Chapter 1748: Chapter 939: Xiang’er Cliff Reappears, Glimpsing the Future

"No, no! Please, come take the seat of honor, Li Xianzi." Prefect Zhao was so frightened his heart was pounding wildly. He hurriedly bowed and gestured repeatedly for the beautiful woman to take her seat.

Li Changqing reduced her smile slightly upon seeing this. Her gaze swept over everyone as she nonchalantly said, "I’m just joking. Lord Prefect... are you very warm?"

With that, she gracefully moved towards the most honored seat in the hall. Prefect Zhao, too busy to wipe his sweat, hurried after her, fawning and obsequious like a lackey.

Hmm?

After only a couple of steps, the beautiful woman Li Changqing suddenly halted, her eyes sharply fixed on Zhang Xusheng, who was seated in the middle of the secondary seat.

In the next instant, Li Changqing’s eyes suddenly radiated a brilliant splendor, as if she had seen an unparalleled treasure in the world.

At the moment when she glanced over, Zhang Xusheng felt as if he had been struck by lightning, suddenly experiencing unbearable heartache, followed by an extreme void emerging abruptly.

At that instant, he vaguely felt that a "Black Hole" had suddenly formed at his chest, insatiably hungry, void, desperately wishing for something to fill it.

And that something was right there, at the center of everyone’s attention!

In a flash, Zhang Xusheng abruptly lowered his head, concealing his grim expression.

On the other hand, Li Changqing’s heart had already been stirred by surging waves.

She hadn’t expected to see such a naturally gifted, incomparably handsome young scholar in such a remote place.

In the blink of an eye, she realized her heart was moved and immediately decided to include this boy in her harem.

Once her mind was made up, Li Changqing arched her willow eyebrows slightly and turned around, walking towards him.

As she walked, she exuded an indescribable allure, accompanied by an even stronger exotic fragrance.

This exotic fragrance seemed to have the power to incite lust, quickly causing everyone to blush, restless in their seats. Some young gentlemen even lost their composure publicly, almost like a flood bursting through a dam.

And those usually debauched individuals couldn’t control themselves, jumping out from behind the tables, infatuated, rushing towards the beautiful woman.

However, before this group of lechers had taken a few steps, they all slumped to the ground, visibly withering into mere skeletons in no time.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Xusheng was utterly shocked.

At this moment, his mentor, Mr. Huaiyuan, suddenly stood up, angrily scolding the approaching Li Changqing: "Enchantress, what witchcraft are you using? Stop at once!"

Li Changqing didn’t even glance over, with a wave of her sleeve, she swept Xu Huaiyuan along with the obstructing tables and chairs several feet away.

The next second, her figure flickered, instantly arriving in front of Zhang Xusheng. She then reached out her soft hand, gently caressing his alabaster-like fair face, her eyes suddenly filled with fervor and greed.

"Little scholar, what is your name? Would you like to come back to Qiushui Palace with me?" Li Changqing asked with utmost tenderness, the exotic fragrance around her becoming more intense.

Zhang Xusheng only felt an unpleasant stench hitting his face, making him almost want to vomit.

He intended to struggle to stand up but was horrified to find that he couldn’t move an inch.

At the same time, a wisp of bone-chilling cold suddenly emerged from her fingertip, the cold pervading his flesh and bones, then "flowing" down along his spine, gradually expanding to all his limbs and bones.

After one breath, a hint of doubt suddenly flashed in Li Changqing’s eyes.

She was astounded to discover that the constitution of the person before her was extremely special, seemingly the legendary Void Spirit Body.

Because the Extreme Yin True Qi she sent over would dissolve mysteriously every time it flowed to his five viscera and six bowels, as if completely absorbed by this particular body.

This phenomenon was very similar to the legendary Void Spirit Body, and if it were truly as she suspected, the future potential of this person before her would be limitless!

Li Changqing’s heart surged, her right hand’s five fingers suddenly burst out with strands of crystalline brilliance, the brilliance like strands of silk, instantly sealing Zhang Xusheng’s limbs and vital areas of the chest and abdomen.

At the same time, Zhang Xusheng also underwent a world-shaking transformation.

As the strands of Extreme Yin True Qi were continuously devoured clean by the heart’s "Black Hole," an indifferent, ancient voice suddenly echoed in Zhang Xusheng’s mind:

"...The Tao of the Saint is to take from the excess and to fill the deficit, hence the void triumphs over the solid, the insufficient triumphs over the excessive. The way of man is to diminish the insufficient and to offer the excessive. Therefore, to seize the excess of heaven and earth, to fill one’s own inadequacies, to contravene the Heavenly Dao with Human Dao, to confirm the Great Tao with the heart of a saint... By observing the Star Meteor one knows the hunger of the sky, by examining the earth cracks one comprehends the thirst of the earth, even heaven and earth contain flaws, how much more so a mortal flesh?"

The flaw in human form is like a vessel with gaps, seize the essence of heaven and earth to supplement with gold and tin... I have a True Scripture called the "Heavenly Human Scripture," the essential idea of this scripture is only to ’seize the creations of heaven and earth, to communicate the transformations among all living beings throughout ancient and modern times, to achieve the perfect form of the heavenly-human body phase’.

The "Heavenly Human Scripture" consists of three realms, the first realm is called the Sage..."

Time seemed to pass like an eternally long era or perhaps fleetingly short as a moment.

As the indifferent, ancient voice gradually faded, Zhang Xusheng also woke up from the shock.

Imparted with the entire "Heavenly Human Scripture," he now felt as if he had undergone a rebirth.

At this moment, when Zhang Xusheng suddenly looked at the beautiful woman right in front of him, his gaze was filled with an insatiable longing, as if seeing a certain "food".

However, from Li Changqing’s perspective, this incomparably handsome young scholar was clearly infatuated with her beauty, such a lustful, "hungry" gaze was all too familiar to her.

At the thought of tasting a unique Void Spirit Body, Li Changqing felt overwhelmingly heated inside.

Unable to suppress her desire, she directly grasped Zhang Xusheng.

The next moment, a cluster of clear light suddenly arose beneath the two, enveloping them simply, transforming into a tunneling light, shooting out like lightning.

After a while, as the exotic fragrance gradually dissipated, everyone slowly regained consciousness.

Only then did they shockingly discover seven or eight skeletons lying on the hall floor, while the beautiful woman and Zhang Xusheng were nowhere to be seen.

...

The soul is like in the dark, darkness surges like a tide. It is unclear how long has passed, when one "Star" after another emerges from the depths of darkness, each flickering with an uncertain brightness.

Among the countless Stars, there is one Star that is particularly unique.

Its radiance is exceptionally weak, seemingly ready to extinguish at any moment. However, its "color" is extraordinarily splendid, far beyond the limits of human imagination. Only when you see it for a fleeting moment can you truly discern its "brilliance."

"Haha, I’ve waited nearly ten thousand years, and finally you appear again—Xiang’er Cliff!"

Deep in the Five Elements Cave Heaven, Zhao Sheng suddenly opened his eyes, instantly focusing his intent on this unique Star.

Almost at the same moment, two Avatars appeared out of thin air in front of the original self, one is an elegant and amiable middle-aged scholar, the other a handsome and dashing young man.

The original and the Avatars are connected in mind, requiring no verbal communication.

"We will surely fulfill the task entrusted by the original self!" The two Avatars saluted with clasped fists, speaking in unison.

Before they finished speaking, the two had already vanished into thin air.

A sudden whirl of heaven and earth, the surrounding light and darkness shifted abruptly!

The middle-aged scholar and the young man stood firm together, opening their eyes simultaneously.

They looked around, seeing peaks rising on all sides, with dense clouds covering the sky.

Here is a small valley, the ground barren, covered everywhere with fused glass-like Crystal Jade.

And not far below a cliff, a straight and crystal-clear Glazed Jade wall was embedded.

The Jade wall is over ten zhang in length and width, its surface smooth like a mirror, clearly reflecting the forms and faces of the two.

When their gaze fell on the Glazed Jade wall, their attention was immediately drawn in deeply, countless spirit lights emerging like springs.

Yet in the next moment, they simultaneously turned their heads, daring not to look directly at this peculiar Glazed Jade wall.

Compared to last time, the two Avatars now had the ability to break free.

"Ruo Er, you go first. I’ll protect you," Zhao Qiongtian spoke first.

The middle-aged scholar glanced at him and decisively nodded, "That’s good!"

With that, the middle-aged scholar took several steps to stand close to the Glazed Jade wall, lifted his robe, and sat cross-legged facing the wall.

When his gaze once more touched the Jade wall, a thought suddenly arose in the middle-aged scholar’s mind. This thought was indescribable, yet the original self’s heart most desired it.

At this moment, the Jade wall in his eyes suddenly radiated, gradually revealing an extraordinarily unfamiliar "heaven and earth."

"This is..." The middle-aged scholar was soon drawn into that heaven and earth, vaguely forgetting himself and the passage of time.

Meanwhile, Avatar Zhao Qiongtian slowly walked to the cliff’s side, also refraining from looking at the Jade wall, instead unleashed his Will Heart Light, enveloping the entire valley.

As time passed, one Immortal Ruins Guest after another appeared.

They were soon wholly absorbed by the Jade wall, each sitting cross-legged, eyes fixed without blinking, gazing at the Glazed Jade wall below the cliff.

Zhao Qiongtian was very curious about what they saw, so he couldn’t resist sending a portion of heart light to invade inside the Purple Mansion of some Immortal Ruins Guests’ brows.

In the next moment, Zhao Qiongtian seemed to be struck by lightning, suddenly stepping back several paces, his complexion instantly turning pale.

Never had he expected such a high-level protective mechanism existed here, not allowing anyone to disturb these meditating Immortal Ruins Guests.

Luckily, the mechanism here didn’t harm people, Zhao Qiongtian quickly recovered, feeling even more curious about this place.

Time flew, one Immortal Ruins Guest after another was continually rejected back to the Lower Realm, rapidly reducing the number of people in the valley.

Zhao Qiongtian was bored, thoroughly searched the entire valley, and expanded his Will Heart Light nearly ten thousand miles out.

He was surprised to find that beyond the valley mountains, it was actually a "void," with no material, no complete space-time form, and no existence of any Taoist Law.

He had never seen such a complete "Land of Nothingness," and was immensely curious about its origin.

Zhao Qiongtian several times wanted to enter the "Land of Nothingness" to explore.

But whenever he harbored this thought, he would suddenly feel a great sense of danger, predicting he would certainly die.

Zhao Qiongtian is not afraid of death but fears delaying the task entrusted by the original self.

Thus, he had to suppress his inner desire, starting to collect all things in the valley that interested him.

Forty-five Ruins later, Xiang’er Cliff’s rejection force suddenly grew to an inconceivable level.

Zhao Qiongtian and the middle-aged scholar were unable to resist the rejection, eventually being forced to return to the Five Elements Cave Heaven.

...

In a flash, the two appeared out of nowhere in front of the original self.

The difference being, Zhao Qiongtian bore a casual demeanor, whereas the middle-aged scholar was as if just waking up from a dream.

The original self saw clearly, actually perceiving the incredible from the Avatar’s eyes.

In a moment, the original self saw the "scene" shared by the scholar Avatar.

"Hmm, that’s... what?! I saw... the future?" The original Zhao Sheng suddenly groaned, his face filled with an expression of disbelief.