Ch 204: Zhu Di: ?? Grandpa, you’re not dead?
“I feel like I might need to stay here for quite a while.” The Netherworld Emperor turned around, his voice sincere.
“Me too!” The Great Ming Preceptor raised his eyebrows, thought for a moment, and then looked at Zhu Yuanzhang again, “Moreover, I need to do some confidential things here… For example, reciting the Demonic Tome to Zhu Di next.”
“…I understand, I’ll provide cover!” Zhu Yuanzhang took a deep breath and nodded, then gave them both a complicated look, “Also, I’ll transport some cultivation resources in, so you can cultivate in here?”
“If you feel it’s really useless and want to go out… then tell me in advance!” Zhu Yuanzhang’s gaze was deep. Even he needed to report to enter and exit the Heavenly Prison. If he left, the two in front of him wouldn’t have the authority to open the Heavenly Prison…
But the problem is, staying in this Heavenly Prison world with nothing but criminals for a long time… If it weren’t because they were both Heroic Spirits, he would absolutely not allow it. Because their strength is too weak! Any criminal who escaped from the Heavenly Prison could easily kill them both.
But having said that, Zhu Yuanzhang was happy for a while when he heard about the probability method, but his blood ran cold again when he remembered that it had been going on for most of the day. After all, if the probability was too small and the Netherworld Emperor was really repulsed, he couldn’t force the person in front of him to stay in the Heavenly Prison for a long time… But he never expected that the other party would describe it like this first.
That’s right… He has feelings for Zhu Di, and so does the Netherworld Emperor in front of him, or rather, that Chu Mo.
Watching Zhu Yuanzhang leave, the Netherworld Emperor immediately rubbed his hands together, his face full of anticipation. He stretched out his palm and pressed it against Zhu Di, who was tightly bound, and began to absorb with all his strength.
It took a full few hours to absorb a trace. At this moment, the Netherworld Emperor’s body trembled violently, and he felt a strange nausea. A layer of ink spots stained his robes…
But the next moment, the Doors of Time in Chu Mo’s main body’s mind suddenly opened wide. As if directly connected to the Netherworld Emperor’s location, it instantly drained that trace of strange energy from his body…
“…What is this?” A huge wave surged in Chu Mo’s heart, because he was shocked to find that the cooldown time for the Doors of Time to travel had actually been reduced by several days. This doesn’t seem like much, but the problem is that only a trace was absorbed…
“This is the energy for time travel?” Chu Mo paced back and forth, unable to figure it out. He was very sure that he had never encountered similar energy before. So how exactly is the Doors of Time charged… Or is there actually many ways to extract energy?!
After realizing that he couldn’t figure it out, Chu Mo stopped thinking about it. What’s the point of thinking so much? It’s good as long as it works. He continued to cultivate diligently!
Soon.
Zhu Yuanzhang entered the Heavenly Prison again, threw a storage bag to the Netherworld Emperor, and then sized up Zhu Di. After a while, he frowned and added twenty-three more chains to Zhu Di. He truly made it so that he couldn’t move!
“Even if you’re in Heroic Spirit form now… it’s still better to avoid getting hurt if possible!” Zhu Yuanzhang earnestly persuaded. Finally, he continuously outlined in the void, condensing into a brilliant great formation, “This is the Heaven Protecting Formation. If Zhu Di breaks free or poses a threat to you… you can hide inside. It can withstand attacks for a while, and after it’s attacked, I can sense it! I’ll come to help as soon as possible.”
“The only problem is, do you actually know how to use the formation…”
Zhu Yuanzhang only said half of his words. He stared in shock as the Netherworld Emperor opened his palm.
The Great Supernatural Power Formation was activated with a bang at this moment, directly usurping Zhu Yuanzhang’s control.
“???”
It’s outrageous!
After a moment, Zhu Yuanzhang left the Heavenly Prison in a daze. Although he deliberately controlled the Heaven Protecting Formation’s resistance, the problem is that Chu Mo’s strength is too far, far away from him… Being able to do this can only prove that Chu Mo’s formation diagram attainments are so deep that they have reached an unbelievable level, far surpassing him.
No, it’s not just a matter of attainments surpassing him… This is almost defying the heavens! It’s like an ant killing a tiger.
After returning to the Ming Court, Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the imperial throne for a long, long time. Finally, he muttered, “He’s already so awesome now. If he grows to the same level as me… with these formation diagram attainments, wouldn’t he be able to directly seal off the back road of that group of bastards in the Heavenly Court with a slap… and then slaughter all the Divine Heroic Spirits of the Heavenly Court?!”
“But no matter what, I’ve entrusted everything to him…” Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head with a wry smile.
And at this moment, his father, whom Zhu Yuanzhang had high hopes for, was holding a staff in one hand and absorbing with the other.
Time passed bit by bit.
In the blink of an eye, half a year had passed.
In Chu Mo’s home in Jiangning City.
Chu Mo exhaled lightly. With the support of a huge amount of resources, he had successfully broken through to the Fifth Level First Grade. It would probably take another half a year to improve again and possess his peak battle power from the Song and Ming dynasties!
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“…Probably, in three more days, I’ll be able to start the next time travel.” Chu Mo was a little expectant and a little sad, “I always feel like if I absorb a little more… completely emptying the energy from Zhu Di’s body, maybe I can awaken more things from the Doors of Time!”
This was an inexplicable intuition… As for what exactly the Doors of Time could awaken, Chu Mo himself wasn’t very clear.
“…Wait!” Chu Mo’s expression suddenly became stunned. He sensed something and cast his gaze towards Kyoto.
Kyoto Heavenly Prison.
Although both of them were working hard to abuse… treat Zhu Di, their own strength progress hadn’t fallen behind. Under rotating cultivation, they had both become Fifth Level First Grade, comparable to the main body.
The sound of the Demonic Tome being recited came from the Great Ming Preceptor’s mouth, with a hint of sigh and a hint of lament.
And when the Netherworld Emperor followed the example of the past half year and knocked Zhu Di with the staff again, preparing to extract a trace of energy from him, he discovered… that he couldn’t extract anything!
“?” The Netherworld Emperor turned his head and saw Zhu Di, whose face was dazed and shocked, again.
“Where is this… Why is I here? You rebellious subjects, do you want to capture I to achieve your ulterior motives?!” Even though his body was locked, after reacting, a noble and domineering aura that was almost solidified burst out from Zhu Di’s body. He stared at the Netherworld Emperor, his face cold, his voice like thunder.
After a brief silence…
“Little Si.” A voice with a hint of sigh suddenly sounded.
Zhu Di: “?”
This voice… He was too familiar with it! So familiar that he even suspected… that he was having hallucinations?
Zhu Di took several deep breaths, forcibly calming himself down. He suddenly turned his head and stared at the Great Ming Preceptor, who had withdrawn from his cultivation state, outside the prison cell.
His pupils suddenly contracted. That face, that aura… He was too familiar with it… But, but this was impossible…
“You, y-y-you… Your… Your Majesty…” Zhu Di stammered, his brain blank.
Chu Mo didn’t give him any hints. He just controlled the Preceptor and stared at him with a smile.
Finally, Zhu Di shuddered and murmured, “Grandpa… You, you’re not dead!”
“Not only am I not dead, but…” Chu Mo sighed inwardly. Should he say that Zhu Yuanzhang was cunning as an old fox? In the end, he actually made it look like this! Because all of the ancient memories had awakened, it caused this effect similar to time travel…
Chu Mo lost the desire to continue chatting and sat down cross-legged.
“Alright, Little Zhu! Can you feel the black qi in your body… Can you recall how you came into contact with that black qi? If you can’t recall, can you take some out for me…” The Netherworld Emperor patiently coaxed on this side.
But Zhu Di seemed not to see him and was still staring blankly at the Great Ming Preceptor in the distance. It wasn’t until the Netherworld Emperor went too far and directly reached out to poke his face that his expression turned gloomy.
In the end, Zhu Di glared fiercely at the Netherworld Emperor and simply closed his eyes to avoid seeing him. No matter how much the Netherworld Emperor nagged in his ear, he didn’t say anything and didn’t cooperate at all…
After thinking for a while, the Great Ming Preceptor still opened his eyes and asked two questions, but he discovered that Zhu Di seemed to be stimulated, and his belief in not speaking became even stronger. He gritted his teeth.
