The Domineering King of the Netherworld and His Sweetheart

64. White Crystal

Translator: Ning LL

With a beam of white light flashing in front of Feng Xi’s eyes, he smelled the fragrance in the air before he could see anything.

As Feng Xi opened his eyes, he found them not in the Heaven Peak Palace anymore but going back to the flower sea, which was also the place his leader called Desire Sea where thousands of flowers bloomed. In the outside world, it was already the cool autumn when all the plants withered and scattered about, but the flowers here were still in full bloom as if they never faded.

After Feng Xi had taken a deep breath, he sneezed fiercely and his nosal discharge almost fell on the King’s body.

“My leader, aren’t you going to teach me the Profound Art? Why did you take me here?”

Feng Xi squatted down while pinching his nose. There was a pink flower beside his feet, which looked like a begonia but was in a different color. Even the pedals of this flower looked quite strange. The three pedals which were in inverted shape in the center were wrapped by four almond-shaped pedals. The other flowers beside this flower all swayed in the wind, but only this flower remained still.

Feng Xi found it weird right away. Then he tried to poke it with his finger. However, before he could touch the flower, it suddenly closed its buds quickly and disappeared.

Feng Xi got dazed for a while and then took back his finger. Having shuddered with fear, Feng Xi went back to King of the Netherworld since he only felt safe around his leader.

“The time passes differently in the Desire Sea. One day here is equal to two hours in the outside world. You only have one day and a half to cultivate but the cultivation of the Profound Art couldn’t be accomplished in one day. Therefore, in the next one day and a half, you will cultivate in the Desire Sea.” The King turned around and explained that simply.

“So I am going to stay here for dozens of days?”

Feng Xi started to count with his fingers. There were thirty-six hours in one day and a half, which meant that he had to stay here for eighteen days. The most important thing was that there was nothing here except for the endless flower sea. He would rather be kicked back than stay here for eighteen days and smell the strong fragrance.

Feng Xi pinched his finger while staring at his leader whose face looked quite indifferent with a pitiful look.

If Feng Xi couldn’t even endure cultivating himself for eighteen days, he would never be able to tolerate the long and endless journey of cultivation.

“You need to get used to this. The road of cultivation is endless. Eighteen days is like the blink of an eye. For the diligent cultivators, eighteen days often goes in a flash. You will get accustomed to cultivating yourself for days and go through all the difficulties in your cultivation!”

The King didn’t get softhearted seeing Feng Xi’s look and pulled Feng Xi away. In the meantime, the flower sea opened a path for them instantly.

As they walked toward the huge flower in the middle of the flower sea, King of the Netherworld’s clear voice kept echoing in the air like light which could pull back the people from the darkness. The voice would actually clear people’s minds.

“You will know in the future that time is the most meaningless thing in this world.”

King of the Netherworld had spent countless ages in the world. He had travelled through the endless time alone for too long.

Time was too insignificant a thing for the King to pay attention to.

The King’s words were always meaningful. Feng Xi, clever as he was, still failed to totally understand the King most of the time.

Nonetheless, Feng Xi now had a feeling that he seemed to be able to understand some of the King’s words. He scratched his head and pondered for a while. Then he asked hesitantly, “My leader, are you trying to tell me not to take notice of the time because it would slip away before I know it?”

The King suddenly stopped with his eyes filled with warmness. He reached out his hand and touched the boy’s head. With his slender and tender fingers through the boy’s soft and smooth hair, the King felt like cracks of bright sunlight filtered from between his fingers.

Feng Xi who was a head shorter than the King felt very comfortable when being touched by the latter and didn’t even want to raise his head. The boy leaned on the King’s arm directly with his eyes half closed, seeming quite enjoyable. After a while, he heard the King’s tender voice coming through from above,

“Xi, you become cleverer!”

After those words had echoed in Feng Xi’s brain for a while, his nerve finally received the signal. Then he suddenly opened his eyes and stood upright in high spirits. After that, he pouted and stared at the King with his eyes wide open while poking the King’s chest and saying with discontent, “My leader, I am always this clever! You are saying like I used to be stupid! That is not right!”

King of the Netherworld held Feng Xi’s finger with a loving expression in his eyes.

He was not the heartless king that most of the people had assumed him to be only when he faced the boy. His feelings and emotion would only be shown to Feng Xi.

“Xi is always a clever boy. Now, let’s start learning the Profound Art. I believe you can master it right away, right?”

King of the Netherworld gazed at the boy with the glimmer of a smile in his eyes and said that softly.

Feng Xi didn’t know why he felt a bit guilty hearing that compliment and almost sweated.

However, there was no way he would retort the King. As a result, he only stuck out his chest under the pressure and forced himself to say, “Of course, I’m the thief master who is capable of doing anything!”

“Then, let’s begin.” As the King said that, there was a white crystal appearing on his palm.

The while crystal was a bit different from the black crystal which was widely used in the Three Worlds. Although it was also used for recording information, it was very few in number. What was more, the internal structure in the white crystal was way more complicated than the black crystal. The white crystal could help strengthen the barrier inside it, which made it several times more effective than the black crystal.

As a result, the white crystal was mostly used to record the Profound Arts in the high grade or the Mental Arts.

The one who had recorded the Arts in the white crystal would set a barrier inside it. Only the ones with abundant knowledge of magic circles or powerful than the one who had recorded the Arts could open the white crystal. Otherwise, the white crystal was just a waste to the ones who had obtained it.

Profound Art in the high grade was recognized as the art in the Heaven stage because the Profound Art in the God stage had been lost for years. Meanwhile, though the Art in the Ground stage was also very powerful, it still didn’t deserve to be recorded onto the rare white crystal. Therefore, people always assumed that what had been recorded in the white crystal was the Art in the Heaven stage.

God of Books had told Feng Xi about this before. However, in the middle of the God’s statement, he was startled by Uncle White who showed up all of a sudden. Therefore, Feng Xi didn’t know the other half of the story.

So when Feng Xi saw the white crystal in the King’s hand, he believed that the Profound Art which had been recorded in the white crystal was in the Heaven stage.

“My leader, the Profound Art in the white crystal is for me? It’s in the Heaven stage?” Feng Xi stared at the white crystal in the King’s hand, forgetting about how long he would stay here completely.

The King shook his head slightly and put the white crystal in Feng Xi’s hand, saying, “You are not suitable for practicing the Profound Art in the Heaven stage. Inside this crystal is just a Profound Art in the medium grade, which is called Nine Rhyme Fists. Although it is not as powerful as the Profound Art in the high grade, it is still worth exploring. You have a lack of fighting experience, so the Nine Rhyme Fists suits you well. When you reach the God King realm, I’ll let you learn the Profound Art in the God stage.”

“Wow!!” Feng Xi suddenly laughed out, saying, “My leader, you said it’s called Nine Rhyme Fists? Then do I have to punch others nine times to win?”

The King shook his head again, but was not surprised at Feng Xi’s strange thought.

“Just as its name implies, Nine Rhyme Fists refers to nine movements with your fists. The power of each movement is the total of the power of its former movements. Therefore, the latter movements are more powerful than the former ones. With your current cultivation base, you are only able to cultivate the former four movements. But still, you can defeat all the experts in the same level as you with this Art. You can even end in a tie with an expert in the first or second grade of God King realm, which means you can challenge the experts whose cultivation level is higher than yours.”

“That’s awesome!” Feng Xi’s eyes sparkled suddenly.

“Do you want to learn it?” King of the Netherworld asked.

“Yes, of course! My leader, teach me now! The great thief master is going to master this Art and attend the assessment the day after tomorrow.”

Feng Xi, full of excitement, jumped onto the King’s body right away.