NOVEL SIMPLE Chapter 45: When Opportunity Falls Short, Power Makes Up for It!
Chapter 45: When Opportunity Falls Short, Power Makes Up for It!
A quarter of an hour later.
Centered around Chen Zhixing, hundreds of great demons scattered in all directions, soaring into the sky and diving underground.
“Everyone, get moving! Help the senior find the human tomb!”
“If you don’t find it within an hour, you’ll all die!”
“Hurry!!”
In an instant, the entire Black Forest was in an uproar.
Under the command of these great demons, thousands of demons—both large and small—either flew or burrowed as they began searching for Jiu Feng Daoist’s tomb.
Chen Zhixing sat cross-legged on the ground, threads of his spiritual sense like a swarm of nimble red fish darted out in all directions, attaching themselves to the group of great demons.
“Master, what should we do next?” Qingzhi, the sword spirit, asked.
“Wait,” Chen Zhixing replied, closing his eyes to rest.
After just half an hour.
A respectful voice echoed in Chen Zhixing’s mind through the spiritual sense he had attached.
“Senior, I found it!”
In an instant, Chen Zhixing’s eyes snapped open, a gleam of light flashing by.
“Good!”
When Chen Zhixing arrived at the location, he saw that the other demons had already dispersed after hearing the news. Only a squirrel demon remained, nervously standing there, waiting for him.
In the middle of a cliff face, the entrance to a cave was hidden by countless drooping vines.
An ordinary person would never have noticed it.
At the cave entrance, a weathered stone tablet was partially buried in the earth, with a barely legible inscription.
Jiu Feng's Tomb!
“Well done.”
Chen Zhixing nodded slightly. With a flick of his right hand, a foundation pill, the size of a sugar bean, appeared and was casually tossed to the little squirrel.
“Thank you, senior, for the treasure! If I ever become a great demon, I will surely repay you tenfold!”
The little squirrel was overjoyed, accepting the pill and bowing repeatedly in gratitude before scurrying away.
For a small demon like it, a foundation pill was enough to change its fate!
Chen Zhixing didn’t pay it any more attention. Instead, he took a deep breath and looked towards the depths of the cave.
The cave was dark, with a chilly wind seeping out from within.
Chen Zhixing stepped inside.
Before long, he came to a heavy, ancient bronze stone door.
On the door was a line of small seal script, not from this era.
Chen Zhixing squinted to read it.
My name is Jiu Feng. Since I began cultivating, I have asked myself every day whether I have been diligent, tirelessly seeking answers day and night. However, the Dao is unfair, classifying people into high and low ranks.
The first part of the inscription was Jiu Feng Daoist recounting his life story.
The gist of it was that despite his hard work, it was worthless in the face of innate talent.
Chen Zhixing wasn’t interested in Jiu Feng Daoist’s life story, so he skipped to the end.
My life has been full of hardships, fighting against heaven, earth, and men. Yet, as time passed, looking back on my life, I find that I have only been left with a decayed and ruined body.
Now, as I face the Five Decays of Heaven and Man, I sense my end is near, and the path of the Dao may be cut short here.
Reflecting on my life, it turns out it was just a fleeting dream.
Now, I realize that whatever one gains, and whatever Dao one attains, is predestined by heaven and earth.
It cannot be fought for, seized, or sought.
In my life, I obtained several treasures, but now that the path of the Dao is severed, they are useless to me.
So, I have buried these treasures with me here, for those of future generations who are fated to find them.
However, I have set three trials at my burial site, each with a question.
Those who succeed in answering the three questions will receive the treasures!
The first question: What is the Dao?
At this point, the inscription on the bronze stone door ended.
“I have to answer questions to enter the tomb?”
Chen Zhixing frowned slightly.
With the Spider Web organization about to strike, he didn’t have time to waste here.
He took a deep breath.
Chen Zhixing asked, “Qingzhi, if you had something you really wanted, but it was locked in a box, and you needed a key to open it, what would you do?”
Sword spirit Qingzhi was momentarily stunned, not immediately grasping the intent, but instinctively replied:
“If it were me, I’d naturally try to find the key to unlock the box.”
“Wrong!”
Before she could finish, Chen Zhixing stepped forward, pulling his right arm back like a drawn bow.
Terrifying Bull Demon Star power gathered in his right hand.
Behind him, the shadow of a black bull demon appeared, raising its head in a roar that could shatter stars.
“The correct answer is to smash the box open!”
“Bull Demon. Heaven Breaker!!!!”
In an instant, Chen Zhixing’s fist struck the bronze stone door.
Boom, boom, boom!!!
A force capable of shaking a hundred mountains burst forth like a dam breaking, pouring out madly!
A massive black shockwave shot forward, shattering the entire bronze stone door into dust!
Then the second door, and the third!!
The three stone doors that Jiu Feng Daoist had set up with his questions during his lifetime were all blown away by a single punch.
“You see, sometimes simplifying things leads to the most effective solution.”
Chen Zhixing retracted his arm and strode inside.
Sword spirit Qingzhi, within the inner space of the Divine Sword, was left utterly dumbfounded.
He just punched through it?!
Can... can that really work?!!
The next moment, sword spirit Qingzhi shivered, an ominous feeling welling up in her mind.
Her sword god master’s inheritance site also had trials set up. Would her young master...
Sword spirit Qingzhi gulped, suddenly feeling parched.
Before she could think any further, Chen Zhixing had already stepped inside.
On the shattered second and third stone doors were two more questions.
What is Law?
What is Technique?
“The strongest is the Dao, the one with the biggest fist is the Law, and the one with the most power is the Technique.”
“Such boring questions.”
Chen Zhixing casually muttered, then crossed the three stone doors and reached the deepest part of the tomb.
In the deepest part of the tomb was a stone chamber about ten square meters in size.
In the center of the stone chamber, a skeleton dressed in a long, decayed Daoist robe sat cross-legged on a prayer mat.
This was undoubtedly Jiu Feng Daoist.
The skeleton remained in a posture of gazing towards the sky, clearly still resentful in death.
“Sorry for the intrusion.”
Chen Zhixing respectfully bowed to the skeleton.
After all, breaking into someone’s tomb to take their things made him feel a bit guilty.
The next moment.
Chen Zhixing bypassed the skeleton and stood before a stone table behind Jiu Feng Daoist’s remains.
On the stone table, from left to right, were three items.
On the far left was an ancient blue-covered book, with an inscription written in an ancient, rugged vertical script.
Nine Gods Technique!
Chen Zhixing exhaled lightly, unable to suppress a slight smile.
“Got it!”
Chen Zhixing gently picked up the Nine Gods Technique and tucked it into his sleeve.
He understood that with this technique, his True Self realm might forge an unparalleled path.
The next moment.
Chen Zhixing looked at the second item.
Instantly, his heart shook violently, and his pupils contracted sharply.
“Huh? How can it be this?!”