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Chapter 228: Return

“You all continue to the target point.”

Whoosh...

Facing their continuous astonishment,

Zhang Feng gave an instruction, then left the small boat and quickly searched the distant waters by flying.

This area was quite large.

Splash—

After their surprise, Boss and the other two quickly chased after Zhang Feng.

And in Ge Ge’s hand, there was a Spiritual Energy detector, which could emit a unique sound wave from a fifty-meter radius, used to explore the sea floor below three hundred meters.

If there was a large building containing Spiritual Energy below, the detector would alarm.

This instrument was a simple technology developed by their organization through Rune Technology.

Compared to the real-world detector that could precisely modify 'Superconducting Runes', there was a huge gap.

In reality, without precision and without Superconducting, using only ordinary materials, Spiritual Energy detection within a one-kilometer radius could be achieved.

If Superconducting was used, along with the Virtual Small Building’s Spiritual Sense large base station,

Global coverage could be achieved.

As long as a cultivator committed a crime, it would be extremely difficult to hide.

Unless they hid in deep mountains and old forests where no base stations were built, or concealed themselves deep underground.

At the very least, they would have to dig fifty meters deep, and they couldn’t dig directly beneath a base station.

They would have to dig a pit in the weak detection area where the ranges of two base stations linked.

And now,

On the sea, as Zhang Feng explored, Boss and the others were also searching.

About an hour later,

Everyone converged on a seemingly unremarkable patch of sea.

By then, it was night.

After a quick meal,

Zhang Feng jumped into the water, choosing not to waste Spiritual Energy to form a protective layer to separate the surrounding seawater.

Because Zhang Feng now had a deep understanding of the water element and was in the Foundation Establishment stage, he could easily breathe underwater.

As long as it wasn't in the deep sea, where the water pressure was extremely high,

Even directly inhaling seawater into his lungs was not a problem.

It must be known that 100% of Inner Force, seemingly circulating throughout the entire body,

Actually originated from the five internal organs.

The current toughness of Zhang Feng's internal organs was such that even gunshots could not harm him in the slightest.

In reality, his internal organs were comparable to a new type of tungsten steel composite material, and even sniper armor-piercing rounds couldn't damage them at all.

At the same time,

With a few splashes,

Boss and the others also jumped into the water, then curiously looked around and moved the seawater with their hands.

In their perception, they felt as if they had entered the water and could feel the coolness of the seawater, yet they could breathe freely.

At once, various characteristics of the legendary Water-Repelling Pearl began to surface in their minds.

“Although I have never seen a Water-Repelling Pearl,”

Zhang Feng saw them still thinking about it and said, “its principle is similar to this talisman.”

After speaking,

Zhang Feng continued to swim downwards.

But to say 'swim' was actually more like descending, similar to 'Thousand Catty Drop'.

Zhang Feng consistently maintained a standing posture.

Whoosh whoosh—

Boss and the others, however, swam diligently, their gaze fixed on the dark seabed.

In their vision, they couldn't see anything.

However, as long as Taoist Priest Zhang kept going down, they obediently followed.

Thanks to the Water-Repelling Talisman,

Ten meters, a hundred meters, two hundred meters.

They continued to descend repeatedly, experiencing no discomfort, and feeling no pressure or buoyancy.

They swam relatively easily, much like walking normally.

And Zhang Feng, seeing that they were almost there, looked up at the three still maintaining their usual swimming motions.

They were head-down, in a diving posture.

“The Water-Repelling Talisman has another function,” Zhang Feng calmly stated. “You actually don’t need to dive; you can descend by simply maintaining a standing posture.”

“Taoist Priest Zhang…”

“Uh…”

The three didn't know what to say, but their swimming motions also paused.

They even wanted to ask if Taoist Priest Zhang was deliberately watching them act like ugly ducklings.

They were both amused and exasperated by this.

But they also felt that Taoist Priest Zhang seemed to have really changed?

To be honest, Zhang Feng was indeed doing it on purpose; he had no other intentions, just having fun with his friends and making them laugh.

The broadening of the path to Spirit Transformation and the easing of his mood truly made Zhang Feng feel much more relaxed.

As they continued to approach the seabed,

Reaching a depth of three thousand meters,

Zhang Feng and his companions, following the location marked on the treasure map, entered a hidden underwater grotto.

This tunnel was about half a li long and slanted downwards.

When they passed through it, they arrived at another vast underwater grotto with a unique atmosphere.

Although this place was still filled with seawater, under the illumination of the sea lamp,

Boss and the other two were astonished, their mouths agape, when they saw a large palace covered in seaweed on the flat seabed.

Because besides this palace, there were dense, numerous graves all around.

Many inscriptions remained on them, uncorroded by the seawater.

They carefully examined them for a long time and found that a small portion belonged to the deceased of the Celestial Palace, and a large portion belonged to the deceased of the Netherworld.

Although most were nameless, the graves of the Netherworld deceased had inscriptions such as 'Asura Path' and 'Heavenly Human Path'.

The Celestial Palace, on the other hand, had names, but they were all people they had never heard of.

Splash—

Around these graves and the palace, there were also small fish darting in and out.

It was very quiet here, with no human sounds, seemingly indicating that the Celestial Palace had been in decline for a long time.

But it was precisely this silent stillness and the passage of time, coupled with these mythical-like underwater structures,

This strong contrast brought them the most intense shock.

“What a pity.”

Unlike the trio's shock,

Zhang Feng sighed, then, as they looked on curiously, he said,

“If Yangshan Zhenren had been given more time, it might not have been an underwater Celestial Palace, but a true West Sea Celestial Palace.”

Within Zhang Feng’s Spiritual Sense, he could see that this palace was covered with rune grooves.

However, Yangshan Zhenren had not continued the arrangement.

Zhang Feng was curious about this and carefully identified the various condensed runes left on the palace walls to find the reason.

“Taoist Priest…” Ge Ge was puzzled, unable to see those talismans.

Not just him, the other two also didn't understand Taoist Priest Zhang's exact meaning.

Zhang Feng saw their curiosity, ignored them, and after searching for a while, pointed to the area around the palace and said,

“There are intentionally left talisman gaps on the outer perimeter of the palace.

If I'm not mistaken, Yangshan Zhenren intended to leave them for later, to engrave flight-type talismans.”

As his words fell, Zhang Feng waved his palm, and the seaweed on the outer perimeter of the palace vanished, revealing the seawater-corroded beams, which indeed contained grooves similar to those for spiritual artifacts.

“There really are…” Ge Ge and the others had seen similar wall structures in the Netherworld, including the interior of the Town Suppressing Seal, which had the same structure.

As for the Netherworld wall structures, they were those carved with water-attribute talismans.

They were initially cultivation novices, but now, after Zhang Feng's explanations, they understood not only talismans but also the engraving of spiritual artifacts.

“Then what did Taoist Priest mean by ‘not enough time’?”

Perhaps it was Zhang Feng’s dramatically changed demeanor, but Boss now dared to ask the question he had earlier.

“Not enough time means his lifespan was insufficient.” Although Zhang Feng hadn't found a suspected corpse of Yangshan Zhenren, based on the legacy he left behind, he knew that he had died prematurely.

“To create the marvel of the Celestial Palace requires extensive calculations.

And Yangshan Zhenren’s cultivation realm wasn’t high, so his lifespan naturally wasn’t enough to support such large-scale Celestial Palace calculations.”

As Zhang Feng spoke, he also roughly determined Yangshan Zhenren’s cultivation realm based on the runes within the palace.

“His realm was most likely Gold Core Completion.

Although with such a realm, he could use Spiritual Energy to lift this palace,

But to borrow the Spiritual Energy of heaven and earth to form a self-circulating floating palace structure, and build a complete dynamic parallel construct,

In my microscopic understanding, he would at least need to enter Spirit Transformation.

Only Spirit Transformation can further refine and perfect the Celestial Palace runes, ultimately achieving self-circulation on the Celestial Palace.”

When Zhang Feng spoke these words, his tone was very firm; he wasn't trying to bluff them with some terms.

Because Zhang Feng had a lot of research on this.

Especially in reality, a part of interstellar battleships utilized the acceleration and levitation principles of wind-attribute runes.

Of course, the current reality is still imperfect, because it requires high-power quantum computing to evolve it.

This is not something that happens overnight.

Even with good luck, it would take four or five years to research.

After all, battleships stretch for tens of kilometers, like a city, and the overall structure is too massive.

Even if it relies more on other technologies, as an effective support point, runes also require very high computing power.

This is simply not something one person can do.

Not even Yangshan Zhenren, the founder of Rune Technology, could.

Unless Yangshan Zhenren entered Spirit Transformation, gaining higher control.

Then, only when a cultivator draws talismans, which inherently 'coordinates and balances the microscopic,' can they 'cheat to achieve' it.

It's still the same phrase: a cultivator drawing talismans is like a person eating; it seems like just 'fingers' picking up chopsticks, but all related 'body cells' are coordinating.

However, to use an older saying, a cultivator drawing talismans is also called 'knowing what it is, but not knowing why it is.'

What Zhang Feng is doing more of now is understanding all the fundamental principles within.

However, for Ge Ge and the other two, who were deep in thought and shock beside him, just hearing Taoist Priest Zhang Daouchang speak of 'Soul Transformation, dynamics, and fundamental principle structures' was already quite shocking.

Because they truly understood a little, and they knew that combining these academic fields seemed to genuinely allow myths to reappear?

Anyway, whether they could reappear, they didn't know.

They only knew now that Taoist Priest Zhang Daouchang seemed to know everything.

They even felt that if Taoist Priest Zhang Daouchang was given some time, he could make this 'Dragon Palace' float into the sky.

But in reality, Zhang Feng is currently only at Foundation Establishment and cannot do that.

Even a Gold Core cultivator would find it tough.

Even though his current 'diversification of spells' has already surpassed Yangshan Zhenren.

But the knowledge is enough, the strength is not yet.

Or rather, there isn't enough knowledge.

If there were enough knowledge, perhaps he could achieve Soul Transformation at the start, followed by the earth rising up to form the Celestial Palace.

...

Afterwards, he took a stroll around this Celestial Palace.

Because his Spiritual Sense was now high enough, unlike the 'initial blindness' in the Netherworld.

So, Zhang Feng saw everything at a glance.

Overall, it was similar to the Netherworld, both being dilapidated.

But in terms of construction specifications, its structure was very interesting; it had no 'foundation.'

Below, there were also sheets of talismans.

Seeing this situation.

Zhang Feng even thought that if the Data Center didn't want to be underground anymore, it could completely follow the structure of this Celestial Palace to achieve a 'White Jade Capital in the Sky.'

This kind of project sounds vast.

But in reality, it doesn't take much effort.

Firstly, many staff members can create runes; they have this Rune Technology.

Secondly, the principle of interstellar warships includes levitation technology.

As long as it can be researched, let alone the Data Center floating.

Even making a city float is not a problem.

These are theoretically feasible and easily accomplished.

The various scientific and technological capabilities of the real world have reached an unimaginable level before transcendence.

It can truly be called the 'Cultivation Era.'

...

Three hours later.

Zhang Feng finished touring the palace with Boss and the others, thinking as he went.

As for the talismans on the walls, he didn't let them touch them.

Zhang Feng would give them a copy to take back and report on.

Otherwise, they had helped for so long, expending so much manpower and resources; surely, they couldn't be given nothing?

However, the unknown creature still hadn't been found.

But Zhang Feng also used his solid strength to tell Ge Ge and the two others.

As long as their strength was high enough, and they saw the Celestial Palace, there would be no more problems with deciphering.

He could completely take them on a leisurely stroll within the Celestial Palace.

As for the traps and spiritual energy killing moves along the way.

Zhang Feng simply stepped through them.

These minor matters are not worth elaborating on.

Furthermore, if he hadn't been afraid of disrupting the Celestial Palace's harmonious structure.

Zhang Feng actually wanted to reinforce and redecorate the Celestial Palace.

But once it was reinforced and modified, it would no longer be the original Celestial Palace.

Regarding this.

Zhang Feng gave up.

...

After the trip to the Celestial Palace.

Zhang Feng bid farewell to Ge Ge and the two others, and did not go anywhere else, but began to meditate and rest within the Netherworld.

The purpose was, firstly, to organize the subsequent Celestial Palace knowledge and digest the condensed structures of various elements.

Secondly, to see if that 'unknown creature' would appear.

Especially now that his realm was higher.

Zhang Feng also saw more, knowing that about four li underground next to the Netherworld, there were some creatures that would astonish the world.

Those were some giant prehistoric insects, still alive today.

They were currently using the spiritual energy subtly emanating from the Netherworld to live in a vast underground forest.

There were also Rune Technology structures from Yangshan Zhenren within, reinforcing the surroundings.

Zhang Feng saw all this and did not disturb them.

But he also deduced that the somewhat large unknown creature might have been one of them that ran out, then wandered around the labyrinthine pool for a while, and then climbed back in.

Around the rock walls, there were some tunnels dug by insects, leading to this water-attributed pool.

But now that he was suppressing it, he wouldn't let them come up.

It was a way to preserve this relatively natural 'Carboniferous, Giant Insect Era.'

And within it, there were also some dinosaurs, a small collection of 'prehistoric civilization.'

Perhaps, at that time, Great Yama also discovered these small insects and animals, and out of compassion, built the Netherworld here.

After all, if these creatures had run out in ancient times and been nourished by spiritual energy, gaining sentience, they could indeed wreak havoc in an area.

However, it was precisely through these creatures.

Zhang Feng had a conjecture, which was that Great Yama's biotechnology might have been based on the modification of these creatures.

For this reason.

In the second year and seventh month of arriving in this world.

Zhang Feng contacted Boss again, asking him to send some biological research instruments.

Zhang Feng wanted to analyze the genes of these giant insects and dinosaurs, or replicate them.

With his knowledge of genetics and biology, he could perfectly reconstruct the analyzed gene chain knowledge into reality.

This way, not to mention creating a Jurassic Park in reality, nor handing it over to a Super Agency to manage and use the park to profit the Data Center.

Simply put, if Great Yama had used prehistoric genes as samples for biological modification.

Then when prehistoric creatures reappear in reality and biological technology is researched, there would at least be a definite source.

It would also be like knowing the foundation of this biological modification technology.

This is very important for the foundation; it can not only remove most of the side effects of forced growth but also accelerate biological technology research.

It's also like giving dynamite to an ordinary person who hasn't studied mathematics and physics, asking him to imitate and create it; this is certainly difficult.

But if you give dynamite and the periodic table, and let an ordinary person understand the principles first, then create it, it will be much simpler, and they can even construct better dynamite mixing ratios.

What Zhang Feng is looking for now is the source.

And he believes the source should be these prehistoric creatures, because the lizard appearance of the hungry ghost path is similar to some prehistoric lizards.

And during the research process.

Zhang Feng discovered something that he couldn't quite describe.

That is, there was a human tomb here, but it had been destroyed by these prehistoric creatures.

However, the skeleton was firmly in the soil, surrounded by earth-attributed talismans, drawing the earth-attribute of the entire land and stabilizing the entire forest.

Also, based on the inscriptions on the fragments of this tomb and the talismans within this forest.

Zhang Feng could confirm that the owner of this skeleton should be Yangshan Zhenren.

He came here after his death to suppress this place.

Coupled with Great Yama also suppressing this place.

Zhang Feng felt that this place should be the eighteen layers of hell under the six paths of reincarnation.

But thinking about it, it's also interesting.

Yang Mountain is suppressing, Great Yama is suppressing.

And he himself, for the sake of deciphering and exploring, is also suppressing now.

Yang Mountain saw Great Yama's bones after more than seven hundred years.

He himself saw Yang Mountain after more than seven hundred years.

Countless coincidences, perhaps this is the reincarnation within the Netherworld.

Zhang Feng also suddenly realized that he and Yangshan Zhenren seemed to have both been tricked by Great Yama, both having some reason to stay and continue to guard for him.

Of course, the premise of everything is to reach the required strength, have a kind heart, and break through the mystery to come here.

But it was precisely to break through the mystery, and having a kind heart, that he walked into Great Yama's reincarnation puzzle.

Zhang Feng felt that he was unusual; this calculation of one thousand five hundred years definitely meant he had comprehended some future rule.

Or, it was a deliberate arrangement of text to make him understand reincarnation.

For a moment.

Zhang Feng also accurately understood that the 'karma' in this reincarnation, and this phenomenon that conforms to 'future rules,' is the ultimate reward of this world.