Chapter 2195: Divine King Grass

Clutching the rock wall, Zhang Xuan crawled downward bit by bit. The dark pit seemed to harbor a tremendous force that could swallow a person at any moment.

The deeper he went, the hotter the pendant on his chest became, giving the illusion that it was about to melt. The Heaven's Path true energy in his body grew increasingly difficult to circulate.

It was as if this pit was the nemesis of his cultivation technique.

Heaven's Path true energy of emotion...

When the purified Heaven's Path true energy of emotion circulated, the pressure vanished, and Zhang Xuan continued downward.

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, sizzle!

After advancing for a while, streams of dark gray气流 surged into his body along his acupoints.

As expected...

Having anticipated this, he was not nervous. The Heaven's Path true energy quickly met them, and the two forces neutralized each other, emitting beams of cyan light.

In the pitch-black pit, the cyan light shone brightly, making Zhang Xuan appear like a deity suspended in midair.

The deeper he went, the more dark gray气流 there were, and the more the Heaven's Path true energy was consumed. The surrounding space also began to destabilize, shaking incessantly.

If I continue, there will be great danger...

After descending a bit further, Zhang Xuan stopped.

Although he could fly, the space here had already become unstable. If he pressed on, he would likely fall into turbulent currents and vortices.

Given the power of these whirlpools, with his current cultivation, he should find it difficult to withstand them.

"First, stop here and purify all the Heavenly Dao True Qi within me into Heaven-If-There-Is-Feeling True Qi..."

After hesitating for a moment, Zhang Xuan took out the Divine King Sword, dug a small pit in the ground, and sat down cross-legged.

Since he was already here, it would be truly unwilling to go back like this. Since these dark gray currents could neutralize the Heavenly Dao True Qi, he might as well eliminate it all, leaving only pure Heaven-If-There-Is-Feeling True Qi in his body.

He quickly absorbed the dark gray currents to neutralize the Heavenly Dao True Qi. After nearly an hour, the power within his body was only Heaven-If-There-Is-Feeling True Qi; the Heavenly Dao True Qi was completely consumed.

"The reserve of true qi is less than one percent..."

Previously, with the two types of true qi intermingling, his dantian was like an ocean, vast beyond measure. Now that the Heavenly Dao True Qi had been neutralized, the Heaven-If-There-Is-Feeling True Qi was purified, but the reserve had also decreased drastically. Upon careful calculation, it was only one percent of before.

Whether such a sharp reduction in true qi in a short time was good or bad remained uncertain.

With the Heavenly Dao True Qi gone, the oppressive force of the dark gray currents disappeared. Zhang Xuan climbed out of the pit and continued crawling downward.

Before long, he arrived at the turbulent whirlpool he had seen earlier.

The space here flowed like liquid, and even a Divine King's flight technique could not enter normally. Flipping his wrist, Zhang Xuan took out a weapon of the superior Heavenly God level and extended it forward.

Hum!

The long sword twisted into a peculiar arc, as if it had fallen into a funhouse mirror.

Withdrawing his hand, he found that the twisted part could never be restored, and its spirituality had been worn away.

"Space is flowing and distorted. Entering it, one would adapt to this place, eventually causing even one's life form to change..."

Knowing that his current strength was too low, and entering would likely leave him like this sword, unable to recover, Zhang Xuan sighed. Just as he was about to leave and return when his cultivation was higher, he saw something constantly swaying in the distorted space before him, like ripples in water.

Raising an eyebrow, he activated his Eye of Clarity and looked carefully.

Within the flowing space, a few strange plants were rooted on the rock wall, swaying constantly along with the flowing currents.

"Life can actually grow here?" His heart shook, and Zhang Xuan was filled with disbelief.

The flowing space before him, like a turbulent current, constantly changed direction. Under normal circumstances, if one entered it, even he would be altered like the longsword just now, unable to recover...

Even he, lacking such strength and physique, could not withstand it, yet plants could survive—how was that possible?

"Could it be... that the Divine King Grass Feng Jiuge mentioned really exists? Is this it?"

His heart stirred.

Earlier, when this student mentioned it, he had scoffed, thinking it impossible, but seeing the plants before him, he was no longer certain.

The Divine King realm comprehends the space of heaven and earth, and these grasses, surviving in flowing space, had clearly adapted deeply to the laws of space.

If he could refine them into pills and swallow them, perhaps he could truly break through to Divine King as he wished.

"But... how can I get them?" He frowned.

These herbs seemed to be in the shallow part of the flowing space, yet even top-grade peak divine weapons could not withstand it—how could he retrieve them?

If he couldn't get them, no matter how precious, they were useless!

"Little Yellow Chicken, I have a task for you!"

With a thought, he communicated with the yellow chicken lying in his dantian.

This fellow had already reached the Divine King realm, stronger than himself, and was immortal. If it acted, perhaps it could retrieve these things.

"I was sleeping..."

With a resentful look, Little Yellow Chicken flew out, glanced down, and a hint of doubt appeared in its eyes: "Here... I feel like I've been here before..."

"Been here?" Zhang Xuan frowned. "Do you remember something?"

This chicken had always claimed to be a divine beast roaming the divine realm, but it had never recalled what it was. Even after breaking through to Divine King, its memories about its race remained blank. Could it recall something now?

"No, it just looks familiar..." Little Yellow Chicken tilted its head, hesitated for a moment, then said: "Forget it, if I can't remember, I won't think about it. As long as my strength keeps increasing, I'll surely remember. By the way, why did you call me out?"

It had been sleeping in his dantian; if nothing was wrong, this master wouldn't have called it.

"I suspect those plants in the flowing space are Divine King Grass, which can help one break through to the Divine King realm. With my current strength, I can't retrieve them. Go get a few for me to see!"

Zhang Xuan said.

"Those grasses?" Little Yellow Chicken was taken aback, then nodded: "That's possible. Those grasses are indeed a bit strange..."

"Mm, can you get them?" Zhang Xuan instructed: "Just pick them, don't eat them!"

This fellow was gluttonous to a fault. If it rushed over and ate them all, he couldn't exactly dig them out of its mouth and eat them himself!

He would rather not break through to Divine King than do something so disgusting...

Little Yellow Chicken looked disgruntled: "I'm already a Divine King expert; this stuff is useless to me. Don't worry... I won't eat it... Fine, I'll just eat one to taste. If it's not good, I won't eat more... Anyway, there are several here!"

Seeing that it really intended to eat, Zhang Xuan's scalp tingled. He had only mentioned it casually, never expecting to be right. Helpless, he finally nodded: "Go ahead, but this flowing space is a bit strange. If there's danger, don't go in. Wait until we understand it better!"

Compared to Little Yellow Chicken, these Divine King Grasses were insignificant. If it fell into danger, he would rather give them up.