566. Chapter 549: Cultivation Base
Eye of the Moon, Illusions, Sing-Sing Fruit, Matrix, Sense of Happiness, Mortal Fortune... Tang Song tapped his fingers on the desk before him, analyzing the feasibility of Vegapunk's plan.
"Whatever you want to do, go ahead and do it. This is my Personal Jade Pendant; holding it allows you to control the entire Demon Subduing Division!"
"Thank you, His Majesty!"
Vegapunk received the Coiled Dragon Pendant from Tang Song's hand. The dragon pattern on it seemed alive, slowly swimming within the Jade Pendant.
Vegapunk put away the Jade Pendant, bowed to Tang Song in farewell, and stepped out of the room.
*Whoosh*~~ Stepping out of Tang Song's Study, it was already evening. A breeze blew gently, and Vegapunk felt cool all over, though the back of his collar was damp.
"Phew!"
Vegapunk let out a long breath.
After receiving Tang Song's support, his heart relaxed. Although he was someone who didn't fear authority and had a cynical nature, he still felt a flutter of panic in front of Tang Song.
This had nothing to do with his state of mind; it was the instinctive reaction of all life when facing existences whose life level far surpassed their own.
How could one's mind not tremble when constantly staying in front of such an existence?
According to his research, the gap between immortals and mortals, even using the gap between an ant and a divine dragon, was not enough to describe their level difference.
One must know that this Heavenly Emperor before him, even if it was a clone, its essence was absolutely astonishing!
Vegapunk even suspected that the life essence of this Heavenly Emperor was even stronger than an entire universe.
"Heaven!" that could suppress this Heavenly Emperor! Just thinking about dissecting and researching it made his body tremble uncontrollably.
Choosing to join the Heavenly Court was undoubtedly the most correct choice Vegapunk had made in over a hundred years.
Previously, between the World Government and the Revolutionary Army, Vegapunk had unhesitatingly chosen the World Government, which he disliked. There was no other reason, simply because the former possessed massive resources that could help him complete various research.
And the World Government, compared to the Heavenly Court, was undoubtedly a firefly compared to a bright moon.
Vegapunk touched the storage bag in his pocket and began to ponder his next plan. To research "Heaven"! He would start with Store Consciousness (Alaya-vijnana). He had already accumulated extremely rich experience in this area.
*Tap tap tap...* Tang Song's fingers lightly tapped the desktop, a smile on his face. His gaze flickered slightly, a massive amount of information flowing in the corner of his eye membrane.
That was the information his main body had sent through the arrival of these Reincarnators after being disconnected from him for two Jiazi.
He glanced slightly at the dim sky outside the window, his complexion calm, but in the depths of his eyes, there was only a deep, Star Sea-like indifference and ruthlessness.
"Heh!"
Tang Song's gaze passed through the window, looking at the Sun. The corner of his mouth curved slightly: "As expected of Dharma Master Xuanzang, suppressing this incarnation of mine for a full two Jiazi. But now, the offense and defense have shifted!"
In the depths of his eyes, the Great Sun slowly emerged, transforming into a giant Reclining Buddha. The Reclining Buddha's eyebrow and eyes slightly lifted, meeting Tang Song's gaze across the distance.
"Namo Candana Guna Buddha! Benefactor! Who wins and who loses is still unknown. Humanity may not necessarily triumph over Heaven!"
A low, indifferent voice sounded in Tang Song's ear.
"Heh heh! Then let's try! If I lose, I merely discard an incarnation. If you lose, you won't even have the opportunity to reincarnate!"
"Since I have made a wager with the Benefactor, this humble monk will naturally not go back on his word. If the Benefactor can escape from this Buddha Kingdom of mine, what harm is there in this humble monk discarding this stinking skin-bag!"
Tang Song slightly closed his eyes, the corner of his mouth moving slightly. On the table before him, an incense burner was lit, and wisps of clear fragrance slowly drifted out.
The clear fragrance entered his nose. This incense was the thought sent by his main body using those Reincarnators as carriers. These thoughts not only contained the main body's insights, but each wisp of thought contained the magic power of over ten Jiazi.
One stick of incense contained the magic power of three Yuanhui!
After Tang Song's clone's mind synchronized with the main body's insights, countless golden lotuses surged in his mind, blooming in his Sea of Consciousness. The infinite profound meaning obtained from the main body's Dao Integration slowly flowed, being absorbed by him.
Starlight shone brightly, and countless anomalies appeared in his Sea of Consciousness. A silver ribbon streaked through his Meridian Void. Upon closer inspection, that silver ribbon resembled a scroll of the Heavenly River! It was a vast, boundless Heavenly River that seemed to contain the space! In that massive Heavenly River, every leaping water droplet was a colossal, unparalleled planet!
The Tianhe True Method, known as the most magnificent in magic power in the Jambudvīpa World, was certainly not an exaggeration. Transforming the Zhou Tian Constellation into a scroll of the Heavenly River was the true meaning of this technique.
Light shone brightly in Tang Song's Sea of Consciousness. A clear Dao Heart became increasingly condensed, finally free of any other impurities amidst the scattered points of light.
In a trance, his divine sense grew stronger, flowing like mercury.
As his divine sense grew, his physique also slowly strengthened. The magic power condensed by the Tianhe True Method surged like a torrent, flowing through the minute areas of his entire body, like the acupoints on a star map. Each acupoint slowly but firmly opened.
Early Golden Immortal Stage, Middle Stage, Late Stage, Complete... In Tang Song's robe sleeve, a bloodlight surged. With each surge, a bloodline shot out, easily slicing the golden body of the Buddha, the arms holding the ornate necklace, canopy, flower pot, and Yuchang Sword into powder, turning into streaking light-colored golden liquid that scattered in all directions.
The bloodlight moved, sucking all the golden liquid into his inside the body.
After separating from Duan Xiaoxiao, Chen Xuanzang walked alone in the fortified city on this cloud boat. With its rows of architecture and Black Armored Soldiers coming and going, the city felt more like a massive barracks.
Chen Xuanzang, with his messy hair and patched robe, walked on the urban area main road wide enough for four horse-drawn carriages abreast, but didn't attract much attention.
This was because the streets were filled with Exorcists wearing strange attire, not to mention Reincarnators whose height and appearance were different from ordinary people.
*Bang bang bang!* Heavy footsteps sounded beside him. Chen Xuanzang instinctively turned sideways. A six or seven-meter tall Transformer walked straight past him.
Its heavy iron boots stepped on the white jade-like stone slab, making dull thudding sounds.
The Transformer seemed to notice Chen Xuanzang's gaze and also turned its head to look.
Chen Xuanzang's gaze met its deep blue light eyes. The Iron Man nodded politely at him and strode past him.
After the Transformer walked past him, Chen Xuanzang looked back at its back and was startled to find that the Iron Man's arm was dragging a blue spotted giant python as thick as his waist.
The blue spotted giant python was enormous. Even though the Iron Man had wrapped it around its arm, there were still over ten meters of the python's body dragging behind it.
Out of curiosity, Chen Xuanzang, as if possessed, followed behind this Iron Man. Unknowingly, he followed behind this Iron Man for six or seven li, arriving at a certain place.
On a screen wall dozens of meters wide and over ten zhang tall, streaking light flickered, displaying countless golden light characters.
"Northwest Howling Moon Wolf King, Crime: Repeatedly caused wolf disasters in the Northwest of the Great Tang Dynasty, harming people, livestock, and horses, with increasing severity! Judgment: Execute! Reward: For eliminating it, reward 10,000 Military Merit, 5,000 Contribution Points, 200,000 Reward Silver! Bestow an Upper Grade Daoist text!"
"Canal Ghost Realm, a ghost realm formed by the unresolved resentment of millions of hard laborers who died in the Late Sui Dynasty Daye Era Grand Canal. Disperse its ghost realm and resolve its resentment. Reward: 20,000 Military Merit, 5,000 Contribution Points, 300,000 Reward Silver! Bestow a Sacrificial Offering Daoist text!"
"Lancang River Wicked Jiao-dragon, Crime: In Daye 611, caused a flood dragon passage that flooded hundreds of thousands of mu of fertile land and escaped into the East Sea. Judgment: Execute! Reward: For eliminating it, reward 10,000 Military Merit, 5,000 Contribution Points, 200,000 Reward Silver! For anyone with information about this demon, reward 500 Military Merit, 300 Contribution Points, 2,000 Reward Silver!"
"Mountain God of Falling Flower Cave in Qilidong, Southern Border, Crime: Used human sacrifice to bewitch / delude the Qilidong Miao Stockade into rebelling against the Great Tang Dynasty. Judgment: Execute! Reward: For eliminating it, reward 2,000 Military Merit, 2,000 Contribution Points, 20,000 Reward Silver!"
The streaking light-filled characters on the screen wall were none other than a monster/demon wanted list spread throughout the Great Tang Dynasty.
Although Chen Xuanzang called himself an Exorcist, his exorcism philosophy followed that of his Convenient Master, attempting to awaken the so-called truth, goodness, and beauty in the hearts of demons and monsters.
He had never been to the various branch of the Demon Subduing Division and had never seen such a magnificent scene.
Below the screen wall, a row of long tables were set up. Behind the long tables, over a hundred blue-robed scribes were busy. After the forensic examiners verified the corpses of demons and monsters brought by the Exorcists, they would calculate the Exorcists' bounty.
The Transformer, dragging the giant python corpse about a meter thick, walked up and threw the giant python onto the ground.
An experienced forensic examiner held a white jade awl and inspected the giant python's corpse. Seeing the red light emitted by the awl, he called out behind him:
"Five hundred years of Dao cultivation, blue base with black markings, confirmed as the Blue Spotted Lady of Big Green Mountain, devoured countless people and livestock! Inspection complete!"
A scribe skillfully flipped through the bounty booklet in his hand, picked up a vermillion brush, and checked it off. "The Blue Spotted Snake Demon of Big Green Mountain has been eliminated. This brave warrior, do you wish to exchange for Military Merit, Contribution Points, or Reward Silver!?"
The middle-aged scribe looked at the massive body of steel of the Transformer before him. Even though he had seen it several times, he still felt shocked. This kind of body of steel, on the battlefield, would probably be invincible!
"Contribution Points!" The Transformer's low voice sounded.
"Damn it, is this really an Exorcist, not a demon monster!"
A Big man carrying a nine-ringed blade and holding a yellow weasel spirit in his hand looked up at the tall figure of the Transformer and couldn't help but swallow.
"Don't talk nonsense. These Exorcists are from the Outer Realms. The Grand Governor ushered in these exorcism experts from the Outer Realms to quell the demon monster chaos across the land!"
The companion beside the Big man heard his words and quickly nudged him, signaling him to be careful of trouble coming from his mouth.
The Transformer not far away didn't pay attention to the discussions of these Exorcists. After confirming that the Contribution Points had arrived, it walked straight to the side. Its twin pupils flickered with blue light, staring intently at the bounty lists on the screen wall. Soon, it scanned and locked onto one entry.
"Flying Zombie, suspected to be the corpse of General Yuwen Chengdu from the previous dynasty that has become a spirit. Crime: This zombie is suspected to have developed spiritual intelligence, capable of cloud travel and earth escape, and can absorb blood from a distance. Over ten villages' residents have been turned into dried corpses by its blood absorption! Judgment: Execute! Reward: For eliminating it, reward 2,000 Military Merit, 2,000 Contribution Points, 20,000 Reward Silver!"
As a leader-level Decepticon, its spiritual intelligence was no less than any human. Furthermore, under the super-computing state of its inside the body chip, this Decepticon Reincarnator knew exactly what it was good at.
A flying zombie that could absorb blood. Their Cybertronian silicon-based lifeform didn't have blood. As for the zombie being able to cloud travel and earth escape, with its anti-gravity engine loaded, its flying speed could easily reach several Mach.
The Decepticon Reincarnator scanned the characteristics and location of the mission objective it was going to take on, and without any hesitation, turned and left the place.
Chen Xuanzang looked at the back of the Decepticon Reincarnator, unable to recover for a long time.
He looked at the list covered with monster/demon wanted lists, his face full of hesitation, not knowing what he was thinking, when suddenly someone reached out from behind him and heavily patted him on the shoulder.
"Chen Xuanzang, what are you doing?"
"Waaah!"
The person who arrived made no sound with their footsteps, and Chen Xuanzang was lost in his thoughts. Startled by the sudden pat and greeting from behind him, he immediately let out a cry of surprise, trembled all over, quickly pulled out a prayer wheel from his pocket, turned around, and vigorously shook the prayer wheel at the person: "I am a professional Exorcist! Demons and monsters, quickly retreat!"
"..."
Duan Xiaoxiao looked speechlessly at Chen Xuanzang, who was scared pale but still trying to maintain his momentum, unsure of what to say.
Chen Xuanzang waved the prayer wheel around for a while, finally recovering from the shock. Seeing that the person was Duan Xiaoxiao.
Chen Xuanzang immediately let out a long sigh of relief, put away the prayer wheel, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and complained, "Miss Duan, do you know that scaring people can scare them to death? Please, next time you walk, make some noise, okay?"
Duan Xiaoxiao looked at him helplessly: "Is it my fault!?"
"Are you done with your matters?" Chen Xuanzang looked behind Duan Xiaoxiao: "What did that Grand Governor want with you? Forget it, you don't have to tell me, it's none of my business anyway. If there's nothing else, I'll be leaving!"
"Where do you think you're going? I'm telling you, you're not going anywhere! Obediently come back with me and marry me!" Duan Xiaoxiao looked at him, pretending to be overbearing.
Chen Xuanzang shrank his neck: "Miss, please understand, I am a monk! Your actions are simply force a virtuous person into vice!"
"I don't care, I just like you!" Duan Xiaoxiao glared at Chen Xuanzang.
Chen Xuanzang said with a bitter face: "Miss, what is it about me that you like? I can change, okay!"
Watching drama is everyone's nature, and even Exorcists were no exception. The quarrel between the two quickly attracted a large wave of Exorcists who had come to exchange bounty.
A woman chasing a man, and the man being a monk, this scene immediately attracted a large number of Exorcists to watch.
"Hey, kid, are you going to do it or not? Such a beautiful girl is chasing you. If you don't want her, Yours Truly agrees!"
"Wang Laowu, look at your appearance. How could that girl fancy you!"
"What's wrong with my appearance? It's better than your short, ancient tree bark look!"
"You look good? Are the pockmarks on your face from being fried in a wok?!"
At the Demon Subduing Division Headquarters, naturally no Exorcist dared to fight, but they were all people who had walked the Jianghu, and their kung fu with their mouths was naturally not weak. Soon, the flames of war spread, and they all started a Brawl.
Seeing that the crowd's quarrel was getting more and more intense, the culprit, Duan Xiaoxiao, quickly pulled Chen Xuanzang away from this Troubled Place.
(end of chapter)