The Chaotic Immortal Wood Sect: Immortal Cultivation War - Chapter 39

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39. Leaving the Mystic Realm to Reach Butterfly Fall Market

[Cultivation was born from the will to defy heaven, dreaming of immortality.]

[Generally speaking, a cultivator’s pursuit of training ultimately stems from the desire to escape death.]

[However, after living for merely tens of thousands of years, I came to doubt the life of cultivation.]

[What meaning is there in dwelling alone in this world? It is truly empty beyond measure.]

[This Mystic Realm was prepared after such a change of heart, as I wished to establish a family here.]

[After a long, long time, I finally completed all preparations and tried to bring my relatives here. Ah, but I ultimately failed.]

[Though I traced back through a hundred thousand years of past life and searched the world thoroughly, there was not a single blood relative to bring here. How could such emptiness not be extreme?]

[As a second-best option, I tried living among people by blending into the world as if I were an ordinary person, but I only realized that I had already become an existence that could not fit in with them.]

[Now the only path left for me is to engrave such emptiness and insufficiency into my soul and return to reincarnation.]

[With an empty heart, turning my back on the world, I now place this Mystic Realm in a hanging scroll and send it out into the world.]

[Whoever obtains this place will discover this stone tablet and prohibition formation when they reach the ultimate moment.]

[I earnestly hope you will not be curious about what lies inside the restriction.]

[What you have already obtained is sufficient, so you must know contentment.]

“Huh? It’s just saying not to touch the restriction?”

“There’s also talk about the former owner entering reincarnation himself.”

“Setting up such a grand prohibition formation, then telling us not to be interested in what’s inside. Does that make sense?”

“Eventually the time will come when that restriction breaks. Even if not by you or me. And formations can’t last forever either.”

“Even if not us? Why? Can’t we break the restriction first?”

“I don’t have a good feeling about it. If there had only been a restriction, I would have definitely tried hard to break the formation, but the stone tablet makes me hesitate.”

“Well, it does feel like bait. When someone tells you not to break something, it makes you want to do it more.”

“I don’t think the stone tablet has that intention.”

“Huh? Why?”

“If there hadn’t been a stone tablet, we wouldn’t have even worried about whether to break the restriction or not, right? We definitely would have been determined to break the restriction if we had the ability.”

“Hmm, now that you mention it, that’s true too. If there’s a strange restriction in my Mystic Realm, naturally I should break it to check what’s inside. But there was no need to erect such a stone tablet to induce formation breaking from the start, right? Hmm!”

In Deok nodded repeatedly as he organized his thoughts that way.

“Right. So we should see that the former owner of the Mystic Realm is truly asking through the stone tablet not to break the restriction.”

“Is that so? But why? If that’s the case, couldn’t he have just thrown it outside the Mystic Realm before dying? Instead of leaving it inside the Mystic Realm and setting up a restriction.”

“Either it was too precious to just throw away, or it was something that couldn’t be removed and discarded outside the Mystic Realm. There must have been some reason.”

“So what’s your conclusion, Hyeon? If you can break the restriction, will you break it? Or just leave it alone?”

“It’s my Mystic Realm now, so it would be troublesome if there’s something I don’t know about. Someday I’ll have to break the restriction and check what’s inside. Of course, when I’m confident I can handle whatever happens.”

“Until then, just leave it alone?”

“That’s right. Honestly, right now I’m scared to even touch it with my fingertips.”

Kang Hyeon said that and turned his back on the prohibition formation.

Then In Deok also looked at the stone tablet and prohibition formation once each, clicked his tongue briefly, and followed behind Kang Hyeon.

After that, the two rode the Flying Leaf Ship back to the forest where Kang Hyeon’s dwelling was located.

“What a waste. It’s the final section of the Mystic Realm, but they don’t give us something decent.”

After landing at the roots of the great tree in the center of the forest, In Deok muttered with a disappointed expression.

“What we’ve already obtained is more than enough. Just the spirit herbs growing in the spirit field and the spirit stone mine in the Mystic Realm alone have incalculable value.”

“That’s true, but you were also expecting the former owner’s legacy to appear at the end, weren’t you?”

“That’s true. We have more than enough cultivation resources, but there’s no proper way to utilize them.”

Kang Hyeon also muttered like that and showed a disappointed expression.

“Then in the end, we have no choice but to leave the Mystic Realm now?”

“That’s right. If we continue staying here like this, our cultivation speed will become too slow.”

A situation where resources were overflowing, but cultivation speed was actually slowing down.

The reason for this was that Kang Hyeon and In Deok had too few secrets of the Hundred Arts of Cultivation.

There were overflowing materials to make medicinal pills, but they didn’t have many pill refining formulas or secrets of pill refining methods.

Also, spirit stones were overflowing, but there was no proper place to use them.

There were powerful spirit veins in the forest where Kang Hyeon was and the mountain where In Deok’s dwelling was, so energy was abundant, but cultivation methods, spell arts, and secrets that could handle that energy were also lacking.

With the situation like this, they had placed great expectations on the legacy that the former owner of the Mystic Realm, who was clearly a high-ranking cultivator, would have left behind.

But in the end, that high-ranking cultivator’s legacy was not passed down, and only a massive restriction appeared.

“Alright, let’s go out. Let’s go out and look for Hundred Arts of Cultivation that will help with training.”

“Since we have plenty of spirit stones and cultivation resources, it shouldn’t be difficult to get what we want, right?”

“Of course, for that we’d have to go to a great market town.”

“Hyeon, that’s not right.”

“Huh?”

“Not a market town, but the Great Unity Hall. What we need is a complete Great Unity Token that can get us into the Great Unity Hall.”

“Right. No matter how big a market town is, it can’t compare to the Great Unity Hall, so that would be best. But to get a proper Great Unity Token, we have to go to a great market town first.”

“Well… Sigh, you’re right. Market town, we have to go there anyway.”

It would be nice if they could go directly to the Great Unity Hall, but the two didn’t have entrance tokens for the Great Unity Hall.

So they had no choice but to go to a place where they could obtain Great Unity Hall entrance tokens.

“That’s right. So let’s go out with tension. One of Trent’s branches in a suitable location has grown enough to open the Mystic Realm entrance.”

“Really? Where is that?”

“About three thousand li south from Cheong Myeong Bang Si where we were. If you go seventy thousand li west from there, there’s the territory of Blood Extreme Mountain Villa.”

“Blood Extreme Mountain Villa? You want to go to the territory of those demonic path cultivators? Wouldn’t that be dangerous?”

At the mention of Blood Extreme Mountain Villa, In Deok showed a startled and hesitant appearance.

“We have no choice. Right now we’re entangled with four of the five great sects in Nok Province. The only remaining place is Blood Extreme Mountain Villa.”

“But demonic path cultivators are…”

Those who follow the demonic path are dangerous.

While it’s common knowledge that cultivators can’t be said to be entirely upright even if they follow the righteous path, demonic path cultivators are fundamentally different and incomparable, according to the established theory of the cultivation world.

“I understand your concern, but Blood Extreme Mountain Villa is also one of the five great sects of Nok Province that has endured for long years. And it’s not like only Blood Extreme Mountain Villa’s forces exist in that region.”

“You’re saying we should trust that there’s enough leeway for other forces to maintain themselves somehow?”

“How different could a place where people live be?”

“Is that so?”

“It should be.”

Kang Hyeon and In Deok decided on their next route that way.

And after deciding on the path, they didn’t hesitate and used Trent’s branch that they had planted in a secluded place three thousand li south of Cheong Myeong Bang Si to open the entrance to the Mystic Realm.

***

“Hyeon, you were right. Places where people live are all pretty similar.”

On the flying leaf ship soaring over the dense green jungle, In Deok looked at Kang Hyeon with a much more relaxed expression than when they had departed.

The place they were currently in was the western region of Nokju Continent.

It was an area where numerous demonic path sects were scattered around Blood Extreme Mountain Villa, which could be called the regional hegemon.

Kang Hyeon and In Deok had entered this region two months ago.

Originally, they had planned to conduct their business at the first market town in Blood Extreme Mountain Villa’s territory and then return to the Mystic Realm, but other members of the Four Great Sects had already entered that place.

They had thought the Four Great Sects would be cautious in their movements since it was Blood Extreme Mountain Villa’s territory, but surprisingly, they didn’t seem to care much about Blood Extreme Mountain Villa’s reaction.

Given the situation, they had no choice but to go deeper west and decided to use a market town directly managed by Blood Extreme Mountain Villa.

Kang Hyeon’s thinking was that a market town directly operated by Blood Extreme Mountain Villa would have less influence from the other Four Great Sects.

Additionally, he thought that directly managed market towns would naturally have more diverse and better goods.

So for the past two months, they had been flying west across Nokju Continent on their flying leaf ship, and during that time, they had encountered demonic path cultivators several times.

“I think it was a bit excessive to assume they would pick fights or try to rob us every time we met them.”

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

“Their temperament is a bit aggressive, but they don’t seem to cross the line recklessly, right?”

“Maybe it’s because the cultivators we’ve encountered recently were only at the Spiritual Energy Technique or Qi Accumulation stages, but there weren’t any particularly threatening incidents.”

“Even though it’s Blood Extreme Mountain Villa’s territory, not all the cultivators here were demonic path cultivators.”

“Right. It seems we were thinking too narrowly.”

“The only difference is that demonic path cultivators move around freely, but it was really surprising that they treat righteous path and neutral path cultivators fairly too.”

Kang Hyeon nodded as well.

Over the past two months, many of the preconceptions they had inevitably held about Blood Extreme Mountain Villa’s territory, being a demonic path sect, had been shattered.

“But Hyeon.”

“What?”

“It seems like the Four Great Sects’ wanted notices don’t reach here anymore. What do you think?”

“It does seem that way. Coming this far, we’ve barely seen any disciples of the Four Great Sects in the small and medium market towns.”

It was certainly true that the closer they got to Blood Extreme Mountain Villa, the fewer disciples of the other Four Great Sects there were.

This meant that Kang Hyeon and In Deok could probably afford to relax.

In Deok was asking to confirm this.

“Then couldn’t we stay a bit longer at this market town? It’s supposed to be a large great market city, right?”

“Hmm, it’s not directly managed by Blood Extreme Mountain Villa, but in terms of scale, it’s said to be one of the top places in the Western Region of Nokju, so it would be worth it.”

“Right? Honestly, I’m a bit reluctant about Blood Peak Mountain Great Market.”

“But wasn’t that originally where we were planning to go?”

“I know. I know that, but no matter how much my aversion to Blood Extreme Mountain Villa has lessened, I can’t help but be reluctant about Blood Peak Mountain Great Market. It’s the very center of a demonic path sect, after all.”

“Right. If that’s how you feel, let’s see how things are at Butterfly Fall Market first and then decide. If it’s good, staying there for a long time wouldn’t be bad either. At least it’s a place of decent scale.”

Butterfly Fall Market, as its name suggests, has the origin story of a butterfly that fell there.

According to legend, tens of thousands of years ago, there was a battle between high-ranking cultivators at that place, and during that fight, a high-level cultivator symbolized by a butterfly met their end.

It happened that the deceased cultivator’s base was right at that location, so the place name “Butterfly Fall” came to be, and a market town that started from those ruins grew to reach the present day.

Because of this, in the early days of Butterfly Fall Market, it was bustling with cultivators searching for relics in the ruins, and that was the beginning of the market town.

“They say there are still occasionally cultivators who explore the ruins from that time.”

“Huh? What are you talking about?”

“Butterfly Fall Market. They say there are still people there searching for ruins.”

“Even so, there’s nothing much left, right? What more could you expect from a place that’s been dug up as much as it can be?”

“That’s true.”

Tens of thousands of years had passed.

It was natural that it would be difficult to expect anything to remain until now.

Then In Deok chuckled and said.

“But you never know. If it’s our Hyeon.”

“Huh?”

“We often experience things that aren’t ordinary. So maybe this time could be the same, don’t you think?”

“But why did you say me instead of us? You said ‘if it’s our Hyeon, you never know,’ like that?”

“Well, because the problem isn’t me, it’s you, Hyeon.”

“So why?”

“I’m ordinary, you’re extraordinary. So it’s you!”

“Sigh, what do you mean ordinary and extraordinary! Honestly, we’ve experienced all sorts of things since being selected for the Great Unity Festival, but what among them was my fault? It was just luck. Whether good luck or bad luck.”

“True, we didn’t orchestrate these things. Most of them happened by chance.”

“Exactly.”

“But still, it’s true that we’re a bit more unusual compared to other people. Ah, this time I said ‘we’?”

“Right. I acknowledge that too. Looking at what we’ve experienced so far, there were several things that other cultivators would find hard to experience even once.”

“So at this Butterfly Fall Market too…”

“Shut it!”

“Huh? What?”

“Keep your mouth shut! It sounds like you’re chanting a spell for trouble to happen.”

“Huh? Oh!”

In Deok closed his mouth when he saw Kang Hyeon’s expression turn fierce.

But not long after.

“Well, still, it wouldn’t be bad, would it? Even though it was difficult and dangerous, the results were always not bad…”

“But I don’t like it? Since you seem to like it, do you want to try it alone this time?”

“No… Sorry.”

***

Nokju Continent is generally a place with abundant vegetation.

Therefore, the western region of Nokju Continent is also mainly composed of jungles and dense forests, with large and small mountain ranges chaotically dividing those green areas like leaf veins.

Butterfly Fall Market is located deep in that western region, where there is a large lake in a place where the waist of a great mountain range running east-west was crushed, and Butterfly Fall Market floats on that lake.

Originally, the mountain range was intact, but it was crushed by the battle of high-level cultivators in the past, and water flowed from the north into the giant pit that was created, forming a lake that flows out to the south.

Various floating structures combined by different methods on this giant lake formed the market town.

“So the ruins are under that lake?”

“Didn’t I tell you not to talk about ruins?”

Kang Hyeon delivered a sharp rebuke to In Deok, who was smacking his lips.

Creak, creak, creak.

The place they were currently at was a ferry boat moving swiftly across the lake.

The boatman rows the boat oar from the back of the boat to move it, and Butterfly Fall Market cannot be accessed without using such boats.

Flight into the market town is prohibited in the air, and the lake has multiple restrictions and barriers overlapping, so moving around carelessly could not only cause you to lose your way but also endanger your life.

Therefore, when entering the market town, it’s customary to pay an entrance fee and use a guide boat.

At least when leaving the market town, there are no restrictions whether you fly or use spatial movement.

“Haha, the ruins of Butterfly Fall are so famous that even knowing the end will be disappointing, people still can’t help but glance at them. But isn’t that also part of the fun?”

Having heard Kang Hyeon and In Deok’s bickering, the boatman spoke with a grinning face.

The boatman was at the middle stage of Qi Accumulation, so he treated Kang Hyeon and In Deok, who were at the early stage, comfortably.

“It’s obviously all flashy on the outside with no substance, so I don’t want to waste effort on it.”

Kang Hyeon shook his head curtly as if it was out of the question.

In Deok also nodded and said.

“True, the expectations are too low.”

“Hahaha. You shouldn’t disparage it so much. If you look around, there are quite a few small interesting things to see.”

However, the boatman unexpectedly said the ruins were a decent place, drawing Kang Hyeon and In Deok’s interest.

“Small interesting things?”

Kang Hyeon asked the boatman, both to relieve the boredom of the remaining boat journey and to gather some minor information about Butterfly Fall Market.

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