Free Web NovelChapter 1874: Chapter 1859: The Sovereign of Yizhi Temple
All along, Ye Zhen’s Mirage Dragon Pearl had been staying at the Danzhong Acupoint in his chest. That was the location chosen by the Mirage Dragon Pearl. Ye Zhen could communicate with the Mirage Dragon Primordial Spirit Achou, and the Mirage Dragon Primordial Spirit Achou could even appear in Ye Zhen’s Dark Palace.
But all along, Ye Zhen had been unable to actively move the Mirage Dragon Pearl’s position.
Yet at this moment, the instant Lud Li’s remnant soul had just scattered like smoke, that strand of Divine Sense which had forcibly dragged Ye Zhen into the Mirage Dragon Pearl was, by a mysterious power, directly pulled into the deepest part of the Mirage Dragon Pearl.
Before Ye Zhen could react, his Divine Soul Imprint had already been left in the deepest depths of the Mirage Dragon Pearl.
At the same instant, the Mirage Dragon Pearl turned into a streak of flowing light and fled into Ye Zhen’s Dark Palace.
The moment it entered the Dark Palace, it transformed into the form of that rascal, the Mirage Dragon Primordial Spirit Achou, swaggering tyrannically as it shook its body, occupying the topmost position of the Primordial Spirits in Ye Zhen’s Dark Palace and squeezing the three Acquired Spirit Treasures—Thunder Light Pearl, Bone-attached Poison Flame Pearl, and Purple Spirit Immortal Sword—off to the side.
And in that instant, Ye Zhen, for the first time, had a feeling of being able to command the Mirage Dragon Pearl like an arm directing a finger.
Ye Zhen felt that as long as he moved a thought, wherever he pointed, the Mirage Dragon Pearl would go.
And the Mirage Energy and Origin Mirage Qi of the Ancient Mirage Dragon, which previously required the Mirage Dragon Primordial Spirit Achou to provide to Ye Zhen, could now be easily located by Ye Zhen with his Divine Sense.
As long as Ye Zhen moved his mind, he could directly mobilize the Ancient Mirage Dragon’s Mirage Energy and Origin Mirage Qi, no longer needing to go through the Mirage Dragon Primordial Spirit Achou.
The Mirage Dragon Pearl, for the first time, gave Ye Zhen a clear sense of control.
To be honest, regarding those over ten thousand words that his master Lud Li had sent into Ye Zhen’s mind as instructions, Ye Zhen really wanted to carefully read and study them right now.
To see what exactly was the true usage of the Mirage Dragon Pearl that his master Lud Li had spoken of.
But outside the Mirage Dragon Pearl, there was still a Grand Priest Nahar from the Yizhi Temple waiting, and Ye Zhen did not want Nahar to see any flaws.
For now, the Mirage Dragon Pearl was Ye Zhen’s greatest secret.
With a thought, Ye Zhen’s Divine Sense left the Mirage Dragon Pearl and returned to this underground Sand Hall created by Grand Priest Nahar, once again facing Grand Priest Nahar.
Although Ye Zhen had just communicated with his master Lud Li for less than half a quarter-hour, inside the Mirage Dragon Pearl, it had been under the effect of the Mirage Dragon Pearl’s Temporal Power.
Ye Zhen and his master Lud Li had conversed for nearly half a quarter-hour, but in the outside world, only about three or four breaths had passed.
"Just now, you seemed to have undergone a rather strange change? Was it enlightenment?" Looking at Ye Zhen, whose eyes were once again gathering focus, Grand Priest Nahar wore a face full of curiosity.
Nahar’s question allowed Ye Zhen to go along with the flow. "Because of that sentence, my heart was suddenly touched and I gained some insight."
"Was it that sentence ’May there be no more fanatics in this world’?" Grand Priest Nahar sighed. "Someone who can say such words is definitely not an ordinary person."
"It’s a good thing that you gained some insight, but let us continue our topic," Nahar said.
"In this Yizhi Sand Sea, the most precious thing is this All Living Beings’ Will Power. The more miserable the lives of these Sha Clan people, the more All Living Beings’ Will Power they offer.
It is quite shameful—our Yizhi Temple included—we are all beneficiaries of the All Living Beings’ Will Power offered by these miserable Sha Clan people.
However, from the time the Sand Sea Heavenly God created the Yizhi Temple, the goal of the Yizhi Temple has been to improve the harsh living environment within the Yizhi Sand Sea.
To create one after another human paradise within this Yizhi Sand Sea; the Yidongqing Divine Tree, in a certain sense, was also created back then by the Sand Sea Heavenly God of the Yizhi Sand Sea."
"But ever since the Sand Sea Heavenly God of the Yizhi Sand Sea disappeared, the Yizhi Temple has been unable to mass-produce Yidongqing Divine Trees. Even for this old man, being able to spur the growth of ten thousand Yidongqing Divine Trees in one go is already my limit.
Moreover, the Yidongqing Divine Trees thus catalyzed are only saplings. To let them fully mature, one must cast Secret Techniques more than five times within three months.
It can be said that ever since the disappearance of the Sand Sea Heavenly God of the Yizhi Sand Sea, the total number of Yidongqing Divine Trees in the entire Yizhi Sand Sea has always been in negative growth, until... you, this Divine Envoy, appeared!"
Being addressed as Divine Envoy by Grand Priest Nahar, Ye Zhen felt a bit embarrassed. "Grand Priest, I’m sorry about this. At first, I only wanted to help these suffering Sha Clan people a little, to give them some chance at life, so that more Sha Clan people could survive and live a bit better.
But after I displayed a so-called Divine Miracle once, I suddenly discovered that it could actually allow me to harvest Power of Belief.
I knew this power was extraordinary. I wanted to obtain more Power of Belief, so I pretended to be a Divine Envoy."
Ye Zhen admitted it very straightforwardly. At this point, denying it would be useless; he might as well just admit it directly.
In Grand Priest Nahar’s eyes, there was a look of appreciation. "This old man knows, this old man knows you were sincerely helping those Sha Clan people, so I’ve always been secretly observing you and never disturbed you."
"Grand Priest, if Meng Lixi hadn’t intervened, would you have kept observing like this?" Ye Zhen suddenly asked.
"How could I? Even if Meng Lixi hadn’t intervened, this old man would have taken the initiative to find you during this period and have a good talk with you," Nahar said.
"Have a talk?" Ye Zhen wore a look of disbelief. "Just a talk?"
"You can also think of it as a transaction." This First Divine Priest of the Sand Sea, the controller of the Yizhi Temple, finally revealed his true purpose at this moment.
"I’m all ears." Ye Zhen looked completely at ease, because only this purpose could explain Grand Priest Nahar’s various actions up to now.
Moreover, the way he had just directly killed Meng Lixi counted as Nahar showing his sincerity to Ye Zhen.
"In the aspect of催生伊冬青神树, you possess methods almost on par with the Yizhi Sand Sea Sky God.
Our Yizhi Temple needs someone like you, and the Yizhi Sand Sea needs you as well. And you, in turn, need official recognition from the Yizhi Temple that rules the Yizhi Sand Sea." Grand Priest Nahar said.
Ye Zhen listened, then slowly shook his head. "Since it’s a transaction, I’m sorry, but in this deal I don’t seem to see what benefit I get?"
"Either you walk the Yizhi Sand Sea in the capacity of a true Divine Envoy, spreading the Heavenly God’s glory and harvesting immense Power of Belief, or you are hunted down and completely suppressed by our Yizhi Temple. Which is better and which is worse, I don’t need to spell out for you, do I?" Grand Priest Nahar said with a smile.
Ye Zhen’s expression tightened. "Can I take that as a threat?"
"No!"
Grand Priest Nahar’s tone was very firm. "This is merely an old man’s comparison. You can also see this matter as cooperation.
Moreover, what I’m giving you is the identity of a true Divine Envoy of the Yizhi Temple. Once you have spread the Heavenly God’s glory throughout the Yizhi Sand Sea and your name as Divine Envoy resounds across it, at that time, you will become the true Sovereign of the Yizhi Temple!"
"Me? Become the true Sovereign of the Yizhi Temple?" Ye Zhen’s expression showed some surprise. "Are you joking with me? If I become the Sovereign of the Yizhi Temple, then what about you?"
"As for the reason, you’ll know in the future. But what I can guarantee is that not only will you become the Sovereign of the Yizhi Temple, you will also become the master of the entire Yizhi Sand Sea.
And all this—you will feel my sincerity once you agree to cooperate and become the Temple’s Divine Envoy."
"Also, after we cooperate, what you do will be no different from what you’re doing now: acting under the name of the Sand Sea Heavenly God’s Envoy, displaying Divine Miracles everywhere, 催生伊冬青神树, without any additional price to pay!" Grand Priest Nahar added.
Ye Zhen was a bit dazed.
It felt like a meat pie falling out of the sky.
Of course, the premise of all this was that Ye Zhen, in催生伊冬青神树, possessed methods nearly equal to a Heavenly God’s.
Opportunities like this were rare, and Ye Zhen liked it; besides, as things stood, he had no other choice.
Grand Priest Nahar was also just phrasing it in a way that preserved Ye Zhen’s dignity.
"Grand Priest, I have a question!"
"Please."
"Since this秘法 for催生伊冬青神树 is so important to the Yizhi Temple, why doesn’t the Grand Priest do as Meng Lixi suggested—force the method for催生伊冬青神树 out of me, or even Soul Search me and solve everything once and for all?" This was the biggest doubt pressing on Ye Zhen’s heart right now.
Hearing this, Grand Priest Nahar chuckled softly.
"Meng Lixi came up with that idea because of his ignorance! Before the Yizhi Sand Sea Sky God disappeared, he had already passed down the Divine Arts for催生伊冬青神树.
He even specially explained that even if they continued苦修, even if in the future they Advanced to become Creation Gods, they would still never be able to cultivate and display the same miraculous effects he did.
To催生伊冬青神树 on a large scale as he did, one must rely on certain unique Spiritual Objects and fortuitous encounters in this world.
Otherwise, no matter how hard you苦修, it’s useless.
And the苦修 I have done over these years has also proven this point. Although I have not Advanced to Creation God, my Cultivation is in no way inferior to a Creation God’s.
Yet the效果 when I施展 that催生伊冬青神树 is still less than one ten-thousandth of the Yizhi Sand Sea Sky God’s.
But you—your效果 in催生伊冬青神树 is the closest to the Yizhi Sand Sea Sky God, and in tens of thousands of years you are the only one I have ever found.
Tell me, how could I dare to take such a risk and destroy the only hope my Yizhi Temple and the Yizhi Sand Sea have had in tens of thousands of years?" Grand Priest Nahar said.
It had to be said, this explanation from Nahar dispelled the doubts in Ye Zhen’s heart and made him completely at ease.
"Whether we call it cooperation or a transaction, I have no objection. However, I have one condition, and I hope the Grand Priest will agree." Ye Zhen said.
"What condition?"
"I want the秘法 for mobilizing this All Living Beings’ Will Power—the秘法 of the Yizhi Temple." Ye Zhen said.
Hearing this, Grand Priest Nahar was stunned for a moment, then looked at Ye Zhen and laughed.
