1687 Tao Garden

A Bloodearth Giant walked out of each whirlpool.

They had powerful auras and held battle hammers. Their eyes shone with bloody light. They attacked Zhang Ruochen and the Amazing Little Taoist immediately.

Zhang Ruochen manipulated his Holy Qi and instantly activated the Second Yao Complete Power of the heavy sword. He struck out, hitting a battle axe that was swung toward him.

Boom!

The bloody battle axe broke the Sword Qi and hit the heavy sword.

Zhang Ruochen grasped the hilt with both hands but was still forced back.

On the other hand, the Amazing Little Taoist was surrounded by a dozen Bloodearth Giants. He was forced to run away and almost died. "Zhang Ruochen!" he yelled. "Don't you have a lot of ideas? Hurry and think of something. There are too many of these clay people. We can't fend them off."

Zhang Ruochen looked toward that abandoned manor. He flashed forward using the Spatial Move and arrived at the edge of the manor. He stepped in.

"You ran away just like that?"

The Amazing Little Taoist gritted his teeth. Holding his hands above his head, purple Holy Qi poured out of his palm. They turned into two purple clouds. "Sea-Suppression Print."

The two purple clouds rolled, releasing a tsunami-like boom. They crashed toward a dozen Bloodearth Giants.

This mid-level saint spell contained close to 15,000 Rules of Palm Way. It was very strong.

Boom, boom.

The three Bloodearth Giants at the front exploded instantly. The giants in the back were sent flying too.

Half of the dozen strong Bloodearth Giants were upended.

The Amazing Little Taoist's attack stunned Zhang Ruochen who was standing at the entrance of the abandoned manor. Even a sixth step Saint King won't be able to cultivate more than 10,000 rules of one Way. Could his cultivation be at the seventh step?

Typically, a seventh step Saint King had more than one million Rules of Saintly Way. There would be more than 10,000 rules of one Way.

Zhang Ruochen only had around 40,000 rules inside him. For Rules of Palm Way, he only had around 300. He was very far from the Amazing Little Taoist who could use more than 10,000 Rules of Palm Way at once.

"Do you all think I'm just a weakling if I don't use my power?"

The Amazing Little Taoist shook his sleeves. While yelling at the group of Bloodearth Giants, he walked toward Zhang Ruochen.

But when he saw that the Bloodearth Giants were climbing up again, he was very frightened. He ran for his life while muttering, "I can't kill them?"

Whoosh!

As soon as the Bloodearth Giants touched the five-colored dirt, they retreated instantly. They didn't enter the abandoned manor.

Zhang Ruochen grew thoughtful when he saw this.

"Amazing. How come they stopped?" The Amazing Little Taoist was curious.

Thinking of this, Zhang Ruochen grew even more curious about this manor.

"Whatever. Let's get the Five Elements Soil."

The Amazing Little Taoist transformed into a beam of purple light and rushed toward the right side of the door to dig up some of the five-colored dirt.

Five Elements Soil was all over the manor. Spiritual grass and medicine also grew from the soil. Some were green like jade. Others had vibrant purple and red flowers or grain-sized fruit.

Even Zhang Ruochen was tempted, let alone the Amazing Little Taoist.

However, he wasn't so impatient. He knew that this wasn't a safe place, so he moved his feet cautiously.

Crackle!

Blinding light emerged and a dozen thick bolts of lightning surged over. They struck the Amazing Little Taoist, turning him scorched black.

He fell to Zhang Ruochen's feet with a thud. His entire body smoked and electricity flowed up and down.

Zhang Ruochen immediately used Spatial Twist to move the lightning back outside the door of the manor.

"How can such strong electricity be in the Five Elements Soil?" Zhang Ruochen gasped.

The Amazing Little Taoist moaned while climbing up from the ground. "Some previous wisemen added Taoism into the Five Elements Soil. Anyone who touches it will be attacked. Those old guys are already dead, but they still left this behind. Aren't they just harming people?"

"According to legends," Zhang Ruochen said, "if you bury dead people into the Five Elements Soil, they can continuously absorb Five Elements Qi and be reborn one day. Those old guys might have had that idea too."

The Amazing Little Taoist's eyes were like two peas. "This manor has those old guy's corpses buried underground?"

"It's not impossible."

Zhang Ruochen surveyed the surroundings with a serious expression.

The Amazing Little Taoist hurriedly put his hands together and bowed in all directions. "Ancestors, please excuse me," he mumbled. "I didn't mean to disturb your sleep. Please do not punish me. Amitabha… uh…Immeasurable God, amazing, amazing."

Zhang Ruochen discovered something and walked toward a patch of spiritual grass.

The Amazing Little Taoist was frightened. He rushed over to stop Zhang Ruochen, saying, "Zhang Ruochen, even with my high cultivation, I almost got seriously injured. Won't you get turned into ashes? The Tao in the Five Elements Soil is very frightening… Hey, what's that?"

Following Zhang Ruochen's gaze, the Amazing Little Taoist discovered a broken white stone plaque in the grass.

There was moss on the plaque, but one could still distinguish two ancient words carved on it.

One of the words was Tao.

The other one was incomplete and unrecognizable.

The Amazing Little Taoist's eyes shone with blinding light. "Tao Garden!" he cried. "This is the Tao Garden."

"What Tao Garden?"

Zhang Ruochen studied the incomplete word. It did seem like "garden."

"The Tao Garden is the Taoist land of a civilization from Heaven World," the Amazing Little Taoist said. "Many Tao wisemen were born here."

Zhang Ruochen was suspicious. "You're just a Psychic Sage. How would you know about a civilization from Heaven World?"

"I don't know why, but I just know. It's like there are some things that are always in my brain. But if I didn't see the white plaque, I wouldn't have thought of these related things. Isn't it strange?" the Amazing Little Taoist asked in return.

Zhang Ruochen stared at him to see if he was lying.

This Psychic Sage grew in an isolated forbidden zone, but it cultivated saint spells, knew about social interactions, and was very wise. This was indeed strange.

Zhang Ruochen shook his head, not thinking about it anymore. He had two Assassin Puppets test the path and walked inside the abandoned manor.

Some of the buildings in the manor were incomplete, some collapsed, some sunken into the ground, and others shrouded in ancient Yin Qi and red light. A terrifying battle had once erupted here.

The Amazing Little Taoist sniffed at the ground. "I smell the Kirin Absolute Complete Fruit, but there's also the scent of other creatures."

Zhang Ruochen grew cautious. "What do you mean?"

"Like you, the scent of outsiders," the Amazing Little Taoist said.

Had other cultivators gotten here before him?

Zhang Ruochen had the Amazing Little Taoist lead the way. He followed the scent of the Kirin Absolute Complete Fruit and moved forward quickly. Moments later, they arrived outside a better-preserved temple. One could hear the cries of kirins and phoenixes outside.

Five-colored light shot out as well.

Two Assassin Puppets charged in first. Then Zhang Ruochen used a physical technique and entered the temple with his heavy sword.

The temple contained strong wood elemental Qi and periodic fragrances.

A 100-meter-tall saint tree grew in the heart of the temple. Its shape was like a human hand reaching out from underground. It had five black finger-like branches.

The forefinger and middle finger of the five branches both had a five-colored fruit. Kirin and phoenix projections hovered around the fruit and even howled.

The two Absolute Complete Fruits were tied down by eight golden snakes. They couldn't escape.

It was clear that fruit had grown on the other three branches but had already been picked away.

Two figures stood under the saint tree.

One of them had eyes like blue fire and fangs in his mouth. This was Blue Fang, once number 73 on the Saints Merits Rank.

The other wore a blue crane robe. It was Yu Wenjing, a godly disciple.

These two were the top prides of Yin and Yang Field.

Zhang Ruochen recognized him, but they didn't recognize him. Instead, they stared at the two Assassin Puppets.

Yu Wenjing had a shocked look in his eyes. "An assassin from the Heavenly Assassination Organization?"

"The powerful assassins from the Heavenly Assassination Organization are hidden among all the various fields," Blue Fang said coldly. "It's not strange for one to come here. But since he discovered that we picked the Absolute Complete Fruit, we can't let him leave."

Zhang Ruochen didn't explain himself. "I did nothing wrong but to be talented."

"It's good that you know this. It's just your fault for knowing what you shouldn't know. We can't help it."

Blue Fang opened his arms. Two blue balls of Divine Fire Jingmie poured out of his palms. Instantly, the heat inside the temple shot up. The wood elemental Holy Qi in the air started rolling like boiling water.

His cultivation was now in the third step Saint King Realm. He'd improved extremely quickly.

Zhang Ruochen remained calm. "There must have been five pieces of fruit on the tree, right?" he asked. "Did you already take away the other three?"

Blue Fang wasn't the type to underestimate enemies. Seeing how fearless Zhang Ruochen was, he instead grew cautious and didn't answer him. "You're about to become a dead man anyway. Why should I tell you?"

Whoosh!

The two balls of Divine Fire Jingmie swelled. They transformed into two fire snakes and surged at Zhang Ruochen.

Zhang Ruochen didn't fear Blue Fang's fire, but he didn't touch it. Instead, he used a physical technique to dash to the right. Then he attacked from Blue Fang's right. He drew a crescent sword Qi and struck down.

Blue Fang settled into a horse stance. Blue saintly ripples emanated from his boxing gloves. He slapped forward and divine fire rolled out like waves, meeting the Sword Qi and heavy sword.