The Ruler
247. Arriving at the Peak Palace of Ping Xie Mountain.
" Lord, what's our next plan?" hu Yan Lan asked.
" By stalling for time to recuperate, make the snakes believe that we are under the influence of their venom."
" Do you mean the ruler, pretending to be in pain?"
" Right," Qing Ruo replied, complaining in pain.
" But the ruler, how to do it?" Hu Yan Lan asked puzzled, being not used to pretending.
" Come with me," Qing Ruo said in pain and rolled around.
" Ba-well, ruler." Clumsy to fall and roll over, making Qing Ruo hold back a laugh.
" Hu Yan Lan, make them truly believe," said Qing Ruo who was moving about here and there, recuperating.
Although he was immune to the high level of poison power, Qing Ruo did not want to take the risk, even more so with his strength at the spiritual level, making the poison turned out to affect him.
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From afar.
The three golden-eyed green snake figures looked so elated.
" Brother, let's bet, how long will they last," said one of them, staring at Qing Ruo and Hu Yan Lan who were rolling around in pain.
" Sister, this is not true." said one of them seriously, realizing the peculiarity of the situation.
" Do you mean Brother?"
" With the level of strength they have, is it possible that they are still capable of rolling around?" Staring at Qing Ruo and Hu Yan Lan sharply.
" Brother is right. One minute was the normal limit, but they-" looked at Qing Ruo and Hu Yan Lan seriously.
" That means they are pretending." they said simultaneously, but there was no time for the three green snake figures to move, suddenly Qing Ruo and Hu Yan Lan stood up, then moved towards them.
" Swhus.. swhus." his figure arrived before the giant snake, while showing a green jade badge.
" Green jade badge," said the snake suddenly moving backwards.
" Stop! Do not move," Qing Ruo said trying to calm the three snakes that were not even touched by them.
" Swhus...." The three giant snake figures ran away like the wind, disappearing from the sight of Qing Ruo and Hu Yan Lan.
" Lord, what's wrong?" Hu Yan Lan was astonished.
" I want to ask a reason, why are they so scared to see this green jade badge," Qing Ruo replied curiously.
" The rulers are right, but they don't even want to see this green jade badge" Hu Yan Lan said.
" Just leave it alone" Qing Ruo said then moved away from the place.
****
Somewhere else.
The three giant green snakes stopped three kilos of meters from where it left Qing Ruo and Hu Yan Lan.
" Swhus...." The three figures changed his appearance to human.
" Brother, what should we do? We almost killed him.." With a serious face.
" Sister, I don't know either" replied the other figure with a deathly pale face.
" I should have asked you guys, because I almost killed him, then what should we do?" said the other figure chimed in with a shuddering body.
" The choice is only two, go back and take responsibility, or leave this place." While continuing their conversation seriously.
****
Somewhere else.
Qing Ruo and Hu Yan Lan finally arrived at the peak region of Ping Xie mountain.
" Ruler, ancient palace." said Hu Yan Lan, staring at the small palace that was on top of the mountain peak in amazement.
" It's not easy" Qing Ruo said softly, staring at the five hundred-meter-long golden staircase that was before him.
By the time Qing Ruo was about to approach the stairs, there suddenly appeared five different colors in every hundred meters of the staircase, starting with black, green, red and yellow.
" Hu Yan Lan, what do you know of these five colors?" qing Ruo asked.
" These five different colors seem to represent the five basic elements. Ruler, to be able to arrive at that small palace, we must be able to pass through this obstacle," Hu Yan Lan said seriously.
" Alright," Qing Ruo said as she moved towards the stairs.
" Ruler, wait," Hu Yan Lan said as she thrust her strength, moving, trying to walk her foot on the stairs.
" Swhuss.." his figure suddenly sucked up and vanished from Qing Ruo's sight.
" What!" Qing Ruo was startled as she moved backwards, staring at the stairs in surprise.
" Hu Yan Lan, are you inside?" Qing Ruo cried out to try to communicate with the servant but failed.
Qing Ruo then threw a silver sword at the black-colored light, but the silver sword also suddenly disappeared.
" What should I do?" His mind, staring at the calm-looking palace stairs in confusion.
" Oh, green jade badge," he said slowly, then took out the jade badge from within the storage ring.
" Hope this works." His inner.
" Swhuss...." The green Jade Badge reacted, releasing a white light, then enveloped Qing Ruo's body.
" Is this jade badge in existence related to this palace staircase.." while walking his foot on the staircase.
" Swhuss...." The green jade badge again gave rise to a transparent green-colored shield, then slowly enveloped Qing Ruo's body.
" This, this worked." Qing Ruo said happily.
" To be able to pass through this hundred stairs, learn the rules of water and master," a foreign voice spoke in his mind.
*****
Somewhere else.
Hu Yan Lan, who had previously been sucked in by the black light, suddenly appeared outside of Ping Xie mountain, where they had entered that mountain before.
" I was rejected." Hu Yan Lan nodded, looking at the few youths who were still in that place.
" Older, it looks like you failed as well" said a young man kindly.
" Right, then what about you?" hu Yan Lan asked kindly.
" We were killed by the copper snake monster and appeared in this place," the young man replied respectfully.
Hu Yan Lan nodded her head.
" That means we have not been lucky" he said slowly.
" It seems so, elder."
Hu Yan Lan clasped her head, then moved away from the place.
" Hopefully, the ruler succeeded." His inner being, while looking for a place to wait for Qing Ruo.
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Somewhere else.
On top of the stairs that release the pressure of the water element. Qing Ruo continued to move her feet calmly while studying that water element.
" Swhus..... Swabs...." The water attack tried to unravel his body.
" Agh.." he roared in pain, with his body now starting to shred, but the light power of the green jade badge kept his soul power.
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Inside the small palace at the end of the stairs.
" Brother, it looks like there are two ancient god bloods from his body...."
" Right, even his ability to understand the nature of water seemed to be quite good."
" It's also amazing...." Staring at Qing Ruo who was fighting the pain, enduring within the suppression of the water element.
Not long after, suddenly the water element calmed down.
" Sister, look. He managed to learn the rules of the water element." Staring at Qing Ruo who was now continuing to move while starting to recover her injured body.
" Being able to learn the rules of water, then learning the other rules will become easier."
" Sister, nenar...."
Within two hours, they finally saw Qing Ruo make it through the first hundred stairs and against the overwhelming pressure of the stairs, they were able to see, then climb the stairs in green color that releases the suppression of the wood element.
" After thousands of years, since the tragedy, there have finally been those who can come here" said the beak man with a bright look.
" Let's hope he's not a bad person" said another person.
*****
On the stairs that released a green light.
Qing Ruo continued to move up the stairs while fighting the green tendrils that were trying to fatten the body and stop his steps.
" The wood element basically symbolizes complex life, as a healer, as a sanctuary, as a killing poison. Present and grow because of the power of the water element, but die because of the power of the fire element." Inwardly while studying the rules of the pure element.
Having learned the elemental basis of Ling's celestial disc spell book, Qing Ruo finally managed to learn the power of the pure element and refine his comprehension, after all, making the giant tendrils wrapped around his body turn into a calm green wind, and began to heal Qing Ruo's body.
Quietly, Qing Ruo then climbed the stairs, which were now only against the gravitational force of the earth on each staircase.
Towards midnight, Qing Ruo finally made it through the four hundred stairs and studied each of the pure elemental powers ending with the earth element represented in yellow.
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In the small palace.
" This is the last hundred stairs. Truly a genius," said the figure, observing Qing Ruo who had been drenched in cold sweat, who was climbing the stairs and studying the pure elements of the ground.
" It's very interesting," said another figure, looking at Qing Ruo in astonishment.
Not long after that suddenly the yellow color that was so chaotic suddenly calmed down.
" Brother, look. He succeeded..." Observing the figure of Qing Ruo who was fighting the gravitational pressure of the earth, while climbing the stairs.
" Agh.." cried Qing Ruo, cheering himself on, while resisting the increasingly intense pressure.
By the time it approached the last ten stairs, Qing Ruo was completely unable to stand up anymore.
" Bhuk.." his body collapsed.
" Agh.." he stood up, but failed. Other than his strength being completely drained, his vision now even began to blur.
" Agh.." he yelled as he crept.
Trudgingly, Qing Ruo continued to move, dragging her body until she arrived at the end of the final staircase.
" Swhuss.." the light bias vanished, freeing him from the rules of space and time that bound his power in that place, then recuperating in the courtyard of the small palace.
After his strength had completely recovered, Qing Ruo then moved slowly, approaching the steps of the small palace.
" The elder, Qing Ruo's servant, came wanting to study," he said as he kneeled respectfully.
" Give us a reason...." The voice from within the palace spoke loudly with an extremely powerful killing aura.
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