Chapter 489: Chapter 258: Sand Merging Skill (Part 2)

How strong is the Three-Flavored Divine Wind?

The Green Heaven shakes the Dipper and the Bull Palace, struggling to topple the Senluo Hall. Five hundred arhats causing a racket, eight major vajras in chaos. Manjushri lost his blue lion, Samantabhadra’s white elephant is hard to find. True Martial’s turtle and snake lose their group, gnawing at its bridle. The Immortal Cave Mansion is pitch black, Penglai Island is dim. Laojun can’t tend to the alchemy furnace, Longevity Star gathers up the Dragon Beard Fan. The Queen Mother is attending the Peach of Immortality, one wind snaps the waist bracelet. Erlang loses his way in Guanzhou City, Nezha can’t fetch the sword from the box. Leiyin Treasure Palace topples by three layers, the Zhaozhou Stone Bridge collapses in two. A round of the red sun loses its light, the sky full of stars is chaotic. The Dragon King searches the sea for Yakshas, Lei Gong looks everywhere for lightning. Ten generations of King Yan seek the Judge, Ox Head of the Underworld chases Ma Mian. This wind blows down Putuo Mountain, rolling up a scroll of the Avalokitesvara Scripture. The white lotus disengages and flies by the sea, blowing down the Twelve Halls of Bodhisattvas. Since Pangu’s time, no wind has been seen like this; it doesn’t seem good. The wind howls and the heavens and earth tremble without exploding, ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains are all shaking! (Charge for 200 words, leaving 199 words empty for you later.)

The Three-Flavored Divine Wind is this strong, once mastered it truly is a power that shakes the heavens and earth.

“The Sand Merging Skill is divided into two parts: the upper part discusses wind, the lower part discusses sand. When wind and sand are combined, Divine Techniques can be created.” Zhang Chen pondered various formulas, “The upper part discusses wind, focusing on refining nine types of strange winds between heaven and earth using formulas. The stronger the refined strange winds, the greater the power of the Divine Techniques once completed. The lower part’s formulas talk about sand, focusing on finding nine strange sands in heaven and earth. Once completed, using the power of nine Divine Sands combined with nine strange winds, the power is truly earth-shattering.” Zhang Chen pondered carefully.

Wind and sand are united, thus the Sand Merging Skill is mastered!

To upgrade further, one must seek the legendary Divine Technique to summon wind, and combine it with the earth-shaking Divine Technique, so that the power within is enhanced, then the wind and sand can overturn the heavens and earth, blowing to the Ninth Heaven above and sweeping through the netherworld below, truly unstoppable.

This threefold mystery, is the combination of wind and summoning wind, sand and earth-shaking, joined together as one, thus is this threefold mystery.

“I am only at the Qi Refining Stage now, and can only refine one type of strange wind and create one type of strange sand.” Zhang Chen thought to himself, “But I also don’t know how effective the power will be?”

“I still need to carefully search for supernatural winds and sands in heaven and earth, and not use ordinary wind and sand to muddle through.” Zhang Chen thought as he got off the bed, pondering to himself.

“However, sand is easy to talk about, I think the sand grains of the Spiritual World are quite good, as they naturally contain supernatural elements; but where would I find the wind?”

Constantly pondering, Zhang Chen is unimpressed by ordinary winds, if he is to cultivate, it must be the strongest Divine Techniques; otherwise, it would just waste time and effort pointlessly.

“In reality, strange winds are hard to find, and I have to search in the Spiritual World, or maybe inside the Ancient Divine Demon Tomb, perhaps I can find what I want.” Zhang Chen mused to himself.

At this thought, Zhang Chen sparked an idea and reappeared in the First Heaven of the Spiritual World, now he has the energy to examine the entire mountain’s feng shui, and sees the entire mountain is covered with black sand grains, looking very supernatural, Zhang Chen thought of the previous power of the wind bag, feeling these black sands could be good for mastering Divine Techniques.

“This black sand comes from the deepest part of the Underworld, containing the power of death, forged from countless vengeful spirits and wandering ghosts after they die, undergoing the rotation refining of karmic force in the Underworld. This wind and sand is the foundation that constructs the Underworld, equivalent to soil in the human world, the cornerstone of the Underworld.” Zhang Chen squatted down to look at the soil, a thoughtful look in his eyes:

“Fallen souls vary in strength, the strong like innate demon gods at the time of immeasurable calamity, their fallen sand grains are naturally extremely powerful. The weak are ordinary souls, how much power do they have? It’s quite worrisome.” Zhang Chen pinched the black sand up, after mastering the Sand Merging Skill, he is extremely familiar with various winds and sands in heaven and earth, automatically recognizing them.

Holding the black sand for a moment, Zhang Chen hesitated, “These are just ordinary remnants of wandering souls’ sand grains, though better than ordinary mundane sand dust, but still can’t satisfy what I require; even if refining Divine Techniques with this sand, the eventual Divine Techniques may have nearly no effect on cultivators.”

What use is refining Divine Techniques that can’t counter cultivators?

Zhang Chen put down the sand grains, swept over the surrounding mountains, and saw that all surrounding mountains were covered by those black sand grains, the whole area of a hundred miles is a world of black sand grains.

As for the temple ruins, it seems a wonderful law power flows around, a force full of compassion, with the power of conversion, constantly converting countless sand grains fallen from heaven and earth.

Those sand grains are left from wandering souls, Buddhist techniques can naturally convert those.

Standing atop the mountain, Zhang Chen looked into the distance, seeing endless black, black sand staining the sky dimly.

The sky is vast green, as if there’s a layer of light cyan cloud mist flowing.

The feeling is like gloomy rainy weather, though in front, it’s a cyan sky in said rainy weather.

“No! I can now enter the Underworld through the Yellow Springs; these black sands don’t satisfy me, then why not directly find satisfactory sand grains in the Netherworld? That’s the Netherworld, certainly I can find the sand grains I want?” Zhang Chen looked at the black sands covering the mountain, a flash of inspiration rose in his mind.

“Exploring the Spiritual World isn’t urgent, first I’ll find a way to master the Sand Merging Skill, I always feel the Spiritual World seems improper, full of inexplicable strange, such as this temple, extremely strange.” After his thoughts flickered, Zhang Chen immediately vanished from the First Heaven of the Spiritual World.

Out of the Spiritual World, Zhang Chen’s physical body opened its eyes, beginning to ponder the feasibility of collecting sand grains in the Netherworld.

“The main cultivation technique in the world is the Divine Soul system, if I use sand grains and strange winds from within the Underworld to refine Divine Techniques, surely it will greatly suppress cultivation under the Divine Soul system.” Zhang Chen silently deduced and explored:

“The only concern is the feasibility of collecting Divine Sands in the Underworld.” Zhang Chen continuously organized information in his mind, analyzing and simulating: “First, the ferryman on Wang Chuan River, is my biggest trouble. However, I have the Soul Hooking and Soul Stealing skill, so may not fear him. Second, are there other strange blockers within the Underworld.”

Zhang Chen pondered for a long while, feeling no matter what, he must attempt it; if not trying, how unsatisfied would he be?

Now he doesn’t lack ordinary Divine Techniques, what he lacks are means truly capable of threatening those old folks.

“Need to find a place and set up the Nine-Bends Yellow River Array, so I can deal with the old fellow on Wang Chuan River.” Zhang Chen estimated the time, thinking it’s almost time for morning class, thus didn’t move rashly, patiently waiting.

Indeed it didn’t take long for Zhang Chen to wait, the sound of the morning class bell rang out in the darkness, breaking the Daoist temple’s quiet.

“Zhang Chen, wake up!” Xiaodouding instinctively called out, then casually reaching over the bed but grabbing nothing.

Xiaodouding jolted awake, quickly rolling over to sit up, seeing Zhang Chen sitting at the window.

“Today you’re up so early? Are you better?” Xiaodouding saw Zhang Chen sitting at the edge of the bed, eyes brightening, quickly tossed the quilt and jumped off the bed, joyfully looking at Zhang Chen.

“Considerably better.” Zhang Chen smiled warmly, stroked Xiaodouding’s head, “Thank you, little senior sister, for taking care of me these days, quickly go wash up so you won’t be late for morning class.”

Xiaodouding nodded full of joy, trotted to one side to wash up.

Shortly, Xiaodouding washed up, face full of joy, pulling Zhang Chen, “Let’s go to morning class.”

“How is the situation in the Daoist temple now? How was the affair handled under the mountain?” Zhang Chen asked a question.

“Prince Pingbian’s Mansion dispatched experts to investigate, yet found nothing, only saying all soldiers had suffered due to the strange phenomenon. The Ancestral Master lowered divine power overnight, investigating the entire Daoist temple, yet found no trace of the strange; this matter can only be left unresolved. But I heard people say, this time Prince Pingbian sent more troops, a total of three thousand, and also thirty-some martial dao experts skilled in Qi Blood sitting guard.” Xiaodouding said:

“However, the brothers and sisters in the Daoist temple have no assurance, always feeling the creature didn’t leave, but quietly hiding somewhere, perhaps the creature eating three thousand soldiers is now choosing to rest; once it’s hungry, it may come out for food again, then we’d be in big trouble.”

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