Listening to Zhang Qingzhi’s words, Zhang Rongfang casually replied a few sentences.
But in his heart, he realized for the first time that Senior Brother Zhang Qingzhi, perhaps, does not truly love Lin Qianhe.
He... may be walking a path that no one has ever traveled before.
He loves not out of affection, but purely for the sake of love itself.
As for who that person is, it seems irrelevant.
This is entirely different from what the master was disappointed by, and what he had judged in the beginning.
"Senior Brother, do you really intend to stay here for the rest of your life, hiding your identity, living an ordinary life?" Zhang Rongfang suddenly asked.
"It’s too chaotic outside; I’m fine right here." Zhang Qingzhi nodded with a smile.
"True... it is indeed too chaotic outside." Zhang Rongfang nodded, "When someday Master and I no longer wish to work, we’ll come and join you in seclusion."
"You’re welcome anytime." Zhang Qingzhi replied with a smile, clasping his fists.
"Farewell."
"Smooth journey."
A red shadow flashed, and Zhang Rongfang suddenly disappeared from the spot.
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February 13th.
Taoyuan.
From a Divine Buddha Platform located on the rock wall, countless moon-white beams of light erupted outward.
Each beam of moonlight, like a sharp spear, pierced through the walls and floor of the entire platform passage.
A sound, like the light ringing of wind chimes, continuously transmitted from the core inside the platform.
"Moon God! Spare me, and I will revere you as the Divine Lord!!"
In the moonlight, a tall human figure shot out, running desperately along the rock wall into the distance.
That figure, clad in a dragon robe, holding a blue-golden halo, ran frantically along the near-vertical rock wall, as if on flat ground.
If someone from the Spirit Court were watching, they would recognize this man fleeing for his life as the Divine Son of the Spirit Flying Church, Emperor Lingxin, who had previously fled with the Spirit Seal.
But now, though he wore a dragon robe, he had long lost the composure and majesty of the past.
Only the tattered yellow robe and his body full of wounds revealed his current wretchedness and misery.
Swoosh!
Suddenly, a beam of moonlight flew over his head, landed lightly in front of him, transforming into a human figure, blocking the path.
"Hand over the Spirit Seal." The figure, still using the appearance of Yue Dewen and emitting white light all over, was the Moon God.
"The Spirit Seal... Moon God, even if you want to obtain all the accumulation, you shouldn’t destroy the entire Spirit Flying Heaven system!" Emperor Lingxin shouted sharply. "Have you ever thought, if you fail, and Spirit Flying Heaven completely disappears, what hope will there be in the future? Where is the spark of hope?"
At this moment, Emperor Lingxin did not appear purely human, but spoke with the identity of a divine Buddha.
"By fully activating Spirit Flying Heaven, the power I can gain is far stronger than merely seizing the accumulation." The Moon God said coldly. "As for what happens afterward? If I succeed, there will be no need for afterward. And if I fail..."
He paused.
"After I fail, I will vanish. What happens afterward will be meaningless to me."
"You selfish, despicable, shameless..."
Sizzle!!
In an instant, moonlight blazed, and countless moon-white beams of light, like ribbons, flashed past Emperor Lingxin.
His body froze in place, the blue-golden halo in his hand gently slid off, caught and lifted by a ribbon, flying toward the Moon God.
As for Emperor Lingxin himself, his body manifested countless cracks, gradually fading away and disappearing.
Having lost the Void, he was already on the verge of collapsing, and being struck by the divine might of the moonlight accelerated this process.
The once-mighty ruler of the Great Spirit, silently and without a trace, perished in Taoyuan.
He was both an emperor and a fleshly divine Buddha, but now, everything has dissipated like smoke.
The Moon God extended his hand, gently grasping the blue-golden halo flying toward him.
The halo faded away, revealing the item wrapped inside the light cluster.
It was a dark golden large seal, with a coiled dragon on top, and a blue-golden vertical pupil embedded in the center of the coiled dragon.
"The Spirit Seal... another one in hand. Next, it’s the part in the hands of the Spirit People’s great aristocrats..."
The Moon God squeezed with one hand, crushing the entire large seal silently, transforming into numerous blue-golden light dots, merging with his skin.
"The day of acquiring all Spirit Seals will be the day I fully seize all the accumulation of Spirit Flying Heaven!"
However, the Qiankun Daoist on Earth obstructs him, he cannot enter at will to search for the Spirit Seal. If this group of people hides it in a concealed place, making it hard to find in the short term, it will be troublesome.
’Judging by the power displayed by Qiankun earlier, as long as I absorb a few more Small Spirit Seals, I should be able to use a simple divine statue to descend and unfold the Void, suppressing this person!’
’At that time... no one will be able to stop me from completing everything! No one!!’
Feeling the new power constantly flowing into him, the Moon God’s expression was cold and stern, standing horizontally on the Taiyuan Rock Wall, suddenly transforming into a beam of moonlight, shooting upward.
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Great Capital, Human Immortal Dao Palace.
The newly appointed Emperor Lingyuan directly transferred a Dao Palace originally belonging to the Zhenyi Sect within the Spirit Court to the Human Immortal Temple.
To be precise, he transferred all the facilities, properties, personnel, and so on belonging to the Daoist sects, except for those under the Great Dao Teaching, entirely to the current Human Immortal Temple.
The Human Immortal Martial Dao of the Human Immortal Temple is renowned for its ageless visage, ability to cure most diseases, and acceptance of any constitution.
And rapidly began to spread throughout the Great Spirit.
Among them, the Celestial Character Institute, the Earth Character Institute, and the Human Character Institute established Human Immortal Martial Dao arenas in various locations, teaching the legendary Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown and the essence of Five Qi Chao Yuan.
In just a month, the number of people in the Human Immortal Dao skyrocketed, and incidents of random blood-sucking began to occur frequently.
Zhang Rongfang had to issue an order that anyone who fed on human blood was considered a heretic.
He also specifically listed eighty-one types of blood menus that greatly benefited Bloodline Daoists.
A number of rare and exotic creatures were included in the list.
Zhang Rongfang also suggested that a diverse diet is more conducive to health and longevity.
After a short period of pursuit and extermination, the phenomenon of consuming human blood quickly disappeared.
After all, compared to the increasingly diverse menus and rapidly developed authentic blood cuisine, human blood could only be consumed clandestinely, tasted bad, and carried the risk of being caught and executed immediately.
The development of such a situation was indeed normal.
Headquarters of the Human Immortal Temple.
The Blood River flowed, running through the entire Wish Girl Gorge.
A multitude of plants and animals living there slowly developed various blood-colored patterns on their bodies due to the Blood River, and their eyes became blood-red.
Inside the main hall of the Daoist temple.
Zhang Rongfang lifted his robe’s hem, sat down properly, and prepared to eat.
In front of him, an array of delicious dishes was served like a flowing stream.
"Five Spice Pig Blood, Sour Spicy Rabbit Blood, Nine Flavor Deer Blood, Spicy Blood Cakes, Dried Lamb Blood, Stir-Fried Chicken Blood, Steamed Snake Blood Eggs, Tofu with Cow Blood Preserved Eggs..."
On the large table, there were dishes of sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, and salty flavors, all kinds of blood dishes were available.
By the time everything was served, the table was fully packed.
More than twenty dishes, each with a substantial portion.
Zhang Rongfang picked up his chopsticks and slowly savored the flavors.
At this time, a woman quickly walked in from outside, dressed in a form-fitting black leather armor, carrying a short knife on her back, with a curvaceous and strikingly attractive figure.
It was none other than Zhang Zhenhai, who hadn’t been seen for a while.
"Master." She clasped her hands and saluted.
"Have you found it?" Zhang Rongfang slightly raised his head and pointed at the seat across from him, "Come, sit down and eat together."
"I dare not, I’ve found part of it, nine Spirit People aristocrats, respectively, boarded sea ships and headed to places outside the Great Spirit. The vast sea, we sent people to pursue, but lost the trail." Zhang Zhenhai reported solemnly.
"Continue finding precise locations." Zhang Rongfang instructed.
"Yes." Zhang Zhenhai nodded, "Additionally, there’s another matter."
"Speak." Zhang Rongfang glanced at her, reached out, and instantly an invisible force pulled Zhang Zhenhai into the seat.
"Master...!?" Zhang Zhenhai wanted to struggle, but as a Bloodline, so close, all the blood inside her was within Zhang Rongfang’s casual control.
It was impossible to escape his grasp.
After struggling a bit, she could only resign herself. Continuing respectfully.
"It’s about the Upper Capital, where people have begun dividing hierarchies according to bloodline. There are rumors of Celestial Blood, Earth Blood, and Human Blood, three stratified classes."
"Isn’t this just the division of the Celestial Character Institute, Earth Character Institute, and Human Character Institute?" Zhang Rongfang chuckled.
"Exactly." Zhang Zhenhai nodded.
"Let them be. Now, military disasters around the country have quickly died down. Mass confiscation and family extermination, so the troublemakers have been killed, naturally leading to peace on earth.
Senior brother was right, the world is indeed too chaotic." Zhang Rongfang said softly.
"Master, some extremely difficult-to-destroy deity statues collected in various provinces have now been aggregated in the Upper Capital. His Majesty’s intention is to have you take some time to solve it completely." Zhang Zhenhai continued.
"All right." Zhang Rongfang understood Emperor Lingyuan’s meaning. These exceptionally difficult-to-destroy statues probably consist of key statues in various sects.
Such things differ from ordinary deity statues, relying solely on magical weapons can’t destroy them.
After all, the materials are the same for both.
The only solution is, as in the previous dynasty, to kill the God Buddha consciousness within, then split it into fragments and scatter them.
And now, Emperor Lingyuan had gathered them together, clearly using some means to temporarily isolate these statues.
After reporting affairs, Zhang Zhenhai obediently ate with Zhang Rongfang.
After dining, she stood up to salute and left.
Leaving Zhang Rongfang alone, he wiped his mouth and closed his eyes to meditate.
The Moon God collecting Spirit Seals was probably enhancing strength quickly, which he had already discovered from the royal library of Spirit Court.
Recently, whenever he had the time, he searched Spirit Court for possible existing collections, to understand secrets of God Buddha, Celestial Lighter, Celestial Curtain, etc.
Which indeed allowed him to find a lot of information.
Now, closing his eyes to meditate, he immediately looked at the accumulated attribute points saved for a while.
Unconsciously, the attribute points had reached 103 points.
And on the attribute bar, the bloodline attributes belonging to the Blood Race progenitor had all been stored away, no longer showing a heap of various ability talents.
Only a bracket at the end indicated: Complete Form.
’Next, the Blood Race progenitor bloodline is complete, I wonder what else can be obtained.’ Zhang Rongfang felt a slight anticipation rise in his heart. With a thought, he tapped the plus sign next to life value.
Hiss...
Available attribute points swiftly decreased.
While life value rapidly increased.
From 1600, quickly raised to 1603.
Soon, under the trait talent section, new words slowly emerged at the bottom.