Chapter 398 (2/2)

To get things to move along they didn't comment and remained docile. He was going into the belly of the beast so it was better to not antagonize the natives yet. Soon the formation lit up and his whole body was surrounded by a bright white glow. In a matter of seconds, his body vanished from the area with the elders that escorted him remaining.

”Was this person really the one that fought back that demon Wang Long?”

”If the rumors say… but he didn't seem that powerful.”

They all looked at each other but soon flew away to monitor the large ship that was floating somewhere above in the clouds. Even though they were just making fun of the country bumpkin that arrived they were still baffled by the capabilities of that ship. This was the first time in a while that someone managed to sneak up on them.

”Didn't that man look familiar?”

”Yes... could it be!”

*Bzzzzp*

After a bright flash of light, Zhang Dong found himself in another location. While a normal person would be disoriented he had his system map to help him out. With it, he could see that he was tossed into a quite far away location from the initial border town. The jump to his ship would still be possible as he was in the area on the map that belonged to the Azure Emperor.

The first thing that he noticed was the nice breeze at his new location. What he expected to see was some dark hidden chamber with nothing but stone. Instead, he was in something similar to a gazebo formed of blue azure dragons.

On the ground he was standing in he could see an intricate array formation that was even more complex than the one he came through. It was quite miniaturized and hard to understand, so without enough time to go through it he ordered Bob to take a snapshot for later use.

Later he could examine the lines in all intricacies but for now, he realized that he was being watched. He felt a presence of a person before him but his attention was still elsewhere as he noticed the splashing of waves behind him.

From what he could see he was in a summoning array that was placed on some tropical island. The weather was quite perfect and sunny. He could hear birds singing and the wind was gently moving the tree leaves around.

Soon he took a step forward and descended through a laid-out path. This path was composed of pure gold and it was clear that he was supposed to follow it to his destination.

One of such trees drew his attention when he passed next to it. The fruits that it possessed looked like golden peaches and they radiated an odd holy aura. As a person poised in such energies he strayed from his path due to this opportunity. While he knew that it would be rude he just had to check this tree out.

It only took a couple of steps to arrive at this tree. Its trunk was radiating a strange presence while the unsuspecting golden fruits remained devoid of any Qi.

”Interesting…”

While he stopped staring at the tree he finally heard a voice call out to him. It was quite alluring and reminded him of his own wife.

”I would advise the dear guest from eating or touching the nirvana fruit, you will suffer a most gruesome of faiths if you do.”

Zhang Dong turned his head to see quite the voluptuous young beauty that looked more like an exotic dancer than a cultivator.

”I can't?”

”This one will not stop the guest but please reconsider.”

Zhang Dong looked at the woman again and could see only a smile. In reality, he knew what eating this fruit would entail for any normal cultivator. Luckily for him, he was not an ordinary cultivator.

The only thing keeping him from eating this treasure was that it belonged to the Azure Emperor. The woman here didn't say that he couldn't eat it, so this was enough for him to quickly grab one and begin munching.

”Wait! You mustn't, the Emperor will be…!”

The woman's eyes went wide as she noticed that her visitor didn't understand her words fully.

”The Emperor? Hey, you did say that I could eat it, don't bring him into this!”

Zhang Dong on the other side just gave out a burp as if nothing out of the ordinary happened.

”H-how...how can you still be alive after consuming the nirvana fruit!”

He just shrugged while looking at a second one that wasn't far from it.

”Uh… is this a bad time to ask for a second one?”