God of Pets

Chapter 66: Alone Immortal

Duan Shulin is a chatterbox and kept talking to Chen Guan along the way.

It didn't take long for Chen Guan to know what earth-shaking things he had done since he was born.

According to him, he was born into a rather ordinary family. His parents were ordinary practitioners with average talent in cultivation. They could only make a living by setting up stalls and doing small business in the secret realm. Although they were not starving, they were not rich either.

Until he, Duan Shulin, was born with a bang. It was a clear sky that day, but suddenly there was a thunder that made people's heads buzz. Duan Shulin was also born at this time.

The midwife told me that before Duan Shulin was born, a dragon-shaped cloud gathered in the sky above the hospital. After he was born, the dragon cloud disappeared without a trace. However, many babies were born in the hospital that day, so it was hard to say for whom the dragon cloud phenomenon was born.

In any case, Duan Shulin firmly believed that the vision must have appeared for him.

Duan Shulin could walk since he was born, and could perform Hundred Schools of Boxing backwards at the age of three. By the age of ten, he was invincible in the academy. Because he was too good, the academy instructors had nothing left to teach him, so he had to go home and teach himself.

At the age of eighteen, he entered the blessed land of Pingdu Mountain. At level 1, he rushed into Baiyun Gorge. At level 3, he entered Xuanyin Cave. No general could match him.

"You are only level 3 now?" Chen Guan didn't quite believe what Duan Shulin said. He looked him up and down and said.

"If I were only level 3, but one or two levels higher, the mutated Xuanyin Ghost Mother would never be able to see you alive." Duan Shulin said proudly.

Chen Guan was skeptical. If this Duan Shulin was really only level 3, then it was truly extraordinary that he could survive the mutated Xuanyin Ghost Mother.

"Lao Guan, we'll have a lot of time together in the future, and you'll slowly get to know me, Duan Shulin." Duan Shulin chuckled and said, "I won't hide it from you. I've already been included in the reserve list of the Heavenly Court Army. Once I reach my second awakening, I'll be able to become a full member of the Heavenly Court Army."

Chen Guan had heard about the Heavenly Court Army Reserve; it was Ji Nanhong who told him about it before.

To become a formal member of the Heavenly Army, one must at least be at the second awakening level. However, the Heavenly Army has a reserve team to recruit top talents who have not yet reached the second awakening level but are already famous.

In addition to practitioners who have awakened, the reserve team also recruits talented young people who have not awakened. However, such situations are rare. Most of them have to awaken and confirm that their talents and abilities are not bad before they can be recruited into the reserve team.

Ji Nanhong's original intention was to have Chen Guanxian listed in the reserve team, so that after his second awakening, he could directly become a formal member of the Heavenly Court Army.

Chen Guan has not yet gone to find Ji Nanhong. He is still hesitating whether to take the exam himself or use Ji Nanhong's connections. He has not made a final decision yet.

Chen Guan felt that Duan Shulin was bragging a lot. He was included in the reserve team list without even sleeping. There wouldn't be many people like him in the whole of Shenzhou, unless Duan Shulin's family background was really very powerful, or his talent was really as incredible as he said.

But Duan Shulin himself said that his family originally ran a small business, and now the business has become bigger, but it is impossible for him to be so powerful that the Heavenly Army would recruit him into the reserve team before he awakens.

Seeing that Chen Guan didn't believe he was a member of the Heavenly Court Army Reserve, Duan Shulin chuckled and said, "I know it's hard for most people to believe there's a genius like me in the world, but it doesn't matter. I'll just tell you one thing, and you'll know I'm not lying."

"What's the matter?" Chen Guan just thought he was listening to a story.

"You know the big devil, right?" Duan Shulin said.

Chen Guan's heart trembled, but his expression did not change. He said lightly: "Are you talking about Qingbai?" "Who else deserves the title of big devil except him? He killed people like crazy back then. More than a million people died because of him. This is the real devil." Duan Shulin talked freely.

"What does this have to do with whether you are a member of the Heavenly Army Reserve?" Chen Guan asked in confusion.

"Don't worry, that great devil once broke into the ancestral court. Although he didn't stay there for long, he did leave behind a secret treasure."

Duan Shulin pretended to be mysterious and lowered his voice as he spoke, "That secret treasure is called the Hundred Flowers Divine Mirror. It was placed in the ancestral temple by the great demon so that he could choose a concubine for himself. Ordinary people who haven't practiced cultivation can touch the Hundred Flowers Divine Mirror with their hands. If they have exceptional talent, the flowers on the Mirror will bloom. The more flowers that bloom, the greater the talent. Later, when the army was defeated, the great demon didn't have time to take the Hundred Flowers Divine Mirror away. Later, the Hundred Flowers Divine Mirror was moved to the headquarters of the Heavenly Court Army. Whenever a peerless genius is born, they are tested with the Hundred Flowers Divine Mirror. If they can make more than half of the flowers on the Hundred Flowers Divine Mirror bloom, they are qualified to join the reserve team before they even wake up."

"There is such a secret treasure?" It was the first time that Chen Guan heard of the Hundred Flowers Divine Mirror.

"Yes, of course. Over the years, there have been many geniuses who can make the Hundred Flowers Divine Mirror bloom, but being able to make half of the flowers bloom is already rare. There is only one person who can make all the flowers bloom." Duan Shulin said.

"Is that person you?" Chen Guan felt that Duan Shulin's words were becoming more and more mysterious.

"No." Duan Shulin's answer surprised Chen Guan. "That man's surname is Jiang. He's from the Jiang family, one of the ten great families. His name is Jiang Qiemo."

"I thought it was you. You've been talking for so long, what does this have to do with you?" Chen Guan asked casually.

"That's a big deal. I met Jiang Qiemo once when I was five years old, and we had a fight. We were evenly matched. I was hit by two punches from him, and he took two palms from me. It can be said that we were evenly matched." Duan Shulin said proudly.

Chen Guan was speechless. This guy must be here just to make people laugh. He even boasted about his five-year-old record.

Duan Shulin suppressed his smile and lowered his voice again as he spoke to Chen Guan, "Jiang Qiemo and I are acquainted after a fight. He later told me a secret. After the flowers of the Hundred Flowers Divine Mirror bloom, they will automatically open. Inside is a knife that no one can remove. Even he couldn't. If I can make the flowers bloom and take out the knife, I will have defeated him."

"So, did you take out the knife from the Hundred Flowers Divine Mirror?" Chen Guan asked.

"I'm not stupid. What is the Hundred Flowers Divine Mirror used for? It's used by the big devil to choose a concubine for himself. There's also a knife inside. What do you think the knife is used for?" Duan Shulin curled his lips.

"What is it used for?" Chen Guan's heart moved, but he asked without showing any expression.

"Of course it was left by the Great Demon to his descendants. Only the Great Demon's descendants can take out the knife. The Heavenly Court Army uses that thing to test talent. On the one hand, it is to test talent, and on the other hand, it is probably to identify whether there are any descendants of the Great Demon in the world. If I take out the knife, wouldn't I be getting myself into trouble?"

"No way, it's been so many years since the big devil's incident. Now we live in a prosperous era with peace and prosperity. Even if he really has descendants, what kind of trouble can they cause?" Chen Guan was secretly surprised. He didn't expect to hear such secrets from Duan Shulin, and he didn't know whether what he said was true or false.

"You don't know this. Back then, the great demon was besieged and killed by the Ten Heavenly Kings in the Dongtian Secret Realm, but his body was never found. The Ten Heavenly Kings sought out the then-famous Ghost Taoist priest for a divination. After the Ghost Taoist priest's divination, the previously sunny sky in the secret realm suddenly changed color, thunder and lightning flashed, and torrential rain poured down, as if the world was ending. The Ghost Taoist priest only had time to leave two words of divination before he spitted blood and died on the spot."

"What's the hexagram?" Chen Guan asked.

Duan Shulin narrowed his eyes and recited, "The king's blood stained the heavens, and the devil descended upon the earth. All ten clans were annihilated, and only one person became an immortal."

(End of this chapter)