Chapter 435 (1/2)

'That will be enough.'

'Are you sure Patriarch? We could still take over more of the lost lands?'

'No, this will do, the more land we have the harder it will be to defend. The spirit stone mines will do nicely and also remember to take any thunderstones that you find.'

'As you command, Patriarch.'

Zhang Dong closed the connection with Zhang Zhi that was wrapping up their hostile takeover. Most of the Dark Palm Sect's old lands had been reclaimed by his people. He was not interested in the cities though, what he wanted was access to the secret ground he once visited.

There he hoped to find some help to get him past this coming crisis. If not help then perhaps some answers concerning the true nature of this world that he was in. With the secret ground now being in his own territory and his new status as the Golden Dragon, there was no one to stop him.

”Daddy?”

”Ah sorry, did I space out?”

He looked down, there in his ŀȧp was his young daughter. She wasn't the only person he was with, his son was playing in the courtyard with the new toy robot. It seemed that the youngster wasn't as scared of him anymore.

”Hmph! You should pay more attention!”

Zhang Xiu puffed out her cheeks while turning her head away from her father. The two were playing some cards, a game that he himself brought into this world. His child was quite smart but even she couldn't beat someone that was using spirit sense to peek at their cards. That is if he actually used to win but instead, he let the child be victorious instead.

”Haha, daddy was just sad that he lost so much, you're just too strong Xiu.”

Xiu started smiling brightly after getting praised by her father. The little girl was quite fond of challenging people to various exercises. He didn't know where she got it from but whenever she lost in anything she would pester the person for a rematch until victory was hers. Thus it was better to surrender unless he wanted to have her cling to his thɨġh to constantly ask for another go.

”Why don't you go play with your brother while mommy and daddy talk?”

”Okay!”

”Are you really going to try to enter that secret ground by yourself?”

”I see that word goes around…”

”Did you really think you could hide this from me?”

Zhang Dong gulped as he didn't really want to tell his wife that he was placing himself at risk. The place he was going was sort of a no man's land. After the Dark Palm Sect discovered it and even after their downfall other sects and clans attempted to claim it.

Even though some of them managed to get past the initial part just like the Zhang Clan did, it was a dead end. Each time when it was finished there would be a giant suction force suċkɨnġ people through a large gate. Afterward weeks, months, and then years would pass without anyone coming back.

Due to this, the area had been deemed a hazardous zone, no one was allowed to enter it. The sects had lost many nascent soul elders to the strange trap. They were unable to figure out if they were doing something wrong and Zhang Dong had a suspicion that no one besides him could actually get past that locked gate.

”I will be fine, I will just teleport back here if something goes wrong.”

”You didn't 'just' teleport the first time you went missing.”

”Well… that was a bit…”

”Different? So there are places that you can't just get back from!”

His wife narrowed her eyes at him while he turned his head away. It was true the system he was using wasn't omnipotent. The place he was going to was built by a previous user that was somehow able to hack it. It wouldn't be strange if that person knew a way to keep him from teleporting out of there but in Zhang Dong's mind, the danger was minimal.

It was that secret ground that set everything in motion. The first cube that he absorbed set him free of the system that was now different. His theory was that he was probably the only person that would be accepted by that immortal abode. The whole place was probably made as a test for his kind. Only people with an altered system would probably be allowed to fully enter it.

”I'm just going to check it out a bit, I'm not going to use the testing ground, I hope to find a side entrance…”

Zhang Dong started to explain himself to Liena. She knew that he wasn't just a regular cultivator, his old name was also revealed a long time ago/ In his mind the testing ground was just bait to get system holders in. There might be a different entrance that he could go through now.

”Fine, go and leave me and the kids again, we will be just fine!”