The Journey of Overthrowing the Celestial Emperor
Ch. 178 ~ Preparation

Zhang Ziyi turned around. He tried to find the origin of the voice, turning his head once but he could not find it. So he decided to pay attention to the paintings on the walls of the cemetery.

"Hmm, weirdo!" Zhang Ziyi raised his eyebrows when he discovered an oddity.

"I've guessed, you'll be able to feel it. But don't expect it to be this fast!"

An old man had suddenly just appeared beside Zhang Ziyi. His tattered stature, made himself no different from a kingpin.

"Eh, who are you!" Zhang Ziyi took a cautious stance.

"Hehehe... Just relax, kid! I'm just an old Grandpa who happens to be interested in you!" The man laughed strangely.

Zhang Ziyi flinching. For a moment he noticed this old man standing before him. Afterwards, Zhang Ziyi chose to leave the old man alone.

"Heheheh... Let's see it! Whether you'll come back again or not!" the grandfather said before he walked in the opposite direction to Zhang Ziyi.

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Tracing a walkway on the edge of the museum, Zhang Ziyi accidentally encountered a passageway. Intending to enter the hallway, he accidentally found some people who were disturbing an old grandfather. Zhang Ziyi frowned as he felt that the old man they were bothering was none other than the old man he had met while he was paying attention to the ancient painting.

Zhang Ziyi had originally intended to help the man, but he realized that his goal was not yet finished. Fearing that when he helped the old man, he was even involved in problems that caused his goals to be delayed and even not implemented.

Zhang Ziyi walked straight, leaving them behind. But before that, he had time to measure their strength.

"Everyone has the cultivation of the Universe Realm," Zhang Ziyi muttered.

The appearance of the few people surrounding the old man was extremely luxurious, making Zhang Ziyi recall something.

"Hmm, is it possible that they are an army of the Celestial Emperor? But why are they bothering the Old Grandpa?"

Zhang Ziyi was increasingly interested and curious about the matter that had happened to them.

"Looking at him being bullied like that, this Old Grandpa shouldn't be an ordinary person!" Zhang Ziyi muttered again. Watching them from far away.

Old Grandpa started getting treated worse. Zhang Ziyi felt pity seeing that. He was about to sympathize, but he also could not forget his goal.

In a moment, came a man wearing more luxurious clothes, along with five other men behind him.

"Commander, we've found him!" One of the men who had just raised his fist on the Old Man's body immediately shouted when he saw the arrival of a man who was believed to be their commander.

"Good... Haha...!" The commander laughed crisply when he heard the report from one of his subordinates.He further accelerated his pace, not wanting to let go of the old man he was referring to.

The old man, who was in their torture, seemed to be getting worse, along with his increasingly ugly face upon seeing the arrival of the commander.

On the other hand, Zhang Ziyi who was watching them from afar did not let go of his attention.

"Hmm, the more interesting!" mumbling slowly.

Zhang Ziyi then disappeared. The wind suddenly blew. Fly sand dust. The commander and some of the soldiers immediately blocked their view from the dust. It didn't end until thirty seconds later.

Right after the dust ended, the Commander and the others had returned to being able to see.

"What's? Where's Dia!? Did you see it!" The commander looked furious. Roughly, he told them his subordinates to look for the whereabouts of the old man, as well as with the person believed to have brought the old man away.

***

"Why don't you fight them?" zhang Ziyi asked.

The old man did not answer. He put a little twig with him.

"What do you mean?"

"Tch, you don't have to pretend to be stupid, Old Man. I knew! An ordinary and unruly man would not dare to deal with an army of Celestial Emperors. Even their commander had to intervene, just now. It's obvious that you're an unusual person!" Zhang Ziyi stared intently at the Old Man.

"Hehehe, speak meekly to this old me!" The Old Man took on a lethargic gesture, as if he was indeed a helpless old man in general.

"Tch! There's no work!" Zhang Ziyi screeched. Afterwards he walked over to leave the Old Man.

"Hohoho, you're in such a hurry, son!"

The Old Man chased after Zhang Ziyi. Holding onto his shoulders, and locking onto Zhang Ziyi's movements.

"He can create Illusion arrays. His identity is not simple!" zhang Ziyi muttered inwardly.

Those soldiers have passed. The old man began to release his hands zang originally locking Zhang Ziyi's movements.

"Well, thankfully they left. Oh yes, young man! Like I said, I'm very interested in you!" He stopped his words for a moment. Just continued after a pause for 30 seconds.

"Although it is very faint, but I can feel the aura of the God of Time with you! If my guess is not wrong, you should have met him. Or maybe even become his student!" The old man said seriously, unlike before.

"You know Grandpa Liang?" Zhang Ziyi started to take a cautious stance. The fear of this old man turned out to be an enemy who intended to find the existence of God Gou Liang to injure him.

"Haissh, you're too prejudiced, young man. How could I have a grudge with God Gou Laing, while I with him was on the same path,."

"The same street?"

"Yes!" The old man then stepped forward. His hands he folds back. Zhang Ziyi himself followed the old man's footsteps.

"From the incident earlier, where this old man who was pursued by the Sky Emperor Squad, signifies that he indeed has no good relationship with the Celestial Emperor himself. If so, it could be that this Old Man is telling the truth!" inner Zhang Ziyi.

"Lantas, why didn't you fight them earlier?"

"Haha... Of course I did that to test your sympathy. Are you going to come down and help this old man, or not!?" The old man looked satisfied. Then he quickened his footsteps.

"Curtain, you know, I let you go!"

"Haha...!"

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"By the way, is your goal going to the Valley of the Night Moon?" The old man stopped his steps. He's starting to get serious now.

"Really! You have the same intention?" Zhang Ziyi asked back.

"I'm not interested in that stuff." The old man said slowly. "If you want to have it, then you have to compete with those people. If you do get it, then be prepared to be their hunt. I suggest you to further increase your cultivation, for not only are two people of high cultivation, but more than that."

He's doing hand gestures. After which appeared a small jade the size of a thumb.

"I don't want you to die a flea there. I also want to meet you at a later time. So I gave this thing to you just in case. It will cover your aura and existence until no one knows it... Oh Yes, one more, watch out for the man who is the Commander of that Sky Empire army."

The Old Man handed the jade over to Zhang Ziyi.

Noticing the jade gift from the old man for a moment. Zhang Ziyi turned his attention and intended to convey something to the old man.

"Ter–!" He could not continue his words, because the man suddenly disappeared.

***

Zhang Ziyi got an inn. Pretty big, four-story so it can accommodate many people in it.

He himself was on the second floor of the inn.

"Before going there, I need to increase my cultivation!" Zhang Ziyi recalled the words of the old man he had met earlier.

He installed arrays inside the room space, up to multiple layers. Only after did Zhang Ziyi take out the Pearl of the Blood of the Universe.

"Hopefully, this won't last long. I'm afraid I'll be late to come to the Valley of the Night Moon."

Zhang Ziyi then began to absorb the properties of those Universal Blood Pearls.

His body had now been surrounded by a golden aura. Simultaneously, a crimson aura also emanated from the Pearl of the Blood of the Universe. Originally the aura of Zhang Ziyi and the Aura of the Universal Blood Pearl collided with each other, but slowly but surely the two began to fuse together.

Grain of red dust came out from inside the floating Pearl, then into Zhang Ziyi's body.

Sensing the warm energy that entered his body, Zhang Ziyi started directing the energy towards his dantian.

Two hours the process goes on. Zhang Ziyi opened his eyes for a moment. "It's going to be a long time. It took all day to absorb all the properties of this Universal Blood Pearl," he murmured softly.

"There's no other way!"