Profound Mystery Reflection, Earth Treasury Divine Ox, and the Convinced Zi Zhao

We've seen plenty of arrogant officials who favor the timing of events, but we rarely see arrogant officials who favor the location of the land.

Living environment shapes one's temperament, and upbringing shapes one's body. The Earthly Advantage Faction Shennong and Spirit Mountain year-round, are generally kind-hearted and gentle.

But the person in front of me was exuding a murderous aura. The flow of energy in his territory was broken up, and the energy that emerged was mostly of the type of 'Nine Yin Fiend Energy'.

"Let me see what your methods are." Zhao Xing glanced at the other party, and a series of data immediately appeared.

Name: Zi Zhao

Occupation: Agricultural Official

[True Spirit: Sixteenth Rank]

[Nine Yin Earthly Fiend Body: Sixteenth Rank]

[Cultivation Technique: Fourth Level of the Profound Mystery Earthly Fiend Technique]

[Spells: Earthly Movement Shadowless Escape, Returning Treasury Death Spirit Curse, Five Fiends Enclosed Wall Array, Myriad Phenomena Spirit Sealing Seal, Nine Grain Earth Palace, Two Principles Earth Refining Art, Mysterious Mother Transformation Art— ]

"So the cultivation technique is the 'Profound Mystery Earthly Fiend'? I wonder which time and space the 'Profound Mystery Earth' comes from," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

Five Emperors Era, there was a division into Nine Heavens and Ten Earths. The Profound Mystery Earth was one of the ten lands, a vast landmass in the universe.

The ten regions covered vast areas, each equivalent to a vast star field today.

However, with the end of the Five Emperors Era, the Ten Lands were also destroyed and turned into countless Realm Star and Star Continent.

Zi Zhao cultivated bamboo, which was initially of ordinary quality, but now, after being nurtured by magic, it has completely transcended the category of ordinary bamboo. Underground, the bamboo roots are covered with sharp thorns, shimmering with a golden-red color, and crawling into its territory like poisonous snakes.

Layer upon layer, the bamboo of Zi Zhao, its roots and stems enveloping the soil underground, plowing out tunnels, about to form a Life Formation.

In this way, he could prevent Zhao Xing's plants from absorbing nutrients from the ground, and all of them would belong to him.

Zi Zhao was unaware that Zhao Xing was probing his capabilities. Seeing that Zhao Xing remained silent and did nothing, he assumed that the other party was aware of his strength.

They gave up resistance. They then withdrew their gaze, calculating the next direction for their invasion.

But the next moment, Zi Zhao found himself experiencing a violent tremor that was rapidly passing through the underground soil layers, heading straight for the first layer of root network that had invaded him.

"As expected, they still won't give up." Zi Zhao chuckled and immediately cast a spell. "Earthly Fiend Solidifying Essence! Swift!"

The Golden Light spun around on the fingertip before disappearing into the ground.

Subsequently, Zhao Xing's entire territory hardened, the loose soil completely solidifying ten miles underground, resembling hard stone.

Moreover, there was a layer of malevolent energy spread across the ground.

"Interesting." Sensing this change, Zhao Xing became interested. If you look at it from a different angle, he is now on top, Zi Zhao is on the bottom, and the soil layer solidified by the Earthly Fiend in the middle is the thick city wall.

The "city wall" not only prevents your bamboo from taking root, but also blocks the effects of your spells.

Because Zhao Xing didn't act hastily, Zi Zhao now has the advantage of Earthly Advantage Institute, just like two armies encountering each other, with Zi Zhao establishing a position first.

"Kunyuan Recreation!"

Zhao Xing originally intended to use brute force to shatter the invading roots, but at this moment he changed his spell.

Both are Earth Treasury Art, but the effect of Earthly Fiend Solidifying Essence is to solidify the earth's strata, while the effect of Kunyuan Recreation is completely opposite.

"Tap tap~"

The soil immediately softened and collapsed layer by layer.

The city wall formed by the Earthly Fiend Solidifying Essence began to collapse continuously, and the first layer of underground defense formed by the magic was about to be breached.

"Hmm. Interesting." Zi Zhao Xing a high look.

The Kunyuan Recreation spell is not profound, nor is its power particularly strong, but it has a wide range of applications.

The fact that the Kunyuan Recreation breaks the Earthly Fiend Solidifying Essence proves that the opponent's magical power is very pure, and their skills and foundation are quite strong.

"The Yin River Nine Bends."

Venerable Zi Zhao immediately changed his move, and with a "whoosh," a layer of water suddenly appeared a hundred miles underground.

As the water flow continued to rise, after the first line of defense formed by the Earthly Fiend Solidifying Essence was breached, an underground river immediately formed in front of the second line of defense.

"By drawing the Qi of the Flying Spring upwards and transforming it into the Nine Yin River Water, the effect of my Kunyuan Recreation Spell has become weaker," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

As the saying goes, "isolated yin cannot produce anything," and with the Nine Yin River Water blocking the way, the Kunyuan Recreation Technique has nothing to create.

When the Agricultural Official of Ancient Hill of Antiquity was digging tunnels, his biggest fear was encountering underground rivers, as this could potentially destroy the previous works.

Seven hundred years ago, Zhao Xing only had five ways to solve this. One was to use the Earth Refining Art to draw upon the Heaven's Energy to forcefully suppress the Qi of the Flying Spring. This was the Heaven and Earth Attainment Method of Lanchuan Divine General, which he learned in the White Bone Divine Domain.

Secondly, he used the "Qi Veins" and "Boiling Amber" techniques to evaporate the Nine Yin River Water back into vapor, which he then used for his own purposes.

This is the Eight Methods of Layered World Mountain, which I created myself and which was later perfected by the Divine Realm in the Ancient Hill of Antiquity.

Thirdly, by utilizing Plant Soldier and the Variant Method of the True Self Faction, although there are only ten bamboo plants, they can now be mutated to directly absorb the Nine Yin River Water.

However, Zhao Xing's bamboo has not yet grown fully, and now is the time to race against time, so things are a bit slow.

Fourth, use the Spirit Domain Earth Palace Art to collect the Nine Yin River Water. At the same time, the Earth Palace can be used to press down and transform it into the [Nine Yin Earth Palace], just like using materials to build a battering ram to attack a city.

Fifth, he could use the Earth Passage Art to divert the Nine Yin River Water to other territories. However, since he was currently Zi Zhao, it was best not to involve others.

If we try to shift the blame elsewhere, we might attract another adversary. While we're not afraid of that, it's not wise, and it's not an easy way to resolve the issue.

However, seven hundred years later, Zhao Xing had already thoroughly explored the Primordial Earth Treasury Scripture), and his application of the Earth Treasury Art was now far beyond what it had been before.

Zhao Xing pointed, and the Golden Light fell into the ground.

"Gurgle~"

The Nine Yin River suddenly trembled violently, then its water level dropped rapidly, disappearing by more than half in the blink of an eye.

Venerable Zi Zhao had some differing opinions. He looked towards the source where the Nine Yin River Water had disappeared and saw a phantom bull's head appear at one end of the underground space.

The bull was drinking deeply of the Nine Yin River Water, which shone with a black-gold hue.

"Is this the Water Buffalo Art?" Venerable Zi Zhao was somewhat surprised. He wanted to dispel the Water Buffalo Art, but after using two spells in succession, he had no effect.

"No, this isn't the Water Buffalo Art, I've been tricked!"

Seeing Zi Zhao's surprised look, Zhao Xing smiled slightly.

The Water Buffalo Art is one of the Di Bian Method, but Zhao Xing used the Earth Treasury Divine Ox Method, which is more advanced and can only be learned by the mountain chief in the Ancient Hill of Antiquity.

It is highly misleading, Zi Zhao used the wrong method to fight it, so it was naturally difficult to succeed.

The underground space coalesced into the shape of a divine bull, its body containing the Nine Yin River Water and a large amount of soil, and it rammed down.

"Boom!"

The Earthly Fiend Solidifying Essence was completely broken, exposing the bamboo's root system.

"Eyes~"

The Earth Treasury Divine Ox roared, its horns glowed red, and flames spewed from its mouth.

Venerable Zi Zhao was startled. "The Water Buffalo Art can't breathe fire, this is definitely not it! But what kind of magic is this? I've never seen it before!"

"Five Fiends Enclosed Wall Array, change!"

Faced with the flames spewed by the black and golden bull shadow, Venerable Zi Zhao immediately unleashed his ultimate technique, the Five Fiends Enclosed Wall Array.

The roots of bamboo have formed a vast network underground, which is the Life Formation.

At this moment, Venerable Zi Zhao controlled the roots and stems of the plants to intertwine and move, quickly forming the Five Fiends Enclosed Wall Array, which completely surrounded the ox.

"Whether you're a water buffalo or a black ox, once you're inside the Five Fiends Enclosed Wall Array, you're just a dead ox!"

"Heaven-Sundering Fiend!"

"Solitary Yang Fiend!"

"Fire-Lifting Fiend!"

"Heart-Piercing Fiend!"

Boom!

The territory began to shake, and countless Earth Vein, like pipes, gushed out from where the root Magic Array was placed, causing the light of the Earth Treasury Divine Ox to dim instantly.

The Heavenly Blade Dao-Sundering Art, the Lone Yang Severing Life, the Fire Chain Formation, Piercing Heart and Shattering Spirit—this is a comprehensive spell designed to defeat Zhao Xing.

The most powerful is the Earth God Fiend, which is like the wrath of the Earth God, severing the Earthly Advantage Great Dao. If this fiend is unleashed, it already possesses the power of a divine realm.

"The Five Fiends Enclosed Wall Array is one of the ultimate techniques of the Profound Mystery Earth Sect. Bowei mentioned it in one of his lectures. It has almost no weaknesses. It seems I have no choice but to attack it head-on," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

The ultimate skill is perfect, but the person performing it is not.

Zhao Xing Zi Zhao hadn't wanted to expend much effort, but now he couldn't. With the blessing of Eighteenth Level True Spirit, the Mustard Seed Law Domain descended underground, and the previously listless Earth Treasury Divine Ox instantly regained its vigor.

After continuously breaking through the strangulation of the Four Fiends Magic Array, the Dharma Image ignited with numerous illusory images, rampaging through the root system space and directly shattering the root system network into pieces.

The sudden surge in the spell's power caught Zi Zhao guard, and he almost thought he had been attacked by a god.

The Earth Treasury Divine Ox now resembles a mad bull.

By the time Zi Zhao realized what was happening, 80% of the underground roots had already died!

Let alone invasion, the bamboo has no chance of survival if its root system dies.

"How is this possible? Did I run into a Demigod from the Bai Zhuo Era Genius Ranking?" Zi Zhao looked extremely surprised.

"I'm already a sixteenth-tier Demigod, and it's unlikely that even a seventeenth-tier being could overwhelm me in terms of magical power. Could it be Eighteenth Level being?"

For Demigod to undergo tribulation, each step forward is extremely difficult. Everyone knows that the higher the rank of Demigod, the more powerful they become after becoming a god, but no one dares to remain in the Demigod stage to withstand tribulation.

The fifteenth level is a threshold; in the endless space and time, those who can survive the fifteenth tribulation are all geniuses.

Having survived sixteen tribulations, it wouldn't be difficult for someone with such talent to find a Free Divine General to be their master.

Above that are the figures on the Bai Zhuo Era Genius Ranking.

They were all super geniuses who shone in their era.

"We've met our match!"

Venerable Zi Zhao immediately realized that his opponent was not someone to be trifled with.

"What bad luck, there's such a powerful person next to me."

Wuxin to continue the fight, Venerable Zi Zhao immediately retreated to focus on consolidating his territory.

Zhao Xing did not continue the pursuit. Venerable Zi Zhao had managed his territory very well, with multiple layers of the Earth Palace. Now was not the time to target him.

"He didn't pursue us. Fortunately, his bamboo hasn't grown yet, so he probably doesn't want to take over my territory for the time being." Venerable Zi Zhao breathed a sigh of relief.

"However, not wanting to for the time being doesn't mean I won't want to for a long time. I need to take advantage of this time to seize other people's territories and complete the test of the Penglai Divine General. Otherwise, with powerful enemies around, I will be doomed sooner or later."

Venerable Zi Zhao was no longer as arrogant as before, and he became more cautious about invading and plundering other people's territories for sustenance.

"This person is incredibly strong. The silver-haired guy invaded his territory and suffered a crushing defeat?" Zhao Xing's other neighbor, Venerable Pingyao, also observed the battle and was somewhat shocked.

Pingyao was only a fifteenth-rank Agricultural Official. After witnessing the strength of Zi Zhao and Zhao Xing, he immediately felt his own insignificance.

"I used to think I was above average among geniuses across countless timelines, but now it seems I'm still too weak."

The duel between Zi Zhao and Zhao Xing directly woke Pingyao up.

"If that's the case, there's no point in me participating in this trial at all," Pingyao muttered to herself. "This opportunity is not something I deserve."

He was quite decisive, destroying all the seedlings with a flick of his wrist.

Without the seedling, he lost his qualification to participate in the inheritance test and was instantly teleported away.

"Swish swish swish swish swish~"

The battle between Zhao Xing and Zi Zhao caused the five nearby Agricultural Official to give up on the test.

As the saying goes, opportunities cannot be forced. If you lack the ability and insist on participating, it will not be a good thing, but rather a bad thing.

The area around Zhao Xing suddenly became very empty, and there was no one else in sight except Zi Zhao.

"They're all sensible people."

Zhao Xing slowly cultivated the bamboo seedlings.

"That's fine, now I can cast spells and cultivate bamboo with peace of mind."

Focusing his attention on planting, Zhao Xing quickly began the first step of planning.

"These ten bamboo seedlings are all Mortal Seed, without even a name. If you want them to soar to the heavens, you must continuously help them advance."

"What type of bamboo would moso bamboo need to evolve into to reach this level?"

"Ten chances may seem like a lot, but in reality, once the bamboo has matured, it becomes very difficult for it to mutate."

"Therefore, the first step should be to determine the direction of development."

Zhao Xing's mind raced, and he immediately pointed to one of the bamboo shoots. "Transform!"

The Golden Light shimmered, altering the Source of Life. As it broke through the soil, it instantly transformed into a "Five Elements Bamboo".

This uses Variant Method of the True Self Faction, Five Elements Bamboo is the type of bamboo whose Source of Life is most easily altered.

Regardless of the Timing, Earthly Advantage, True Self, the spells of all three schools can be effectively applied to it.

After the Five Elements Bamboo reached halfway up the mountain, it was clear that it was running out of nutrients, so Zhao Xing turned his attention to the underground.

"To grow tall, the roots must extend deep."

Zhao Xing still used the magic of the True Self Faction to lay the foundation.

"Among the fundamental methods, I know a Divine Art called 'Primal Chaos Divine Foundation,' which is a Divine Art for Strengthen Root."

Although the True Self Great Dao is weaker in the Water Bamboo Grotto-Heaven, Zhao Xing's Primal Chaos Divine Foundation still caused a huge commotion.

The height of the Five Elements Bamboo no longer changes, but its roots break through the many obstacles underground, like an earth dragon constantly drilling downwards.

Soon the underground roots penetrated deep into the half-polar region, and at this time the roots of the Five Elements Bamboo also began to spread to the other territories.

Having previously voluntarily left the Agricultural Official, five territories were vacated, four of which were occupied by Zhao Xing.

Including its own territory, the roots spread over a range of five World Yuan Unit, penetrating deep into the earth's core.

"The Life Earth Palace has appeared!"

Zhao Xing pointed, and eight Life Earth Palace appeared underground. These Earth Palace were used to balance the intense energy of the deep Earth Vein.

The energy of flowing water, the Earth's Energy, and the energy of Flying Spring cannot be directly absorbed. Some of these are toxic to plants. If they absorb too much, they may die. Even if they don't die, it will restrict their growth.

"The Earth Treasury Divine Ox, appear!"

Eyes~

Earth Treasury Divine Ox Method appeared at the deepest point of the earth, beginning to assist in regulating the Earth Vein.

"The Earth-Passage Art of Qi Marshes!"

"Kunyuan Recreation!"

Zhao Xing continued his spell, and eight main roots took root in the eight Life Earth Palace.

The roots and stems began to absorb nutrients in large gulps, much like a person drinking water.

The divine ox statue underground was constantly plowing out channels.

Six months later, the first Five Elements Bamboo planted by Zhao Xing had its roots extending three thousand feet into the ground.

The bamboo on the ground is still only half a pole tall.

In comparison, it's as if only the tip of an iceberg has been revealed.

"The deeper you go, the greater the resistance becomes, and the more entrenched the three elements become, making them difficult to shake. These nutrients accumulate underground, making them extremely difficult to extract."

"If I don't want to go through all that trouble, I'll have to expand my territory," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

"However, I need to see where my limits are, and I won't consider expansion for now."

"Well Regulation Method! Now!"

Zhao Xing opened his right hand, and a point of yellow light in his palm expanded, eventually forming a square frame of light.

Feed!

When the light frame touched the ground, the soil immediately disappeared and crumbled, becoming part of the light ring.

It continues to expand deeper and deeper.

Zhao Xing created a clone of his magical power and jumped into the well.

The Well Regulation Method is a commonly used auxiliary method by the Earthly Advantage Faction Shennong. It can create a stable underground passage, allowing the Agricultural Official to personally go down and inspect the underground conditions.

This is different from the escape technique, which does not create an underground space.

In addition, the Well Regulation Method can also be called the "Drilling Method," which can concentrate on a certain point to drill through the deep underground, creating an opening so that the roots can successfully take root.

Well Regulation Method can also be used as "skylights" to release soil energy that is not conducive to growth.

This method is more flexible than the Earth Palace Art. If the Earth Palace Art is used to open a skylight for ventilation, the Earth Palace is too large and inconvenient.

Relying on the Well Regulation Method, Zhao Xing explored the underground depth to 50,000 meters three years later.

"Boom!"

At this moment, the laws suddenly collapsed, and an unparalleled force of gravity crushed Zhao Xing's Mana Incarnation.

"Hmm?" The original body standing on the ground couldn't help but frown.

Because at a depth of 50,000, a Dead Vein appears.

"Dead Vein often occur during underground development. As the Earth Vein continuously overlap and collapse, they squeeze everything out, leaving neither yin nor yang."

"The existence of the Dead Vein is like a 'gravity Earth Palace,' with extremely terrifying power. And the Dead Vein belt set up by the Penglai Divine General is even more terrifying."

"Spells, principles, and matter are all difficult to form, and everything has turned into a state of chaos."

The Kunyuan Recreation in the Primordial Earth Treasury Scripture can activate Dead Vein and revitalize life, but that depends on the circumstances.

It was impossible for Zhao Xing to activate this Dead Vein under the arrangement of the Penglai Divine General.

"The Divine General's methods are indeed terrifying. Under the current circumstances, five thousand depths underground is the limit that can be explored."

"It's impossible to obtain nutrients from deeper levels."

"The only solution is to expand the scope."

Zhao Xing raised his head and controlled the horizontal growth of the underground rhizomes, thus officially beginning his first expansion.

"He's here."

As soon as Zhao Xing made a move, Zi Zhao noticed.

Because the other party came specifically for him.

After three and a half years, Venerable Zi Zhao had already plundered eighty-nine territories!

He plundered the nutrients from eighty-nine plots of land and concentrated them on his own territory.

Zhao Xing looked up and saw that the largest bamboo in the territory of Venerable Zi Zhao had exceeded 70,000 units.

"Very good, fellow Daoist, your methods are excellent."

Zhao Xing stepped to the border of the territory and praised the achievements of Venerable Zi Zhao.

"You flatter me."

The Venerable Zi Zhao was not as arrogant as he had been three and a half years ago. He jumped down from the bamboo and appeared at the border.

He cupped his hands in a very polite gesture. "Fellow Daoist, I was wrong before. I am willing to give you some space to pass through."

"In addition, beneath my feet lies a Nine Directions Earth Palace, entirely filled with Ninth Order spiritual soil."

"Consider these fertile spiritual soils my apology for what I did earlier."

Zhao Xing smiled and waved his hand, "Not at all, it's just a small matter, I don't care about it anymore."

Zi Zhao a sense of relief; it seemed this person was actually quite easy to talk to.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Xing said the next moment, "I want everything in your territory, so please give it all up, fellow Daoist."

"What?" Venerable Zi Zhao was stunned.

Zhao Xing spoke the harshest words in a gentle tone, so much so that Zi Zhao didn't even have time to react.

"With your abilities, it is impossible for you to complete this test of inheritance."

"Seventy thousand degrees to the sky, that's your limit."

Venerable Zi Zhao naturally didn't believe it, but just as he was about to refute it, Zhao Xing confidently pointed to the strangely shaped, enormous bamboo in the center of the territory:

"You fought with me before, and one of your Bamboo Seed died."

"After that, you planned the remaining nine bamboo plants. First, you used the Myriad Phenomena Spirit Sealing Seal, the Nine Grain Earth Palace, the Two Principles Earth Refining Art, and the Mysterious Mother Transformation Method to cultivate a Giant Spirit Bamboo and allow it to grow to its limit."

"But when it grows to 30,000, it reaches its limit."

"After that, you adopted the Eight-in-One Extreme Dao Mother Tree Flow method, cut off the crown of the Giant Spirit Bamboo, and used it as a base to graft eight spirit bamboos onto the Giant Spirit Bamboo one by one."

"This has caused this Giant Spirit Bamboo to grow to a height of nearly 70,000 meters."

Zi Zhao calmed down immediately and looked at Zhao Xing with a shocked expression.

He didn't expect that Zhao Xing would reveal everything he had done over the past three and a half years with just one glance.

What kind of extraordinary person is this, that they possess such a high level of insight?

"May I ask who you are, my friend? I am Zi Zhao, a disciple of the Profound Mystery Earth Divine Sect from the Emperor Yu Era."

"My name is Han Bing, from the realm of the Immeasurable True God." Since he could persuade people with reason, Zhao Xing didn't want to waste his energy fighting, so he also gave his identity.

"So you're a demon subordinate of that True God." Zi Zhao immediately cupped his hands in greeting, then sincerely asked, "May I ask, fellow Daoist, why are you so certain that my method can only cultivate to 70,000 levels?"

"The Earth Treasury Art and the Earth Palace Art you used have accumulated far too much harm." Zhao Xing pointed to the eight nodes of the Giant Spirit Bamboo.

"Although you forcibly continued the branch using the Mother Tree's flow, the harm was not eliminated and remains hidden within, resulting in four out of six branches clashing."

All eight nodes of the Life Great Dao have experienced serious deviations.

"You tried to address the root cause by using Bend Node approach, but that only treated the symptoms, not the underlying problem."

"Then, fellow Daoist, do you believe there is a solution?"

"I'm sorry, there aren't any left." Zhao Xing shook his head. "You only had ten bamboo plants, and they've all been used up. Moreover, they've been altered multiple times, and the damage is irreversible."

After pondering for a moment, Venerable Zi Zhao shook his head and said, "I admit that what you said is correct, but I have another method that I might try. I am unwilling to give up now."

Zhao Xing shook his head. "You're probably talking about the 'Profound Mystery Reflection Method,' right? It won't work."

"You know this too?" Venerable Zi Zhao was stunned. He hadn't mentioned to Zhao Xing that he knew this kind of magic.

He didn't mention it, but it was written on the panel, so Zhao Xing knew it, of course.

The Profound Mystery Reflection Fa is a powerful Earth Treasury Art that allows a divine tree to burn out its last bit of life force and grow beyond its limits.

It's like when a person is dying and suddenly becomes energetic, even more so than usual.

The Profound Mystery Reflection Method utilizes the power of the Earth Vein, starting from the roots and transmitting it throughout the entire plant to perform a major rejuvenation.

"Why do you say my magic is useless?" Zi Zhao asked unwillingly. This was his ultimate skill, and he was still very confident in it.

"It's very simple. The Profound Mystery Reflection' method starts from the roots, while you first used the Mother Tree flow' method to grow, so the roots of this Giant Spirit Bamboo have changed."

"The first Giant Spirit Bamboo has become the new foundation."

"Unless you can perform the Profound Mystery Reflection Technique nine times in a row, with each interval not exceeding 100,000 Immeasurable Time, your first bamboo will wither by the time the reflection is completed, and the second bamboo will not even begin. You will not be able to achieve your goal and will only cause the entire Mother Tree to collapse."

"Even if you can do that, it still depends on luck. You only have a 50% chance of success each time. You need to succeed nine times in a row to make this secret method a complete success."

Venerable Zi Zhao was somewhat lost in thought. Putting aside the fact that he couldn't do it, even if he could, the chance of getting heads nine times in a row after flipping a coin was extremely small.

After careful calculation, Venerable Zi Zhao realized that he would have a hard time succeeding. The reason he had hesitated to use this method was because he was not confident at all.

"Fellow Venerable Zi Zhao pondering for a long time, Venerable Zizhao finally bowed to Zhao Xing with his hands clasped. " With Attaining Dao guidance, I have come to understand my shortcomings in this trial and have come to recognize my weaknesses."

"I can give up all my resources, Seek Dao don't kill my bamboo."

"I meant nothing by it," Venerable Zi Zhao said earnestly, his eyes burning with fervor. "I simply wanted to see if you, fellow Daoist, could achieve the Heavenly Soaring Ten Thousand Extremes!"