Chapter 1262 - 891: Law Level Invisibility

Zhang Gaqi chased behind the carriage while Zhang Chen sat inside, watching Zhang Gaqi’s receding figure and couldn’t help but shake his head silently.

"What do you think of Zhang Gaqi?" Zhong Wubai followed Zhang Chen’s gaze to the running Zhang Gaqi, and asked.

Zhang Chen was silent for a while before speaking: "A fool caught in the endless entanglement and struggle between ideals and reality!"

Zhong Wubai heard this and was silent. It took three to five breaths before he withdrew his gaze: "A very accurate assessment!"

In the imperial city, the oppressive force against Divine Power was intense, and Zhang Gaqi had no choice but to follow behind the carriage in pursuit: "Zhang Chen, do you know what it means if you return to the Zhang Family? Zhang Chen, you’re a smart person; you must think clearly and consider the big picture!"

Zhang Chen lowered the curtain of the carriage, sighed deeply, and his voice was filled with inexplicable emotion: "Truly makes one conflicted!"

The source of Zhang Chen’s conflict was that while there were many bad people in the Zhang Family, there must also be many good ones like Zhang Gaqi, which made Zhang Chen very conflicted.

And Zhong Wubai evidently understood Zhang Chen’s source of conflict, and slowly said: "It is indeed very challenging, so you still need to grasp the balance."

"If I strike against the current beneficiaries of the Zhang Family, the family will be severely weakened, and those remaining will surely face the reckoning from the victorious royal family. Under the collapsed nest, not one egg remains intact; everyone would be implicated, and no one could escape." Zhang Chen sighed deeply, leaving no one to know what he was thinking at that moment.

"But they want your life! Are you just going to hand over your family’s life and let them behead you?" Zhong Wubai inquired.

Zhang Chen heard this and felt relieved, a mysterious smile appearing at the corner of his mouth: "What Mr. said is true, to survive well, I cannot consider much; it can’t be my life at stake, better it be theirs, and this way, there will be peace in the world."

The carriage went far, leaving Zhang Gaqi standing there dumbfounded, like a wooden statue, motionless, watching the receding carriage. Zhang Shenqi came from afar and stood behind Zhang Gaqi, a cold gleam in his eyes: "I have long said, this child has the ambition of a wolf, won’t consider the big picture of the Eight Great Clans, and should never have been allowed to enter Kyoto, yet you still wouldn’t believe it."

Zhang Gaqi turned back to look at Zhang Shenqi, his pupils showing a touch of bitterness: "I must persuade him to change his mind, he is definitely not someone who disregards the overall situation."

"Fool’s dream!" Zhang Shenqi harshly scolded, then turned and boarded a carriage, disappearing without a trace.

Watching Zhang Shenqi’s fading figure, Zhang Gaqi took a breath: "Not easy to handle!"

The carriage passed through the bustling streets and arrived at the Zhong Mansion, where hundreds of men, women, old and young from the Zhong Family were already waiting in the Inner Courtyard. As the carriage entered through the back door and stopped, Zhang Chen saw hundreds of male and female, old and young faces.

"Greetings, Grand Master," everyone bowed to Zhong Wubai.

Zhong Wubai took Zhang Chen’s hand and began to introduce his sons and daughters. Zhong Wubai had seven sons and five daughters; the five daughters had long been married, six of the seven sons were also sent away, only the line of the eldest son remained in the mansion.

Zhong Xiang was the young lady of the eldest son’s line.

Zhong Wubai took Zhang Chen and began to introduce all the lined-up people one by one to Zhang Chen. A myriad of eyes looked at Zhang Chen, with glances full of eagerness, flattery, and curiosity.

But since Zhang Chen was so highly regarded and praised by Elder Zhong, who dared to be disrespectful to him? Not only would nobody be rude, but they would also try their utmost to please him.

As for the kind of brainless scenes typically found in novels, where someone dared to question Old Grandmaster Zhong, that was absolutely impossible. Old Grandmaster Zhong held absolute authority in the Zhong Family.

After some courteous introductions, everyone was seated, with Zhang Chen being invited to the main seat, accompanied by the old and young of the Zhong Family. Various exquisite dishes and fine wines were served, and Zhang Chen relished it all, a feast that lasted for three hours before it finally concluded, and Zhang Chen was arranged to rest in a guest room.

Zhang Chen’s guest room was in a small garden within the Zhong Mansion, consisting of a standalone three-story building, surrounded by bamboo and flowers, making it very peaceful and secluded.

Everything in the guest room was meticulously arranged, from the bed and bedding to all kinds of daily necessities, everything was brand new. Four beautiful, youthful, and tender sixteen-year-old maids served, and skilled experts with Martial Dao aura were guarding outside the courtyard on alert.

In Kyoto, martial experts were more valued than cultivators. Cultivators might not necessarily be able to fully utilize their techniques, but martial experts were different. Martial experts were the mainstream in Kyoto, deciding victory or defeat.

Zhang Chen refused the service of the maids and sent them away, then carefully sensed his surroundings again, confirming there was nothing unusual before turning his gaze to his own Golden Finger Interface:

[11 Skills (Eighth Tier): Invisibility Rune (0/160000000)]

[Remark 1: Without Pupil Technique or beyond the eighth tier, no one can uncover your Invisibility Rune.]

The level of Invisibility Rune was too low and was no longer enough for Zhang Chen, and the experience needed for the upgrade seemed exceedingly trivial to him now. A single Peach of Immortality could achieve it, and more than sufficiently so.

Zhang Chen held a Peach of Immortality in his hand, contemplating whether to eat it, but ultimately couldn’t bring himself to do so and put it back. With the future upheaval of Heaven and Earth unknown, it’s always wise to stockpile such rare items.

As Zhang Chen activated the Ba Snake Space, the jade stones from the great tomb built by the Queen Mother of the West in the past years began to dissolve into points, surging across Zhang Chen’s Golden Finger Interface.

The materials used by the Queen Mother of the West to construct the great tomb were no ordinary materials. In an instant, Zhang Chen’s points had piled up to one billion.

Looking at the Golden Finger Interface’s Invisibility Rune, Zhang Chen tapped on it:

[Skill 11 (Ninth Tier): Invisibility Rune (0/320000000)]

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Tenth Tier requires 6.4 billion points.

Eleventh Tier requires 12.8 billion points.

Twelfth Tier requires 25.4 billion points.

At this time, all kinds of resources within Zhang Chen’s Ba Snake Space began to continuously melt away. After everything except pills and Peaches of Immortality had dissolved, the amount perfectly added up to 28 billion.

Zhang Chen glanced at the Golden Finger Interface and casually tapped on it, causing the Invisibility Technique on the interface to transform:

[Skill 11 (Law): Invisibility Rune (0/100)]

Zhang Chen took another look at the Golden Finger Interface, then slowly closed it. The Law-level Invisibility Rune was sufficient for his current needs.

As Zhang Chen extended his palm, a golden rune appeared in his hand. Once the skill reached Law level, it had broken the limitation on quantity. As long as Zhang Chen wished, and his strength permitted, he could summon as many Law-level runes as needed.

Zhang Chen examined the golden rune in his hand, which seemed to be made of pure gold yet possessed an indescribable texture, a blend of softness and hardness. Innate patterns flowed over it, forming a mysterious order symbol that danced across the golden rune.

"Interesting," Zhang Chen murmured as he stroked the rune. His eyes scanned the patterns on it, which flickered with golden lights, appearing and disappearing intermittently.

"A Law-level Invisibility Rune, even an existence at the Celestial Immortal Realm would not be able to easily see through it without Celestial Eye Pupil Skill." Zhang Chen felt satisfied with the rune in his hand. After all, in this End of Dharma Era, this rune was nearly an unbeatable method.

However, the Invisibility Technique was not without flaws. Once he made a move or mobilized the energy between Heaven and Earth, he would fall out of invisibility.

Holding the Invisibility Rune, Zhang Chen scrutinized it for a long time, then glanced at the Golden Finger Interface’s (0/100) mark. With his current understanding, the 100 figure likely represented the degree of comprehension in Law, but Zhang Chen still hadn’t found the energy to add to the Law’s progress.

"Enhancing a Law-level skill is not easy. My points cannot be applied to the energy for Law-level skill advancement. That 100 is a huge gap for me." Zhang Chen found this puzzling.

But then again, the entities capable of facilitating the comprehension of the Power of Law are not simple, ordinary energies.

"I wonder if my Nine Revolutions Profound Skill can be quickly advanced, if it has such limitations." Zhang Chen looked at the Nine Revolutions Profound Skill Interface with some worry.

However, since the Nine Revolutions Profound Skill is his Fundamental Technique, even if many problems arise, he must push through it. In fact, he needs the Transformation Technique in the Nine Revolutions Profound Skill for his upcoming retaliation against the great clans.

[Skill (Unranked): Nine Revolutions Profound Skill (0/1000000000)]

"Needing ten billion points even before ranking is indeed extreme, yet it matches the profundity of this Divine Technique." Zhang Chen observed his Golden Finger Interface before tapping directly on it.

[Skill (First Tier): Nine Revolutions Profound Skill (0/10000000000)]

"Advancing to the first tier of the Nine Revolutions Profound Skill requires a hundred billion points. I don’t have enough points, unless I consume pills or directly eat the Peaches of Immortality." Zhang Chen’s eyes swept across the Golden Finger Interface. Regardless of pills or Peaches alike, he couldn’t bring himself to consume them because as the future upheaval of Heaven and Earth looms, he must rely on the Peaches to get through it.

Zhang Chen had a gut feeling that the upheaval in Heaven and Earth wasn’t stopping but instead worsening.

Pondering logically, in the opening of the heavens, it could barely contain the Queen Mother of the West, but now the twelfth tier can no longer accommodate. Isn’t it that the level of cultivators it can accommodate is decreasing? How could he dare waste such Supreme Treasures?

Even if his Time Divine Techniques could spur the growth of the Peach Tree, it’s currently just a sapling. Growing it into a big tree would take an extremely long time, calculated in millions or even billions of years. How could Zhang Chen afford to squander?