Chapter 500: Chapter 500: Getting Involved in the Mire

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Unlike human beings and ordinary evil beasts, the Primordial Fierce Beasts are powerful living creatures that were born with much more talent than human beings. In primitive times, some Primordial Fierce Beasts that had evolved to the perfection were even on par with Innate Deities and Primordial Demons.

There were fewer varieties of Primordial Fierce Beasts in primitive times, but each variety had produced many famous and mighty living creatures. Not to mention others, at least at the beginning of their lives, the human being, who appeared much later, could not be compared to them.

Exactly because of this high starting point were there essential differences in practice between the Primordial Fierce Beasts’ ones and humans’ ones.

While practicing, humans focused on balancing the inner and outside cycle. No matter if it was the Internal Qi, Real Essence, or Dharma power; all of them required a strong physical body. Whether the pneuma was strong or weak depended on its quantity and quality. Opening more acupoints was a solution to the problem of quantity, and practicing powerful cultivation methods could solve the problem of quality. However, whether it was quantity or quality, the most fundamental factor was physical strength. You could open thousands of acupoints and practice a top-notch cultivation method like the 3,000 Great Ways. But in the end, if the body was not strong enough, you would also end up exploding yourself.

Thus, the humans’ practice was divided into Three Big Realms and Three Small Realms. Only those who had finished these three realms could truly detach themselves from worldly affairs.

However, for the Primordial Fierce Beasts, their bodies would never be the bottlenecks of their practice. Even the weakest one possessed at birth a physical strength no weaker than that of an ordinary Genuine Immortal. As for the Demonic Ape Zhuyan, who was born to fight using its physique, was a Fierce Beast whose body was extremely tough, and, at birth, its physical strength had far surpassed that of an ordinary Venerable. As time went by, it gradually became more powerful and began to practice its demonic spirit—the Mysterious Divine Light. Regarding all this, it no longer needed to consider the physical problem.

Humans may have to practice for hundreds or even thousands of years to reach the realm that Primordial Fierce Beasts could achieve at birth. Furthermore, the long life that human beings could only get after a long time of practice was just a piece of cake for them. And maybe the time they spent sleeping was equal to the lifetime of a Genuine Immortal at the Venerable Realm.

The tough body, horrifying strength, and long lifespan made Primordial Fierce Beasts the dominators of the entire primitive times, lasting over hundreds of millions of years till the rise of human beings.

The reasons for the humans’ rise and the end of the Primordial Fierce Beasts’ era were unable to be investigated. After the primitive times, Primordial Fierce Beasts had almost disappeared and scarcely showed up. It was just like the Innate Deities and the Primordial Demons who had dominated over heaven and earth in the Primordial Origin. Even if some of their traces could still be found, they would be blurred after all. To be honest, after the humans’ rise in antiquity times, no one had obtained two Real Bodies of Primordial Fierce Beasts in one fell swoop like what Zhou Bao had done.

Therefore, in this aspect alone, Zhou Bao had created a miracle.

Of course, that was still by far not enough. Zhou Bao had gained all his knowledge about Primordial Fierce Beasts almost entirely from the Bloodline Inheritance.

The knowledge one had received through the Bloodline Inheritance may seem quite real, but it had limitations as well. Because if you were not strong enough, all you could inherit was just a small part of the memories. When your strength had reached a point where you could meet the demands of your bloodline, only then would you be able to obtain a complete inheritance. However, Zhou Bao was just like an infant now, so how could he be able to obtain so much inheritance?

He had just received three basic Dantian refinement methods from his bloodline with the Mysterious Divine Light being the most basic cultivation method. Besides that, he knew that every Primordial Fierce Beast had a Natal Demonic Spirit with a special function and a unique name. For example, Zhuyan’s Natal Demonic Spirit was called Mysterious Divine Light, and the Primitive Dragon Chimera’s Natal Demonic Fire was called Mysterious Black Fire. Once practiced to perfection, they would be endlessly powerful.

In the Azure Secret Area!

The Essential Qi Tide that had surged for more than half a year had finally disappeared and everything was calm again. But at the same time, everything had changed.

Although nothing special could be noticed on the surface, all Grand Demons and masters of the Real Bodies in the Azure Secret Area knew that everything had changed.

In just these few months, hundreds of evil beasts had passed through the Thunder Tribulation and become Demonic Immortals at the Level of True Immortality. However, they did not look joyful, because they clearly knew that this world was different now.

As the Jade Plate of Fate appeared, the Azure Secret Area was no longer a micro world as it was in the past. Now, all the Principles of Great Ways had become complete. Strictly speaking, the Azure Secret Area was already a macro world, which shared the same nature with the world Zhou Bao was born in. It was just that it had not finished evolving yet.

Similarly, their fate was no longer in their own hands, but in the hands of a strange creature who was called a human being by a bunch of the most senior Demonic Immortals in this world.

This human being’s cave was located at the depths of the Azure Secret Area. It was a place called Sea of Divine Power. In the Azure Secret Area, except for several mighty Demonic Immortals, no one knew where the Sea of Divine Power was at and when this human being appeared.

The Sea of Divine Power did not completely belong to the Azure Secret Area. It was a space formed by the essence of this world after the grey space that Zhou Bao had captured and this world fused together. Outside of this space were countless spatial faults, rifts, and spaces, which were used to separate it from this world. Without Zhou Bao’s permission, no one was able to enter it. The spiritual qi and pneuma there were more than tenfold denser than those in the Azure Secret Area.

The Sea of Divine Power was a boundless, blue sea with immense spiritual qi. It resembled a micro world that was entirely covered by a blue ocean. In the center of it was a huge mountain, which stretched out from the bottom of the sea and penetrated the sky. At the top of the mountain was Zhou Bao’s Dharma Laksana of Zhuyan, which was 1,000 feet tall. And it was inhaling and exhaling the pneuma.

Zhou Bao exhaled an immense amount of pneuma. Every time he inhaled, he absorbed all the spiritual qi within a radius of a thousand miles and let a vacuum zone take shape. Soon after, the spiritual qi a thousand miles away would replenish the zone again before he took another inhalation. His exhalation’s breath would form huge, green-black clouds over his head, completely covering the sky within a radius of a thousand miles.

Zhou Bao finally opened his eyes and exhaled slowly, not knowing how long he had been practicing. His 1,000 feet tall body suddenly shrunk to the size it was before.

“No wonder the Primordial Fierce Beasts had disappeared long ago. The spiritual qi of my world simply could not meet their needs for survival. The essence of the world in the Sea of Divine Power is tenfold denser than that in the Azure Secret Area. But it’s just enough to meet my basic requirements of practice. I’ve opened three Dantians and stored some Mysterious Divine Light in them. If I were in my world, I couldn’t have done this even if I had practiced for a hundred years!” Zhou Bao sighed in his heart.

He now had this macro world’s Jade Plate of Fate in his possession. But he did not have the courage to use it, because he knew that once he started using this weird thing, he would no longer be who he was.

However, it did not prevent him from having the highest position in this macro world. He was just familiar with a few Demonic Immortals in the Azure Secret Area, and the most familiar one was the whale that Green Spirit had introduced to him long ago. Led by the whale, the Demonic Immortals revered and feared him a lot after they had witnessed the battle between him and Yu Taicang. It should be noted that Zhou Bao had displayed the Real Body of Zhuyan when he killed Yu Taicang. As a Primordial Fierce Beast, Zhuyan was an inborn deterrent to these Demonic Immortals. Additionally, Zhou Bao had launched the Jade Plate of Fate afterward to evolve the world and complete the Dharma of this micro world to make it a macro world. All these things, which other people do not speak of, were seen by that whale.

So naturally, the whale feared Zhou Bao a lot. And, at the same time, he understood that he could not fight Zhou Bao in the Azure Secret Area because he had no opportunity at all.

Zhou Bao kept his promise to those Demonic Immortals as well. He sealed a little bit of their Genuine Spirit that was placed on the Jade Plate of Fate and swore that he would never threaten them with it.

Given Zhou Bao’s status in Azure Heaven, such a vow could certainly be recognized by those Demonic Immortals. Otherwise, once his mental barrier came into existence, his strength could not go further anymore.

“Your Excellency, over the past few days, some Demonic Immortals have once again survived the Thunder Tribulation! And I guess that their Genuine Spirit is on the Jade Plate of Fate. How about…!”

The person who was talking was that whale. He had shapeshifted himself into a blue-robed man and was more polite to Zhou Bao than before. Now, he was looking at Zhou Bao with a smile.

However, Zhou Bao didn’t dare to take his politeness seriously. The whale’s strength was unmeasurable, so, the reason he was polite to him was mainly due to his control over the Jade Plate of Fate. And there was also the mighty power that he had executed when he killed Yu Taicang.

“Look, don’t call me Your Excellency. Just call me Zhou Bao, please.” Zhou Bao smiled and added, “Why? Do you also know those guys?”

“Not all of them, but some. I have quite a good relationship with them, so I think…!”

“I’ll seal all of their Genuine Spirits!” Zhou Bao wore a smile and continued, “It’s no big deal. I just want to find some resources in the Azure Secret Area and practice some cultivation methods that I can’t practice in my world. Everything that happened later is just a coincidence. I have neither the ambition nor the ability to control a macro world, but there’s no other choice. I’m bound by the damn Jade Plate of Fate, and thus, I cannot help doing something. Furthermore, you know that I don’t belong to this world, so I can’t stay here forever. No matter now or in the future, you can just make a list of your friends who successfully pass through the Thunder Tribulation and just hand it to me directly when I enter this world! What do you think?”

“Then thank you so much!”

The Whale was shocked after he heard Zhou Bao’s words. He stared at Zhou Bao, not knowing why Zhou Bao would do him such a favor and show him so much respect.

“For now I have another matter that needs your help!”

“What matter?”

“Recently, I’ve sensed that there is something not quite right with the Azure Secret Area, and it seems that someone would like to play some little tricks!” Zhou Bao stopped for a while and glanced at the man, saying, “I don’t think it’s necessary. What do you think?”

“Yes, it’s unnecessary!” The blue-robed man was startled and then nodded his head in agreement as he laughed.

“All right!” Zhou Bao patted him on the shoulder. Then, his body flashed past and vanished into thin air.

The blue-robed man stood there for a long time as if he was thinking about something. After a good while, he sighed and left the Sea of Divine Power.

“Hey, have you noticed anything special?”

Although Zhou Bao had left the Sea of Divine Power, he did not leave the Azure Secret Area, instead, he arrived at the entrance of it. As the Azure Secret Area evolved into a macro world, the entrance was no longer useful. Green Spirit had waited for Zhou Bao for quite a long time right at that entrance.

“There’s indeed something strange about the Azure Secret Area that they don’t want me to know. However, I have the Jade Plate of Fate in possession, therefore, they cannot hide the things they want to do from me completely!” Zhou Bao laughed coldly and added, “But I don’t want to get involved either!”

“It relates to the secrets of antiquity times after all. Don’t tell me that you don’t want to know?”

“I wish so. The most powerful Demonic Immortals in the Azure Secret Area are the right hands of the Emperor of the Azure Heaven. And, it is the Emperor of the Azure Heaven who had turned Azure Heaven into the Azure Secret Area. How scheming he was! Some important and big events are involved in it. Damn it, the Azure Secret Area inexplicably has become mine now, and I’m wondering which Ancient Mighty Expert is pissed off by me. I can’t wait to hide now!”

“Well, it’s nothing major. Even if there’s a conspiracy, I don’t believe that the 99 Emperors of antiquity times are still alive after so many years!”

“Then how did you manage to stay alive?”

“To be precise, it’s not that case. I was repressed by others and my body had long perished. I survived because some of my Genuine Spirit had fused into a Pure Yang Celestial Device. However, they are different. Given their pride, they would rather die than live as long as I did!”

“That’s not necessarily true. After all, a living dog is better than a dead lion!” Zhou Bao smiled. He thought of the Emperor of Netherworld that he had met within the Sea Area and what he had told him. So he asked, “Right, have you ever heard of the Fate Creation Boy?”

“The Fate Creation Boy?”

Upon hearing this name, Green Spirit’s face darkened greatly. He looked very strange and asked, “How do you know this name?”

“You know of him as well?”

“The Fate Creation Boy is a mysterious and low-profile person. I had heard of his name by chance in antiquity times but don’t know much about him. I just know that he has an even higher status compared to the 99 Emperors. Although I’m a Grand Demon, you know that I was not at the top layer in antiquity times, so there are some things I don’t know!”

“In that case, the Fate Creation Boy must have had a highly respected status in antiquity times, didn’t he?”

“I don’t know!” Green Spirit shook his head and looked quite helpless. He looked at Zhou Bao strangely and asked, “You haven’t cooperated with him, have you?”

“Of course not!” Zhou Bao shrugged and added, “I just heard of his name by accident and that’s why I asked you about it!”

“Yeah, all right. Haha, haha!”

The two laughed, but neither of them knew what each other really thought.

“Right, have you found the thing you are looking for?”

“Yes, of course. I must admit that there are plenty of resources in your Azure Big World. It didn’t pale even in comparison with antiquity times!”

“If you feel satisfied with it, come in at any time!” Zhou Bao replied.

“Then thank you!” Green Spirit was overjoyed. Later, Zhou Bao executed Infinite Realms Teleportation to send both of them to their world.

“Eh?”

When the two appeared at the peak of Jilei Mountain at the same time, Zhou Bao exclaimed as if he had discovered something unusual.

“What’s the matter?”

“Oh, nothing. It’s just that I had a little discovery when I was executing Infinite Realms Teleportation just now!”

“A little discovery? Haha, the Three Realms Division and Infinite Realms Teleportation are the most excellent and basic kind of Divine Senses among the Great Way of Heavens and Realms. Well, have you learned the Great Way of Heavens and Realms from them?”

“I’ll tell you first if such an excellent thing should happen!” Zhou Bao shook his head.

“I see you are not in the mood to tell me about it, so I won’t bother you anymore!” Green Spirit smiled as he noticed that Zhou Bao seemed to be lost in thought. He bid farewell to Zhou Bao, shapeshifted into a cloud of golden light, and left Jilei Mountain.

“I have a visitor who seems to be a big shot. It seems that my plan really worked!”

Zhou Bao stayed in the Azure Secret Area for 10 days and again refined the three acupoints that he had already refined once according to the information he had obtained from Zhuyan’s memory. As he got more familiar with these three acupoints, the detection zone of his spiritual mind expanded once again. At the peak of Jilei Mountain, he could easily detect the spirits of strangers in his Lord Mansion with it. He could even smell the spirits through his nose.

“Damn. I’ve really become a beast and even have a better nose than a dog!” Zhou Bao mocked himself and swore. His body shook and then appeared in the Lord Mansion.

“Your Excellency, it’s so nice that you’re back!”

Right at that moment, Renzhen Cuo was giving others an order in the Lord Mansion’s Outer Yard. He was startled upon seeing Zhou Bao. But shortly after, there was a joyful smile on his face.

“Is there a guest coming to visit me?”

“Yes, Your Excellency. His Highness the Prince has come!”

“The prince?” Zhou Bao nodded, asked Renzhen Cuo to leave with a motion of his head, and walked into the Inner Yard directly.

“Haha, Zhou Bao, you finally come back!”

As soon as Zhou Bao entered the Inner Yard, he heard the prince’s hearty laughter. For those who did not know their relationship, they may think the two had been good friends for years.

“So it is the Crown Prince who came. I hope you can forgive my sin for not welcoming you in person earlier!” Zhou Bao saluted the prince. Although he said these words, both his manner and his tone of voice showed no signs to ask for forgiveness.

The prince did not care about it, instead, he greeted Zhou Bao with a big smile and said, “It’s my visiting you so abruptly that is rude!”

“Your Highness, what are you doing here?”

Zhou Bao asked him as they two sat down in the room.

“Nothing special. But there is one thing where I want to ask for your help.”

“What thing?”

“Well, there’s a town in the south called Zhuzhao City and something has happened there recently. I heard that the prescriptions of the Bone-Forging Pill and Pulse-Setting Pill have appeared, and I wonder whether it’s true or not!”

“The Bone-Forging Pill and Pulse-Setting Pill?” Zhou Bao looked quite surprised and added, “That’s no small matter, Your Highness. Are you sure?”

“It’s just a rumor. You know that the south has always been controlled by the Sect of Flame, and the influence of the imperial court there is quite weak. In many places, the decree cannot go out of the Yamen. But I think this news is to 80 percent reliable!” The prince glanced meaningfully at Zhou Bao and continued, “I know that these two prescriptions are of no use to you because your cultivation is already beyond my imagination. But I guess your subordinates need them.”

“Right. If the prescriptions are genuine, I’ll manage to get it unquestionably!” Zhou Bao’s eyes flashed and he added, “Your Highness, you seem to know my weakness very well!”

“No, no. This can’t be considered a weakness. Where are you weak? It’s just that your subordinates have some weaknesses!”

“Your Highness, you came here just to tell me about this matter?”

“I need the prescriptions as well, and that’s why I came here. But I know if you go for the prescriptions, no one can win over you. However, if you want to obtain them, you need to know the specific situation!”

“You mean…”

“I’ll offer you the information of the prescriptions and set the target for you. After it’s done, let me take a copy of them. What do you think?”

“No problem! Now tell me where the prescriptions are, and I can obtain them tomorrow!”

“Okay, that’s great!” The prince was delighted. He added, “Currently, the prescriptions are in the hands of ‘Lone Walker’ Pei Qitian, a famous thief in the south. His cultivation has already reached the peak of Level Six and is about to step into Level Seven—the Expert Realm. And now he has the prescriptions in his possession, and obviously, it’s a great opportunity for us, so…!”

“The Lone Walker? It sounds like his Lightness Skill is quite good!”

“He’s famous for the Lightness Skill, and it’s also his last resort. With his excellent Lightness Skill, he has survived other’s pursuit for many times. Besides, he’s adept at the Hiding Skill!”

“That’s not a problem. I just need to know where he’s at!”

“He’s still on the way to escape. But I guess his final destination should be Qingzhou State because it’s the largest trading spot of the Jin. Yun Meng Mountain of Qingzhou State is the largest producer of medicinal herbs in the Jin. You just have to find a Yamen when you arrive there, and they’ll tell you where Pei Qitian is at!”

“A Yamen?”

“Yes, a Yamen!” The prince smiled and added, “Why? Is there anything wrong with that?”

“No, nothing. The prescriptions will be yours tomorrow morning!”

“No, it’s not mine. It’s ours!” The prince wore a formulaic smile and rectified Zhou Bao’s words.

Zhou Bao wore a self-deprecating smile and nodded his head, not saying anything.