Chapter 321: Business Everywhere
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
"Hahaha... Fellow Daoist Lonemoon is finally here. I have waited long." Dong Wu smiled widely and approached Lonemoon with an extremely brotherly enthusiasm. Even others couldn't help but turn to look too. Among other cultivators who came to send over their disciples, there were some Soul Formation Supremacies too, but Dong Wu had never acted like this before.
"I have received your letter a few days ago. Please, come inside!" As he talked, he was dragging Lonemoon towards the audience hall.
"No hurry, no hurry." Lonemoon didn't move, and his smile grew even wider. "I am only coming over to send disciples of the sect to enter the mystic realm for practice. I can't neglect the business."
"Yes, yes!" Dong Wu nodded multiple times, as he walked towards the entrance of the mystic realm.
He went past the sects that came earlier and stood beside disciples of Divine Heavens Sect. As they waited for the mystic realm, he started chatting with Lonemoon. Nobody knew how Lonemoon swayed him, but when it was time for the sects to pay for entrance to the mystic realm, Honesty Sect gave over not even one spirit stone, and Dong Wu even took out a bag of spirit stones and pressed it into Lonemoon's hand. Looking at the marking on the bag, it must have contained a good number of rare spirit stones.
Lou Hong was completely stunned at the side and didn't understand what just happened at all. Since when had Supremacy and Divine Heavens Sect's sect master been on such familiar terms? Why did he have no idea of it? By the way, would he possibly abandon Honesty Sect to join them?
He suddenly panicked.
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"The mystic realm is open!" Someone cried.
A white light suddenly flashed on top of the square. The space distorted, and soon a spiral entrance towards the mystic realm was formed. The disciples waiting to enter were all excited.
The higher-level cultivators also seized the time to tell their disciples about various precautions for entering the mystic realm.
For all the other sects, the masters were telling disciples about things to take note, but here at Honesty Sect...
"Master, I have sealed the meals for the following days in the storage bag. You don't need to worry about being hungry."
"Hmm."
"Master, I have already set a regularly activated dusting array, it will do the cleaning automatically."
"Hmm-hmm."
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"Master, I will be away for one month, and the weather is already starting to turn cold. You must remember to wear more clothes."
"Alright, alright, alright."
"Master, don't lean on the table after you finish eating. You fall asleep too easily, and without me nobody will send you back into the house."
"Oh."
"Master, if you are bored, don't go out alone. I've already told the disciple under the peak about it. You can just shout for him, he will guide you."
"Er..."
"And Master..."
Lonemoon, "..."
Shen Ying, "..."
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All the disciples: "..."
Is there something strange about the approach of their sect?
"Uh, by the way, why can't we enter the mystic realm yet?" Seeing the looks others gave them became ever stranger, Lonemoon couldn't help but interrupt Chef's words, feeling that something was exposed.
Dong Wu who stood beside him was stunned, and only just realized all disciples of his own sect were standing in place and didn't set out. Because they were the host, before Divine Heavens Sect moved, the other sects couldn't bring themselves to enter first.
"What's the matter?" He frowned, couldn't help but looked towards his own disciples. "Why aren't you entering?"
"Sect master..." A leading disciple at the front of the row replied, his face whitened and he looked slightly embarrassed, "The... the people from Wu Xiang Peak hasn't come yet."
"Disciples of Junior Brother Wu Xiang?" Dong Wu frowned, and some displeasure showed in his eyes. "Quickly send someone to tell them to hurry."
"There's no need." Just after his sentence finished, a familiar voice sounded and a mid-aged cultivator came flying. He was Wu Xiang, the same person who once went to Honesty Sect and ended up being robbed by Lonemoon. "Senior Brother, I'm here."
He still looked proud and arrogant. Three disciples followed him. Among them, the one with the highest level of cultivation was a disciple on his right. He was in mid-stage Foundation Establishment, and the aura on him was a bit unstable. He seemed to have only broken into this level recently. It was also a familiar face- he was Jing Qi, who suddenly disappeared in the sect years ago.
His body had grown visibly much taller, and he had an adult-like look. Yet the fat shadow around him was indeed too ugly that it made one ignore, almost completely, the look of the occupied body.
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Lonemoon held his gaze. It seemed that the method of sending Wu Xiang monthly bills did work. Wu Xiang indeed had some grudge towards this disciple. He once vowed that he would only take this one disciple, but now he already had three.
And the karma which originally filled Jing Qi's body seemed to have lessened significantly.
"It's you!" Wu Xiang saw Lonemoon the moment his feet touched the ground, and he was shocked.
"Supremacy Wu Xiang. Long time no see!" Lonemoon smiled in a business-like way.
Wu Xiang's mouth twitched. As if he remembered something, he snorted and did not pay him any more heed. He turned to wave towards the three disciples, "Go!"
The three nodded, before they joined the other disciples of Divine Heavens Sect. Yet Jing Qi looked back frequently, and his glance fell upon Yi Qing who stood beside Shen Ying. His expression became even more gloomy, with a hint of viciousness that nobody noticed.
Yi Qing! He didn't expect him to be here as well. Not only was he at Foundation Establishment level just like him, his cultivation seemed to be higher. Why? Why is it he? Both of them had been disciples of Soul Formation Supremacies, but Yi Qing was always one step faster than himself!
"Everybody is here. You may enter!" Dong Wu told the disciples. They turned back to make a salute, before flying up on their swords towards the direction of the mystic realm.
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Seeing that disciples of Divine Heavens Sect had all entered, the group from Honesty Sect naturally came next. Yi Qing's hands tightened beside his body. He looked again at Shen Ying, "Master, wait for me to return."
With that said, he brought everyone and they flew in on their swords, disappearing behind the door instantly.
The other sects followed. Soon, on the originally crowded square, there were only a couple dozens of higher-level cultivators who came to escort their disciples. It seemed somewhat empty.
"Junior Brother!" Only now did Dong Wu look at Wu Xiang and say with a disapproving look, "The opening of the mystic realm is a big event of the sect. I hope Junior Brother will make early preparations in the future, and don't be late like today."
A bit of anger rose in Wu Xiang's heart, but he couldn't argue, so he nodded and said, "Yes, Senior Brother!" With that said he gave Lonemoon a look. "I still have matters to tend to on my peak. I'll not accompany Senior Brother." And he turned and flew away on his sword.
Dong Wu looked at the man flying away, sighed and frowned. He rather disliked this Junior Brother Wu Xiang. Among all masters of peaks in the sect, he had the most eccentric temperament. In the past, he used to refuse taking disciples. Yet a few years ago, he suddenly brought one back, saying that he would be the only disciple. However, two years later, he actually took a liking to two Heavenly Spirit Root disciples who just joined the sect. At first, they were already taken by other peak masters, with only the gift to honor new masters yet to be given. But he forcefully took them over, and it made himself as the sect master troubled for a long while.
Chapter 322: Practice of food
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
"Fellow Daoist Lonemoon." Remembering the person next to him, Dong Wu's expression looked happy, as he hurried to side-step and smile warmly, "Regarding the matter of ten sword arrays that Fellow Daoist mentioned, can we discuss it in the audience hall?"
"Of course!" Lonemoon didn't refuse and followed suit. After a while, his footsteps stopped, as he turned back and dragged Shen Ying over. This one would definitely get lost if he doesn't keep an eye on her!
"This one is..." Dong Wu seemed to only notice Shen Ying now. He thought she was a disciple going to practice?
"My... Junior Sister, Shen Ying." Lonemoon replied.
"Oh, Fellow Daoist Shen. Come... inside, please!"
So the three went together towards the direction of the Divine Heavens Sect audience hall.
Lou Hong who was being left behind, "..."
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He suddenly felt that Honesty Sect didn't have much need of a sect master after all. Alright, he had better go home and count the spirit stones.
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The number coming from Honesty Sect this time wasn't huge. There were around 30 in total, and in the morning Lou Hong had divided them into two teams, led by Lou Tao and Yi Qing respectively.
Yi Qing was cold in temperament and didn't talk much. But perhaps due to his ferocity in the sword arrays, the disciples had seen him much, and they had an illusion of him being high up and beyond their reach. All those at the same level respected him, and he could pretty much get them to obey with a mere look. Besides, most of the party were sword cultivators. Sword cultivation emphasized the understanding of Sword Dao, the most important for which was practical fights. In one word, it's all about doing it!
Therefore, they were very different from the other sects who had to take notice of other spirit herbs or weapon refinement materials, while avoiding the demon beasts by all means as they walked. Their group came just for the demon beasts, so they not only didn't have to avoid them, they even looked for their nests. They went straight all the way towards the depths of the mystic realm.
Perhaps due to bad luck, the few demon beasts they encountered along the way were only at the second or third level. They did not encounter any of the higher levels. Second and third-level demon beasts are equivalent to the Qi Refinement stage, and presented no challenge to them at all.
Only after three days did they meet a fifth-level demon beast. Everyone looked happy, as they formed an array and started fighting. They spent nearly six hours before they defeated that beast. At the time, everyone except Yi Qing had already exhausted their Spiritual Power, and couldn't move any more.
Yi Qing looked at the others, before he took his sword and walked towards the dead demon beast. He waved the sword, and a sword light flashed. He directly took out the Spirit Pill in the stomach of the demon beast, looked at it, and suddenly looked up again to ask, "Who has the Spirit Root of Ice?"
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The group stunned. A disciple raised his hand blankly, "I am, but it is double roots of Ice and Wood."
"Oh," Yi Qing answered, as he threw over the Demon's Spirit Pill in his hand, "Take it."
"Ah! Ah?" That disciple stunned, took it subconsciously, "You... are giving it to me?" He didn't quite know how to react. This was the Demon's Spirit Pill, and it's one of a fifth level demon beast! He's giving it away like this? Although everyone fought together just now, everyone knew that young Uncle-Master was the only one who mattered. Without him, they probably wouldn't have been able to defeat this demon beast.
Everyone else had that stunned look as well. They thought carefully, and realize that all the way, while young uncle-master rarely fought besides taking care of them at the side, he didn't seem to take anything at all.
This was... a bit too selfless.
Everyone's heart was warm with emotions. Just as they were about to say something, a loud roar of demon beast suddenly was suddenly heard. The trees in front fell down together, and even the ground was shaking.
A giant beast the height of three people was there in front of everyone. Its shape was like an ox, but it had scales all over it. There were two rows of sharp horns on its head, and nine tails were waving on its back. Flames emerged from its four hooves.
It roared loudly towards the group. They felt a hot, burning sensation immediately, as if all the surroundings were going to catch fire.
"It's the Fire Hooves Beast!" A disciple cried out, and everyone's faces whitened.
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"My god, it is a sixth-level demon beast. It is equivalent to the Golden Core stage!"
"What can we do? We can't beat him."
"We don't have any more strength. Young uncle-master, quickly..."
Before anyone could finish, a wave of sword rain fell on the beast. Instantly, the giant beast thrice the height of a person became like a griddle. It slammed onto the ground with a loud bang and made no more sound.
All the disciples: "..."
"What were you saying?" Yi Qing turned back.
"No- Nothing..."
"Oh." Yi Qing turned back, used the sword to directly open up the belly of the demon, taking out a red bead. He asked, "Who's of Fire Spirit Root?"
"... I... I am."
"Take it!" he said. He threw over the demon's core and turned to squat down... He started cutting meat from the corpse with his sword.
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All the disciples: "..."
Wait a moment!
Did their eyes cheat them? Young uncle-master is... cutting the demon beast's meat!
(⊙_⊙)
In either pill refinement or weapon refinement, the meat of a demon beast is completely useless to a cultivator. What was young uncle-master cutting the meat for?
Is it because he gave the demon cores to them, yet was afraid they would feel guilty, so he cut some useless meat to pretend that he got something?
The disciples looked at one another and felt so touched that their eyes were filled with tears. So... so touching. They were actually fortunate enough to have such an uncle-master.
"Young uncle-master!" The disciple who took the demon core of fire element just now handed over the core in his hand. "I actually... won't have much use of this demon core."
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"And me!" said the disciple who just took the one of ice. "I won't need it too."
So young uncle-master may keep it for yourself. Don't just take care of us.
Yi Qing looked up at the emotional group and was stunned. He replied, "Oh, throw it away then!"
The first disciple, "..."
The second disciple, "..."
All the other disciples, "..."
Yi Qing didn't pay attention to the confused look on everyone's face at all. He stuffed the meat into his storage bag, turned and said, "Let's go!" With that said, he walked on towards the depths of the mystic realm.
Others looked at one another for a while and had to follow. Inside, they felt even more touched. Young uncle-master must have not taken back the demon cores to avoid embarrassing them. It must be so.
So the same situation kept repeating in the following days.
A fifth-level demon beast was killed... and Yi Qing was cutting the meat.
A fifth-level demon beast was killed... and Yi Qing was cutting the meat.
They managed to kill a seventh-level demon beast beyond their level... Yi Qing was still cutting the meat.
They encountered an eighth-level demon beast... Yi Qing struggled hard to cut a piece of meat and led them to run away together.
All the disciples: "..."
Why did they feel as if young uncle-master didn't come inside to practice, but to look for ingredients? No, no, this must be their illusion.
Chapter 323: Deep Down the Mystic Realm
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
They approached the depths of the mystic realm at an extremely fast speed. They took turns to fight demon beasts of third level and below. They fought together if they met a demon beast at the fourth or fifth level. For beasts above the fifth level, young Uncle-Master fought. If they met beasts above the eighth level, they just turned and ran away. Though there were a few dangerous moments, there weren't any sticky situations. In any case, this mystic realm was only a small mystic realm at the Golden Core stage.
Yi Qing led the group to fight beasts for over twenty days. Only when the storage bag at his side could contain not even one more piece of meat, did he turn to the group and say "Let's go back!"
The disciples who already held a pile of demon cores of their own Spirit Roots nodded. Finally, they didn't have to continue anymore. Otherwise, the demon beasts in this mystic realm might actually go extinct?
They flew up on their swords at the fastest speed and prepared to fly back, before a flash of green light shone from not far away. It exploded with a bang in the air and slowly formed the shape of a flower.
"This... is the SOS signal of Red and Green Sect!" A disciple cried. "It doesn't seem far from here. Someone is probably in danger." The group looked back at the person leading with looks of inquiry.
Yi Qing frowned, turned to glance at them and said, "Take care of yourselves. I will go and take a look!"
With that said, he started flying towards the direction of the fading symbol. The other disciples called out their swords and followed.
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This was already deep down in the mystic realm, and they hardly saw those from other sects any more. Signals for help sent here could therefore be seen by only a few. It was possible that besides them, there were nobody else nearby. Although they were not of the same sect, they were both immortal sects. They had to help if they can.
Nor far in the direction of that signal within a few minutes of flying, they had arrived. Yi Qing who arrived first had already landed and looked at the front with a serious expression on his face. A pitch-black swamp was in front of them. A faint layer of black Qi was on it and disgusting bubbles emerged from the swamp as if it boiling. Some unactivated Dharmic talismans floated upon the swamp.
"Young Uncle-Master!" The other disciples landed one by one, and they all looked at the swamp in front of them. "Why is it like this? Why is there so much demonic aura in the mud?"
Before they had time to think carefully, they heard a happily surprised voice. "Big brother next door, it's you!"
They were stunned, as they turned to look towards the middle of the swamp. A big tree in the center of the swamp shook. Its twigs and leaves parted to show a slightly childish fish. She wore a long pink robe and was 13 or 14 years of age. Half of her body had already sank into the mud. Her one hand grasped a branch tightly like she was afraid of falling. Possibly because the leaves of the tree that she grasped on was too thick, the group didn't see her just now.
"It's a young Junior Sister!" The disciple behind Yi Qing was anxious, and he took two steps forward subconsciously.
"Wait!"
"Don't!"
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The girl in the swamp and Yi Qing cried out together, but it was already too late. One foot of the disciple had stepped into the swamp, and in the next instant, as if the whole swamp was activated, it threw up a gigantic black wave, which went towards the boy.
"Step back!" Yi Qing reminded them loudly. At the same time, he waved his sword to cut through that black wave directly, and he fell back several steps.
"Young Uncle-Master, behind you..." A disciple cried out in shock.
They looked back and saw that the swamp had already reached behind them and surrounded them in the middle.
"Use the sword-ride!" Yi Qing reminded everyone to fly up.
The disciples started producing hand seals, but it was already too late. The swarm had spread under their feet. The Spirit Qi that they had just gathered emptied instantly, and their bodies started sinking uncontrollably.
"This mud can suck Spirit Qi!" The disciples were shocked.
Yi Qing frowned. Seeing that everyone was going to be submerged by the swamp, his hand tightened around the sword, and Sword Qi burst all over his body. He waved his sword in a fast and urgent manner, producing hundred thousands of Sword Qi which hit towards the black swamp, and in the moment that the swamp retreated, he directly threw the trapped disciples out one by one. Yet this only drew him further down into the mud.
"Young Uncle-Master!" The other disciples saw his intentions, and immediately they became both touched and extremely anxious. At this rate, he wouldn't be able to return!
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"Go!" Yi Qing said in a deep voice, as he finally threw the last disciple out. And he himself sank even deeper into the mud due to exhaustion. He had said in front of Master that he would take care of these disciples, so every one of them must be safe!
"Young Uncle-Master!" They yelled anxiously, but they could only watch the black swamp submerging the top of Yi Qing's head, bringing down both him and the girl of Red and Green Sect prior into complete blackness.
***
Guest room of Divine Heavens Sect.
"Eh?!" Shen Ying who was eating suddenly stood up.
"What are you doing?" Lonemoon looked at her.
Shen Ying's head inclined, and after a while she sat back with an usual expression on her face. "Nothing, my back was sore from sitting for too long."
"Psst." So troublesome! That distinct disdainful expression was on Lonemoon's Face.
***
"Senior Brother, what do we do?" The saved disciples were in the air on their swords. They looked down anxiously at the silenced swamp, and their tears flowed uncontrollably. Young Uncle-Master got sucked inside because of them.
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"Wait!" The highest-level disciple among them bit his lip and said, "Young uncle-master is so good that he could even defeat a seventh-level demon beast, he will definitely be okay. We will wait for him to come out no matter what."
"Yes! I believe in young Uncle-Master. He will definitely make it out!" The other disciples nodded in agreement.
"Me too. I will wait here until he comes out."
"Me too. He saved our lives. In the worst case, we will fight till the end with this swamp."
"Okay, then we will stay! Let's wait here for a day. If young uncle-master still doesn't come out by then, we will go in and attack!"
"Okay!" The disciples nodded, and they all sat down on their swords. They meditated to regain Spirit Qi, while staring at the swamp down below. For a time, they seemed to have all forgotten that in three days, the whole mystic realm would be closed.
***
Yi Qing felt a blackness in front of him, as he sank towards the bottom. He couldn't gather any Spiritual Power, as if his body had instantly been emptied. And the body grew ever heavier. Something squeezed him hard. He could vaguely hear sounds of wind which was getting closer to him.
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His heart tightened. He directly drew out all the sword qi over his body and surrounded his whole body with it. Something bounced off his side. That feeling of squeezing disappeared.
The surroundings were still pitch-black. He could only let go of Divine Perception to find out. Only then did he realize he was sinking constantly into something like a bottomless hole. He could vaguely see many wind blades below his feet where demonic aura concentrated. They were making clanking sounds. Forming a wall of wind blades, they blocked out the black swamp directly.
Chapter 324: Realm Inside Mystic Realm
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
At the side of the wind wall, a pink-colored body shape was sinking, yet the person appeared unfeeling, and made no response even when the wind blades hit and produced bloody marks on him.
Yi Qing remembered that she was the one who sent that SOS signal. He directly sent over a wave of sword qi, which surrounded her and blocked out the wind blades as well as the swarm.
The two continued to sink towards the bottom of the wind blades. After around a quarter of an hour, the wind blades and the swarm all disappeared, and a faint light came from below. The aura over his body somehow recovered a little. They were probably reaching the bottom.
Yi Qing mobilized his Spirit Qi and flew down directly, catching the little girl on his way.
Soon, he indeed landed on an open space. While they were apparently underground, this looked like a purposefully made place. It was very wide but still dark.
Yi Qing looked at the little girl on the ground, made a hand seal and pointed between her brows. In the next moment, the little girl finally woke up.
"Where... where is this?" She looked around in panic.
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Yi Qing summoned a flame, temporarily illuminating their surroundings. Only now did the little girl see Yi Qing beside her. She was first shocked, and then became immensely joyful, "Big brother next door! It's you, it's so good that I am seeing you again."
"You are..." Yi Qing frowned. Have they met?
"It's me, it's me!" She pointed at her face hurriedly. "I'm Niu Niu, I used to live next door to you."
Yi Qing was stunned for a moment. In his head, the image of a little girl with a runny nose flashed. He looked at her in surprise, "you are the granddaughter of Mother Wang?"
"Hmm-hmm." She nodded hard. "I've always remembered big brother. So you have become a cultivator, so have I! I've joined Red and Green Sect. Master gave me a new name, I'm called Lily now."
Yi Qing nodded, the cold and serious look still on his face. "This is the bottom of that swarm, and it is dangerous. We must be careful and cautious at all times."
The girl called Lily nodded and stood up hurriedly. "I will take care and follow big brother next door."
"I'm called Yi Qing!" he replied her, as he looked around. "There might be an entrance. Let's look around."
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"Okay." Lily grew nervous instantly. She hurried to follow suit, and in her eyes were of complete trust towards the person beside her.
The two continued forward for a quarter of an hour but didn't find anything. Only now did Yi Qing realize that the place was huge and very empty. Besides several pillars that seemed to be for support, nothing else could be seen.
It's just that those pillars were all engraved with strange runes, which were unlike the writing of cultivators, but more like those from many years ago. The engravings were a bit fuzzy. The two continued forward for a while, and even those pillars were no longer complete. Many had already collapsed. Yi Qing felt that they shouldn't be far from the edge.
Suddenly, a bright light came from nowhere, and there were sounds like some spells had been activated. Then there was a loud bang. Yi Qing frowned, looked at the person behind him, and at the same time began to fly on his sword towards that direction.
In the next moment, a huge mansion suddenly appeared in front of them. Yet its exterior was shrouded by a black layer of demonic aura, which looked thick and didn't seem like it could be easily broken.
In front of that demonic aura stood a person. He was dressed in a long, greenish gray robe, and his hair was slightly messy. He was attacking the demonic aura constantly, as if he was trying to enter.
"Who's there?" The person seemed to have noticed them. He turned and looked back.
Yi Qing and Lily had to fly down and land in a position a few dozen feet from him.
"Yi Qing, it's you!" The person's eyes suddenly shrunk, and many emotions passed over his face. It seemed like surprise, indignation, or enmity. Yet in an instant all those disappeared, and he looked towards the two gloomily. "I didn't expect that you have a bit of skill too. You are actually here."
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Yi Qing was totally confused. "You are..." Who is that?
The person's face stiffened, and anger burst out in his body like fire ignited. He looked at him as if he wanted to bite. "You dare say that you don't know me?!"
"No!" He answered instantly.
"You..." The person was even angrier, and his face distorted, like he was prepared to rush out and stab him. After a long while, maybe remembering something, he took a deep breath, gnashed his teeth and said, "I am Jing Qi!"
"Jing... Qi?" Yi Qing bowed down his head, thought seriously about it, and he frowned ever deeper. Looking at those horrible stares, his eyes finally brightened, like he finally remembered, "Oh... Dog!"
"..." Who is Dog?
"So it's brother Dog!" Lily at the side took a step forward with an excited expression on her face and light in her eyes. "Brother Dog, you are also cultivating, it is so good! I am Niu Niu, brother Dog! Do you remember me, brother Dog? I didn't expect to see you again, brother Dog!"
Jing Qi felt as if he was stabbed many times, but he couldn't get angry at them. He bore with it after a long time of gnashing his teeth.
"Niu Niu..." His face distorted many times, and there was not the slightest hint of joy from meeting an old friend. It was as if he tried hard to make out a smile, but ended up with an even fiercer expression. "You have a new name now too, I suppose?"
"Of course. I'm called Lily. Master named me!"
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"Lily. I'm called Jing Qi now. You can just call me Jing Qi!"
"Okay, brother Dog. No problem, brother Dog!"
"..." He was almost murderous.
"Where is this?" Yi Qing suddenly said, interrupting someone's growing murderous aura.
Jing Qi was stunned, and only now remembered his purpose. He breathed in deeply. Calm down... When he had obtained that thing... and gone out of this mystic realm, he would definitely get back the dignity that he lost today. He stepped forward and said directly,
"I don't know too. I've been trapped here for three days. I can vaguely figure out that this might be the relic of an ancient great."
"A relic!" Lily was shocked. And an ancient one besides! Though she was young, she had heard that all relics were great opportunities.
Something flashed in Jing Qi's eyes. He continued, "In front shall be the mansion of the person who created this mystic realm back then. However, with all this demonic aura surrounding it, I've been unable to get in."
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He pointed to the front and broke into a hearty smile. "Since we came from the same village, we are meant to help each other. How about we break in together and share the opportunities inside today?"
"Brother Dog, is this demonic aura very strong?" Lily frowned.
Jing Qi's mouth twitched, and he nodded, "It's very strong indeed. I used my full strength but was unable to break in. I'm afraid we would really have to combine the strength of us three to break in together."
Chapter 325: Ancient Relic of Demons
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Yi Qing looked around, walked to one side and squatted down, "it seems to show the method of entrance here."
The two were shocked and went over immediately. Indeed, they saw some patterns engraved there. Because it was on the ground, Jing Qi had never noticed it earlier. The writing had been blurred due to age, only the pattern remained visible.
There was three people whose looks could not be seen clearly, but one could guess that it was two men and a woman. One of them held a sword, another held a flute, and another held something unidentifiable.
"Can it be that this demonic aura indeed required three people to work together to break through?" Jing Qi's eyes brightened. He turned to look at the two and said, "How about the three of try attacking this wall of demonic aura together?"
"Okay!" Lily nodded.
Yi Qing was silent for a while, but finally nodded as well.
Only then did the three step forward, drew upon their Spirit Qi and made attack towards the thick demonic aura. They saw that the wall demonic aura twisted and started to shake. Jing Qi felt a joy inside, and urged everyone to use their full force, "It's opening soon."
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So they had to mobilize more Sword Qi once more, but this time somehow there wasn't much reaction. Yi Qing frowned, gave it a moment of thought and switched his Spirit Qi to Sword Qi directly.
Suddenly the screen of demonic aura, as if it was pierced by something, broke an opening. Jing Qi's eyes narrowed and suddenly withdrew his hand. Before the two could react, his body shape flashed, and he rushed into that opening.
"Brother Dog!" Lily was shocked, but before she could react, the body shape had already disappeared. Only now did she realize that they were cheated, and her face reddened in anger instantly. "That's unbearable! He said we are entering together." Indeed, just like when he was young, he only knew how to bully other kids.
Yi Qing looked at the closed opening and didn't speak. He changed the sword technique in his hand, and instantly, thousands of Sword Qi went directly towards the demonic aura in front of them. In the next instant, as if the demonic aura had encountered its natural enemy, it started to dissipate gradually. Soon, the whole screen of demonic aura disappeared.
"Get inside," said Yi Qing, as he walked straight in.
"..." Lily stood in confusion for a moment, before following through. If they had known that big brother Yi Qing could do it on his own, why did they even attack just now? For some reason, she suddenly wanted to see the expression on brother Dog's face.
Just as Lily expected, brother Dog's face was full of disbelief. He had thought that they would enter sooner or later, but he didn't imagine it to be so soon. It was almost right after him.
"I was just about to try breaking that demonic aura from the inside, but I didn't expect that you've already come in." He smiled, as if he didn't want to get into a conflict with them. His hand subconsciously pressed onto his storage bag.
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Apparently the two did not believe this.
"Hmph!" Lily, being young, snorted directly at him, and was just about to say something.
But Yi Qing suddenly spoke. "Where is the exit?" He looked as if he always knew that Jing Qi would rush in first, but didn't want to pay it any heed.
Jing Qi's face darkened. This expression again. It was as if he didn't think he was worth any attention at all. The hand at his side tightened. He didn't think his choice just now was wrong. This world was one in which the strong survived, after all. He was only seizing a proper opportunity. But looking at the uncaring look on the other boy's face, he somehow felt an angst, and the sense of grievance as if he was being looked at by someone at the top. They clearly came out of the same village, how could he look at him like such!
"This should be the center of the mystic realm. There must be an exit to the ground level." Getting no response from the other person, Yi Qing didn't care about it and simply continued, "This mansion is not big, Let's look in separate directions."
With that said, he gave Lily a look, and turned to walk towards one direction.
Lily nodded and went towards another direction too. Before she went, she even left another big "Hmph" in the direction of Jing Qi.
Jing Qi's face darkened, and his hands moved, as he went in another direction to look for opportunities as well. Just a little girl not yet at Foundation Establishment, he didn't pay her any attention. He subconsciously touched the storage bag again. After he's gotten outside, it won't take long before he made those who looked down on him to pay for it.
Though the mansion didn't look big, there were countless rooms, and many underground passages. Besides, due to age, the items inside all weathered, with only a thick layer of dust left. The three spent many hours looking inside but didn't find anything at all, not to mention an exit.
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Until Yi Qing's sound transmission suddenly sounded, "Lower level, right side, come over."
The other who were looking, stopped short and rushed over towards the room that Yi Qing mentioned. They arrived around the same time. When they entered, they immediately saw a bright white light. An array formation was in the room. It seemed to be activated by wind, probably only activated just now when Yi Qing entered.
This was the innermost and largest room in this ancient relic. The four walls showed engravings of other array formations too, but only the one in front shining with white light seemed still capable of being activated. The white light had a very gentle and peaceful aura, with not even a bit of killing aura. It did not show what it was used for.
"There should be a way to get out here." said Yi Qing, as he turned to study those arrays on the wall that had lost efficacy. However, he didn't have any deep study of arrays, and couldn't figure out what those arrays were used for at all. Lily was a core cultivator, and still in Qi Refinement stage, so she was all the more unable to figure out anything.
Jing Qi took a few steps forward. Without any prior intention to study the arrays, somehow the floor underneath his feet lit up, as if something was activated. The bright array in front of them suddenly shone with immensely bright white light. The light swept in their direction.
Jing Qi was shocked, hurried to withdraw his steps and called out his spirit sword. But a deep male voice suddenly sounded inside the room.
"Fateful person who got my Origin-Returning Pearl."
Suddenly, a white, translucent figure appeared inside the room. It seemed to be a middle-aged man with a hint of a smile across his lips. He was staring right in the direction of the door.
"It's an imaginary body," Yi Qing said with a deep voice. This should be an image that the owner of the relic left during his lifetime.
Indeed, soon the figure continued speaking.
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"I am called Yu Xue. I am the head of Demon Realm, the Myriad Demon King."
Myriad Demon King. The three took a cold breath. They never imagined that this mystic realm was actually built by demons?
"I have spent thousands of years in cultivation, and was fortunate enough to be the supreme among Demon Monarchs, the distinct one in the Demon Realm. This was all because I had the luck to meet a person who used his heavenly abilities to connect the worlds of humans and demons, made sects and demons end their separation, and live in thousands of years of harmony. Countless humans and demons were able to achieve the great Dao and Immortal Ascension thanks to this. Only since then were demons able to understand the true ways toward Dao."