Medicine King

Lu Zhou paid special attention but found no dog hair by the jade pool.

Still, Lu Zhou felt somewhat disgusted.

Who knew whether Prosperity had ever bathed or pissed in that jade pool before?

Lu Zhou and the Divine King split the holy spring, each taking half!

He said to the Divine King,

"My innate intuition is very strong. I feel this spring water is unclean and shouldn't be drunk, though it would be quite suitable for watering flowers and plants..."

Seeing Lu Zhou say this, the Divine King paused before nodding.

After that, they did not continue deeper. The two returned to the great hall where the Wushi Scripture stood.

Then they took another tunnel and continued toward the deepest reaches of Purple Mountain.

Along the way, they saw many vines and ancient trees.

Before long, they stepped onto a small path. The atmosphere here gradually became peaceful, and many orchid mushrooms and immortal herbs appeared along the way. Ancient Medicine fragrance drifted through the air, as though they had entered sacred land.

Ahead, they saw a waterfall cascading down. Spiritual energy swirled amid the gurgling spring water, and five-colored radiance flickered. It was a divine waterfall.

Beneath the divine waterfall was a divine source roughly two square meters in size, placed upon a platform and shining with auspicious light.

It was obvious that the divine source had once been cracked, only to be sealed back together later.

Seeing this, Lu Zhou knew they had taken the right path.

Lu Zhou suspected that the divine source sealed either Gu Tianshu, some Primordial Being, or perhaps even Prosperity.

Neither he nor the Divine King touched the source. They swiftly left the area and continued deeper into Purple Mountain.

Soon, they saw a row of ancient crystal coffins ahead. Their luster was dim, and they were carved with densely packed primordial Divine Patterns.

From a great distance away, the two could see through the crystal coffins and glimpse the terrifying skeletons within, as dreadful as Fierce Ghosts.

Lu Zhou suddenly felt a chill, as though a cold and venomous gaze was watching him from the darkness.

Although the Divine King did not feel any chill, he likewise sensed that some hidden being was watching him.

They continued forward and soon discovered two crystal coffins whose lids had been pushed open, leaving them completely empty.

The insides of the coffin lids bore black fingerprints.

Seeing this, Lu Zhou could not help touching the Jade Pool Jade Pendant hanging from his chest.

Even so, he still did not feel safe enough.

He handed the Lihuo Furnace to the Divine King again, then took the Origin Scripture out of the Qiankun Pearl.

Lu Zhou suspected that the gaze watching them from the shadows most likely belonged to the mentally unstable Zhang Lin.

Perhaps it was merely psychological, but once Lu Zhou exposed the jade pendant carved with the words "Jade Pool" at the outermost layer of his clothes and held the Origin Scripture in his hands,

he felt much calmer.

The two did not linger here. As they continued deeper into Purple Mountain, both felt as though a cold Fierce Ghost was secretly following behind them.

The Divine King carefully probed the surroundings, yet found nothing.

He controlled the Lihuo Furnace, which floated above their heads and cast down streams of rosy light to protect them.

After traveling for some distance, Lu Zhou and the Divine King saw that the orchid mushrooms and dragon grass ahead had gradually become more abundant. Many cliff rocks gleamed with surging purple auspicious light!

They followed an ancient road and soon saw a massive Dao Platform ahead. Dragon grass and divine orchids grew thickly beneath it.

Chaos Qi swirled around it, strand after strand falling down, each one capable of crushing the heavens of eternity.

This place was exceptionally extraordinary and mysterious, as though it connected the past, present, and future, linked to all worlds!

Lu Zhou did not see Wushi's back. This was likely because he did not possess divine eyes or heavenly eyes.

The Divine King, however, stared blankly at the Wushi Dao Platform.

He even murmured,

"At the end of the immortal road, who stands at the peak? At the sight of Wushi, all Dao becomes empty!"

Not long after, inexplicable Dao Rhyme flowed around the Divine King. Seeing this, Lu Zhou guessed that the Divine King had likely gained something again.

He felt no resentment or jealousy. Lu Zhou wished for Jiang Taixu to grow stronger, preferably breaking into the Saint King realm soon, then becoming a Great Saint, a Quasi-Emperor, or even a Great Emperor.

The Divine King's earlier words—"To kill you is to kill me"—carried more weight than anything else.

Lu Zhou silently sat cross-legged to one side and quietly waited for the Divine King to comprehend the Dao.

Through the Chaos Mist, he vaguely saw several Medicine Kings growing upon the cliff walls.

Some of the Medicine Kings had clearly withered.

Yet the seeds left behind after their decay had grown into new Medicine Kings.

Lu Zhou did not try to pick those Medicine Kings himself. This Chaos Mist was not the Chaos Mist cast down by the World Tree within his Qiankun Pearl.

The Chaos Mist here did not recognize Lu Zhou. If he dared to force his way through, disaster would most likely befall him.

Lu Zhou was not simply waiting around. He held five Bodhi Leaves in his hand.

He had obtained them at Great Thunderclap Temple on Mars.

There had originally been six Bodhi Leaves, but one had been destroyed inside the Nine Dragon Coffin.

It should have been because he had memorized and listened to that several-hundred-character scripture concerning the Desolate Heaven Emperor.

Now, even the remaining five Bodhi Leaves had begun to yellow and wither.

Lu Zhou figured they could probably only be used a few more times before these five Bodhi Leaves would be ruined as well.

Holding the Bodhi Leaves, Lu Zhou continuously recalled the Fighting Saint Method Jiang Taixu had taught him, along with the Divine King's various insights into cultivating the Fighting Saint Method.

Lu Zhou was using the Bodhi Leaves to comprehend this technique.

He intended to use his two chances at Great Emperor-level comprehension on the Wushi Scripture and the Origin Scripture.

With the aid of the Bodhi Leaves, his greatly improved comprehension, his prior mastery of the Xingzi Secret—one of the Nine Secrets—and his extremely profound understanding of the Xingzi Secret,

Lu Zhou quickly grasped the basics of the Fighting Character Secret.

In merely ten days, Lu Zhou had initially mastered the Fighting Character Secret.

His body moved in accordance with the wondrous method. As he performed the opening stance of the Fighting Character Secret, it was as if a war god had possessed him. An overwhelming fighting spirit rose within him, making him want to punch through the heavens.

"Very good! Your comprehension is excellent!"

The Divine King smiled as he spoke to him.

It turned out that the Divine King had completed his enlightenment two days earlier. Seeing Lu Zhou quietly comprehending the Fighting Character Secret nearby, he had not disturbed him and had simply waited in silence.

Lu Zhou looked toward the Divine King. The Divine King gave him the feeling of returning to simplicity.

"Divine King, have you broken through?"

Jiang Taixu shook his head.

"Not yet, but soon."

Lu Zhou sensed powerful confidence in his words.

It seemed this was a certainty!

"Then congratulations in advance, Divine King!"

They did not discuss the matter further. This truly was not a place to remain for long.

Their gazes turned toward the ancient herbs growing along the cliff wall.

The ancient herbs were crystal-clear. As their petals swayed, five-colored divine light rippled out, illuminating the area in dazzling splendor. Their intoxicating medicinal fragrance reached Lu Zhou and the Divine King even from far away.

In the end, the Divine King controlled the Lihuo Furnace and successfully picked three Medicine Kings, along with several ancient herbs over ten thousand years old.

The other Medicine Kings all grew atop the Wushi Dao Platform. Even with the Lihuo Furnace's help, the Divine King could not ascend the Wushi Dao Platform.

Seeing this, and with Gu Tianshu not coming out to stop them,

Lu Zhou grew bolder.

He thought there could only be two explanations.

Either Old Gu was not currently in Purple Mountain, or Old Gu was allowing them to do as they pleased.

Lu Zhou remembered that the original story had mentioned this.

Two thousand years ago, Monkey's uncle, the Fighting Victorious Buddha, had entered Purple Mountain to seek Medicine Kings.

Old Gu fought him. Though he lost to the Battle Saint Buddha, Old Gu had ultimately allowed the Battle Saint Buddha to take three Medicine Kings only because he carried a piece of Wushi Emperor Jade.

In other words, if Old Gu had been unwilling, even if the Fighting Victorious Buddha defeated him, he still would not have been able to take any Medicine Kings from Purple Mountain.

Lu Zhou thought that he possessed two pieces of Emperor Jade, one more than the Battle Saint Buddha. Moreover, after the Divine King had been trapped in Purple Mountain, Old Gu had looked after him. Surely it was not excessive for him and the Divine King to take a few more Medicine Kings now?

With that thought, Lu Zhou said to Jiang Taixu,

"If we had the help of an Emperor Weapon, Divine King, would you be confident in ascending the Wushi Dao Platform and picking the Medicine Kings?"

The Divine King was surprised.

"You have an Emperor Weapon too?"