35 Chapter 35 (1/2)
Since the cave was littered with traps, Shen Yue ordered his men to stay and guard the entrance. It would be a lot safer without his men accidentally setting off an inscription and bringing the mountain down on them.
This group of guards only consisted of Shen Tzu and nine other Heavenly Fate experts. Shen Yue had not brought any of his wives with him on this hunting trip. He feared that they would be injured or worse, killed when he confronts the mightiest creature in the Tiny World.
Without any distractions, Shen Yue would be able to move through the traps unhindered, only disarming them if he had too. But first, he used his cultivation method to display his power level as a 2-star gold rank. He wanted to lull Yu Yan into a false sense of security so he could approach her body without raising her suspicion.
After some time of dodging offensive inscriptions, he reached a corner of the cave where there was something that was emitting a dazzling light. He came to a spacious cavern, filled with large purple crystals emitting a faint purple glow.
Confirming that the area had no more traps or dangers, Shen Yue inspected the crystals with his library. Unfortunately, they had no other purpose other than absorbing Qi and converting it to light. He had hoped they were treasures that could be mined for his Empire's benefit.
With disappointment clearly showing on his face, Shen Yue returned his attention back to the cavern. In the middle, was an enormous black coloured spring, with water bubbling out from the top. Surprisingly, the lake wasn't overflowing, and Shen Yue had no idea where the excess water was disappearing to.
Checking for traps as he went, Shen Yue was happy when he could only find a mysterious inscription array supporting a huge barrier surrounding the Black Spring. He cautiously advanced and soon found the six corpses mentioned in the novel.
The bodies had completely rotted away, leaving only bleached bones covered with armour. Around the remains, were also various kinds of weapons encased in layers of dust. After looking at the inscription patterns on these items, Shen Yue recognised that they were all Legend rank items. Even though the weapons and armour had degraded with time, they could easily be touched up by his Smith and given to his personal guards.
He wasted no time in looting everything, not forgetting to grab their storage rings. After checking the interspatial rings, he found that they were all high grade, with a space of a few hundred meters in circumference. Unfortunately, even with the incredibly reduced time inside the ring, most of the items had perished. Thousands of years had passed since these experts had sealed themselves in this cave.
Shen Yue didn't bother to equip his new Wind Spirit Armour as he would soon be diving into the murky depths of the black lake to cultivate. There would be plenty of time after he had enslaved Yu Yan and understood the basics of how to obtain the one hundred and eight laws of the Tiny World. He was just waiting for her to show herself.
With nothing else of worth left in the cavern, he walked over to the Black Spring to inspect the barrier. Through it, Shen Yue could sense some kind of majestic energy being gathered inside. This must be the power of law that Yu Yan needed to reform her divine spark. The barrier was also maintaining the energy inside, limiting the amount being dispersed. This was probably to hide its presence from the demon beasts tracking the Spiritual Goddess.
Just as Shen Yue was about to break the inscription barrier, an image of a gorgeous woman with an unmatched appearance emerged from the spring. She looked to be approximately twenty-five years old and wearing a black muslin dress that hugged her perfect figure like a second skin. Unlike Nie Li, Shen Yue definitely had lewd ideas about this sexy Goddess. However, he had to clear his mind of such thoughts, as Spiritual Gods supposedly had a mind-reading ability.
”I have waited for several tens of thousands of years. I never thought that there would finally be people arriving here. Young man, what's your name?” her voice was very faint and was irregularly changing.
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”I am Shen Yue, may I ask who you are and why you are sealed in this cave?” Keeping his mind clear and showing a respectful image, Shen Yue played the role of a helpful adventurer. He wanted her to lower her guard, making it easy to mark her soul with his slave inscription.
”My name is Yu Yan, the Fire Spiritual God and I am trapped here until I can recover from my injuries.” She lightly said.
Shen Yue put on a mask of shock as he asked, ”What are Spiritual Gods?”
Yu Yan's image looked at Shen Yue, showing a gentle smile on her face as she said, ”We're the Spiritual Gods of this world, in control of all kinds of Laws in the heavens and earth. I am in control of fire, it's just that my physical body has been dissipated. My Divine Spark has been destroyed, becoming extremely tiny clusters of dust that has scattered to every corner of this world. However, Spiritual Gods are indestructible. After a few tens of thousands of years, my Divine Spark will gradually regather and reform my physical body.”
Shen Yue played his part of an ignorant person and masked his face with doubt.
Seeing his uncertainties, Yu Yan continued to explain. ”Spiritual Gods are the gods of this world. Every main world can only have thirty-six Spiritual Gods, with the subsidiary realms only having one each. They wield one law from the Heavens and Earth. All Spiritual Gods represent the world's laws.
Since ancient times, the thirty-six Spiritual Gods in our world and the seventy-two Spiritual Gods from the subsidiary realms, have been split between the different species. One fourth is represented by humanity, two-fourths by demon beasts and the remaining one fourth by other races. They are the powerful rulers of this world.