao..."
Hư Sinh Hoa also nodded: "I sense it too—this will be my place of attaining the dao."
The two exchanged glances. Lam Ngự Điền led the five thousand divine beings as they stepped down from the sky, following his own intuition, and said: "I sense five kinds of extraordinary dao here, exceptionally intense, connected to my dao techniques and divine powers."
Hư Sinh Hoa carefully sensed it and praised: "Lam đạo huynh's aptitude still surpasses mine. My perception isn't as clear as yours—I can only barely sense the aura of those five daos."
The crowd followed the two of them, winding their way forward, crossing mountains and rivers. Along the way, they saw countless heavenly treasures, so many that their eyes were dazzled.
Some divine beings were influenced by the treasures to the point of losing their dao-heart and stopped to search for treasures. By the time they found what they were looking for, they saw that Lam Ngự Điền and Hư Sinh Hoa and the others had already walked out of sight.
As they walked on, fewer and fewer divine beings remained behind them—only three thousand remained, still persistently following them.
But strangely enough, some giant beasts encountered them and actually joined the ranks of their followers.
When Lam Ngự Điền and Hư Sinh Hoa stopped to discuss dao techniques and divine powers, these ancient giant beasts would also sit down and listen in earnest imitation.
Some divine beings planned to drive away these beasts, but Hư Sinh Hoa stopped them, saying: "All things have spirit, all things have dao—all can cultivate."
Lam Ngự Điền's perception was even sharper, and Hư Sinh Hoa admitted he was inferior. They walked for several dozen days before finally arriving at the edge of a sea of chaos.
This sea of chaos was filled with ancient chaos qi, incomparably heavy, and it dissolved everything—extremely dangerous. Even the giant beasts of Tổ Đình dared not set foot here.
Hư Sinh Hoa looked around and shook his head: "The dao here has dissipated, leaving only its aura."
Lam Ngự Điền shook his head: "It hasn't dissipated. The dao has always been here—it's just that someone borrowed the dao of this place to attain enlightenment. After attaining the dao, his realm became too profound and he no longer needed this place, so he left."
Just then, the sky suddenly darkened. Everyone looked up and saw countless six-legged giant beasts spreading two pairs of fleshy wings, gliding across the sky.
Those beasts were somewhat larger in build than other beasts, with extremely peculiar patterns on their bodies. When they flew in the sky, they formed flocks that filled the heavens.
None of them had ever seen such a magnificent sight, and they all looked up in wonder.
Hư Sinh Hoa murmured: "Tần giáo chủ once taught me several void patterns, saying they contained a kind of void dao. Those patterns seem to resemble the patterns on these beasts... That's it! These are void beasts!"
The moment he said this, the herds of giant beasts near the sea of chaos suddenly seemed startled and scattered in all directions. Even the few beasts following Lam Ngự Điền were trembling and prostrating themselves on the ground, as if planning to hide themselves.
Hư Sinh Hoa, Lam Ngự Điền and the others didn't know much about void beasts, but the other giant beasts knew well how terrifying void beasts were. Void beasts could be said to be the natural enemies of all giant beasts. With so many void beasts on the move, they could truly slaughter everything in their path!
But strangely, the void beasts in the sky paid no attention to the fleeing beasts below. Instead, they were all rushing in the same direction—toward another opening that had been torn in the sky of Tổ Đình!
There were two openings in the sky. One was the rift in the heavens caused by Khai Hoàng's sword splitting the Heavenly Court. The other was a round hole blasted through the seal of the gods when Tần Mục triggered the riot of the Thái Sử mineral vein.
Those void beasts were heading straight for the round hole.
Just as countless void beasts surged toward that great hole, the sky suddenly shook violently. An enormous, perfectly round eye extended out from the void, squeezing and shattering the sky around it.
The other void beasts fled in panic, clearing a space.
Then, that giant eye extended downward, slowly revealing the head of an even more massive void beast.
Boom—
The sky shook. A claw several times thicker than a mountain range extended out from the void, scraping against the air, causing lightning and thunder to crackle, with thunderfire scattering everywhere.
Boom boom boom—
The beast's six claws extended out of the void, and its complete body descended—it was the void mother beast!
This mother beast was the one that Long Kỳ Lân had once controlled, but now it had returned to Thái Đế's control.
Countless void beasts surrounded the mother beast, escorting her as she flew toward the great hole in Tổ Đình, apparently planning to escape from Tổ Đình!
"Why would void beasts flee? Is there something here even more terrifying than them?" Hư Sinh Hoa was puzzled. From Tần Mục, he had heard many legends about void beasts.
Just then, a massive divine light wheel rose slowly, blocking half the sky. The light wheel spun with a howling sound, and in front of the wheel was the face of Lang Huyên Thần Hoàng.
That face wore a smile.
"Void mother beast, you belong to me!"
Lang Huyên Thần Hoàng's divine consciousness erupted as he laughed heartily: "The void beast race shall also fall under my control!"
Hư Sinh Hoa and Lam Ngự Điền and the others watched with wide eyes and gaping mouths. Hư Sinh Hoa's face changed drastically as he hurriedly said: "We must leave quickly! Even a single wisp of a Thiên Tôn's power leaking down would be enough to shatter us!"
Just as everyone was about to leave the sea of chaos, a figure rose slowly from within the chaos sea—an old man with white hair, one hand holding a walking stick, the other carrying a bucket. He chuckled and said: "Two đạo hữu, when Thiên Tôn battle, you cannot escape by hiding. Better to come over here and take shelter with me for a moment."