At that moment, Lu Yao arrived next to Lin Feng and Ruo Xie. He looked at Lin Feng and smiled indifferently, "Lin Feng, after three years you're still a cultivator of the eighth Zun Qi layer! You must have made great progress in terms of deployment spells, I suppose?"
Lin Feng glanced at Lu Yao and smiled coldly, "I'm alright."
"I'm alright?" thought Lu Yao groaning coldly. The Everlasting Celestial Emperor's great deployment spells were incredible, and yet Lin Feng dared say "I'm alright"? That must have meant that he had wasted the last three years trying to understand them, even though it was impossible to understand them in such a short time! Lin Feng was ridiculous.
Lu Yao had spent half a year trying to understand deployment spells before he realized that it was too difficult. At that time, he stopped and decided to practice cultivation, he wasn't far from breaking through to the Huang Qi layer anymore. He was confident that with his level of sword cultivation, he could now easily kill the person he used to be three years before. On the other hand, Lin Feng hadn't progressed at all, he just wasted time trying to understand deployment spells which were impossible to understand in such a short time.
For Lu Yao, those deployment spell memories were priceless treasures which had nothing to do with cultivation.
Lu Yao sat down next to Lin Feng as if they were friends. Seemingly forgetting that they had wanted to fight in the past.
"Lin Feng, your sword cultivation is incredible. Back then, you could have easily defeated me, but now you've wasted so much time trying to understand deployment spells. It's a pity because most emperors can't necessarily understand deployment spells, let alone us Zun level cultivators." said Lu Yao calmly.
Lin Feng looked amuse. He smiled at Lu Yao and said, "Are you done talking?"
Lu Yao was angry on the inside, but he didn't show it on the outside. How could Lin Feng remain so calm, and even make fun of him? There's no way he'd progressed these last three years.
"Yes, I am." said Lu Yao nodding.
"Alright, if you're done talking shit, piss off! Get away from me!" said Lin Feng.
Lu Yao stood up and groaned coldly, "When we go back to the great world, we'll have to exchange views on sword cultivation, Brother Lin."
After Lu Yao said that he walked away. Lin Feng didn't even glance at him as he left. Lin Feng didn't care about him at all.
The girl next to Ruo Xie, Lu Yao's fellow disciple, looked at Lin Feng with her beautiful eyes, amazed.
"Little friend!" said an emperor coming to Lin Feng at that moment. That was the emperor he had met in the palace where they were going through all the traps. Lin Feng remembered that guy was rather nice, unlike the emperor in green clothes whom Lin Feng had killed.
"Master!" said Lin Feng nodding. The emperor smiled and said, "Little friend, don't call me Master, it makes it sound like we didn't know each other. Call me Muyi."
"I must show respect because you're older than me. I'll call you Master Muyi then." said Lin Feng smiling politely.
"Alright. Little friend, you haven't leveled up during the last three years, so you must have been studying deployment spells?" Muyi asked Lin Feng. Unlike Lu Yao, he knew that Lin Feng was smart. He even watched him kill an emperor with his sword. Because he knew that Lin Feng was smart, he knew that Lin Feng couldn't have possibly wasted his time in the palace. This led him to believe that Lin Feng had dedicated the whole time to deployment spells.
"The results were insignificant, but I now have a deeper appreciation of deployment spells." said Lin Feng modestly. The results hadn't been insignificant at all, apart from Yan Di, he was the only one who had managed to learn one full deployment spell. That was why the Everlasting Celestial Emperor had transmitted all the deployment spells to him.
"What a show off!" thought Lu Yao after he heard Lin Feng. He must have learnt something while he was there. Muyi was pleasantly surprised. Lin Feng had understood one of the thousand great deployment spells, that by itself was amazing and could qualify him as a real genius.
"Little friend, I also learnt some things. When we get out, can we exchange views on deployment spells? We can even spend some time together. What do you think?" asked Muyi while smiling at Lin Feng. He thought Lin Feng was extraordinary, so befriending him before he became stronger could only benefit him.
Lin Feng noticed that Muyi's eyes were twinkling. It was always good to have an emperor as a friend, but Lin Feng didn't know what that guy had in mind. Even though Lin Feng thought Muyi was respectful and nice so far, traveling with him might be a risk. If Muyi became aggressive, Lin Feng wouldn't stand a chance. Besides, Lin Feng didn't know how strong Muyi really was, just that he was interested in deployment spells.
"Muyi doesn't know that I received all of the deployment spells from the Everlasting Celestial Emperor. Apart from that, I know nothing which could be interesting to an emperor." thought Lin Feng. He smiled and nodded, "That would be a pleasure, Master Muyi."
"Haha, great, I also learnt some stuff. This way we can both learn from each other." said Muyi. He was very happy that Lin Feng had accepted.
Lu Yao grew even more upset after he heard Lin Feng and Muyi talking. He wanted to fight Lin Feng when they got back, but now an emperor might interfere.
While this was happening, everyone was still surrounded by destructive energies. The elephant was inhaling and exhaling them as they neared the entrance to the forbidden zone.
After a while, they arrived at the periphery of the forbidden area and the gigantic elephant stopped.
"Let's go, after you get out, leave Si Xiang City as fast as possible!" said the gigantic elephant. Then, people's silhouettes flickered out.
A lot of people were eyeballing Lin Feng and the others after they left the forbidden area. During those three years, many more people had heard about the forbidden area, and they came, but because they hadn't heard about the elephant, they were at a loss as to what to do.
"They came out!" thought the crowd! Surprisingly, people had made it out alive from the forbidden area. On top of that, there wasn't just a few of them, but a crowd.
"Fwoosh!" people moved like the wind and landed in front of those who had just come out of the forbidden area. Some emperors in the sky looked down at them and asked indifferently, "Where did you go? Did you find the emperor's palace?"
"The emperor's palace is in the forbidden area, but it's been destroyed. A great emperor came and destroyed it." said Muyi calmly.
"The palace was destroyed?" the crowd was shocked.
"Lu Yao, Ruo Xie, Lin Xue!" said an emperor at that moment. He was probably a strong cultivator from Sword Mountain because he had an ancient-looking sword resting on his back. Then he said to them, "Come with me."
"Alright." Lu Yao said while nodding. Then, he followed. He was safe with that elder, which was important right now because some people wanted to know more about the emperor's palace, so everyone who just escaped were probably in danger.
Ruo Xie nodded at Lin Feng and then left with Lin Xue. Sword Mountain had some powerful emperors, so nobody tried to prevent them from leaving.
"Let's go as well." said Muyi to Lin Feng. He was strong enough as well, so nobody would try to stop them. The crowd glanced over the remaining people, especially those who were weaker or didn't belong to a powerful group.
At that moment, in the distance, gigantic waves of Qi rolled in waves. Muyi looked surprised and frowned and accelerated.
Many people in the surroundings did the same and accelerated.
"Those who just left the forbidden area can't leave, that's an order from the Everlasting Palace." said an extremely loud voice. Muyi and everybody else were startled. However, Muyi and the other emperors accelerated away, only stupid people would have stopped.
"An order from the Everlasting Palace?" asked Lin Feng. Did it have to do anything with the Everlasting Celestial Emperor?
"After the Everlasting Celestial Emperor fell, his disciple rebuilt the Everlasting Palace, but he rebuilt in another territory in Si Xiang City. The one who had attacked the palace probably informed people from the outside world, so this would be them. Unfortunately for them, they were slower than us."
Muyi's speed was terrifying. They flew over countless mountain ranges, but they didn't stop once. If they did, them those people from the Everlasting palace might catch up with them.
"Lin Feng, you haven't leveled up yet. We can find a place for you to rest and level up if you want. I don't have any ideas, so you can simply tell me where you want to go and I'll follow you." said Muyi as he smiled at Lin Feng.
"I want to go to Qing Di Mountain, where the nine great celestial castles are. You must know about that place, right Master Muyi?" asked Lin Feng. The nine great celestial castles were very far, so it wouldn't surprise Lin Feng if Muyi didn't know where they were.
"I do. You can access the small worlds from there. The place is alright, but there are so many people trying to rule over the small worlds there. The nine great celestial castles have existed for a long time and are quite influential. I've never been there, but I know about it." said Muyi laughing. "I'd be happy to go there. It's probably a good place to exchange views on deployment spells."
"I think so too." said Lin Feng smiling happily.
The reason why he didn't ask to go back to Yao Ye Island was because most of the people from there had left to look for the Great Imperial Everlasting Palace. If he practiced deployment spells there, then they'd know he had received the Everlasting Celestial Emperor's transmissions. Lin Feng still didn't know who the leaders of Yao Ye Island were, so he didn't want to risk it.
Muyi and Lin Feng eventually arrived in the territory of the nine great celestial castles. Lin Feng had already changed his face to one that nobody in the great world had ever seen. He hadn't been to the nine great celestial castles for three years now, so he didn't expect to find too much trouble. His new identity was: Mu En from the Everlasting Palace.
The Everlasting Palace was in Si Xiang City, which is extremely far from the nine great celestial castles, so nobody in the nine great celestial castles should know about all their cultivators.
Of course, Lin Feng had already told Muyi about all this, so Muyi was now also from the Everlasting Palace. Muyi was Mu En's uncle and they were traveling to become stronger.
Lin Feng and Muyi didn't go to any of the castles, they stayed inside the buffer zone instead.
Lin Feng and Muyi had found a courtyard and were seated on some stone chairs. They were chatting about the deployment spells they'd learned. Muyi had obtained the illusion deployment spell in his cave. Using illusion cosmic energy to carve its deployment marks was the most powerful way to cast the illusion deployment spell. Lin Feng didn't hide the fact that he had studied the shattering deployment spell. He had actually received all the deployment spells, but he hadn't told Muyi about that. They exchanged views about their respective deployment spells and even exchanged them. Lin Feng didn't mind giving his shattering deployment spell to Muyi.
"The Everlasting Celestial Emperor's deployment spells constitute an extensive knowledge and profound scholarship. After three years, I still have this feeling that I know very little about them. You're even more talented than me, Lin Feng." said Muyi sighing. Then he smiled and said, "I wonder who he transmitted his knowledge to in the end when he released his godly awareness to everyone."
"Maybe he didn't give anything to anyone, trying to lure away the great emperor who was attacking him." said Lin Feng.
"No, in my opinion, he must have chosen two people. He couldn't risk letting his deployment spells disappear. Besides, he probably chose the most talented people, that way, when those people become strong and mastered his deployment spells, they'd attract the attention of the Everlasting Palace. His descendent will then fight against his disciple, avenging him."
Muyi explained all this while smiling cheerfully. Lin Feng hadn't thought about it that much. When they left the forbidden area, strong cultivators were already waiting for them. That meant that the descendants of the Everlasting Celestial Emperor, who had received his transmissions, were already enemies of the great emperor in the cyan clothes. The great emperor wasn't going to let the Everlasting Celestial Emperor's descendants off. All the descendants could do now was to remain discreet as they continued to grow stronger.
"The Everlasting Celestial Emperor is cruel then, leaving his descendants in such danger!" said Lin Feng laughing and shaking his head.
"If anyone had the choice, they'd still choose to receive his transmissions though." said Muyi smiling. He didn't know that Lin Feng had come out of a cave on his own, otherwise, he would have thought that Lin Feng had received the emperor's transmissions.
Lin Feng had also thought about that. He was wondering what the great emperor in cyan clothes thought when he saw him outside the cultivation caves. Did he know that it meant that Lin Feng had come out on his own?
"Master Muyi, you're right, nobody could refuse the emperor's transmissions." said Lin Feng smiling. "In the cave, apart from learning the shattering deployment spell, I also received some instructions concerning deployment spells. I need to study those memories some, and when I'm done, I'll show you too. That way we can progress together."
"Alright, practice well. I'm going to try practicing the illusion deployment spell while you're busy." said Muyi happily. Lin Feng nodded and went to his room. In the Everlasting Celestial Emperor's transmissions, there were methods to creating deployment weapons, which was different from creating regular weapons. To create these weapons, cultivators needed to carve holy marks in their deployment spells, they also needed some materials, soul strength, and fire.
Lin Feng went back to his room and started studying the transmissions. Back in Tian Chi, one of the leaders had given him a talisman in which he had carved holy marks into. Crushing that talisman had increased Lin Feng's speed by incredible amounts. If he could carve holy marks with wind and empty space strength, and then put them in a talisman, his speed would increase by a lot! It could be life-saving tool in the great world.
Lin Feng practiced for a month before he left his room and went to the market. There, he got some animal furs which he could use to carve holy marks into, creating talismans. Then, he went back to his room and spent even more time in there: two months.
When Lin Feng came out the next time, he found that the courtyard was enveloped by mist. Lin Feng released his godly awareness but found that something was blocking him.
"How is that illusion deployment spell Lin Feng?" asked Muyi smiling.
"Not bad at all! I really could get stuck inside!" said Lin Feng laughing.
"It's not that powerful, but it's okay. I've been practicing for a while now, but that's the best I can do. Illusion deployment spells are really difficult to understand." said Muyi smiling.
Cosmic energy was better than abstruse energy to carve deployment marks with, and deployment marks carved using illusion cosmic energy were more powerful than other types of marks when casting illusion deployment spells. That was the reason why the spells was that powerful even though Muyi hadn't understood much.
"Master Muyi, you're doing great already." said Lin Feng encouragingly. Muyi looked at Lin Feng and smiled, "Do you want to go out again?"
"Yes, I need more materials to create a talisman, and to cast more powerful deployment spells with." replied Lin Feng. Muyi nodded and said, "Alright, you can go."
Muyi waved and the illusion faded. A small path appeared and Lin Feng walked through it to go to the market in the buffer zone.