Resurrection of all mankind

Chapter 308: The Returning Void Monk Trapped in the Secret Realm
Relying on the presence of Deng Bin, a cultivator in the Return to Void Stage, Xie Shen and others, surrounded by a group of security personnel, entered the Perfect City Law Tower unimpeded.

Because he was eager to rescue Li Xiu from the bronze statue.

As soon as Xie Shen arrived here, he impatiently said to the short-haired woman who was leading the way: "Take us directly to the workshop in the tower. We have a friend who is trapped in the bronze statue in the workshop. This time we are here to rescue him."

The short-haired girl tightened her earphones with her hands and responded to Xie Shen, "Dear fellow Taoists, seniors, please be patient for a moment."

"The Lord of our Perfect City wants to meet with you on the first floor of this tower first."

"Don't worry, it won't take you too long."

After saying this, she waved towards the corner of the hall on the first floor.

next second.

Then two female cultivators in the Nascent Soul stage wearing law bracelets came out from the backstage of the hall, carrying plates filled with tea.

That tea was not of ordinary quality.

From a distance, Xie Shen sensed an extremely rich force of law emanating from the tea.

Well known.

Except for the power of origin, including the power of laws, all the extraordinary powers in this world originate from indescribable creatures, and they are all inherently polluted.

Xie Shen, who possesses a pure body, cannot be contaminated by anything.

——Although being slightly contaminated is not fatal to Xie Shen, it will slow down his cultivation progress to a certain extent.

So, Xie Shen couldn't drink that tea.

He couldn't help but frowned and said, "Your tea."

The short-haired girl introduced: "This tea is a specialty of our Perfect City."

"The tea leaves were all watered by the power of laws during their growth."

"Therefore, the tea made from this tea leaves will have the power of the law."

"If cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage or below drink it, there is a certain chance that they will break through the bottleneck directly."

"And if cultivators above the Nascent Soul stage drink it, they can slowly increase their cultivation."

“This is good stuff.”

“You can’t buy it outside.”

Since it was of great benefit to spiritual practice, all the other monks present, except Xie Shen, took a cup from the plate.

at the same time.

Deng Binchong in the team nodded left and right and said, "Don't worry, drink it. There is nothing wrong with this tea."

After saying this, he immediately took the lead and drank the tea in the cup.

in this way.

The others then began to enjoy the meal with peace of mind.

About three to five minutes passed like this.

In the crowd, Deng Bin suddenly put down the teacup in his hand and said in surprise: "I feel such a strong source of power!"

"I felt it, too." Xie Shen hurriedly followed suit and said, "If I'm not mistaken, that extremely strong source of power should be emitted from a Return to Void Stage cultivator, and that Return to Void Stage cultivator is rushing towards us."

“No.” After hearing what Xie Shen said, Hu Fanzhi, a cultivator in the Spiritualization Stage, couldn’t help but complain: “On our side of the Human Alliance, one person just broke through to the Return to Void Stage, and immediately a cultivator of the same realm appeared in Perfect City.”

"Nowadays, are Return to Void Stage cultivators so common?"

"That's not the way to say it." Xie Shen hurriedly followed up after hearing what he said in the hall: "I can feel that although that cultivator has also reached the Return to Void Stage, he has not practiced a technique like the Hidden Sky Art that can conceal his aura. At the same time, he does not have a pure body like me."

"To put it simply, that Return to Void Stage cultivator had no means to avoid being hunted down by the indescribable creatures."

Is it impossible to avoid being hunted by unknown creatures?
Hu Fanzhi thought for a moment and said, "That is to say, the Return to Void cultivator who rushed over to us will most likely never be able to leave this secret world we are currently in for the rest of his life? He can only be trapped in Perfect City forever?"

"Yes." Xie Shen nodded and analyzed: "I believe that there should be many Return to Void Stage cultivators hiding in various secret worlds and secluded from the world in the entire Milky Way."

“But there are only a handful of Return to Void cultivators like Deng Bin who can stay in the outside world at will and walk freely in the sun.”

The spiritual awareness of a cultivator in the Return to Void Stage can cover a very wide range.

Perhaps it was because he heard the conversation between Xie Shen and Hu Fanzhi, the voice of the Return to Void cultivator in the distance had already reached everyone's ears even before he arrived.

It was a female voice that spoke.

She said to everyone with a smile: "Thank you, Daoist Fellow Shen, your guess is right!"

"Although I, Le Zhengwei, am a cultivator in the Return to Void Stage, I have not yet solved the problem of how to avoid being chased by indescribable creatures because my breakthrough is imperfect."

"So, I can only stay in Perfect City for the rest of my life and can never leave this secret world."

The moment the sound sounded.

A girl in a bright red evening gown suddenly appeared in front of everyone.

The girl clasped her fists and bowed to the cultivators present, saying, "I am the Lord of Perfect City, Return to Void Stage cultivator Le Zhengwei, nice to meet you fellow Taoists!"

"Your Perfect City Lord is actually a woman?" Deng Bin was stunned for a moment when he saw the girl in the red dress, and then blurted out: "You are too young. If I hadn't been able to feel the original power in your body, I would have thought you were only in the Nascent Soul Stage or the Spiritual Transformation Stage!"

"Ah"

The girl in the red dress, Le Zhengwei, smiled and asked Deng Bin, "You said I'm young, but aren't you the same?"

"If I'm not mistaken, you should be less than a hundred years old now, right?"

"But I am from Earth," Dunbin said as a matter of course, "You know, we Earthlings have a resurrection technique that allows us to be resurrected infinitely."

"This is no longer a secret in the galaxy now."

“So there’s a reason why I’m not that old.”

"But you are different."

"You are truly capable. You have achieved a breakthrough to the Return to Void Stage in a very short time."

"That's why you look like you're only in your early twenties."

"am I right?"

At this point, Deng Bin couldn't help but praise Le Zhengwei and said, "Your talent is probably even better than mine!"

"Heh." In the hall, after receiving Deng Bin's praise, Le Zhengwei chuckled again and said, "The reason I was able to break through to the Return to Void Stage in such a short time is not because I have a high aptitude, but because I have been drinking tea made from the leaves of the Tree of Law since I started my cultivation journey."

Leaves of the Tree of Law? ?

Deng Bin picked up the teacup that he had drunk up in one gulp, and glanced at the ordinary-looking tea leaves in the cup.

He guessed, "Could this tea be the leaves you just mentioned, picked from the Tree of Law?"

"You really guessed it right."

Le Zhengwei smiled and replied, "The reason why our Perfect City collects black mist from the surrounding planets and uses bronze statues to transform the black mist into the power of laws is to use the power of laws as energy to maintain the operation of the entire city."

"Secondly, it is used to water and cultivate the Tree of Law."

She explained: "With the Law Fruit produced by the Law Tree and the tea made from the leaves of the Law Tree, I only took more than 500 years to break through from the Qi Training Stage to the early stage of Return to Void. That's why I look so young."

Is it possible to break through to the Return to Void Stage in just 500 years?
Hearing what Le Zhengwei said, Qian Xiaqing, who had been in Perfect City for nearly a thousand years, couldn't help but ask: "May I ask, the former lord of Perfect City before you, that is, the cultivator named Le Zhengan, is he yours?"

"That's my grandfather." Le Zhengwei replied without thinking: "The Law Tree of Perfect City was cultivated by him personally."

"But due to his advanced age, my grandfather unfortunately passed away in 6201 AD."

"He died of old age."

"When he died, he had lived for a full ten thousand years."

——A cultivator in the fusion stage can live for ten thousand years.

In other words, when Le Zhengwei's grandfather died, he had only reached the late stage of fusion.

Thinking of this, Xie Shen was puzzled and asked: "Since you, Daoist Le Zheng, can rely on the fruit and leaves of the Law Tree to break through to the Return to Void Stage, then why is your grandfather always only at the late stage of Fusion? He can also break through with the help of the Law Tree, right?"

"Yes."

After hearing this, Le Zhengwei said without hesitation: "Just as you said, Fellow Daoist Xie: As long as my grandfather wants, he can break through to the Return to Void Stage at any time."

"But the problem is that even until his death, he still couldn't solve the problem of 'how to avoid being chased by unknown creatures'."

"If you fail to solve this problem and force yourself to break through to the Return to Void Stage, it can only be considered an imperfect breakthrough."

"My grandfather is a very stubborn person. He would rather die than make an imperfect breakthrough."

“So there’s nothing I can do.”

"Until his death, he remained in the late stage of fusion."

In pursuit of perfection, would you rather have nothing than something less than something better?

Xie Shen nodded to show his understanding: "What about you, Brother Le Zheng? You are so young, why do you want to force a breakthrough to the Return to Void Stage? Don't you mind that your breakthrough is imperfect? ​​An imperfect breakthrough has caused you to be trapped in the Perfect City forever. Don't you regret it?"

"Have no idea."

Le Zhengwei's tone was calm, as if everything she said at the moment had nothing to do with her.

she explained.

"More than a hundred years ago, didn't the great catastrophe come suddenly?"

"My grandfather had just passed away not long ago."

"After learning that the city lord of Perfect City had disappeared, various forces, including the Agents, began to target us."

"Under internal and external troubles, in order to protect Perfect City and the things left by my grandfather, I had no choice but to accept an imperfect breakthrough and forcefully break through to the Return to Void Stage."

When she said this, Le Zhengwei suddenly glanced at Xie Shen, Lian Yu and Qian Xiaqing in the team of cultivators.

She said with a hint of meaning, "Back then, when the three of you were causing trouble in my Perfect City, if it weren't for all those miscellaneous things holding me back, you would never have been able to get away so easily."

Ah this
After hearing this, Xie Shen, Lian Yu, and Qian Xiaqing looked at each other, and all three of them remained silent.

Le Zhengwei continued, "After learning that I had reached the Return to Void Stage, they considered that Return to Void cultivators were not easy to mess with, and that I had not achieved a perfect breakthrough, so I could only stay in Perfect City for the rest of my life, and in this secret world."

"So, the agents chose to ignore me and the Perfect City under my command."

"After that, Perfect City was preserved in a neutral position in the central area of ​​the Milky Way, within the sphere of influence governed by the Agent."

...

in the hall

After telling the whole story about himself and Perfect City.

Le Zhengwei said directly to Xie Shen and the others: "I know you came here to save a friend, a friend who is trapped inside the bronze statue."

She stated: "If you want to save people, I won't stop you."

"But at the same time, I won't be providing you with any help."

"I will not follow you into the bronze statue world."

"Why?" Deng Bin was puzzled after hearing this: "Although you have an imperfect breakthrough, even if it is an imperfect breakthrough, you are still a cultivator in the Return to Void Stage."

"For a cultivator in the Return to Void Stage, shouldn't it be easy for you to enter the interior of that bronze statue?"

"Why don't you even dare to go in with us?"

"Alas," when the bronze statue was mentioned, the Perfect City Lord Le Zhengwei couldn't help but sighed and said, "I didn't dare to enter the bronze statue because of your friend."

"Because of Li Xiu?" Deng Bin asked puzzledly.

"Is that man called Li Xiu?" Le Zhengwei continued Deng Bin's words, "I don't know the specific name of your friend, but anyway, he gives me the feeling that he is not a human at all."

"Although he is just a mortal and has no cultivation, he is able to stay awake inside the bronze statue."

"No matter how many times he reincarnates, he will never lose himself."

“And that’s not all.”

Le Zhengwei continued.

"I don't know what Li Xiu did inside the bronze statue."

"Recently, I have tried to use various exploration equipment to try to observe the inside of the bronze statue."

"But without exception, they were all blocked by some unknown force."

"Then I took the risk of using my spiritual sense to probe into it, wanting to observe what was going on."

“But what I didn’t expect was that my consciousness, as a cultivator in the Return to Void Stage, was also blocked.”

"In the end, I really had no choice but to leave it inside the bronze statue."

The reason why Le Zhengwei handled the matter this way was very simple.

She explained: "As the Lord of Perfect City, I absolutely cannot allow any accidents to happen to me, let alone being trapped in that bronze statue."

"Otherwise, Perfect City will surely fall."

"So for the sake of safety, I didn't dare to go inside the statue myself."

"Even though I can easily enter and exit at will with my cultivation level of Return to Void Stage, I still didn't dare to go in."

As a cultivator in the Return to Void Stage, Deng Bin knew that he was not cunning enough and was not good at intrigue and deception.

He couldn't be sure whether what Le Zhengwei said was true or false, and he couldn't be sure whether there was a trap inside the bronze statue.

So he asked Xie Shen who was standing beside him for his opinion: "Xie Shen, what do you think? Should we go into the bronze statue together, or should we play it safe and let me go in alone to find out what's inside?"

(End of this chapter)