Chapter Fifty: Super Brain

  That thin fog stared at the golden lightning in the sky, one after another, continuously passing through the bronze pillar towards Zhang Zixing, until the alloy instrument and the bronze pillar could no longer withstand the high temperature and were completely melted. Zhang Zixing, who had been repeatedly baptized by the heavenly thunder, was now charred like charcoal, a pitiful sight to behold, with occasional tiny sparks still flashing.

  After observing the thin fog for a long time, he confirmed that the "practitioner" was already dead. Overjoyed in his heart, he transformed into a Taoist priest with a green robe and walked forward. The Taoist had disheveled hair and a high crown on his head, and his face was filled with greed as he looked at the pouch of treasures on the corpse. The pouch of treasures made by Yun Xiao was indeed extraordinary, for it remained undamaged under such thunder and lightning.

  "Who would have thought that without even lifting a finger, the treasure is within reach?" The Qing Yi Dao Ren burst into laughter and glanced at Zhang Zi Xing's charred body, "Ignorant little fool, it's you who sought your own death, don't blame me, Qing Jiao True Person!"

  Having said that, he stretched out his hand and rummaged through the treasure pouch, taking everything inside out.

  "Isn't this spear an ancient treasure?" Qingjiao True Person grasped "Yanshen", feeling the fierce aura of devouring souls transmitted to his hand, and hurriedly activated his magic power to suppress it. His facial expression became even more complacent: "I didn't expect that this young generation would have such a good thing, this true person is truly blessed!"

  Qingjiao Zhenren's gaze fell on the stone box again, and he praised: "Indeed, this treasure is extraordinary. Just the Xuanqing aura of the stone box is already so intense, I imagine that inside must be an incredible spiritual treasure."

  When Qingjiao Zhenren opened the stone box, he revealed a puzzled expression. Inside the stone box was a piece of white jade, which was exquisitely carved and had excellent quality, making it a very valuable item. However, there wasn't even half a hint of power fluctuation - He didn't know that Zhang Zixing had hung the black jade pendant around his neck at that time, and this was just an ordinary jade pendant taken from beside him.

  Just as Qingjiao was deep in thought, he suddenly saw a dazzling blue light emanating from the "corpse" on the ground, gathering into a light ball about the size of a fist. The light ball slowly rose from the corpse and hovered in mid-air, emitting strange light waves that scanned up and down Zhang Zixing's body.

  Even with Qingjiao Zhenren's sharp eyesight, he couldn't see through the blue light what object was inside.

  "Ah, there's another treasure here!" Qingjiao's eyes gleamed with greed as he stared at the blue light sphere in mid-air, thinking of ways to snatch it, but he didn't notice that a faint black glow was spreading rapidly along the ground from the corpse's chest.

  That blue light sphere suddenly emitted a strange sound, startling Qingjiao Zhenren: "Cell division chain index activation degree B-, update regeneration speed 3000%, physical repair degree 10%, found neural system enhanced energy, type unknown, brain consciousness will recover in 83680 seconds, overall recovery time required 98279 seconds."

  Qingjiao Zhenren was completely baffled by what Guangzhou said, and just as he was stunned, the dark light on the ground suddenly shot up into the sky, gathering into a huge beast head with a ferocious face, exactly like the black jade pattern on Zhang Zixing's neck. The beast head opened its bloody mouth wide, sucking towards Qingjiao Zhenren, and a powerful gust of air instantly lifted his entire body off the ground.

  Qingjiao True Man was shocked and amazed, seeing the beast's head for the first time. He barely uttered the words "Taotie" before being sucked into its mouth. Having cultivated for thousands of years, he was no weakling. At the critical moment when he was about to be swallowed, a brilliant blue light burst forth from his crown, and his entire body rebounded like a ball, shooting back onto the ground. However, his high crown had already been lost in Taotie's mouth, with disheveled hair scattered everywhere, looking extremely disheveled. Qingjiao True Man suffered a great loss and didn't dare to linger, transforming into a blue light that swiftly fled the scene. Before leaving, he still managed to snatch Zhang Zixing's treasure pouch from his hand.

  Qingjiao Zhenren took a step back, and the dark light that had gathered into the Gluttony Beast's head gradually dissipated, mixed with a thread of cyan fluorescence, shrinking back into Zhang Zixing's black jade pendant on his chest. Immediately afterwards, Zhang Zixing's body, which was originally charred like coal and not human in shape, miraculously regenerated at a speed visible to the naked eye.

  The blue orb's voice sounded again: "Due to the addition of a large amount of unidentified bio-energy, the cell division chain reaction activation is enhanced to A, the renewal regeneration speed is 9000%, the physical repair degree is 15%, and the brain consciousness will recover in 24280 seconds. The overall recovery time requires 30279 seconds."

  Night fell, and the continuous wind and rain had completely stopped. The surrounding area of the forbidden land was pitch black, with only sparse insect sounds coming from a distant grass thicket. At this time, Zhang Zixing's body had already automatically repaired most of its damage, gradually recovering his heartbeat and breathing. According to the report time constantly updated by the blue light sphere, in about twenty minutes, he would fully recover consciousness.

  However, misfortune seemed to have not left him yet. At this moment, a thin fog quietly approached the empty space. In the thin fog, two bright lights appeared, as if they could see objects in the dark night, tightly locking onto Zhang Zixing who was lying on the ground.

  "You dare to scheme against me, you little scoundrel!" The voice of Qingjiao True Person came from the thin fog, and due to fear of his formidable power, no one dared to approach him for the time being.

  Qingjiao Zhenren had previously used a secret method to escape the calamity of being swallowed by Tianyi, sacrificing his high crown on his head in exchange for successfully escaping. Zhang Zixing also increased his energy exponentially due to Tianyi absorbing the power of the green high crown, greatly increasing his regeneration speed.

  It stands to reason that Qingjiao Zhenren almost lost his life and got Zhang Zixing's treasure, so he shouldn't dare to come back looking for trouble. However, the high crown was extremely important to Qingjiao Zhenren, it was the only horn where his life was tied to, and also the essence of his nearly three thousand years of bitter cultivation. He couldn't bear to lose it to a weak junior like that. Having lost his horn, he had already fallen from True Immortal to Refining Void stage, if he were to lose his immortal body as well, it would be an absolute loss. After escaping the restricted area, Qingjiao found a place to recover some of his strength, and in his heart, he felt even more that it wasn't worth it, so he secretly snuck back again.

  The true form of the green horned man is a dragon, it was originally an aquatic insect in the ancient swamp, after obtaining the essence of the sun and moon and cultivating for hundreds of years to become a spirit, then cultivated for five hundred years to transform into a green snake, and after another thousand years transformed from a snake to a dragon. After becoming a dragon, he continued to cultivate for another five hundred years before finally achieving enlightenment and attaining his current form as the horned dragon. According to human cultivation levels, he has already entered the lower ranks of the True Immortals. The final transformation of the horned dragon is the Yinglong, the king of dragons, with profound magical powers. In the past, it assisted the Yellow Emperor in eliminating Chiyou and Kuafu, and was revered by later generations.

  It's extremely difficult for a horned dragon to evolve into a Yinglong, with the intermediate stage of Jiaolong in between. After becoming a Jiaolong, it would take at least another thousand years of cultivation, not only requiring some understanding of the Heavenly Way but also needing a certain amount of luck, before finally transforming into a Yinglong. The horn of the horned dragon is the key to advancing to the great way of the Yinglong in the future, so how could it be easily lost?

  Due to fear of that terrifying ancient beast Taotie, Qingjiao True Person did not dare to take action rashly, but instead used a stealthy and hidden method to secretly observe from afar. Just in time, he discovered Zhang Zixing's body was rapidly reforming, and the surrounding spiritual energy was constantly surging towards him, as if helping him to transform his tendons and bones, reborn anew. He couldn't help but feel shocked and enraged.

  Qingjiao Zhenren knew that he had lost his unicorn cultivation and greatly reduced his strength, while the other party would suddenly increase in power after fully recovering. He was afraid that it would be difficult to deal with at that time. For now, he revealed a ferocious face: "You took my first move, I'll take your fifteenth! You used the devouring technique to snatch my immortal horn, and I'll swallow your entire body!"

  After Qingjiao Zhenren made up his mind, he quietly and slowly approached the empty space with a faint mist. Taking advantage of the fact that the glutton had not yet appeared, he suddenly used his divine power to transform into a massive green dragon, dashing towards the target like lightning. The blue light ball seemed to have detected the arrival of danger, suddenly expanding in size and enveloping Zhang Zixing. The green dragon didn't care about anything, swallowing everything in one gulp, including the blue light ball, into its belly.

  After successfully swallowing the target, Qing Long knew that the most important thing was to find a safe place to digest the "food" in his stomach. He didn't dare stay here and quickly shrunk his body before driving the wind to leave the forbidden land, flying towards the southern suburbs.

  The old den of Qingjiao Zhenren was right in front of the Mirror Lake, at the top of Luoshan Peak's Longsheng Cave. As soon as he returned to his cave, he immediately sat cross-legged, quietly operating his Xuan Gong, wanting to quickly digest and absorb the energy of Zhang Zixing and that mysterious blue light ball. If this move was successful, not only could his powers be fully restored, but they might even become more refined.

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  Time passed minute by minute, and Zhang Zixing finally managed to open his eyes with great difficulty. His memory was still stuck in the moment before he was struck by lightning, unaware that he had become a dragon's food in its belly.

  "Where is this?" Zhang Zixing felt a blackness in front of his eyes and couldn't see anything.

  "Captain, according to data analysis, our current location appears to be inside the stomach of some reptile, with severe external corrosion, special ventilation and air filtration devices have been activated."

  "Reptile? How is this possible?" Zhang Zixing furrowed his brow, suddenly reacted and excitedly shouted: "Super Brain! Is that you? You're out!"

  "Yes, Master! The electric power you provided this time is quite sufficient, and it can make me work normally for twenty-five years." That blue light ball was exactly what Zhang Zixing had been longing for - the greatest helper, the super intelligent biological computer "Super Brain" of the 24th century.

  "Master, the external corrosion level is quite high. I have automatically activated protective mode and protected your body in a protective sphere. What should we do next?" The superbrain's inquiry brought Zhang Zixing back to his senses from his wild joy, although he didn't know why he was in the stomach of a "reptile", but for now, the most urgent thing was to escape danger.

  "Hyper Brain, how much of your functionality has been restored? Are you capable of combat?"

  "Master, all of my functions have been fully restored. I can now activate intelligent automatic evolution mode, automatic scientific research mode, automatic analysis mode, and automatic labor mode..."

  "Wait! Intelligent evolution!" Zhang Zixing thought he had misheard, "Are you sure the intelligent evolution mode can be successfully activated?"

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