aircannonsinc 146. Chapter 146 You Are Finally Back!
146. Chapter 146 You Are Finally Back!
Chapter 146: You've Finally Returned!
Bishop Jon left the Great Compassion Temple early in the morning and canceled his planned trip to the Land of Cherry Blossoms. Naturally, this attracted the attention of some people. Some speculated that it was related to his meeting with Grandmaster Yuan Ci. Grandmaster Yuan Ci, of course, had an innocent expression. He had been careful with his words, except for implying that he knew the other party was a mortal and hoping to communicate with them on a higher level. It seemed like there was nothing out of the ordinary, right?
Could it be that the other party was so eager to personally convey their message to the transcendent beings?
Thinking this way, Grandmaster Yuan Ci did not inform anyone.
Bishop Jon landed at the airport near the Holy City on a private plane and immediately rushed to meet the Crown. No one knew what the bishop and the Crown talked about in private. All they knew was that the two of them stayed in the secret chamber for a full five hours.
Then, the Crown held a meeting and, in front of most of the red-robed bishops, bestowed sacred artifacts upon Bishop Jon and granted him greater authority.
Afterwards, Bishop Jon, holding the sacred artifacts, began to give orders and formed a new organization called the Shepherds. In the near future, this organization would start by recruiting members from the grassroots organizations they could control, collecting blood samples from those elite soldiers.
The various factions were not clear about the details, but this did not stop them from using their Divine Abilities to try to find out the truth by inserting their own people like sand.
In addition, the staff members of major museums worked overtime to organize and upload books about transcendent beings.
Then, the intelligence personnel of various major forces discovered that the situation was slightly different from what they had expected.
These so-called secrets of various schools and factions are extraordinary inheritances.
It's not that they can't be found, but rather that there are simply... too many of them!
Each name is more enticing than the last, and the people who provide explanations have even greater backgrounds.
These all seem to be genuine cultivation manuals and mysterious rituals. Once you start collecting them, you'll find that even a library dedicated solely to this would probably not be able to contain them all!
And this is only a small portion of what is publicly available.
If we were to consider the underground practices, various esoteric paths, and dark witchcraft that are popular among the people, the total number would increase several times over.
The officials responsible for this area are all complaining.
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Inside the Grotto-Heaven in a teapot.
Su Ping sat cross-legged in the room, practicing the Water Moon Invisible Technique.
After reaching the Foundation Building stage, his progress slowed down.
It wasn't until he consumed the Scarlet Blood Rainbow Carp and obtained the Big Dipper Seven Stars Body that Su Ping felt his speed increase again.
After the trip to the Jinquan Bai family was over,
Su Ping, who had obtained a large number of high-grade elixirs, went to various markets, including the Yunshan market, disguised as a demon hunter named Yun Kong.
From them, he exchanged for a large number of mid-to-low-grade elixirs that could be used for Foundation Building.
This allowed his cultivation to advance and once again sit on the fast track.
Su Ping couldn't help but feel that he was not suitable for relentless cultivation.
He was more suited for a combination of taking drugs and purifying spiritual medicine.
Buzz!
Su Ping exhaled a mouthful of ice-blue breath, ending today's cultivation.
Then he took out a medium-grade Enhancing Pill that increased his mana cultivation and swallowed it.
Only then did he switch to the God's perspective and observe the movements of the Grotto-Heaven in the pot.
Zhou Xuan was still refining pills.
The bronze pill furnace had greatly increased his pill refining experience recently.
He was now able to refine high-grade Qi and Blood Pills.
His own cultivation had also reached the third level of Qi Refining, and he had practiced various martial arts techniques.
When released, Shana Wati could be considered a humanoid tank.
After returning to her hometown, Shana Wati's enthusiasm for learning had greatly increased.
It seemed that she enjoyed being a saint and being respected and admired by people from all over.
As a Blood Symbol Spirit Body, Shana Wati's progress in symbol cultivation was astonishing.
In addition, her blood could enhance the success rate of inscriptions.
In these few days, she had learned the remaining high-grade first-order inscriptions.
It was just that her own cultivation was too low, barely reaching the second level of Qi Refining, and her mana was insufficient, resulting in low production.
But Su Ping was not in a hurry. He never rushed her in inscriptions, as he didn't plan to force her growth.
Finally, there was Hiroshi Koma, who Su Ping paid special attention to.
After being locked in a small dark room, this person had also shown the qualities that a cultivator should have.
He had been cultivating diligently for a whole week before showing signs of restlessness.
When Su Ping noticed the intense fluctuations in his emotions, he summoned the fox-faced witch to appear before him.
While clarifying his doubts, Su Ping took out the demonic techniques he had obtained from the demonic path and began to teach Hiroshi Koma seriously.
These demonic techniques mainly involved the way of incense and fire.
For Hiroshi Koma, who had a Yin-Yang Master with a ghostly body, it seemed like a perfect match.
Su Ping was not afraid that he would learn to rebel.
After all, without the combination of the Spirit Gathering Formation and spiritual stones outside the Grotto-Heaven, his mysterious knowledge would be useless.
Moreover, Su Ping had already reached the Foundation Building stage.
There was no way he would be afraid of Hiroshi Koma, who had just entered the Qi Refining stage and could barely be considered a first-level Qi Refining cultivator.
Not to mention that demonic techniques had inherent weaknesses, such as being prone to sudden death. Without the assistance of purifying spiritual medicine, the future was uncertain.
Hiroshi Koma was not aware of all this at the moment. Although he vaguely felt the dominance and strangeness of these techniques during cultivation, he knew that if he made a mistake, he might go astray.
But speaking of which...
The secret techniques they cultivate in reality are equally dangerous. Some people experience personality splits after going astray, while others become idiots. And most importantly, the real-world secret techniques do not have the same Divine Ability transformations as in novels and TV shows. However, what can be learned in this secret realm... can be even more powerful, surpassing anything else!
When Su Ping looked over, Koma Junichiro was sitting cross-legged in the small black room, with disheveled hair, reading the incense guidance technique written on silk cloth under the glow of the fireball hanging above his head. This is a crucial secret technique of incense, using the body as a medium to guide the thoughts of believers into statues or other spiritual objects for storage.
In addition, there is a set of complementary incense pill techniques. Using the body itself as the pill furnace, the main material is the absorbed thoughts of incense, supplemented by the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and special medicinal ingredients. The thoughts of incense are refined into incense pills within the body. When needed, the pills can be broken to release the thoughts of incense. However, these secret techniques require relevant spiritual bodies to be effectively used.
Generally, those with spiritual roots who practice these techniques will eventually become incense children and ultimately turn into incense ashes. It is a self-sacrificing technique for the benefit of others.
Dong!
Koma Junichiro suddenly snapped out of his focused state and saw a white-haired youth appear in the room. Although he was a little puzzled why it wasn't the shrine maiden, Koma Junichiro quickly stood up and respectfully saluted. He knew very well that anyone who could appear in these places, regardless of gender or age, was someone he couldn't afford to offend.
"I am Yun Kong, an official exorcist from the Yun family, a family of exorcists."
Su Ping controlled Yun Kong to introduce himself to Koma Junichiro.
"Your time has come. Come with me to tidy up and then go back."
"Go... back? So soon?"
Koma Junichiro knew that he was supposed to go back and lead the fellow practitioners of the Sakura Country to gather the power of the nation's faith to help those important figures. But he didn't expect it to be so soon. He could feel that he still had many spells to learn and his cultivation level was far from reaching the bottleneck mentioned in the books.
"Hehe, you're just a beginner cultivator with no contributions. It's already lucky for you to stay here for so long."
"If you want to continue practicing in this spiritual realm or receive better treatment, it depends on how well you do after you go back."
"Do you know what to do after you go back?"
"I know! The shrine maiden has already explained it, and there are detailed instructions in the books she gave me."
As soon as Koma Junichiro finished speaking, Yun Kong, the exorcist, waved his hand and opened the door of the small black room wide. The mist outside rushed in and enveloped Koma Junichiro in an instant. Within a few breaths in the mist, he was sent into the bathhouse of the Chao Yue Ting Feng Pavilion's chamber.
After being violently cleaned and fed a medium-grade Qi and Blood Pill, and changing into a new set of clothes made from fabric provided by the Jinquan Bai family, Koma Junichiro, completely renewed, was kicked out of the Grotto-Heaven.
He appeared in the ward where he had disappeared.
Now, in this special VIP ward.
A certain cabinet minister was lying in bed, chatting with the nurses about his stomachache.
The sudden appearance of Junichiro Koma startled the minister and the nurses.
Amidst a burst of exclamations and gasps.
The alarm sounded.
The security guard in charge rushed in from outside.
After seeing who caused the commotion.
The two guards were stunned on the spot, but in the next second, they reacted and suddenly the cabinet minister, who had jumped out of bed claiming to have a stomachache, shouted angrily, snapping back to reality, and quickly lowered his head and left.
"It... it's Master Koma?"
"You've finally come back!"
"Sakura cannot be without you, and the Sakura Emperor cannot be without you!"
The cabinet minister's face was filled with tears of joy, speaking with the most sincere tone.
This was something Junichiro Koma had never seen from important figures in his life.
But he didn't expect to see it as soon as he returned.
He knew that what he had to do next would inevitably involve cooperating with these bureaucrats.
In addition, he had spent the first half of his life mingling in Sakura, and his relatives and friends were all influential in Sakura.
Becoming extraordinary was only a recent development.
He couldn't help but look down slightly and said to the cabinet minister:
"Lord Yasuhisa, please contact the Sakura Emperor and the Prime Minister."
"Tell them that I have returned with important news and need to meet them immediately for an emergency meeting!"
"Alright!"
The cabinet minister was slightly startled, immediately responding as if meeting the Prime Minister, and quickly took out a dedicated phone to make a call.
Not long after.
The news of Junichiro Koma's return to Sakura, where he was warmly welcomed, spread.
Following that, the news of the Yin-Yang Master finding the Prime Minister and the Sakura Emperor and convening an emergency meeting also spread.
Causing various factions to send out forces to inquire about the news.
Then, the news couldn't be concealed at all, or maybe they weren't planning to conceal it.
Soon, all the factions knew that Junichiro Koma had brought news.
It was said that disasters and calamities would befall the Sakura Empire.
In order to minimize the losses, it was necessary to integrate the power of the sects and then hold a large-scale ritual to gather the beliefs of the entire country.
Only then would there be a chance to reduce the losses as much as possible in the face of a great disaster!
(End of this chapter)