Chapter 52: The Mutated Elemental Fruit, A Simple Challenge

  "What is my power like now?" Meng Ling looked at her own hands, feeling a bit bewildered.

  "It won't work. Now we have to figure things out first." Looking at Kakashi and the others who were already walking towards him, Mugen made up his mind...

  "The Eight Span Mirror." With a flash of golden light, Mugen disappeared before everyone's eyes, leaving even Kakashi and the others with looks of astonishment.

  "Just now... did you all see clearly?" Akane asked dully, staring at the Wood Leaf ninjas around her.

  "No, not at all. Not even with the Sharingan can I see any sign of that girl's movements." At this time, Kakashi slowly lowered his forehead protector, covering his Sharingan. He had already activated it when he saw Mei Terumi use her Raikiri Kage Bunshin, but throughout the entire battle, Kakashi was completely clueless.

  "How is that possible? The Sharingan can see through all jutsu, isn't that a jutsu?" Kai asked in surprise.

  "Perhaps it's because my body and this Sharingan don't quite match, anyway I completely can't see it, maybe only the legendary 'Million Flowers Sharingan' can see through it." Kakashi said somewhat weakly.

  "Then, do you think that little girl just now was Meng Leng or not?" Hong asked.

  "It's still not very clear, but even if she isn't Mei Terumi, she absolutely has a huge connection with Mei Terumi. After all, their techniques are almost identical. Alright, looking at the situation now, this matter has come to an end for now. Everyone should head back to Konohagakure and discuss it further." Kakashi instructed, then led the people from Konoha away from Mei Terumi's battlefield.

  ————I am that gorgeous dividing line————

  It's been a week since the battle between Meng Ling and Qi Wei. At this moment, in the mountain cave where Qi Wei originally lived, Meng Ling slowly opened his eyes. For the past few days, Meng Ling had been meditating to figure out what was going on with his powers. He tried many times, but finally discovered something interesting and began training according to his own ideas.

  "It turns out that's how it is. It seems my decision this time was correct." Meng Ling discovered that the power brought by her elemental fruit had all gathered at one point in her brain, which could be said to be the core of the entire power. Whether it was transforming herself into an element or releasing the elemental power, it was all driven from there. So, Meng Ling thought of a possibility.

  Since his own Mixed Yuan divine power can be fused with the seven-tailed evil thoughts of Chakra, natural power, and spiritual power to become a brand new, even more powerful power - Chaos Divine Power.

  So, the brand new Chaos God's power should also be able to merge with the crystallization of the Elemental Fruit's power in his own mind, and naturally, Meng Ling did just that. As a result, the crystallization of Meng Ling's Elemental Fruit power strangely disappeared, and afterwards, his body underwent an enormous change.

  Firstly, the original elemental constitution of Meng Ling had to be activated before she could use that series of elemental moves. However, now Meng Ling's body has completely elementized... no, it should be said that it has already reached a state of primordial chaos.

  Now, if Meng Leng is injured, his body will only show a seven-colored glow. At the same time, Meng Leng doesn't need to transform his physique at all and can directly use one or more elemental abilities.

  Secondly, Meng Ling's current physique has been completely chaoticized, and it can be said that every part of her own body is a collection of energy. Therefore, even if Meng Ling encounters seawater now, she can still use elemental abilities with ease.

  Finally, due to Meng Ling's current body being a symbol of chaos, this existence originally existed in the Hongmeng space and was completely impossible to appear in worlds outside of the Hongmeng space. However, Meng Ling's current existence has become an anomaly. As a result, in Meng Ling's spiritual world, a seven-colored sticky aura began to emanate around the Supply Tower due to the assimilation of his physical body. Although it was very sticky, Meng Ling's mind was exceptionally clear during his spiritual training, which made his cultivation speed increase by an unknown number of times. The divine technique that previously required several days to complete could now be fully grasped with just one attempt.

  "In that case, it won't take me a few more days to complete all the cultivation in the Lin's book, and then I can start looking for the whereabouts of the 'Bing Zhi Shu'." Meng Ling said excitedly.

  "It's come to this, I should probably join Kakashi-sensei and the others too. This place is still better off destroyed." - Maito Gai. Mei Ling used the "Dance of the Void" technique from the "Book of the Void" to fly into mid-air, forming a gun-like stance with her hands, and began to circulate the chaotic energy throughout her body. Instantly, the photons around her started gathering in the center of her palms...

  "Release." The chaotic divine power relaxed, and instantly, only a thick golden light beam was seen shooting straight towards the mountain cave where Nanahime originally lived...

  "...Boom!" After a loud noise, a huge mushroom cloud appeared in front of Meng Ling.

  "Hmm, it seems that such power is better used sparingly. I myself can't fully control it." Looking at everything she had done, Meng Leng suddenly felt a little frightened.

  "Hmm..." But it was at this moment that Meng Ling suddenly discovered a strange light flashing in the ruins of the cave where Qī Wěi used to live.

  "What's that thing? Can't my magic flash destroy even a cave?" After the smoke dispersed, Meng Leng slowly landed on the ground. At this time, a large pit had been blasted out here by Meng Leng, and the original cave was nowhere to be seen. However, in the center of the pit, Meng Leng discovered something extremely unusual - a box that was neither big nor small.

  "What is this? It can't even be destroyed by the magic flash, it's absolutely not something ordinary." Meng Ling dug out the box from the ground and opened it, instantly making her overjoyed.

  "It's really a case of searching high and low, only to find it effortlessly. It turns out to be the very 'Book of Soldiers' I was looking for!" Meng Ling was overjoyed, and immediately brought the "Book of Soldiers" to the Spirit World's Worship Tower.

  "Oh, Little Meng Ling is back again, what's up? Are you thinking of starting to cultivate the divine techniques in 'The Book of Lin' again?" As soon as she entered her own spiritual world, Sally's voice rang out beside Meng Ling's ear.

  "What's wrong? It seems that you're in a good mood this time. Has something interesting happened?" Came the voice of Kamel.

  "Ah, yes, there is something good. I found the 'Book of Soldiers'. Look." As he spoke, Meng Ling raised the 'Book of Soldiers' above his head.

  "Is that true? That's great, you know, Meng Ling. If you pass the trial of 'The Book of Soldiers', we can manifest our physical forms in front of you." Sally's voice was noticeably excited.

  "Is this true?" Meng Ling was also very curious about her two sisters, whom she had only heard of but never seen. When she heard the news, she was also very happy.

  "This is indeed true, but it makes no difference to me." Although Carmel's words were still very cold, Meng Lin could still hear a hint of emotional turmoil in her tone.

  "Then I'll head back to Holy Spirit Mountain now and take on the challenge of 'The Book of Soldiers' right away." Meng Ling said with a smile.

  "Oh, if it's a challenge from 'The Book of Arms', you can come alone." Sally reminded.

  "Why?" Meng Ling was puzzled by this sentence, thinking that even the challenge of "Lin's Book" had to be completed with the help of the elders, let alone the higher-level challenge of "Bing's Book".

  "Let me put it this way, the challenge of 'The Book of Soldiers' is to answer questions. If you answer them correctly, then you can directly enter the cultivation stage of 'The Book of Soldiers'. Of course, your cultivation of 'The Book of Arrival' still has one last step, 'Returning the Spirit to the Heart', that hasn't been completed yet. So, you must complete the cultivation of 'The Book of Arrival' before you can take on the challenge of 'The Book of Soldiers'," said Sally.

  "This is easy, teach me quickly. Sally sister, this time I will definitely learn it in the first try." Meng Ling said with great confidence.

  "Ah, I think so too. If it's just the divine technique in the Book of Lin, with the help of that purple energy, it should be possible to cultivate it successfully. Alright, now I'll teach you the last divine technique in the Book of Lin - Yuán Líng Guī Xīn." As he spoke, Karmel told him the method of cultivation, and Meng Ling listened carefully before heading to the first floor of the Purple Energy Enshrouded Offering Tower to begin his cultivation. The result was indeed as he had expected, and Meng Ling learned the divine technique "Yuán Líng Guī Xīn" in just one attempt. Without lingering for long, he excitedly proceeded to the second floor, using the same method as before to unlock the trial of the second floor.

  "Rumble, rumble......" Just after putting away "The Book of Soldiers" using the previous method, Meng Ling found that the circular platform in the center of the second floor slowly descended. After a loud rumbling sound, a huge stone monument stood before Meng Ling's eyes.

  "It's indeed up to me to answer the question, so let me take a look at what this topic is all about." Meng Ling shifted her gaze onto the stone tablet and slowly read out the topic...

  "In the beginning of Tai, the multitude of stars formed the Heavenly Extreme Star Sea. The Heavenly Extreme Star Sea contains three major star systems: the Solar System, the Milky Way Galaxy, and the Jade Balance Star System. The Heavenly Extreme Star is the celestial chamber of the vast heavens. Within the Milky Way Galaxy, it contains twenty-eight star balls. What are these twenty-eight constellations like?"

  "Haha, so that's it! You just want me to say the names of the 28 constellations, this is easy..." Then, Meng Ling said loudly...

  "Twenty-eight lunar mansions are Jiao, Kang, Di, Fang, Xin, Wei, Ji, Dou, Niu, Nu, Xu, Xi, Shi, Bi, Kui, Lou, Wei, Mao, Bi, Zui, Shen, Jing, Gui, Liu, Xing, Zhang, Yi, and Zhen."

  Meng Ling gave the correct answer, and these were easy for her. When Meng Ling was on Earth, she liked watching anime and remembering interesting stories. This question about Journey to the West was tailor-made for Meng Ling.

  "Rumble...". The answer had just been spoken, and Meng Ling found that the stone tablet began to rotate. Then, the question on the back was also seen by Meng Ling.

  "The twenty-eight mansions are each divided into four systems, what are they like?" Meng Ling looked at the question and then loudly gave the answer...

  It is:

  Qīng Lóng Qī Suì: Jiǎo Mù Gōu Kàng Jīn Lóng Zī Tǔ Yóu Fáng Rì Tù Xīn Yuè Hú Wěi Huǒ Hǔ Jī Shuǐ Bào

  Jade Rooster Seven Mansions: Well Wood Turtle Ghost Gold Sheep Willow Earth Deer Star Sun Horse Zhang Moon Deer Wing Fire Snake Chariot Water Worm

  White Tiger Seven Mansions: Kui wood wolf Lou gold dog Wei earth pheasant Mao day rooster Bi month crow Zhen fire monkey Can water ape

  The Seven Mansions of Xuanwu:

  1. Dou - Wood

  2. Mu - Tree

  3. Niu - Ox

  4. Nu - Girl

  5. Tu - Earth

  6. Bi - Wall

  7. Shui - Water

  Meng Ling was extremely excited, as he knew all the questions himself. Moreover, he knew that each level of the Offering Tower had at most two trials, which meant that Meng Ling passed the second level trial without any effort.

  "Sally-ji, Carmel-ji, my training is complete now. Can you teach me new divine magic?" Dreaming arrived at the outer part of the shrine with a confident smile.