Becoming a god starts from planting a Bodhi tree.

Chapter 192 Prayer, Bet

When Lin Tantian heard that Gu Chensha was still humiliating their lineage, he laughed in anger:
"Being crowned a king is the threshold to meeting that person? What a big tone! Even a crowned king is not qualified to say that! Could it be that your junior brother has already obtained the qualifications to impact the forbidden door?!"

It was only thousands of years ago that the Dachi Tiangong took over the eight palaces and became the ninth palace.

Compared with the long history of the Eighth Palace, this period is just the beginning.

There are very few civilized forces that have defected to the Dachi Tiangong, and only a few second-rate civilized forces.

And considering the foundation, bloodline and physique of a second-rate civilization, the highest genius it can produce is nothing more than being crowned a king.

Only the foundation of a first-class civilization and its inheritance system can give birth to a king who is superior to the king.

Theoretically, the realm of kingship is the limit that the True Seed Realm can enter, but due to racial talents, secret techniques and other factors, some of the king-level warriors are far ahead of other king-level warriors in terms of combat power, and have touched the extreme limit of combat power in this realm.

In order to distinguish those who have super-standard combat power, the so-called "top king" came into being.

For a first-class civilization, such genius warriors are extremely rare, and it is a great achievement to have one in every generation.

There are hundreds of civilizations under the jurisdiction of the Nine Palaces, but less than ten are first-rate civilizations. The other eight palaces have one in five, and it is not the turn of the Great Red Palace at all.

Facing Junior Brother Lin's questioning, Gu Chensha remained calm and just shook his head.

Ji Jingqiu has now crossed the forbidden threshold.

The Dachi Tiangong had no intention of publicizing this matter, but it would not deliberately conceal it either.

If anyone is to blame, blame Junior Brother Lin for his poor imagination. No matter how hard he tried to guess, he could only guess "qualification to challenge the forbidden sequence."

But this matter cannot be blamed on Junior Brother Lin.

After all, the forbidden sequence is something that is beyond the standard.

Gu Chensha's thoughts were in turmoil. Thinking of his junior brother Ji, he felt like seeing him off.

During this period of time, several of their fellow apprentices, together with several uncles, have thoroughly "studied" Ji Jingqiu.

Seeing Gu Chensha shaking his head, Lin Tantian wanted to laugh back, but thinking of the younger generation behind him, he could only "bear the humiliation" and suppress his anger, saying in a deep voice:

"Brother Gu, today your Great Red Heaven Palace will lend me a place, Lin Tantian. If you need anything in the future, please feel free to ask me. If I, Lin Tantian, frown, I will die miserably!"

Hearing this, the young man behind him, Lu Zhen, was horrified. He was shocked by the master's words and was moved beyond words.

He gritted his teeth and stood up: "Two ancestors, I am willing to become the follower of that master. It is the blessing of this junior to be able to accompany the master on the ancient road!"

He emphasized that although that person was about the same age as himself, he was at the same level as the master in terms of seniority. He was just a junior, and it was not a shame for him to follow the master.

Gu Chensha nodded, and seeing that the boy did have some insight, he patiently gave him some pointers:
"You are more perceptive than Junior Brother Lin. Being able to become a follower of my Junior Brother is indeed the greatest fortune you have ever encountered in your life. After entering the ancient road, remember to follow your Grandmaster Ji..."

Lu Zhen: “…”

The veins on Lin Tantian's forehead were throbbing and his hands were shaking in his sleeves.

After giving the young man some pointers, Gu Chensha was quite moved and even a little envious of the boy in front of him.

He followed his master since he was young, met many elders, and heard a lot of old stories from them.

The most fascinating and even refreshing thing to listen to is the experience of the master in his youth when he was venturing into the ancient heritage path.

Even the master himself sometimes misses his youthful days.

"Sign this contract." Gu Chensha suppressed his emotions and waved his hand to draw a contract.

Although they are all Nine Palaces, the necessary procedures still need to be followed, in case the young man becomes fickle-minded and chooses to break his promise in the future.

Even if Junior Brother Ji doesn't care at all, the face of the Dachi Tiangong cannot be lost.

Lu Zhen carefully signed his name on the contract. He felt relieved but also a little disappointed.

I had just entered the martial arts world and was forced to become a follower of others.

To put it nicely, they are followers, but to put it bluntly, they are no different from attendants.

But he soon pulled himself together and consoled himself that as a junior, serving his master, it was not a light humiliation.

Before leaving.

Lin Tantian gritted his teeth and said, "Brother Gu, now that things have come to this, tell me, is your junior brother the descendant of Uncle Gu?"

In his opinion, if Gu Chensha was really not deliberately humiliating him and others, then the biggest possibility was that the junior brother he mentioned was actually the descendant of the Great Red Heavenly Lord!
As far as he knew, the Great Red Lord had no bloodline passed down.

If Junior Brother Ji, who I have heard of for a long time but never seen in person, is the descendant of Uncle Gu, then everything can be explained.

Gu Chensha glanced at him and shook his head, "This joke is not funny."

Lin Tantian said angrily: "He is not Uncle Gu's biological son, and you are so sure that you are not humiliating us. You dare not take the crowned king genius seriously. Could it be that your junior brother has already entered the forbidden sequence?!"

But this time, Gu Chensha did not answer.

The acting Palace Master of the Great Red Palace had a deep gaze. He did not nod, but he also did not deny it as he had done before.

This attitude shocked Lin Tantian.

He...didn't deny it this time? !
Gu Chensha suddenly turned his head to look outside the hall, and said thoughtfully: "Junior Brother Lin, I'm sorry I can't see you off. I have some things to take care of."

After saying this, he actually walked out of the palace directly.

Looking at the departing figure, Lin Tantian was a little dazed, and finally shook his head suddenly.

Impossible! Breaking through the taboo sequence will cause the arrival of the Nether Sea, which will cause a huge noise and last for a very long time. It is impossible for a taboo sequence to quietly appear in Yanfuzhou without any news!
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The purple copper incense burner is at hand, the surface of the incense burner is glowing with warm light, and the fragrance from the burner rises up in curls, neither hurriedly nor impatiently, reaching deep into people's hearts, brushing away the dust on the soul, making people feel leisurely and comfortable.

This is a calming incense that is extremely beneficial to spiritual practice. Even those who are in a state of meditation can benefit from it, but it is of no use to Ji Jingqiu.

When the mind has reached a stable state, external objects are basically useless. The only thing left is to comprehend the mystery of the unity of nature and man, and thus advance to the fetal breathing stage.

Ji Jingqiu originally wanted to decline, but several senior brothers and uncles from the Dachi Palace waved their hands and said that it would be useless if it was just piled up in the warehouse, and even if it was of no benefit, the smell would be great.

Under their enthusiasm, Ji Jingqiu was forced to carry an incense burner with him wherever he went.

I have to say, this scent is really nice.

At this moment.

Ji Jingqiu sat on the top floor of the library and looked up. The sky was high and the clouds were light.

Not far away, Jin Xi and Jingu sat in a corner, studying the secret collection here.

Jin Xi's nostrils moved slightly from time to time as he sniffed the soothing fragrance floating in the air. He felt his mind become clear and his cultivation speed increased a lot.

As Ji Jingqiu's followers, the two originally wanted to stand outside the door to guard it.

But this idea was rejected by Ji Jingqiu. After all, except him and a few senior brothers from the Dachi Tiangong, no one else had the authority to go up to the top floor of the library.

So Ji Jingqiu asked them to practice as they should.

In terms of strength, these two are merely at the level of marquis. Although they are already very outstanding as far as the Canglang Jin family is concerned, they still have a long way to go if they want to follow him in the future.

Putting down the book "Theory of Nourishing the Spirit" in his hand, Ji Jingqiu looked outside.

This library is a tall tower building, surrounded by dense trees that are lush and green all year round, regardless of the seasons.

The morning sun was shining, and the paths extending in all directions with the high tower as the center were covered by trees. The road was covered with mottled shadows of the trees, quiet and elegant. It was rare to see a few disciples of the Dachi Tiangong walking through the shadows of the trees and heading towards the library.

This place gave him the feeling of a palace of learning.

In fact, for the hundreds of civilized forces within the territory governed by the Nine Palaces, the Nine Palaces built on nine huge floating lands are nine holy places.

Even according to what Senior Brother Gu revealed, these nine floating lands are actually partial manifestations of nine inner universes, representing the nine most powerful beings.

In Jiuzhou, there is no such thing as Grand Master or Supreme Grand Master.

Above the celestial beings is the Heavenly King.

Above the King of Heaven, there are two paths, one is to become a god, the other is to become an overlord.

These civilized forces worship the Nine Palaces and enjoy its protection and blessings. At the same time, they also continuously send talents from their own civilizations into the Nine Palaces for training.

Therefore, from all aspects, the Nine Palaces and the hundreds of civilized forces under its rule have long been inseparable and closely related.

Before coming to Jiuzhou, Ji Jingqiu imagined that this place would be a hodgepodge.

After all, there are thousands of civilized forces in Jambu alone.

These once cosmic tribes now stood side by side and crowded on the same supercontinent. Many civilizations had completely different living habits, aesthetic concepts, and even forms of consciousness, social systems, and technological levels.

These civilizations collided with each other like a bucket of different colored paints intertwined together.

Previously in the universe, he had also come into contact with first-class civilizations such as the Demon Eye Empire and the Black Sun Tribe.

The former is an extremely large cosmic empire, with a territory covering thousands of star systems and a technological level that is even higher than that of the Federation.

The latter, however, still maintains the habits of surface civilization. Many strong people have the habit of wandering and practicing hard. The technological needs at the social level all rely on plunder, or the "tribute" from subordinate civilizations.

On the way back to the Dachi Palace, Ji Jingqiu specifically asked Senior Brother Qianzhong.

According to Senior Brother Qianzhong, the rules of heaven and earth in Jiuzhou are different from those in the universe, which is not only reflected in the suppression of martial arts, but also in the underlying rules.

This has resulted in many of the universe's most advanced technologies being unable to be realized in Jiuzhou.

The ones who suffered the most serious "injuries" in the early days were several mechanical races that were upgraded through pure technological routes. Most of their civilization foundation was destroyed, and only one tenth of their strength remained. They were directly knocked down from the first-rate to the second-rate.

Although the various ethnic groups subsequently found a new path for technological development and established a basic technological foundation, the "previous lesson" of the first visit to Jiuzhou made everyone's exploration of this path stop at people's livelihood, and they reached a unanimous consensus - individual power is the most reliable evolutionary route!

Just as Ji Jingqiu was thinking, someone came from outside the door and shouted:

"Jingqiu! Come, come, come!"

A very young white-haired boy walked in quickly. He looked younger than Ji Jingqiu, but his actual age was over several thousand years old. He was the junior brother of the Great Red Heavenly Lord, and his name was Lu Tong.

Lu Tong looked at Ji Jingqiu with shining eyes, spread a map in front of him, and said:
"I finally found this map in my senior brother's secret library. Keep it well. If nothing unexpected happens, you will be able to find two nine-foot-level mountain and water spiritual inspirations from the coordinates on the map."

Hearing Uncle Lu's words, Ji Jingqiu was also surprised. He didn't expect that he would really find it out.

Several senior brothers and uncles told him that he could ask for anything he wanted.

He then talked about his greatest desire.

That is the "inspiration of heaven and earth".

This involves his development in the Divine Wandering Realm, and determines whether he can sprout and bloom into what kind of gorgeous "flowers".

Of course, it could also be a tree.

But his requirements were too high. He still had some superior spiritual energy above seven feet, but nine feet nine... this kind of legendary spiritual energy was hard to come by.

Even in the Nine Palaces there is no stock.

It was because the food was so good at the beginning that Ji Jingqiu's horizons were raised.

He planned to either not do it or do it to the extreme, collect the strongest spiritual inspiration from heaven and earth, and create the strongest realm of divine wandering.

Lu Tong said with emotion: "You have really gone too far in the True Seed Realm. I went to the main warehouse again yesterday and looked around, but I couldn't find any resources that would be useful to you at the moment, so I just took some divine substances. Here, remember to refine them later."

Ever since Qianchong brought Ji Jingqiu back, the top leaders of Dachitian put down their work and gathered together to see what kind of amazing successor the Southern Emperor He Donghuang had chosen.

In the past half month, they had been caring about Ji Jingqiu day and night, and had studied Ji Jingqiu's true realm thoroughly. From shock to numbness, they finally understood what kind of pervert this boy was.

Proving one's own innateness, becoming a god in martial arts...these are actually still within the normal range and do not go beyond the realm of becoming a king.

But the spiritual realm, the prototype of the dojo, and his three original sword techniques, each of these three, taken alone, is enough to easily make him a king.

The combination of these three makes Ji Jingqiu look like a "monster".

Finally, there is his innate supernatural power that defies the heavens.

The strategic significance of this innate magical power is so high that it is unimaginable.

Given time, Ji Jingqiu might be able to replace the entire [Buddha Town] by himself!
"How is your innate supernatural power?" Lu Tong asked with concern.

"I feel like it's still a long way from perfection." Ji Jingqiu sensed it and said.

Over the past half month, with the "feeding" of several senior brothers and uncles, his innate supernatural powers have quickly advanced from the "germination" stage to the "maturity" stage. Only the last step is left before it can be "perfected" and completed.

This speed is not unpleasant.

For those geniuses in Jiuzhou who follow the path of bloodline and are born with the bloodline of the ancestor and the bloodline fighting body, the cultivation of their innate supernatural powers takes years.

There are many who have not fully developed their innate supernatural powers until adulthood.

The reason why his progress was so fast was, on the one hand, that he had achieved divine enlightenment through martial arts and had nurtured his own divinity, and secondly, that he was nourished by a large amount of divine substances.

"Don't worry, take your time. Don't rush it." Lu Tong said seriously, "It doesn't matter if the innate magical power is nurtured slowly."

Ji Jingqiu nodded.

"How have you learned about the ancient road during this period?"

"I have read the information provided by my uncle and senior brothers, and have a comprehensive understanding of the ancient path of inheritance." Ji Jingqiu said.

During this period of time, he made up for all kinds of knowledge about the ancient road, which were all treasures accumulated by Jiugong over countless years.

The complexity of this ancient road far exceeded his imagination.

The ancient inheritance path of Jiuzhou is essentially a collection of countless inner worlds and secondary universe planes.

A seventh-level strong man can contain the heaven, earth and universe in his body. After the death of these strong men, the heaven and earth in their bodies may not collapse, but will become a wandering plane similar to the secondary universe plane.

Therefore, for any civilization, every seventh-level strongman, whether alive or dead, is part of the civilization's heritage.

"That's good to know."

Lu Tong said with a gleam in his eyes,

"After entering the ancient road, with your strength, you don't need to worry about anything. Go all the way and kill anyone who stands in your way! Whoever you like can be taken as your attendant, wife, concubine or even mount!"

"Well, you must also remember the 'enemy list' we prepared for you! Some of the people on it are the descendants of my senior brothers and your master's former enemies. As a representative of our younger generation, you should continue to suppress them!"

Ji Jingqiu was speechless. The more Master Lu spoke, the more excited he became, as if he was the one entering and was deeply immersed in it.

"Uncle Master, can I organize these materials and send a copy back to the Federation?" Ji Jingqiu asked.

He wanted to send one copy to Senior Brother Shi Xuanzhen, as well as Yue Yourong and others with whom he had a good relationship.

"Okay. Let Xiao Qian run the trip for you, and you don't have to go back. Going back and forth is a waste of time. The opening of the ancient inheritance road is just around the corner."

Lu Tong agreed readily. Since the coins were not collected by him, he did not feel sorry at all and did not have any resistance at all.

He said with concern: "Your influence in the Federation is still too weak. You should win over a group of people."

In Lu Tong's opinion, Dachi Tiangong will need to rely on the Federation as a transit station to enter the universe in the future, so making friends with it is necessary.

There's nothing wrong with taking the resources of the Eight Palaces and using their connections with the Great Red Palace.

"Also, I'm here to inform you that the Jiugong will hold an internal exchange competition as usual in the near future. In the past, my Dachi Tiangong rarely participated, but since you are here, this time it will be different."

Lu Tong said, his face was younger than Ji Jingqiu, and he was smiling brightly at the moment,
"Just think of it as a warm-up before entering the Ancient Road."

"In addition, if nothing unexpected happens this time, Senior Brother Gu will set up a trap for you and try to win a ray of heaven and earth spiritual energy that has been treasured for many years from Yuandong Palace. This should be able to meet your requirements."

"Oh?" Ji Jingqiu didn't care at first. There was no opponent worthy of his attention in the Nine Palaces.

But after hearing that this warm-up match might bring some ideas that suit his taste, he became more interested.

In the past half month, he has become stronger again, although it is not a qualitative transformation, but only a slight improvement in physical and mental levels.

And this progress comes from his constant adaptation to the rules of heaven and earth in Jiuzhou.

The rules of Jiuzhou are much looser than those of the universe, and it is easier to break through here.

However, during this period of time, Ji Jingqiu had a headache...

That's Lajiang's side.

Even after ten thousand years, there are still Lajiang's relatives in the land of Jambu who pray day and night.

It was not known whether it was because Hela was lodging in his inner world, but these prayers would ring in his ears from time to time.

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“You all want to teach my Great Scarlet Palace how to do things?” Gu Chensha looked dignified as he glanced at the heads of the other eight palaces. “Even if the quota of my Great Scarlet Palace rots there, it is my Great Scarlet Palace’s own business.”

The representatives of the other eight palaces looked at each other with deep eyes.

Half a month ago, the Dachi Palace inexplicably had a "second-generation disciple", which attracted special attention from the other eight palaces.

But that person never showed up, and the people from the Dachi Tiangong also kept silent. Instead, they went against their usual practice and started running to the main warehouse of the Jiugongs to pick and choose.

Looking at this situation, everyone originally thought that Dachi Tiangong had found a good seedling and was ready to devote all their efforts to cultivating it.

But these guys picked and picked in the general warehouse and finally took nothing. According to the reaction of the elders guarding the gate, these guys finally left shaking their heads and only took some strong divine substances, which made everyone incredible.

At this moment.

Someone said, "Junior Brother Gu, why do you have to do this? We are not trying to get something for nothing. We can use other resources in exchange. I heard that Junior Brother Ji needs some followers? Our Yuandong Palace can provide a martial artist who is a marquis."

Gu Chensha said sternly, "Who do you think is qualified to follow my junior brother? Even He Xiao from your Yuandong Palace is not qualified!"

The atmosphere in the field suddenly became quiet.

There are two top kings in Yuandong Tiangong's generation, and He Xiao is one of them.

The one who spoke earlier said with deep eyes, "Junior Brother Gu is too arrogant. How about we make a bet? Let's bet on the next exchange competition. I heard that you have been searching for the best spiritual energy of heaven and earth recently. If your junior brother can win, my Yuandong Heavenly Palace will have another nine-foot-three-inch top-grade spiritual energy; but if your junior brother loses, we don't want much, just two places from your Dachi Heavenly Palace, how about it, is it fair?"

Gu Chensha nodded decisively: "Fair, when does the exchange competition start?"

"Three days later!"

"Not tomorrow?"

Everyone was speechless for a moment and looked at him in surprise.

Why is this person even more anxious than them? Is he really that confident?

Yuan He of Yuandong Palace was silent for a moment, and suddenly felt a little uneasy, but the words had been spoken and could not be taken back.

He said in a deep voice: "It won't be long. Junior Brother Gu can go back and prepare for the battle."

Gu Chensha said calmly: "Then I would like to thank Senior Brother Yuan for his inspiration."

Everyone was speechless, but they couldn't help feeling suspicious, because Gu Chensha seemed too calm and too confident of winning.

Is this guy acting, or is he really sure of it?
(End of this chapter)