741 A Strange Change, The Door Opens (1/2)
”What's the difference?” Sixth Elder asked.
”It's… scarier! Aren't you scared of my Heavenly Oasis Clear Fire Pill? Hahaha…” The Heavenly Oasis Saint laughed happily.
”Heavenly Oasis old man, after so many years, you have really become more and more sly. Hmph, do you think I'll believe you?” Sixth Elder naturally did not believe him.
The older one was, the craftier one would become. The Heavenly Oasis Saint, who stood before him, had evidently spent much time in the mortal realm and hence, was the epitome of a crafty old man.
Naturally, Sixth Elder would not fall for his trick so easily. The more the Heavenly Oasis Saint played down the ability of his pills, the more careful he would approach him.
When the Heavenly Oasis Saint saw how careful Sixth Elder was, he sighed in relief in his heart. He could not help but recall a scene one year ago.
On that day, he was trying to cultivate Clear Fire Pills. Coincidentally, as he walked into his alchemy room and was about to retrieve the pills, he saw Fang Zhengzhi pacing up and down before his crucible.
Without guessing, the Heavenly Oasis Saint knew that Fang Zhengzhi was here to steal his pills.
Like what they said, it was easy to guard against robbers but hard to protect oneself from a thief which came from within.
Fang Zhengzhi was this kind of thief. More importantly, if he caught him now, Fang Zhengzhi could just say that he had walked into the wrong door.
Hence, the Heavenly Oasis Saint naturally shot a look of anger at Fang Zhengzhi and instantly ordered him to scram.
Then, an innocent face appeared.
However, this time, Fang Zhengzhi did not use his 'get-out-of-jail-free card' by saying that he had walked into the wrong room. Instead, he 'humbly' asked him to teach him how to use this crucible.
The Heavenly Oasis Saint did not want to waste time explaining to him but Fang Zhengzhi pestered him non-stop. Furthermore, it was time to open the crucible and hence, he explained to Fang Zhengzhi as he opened the crucible.
Then, Fang Zhengzhi replied to him disrespectfully.
”Get rid of the air which you exhale? What a waste! Why not add a few more ingredients which will allow the aura around you to solidify. This will make it more terrifying. Furthermore, the pill will be bigger and hence, you can sell it for more money!”
”Scaring others? What use does that have? You rascal only know how to do all these tricks! Scram, don't interfere with my pill retrieval!”
”I only know that? You are the one who's ignorant… For a miser like you, the only people who can make you eat a Clear Fire Pill is someone who is a lot stronger than you. Why not scare him? Can you really live just with the effects of these Clear Fire Pills? Forget it, I'm lazy to explain this to you. Give me a piece and I'll tinker with it and help you improve it.”
”…”
The Heavenly Oasis Saint naturally did not do as Fang Zhengzhi had asked. He stopped him from grabbing these Clear Fire Pills. However, he treated his words seriously. When he next cultivated pills, he could not help but to explore ways of making his Clear Fire Pill more terrifying.
Right now, reality proved that a casual statement made by Fang Zhengzhi allowed him to continue battling against Sixth Elder.
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The Heaven Dao Pavilion, on top of the Sword Peak, in the center of the Heaven Academic Altar.
A huge green door stood in the center of the Heaven Academic Altar. On its left and right sides, there were stone carvings of beast heads. An ancient and barren aura could be felt from it.
The Heaven-Receiving Door!
One month ago, when Nangong Mu did his Blood Illustration Sacrifice, this green rock door appeared on top of the Heaven Academic Altar. However, this door was now shut and completely sealed.
Furthermore, Heaven Dao Pavilion disciples took turns to guard it.
At this moment, eight Heaven Dao Pavilion disciples in white, scholarly robes stood in eight different positions. They all wielded swords as they prevented anyone from coming close.
Of course, even though they were in the Heaven Academic Altar, they could hear the commotion coming from below as well as detect the change in the sky.
”What's going on underneath the mountain?”
”How can chasing Fang Zhengzhi cause such a huge commotion?”
”I don't know, I think something big is happening. However, our job is to guard the Heaven-Receiving Door. Stay perky, everyone, in case someone tries to steal it!”
”Yes!”
After a short conversation among the eight disciples, they shut their mouths. They scanned their surroundings and they behaved extremely carefully.
However, their attention was all placed on their surroundings. No one looked at the Heaven-Receiving Door. After all, the door had stood there for an entire month without anything happening.
However, at this moment…
One of the beast heads on the Heaven-Receiving Door moved slightly. It did not make any noise but instead, its mouth opened visibly.
Then, a single dot of starlight emerged from the beast's mouth and flew into the sky.
”Hum!” The moment the starlight appeared, the seal surrounding the Heaven-Receiving Door started to tremble and started to hum.
The noise was not loud. After all, the vibration of the seal was not intense.
However, the disciples around reacted instantly. Eight swords were drawn at once.
”Clang!” Eight swords were unsheathed. All of them shone coldly.
”There's a noise!”
”Is someone coming?”
”No, but the seal appeared to have been touched!”
The eight Heaven Dao Pavilion disciples looked at each other and their faces were all serious and severe. Eight gazes swept their surroundings and examined the seal on the door behind them.
However, the seal turned calm once more.
They felt as if nothing had happened.
”Are we hearing things?”
”Impossible. All eight of us heard it. Something is wrong. Master told us that we must report to him as soon as possible if anything happens to the Heaven-Receiving Door. Junior Wang, report to master now!”
”I think he's doing closed-door cultivation?”
”Even so, you have to tell him immediately. This is what he had instructed us to do!”
”I understand, I'll go now!” When one of the Heaven Dao Pavilion disciples heard this, he immediately ran toward where Mu Qingfeng was.
As he ran, the starlight from the beast head on the Heaven-Receiving Door started to descend slowly from the sky. Under the shine from the sun, this tiny bit of starlight was not very eye-catching.
However, if one looked at it carefully, the starlight looked as if it had been hurt by the seal. It lost its momentum and was slowly drifting over to the cliff of the Sword Peak…
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The forest in the cliff of the Sword Peak.
Fang Zhengzhi continued fighting with Second Elder and the rest. However, compared to the previous battle, Fang Zhengzhi's side now possessed a clear advantage.