Chapter 671: Chapter 664: Origins

After moving Wu Daniu out of the Cultivation Hall, Chen Hai sat back down in the Taishi Chair and fell into deep thought.

“The twenty elites I selected, only Wu Daniu succeeded in obtaining an inheritance from the Black Water Myriad Spirit Pool.”

“This guy, though he may look unsightly, perhaps his background isn’t as simple as it seems!”

Furrowing his brow in thought for a while, Chen Hai suddenly remembered his Heavenly Mechanism Technique.

In certain matters, this technique might not be very reliable, but it all depends on the situation it’s used for.

With the help of this technique, he had once divined that Ye Fangxian was the reincarnation of an Innate Spiritual Treasure.

Given that, he felt, if he used the Heavenly Mechanism Technique to divine something about Wu Daniu, he should still be able to figure out something.

Now that he had this idea in mind, he took a deep breath, concentrated his spirit, and started to use the Heavenly Mechanism Technique to begin his divination.

“Taibai, the Primordial Land has shattered, the Heavenly Court has been destroyed; why do you stubbornly refuse to see reason, insisting on going down with the Heavenly Court?”

“The master has said, although you are not very strong and a bit fearful and cautious, you are adept at forming alliances and, barely qualifying, can still be considered talented.”

“As long as you are willing to serve our Demon Palace and devote yourself to the master, we can turn a blind eye and spare you a way to live.”

“Yuan Tiansong, if you want to fight, then let’s fight, why waste words?”

“The Heavenly Emperor has shown me kindness, with the downfall of the Heavenly Court, the Nether Land, Heavenly Mansion, plus your Demon Palace, all are the chief culprits.”

“You want me to serve your Demon Palace and survive in disgrace? I, Li Changgeng, might have been useless all my life, but in this matter, I would rather die than compromise.”

“Taibai, since you’re bent on seeking death, then I shall grant your wish!”

…

In a daze, Chen Hai seemed to see a group of Golden-armored Divine Men, towering like mountains, besieging an old man in Taoist robes with white hair and beard, holding a whisk.

Whether it was the old man or the Golden-armored Divine Men, every move they made caused the sun and the moon to dim and the heavens and earth to change color. The power contained within was incredibly terrifying.

Although the visions Chen Hai glimpsed were fragmented, they still deeply shook his heart.

Especially when that old Taoist was finally destroyed by the group of Golden-armored Divine Men, leaving only a strand of his incomplete True Spirit to escape into reincarnation, he saw blood rain falling from the sky, temporarily rendering the entire region blood red.

“Pop…” came a crisp sound.

Chen Hai, using the Heavenly Mechanism Technique, found that the fingers he was using to divinate, one after another, burst open.

Perhaps, because what he divined surpassed the limitations that the Heavenly Mechanism Technique could handle, this situation occurred.

Hurriedly ceasing the Heavenly Mechanism Technique, Chen Hai snapped out of that state.

Such a minor injury was nothing to him; in less than a two-hour period, he would be able to recover.

Using the Heavenly Mechanism Technique, he was afraid he might not deduce anything.

As long as he could deduce something, even if he had to pay a price, it was still worth it and certainly within his tolerance.

“Taibai? Li Changgeng? Could that white-haired old man be Taibai Jinxing?”

“Judging by what was divined, Wu Daniu should be the reincarnation of that incomplete True Spirit of the white-haired old man.”

“With a nature like Wu Daniu’s, to have such a terrifying background, it really is quite mind-boggling!”

The fingers that had burst open were now regenerating, the flesh at the break pulsing and visibly beginning to heal slowly.

Withdrawing his gaze from his fingers, Chen Hai spoke to himself with a strange expression.

Taibai Jinxing, that was a character from legend.

When legend became reality, and he actually saw the scene related to Taibai, even Chen Hai found it somewhat hard to accept, and he fell into brief contemplation.

“I had previously speculated that the world I currently inhabit evolved from after the Primordial Land shattered.”

“Now it seems that this is not just speculation, but most likely the truth.”

“The remaining True Spirit of Taibai Jinxing, who has reincarnated, has already joined my sect and has become a registered disciple of mine.”

“It’s possible that the other Great Powers and high and mighty Saints of the legends might still exist in this world.”

“The waters of this world are too deep, it’s better to stay as low-key as possible!”

After circling in his mind for quite some time, one thought after another appeared in Chen Hai’s mind. He wore a bitter expression and let out a long sigh.

“Let’s not worry about those for the moment, the distance between those legendary Great Powers and myself is still quite far.”

“The waters of this world are too deep, and since I’m not strong enough to make waves, it’s better to focus on cultivating sincerely.”

“Let’s set a goal first. Not to mention becoming a Saint, but at least, I should step into the Quasi-Saint Realm!”

“With the power of a Quasi-Saint, I should barely have the strength to protect myself in this world,” Chen Hai said to himself with resolve.

As soon as he thought about how he was still just an Earth Immortal, and that there were several Great Realms above him like Heavenly Immortal, Golden Immortal, and Daluo Golden Immortal before he could step into the Quasi-Saint Realm, he couldn’t help but feel an urgent sense of pressure.

The only thing that felt fortunate to him was that the inheritance he had received from the Black Water Leech Emperor had a very high limit; if he cultivated this technique to the extreme, reaching the Quasi-Saint Realm shouldn’t be a problem.

“Looking at the inheritance I’ve received, the Leech Emperor must have been at least a Quasi-Saint.”

“With my connections, one could say that I have backing.”

“If one day, I provoke some Golden Immortal or even a Daluo, I can just bring up the Leech Emperor, and that would scare them to death!”

Somewhat in the spirit of Ah Q, Chen Hai comforted himself.

The hall he was in now was used for his daily rest. Since he had already decided to cultivate in peace, he naturally headed towards the Cultivation Hall.

Before cultivating, necessary forms of entertainment were definitely indispensable.

Sitting cross-legged in the center of the Cultivation Hall, he cursed Demon King Chili for a bit, and in the blink of an eye, seven days had passed.

“Cultivation should combine work with leisure.”

“A bit of appropriate entertainment really lifts the spirits, making one feel refreshed.”

Looking at the Mongolian Skin Grassman lying on the ground in front of him, bleeding from all seven orifices, Chen Hai took a brief rest, preparing to enter into serious cultivation.

“Is this… the season of harvest?”

“One, two, three, three feeds of power are pouring into my body from thin air.”

“Other than Zhang Tianci, where are the other two streams of power coming from?”

“Qingqing? Ye Fangxian? It must be them!”

With his already good mood, feeling the abnormality in his body made him laugh so much that he almost couldn’t close his mouth.

Eyes on nose, nose on heart, he fell into silence and began to introspect his body.

The power fed back from Zhang Tianci was all too familiar to him.

Now, his attention naturally focused on the other two forces, which were relatively unfamiliar.

Following one of the streams of power, he extended a wisp of his consciousness along its path.

Within a valley full of poisonous gases and venomous insects, Ye Fangxian was sitting cross-legged.

Centipedes, scorpions, and various other colorful venomous bugs passed by him, and he casually grabbed a handful and stuffed them into his mouth.

As if savoring the most exquisite delicacy, Ye Fangxian appeared quite intoxicated with the experience.

“This guy, after entering the doorstep of Black Water Poison Toad Technique, is actually cultivating by eating poisonous insects?” Through that wisp of consciousness, seeing this scene, Chen Hai was dumbfounded.