291. Chapter 291 Adventure, Good Harvest!
291. Chapter 291 Adventure, Good Harvest!
Chapter 291: Adventure, Bountiful Harvest!
Indeed.
The weak have no rights!
Liu Zimo sighed in his heart.
He never expected that even the guardian who had always protected him, the Book Guardian, would compromise with Zhong Ten Thousand Year.
Just a few words decided his fate.
"Master, rest assured. This sea of knowledge is this worm's home ground. Unless the cultivator's cultivation base far surpasses the master's, they will never be able to probe the true memories of the master's soul!"
At this moment, Yao Lingling suddenly spoke up to comfort him.
As an Ascension worm, its devouring supernatural power had also grown stronger, undergoing a qualitative change long ago.
Moreover, it had been cultivating and transforming within Liu Zimo's sea of knowledge, never lacking the spiritual essence and immortal spirit qi needed for cultivation. Its cultivation speed was unprecedented.
After all, Liu Zimo had so many "good brothers" and "good sisters," and almost every day, he would receive varying degrees of spiritual essence. Even if only a little bit was released every day and shared with Yao Lingling, it was enough for its daily cultivation needs.
Therefore, Yao Lingling was now full of confidence and had a tendency to not put anyone in the world in its eyes.
Liu Zimo glanced lightly at the little bug and nodded slightly.
It had to be said that although this bug was a bit arrogant, as a devouring spirit energy devouring worm, its talent supernatural power was indeed heaven-defying.
Back when they were in the earthly realm, even in the larval form, the devouring spirit energy devouring worms could easily invade the sea of knowledge of Martial Dao Great Masters and even Martial Saints without being noticed by the other party. This was enough to show the strength and heaven-defying nature of their race.
Now, Yao Lingling had successfully crossed over and completely adapted to the Great Dao laws of the Transcendent realm, and its devouring supernatural power had also advanced further.
A year ago, when it had just awakened, it easily devoured Qingshan Ancestor's Nascent Soul and soul origin.
At this moment, it might not be unable to hide from Zhong Ten Thousand Year's soul search.
However, putting all his eggs in one basket was not Liu Zimo's style.
He would make use of Yao Lingling's abilities, but he also had to be prepared for Yao Lingling's defense to fail.
At this moment, there were two high-rank Nascent Soul realm powerhouses standing in front of him. If he made a wrong move, he might lose everything. No matter how careful he was, it wouldn't be excessive.
Thinking like this, Liu Zimo quietly sensed a certain restriction under his bed.
It was a hidden killing formation he had quietly set up a year ago, just in case, after killing Qingshan Ancestor.
In the past year, as his cultivation base realm continued to improve and with the continuous accumulation of various heavenly and mortal treasures, the level of the killing formation had also gradually increased and strengthened under his continuous maintenance and modification.
It could be said without reservation that the power of this killing formation now even surpassed the complete version of the [Heaven and Earth Divine Fire Cover]!
As long as it was within this one-third of an acre, even if the Book Guardian came in person, he would never be able to harm Liu Zimo in the slightest.
This was the confidence that allowed Liu Zimo to lie calmly on his bed.
If his actions were exposed, he could instantly activate the formation at full power and cut down Zhong Ten Thousand Year like a leek!
Swish!
While he was contemplating, an extremely sharp fluctuation of spirit power forcefully penetrated into his sea of knowledge.
Liu Zimo's mind instantly fell silent, forcefully gathering his spiritual thoughts and completely handing over the control of his sea of knowledge to Yao Lingling.
Now, it depended on Yao Lingling's talent supernatural power to see if it could deceive Zhong Ten Thousand Year, a Nascent Soul realm cultivator at the eighth stage, during his investigation.
"Hmm?"
"So this is Liu Zimo's sea of knowledge space?"
"It's actually so small and withered?"
After a moment, Zhong Ten Thousand Year's voice could be heard in the sea of knowledge.
"But, this does match his mortal body, a useless physique without any cultivation talent!"
"Could it be that Senior Brother Yue and Senior Brother Meng were wrong? This Liu Zimo isn't an Ascensionist who came from the Little Thousand World Ascension?"
Spiritual Sense Ten Thousand Year stood in the narrow and dim space of the sea of consciousness that emerged from the illusion, frowning and muttering to himself.
Even before starting the soul search, he was beginning to doubt his previous judgment.
Ascension cultivators are all outstanding geniuses revered by the Heavenly Dao of the Small Thousand Worlds. Their spiritual sea of consciousness cannot be so barren.
So, without a doubt, this Liu Zimo is a complete mortal.
[Should I continue with the soul search?]
[If I continue, will I have to compensate this waste with a Heaven Mending Pill?]
[No, the Heaven Mending Pill is extremely precious. Even a peak Nascent Soul cultivator would greatly need it. How can I give it to such a worthless mortal?]
A hint of hesitation suddenly arose in Ten Thousand Year's heart.
If there was no compensation with the Heaven Mending Pill, he naturally wouldn't mind exploring the barren sea of consciousness in front of him, just in case.
After all, the life and death of a servant disciple is not something he needs to be overly concerned about.
But now, due to the supervision and ridicule of the Keeper, Ten Thousand Year had to be more cautious.
It's really not worth it to sacrifice a precious Heaven Mending Pill for a worthless servant disciple!
[Forget it!]
[If I want to search his soul, I can find another opportunity!]
[After all, the Keeper won't easily leave the Library or the Qingyun Immortal Gate. As long as I find a way to make this Liu Zimo leave the Qingshan Immortal Gate, I will have plenty of opportunities!]
[There's no need to do it right under the Keeper's nose and even bet a Heaven Mending Pill. It's not worth it!]
After much hesitation in his heart, Ten Thousand Year finally shook his head decisively and decided not to continue.
Once the soul search begins, it will inevitably cause great damage to Liu Zimo's soul. To recover, a Heaven Mending Pill is necessary.
And from the situation in Liu Zimo's sea of consciousness, there is no trace of him being an Ascension cultivator.
In that case, why should he sacrifice a Heaven Mending Pill?
It just doesn't make sense!
Swish!
With a movement of his mind, Ten Thousand Year instantly retracted the Spiritual Sense he had been probing with.
Seeing this, Liu Zimo and Yao Lingling both breathed a sigh of relief.
"That was close!"
"Master, this Ten Thousand Year's Spiritual Sense is so sharp. He was just a hair's breadth away from seeing through the illusion I set up!"
"It was too close. If he had stayed here for three more breaths, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to hold on!"
Yao Lingling gasped heavily, her face filled with fear.
It can be seen that in order to deceive the Spiritual Sense investigation of Ten Thousand Year, a great deal of effort was indeed expended.
However, Ten Thousand Year hadn't even started the soul search, and this little bug was already struggling.
If Ten Thousand Year hadn't retreated and had continued forcefully with the soul search technique, wouldn't everything have been ruined?
It's a good thing this little thing had previously vowed to be able to deceive Ten Thousand Year and prevent him from discovering even half of his master's Divine Partition soul memory.
What a boast!
Liu Zimo also took a deep breath and didn't blame Yao Lingling. Instead, he gave her an appreciative look.
Regardless, passing this test is good enough!
Being able to deceive Ten Thousand Year before the soul search even began is also Yao Lingling's credit.
At least for now, he no longer has to worry about the risk of being completely exposed.
However, Liu Zimo had just heard the true thoughts of Ten Thousand Year in his sea of consciousness through his "Stealing Heaven" ability.
At this point, Ten Thousand Year still hadn't given up on the idea of searching his soul.
Just waiting for an opportunity to lure him out again, and then settle the score once and for all.
Damn it!
Why the hell does a high and mighty Immortal Gate Head Teacher like you have to have such a hard time with an ordinary little servant like me?
Xing Yuzhu used to say that he had a narrow mind and was stingy, and it turns out she wasn't exaggerating at all!
"Hmph! Don't ever give me a chance in the future, otherwise I'll definitely cut off this leek!"
Liu Zimo gritted his teeth and swore.
Outside the sea of consciousness.
After returning to his Spiritual Sense, Zhong Ten Thousand Year had a hint of apology on his face. He bowed to the suspended Book Pavilion Golden Order and apologized, "Master Jing, I apologize for my previous suspicions and wronging an innocent person!"
"Just now, I didn't find anything unusual in Liu Zimo's sea of consciousness. Master Jing was right, this person is just an ordinary mortal with a withered sea of consciousness. It's impossible for him to be an Ascender."
"So, let's forget about the soul search. There's no need to continue."
The Book Guardian stared at Zhong Ten Thousand Year for a moment, then glanced at Liu Zimo and saw that he showed no signs of being soul searched. He nodded slightly and said, "Alright, since there's no soul search, let's drop the matter we discussed earlier."
"I hope that in the future, no one will continue to hold onto this disciple because of this matter!"
Seeing that the Book Guardian didn't mention the Heaven Mending Pill again, Zhong Ten Thousand Year also breathed a sigh of relief and nodded repeatedly.
"Master Jing, rest assured, this matter is in the past!"
"In the future, I, as the Head Teacher, will personally vouch for Liu Zimo. No one will suspect him as an Ascender and cause trouble!"
After speaking, Zhong Ten Thousand Year didn't stay any longer, he got up and bid farewell, leaving the sixth courtyard.
The Book Pavilion Golden Order floated in place for a moment, and the light around it quietly converged, autonomously flying down and settling around Liu Zimo's waist, becoming silent.
Liu Zimo pretended to be unaware and continued to lie motionless on the bed.
It wasn't until more than ten minutes passed and he couldn't sense any abnormalities that he turned over, adjusted to a more comfortable position, and continued to pretend to sleep.
"Master, there is no longer any spiritual fluctuation around, all the Spiritual Sense that was placed here has been withdrawn!"
Yao Lingling reminded softly in the sea of consciousness.
Liu Zimo nodded slightly and slowly opened his eyes.
The crisis this time had finally passed.
However, he had been completely targeted by Zhong Ten Thousand Year, the Head Teacher.
As the leader of a sect, if he wanted to target a servant disciple or transfer them away, there were many legitimate ways and reasons to do so.
Even if Liu Zimo had the Book Pavilion Golden Order, sometimes he would still be helpless.
After all, it's not that he's afraid of thieves, but that he's afraid of thieves being interested.
Moreover, Zhong Ten Thousand Year is not a thief, but the nominal leader of the entire Qingyun Immortal Gate.
So, he didn't have much time left.
Swish!
After a few more minutes, Liu Zimo suddenly sat up and his Spiritual Sense quietly extended outward.
At this time, the entire Emerald Bamboo Peak was brightly lit and bustling with people.
Including the Peak Master Dai Yingyu, all the true transmission elders, inner sect elders, and all the true transmission and inner disciples were gathered in the Great Hall at the peak.
Liu Zimo's mind moved, and he activated the Divine Breath Technique and the Mist Concealment Technique, quietly moving to the top of Emerald Bamboo Peak.
Because of Yan Zhiyi's death, the entire Qingyun Immortal Gate once again launched a sect-wide investigation organized by the two peak masters themselves.
In the past, at this time, in order to prevent his whereabouts from being discovered by the Book Guardian or other Nascent Soul realm peak cultivators, Liu Zimo would usually obediently stay in his dormitory and sleep, not daring to show himself.
But now, realizing that he might not be able to stay in Qingyun Immortal Gate for long, Liu Zimo decided to take a risk.
He wanted to take advantage of the situation where all the Elders and disciples of the Qingyun Five Peaks were gathered to capture all the talented disciples and Elders in the Gold Core and Nascent Soul stages that he had never had the chance to meet before.
Tonight, he was going to capture all the top talents that appeared on the Qingyun Five Peaks.
This way, even if he had to leave the Qingyun Immortal Gate earlier in the future, he would have no regrets.
Hidden at the top of the Great Hall, Liu Zimo looked down from a distance.
In an instant, his eyes were blinded by the colorful brilliance gathered above the Great Hall.
Red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, indigo, purple!
The colors converged, and the light soared into the sky, illuminating the entire Great Hall as if it were daytime.
With a glance, there were thirteen talented individuals whose brilliance covered an area of seven feet!
There were even dozens of individuals with brilliance covering six feet, five feet, and four feet!
More importantly, among these people, the majority were new talents that Liu Zimo had never captured before!
He struck it rich!
A great harvest!
Liu Zimo's mind was excited and filled with joy.
Without rushing to take action, he carefully glanced at Dai Yingyu and Zhu Houbin, who were standing in the front.
Seeing that the two of them did not notice anything unusual and did not discover his presence as an uninvited guest, Liu Zimo no longer hesitated or showed any courtesy. He flashed his figure and directly blended into the crowd.
At the same time, his thoughts flickered, binding all the cultivators whose heads were shining with colorful brilliance above three feet.
[Binding successful! Your good brother Ding Youqing is online. Currently bindable objects (372/1000).]
[... ]
[Binding successful! Your good brother Zhu Houbin is online. Currently bindable objects (408/1000).]
In just a few breaths, he successfully bound thirty-seven "good brothers" and "good sisters."
Liu Zimo was in a great mood, and a hint of a smile unconsciously appeared on his face.
As early as a year ago, when he first entered the Qingyun Immortal Gate, he had fantasized about secretly sneaking onto the Qingyun Five Peaks and binding all the talented individuals living there.
But in the past, his cultivation base was insufficient, and he could only wait like a sitting duck in the library, waiting for those talented disciples to come to him.
But now...
He had already reached the Nascent Soul stage. Although he still couldn't swagger through the Five Peaks, he had the capital to fish in troubled waters.
Just like now.
He concealed himself and blended in among many true transmission Elders and disciples, without being noticed by Dai Yingyu and Zhu Houbin, the two Nascent Soul stage peak masters.
This was the tremendous progress and gains he had made in surviving in the Qingyun Inner Sect for over a year!
Soon, he had scrutinized all the talented individuals whose brilliance shone above three feet.
Seeing that no new talents appeared, Liu Zimo had a thought and directly left Emerald Bamboo Peak, heading straight for the neighboring Tianchi Peak.
At this time, Tianchi Peak was the same as Emerald Bamboo Peak. Everyone was gathered in front of the main hall at the peak, waiting for the screening and selection by the two peak masters.
Liu Zimo didn't show any courtesy and directly infiltrated the crowd, binding all the talented individuals whose brilliance was above three feet one by one!
Afterwards, he went to Baiyu Peak and Houtu Peak, smoothly binding all the qualified talents.
At this point, the total number of his "good brothers" and "good sisters" had soared to over five hundred!
However, even so, Liu Zimo was not completely satisfied.
After binding all the talented individuals on the other four peaks, he quietly set his sights on the main peak of Qingyun!
(End of this chapter)
nyslfriends