42: Chapter 42: Five-Colored Xirang, the Regret of Xuantian Tower Master

Chapter 42: five-colored breathing earth, Master of Xuantian Pavilion's Regret

“Not good, I’ve been tricked!”

After Master of Xuantian Pavilion finished speaking, Gu Shengge instantly realized he had been duped.

Alas, older ginger is spicier!

Gu Shengge looked helpless. He stared at the smiling Master of Xuantian Pavilion and complained:

“Senior, you are a Void Refining Grand Cultivator. Is it appropriate to trick a Junior like me? Aren’t you afraid I’ll complain to my Old Ancestor?”

“Little fellow, I didn’t trick you. You yourself agreed to compensate,” Master of Xuantian Pavilion said with a chuckle.

Gu Shengge raised a hand to his forehead, sighed, and shook his head, looking utterly dejected.

Well, the bitter fruit he made himself, no matter how unpalatable, he had to eat it.

Gu Shengge: “Senior, just say it. As long as it’s within my capabilities, I can do it for you.”

Between compensating with Spirit Stones and doing hard labor, he chose hard labor.

Of course, Gu Shengge also wanted to see what the Opportunity Master of Xuantian Pavilion spoke of was.

“Don’t worry, what I want you to do will absolutely not endanger your life, nor will it put you at a disadvantage.”

With that, a spiritual jade treasure box appeared in Master of Xuantian Pavilion’s hand. He opened it, revealing a block of earth the size of a baby’s fist. The spiritual earth was five-colored, shimmering with dazzling spiritual light, dreamlike and illusory, imbued with an extremely rich earth spiritual Qi, and permeated with majestic Earth Dao principles.

“five-colored breathing earth!”

The moment he saw the spiritual earth, Gu Shengge subconsciously exclaimed, a hint of fervor appearing in his double pupils.

five-colored breathing earth, a top-tier existence among spiritual earths. A single grain of breathing earth can create ten thousand acres of spiritual fields, making it a dream come true for spiritual plant masters.

The piece in Master of Xuantian Pavilion’s hand was no less valuable than the Fusang Divine Wood Nan Gong Qiyue had brought out previously.

Master of Xuantian Pavilion brought the five-colored breathing earth before Gu Shengge and smiled, “Little fellow, this piece of five-colored breathing earth is a small reward I’m giving you in advance. As long as you complete that task for me, there will be no shortage of opportunities and benefits for you afterward.”

Looking at the five-colored breathing earth before him, Gu Shengge quickly extinguished the fervor in his heart, his expression turning solemn.

Even such a treasure was given as a small pre-task reward, so what Master of Xuantian Pavilion spoke of must be no small matter.

“Senior, giving such a large reward before the task is even done, Junior fears he might have the life to take it, but not the life to spend it!” Gu Shengge said gravely.

Seeing his caution, Master of Xuantian Pavilion no longer beat around the bush and said directly:

“Little fellow, I presume you know about the Sky Burial Underworld.”

“I do,” Gu Shengge nodded.

The Sky Burial Underworld, like Heavenly Tragedy Mountain, is also a forbidden zone of the End of Dharma. The other three major forbidden zones are the Heavenly Withered Demonic Sea, the Heavenly Severed Evil Forest, and the Heavenly Defeated Ancient Mine.

Speaking of these five major End of Dharma forbidden zones, one must mention the spiritual domain distribution of the Vast Expanse Great World.

The Vast Expanse Great World has nine great spiritual domains: Zhongtian Region in the center, and the eight surrounding domains: Qiong Sang, Xuan Cang, Western Wilderness, Underworld Day, Dao Ze, Heavenly Demon, Luofu, and Demon God.

Of the five major forbidden zones, Heavenly Tragedy Mountain is located in Zhongtian Region, while the other four are scattered among the eight spiritual domains.

The Qiongsang Domain is close to the Sky Burial Underworld.

How these five forbidden zones were formed is scarcely recorded in ancient history, only that they are related to the End of Dharma era, suspected to have been created by ancient Cultivators to avoid the tribulation of the End of Dharma.

“Does Senior want me to enter the Celestial Burial Forbidden Zone?”

When Gu Shengge heard Master of Xuantian Pavilion mention the Sky Burial Underworld, he immediately thought that the matter he spoke of must be related to this forbidden zone.

Master of Xuantian Pavilion nodded: “Yes, I want to ask you to enter the Underworld and bring out a relic for me.”

“Senior, are you joking? Not to mention the dangers of the Underworld, where even a Great Ascension Dao Venerable might not come out alive, just the countless bones within the Underworld makes finding what Senior wants as difficult as ascending to heaven, like finding a needle in a haystack.”

Gu Shengge naturally had an understanding of the End of Dharma forbidden zone adjacent to Qiong Sang.

The Underworld has buried the remains of countless epochs; Death Qi is like a sea, nurturing infinite Ghost Kings and Underworld Demons. It is simply not a place living beings can set foot in.

To bring out a skeleton from within is no less difficult than Undergoing Tribulation and Ascension.

“If it were anyone else, the Underworld would naturally be an extremely dangerous and ominous place. But you are different. You Cultivate lightning techniques and harness the power of Heavenly Tribulation for your own use. The Ghost Kings and Underworld Demons in the Underworld will see you like cats see mice; they won’t dare to offend you, they’ll just try to hide.”

Master of Xuantian Pavilion looked at the lightning 紋 on Gu Shengge’s brow and pointed it out.

Although he couldn't deduce matters related to Gu Shengge, he had lived for so many years, and his eyesight was still keen. He could tell at a glance that the lightning 紋 on Gu Shengge’s brow was formed from a supreme lightning Divine Ability, containing the power of Heavenly Tribulation.

Gu Shengge: “Senior, sometimes, too many mice can also bite a cat to death.”

Seeing that Gu Shengge refused to agree, Master of Xuantian Pavilion steeled his heart and said in a deep voice: “It seems my appetizer isn’t satisfying your appetite, little fellow. How about this: as long as you agree to me, I will let you go to my Xuantian Tower’s treasure vault later, and you can choose two treasures.”

Xuantian Tower has collected all the rare treasures of Azure Expanse. In the Xuantian Treasure Vault, there is only what you can’t think of, not what they don’t have.

Master of Xuantian Pavilion could be said to be going all out.

Gu Shengge was also startled. To go to such lengths for a single skeleton, that skeleton must be extraordinary. He immediately asked:

“May Junior presume to ask, whose skeleton is Senior referring to?”

“It’s my own son’s.”

Master of Xuantian Pavilion’s tone became heavy, and his childlike face showed sadness, with deep regret in his eyes.

It was already difficult for Cultivators to produce offspring, and that was his only son, who had been buried in the Underworld for him.

For a thousand years, he had sought many Cultivators who practiced lightning techniques, even Dao Integration Grand Cultivators, hoping they could bring his son's skeleton back, but without exception, they all failed.

Master of Xuantian Pavilion had originally given up, preparing to go to the Underworld before his Lifespan ran out, to be buried with his son.

But Gu Shengge's appearance rekindled a glimmer of hope in his heart. A lightning Cultivator who controls the power of Heavenly Tribulation might truly be able to bring his son's remains out.

Gu Shengge fell silent. What Master of Xuantian Pavilion offered was indeed a lot, so much that he couldn't refuse.

But the Sky Burial Underworld was too dangerous. He was only a Nascent Soul Cultivator; even if he was stronger than an average Nascent Divinity Celestial Being, going to the Underworld would be a sure death.

“Senior, are there any time requirements?” Gu Shengge asked.

If there were no time requirements, then it wouldn’t be too late to go after he had a Breakthrough to Soul Transformation.

Master of Xuantian Pavilion: “As long as you can bring the remains back before my Lifespan runs out, that will suffice.”

Master of Xuantian Pavilion also understood that asking a Nascent Soul Cultivator like Gu Shengge to search for bones in the Underworld was no different from going to his death.

So he didn't demand a time limit, as long as he could see his son's remains again before his Lifespan ended.

“Junior understands.”

Gu Shengge nodded. He promised Master of Xuantian Pavilion that he would bring back the skeleton before his Lifespan ended.

Even if Master of Xuantian Pavilion only had a hundred years of Lifespan left, it would be enough.

“Good, this is a compass I refined with my own essence blood and my son’s fetal hair. In the future, when you enter the Underworld, you can follow the compass’s guidance to find my son’s skeleton.”

Master of Xuantian Pavilion took out a palm-sized compass and solemnly handed it to Gu Shengge. His son's fetal hair had all been used up; this was the last piece.

“Junior will do his best.”

Gu Shengge couldn't guarantee he would definitely succeed, but he would do his utmost.

Haoran Province, a mortal kingdom.

A white light appeared, and Luo Chen, who was only left with his upper body, fell heavily onto the stone-strewn official road. The sharp small stones pricked into the wounds of his lower body, causing him to frown tightly and show a pained expression even in his unconscious state.

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