Mysterious mirror hanging high

Chapter 1033 The Myriad Manifestations Cardinal Instrument Plate

Unexpectedly, Guo Tingshu shook his head again: "Senior Zhu, if you are trying to build a relationship with me with an ulterior motive, I will feel uncomfortable, and it will be difficult for us to become close friends."

Zhu Hongluan gritted her teeth: "Kid, are you kidding me?"

Guo Tingshu said helplessly, "Sigh... Senior Zhu, true friendship is about exchanging sincerity for sincerity. I can go to great lengths for a friend, and a friend can also sacrifice their life for me..."

"You want to be my friend, but your ultimate goal is to kill me. What kind of true friend is that?"

Zhu Hongluan retorted angrily, "Didn't you say that you judge people by their actions, not their intentions? If I truly treat you very well, even if my intentions are impure, would you then deny my kindness to you? Isn't that a contradiction on your part!"

Guo Tingshu pondered for a long time after hearing this, then suddenly nodded:

“That makes sense… Senior Zhu, if you treat me like a close friend, I, Guo, might as well risk my life ten thousand years from now to increase your chances of surviving the tribulation.”

“But you are not sincere to me. Even if I die for you, I still don’t consider you my friend. In the future, my act of taking your place will only be to repay your past kindness. It will simply erase all past affection.”

Zhu Hongluan felt a burning pain on her face, and a strange sense of shame welled up in her heart. This quickly turned into a rage, and she erupted in fury:

"Get out! I, Zhu, have never been inferior to anyone in my life. I have the ambition to reach great heights and seek enlightenment. Why should I resort to such petty tricks to try and survive? Get out!"

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When Guo Tingshu walked out of the cave with a bewildered look on his face, Jing Yu, who had been waiting outside for a long time, came up to him and asked with concern:

"Big silly tree, why did it take you so long to come out? What were you doing in there?"

"Did Zhu Hongluan give you any cultivation techniques or spiritual resources? Does she expect you to do something for her in the future?"

Guo Tingshu shook his head: "It shouldn't be necessary... Sigh, they didn't give me anything, and I even got scolded for no reason. Brother Jing, you're right, wandering immortals usually don't have very good tempers..."

Jing Yu was completely confused. With a flick of her finger, the Mind-Reading Technique activated on its own. However, Guo Tingshu in front of her only heard some insignificant sounds in his mind, and she couldn't detect anything at all. Helpless, she had no choice but to give up.

For the next period of time, Jing Yu and Guo Tingshu traveled and cultivated together with Zhu Hongluan.

Zhu Hongluan had no intention of letting them go, but she also seemed to have stopped mentioning taking Jing Yu and Guo Tingshu as her disciples.

However, if Jing Yu and Zhu Hongluan encountered any difficulties in their cultivation, they only needed to ask, and Zhu Hongluan would do her best to guide and resolve their doubts without holding anything back, which made Jing Yu's cultivation much smoother during this period.

Zhu Hongluan would occasionally check on the cultivation progress of the other prodigies. If any of them fell behind in any way, Zhu Hongluan would scold or beat them, which was extremely strict.

Several years passed, and on this day, Zhu Hongluan summoned Yan Que, Jing Yu, and Guo Tingshu to her cave dwelling and got straight to the point:

"Flame Sparrow, we need to return to the Third Heaven."

Upon hearing this, Yan Que exclaimed with delight, "Senior Sister, you're finally going back to the Fire Virtue Hall? Master will be so happy to hear this news. She often sends me communication jade talismans to inquire about your well-being..."

"It's not about returning to the Fire Virtue Hall, but about going to the [Void Raven Palace]."

"What are we going to the [Void Raven Palace] for?" Yan Que asked, puzzled, but then suddenly realized:

"Oh! It's because of the two of them?"

"The Void Crow Palace? Isn't that a Golden Immortal lineage that's responsible for mailing services across the myriad realms?" Jing Yu asked疑惑地.

Zhu Hongluan treated Jing Yu well, and patiently explained at this moment:

"Although the Void Crow Palace is only a Golden Immortal lineage, it is one of the most transcendent forces among the many Golden Immortal lineages in the Three Heavens."

"It's because the Golden Immortal of the Void Raven Palace comes from the Celestial Court of the Universe, and is currently the only Golden Immortal of the Celestial Court of the Universe traveling outside."

"After all, the two immortal courts, [Yu Jie] and [Zhou Guang], are the most mysterious. Unlike the [Yin Yang Demon Court] and [Five Elements Immortal Court], the authority of the [Laws of Time and Space] is entirely in the hands of the two immortal venerables, [Yu Jie] and [Zhou Guang]. As a result, there are no Dao Lords who have attained the Dao of [Time] and [Space]. Therefore, the two immortal courts do not have any Dao Lord forces under their command."

"Therefore, the [Crow Daoist] of the Void Crow Palace can almost be considered as the external spokesperson of the [Universe Immortal Court]."

"Although it's possible that the [Universe Immortal Venerable] doesn't actually care about the life or death of the [Crow Daoist] Golden Immortal, and the [Crow Daoist] might just be using someone else's name to make a big show of things... no one dares to gamble on it, and even many Dao Lord forces have to give this person face."

Zhu Hongluan said, "Besides being responsible for mailing and posting throughout the entire Immortal Realm, the [Xuya Palace] also has some other wondrous methods."

"For example... the Void Raven Palace can transport cultivators to the [Fourth Heaven], which is still in the creation and evolution stage."

"After all, the Fourth Heaven is still in the expansion phase and is fraught with danger. If one is not careful, even a True Immortal might perish in it."

"There are countless spatial storms, and in many places even the flow of time is different from that of the real world. If you are not careful, you will be completely lost in them."

"In the Void Raven Palace, there is a spiritual treasure that can organize space and leave traces for location, called the [Myriad Manifestations Cardinal Instrument Plate]. It can ensure that cultivators of lower cultivation levels will not get lost in spatial storms."

"And what you need to know is that the most important thing for a cultivator at the Cave Heaven Realm is to learn how to expand and evolve their Internal Cave Heaven, so that it can reach its full potential."

"And our inner world is essentially a small world. Since it is a world, it can be compared with the birth, death and evolution of a real world."

"What could be a more suitable method of cultivation than directly observing the creation of the immortal realm?"

Zhu Hongluan said, "If you could go to the Fourth Heaven and personally observe the evolution of the Immortal Realm, it would be of great benefit to your future advancement to the [Mahayana Realm]."

“The use of the Void Raven Palace’s [Myriad Manifestations Cardinal Ritual Disc] is quite costly, so it’s only used about once every hundred years. Now, there should only be a few months left before it can be used again.”

"Want to hitch a ride? You need to spend a lot of money to buy a spot... and even then, you can't just buy it with money; you also need to pull strings."

"Those who can get a spot are either disciples of Dao Lord or even Dao Venerable forces, or disciples of Golden Immortal lineages with close ties to the [Void Raven Palace]."

"In short, those who are qualified to go to the Fourth Heaven are all the most outstanding geniuses in the Immortal Realm."

"However, since the time interval is once every hundred years, it is not necessary for all the top geniuses of the Cave Heaven Realm in the Immortal Realm to gather together. But this time, we should be able to see a few of the Dao Lord's true disciples."

"If we're lucky, we might even meet an ordinary disciple from the Celestial Court."

Zhu Hongluan said calmly, "I used my connections to buy two spots for the two of you. It's a good opportunity for you to broaden your horizons."