The Lord of Void and Real
Chapter 975

Chapter 975: Chapter 972: The Young Are to be Feared Chapter 975: Chapter 972: The Young Are to be Feared Time flashed by, and more than half a year had passed.

Within the Chang'an Government Office, a golden light curtain enveloped the surroundings of a particular other garden, forming a square-shaped Golden Array that entirely enclosed a great hall along with its surrounding courtyard.

At each corner of the courtyard stood a stone pillar half the height of a man, inscribed with complex runes, all of which were now emitting a faint golden shine.

Outside the Array, strands of Heavenly and Earthly Spiritual Qi, almost imperceptible to the naked eye, converged from all directions, flowing into the golden light and surging madly towards the central great hall.

Contrary to the calm appearance outside the Array, above the great hall within the Array, a funnel-shaped vortex had formed. The vast Heavenly and Earthly Spiritual Qi from outside the Array was being crazily drawn in and incessantly poured into it.

Inside the great hall, Shen Luo sat cross-legged on a Straw Cushion. All items around him had been cleared away, except for a Green Lotus suspended in front of him.

At this moment, he was shrouded in a ring of golden flame. A different-colored flame rose from both his brow and his Dantian, flickering in all directions as if they might go out of control at any moment and set his body alight.

Although Shen Luo had completed numerous such integration attempts in his dreams, his mind was still very tense at the moment.

Unlike in the dreams where he could try multiple times, he had no chance to start over in reality. If he failed, he would be burned to ashes by the Three Element Fire, and all would be for naught.

Shen Luo tensed all over, his eyes focused intently on the space in front of him as he began to form seals with his hands to lead the process.

Around him, the layer of golden light began to contract, converging towards the position of his chest, and the flame on his brow slowly descended. Meanwhile, the flame in front of his Dantian rose in the opposite direction, with the Three Element Fire gradually coming together.

As the three types of flames drew nearer to one another, Shen Luo felt an intense heat in his chest and a stabbing sensation in his Dantian, but the most noticeable sensation was in his Sea of Knowledge, which felt as if it was on fire too.

This feeling was vastly different from when he broke through to the Great Mahayana Stage in his dreams, and Shen Luo didn't know if it was due to differences in innate talent or constitution that made his tolerance to the Three Element Fire far less than in the dreams.

“If this continues, I'm afraid that before the flames merge, my Sea of Knowledge will be burned through first,” Shen Luo murmured to himself as he felt the intense changes in his body, his heart gripped with dread.

The gap in talents made him fear that he might actually be destroyed by the Three Element Fire at this moment.

“No matter, let's first try the effect of the Nine Brahmanic Lotus. If that doesn't work, I'll have to use the Heavenly Book to absorb these flames. The backlash is inevitable, but it's still better than being truly burned to death,” Shen Luo thought to himself resolutely.

With that thought, he pointed his fingers forward, and a strand of golden flame, guided by his Mana, wound around the Nine Brahmanic Lotus.

In the next instant, the Nine Brahmanic Lotus burst into golden flame and began burning.

Shen Luo watched in astonishment as the petals of the Nine Brahmanic Lotus withered and turned to ashes in the flames:

“Isn't the Nine Brahmanic Lotus said to be a sacred Lotus that fell to the Human World from the Immortal Realm? It not only contains huge Essence Qi, but its flower bud is also said to help one Calming the Mind and Stabilizing the Qi, and it's supposed to be remarkably effective in aiding the breakthrough to the Great Mahayana Stage. Why is it burned before it even shows its effects?”

He distinctly remembered the usage recorded in the Classics, which was to ignite the Nine Brahmanic Lotus with the Three Element Fire, not to make it into medicine to be ingested. Could it be that the books were misleading?

Shen Luo felt like weeping but had no tears; was there still time to consume it?

Just then, the hovering layer of ash in front of him gradually fell away, and amidst the burning golden flames, small specks of blue light started to appear one by one–more and more of them.

As the blue specks of light kept emerging, the silhouette of a Lotus flower gradually condensed in the Void, emanating gentle ripples of light like Water Waves, spreading throughout the surrounding area.

Shen Luo felt that soft power surge towards him, akin to waves hitting the shore–not intense, but unceasing and persistent.

His sea of knowledge, under the constant washing of this power, the sweltering burning sensation gradually subsided, and his divine soul also gradually stabilized.

“Indeed, the Spirit Grass of the Immortals…” Shen Luo sighed in his heart, and quickly raised his hand to beckon.

The Nine Brahmanic Lotus, condensed from the starlight, seemed to be brushed by a gentle breeze, slowly dispersing, the specks of light upon it, like burning embers, surged towards his body, merging with the flames that had ignited on him.

In a flash, a vigorous vitality burst forth.

Shen Luo finally showed a hint of joy in his eyes, his hands formed another seal, and he shouted, “Merge.”

With his words, the three flames suddenly collided together, entwining and becoming embroiled with each other, forming a spherical flame. Although one could still see the distinct colors resisting each other, Shen Luo was now able to suppress them with sheer force.

His palms slowly came together, and the three types of flame began to slowly rotate within a large fireball, continuously absorbing the blue starlight, beginning to gradually merge into one, their individual colors also gradually becoming uniform.

Suddenly, the fireball violently contracted, drawing close to Shen Luo's body and directly merging into it.

Inside the sea of knowledge, the little man that was Shen Luo's divine soul trembled abruptly a few times, and with a “puff,” it shattered, turning into numerous semi-transparent light orbs, which also began to merge into his body.

A thunderous boom resounded.

Shen Luo could no longer distinguish whether it was in his sea of knowledge or the outside world. He just felt a trembling in his ears and could no longer hear anything clearly.

The next moment, a shattering sound came from above his head, the tiles on the rooftop were instantly smashed by the converging Heavenly and Earthly Spiritual Qi, and a visibly swirling vortex of spiritual energy poured in furiously through the top of his skull.

“Ah…” Shen Luo couldn't help but let out a long howl to the sky.

Outside the great hall, the skies over half of Chang'an City echoed with unusual sounds, like thunder in broad daylight without the gathering of dark clouds.

In an instant, the Heavenly and Earthly Spiritual Qi within nearly a hundred li with the Chang'an Government Office at the center was stirred.

Countless differently colored groups of spiritual energy appeared out of thin air in the nearby void, then rapidly converged towards the great hall, expanding the original spiritual energy vortex by more than tenfold, to the point where even the golden array could no longer conceal it.

At this, many within the Great Tang Dynasty Government stopped in their tracks, looking towards this direction, and even within Chang'an City, numerous people looked up to the sky, full of confusion.

Several hundred feet away in another great hall, a burly man with a beard suddenly rushed out, glanced at the sky where the unusual sounds were coming from, and his bell-like eyes widened even more.

“Good kid, is just breaking through to the Great Mahayana Stage supposed to be like facing the Heavenly Tribulation?” Cheng Yaojin sighed softly.

As he spoke, he took out a talisman, chanted a spell, and tossed it into the sky.

No sooner had the talisman entered the sky than a golden shine lit up, and corresponding lights lit up in many corners of the Great Tang Dynasty Government.

In a short while, an array as powerful as a Sect Protecting Array started to operate, erecting an even more enormous Array Light Screen, covering the entire Great Tang Dynasty Government.

As a layer of flowing light flashed across the light screen, all abnormal sounds vanished without a trace, except for the thunderous sounds, which continued for a long time.

“One to be feared by the younger generation indeed…” Cheng Yaojin clapped his hands, placed them behind his back, and turned to walk back into the great hall.