Chapter 6: Dark Emperor Prison Suppressing Scripture, Who's Bragging?
Linggui Peak.
Hall of Heroic Spirits.
This place was originally where the Divination Branch enshrined the memorial tablets of past generations of ancestors.
Eight hundred years ago.
After the Sanqing Immortal Sect suffered a calamity, the head of the Divination Branch sat in the ancestral hall for a hundred days, personally carving over a hundred thousand heroic spirit tablets.
Afterwards.
His oil ran dry, and he passed away into ashes.
In such a place, even someone as carefree and irreverent as Wang Xiu wore an extremely solemn and serious expression, without the slightest trace of disrespect.
"Jiang Ling'er."
Wang Xiu held the Divination Branch's inheritance jade seal in his hands and said seriously: "Have you truly considered carefully that you wish to join my Sanqing Immortal Sect, under the Divination Branch of Linggui Peak?"
"For the rest of your life, taking it as your duty to uphold righteousness, ward off evil, slay demons, and eliminate devils!"
Uphold righteousness and ward off evil.
Slay demons and eliminate devils.
Looking at the solemn Wang Xiu, Jiang Ling'er's expression also became serious as she said earnestly: "This disciple will keep it firmly in mind. For the rest of my life, I shall uphold righteousness, ward off evil, slay demons, and eliminate devils, and I shall never waver from this vow!"
Wang Xiu nodded slightly: "I haven't submitted your application to the Records Department yet. For the next three days, if you change your mind, you can take it back at any time."
"The courtyard on the left side of the Hall of Heroic Spirits was originally where my master lived."
"You can clean it up a bit and move right in."
"But don't sleep in the main house—that was where my master used to sleep. You may freely choose between the eastern or western side rooms."
After speaking.
Wang Xiu turned and left, having no intention of getting familiar with her.
The reason was simple.
Since the age of six, Wang Xiu had lived alone. During this time, there had been new disciples who joined the Divination Branch on a whim.
However.
These disciples would usually clamor to switch branches after staying in the Divination Branch for less than three to five days, with the longest staying no more than half a month.
There was no other way.
This vast Linggui Peak was desolate and lonely.
At night, fierce winds howled like ghosts wailing and wolves crying. Next to it stood that Hall of Heroic Spirits, with hundreds of thousands of memorial tablets arrayed within, their shadows flickering and swaying.
Very few people could endure such stimulation.
Over time, Wang Xiu had long since stopped holding out hope for new junior brothers and sisters.
In Wang Xiu's view, a delicate young lady like Jiang Ling'er probably wouldn't last more than a few days either. Since she would leave sooner or later, there was no need to invest emotionally.
Otherwise.
If they became too close, both sides would feel miserable when the time came to part.
...
Leaving the Hall of Heroic Spirits, he returned to his own small courtyard.
Activate~!
Sitting cross-legged on a meditation cushion in his secluded cultivation chamber, Wang Xiu sent out one technique seal after another in all directions.
Immediately.
Streams of cyan mysterious light spread out, evolving into a massive lotus platform that enveloped the entire chamber.
Azure Lotus Heaven-Obscuring Formation!
The formation inheritance of the Yuhua Peak branch of Sanqing Immortal Sect, a concealment-type formation that can shield against divine sense detection from cultivators while simultaneously absorbing spiritual energy fluctuations within the formation.
Wang Xiu had obtained it by accident when he heard a Formation Branch disciple bragging about it.
A perfected-level Azure Lotus Heaven-Obscuring Formation—even if a Nascent Soul venerable one's divine sense swept over it, they would have extreme difficulty discovering anything unusual.
"System."
"List out the crit rewards obtained these past few days."
Whoosh~!
As soon as Wang Xiu spoke, streaks of golden light flew out from his body, transforming into cards one after another before him.
[Great Might Heavenly Dragon Demon Subduing Golden Body]
Obtained from crit when listening to a martial artist performing street acts (breaking stones on chest) bragging, it is a demon-subduing divine ability from the Great Vajra Temple.
[Four Symbols Guardian Evil Slaying Grand Formation]
Obtained from crit when listening to a Formation Branch disciple bragging, it is a pinnacle formation of Sanqing Immortal Sect.
What can I say!
Bragging crits—the probability is very mysterious.
Sometimes, just casually listening to street vendors or martial artists bragging can trigger crit rewards.
Other times.
Listening to cultivators bragging on Qiudao Peak for an entire day might not even trigger two crits; it's completely luck-based.
"Integrate Great Might Heavenly Dragon Demon Subduing Golden Body!"
As Wang Xiu's voice fell, the card representing the Great Might Heavenly Dragon Demon Subduing Golden Body directly merged into his body.
The next second.
His clothes directly exploded and shredded apart. His originally fair, jade-like skin was instantly enveloped by golden light, as if forged from hundred-refined true gold.
On his chest, a golden Great Might Heavenly Dragon tattoo even condensed, baring its fangs and brandishing its claws, lifelike in every detail.
It emanated an aura that made evil demons tremble with fear.
At this moment.
Wang Xiu's mastery of the "Great Might Heavenly Dragon Demon Subduing Golden Body" divine ability directly reached perfection.
He slowly clenched his fist, feeling an incomparably massive power surging throughout his body that he couldn't suppress, giving him an irresistible urge to vent it.
Looking at the wall of his secluded cultivation chamber, Wang Xiu threw out a punch with a thunderous boom.
Roar~!
The golden dragon on his chest seemed to activate, actually going from illusory to solid along Wang Xiu's fist, shooting directly out and crashing into the wall with a thunderous impact.
The next second.
That wall covered with defensive formations was actually forcibly blasted out with a spiral-shaped crater by this golden dragon.
"The power of this punch—it's comparable to a full-force strike from a Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer expert!"
Wang Xiu clicked his tongue in amazement.
As expected of the famous demon-subduing divine ability from the Great Vajra Temple—not only was its defensive power strong, but its attack was also so sharp.
Except that once activated, it would definitely shred his clothes, which was a bit wasteful of fabric.
This ultimate technique had virtually no other flaws and was sufficient to serve as Wang Xiu's trump card.
Of course, unless the situation was urgent, Wang Xiu wouldn't use it.
After all.
A Sanqing Immortal Sect disciple displaying a Great Vajra Temple ultimate technique, and at perfected level at that, would be difficult to explain to outsiders and could easily cause diplomatic disputes.
One must know that even within the Great Vajra Temple, those who could cultivate this divine ability to perfected level were countable on one's fingers.
"Integrate Four Symbols Guardian Evil Slaying Grand Formation!"
Golden light merged into Wang Xiu's body, instantly filling his mind with a vast sea of information—all experience regarding the Four Symbols Guardian Evil Slaying Grand Formation.
At this time.
It was as if he had researched this formation for decades, centuries, millennia—he was completely familiar with all its subtle intricacies.
As long as he had sufficient materials, he could effortlessly set up this formation.
Of course.
Different material qualities would result in vastly different final formation powers. A perfected-level formation could only achieve the best results under the same conditions.
"The harvest is quite abundant."
Wang Xiu grinned, unable to help feeling quite pleased with himself.
For concealment and hiding, he had the Azure Lotus Heaven-Obscuring Formation; for kiting and suppression, he had the Four Symbols Guardian Evil Slaying Grand Formation; for close combat, he had the Great Might Heavenly Dragon Demon Subduing Golden Body; for long-range attacks, he had the Black Tortoise Mirror.
At this moment.
Although his cultivation was only at Foundation Establishment Third Layer, even if he encountered a Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer peak expert, or even a relatively weaker Golden Core existence, he might not be without a fighting chance.
Brother is now, roughly speaking, considered a genius too!
Just at this moment.
A system notification suddenly sounded in Wang Xiu's mind.
[Ding!]
[Detected someone nearby bragging like crazy, triggered bragging crit, reached system high tide. Congratulations to host for obtaining mana +233, mana quality +233.]
[Congratulations to host for obtaining: "Dark Emperor Prison Suppressing Scripture" perfected experience card!]
[Dark Emperor Prison Suppressing Scripture: Ghost Dao supreme inheritance, possesses ultra-strong suppression effects against ghost Dao creatures. Cultivated to the extreme, it has the power to command the Nine Nether Yellow Springs and suppress the endless hell.]
...
Wang Xiu: (·_·?)
Feeling the mana in his dantian suddenly skyrocket, directly pushing his cultivation from Foundation Establishment Third Layer to Fourth Layer, Wang Xiu was completely stunned.
Holy crap!
Who's bragging? This brag...
Is fucking awesome!