fifth form

Chapter 3483 The Shadow of the Tree, the Name of a Person

Simply by activating the Great Wilderness Creation Scripture, the mark of Zhu Jiuyin imprinted on Zhang Xuezhou's soul will take effect, thus resonating with Zhu Jiuyin.

This mark has no use on Zhang Xuezhou; it needs to be handed over to Ren Anran.

The cycle of travel arrived as scheduled. Zhang Xuezhou ignored the mallard's incessant quacking and instead slowly pushed forward the Great Wilderness Creation Scripture.

He was accelerated to complete the Great Wilderness Creation Scripture by Zhu Jiuyin, but that was in his body within the Three Realms.

His body's Yang Soul Transformation Technique was of poor quality, and he had not cultivated the Great Wilderness Creation Scripture.

Fortunately, all it took was a trigger to make Zhu Jiuyin's void coordinate imprint in his soul fall off.

After nearly 15 minutes of repeated adjustments, Zhang Xuezhou reached into his mouth and pulled out a red scale.

The scales appear to be physical objects, but they are actually formed from the condensation of spiritual power. Once their power is exhausted, they will turn into nothingness.

"Ugh... Ah... Gurgle..."

A faint sound emerged from the scale. Ren Anran reached out and took the scale, her mind racing at its highest level.

"Just use this scale as a communicator. Say a few words, he can't hear you anyway, as long as you get a response!"

"Cough cough!"

After Zhang Xuezhou informed her, Ren Anran gathered her mental strength and coughed. After three to five seconds, the indistinct sound rang out again.

This kind of cross-world communication is destined to be terrible.

Even the Emperor could not transmit his voice back then, and could only rely on the spell mark of the brand to bring out the reflection, so as to achieve mirror-like communication with Ren Anran. It is clear that Zhu Jiuyin could not show stronger abilities either.

"Get ready, he should be pulling you into the void!"

There is a mutual positioning between Zhang Xuezhou and the mallard duck. Their movement is constructed by the giant tree, while Ren Anran's positioning is determined by Zhu Jiuyin, and the pulling force also requires Zhu Jiuyin to exert its power.

"Could this fire meteor creature sever the traction between itself and An Ran?"

Zhang Xuezhou and Ren Anran exchanged ideas, trying to synchronize their movements while traveling through the tunnels. Ren Yisheng, on the other hand, seemed somewhat anxious and kept asking Zhang Hao, who had a solemn expression, questions.

"It depends on whether Xuezhou's offer to Zhujiuyin is attractive enough and worth the effort!"

The situation was still unclear, so Zhang Hao dared not make a judgment.

However, this kind of spatial travel is very difficult, and even he wasn't very confident about it.

"Hmm? Hongjun?"

Zhang Xuezhou on the altar finally fell silent, Ren Anran's Yang Soul Body, which lay on the ground, turned into nothingness and disappeared, while Ren Anran's physical body swayed and seemed to have lost her senses. It was clear that she had focused all her mental energy on her senses, which caused her physical body to lose control.

Time in the void is defined differently from that in reality. It may be just a fleeting moment, over in the blink of an eye, or it may take a long time in reality to pass through a moment in the void.

Zhang Hao kept glancing back and forth between Zhang Xuezhou and Ren Anran, and would even reach out to touch and sense them until he could no longer feel them before putting his hands down.

When Ren Yisheng asked again with great eagerness, Zhang Hao did not answer, but instead flipped through the notebook next to the altar.

The notebook contained Ren Anran's insights into cultivating the Yang Soul Transformation Technique. As if afraid of not understanding, Ren Anran recorded her own experiences in great detail, wishing she could break each word into two.

Zhang Hao flipped through the notebook, turning over hundreds of pages. Later, he discovered writing in a different handwriting.

"You people, if you don't understand, you ask more questions? You're not skilled enough, and you don't even try to figure things out. You don't even try to figure things out, and you don't even ask questions. You're just like fools all day long, only knowing how to shut yourself in and travel around. You can shut yourself in for a thousand years and travel all over the three realms, but you'll only increase your age. Your abilities won't increase by even a fraction!"

"Not bad. Keep up the good work and hopefully we'll have a chance to meet again someday!"

This document contains limited information, does not cover cultivation practices, and does not appear to be classified.

But the speaker's signature immediately caught Zhang Hao's attention.

"Who wrote this?" Zhang Hao asked, holding up the notebook.

"This is my brother's handwriting!"

Zhang Manqian, who hadn't had a chance to catch her breath since entering the No. 2 sinkhole, responded quickly. In terms of familiarity, no one knew Zhang Xuezhou better than Zhang Manqian, except for Ren Anran.

With just one glance, Zhang Manqian could tell that the handwriting was from Zhang Xuezhou.

"If it's Xuezhou's handwriting, then he must be pretty confident!"

If the only participant is Zhu Jiuyin, Zhang Hao feels that this is a life-or-death journey, and no one can guarantee whether it will succeed. Zhang Xuezhou's ability to travel through the void cannot completely guarantee the safety of the journey.

But after adding the name Hongjun, Zhang Hao's judgment was on the verge of success.

This is clearly a senior's admonition to a junior, expressing both anger at the junior's lack of ambition and high expectations.

The fact that Hongjun has a favorable opinion of Zhang Xuezhou means that he may have received help from Hongjun.

The handwriting is relatively recent, suggesting that the exchange may have taken place just over ten days ago.

"I wonder what Hongjun cultivated that made people unconsciously overlook him or even forget his existence!"

Forgetting Hongjun in one's memory is not an unbearable thing, but when Hongjun strikes, it shakes one's soul and makes one forget the attack itself. This is the power that makes one feel unattainable.

No matter what mysterious powers or extraordinary abilities one possesses, it doesn't count if one doesn't intervene when the other is in a state of confusion and despair.

Zhang Hao's encounter with Hongjun was exactly like that; he was almost like a prisoner awaiting execution, only waking up and fighting back when threatened with death.

Even after a thousand years of cultivation, Zhang Hao still lacked the confidence to challenge him. And when he cultivated again now, he still couldn't break free from the framework that Hongjun had given him, nor did he know how to fight against him.

But Zhang Hao knew very well that with Hongjun's guidance, Zhang Xuezhou and Ren Anran had a 100% chance of successfully traversing the world.

The shadow of a tree, the name of a person—the reputation of the name Hongjun is indeed that high.

He couldn't make a judgment before, and his current judgment is based solely on the name.

"Did you succeed?" Ren Yisheng asked.

"We can't lose!"

When Ren Yisheng asked again, Zhang Hao nodded in response, which put Ren Yisheng, who was hanging on by a thread, at ease.

"Did you do something important and forget to take me with you? This is very bad!"

As Ren Yisheng wiped the sweat from his forehead, he heard Huang Daoxian's voice. Huang Daoxian, who had been gathering spiritual energy on the giant spirit stone to condense his golden elixir, had somehow poked his head out.

"This guy actually went on a spiritual journey into the void. Could he have been tempted by the Void Gold I took out? The void is not a good place to live. If Void Gold were so easy to obtain, I wouldn't only have so little!"

Seeing the unfriendly stares directed at him, Huang Daoxian cautiously circled around Zhang Xuezhou before finally speaking.

"It seems you know a lot about the void. Could you teach us a thing or two?" Zhang Hao said, winking.

"My knowledge is limited. I only know that the void is an isolation zone between two dimensions," Huang Daoxian thought for a moment before saying, "When the void is filled with energy, it will produce black holes and white holes. Traveling through these holes can quickly reach other worlds. The fire meteor you mentioned came from a black hole. This travel is extremely costly and will shrink a huge cave world to just a foothold. Correspondingly, it will also cause the white hole, which is opposite to the black hole, to spew out void gold!"

"That's it?" Zhang Hao asked doubtfully.

"Is that all?" Huang Daoxian said with a sigh, "The number of fire meteors that fell from Qin Meng's side was not small, and there were at least eight or ten pieces of Void Gold formed in the White Hole. Zhang got the news from me and then went off to enjoy the Void all by himself. It's a pity that my strength is too low right now, otherwise I would also like to go in!"

Huang Daoxian kept muttering to himself.

He lacked complete information, and his guesses were often quite inaccurate, yet they were also about 30% accurate.

"Tell me about white holes!"

Zhang Hao blinked, then pulled Huang Daoxian, who was half-squatting, up.

While pulling Huang Daoxian, a potentially dangerous individual, away, Zhang Hao genuinely developed an interest in the void.

He had a good relationship with Huang Daoxian, after all, Huang Daoxian was still counting on him to cultivate the Golden Elixir and take human form.

Having assessed Zhang Xuezhou's situation, Zhang Hao was now able to leave the sacrificial site, which was filled with heretical practices, with peace of mind.