241: God's Thoughts

Chapter 239: Divine Thought Emerges

[You witnessed the Cultivators of the Weiyang Mountain Zhang Family and Lei Family slaughtering each other. As two Foundation Establishment Cultivators battled, you gained 0.1 points of Time Power.]

Increased again?

And it is still 0.1 points!

Just by having two Foundation Establishment Cultivators battle, you can get 0.1 points of Time Power?

Then what if more Cultivators were fighting...

Zheng Yi excitedly looked at the Flying Sword and Storage Pouch belonging to Niu Liang before him, his eyes filled with excitement.

Regarding Niu Liang's death, he could only express helplessness.

Running into a conflict between two major families, and even being targeted by a Late Stage Qi Condensation Cultivator, with his strength, it truly was hard to run even if he wanted to.

Fortunately, he was fast-handed and managed to get his Storage Pouch over.

Otherwise, the loss would have been huge.

Following Niu Liang's death, the Restriction on the Storage Pouch also became invalid.

Mana surged, and soon the Storage Pouch was opened.

Swept by Mental Energy, he immediately exclaimed in surprise: "Whoa, so much spirit sand!"

In this Storage Pouch, there were quite a few things. Besides a few bottles of Medicinal Pills and Low Grade Magical Artifacts, what surprised Zheng Yi the most was a large pile of spirit sand piled together!

Swept by Mental Energy, there were over eight hundred of them!

This was the first time Zheng Yi had seen so much spirit sand in all these years.

Over eight hundred pieces of spirit sand, converted into Low-Grade Spirit Stones, would be eight.

Counting the five Niu Liang had just exchanged for grenades, plus the extra two Spirit Stones, it meant Zheng Yi now had nearly fifteen Low-Grade Spirit Stones in his hands!

If word of these Spirit Stones got out, there was no telling how much madness it would cause among Great Yu Cultivators.

"Tsk tsk tsk, this Niu Liang really is a wealth-dispersing boy!"

Zheng Yi said: "We'll temporarily stop the lens world side. The lens was taken away by the Zhang Family's Madam, and the Zhang Family and Lei Family are clearly about to launch an all-out war, which might even affect the two great Sects behind them."

"Going over now, we should be able to fish in troubled waters... but, it is not yet time!"

"Let's improve my strength first..."

Having made up his mind, Zheng Yi once again entered a state of seclusion.

Arranging a large amount of spirit sand on the Spirit Gathering Formation that had long been set up in the quiet room, he began to Cultivate.

Great Five Elements Life and Death Scripture!

Wisps of Spiritual Qi went deep into his body along his acupuncture points, beginning to circulate according to the Great Five Elements Life and Death Scripture, gradually transforming into mana, and then condensing at the Dantian.

Perhaps due to the presence of spirit sand, the speed of condensing mana during this Cultivation was more than double than before!

Suppressing the surprise in his heart, Zheng Yi calmly continued Cultivating.

After more than an hour, the Spiritual Qi in the ten pieces of spirit sand arranged at the four corners of the Spirit Gathering Formation had been completely consumed.

Zheng Yi thought about it, replaced them with five Low-Grade Spirit Stones, and continued Cultivating.

One day, two days, three days... until seven days later.

A gray fluctuation of Spiritual Qi emanated from his body, and his entire body suddenly opened his eyes.

At the Dantian, the fifth mana vortex was slowly taking shape.

Qi Condensation Fifth Layer, success!

Another month later.

In the quiet room, the surroundings of the Spirit Gathering Formation were covered in stone slag; these were gravel whose Spiritual Qi had been completely consumed, holding no use at all.

Over eight hundred pieces of spirit sand and seven Low-Grade Spirit Stones had all been consumed during this month and more of Cultivation.

His Cultivation had also reached the Peak of the Qi Condensation Fifth Layer, just lacking the final kick to step into the Qi Condensation Sixth Layer!

But...

As early as half a month ago, Zheng Yi had stopped Cultivating the Great Five Elements Life and Death Scripture.

Turning instead to Cultivate the White Lotus Scripture!

In the Sea of Consciousness, mana condensed and continuously churned.

An illusory, transparent lotus-shaped thread was slowly taking shape. This was the sign of successful Cultivation of the White Lotus Scripture.

As long as a white lotus formed in the Sea of Consciousness, one could condense one's Mental Energy into Divine Thought, and subsequently unleash most of the mental secret arts recorded in the White Lotus Scripture.

The simplest of them was Godly Striking!

But the exact moment it was about to take shape, the Yin Yang Treasure Mirror floating in the center of the Sea of Consciousness suddenly emitted a fluctuation, instantly shattering it without leaving a trace.

"This..."

After a few breaths, Zheng Yi abruptly opened his eyes and said in surprise: "What is the Yin Yang Treasure Mirror doing, how..."

He instinctively focused on the Yin Yang Treasure Mirror, only to see that the Yin Yang Treasure Mirror had no reaction, just quietly floating in mid-air.

On the mirror surface, a patch of Chaos clouds and mist also dissipated, with no text appearing.

"How..."

Zheng Yi suddenly noticed something and said happily: "Wait a minute, this feeling... Divine Thought!"

At this moment, he could clearly sense every speck of dust and ash within the entire quiet room, with extreme clarity.

Even his own Mental Energy seemed to transform into a pair of large hands, clearly touching everything in the quiet room.

The whole person was like an all-directional 360-degree dead-end-free radar.

"Divine Thought! This is definitely Divine Thought!"

"The lotus was shattered by the Yin Yang Treasure Mirror, yet I actually cultivated it successfully?"

"What on earth is going on?"

Zheng Yi calmed down to think, and quickly guessed something.

His Mental Energy had long become extremely resilient and powerful due to the existence of the Yin Yang Treasure Mirror.

The existence of the White Lotus Scripture was merely the final kick.

Causing his own powerful Mental Energy to transform into Divine Thought.

From then on, he could rely on Mental Energy to scan the surrounding environment, achieving things that only Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivators could do.

With a thought in his mind, the Divine Thought immediately centered on his main body and rapidly surged outward.

Quiet room, underground palace, White Jade Capital, plaza, Jiaotai Hall, Imperial Garden, inner court...

One building after another, one silhouette after another, all appeared within his scan.

He saw that the Shadow Guard guarded around the White Jade Capital.

He saw that the Imperial Guards were loyally patrolling around the White Jade Capital.

He also saw a few palace maids and eunuchs lazily dozing off.

The Divine Thought continued to spread, and the many figures of the inner court also appeared before his 'eyes'.

Empress Lu Liner playing with Ji'er.

Princess Yao sleeping while holding Yuyao, her face filled with a sorrowful expression.

After a few breaths, his expression suddenly turned strange.

Lanling Palace.

The Divine Thought continued to scan, almost enveloping the entire imperial palace.

Within the imperial palace, the Cultivators Cui Xiabing, Yuechan, Zhuang Yuheng, Dongyun Jie, Dongyun Yu, and Noble Consort Yang, Yang Liuqing did not react much; they were either resting or Cultivating.

The Divine Thought continued to scan, and in a quiet room of Jiao Fang Palace, Xuanjizi, who was holding her breath and practicing Qi, suddenly opened her eyes.

Just now, it seemed like a gaze was staring at her!

Her eyes were full of suspicion as she carefully perceived her surroundings, even opening the room door to look outside.

But outside the door, the night sky was deep and starlight remained, without a single figure.

"Strange... Why would I have a feeling of being spied on?"

"This is the imperial palace after all, how could anyone..."

She shook her head, only feeling that she was being a bit suspicious.

"Perhaps I am a bit tired from Artifact Refining these past few days, but fine gold..."

She excitedly looked at the Flying Sword in her hand; a trace of fine gold had already melted into it, and the quality of her own Flying Sword had directly increased by a small tier.

A fine product among High Grade Magical Artifacts!

And well over half of the fine gold remained.

If she could melt all this fine gold in, her Flying Sword might just be able to upgrade to a Top-Grade Magical Artifact!

At this moment, Zheng Yi had long withdrawn his Divine Thought and nodded in satisfaction.

Condensing Divine Thought, from then on, Mortals would have no secrets before him!

Moreover, perhaps due to the existence of the Yin Yang Treasure Mirror, the coverage area of his initially condensed Divine Thought could actually shroud the entire imperial palace.

This distance and area were sufficient to rival an Early Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

He let out a long breath, opened the room door, and walked out.

"Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty!"

The Shadow Guard guarding outside the door were quickly awakened and respectfully knelt down to salute.

"Rise."

Zheng Yi waved his hand and said: "Go and clean up inside. None of the items are allowed to be moved."

"Understood!"

After arranging the task, Zheng Yi thought for a moment, then ordered the sedan chair to carry him directly to Lanling Palace.

Lan Consort was fun, so of course he had to go comfort her.

Lanling Palace.

"Sigh, just an ordinary prince, I only hope I can have something to lean on in the future..."

With a creak, as the two women were discussing something, the room door was suddenly pushed open.

Lan Consort was shocked, pulling the blanket over her body with one hand while speaking in a cold voice: "Which slave, didn't this palace say that no one is allowed to... Your, Your Majesty!!!"

Lan Consort looked in shock at Zheng Yi walking in from outside the door, scrambling in a flurry to get out of bed and salute.

And Noble Lady Dong, who was hiding inside the bedding, upon hearing it was Your Majesty, was so frightened that she crawled out from the bedding, tumbling straight off the bedstead out of nervousness.

Even so, they quickly knelt on the ground.

"Y-Your, greetings, Your Majesty, this subject, this concubine... I beg Your Majesty for forgiveness..."

The two women were trembling with fear.

Zheng Yi, however, strode forward and pulled the two women up.

"Forgiveness? Forgive what crime?"

"Your Majesty...?"

"Hahahaha, this act greatly suits Our heart!"

After finishing, he returned to the White Jade Capital, soaking in the pool of wine and forest of meat. Summoning several imperial concubines, he felt even more refreshed.

At this time, Cui Xiabing and Zhuang Yuheng came to find him together.

"Your Majesty."

Zhuang Yuheng took the lead and said: "With the help of Sister Cui and Senior Xuanjizi, this concubine has already drawn one hundred Spirit Testing Talismans. Moreover, Sister Cui's Princess Lingxiao is already five years old. Can we test her Spiritual Root?"

Zheng Yi asked strangely: "Bing'er, didn't you test Lingxiao's Spiritual Root?"

Cui Xiabing shook her head worriedly and said: "N-No, this concubine didn't dare..."

Zheng Yi also nodded. Aren't parents all like this, constantly worrying about their children?

Worrying that they have no Spiritual Root, leading a life of merely a few decades.

But also fearing that they have a Spiritual Root, from then on having to toil for Cultivation.

After thinking about it, Zheng Yi immediately said: "We remember that when Old Celestial Master Zhao Xi Zheng measured Spiritual Roots in the past, he did not use Spirit Testing Talismans. Do the two Beloved Consorts know this method?"

"Of course we do."

Zhuang Yuheng nodded and said: "Last time, Senior Brother Zhao Su Ling already brought this method to me, but this method can only determine whether a child possesses a Spiritual Root, while what kind of Spiritual Root they possess cannot be determined this way; we must use Spirit Testing Talismans to detect it."

Zheng Yi asked: "Can the other Beloved Consorts do it?"

"They all can, this technique is simple."

"Very well."

Zheng Yi made a final decision: "We plan to hold an Imperial Edict of Spiritual Root Testing. All children of appropriate age above five and under sixteen in the capital can come to the imperial palace for testing."

"If anyone possesses a Spiritual Root, We will definitely nurture them with all Our might!"