“Disciple Shi Ji, I have important matters to discuss with Master.”
“Come in.”
As soon as Shi Ji stepped into Bi You Palace, the stars shifted and changed, and she was already standing before Tong Tian. The Saint’s methods were truly incredible.
“Disciple did not wish to disturb Master’s cultivation, but this matter concerns the life and death of the Jiao Sect. Shi Ji is forced to seek Master’s guidance. I hope Master can answer my questions.” Shi Ji knelt before Tong Tian.
Hearing this, Tong Tian was taken aback. He thought the Jiao Sect was truly facing a major crisis. He calculated with his fingers and found that the Jiao Sect’s fortune hadn't changed.
“Shi Ji, why do you say such things?”
“Master, you are unaware. A few days ago, I learned from a mysterious and powerful being that the Jiao Sect would almost be destroyed during the Conferred God Tribulation. Therefore, I wanted to ask Master to make a divination.” Shi Ji said.
“The Jiao Sect will be destroyed?”
Tong Tian frowned. He shook his head. “Nonsense! The Conferred God Tribulation is in full swing. The Heavenly Secrets are shrouded in chaos. I myself cannot even calculate anything, how could anyone else have such ability?”
He was somewhat skeptical that someone could foresee the Jiao Sect’s near extinction in the Conferred God Tribulation.
While the Jiao Sect did not possess any treasures that suppressed fortune, it held the supreme killing power of the Zhu Xian Sword Array, which even the Four Saints could not break. To destroy the Jiao Sect, it would require all four Saints to attack simultaneously.
“Master, he is a human named Shi Hao. The strange thing is that he claims to be a mortal, and his actions are also indistinguishable from mortals. He mistook me for his elder sister. However, my cultivation is low, and I cannot investigate his background.”
“In truth, I didn’t intend to report this to Master. However, he again foresaw that I would be the first on the Conferred God list. Indeed, the other day, I was almost killed by Tai Yi Zhen Ren, one of the twelve Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect. This confirmed his prediction. Today, he said the Jiao Sect would be destroyed during the Conferred God Tribulation, which is why I am so worried.”
All these events have made Shi Ji’s heart waver.
“Your worries are known to this Master. Shi Ji, you must strictly control your disciples. During the Conferred God Tribulation, it is best to enter seclusion and avoid going out, lest you attract another killing劫. You need not worry about the Jiao Sect. As long as this Master is here, I will protect the Jiao Sect. Hmph, even if Heaven wants the Jiao Sect to perish, this Master will snatch a chance of survival for the Jiao Sect.” Tong Tian said calmly.
“Understood, Master.”
Shi Ji sighed in her heart. Can seclusion truly avoid the killing劫 of the tribulation?
Unless we are at the mercy of the Chan Sect, as long as they kill enough Jiao Sect disciples to fill the Conferred God list, the killing劫 will end. Perhaps that is a way to preserve the Jiao Sect.
“By the way, Master, I have a treasure, but I don’t know its principles. I would like to ask Master for an explanation.”
When Tong Tian saw the Two-Dimensional Foil, he couldn’t help but show a surprised expression.
Shi Ji asked her doubts, “Master, what rule does it contain? In my understanding, it’s like folding space into a card, causing it to collapse.”
Tong Tian said, “It’s not just a simple space collapse. Do you know why after Pangu opened up the heavens and earth, he used his own body to hold the heavens and earth apart?”
Pangu opened up the Primal Chaos. Who wouldn’t know, especially Shi Ji, one of the first beings born after the opening of Heaven. Naturally, Shi Ji had heard tales of it, “Master, of course it was to prevent the heavens and earth from collapsing back together.”
Tong Tian nodded, “Exactly. This object is like the unstretched heavens and earth of Pangu.”
“No way, it can re-compress the heavens and earth into that state?” Shi Ji was astonished. But her little brother just used it for storage?
“It is restricted, which is why it can be freely controlled. It currently can only affect a few miles. Of course, even if it were unrestrained in its suppression of the heavens and earth, to compress the Primal Chaos back into the state of the heavens and earth merging together would be impossible. A Saint could easily break it, and even a Quasi-Saint could defend against it. Speaking of which, Shi Ji, where did you get this thing?” Tong Tian, being a Saint, had to spend some effort to understand its principles. It was different from the rules of the Primal Chaos.
“Reporting to Master, it came from my little brother, Shi Hao.” Shi Ji hurriedly said.
“It was him?!” Tong Tian couldn’t help but feel curious about the mysterious Shi Hao.
Unfortunately, due to the tribulation, Tong Tian could not calculate any causality about Shi Hao, nor could he investigate his background.
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Since Cai Yun left, Shi Hao returned to his solitary life.
After tinkering with his vegetable garden in the morning, Shi Hao would grab his system-signed fishing gear and go out to fish in the afternoon.
However, he didn’t know if the bait he had prepared was not good enough. He had a complete blank, even the little lobsters that Cai Yun released yesterday were not caught.
He didn’t catch any big fish, nor any small fish or shrimp.
“My elder sisters should not be back yet. Cut it out, what if he sees? It’s pretty normal for anglers to have a blank.”
Thinking this, Shi Hao nervously glanced at the location of his door. But he was surprised to find that his door, which had been closed, was now open.
No way, that guy really came back?
He secretly peeked inside, and the next second, Shi Hao’s face showed anger.
He didn’t see his elder sister, Shi Ji, but there was a big blue ox, over two meters tall and four to five meters long, that was recklessly eating his vegetable garden. Almost all of his seedlings were ruined.
“My vegetables! Stop!”
Shi Hao grabbed a shoulder pole from the side and swung it at the ox, trying to drive it out of the vegetable garden.
But Shi Hao didn’t expect that the ox merely glanced at him with its big eyes, ignoring him and continuing to lower its head and feast.
Shi Hao seemed to see “disdain” in the ox’s eyes, which made him even angrier.
“Damn ox demon, you dare eat the vegetables I worked so hard to grow.”
Shi Hao no longer hesitated and raised the shoulder pole in his hand, slamming it hard on its head.
The ox demon didn’t even bother to respond to Shi Hao’s attack.
“Bang!”
The incredibly heavy blow caused the ox demon to stumble and fall to the ground. Its head was cracked open, and its two huge ox eyes were still filled with fear and disbelief.
“It died?”
Seeing the ox demon fall to the ground after one blow from him, Shi Hao was stunned. How could it be so easy to kill? Could it be a scam?
He tapped the ox demon’s head with the shoulder pole, but it didn’t respond.
Shi Hao breathed a sigh of relief. It was really dead. He was fortunate that its cultivation was low, it probably only had a bit of spiritual intelligence. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been so easy for him to knock it down with a single blow.
Just now, he thought that if he couldn’t defeat it, he would just have to seal it in the Two-Dimensional Foil.
Although he often went out hunting in the wild outside Chen Tang Guan before, he even once hunted a tiger. But this ox demon seemed to be a demon with intelligence, it was different from the prey in the mountains. Shi Hao had no confidence in dealing with it.
“Hehe, since you ate the vegetables I worked so hard to grow, you can only pay the price with your flesh.”
Seeing the ox demon’s fat, Shi Hao’s eyes gradually lit up. He had been frowning at his ruined vegetable garden, but now his face was bright again.
It seemed like he hadn’t had beef hotpot in a long time. Moreover, this was the flesh of an ox demon, the meat must be fantastic.
He took out a bone-cutting knife from the kitchen and began to dissect the ox demon, piece by piece, even the bones and scraps couldn’t be wasted!
As for the golden collar around its neck, Shi Hao thought it must be the ox demon’s treasure.
Shi Hao didn’t recognize what it was, so he decided to ask Shi Ji when she came back.
He had a blank while fishing today, but he hunted an ox demon, which was also something worth bragging about.
Shi Hao worked for two hours, and finally finished dismembering it. In the end, he managed to get several tens of thousands of pounds of beef. If he was by himself, it would have been enough for him to eat for several years.
Except for two ribs, Shi Hao put most of the beef in the ice cellar. He planned to have some grilled steak for dinner tonight!
“Knock, knock! Is anyone home?”
Just then, a gentle knocking sound came from the door.
Shi Hao, feeling a bit guilty, couldn’t help but feel a jolt in his heart. “Damn, the ox I killed just now, was it really not an ox demon? Was it someone else’s pet, and now they’ve come to find it.”
Feeling a little uneasy, Shi Hao shouted, “Coming.”
When he opened the door, a handsome middle-aged man in a blue 八卦袍 appeared before him.
His intelligent eyes seemed to see through all illusions.
He had a smile on his lips that made people feel like they were bathed in spring sunshine.
“Hello, who are you looking for?” Shi Hao looked at the other man with a bit of alertness and didn’t open the door to welcome him in.
“Hehe, young friend, don’t be nervous. I am a cultivator who just moved to this mountain. My Taoist name is Fu Qin Zhen Ren. Seeing someone living in this valley, I wanted to come and pay a visit to my neighbor.” The man said with a smile.
“So you also just moved here, huh? By the way, did you happen to raise any cows?”
“No.”
The man was a bit confused by Shi Hao’s nonsensical question, but he still answered honestly.
“Whew, that’s good. Haha, since you are a neighbor, come in and have a seat.” Shi Hao’s face regained its smile. He finally felt completely at ease.
“I won’t be a bother then.” The man didn’t refuse and smiled as he walked in with Shi Hao.