Traveling across the globe for the first time

Chapter 1082 The talks collapsed

In fact, Zhang Haoran understood what the Southern Emperor meant. The so-called observation meant that he should carefully sense the energy fluctuations on the other person's body in order to deduce the path of cultivation. As for what kind of energy was circulating in the meridians, that was something he would have to figure out himself.

If he's willing to do it, it'll probably take him about ten days to half a month to deduce a set of Returning to Origin Techniques.

However, the Guiyuan Technique he deduced is definitely not the original version, and there will inevitably be some errors and omissions.

This is what is meant by "the law should not be lightly transmitted"!
How much you can learn depends entirely on your own comprehension.

Unless they are descendants of emperors or direct disciples, the emperor's disciples also learn the same techniques.

They cannot learn the complete techniques; they must first experience them first and then gradually comprehend them, which is euphemistically called testing the disciple's aptitude and comprehension.

If one later performs a great service or presents a valuable treasure, the emperor may be pleased and offer some guidance.

It is extremely rare for someone like Fang Ping to be able to learn the complete technique from the very beginning, and for someone to be afraid that he might not be able to learn it.

Zhang Haoran had heard of similar situations before; it was just a way of managing subordinates and manipulating people.

Now that he was being treated differently by the Southern Emperor, he immediately lost interest in practicing martial arts.

"Forget it, we can't argue with a brainless projection. Let's just bring him to his senses as soon as possible."

However, the Southern Emperor has now regained much of his senses, so it would be inappropriate to continue punching and kicking him!
Besides, running back and forth like this looks silly, so let's be straightforward and solve the problem in the fastest way possible.

This time, Zhang Haoran did not go outside the main hall to kill the Water Emperor.

His body trembled slightly.

"Buzz!"

An invisible ripple spread out, and sharp streams of air swept across the entire hall.

The realm of Kendo!

After advancing to the Earth Sword Realm, the range of the Sword Dao Domain is as large as 60,000 meters, which can completely cover the entire level.

The next moment, countless sword energies appeared around the Water Emperor.

"Zhengzhengzheng..."

A series of sword energies rushed in, forming a sword energy storm that instantly annihilated the Water Emperor.

The storm of sword energy did not dissipate; instead, it lingered nearby.

This means it's not the end, but just the beginning. When the projection appears again, it will be immediately crushed.

There's not much to worry about when dealing with the Water Emperor. He can directly use his sword intent to kill it. Even if his martial arts realm drops, it will also reduce the number of times it revives.

After Shui Li died, the Southern Emperor was resurrected.

We need to be more careful this time.

Long swords formed from qi and blood filled the entire hall.

Swish swish!
A series of white lights flashed, and countless sword energies pierced through the Southern Emperor, leaving him riddled with holes, as if to slowly torture him to death.

Although he didn't use sword intent this time, the sword energy was still very powerful with the support of his domain. He also used the fast sword technique this time, shattering the projection in the blink of an eye, and the dissipated energy was completely obliterated by the sword energy.

The Southern Emperor's projection disappeared, and the Water Power Emperor reappeared. After the previous round of sword energy attacks, this projection was much more illusory.

The sword energy storm that had been waiting nearby immediately swept over.

Zhang Haoran was furious and decided not to waste any more time. He continued to use his sword energy to kill the two projections. The only difference was that he did not use his sword intent when he killed the Southern Emperor.

However, this also caused him more pain, since completely destroying the energy in the Southern Emperor's body was equivalent to slowly killing him, which could be considered as revenge for his differential treatment.

After several such attacks, the Water Emperor was completely killed.

The Southern Emperor was resurrected, and his eyes regained their clarity.

He said with a helpless expression, "Young friend, please stop."

If the killing continues, this projection will completely dissipate.

Once the projection dissipates, the level will collapse, and that will be terrifying.

Zhang Haoran's eyes lit up, and he feigned surprise, saying, "Senior, you've fully recovered?"

"Yes! It's recovered!"

The Southern Emperor said with a melancholy expression, "I never thought that my mind would be affected by that stupid ox. It's really quite shameful."

Zhang Haoran feigned curiosity and asked, "What exactly is going on?"
It is estimated that the predecessor has never truly been awake since this small world was formed.

Is this a test designed for this level, or is there an error in the level's creation?

"Maybe both!"

The Southern Emperor said dejectedly, "This place is a unified whole. When the water was formed, the memory fragments clashed with my mind, which affected my sanity."

Actually, I knew about what happened before, but I just couldn't bring myself to say it.

The Southern Emperor said with some curiosity, "Young friend, you are quite bold. You dare to kill my projection before confirming the specific situation."

Aren't you afraid of being trapped here and unable to get out?

"hehe!"

Zhang Haoran chuckled and said, "What's there to be afraid of? Anyway, you're not the first emperor projection to be scattered."

I killed the Beast King projection over 200 times, and nothing happened to it, did it?

The Human Emperor's clone replaced the projection here. After I killed it, a new projection will be formed.

This shows that killing the projection is also a way to clear the game.

I respectfully sought your advice three times, but you never gave me any reply, which is inconsistent with the rumors about your character.

So I took the plunge and gave it a try, and it seems to have worked.

The Southern Emperor was an old fox and wouldn't believe such nonsense. Judging from his previous actions, he clearly knew this situation would occur. The so-called three consultations were just for show, to prevent him from using this as an excuse to cause trouble.

The Southern Emperor could tell that this kid was very respectful on the surface, and he always made up an excuse before making a move.

In truth, he was filled with contempt, and it wasn't directed at this projection, but at the Southern Emperor of the Three Realms.

This is somewhat unbelievable. Even if the other party is strong, they have no right to look down on an emperor, right?

What truly surprised the Southern Emperor was that the other party seemed very certain that he could wake up, and knew the method to awaken him from the beginning; otherwise, there would have been no need for such an act, especially since the acting skills were not very good.

Although the Southern Emperor still had some doubts, such as why the opponent's combat technique amplification was so high, and what was that sword domain all about.

But he decided to figure out the most important thing first, so he said meaningfully, "I think you're not just bold, you're very confident."

It seems you saw from the beginning that the problem lay with the water power system, otherwise you wouldn't have intervened so easily.

Zhang Haoran shrugged and said, "Senior Nanhuang, you're overthinking it. I really just wanted to give it a try."

Although he said that, he was internally screaming, "Damn it, is my acting really that bad? How could I have been seen through so easily?"

However, these things were truly inexplicable; he couldn't very well say he had read the original work. He felt he had done enough, but he hadn't expected to still arouse the old silver coin's suspicion.

Nanhuang was right; Zhang Haoran indeed didn't have a good impression of him.

To be precise, he didn't have a good impression of any of the emperors, especially the Southern Emperor. No matter how strong or how much scheming the other emperors were, they were all trying to break free from the constraints of the Origin Land.

Although the methods used are despicable, they are somewhat understandable.

Even the Northern Emperor, whom he despised the most, turned his own daughter into a life seed, but that was to leave a backup plan. It can only be said that his methods were too ruthless.

However, despite being an emperor, the Southern Emperor was willing to become the vanguard of the Divine Emperor. In the campaign to eliminate the Three Emperors led by the Divine Emperor, he demonstrated extreme execution and shattered the core of the Three Emperors' origin with the Desolate Hammer, causing their complete demise. This is why he despised the other party the most.

The reincarnation of the Three Emperors is now a human prodigy. If it weren't for learning the Returning Origin Technique, he wouldn't have bothered with the act and would have directly taken action to avenge Old Wang and the others.

The Southern Emperor took this point very seriously and pressed on, asking, "Alright, even if you attacked me to test me, why did you kill Shui Li?"

After saying that, he got up and walked to the palace gate. Looking at the empty courtyard, he put on a sighing expression.

Zhang Haoran shrugged and said, "In other levels, there is only one projection of the Emperor, but in your level, there is an additional Water Emperor."

Of course I have some reasonable guesses.

Besides, water power isn't a crucial element, so even if we kill the wrong person, it's not a big deal.

Didn't you see that I used sword intent when attacking with water, but only used a normal attack on you?

As it turns out, I was right.

After the water pressure completely disappeared, you indeed recovered.

Zhang Haoran dared to say that because he was taking advantage of the fact that the Southern Emperor had just regained his senses and was unaware of what was happening in the other levels.

Otherwise, if he knew that there was a blue cat in the gates of both the Spirit Emperor and the War Emperor, and that there was a large number of disciples in the gate of the Eastern Emperor, he would know that he was talking nonsense.

The Southern Emperor paused and nodded, barely accepting the explanation.

He stopped dwelling on the previous issues and said in a low voice, "Let's not talk about what happened before. Can you tell me about the current situation outside? I think you have a lot of opinions about the Emperor!"

Zhang Haoran chuckled and said, "Hehe! That's your misconception. I'm only a minor ninth-level cultivator right now, how dare I have any opinions about an emperor?"

He did not intend to explain the current situation of the Three Realms to the Southern Emperor.

This guy has a problem with his head and acts rather extremely. If he knew the true situation of the Three Realms, who knows what kind of trouble he would cause. Let him stay confused for now!

The Southern Emperor suddenly turned around, staring intently at him, and said with absolute certainty, "You are wary of me and do not want me to understand the situation in the Three Realms!"

"I fear that I might make the same choice as the original body and become your enemy!"

Zhang Haoran cursed inwardly, "Damn, are these old foxes all monkeys? How could they see that?"

On the surface, he remained calm and said, "Senior, you're overthinking it! I've never even seen your true form, let alone had any grudges with you!"

The emperors have been gone for tens of thousands of years…

He stopped abruptly, realizing that this was a trap to get information out of him. The more he said, the more mistakes he would make. If he continued, the old man might be able to figure out the truth about the Three Realms himself.

So he changed the subject and said, "Senior Nanhuang, you haven't said yet whether helping you regain your senses is a test of the level?"
Also, what are the challenges in this stage?
This is only the third level I've passed; there are many more to come, so let's not waste any more time.

The Southern Emperor gave him a deep look and said, "Restoring my sanity is also one of the tests in this level. However, this is a hidden task, and whether you complete it or not will not affect your passage."

As for the conditions for passing this level.

I have already given you a hint: learn the Return to Origin Technique.

Do you want me to demonstrate it for you again?

Zhang Haoran didn't stand on ceremony and gestured, "Then I'll have to trouble you, senior!"

Then, with a solemn expression, he said, "Since I have completed the hidden mission, there should be a reward."

My perception is weak!
Therefore, I hope that the senior's presentation this time can be more intuitive.

To say that a swordsman has weak perception is a huge joke. He just didn't want to be treated differently, lest Fang Ping find out and laugh at him in the future.

The Southern Emperor did not immediately return to the futon to demonstrate, but stared intently at him and said, "You don't seem afraid of me."

Zhang Haoran knew he couldn't hide his thoughts from this old silver coin, so he stopped suppressing his contempt and sneered, "Heh! With your current strength, do you have the right to make me afraid?"

The Southern Emperor realized his wording was incorrect and corrected himself: "I was referring to the true form. I have noticed that you lack respect for the Emperor, and even show some hostility towards him."

Zhang Haoran was too lazy to argue anymore.

"A bunch of inhuman, ghostly old bastards, do I need to respect them?"

"Hahaha!"

The Southern Emperor burst into laughter. After a while, he suddenly stopped laughing and said with a burning gaze, "You dare to mock me to my face like this? Aren't you afraid I won't teach you the Returning Origin Technique?"

"Not afraid!"

Zhang Haoran said coldly, "If Senior Nanhuang insists on this, then there is no need for us to continue existing."

"I am a projection manifested from a piece of the Emperor's essence, and with the blessing of the rules, I can be resurrected infinitely."

The Southern Emperor's face showed a playful expression as he said, "You've scattered me so many times, you must know that, right?"

"No! You cannot be resurrected!"

Zhang Haoran sneered and said, "Heh! If it were just a normal attack, you could of course revive, but I have ways to make you disappear completely."

The Water Power Emperor is the best example.

If you sense it carefully, you'll see that it didn't disappear because it ran out of energy; otherwise, it wouldn't have disappeared so quickly.

I am a swordsman, and the damage caused by my sword spirit cannot be recovered even after resurrection.

When your martial arts realm falls below that of a true god, you will disappear completely, just like the Water Emperor.

Perhaps, under the protection of the laws of this small world, a new projection of the Southern Emperor will be formed.

However, by then, she was merely a tool devoid of all memories and emotions.

Zhang Haoran's expression grew even colder as he said, "Actually, I think that kind of Southern Emperor would be a better guardian of the pass."

At least it ensures fairness and impartiality, and doesn't deprive others of their rewards.

The Southern Emperor felt a chill run down his spine after hearing these words. He appeared at the palace gate to confirm how the water power had disappeared, proving that it was not due to the exhaustion of energy.

Moreover, unlike the projections here, he doesn't want to disappear.

Those projections have lived here for 100,000 years and have long been tired of the monotonous life. Their disappearance is actually a relief for them.

But the Southern Emperor had just regained his senses, as if he had just woken up from a drowsy nap, and he didn't want to disappear so quickly.

However, it's impossible to get him to compromise; the dignity of an emperor cannot be challenged.

(End of this chapter)