Nishang Yuanjun's pupils contracted, and besides panic, she felt a trace of guilt. She had probably dragged Zheng Fa down by sending him.
She was about to speak again when she heard Zheng Fa's voice transmission in her ear, "Go!"
Before Nishang Yuanjun could react, " Zheng Fa " beside her transformed into a Golden Crow, grabbed her, and soared into the sky.
The two of them crashed through the glazed roof of the Nishang Palace, sending shards of glass flying everywhere like scattered starlight.
" Golden Crow?" The Peacock Great Emperor and his companion were stunned for a moment, not expecting Zheng Fa to be so decisive and run away without a word. They were also surprised that Zheng Fa would suddenly transform into Golden Crow. Only now did they realize what had happened.
The two looked at each other and hurriedly chased after Zheng Fa and the others, but they were both silent, each with their own unspoken thoughts.
After a long while, the Blissful Heavenly Maiden finally asked the Peacock Great Emperor, "Is this Golden Crow... a transformation?"
Gazing at the rainbow light ahead, the Peacock Great Emperor gritted his teeth and whispered, "I can feel the oppressive aura of the Demon Emperor Clan. This is something only the purest Golden Crow possesses, and it also has bloodline Divine Ability..."
"So he was originally the Golden Crow?"
"... I have never seen such a method of transformation before."
The Blissful Heavenly Maiden's face immediately fell, and she stammered, "What should we do?"
In terms of strength, Golden Crow is actually nothing special; he's just a Loose Immortal!
The Demon Emperor form of the Great Vehicle Buddha Ancestor was also Golden Crow; considering this, and linking it to the Fusang Wood, and then to the Future Buddha's attainment...
What is the relationship between Zheng Fa and the Great Vehicle Buddha Ancestor? It's terrifying to think about, and one dares not delve into it.
"Capture them alive," the Peacock Great Emperor said through gritted teeth. "Didn't the Demon Emperor also tell us that it's best to capture them alive?"
The Blissful Heavenly Maiden nodded, a troubled expression on her face, as if she were caught in a dilemma. "That's the only way."
"Are you Golden Crow Clan?"
Holding Zheng Fa in her grasp and feeling the speed of the Rainbow Transformation Method, Nishang Yuanjun couldn't help but have the same question and asked.
"No, this is my Earthly Fiend Seventy-Two Transformations."
"..."
Nishang Yuanjun didn't speak, but after looking at the distorted scenery around her, her expression conveyed a kind of "you're just taking my word for it" kind of consideration.
As an avatar, " Zheng Fa " does not possess the Innate Divine Ability of his original body, but this does not mean he cannot use the Rainbow Transformation Method —this technique is originally a bloodline Divine Ability of the Golden Crow.
The wonders of the Earthly Fiend Seventy-Two Transformations, combined with his understanding of the Divine Ability Rainbow Transformation Method, make the Golden Crow one of his strongest transformation forms.
Even in the future, when the Earthly Fiend Seventy-Two Transformations are widely adopted, other disciples of the Nine Mountains Sect will likely be able to use the Golden Crow Body to perform the Rainbow Transformation Method.
Seeing that he remained silent, Nishang Yuanjun spoke again, "It's my fault for implicating Sect Leader Zheng..."
"No."
"Yes..."
" Lu Mo's target should be me."
Nishang Yuanjun opened her mouth, then fell silent. That's right, with two Golden Immortal lying in ambush, she didn't seem qualified...
She had mixed feelings, a mixture of humiliation and relief.
" Sect Leader, do you think you can escape?" Nishang Yuanjun turned around and asked.
"There's no escape." Changing direction, " Zheng Fa " shook his head and said, "Although my Rainbow Transformation Method is powerful, they are all Golden Immortal, and they all possess some spatial power. I might not be faster than them. Moreover, there's the Great Vajra Dharma Realm. We're both like birds in a cage. As long as they don't give up, we'll be caught sooner or later."
"This..."
Do you have a way to escape without being seen by Golden Immortal?
" The Aurora Mirror, this mirror was bestowed by the Water Mother. While it can't be said to fool Golden Immortal, it's not difficult to hide for a while," said Nishang Yuanjun first, then added, "But if you're right under their noses, you won't be able to hide it."
That's true. The Golden Immortal's perception is too strong. He can see every move the two make, so that Nishang Yuanjun has no chance to use illusion magic.
Zheng Fa nodded, glanced back, and suddenly said, "That's good."
"What..."
Zheng Fa threw Nishang Yuanjun away, then fled in another direction.
"Sect Leader Zheng?"
She was initially caught off guard, but then she noticed that the two Blissful Heavenly Maiden stopped and completely ignored her, chasing after Zheng Fa together.
She immediately understood; before Zheng Fa asked her the question, she had been thinking of drawing the enemy away.
Nishang Yuanjun glanced in the direction Zheng Fa had left, blinked hard twice, took out a Five-Colored Treasure Mirror, and looked at herself.
Instantly, she vanished into thin air.
Wearing the Aurora Mirror, Nishang Yuanjun did not go anywhere else, but quickly flew towards Jianmu. Now that she had been exposed, she could only leave Jade Pool and Western Continent first.
The only way is through Jianmu.
Nishang Yuanjun had no other thoughts but to cherish the little bit of time Zheng Fa had bought for her.
She landed at the foot of the Jianmu, jumped onto a broad leaf, cast Method Formula, and flew upwards quickly. Seeing that the two Blissful Heavenly Maiden had not yet returned, she breathed a sigh of relief, and countless emotions surged into her heart in an instant.
I wonder how Sect Leader Zheng is doing, and whether he'll be able to escape...
He was willing to draw the enemy away for me, even though we weren't that close...
Thinking of this, she took another deep look in the direction Zheng Fa had gone, and made a firm decision in her heart: she must find Lord Water Mother and the others to avenge Zheng Fa!
As she neared the summit of Jianmu, she couldn't help but look back one last time, murmuring, " Sect Leader Zheng, I will definitely return..."
"They'll have to be able to come back first."
A voice rang in her ear, startling her. She stared wide-eyed and saw Zheng Fa slowly appear beside her.
"Master Zheng... Sect Leader Zheng?" Nishang Yuanjun was both surprised and delighted, and even stammered, "You're not, you're not..."
"Oh, that's a clone," Zheng Fa explained.
"..."
"What were you trying to say to me just now?"
"Nothing!"
Nishang Yuanjun raised her head, looked at the top of Jianmu, and suddenly exclaimed, "It's so high!"
Zheng Fa scratched his head, puzzled, and asked, "... Is this your first time here too?"
"..."
Seeing Nishang Yuanjun's expression, Zheng Fa decided to keep quiet. The two of them rode the leaves upwards quickly, like being in an awkward and silent elevator, both hoping to reach their destination.
Soon we reached the highest point of the Jianmu.
Zheng Fa raised his hand and touched the Heaven-and-Earth Fetal Membrane in front of him, finding it quite wondrous.
"Sect Leader Zheng, I'll take you out of here..."
"Etc."
Zheng Fa waved his hand and looked down at the distant Western Continent.
"What are you waiting for...?"
Suddenly, a golden light shot into the sky from the ground, and the explosion shook the surrounding area, even causing the Jianmu to sway twice.
"This is..."
"Dead."
" Sect Leader Zheng, is this your clone?"
Zheng Fa nodded, waited for several incense sticks to burn, and seeing that the Great Vajra Dharma Realm remained unchanged, he sighed and said, "We can only leave from here."
He didn't know if Lu Mo knew he wasn't dead.
Thunderclap Temple was still weak, Lu Mo was too cautious to release the Dharma Realm.
It's even possible that Lu Mo didn't react in time, and perhaps he would withdraw the Dharma Realm after some more time.
But he couldn't risk waiting any longer.
The two Blissful Heavenly Maiden will definitely not let Nishang Yuanjun go; they will probably come looking for her right away.
If we wait for them to return, this road will be dead; we might as well take a gamble.
At worst, I'll die once, but I'll be a hero again a few hundred years later.
Let's go.
Zheng Fa turned to look at Nishang Yuanjun. This Yuan Jun seemed not to understand what he was waiting for either, and simply stood silently, with a kind of obedient and submissive demeanor.
Nishang Yuanjun cast another Method Formula at Jianmu, Jianmu immediately began to glow. The light condensed into a black flower that was two people tall around Zheng Fa and the others.
As the flower unfolded petal by petal, Nishang Yuanjun said, "Sect Leader Zheng, please enter this flower."
Zheng Fa understood immediately and stood at the stamen of the flower. Nishang Yuanjun stood beside him. The black flower rose with the wind, enveloping the two of them, and floated upwards.
Upon contact with the Heaven-and-Earth Fetal Membrane, a Chaos light flashed on the petals. Zheng Fa was stunned for a moment and fell into deep thought.
What is Sect Leader Zheng thinking?
"I'm thinking... this thing is a bit like a carrier protein."
"What?"
Zheng Fa shook his head, not bothering to explain further to Nishang Yuanjun, this "nine-fold idiot," but instead began to ponder.
He used to find the Heaven-and-Earth Fetal Membrane difficult to understand, but now he suddenly had an idea.
This thing looks a lot like a cell membrane...
Absorbing the Spiritual Qi generated from Chaos and expelling the Chaos produced by the mixture of Spiritual Qi —isn't that metabolism?
As for the black flowers produced by this Jianmu, they definitely look like carrier proteins.
While Zheng Fa was deep in thought, the two of them passed through the Heaven-and-Earth Fetal Membrane without any hindrance and arrived in the Chaos.
He looked back and saw that the Great Vajra Dharma Realm on the Western Continent was still shining brightly, but he had already escaped. He couldn't help but feel a little relieved.
"Sect Leader Zheng, this is the Jade Pool Immortal Realm."
So fast?
Zheng Fa turned his head again and saw that the so-called Jade Pool Immortal Realm was actually pasted on the outside of the Heaven-and-Earth Fetal Membrane, but he hadn't seen it before.
The reason why it cannot be seen is simple: the Jade Pool Immortal Realm and Chaos are the same color.
In the space before him, swirling wisps of Chaos energy filled the air; everywhere else was darkness, utterly empty.
Seemingly sensing his confusion, Nishang Yuanjun, with a bitter expression, explained, "This place wasn't always like this. When we call it a fairyland, we are not exaggerating."
Zheng Fa believed this.
Just by looking at the Nishang Palace, you can tell that Nishang Yuanjun loves beauty very much, or rather, the entire Jade Pool should love beauty very much.
This Jade Pool Immortal Realm is probably completely different from what it used to be.
"Is it impossible to return to Xuanwei from here?"
Zheng Fa asked, still somewhat unwilling to give up.
"No." Nishang Yuanjun shook her head, her expression quite frank. "If there hadn't been a problem with the Jade Pool Immortal Realm, I would have a way, but now I don't know how to get back."
She seemed a little afraid that Zheng Fa would back down, and said, "If we find Lady Water Mother, she will surely have a way to send us back, and Jade Pool will definitely reward us handsomely!"
It's clear that she really wants Zheng Fa to help her find Water Mother.
Zheng Fa shook his head and looked ahead again. "Then where do we start looking?"
Nishang Yuanjun shook her head again, looking even more embarrassed.
Zheng Fa stared into silence at the Jade Pool Immortal Realm before him, a place so dark he couldn't see his own hand in front of his face, devoid of any landmarks, and unable to even distinguish up from down from left from right.
Seeing his expression, Nishang Yuanjun explained, "I didn't expect this to happen either, and I wasn't prepared, which is why I came to Sect Leader Zheng..."
They trust me way too much.
Zheng Fa frowned, about to say something, when he suddenly felt a slight vibration in his sleeve.
He opened his sleeves and saw the Mandarin Duck Treasure Mirror fly out and float in the air. On the mirror's surface was a solitary figure, gazing sadly into the distance.
"This is... Lingxi?"
Nishang Yuanjun was greatly surprised and recognized the person in the mirror.
"Yes, the Nine Nether Emperor found her True Spirit in the Underworld, but unfortunately, only her instincts remained."
Nishang Yuanjun glanced sadly at Lingxi a few times, and guessed, "Is she showing us the way?"
Zheng Fa hadn't expected this turn of events and was a bit confused, but he still nodded and said, "It seems so."
The two exchanged a glance, both feeling there was no other way but to give it a try.
But Nishang Yuanjun took a step forward, then suddenly her expression changed drastically. She returned to the flower, her face grave, and said, "There are spacetime turbulences here... no, there are spacetime turbulences everywhere. If you're not careful, you'll get lost."
Zheng Fa looked up and surveyed the area ahead, where he saw countless substances seemingly being annihilated within the Chaos energy.
"If only I were skilled in spacetime Law Technique..."
As Nishang Yuanjun was sighing, Zheng Fa beside her seemed to have received an inspiration, transforming himself into a giant Golden-Winged Great Peng.
Nishang Yuanjun remained silent for a while, then turned around, her back to Zheng Fa.
Zheng Fa grabbed her with one claw, spread his wings, tore through the surrounding Chaos, broke through the spatial turbulence, and flew forward.
When it comes to the changing forms of spatial power, Zheng Fa actually knows quite a bit.
But the most familiar one is still the old acquaintance, the Golden-Winged Great Peng, whose wings possess Precelestial Realm spatial Divine Ability.
Following the guidance of Lingxi True Spirit, the two moved forward. Nishang Yuanjun, dangling from Zheng Fa's hand, seemed a little awkward in this position, praising, "I never imagined that Sect Leader Zheng's transformation technique was so wondrous, actually able to simulate the innate Innate Divine Ability of these divine beasts..."
"It still can't compare to the original."
Zheng Fa honestly replied, not out of modesty, but because he was using a simulation analysis, while the other party possessed it innately, and there was a difference.
"That's already very strong..." Nishang Yuanjun said sincerely, "Perhaps there's a difference in individual Divine Ability, but Sect Leader Zheng, you have more than just one or two Divine Ability at your disposal."
Seeing her expression, Zheng Fa asked, "Envious?"
"What you're saying, Sect Leader Zheng, is truly enviable. Who wouldn't be envious of such great Divine Ability?" Nishang Yuanjun laughed heartily, utterly frank. "I dare say, even Lu Mo would probably be green with envy."
Do you want to learn?
"..." As if she hadn't heard Zheng Fa's words clearly, Nishang Yuanjun paused for a while before speaking again, "What did you say, Sect Leader Zheng?"
"I'm asking you, do you want to learn the Earthly Fiend Seventy-Two Transformations?"
"Of course I want to... but..."
"My disciples from the Nine Mountains Sect can all learn it now," Zheng Fa paused for a moment, then continued, "Actually, I hope everyone can learn it in the future."
"This..."
"If you join the Nine Mountains Sect, you can also learn it, Yuanjun. Of course, it's not that simple. You must first go to school to learn the basics, then accumulate Merit, and only then can you switch to cultivating the < Yellow Court Scripture >. After cultivating for a period of time, you can learn the Earthly Fiend Seventy-Two Transformations."
He said it was no simple matter, but the more he said it, the more credible it seemed.
Nishang Yuanjun looked up at the road ahead, then turned back to Xuanwei's direction, murmuring, "I'm starting to feel a little reluctant to look for Lord Water Mother anymore..."
(End of this chapter)