Chapter 993 - Do you know how it feels having a cannon aimed at your head? (1/2)
Chapter 993: Do you know how it feels having a cannon aimed at your head?
Translator: G.o.dBrandy Editor: Kurisu
However, the Palace of Winter was only able to shrink due to its key having fallen into Song Shuhang’s hands, and because of the relations.h.i.+p between Ye Si and Jade Lake Empress Cheng Lin. With the key, one could control the Palace of Winter to make it shrink, and then bring it into their Inner World.
Yet, the Palace of Summer did not have a similar function. The Palace of Summer only had a single stone tablet and a public square. All the structures on it were added by the scholarly faction. Therefore, shrinking the ‘Palace of Summer’ was impossible. The only way would be to directly bring it into his Inner World…
Wait! Perhaps it was really possible to directly bring it into his Inner World?
However, there was no need to rush this matter. After True Monarch Eternal Fire had transferred the control of the ‘Palace of Summer’ and the other fragments of the Heavenly City to Shuhang, he’d find an opportunity to test it out.
“Daoist Friend Tyrannical Saber, I’m happy that you’re satisfied with it. To be honest, although the Palace of Summer is a fragment of the ancient Heavenly City, as a paradisiacal land, it’s rather small,” True Monarch Eternal Fire said with a smile.
After speaking, True Monarch Eternal Fire reached out with his hand over the ‘Palace of Summer’, and read out a scripture.
He read what seemed to be a cla.s.sic from the scholarly faction. With his chanting, sheets of golden text appeared in the air—more than 50,000 golden texts appeared, wrapping around the ‘Palace of Summer’ and forming an exceptional otherworldly scenery.
Then, True Monarch Eternal Fire reached out, and pulled out one of the sheets. He turned around, and handed the golden page to Song Shuhang. “Little Friend Tyrannical Saber, please place your mental energy mark and true qi mark on the golden page. With that, the owners.h.i.+p of the Palace of Summer will be transferred to you.”
Song Shuhang followed his instructions, placing his mental energy mark and true qi mark on the golden page, and said. “Is this fine?”
…It felt the same as purchasing something online then signing to show that you’d received the delivery.
“Yeah, that’s fine.” True Monarch Eternal Fire waved his hand, and the golden page flew back to the over 50,000 other sheets.
In the next moment, all 50,000 golden pages resonated and let out a sound.
At the same time, Song Shuhang felt a connection with this paradisiacal land known as ‘Palace of Summer’. He could now open and close the entrance to the paradisiacal land with a thought, and also remotely monitor every movement in the Palace of Summer and its surroundings. With a single thought, he could now make the 50,000 pages form a scholarly formation and release devastating attacks.
When the ‘owners.h.i.+p transfer’ was completed, Song Shuhang felt a tremendous amount of spiritual energy emerge from the Palace of Summer. After getting transformed by those 50,000 pages, it condensed beside Song Shuhang’s body.
Rich spiritual energy enveloped Song Shuhang. Without even cultivating, and merely breathing, he could now lead spiritual energy into his body, tempering his physical body and enhancing his strength.
If he were to train in such a state, the results would be three times higher compared to the outside world.
“This is?” Song Shuhang asked curiously.
“That is the wonder of the paradisiacal land.” True Monarch Eternal Fire slightly smiled, and said, “For cultivators, money, companions, techniques, and land are all essential. Additionally, a place with rich spiritual energy would allow a cultivator to get twice the result with half the effort when cultivating. The Palace of Summer is a fragment of the ancient Heavenly City, and is blessed with abundant spiritual energy. Even in this fragmented state, the spiritual energy it contains is still comparable to a low-rank spiritual vein. Moreover, with the support of the great formations the scholarly faction set up, the absorption of spiritual energy is even more efficient.”
“So that’s how it is.” Song Shuhang nodded.
“Alright, the ‘Palace of Summer’ is already yours, so let’s head to the next paradisiacal land,” True Monarch Eternal Fire said with a smile. There were still ten paradisiacal lands to be transferred in half a day; time was limited.
Little Cai looked at this paradisiacal land. As an arduously cultivating little monster, she of course knew the importance of a ‘paradisiacal land’. Monster cultivators that had their own paradisiacal land would at least be of the Fifth Stage Realm.
And yet, her teacher Song Shuhang already had his own immortal cave even when he was just at the Third Stage Realm.
“Teacher, how many caves do we still have to receive?” Little Cai asked––she had heard True Monarch Eternal Fire say that there were still several paradisiacal lands to be given to Daoist Friend Tyrannical Saber, but she didn’t know exactly how many.
“There should still be ten more,” Song Shuhang answered.
“T… T-t-ten?!” Little Cai’s eyes widened. Were the scholarly faction’s paradisiacal lands so cheap? Eleven paradisiacal lands were handed over to her teacher in a single breath?
Song Shuhang laughed, and patted Little Cai. “At that time, I will give you partial control over the eleven paradisiacal lands, so that you can get in there at any time to train.”
“Thank you, Teacher.” Little Cai replied dully––no wonder it was said that acknowledging a teacher was a kind of skill. As long as one acknowledged the right teacher, they would get the opportunity to reach the peak of cultivation.
If one acknowledged the wrong master, that would make the life of the monster miserable.
All the eleven paradisiacal lands would be open to her in the future if she wanted to train.
At that time, when she was in a good mood, she could go cultivate in the cave number 1. If she was in a bad mood, she could go cultivate in the cave number 11. And if her period was to come, she could go cultivate in the cave number 6. It was truly wondrous to imagine.
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Afterward, True Monarch Eternal Fire quickly brought Song Shuhang to the other ten immortal caves to finish the transfer. The owners.h.i.+p of all the caves was finally given to Song Shuhang.
Besides the Palace of Summer, the other paradisiacal islands didn’t have that great of an origin.
The second immortal cave was called Sword Saber Peak. Rather than being its original name, it was merely the name it had been given by the scholarly faction. On the top of the Sword Saber Peak, there were incomparably powerful sword and saber intents that hadn’t dispersed even after tens of thousands of years.
There were once a legendary sabersman and a legendary swordsman in the ancient Heavenly City that had gone all out against one another, and traces of their saber intent and sword intent remained since after. The two intents weren’t aimed towards outsiders; instead, they wound around the mountain peak, seemingly continuing the fight between the legendary sabersman and the legendary swordsman over the years.
The third immortal cave was a desert with a small oasis. It was about 30,000 square meters in size. Besides the rich spiritual qi, the cave didn’t have anything else to offer.
The 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th immortal caves were five fragments of the living spring of the Heavenly City. The 4th, 5th, and 6th immortal caves had a cold spring within, while the 7th and 8th immortal caves had a hot spring.
These five fragments of the ancient Heavenly City were each around 50,000 square meters big—about the same size as the Palace of Summer. True Monarch Eternal Fire speculated that the five caves were likely to be one entire fragment, but they were now missing a lot of parts, and could no longer be combined together.
The 9th immortal cave was called Illusory City, one of the places of the Heavenly City they had some records about. The scholarly faction was only able to collect a corner of the Illusory City, only 10,000 square meters in size. The entire Illusory City was one gigantic illusory realm, and would randomly create illusory warriors of various strength. It was a good way to increase one’s combat experience.
The 10th immortal cave made Song Shuhang rather speechless. It was one humongous stone with an area of around 100,000 square meters, but it was completely barren.
According to True Monarch Eternal Fire, this boulder was probably a part of the foundation of the ancient Heavenly City. After the ancient Heavenly City was destroyed, the foundation also fell apart and was obtained by the scholarly faction. However, there wasn’t really that much spiritual energy, and after it was transformed into a paradisiacal island, it didn’t have much use.
The last immortal cave was near Wenzhou City. It was an ordinary small immortal cave, and it had nothing to do with the ‘ancient Heavenly City’. It had small streams, pavilions, and lush vegetation, and was akin to a ‘haven of peace’.
True Monarch Eternal Fire had especially prepared this immortal cave for Song Shuhang to allow his family to use it.
“Senior Eternal Fire, thank you for your kindness,” Song Shuhang said thankfully.
This place was a paradise, and had abundant spiritual qi—it was simply what Song Shuhang had once envisioned to be the ideal place for him to cultivate in seclusion.
True Monarch Eternal Fire slightly smiled as he said, “You are welcome. Compared to what Daoist Friend Tyrannical Saber has done for our scholarly faction, these gifts are nowhere near enough to repay your great kindness.”
Song Shuhang had staked his small life, protecting the world of the golden lotus for the scholarly faction, allowing the top experts of the scholarly faction to survive. That kindness was simply too great; when compared to the entire scholarly faction, the eleven immortal caves were truly little.
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All the immortal caves were successfully transferred, and True Monarch Eternal Fire’s task was complete.
“Daoist Friend Tyrannical Saber, do you need me to send you back to the Jiangnan area?” True Monarch Eternal Fire asked.