One had to know the rigidity of the tiers in the martial arts world—even a middle stage Element Gathering Tier and an early stage Element Gathering Tier had a chasm between them; moreover, the two in question were separated by two great tiers, how could they get along as equals?
For example, earlier, when Ling Han patted his shoulder… not to mention an Element Gathering Tier, even if an early stage Spiritual Ocean Tier person did that, it would’ve still enraged him and he’d send the person flying with a slap… and he wouldn’t even care about the aftermath, the life and death of the miserable guy would be based on their luck.
He unexpectedly let Ling Han pat his shoulder and had a good talk with him, as if he really treated Ling Han as an equal.
“This kid’s got a weird charisma that made me involuntarily forget his age and tier in cultivation.” Guang Yuan concluded, and then muttered, “In short, this guy’s a monster!”
This feeling wasn’t Guang Yuan’s alone; the Eldest Imperial Prince and the Third Imperial Prince who had royal blood and cultivation in far higher tiers still referred to Ling Han as brother, didn’t they? Admittedly, Ling Han’s background was in play, but his charisma was also affecting the two princes, earning their respect from the bottom of their hearts.
Nangong Xing was beaten, and the Discipline Committee was obstructed. This was supposed to be a big incident, but it involved Ling Han, so it turned from a big incident into a small one. No one brought up seizing Zhu Wu Jiu again, and of course no one said anything about punis.h.i.+ng Ling Han.
However, this was only a tacit state of affairs. Zhu Wu Jiu was fine if he stayed near Ling Han or the latter’s quarters, but once he left or became isolated, then he’d definitely face the Discipline Committee’s arrest.
After all was said and done, this was only to give Ling Han face.
A student could receive such face, how shocking was that?
Zhu Wu Jiu and Guang Yuan settled in the courtyard. First of all, they were both men; second of all, Guang Yuan kept watch, so the Discipline Committee wouldn’t dare act rashly; third of all, well, Guang Yuan could give some pointers to Zhu Wu Jiu, saving Ling Han some work.
This caused Guang Yuan to bawl in anger; he felt that when he became Ling Han’s underling, he only had to be a bodyguard, but why was he now instructing someone’s cultivation? In the future, could he be forced to raise kids?
Two days later, Liu Yu Tong and Li Si Chan hurried over.
Just from the look of the two girls’ expressions, something big definitely happened.
“Devil Sky Mystery Realm opened!” the two girls said at the same time. Finding that they synchronized, they inevitably shot a glare at each other.
“What Devil Sky Mystery Realm?” Ling Han looked confused.
“Mighty men exist who can sever the area we live by supreme mystical arts, forming a small world that is isolated from the normal world; we call it mystery realm,” Liu Yu Tong explained. She knew that Ling Han came from a small place, Gray Cloud Town; even though he was an alchemy genius, he definitely didn’t understand anything about mystery realms.
Ling Han obviously knew what mystery realms are, but he had never heard of Devil Sky Mystery Realm. However, with his abilities in the previous life, he was still unable to separate a part of the world to form a smaller world; therefore, this was definitely only possible for a mighty Shattering Void Tier.
Unfortunately, even though he entered many historic sites, he never had a chance to enter a mystery realm.
It was rumored—a mere rumor—that Heaven’s Sword Sect Sword Emperor belonged to was located in such a mystery realm!
“Devil Sky Mystery Realm is an extremely large mystery realm that is hidden in Rain Country and Fire Country and so on within the Nine Nations of the Desolate North. It’s possible that the entire mystery realm is comparable to Rain Country’s territory in size. It is layered in a mysterious way, hidden in the world we live in.” Liu Si Chan also started to explain, her eyes filled with utter admiration.
This was a supreme handiwork that could separate a large s.p.a.ce from the real world, layer it, and hide it. The thought of it was bewildering.
“Devil Sky Mystery Realm’s original master died long ago, so the mystery realm isn’t controlled by anyone. After a certain amount of time, a ‘door’ will appear that will accept people.” Liu Yu Tong followed hand in hand with Li Si Chan, unexpectedly well coordinated.
“The opening time is not fixed. Sometimes it appears once in several hundred years, and sometimes it appears once every few decades,” Li Si Chan said. “The last time Devil Sky Mystery Realm opened was three hundred years ago.”
“Devil Sky Mystery Realm has a decent amount of ancient arts and skills, and with enough luck, one may find them. It’s said the family that started the Nine Nations of the Desolate North was the first to enter Devil Sky Mystery Realm, and they obtained large amounts of arts and skills; subsequently, they quickly surpa.s.sed others, rebuilding the desolate north rampant with monsters into one that was suitable for humans to live in.”
“It is indeed so, I have seen my family’s historic records with such a written account.”
“There’s more, inside the mystery realm there are G.o.dly pills. Someone entered as a normal Element Gathering Tier, but came out as a shocking Spiritual Pedestal Tier!”
“Inside Devil Sky Mystery Realm wait great opportunities!” Both girls concluded at last.
“But!” Liu Yu Tong immediately continued, “Devil Sky Mystery Realm is not just about opportunities; it’s rumored that when the original master of the mystery realm died, the master’s body was invaded by evil qi, turning the master into a terrifying Blood Zombie. Every once in a while, when it opens, it’s actually because it needs to feed on blood.”
“Yes, that’s why there are rules that when people enter, they must head to the center hall’s suppression stone tablet and pour some blood on top of it. A thousand years ago, everyone wished someone else would pour their blood; as a result, the blood sacrificed was insufficient and a Blood Zombie appeared inside the mystery realm, sweeping across the Nine Nations of the Desolate North. In the end, Flower Blossom Tier cultivators from the Nine large countries showed, giving up their lives to destroy the Blood Zombie,” Li Si Chan said.
Ling Han showed an interested expression, and muttered, “Blood Zombie?”
He’s never heard of a mystery realm like this that required blood sacrifice from those who entered. Normally, when a blood sacrifice was needed, there were only two possibilities: first, to nurture a great devil’s body with blood, like Blood Sucking Origin Gold; secondly, to either break or strengthen a seal.
‘Could it be that inside the mystery realm resides the subdued Origin Gold Giant?’ He suddenly had a bold guess.
Ling Han had “seen” a small fragment of that great battle from the memory shards of the Blood Sucking Origin Gold and could confirm one thing, and that was that giant formed of Origin Gold had definitely been defeated.
According to his deduction, that giant should have been “dismembered”, with its parts scattered in all directions. However, there were other possibilities as well. For example, that giant of Origin Gold might only have had some portion of its body torn off while the majority of its body was still unscathed.
If that was the case and the giant of Origin Gold had been suppressed within the mystery realm, then it would not be strange for a broken piece of its body to have appeared in Rain Country.
Of course, the chances of this possibility were very low, pitifully low.
But when he thought about how terrifying the giant of Origin Gold was, Ling Han still decided to venture into the Devil Sky Mystery Realm to take a look. If the giant of Origin Gold was indeed sealed within, then he must ensure that the seal was being strengthened, and not weakened.
‘So many years have already pa.s.sed. Even a monster like that Origin Gold Giant should have died by now, right?’ Ling Han rea.s.sured himself in this way. However, in the case of an existence like the Origin Gold Giant, even if it had indeed died of old age, its immortal body could still give birth to a second life, though it would be a completely different “person”.
Whatever the case, there was definitely a need for him to go to this Devil Sky Mystery Realm.
“How do you enter the Devil Sky Mystery Realm?” he questioned.
“It’s very easy. After the mystery realm has opened, teleportation doors will appear in various places. Once one pa.s.ses through these doors, he will have directly entered into the Devil Sky Mystery Realm,” Liu Yu Tong said. She paused for a while, then continued, “The reason why we know that the mystery realm has opened is precisely because the ‘doors’ have appeared.”
“Three doors have appeared in Rain Country this time; the nearest one is three hundred miles east of the Imperial City,” Li Si Chan said.
Ling Han nodded, then asked, “In the Devil Sky Mystery Realm, aside from Blood Zombie, what other danger is there?”
“The humans who used to live there have long perished, but there are still some demonic beasts within. Moreover, they seem to be trapped inside, and there is no way to bring them out either. Additionally, we also have no means to stay too long inside. After a certain period of time, we will automatically be ejected out of the mystery realm,” Liu Yu Tong answered.
“According to rumors, there is a terrifying creature in the deepest parts of the Devil Sky Mystery Realm. That area is forbidden. We will only be touring around the outer boundaries. The mystery realm has only appeared after such a long time, so there must definitely be a large number of Spiritual Herbs that have already matured. They are our main targets,” Li Si Chan said.