UGB Chapter 1714 The Deal is Settled, Verification is Here!
Chapter 1714 The Deal is Settled, Verification is Here!
Hear the words.
Cheng Buzheng, who was hidden in the void, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Cheng Buzheng was not without nervousness.
This high-stakes gamble, especially the final demand to seize the Qingyuan River in Vientiane, was also a gamble.
If the other party is truly forced to abandon the deal, he won't even have the chance to share this opportunity.
Now that the dust has settled and it's confirmed that the other party ultimately chose to make the deal rather than refuse,
The invisible boulder that had been weighing on my heart finally settled down.
This exhaled breath is a release of pressure, a subconscious reaction to winning the bet.
"Fortunately, there were no unexpected results."
Although he was very confident, people's hearts are not so easy to fathom.
Even with unparalleled wisdom and flawless deductions, the human heart remains the greatest variable.
Especially for an old monster like the High Priest, who has lived for countless ages and is unfathomable, his scheming and cunning are like a black hole, and it is difficult to see the bottom of him.
Cheng Buzheng's confidence stemmed from his analysis of information, but it did not mean he was blindly arrogant.
Acknowledging unknown risks is a fundamental quality of top-tier cultivators.
Moreover, Cheng Buzheng also felt the value of the Wanxiang Qingyuan River as if he were the only one who possessed it, and he would treasure it as a priceless gem.
It is precisely because we understand its immense value that we can better appreciate the unimaginable pain and resentment that must be hidden beneath the High Priest's calm exterior at this moment.
Putting yourself in their shoes, you can imagine how difficult it is to force someone to give up such a precious treasure.
This also highlights the enormous risks involved in this trial and transaction.
and so.
Only after hearing that the high priest had agreed to the conditions did Cheng Buzheng finally feel relieved.
Followed by.
The high priest in the public eye and Cheng Buzheng, who was hiding in the shadows, began to discuss the details of the transaction.
Whatever that supreme artifact was?
Or is it control of the Crimson Rune?
Its value is immeasurable.
Moreover, it involves this great opportunity.
Therefore, neither the High Priest nor Cheng Buzheng wanted the transaction to encounter any unexpected complications.
The safest way, of course, is to swear a great oath against one's inner demons.
soon.
After the two finalized the details of the oath against their inner demons...
Without the slightest hesitation, the high priest, suspended in mid-air, began to recite the agreed-upon oath of inner demons.
"In the name of the High Priest, and through the practice of the divine soul, I hereby swear this great oath against the inner demons..."
His voice was solemn and cold, devoid of any emotion, as if he were carrying out a predetermined procedure.
Each word was imprinted in the void like a tangible rune, drawing down the power of the rules from the unseen realm.
As the final oath was uttered, the high priest said expressionlessly:
"Fellow Daoist, it's your turn!"
The words were brief, yet carried a sense of urgency.
next moment.
A faint ripple suddenly appeared in the void, and a figure with a stiff face stepped out from it.
Cheng Buzheng did not appear directly, but as the high priest had predicted, he first released a paper doll clone for testing and warning purposes.
Seeing this, the high priest snorted coldly in his heart.
As expected, he's still hiding his true intentions!
However, the other party's excessive caution, while unpleasant, is also in line with the current situation, proving that the other party is equally wary.
He was about to question where his true form was when he was interrupted by a faint ripple appearing in another part of the void.
Then, a cultivator with a handsome face and a vast aura, who looked like a human, appeared from the void.
Upon revealing himself, Cheng Buzheng reached out and beckoned...
next moment.
The cultivator, whose face was stiff and devoid of any life force, flashed and transformed into a paper figure, drifting towards them.
Immediately.
Cheng Buzheng flipped his hand over and put away the paper figure whose spiritual energy had not yet been destroyed.
The movement of retrieving the paper figure was smooth and natural.
Without hesitation, he immediately began to swear the Great Oath of the Heart Demon before the High Priest, in accordance with the previously agreed-upon details.
"I, the Venerable One, pledge my Dao heart as my guarantee and hereby make this vow..."
Cheng Buzheng's voice was clear and steady, devoid of emotion.
When the last vow binding the soul dissipated into the void, it signified that the strongest and final invisible chain of the contract between the two parties was completely and firmly connected.
Thus, the final safeguards at the rule level have been completed for this illusory transaction filled with probing, extortion, financial pain, scheming, anger, and compromise.
The high priest gave Cheng Buzheng a deep look, then flicked his sleeve.
Two streaks of light shot out in response:
A jade slip!
A small river, gurgling and shimmering with a misty, clear light, floats suspended in the void.
After these two items were thrown out, they did not fly directly towards Cheng Buzheng, but instead hovered in the void.
Jade slips: usually objects that carry information.
This jade slip likely contains a complete method for controlling the crimson runes!
The babbling brook is naturally the Wanxiang Qingyuan River.
Then.
The high priest touched the ground with his feet and vanished into thin air, leaving only a jade slip and the [Wanxiang Qingyuan River] in its original place.
Looking again, He was already sitting cross-legged on that 'futon'.
He made a series of hand seals with both hands.
In an instant, a vast pillar of light descended from the depths of the golden sky, enveloping Him.
See this scene.
Cheng Buzheng knew perfectly well that the High Priest was on guard against Him.
Even with a solemn oath from one's inner demons, one still cannot be completely at ease.
Fortunately, there was some distance between the two 'futons', so it wouldn't affect his repair of the 'futons' that the Island-Moving Venerable had tampered with.
After one glance.
After confirming the environment was safe and the items being traded were suspended in mid-air, Cheng Buzheng didn't waste any words and stretched out his hand...
He reached out and grabbed at the two trophies hanging in front of him!
The blood-red jade slip suspended in the air, and the rushing [Myriad Manifestations Pure Source River], transformed into two streams of light and flew to his front.
Immediately!
Cheng Buzheng's attention was instantly drawn to the biggest trophy—
The unparalleled array weapon, [Wanxiang Qingyuan River], firmly attracted it.
Instead of immediately putting it away, he used his divine sense and senses to carefully explore and feel this legendary treasure.
soon.
A hint of joy appeared in his eyes.
"My darling!"
"Truly worthy of being the strongest foundation inherited from an ancient sect."
The results of the investigation clearly satisfied him greatly!
Upon investigation, what was sensed was not a false, empty shell, but rather the primordial array power as vast as the sea and as exquisite as the movement of stars!
That clear, profound, and pure flow of power, and the ancient and far-reaching Daoist charm it contains, cannot be hastily fabricated.
Its inherent depth also exceeded his expectations!
"Okay! Okay!!!"
After examining it with great delight for a while, Cheng Buzheng reluctantly put it away.
After all, now is not the time for research.
However, one thing is certain: this treasure is the same array artifact that Venerable Island Moving once possessed.
It was not a counterfeit product that the high priest had secretly replaced.
His worries had been dispelled during the investigation.
Of course, the high priest didn't have time to make a replica.
therefore!
After confirming that it was genuine, Cheng Buzheng did not examine it in detail.
Then, his calm gaze shifted to the object floating in mid-air before him—
The entire surface of the [Crimson Jade Slip] was translucent yet shimmered with a thick, bloody light, as if it were condensed from the resentment and essence of billions of living beings.
A vast and incomparable torrent of divine thought, yet as condensed as a diamond, silently surged forth from between Cheng Buzheng's brows.
It instantly disappeared into the jade slip that was filled with an ominous aura.
In an instant, a massive amount of information surged into Cheng Buzheng's mind as if it had been violently opened!
The secret of the crimson runes... has been revealed!
Countless profound and difficult techniques!
And... the bloodiest and most fundamental arcane principles behind forging these runes!
The information is vast and complex, yet it is clearly organized and logically rigorous!
Like an anatomical treatise written by a butcher, it coldly explains how to refine living, breathing, powerful members of the Purgatory Clan, each possessing the might of a Nascent Soul cultivator, into exquisite and perpetually moving objects—
"Living Talisman"!
Cheng Buzheng's divine sense was like the most sophisticated scanning instrument, rapidly filtering and interpreting the information contained within.
After a while...
Cheng Buzheng slowly withdrew his gaze.
"……Ah."
A very faint sigh, yet seemingly tempered by the cold winds of the deepest hell, escaped from his lips.
"Is this your Purgatory Clan's High Priest's... way of governing subordinates?"
How to treat friends?
"Using the flesh and blood of those who revere you as a god as bait, I imprison the soul of my dearest friend..."
The vibrant path... was transformed into a cold, bloody light that drove the grand formation...
Indeed... quite the skill!
How vicious!
The truths revealed by those messages were chillingly cold to the bone.
Cheng Buzheng finally understood why those scarlet runes possessed such astonishing power, and even at certain specific energy levels, they could evoke profound rhythms that resonated with heaven and earth, similar to "Daoist script"!
The root cause lies in each and every crimson rune...
They all imprison a former top expert of the Purgatory Clan!
They were living sacrifices!
It is an inextinguishable source of fuel!
Each time the runes flashed brilliantly, each time they unleashed power...
What's being consumed are the lives of the top cultivators of the Purgatory Clan within the Rune Core Cage!
Inside...
Locked within their forcibly extracted and compressed essence of flesh and blood!
It imprisons their immense magical power, which they have cultivated for thousands of years and is now incomparably pure!
Enveloped in their boundless divine thoughts, honed to their peak!
At the very core...
Furthermore, it is extracting and imprisoning the very foundation of their Dao and the origin of their laws!
In other words, the Crimson Rune is an immortal cage forged from the flesh, blood, and soul of the most powerful members of the Purgatory Clan!
This method is so cruel and bizarre that it surpasses even the most evil and forbidden demonic arts!
but.
One thing is certain: this method is genuine and has not been tampered with.
The high priest used the Great Oath of the Heart Demon to guarantee this secret method. For cultivators who only care about their own path, the backlash of the Heart Demon Oath is almost equivalent to cutting off their own future!
Even with such an immense opportunity as the pure origin of laws before them...
If an inextinguishable inner demon resides in one's heart, obscuring one's Daoist aspirations, let alone making progress in enlightenment, it would be a blessing if one did not suffer a qi deviation or fall into demonic possession.
High Priest...can't afford to gamble!
I will never gamble!
Therefore, this secret method itself is 99%... fine!
Upon realizing this, he suddenly clenched his five fingers!
The jade slip, dripping with blood-red light, vanished instantly from his palm!
at the same time!
Ripples spread silently across the void beneath his feet...
Looking again, Cheng Buzheng's figure had silently teleported to another "futon".
Out of the corner of his eye, he subconsciously glanced at another "futon" not far away, completely enveloped in a cocoon of dazzling golden light, floating like a giant egg—
More accurately, it was the blurry figure in blood-red robes that swept deep into the cocoon of light.
The next moment!
All his attention was focused on the lifeless "futon" in front of him.
"Let's start the test!" Cheng Buzheng thought to himself.
He held his breath and focused his mind, his hands moving like butterflies flitting among flowers, his ten fingers tracing mysterious and unpredictable paths!
Each touch of the fingertips unleashed a complex and mesmerizing hand seal woven from pure divine thoughts and spiritual power!
hum... hum...
Streams of light, changing colors—blazing white, deep blue, or dark purple—like living rune chains, shot out continuously from his hands!
They were entwined with mysterious Taoist charm, piercing with unparalleled precision into the dim, almost invisible unevenness on the surface of the lifeless "futon" before them, representing countless tiny "array base nodes"!
As each incantation was perfectly inserted, like a key...
Om-!
Suddenly, a ring of extremely unstable scarlet light lit up the surface of that lifeless "futon"!
Like the rapid heartbeat of a terminally ill person!
The dense, fine, and shimmering "scarlet runes" that exuded an aura of despair and power were forcibly activated from inside the "futon"!
They flickered uncertainly in the void, like candles in the wind!
Even more bizarrely, at the edges of these scarlet runes, faintly emanated some extremely ancient and profound Daoist phantoms, seemingly originating from the fundamental rules of heaven and earth!
These fleeting images are extremely difficult to capture!
Cheng Buzheng's hand speed is getting faster and faster!
Following the method recorded in the jade slip, he continuously adjusted the attributes, frequency, and nodes of the hand seals he entered!
With his control, the rhythm of the flickering crimson runes began to change accordingly!
From chaos and disorder to gradually forming a regular pulse!
They were like a group of undead soldiers who had been forcibly awakened and precisely controlled!
a long time……
Cheng Buzheng's taut hands suddenly stopped!
All the hand seals and flowing light abruptly stopped!
The crimson light surrounding the "futon" gradually subsided, returning to a deathly darkness.
Only a faint, yet clear, rhythm of surrender remained!
"call……"
Cheng Buzheng exhaled a soft breath, a hint of satisfaction flashing deep within his eyes, which were like the depths of a starry abyss.
"The secret method... is without fakeness!
Control over those crimson runes... is now completely secured!
Verification successful!
The effectiveness of the control measures has been confirmed.
In this regard.
Cheng Buzheng was not surprised; this was just solving the first problem!
Now, the real problem is finally here—
Where exactly did the Venerable One of Moving Islands go wrong?
...(End of this chapter)