Chapter 518: Di Yi's Layout
Red Desire Star Envoy's delicate body outlined a curvaceous figure, hidden within a mass of red mist, appearing somewhat illusory.
Her voice was quite soft and charming, saying, "Reporting to Young Master, Red Desire has indeed reached the Heavenly Extreme Realm Great Perfection."
Di Yi nodded, saying, "Blood Spirit King has refined a large amount of Half-Saint Light. If you refine her into a Blood Pill and swallow it, it can indeed allow your cultivation to advance by leaps and bounds. Even breaking through the barrier of the Fish-Dragon Realm should not be difficult."
Pausing for a moment, Di Yi continued, "What are your plans next? Continue to assault the Fish-Dragon Realm? Or will you stop to settle your martial arts and assault the Heavenly Extreme Realm's Supreme Extreme Realm?"
For top-tier geniuses, reaching the Heavenly Extreme Realm Great Perfection indeed forces them to face these two choices.
Each choice has its own advantages and disadvantages.
The former allows one to take advantage of youth, abundant energy, and vigorous blood Qi to break through to the Fish-Dragon Realm in one go, thereby leaping out of the shackles of mortals.
From martial arts, stepping into the Sacred Path.
The latter offers the opportunity to reach the Supreme Extreme Realm, attracting resonance from the gods, making the future Sacred Path smoother.
However, the martial artist will definitely remain at the Heavenly Extreme Realm Great Perfection for a long time. It is possible that, in the end, they not only fail to reach the Heavenly Extreme Realm's Supreme Extreme Realm but also die a violent death.
Red Desire Star Envoy did not answer Di Yi's question, instead saying, "Young Master, I have important matters to report."
Di Yi's brows furrowed slightly as he looked deeply at Red Desire Star Envoy.
On the surface, since Red Desire Star Envoy had important matters to report, she could indeed choose not to answer Di Yi's question first. Reporting that important matter to Di Yi first was also quite reasonable.
But from the perspective of a superior, Di Yi could vaguely sense that Red Desire Star Envoy was trying to reverse the roles and take the lead.
Di Yi's tone was calm as he said, "What matter?"
Red Desire Star Envoy said, "A major incident occurred in the Wood Essence Ruins Realm. Just yesterday, a Half-Saint-level battle took place."
Di Yi's eyes narrowed, saying, "A lower-grade ruins realm actually had a Half-Saint-level battle?"
Even in the Kunlun Realm, Half-Saint-level battles were not common. After all, the destructive power of Half-Saint-level existences was too great. Unless absolutely necessary, they would never go all out.
Generally speaking, even when major forces clashed, it was the representatives of the younger generation who fought.
Saint-level figures all stayed behind the scenes.
No force wanted a Saint-level battle. No one wanted to fight to the point of mutual destruction, allowing a third party to reap the benefits.
Medium-grade and upper-grade ruins realms did have Half-Saint-level existences participating in ruins realm wars.
But in a mere lower-grade ruins realm, how could a Half-Saint appear?
Moreover, a fierce conflict had occurred.
It was too unusual!
Di Yi immediately asked, "Do you know how many Half-Saints participated in the battle?"
Red Desire Star Envoy said, "Although I was very far away at the time, my Spiritual Power has broken through to the fortieth rank, allowing me to open my Heavenly Eye. So I still saw some battle scenes."
"Based on the fluctuations of power emanating from the battlefield, I can judge that two Half-Saints were fighting. One should be a Half-Saint from the Demon Sect, and the other should be a Half-Saint from the Ministry of War."
Di Yi smiled slightly, "The Demon Sect actually fought with the Ministry of War. What secret is hidden in the Wood Essence Ruins Realm?"
Red Desire Star Envoy said, "Since even Half-Saints have made a move, something extraordinary must have happened. I feel it is necessary to report this to the First-Rank Hall and request that a Half-Saint thoroughly investigate this matter."
Di Yi's eyes flickered slightly, a strange light passing through them. Then he smiled, "Red Desire Star Envoy is right. It should indeed be reported. However, I need to go to the Death Ruins Realm and have no time to return for now. I'll leave this matter to you!"
"Thank you for your trust, Young Master. Red Desire will not fail in her mission."
Having said this, Red Desire Star Envoy immediately withdrew.
Green Robe Star Envoy looked at Red Desire Star Envoy's retreating figure, frowning slightly, and said, "Young Master, entrusting such a significant matter to Red Desire Star Envoy—isn't that too hasty?"
Green Robe Star Envoy also nodded, saying, "Although Red Desire Star Envoy's talent is very high, she is still too young."
Di Yi smiled with a hint of profound meaning, saying, "Now that Yellow God Star Envoy is dead and Orange Moon Star Envoy is trapped, this is a time of need. We should let Red Desire Star Envoy handle more matters and give her more experience."
Green Robe Star Envoy did not ask further, thinking to herself, the Young Master has been resourceful since childhood. Since he is doing this, there must be a reason.
She said, "Just now, the Young Master said he wanted to go to the Death Ruins Realm. Why is that? Isn't our most important task right now to deal with Zhang Ruochen and rescue Orange Moon Star Envoy?"
Di Yi's gaze became solemn, and he said seriously, "Because Bu Qianfan is training in the Death Ruins Realm. Only by refining him into my Heavenly Demon Shadow can my Heartless Saint Body reach the Minor Achievement Realm."
"I see."
Green Robe Star Envoy said, "I will accompany the Young Master to the Death Ruins Realm."
Di Yi glanced into the distance, confirming that Red Desire Star Envoy had gone far, before saying, "No, you need to go to the Wood Essence Ruins Realm and find out exactly what happened there. Zhang Ruochen went there, the Demon Sect's Half-Saint went there, and the Ministry of War's Half-Saint also went there. What kind of incredible secret is hidden there?"
Green Robe Star Envoy said, "But didn't the Young Master already assign this task to Red Desire Star Envoy?"
Di Yi shook his head, saying, "Red Desire Star Envoy is, after all, a disciple of Huan Saint. Even if she really uncovers some secrets, she will definitely report them to Huan Saint first. Moreover, I feel she has become somewhat different."
Green Robe Star Envoy suddenly understood. So the Young Master had already become wary of Red Desire Star Envoy and deliberately sent her back to the First-Rank Hall, actually just to get her out of the way.
"In that case, I will go to the Wood Essence Ruins Realm myself." Green Robe Star Envoy hesitated for a moment, then said, "Then, should Green Robe Star Envoy accompany the Young Master to the Death Ruins Realm?"
Di Yi shook his head again, saying, "No, Green Robe Star Envoy will continue to monitor Zhang Ruochen. Since Zhang Ruochen has already obtained twelve million military merit points, he will certainly not be content with the status quo. He will definitely go to assault the Heavenly Extreme Realm's Supreme Extreme Realm."
Green Robe Star Envoy frowned slightly, saying, "But Zhang Ruochen has been staying in the Myriad Realms Tavern for the past few days, not stepping outside. No one knows how much longer he will stay."
"Don't worry. He won't stay long. He will definitely make a move, and it will be to the Black Tortoise Ruins Realm."
A cold expression appeared in Di Yi's eyes as he stared at Green Robe Star Envoy, saying, "Take more people with you. If there is an opportunity, eliminate him in the Black Tortoise Ruins Realm."
Green Robe Star Envoy's face turned somewhat ferocious, and he smiled cruelly, saying, "Rest assured, Young Master. I have already arranged a large number of people from the Nine Death Cave and the Blood Cloud Sect at the Myriad Realms Tavern, the Ministry of War Camp, and the Ruins Realm Ferry. As long as Zhang Ruochen appears, he definitely won't be able to escape their eyes."
"Zhang Ruochen dared to openly challenge our Black Market First Class Hall—first capturing Orange Moon Star Envoy, then killing Yellow God Star Envoy, causing us to lose all face. I must cut off his head and hang it above the gate of the Holy Academy, so that the people of the Martial Market Bank know that our Black Market is not to be trifled with."
Green Robe Star Envoy, however, was somewhat worried, saying, "Young Master, are you going to the Death Ruins Realm alone? As far as I know, Bu Qianfan is an extraordinary genius and not easy to deal with. Moreover, the Death Ruins Realm is also very dangerous."
Di Yi smiled, saying, "If he were too weak, why would I choose him as my shadow? Rest assured, this trip to the Death Ruins Realm is also an opportunity for me to train. Perhaps I can even accumulate thirty million military merit points in the Death Ruins Realm and reach the Heavenly Extreme Realm's Supreme Extreme Realm in one go. Let's settle it this way. We'll split into three groups. I hope we all achieve something."
Half an hour later, Di Yi and Green Robe Star Envoy left the Chaos Myriad Realms Mountain one after another, heading to the Death Ruins Realm and the Wood Essence Ruins Realm respectively.
Green Robe Star Envoy stayed behind to continue monitoring Zhang Ruochen.
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Zhang Ruochen had only refined one jin and two liang of Saint-Nourishing Blood Soil before his body reached a saturated state. The difficulty of refining had increased several times compared to before.
Based on past experience, he needed to refine nine jin and nine liang of Saint-Nourishing Blood Soil to successfully cultivate the Three Spirit Treasure Body.
But according to this trend, it would be impossible to successfully cultivate the Three Spirit Treasure Body at the Heavenly Extreme Realm. Even if he raised his cultivation to the Fish-Dragon Realm, refining nine jin and nine liang of Saint-Nourishing Blood Soil would be no easy task.
The only thing worth celebrating was that Zhang Ruochen's martial arts cultivation had finally advanced another step, reaching the mid-level of the Heavenly Extreme Realm Great Perfection. It was still a considerable improvement.
"Let's go out and see what's happening outside."
Zhang Ruochen stood up, brushing the dust off his clothes.
He first went to the tree stump platform of the Sky-Connecting Divine Tree. Seeing that Huang Yanchen, Orange Moon Star Envoy, and Ao Xinyan were still cultivating, he did not disturb them. He left the inner world of the Cosmic Divine Wood Map alone.
In the Scroll World, more than a month had passed. But in the Chaos Myriad Realms Mountain, only four days had gone by.
After four days of fermentation, news about "Zhang Ruochen killing Huang Shenyi," "Zhang Ruochen taking first place on the Heavenly Ranking," and "the Black Tortoise inheritance emerging" had spread far and wide.
Walking along the street where the Myriad Realms Tavern was located, Zhang Ruochen could hear topics related to him everywhere.
He hadn't expected that his battle with Huang Shenyi on the Heavenly Battle Platform would cause such a stir.
However, his state of mind remained very calm, neither happy nor sad. After walking for about a quarter of an hour, he finally reached his destination.
Zhang Ruochen stopped and looked up. On the plaque above the gate were four golden ancient characters—"Under Heaven's Storms."
Stepping through the gate, he immediately heard all kinds of noise. There were martial artists talking loudly, as well as the sound of cups clashing. It was like a bustling market.
Zhang Ruochen had come here, of course, to gather information. He wanted to find out how many people were after the Black Tortoise inheritance and how many were after him.
Before heading to the Black Tortoise Ruins Realm, he needed to have a clear picture in his mind.