Chapter 620: Chapter 627: How is this Possible? (Second update)
There was no chance of escaping. Yang Zhen said he had a fifty percent chance of altering the current Three Lives Panlong Array, so it was worth a solid try.
Gong Sanhe and Death Shadow had their eyes on Yang Zhen. After exchanging glances, Gong Sanhe said in a heavy voice, “If there is anything you need, Yang Decao, feel free to ask. I will protect you.”
“Elder Gong, this…” Ding Chun hurried to speak, his face filled with disbelief.
Gong Sanhe turned his head to face Ding Chun, and grunted, “What, do you think it’s inappropriate for me to protect Yang Decao?”
“That’s not what I meant,” Ding Chun hastily explained. He knew it wasn’t the right time to say such things, especially since it was truly Yang Zhen who was trying to change the Three Lives Panlong Array.
“Then what is it?” Gong Sanhe curled his lip, saying, “You should learn more from Yang Decao. He has a lot you can learn from. Besides, you’re both of the younger generation, so you should have a lot in common.”
With a stunned look on his face, Ding Chun glanced at Yang Zhen and then at Gong Sanhe. Purseing his lips, he said, “Yes, I’ll heed your teaching.”
Yang Zhen couldn’t help shaking his head. These disciples from the big sects were good at everything, but the one thing they weren’t good at was dogma. There were too many rules and conventions, strapping their minds in bonds. This was precisely why Yang Zhen was reluctant to join any sect.
In Yang Zhen’s eyes, the indoctrination of large sects was no different from the talismans of Moluo Gate. One used threats of force and the other was a kind of brainwashing, but they were essentially the same.
Death Shadow clearly looked down on goodie-goodie types like Ding Chun. He glanced at Ding Chun, and the more he looked at Yang Zhen, the more he liked him; to the point where it made Yang Zhen’s hair stand on end.
Seeing Gong Sanhe still watching him, Yang Zhen smiled and said, “All the elder needs to do is keep others from disturbing me; I can handle everything else.”
Saying this, he moved under the scrutinous gaze of the four and arrived at the land of the twin dragons, squinting and looking up.
This place was extremely dangerous. If the Three-life Flower were to blossom fully, even Yang Zhen would have a hard time making it out unharmed. There was nary a chance of forcibly breaking out; the only possible way was to somehow reconstrue the Feng Shui at play here.
In truth, Yang Zhen was somewhat apprehensive. No one could tell when the Three-life Flower would bloom, and if it blossomed fully, it would no longer just be about tweaking the Feng Shui. It would be about survival.
Gong Sanhe and the others, meanwhile, were watching Yang Zhen’s retreating back in astonishment.
Anyone could feel the tremendous energy emanating from the formations around them. Under such circumstances, no one would dare to act recklessly without comprehensive knowledge of geomancy. What’s more, the Three Lives Panlong Array had been set up who knew when by some considerable power.
Actually, it was clear to most of them that the Three Lives Panlong Array had probably been established by a powerful being from the Saint Realm, which meant that it was an array set up by a saint. Just the thought of it was enough to raise one’s hair.
Then Yang Zhen moved, spreading his feet to shoulder width, and intercrossing his hands on his chest. Suddenly, from his body erupted a fierce wave of rune energy, that in a blink, darkened the sky. It unfurled like a storm, sweeping across half the canyon.
“Is that… the Heaven and Earth True Patterns?”
Gong Sanhe let out a cry of surprise, which startled Death Shadow. Annoyed, he glared at Gong Sanhe and said, “You old coot, what are you shouting for? Haven’t you seen Heaven and Earth True…what? The origin of Heaven and Earth True Patterns?”
Death Shadow’s cry was louder than Gong Sanhe’s. His face was filled with disbelief as he looked at the True Patterns that had erupted from Yang Zhen’s body.
“That’s right, this is the origin of the Heaven and Earth True Patterns. I didn’t expect Yang Decao to possess this. I just don’t know which type of Heaven and Earth True Pattern it is.”
Death Shadow muttered to himself, then burst out laughing, “In my lifetime…”
“Shut up, watch closely. If this is truly the origin of the Heaven and Earth True Patterns, then Yang might be successful this time.”
“Really?” Death Shadow’s eyes gleamed with joy, and he laughed, “We’re fortunate to have entered Heavenly Machine Lock this time around. I don’t know if the Clear Qi is still there. But if it’s not, whether it’s a saint or an emperor, I’ll find the person who stole the Clear Qi and set up this treacherous array and give them a good beating!”
Gong Sanhe chuckled, “Good, be sure to let me know when you do. I’d like to see how this old fellow here is going to beat up a saint.”
Death Shadow merely laughed him off, looking as though he found Gong Sanhe contemptible.
Hum――!
With the roaring sound reverberating through heaven and earth, all the aura of Yang Zhen erupted, resonating with the force of nature, and formed clearly distinct two waves of energy.
Death Shadow suddenly widened his eyes and said in a deep voice, “Not good, although young friend Yang Decao’s methods are profound, the True Essence inside his body is too scarce to sustain the changes in this grand layout.”
Gong Sanhe also noticed this and changed his facial expression, shaking his head, “We all underestimated the terrible extent of the Three Lives Panlong Array. Given the current situation, not to mention young friend Yang Decao, even we two old fellows can’t complete this transformation.”
Ding Chun and Wen Yuning looked at the terrifying energy wave that erupted from Yang Zhen with astonishment and doubt. There was a taste of bitterness across their faces under their mutual gaze.
Was the True Essence momentum erupted from Yang Zhen far from adequate?
This… this was simply disheartening.
The fluctuations of the True Essence erupted by Yang Zhen at this moment may not surpass the two seniors, but it was already much greater than theirs.
Ding Chun and Wen Yuning felt very odd in their hearts. They were already among the best young generation in the Ancient Life Sect, but they couldn’t understand where Yang Zhen got such terrifying True Essence fluctuations from his body, which could even contend with the force of Nature.
Even if Yang Zhen had been cultivating in his mother’s womb, he couldn’t possibly have such a terrifying True Essence energy. Did Yang Zhen’s Divine Consciousness Space contain a vast ocean of True Essence?
Rumble!
The vast ocean of True Essence within Yang Zhen’s Divine Consciousness Space erupted, and wave after wave of violent True Essence surged out. As they surged and ebbed, they soared into the sky, not only contending with the force of nature, but also slowly encompassing the two dragon veins.
This was a very crucial step!
Gong Sanhe and Death Shadow watched Yang Zhen intently, their expressions even tenser than his.
“No, at this rate, young friend Yang Decao is almost dried up!” The expression on Death Shadow’s face changed, he was about to rush up.
Gong Sanhe hurriedly pulled Death Shadow back and said solemnly, “What do you want to do?”
Death Shadow was suddenly furious and glared at Gong Sanhe, “Old man, don’t you see? Yang Xiaozi is now at his last gasp. If this goes on, he will either die or get injured. Once he dies, I will be breaking my oath, are you trying to kill me?”
Gong Sanhe stared at Death Shadow with an uncertain face, after a while, he shouted, “I wouldn’t harm you old man, but I won’t let you go there, young friend Yang Decao said that during this process, no one is allowed to interrupt him.”
“Even if he dies?” Death Shadow pointed at Yang Zhen, and his spittle flew onto Gong Sanhe’s face.
Gong Sanhe wiped the spittle from his face, and shouted obstinately: “No!”
“Damn it, old man, are you looking for a fight?”
“Are you afraid of you, old geezer?”
The two stared at each other, seeming to be on the verge of starting a fight over a disagreement, which looked quite strange to Ding Chun and Wen Yuning.
Just then, a booming sound came, and there was another terrifying True Essence fluctuation bursting from Yang Zhen.
Gong Sanhe and Death Shadow both shivered, looked dazedly at Yang Zhen. Their faces were completely dumbfounded.
“How is that possible?”
They both cried out in unison.