The Chaotic Immortal Wood Sect: Immortal Cultivation War - Chapter 54

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54. Chaos Heaven Hidden Shadow Island

 

At that moment, Kang Hyeon spoke to him again.

 

“Then let us finish completing the transaction now.”

 

Ju Hyeong Ik asked back with a bewildered expression.

 

“Huh? Finish? I already received the spirit pill and gave you the teleportation formation activation token. What more is left?”

 

Ju Hyeong Ik looked at Kang Hyeon with a truly puzzled expression as he asked back.

 

To this, Kang Hyeon said.

 

“Senior, what value would there be in just a token to activate the teleportation formation? Naturally, you should also provide the location of the teleportation formation where it can be used. Wouldn’t that be reasonable?”

 

Kang Hyeon spoke as if it were truly a natural thing, but Ju Hyeong Ik, who was listening, looked even more incredulous.

 

And soon he spoke to Kang Hyeon as if arguing.

 

“Huh? What are you talking about? Since ancient times, such teleportation formations have been great secrets of the Cultivation World. And now you’re asking me to give that away for free?”

 

“Senior, the value of this token is that it can activate the teleportation formation. But if there’s no teleportation formation, what value does this have?”

 

“Listen here, junior, that’s a completely different calculation. If we bundle that token together with the location of the teleportation formation, how could it have been traded for just one Core Formation Advancement Pill?”

 

“Then you’re saying the location of the teleportation formation is not included in the transaction?”

 

“That’s obvious.”

 

“I see. It seems this junior made a great mistake. Now that I think about it, senior never once mentioned the location of the teleportation formation in our transaction.”

 

Kang Hyeon didn’t drag it out long and immediately acknowledged his mistake.

 

He had noticed something was going wrong and tried to recover, but failed.

 

So now he thought it was time to handle things differently.

 

He checked the token again and quietly pushed it into his storage pouch.

 

And he looked at Ju Hyeong Ik.

 

“Huh?”

 

Ju Hyeong Ik looked at Kang Hyeon with a surprised expression, and toward such Ju Hyeong Ik, Kang Hyeon said.

 

“I plan to activate the formation around my cave dwelling soon, so please take your leave. Since our transaction is finished, there’s no reason to continue staying, is there?”

 

It was a brief order to leave.

 

“Huh? You’re just ending it like this? Aren’t you going to ask about the location of the teleportation formation?”

 

“Since there’s no particularly urgent need, I can find the answer by looking into it here and there later, can’t I?”

 

“Huh. This is also beyond my calculations. Huh, what should I do about this?”

 

At Kang Hyeon’s calm response, this time Ju Hyeong Ik looked troubled.

 

And this was also what Kang Hyeon had inwardly expected.

 

If he handed over the teleportation formation activation token but didn’t reveal the location of the teleportation formation, naturally he would try to profit from that teleportation formation’s location, wouldn’t he?

 

“Listen here, junior.”

 

“Are you saying we should make another transaction for the location of the teleportation formation?”

 

When Ju Hyeong Ik called him with a reluctant expression, Kang Hyeon asked like that.

 

And Ju Hyeong Ik smiled and nodded.

 

“That’s right. With the location of the teleportation formation where you can use the token as the stake. How about it?”

 

“Since my skill is alchemy, you’re ultimately asking me to give out Spiritual Energy Condensation Pills again, aren’t you?”

 

“This time I can give you quite a long deadline. Also, if you happen to have more completed ones now, we could finish the transaction immediately.”

 

“You’re not asking me to give out two pills, are you?”

 

“One pill! One improved Spiritual Energy Condensation Pill would be sufficient.”

 

Ju Hyeong Ik said that while taking out an old-looking jade slip from his sleeve.

 

“The location of the teleportation formation is contained here. And this is also the key to enter the place where the teleportation formation is located, so it’s an item of such value.”

 

“Another key?”

 

“Doesn’t it make you realize once again that teleportation formations spanning the Hang-o Realm are great secrets of the Cultivation World?”

 

“Good. Please give it to me.”

 

Kang Hyeon said that while taking out a box from his bosom and placing it on the tea table.

 

It was the same as the box of improved Spiritual Energy Condensation Pills that Ju Hyeong Ik had taken earlier.

 

“Huh, you obtained two from the first attempt? I had a feeling but… Junior’s alchemy skills are truly remarkable. I’m really impressed. Come, here it is. Take it.”

 

Ju Hyeong Ik said that while extending the jade slip, and Kang Hyeon didn’t take the jade slip directly but received it by floating it in the air, then spread his spiritual consciousness to check for any abnormalities in the jade slip.

 

In the case of jade slips that connect directly to consciousness to receive content, there are often malicious tricks involved, so he didn’t use it immediately.

 

But contrary to his concerns, there was no danger in the jade slip.

 

And even though he only examined part of it, he could tell it was information about various massive teleportation formations hidden in the Hang-o Realm.

 

“Thank you.”

 

Kang Hyeon hid his trembling heart with effort as he received the jade slip and pushed it into his storage pouch.

 

“Hahaha. Since we both got what we wanted, there’s no need to be thankful. Honestly, I think the value of what you obtained is much greater than two Core Formation Advancement Pills. But considering that our sect will have a new Core Formation cultivator, it’s something we can sufficiently bear. Though it’s regrettable, it was a bearable transaction.”

 

“You seem to value the teleportation formation activation token and the jade slip with the teleportation formation’s location quite highly.”

 

“Didn’t I say it’s relative? I think so, but junior might think differently. Anyway, don’t forget that you’ve also obtained a precious treasure and cherish it.”

 

“I understand. I’ll engrave it in my heart.”

 

“Good. That should be enough. Uhahaha. Anyway, since there’s good news, I should hurry and go show off to my fellow disciples. Hahaha, see you again soon.”

 

“Take care. I won’t see you off far.”

 

“Uhahahaha.”

 

At Kang Hyeon’s farewell, Ju Hyeong Ik laughed loudly while using an escape technique to hide his form.

 

Afterward, Kang Hyeon immediately closed the life gate of the Soul Return Phantom Sea Formation surrounding his cave dwelling and laughed loudly.

 

“Hahahaha. I consumed one more Spiritual Energy Condensation Pill, but it’s not regrettable. As Senior Ju said, since I can now use teleportation formations to freely travel between various provinces of the Hang-o Realm, how could I regret something like Core Formation Advancement Pills? Hahahaha.”

 

Since value is relative, for Kang Hyeon who had obtained four completed Spiritual Energy Condensation Pills on his first attempt, giving away half of them was not regrettable at all.

 

Though the materials for alchemy were a problem, since Kang Hyeon possessed the ancient spirit medicine field of the Mystic Realm and even the excellent spirit plant cultivation method of the True Fertile Earth Secret Method, he could laugh even more freely.

 

***

 

The eastern edge of Nok Province, a place that could only be reached after traveling hundreds of thousands of li through waterways from the coastline.

 

There was a solitary high island in that location.

 

A small island whose length and width were less than ten li.

 

Kang Hyeon had just now set foot on that very island.

 

“Whew, from leaving Mangpa Village to here. It took exactly 7 years.”

 

Kang Hyeon unconsciously let out a long sigh as he looked back on the past days.

 

A distant journey of over a hundred thousand li.

 

However, for monks who could use flying magical devices, a hundred thousand li wasn’t actually that great a distance.

 

With a single escape technique, one could move hundreds of li in an instant, and with a flying magical device focused on speed, even a distance of a hundred thousand li could be covered within a month.

 

But the fact that it took 7 years to get here meant what?

 

It meant he had experienced that many events.

 

“It was a time when I could very clearly understand why monks don’t directly fly across the Great Ocean. Haaa.”

 

The great sea that separated the five provinces and various forbidden territories of the Hang-o Realm.

 

That sea poured out dangers that even monks found difficult to handle the farther one got from land.

 

“What kind of sea monsters were so numerous, and the currents were like formation techniques of chaos. It wasn’t easy to understand and accept that even intellectually.”

 

Cognitive dissonance.

 

A state where one cannot understand because what they know differs from the phenomena they actually encounter.

 

Kang Hyeon had definitely experienced that when he came out to the sea.

 

The seas of the Hang-o Realm had complex currents flowing through them, and the flow of those currents formed formation techniques of tremendous scale.

 

Therefore, crossing the sea to go to other lands was something that only truly high-level monks could even dare to attempt.

 

At least the island where Kang Hyeon had now arrived was only hundreds of thousands of li from land, so the tyranny of the Great Ocean wasn’t too severe here.

 

Even so, 7 years.

 

“Even if I reach truly high realms later, I don’t want to directly cross the sea. It’s really terrible. Haaa.”

 

Kang Hyeon sighed once more as he recalled the past days.

 

And only after composing his mind for a while did he straighten his body and begin examining the island.

 

An island of at most about ten li.

 

Kang Hyeon encompassed the entire island within his consciousness domain at once.

 

“Hmm? There are several formation techniques and barriers?”

 

However, barriers were scattered throughout various parts of the island, alerting Kang Hyeon’s vigilance.

 

“I don’t sense any human presence, but it’s full of solid barriers? What does this mean?”

 

Kang Hyeon tensed up sharply at the incomprehensible situation and slowly moved his steps.

 

Firmly preparing to immediately open the entrance to the Mystic Realm and jump in if anything happened.

 

= What a fearless fellow. Or perhaps ignorant?

 

When Kang Hyeon had walked for some time and approached the nearest barrier, a voice came through the Void Space.

 

The voice, which seemed to belong to an elderly old man, had a tone that felt somewhat familiar.

 

“Who are you?”

 

Kang Hyeon stopped his steps that had been treading through the Void Space and asked toward the barrier.

 

Because he felt the voice had come from within it.

 

= No, should I say unlucky instead. You’ve just arrived, but it happens to be close to when a False Heavenly Tribulation will occur.

 

The elderly voice didn’t answer Kang Hyeon’s question but rambled on about something else entirely.

 

However, Kang Hyeon caught a meaningful word from what the voice said.

 

“By False Heavenly Tribulation, do you mean a fake Heavenly Tribulation?”

 

= Yes. That is so. Soon, here on Chaos Heaven Hidden Shadow Island, a disaster resembling the Heavenly Tribulation of Heaven and Earth Laws will begin. We call it the False Heavenly Tribulation.

 

This time the voice answered Kang Hyeon’s question, telling him the name of the island he had set foot on and the meaning of the False Heavenly Tribulation.

 

“Chaos Heaven Hidden Shadow Island, it seems I found the right place. But is the False Heavenly Tribulation that frightening?”

 

An island with a teleportation formation that could travel between realms.

 

Kang Hyeon’s heart lightened upon confirming he had properly found his destination, but he didn’t show it and asked about the False Heavenly Tribulation.

 

= Heh heh heh, it’s frightening. Looking at your realm, fellow, you haven’t experienced a Heavenly Tribulation of Heaven and Earth Laws yet. Right?

 

The owner of the elderly voice seemed to have discerned Kang Hyeon’s realm and spoke thus.

 

“That’s correct, not yet…”

 

What occasion would Kang Hyeon, who was merely at mid-stage Qi Accumulation, have to experience a Heavenly Tribulation?

 

Even if he actually had experienced it, if he had survived after experiencing it, that would mean he had encountered a fortuitous opportunity, so there was no reason to deliberately reveal such a fact.

 

= Well, even if you had occasion to experience a Heavenly Tribulation, it definitely wouldn’t have been at the level of this place’s False Heavenly Tribulation. The False Heavenly Tribulation of this Chaos Heaven Hidden Shadow Island is comparable to what appears during Spirit Body Stage realm advancement.

 

“Are you saying a Heavenly Tribulation at the same level as a Spirit Body Stage advancement Heavenly Tribulation occurs here?”

 

Kang Hyeon asked in shock as he grasped the situation.

 

= Ha ha ha, exactly so. And it’s not far off either. It’s something that will happen soon.

 

“What should I do?”

 

Kang Hyeon asked to seek advice from the voice that was warning him of approaching danger.

 

Then the voice answered, but its content was ominous.

 

= Huh? What to do? You’ll have to survive by your own skill. Ah, now it’s become impossible to leave the island too. Kha ha ha ha ha.

 

Rumble rumble rumble! Ku gu gu gung!

 

It was the moment when Kang Hyeon felt something was wrong with those words.

 

Suddenly, pitch-black clouds filled the sky above the island, and the seawater of the Great Ocean shot up hundreds of zhang high, becoming walls that trapped the island.

 

In an instant, Kang Hyeon realized that no matter what methods he used, he wouldn’t be able to break through those clouds and walls of water.

 

The danger felt from the clouds and seawater walls was that absolute.

 

“Elder, please help me!”

 

At this, Kang Hyeon urgently called out to the voice for help.

 

But the voice’s response came back containing completely unexpected content.

 

= Hehe, I deliberately made you talk to keep you here in case you sensed something strange and tried to leave the island, so why would I help you now?

 

“What do you mean?! No way? So you’re saying you deliberately orchestrated things so I would face the Heavenly Tribulation?”

 

= You only realized that now? Hahahaha.

 

“Why on earth would you do such a thing?”

 

Kang Hyeon shouted angrily in frustration.

 

= Do you have the luxury to ask me that? You need to figure out how to survive somehow. You don’t have time, so shouldn’t you hurry and prepare? You can’t afford to be leisurely, can you?

 

Flash! Rumble rumble rumble! Crash!

 

The moment the voice warned Kang Hyeon like that, a lightning strike as thick as a main beam descended from the sky onto the island, followed immediately by a thunderous roar that shook the island as if the world was collapsing.

 

“Th-this is…”

 

Kang Hyeon hurriedly ran back the way he came with startled movements.

 

= Hey, where are you going! Didn’t I say there’s no time? Hide your body right now!

 

From behind Kang Hyeon’s retreating back, the voice called out urgently in what seemed like panic.

 

But Kang Hyeon didn’t look back and flew forward while gradually reducing his presence, then used Earth Escape Technique to burrow deep underground.

 

After digging down to a depth of over a hundred zhang, Kang Hyeon summoned dozens of trees around him, then hid among them, completely erasing his presence and carefully began observing the situation on the surface.

 

Flash! Flash! Flash! Crash crash crash! Crash crash!

 

“Eek!”

 

But soon, feeling the lightning strikes that hit the ground penetrating down to the depth where Kang Hyeon was, he further strengthened his protection using the trees.

 

Hoping that since it was a barrier made from Trent’s offspring, it wouldn’t collapse easily.

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