226 Frustration Makes a Person Stronger (1/2)
Zhu Shiyao was so powerful, so why was Wang Lu the Lead Representative?
Hai Yunfan’s question was like a poke to his hemorrhoids… It was so painfully sore that Wang Lu had to confess the truth.
”Of course, by virtue of my wisdom and handsomeness.”
After he wrote those words, there was no reply from the other side of the shadow letter for a long time. There were signs of crumpling as if it had been folded vigorously, only for it to be stretched before Hai Yunfan’s writing neatly reappeared again.
”Back to the main topic?”
”No one’s stopping you, I never encouraged you to push for that lead representative topic!”
”Brother Wang really has a profound concept of blaming others. Hahaha. Okay then, let’s get down to the main business. But, before that, I need to explain the background first, it’s like this…”
Hai Yunfan has spared no expense in carrying out this confidential live correspondence with Wang Lu, but certainly, it was not to make jokes on his Lead Representatives qualification. After this interlude, Hai Yunfan began to narrate their seven people experience in exploring the ancient sword tomb one and a half month ago. Wang Lu himself was quite interested in this. The news of the birth of the ancient sword tomb on the Southern Heaven Region has spread all over the Nine Regions, which attracted many outstanding heroes to gather there. How Zhu Shiyao stood above everyone else certainly could give many useful references to Wang Lu.
”At that time, among those who gathered around the ancient sword tomb on the Southern Heaven Region, there were around two thousands small fries from various small schools and sects who wanted to join the fun or try their luck. As for cultivators who were worth taking care of, there were several hundreds of them. In addition to the young generation elite disciples from big sects, some ancient individuals also came because they were unwilling to be left out. Perhaps there’s nothing attractive in this sword tomb for those Unity Stage cultivators, but at that time, there were three Deity Stage characters gathered there. As for Yuanying and Jindan, there were more than a hundred of them. It was simply a spectacular scene.”
”For my Ten Thousand Arts Sect, those ancient individuals are actually not that scary; they are extremely old and too old-fashioned. If it’s an event of survival or fighting, perhaps we are not their opponents. However, in this historical site exploration, they hold no advantage over us. What is really worth caring about is the elites of each sect’s younger generation. Surely, Brother Wang has already known that since the strange change more than twenty years ago, young people with outstanding abilities surge forward like waves in all over the Nine Regions. In addition to the Five Uniques, all the other sects also have their own core disciples with superior strength. These people are blessed with providence; their strength and intelligence all are first class. They can often create miracles, trampling some senior cultivators under their feet. At that time, gathered before the ancient sword tomb at the Southern Heaven Region, there were around thirty to forty of such cultivators. However, frankly speaking, most of the so-called talented geniuses are still mediocre. Those really worthy of our concern are the other disciples from the Five Uniques.”
”At that time, we obtained the news that, besides my Ten Thousand Arts Sect, there are also elite disciples from Spirit Sword Sect and Kunlun Immortal Sect. Our brothers were so eager, thinking that we could compete with Brother Wang and Senior Sister Liu Li. However, unexpectedly, we didn’t even see the shadow of the people from the Spirit Sword Sect. We only met with Senior Sister Zhou Mumu and her group from Kunlun Immortal Sect. Kunlun Immortal Sect is indeed the origin of the Immortal Path, Senior Sister Zhou is really outstanding, not in the least bit inferior to Senior Sister Liu Li. However, after Big Brother Ziye managed to challenge her into a fight, he obtained two victories out of three rounds of fight, so we slightly have the upper hand.”
Reading to this, Wang Lu could not help but write, ”Do you have any shame? Zhou Mumu lost to Zhan Ziye, yet you have the nerve to put her on par with Liu Li? Did you forget that several years ago, Zhan Ziye came to challenge Liu Li, only to be beaten black and blue that he ran back with his tail between his legs? On behalf of the world, I spit on your Ten Thousand Arts Sect.”
”Hahaha, Brother Wang didn’t know that when Senior Brother Ziye lost to Senior Sister Liu Li, his cultivation base has actually reached the Xudan Stage. Initially, he thought that this would ensure his success. However, unexpectedly, he still lost to Senior Sister Liu Li’s Brilliant Sword Heart. When he returned to the sect after that, he was like a dying ember, all day long he said that he would be lonely forever. However, when he was in this disheartened state and dejected because of love, he had a breakthrough in his Ten Thousand Methods Comprehension; his strength suddenly soared. According to our Ten Thousand Arts Sect’s professional calculation, even if at this time Senior Sister Liu Li has also reached the low-level Xudan Stage, it would still be difficult for her to contend with Senior Brother Ziye’s Ten Thousand Motionless Immortal Heart.”
Wang Lu was inexplicably surprised. ”Outrageous! Why would being frustrated because of love give such benefits? Why didn’t I know this!?”
”Huh?”
”Nevermind. Just continue.”
”Actually, Brother Wang need not mind this. We each walk in our own Immortal Path. The pace of the journey is different on each path—this time, this path is slower, but another time, that path is quicker. Right now, it’s just our Ten Thousand Arts Sect’s disciples are a bit faster… In short, we got a bit of victory in the fight against Kunlun Immortal Sect. However, when the door of the sword tomb is opened, nobody has the thought to fight again.”
”From the end of the Age of Chaos to now, the ancient sword tomb has managed to survive, so obviously, it has a tremendous and remarkable ability. Even the current number one cultivator in the Immortal Path, Daoist Master He Tu, wouldn’t dare attack it head-on. Therefore, when the sword tomb was opened, people set aside their animosity and dispute and gave all their effort to advance into the sword tomb. The first level of the sword tomb is a spatial space similar to mustard seed bag. When the front door of the sword tomb was opened, from the more than two thousand cultivators, only three hundred was left behind. Those loose cultivators who came to join in the fun had not been transmitted and were isolated outside. Afterward, I heard that they even dug three feet into the ground, but the sword tomb that initially occupied a very wide area unexpectedly seemed to disappear.”
Wang Lu pondered and then wrote, ”Disappeared? The main body of the sword tomb is not in the Southern Heaven Region?”
”Later, our analysis is like this: The Southern Heaven Region is only where the entrance of the tomb is, but the main body is in the space well beyond our imagination. The sword tomb can allow you to go out of that space but will not allow you to go in. If you think it’s difficult to survive there, you can use spell to escape. However, once you go out, you can’t go in. Previously, those who entered the first level were all in high spirit, so no one had the intention to give up, and the first hurdle was indeed not difficult. While being transmitted, an explanation flashed through our heart. We realized that, as long as we found three blades of golden grass in the midst of a vast prairie, we would be transmitted to the next level. Afterwards, some people did accidentally find the golden grass, but they discovered that as soon as they touched it, it would dissolve and enter the body, unable to be conserved. Therefore, it could not be fought over. And the sword tomb indeed did not encourage us to fight inside. On the grassland, there was a fog-shaped strange creature that would throw and wrap itself on the person that started a fight. No matter how much that person struggled, it would not be taken off. After a while, the person would disappear. Moreover, the person wouldn’t be transmitted out of the sword tomb, but rather vanish without a trace, and most probably die.”
Wang Lu sighed with emotion as he wrote, ”Invisible killing, the fog is really scary.”
”Therefore, the most important thing is to find the golden grass. The grassland is boundless, so looking for golden grasses is like searching a needle in a haystack. For the whole day, hundreds of people looked for those golden grasses, and only a few people found them. And without exception, they were all young cultivators. Those true experts of Deity Stage couldn’t fully use their remarkable abilities within the sword tomb. Instead, they were vaguely rejected. One of them clearly saw a golden grass, but when he came forward to pick it, before he could touch it, the golden grass faded on its own!”