Chapter 90: The True Meaning of Pride!
"Kneel down?" Wang Chen let out a light laugh, his body standing tall: "I would rather die than kneel!"
Wang Chen's sword path is a transcendent path, if you're afraid of death then kneel down, what's the point of seeking transcendence afterwards, just find a place to hide and forget about seeking the great Dao!
The way of the sword is not easy! Transcendence is even more difficult!
Even Wang Chen himself didn't know how to transcend, he just carried this obsession in his heart and continued to move forward, all the way through thorns and brambles. Death was a frequent possibility, such as during the first battle of the Qi Refining stage against the Foundation Building stage cultivators, wasn't that seeking life from death?
It was only after that adventure battle that Wang Chen understood the gap between himself and the foundation period, and then he could bravely advance, knowing that his sword intent had been achieved, and on the life-and-death stage, he cut down the foundation repair cultivators with a loud reputation!
So, life can be lost, but the way of the sword cannot be lost, and the path of transcendence cannot be severed!
"Will you kneel?" The giant stone man said in a deep voice: "Then I'll beat you until you kneel!"
The stone men around him charged again, wielding stone clubs and swinging them at Wang Chen. Although the stone men were summoned by the giant stone man's magic, their strength was exceptionally powerful, with a force of nearly 100,000 pounds in each blow. If this club came down, Wang Chen's injuries would worsen!
Hmph!
A mouthful of fresh blood was spat out, Wang Chen felt dizzy and his body was about to stand unsteadily, only the unyielding will persisted!
"Kneel down, junior! I can spare your life! Besides, you're not even my match, kneeling down won't humiliate you!"
The stone man's words, laced with temptation, entered Wang Chen's ears. At this time, Wang Chen was already unable to speak, and could only lightly shake his head. Then he felt his entire body being heavily struck again, and soon lost consciousness, falling into a coma.
After Wang Chen fell into a coma, a virtual shadow appeared beside him. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a middle-aged man transformed from the residual soul of a true dragon.
"Well, not bad, a bit of backbone, but still far from what I was like at the beginning. Keep going! You'll only pass after fainting nine times!"
The stone man nodded, and a middle-aged man's hand appeared with a green light. Several bright spots flew out of the green light and landed on Wang Chen's body, which was riddled with wounds. In an instant, his badly damaged body quickly recovered.
Wang Chen's finger trembled slightly, apparently trying to wake up, and the middle-aged man's shadow also disappeared!
King Chen, who had just come to his senses, heard Shi Ren's question and knelt down to beg for mercy, which could be forgiven! King Chen naturally shook his head, and then King Chen was surrounded again, and he fainted beautifully!
Fainted again!
Fainted for the third time!
It wasn't until the fourth time that Wang Chen felt something was off! At first, during the first time, he thought he couldn't win and admitted defeat, but Shi Ren said he had delayed and then fought. Afterwards, when he woke up, his physical injuries had healed, but Shi Ren still wanted to fight, each time using heavy hands without killing him!
Incomprehensible weirdness!
However, Wang Chen still quite enjoyed this process, because his own body had actually been tempered and improved in the midst of these blows and recoveries.
Top-grade treasure equipment is at its peak, and it's just a little bit away from reaching the level of an extreme-grade treasure equipment!
And Wang Chen's injuries became more and more severe, to the point where his meridians were severed every time, and his body was no longer human-like. Yet, despite this, Wang Chen still managed to pull through!
These sufferings are still far from comparable to Wang Chen's suffering when he cultivated the Refining Soul Great Technique!
The more bitter you eat, the farther you can go!
Unfortunately, after his ninth fainting spell, Wang Chen woke up again to find himself back in the palace as before.
"Failed?"
Wang Chen was slightly depressed, but he didn't regret it. After all, Wang Chen really didn't have the strength to pass this level. But then again, who could actually make it through?
"You're pretty good for a young person!"
The middle-aged man transformed from the residual soul looked at Wang Chen and nodded, his tone also improved a lot, as if he vaguely regarded Wang Chen as one of his own.
Wang Chen was very puzzled by this change, but the middle-aged man's words explained this puzzlement!
Only by enduring suffering and hardship can one achieve success. In my early years, I was just an ordinary lower-grade immortal beast in the Dragon Clan, with no status, no resources, and not even recognized by my own kind. Even my parents looked at me with cold eyes. Yet, despite all this, I persisted and never gave up. I ventured deep into the Dead Dragon's Land, undaunted by the perilous situation of being on the brink of death nine times out of ten. In the end, I achieved something, and then again seized an opportunity in a desperate situation to rise to the pinnacle of power in the Immortal Realm, trampling underfoot those former geniuses with their extraordinary talents and special physiques who would turn pale at the mere mention of my name!
At this point, the middle-aged man burst out laughing, with an inexplicable sense of pride on his face. After a moment, when the laughter stopped, he continued to say:
"In this, I have come to realize that a person must have an unyielding spirit of pride; otherwise, without an unshakeable will, it is absolutely impossible to achieve anything! Therefore, I set up the third trial with an impossible test, knowing full well that you cannot defeat me, yet making you yield and kneel down in exchange for your lives. If you yield, then you have failed, and none of you will obtain any of the treasures within!"
Wang Chen listened in stunned silence, so that's how it was. But deep down, he had some doubts. It was impossible to pass the test, or was it? If one could comprehend the heavenly Dao and achieve human form through innate talent, then perhaps this third trial could also be passed!
In his heart, Wang Chen thought about it, but he didn't say it out loud. He just waited for the middle-aged man to hand out the reward for this level!
The first pass was the ancient treasure, Wang Chen took the hairpin; The second pass was the spiritual instrument, Wang Chen took the broken Soul-Nourishing Ring. This pass is so difficult, the reward shouldn't be too bad, right?
The middle-aged man finished his story, and his expression slowly calmed down. His eyes shot out a golden light, looking at the four stone pillars around him. The stone pillars lit up, and lines of symbols appeared, floating in mid-air!
"Among these talismans, each one contains millions of smiling talismans, which I condensed with the supreme law power. Among them, there are 9,800 small divine powers, 300 lower and middle-grade divine powers, and three upper-grade divine powers. You can extract one as a reward after passing through!"
Divine comprehension is the stage of magical cultivation, after understanding the mysteries, the runes gather and settle together to form, the effect of the runes on the cultivator is really too great!
Apart from the powerful means of directly confronting the enemy, all divine arts have a stabilizing effect on the body's Fa power. This is because divine arts are based on the overall Fa power and established through profound enlightenment. Therefore, having more divine arts does not necessarily mean being better!
If it is inconsistent with one's own skills and properties, there is even a risk of self-destruction.
In addition, theoretically speaking, any divine ability has the possibility of wireless evolution and can evolve from a newly condensed small divine ability to an unmatched supreme divine ability. Therefore, although divine abilities are very precious, they are generally cultivated by practitioners who spend their lives cultivating one or two, rather than depriving other practitioners of their well-cultivated divine abilities.
Of course, using someone else's divine ability directly will save a lot of cultivation time and also promote the mysteriousness of cultivation and divine abilities.
The true dragon's residual soul brought out so many divine abilities, saying it's precious is not as precious as it is, saying it's not precious, it's also extremely unremarkable!
Wang Chen had read many jade slips before, which also mentioned some information about divine abilities. However, none of them mentioned how to cultivate divine abilities, let alone how to choose a ready-made one. After all, such situations were extremely rare!
However, Wang Chen didn't overthink about how to choose, the spiritual energy in his hand overflowed and transformed into a thread that wandered around each stone pillar.
Since the overall Fa power is the foundation of divine abilities, then according to the properties of Fa power, one should be able to sense the divine abilities that suit oneself!
This is Wang Chen's idea, and in fact, it is also correct. The power of the law with a weak divine consciousness revolves around the Shentong symbol, and most of the Shentong do not have any sensation, only a few have an attractive trend!
The first stone pillar, the second stone pillar, Wang Chen continued as usual, but when he reached the third stone pillar, a faintly dim symbol next to it suddenly emitted an unusual attraction!
Even spiritual power is being sucked away!
Wang Chen didn't hesitate at all, and with a grasp of his magical power, he seized the inscription that looked somewhat dull and unremarkable, without even giving the fourth stone pillar's inscription a glance!
As the spiritual power was withdrawn, the talisman unexpectedly followed the spiritual power back into Wang Chen's body, scaring Wang Chen so much that he hurriedly looked inward! Fortunately, the faint and strange talisman remained still in his dantian, and no matter how hard Wang Chen tried to use his spiritual power to drive it out, it wouldn't budge.
It's just like 4-5 usual, Wang Chen has no choice!
When he opened his eyes again, the runes near the stone pillar had disappeared, but the middle-aged man stared at Wang Chen without moving, as if he saw something strange. After a moment, he sighed softly:
"I really don't know what kind of useless divine power this is, how did you manage to match it so perfectly?!"
He apparently agreed with Wang Chen's approach to becoming a god, but clearly didn't think much of such a god.
Wang Chen smiled slightly: "Senior, what are you talking about? There's no useless divine ability, only useless people!"
