Chapter 623 Panwang City (Seeking recommendations and monthly votes)
The land of hundreds of states is vast, yet it is now enveloped by an array.
The surging dark matter crashed into the formation, and instantly, the golden formation turned black.
Strangely, the formation had been assimilated by the dark matter, yet this dark matter did not infiltrate the formation itself.
However, the dark matter seemed oblivious, continuing to sweep in all directions, and wherever it passed, it did the same thing: it neutralized the formation but did not erode the land or any living beings.
[Ding! Saving a life earns one merit point.]
[Ding! Saving a life earns one merit point.]
[Ding! Saving a life earns one merit point.]
"Done, it's done. It's just that the sweeping speed is a bit slow now, but it doesn't matter, hehe." Lin Qing laughed.
Then, they returned to the Dragon Court headquarters in Wuhu Prefecture, which was also within this formation.
Now, with Lin Qing's help, Lan Mu, who has become the Supreme One, is actively responding to Lin Qing's call.
Leading the Dragon Court members, they began to maintain order in the area shrouded by the array, while also spreading the fame of the Dragon Court and Lin Qing.
Lin Qing came up with this method because he needed to actually save people to earn merit points.
The dark matter eroded the state shrouded by the array, and wherever it passed, any intelligent living being would provide Lin Qing with a merit point.
At the rate of darkness's advance, it would probably take several decades to traverse all these hundreds of states.
It's only a few decades; Lin Qing can wait. His main body is still collecting essence blood in the Immortal Realm. Perhaps by then, he will have accumulated enough merit and completed the main quest.
"What's going on? Why is the speed so slow?" A dark immortal king said indifferently from the darkness.
"My lord, for some reason, a formation has enveloped hundreds of states, slowing the invasion of darkness by countless times. At that rate, it would take decades."
"Hmph, what kind of formation can delay the invasion of darkness?" the Dark Immortal King roared.
In his view, the dark and ominous matter was invincible, and nothing could stop it.
"My lord, it is true. Unfortunately, you should investigate for yourself. We tried our best to attack, but we couldn't break the formation."
"Hmph, a bunch of trash." The Dark Immortal King's figure flickered, and he appeared at the edge of the formation.
"Hasn't it already been assimilated? Huh? Why isn't the dark matter corroding it?" The Dark Immortal King was dumbfounded when he saw this.
He then attempted to shatter the formation.
boom!
Rumble!
The Immortal King bombarded the area several times, even breaking through the two eroded states, but the formation remained impregnable.
Immediately afterwards, he summoned several Dark Immortal Kings, who also brought powerful secret treasures that were still unbreakable.
"It's only a few decades. We can wait. We'll cross these hundreds of states and sweep across the nine heavens and ten earths." The Dark Immortal King left these words and went home to go into seclusion.
Of course they couldn't break through it. This was dark matter that Lin Qing found in a foreign land, and then he worked hard to study the formation and fuse it with the other dark matter.
As for its defensive capabilities, even the strongest Immortal King couldn't break through it. If a Quasi-Immortal Emperor were to arrive, even one of those Quasi-Immortal Emperors that Lin Qing could crush with a single finger, the formation could be easily broken.
As for whether there are Quasi-Immortal Emperors in the darkness? Yes! But not here. There are three Quasi-Immortal Emperors at the end of the Boundary Sea.
Lin Qing believed that those three quasi-Immortal Emperors would not be able to come. Even if they did, it would take them hundreds of thousands of years each, so it was out of the question.
Decades later, in the Immortal Realm, in Panwang City.
It is so huge that it stretches as far as the eye can see. The sun, moon, and stars all revolve around it. It is as if this place is the center of the universe, and the sun, moon, and other things are just fireflies, mere embellishments.
It hangs suspended in the universe, its invincible power and indestructible momentum shaking the ages. It is Panwang City, which will endure forever.
It is said that it was built on a vast ancient continent that floats in the universe, taking advantage of the terrain. The land is so vast that the city is also boundless and enormous.
At this moment, it exudes a rich celestial aura, and the entire ancient land is enveloped in the aura of immortals.
This is Panwang City!
On this day, a man and a woman entered the city.
Xiaoxue exclaimed, "Young Master, this Panwang City is so huge! It's practically comparable to the universe!"
"It's not just comparable to the universe, but composed of numerous universes. Look, those starry skies are all ancient universes." Lin Qing was still somewhat envious.
The Celestial King alone controls such a vast city, containing countless living beings. If they were all to worship him, then…
Hu Xiaoxue said, "It's really amazing."
"Let's go find Pan Wang first; his true form is a peach tree," Lin Qing said with a smile.
"Ah, young master, aren't we going to eat the delicacies of Panwang City?" Hu Xiaoxue asked, somewhat puzzled.
Because whenever Lin Qing enters a city, his first priority is always to find something to eat and get things done; he'll talk about other things after he's eaten.
"I only need two more essence bloods to complete the main quest. I can't wait any longer." Lin Qing was quite impatient.
“But, young master, even if we obtain the essence blood of King Pan, we are still missing one thing. According to our information, we have already collected information on the races of the other Immortal Kings,” Hu Xiaoxue said.
"Shi Hao has the last kind of essence blood," Lin Qing said confidently.
Hu Xiaoxue asked with some suspicion, "Where is Shi Hao?"
"The Royal Butterfly, when we were collecting the essence blood of the God-Slaying Stone, the Royal Butterfly was asleep in its cocoon and we didn't collect it. Later, it was trapped in the Boundary Sea for five hundred years and forgot about it for a while after it came back."
"Once we obtain the essence blood of the Pan King, we'll go back and collect the essence blood of the Royal Butterfly. That will complete the main quest," Lin Qing said with a smile.
He's over nine hundred years old, he's been in this world for far too long, although there are still about six hundred years left before the fifteen hundred-year mark.
But who knows what other trouble might arise? Lin Qing didn't want to go through all that trouble to get home, wanting her parents to enjoy a comfortable life.
They never expected that Lin Qing would have already passed away. Lin Qing was truly...
"Great! Let's go right away!" Xiaoxue urged Lin Qing impatiently.
Lin Qing suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "Huh? I didn't expect Shi Hao to have come to the Immortal Realm and to Panwang City as well."
Hu Xiaoxue asked, "Xiao Hao? He's here too? Where is he?"
Because Panwang City had an array set up by Panwang, Hu Xiaoxue's divine sense was restricted, so she did not discover Shi Hao's presence.
"Over there, the Chaos Arena," Lin Qing said, pointing in a direction.
"This guy is messing with people again. You go find Shi Hao, I'm going to have a chat with Pan Wang."
"Yes, young master." After saying that, Hu Xiaoxue turned to leave.
"Wait a minute, it's been decades, Shi Hao must have eaten all the snacks and drinks on him long ago. Give him the contents of this storage bag!" Lin Qing tossed a storage bag over.
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The storage bag was full of snacks and drinks, enough for Shi Hao to eat for decades.
"Alright, young master, I'll be going now." Hu Xiaoxue nodded and headed towards the arena.
"I hope King Pan won't be ungrateful. I don't want to fight you." Lin Qing shook his head, and with a flicker, disappeared from the spot.
As those who have read the original text know, when Shi Hao achieved the position of Immortal King, the four Immortal Kings, including Ao Qing and Hunyuan, all wanted to kill Shi Hao and cause him to perish.
In the Immortal Realm, only Pan Wang intervened to stop it. Although the Lord of the Forbidden Zone and several other crippled kings, along with Pan Wang, failed to stop it, Shi Hao died.
In the end, Panwang preserved Shi Hao's physical body, thus allowing the Golden Burial Master to be resurrected from the burial soil and become a Celestial King.
Therefore, Lin Qing did not want to fight Pan Wang. Of course, if Pan Wang was unwilling, then there was nothing he could do for the sake of the mission.
"My name is Lin Qing. I have come to pay my respects to King Pan. Please grant me an audience," Lin Qing said politely as he stood before King Pan's cave.
Because it was Pan Wang's cave, there was no one within tens of thousands of miles around. After all, with Pan Wang here, no one dared to act recklessly.
"Fellow Daoist, please come in." A divine thought echoed from within the cave.
Lin Qing smiled slightly, then walked straight in.
As soon as he stepped in, white light flashed all around, a sign that the formation was being activated. Lin Qing remained unmoved and stopped in place.
Then, a flash of white light appeared, and Lin Qing's figure disappeared from the spot. It was a teleportation array, and Lin Qing was teleported to the depths of the cave.
"As expected of a Celestial King's Cave, its primordial essence is abundant, and even the Great Dao is manifested," Lin Qing praised.
“Fellow Daoist, you jest. For beings like us, this cave is merely a place of comfort. Cultivation requires much more than just this,” Pan Wang said with a smile.
"I wonder why you have come, my friend?"
"Then I'll be frank. I've come here to borrow a drop of Pan Wang's essence blood," Lin Qing said directly.
Upon hearing this, Pan Wang frowned, his tone turning cold as he said, "Do you know what you're saying? Do you think I, Pan Wang, am easy to bully?"
boom!
An overwhelming aura erupted from Pan Wang, causing the entire Pan Wang City to tremble, and the stars in the night sky seemed to fall down.
"Hehe, actually I don't want to fight you, but your essence blood is indispensable," Lin Qing said calmly.
"Why did you come looking for me alone? Where are the other Immortal Kings? Do you think I'm the weakest?" Pan Wang looked at Lin Qing, then withdrew his imposing aura.
This was his territory, and he didn't want their fight to destroy his Panwang City. If this were anywhere else, Panwang would have surely smashed Lin Qing's dragon head to pieces.
"I have already collected all the races of those guys. In the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, the Immortal Realm, and the Boundary Sea, I have collected a total of 999,999 kinds of essence blood."
"I've collected information on every race that has ever existed. Now, all that's left is you, the peach tree." Lin Qing wasn't afraid of revealing any secrets and said it directly.
"Why do you need so much essence blood?" Pan Wang asked, frowning.
"My true form is a dragon, I think you can tell by now," Lin Qing said calmly.
“I see now. I never expected that there would still be a true dragon in the world,” Pan Wang said.
"Don't compare me to a true dragon. I am a divine dragon. Although we both belong to the dragon race, my bloodline is stronger than that of a true dragon." Lin Qing said with some displeasure.
Pan Wang said, "Oh? A divine dragon? That makes sense. You've collected the essence of nearly a million races, and divine dragons, which are stronger than true dragons, are not common."
He wasn't too surprised, after all, his true form was a peach tree, and there was only one of its kind in the world.
"You collect essence blood, perhaps to become an emperor?" Pan Wang suddenly realized, and was inexplicably shocked.
“Emperor Cheng, yes, I did it all for Emperor Cheng,” Lin Qing nodded and said.