The Legend of the Great Saint: Start from the Sign-in at Mount Tai

Chapter 496 Digital Secrets

Ba Xian's public response at the twentieth level quickly spread throughout the entire ancient road through various channels.

This only made everyone on the ancient road who was paying attention to this matter even more noisy.

This also gave many people who had only heard of Ba Xian but didn't know much about him a more intuitive and three-dimensional impression of him.

Some people with ulterior motives are trying to continue to slander Ba Xian, defame his name, and say that Ba Xian is unworthy of the title.

They say that Ba Xian speaks eloquently and acts all high and mighty, but in reality he is just making excuses to avoid battle. They say that Ba Xian is cowardly and no match for Ba Wang, and doesn't even dare to accept Ba Wang's public challenge.

However, such opinions were quickly refuted by some people and became increasingly quiet.

Many people didn't expect that even Fairy Qing Shi would express her opinion on this matter deep within the ancient road.

"I think Ba Xian is absolutely right!"

"Let alone the Overlord Immortal, I think all the trial participants embark on this path for the trial not to fight the Overlord or any other person."

"Think about it from another angle. If someone challenges a powerful immortal to a duel in a certain level, and the powerful immortal has to immediately drop his trial and rush to that level to accept the challenge as quickly as possible, what would that make the powerful immortal?"

"Can it come at your beck and call?"

"Does the person who issued the challenge even deserve it? Does he even have the qualifications?"

"If someone were to challenge the Overlord Immortal to a duel, and the Overlord Immortal had to rush to accept the challenge, would the Overlord Immortal still need to continue the trials?"

"If you were in this situation, what would you choose? What would you think?"

"I think some of the comments these days saying that Ba Xian is afraid of fighting are very bad. Is that an attempt to force Ba Xian to do something?"

"I think that, given the power that Ba Xian and his group have displayed, there are few, if not no, people on this path who are qualified to treat Ba Xian with such an attitude of casual arrogance!"

"I believe that the location for this challenge was wrong from the very beginning!"

"It's not that trial participants can't challenge each other to a duel, but if someone wants to fight, the one who initiates the challenge should find a way to appear in front of the person they want to fight!"

"Instead of the one who initiates the challenge, dictating what they want!"

"Since you have challenged the other party and regard them as your greatest enemy, you should also show them the most basic respect that is due. This is also a form of respect for yourself."

"The Overlord's move is somewhat inappropriate!"

"Those who made biased remarks on this matter also lacked the most basic morality of being a human being!"

The words of the banished fairy Qing Shi immediately resonated with many people.

Some people are saying that...

"Indeed, as the fairy said, some of the biased remarks are too obviously targeted."

"Just because you say you want war, does that mean we have to listen to you? Disrupt our own trial plans and then immediately rush to the location you set for a battle? Isn't that a bit too domineering and unreasonable?"

"What does this Overlord Immortal consider to be?"

"The Overlord is no nobody. His reputation is not only no less than that of the Overlord, but in many people's minds, he is even stronger than the Overlord!"

"Pshaw, isn't this going against the natural order a bit?"

"I don't know what those people who made those remarks were thinking."

"But it seems to be nothing more than defaming Ba Xian's name and slandering Ba Xian."

"It's highly likely that those people are still thinking of using this opportunity to stir up trouble again. If they can use this to provoke Ba Xian into changing his mind impulsively, disrupting his trial plans, causing him to miss some trial sites, and affecting his cultivation, that would be even better."

There are definitely fools in this world, but there are far more intelligent people who can discern the truth and see through the essence of things.

Clearly, the person who said this had exposed some of their sneaky tricks.

Indeed, many people have these thoughts.

Most of them were just ordinary trial participants.

People like the Great Demon God and Emperor Tian wouldn't stoop to using such despicable methods.

Deep within the ancient road, upon hearing that Qing Shi had actually stood up to express her opinion, Di Tian's expression changed repeatedly.

Doubt and surprise gradually gave way to anger.

He was surprised and puzzled as to why Qing Shi, who never liked to meddle in other people's business, would suddenly stand up and express her opinion on this matter.

Moreover, it is not difficult to discern from her words that Qing Shi's remarks, although seemingly made from an objective perspective, are an evaluation of this matter.

But in reality, it also carries a certain bias.

It's biased towards the tyrant immortal.

This made Di Tian very unhappy.

He then recalled that a few years ago, Qing Shi suddenly sent him a message, severing their alliance.

This caught Di Tian completely off guard.

To be honest, over the years, Qing Shi, who has the qualities of a lucky charm, has truly helped him a lot and provided him with a great deal of assistance.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have received so much good fortune and wouldn't have grown so quickly.

Qing Shi's sudden termination of the alliance was a huge loss for Di Tian.

Besides, Di Tian did indeed harbor some improper thoughts about Qing Shi.

Some of Di Tian's trusted subordinates were aware of this matter.

In fact, Di Tian had wanted to be upfront with Qing Shi, but before he could, he vaguely sensed that Qing Shi didn't have any other feelings for him, but simply regarded him as an ally in the fight against the Emperor's Path.

For Di Tian, ​​attaining enlightenment and becoming an emperor was his top priority.

After vaguely sensing that Qing Shi didn't have any romantic feelings for him yet, Di Tian, ​​not wanting to affect his alliance with Qing Shi, forcibly suppressed his idea of ​​confessing to her.

Now, when he suddenly heard the news that Qing Shi was implicitly supporting Ba Xian, Di Tian became even more displeased.

"She broke off her alliance with me, and now she's subtly supporting Ba Xian. Could these two things be related?"

"Could it be because of him?"

When did the two of them first come into contact?

At this thought, anger crept onto Di Tian's face.

"what"

"Lu Zhou, I will surely kill you!"

Someone saw the Overlord again, roaring in the starry sky.

The Immortal's response, along with the ensuing discussions, spread throughout the ancient road, which naturally meant that the Overlord, who was atop the fiftyth level of the Overlord Body Star, also soon heard about it.

This enraged the Overlord to the extreme, and his killing intent towards Lu Zhou reached an unprecedented level.

In his eyes, Lu Zhou's words were nothing but blatant belittling and insults.

How could a tyrant who had always had a smooth life and had been praised and surrounded by various halos since childhood possibly stand it?

The overlord was furious.

After his furious roar, he prepared to disregard everything and return to the twentieth level to kill the Overlord Immortal and everyone around him.

But at that moment, a figure dressed in the robes of an enforcer appeared in front of the Overlord and blocked him.

In the end, it's unclear what that person said to the Overlord.

In short, Ba Wang gave up his idea of ​​going back to find Lu Zhou.

At the same time, Ba Wang once again stood up and spoke out.

"Hahaha"

“good good”

"Lu Zhou, since you dare not accept the challenge, you even said that the Holy Body will appear soon!"

"Well!"

"I believe you will all reach the fiftieth level one day!"

"This place will be your burial ground!"

"When you reach the fiftieth level, I will return and kill you!"

After saying this, the Overlord set off on his trial again, heading towards the levels after the fiftieth.

Someone relayed Ba Wang's latest statement to Lu Zhou.

I want to see if Ba Xian has anything else to say.

They really love eating this melon.

However, Lu Zhou simply couldn't be bothered to respond further.

Even Kane and the others who were following Lu Zhou were too lazy to say anything more.

The so-called overlord is nothing but a clown.

The uproar did not subside as a result.

Countless people on this ancient road are filled with anticipation for the battle, or perhaps two battles, that will inevitably erupt in the fiftieth city sooner or later.

It is clear that even though various sensational events occur from time to time along this ancient road, they cannot overshadow people's enthusiasm for continuing to pay attention to this matter.

Especially when, a few years later, Ye Fan, possessing the Ancient Sacred Body, truly appeared on this ancient path as the Overlord Immortal had predicted, people's expectations and attention to this matter rose even higher. Lu Zhou sensed all of this.

He simply laughed it off, and as always, never took the matter to heart.

He prefers to focus his energy on touring and checking off this section of the ancient road.

He hadn't forgotten that in just a few years, the ancient road he was walking on would be extensively destroyed.

Some cities were severely damaged, ancient cities collapsed, and even the envoys who led the way perished in battle.

After reaching the thirtieth level, a long stretch of the ancient road will be completely destroyed due to the great war that lasted for more than twenty years.

It will only be repaired by some powerful human beings when the great war is completely over.

Lu Zhou wanted to sign in to the cities or ancient roads before they were destroyed.

I want to see what they looked like before they were damaged.

I want to see if he can get his hands on the digital secret in the next six trial grounds involving the Celestial Venerable of Morality.

This is actually one of the reasons why Lu Zhou was too lazy to pay attention to Ba Wang jumping around in the fiftieth level.

Compared to digital secrets, things like dealing with tyrants are all secondary.

Years ago, Lu Zhou had already collected eight of the nine secrets.

Now only the digital secret remains, which Lu Zhou has yet to obtain.

This really made Lu Zhou, who had a collecting obsession, quite itchy.

He had always wanted to know what kind of power that legendary numerical secret possessed.

Lu Zhou repeatedly recalled the original work but found no clear explanation of this point.

He had made various speculations about the secrets of numbers, just as he had about the secrets of the character "临".

It's not just about speculating on the specific power of numerical secrets.

I've been speculating about where he's most likely to get his hands on the digital secrets.

Based on the original work, the places Lu Zhou had thought of were some places on Beidou, Earth, and the ancient star Ziwei.

Besides those places, the only other things left are the seven ancient wells along this ancient road.

Without exception, they are all places in the original work that are explicitly mentioned as being related to the Moral Celestial Venerable or Lao Tzu (Li Er).

Over the years, through Lu Zhou's on-site experiments, he has ruled out all possibilities, including Beidou, Earth, and even the places on the ancient star Ziwei.

In previous years, when he checked in at the place of enlightenment, he also excluded the ancient well located at the tenth level.

Time flows on like water.

Lu Zhou led Kane and the others through trials and sign-ins, finally reaching the thirtieth level.

[Ding! Host has checked in to the 30th level of the Ancient Path of Humanity. Host has obtained a Divine Light Platform, which has been stored in Host's Chaos Pearl!]

Lu Zhou curled his lip; as expected, it was another divine light platform.

After checking in in the city, he didn't waste any time and led Kane and the others into the trial grounds of the thirtieth level.

This is also an ancient star with life.

Standing on this ancient star, Lu Zhou's anticipation for the digital secrets was nearing its peak.

After eliminating so many possibilities, Lu Zhou's greatest hope for obtaining the digital secret has now become this ancient star.

There's no other reason than that this place is the last important location in the original work that is explicitly mentioned as involving the Moral Celestial Venerable.

Although there were five other ancient wells on the trial grounds after that, which were also left by the Celestial Venerable of Morality to suppress the Holy Spirit, thus involving the Celestial Venerable of Morality.

But they were only mentioned briefly.

Even the location of the five ancient wells, specifically which level of the trial grounds they were situated in, was not mentioned at all.

Based on Lu Zhou's experience with signing in, he believed that the probability of getting the digital secret from the remaining five sign-in locations was almost zero.

This made Lu Zhou have the highest expectations for the sign-in results of this trial ground.

If he still can't get his hands on the digital secrets here.

He had no idea where to get the digital secrets.

Perhaps, only when Ye Tiandi obtains the numerical secrets in the future will he be able to completely collect all nine secrets!
Lu Zhou shook his head, no longer thinking about these things. Soon, all his expectations for signing in here to get the digital secret completely disappeared.

His mind returned to peace.

Years of cultivation and countless sign-ins have long since enabled him to face everything with composure.

He honed his mind to a state of tranquility, like still water.

Under these circumstances, Lu Zhou silently signed in.

[Ding! Host has checked in for the 30th level, Heavenly Venerable Star. The host has obtained the Number Secret of the Nine Secrets, which has been stored in the host's Chaos Pearl!]

It turns out that the ancient star where the thirtieth level is located is called the Celestial Venerable Star.

It really is a digital secret!!!

The sign-in result immediately stirred up waves in Lu Zhou's mind, which had just returned to a state of calm.

A look of joy spread across his face, and Lu Zhou couldn't wait to enter his Wuji Dojo. With a thought, the Digital Secret appeared in front of him.

It has always been said that each of the Nine Secrets represents the pinnacle of a field.

Lu Zhou was genuinely curious about which field the digital secrets involved.

Now, as Lu Zhou opened the huge stone book that recorded the secrets of numbers, he finally had an answer to the question that had intrigued him for many years!

"It really is this field!"

Lu Zhou smiled.

The areas involved in digital secrets were not unexpected to him.

Lu Zhou has always had many speculations about the digital secrets.

Finally, after careful consideration, he eliminated all his guesses, leaving only the last two.

One of them is counting, which is reflected in the field of divination.

The other is quantity; it can generate numerous avatars to help it fight against various enemies.

This is also what Lu Zhou believes is the most likely scenario!

His reason for this belief is based on the Taoist scripture taboo chapter created by the Celestial Venerable of Morality, which records the technique of transforming one qi into three pure ones.

This is because, generally speaking, the vast majority of divinations are about predicting the future.

The "Previous" secret among the Nine Secrets already touches upon this aspect.

In contrast, none of the other eight secrets that Lu Zhou obtained concerned this aspect of incarnation.

At this moment, Lu Zhou finally realized that the ultimate realm represented by the digital secrets was indeed related to incarnation, rather than the divination of heavenly secrets.

Lu Zhou learned a secret from the digital secrets.

The Celestial Venerable of Morality created the Numerical Secrets through the One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones technique he pioneered.

After achieving the status of Celestial Venerable, he further developed and sublimated the forbidden Celestial Venerable Technique of One Qi Transforming into Three Pure Ones into a numerical secret.

If one comprehends and cultivates the secrets of numbers to perfection, one can simultaneously generate nine avatars identical to oneself in peak condition to aid in battle.

The lifespan of each of these incarnations is nine times longer than that of the Dao body created by performing the One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones technique.

Furthermore, after unleashing the digital secrets, the caster's true form can freely switch between various avatars.

In a great battle with the enemy, as long as one avatar remains, the caster will not be destroyed.

To completely eliminate the caster, the only way is to kill both the caster's true form and their avatar.

After Lu Zhou understood the situation of the digital secret, even he couldn't help but sigh.

"The Digital Secret truly lives up to its reputation as one of the Nine Secrets. Compared to the other eight secrets that Lu Zhou had already obtained, it is absolutely no less impressive!"

Perhaps it was because Lu Zhou had already mastered the One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones technique, or perhaps it was because the Nine Secrets could mutually enhance each other.

In short, Lu Zhou mastered the Digital Secret in a very short time. Although he has not yet reached the point of simultaneously generating nine Dao bodies, it is only a matter of time.

He can now simultaneously manifest six Dao bodies.

Lu Zhou had tried to combine the nine secrets into one, but failed.

He estimated that this would require him to cultivate all nine secrets to perfection.

Finally, Lu Zhou and his group stayed at this thirtieth level for several months before setting off again.

They continued along this ancient road, heading towards the thirty-first checkpoint.

At this time, the ancient road leading to the thirty-first level had not yet been completely destroyed.

This also meant that the branch road leading directly to the Heavenly Soldier Star in the thirtieth level, mentioned in the original work, was not developed.

Next, Lu Zhou and his group continued their trials along this ancient path in an orderly manner.

When Lu Zhou arrived at the forty-ninth level of the ancient human road, after many years, he finally heard news about Ye Fan again.

(End of this chapter)