Chapter 301 (1/2)
Translator: Radiant Editor: Radiant
Chen Jiu, the old man with a mountain-goatee, the bald-headed old man wearing yellow robes, and Xue Ying all flew together towards the Crimson Rock Mountain.
“Xue Ying, from this point forward, we’ll be brothers in arms. You probably don’t even know the names of Uncle Fu and Old Thief right here, am I correct?” Chen Jiu laughed. “Haha, I’ll introduce you to them first. Old Thief over here is also known as Chen Gu. Meanwhile, Uncle Fu’s actual name is Chen Fu.”
Chen Gu, the old man with the mountain-goatee, laughed. “You can just call me Old Thief in the future.”
“Greetings, brother Dong Bo Xue Ying. You can just call me Chen Fu.” The bald old man with yellow robes wore a lopsided grin. “I’ll be troubling you for assistance once we enter Crimson Rock Mountain.”
Xue Ying replied, “Chen Fu, Old Thief, we live together and die together. Let us help one another when we can.”
Chen Jiu, Chen Gu, Chen Fu…were they from the same clan?
Xue Ying found this interesting to note.
Chen Jiu smiled. “They are both people of my manor, where I grew up since I was young. Naturally, we all share the same clan name of ‘Chen.’”
“I truly admire your manor to have had so many experts emerge from it,” Xue Ying praised. “There are truly too few experts in my entire Xia Clan.”
“That’s not exactly it,” Chen Jiu began as they flew along. “The material world is quite different from the Deity world, in that it is much easier to become Transcendent in the Deity world. That’s why there are many more experts within.”
“Our Flying Sword Mountain Manor is quite famous even in the Deity world. Several hundred of our members are Demigods, and two are even Deities. In truth, the Manor Master didn’t have to personally come here and risk his life.” Chen Gu shook his head.
Xue Ying was flabbergasted at the thought of that.
Several hundred Demigods? Two Deities? Chen Jiu was also the Manor Master?
“Our Flying Sword Mountain Manor is currently facing a huge threat, and it might be annihilated in a single day and night. Because of that, I decided to seek the support of a powerful World Deity and willingly take such a huge risk for his sake.” Chen Jiu shook his head. “Indeed, compared to a mortal world, the Deity world is countless times bigger, but…even my Flying Sword Mountain Manor could simply end up being annihilated if certain people were to covet it. I only came here and accepted to risk my life because that powerful World Deity promised to ensure the protection of my manor for a period of ten thousand years! If I’m to succeed on this mission, things will naturally be quite different. I can’t help but accept this gamble.”
Xue Ying commented, “It’s indeed a tough situation.”
“Truthfully, the trouble your Xia Clan is facing is even worse than ours. A powerful Great Demonic God, as well as a Lord of a material world?” Chen Jiu shook his head.
“The Lord of a material world? What does that signify?” Xue Ying asked in confusion.
As they traversed the dark void, they adopted a relatively slow pace of flight. They were not in any particular rush, especially considering this was Xue Ying’s team. This was the first time they they actually got to talk. Naturally, they were left behind by the others.
Chen Jiu was aware of this position but made no comment on it. “Transcendents of mortal worlds who become Deities may have several breakthroughs before reaching an age of ten thousand years! If one reaches the peak stage of the Deity realm, they’ll be able to refine the mortal world’s World Core! If an expert manages to refine it before being forced to leave the world, that entire world will become their territory! At that point, the expert may live forever in that mortal world, and they would be referred to as its Lord—the Lord of a material world!”
“Refining a mortal world? Becoming a peak stage Deity within ten thousand years and successfully refining the World Core?” Xue Ying clarified his doubts. “Is it that formidable and special to be considered the Lord of a material world?”
Of the many ancestors of the Xia Clan who entered the Deity world, only three were successful in reaching the peak stage of the Deity realm! Not only that, all of those three were only able to do so after entering the Deity world and having some fortuitous encounters.
“Very formidable!”
Chen Jiu continued his explanation, “All those who are able to achieve such things within ten thousand years are truly unfathomable characters. Considering their comprehension abilities, they are all certain to reach the World Deity realm after going to the Deity world! The Sorcerer God might still be young, but he’s already a magnificent existence who reached the World Deity realm! You must understand…to compare a World Deity to an ordinary Deity is like comparing a Transcendent to a mortal.”
Xue Ying lightly nodded.
“Once an experts becomes a Lord, their next step is attaining a avatar cultivation technique! By then, they could cultivate an avatar to send on adventures in the Deity world while the true body remained safely in their hometown.” Chen Jiu sighed. “Doing this, the expert can assure his absolute safety! Not even those powerful existences in the Deity world may forcibly descend into the material world. As such, being the Lord of a material world…essentially means that one cannot die! Even if the avatar adventuring in the outside world were to perish, the expert could simply cultivate another to replace it, while their true body remains safe from harm.
“As a result—
“These material world Lords usually have a special status in the Deity world. After all, even if you manage to ‘kill’ them, all you’d really accomplish is to destroy their avatar, which is also why these lords would usually be more fearless when they went about their business,” Chen Jiu said. “Of course, the mortal world would get older and older and eventually reach the end of its life cycle, something which the Lord would try to delay as much as possible. When that happens, the Lord himself would be no longer be immune to death.