Chapter 204: Just before (2/2)
”That is no problem. Congratulations on becoming a core disciple, finally. I knew you could do it,” Lang Shun said. Alex thanked him with a big smile.
”I heard you said you wanted to go to the Forbidden fields. Why?” he asked.
”I … have my reason,” Alex decided to not speak about his pans.
”Whatever. If my senior sister couldn't make you stop, then I'm not even going to try,” Lang Shun said.
”Alright, come with me,” he said and took Alex towards the crevice between the sect leader's mountain and the alchemy garden. There, Alex finally saw a small opening.
”Is this what leads to the forbidden fields?” Alex asked.
”Yes. You have to go through here and only then will you reach the forbidden fields. Now, I must warn you about a few different things,” Lang Shun said.
Alex started to listen attentively.
”First of all, since you will lose all of your cultivation temporarily once you enter there, you will start to get hungry very soon. So, Senior sister asked me to prepare these foods for you,” Lang Shun said as he took out a small pack of food.
”Don't put these in your storage bags, or you won't be able to take it out anymore,” he said.
”Yes, martial uncle,” Alex said as he took the food.
”Secondly,” Lang Shun continued, ”If you do end up finishing your food too early, there are cliffs along the side of the field with food growing on top of them. Try to hit them with stones to drop them. Absolutely do not try to climb them.”
”You sometimes end up forgetting that you are nothing but a mortal in there and try to get up there when you are really hungry. Try not to do that. Go against your instincts. However, I hope it doesn't come to that, since you will have plenty of food for now.”
Alex was still listening.
”Oh yeah, if anyone asks what you were punished for, just say something generic like you stole some ingredients from your neighbor. Although…” Lang Shun looked at Alex's cloth and said, ”You might want to change to less attracting clothes.”
”Less attracting?” Alex looked down on himself and realized his Martial Uncle was talking about the Core sect's robe. He swiftly changed his clothes to the ones from outer sect one that he had kept.
”This should be fine, right?” Alex asked.
”Yes, That is enough,” Lang Shun said.
”Now, the third and most important thing you have to remember. A few kilometers past where you enter, you will find a river with clean flowing water. Most people in their punishments stay around here for the water source, and that is how far the forbidden fields under our control actually goes to.”
”Beyond that live dangerous beasts. Not very dangerous to cultivators, but to mortals, any attacks of theirs are lethal. Make sure you never cross the river,”