Crack!! A skeleton war knife soldier strode forward, cleaving his war knife down towards Zhuang Buzhou's head.
However, the next second, a flash of war knife light streaked, and the skeleton war knife soldier's head was already flying through the air.
It was, astonishingly, cut down by Zhuang Buzhou with a single war knife strike.
Over the years, the 'Wind Chasing war knife Move' had been Cultivated to the Great Perfection state. The war knife moved like wind; swinging and striking with the war knife had become a complete instinct. When facing enemies, he would immediately unleash the most suitable Move. The Wind Chasing war knife Move was all about one word: speed.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!!!
Countless bone arrows, dense as rain, tore through the air. Their speed was extremely fast, covering all areas.
These undead had no thought of fearing death; their only purpose was to kill Zhuang Buzhou. This was the mission bestowed upon them by the Gui Xu Sea.
“Oh no, am I going to die now?”
A thought flashed through Zhuang Buzhou's mind.
Looking at the dense arrow rain, no matter how he resisted, he could only kill a few skeletons at most.
And just as death was descending, suddenly, he felt that the space-time gourd, embedded in one of the Nine Orifices Exquisite Heart's orifices, vibrated abruptly. Mysterious runes appeared on the gourd's surface. A Mysterious sensation emerged in his mind. He felt as if he had entered a special state.
“Time Stop!!”
Subconsciously, he pointed towards the entire battlefield.
As soon as his words fell, immediately, across the entire battlefield, an invisible rhythm could be seen rapidly spreading. Wherever it passed, the sharp arrows that had already appeared before him froze in mid-air, unable to Move. All the undead, at this moment, remained still.
Millions, tens of millions, hundreds of millions of undead simultaneously fell into stillness.
This was an incredible sight.
“Spatial Storm!!”
Zhuang Buzhou pointed forward again, and instantly, in the frozen world, countless spatial war knife blades appeared out of thin air, sweeping through like a storm. Wherever they passed, the entire battlefield was cleared as if mowing grass. All the undead were annihilated. The battlefield turned into ruins.
After this scene, countless grey Qi could be seen surging like a tide, entering his body and merging into the Nine Orifices Exquisite Heart.
“Is this the power of the space-time gourd? It's truly formidable. However, this strike has completely depleted the power accumulated by the space-time gourd from traversing space-time.”
However, the gains were truly immense.
With a single strike, hundreds of millions of undead were annihilated. The Origin contained within them merged into the Nine Orifices Exquisite Heart. The entire heart was sparkling, with lustrous treasure light flowing. The entire heart was like a bottomless pit, continuously devouring massive amounts of Origin.
An incredibly satisfying feeling emerged in his mind.
“The second wave of trials begins.”
An invisible will emerged.
Bang!!
However, just after annihilating hundreds of millions of undead, a dark war spear emerged from the Gui Xu Sea. A cold spear pierced through his body, and his entire body instantly exploded in the Gui Xu Sea, perishing on the spot.
“So strong!!”
Before he perished, Zhuang Buzhou seemed to see a cold gaze fixed upon him.
“Chaos Sea, Gui Xu Sea. Indeed, this world is full of Mystery. What a pity I didn't persevere to the end. Having too grand a wish is ultimately not a good thing. However, I have finally Awakened my Spiritual Root and embarked on the path of Cultivation. That was close, truly close. If I hadn't passed the first wave of trials, my Spiritual Root Awakening would have failed. Failing the second wave merely means that my wish cannot be ultimately realized, cannot reach final Perfection, but it can lay the Foundation and possibility for the Spiritual Root to be realized in the future.”
Zhuang Buzhou's entire body trembled violently, drenched in cold sweat. Although it wasn't true death, the feeling of death was exactly the same. Even he had to take several deep breaths to recover.
Then, he immediately began to examine his Spiritual Root.
His mind entered his body, and he once again saw his heart's location. A Nine Orifices Exquisite Heart appeared before him. He instinctively received a message.
Nine Orifices Exquisite Heart
Grade: Yellow Rank Supreme Grade.
Special Spiritual Root
Contained Characteristics: eternal 【Pseudo】, Other Shore 【Pseudo】.
Derived Divine Ability: Mending the Sky.
eternal 【Pseudo】: The Nine Orifices Exquisite Heart possesses the characteristic of eternal indestructibility. In all the Ten Thousand Worlds, no power can destroy it; even if shattered, it can be Rebirth again in the Ten Thousand Worlds. As the nine orifices are not at Perfection, it has not achieved true eternal.
Other Shore 【Pseudo】: Within the Nine Orifices Exquisite Heart, an Other Shore Space is nurtured. The sea of suffering is boundless, the Other Shore is ahead. All the Ten Thousand Worlds are illusory; only the Other Shore is real. As the nine orifices are not at Perfection, it has not achieved true Other Shore.
Mending the Sky: Exquisite gives birth to nine orifices, nine orifices give birth to creation. The nine orifices are also incomplete and can accommodate Heaven And Earth Treasure to complete the Nine Orifices Exquisite Heart. Integrated into the orifice, it can perfectly coexist and become one's own accompanying Spiritual Root.
“Creation, truly a great creation. This Mending the Sky characteristic is simply Heaven-Defying. Once integrated into an orifice, mending the incompleteness, the power of Mending the Sky will fuse it into one body. Even if it didn't originally belong to oneself, it can still perfectly coexist, as if it were one's own Spiritual Root. Once a cursed relic is integrated, it can directly transform into an accompanying Spiritual Root, and the curses on it will completely dissipate and cease to exist. Nine orifices mean one can possess nine accompanying Spirit Treasures. The previous space-time gourd was integrated into its first orifice, becoming an accompanying Spirit Treasure. In addition to that, eight more can be integrated.”
Zhuang Buzhou couldn't help but secretly gasp.
The grade of an accompanying Spiritual Root is equivalent to that of the Nine Orifices Exquisite Heart. If the Nine Orifices Exquisite Heart improves, the accompanying Spiritual Root will also improve with it, capable of transforming up to the level of a Natal Spiritual Root. This represents the upper limit. If a Yellow Rank Ninth Grade Spiritual Root were integrated into the Nine Orifices Exquisite Heart and became an accompanying Spirit Treasure, its upper limit would reach the level of the Nine Orifices Exquisite Heart, which is Yellow Rank Supreme Grade. All that is needed are sufficient resources and even Heaven And Earth Treasure to be used as nourishment for refinement.
Of course, the Nine Orifices Exquisite Heart will also subtly refine it.
Granting the accompanying Spiritual Root powerful potential.
Improving step by step.
“Yellow Rank Supreme Grade. This was achieved by devouring the Origin that turned into nourishment for refinement and growth after annihilating hundreds of millions of undead in the Gui Xu Sea earlier. Unfortunately, I didn't survive to the best outcome. If I had continued, could I have Breakthrough the Yellow Rank and reached the Profound Rank, or even the Earth Rank? Moreover, according to the Record of Cultivation World Oddities, even if a Spiritual Root Awakens, under normal circumstances, it only has one characteristic. The Nine Orifices Exquisite Heart actually has two characteristics. If this were to spread, I don't know how many Cultivators would want to kill me. Although neither eternal nor Other Shore has reached Perfection, if the Nine Orifices Exquisite Heart can achieve Perfection, it can naturally turn the pseudo into true.”
Zhuang Buzhou secretly decided that the Nine Orifices Exquisite Heart must never be easily exposed. In the future, what he would display externally could only be other Spiritual Roots. Even the space-time gourd could not be exposed. Time and space are two Heaven-Defying attributes in the Ten Thousand Worlds; one is already quite terrifying, let alone two. Without a doubt, the birth of the space-time gourd might be related to his traversing space-time, which caused the gourd to undergo an anomaly. It fused with the power of space-time, transforming into the current space-time gourd, and then integrated into his body, evolving into an accompanying Spiritual Root alongside the Nine Orifices Exquisite Heart. This could only be nurtured under special circumstances.
“Neither the Nine Orifices Exquisite Heart nor the space-time gourd can be easily exposed. I must choose a new Spiritual Root. I wonder what kind of changes will occur if this Contract Paper is integrated into the Nine Orifices Exquisite Heart and becomes an accompanying Spiritual Root.”
Zhuang Buzhou looked at the parchment scroll placed before him. With a thought, he picked up the war knife beside him and cut a slit on his finger. A drop of fresh blood immediately fell onto the Contract Paper.
Swish!!
The Contract Paper flashed with light and immediately drilled into his body. As soon as it entered his body, a powerful gravitational force naturally emanated from the Nine Orifices Exquisite Heart, causing the Contract Paper to fly directly towards the Nine Orifices Exquisite Heart. Upon contact, the Contract Paper had already appeared in the second Natal orifice.
“Ah!!”
Just as the Contract Paper integrated into the Natal orifice, a shrill scream suddenly came from the Contract Paper, revealing a hideous human face. That face seemed to have a black hole, devouring everything, but as the seven-colored glazed divine light covered the Contract Paper, this grotesque face shattered on the spot, turning into a wisp of black Qi. Then, it was strangely swallowed by the Nine Orifices Exquisite Heart and completely disappeared.
That parchment scroll, furthermore, under the refinement of the Nine Orifices Exquisite Heart's Origin power, changed at a visible speed. It was no longer just a parchment scroll, but continuously spawned new pages, and in a blink of an eye, it had transformed into a book.
Accompanying Spirit Treasure: book of contracts
Grade: Yellow Rank Fourth Grade.
Contained Characteristic: Contract.
Derived Divine Ability: Fair Scale.
A piece of information naturally appeared in his mind.
“Good, the book of contracts can sign contracts with all beings for fair transactions. Once a contract is signed, it cannot be violated. Violation will result in sanctions. The Yellow Rank level book of contracts has strong binding power within the Foundation Establishment Realm. Beyond the Foundation Establishment Realm, it depends on the strength of the sanction method. The book of contracts, as an accompanying Spiritual Root of the Nine Orifices Exquisite Heart, can use the power of the space-time gourd, which is also an accompanying Spiritual Root, as its sanctioning power. Time and space are two supreme powers; even in the Earthly Fiend Realm or higher Realms, they can have restrictive power. This alone is enough to increase the value of the book of contracts by more than ten, even a hundred times. It is undoubtedly a complete transformation.”
Zhuang Buzhou pondered to himself.
Whether a contract can be enforced and whether it has binding force naturally depends on the sanction methods of the book of contracts. Being able to borrow the power of space-time directly increases its binding force exponentially.
Moreover, this book of contracts can be used to refine Contract Scrolls. Contracts can be written on them, and once signed, they are subject to the book of contracts' restraint and supervision.
“This is a capability that can create wealth.”
Contracts are ubiquitous, present in all walks of life. Sometimes, large transactions require signing contracts. Wealthy families taking in servants require signing indentured servitude contracts. Duels between two parties require signing life-and-death contracts.
The binding force that guarantees the completion of contracts sometimes comes from a person's own credibility and morality, or even official authority. True, substantive restrictive power is very weak. Sometimes, for the strong, a contract can be torn up at will, and there is no means of restraint.
If a type of Contract Scroll emerged that could impose restraints on everyone, it would definitely be highly sought after by many who need it.