The Chaotic Immortal Wood Sect: Immortal Cultivation War - Chapter 38

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38. Time Flows Even in the Mystic Realm

“Haha! This is absurd.”

“They escaped.”

Ha So Woon and Man Song wore dejected expressions at this unthinkable and ridiculous situation.

And the monks from Blue Wood Academy and Cheon Gwang Moon watching them couldn’t hide their incomprehensible expressions either.

“What do you think it was?”

Ha So Woon asked Man Song.

“It must have been a spatial movement talisman or artifact of Spirit Realm level or higher.”

“You’re saying those mere Qi Accumulation stage brats had such a thing?”

“Then what do you think it was, Peak Lord Ha?”

“From what I sensed, I suspect it might have been a Great Unity Token…”

“You’re saying those brats had a Great Unity Token?”

“Compared to them having a Spirit Realm treasure, a Great Unity Token has much higher possibility.”

“That’s true, but… Then what will you do? Will you go to the Great Unity Hall?”

Man Song asked about Ha So Woon’s next move.

If they really used a Great Unity Token, there was no reason they couldn’t pursue them.

They also had Great Unity Tokens, so entering the Great Unity Hall wouldn’t be difficult.

“What could we accomplish even if we chased after them?”

But Ha So Woon shook his head.

“If we could just meet them, wouldn’t there be some way to change their minds?”

“That might be possible. But from now on, we have no reason to search for those children together. The matter here has already ended in failure.”

“If Peak Lord Ha has made up his mind like that, I have no choice but to follow. I understand. Let’s wrap up this matter here.”

“Well now, I’m the only one who ended up looking foolish. Coming all this way only to be embarrassed. Tsk tsk.”

Ha So Woon had hurriedly flown here to Cheong Myeong Bang Si from Cheon Gwang Moon.

Yet in the end, he gained nothing except deciding to punish his disciples.

Instead, he ended up being made a fool of by two Qi Accumulation stage monks, suffering only losses that would make it hard to show his face for a while.

“Then, we’ll take our leave now.”

As Ha So Woon’s expression turned sour, Man Song hurriedly bid farewell and flew out of Cheong Myeong Bang Si with the Blue Wood Academy monks.

Ha So Woon clicked his tongue at Man Song’s quick action but could only watch helplessly.

For him to save face here, he would have to kill Man Song, but that would only make him the instigator of an all-out war between Cheon Gwang Moon and Blue Wood Academy.

And if such a fight broke out, wouldn’t he have to become the vanguard of Cheon Gwang Moon and risk his life on a precipice, just as Man Song had said earlier?

“Well now. My face is so hot I can’t lift my head.”

Ha So Woon muttered this, clicked his tongue, and disappeared with a flash of light.

The other Cheon Gwang Moon monks also followed suit and disappeared, and afterward, rumors that Ha So Woon and Man Song had been defeated by two Qi Accumulation stage monks became a topic of conversation among the monks of Nok Province for quite some time.

***

“Get up! I know you’re conscious!”

“Mmm? Ah, you knew?”

“Don’t I know how sturdy your body is? And I didn’t even hit you that hard, you should have gotten up already.”

“Well… I was embarrassed.”

“At least you know to be embarrassed? You should have just stayed still. At least you’re alive, sob sob sob.”

“Waaaah. Hyeon, you’re too much!”

“You’re the one who’s too much! I almost had to go back out in front of those Avatar Stage monks because of you!”

“Huh? Because of me?”

“Did you think I would have just run away if only you had been sent in here?”

“… Sorry.”

In Deok hung his head dejectedly, as if he hadn’t thought that Kang Hyeon would follow him back out of the Mystic Realm.

“Sigh, can’t you do something about becoming so short-sighted and impulsive when you panic? You’re also a monk of the Qi Accumulation realm!”

“But just now, I really felt it was dangerous…”

“When I say I’m fine! You should have believed that!”

Kang Hyeon scowled and snapped at In Deok.

“…”

In Deok couldn’t say anything and just watched Kang Hyeon’s mood with his large frame.

“Fine. You were wrong, right?”

Kang Hyeon asked this as if he had no intention of scolding In Deok further, lightening the atmosphere.

“Huh? Yes! Sorry. Hehe.”

In Deok’s expression immediately relaxed.

“Then, me hitting you never happened, right?”

“Huh? Ah! Right. That’s natural. I was the one who should be sorry in that situation.”

In Deok said this while scratching the back of his head.

“Good. Then let’s decide what to do now.”

“Decide what?”

“Let’s decide whether to stay here and weather the storm, or leave for somewhere far from Cheong Myeong Bang Si right away.”

“If we open the Mystic Realm entrance now, it’ll be where we came from, right? The spirit herb field underground in the manor.”

“If we just open the entrance normally, yes. It’s set to open back where we entered.”

“Then obviously we have to hide here for a long time, right? They’re definitely watching our manor.”

In Deok asked with an expression that suggested there was no choice.

“If we just open the entrance normally, yes, but if we use the Trent traces I left throughout Nok Province, we can open an entrance somewhere far from Cheong Myeong Bang Si.”

“You mean the Strange Tree branches and roots you planted here and there while coming here?”

“That’s right. There are quite a few Trent branches and roots I planted on the way to Cheongmyeongbangsi, so I just need to find one among them that contains enough energy to open the entrance to the Mystic Realm.”

“Is that possible?”

“It wasn’t me who absorbed the Mystic Realm’s incantation, but the Trent. So using a part of the Trent as a medium to open an entrance to a distant location isn’t impossible. Of course, once used like that, those branches or roots would be hard to keep intact.”

“Still, that’s amazing! Wait a minute, then the Trent’s branch you gave me—can you open an entrance through that too?”

“Of course. As long as the Trent can resonate with a part of itself, and that resonating branch or root contains at least the minimum energy, then I can open the entrance to the Mystic Realm.”

“That’s insane. Then if you scatter Trent branches and roots all across the continent, you could instantly travel long distances?”

In Deok asked with an excited expression as he thought of new ways to use the Trent’s Mystic Realm.

“Yes. That would be possible too. The Trent’s resonance ability is quite excellent, so all the ones I’ve planted in Nok Province so far can be resonated with. However, as you know, opening the entrance to the Mystic Realm puts considerable strain on the Trent, so I can’t abuse it carelessly. Besides, this is just a guess, but I think the farther the resonance distance, the greater the total amount of energy needed to open the Mystic Realm’s entrance.”

“It’s not certain?”

“I haven’t tried it. But I don’t think I’m far off.”

“I see.”

In Deok nodded as if he understood to some extent.

He wasn’t unaware that nothing happens without a price.

“So, what should we do? Stay here for a while? Or leave for somewhere far from Cheongmyeongbangsi?”

“Of course we should stay here for some time and then go to a distant place.”

“It seems you’ve finally come to your senses. Seeing as you’re giving the answer I was thinking of.”

Kang Hyeon smiled brightly at In Deok’s seemingly thoughtful answer.

But suddenly In Deok’s facial expression hardened.

“What? Why?”

Kang Hyeon asked.

“What if those Avatar Stage monks open the entrance to this Mystic Realm and come in?”

In Deok had a tense expression, thinking it was quite possible.

But Kang Hyeon shook his head with a resolute expression.

“That’s absolutely impossible.”

“Huh?”

“The Mystic Realm that the Trent obtained is a completely stabilized space. And no being other than the Trent can open the entrance to that Mystic Realm.”

“Not even Avatar Stage monks?”

“Not Avatar Stage, not even Spirit Realm monks or immortals from the Immortal Realm could do it.”

“Really?”

“Well, honestly I can’t guarantee about immortals from the Immortal Realm, but since it’s like a rule of the Heaven and Earth Laws, I don’t think even Spirit Realm monks could covet it.”

“Why exclude immortals from the Immortal Realm? No matter how immortal they are, the Heaven and Earth Laws are…”

“Because immortals who have reached the pinnacle of Defying Heaven might be able to break the rules of the Heaven and Earth Laws.”

“Right. Well, that’s not something we need to worry about. How could we even guess the abilities of immortals from the Immortal Realm?”

“Right. So don’t worry unnecessarily. The entrance to this Mystic Realm where we are can only be opened by the Trent, and that Trent is a being subordinate to me.”

“Phew, then that’s fortunate. I don’t need to worry.”

At Kang Hyeon’s repeated assurance, In Deok let out a short sigh of relief.

“Let’s sit down and rest for a bit. We really went through something tremendous.”

“Indeed.”

When Kang Hyeon plopped down on the ground as if his strength had left him, In Deok also followed and sat down beside him.

And after that, Kang Hyeon and In Deok sat there for a long time until their trembling hearts calmed down.

***

Duuuuuuuuung!

A heavy wave spread through the Mystic Realm where Kang Hyeon and In Deok were staying.

Then In Deok, who had been digging through the mountainside to create a cave dwelling and concentrating on cultivation, suddenly appeared at the entrance of his cave dwelling.

“It seems something big has come.”

Hwang In Deok looked toward the direction where the energy wave had burst forth and muttered, then cast his gaze toward the distant forest where Kang Hyeon’s cave dwelling was located.

And without hesitation, he disappeared with flashing lightning.

“Hyeon!”

And where In Deok’s disappeared figure appeared was the center of a dense forest spanning dozens of li.

It was in front of a tree of enormous thickness with a diameter reaching over ten zhang.

Kang Hyeon had drilled a hole in that tree to make a dwelling.

“You came?”

At In Deok’s call, Kang Hyeon revealed himself.

“It seemed like something big came?”

“Yes. It looks like something quite big came at the end.”

“So it really was the last one?”

“Yes. Now the Mystic Realm has become complete.”

“The 3 years you predicted took almost 5 years?”

“That means we obtained an amazing Mystic Realm.”

“Well, honestly it is surprising. From the Mystic Realm’s boundary to the opposite boundary is two hundred li.”

“I had expected a hundred li too. But what could I do when the scale of the Mystic Realm revealed grew as the Trent absorbed the incantations?”

“Who said anything about doing something? I’m just saying let’s go see what appeared this time.”

In Deok was urging Kang Hyeon with eyes that said let’s go right now.

At this, Kang Hyeon chuckled and threw a leaf into the air.

Then the leaf swelled greatly and revealed its true form as a flying artifact.

It was a ship shaped like a giant leaf.

“Let’s go!”

At this, In Deok boarded the Flying Leaf Ship first and urged Kang Hyeon, and Kang Hyeon also immediately boarded the Flying Leaf Ship and scolded such In Deok.

“We could go faster with escape techniques, but I brought out the Flying Leaf Ship meaning we should go leisurely. Don’t you know that? Why are you rushing so much? We could just talk on the way for once.”

“Haha. Since it’s something the Mystic Realm was hiding until the very end, I can’t stand the curiosity.”

At Kang Hyeon’s scolding, In Deok scratched the back of his head.

“All that’s left now should be the cultivation cave, so why are you making such a fuss…?”

These were Kang Hyeon’s words, saying why make a big deal when the outcome was obvious.

After Kang Hyeon and In Deok hid in the Mystic Realm to avoid Ha So Woon and Man Song, the Mystic Realm underwent several major changes.

These changes occurred as Trent’s absorption rate of the Mystic Realm’s dharma texts increased, and all these changes involved the creation of something new within the Mystic Realm.

The herb garden, spirit spring, spirit stone mine, the vast forest where Kang Hyeon stayed, and the mountain where In Deok’s cave dwelling was located were all created in this way.

And in the case of the forest and mountain, it didn’t end with just the creation of new terrain or environment.

Those two places, along with the previously appeared herb garden, spirit spring, and spirit stone mine, were locations that contained spiritual veins.

So now there were a total of five spiritual veins in the Mystic Realm.

Moreover, the newly appeared terrain clearly bore traces of someone’s touch.

There were cultivated fields where spirit herbs were planted, protection formations set up around the spirit spring’s water, well-constructed mines suitable for extraction, and pavilions and towers erected here and there throughout the area.

However, the reason Kang Hyeon and Hwang In Deok still didn’t know about the previous owner of this Mystic Realm was that none of these artificial traces contained any clues that could hint at the owner’s identity.

They could only make a rough guess that it was likely a human cultivator based on the size and shape of the various buildings.

But now that Trent had completely absorbed all the dharma texts from the scroll and perfected the Mystic Realm, wouldn’t the last newly appeared geographical feature most likely be the former owner’s cave dwelling?

This was why Kang Hyeon and In Deok were driving the Flying Leaf Ship with such anticipation.

“Exactly! If it’s a cultivation cave, we’ll be able to learn about the former owner who cultivated this Mystic Realm. Honestly, aren’t you excited too?”

“We estimated that a cultivator who possessed such a Mystic Realm would be at least Spirit Realm level. It would be a lie to say I’m not thrilled.”

“Aaaah. I hope there’s a proper inheritance left behind.”

“Hey hey, inheritance? That’s like wishing the owner of this place is dead.”

“They wouldn’t have abandoned such a Mystic Realm, so the absence of an owner means they’re dead.”

“Well, that’s true.”

***

“Wow, we didn’t expect that either.”

“Right. Nothing ever goes easily.”

“That thing… it won’t work, will it?”

“Can’t break through. Just looking at it, our current level would barely scratch the surface.”

“Still, it’s not bad. With something like that, we could really study formations extensively. Right?”

“In Deok, you hate formations though. Because they’re complicated.”

“That doesn’t mean you won’t make me do it anyway, Hyeon.”

“Well, that’s true. Among the Hundred Arts of Cultivation used in training, it’s best to learn any skill if you have the opportunity.”

“But really, who could it be? Who was the former owner of this place to seal an entire mountain with such an incredible prohibition formation?”

“To find that out, we’d need to break through that thing, but it seems we’d need to reach Avatar Stage to make that possible.”

“Hey, over there. There’s a stone tablet over there.”

“Huh? Really? I didn’t notice because it doesn’t contain any spiritual energy. It’s hidden like some kind of hidden picture puzzle.”

“Let’s go check it out.”

“Yeah.”

Kang Hyeon and In Deok had expected the former owner’s cave dwelling, but what actually appeared was a massive mountain with towering peaks and a prohibition formation that enveloped the entire mountain.

Even from a distance, they could see the restriction flickering intermittently with various formation patterns and dharma texts intricately intertwined.

“Let’s see. What does it say?”

In Deok, who first approached the stone tablet standing at the mountain’s entrance where the restriction began, started reading the inscription that had become blurred with the traces of time.

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