Chapter 208 - 237: Star True Body! Rainfall’s Transformation! Annihilating the Black Lotus
Once he was done thinking, he slowly rose and disappeared from where he stood.
When he reappeared, he had arrived at a hidden mountain peak.
The mountain peak had few buildings, all of them a mixture of black and white.
The black and white were perfectly balanced.
If one looked with focused attention, the buildings seemed to possess a unique resonance.
After a few flashes of movement, the Sect Master of the Celestial Yang Sect arrived at the very top of the mountain peak.
Here, the landscape was picturesque, and the sky was stained like ink.
A silver waterfall cascaded from the heavens.
Glancing to the side, a nine-story, black-and-white pavilion sat atop the mountain’s peak.
A Dao resonance permeated the air, accompanied by a constant stream of strange phenomena.
And at this moment, quite a few people had already gathered inside the pavilion.
"Brother Chen!"
The Sect Master of the Celestial Yang Sect had just entered the pavilion when a middle-aged man in a gray robe smiled at him.
If Su Bai were here, he would have recognized this person.
It was the very same gray-robed man who had snatched the Mingfeng Saber outside the Imperial City!
After exchanging a few pleasantries, the Sect Master of the Celestial Yang Sect slowly took his seat.
Once everyone had assembled, a young man in a Black Robe, seated in the main position, swept his cold gaze across the crowd. His crimson eyes overflowed with surging Evil Qi.
Then, he spoke in a deep voice.
"Everyone!"
"There is only half a month left until the sacrificial ceremony."
"If you have any thoughts, feel free to speak your minds."
As soon as the Black-Robed youth finished speaking, everyone present frowned, their expressions turning serious and pensive.
...
’That man was at the Ninth Level of the Dragon Mansion Realm. A pretty juicy target. The Experience Points reward should be quite generous.’
After obliterating the Star Robed Elder and the other experts on the Immortal Pirate Ship, Su Bai couldn’t help but think to himself.
Then, he began to spin the prize wheel.
This time, a massive silver wheel materialized before his eyes.
A piercingly crimson pointer spun around before slowly coming to a stop.
In the end, Su Bai obtained over seventy million Experience Points and eight hundred thousand Tier Two Experience Points!
Su Bai, of course, allocated all eight hundred thousand Tier Two Experience Points to the [Fourth Immortal Golden Body Transformation].
His Physique improved once more.
As for the seventy-million-plus Experience Points he had just received, Su Bai gave them some careful thought.
In the end, his gaze fell upon a certain Divine Technique.
[Divine Technique: Rainfall! (Eighth Grade!) Realm: 7th Layer! (7,000,000)]
This was a Divine Technique Su Bai had previously obtained from Ao Gu.
After a moment of thought, Su Bai poured all the Experience Points into this Divine Technique.
RUMBLE—
In an instant, a seemingly endless torrent of enlightenment about the world flooded naturally into Su Bai’s mind.
This enlightenment was like flowing water, gentle and subtle, and Su Bai slowly absorbed it.
A moment later, he opened his eyes.
His understanding and mastery of the [Rainfall] Divine Technique had risen to a whole new level.
It was a night-and-day difference.
Su Bai opened his palm, and with a single thought, he activated the [Rainfall] Divine Technique.
A mysterious force in the world was immediately stirred by Su Bai, and in a flash, it siphoned all the moisture from deep within the clouds.
A single, sky-blue droplet of water condensed in his palm.
The droplet was tiny, but it seemed to contain a roaring, surging river. As ripples spread from it, the Spiritual Qi of the world radiated outward in waves, creating a bizarre phenomenon.
Staring at the crystalline droplet in his hand, Su Bai was suddenly reminded of the Golden Dragon King Ao Jin.
Before, that Golden Dragon King Ao Jin had to divert a tributary from the North Sea and channel it beneath the Imperial City just to use his Divine Technique to summon a monstrous tide.
But now, Su Bai could conjure it with a mere wave of his hand.
The immense difference between them showed just what level of control Su Bai had now achieved over the [Rainfall] Divine Technique.
And this was just a droplet he had casually condensed. If he pushed the technique to its limit, he could probably conjure a sky full of tidal waves.
If he were in a more humid place, Su Bai could conjure even more droplets, and with greater ease.
After a moment of thought, Su Bai checked his information panel.
[Divine Technique: Rainfall! (Ninth Grade!) Realm: 13th Layer! (40,000,000 Experience Points!)]
The grade of the [Rainfall] Divine Technique had now risen to Ninth Grade, and its number of layers had also increased.
The highest Realm for the Ninth-Grade [Rainfall] Divine Technique was the 15th Layer.
Unfortunately, the Divine Technique could only stop at the 13th Layer for now.
Because raising its layer count further would require a lot more Experience Points.
Snapping back to his senses, Su Bai let out a soft chuckle.
’With this Divine Technique alone, if I went to the Dayu Immortal Dynasty, I could probably land a post as a Water Department Celestial Official.’
After the [Rainfall] Divine Technique was upgraded to Ninth Grade, the power befitting a High-Grade Divine Technique gradually began to show itself.
If the previous [Rainfall] Divine Technique could only be used to create some artificial rain in arid places, then now, a single use of it might summon raindrops each containing the volume of a great river—a truly supreme form of heavy water.
If he gathered thousands or tens of thousands of these heavy water droplets, he could literally crush an opponent to death.
Next, Su Bai began to extract the Divine Techniques and Cultivation Technique of the Star Robed Elder.
As the thought crossed his mind, multicolored orbs of light materialized before his eyes.
Among them, the most brilliant silver orb flew into Su Bai’s body.
Immediately after, Su Bai gave the Star Robed Elder’s memories a cursory glance.
The man’s name was Yun Tian. Not only was he one of the leaders of the Immortal Pirate Ship, but he was also an Elder of the Celestial Yang Sect.
Su Bai wasn’t particularly interested in the man’s personal cultivation memories.
However, some of the people he had interacted with caught Su Bai’s attention.
Among them was the Sect Master of the Celestial Yang Sect, Chen Lingxiao!
This person was extremely mysterious. He never managed the affairs of the Celestial Yang Sect, big or small. Instead, like a hands-off shopkeeper, he left everything to the various Elders within the sect.
He himself rarely appeared in public, spending most of his time in seclusion. Even Yun Tian had seldom seen him.
Through Yun Tian’s memories, Su Bai discovered that Yun Tian’s reason for coming to Great Xia seemed to have been secretly encouraged by this Sect Master.
After he finished viewing the memories, Su Bai looked at his gains.
[Cultivation Technique: Star True Body! (Eighth Grade!) Realm: Returning to the Essence: (1,400,000!)]
After trying it out briefly, Su Bai found that this Cultivation Technique could be used in conjunction with his [Fourth Immortal Golden Body Transformation] to further enhance his Physique by a small amount.
Although the power of this Cultivation Technique was far inferior to the Fourth Transformation [Immortal Golden Body], it was still a decent gain.
As Su Bai stood high in the sky, lost in thought, he suddenly noticed something in a large city below.
At the entrance to a remote and hidden alley, a crowd of commoners was gathered around several young people dressed in Black Robes, blocking the way.
A woman, holding a weak, critically ill child, pleaded through her tears, "Please, emissary, grant me a bowl of Talismanic Water to save my child’s life!"
"My child doesn’t have much time left..."
"Have you paid this month’s tribute?"
"I paid in full last month, but this month... my family has no money left. But I recite the teachings every day until late at night, without the slightest bit of rest."
"You haven’t paid? If you haven’t paid, then get aside!"
"What right do you have to ask for Talismanic Water with no money!?"
"The Immortal Elder doesn’t save those who lack sincerity."
Nearby, a lavishly dressed woman eagerly asked with a joyful expression, "Emissary!"
"I’ve sold off my entire family fortune and offered it to the Immortal Elder. This time, the Immortal Elder should be willing to pass the Longevity Technique on to me, right?"
"You’ve offered everything? Then we can talk!"
"Emissary, emissary! What about me..."
The scene was chaotic.
Su Bai stared intently at the scene, remaining silent for a while.
Suddenly, a thought crossed his mind.
A moment later...
RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE—
Accompanied by a roar like a chorus of thunder, a towering Tripod Prison erupted from the ground!
In an instant, it blotted out the sky and sun, casting the entire city in its shadow.
Above the Black Tripod, the enormous character for "Sin" hung in the air, blazing like a blood-red sun and judging all living things.
Countless people in the city looked up, but before they could recover from their shock and terror, they saw figures in Black Robes screaming and shrieking as they were pulled from all corners of the city, flying toward the great tripod!
Even a few corpulent Great Xia officials were among them, screaming in terror as they were sucked into the Black Tripod.
Among the many figures, one person, in particular, stood out.
This person was dressed in magnificent purple robes and wore a golden Jade Crown, exuding an air of nobility.
As he flew into the sky, he roared furiously, "Audacious heretic! I am a venerated king of Great Xia! The lord of this city! How dare you..."
"AHH!!"
The next moment, before he could finish his sentence, a stream of deep red Karmic Fire descended from the Black Tripod.
It poured over his body like molten iron!
Instantly, a heart-wrenching scream echoed from somewhere in the sky!
It sounded like a Fierce Ghost being burned by raging flames!
In just a moment, he vanished without a trace.
From the appearance of the towering Black Tripod to it sucking people inside, the entire process took less than ten breaths of time.
Before the commoners in the city below could even react, it was all over.
Afterward, nearly everyone in the Imperial Dynasty’s territory, including those in the great city, heard an indifferent voice, as mighty as heavenly authority, descend from the depths of the clouds.
"From this day forward, no black lotus shall appear within the borders of Great Xia."
With that said, the tripod vanished, and the person departed.
The entire territory was left in stunned silence!