Chapter 113 Exploring the Divine Lake (1/2)

It was already November since Wang Bugui started to cultivate in meditation. He had made great achievements this time, as he vaguely felt that some kind of shackle inside his body was about to be broken. Undoubtedly, it was a substantial threshold for the Sage Realm. He may be able to break the curse of nine years soon!

After all, he had experienced too much. In his early youth, he had already gone out to hunt demons with Druid and Merutia. The name of genius was actually gained by killing. Afterward, he underwent an exceedingly bloody battle, in which all his family was exterminated, with Chiou also dying for him.

Then he traveled to Kunlun Mountain and cultivated for ten years. During all that time, he was assiduously researching the Tao Law, day and night. He even found out a way of his own, of which the Taoism rudiment began to take shape. Now and then he went down the mountain to travel and experience human society. Although the attainments were sparse, he experienced many things.

In the Gathering of Practitioners, he first had to meet with the high-leveled, and of a higher power, then he had to kill and rob them. He had to cross two vast realms with all his skills to ward them off, nevertheless failing in the end. As for fighting with the old dragon, he reached a deeper understanding of Taoism. During the contests afterward, he struggled with different Taoism every day, accumulating all kinds of thoughts and feelings.

The Tao Law owned by each genius was all mysterious and abstruse, which had given him different feelings about the realms of Taoism after fighting with them. The last several contests enriched him even more, with the rudiment of his unbeatable fist position being more developed.

He also witnessed the assassination of a sage called Lin Yun. They confronted twice, which further promoted his combat skills, experience, and understanding of the Tao Law. When later on he went to Wenchuan for disaster relief, he had been struck by various aspects of the ordinary society once more and began to hold a new view on life.

So, with decades of extraordinary experiences as well as his talents and firm determination for cultivation, his achievements were a matter of course. He felt the day for his breakthrough was close by. But before that, he needed to do another thing, which was to explore the Divine Lake.

He had promised Qilin that he would help it capture the good luck from the lake before going through a sage catastrophe. It was almost impossible to exceed the sages. The peak of the Void Returning Realm was the best option. Even if there were only half a step left for reaching the sage level, one would never be actively competing with the rule of sages.

Wang Bugui got up and exerted the Hell Step to arrive at the Ancient Forest within just several flashes. He located Qilin who was still soundly asleep, slapped its back and said, ”Little Qilin, I'm here now. Take me to the Divine Lake, and I will help you seize the good luck!”

”Hey, you scared me! You are hardworking. Not hanging out with me in a while, you directly went into cultivation.” Qilin shivered a little after being slapped by him and kicked his shin with its hoof in return.

”I just can't wait to understand my achievements. See, I feel that my breakthrough is coming soon, so I'm here to do what I should do. Don't you want the good luck now?” Wang Bugui laughed and said, folding his arms.

”Of course, I want it! Let's go now. Go, go!” Qilin howled and rushed forward to guide the way. Wang Bugui grinned and followed behind it.

Moments later, they came to the center of the Divine Lake and jumped inside it. Wang Bugui spread Innate Prana Power to shield his body from the water. Then they went all the way to the bottom, where there was a stone cavern, on the side of which a stele was set up, with the letters ”Entombment Lake of Dragon” inscribed.

”Entombment Lake of Dragon? Why is this stele at the bottom of the lake?” Wang Bugui said while frowning.

”That's because this stele is not only used to open the stone cavern, but it also has to quell the power beams inside, to prevent them from leaking out,” Qilin said. Then it came to the front of the stone stele and recited ancient talismanic words, whereupon all kinds of incantations appeared on the stele. Later the brilliance was glistening splendidly with a light door appearing in the cavern. They stepped inside together.

After entering, they found that it was a cave dwelling inside; its private area was emitting a sort of terrifying aura. Qilin accompanied him past the outside region. There were some scattered golden flakes on every other part of the district, as well as some scroll fragments full of abstruse ancient writing on the way.

According to Qilin, it was at the time when it was wandering around the outside area that it found the Universal Buddha Manifestation technique. The scroll recorded that the Universal Buddha Manifestation technique was initially left by a divine monkey. But there was no clue why it had appeared in that place. When nearing the center, Qilin dared not to go further, as there was an altar in front where the Dragon and Phoenix Knack was laid.

”I'm going in then. I'll be back with good luck!” Wang Bugui said and gave it a smile, then stepped forward.

”Be careful, man! It's dangerous everywhere!” Qilin shouted to warn him.

With his back to it, Wang Bugui threw a fist to show his confidence. Then he just gradually disappeared from its sight. In that cave, a beam was spread for suppressing. Even for him, who was in the Void Returning Realm, it was only possible to go slowly by walking. The deeper he went in, the slower he walked.

”Is this the beam of power that was left by someone with real strength? It's really terrifying!”

Wang Bugui couldn't help sighing, but he continued to go deeper while clenching his teeth. Then he saw an altar hundreds of meters away in front. Upon it, an ancient scroll was placed, which should be the Dragon and Phoenix Knack. He circulated his mystical skill, prana power, and his blood to fight against the pressure of this beam of energy with all his might while stepping toward the altar at the same time.

However, when he was closer, he found that there was a considerable dragon corpse behind the altar. It was quietly hovering with no aura of life at all. Although it was dead, it still had its stateliness. That was the reason for the massive pressure in the area.

”How did this happen? A dragon was actually buried here! Why did it end up here?” Wang Bugui was really shocked. He would have never believed that a dragon would be buried at the bottom. But the sight before him was a hard fact, proving the origin of the lake.