Chapter 14: The Lightning-Struck Wood 'Didn't Die Unjustly', Things Have Changed, But People Remain
Taking a few breaths to recover from his shock, Qingfeng spoke.
"The Five Elements Formation lineage you mentioned, I think I heard Master mention it before."
"This was a Sect's signature skill two hundred years ago, but it was later phased out."
"Since that's the case, what's recorded in the Scripture Depository should also be the basics and some introduction to the Five Elements Formation."
"You mean you can break Master's grand Formation with just these?"
"Of course not," Chen Changsheng shook his head and said, "As I just said, Master inherited his lineage from Shangqing Temple and is not skilled in Formations."
"In such a situation, it's highly probable that Master cannot create Formations himself."
"Therefore, all of Master's Formation skills originate from the Scripture Depository of Shangqing Temple."
"In the second year after I joined, Master showed me that piece of lightning-struck wood."
"To decipher the core Formation left by Master, I spent a year reading all the Formation books in the Scripture Depository."
"After some comparison, I discovered the Formation Master had set up."
"It was a blend of the Nine Palaces Bagua Formation and the Big Dipper Formation, with some modifications added by Master himself."
"At that time, I tried many times but was always unable to break through the Formation."
"Just like that, the Formation Master set up blocked me for five whole years."
"Later, I saw the Five Elements Formation classics in the Book Graveyard and also obtained some insights on Formations from that Old Ancestor himself."
"With this, I finally understood how Master blended the Nine Palaces Bagua Formation and the Big Dipper Formation together."
"It borrowed the principles of the Five Elements Formation."
"After knowing how the Formation was laid out, I started trying again and spent a year and a half breaking through."
"Finally, ten days ago, I completed the production of the coffin."
After listening to Chen Changsheng's description, everyone was speechless.
Qingfeng looked at Yuanshen Shangren with a look of pity, as if saying.
"Master, your lightning-struck wood 'died' not unjustly."
Yuanshen Shangren was utterly exasperated by Chen Changsheng's actions.
This fellow actually spent eight years just to turn his lightning-struck wood into a coffin.
He really didn't know whether to praise him for his perseverance or scold him for being foolish.
Eight years is not a short time for Cultivators.
The limit of a Mortal's Lifespan is just over a hundred years, while Foundation Establishment Realm Cultivators have a Lifespan limit of two hundred years.
Golden Core Realm is five hundred years, Nascent Soul Realm's Lifespan is probably around eight hundred years, and only Transformation Old Ancestors can break through a thousand years of Lifespan.
His disciple actually spent eight years on such a small matter.
He really didn't worry about his Lifespan problem at all!
...
Limitless Secret Realm.
Slowly descending from the sky, the entrance to the Limitless Secret Realm was already crowded with many large and small Sects.
"Oh my, oh my!"
"Isn't this Yuanshen Shangren?"
"Fifty years unseen, you've actually broken through to the mid Nascent Soul stage, truly cause for celebration!"
As soon as Chen Changsheng and the others landed, the Sect Leader of Linglong Sect, Zhao Dezhu, came over with a beaming smile to greet them.
However, facing Zhao Dezhu's enthusiasm, Yuanshen Shangren didn't give him a good look.
"Say what you have to say, let your farts out, this poor Daoist doesn't want too much interaction with a vulgar person like you."
Hearing this, Zhao Dezhu said with a pained expression: "Daoist Yuanshen, you are a member of the Dao Sect after all, why is your temper so fiery."
"Although my Realm is a little higher than yours, and my disciple is also a little more powerful than yours."
"But you can't keep getting angry over such a small matter every day!"
"I know you're envious that I took in a good disciple."
"He's already in the late Nascent Soul stage before reaching two hundred years old, such talent has never appeared in the entire Great Qian Dynasty."
"If I really couldn't find one, with our friendship, I would definitely help you find one."
"Bah!"
"Who cares about your broken disciple!"
"This Old Man has a better one, isn't your disciple in the late Nascent Soul stage before two hundred years old?"
"My disciple will reach the late Nascent Soul stage within a hundred years old, just you wait!"
After speaking, Yuanshen Shangren led Chen Changsheng and the others away in a huff.
Seeing this, Zhao Dezhu curled his lips, then walked towards the Seal of the Limitless Secret Realm, humming a tune with his hands behind his back.
...
"No, the more I think about it, the angrier I get!"
"Qingfeng, later you take your Junior Brothers inside, and I'll go have another talk with that bastard Zhao Dezhu."
Not long after they separated, Yuanshen Shangren became increasingly angry the more he thought about it, and then ran back to find Zhao Dezhu again.
Looking at Master's appearance, Qingfeng smiled and didn't pay him any mind.
Zhao Dezhu and Master had a life-and-death friendship; he had been watching their squabbles for a hundred and fifty years.
At this moment, Chen Changsheng, who had been looking around, suddenly spoke.
"Senior Brother, didn't they say Linglong Sect has a Genius called 'Chang Sheng Immortal'?"
"Why haven't I seen her?"
"Chang Sheng Immortal went to the border of the Great Qian Dynasty, and not only Chang Sheng Immortal went, but even Zen Master Yixiu of Tianfo Temple went."
"Yixiu, Zen Master?"
Hearing this name, Chen Changsheng couldn't help but ask a question from the depths of his Soul.
And Qingfeng thought Chen Changsheng hadn't heard of this name, so he immediately explained.
"Zen Master Yixiu is the successor of Tianfo Temple and also the Genius second only to Chang Sheng Immortal in the Great Qian Dynasty."
"He reached the late Golden Core stage when he was just over a hundred years old."
"It is said that he is the most likely person to surpass Chang Sheng Immortal."
Upon learning that the once timid and kind Little Monk had also become a person capable of handling things independently.
Chen Changsheng couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
In the past, Little Monk Yixiu would come to debate Dao with him every few days, but the result was always more losses than wins.
Time is truly the most powerful 'cultivation method' in the world. He just slept for a while, and the former Little Monk became the current Zen Master.
After feeling emotional, Chen Changsheng spoke again.
"Senior Brother, then what are they doing at the border?"
"What else could they be doing? Of course, they are fighting against Night Moon Country."
"Night Moon Country, as a country of the Demon Clan, goes to war with the Great Qian Dynasty every two hundred years. Although the Great Qian Dynasty has won many times, they have never been able to eliminate them."
"Recently, for some unknown reason, Night Moon Country actually initiated the national war early."
"Only one hundred and seventy years have passed since the last major war, thirty years earlier, which is indeed a bit perplexing."
As soon as these words were spoken, the smile on Chen Changsheng's face gradually disappeared.
He had seen records of the war between the Great Qian Dynasty and Night Moon Country in the Book Graveyard.
That was a great war mixed with Cultivators and Mortals, and its tragic extent was beyond words to describe even one or two tenths.
Even Nascent Soul powerhouses were at risk of falling.
Moreover, regarding Night Moon Country's early initiation of the war, Chen Changsheng felt a vague sense of unease.
...