287 Return to Earth! (1/2)
Be it traveling for a vacation or any other reason, one was always beset by the same strange feeling. The journey there was always especially slow, and the journey back miraculously fast.
It was the same for the trip to the moon. Their return was swift, and the cruiser quickly landed on the Upper Academy Island of the Ethereal Dao College. Those who had successfully reached the Foundation Establishment realm, and those who had not, all got off. They stared at the sky vastly different from the one seen from the moon, and at the Sword Sun. They could hear birdsong and smell flowers blooming. They could feel the air, and the Spirit Qi infused in it. Wang Baole was finally able to relax completely.
Even though a mountain of tasks awaited him after he had advanced to the Foundation Establishment realm, Wang Baole still decided to give himself a long vacation. He was going back to Phoenix City, back to his parents.
His return was of great importance to the City Lord of Phoenix City as well as all the city officials. They didn't go to the extent of journeying outside the city to receive him; however, the City Lord and the Deputy City Lord stationed themselves outside the port and had a short chat with Wang Baole when he arrived. They didn't impose on his reunion with his family and instead left after exchanging a few words.
Wang Baole's spirits were high on the way back home. He listened to his mother's nagging with a great deal of patience, and his father was quiet most of the time, only interrupting his mother's nagging with a few words of reprimand now and again. He remained smiling, and they spent the next two weeks in harmonious cheer.
During that period, Wang Baole also settled his spirits and did more in-depth research on the green lotus inside his body. He gradually became convinced that the green lotus was an augmenting presence on his cultivation, and its effects on the physical body were even greater, almost out of this world.
Wang Baole recalled being hunted for his life in the Mystic Luna Realm. His recovery speed had saved his life, as all his injuries had healed at a tremendous rate.
His physical strength was also receiving increasing nourishment from the green lotus. It grew exponentially on a daily basis. Wang Baole assessed his physical capabilities to have surpassed that of a typical cultivator in the same realm. In other words, if he were to split himself into two people—one with his cultivation and another with his physical body—the one to emerge victorious after a fight would be the one with his physical body!
The green lotus triggers the devouring seed to absorb vitality from all living things while it sits inside the devouring seed so that it can receive sustenance… Wang Baole mused. He observed the green lotus's seed head and the four lotus seeds inside it. He had a feeling that the lotus seeds weren't only useful for controlling the Night Immortal King.
He had only recently acquired the green lotus though, and he was unable to fully pin down the full properties of the lotus seeds in such a short period. He tried absorbing them but found it a tedious challenge.
He didn't give up. The few benefits that the Green Lotus Foundation Establishment core had given him were enough to send him into an excited flurry.
With the devouring seed, I believe the green lotus will flourish with continual cultivation and nourishment. With its augmentation, my physical body will grow increasingly stronger as well!
Wang Baole inhaled deeply. He found his future ever bright and hopeful. He had to climb back from the gates of hell in the Mystic Luna Realm, but it had all been worth it!
Wang Baole continued to study the green lotus while enjoying his family life. He had wanted to extend his stay for a few more days, but he received a voice transmission message from Chen Yutong. The latter was swamped with endless work at the Dharmic Armament Pavilion to the point where he could barely cope with it alone. The college had also called for Wang Baole to return and retrieve his Foundation Establishment realm mystic technique.
Besides the messages from the college asking him to return… at home, Wang Baole had also discovered, much to his grief, that his mother had begun to arrange matchmaking sessions for him these few days… he was utterly horrified.
”My dear mother, your son is an esteemed Foundation Establishment realm cultivator, a young genius, the Deputy Pavilion Head of the Dharmic Armament Pavilion, and one of the Federation's hundred seedlings. There are few who don't recognize who I am when I walk the streets. I just have to say the word and ladies who want to be my girlfriend will line the streets all the way from Phoenix City to the Ethereal Dao College. And you still think I need to be matchmade to solve my singlehood status?
”Matchmaking is an insult to my good looks and talents!”
Wang Baole's mother rolled her eyes and glared as soon as she heard Wang Baole's protest. She grabbed at his ear. Under duress, and with much exasperation, Wang Baole was left with no choice but to sneak out of Phoenix City and escape from his grudging parents.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.
Wang Baole ended his vacation and returned to the college. The first thing he learned from Chen Yutong was what had followed after the Mystic Luna Realm fiasco.
Those who had left the Mystic Luna Realm two weeks prior weren't only the disciples from the four Dao Colleges but also those from the other political forces. The real clean-up on the moon had commenced after their departure.
It was an utter bloodbath, an absolute massacre intended to squash the mutinous forces!
Chaos overran the entire Mystic Luna Realm. Trapped within the seal of the array formation, none from the Five Generation Sky Clan and the Galactic Dusk Sect could escape. Every Five Generation Sky Clan cultivator who had participated in the revolt—be it a Core Formation realm or Foundation Establishment realm, or even a True Breath realm cultivator—with a few exceptions, was exterminated. The exterminators were the other family clans of the Five Generation Sky Clan.
It was a cleansing that had to be done. They needed to answer to the Federation, and this answer required the heads of hundreds and thousands of their clan members!
The Five Generation Sky Clan also paid a heavy price elsewhere. They lost nearly a third of their lands and only then did the Federation and the other political forces finally let them off the hook. After all, it wouldn't look good if they went too far.