I'm bound to the World-Destroying Witch

Chapter 506. Mount Ling and Complete Holy Understanding

Xia Feng listened quietly to the old Dragon King's general introduction to Jiang Qiu'e's abilities, and seemed to be deep in thought:
"Your Majesty the Dragon King, so you mean you're willing to help me escape this demoness's clutches?"

"Witch?" The old Dragon King paused for a moment, then thought the title was quite fitting, stroking his beard and smiling faintly: "Of course."

"However, there are conditions for me to help you deal with the witch."

Xia Feng naturally understood the principle that there is no such thing as a free lunch, and nodded seriously: "Please go on."

"My divine body and soul are trapped in a place called [Spirit Mountain]. If you are willing to help me break the seal on Spirit Mountain, I will teach this demoness a lesson today. What do you say?"

Listening to the old man and the young man plotting loudly in front of her, Jiang Qiu'e remained expressionless: "Old Dragon King, if you're really after such a plan, you're likely to be disappointed."

"Now that Mount Ling is located within the Holy Spirit Palace, guarded by the Holy Lady and the remains of the Three Holy Gods, and overseen by the Black Moon, Elemental, and Justice sects, what do you think such an ant, who isn't even at the Venerable Realm, could possibly accomplish?"

"Ants?"

The old man narrowed his narrow, vertical, azure pupils and glanced lightly at Jiang Qiu'e: "Nine-Tailed Fox, do you really think I can't see that this child possesses an S-grade spiritual weapon? His future prospects are definitely limitless. So what if he's weak now?"

An S-rank spiritual artifact? Jiang Qiu'e glanced at Xia Feng, not particularly surprised. After all, it was normal for Xia Feng, being from Sirius, to possess an S-rank spiritual artifact.

As for what the old Dragon King meant, she understood that he believed Xia Feng would definitely achieve great things in the future.

Xia Feng: "."

Xia Feng was actually quite startled. Seeing the old dragon king's confident way of stating the level of his spiritual weapon, he almost thought that he had been correctly guessed.
It's estimated that the old Dragon King possesses some ability to see through the level of a target's magical artifact, but the upper limit is only S-level.

“Little child, if you can break the seal of Mount Ling within a thousand years, I will help you today.”

"..." Xia Feng frowned slightly, puzzled. "Does Your Excellency trust me that much? Aren't you afraid I'll go back on my word?"

"Of course I'm afraid you'll go back on your word." The old dragon king raised his hand, and a blue paper contract made of spiritual light floated in front of Xia Feng. Mysterious light symbols floated around the paper contract, containing the power of laws.

"."

"You really do have the ability to make contracts." Xia Feng glanced at the contents of the contract, but did not take it. Instead, he shook his head. "Your Majesty, I do need your help, but what you asked me to do is too dangerous. I cannot agree to something where the risk and reward are so mismatched."

If what Jiang Qiu'e said is true, and Mount Ling is within the Holy Spirit Palace, then if he wants to break the seal on Mount Ling, he will inevitably have to become an enemy of the Three Religions, not to mention the Holy Lady and the remains of the Three Saints.

Moreover, there might be even more terrifying entities involved behind this, and Xia Feng wasn't about to invite trouble.

Just to escape Jiang Qiu'e today, I've taken on such a troublesome matter; it's not worth it.

"Alright, Old Dragon King, don't waste your energy. The seal on Mount Ling cannot be broken."

Seeing that the old man and the young man had not reached an agreement, Jiang Qiu'e felt a little relieved and said calmly, "Xia Feng, let's go. You can rest assured that I have said that we should wipe the slate clean and I will not go back on my word."

As she spoke, she stepped forward, put her arm around the boy's waist, and turned to fly away in the direction she had come from.

Xia Feng did not resist.

"."

"Hold on."

Seeing that he had failed to fool them, the old dragon king flashed in front of the two and blocked their way. He stroked his beard helplessly and said, "Very well, if you agree to help me, I will give you a divine relic of a ninth-order star god."

“Old Dragon King, don’t waste your energy. The grudge between him and me has long been resolved, and I will no longer be of any use to him.” Jiang Qiu’e said calmly, “He has no need to ask anything of you.”

Xia Feng glanced at the woman, then looked at the old Dragon King and blinked.

The old Dragon King stroked his withered horns with a headache and said in a deep voice, "As long as you agree to help me, I will grant you any wish. Of course, that's only if it's within my power. If you're not willing to do that, then forget it." Xia Feng raised an eyebrow, and had to admit, he was truly tempted this time.

After a moment's thought, seeing that the old Dragon King was unlikely to raise the price any further, he reluctantly nodded: "It's not impossible."

"But, Your Majesty the Dragon King, you are merely a remnant spirit trapped here. What can you possibly accomplish?"

Upon hearing Xia Feng's question, the old Dragon King immediately objected, blowing his white beard and glancing at Xia Feng with his dragon eyes: "Judging from the state of your spiritual artifact, you haven't completed the Saintly Liberation Ceremony yet, have you?"

"!" Xia Feng was startled.

Indeed, he has now collected the Holy Liberation Liquid, the Manifestation Path, and the Original Attribute Obsidian, completing the second stage of Holy Liberation.

However, the final step, the sacred liberation ceremony, is still pending and has yet to be successfully completed.

Without achieving "Complete Holy Understanding," one cannot perfectly utilize the Holy Understanding ability of a spiritual artifact.

[Sacred Liberation Ritual: Kill someone who is smarter, more handsome, stronger, and more outstanding than you]

Xia Feng had previously conducted an experiment where he believed the other person was smarter, more handsome, stronger, and more outstanding than himself, and then killed them. This approach simply wouldn't work.

Therefore, Xia Feng guessed that in order for the Holy Liberation Ritual to succeed, he had to find someone whose overall qualities were superior to his own and kill that person!
But this is obviously quite difficult.

Or rather, for him, who was bound to Mu Shen, there were some difficulties.

The specific definition of "superior" in the phrase "superior to Mu Shen" is highly subjective.

What if 'excellent' includes cultivation talent?
Then he shouldn't completely interpret it as holy; he should just wash up and go to sleep.

Unless the Holy Liberation Ritual can remove the effects of the Demon Heart, it's possible that his cultivation talent is actually incredibly poor.

In this way, there is still a slight possibility of complete enlightenment.

Why say 'a trace'?
Because the word 'handsome' is also quite difficult to achieve, is there anyone in this world more handsome than Xia Feng?

No!

"."

Ahem, let's get back to the main topic! Xia Feng pulled his wandering thoughts back.

Several months ago, after the completion of the second phase of Holy Liberation, he received information about the complete Holy Liberation.

Alpha Spirit Artifact: Divine Mirror Without Platform can not only copy spirit artifacts, but also copy divine authority!
After all, divine authority, as a 'solidified spiritual artifact,' was also a spiritual artifact before becoming a god, so it can naturally be copied.

However, this terrifying ability to replicate divine authority can only be used after complete enlightenment.

That would be extremely troublesome.

His ritual of liberation may never be completed in his lifetime because he cannot find a being 'better than himself'!

Thus, they can only watch this terrifying ability from afar, unable to use it!

"So, what does Your Majesty the Dragon King mean?" Xia Feng's dark eyes narrowed slightly.

The old Dragon King, Sheng Qing, with his vertical pupils calm, stroked his beard and said, "You should also understand that the ritual of dismantling an S-grade spiritual artifact is extremely difficult, and it is very likely that even a sage or a god cannot complete it."

"But I have a way to help you bypass the Holy Liberation ritual and directly achieve [Complete Holy Liberation]!"

(End of this chapter)