Chapter 356: Hidden PlaneTranslator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Lonemoon was stunned, but Yi Qing beside him nodded in understanding. "Master is right. Nobody can destroy so many arrays at once. Only the person who set the arrays can take them back any time." That meant the person who set the arrays caused so many cracks to appear at the same time.
"The person who set the array?" His heart sank. Can't it be that evil thing Godfiend?
But with careful thought, it seemed impossible. Both Yi Qing and himself didn't fight Godfiend so many times for naught. They were most familiar with his aura. Those special Immortal Qi on the arrays can't be his. Besides, he was an ancient God of Creation who schemed to get Shen Ying here. How could he find trouble for himself like this?
Lonemoon's head was suddenly filled with the plot of out-dated dramas. Even that setter of arrays was not Godfiend himself, he must have a close relation with Godfiend. Which meant, before Shen Ying took charge of this plane, Godfiend let that person seal all those plane cracks temporarily. But now he took back the arrays without giving them any notice. Couldn't he have... turned hostile towards Godfiend?
Besides, looking at the number of those cracks, this plane was apparently long worn like a sieve? It can't be imagined how many troubles there will be in the future!
The more Lonemoon thought about it, the more worried he became. Shen Jing was right indeed. This plane was a huge trouble!
What to do now? They didn't even know who set the arrays. Perhaps that person had other moves planned.
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"Master." Yi Qing suddenly remembered something. "Is it possible to track the origin of those special Immortal Qi on the arrays?"
Lonemoon's eyes brightened. Indeed, should they know where the Immortal Qi came from, they could definitely find out the setter of arrays.
"Let me try." She finished up the fruit in her hand rapidly and clicked the light screen in front of her. In a short while she stopped. "There's nothing."
The looks of the two darkened. So it couldn't be found indeed.
"Nevertheless, we can try tracking this one." Shen Ying suddenly pulled out a transparent box containing purple gas.
"This... is the purple gas that the new Demon King wanted to rob?" The two suddenly got it. Yes, Shen Ying said that the array at the Demon Palace was modified, so there was the light pillar that almost destroyed the whole demon kind. Apparently the person who modified the array was that new Demon King who disguised as a demon. Besides, one who could modify the array must be very familiar with it. He definitely knew who set those plane crack-sealing arrays.
Besides, his purpose was to obtain these purple gas in Shen Ying's hand, which meant that he would definitely appear in places with this type of gas.
Shen Ying directly unfolded her hand, and the box containing purple gas flew up. Traces of gas emerged from the box and floated towards the light balls of Three Realms.
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But none of the Three Realms produced a reaction from it. Within a short while, the purple gas went back into the box.
"Nothing!" Lonemoon was shocked. How could this be?
"Eh?" Shen Ying actually pointed to the position where the box stayed. "Chef, where is that place?"
Yi Qing took a careful look in the direction she pointed to and said, "Those on the left should be Mortal Realms, and those on the right should be Celestial Worlds."
"What about the middle?"
"The middle?" Yi Qing was stunned, looking at the pitch blackness in the middle. "Master, that is the void between Mortal Realms and Celestial Worlds, there wasn't any..."
Before he finished, Shen Ying suddenly raised a hand and stroked. Instantly, the Three Realms magnified in front of them. Most notably, in the place that he described as the void, a black ball emerged in the next moment.
"This is..." Both Lonemoon and Yi Qing were shocked. Upon a closer look, they realized that a layer of black gas covered the bead, integrating it with the darkness all around it. This was a hidden world!
"It's demonic Qi!" Lonemoon immediately produced a gas spell, clearing up the black gas in an instant. A complete light ball became visible. And in the box that contained the purple gas, a tiny trace of purple gas pointed right towards that world.
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"Where is this?" The two were completely confused. They had never known that in between Celestial Worlds and Mortal Realms was another hidden world.
And the demonic Qi that covered it apparently belonged to Godfiend. Why did he hide this world?
"No matter where this is, it must have something to do with the array-setter," Yi Qing said with a deep voice, "We'll know after going in to explore."
Lonemoon nodded. "Let's go inside to find that person first." With that said, he directly stroked the air, and was about to go right into that world.
"Wait a minute." Shen Ying suddenly grabbed him.
"What's the matter?"
"Uh, I just want to let you know this first. This world had severed connection with the plane."
Lonemoon, "..."
Yi Qing: "..."
What?
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"What do you mean, severed connection?" Lonemoon stepped forward and asked.
"To put it simply... this world is independent." Shen Ying thought about it and added, "In the words of this plane, it was no longer under the laws of Heavenly Dao."
"Huh?" Lonemoon was stunned. "Isn't this world one of the Three Realms?" How could it not be under the laws of Heavenly Dao? He suddenly thought of something and his eyes opened wide. "Can't this world be an intrusion from another plane, too?"
"No."
He felt relieved. "Then why is it disconnected? Are planes allowed to be independent?"
"Theoretically not." She shook her head. "But this plane is different."
"..." Lonemoon understood instantly. This plane was a trouble.
"Master is worried that entering this world, our powers may be limited?" said Yi Qing.
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"Yes." Shen Ying nodded.
"Never mind!" Lonemoon clenched his fist. "Go there first." Even if they couldn't find the array-setter, it would be nice to find Godfiend and give him a beating.
"Good luck, Father Niu!" Shen Ying hurried to wave!
The figure who was just about to enter that world paused. He turned around and shouted towards the two indifferent people behind him. "You both f*cking come over too!"
"We also need to go?"
"Of course!" Whose plane was it? Hello?
"That's so troublesome..."
"Shut up!"
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Lonemoon only felt a white light flash in front of him, and in the next moment he was already on a village lane. He subconsciously sensed the aura of the surroundings and found to his surprise that it was Immortal Qi instead of Spirit Qi in the air. Only obviously much thinner than in Celestial World.
Is this the effect of severing connection with the plane?
"Shen Ying, look for..." He turned to remind Shen Ying to take out the purple gas for clues, but he felt only an emptiness beside him.
Huh?
"Where are you!"
Σ(°△°|||)
His side was empty. Not only Shen Ying but also Chef, was gone
Chapter 357: Wonder PlaneTranslator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Lonemoon hurried to click his wristband for communication, but it did not react at all. Can this be the limitation that Shen Ying mentioned? Not only was the position they entered into random, they can't even use assistant authority here?
Then how on earth is he going to find them?
He looked around him and decided to find an immortal city to gather some information first. Just as he was preparing to call out his sword,
Subconsciously, Lonemoon wanted to call out his immortal sword, but then, that giant bird figure flashed in front of him and changed into human shape. He walked towards him smiling. "Where is this Fellow Immortal going? Would you like an exclusive bird service? To and fro trips included. Enjoy luxurious vehicle and a five-star experience. Zero immortal power consumption. We have a 99% positive rating on Didi Beast Services!" [Didi is a Chinese ride-hailing company]
"..."
What the hell?
(⊙_⊙)
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"Fellow Immortal looks unfamiliar. New customers can enjoy a 30% off for the first ride! It costs only 3 mid-tier immortal stones. We can stop and leave at your command with perfect punctuality guaranteed. Would Fellow Immortal like to leave now?" With that said, he patted his own back hard.
Lonemoon's mouth twitched. "It's... It's okay. I can fly myself!" With that said, he flew up on his sword.
"Eh? Fellow Immortal, don't go! Flying on sword is so immortal power-consuming! If you're not okay with 30%, 40% is fine too... Or 50%
What was going on?
Lonemoon's expression was full of confusion. He accelerated on his sword. Exploring with his Divine Perception, he realized that there was an immortal city nearby. Indeed, quite a lot of mansions soon appeared afar.
He went down directly and saw a giant stone tablet, upon which was a line of exquisite calligraphy in big fonts: Welcome to Shang Fang Immortal City!
Lonemoon was stunned. Doesn't this type of welcoming message seem a bit familiar?
Coupled with the 'Didi Beast Services' he mentioned just now, Lonemoon suddenly had a foreboding feeling. After a while of hesitation, he walked inside. Almost instantly, bustling sounds surrounded him.
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"Jumbo Mansion clearance sale! Immortal artifacts of original price at dozens and hundreds going at only five! Level one to level five immortal artifacts for you to choose from!"
"Shang Fang Immortal School is open for registration! Our school has top-level Mystic Immortal teaching lessons. Your level-raising dream can come true within a century. All cultivations below Earth Immortal are eligible. A full refund of school fees will be given to those who haven't achieved immortal ascension by graduation. Shang Fang Immortal School is your best choice for improving cultivation!"
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"Seventh-level immortal beast eggs..."
Lonemoon, "..."
This is... an immortal city?
Looking at these modern selling tactics and familiar advertising phrases, he wondered whether they hired a strategist from another plane, or all of them traveled through time together?
Lonemoon's heart sank. There was obviously something wrong with this world, something seriously wrong. Very possibly, there was more than one intruder. He had to find Shen Ying soon.
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Just as he was about to ask for some information, he suddenly heard a loud bang. Looking up subconsciously, he saw something rising into the sky not far away, and exploding like fireworks. A large golden array covered the whole immortal city instantly.
But there was no immortal pressure from it at all. It seemed like merely a large marking, shining in the sky.
"Wow, that's an expensive doing!" In confusion, he heard the surprised shouts from cultivators in the streets. In their talking there was no panic, but actually some envy.
"I don't know who is so rich to actually buy a whole-city immortal marking."
"Yeah. Once this marking is out, it can be seen across the dozens of immortal cities."
"This is my first time seeing a whole-city marking. I'm not sure whoever that paid so much for marketing can earn back the worth of this marking!"
"Rich great cultivators are different after all."
So this array in the sky was just an advertisement?
-_-|||
"There, there! Look, the marking is activated!" Someone gave a reminder.
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All the cultivators in the streets looked up, and so did Lonemoon, subconsciously. The golden array in the air suddenly started changing, and the whole figure started condensing and transforming, generating large amounts of golden stars which fell down. Words vaguely appeared in the middle of it and started getting clearer gradually. Within the time of burning half an incense, two words in attention-catching large fonts were formed – Father Niu!
"..."
Damn!
"Eh? What is Father Niu, anyone heard of it?"
"I've never heard of it. Can it be some top-level pill?"
"Or maybe some rare artifact."
"No, no. In my opinion, this must be some special cultivation method."
Lonemoon's mouth twitched, and the veins in his forehead were about to burst. Killing aura overflowed all over his body. He produced a wind-riding seal and turned to rush towards the position from which the array just rose.
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These two idiots!
ლ(艹皿艹)ლ
He went all the way to the square at the very center of the immortal city. Indeed, from far away, he saw a platform raised in the middle of the square, on which two familiar figures stood. One of the leaned lazily on a chair, nibbling at a fruit. The other stood behind holding a giant banner. On the banner, it was written in golden font: Paying substantially to look for Father Niu!
The two glanced at the crowd in front of them while chatting casually.
"Chef, do you think Father Niu will see it?"
"Master, rest assured. With his cultivation level, even without meeting us, he wouldn't come to danger."
"Uh... How many immortal stones have we owed, then?"
"Including the cost of fireworks just now, it would be 45105 mid-tier immortal stones in total."
"Chef, quickly use your Divine Perception to do a careful search. We must find Father Niu!"
"Yes, Master. No problem, Master!"
The footstep of Lonemoon, who just reached the square, paused. In the next moment he turned to leave without hesitation. Holy shit, I don't know these two burdens.
"Father Niu!" Shen Ying actually recognized him fast. "Chef, stop him!"
"Yes, Master!"
In the next moment, with clanging sounds, a sword rain fell in front of Lonemoon, surrounding him tightly. The cultivators around him hurried to dodge. In the middle of the whole square, Lonemoon was the only one left, surrounded by immortal swords.
Shen Ying stood up rapidly and raised a hand for a passionate greeting. "Hey! Father Niu!"
"Get lost!"
Don't think about me paying all your debts!
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Lonemoon realized deeply that he had been keeping two costly burdens. It was less than four hours since they separated, and the two could actually use up tens of thousands of mid-tier immortal stones within such a small immortal city. Besides, they were merely eating, without buying any dharma artifacts or dharma treasures.
Lonemoon pressed his bag of immortal stones with a bleeding heart. More than forty thousand mid-tier immortal stones, forty thousand! How much dirty work... pui, business, would he have to do, and how many spirit plants and dharma artifacts would he have to sell to make up for that?
For the 1001th time, he wanted to sell these two burdens!
Chapter 358: Group Time-TravelingTranslator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
"How on earth did you owe so much money?" Lonemoon gave the two a stare.
"Father Niu, I..." Shen Ying was about to answer.
"You shut up!" Lonemoon stopped her directly and turned to look at Chef beside her. "You tell me!" Never mind about Shen Ying, he had been used to getting burdened by her. But since when did even Chef become so unreliable?
"When Master and I arrived, we happened to be in different areas of this city." explained Yi Qing. "That was past lunchtime. When I found Master, she was eating at Immortal Dining Place in the city. Master was too hungry that she ate a lot..."
"That's it?"
Chef's look fluttered before he continued, "I realized that the spirit rice from that shop was good so I got some by the way."
"Were you eating a king's meal? Even if you ate and bought spirit rice, you couldn't have used tens of thousands of spirit stones?" Most cultivators gained Grain Liberation so eating wasn't necessary. Therefore, most cultivators' restaurants were not expensive. A bit more than one hundred spirit stones were the maximum.
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"It only cost... eighty-three spirit stones."
"What about the rest then?"
"The rest..." Yi Qing's expression changed slightly, and he continued with a cough, "We only realized that we didn't bring spirit stones after eating so... we rented a platform to look for you and bought a seeking firework by the way. And... it became tens of thousands."
"So..." Lonemoon breathed deeply. "For eighty plus spirit stones' worth of meal cost, you spent tens of thousands to find me to pay the bills."
The master and the disciple went stiff, staring at the sky together.
"With that... Don't mind such details, Father Niu!" She really didn't know that a firework was that expensive.
"Get lost!" I don't want to be your Father Niu. "Don't expect to get your living allowance next month. Go and eat your spirit rice!"
"Father Niu..."
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(இдஇ;)
"Hey, are you going to pay the bills or not?" The restaurant owner who kept waiting at the side became impatient. He glanced at the three. "45105 mid-tier spirit stones in total. They must be paid in full by today. Our restaurant accepts no credit. If you're not going to pay for them, don't blame me for extracting their cultivation and make it into immortal pills to serve as payment." With that said, he looked at the two up and down and snorted. "Thought you had some backing. So you can't afford to pay indeed. Why buy a city marking if you don't have money?
Don't have money?
(艹皿艹)
Who doesn't have money?!
Lonemoon's look darkened and he directly took out a bag of spirit stones and threw it over. "45105 mid-tier spirit stones right? Here are 500 top-tier spirit stones. Keep the change!" He most hated being called not having money.
"Top... top-tier spirit stones!" The owner was surprised and immediately he smiled like a flower. "It seems that I was over-thinking, then. Should Fellow Immortal want to send another city marking next time, our shop will give you a discount."
"That's not necessary."
Seeing that the other party's expression wasn't pleasant, the owner didn't dare speaking much. "I will take my leave then. Thanks for visiting." With that said, he went away holding the bag of spirit stones in his arms.
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Lonemoon looked at the owner who went away, and something flashed in his eyes. He tried hard to suppress the urge to beat the two up, and gave them a two-hour scolding.
Only after that did he start thinking about the situation of the whole immortal city. Ever since coming to this city, he had felt that every detail about it was absurd. What he saw all the way was too un-immortal like.
Those modern advertisements, and that strange city marking in the sky...
There was a bold guess in his mind which couldn't yet be confirmed. Thinking about it, he turned to the two behind him after a long while, "Shen Ying, the two of you stay here and don't walk around. I'll go and..."
"Buy some oranges?" Shen Ying answered subconsciously.
Lonemoon's mouth twitched. "Get lost!"
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Lonemoon walked around the city asking and finally managed to roughly understand the situation in this world. This was a world of mixed immortal and mortal residences. All the mortals in here could cultivate, from Qi Refinement all the way till Mystic Immortal level. There didn't seem to be the concepts of Stygian Immortal and Exalted Immortal here. Or nobody ever rose to those cultivation levels.
Besides, they didn't experience Lightning Tribulation with every rising in level like cultivators of other planes. Lonemoon guessed that they might be because this plane didn't operate under the Heavenly Dao.
The cultivation system here was extremely complex as well. Besides the five elements of spirit roots, there were actually magic, qi competition, ancient martial arts... and a great many other cultivation methods. For example, the advertisement in the sky that Shen Ying sent to look for him previously was actually a magic array, he got to understand later. Though it was also formed by condensation of immortal qi, it had vastly different uses. No wonder he didn't see any immortal pressure from the array previously.
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There were also many sects, colleges and training camps, etc. in this plane. All of them were places to improve cultivation, and they were varied in quality. But the people here seemed used to that and didn't find it strange at all. Coupled with those completely different sales tactics that he saw just now, Lonemoon guessed that there might have been more than one intruder in the world.
He had long known that this plane was probably intruded like a sieve being passed through by grains. Yet seeing this sieve personally, he still felt shocked..
"So that's why Godfiend hid this world?" Yi Qing frowned and said.
"Very probably!" Lonemoon nodded. "He probably concentrated all those intruders into this one world, that's why it is so strange here." Godfiend might have separated it from the Three Realms in fear of the intruders affecting other planes.
"But the people here don't look like intruders to me."
"No indeed," said Lonemoon. "I've known from just now that everything they knew about the outside world were taught by their predecessors. Those who knew them have long passed away."
"Which means that the intruders who were put into isolation in this world by Godfiend have actually disappeared long ago. And those in this world now are the descendants of intruders?" Is this a world remade by a time-traveling group?
"This should be the case.
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"It' not possible!" Yi Qing shook his head. "This world is isolated from Heavenly Dao, which means souls from here do not enter the Samsara. Where do the people come from then?" They can't appear from nowhere.
"I can't explain this as well." Lonemoon frowned. Indeed, he couldn't sense the aura of the River of Forgetfulness in this world, which meant that this was a world allowing entrance but no exit. Yet apparently, there were no less cultivators here than anywhere else. Where did all these people come from then?
"It seems that we'll have to ask Godfiend about this." Lonemoon pushed Shen Ying beside him. "Have you discovered traces of that purple gas?"
"Oh." Shen Ying looked like she just remembered about business. She took out that box of purple gas, and in the next moment a tiny trace went towards the right. "To the South."
"That's the North!"
Lonemoon was speechless. He gave Chef a look before flying up on his sword and starting in that direction.
Chapter 359: Extremely Straight ManTranslator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The three of them followed the purple gas' lead the entire way. To protect the remaining purple aura they had, they tried not to fly too quickly. From time to time, some cultivators would fly past them. For some reason, Lonemoon felt like the more they travelled toward the north, the more cultivators there were around them. What's more, it seemed like each cultivator looked more excited than the last. Some even greeted them warmly. Lonemoon was not too bothered at first, but as the number of cultivators around them increased, the looks they were getting got stranger as well.
Lonemoon began to feel like something was amiss. However, he kept his focus on the purple aura and tried not to think too much of it. That was until Shen Ying, who was seated on Yi Qing's sword, spoke up.
"Eh, it's gone."
The two of them stopped and realised that the line in the purple gas was gone. There was nothing floating over to them anymore. "What happened?"
"If the aura didn't disappear, I think we're already here," Yi Qing replied.
The three of them scanned their surroundings. There was a lake underneath their feet, and in it stood a small island. They could vaguely make out a crowd on the island. Everybody's faces seemed to carry excited expressions, as if they were in the midst of an interesting discussion. The noise from the island travelled upward toward them.
They exchanged glances and decided to land on the island. Just as they were about to check if there was any similar aura as the purple gas' there, everybody went silent. The previously noisy island became so quiet that they could hear a pin drop. The cultivators all turned to look at them in shock and disbelief. It was incredibly strange.
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Lonemoon's heart fell. Was this island private territory? Were they not allowed on the island? But from the looks of these people's clothes, they were all from different sects. There was also no array around the island. Why then were they all staring at the three of them?
Lonemoon looked back at them in confusion. Out of habit, he wore his business-like smile on his face and greeted everybody. "Greetings, fellow immortals." He was just about to ask what was going on when someone tutted!
"Hmph! How rude and unsightly!" The voice belonged to a man dressed in a green robe. He scanned Lonemoon and Yi Qing from head to toe, his expression full of contempt. One would think that he was looking at piles of garbage. "You're contaminating this holy ground." After he finished speaking, he tossed the red cloth in his hand onto a branch next to him. He tugged at the female cultivator beside him and flew off.
"..."
What just happened? Lonemoon pursed his lips. He did not just offend that cultivator, right? All he did was greet the crowd – the greeting was not even directed at that man! There was no reason for him to get mad.
Once the cultivator in the green robes left, the silence broke. Everybody burst into discussion once more, albeit in a lower volume than before. Every once in awhile, people would shoot glances at the three of them. People were obviously keeping a fair distance from the group. Some of the people from the crowd even left the island, following the cultivator in the green robes. Within seconds, a huge space was created specially for the three of them on the previously crowded island.
The three of them: "..." *What? *
(⊙_⊙)
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"Fellow immortal, please don't mind them." A cultivator in blue robes stepped forward and patted Lonemoon on the shoulder sympathetically. "It's obvious that those people are cultivators from Shuoyue City. Their lives are too closed-up from the rest of the world. That's probably why they could not stand it. Fellow immortals, since you've already come, please don't mind how others view you!"
With that, more people began to approach the group, expressions full of pity. One by one, they took turns to offer comfort and advice to the three of them.
"This fellow immortal is right! The two of you are extremely brave. Please don't take what he said to heart. As long as both of you are genuine to each other, it will be alright."
"That's right. Nothing is perfect in this world. As long as you're genuine, it does not matter that you wouldn't end well."
"I think you will be fine too."
"Yes, everything is in God's hands. Perhaps there will be a miracle!"
More and more people began to gather around them so that the crowd on the island became split into two. The people on one side looked extremely pained, as if they had been wronged. The people on the other side looked absolutely disgusted with them. They were looking at the other group of people with contempt.
Wait a moment!
Lonemoon was confused. For some reason, he felt like the situation was odd. What were these people saying?
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"All of you..." He was just about to ask when he was interrupted.
The cultivator in the blue robes who first stepped up to comfort them suddenly retrieved a red cloth and stuffed it in Lonemoon's hand.
"Here! Hold this. Fellow Immortal, you can go first. No matter what the outcome is, it will be alright as long as both of you love each other!"
He gave Lonemoon a light push, to the huge tree in the middle of the island. Next to him was an equally confused Chef, who was also holding onto a red cloth that someone else stuffed in his hand.
What was going on?
Lonemoon exchanged a look with a very confused Chef next to him. He looked at the red cloth in his hand and studied the crowd behind him who was looking at them intently, cheering them on silently. Suddenly, he realised everybody else around them were in pairs – one male and one female. A bad feeling surfaced in his heart.
"Well... Can I just ask what tree this is?"
The cultivator in the blue room smiled kindly and replied, "Don't worry, Fellow Immortal. You're not at the wrong place. Look at the stone tablet over there if you don't believe me."
Lonemoon looked over and found a stone tablet just underneath the tree. On it was written in golden letters using an immortal dharmic technique. The words were flashing: The Marriage and Fertility Tree!
Lonemoon, "..."
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Yi Qing: "..."
The two of them jumped back immediately. After reading what was written on the tablet, they felt the sudden urge to gorge their own eyes out.
Fer... Fer... Fertility!
Σ(°△°|||)
Why would they beg for children! Were these people all looking at them so strangely because they thought he and Yi Qing were here to ask for children?
He and Yi Qing!
In what way did they look like they were here to ask for children? And why would he come here with Yi Qing? This might be some random realm at the boundaries of the world, but they didn't have to act this stupid! In what way did Yi Qing and Lonemoon look like a couple! What's more, Shen Ying was clearly standing next to Chef. Why would they jump to conclusions and think that Yi Qing and Lonemoon were an item? Were they blind!
Wait a moment!
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Why was Chef moving so far away from him?
I'm straight!
"Master, I've used my divine perception to search around. There's no hint of the purple gas over here. Let's go somewhere else!" Once he finished speaking, he carried Shen Ying to his own sword and flew off.
Lonemoon, "..."
A while later...
"You two little bastards, come back!"
The audience of couples: "..."
Eh? What's going on? When did that woman on the sword arrive? They thought that they were witnessing an unusual relationship. But now there was one more person involved? It was a love triangle.
Suddenly, everybody on the island felt a strong urge to gossip...
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"What should we do now?" Lonemoon sighed when he finally caught up with the two of them. He glared at them and gritted his teeth. "Chef, why are you standing so far away from me?"
"Er..." Yi Qing looked up into the sky.
"I'm going to say it again – I'm straight!" Lonemoon suppressed the strong urge he felt to beat Yi Qing up. "That's about enough from the two of you! Let's talk business!! Get the hell over here!"
"..." I'm just worried you'll badly influence Master.
Chapter 360: A Realm Beyond the RealmTranslator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Yi Qing brought Shen Ying a bit closer.
Lonemoon frowned, trying to suppress his anger. Awhile later, he said, "The purple gaseous clues are gone now. If we want to find it-"
"No!" Shen Ying interrupted.
"What?"
Lonemoon paused. Shen Ying suddenly handed the box containing the purple gas over. A thin line drifted out of the box. There it was again! This time, though, it was leaning toward the west.
"Holy shit! Why is it here again?"
"I don't know." Shen Ying tilted her head. "I just realised it was there."
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Lonemoon took the box and studied it closer. "Forget it, let's try to search in the direction it's leading us."
Once he finished speaking, he followed the direction of the purple line. Yi Qing tried to catch up.
"Master, just now..." Yi Qing started saying, but realised that Shen Ying was looking in the direction of the Fertility and Marriage tree once again. She looked deep in thought. "Master? Master!"
"Yes?"
"But it seems inappropriate."
Shen Ying faced Yi Qing. After pondering for a moment, she said, "Chef, don't you think that-"
"I found it!" Lonemoon, who was in front of them, suddenly shouted. He looked at the box once more, then pointed below. "It's right there!"
Indeed, the box containing the purple gas began to glow very faintly with purple light. It looked like something was pulling it downward.
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The few of them landed. Surprisingly, it was a forest. All around them were tall, sturdy trees. It did not look like many people came here before. The moment they entered the forest, the light disappeared. Their surroundings became pitch black.
All three of them felt slightly surprised. Initially, they had found the purple gas in different dharma artifacts which resembled accessories. Naturally, they thought they would be led to other similar-looking artifacts. Yet, it did not look like this forest contained any similar-looking artifacts.
Lonemoon quickly used his divine perception to scan the forest, but he found nothing. Frowning, he asked, "Why can't I find anything?" If the purple gas was correct, they should find something over here.
The three of them split up to look around.
"Father Niu, don't you feel..." Yi Qing pointed to the trees around them. "Don't you feel that these trees are all grown in quite unique positions?"
The trees!
It was then that Lonemoon realised the suspiciously tall trees all around them. On closer inspection, his eyes widened. "This is an array!"
Yi Qing's and Lonemoon's eyes twinkled with surprise. Arrays required some kind of force to sustain – spirit Qi, immortal Qi or demonic Qi would normally do the trick. Yet, this array looked like it was being supported by the natural trees. The roots of the trees were buried deep in the soil, where the immortal meridians flowed. Naturally, the array would be able to obtain some by seeking support from the trees. This was the reason this array was camouflaged so well. It would give outsiders the impression that this place was filled with immortal power. However, nobody would realise that there was an array standing right there.
This was the first time either of them was seeing an array like this. Indeed, the person who set it up was creative.
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Lonemoon walked toward one of the trees and activated some immortal Qi. Using the immortal Qi's force, he changed the flow of the array and broke it open.
At once, the dense forest shook before their eyes. As if curtains had just been opened, the forest disappeared. A majestic palace stood in its place.
The immortal Qi around them surged, making them feel like they were standing inside an immortal meridian.
"I think this is an ancient monument." Lonemoon surveyed the palace, which was practically engulfed by immortal Qi. "Let's go in and take a look. Be careful."
He stepped forward with Yi Qing following close behind him. Shen Ying was right behind them.
"Eh?" Just as she stepped through the door, she halted, turning around to look at the forest behind them.
"Master?" Yi Qing noticed Shen Ying pause. He turned around quizzically.
Shen Ying lowered her gaze, then turned back to the front. "That's alright. Let's go!"
A small jade-like staircase appeared in front of them, leading the short way to the front hall which was floating in mid-air.
The three of them began to climb the stairs. A short while later, they arrived at a huge field. The field was so vast that they could not find its boundaries. Immediately, they mounted their swords and flew across the field to the front of the hall.
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On top of the hall hung a red signboard. On the signboard was written three words: Purple Night Palace. The font was bold and strong, commanding some sort of authority. It caused both Lonemoon and Yi Qing to frown. They looked away and did not look at it again.
Shen Ying, on the other hand, raised her head and looked at it for a long while.
Hey!
The gate to the hall was shut tight. Lonemoon had thought that it would be protected by one or two arrays. To his surprise, however, the gate creaked open when he gave it a light push.
When the three of them entered the hall, they noticed that it was completely empty, just like the outside. Immortal Qi over here was so thick that it was comparable to the heavenly palaces in the immortal realm. Yet, for some reason, they had an eerie feeling while inside. It looked like this place had been deserted for a long time. The strange thing was that everything was in perfect condition. There was not a speck of dust inside the house. There was no sign that anyone had ever been here.
"Quick, look in the middle!" Yi Qing exclaimed as he pointed to the center of the hall where the immortal Qi felt the thickest.
Lonemoon turned to look. Faintly, they saw a purple light in the middle of the hall. His chest tightened as he walked briskly toward it. Indeed, there in the middle stood a stage made out of white jade. There was a lamp on it that was lit up, not with fire, but with the purple gaseous mass that resembled smoke.
"We found it!" Lonemoon exclaimed. He picked up the lamp. "There is indeed a purple-"
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"Father Niu!" Before he could finish speaking, Yi Qing's eyes widened in shock. "Put it down!"
Huh?
Lonemoon paused. He saw the purple gas turn into purple flames, which spread at top speed. They swallowed his lower arm and threatened to swallow his entire body.
He tried to loosen his grip on the lamp, but found that he could not. His arm was now numb.
Yi Qing activated his sword Qi and directed it at Lonemoon, causing the purple flames to retreat back down his arm. The lamp fell to the floor with a clank. Lonemoon's sleeves were entirely burnt off and his lower arm looked badly scarred.
His heart thumped. What kind of technique was that? He couldn't feel his arm at all.
Before he could figure it out, the gate to the hall closed itself back with a loud bang.
The entire hall lit up. The darkness turned into a blinding white light. A beam of light was shining down on the hall from above, causing a big hole to appear right in the middle.
An emotive male voice sounded.
"You're finally here, Manager."