2051 Fleeting Time
"What should we do?"
Xie Tianfeng frowned and asked, "Can you dispel this formation?"
"I don't know about array formations,"
Lin Ming shook his head gently before smiling. "Why don't you release your divine powers and secret skills to shatter this array formation, Brother Xie?"
Both of them were Grade 7 Earth Immortals and their cultivation realms far surpassed Su Zimo.
Although they knew nothing about array formations, there was still a high chance that they could dispel it forcefully.
Xie Tianfeng thought about it but did not make a move.
This was the middle of Main Peak Alkaid after all. If he forcefully dispelled the formation, it would definitely cause quite a stir.
Attacking the cave abodes of fellow cultivators was a serious matter. If the sect elders were to punish them, it would not be worth it.
Xie Tianfeng sneered, "What's my status? Is there a need for me to teach a drunkard a lesson personally? I don't believe that he can continue hiding in his cave abode."
"That's true. Let's just send someone to keep watch,"
Lin Ming nodded as well.
The two of them reached a rare agreement and dispersed.
In the cave abode, Su Zimo ignored the two people outside and had already begun his seclusion cultivation.
There were way too many things he wanted to cultivate in this seclusion.
Apart from raising his cultivation realm, he also had to study the Void Thunder Manual, Prajna Nirvana Sutra, Divine Elephant Breathing Technique and the Black Tortoise secret skill as well as the mysteries of the Trinity Auspicious Jade.
Su Zimo pondered for a moment and decided to cultivate the sutra on the third wall of the Hell Suppression Tripod first to perfect the Prajna Nirvana Sutra.
The Prajna Nirvana Sutra was a Taboo Mystic Classic. When Su Zimo was at the Black Essence realm, it could help him use Essence Spirit Stones to cultivate.
If it was more perfect, his cultivation speed would definitely increase.
Furthermore, up till now, this Taboo Mystic Classic was his foundation after ascending to the upper world and was also the cultivation technique he mainly cultivated.
Su Zimo took out the Hell Suppression Tripod and injected his spirit consciousness into the third tripod wall. The Sanskrit words on it gradually lit up.
Those Sanskrit words were extremely complicated.
It took a lot of mental energy to cultivate. Thankfully, Su Zimo had the foundation of the first two sections and his cultivation was much smoother.
…
Time flew.
No matter how many cultivators came and went outside the cave abode and what happened in the sect, Su Zimo was unmoved and remained in seclusion.
Under normal circumstances, if cultivators wanted to obtain Essence Spirit Stones in the sect, they could only complete some missions assigned by the sect and accumulate contribution points in exchange for some cultivation resources.
However, Su Zimo did not need it at all.
In the Spirit Mine previously, Absolute Thunder City and the Emperor's Tomb, he experienced countless battles. Just by picking up the storage bags of others, he had accumulated many Essence Spirit Stones, Essence Condensation Pills and many other resources.
In the blink of an eye, 329 years had passed since Su Zimo entered seclusion.
In the cave abode, there were around ten Essence Spirit Stones beside Su Zimo.
His body emitted ten hair-like golden threads that entered the ten Essence Spirit Stones and absorbed the Heaven and Earth Essence Qi within.
The Heaven and Earth Essence Qi around him intensified and the entire cave abode turned misty like a paradise!
Suddenly!
Su Zimo shuddered and his aura surged. Opening his eyes, he took a deep breath and devoured the surrounding mist.
The entire cave abode regained its clarity.
Level 2 Earth Essence realm!
If anyone knew that he had advanced another level in the Earth Essence realm in just more than 300 years, their jaws would definitely drop.
The main reason why he could reach that speed was because the third wall of the Hell Suppression Tripod had perfected the Prajna Nirvana Sutra.
Right now, Su Zimo could absorb and refine ten Essence Spirit Stones at the same time with the help of the Prajna Nirvana Sutra!
This increased his cultivation speed significantly.
Because of his previous experience in Absolute Thunder City, the Emperor's Tomb and the Soaring Dragon Mountain Range, he had benefited immensely and broke through to the Level 2 Earth Essence realm without encountering any obstacles.
Not only that, there was a secret skill of the Buddhist monasteries on the third wall of the Hell Suppression Tripod, at the end of the Sanskrit.
It was a Dharmic seal.
Impermanence Seal!
"All things are impermanent, this is the law of arising and passing away…"
The Sanskrit of the Dharmic seal was extremely profound and difficult to understand. Whenever Su Zimo was free, he would comprehend the direction of the Dharmic seal. Although he learned something, he did not comprehend it completely.
The first two sections of the Prajna Nirvana Sutra cultivated Dharmic formulations and only the third section had a secret skill inheritance.
There was no doubt that a secret skill of a Taboo Mystic Classic definitely possessed unimaginable might!
Ten years ago, Su Zimo received a connection from the Martial Dao Prime Body.
Tao Yao had ascended.
Initially, Tao Yao wanted to stay by the side of the Martial Dao Prime Body.
However, the resources of the lower worlds were scarce. Using the Martial Dao Furnace, the Martial Dao Prime Body could refine King Yun You's Dao Fruit bit by bit to raise his cultivation.
However, Tao Yao did not possess such means.
If the two of them ascended at the same time in the future, there was a high chance that they would separate as well.
If that was the case, he might as well let Tao Yao ascend to the upper world as soon as possible to adapt to the cruel environment there and raise his cultivation as soon as possible.
Tao Yao was extremely reluctant but he knew that it was useless for him to stay by the side of the Martial Dao Prime Body.
The cultivation of the Martial Dao Prime Body increased continuously while he stayed in Tianhuang Mainland without advancing at all.
The gap between the two of them would only increase in the future.
Therefore, Tao Yao ascended 10 years ago and attracted the Three of Nine Heavenly Tribulation. Thankfully, he passed it successfully. However, even the Martial Dao Prime Body could not sense which world he ascended to.
With Tao Yao's departure, most of Su Zimo's old friends of the past in Tianhuang Mainland had already left, apart from some who could not ascend.
As time passed by, the era that belonged to the Eternal Martial Emperor gradually came to an end.
After Tao Yao left, the Martial Dao Prime Body stood in Ping Yang Town and looked in the direction of the capital of Great Zhou in silence with a lost expression.
After all these years, Ji Yaoxue's cultivation realm was still at the Void Reversion realm.
The Martial Dao Prime Body had once found many spatial nodes of Tianhuang Mainland and left Tianhuang Mainland to head to other minor chiliocosms to search for countless mysterious treasures that could not be found in Tianhuang Mainland before getting Tao Yao to send them over for Ji Yaoxue to consume.
However, Ji Yaoxue's lifespan showed no signs of increasing and her cultivation realm was stagnant as well.
Void Reversion Dao Beings had a lifespan of 5,000 years.
By now, Ji Yaoxue should only have around 2,000 years left to live.
The Martial Dao Prime Body stood in silence for a long time before sighing and returning to his room to cultivate in seclusion.
Over the years of cultivation, he had already exhausted many Essence Spirit Stones from the experts of the upper world.
Another Fate Ring had appeared behind him, reaching a total of six!
Through his connection with the Green Lotus True Body, the Martial Dao Prime Body could roughly guess that the power of the six Fate Rings meant that his strength was around the Earth Immortal realm!
…
Time was like an arrow and the days flew.
After Su Zimo entered Level 2 Earth Essence realm, he continued to enter seclusion.
In the 516th year, Su Zimo broke through once more and entered the Level 3 Earth Essence realm!
Su Zimo continued cultivating in seclusion.
…
As the sun and moon rotated, the stars revolved.
Another few hundred years passed.
This day, more than 1,300 years had passed since Su Zimo joined Astral Sect and entered seclusion.
