Chapter 2113 - 11: Who Taught Him to Break Through Like This?

Chapter 2113: Chapter 11: Who Taught Him to Break Through Like This?

"Transform to Water!"

Chi chi chi~

A large amount of foul Qi was produced; as the Water Vein neutralized the Fire Vein, it also made the Earth Gold Vein, which had already been refined hard, turn brittle.

"Xuantu Parting Gold!"

"Boom!"

The endlessly stretching Gold Vein reached a horizontal width of thirty li, but the position directly beneath Zhao Xing became extremely fragile.

At this point, using Xuantu Parting Gold again, the method of splitting and opening the wall to break through the checkpoint was something even a Six Tribulation Emperor could accomplish.

"Passed successfully!" Zhao Xing smiled faintly and continued tunneling downward.

...

With Zhao Xing successfully tunneling below fifty li, the two people who were participating in the challenge together with him were out of luck.

The Earth Gold Vein spanning the depth of fifty li stretched horizontally for thirty li.

It affected the paths of the other two challengers, Emperor Di Jun and Emperor Cheng Fei.

These two, like Zhao Xing, were Ministers of Agriculture at the rank of Eight Tribulation Emperor. They had already been close to success, having fallen multiple times at the depth of seventy li. But they hadn’t come here intending to use this to become Heaven Patrol Divine Guards; they only wanted to use this place for cultivation.

Now great, they couldn’t reach the depth of seventy li anymore; they were blocked as soon as they tunneled down to fifty li.

The force Zhao Xing borrowed to refine the veins and pry them had already reached the threshold of a Demigod.

Emperor Di Jun and Emperor Cheng Fei were dumbfounded on the spot.

"What’s going on, why has the little checkpoint at fifty li turned into this?"

"No way, I paid money to go down to seventy li underground to experience the pressure, and now I’ve only reached fifty li depth and already can’t go any further?"

"What the hell, how could the Xuanyin Soil undergo this kind of mutation?"

Emperor Di Jun and Emperor Cheng Fei were both extremely depressed.

It was like everyone was going downstairs, and when they reached the fifth floor, a steel plate suddenly appeared before them, sealing off the passage, whereas originally this place was, at most, just a wooden board to them.

"Break break break!!!"

Emperor Di Jun and Emperor Cheng Fei both chose to forcefully break through the Earth Gold Vein the very first moment.

Yet half an hour later, they were still glaring blankly at the same spot, while their own Mana had been consumed by more than half.

"Damn, refund!"

Emperor Di Jun and Emperor Cheng Fei flew up in extreme frustration.

...

Feng Qi, who was leisurely strolling around the valley floor, suddenly noticed Emperor Di Jun and Emperor Cheng Fei emerge onto the surface.

"Hm? How come the two of you came up so early this time?"

Emperor Di Jun and Emperor Cheng Fei were fortunate to be in skeleton form; otherwise, their expressions would definitely be ugly.

But they only dared to mutter quietly and didn’t dare truly complain to Venerable Feng Qi.

"Lord Feng, in the past we’ve always been able to smoothly tunnel down to the depth of seventy li to contemplate. Now the earth veins have mutated already at fifty li—doesn’t that seem off?"

"That’s right, we paid money without expecting to pass the Heaven Patrol Divine Guard assessment; we only came to cultivate. This time we went down and had to come back up after barely any time; it’ll delay us quite a bit to recover our strength."

Feng Qi shook his head and said, "Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

"The Xuanyin Soil layer had already restored its original state after the last assessment, that’s why I brought you here again. There’s no way it’s caused by this place."

Emperor Di Jun and Emperor Cheng Fei exchanged a look. "Lord Feng, it’s not like we could lie to you, could we? How about you go have a look yourself."

Feng Qi looked at the two suspiciously, feeling they didn’t seem to be lying. He then pulled out an Earth Escape Shuttle from his bone ring. "Wait here for a moment. I’ll go down and take a look to see what’s causing it."

"Yes."

...

"Hoh! At the depth of seventy li, all five veins have actually fused together into one foul Qi?" Zhao Xing stood at seventy li depth, an excited expression on his face.

"One of the ’Thousand Earth Wonders’—this really is rare to behold."

Foul Qi is the harmful Qi produced within the earth veins. Back in mortal times, foul Qi usually referred to night dew, the white vapor that rises at night.

It refers to the period before sunlight, when Yang Qi rises and vaporizes the gases within the earth veins.

In high-grade geological strata, the formation of this kind of Qi entails an extremely intense mutation.

The most typical example is the Lixing River Change, though the strength of that calamity is tens of thousands of times greater than this current "Xuanyin Soil Mutation."

The Lixing River Change was a great disaster that even several epochs of Heaven Leisure Ancient Country, begging gods left and right, couldn’t resolve.

Five veins fused into one, foul Qi in unison, is one of the phenomena compiled in the Ancient Hill’s "Thousand Earth Wonders." This book is similar to Heavenly Time Sect’s "Hundred Marquis Transformations."

The Zhao Earth Chronology of Earth Mutations authored by Zhao Xing was also included in "Thousand Earth Wonders," and it occupies the very first Chapter.

"Now this is getting interesting. In a tiny Xuanhuang Realm, we can actually witness a Thousand Earth Wonder."

One must know he was only at a depth of seventy li right now! According to the trial left behind by Yu God, a depth of ten thousand li is the level for a Heavenly God Official.

Could it be that this underground region still contained many more underground wonders?

"I have to go down and take a look." The fire-seed in Zhao Xing’s eye sockets danced; he grew excited.

Right now, the assessment was secondary to him; being able to behold underground marvels, he could die without regret!

Zhao Xing rubbed his palms together, like a straight-A student seeing an intriguing problem, and immediately threw himself into solving it.

"When five veins fuse, don’t panic; cast a spell, raise wood, and open a sky window."

"Let Gold leak, Fire flourish, Water cover Fire, foul Qi of one breath transforms Yin and Yang!"

"To break the fusion of five veins, raise up the Earth Wood Vein; the first choice is the Earth Palace Skill. Let the Earth Gold Vein drain the Earth Fire Vein, attack fiercely; let the Earth Water Vein cover the Earth Fire Vein, and that must be done slowly and steadily. In this way, the Earth Soil Vein becomes the foundation, the Wood Vein can support, and thus the Earth Palace is formed."

"The foul Qi can then be vented out through the sky window of the Earth Palace!"

"Marvelous, marvelous—turns out I really am a genius!"

Zhao Xing’s eyes shone; the golden light of the spell in his hand turned into afterimages as he began fully working through the problem.

...

And just as Zhao Xing’s Earth Palace Skill took shape, a handsome Heaven Patrol Divine Guard happened to pass by.

After Feng Qi used the Earth Escape Shuttle to drill out an underground space, he immediately jumped down to inspect the situation.

Because he was certain that the complaint from his two old customers was tied to Emperor Chen An.

The farther he pursued, the more convinced he became, because wherever that bastard passed, the strata had undergone massive changes.

Even if you haven’t eaten pork, you’ve at least seen pigs run. As a Heaven Patrol Divine Guard specifically responsible for the Martial Artists here, Feng Qi naturally could spot anomalies, and moreover Emperor Chen An had already gone deeper than sixty li.

The two nearby both failed, yet he passed—how could that not be his influence?

"What the hell is this kid doing? Who taught him to clear the trial like this—hm? Why is the ground suddenly venting Qi?"

Relying on the fact that he was a Martial Artist and that this was merely a depth of sixty to seventy li, Venerable Feng Qi even curiously took a deep breath.

But he regretted it immediately.

His face turned green fast; then he suddenly hammered his own stomach, and a puff of poisonous gas was spat out.

"Holy shit! I can’t refine it away!"

Venerable Feng Qi felt a surge of dread in his heart, immediately sealed his own mouth, but when he touched it, he only felt his lower jawbone.

Plop~

Looking down, he saw chunks of flesh already falling off.

This is bad! It’s over... Venerable Feng Qi immediately crushed the talisman in his hand and crawled into the Earth Escape Shuttle before losing consciousness.

Light flickered across the talisman, on which was written the name of an Earth God Official, Venerable Minister of Agriculture "Lan Chuan."