The Pathway 41 The Star-Tide

These were rare crystal-clear and transparent water sh.e.l.ls. They were not the real treasures but what was inside them. The ever magical and translucent water jellies. Apart from the fact that they were magical and could purify and fortify the power of the soul, they were one of the best delicacies on the mortal plane. He had seen one before when the antique dealers came to their village, but never tasted one. His mother had also told him about their unique They were simply too expensive due to their rareness.

He was already relis.h.i.+ng the delicious taste and couldn't wait to have a taste. As he was cautiously and gradually approaching the source of the radiance, he was certain he could not be anything more than a waterglade.

As he peered into the shallow and clear water, the size and the sh.e.l.l-like shape of the source of the radiance couldn't make it more obvious.

"Yes. Waterglade."

With a face full of joy and anxiety, he picked it up and bring it closer to his face. It looked a little bit different from the glade that he saw at the market, but not enough to make any big difference. Once they are removed from the water, it would be best to consume them instantly. The famous taste would be at the peak. Or to keep them in a runic container of the same water.

Jufeng quickly sat down in a lotus position and put his sword across his lap. He pried it open easily and slurped it into his mouth. He chewed a bit before swallowing it. Oh, this ws truly magically unique in taste. Even tasted better than the striped magical goat. His soul, instantly recieved a pure energy surge. Five of these jellies, and he could advance to the middle-stage of the zhuji level.

He closed his eyes and started to meditate for several minutes in order for his soul to fully process the energy of the jelly. After some minutes, he stood up and checked the water channels for more waterglades. While checking for the waterglades, he saw a water lily like the magical lily in their pondback at home. He pulled the lily tuber and was checking it, when his eyes caught a faint blue glow from where the lily tuber was. He found the source and remove the item. It was like a waterglade, same sh.e.l.l and size. The only difference was the blue blow instead of white. Maybe it was an ancient waterglade. That would be more powerful, even better.

He found a spot and sat down crossed-leg and tried to pry it open but he was of no success. How could it be so hard to open? Well, probably because it's an ancient one. He decided to use his sword to open it. Cautious of not making a mess of the jelly, he delicately and gently applied force as he continued to pry it open. He kept on increasing the pressure on it but he still couldn't open.

What if he push chi energy into his sword? Maybe, he could force it open. As long as it wouldn't affect the jelly.

Jufeng continued to push chi energy into his sword as he tried to force open. After several minutes, he noticed the sh.e.l.l was beginning to loose its closed grip and pressed ahead with renewed vigor. Almost there. He was so happy to hear the sound of the sh.e.l.l opening. Phew. He had used a vast amount of Chi energy, more than he had ever used. He could manage to do that due to the large amount of chi energy in his dantian.

If not for the large amount of chi energy in his dantian, he would have found it impossible to open. Any cultivator of his age would have found it impossible to open. Maybe with the exception of the young demiG.o.ds. He remembered the powerful display of the young demiG.o.ds. Yes, apart from them.

The importance of the vast amount of the Chi energy available to him in his dantian, couldn't be emphasized enough.

He pried it opened and seeing what was inside, the smile disappeared from his face.

"A coral?"

This was no edible magical jelly. How could he eat this? He turned the round coral around in his hand as he felt the smooth surface. He almost missed the tiny and transparent symbol on the coral and quickly inspected it.

"The STAR-TIDE!"

Jufeng shouted in surprise alarm as he bolted upright. A water Cosmic-Conchi shouldn't be here. It should be at the heart of a deep dangerous waters. Not in a shallow streams like this one. And he had actually forced a Cosmic-Conchi open. A Cosmic-Conchi! He could have seriously injured himself, if not death, from the effect of the sh.e.l.l if he had continued trying to force it open.

Every cultivator knew about the legend of the Cosmic-Conchis. There were various books and scripts that mentioned them along with many other luminous and divine treasures. These Cosmic-Conchis, were the orb-like sh.e.l.ls that were radiating a variety of brilliant colours according to the elements affiliated with them. The radiant colours were not coming directly from the sh.e.l.ls, but from the true treasures inside the sh.e.l.l-like orbs.

These were total-grade luminous seeds. They were often refered to as the Immortal Beads. They were one of the treasures or artifacts, created by the Adi-Buddhas. They were to give the mortal cultivators, the chance to achieve immortality.

There were fourteen of these beads crafted by the divine Adi-Buddhas.

Lord Buddha Bhavana created eight luminous beads according to the ways of the Eight-Fold path. When the eight luminous beads were aligned, they formed the Dharma Wheel.

The Star-Tide bead, crafted from a primordial coral seed of pure essence of water element

The Wooden-Spire, a bead made from a prehistoric lotus seed of virtous wood element.

The Thunder-light bead, from the ancient silver-moon seed of pure lightning element.

The Light-Flare bead, a product of an archaic amber seed of pious essence of light element.

The Flowing-Flame, made from an ancient redwood seed containing pure fire essence.

The Wind-Storm, from a primal Saffron seed housing virtous air element.

The Whispering-Void, a bead made from the Empty-Wood seed of absolute s.p.a.cetime element.

The TerrVale, from a primordial Peach seed of pure terra element.

Lord Buddha Bodhisattva crafted six luminous seeds in accordance with the Bodhisattva path. Their alginment would form the Bodhi Tree.

The Dusk-Shadow bead was made from a primeval ebon seed of pure element of shadow.

The Frozen-Ember bead was from an ancient crystal-moon seed of pure ice element.

The Woven-Dream, from the primal rudrahska seed of virtous dream and illusion element.

The Metal-Peak bead was made from an ancient bronze-cactus seed of pure metal element.

The FlorMeadow bead, from an archaic rosewood seed of pure metal element.

The Bone-Gore bead was made from a t.i.tan-Nacre seed of pure necrosis element.

Each of these artifacts, was a powerful high grade luminous treasure. And when all the fourteen were combined together, they formed a total-grade divine treasure. The World of Buddha.

"Not good."

The words regarding these sh.e.l.l-like orbs, struck his mind like a lightning. Where ever a Cosmic-Conchi was opened, the fundamental essence of the guardian protecting it, would be released. These particular ones were guardians of extreme powers created by divine Adi-Buddhas, who had access to the true essence of the universe.

The Conchi Princ.i.p.als.

Immortal ent.i.ties of pure essence of the same nature as that of the beads inside the crusts. They were only formed due to the true knowledge of the principles of the laws of creation.

Aside from the princ.i.p.als created by the universe itself, only cosmic divines could also create a pure essence princ.i.p.al. Celestials could create temporal princ.i.p.als that would loose their potent powers with the pa.s.sage of time. G.o.ds couldn't create princ.i.p.als, but they could confine an existing princ.i.p.al for later purposes.

Jufeng knew he was in trouble and must leave the place at once. There was no way he could face a water princ.i.p.al at this point in his life. He was only at the zhuji level in cultivation and yinying level in martial arts. He had only learned the s.h.i.+fting Heavens martial hand technique, a one way hand technique of low level. He had only learned the basics of sword technique and only learned the first stage of the Skylight sword technique.
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How could he face any type of princ.i.p.al? Was that not like knocking on death's door?

Suddenly, a danger warning echoed in his head. With high amount of chi energy fortifying his body, Jufeng turned to flee towards the tunnel using flash-steps. One step forward, he saw a large blade of water almost at his face. He instictly reacted by quickly bending backward and used his sword to slightly redirect the direction of the blade. Though he was majorly unscathed, the impact still knocked him flying into one of the water channels.

He hadn't even seen the appearance of the princ.i.p.al that attacked him. But, from the direction of the blade, it was to the right side of the area. He would have to take the left side and hoped he made it to the tunnel. No other way.

Realizing he was still conscious, he checked his body and to his relief, his bones were still intact. At least, for the moment. He tried to remember the safe-word but couldn't. It was at the tip of his tongue but couldn't remember it. So, he decided to move.

Jufeng pushed the maximum chi energy his body could take into it. Although, there was strain on his soul since his soul hadn't reached the Jindan stage to form a core. But, his body was much more stronger and lighter. This made the flashsteps much more faster than before.

He was almost at the mouth of the tunnel, when he saw his life flashed before his eyes. He had a premonition of a death. Was it his own death? Primal danger was on him. He turned his head towards the right side and at that moment, his right leg slipped.

A moment of fate.

The words of divine Asha, came to the fore at the moment of true primal danger.

Just as he slipped, a ma.s.sive clawed hand pa.s.sed the spot where Jufeng head was a moment before and collided with a giant sword made of true essence of water. The sound of the impact was like a thunderous storm. The whole mountain shook which made Jufeng's body trembled.

After crawling away from the spot quietly, Jufeng could now see clearly, the look of this cosmic-crust princ.i.p.al.

A giant body of water in the shape of a Nefrim. Its body detail was so clear that it almost looked like a real Nefrim. Dense water was flowing all over its body like a thick body armor. The ma.s.sive broadsword in its hand, was like being made from solid water. It looked like a gla.s.s sword that was reflecting pristine water. The pure water aura coming from it was exceedingly overpowering.

This wasn't something a mortal cultivator below nascent soul should be facing. He would have been dead had the sword made contact with him. The sword would have cut him into two diagonal parts. Its expressionless face was now focused on the mighty beast that was now stalking it. Maybe it could sense the power of the beast or not, it abided its time.

The beast looked at the water princ.i.p.al, unchallantly, before glancing at Jufeng like the most tasty meal.

"I smelled the rich and succulent aroma of death on you, mortal. A mortal who dared walked where immortals died. No wonder the death on you smelled so good. Your web of death was so strongly threaded that it actually pulled me out of my slumber. I can even taste it. You can really go a long way in satisfying my hunger. Oh, how long it has been."

Death-Eater.

A beast of the deep. A demiG.o.ds killer. Jufeng, now clearly saw the level of the danger he was in. He knew he could have died from the sharp ma.s.sive claws. They could have easily cut off his head like a thread.

Just as it was turning his attention towards the water princ.i.p.al, the water princ.i.p.al made its attack move on the death-eater. As the water princ.i.p.al neared the death-eater, it splitted into two. With the two prrinc.i.p.al holding identical large water blades. The death-eater raised its green glowing paws and moved in a blur.

They collided and a great battle ensued.

Jufeng quickly stood up and fled the area through the tunnel. He decided it was time to leave the mountain, Mystic Order or not. As he exited to the open area outside the tunnels, a giant leg of a large multiple-eyed venomous spider, almost slammed into him before he could even see it. The nephilia spider was fighting with a nephilia critter.

Nephilias? Where did they even came from?

This place should be having mountain spiders and critters. Not nephilias.The nephilias were so fast that he wondered if he could actually outrun them. And, more of them were blocking the spiralling tunnel. His only way up.

He would have to fight his way out. And he had to do that quickly. He was about to engage the nephilias who hadn't yet noticed him, when he heard the shrieking sound of a death-eater almost at the mouth of the misty tunnel. He quickly turned and made his way into the third tunnel with fortified flashsteps before they would be aware of his presence.

Inside the tunnel, he could hear the nephilias battling the death-eater. It would take more than their numbers to stop a death-eater.

The third tunnel was a dead end. But he noticed a small hole at the base of the dead end and he quickly started digging .