Chapter 1624 - 596: Post Title [Chaos and Ruin]

In the eyes of everyone at Lotus Mountain, Zhou Xuan’s greatest reliance was "Nuoshen’s Shadow."

Empowered by over a hundred play masters from the Zhou Family’s Troupe, Nuoshen’s Shadow granted Zhou Xuan Heavenly God Level battle power; the fact that he alone could defeat the Five Great Buddhist Slaves within Lotus Mountain was proof of this,

yet now, Zhou Xuan actually took the initiative to shed Nuoshen’s Shadow? Wasn’t that basically courting death?

The Eternal Life Sect Leader was already completely baffled, and Tiancan Monk added, "Sect Hierarch, could it be that this West Valley True Monarch fellow knows some Enchantment Technique and has bewitched Zhou Dangzheng’s mind?"

"West Valley True Monarch may indeed lean toward the yin and soft, but to say he knows some Charming Evil Technique is rather unlikely. His Divine Skills are truly of orthodox Taoist line."

The Eternal Life Sect Leader had just finished explaining when Zhao Wuya chimed in,

"Exactly, you bald donkey Tian Can, have you even thought about it—who under heaven could possibly bewitch my Brother Xuan?"

"If it’s not enchantment, then what is Zhou Dangzheng doing?"

Tiancan Monk still couldn’t figure out why Zhou Xuan would actively remove Nuoshen’s Shadow and abandon his trump card.

It wasn’t just him; even the Sequencer Yu Ruying didn’t quite understand.

The rest of the people on Lotus Mountain had no idea what Zhou Xuan intended to do, but Yu Ruying did know,

"Dan Zheng, this matter of you shedding Nuoshen’s Shadow—there’s something I don’t understand."

"What don’t you understand?"

"Without Nuoshen’s Shadow, on what basis are you going to behead that West Valley True Monarch?"

"Aren’t you going to teach me the ’Method of Entering the Book’? I intend to use this method to empower Yun Ziliang, so that Lao Yun can cut down that Daoist True Monarch."

Zhou Xuan replied with extreme fluency; it was obvious that in his plan, the framework was fairly mature and not some impulsive act born of a moment’s hotheadedness.

Yu Ruying, however, was even more astonished and said hurriedly,

"That still doesn’t add up. I heard from Yun Ziliang himself that he’s nothing more than a mere nine sticks of incense,

such an Incense Fire Level is extremely low. Even with the blessing of the ’Method of Entering the Book’, I fear he still couldn’t reach Heavenly God Level. How could he possibly stand against that West Valley True Monarch?"

"How is it that he couldn’t?" Zhou Xuan’s brows snapped up as he retorted, "Didn’t you just say not long ago that if ’Breaking Qiang Stele’ were used to empower Li Changxun, then Changxun Mountain Ancestor would be able to possess Heavenly God Level battle power for the time of three sticks of incense?"

"..." Yu Ruying.

Yu Ruying couldn’t help suspecting whether this Zhou Dangzheng, who was peerless in both Dan and Calligraphy, had a tiny problem in the head; otherwise how could his comprehension be so skewed?

Li Changxun, after being empowered, indeed could wield Heavenly God Level battle power, but that was because he was already at the Heavenly Vault God Level to begin with.

His Incense Fire Level was higher than Yun Ziliang’s. Yun Ziliang was only at nine sticks of incense; even if he received the empowerment of a peerless calligraphy like ’Breaking Qiang Stele’, his battle power still wouldn’t reach Heavenly God Level—he’d still be that crucial hair’s breadth short.

"Zhou Dangzheng, Li Changxun’s incense is higher than Yun’s..."

Yu Ruying had only gotten halfway through her sentence when Zhou Xuan cut her off and said,

"Yu Xu, how could I not know that Li Shanzu’s Incense Fire Level is higher than Yun Ziliang’s? However, what if I bring out a calligraphy stronger than ’Breaking Qiang Stele’ to empower Lao Yun?"

Zhou Xuan’s casual words struck Yu Ruying’s heart-sea like a bolt of thunder,

she couldn’t help but knit her brows tightly as she asked, "This piece of calligraphy can surpass ’Breaking Qiang Stele’?"

A single Breaking Qiang Stele had already reshaped the understanding of Yujing Calligraphy,

and it was precisely this Breaking Qiang Stele that had made the city dwellers of Jade Capital all turn their eyes toward Lotus Mountain,

and caused the never-before-seen Sequencer to condescend and descend into the human world to lecture Zhou Xuan,

if not for this calligraphy already having reached the pinnacle of perfection, how could it have stirred such a vast response?

Yet now,

Zhou Xuan lightly tossed out one sentence—"I have an even better calligraphy"...

Yu Ruying suppressed the wild pounding of her heart and waited for Zhou Xuan’s answer.

Zhou Xuan instead took the initiative to help Yu Ruying recall, saying, "Yu Xu, I told you not long ago,

I believe that, for a Calligraphy Family, in one’s youth one pursues steep and perilous strokes; though the brush power is not yet rounded,

because peril holds its own majestic grace, the calligraphy he writes at that time can surpass those written after his brush power has become fully rounded, correct?"

"Ruying naturally remembers. Once this discourse was spoken, even though your ’Breaking Qiang Stele’ was but a copy of the calligraphy of the Book Saint in your dream, I still believed that within the Calligraphy lineage, Zhou Dangzheng’s talent remained absolutely peerless,

and that gentle-orchid, refined spirit is not something those mediocre, vulgar calligraphers could ever possess."

"Exactly."

Zhou Xuan said with a smile, "Within calligraphy, state of mind is of paramount importance. When using a calligraphy to empower someone, if the state of mind within that calligraphy matches that person’s state of mind extremely well, then the effect of the empowerment, compared to ordinary empowerment, is bound to be on yet another level."

Yu Ruying immediately nodded and said, "Zhou Dangzheng, the reasoning is sound; it’s just that producing such a calligraphy is far too difficult,

first, the calligraphy you use to empower Yun Ziliang must at least be on par in level with ’Breaking Qiang Stele’,

and then, this calligraphy of yours must be even more in tune with Yun Ziliang’s state of mind,

such a degree of difficulty, I imagine, is extremely, extremely high."

"It doesn’t really count as difficult."

Zhou Xuan said with full confidence, "Once I master the ’Method of Entering the Book’, I’ll empower Lao Yun for a moment and you’ll be able to sense the momentum of that blessed piece of calligraphy."

"Ai,"

Yu Ruying couldn’t help but sigh,

but this time, her sigh was not in lament of Zhou Xuan’s arrogance—after their exchange just now, with Zhou Xuan answering so smoothly, Yu Ruying was firmly convinced that he indeed had in his heart a calligraphy stronger than ’Breaking Qiang Stele’.

Yet precisely because of this, she beat her breast and sighed—such a peerless piece of calligraphy was actually going to be used to behead West Valley True Monarch?