1594 Blackie Arrived

"It's a fifth-grade rules saint weapon left by a fifth-step saint king. It's a rare treasure!"

Jingtai Arhat was thrilled. He thought for a while and said, "I can pay you thirty million saint stones for it. Do we have a deal?"

Thirty million saint stones was a reasonable price, but seeing how much Jingtai Arhat loved the saint weapon, Zhang Ruochen decided to raise the price.

Rules saint weapons were like Honghua Vines; there was no official market for them. They could only be spotted in auction, and a fifth-grade rules saint weapon would be worth way more than thirty million saint stones.

Normally, a fifth-grade rules saint weapon was worth thirty million saint stones.

After a bargain, Zhang Ruochen sold the fifth-grade rules saint weapon for thirty-four million saint stones.

Without hesitation, Zhang Ruochen bought a seventh-grade Pagoda Rune with forty million saint stones.

Jingtai Arhat handed the seventh-grade Pagoda Rune to Zhang Ruochen and said, "You can only use the seventh-grade Pagoda Rune ten times. Every time you use it, it'll form a seventh-grade Pagoda Tower which can ward off the attacks from a seventh-step saint king, but it'll only last for three breaths of time.

"You need to wait for an hour to use it again. If you use it again within an hour, it can still form a tower-shaped defense, but it'll harm the rune significantly, after which you'll probably only be able to use it five times."

Zhang Ruochen knew that he needed to use the seventh-grade Pagoda Rune reasonably. After all, he basically spent hundreds of saint stones every time he used it.

"Do you want to buy some attack-type runes?" Jingtai Arhat asked with a smiley face.

Zhang Ruochen thought for a while and said, "Are there any cheap attack-type runes? A rune that can rival the full-strength attack of a second-step saint king."

"Of course, we have that."

Jingtai Arhat recommended Zhang Ruochen look at a rune called 'King Kong Demon-Taming Rune,' which can form a King Kong Demon-Taming Mallet, rivaling the full-strength attack of a second-step saint king.

It was also very cheap, worth only one million saint stones.

"I'll buy it!"

Zhang Ruochen looked pleased. He spent all the four million saint stones he had on four King Kong Demon-Taming Runes.

Once 'All Lives Equal' was enacted, all the monks' cultivation would be suppressed to half-step saint king, where Zhang Ruochen was now.

Even the strongest ones on the 'Saints Merits Rank' could only show power at second-step saint king.

King Kong Demon-Taming Runes were strong enough to kill his enemies, or to break out of an encirclement. He didn't need to spend so many saint stones on Lamp-Lighting Rune and Buddhist Light Rune, and also, Zhang Ruochen didn't have that many saint stones to spend.

Frozen Rune.

The rune could freeze his enemy completely, which sounded good, but it only worked on monks under saint kings.

It was almost useless to Zhang Ruochen.

Zhang Ruochen infused it with saint Qi. 

Whoosh!

The Frozen Rune shrunk to the size of rice, hiding under the fingernail of Zhang Ruochen's index finger.

"If I give it to other saints, it can be a treasure for ambush."

Zhang Ruochen looked at his fingernail, stopped smiling and thought, After 'All Lives Equal', all the monk's cultivation will be under saint kings. Can Frozen Rune freeze those saint kings after that?

Zhang Ruochen really wanted to test it. If it worked, Frozen Rune would be worth more than King Kong Demon-Taming Rune during a battle.

However, it was impossible to have a trial fight with a saint king with his cultivation being suppressed as a half-step saint king. 

It seemed there was no chance for him to test it.

Zhang Ruochen could never test the Frozen Rune during a battle, otherwise his enemy could kill him if it failed.

Zhang Ruochen walked out of the saint shop, sighed and forced a smile.

"I meant to have eighteen million saint stones to buy Six Desires Ancient Pill to improve my mind power to level fifty-six. Can't believe I've spent all of them so soon."

The side effects of Joy and Anger Pill hadn't gone yet, so he couldn't take Six Desires Ancient Pill. Otherwise, he would've spent the saint stones on it to improve his mind power.

Gradually, Zhang Ruochen thought, Yin and Yang Palace is a treasury, and once I conquer it, I'll have as many saint stones as I want.

Zhang Ruochen didn't go back to Hundred Flower Palace. Instead, he chose a dojo beside Yin and Yang Palace to crash.

On the morning of the second day, Ji Fanxin came to the dojo and found Zhang Ruochen. She gave him all the information she had on the evil-way monks from Yin and Yang Palace, but he didn't know how she'd found that information.

It took Zhang Ruochen only fifteen minutes to finish all the books. He closed his eyes, and he could see those monks from the evil way, some of them looked ferocious, some of them were smiling sneakily and some looked seductive.

Zhang Ruochen looked serious, as if he was thinking about something.

Ji Fanxin stood beside the windows, looking at Yin and Yang Palace from afar, and said, "You've finished reading all the information about Yin and Yang Palace. Are you still going to attack Yin and Yang Palace now?"

"It's be very dangerous for me to attack Yin and Yang Palace, but I need to go inspect it myself to decide whether I'll do it or not."

Suddenly, Zhang Ruochen looked at the index finger of his left hand and smiled. "I've gained a Frozen Rune recently, and I want to test it. Can you help me with it?"

"How?" asked Ji Fanxin.

Zhang Ruochen then told her what he was thinking of.

Ji Fanxin looked more serious and asked, "Why do you want to freeze me?"

"No, I just want to test…"

"Don't even think about it."

Ji Fanxin stopped Zhang Ruochen from talking. "I reckon you should think about how to break the formation in Yin and Yang Palace. If you can't solve that problem, you're committing suicide if you go attack Yin and Yang Palace."

Just as Zhang Ruochen was thinking, he heard a shrill voice. "It isn't a question. Now that I'm in Heavenly Capital Saint Market, I'll handle all the demons."

A black owl flew to the window and spoke arrogantly.

Ji Fanxin's meeting with Zhang Ruochen was a top secret, and no monks could know about it. Otherwise, it'd bring trouble to Hundred Flower Palace, even Thousand Pistil Field.

Ji Fanxin was dazed, noticing that an owl had heard their conversation. She formed a pink pedal using her fingers and wielded it.

Bang!

That owl screamed in pain and fell off the tree.

"Don't attack it. I called that bird here."

Ji Fanxin didn't hear that until she had already attacked Blackie.

Ji Fanxin was a very decisive person, and she attacked faster than the speed of sound.

"Your bird?" asked Ji Fanxin.

Zhang Ruochen felt a bit awkward. He dry-coughed and said, "It's my help."

Ji Fanxin also felt there was a pun in that sentence. She turned around and thought, Why did he raise a bird.

Ji Fanxin then frowned and asked, "Why didn't you tell me earlier? That bird might've been killed by my attack already. Don't blame me for…"

"Ah! It hurts so bad, Zhang Ruochen. Where do you know this girl from? She's so cruel!"

That owl stumbled across the door and sat down across from Zhang Ruochen.

However, it wasn't injured at all.

Which was to Jin Fanxin's surprise, so she immediately turned around and looked at that owl. Yet she couldn't figure out that bird's cultivation with her mind power. 

"Let me introduce you. This is Ji Fanxin, the renowned Hundred Flower Fairy, and this is an Immortal Bird, called Blackie…" said Zhang Ruochen.

Blackie didn't like the name 'Blackie' at all. It immediately corrected him. "Don't listen to him. I'm Massacre Emperor."

Hearing the term 'Immortal Bird', Ji Fanxin's eyes glinted as she was pondering something.

"Now that Blackie's here, I can go inspect Yin and Yang Palace with it now." Zhang Ruochen didn't want to wait.

Ji Fanxin said, "I'll go with you guys."

"You? Going to Yin and Yang Palace?" Zhang Ruochen was surprised.

Ji Fanxin took out a Falsehood Bead and held it in her palm, she asked, "Why can't I?"

"Didn't you say I wouldn't stand a chance? I thought you're not going to risk it with me, and besides, you know what Yin and Yang Palace is like. Aren't you afraid you'll be offended by that?' Zhang Ruochen asked.

Ji Fanxin had bought a Falsehood Bead, which meant she'd prepared to go to Yin and Yang Palace.

Zhang Ruochen had a much better impression of Ji Fanxin now; at least she wasn't using Zhang Ruochen for the risk.

Ji Fanxin shot Zhang Ruochen a glare and said, "Do you really think you're the only one in Truth Heavenly Domain who has the guts to go attack Yin and Yang Palace? You're really underestimating all the heroes in the world."

She then said, "I reckon you don't camouflage yourself as Shang Feng if you're really heading to Yin and Yang Palace, because there're definitely some great beings from the evil way who're close to Shang Feng. They're definitely smart enough to tell the flaws in your disguise."

Zhang Ruochen smiled and said, "I don't mind it that much. I can just turn into any man I want, but I do wonder...are you turning into a man as well, Hundred Flower Fairy?"

Ji Fanxin was also proficient in a transformation technique, but she was also reluctant to become someone of a different gender, and that was the reason why she still hadn't gone into Yin and Yang Palace to inspect it yet.

Blackie sneered, "Do you want to become a cat?"

Ji Fanxin formed a pedal with her fingers again, and Blackie was so scared that it closed its mouth and shrank into itself.

Ji Fanxin looked to Zhang Ruochen with her starry eyes and said, "Not just men can enter Yin and Yang Palace. I can pretend to be your maiden and follow you in."

"I reckon it's okay for a maiden to enter Yin and Yang Palace."

Zhang Ruochen stroked his chin, smiled and said, "I guess you have to put up with it now."

Ji Fanxin wanted to enter Yin and Yang Palace because she wanted to go look for a senior sister she was close with. When Ji Fanxin still had primitive cultivation, she helped Ji Fanxin a lot, and they were close like real sisters.

However, that senior sister went missing in Truth Heavenly Domain a couple of months ago, so Ji Fanxin suspected that her senior sister was captured by the creatures from Yin and Yang Palace and held captive.

Ji Fanxin definitely needed to go in to search for her because of that, and it seemed the only one who could help her was Zhang Ruochen.

She didn't have any other choice.