Chapter 1590 - Hundred Flower Fairy, Ji Fanxin
God Emperor
Both the feebleness and the injuries made it difficult for Shang Feng to kill Zhang Ruochen.
Seeing the black skull dashing toward him, Shang Feng was shocked.
He was nowhere near strong enough to ward off an evil demon like that.
Run.
He had to run.
No matter how upset he was, he had to run now.
Whoosh!
A cluster of demonic Qi gushed out of Shang Fengâs body, turning into thousands of blood-red demonic butterflies, flying in the dark.
The black skull crashed into the group of butterflies, extended a black bony hand, and grabbed the largest demonic butterfly and tore a wing down.
The blood-red demonic butterfly yelled in agony, knowing he couldnât make it safe today, and shouted, âIâll bring you down with me, Zhang Ruochen...â
Just before the blood-red demonic butterfly was about to blow up his saint source, that black skull roared with excitement and pierced through his skull, digging his saint source out.
Shang Fengâs saint soul wasnât dismantled, and the butterfly tried to fly out of the saint source and run away.
However, that blood-red butterfly was caught by the exhilarated black skull right after it flew out. The skull swallowed the butterfly, and the green ghost fire refined Shang Fengâs saint soul.
Zhang Ruochen had never expected something like this to happen. He rushed forward to see what the black skull was doing. âItâs refining Shang Fengâs saint soul...â
âThe skull is sealing the fragmented soul of a supreme saint, which has turned into an evil spirit. That evil spirit is swallowing Shang Fengâs saint soul to make itself stronger.â With Buddha sarira, Zhang Ruochen was confident enough to control that evil spirit.
After hesitating for a while, Zhang Ruochen didnât stop it, as he wanted to see what was happening next.
Shang Fengâs saint soul was struggling to get out, yet another stronger soul power was suppressing him.
After fifteen minutes, the black skull managed to refine and absorb Shang Fengâs saint soul completely, and its evil sha Qi got stronger. It glared at Zhang Ruochen with its ghostly eyes as if it wanted to challenge him.
âIts forces have surged. Seems like it can rival a fifth-step saint king, but Iâm your master, and youâre nowhere near enough to fight me yet.â Zhang Ruochen controlled the Buddha sarira with his hands.
Suddenly, the sarira on the black skullâs forehead gleamed with golden light, covering it completely and purifying its evil sha Qi.
Howl!
The black skull yelled, trying to fight back.
Zhang Ruochen snorted, flipping his hand. Suddenly, the sarira became extremely heavy, suppressing the black skull to kneel on the ground.
Zhang Ruochen didnât retract his mind power until he purified most of the evil sha Qi of the black skull, and then, the black skull turned back into a white bone saint scepter.
Zhang Ruochen then grabbed Shang Fengâs saint source.
The saint source that was as large as a fist looked transparent, giving out blood-red demonic light like a heavy ruby.
Inside the saint source was a cauldron as large as a thumb.
Seeing the cauldron, Zhang Ruochen looked pleased.
It was a rules saint weapon formed by Shang Feng, which was priceless to half-step saint kings and lower-class saint kings.
Normally, the rules saint weapons would dissipate the second the saint kings died, which meant nobody could gain their rules saint weapons. However, Shang Feng didnât have time to dismantle his rules saint weapon before he died, which benefited Zhang Ruochen.
A rules saint weapon left by a fifth-step saint king was immensely valuable.
Zhang Ruochen put away Shang Fengâs saint source and started to search the body of Shang Feng. He found three valuables, a seed of Truth and Illusion Saint Flower, a pair of blood-red boxing gloves, and a black demonic pot.
That pair of boxing gloves was a Second Yao Ten Thousand Patterns Saint Weapon.
Because of that pair of boxing gloves, Shang Feng managed to ward off the Abyss Ancient Sword with his hands.
However, Zhang Ruochen had the boxing gloves formed by Hundred Saint Blood Armor, so he wasnât even using the boxing gloves from the Fiery God Armor. He then put the gloves into his space ring after refining the saint Qi inside.
The seed of True and Illusion Saint Flower was interesting. After he infused his mind power and saint Qi inside, he could create illusions, and he was able to change the illusions with just one thought.
Even a monk like Zhang Ruochen who had never practiced illusion techniques could become an illusion master after gaining it.
âShang Feng said that the illusion created by the seed of True and Illusion Saint Flower can trick a seventh-step saint king. If so, that seed would be more valuable than the pair of boxing gloves.â
Zhang Ruochen then picked up the magic pot, and after studying it, he found that the magic pot looked like a secret treasure with lots of ancient inscriptions on, including sealing inscriptions, forbidden law inscriptions, and divine fire inscriptions.
âShang Feng released the saint soul of Thousand Universe Demonic Master from this magic pot, but his saint soul is probably not Fairy Extreme Kingâs match. Heâs probably been suppressed already.â
Without the saint soul of Thousand Universe Demonic Master, the magic pot was useless.
The evil spirit in Yi Emperor Bone Scepter was only a fragmented soul of supreme saint âYi Emperor,â so its power was significantly less than Thousand Universe Demonic Master. If the bone scepter sealed the complete saint soul of a supreme saint, Yi Emperor Bone Scepter wouldâve been much stronger.
If so, Zhang Ruochen wouldnât be able to handle Yi Emperor Bone Scepter.
Zhang Ruochen put away Shang Fengâs corpse, leaving it for Carnivorous Holy Flower.
And then, Zhang Ruochen immediately left and headed toward Yin and Yang Palace.
Zhang Ruochen didnât know that someone had been staring at him from the darkness when he killed Shang Feng.
After he left, a woman in white walked out and whispered, âHeâs Zhang Ruochen, Time and Space Descendant. Heâs just a half-step saint king, yet he managed to kill a fifth-step saint king. No wonder he dared rival Golden Roc Prince.â
That woman in white had rushed out of Hundred Flower Palace to kill Shang Feng, but she accidentally figured out Zhang Ruochenâs identity.
Any monk would be interested in the person ranked first on the âSaints Merits Rankâ, including that woman in white.
...
The dawn didnât make Heavenly Capital Saint Market bustle less; instead, there were more monks on the streets.
The statue of the Moon Goddess was erected outside Yin and Yang Palace. She looked ethereal, yet the monks going in and out of Yin and Yang Ocean didnât find that statue holy. Instead, they smiled sneakily.
Especially the couple of sexy ladies standing beside the statue. Their bodies and looks completely ruined the divinity of the godly statue.
Monks who were wearing capes or masks, or were using their saint power to cover their bodies kept walking into Yin and Yang Palace. All of them were careful as they didnât want to be recognized by people they knew.
Zhang Ruochen turned into Shang Feng using Traceless 36 Changes, put on a mask and observed in the dark for a long time. He didnât walk toward Yin and Yang Palace until he realized there were no flaws in his camouflage.
However, a breeze blew him away right when he stepped on the street.
Zhang Ruochen was shocked. He immediately mobilized his saint Qi, trying to get out of the breeze, yet the breeze felt like threads, sometimes soft and sometimes tight. He couldnât get out at all.
After spinning in the air for a while, Zhang Ruochen found himself back in the dark again, standing beside a wall of Yin and Yang Palace.
âWhoâs there?â
Zhang Ruochen immediately triggered Hundred Saint Blood Armor, and blue Divine Fire Jingmie emerged on his palm.
A woman in white wearing a veil was standing with her back toward him. She was engulfed in light rain, and the light spots looked like those from a nebula, covering her entire body.
Even the back was already breathtaking, looking like a beautiful shadow in a picture, looking mysterious and indiscernible.
âJi Fanxin.â
Zhang Ruochen had seen Hundred Flower Fairy, Ji Fanxin, before, so he immediately recognized who she was.
Zhang Ruochen was astounded. How did Ji Fanxin find him?
Zhang Ruochen was very cautious. He not only used Buddha beads to cover his forces, but also changed his face eight times until he looked exactly like Shang Feng. Zhang Ruochen would in no way believe Ji Fanxin bumped into him by accident.
The only explanation was that sheâd been following Zhang Ruochen since he left Hundred Flower Palace, yet he hadnât noticed her at all.
Zhang Ruochen felt cold thinking about that.
It would be very easy for her to kill him.
Zhang Ruochen didnât calm himself down until after a long time. He put away his Hundred Saint Blood Armor and Divine Fire Jingmie, as she couldâve done it a long time ago.
âWhyâre you trying to stop me from going to Yin and Yang Palace?â said Zhang Ruochen.
Ji Fanxin didnât turn around. She said, with her melodious voice, âIâm stopping you from committing suicide.â
âHow so?â Zhang Ruochen asked.
Ji Fanxin said, âYou really thought youâd be completely safe after changing your face and hiding your forces? Did you see that black bronze mirror on the gate of Yin and Yang Palace? Thatâs Yin and Yang Mirror which can tell all the camouflage. No monks can sneak in without being noticed. Your picture has been sent to Yin and Yang Palace, and many horrific powerful beings are waiting for you.â
Zhang Ruochen looked to Yin and Yang Palace, and he indeed saw a black bronze mirror at the top right corner on the gate.
Zhang Ruochen was confident of his Traceless 36 Changes, yet he still hadnât perfected the techniques yet. He wasnât sure whether he could trick Yin and Yang Palace.
Yin and Yang Palace is a horrendous place which has offended many large fields, yet itâs still in Heavenly Capital Saint Market. Itâs indeed way more complicated than I thought. Lucky that Ji Fanxin told me, otherwise...
Zhang Ruochen then realized how horrible his enemies were, and if he wasnât always careful, he would be annihilated.
âWhy did you save me? The grudge between me and Yin and Yang Palace seems to have nothing to do with Thousand Pistil Field, and weâve never met each other before. Why did Hundred Flower Fairy, who has always turned people down, help a human stranger?â asked Zhang Ruochen.
âWho told you it has nothing to do with Thousand Pistil Field?â
Ji Fanxin turned around, and she looked to Zhang Ruochen with her beautiful eyes.
Seeing that pair of beautiful eyes, Zhang Ruochen immediately recalled the women heâd met in Book Garden Cave. He said with surprise, âItâs you.â