Chapter 229 – A Token Of Appreciation (2/2)

Once Lei Yu finished speaking, the burly guy crawled off to the side and started injecting his internal energy into the copper hammer. He then jumped on top and started flying off in a shaky manner.

All the town’s residents gathered at a house that had a rather large courtyard. Looking at the mass of people, there were a full two hundred of them.

Lei Yu and the previous old man were sitting in the middle of the courtyard on stone benches talking about something. Tian Dan Er was sitting on Lei Yu’s lap with a face filled with such innocence making Lei Yu think he was incredibly adorable.

“Where did this Immortal come from and where are you going? Why did you land on our small planet?” The old man asked.

Lei Yu felt a small pain in his heart but did not reveal his true identity or where he was from. “I came from another planet and I’m planning to go to the Immortal World to experience it, and I just happened to pass through here.” Seeing this town on the planet, Lei Yu understood that there was bound to be countless other towns like this throughout the Chaotic Star Sea.

“Immortal World? This Immortal is really going to the Immortal World?” There was a slight change in the old man’s expression; even the surrounding crowd started whispering to each other in discussion.

“That’s right; I’m planning on going there. Is there some sort of problem with it?” Lei Yu asked somewhat puzzled.

The old man sighed before saying: “This Immortal may not know, but from your previous words, you must be a cultivator from another planet who has reached the Gold Core stage, and now you want to go to the Immortal World to make a name for yourself. Has this old man guessed accurately?”

With a slight hesitation, Lei Yu nodded, “That’s right.”

“Immortal may not know but I’ve heard the Clan Leader mention before that ordinary cultivators wanting to enter the Immortal World is extremely difficult. Without a strong Sect as your backing, it’s really hard gain a foothold in the Immortal World. There might even be a chance that one may not survive there. Therefore, this old man advises Immortal to return to your planet because that place is not simple at all.”

After hearing the old man’s words, Lei Yu’s interest increased and asked: “What if one wanted to go there to get a master?”

The old man shook his head, “Even though there’s still a very long distance to the Immortal World, our little town’s Clan Leader had also tried to go there to get a master and rely on a big Sect. But he was rejected by them and was almost killed by the bandits on the road there. Because of that, people no longer dared to go past those surrounding planets to the Immortal World.”

It looks like the Immortal World was definitely not an easy place to get to. One could see that for those inhabitants of the Immortal World who would especially go to the Mortal World to find and draw him in, that would be the dream come true for many people here. Unfortunately, a series of events changed everything and thinking about this further was useless.

“Please be rest assured old man, I still have some treasures for self-protection so I’m not afraid of the bandits. If I don’t at least try, it will forever bother me. Therefore…”

After hearing Lei Yu’s words, the old man knew that further persuasion would be of no use. He no longer discouraged Lei Yu but took out a brown cloth from his body. Slowly unfolding it, three crystal like items the length and thickness of a thumb was revealed.

“Our town is really poor so there’s nothing much we can give Immortal to repay your gratitude. This old man has three crystal stones in his possession. Although it’s rather meager, but it still represents our thoughts in thanking Immortal in saving our town from disaster.” The old man placed the rough brown cloth and crystals into Lei Yu’s hand.

“There’s really no need!” Lei Yu hurriedly pushed it back to him. “It was only a slight effort on my part so it’s not worth making a big deal out of it! I’m not going to take it so old grandpa should just take it back.”

Although this was the first time Lei Yu had seen such items, he remembered the previous words of the burly guy and they should be called Crystal Stones. Perhaps this is the currency that’s being circulated through the Immortal Realm.

Lei Yu didn’t know how much money these crystals were worth, but no matter their worth, he couldn’t accept them. The old man had already mentioned that their town on this planet was not wealthy.

After pushing back and forth between them, and with all the things the crowd were saying, Lei Yu helplessly took two and left one of them with the old man. In the future, Lei Yu would realize his actions today were quite laughable since they were merely three white crystal stones.

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(T/N: Throughout the rest of the series, when someone greets another by using the title “Immortal,” that means it’s a form of respect towards them.)