Chapter 115 - Broken Sky City (1/2)
Like a passageway created from green gold flickering with multi-colored green light, all kinds of of mysterious symbols appeared like the stars adorning the sky. It made the place seem peaceful and mysterious.
A group of people stepped inside. The feeling of time fragmenting and space shattering was all over the place. Both the body and mind felt as if they were being peeled out of people’s bodies. It was a bizarre experience.
It was as if they had spent an entire lifetime in there, when they had only set out on their journey. Pieces of gold glittered, and green light evaporated into the air. A doorway appeared in front when they arrived at the end of the road.
Bone Text interweaved, and strange symbols surrounded them . The exit was like a resplendent burning divine flame which formed a mysterious doorway. The group of people stepped out and let out a long breath of air. They felt safe only after stepping onto the actual ground.
The green passageway already started to fade. Specks of light swirled about, as it disappeared without a trace.
“Is this the passageway that the Guardian Spirit constructed?” The little guy recollected in a daze.
A senior elder nodded and said, “The Guardian Spirit of my Heaven Mending Pavilion controls this entire land. Only, it gradually aged through the passing of time, and now, it rarely displays its divine might.”
The terrain here was flat, because they had not arrived between the lofty mountain ranges. They gazed out into the distance and faintly saw an ancient city sitting at the edge of the horizon.
“Aren’t we going to the Hundred Shattering Mountain? There isn’t even a hill here.” A genius from the Heaven Mending Pavilion was bewildered.
“No one is able to give a precise time on when exactly that place opens. However, it should be within a few days, and it’s pretty close by. We will go to that city first,” Heaven Mending Pavilion’s senior elder Tao Ye said. This time, he was in charge of leading the group and escorted these few young genius to the place.
Apart from the little guy and him, the party consisted of five other people,three males and two females. They were all exceptional geniuses who were accepted as the disciples by the upper ranks of Heaven Mending Pavilion. They would rarely appear at the genius camp.
“Ya, are you people the disciples who train alone, and were given preferential treatment by those old freaks?” The little guy blinked his large eyes while curiously looking at them.
When he spoke these words, not only didthose five people glare at him, but even Tao Ye was speechless. If he said that, it meant that he would be amongst the old freaks as well.
“Stop glaring at me already! What do those old freaks normally teach you?” The little guy scooched forward, and tried to socialize with them.
“We’ll go to Broken Sky City First.” Tao Ye brought them, and they headed toward the city.
This was an ancient land which had been vibrant with life in the past, but gradually declined after countless battles. According to Tao Ye, there was once an incredibly glorious ancient country situated here that controlled millions upon millions of li of land; however, it had scattered like ashes through the passage of time.
“Then where is their Guardian Spirit?” a genius asked.
“Naturally, it died. Otherwise, the ancient country wouldn’t deteriorate that fast.”
They walked and talked, and quickly arrived in front of the rather majestic city at the end of the horizon. The city gates and its ashen walls were all very tall.
Broken Sky City was an ancient city scarred by time, but it was still very prosperous.
There was endless traffic within the city and there were shops along both side of the streets. The voices of people trading constantly rang out. Apart from the things that people needed everyday, there were also all kinds of itemsthat cultivators needed, such as rare beast bones, fully grown medicine, as well as weapons and bone books.
“So many experts with powerful cultivations here!”
“Many people rushed here from far away lands for the sake of the Hundred Shattering Mountains’ opening,” Tao Ye explained.
Hundred Shattering Mountains would open once every several hundred years. Every time it opened, it would shake the boundless great wasteland, vast mountains, and rivers. All the top-notch powers would escort their clan’s geniuses over here.
During these past few days, the city was getting increasingly bustling by the day, and became a boiling cauldron of voices. There were more and more cultivators as well. Many people specialized in doing business with these experts by bringing many precious objects.
“We’re here pretty early, and we were able to find residence. If we were late by a few days, we would have had to find a boulder to meditate on,” Tao Ye laughed.
The building was in the shape of a garden with a wonderful environment that consisted of a rock garden and a little bridge. If you were not a top-notch power like the Heaven Mending Pavilion, you would not have been able to find such a wonderful residence within a city like this.
Clearly, everyone who lived here came from a well-known place.
The little guy turned around and saw a bizarre scene. He became lost in his thought as an odd expression loomed over his face.
A lone carriage pulled by several terrifying vicious beasts arrived at a nearby courtyard. A powerful expert drove the carriage and many bodyguards followed behind.
The carriage’s curtains were strung together with jades, and it could barely conceal the contents within the carriage. A white tiger actually sat inside with its tyrannical gaze as its demonic aura filled the air. There were two beautiful young girls who attended it by feeding it fresh pieces of meat.
“That little white tiger is actually travelling by carriage, and there are also experts waiting on it left and right. How powerful must its master be?” A female disciple of Heaven Mending Pavilion gasped in astonishment.
“Don’t say random things!” Tao Ye’s face hardened, and stopped her with a very severe expression.
These disciples were all pretty extraordinary people, but they suddenly came to realize, that the white tiger was most likely the heir of an Archaic Descendant, and not some pet. Otherwise, how could it be so flamboyant.
A dull roar echoed, and the little white tiger’s eyes straightened up. It seemed extremely violent, releasing a terrifying aura while staring at the female disciples with its ice cold gaze. i
“Slap your own mouth; otherwise, unfortunate deaths will descend upon you people,” the carriage driver said strictly.
“Fellow cultivator, the child is still immature. Please do not bother with her,” Tao Ye said.
“A loose tongue may cause trouble. This is also a lesson. Otherwise, how will she remember? I’m only leniently punishing her. If we actually waited until the tiger’s master takes action, you people will lose your lives,” the carriage driver indifferently said.
The bodyguards came forward. They all wore shining armor, and their killing intent boiled. The eyes of the little white tiger in the carriage stood up already as its frightening aura rumbled.
Everyone was astonished. This heir of an Archaic Descendant was truly exceptional. The exceptional power of its bloodline shocked people’s souls with its oppressing power.
The geniuses’ from the Heaven Mending Pavilion had seen the special disciples before, and one of them was the heir of an Archaic Descendant. However, they only watched it from afar. This was the first time they came face to face with one.
Aoo… The white tiger roared, trembling the entire garden. It seemed like it was angry.
The carriage driver’s face sank, and said, “Too late, it’s going to eat that female disciple.”
Everyone shivered. That Archaic Descendant was too intense. It was going to kill someone just because of one sentence. Its vicious might indeed overflowed into the heavens.
“Daoist friend, can you please let this go? Please persuade it,” Tao Ye said.
“That is not possible!” The carriage driver shook his head.
Tao Ye no longer said anything. Golden light flashed within his palms, and a glistening yellow gourd with symbols circulating around it appeared. He said, “We come from the Heaven Mending Pavilion. Although we don’t want to make trouble, we’re also not afraid of trouble.
Once the three words ‘Heaven Mending Pavilion’ were spoken, the carriage driver’s face changed. That place was an ancient sacred land which definitely had terrifying might and power. Even if the little white tiger had a high status since birth, it could not just willingly shed blood here.
“Heaven Mending Pavilion is a pretty good place. However, I should let you know where we came from - Western Beast Mountains. Mountains won’t move, but water will. There will be a day when we'll meet again,” the carriage driver indifferently said. He argued back blow for blow.
Tao Ye was astonished. Apart from the little guy who did not understand, the hearts of the other disciples trembled as they showed their serious expressions.
It was rumored that many Archaic Vicious Beasts were buried beneath the Western Mountains. Countless years had passed by and it had experienced countless changes, so vicious bones were no longer able to be found. However, Archaic Descendants constantly roamed around there, as they protected the Western Mountains. The extremely terrifying place where they inhabited was called the Western Beast Mountains.
Aoo… The white tiger roared to indicate to the carriage driver to keep advancing!
The carriage driver turned around and said, “It told me to tell you guys that we’ll meet again after we enter the Hundred Shattering Mountains.”
The white turned turned around. Its deep and cold eyes revealed its incredibly powerful killing intent. Clearly, if they accidently met it after entering the Hundred Shattering Mountains, a terrifyingly bloody battle would occur.