Chapter 270 - Before the Battle (1/2)
When Lyu Liang followed Feng Mazi to the main hall of the Tianshu Pavilion, a few people were already standing there.
There were three elderly men who looked like sages. The one on the left side was Ancestor Wen Shu who had greeted Lyu Liang. The tall one in the middle had big eyes like that of a tiger, and looked very formidable. He was surely Ancestor Tian Shu. The hunchbacked man on the right side should be Ancestor Wu Shu, who was said to be the first one to obtain the Lu Tian Divine Stone, in the past.
Three other people were standing in a place at a lower level. Although they looked ordinary, Lyu Liang could feel a strong, weird pressure coming out of them!
“Are they checking me out, or are they deliberately trying to threaten me from the beginning?” Lyu Liang had perceived three beams of unfriendly probing aura with no killing intentions, but he just smiled.
Instead, if an ordinary cultivator at the Supreme Master level came inside, he would probably tremble at the scene, if he had not fallen down first.
But Lyu Liang was much stronger. Although his cultivation was close to the Middle-stage Heavenly Master, the strength from his Divine Soul could even withstand the impact from a Tao Ancestor!
“I’m a disciple, named Man Zi! I’m honored to meet the three Masters, and also every senior brother here!” Lyu Liang strode forward and bowed with cupped fists calmly, and he seemed to have a layer of golden light flashing around his body.
As expected, the three senior brothers looked more relaxed when they saw Lyu Liang’s behavior, as if they had already approved his power.
“Don’t stand on ceremony. We don’t have much time. You guys introduce yourselves first!” Ancestor Tian Shu said slowly, while glancing at the three men before him. “From now on, you are in the same boat. Since you’ve already tested him, then get along with each other!”
“I’m Meng Yun, a Supreme Master with a special-grade fighting capacity! Sorry about the offense just now, Junior Brother Man!” A tall, sturdy man with a crimson face introduced himself, with cupped fists.
“Haha, I’m Yan Zidao, a Heavenly Master with a special-grade fighting capacity! Junior Brother Man, you came at the right time. Now I’m not the only Heavenly Master here!” That was a tall, lean man with a ferret face, introducing himself.
“I’m… Cough! Cough!… Gongsun… Gongsun Youcheng, Cough… a Supreme Master… with a special-grade… fighting capacity, Cough! Cough! Cough!” The last one looked like an invalid. He had a sallow face and an extremely dispirited expression, and seemed as if he would cough up blood, even as he spoke.
But he was the only one that made Lyu Liang feel threatened! What’s more, he was a member of the combat squad, and would not be an easy man to deal with!
“All right! Since you’ve introduced yourselves, I’ll also get to the point! About the competition, its rules remain the same, but it is more difficult than before! Therefore, I deliberately asked the Tao Ancestor ghost to start the Thoreau Secret Realm in advance. Go there quickly, and grab the last chance to improve yourselves!” Ancestor Tian Shu glanced at everybody and then waved his hand, and three Lu Tian Divine Stones suddenly appeared. “Qingfeng and Youcheng, each of them already has one, so the three of you take one for yourselves and use it for cultivation. It’s on loan only. I want it back when you finish your cultivation!”
“Senior brother, why don’t we take the stone to compete? I think we have a better chance of winning with it.” Lyu Liang secretly transmitted a voice to Feng Mazi.
“The competition has specified that it’s strictly forbidden to bring the Lu Tian Divine Stone to compete, otherwise, the competitor will be directly disqualified! Some may have the stone, while others don’t. That’s just for the sake of fairness!” Feng Mazi’s explanation made sense.
Lyu Liang nodded and stopped asking. The Ancestor Tian Shu gave an order, and brought the squad to a black whirlpool that suddenly appeared deep inside the palace.
“You have five days to adjust yourselves. Then I will take you to the Dark Reign myself!” Ancestor Tian Shu was about to leave, but he saw that Lyu Liang seemed curious, so he stopped and continued to say, “Man Zi is here for the first time, so I’ll give you more details! Inside this door is the Thoreau Secret Realm. That’s a place where the time runs one hundred times faster than the time outside it, which means that one day of cultivation inside it, equals to the cultivation of one hundred days outside! Five days later, you will be automatically transmitted back to the entrance here. Are we clear?”
“Yes!” Lyu Liang cupped his fists honestly, while he began to be more interested in the background of the Nether Big World!
God! He had thought that his Virtual Land was already uncommon enough, but compared with the Thoreau Secret Realm, its significance had decreased greatly!
“Master, will I still have a chance to come here and cultivate myself in the future?” Lyu Liang asked tentatively.
“Come again? That’s impossible! Technically, this secret realm is a place that is above the Natural Law! It can only stay open for five days after being opened by a super powerful figure who excels in the space method. And then it will stay closed for at least eight years, before it is possible to open it again!” Ancestor Tian Shu shook his head. Then he pointed inside the door and said, “Go in there now!”
“It’s just a temporary place for cultivation. In that case, the Virtual Land is much better!” Lyu Liang didn’t hesitate, and was the first to rush into the whirlpool.
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“Such a ultimate-grade secret realm for cultivation!” Lyu Liang exclaimed at the first sight of the scene there.
It was a blank space that was similar to the House of Time, in the site where Tai Su Ancestor Lord lived before, but it was full of thick Spiritual Qi, which had a much higher level!
Without being reminded by White, Lyu Liang took out the Linden and placed it under his butt, while holding the Lu Tian Divine Stone in his hand at the same time. He would not waste such a good opportunity for cultivation.
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Meanwhile, three people were standing inside a secret independent space in the Tianshu Pavilion. Lyu Liang knew two of them. One was Ancestor Tian Shu and the other one was Li Caiyun, the one Lyu Liang was really concerned about.
However, they were not superiors at this time. Instead, both of them were showing great respect to a teenager wearing a purple robe, in front of them.
The teenager looked weak, but he was actually Ji Luo Tao Lord, who was well-known in the Nether Big World, and one of the top leaders in the Dark Reign!
“Do you still have any questions about what I said?” Ji Luo Tao Lord glanced at them, and asked.