Capítulo 663: Chapter 356: Treacherous Waves and Shifting Clouds
Of course, some people know that Qin Ming might have come into contact with this Strange Book in the past, but his ability to comprehend more still hits the prideful hard.
Cui Chonghe, expressionless, took out a very thin booklet, carefully read it, memorized its contents, then threw it to Xiao Wu and turned to once again ponder a page of True Scripture from the Pu Gong side.
Jian Huaidao, Xie Lin, Mu Yunzhou and others were also astonished, that someone could so casually comprehend Scripture and yet gain more than they did!
The descendants of the “Traveler” like Feng Qi Wu, Lu Wei and others were truly stunned, no one understood better than them how extraordinary the bloodline of Earth Immortals and Sevenfold Sun Overlay was, after all, they received the “Gift” from their ancestors.
They felt complicated, was the younger generation from the ancestral land so “terrifying”? Their talents seemed even higher than the descendants of Earth Immortals.
Wu Yaizu handed the booklet over, Qin Ming took it, gave it a glance, and stuffed it into his pocket.
“Latest news, Cui Er failed!”
In Rui City, someone received firsthand information from Spirit Lake, which was quite surprising.
Quickly, the news spread.
“Who is Cui Er?”
“Cui Chonghe!”
“Ah?!”
The people in the outside world were in an uproar, and this matter quickly became a hot topic.
Qin Ming approached the glowing “page of True Scripture,” which was actually forged from Exotic Gold, demonstrating its preciousness.
He noticed that from Pei Shuyan to Zhuo Qingming, and then to Helian ZhaoYu and Wei Cheng, their brows were furrowed tighter and tighter, their thoughts in utter chaos.
Cheng Cheng from Esoteric Buddhism and Zhao Qingcheng each had a Divine Ring swirling around them, plunging into an absolute void of clarity, yet they couldn’t break through the mist of the Scripture Meaning.
Eventually, someone even forcibly operated a mental method to “train hard” at this place, ending up pale-faced, almost vomiting blood.
Helian Yaoqing felt that she was the “true inheritor” of the Helian family, possessing the highest talent among her clan, yet now she was sighing, getting some insights from the familiar Life Changing Scripture, but when it came to comprehending the Pu Gong Country’s page of Scripture, she was in agony.
Cui Chonghe prided himself on having supreme talent and insight surpassing many Immortal Seeds, yet right now he was full of annoyance, with no way to relieve it.
He was deep in thought, his temples throbbing, his entire body surrounded by radiant Immortal Light, pushing himself into the Enlightenment Realm, attempting to comprehend the Scripture Meaning, but sadly, as time passed, he made no progress.
He took out a piece of treasure medicine, consumed it on the spot, clearing his mind even further, seemingly merging with the world, carrying rich Tao Rhythm.
At this moment, his body seemed to be emitting a rain of Flying Immortal Light, appearing extraordinarily sacred, transcendent, as if about to leave the mortal world.
However, disappointing as it was, in the end, the corners of his mouth were streaked with crimson blood, and he was still unable to grasp the essence of this page of Scripture.
“You give it a try,” Helian Yaoqing called to Qin Ming, donned in a rare dress as a daughter today, she looked particularly radiant, possessing peerless beauty.
“Alright!” Qin Ming nodded.
He had just comprehended the Life Changing Scripture with extraordinary performance, naturally drawing everyone’s attention now.
Even Cui Chonghe quickly wiped the blood from his mouth and cast an indifferent glance over.
Qin Ming took the thin but weighty Exotic Gold Scripture into his hands, examining it carefully, finding it indeed dense with information, so much so that those with low cultivation couldn’t even see the text clearly.
The pages were pure white and crystalline, the Exotic Gold material exuded a sense of age, a multitude of dense characters shone brilliantly, like stars dotting the sky.
Qin Ming cautiously resonated with it, then nearly dropped the book.
This was no ancient artifact, having been recreated less than fifty years ago, its aging process skillful, not an original by any means.
However, the Scripture Meaning was correct; there was no forgery.
Pu Gong had held back something, fearing uninspected secrets within the original Scripture, hence didn’t send it over.
Qin Ming was deeply immersed, pondering for a long time, firmly memorizing the Scripture Meaning. He realized that understanding the Life Changing Scripture was necessary to study this page of True Scripture.
Otherwise, even with the talent of a Heavenly Immortal, or being a living Saint of this era, one couldn’t thoroughly train in this Scripture Meaning.
Pu Gong had made some progress, and those who created this paged substance had once muttered to themselves during its manufacture.
In fact, those who made even slight advances were remarkable figures, “hard training” this Scripture with unfathomable cultivation.
“How is it?” Helian Yaoqing asked.
Qin Ming replied solemnly, “It’s difficult, understanding even a few words is quite good.”
Upon hearing this, a ripple appeared in Cui Chonghe’s eyes, having failed to grasp even the slightest part.
Jian Huaidao, Xie Lin, and others were shocked to the core, knowing full well how challenging this page of True Scripture was, hard training without profound Taoist knowledge would yield little.
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By evening, the Fire Spring’s color had faded, and this gathering had reached its end.
Qin Ming didn’t exhibit anything excessively outstanding, yet still left some feeling defeated.
Only Qin Ming knew that it wasn’t that those people were far less insightful than him, but that they had practiced less, the Life Changing Scripture and that page of Exotic Gold required the harmony of Heavenly Light, consciousness, and Divine Wisdom.
Otherwise, to thoroughly train in them would feel extremely challenging, even for the resurgence of Saints.
That day, various messages were released.
In the Cui Family, some couldn’t resist slamming the table, especially Master Cui, Cui Mu, and others, their faces gloomy, their clan’s True Dragon being called Cui Er.
Moreover, this nickname was spreading outside, presumably hard to erase.
“It was that rascal’s follower, named Wu Yaizu, who tainted our True Dragon’s name.” Cui Mu simmered with indignation, striking down, shattering the Thunderstruck Wood-polished tea table.
Cui Chonghe, too, had a fire smoldering within him, yearning to challenge Wu Yaizu, to teach him the meaning of the phrase ‘trouble comes from the mouth.’
Yet, Xiao Wu ignored him.
Moreover, at the last moment, Cui Chonghe sharply sensed that there was a major “problem” within Wu Yaizu that was by no means as simple as it appeared on the surface.
Ultimately, he left with a frosty countenance, marking down scores with both the renegade and “Wu Heizi!”
Amidst the external clamor, as various keywords such as Qin Ming, Cui Er, Earth Immortal descendants, and gathering were fervently discussed, one of the main figures departed gracefully.
Qin Ming once again went into seclusion, in this tumultuous and unpredictable complex situation, he couldn’t discern the truth, leaving him with no option but intense cultivation, to sharpen his skills.
Two months later, with winter past its midpoint, as he emerged from the mountains for a breather, stepping back into populated areas, he was instantly taken aback by the news he heard.
In just over sixty days, the external world had transformed drastically, with an event descending that was significant enough to shake the structure of Ye State and rewrite historical trajectories.