Chapter 1762: Chapter 1762: Throwing Him Out

The old man had already been a True God for many years now, and he was currently stuck in the 'two taboos' of the Five Elements Godly Way.

These two taboos respectively referred to the firewood taboo and the water-earth taboo! They were easier said than done.

Due to these two taboos, the old man was having difficulties improving his cultivation base and thus making a breakthrough in his Godly Tile.

Common proving godly warriors weren't actually aware that these two taboos existed. Even if a small number of proving godly warriors had gotten wind of them in the past, they wouldn't have the capacities of understanding what the two taboos meant. That was, until now, of course. The young proving godly warrior in front of them now was capable of seeing through these two taboos with a single sentence. This had greatly shocked the old man.

In fact, there was a reason why the old man was unable to break down these two taboos. Furthermore, here in the divine land, only the Taboo-breaking Pill had the power to break them down.

The Taboo-breaking Pill was actually a fusion of the Wood-melting Pill and the Water-dissolving Pill, which were respectively made of the Fire-shaped Bird's ever-burning comb and the Earth Barbarian Beast's heart. After consuming the Taboo-breaking Pill, a warrior would have a thirty percent chance of breaking down the two taboos. It wasn't much, but it was better than nothing.

However, both the Wood-melting Pill and the Water-dissolving Pill were five times refined pills. Once the two kinds of pills fused together and refined each other, they would become a six times refined pill—the Taboo-breaking Pill. A six times refined pill was far from something that a lower level True God in the Heavenly Han House could possess.

The old man had been diligently working in the Heavenly Han House for more than half a divine era now, but he had only saved enough money for one Wood-melting Pill.

Even if he could also afford a single Water-dissolving Pill, he would still have to spend more money in order to hire a pill refiner who would fuse the two pills together. One way or another, the costs were high.

Generally speaking, those who had a good pair of eyes were respected. Although the old man was a bit harsh, his tone appeared a bit calmer after Zen spoke so easily of his bottleneck. It was safe to say that his tone was still flat, if not cold as he said, “So what if I'm restrained by the two taboos? What's wrong with my Godly Way?”

Zen smiled and calmly replied, “Sir, you know that according to what you taught us, we will definitely be stuck by the two taboos. Isn't that the problem of your Godly Way?”

“Humph. With so many True Gods practicing the Five Elements Godly Way, how many warriors have actually managed to overcome these two taboos? You're just messing around with me! Somebody, get this guy out of here!” As the old man shouted, two people rushed out of the Heavenly Han House. The two individuals were low-rank True Gods and their expressions were cold, their gazes sharp like blades. Apparently, they were the Han Clan's guards and they seemed to mean business.

“Wait a moment,” said Zen, as he waved his hand slightly in the air. “Sir, I said that according to your method of practicing the Godly Way, sooner or later, we'd be bound to meet up with the two taboos. That's because you only know one way to break them down, right? Correct me if I'm wrong, of course.”

The old man only raised his eyebrows without saying a word and then stretched out his hand to stop the Han Clan's guards. He stared at Zen and sneered, “Could it be that you have some sort of brilliant idea? Do you know the second way of solving it?”

The many proving godly warriors in the area looked at Zen, with a look of derision on their faces.

Despite their expressions, Zen did question the old man's lecture without a hitch, and this surprised the proving godly warriors. The old man was a True God who taught the Godly Way. He might not have had great strength, but he did have solid comprehension of the Godly Way, and was the most adept at explaining such theories.

Astonished, these proving godly warriors felt a trace of jealousy towards Zen, which was something they'd never admit to. Now that he had spoken a few of his opinionated words, Zen was to be driven away, which of course pleased the proving godly warriors.

“This is what we call showing off one's incompetence in the presence of an expert. Ha-ha!” the bald warrior laughed.

Surprisingly, Zen cupped his hands as a faint smile spread across his face. “Although I am a proving godly warrior, I also have a little comprehension of the Five Elements Godly Way. There really is a second way to overcome the two taboos, and this method doesn't need to rely on the Taboo-breaking Pill,” he stated slowly, making sure everyone was listening to him.

“Ha-ha! Yah, right!” Upon hearing Zen's words, the old man let out a series of mocking sneers.

The sullen faces of the two guards from the Heavenly Han House standing beside the old man couldn't help but crack a smile, too.

In fact, every one of the proving godly warriors burst into laughter along with him. They ridiculed Zen—what a joke he was!

Once the old man's laugh tingled off, he suddenly spoke in a contrasting, cold voice, “According to your bones, you're not old at all. Why don't you spend your time learning to do things the right way instead of becoming a liar? I want to hear what kind of method you've come up with for breaking down the two taboos. We all want to hear it, really.” ⱤἈŊÖВƐṥ

At this, Zen didn't appear flustered at all. Instead, he calmly replied, "When a warrior has just learned the Five Elements Godly Way, their Godly Tile has two cracks in it because the five elements are mixed. Fire and wood are hard to merge together, and earth and water repel each other. Thus, these two cracks lead to two taboos! The Five Elements Godly Way has been passed down for generations and generations, and countless proving godly warriors have tried to prove the Godly Way with the ancient method. Despite that though, they didn't think of another solution and had never been able to avoid these two taboos! And that's why you were wrong to only follow what is recorded on the Godly Way Tablet.

You can use the power generated from metal in order to make up for the lack, or the crack. In other words, if you make iron in your cinnabar field, it will automatically fix it. Although this method takes a lot of time and effort, it will eventually work out after performing it for a good ten thousand years. Anyway, a normal True God wouldn't be able to obtain the Taboo-breaking Pill."

After he finished speaking, Zen stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze indifferent. His eyes were looking nowhere, yet everywhere at once.

All of the proving godly warriors that had heard Zen speak felt dazed and confused, as they didn't understand what Zen was saying at all.

“This guy is such a clown. He's just randomly making stuff up as he goes.”

“You know, some people just don't have much ability, but they sure are good at talking nonsense.”

“Talking garbage like that in front of your teacher is just the same as courting death.”

Seeing that the old man surnamed Wu hadn't responded anything yet, though the proving godly warriors began whispering to one another. They were waiting in anticipation to see Zen thrown out.

But the old man didn't budge. He stood in his spot, lost deep in his thoughts as he contemplated what Zen had just said.

Suddenly, an idea flashed within his mind, as if a bolt of lightning had streaked right before his eyes, invigorating his soul. At that moment, his face flushed red and he looked abnormally agitated, as if he had grabbed onto some kind of lifesaving straw. He could no longer keep his tone calm and under control. “You, you said we could make up for it with iron. How much wood and metal would you say it needs, then?”

Of the five elements, the melding of metal and wood would form the force of iron.

“Thirty percent and seventy percent,” Zen replied with confidence.

“Thirty percent and seventy percent...” repeated the old man, as his voice trailed off. The old man acted as if he had been struck dumb, walking back and forth in front of everyone, contemplating the information he had just received. He had completely forgotten to control his demeanor in front of his disciples. His head was lowered in thought.

The crowd looked at each other in confusion and a low mumble began to spread. They didn't know what was wrong with the old man, who suddenly seemed to be going insane.

“Making up for it with iron... Filling the crack with... It's... It may be a stupid method, but it's a heck of a lot better than the Taboo-breaking Pill... This method, this method really works!” the old man exclaimed, now pondering the feasibility of the method in his heart. Ultimately, he was approving the method that Zen had offered.

In order to earn more money and break down these two taboos, the old man had stayed in the Heavenly Han House as a teacher. According to his calculations, with that extra bit of salary, it would probably take him one or two divine eras to accumulate enough divine might coins.

But according to Zen's blunt method, it would only take him ten thousand years. This would greatly save time and would benefit countless low-rank True Gods who cultivated the Five Elements Godly Way in the future!

“Who are you!? And where did you hear about this method?” The old man stared straight at Zen with bright, gleaming eyes. It looked as though he was trying to devour Zen with his sight.

“I have a basic understanding of the Five Elements Godly Way. And I came up with this method on my own,” Zen replied, cupping his hands anew.

“That is impossible! I call trash! How can you have such a deep understanding when you are so young? You...” The old man looked at Zen with disbelief written all over his face.

All the proving godly warriors and the two guards of the Heavenly Han House, were completely dumbfounded and couldn't believe what they had just heard.

Moments ago, the old man had already said that Zen was a swindler. Thus, the other warriors only naturally treated him as such. Never, ever had they expected that with just a few short sentences, the old man's evaluation of Zen would change so drastically.

As for the bald warrior still standing next to Zen, his expression was also that of disbelief, eyes wide and mouth agape.

How could he have imagined that chasing away the guy beside him would have led to such a bizarre event? At the same time though, a bad feeling rose in his heart.

Zen suddenly continued, “Allow me to explain. What I have just said was not with the intention to laugh at you. It's just that I sat in the wrong seat and was slandered by this person. Besides, I never said that what you taught was trash and nonsense. That was also from the people who joined together to slander me. My only choice was to push the boat with the current.”

As Zen spoke, he pointed to the bald warrior standing beside him.

The old man glanced at the bald warrior. Right now, it was no longer important whether or not Zen had been so rude. What counted was that Zen had pointed out a solution that no one had ever thought of before.

Because Zen had made such an explanation, the old man would take action, of course. Now it was the old man who pointed at the bald warrior before saying, “Throw him out. I don't want to see him ever again.”

Whoosh! Whoosh! As soon as these words left the old man's mouth, two figures zoomed toward the bald warrior. The two guards, one on each side of him, picked up the bald warrior and threw him out of the crowd.