Chapter 133 I don't know

"It is getting late today, let us stay here for now." After entering Hao Prefecture, Jiang Chen said.

Practitioners of the Dao had already come here to pray for rain, and it seemed that the imperial court's disaster relief grain had also arrived.

One could say that the army valued speed; the current Emperor Xuanzong of Tang truly possessed the bearing of a ruler, quite similar to Emperor Taizong.

The group walked toward a nearby inn. Jiang Chen intentionally chose an inn right next to the one where those two men and two women were staying.

Yang Shu followed behind, lost in thought.

After entering the inn, he asked: "Fellow Daoist Jiang, are you curious about those young practitioners, or are you interested in the Saintess they mentioned?"

Clearly, it was not just Jiang Chen who had heard them; Jianzhen and Yang Shu had also overheard their conversation.

Jiang Chen had nothing to hide and explained: "To be honest, I am curious about the Wusheng Laomu they mentioned, so I intend to get to the bottom of it."

Yang Shu understood, then gave a rare, slight smile, though the smile was somewhat stiff.

"Fellow Daoist Jiang might be overthinking it. The Wusheng Laomu they speak of is likely just some local wild deity of incense, not worth mentioning."

In the Great Tang, there also existed incense deities similar to those in the island nations. Unlike the gods of the ancient Heavenly Court, they relied on incense and offerings to maintain their Divine Power and vitality.

Therefore, generally, only incense deities conferred by the imperial court could openly establish incense temples in various counties, with temple keepers to watch over them.

Gods not recognized by the imperial court were wild deities, who could only spread their faith and maintain themselves in secret.

If discovered by the imperial court, they would have their mountains leveled and temples destroyed.

However, most incense deities were extremely weak; even the City God of Chang'an was only at the Peak of the Dao Entry Realm.

The most powerful deity in the current world should be the Mount Tai God. This god had existed since ancient times and had been conferred titles by generations of emperors.

To this day, it had become an existence that could live long and prosper even without the emperor, but its cultivation was likely no higher than the Sky Bridge Realm.

As for the Wusheng Laomu mentioned by those people, Yang Shu had truly never heard of such an incense deity before; it must be some wild deity.

Jianzhen also agreed.

Only Jiang Chen had a different opinion. Unlike the two of them, he came from the modern era more than 1,300 years later.

In the modern era, he had once encountered someone who claimed to be a believer of the Wusheng Laomu.

At the time, Jiang Chen had scoffed at it, but now he was recalling it scene by scene.

If these two Wusheng Laomu were the same deity, then Her origin must be extraordinary!

It was like a big boss hiding behind the scenes, unknown for a thousand years, yet always manipulating the trends of the era from the shadows...

Well, Jiang Chen admitted he was overthinking it, but it was still necessary to go and see what was happening.

At night, Jiang Chen sat on the bed to cultivate. During the last prayer for rain, he had attempted to communicate with the interaction between heaven and humanity, wanting to see that Human-Shaped Life Wheel again.

It could not be said to be a success, but it was not a failure either. During this process, he had only caught a glimpse of that Human-Shaped Life Wheel, yet even so, the gains he obtained were not small, and he successfully memorized some of the Inscriptions.

Sure enough, after digesting these Inscriptions, his Divine Ability and Spell made another great Ascension. Compared to the first time, although the progress of his Divine Ability seemed far less than that time.

But because the experience points required for leveling up had increased, the experience gained was not inferior to the first time.

[Skills: Combat Mastery (Level 4); Blade Mastery (Level 3); Sword Mastery (Level 4); Talisman Arts (Level 3); Golden Light Incantation (Level 4); Three Souls Restraint Technique (Level 4); Shangqing Image-Aspect Sword (Level 4); Mastery of Five Thunders (Level 4); Golden Light Ground-Traversing (Level 4)]

[Experience required for Golden Light Incantation upgrade: 31240/100000]

[Experience required for Three Souls Restraint Technique upgrade: 14567/100000]

[Experience required for Shangqing Image-Aspect Sword upgrade: 34012/100000]

[Experience required for Mastery of Five Thunders upgrade: 94167/100000]

[Experience required for Golden Light Ground-Traversing upgrade: 12306/100000]

This time, because he had to use it frequently for praying for rain, Jiang Chen had intentionally or unintentionally poured experience points into Mastery of Five Thunders, making it almost break through the limit and advance to level five.

In addition, the Golden Light Ground-Traversing technique had also successfully advanced to level four. At this moment, in terms of speed, Jiang Chen considered himself no worse than an average Bitter Sea Realm practitioner.

After completing two grand cycles of cultivation, Jiang Chen exhaled slightly and opened his eyes.

Calculating the time, it was nearly midnight. If those people had not made a move yet, perhaps tonight was not the time for them to gather.

Just as Jiang Chen had laid down for a moment, he suddenly opened his eyes again.

Because he noticed that several people in the neighboring inn seemed to be sneaking out of the window.

It was those young practitioners.

Jiang Chen got up, dressed, picked up his Maoshan Dharma Sword, and jumped straight out of the window as well.

He prepared to follow behind these people silently.

However, just as he landed, he felt something, and then heard a slight movement not far beside him.

Jiang Chen looked to the side. At this moment, Yang Shu was standing leisurely downstairs.

Yang Shu feigned surprise: "Fellow Daoist Jiang, what a coincidence, you are also out for a midnight stroll."

"..."

Jianzhen was slightly embarrassed; his skin was not as thick as Yang Shu's.

"Fellow Daoist Jiang, this humble monk is also curious about the oracle mentioned by those benefactors, so I wanted to go and see what it is about. If it is inconvenient, this humble monk will return now."

"No matter, since you are already here, let us go and see together."

Thus, Jiang Chen and the other two followed far behind those young men.

They saw these people leaping about, seemingly without any caution in the vast Hao Prefecture city.

Although the noise they made was very small and ordinary people could not detect it, for some practitioners or Jianghu masters, it was no different from beating a gong while walking down the street.

Clearly, these people had very little Jianghu experience.

They followed the group all the way to a very desolate piece of wasteland in the city, where there were almost no people.

Strangely, however, there was a not-so-small temple in this desolate place.

At this moment, flickering firelight and voices could be heard from within the temple.

Occasionally, people came to the outside of the temple, then someone would walk out from inside, exchange a few words, and let them in.

When those young men and women walked to the entrance, someone also walked out from the temple, spoke a few words, and then let them in.

There was a sound-isolating Formation laid outside this temple; if one did not forcibly break it, one could not hear any movement inside.

Seeing this, Jiang Chen and the others also walked out openly and arrived outside the temple.

Just as they walked to the door, a middle-aged man walked out. Seeing their attire, his expression appeared somewhat shocked and respectful.

"May I ask the three of you, do you have a token?"

How could Jiang Chen and the others have such a thing? He said directly: "A moment of negligence, I forgot to bring the token."

The man did not mind and continued: "Then do you remember the secret code?"

This secret organization was quite user-friendly. Jiang Chen was already prepared to control this guy at the first sign of trouble and sneak in first.

"I don't know."

As the words fell, the True Qi in Jiang Chen's body began to circulate, and he prepared to make a move.

The opponent was just a small fry at the third level of the Qi Induction Stage; capturing him would be easy.

Unexpectedly, the moment before Jiang Chen was about to act, the other person's words forced him to stop his movement.

"No problem, the three of you please come in."