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~Crack~
~Crack~
~Crack~
Some distance from Wang Xiong, the ground started to crack before it parted. And from the ground appeared a large body. It kept on extending more and more, stunning both Wang Xiong and Ye Jin.
The two of them could only gawk at it, while Ye Jin wondered just what kind of a being this was. She could tell that it was a beast, but the size of it was simply massive. Wang Xiong's private courtyard was rather large, but even then, half of the yard was directly occupied by the being that just appeared.
Finally, Wang Xiong could see the head of Lin Mu that appeared from the mass of crystals.
"SENIOR! It's really you!" Wang Xiong said, feeling excited.
"Of course it's me. Who else do you think looks like me?" Lin Wu lightly joked.
"Y-yes! Only Senior Lin Wu has a magnificent body like this!" Wang Xiong stammered, but still managed to flatter Lin Wu.
Ye Jin was finally coming around and understood who Lin Wu was.
"This… this… this is the senior you talked about all these years?" Ye Jin asked in disbelief.
"Won't you introduce us Wang Xiong?" Lin Wu asked with a smirk, though to Ye Jin it was just a terrifying look instead.
"Ah yes, Senior Lin Wu, meet my Dao companion Ye Jin. I believe you've already tested her before, so she should be up to your standard." Wang Xiong quickly turned into a formal mode.
Ye Jin was a bit taken aback by it took.
'Why does it feel like I'm meeting the parents now?' Ye Jin wondered.
"I see… very well, I should introduce myself as well." Lin Wu said, turning Ye Jin nervous as well.
"I am, Lin Wu! The Crimson Eyed Emerald Worm, The progenitor of the Emeraldine Legion, The King of the Millennium forest, the keeper of the Taiji Celestial's tomb and his direct disciple!" Lin Wu introduced himself, using all the titles that he had.
It was as if steam was coming off Ye Jin's head and she felt like she was about to faint.
Even Wang Xiong had not expected Lin Wu to say things like these. Though he was intrigued by some of the things that he said.
"Senior you said you are the King of the millennium forest? When did that happen?" Wang Xiong questioned.
"A couple of days after I woke up from my seclusion." Lin Wu answered.
"Whoa! Then that means… you broke through?" Wang Xiong asked with anticipation.
"Of course," Lin Wu said and unsealed his aura partially.
~shua~
The spirit Qi in the air suddenly turned still as if frozen and all the beasts that were on the peak became dead silent as well. Even though Lin Wu's aura was mostly contained within the courtyard, his bloodline was still strong enough to spread the resonance around and affect the beasts.
~gasp~
Ye Jin felt short of breath and for her, it was like a hill was placed on her chest. Wang Xiong was in a slightly better condition, but it was difficult for him to breathe as well. But that was not all as his eyes flickered slightly and he saw something in Lin Wu.
Ever since getting the inheritance of the Taiji Celestial, Wang Xiong had been diligently practicing and improving his proficiency with the Taiji Refinement scripture. This allowed him to devise some techniques and skills of his own.
One of such techniques was similar to Lin Wu's Radiation perception, but this allowed him to see the yin and Yang aspects of the world instead. Wang Xiong's proficiency with it was very low and even after all this time, he had barely managed to get some control over it.
When he activated the skill and observed anything, it would appear in different shades of grey. Yet even then, Lin Wu's body appeared like a sun to him. He had to quickly stop using the skill or he feared that he may just turn blind.
'Just what level is senior even at? How much power and energy are confined within his body? Even patriarch was not close to this level when I observed him secretly.' Wang Xiong thought in his mind, feeling awed.
~humm~
Lin Wu quickly withdrew his aura in a small span of five seconds, yet that was enough to turn both Wang Xiong and Ye Jin sweaty.
"Ah sorry, I've yet to gain the same control as I used to have on my body." Lin Wu lightly apologized, though it didn't seem like he was truly thoughtful.
"It… I-it's fine, senior. It is we that are at the fault for asking this…" Wang Xiong quickly responded.
Now that he had felt a hint of Lin Wu's power, he was more than impressed. Lin Wu's veneration in his heart had increased by many times. Ye Jin was the same and now understood why Wang Xiong often muttered the word 'senior' so much.
"Senior Lin Wu is certainly a peerless expert." Ye Jin couldn't help but praise either.
The two cultivators couldn't even tell at what Level Lin Wu's cultivation base was at due to it overwhelming their senses. And they didn't dare to ask him directly either, as it could just lead to more trouble if it was taken as being rude.
Lin Wu chuckled internally and felt pleased with the reactions that Wang Xiong and Ye Jin showed him. He felt his vanity being satisfied with a little and wondered if there was time for some reward now.
"Wang Xiong." Lin Wu said.
"Yes, Senior!" Wang Xiong replied in a very concise manner.
"While you have gotten a little lost on the task I gave you, I cannot deny your achievements. And for that reason, I believe you are worthy of a reward.
Hearing the word reward made both Wang Xiong and Ye Jin's ears perked up. Though she also wondered if she should escape from here since Lin Wu's presence was being a little too uncomfortable to her.
Wang Xiong could only anticipate the reward that he was about to get.
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Lin Wu smirked to himself as Wang Xiong had played right into his hand.
'This will make upgrading the Trojan rather easy. I'll add in a few things as a bonus too, just to make it look a bit more appealing…' Lin Wu thought to himself.
He looked at Wang Xiong and spoke, "come close."
"Yes, Senior." Wang Xiong came to stand close to Lin Wu, who then lifted his tail and extended a very thin spike out of it.
The spike was thin compared to Lin Wu himself, but compared to Wang Xiong's size, it still looked like a spear tip instead.
"Now then… don't move." Lin Wu warned and touched Wang Xiong's forehead with it.
~gulp~
Ye Jin swallowed down her saliva, feeling nervous. After all, Wang Xiong was her Dao companion that she loved and seeing him stand so close to a large beast like Lin Wu was terrifying.
Even if she knew that Wang Xiong trusted the beast, she still had some hesitation.
~shua~
While she was thinking all this, she suddenly felt Wang Xiong's aura rising. He could also see that Lin Wu's tail seemed to be glowing and the glow was flowing towards Wang Xiong.
It looked like something was entering Wang Xiong's forehead, but she couldn't tell what. But a minute later, her eyes went wide.
"No way…" She gasped.
Lin Wu pulled back his tail and retracted the spike from Wang Xiong's head. The man opened his eyes as well, that now had a faint green glow to them. There was also a small green dot in the center of his forehead, but it was quickly disappearing.
~DING~
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TROJAN UPDATE: Completed
SPECIAL SNOWFLAKE: Successfully implanted
Notification: The host's subordinate, Wang Xiong has been added to the formation's communication channel.
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"Perfect…" Lin Wu muttered to himself.
Wang Xiong looked at himself and felt his cultivation base.
"I broke through? I BROKE THROUGH!" Wang Xiong exclaimed.
~clasp~
Ye Jin held Wang Xiong's shoulder, checked him directly to see if he was fine and what she had felt was real. Lin Wu narrowed his eyes at seeing this and secretly took note of it.
'Still a bit suspicious I see… doesn't matter, everyone will be the same once they get the Trojan…' Lin Wu thought to himself.
Ye Jin finally came to terms with her situation and understood that Wang Xiong had really broken through.
"Thank you senior! Thank you for helping me break through to the Adolescent Soul stage of the Nascent Soul realm." Wang Xiong said, feeling grateful.
"No, you deserved it. Also… that breakthrough is not your only reward." Lin Wu replied.
"Oh? What do you mean, senior?" Wang Xiong asked.
"Why don't you feel for yourself?" Lin Wu said with a chuckle.
Wang Xiong raised his brows, but then nodded his head. He closed his eyes and then felt a small set of memories appear in his mind. They explained to him about all the features that he now had, including being able to communicate directly with Lin Wu and the rest of the beasts in the Emeraldine legion.
Learning that Lin Wu had so many servants and subordinates at the nascent soul realm was shocking to Wang Xiong. While he had known that the number of Nascent soul realm beasts of the millennium forest had increased in the recent years, he was still in the dark about the others that had not appeared in the open.
"Wait… is that… Pei Jun and Tian Xiaoge?" Wang Xiong was stunned upon sensing his juniors.
"They managed to gain the inheritance as well." Lin Wu chimed in.
Hearing this, both Wang Xiong and Ye Jin's eyes lit up.
"They really succeeded?! Everyone thought that they had either died or something happened. We lost contact with them completely too…" Wang Xiong replied.
Hearing this, Lin Wu was a bit surprised as Pei Jun had not expressed anything like this when he talked to him.
'Did they forget? Or just get too lost in the trials?' Lin Wu wondered.
"They did succeed. Well… everyone did, just not for the same inheritance that you got." Lin Wu answered.
"What? There's more than one inheritance?" Wang Xiong was confused.
"Yes, there is…" Lin Wu then explained to him how he was lucky and managed to enter the tomb directly due to the token he had.
He also told him about the trials of the Sky bright Daoist and how they needed to be cleared before the Taiji Celestial's could be attempted. Feeling enlightened after this, Wang Xiong thanked his lucky stars.
"Being able to communicate with the others will be a godsend. Though how far can I communicate right now?" Wang Xiong asked.
"You'll probably need to go halfway before you can communicate with them without any effort. At this distance, you will need to use up some of your spirit Qi, if you want to talk to them." Lin Wu replied.
"I see… though I can feel their location too." Wang Xiong said, "and I can feel yours too… and others… there are so many!" he added as more and more information surged into his mind.
"Of course. Everyone that is our ally will be within our circle and everyone can feel each other's location. The communication link will allow everyone to be safer and be able to ask for help in times of trouble." Lin Wu stated.
Understanding the benefits of the new abilities, Wang Xiong was happy. But then an idea came to his mind, and he looked towards Ye Jin. His gaze lingered for a few seconds before he turned to Lin Wu.
"Senior, I have a request… can you…" Wang Xiong hesitated.
"Ahhahah! I know what you want. Don't worry, I was going to do it anyway." Lin Wu said.
Ye Jin was a bit confused by it at first, but then understood what Wang Xiong meant.
"Come here… child." Lin Wu said in a friendly tone.
Ye Jin hesitated and looked towards Wang Xiong, who nodded his head.. Suppressing the nervousness, Ye Jin finally took the next step and came to stand in front of Lin Wu as well.
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There were many thoughts going through Ye Jin's mind about how it all could go wrong. A spike was currently placed on her forehead and Lin Wu was doing the same thing that he had done for Wang Xiong.
He decided to give her a little reward as well as it would only be beneficial if she were in favor of him.
'Unnecessary conflict will just be bothersome. It's way easier if they think better of me.' Lin Wu thought to himself.
~shua~
Ye Jin who was uneasy all this time, suddenly felt her fear fading away. Instead, what replaced it was peace… and a sense of belonging. She had not felt like this in a long time and only Wang Xiong could provide this to her after she left her family.
But now she could feel the same from Lin Wu and she didn't know why. At the same time, she felt even closer to Wang Xiong.
'I feel more… connected. Is this what Wang Xiong feels like too?' Ye Jin wondered.
Her cultivation base started to increase as well and in just five minutes, she had broken through to the next stage.
"I reached the Child Soul Stage already?" Ye Jin was stunned by seeing just how it was.
She had practiced for years on end to reach the point she was and all it took was a few minutes of help from Lin Wu for her to progress.
'Just what mysteries does this senior hold? The Taiji celestial's disciple is indeed not simple.' Ye Jin thought, recalling all the murals about the Taiji Celestial that she had seen along with the others in the tomb.
~huu~
'Another one added…' Lin Wu internally muttered as the list of subordinates updated.
~Ding~
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SUBORDINATES: 1. Wang Xiong
Cultivation Base: Adolescent Soul Stage of the Nascent Soul realm
Functions available: a. Communication
b. Detonate
2. Pei Jun
Cultivation Base: Infant Soul Stage of the Nascent Soul realm
Functions available: a. Communication
b. Detonate
3. Tian Xiaoge
Cultivation Base: Peak Stage of the Core Condensation realm
Functions available: a. Communication
b. Detonate
4. Twin Lights Liger King
Cultivation Base: Adult Soul Stage of the Nascent Soul realm
Functions available: a. Communication
b. Detonate
5. Split Thorn Horn Beetle King
Cultivation Base: Adult Soul Stage of the Nascent Soul realm
Functions available: a. Communication
b. Detonate
6. Slim Arm Ape King
Cultivation Base: Adult Soul Stage of the Nascent Soul realm
Functions available: a. Communication
b. Detonate
7. Demon Spine Ape King
Cultivation Base: Child Soul Stage of the Nascent Soul realm
Functions available: a. Communication
b. Detonate
8. Ye Jin
Cultivation Base: Child Soul Stage of the Nascent Soul realm
Functions available: a. Communication
b. Detonate
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Ye Jin was the eighth subordinate Lin Wu had added and with each addition, his scope of power increased a well. After all, with all his subordinates around, he could control a far bigger area also gain more information through them.
Lin Wu even had plans for the next upgrade of the Trojan. He wanted the system to add many more functionalities, but they would take a while to be developed and competed. It essentially needed additional Computational AIs to be unlocked, and they only increased with Lin Wu's increase in cultivation.
This was mostly because they needed a higher bandwidth to function and the system itself could only do that when Lin Wu himself was stronger.
"System, how many more AIs do you need for the Trojan upgrade?" Lin Wu questioned.
~DING~
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ANSWER: Currently the system has about six computational AIs unlocked and for the next upgrade of the Trojan, it has been estimated that it would need at least nine of them. The Host will need to reach the Dao Treading Realm to be able to unlock more all of them, though, with each sub-stage of the Dao Shell realm, more of them will be added.
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"Hmm… so seven at the Shell Completion stage, eight at the Shell Expansion stage and nine at the Dao Treading realm… that should be fine." Lin Wu muttered to himself.
Ye Jin and Wang Xiong had gained better control over their abilities by now, and it looked like Wang Xiong even managed to communicate with Pei Jun.
"It's amazing senior! I talked with Pei Jun just now. He said they are going to cultivate there for a while and comprehend the inheritance." Wang Xiong said.
"Yes, I told them to focus on learning it first. The others should be done after a while as well and you will be able to talk with them too." Lin Wu replied.
"I see… if we only had this ability before, then our problems would have been solved." Wang Xiong said, his tone turning a little sad.
"Oh? What happened? I've seen some changes in the Frozen Cloud sect and conflict too. What's the problem exactly?" Lin Wu took this opportunity to extract more information.
~Sigh~
"It's a long story…" Wang Xiong then went on to explain how all the things happened.
The people of the Di Guan mines were forced to run away due to a beast, and the terror caused by it. He also told him about the spies they caught and the Agitation jades they found.
After the first one that Wang Xiong got from the spy, his people managed to find three more of them hidden around the cave. But despite that, they were unable to stop the beast that was causing the problems.
They knew that the beast was at the Nascent Soul realm, but its speed was far too fast for them to be able to deal with it. Plus, it had the ability to just dig into the rocks and run away when it felt like there was a trap there.
Wang Xiong told Lin Wu how the Frozen Cliff division caused conflict for them using proxies and their current situation, where they were close to losing a lot of money and resources.
It was a complex political situation that even Lin Wu didn't want to hear more about, but did so for the sake of it.
But at the end, Lin Wu spoke again.
"I think I can help you."
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"Huh?" Wang Xiong was not expecting Lin Wu to say something like this and was a bit confused.
"You will help us, Senior?" Wang Xiong asked for clarity.
"Mmmhmm, this problem of yours with that mine… it's been there for a long time, right?" Lin Wu replied.
"Of course! It's been a thorn in our foot that we have been unable to remove. We never through a single Nascent soul realm beast would be that problematic." Wang Xiong said.
"Then I'll get rid of it. That should allow you to focus on other things… after all, if you are being bothered by this, you are spending less time on things that matter." Lin Wu stated.
"But won't that… be beneath you? I can't bring myself to pester you about my own problems." Wang Xiong replied.
"It's nothing for me. Besides, I have some other tasks I need to do around there as well, so I may as well complete this." Lin Wu explained.
Hearing this, both Wang Xiong and Ye Jin's faces lit up.
"Thank you senior!" Both Wang Xiong and Ye Jing said out loud.
"Just give me the necessary information and I'll go there once I'm done here." Lin Wu stated.
"YES! I have the ready with me already!" Wang Xiong hurriedly said.
Since he had been trying to deal with the problem for a long time, he carried all the records and documents with him. Lin Wu though, didn't need them in reality and was just doing this to get whatever information he was missing in the system.
'Scan them all system.' Lin Wu ordered.
~DING~
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SCANNER: Activated
SCAN COMPLETED: Data banks updated
MAP UPDATED: New markers added
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Lin Wu saw a few notifications in front of him and also saw the new information that was added. It even included a rough sketch of what the beast that was causing trouble looked like.
Lin Wu furrowed his brows after seeing it.
'This… seems a bit familiar… have I seen such a beast before?' Lin Wu thought, but it was impossible for him to confirm it since the sketch was truly rough.
The beast in the drawing had four legs and black fur, but its head was drawn like a simple oval and its body looked oddly bulky. Lin Wu also looked over some of the other information, such as the people that lived near the Di Guan mines and who its owner was.
Since it was located somewhat before the Tian clan's branch, Lin Wu got the information about their territory as well. In fact, Xiaoge was originally going to be part of the investigation team, but then she never returned from the millennium forest.
Thus Wang Xiong ended up assigning others for it. Since the beast was a Nascent soul realm beast, he needed to put other Nascent soul realm cultivators to deal with it. But even then he could not use too many people as the number of Nascent soul realm subordinates under him was ultimately limited.
Excluding Pei Jun and Ye Jin, Wang Xiong had eleven Nascent soul realm subordinates under him. This was a sizable number of cultivators and would be considered being a rather strong power if they went out to the secular world.
After all, there were plenty of small sects that were made by Nascent soul realm cultivators. So technically, each of them could make their own sect. But now all of them were under Wang Xiong, and that too willingly.
But this didn't fully represent the Frozen Brook division's power. There were many other people in it, but not all of them were under Wang Xiong. Currently, the Frozen Brook division, and the Frozen Cliff division both had nearly the same level of power.
While the Frozen Plain division was the smallest of the two and was barely ten percent of the entire sect's people. Still, it had some influential and powerful elders in it thus couldn't be disregarded either.
Lin Wu got to learn everything and was soon ready.
"Will you be leaving right away, senior?" Wang Xiong questioned.
"No… first I have to meet someone else." Lin Wu answered.
"Someone else? Who?" Wang Xiong asked, wondering who it could be since there weren't many acquaintances that Lin Wu could have.
"A certain man in a white fox mask." Lin Wu replied, stunning Wang Xiong.
"Him?!" Wang Xiong said out loud.
Ye Jin on the other hand, was confused as to whom the two of them were talking about, but was able to guess some things.
"Is it someone from our sect?" Ye Jin questioned.
"Indeed. I do not know his name, but I've seen him." Lin Wu answered.
Hearing this, Wang Xiong was even more confused. He hesitated a bit, but then decided to speak.
"Where did you meet Guardian Yun, Senior?" Wang Xiong asked.
"Oh? So his name is Guardian Yun, huh…" Lin Mu muttered.
Ye Jin also wondered who this person they talked about was. She had not heard of anyone in the Frozen Cloud sect with that name or title before.
"As for your question, I saw the 'man' in the millennium forest. He chose to help out the beasts in fighting off an invasion of beasts." Lin Wu answered.
"A beast invasion?" Wang Xiong furrowed his brows, and an idea popped up in his mind.
"Was it perhaps the Southern Tusk Tapirs?" Ye Jin ended up the first one to guess it instead.
"Indeed, child. It was the Southern Tusk tapirs… along with the Silver Tusk Tapir King as their leader." Lin Wu confirmed.
Hearing this, Wang Xiong narrowed his eyes even more.
"We did get some reports about a large herd of those beasts leaving the Southern Reach Jungle, but our people did not go close due to a Dao Shell realm breast being detected. We thought they had turned to the south, though… how did the sect miss this?" Wang Xiong wondered.
"What? The Frozen Cloud sect did not know about it? How is that possible when the beasts would have to pass around your territory?" Lin Wu questioned, feeling confused as well.
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The little revelation by Lin Wu turned out to be more of a bomb for Wang Xiong and Ye Jin. The movement and migration of such a large number of beasts was a matter of great concern.
As one of the top ten sects of the Long Continent, the Frozen Cloud sect had a duty to ensure that the people in their territory lived in order. This pertained to both cultivators and commoners.
If they were harmed by the migration of such beasts, they would have to bear the karma. Not to mention their own benefits would reduce since it would be their people dying. These were the same people that supplied them with external resources and helped with trade and commerce.
As much as cultivators thought the commoners were beneath them, the commoners were still an important part of the world. Without them, perhaps the cultivation sects might not be able to exist for long.
While the commoners were at the bottom of the pyramid, they were also the foundation. They were the source of new talent and also many other things, like information. Without them, the sects would soon find themselves lacking.
In a sense, the duty of a sect was similar to that of a king and his ministers. Both took care of the commoners under them, though the number of people that sect had livings in their territory was usually less.
But they were still commoners that were often rich and powerful, as many of them were none other than family members of the sect disciples. Not everyone could cultivate nor have the talent to do so, thus they took up other professions and became the foundations on which sects rose to prominence.
Even the disciples wouldn't like their families getting hurt, and if it was found that the Frozen Cloud sect had missed such an important matter, the morale of the disciples would go down greatly.
"This… I do not know how this matter turned out like this. We should have known the moment the Southern Tusk tapirs got close to the sect. They can't even go to the area south of Millennium forest without passing by us first." Wang Xiong spoke.
"Can't they go around us, though? There are forests and mountains that extend quite far outside our territory." Ye Jing asked.
"No… even if they do try to do that, the other beasts will keep them in check. Don't forget there are many Dao Shell realm beasts, even if they are rare. I doubt even a Silver Tusk tapir would like to fight another Dao Shell realm beast like it.
After all, even if it can match its power, the same cannot be said for the rest of the herd. They would simply be killed in a matter of minutes if they intruded on the territory of other beasts.
While there is a chance it could happen, we would have still noticed it. A fight between Dao Shell realm beasts is no joke and will cause enough noise and destruction for it to be heard hundred kilometer away." Wang Xiong replied.
Now, even Lin Wu was confused and wondered about the situation. Originally, he had thought that the Frozen Cloud sect had let them pass without any interference, since it could be considered to be a natural series of events.
Beast migration was something a lot of beasts did and was a natural part of the ecological cycle. But a sect would still keep an eye on it and be alert for any problems that might arise.
"You don't think… someone intentionally pulled out attention away from it, do you?" Ye Jin asked, feeling a bit fearful.
To her, if someone was able to do this, they would have to be either very strong or very influential, as to silence elders from all three divisions.
"No… even if the disciples and elders can be fooled, there is someone that won't be… Guardian Yun won't let something like that happen under his watch." Wang Xiong stated.
"Just who is this Guardian Yun and why haven't I heard of him?" Ye Jin asked, feeling curious.
"I'd like to know more too," Lin Wu chimed in.
~Sigh~
"I guess it would be better to hear it from the man himself. I have taken some oath's that prevent me from speaking about it to others." Wang Xiong explained.
"Very well… take me to him." Lin Wu spoke.
Hearing this, Ye Jin looked at Lin Wu and furrowed her brows.
"But… will that be fine? I mean, senior is technically trespassing." Ye Jin said with concern.
"Oh, it will be fine. I believe Guardian Yun would prefer if we kept it a secret as well." Lin Wu replied.
Wang Xiong nodded his head as well and spoke, "Senior Lin Wu is right. We should just meet Guardian Yun directly."
"Very well! It's decided then, bring me to him." Lin Wu said.
"Please follow me, Senior. Oh, and… you'll be staying underground, I believe?" Wang Xiong asked.
"Yes. You two just go on as normal, I'll be behind you." Lin Wu replied.
With that done, Wang Xiong and Ye Jin flew in the direction of a certain mountain. It was located in the middle of several other mountains and seemed to be covered in the fog all the time.
Half way up from it, nothing could be seen due to the thick fog. Not many disciples actually came to this area, since it was restricted and only certain elders and core disciples even had the permission to enter it.
The fog covered mountain was peculiar to Lin Wu for several reasons. The first was the fact that it was smaller than all the others around it and the second was a bigger one, being that the system was unable to scan it.
'An interference field… this is certainly not simple.' Lin Wu thought.
There were several areas of the Frozen Cloud sect that the system could not just scan directly without being detected, but this area had an entire interference field around it which was very suspicious.
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Lin Wu tried to scan the area with his spirit sense and realized that even touching the outer part of the fog was impossible.
"Is this even fog? Its defense is more like a steel plate…" Lin Wu muttered to himself.
Soon they reached the very edge of the mountain and Wang Xiong came to a halt. He then held out what looked like a badge and flashed it to the front.
~whoosh~
Soon a hole opened up on the fog, allowing them to pass through.
"You can come out now senior, this area is hidden from the view of others." Wang Xiong said.
Lin Wu checked it once to ensure it was fine and only then did he leave the ground.
~Rumble~
The earth shook as Lin Wu's body appeared out from it. The emerald green glow of his body looked eerie as it got diffused in the fog even more.
"Please follow me senior. We will have to go by foot from here." Wang Xiong stated.
"Alright," Lin Wu replied before continuing onwards.
Wang Xiong kept the badge in front of him and it acted as a tool to keep the fog away. The three of them continued heading up the mountain while Lin Wu looked at everything. He was trying to see what was hidden here or if there was a secret.
The system was unable to scan anything here and the interference field here was also strong. While the system might be able to forcefully break through it, that was not a good option.
After all, Lin Wu didn't want to announce to everyone that he was here. The same could be said for a lot of formations. Even the areas that were restricted in the Frozen Cloud sect, the only reason Lin Wu did not enter them even if he had the capability was others finding out about it.
Even if Lin Wu was in the Dao Shell realm, he wasn't overconfident and knew that he couldn't take on the entire sect if he managed to offend them. There were cultivators in the sect that were possible at the very edge of the Immortal Ascension realm, not to mention the ones that were at the Dao Treading realm.
Lin Wu might be able to defend against one or two of them, but if all of them come, it would be very dangerous.
'Better to keep a low profile right now…' Lin Wu muttered to himself.
After walking for about an hour, they reached the very top of the mountain. It was here that they experience a vast change.
~shua~
As if they had passed through a curtain, the fog disappeared completely around them.
"Huh? Where did the fog go?" Ye Jin wondered.
"We are now in the main area of the peak. The formation protects this place." Wang Xiong spoke.
And just as Wang Xiong said this, Lin Wu heard a few notifications.
~DING~
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NOTIFICATION: Detected Dao Shell realm spirit Qi fluctuation
NOTIFICATION: Detected several Nascent soul realm and core condensation realm spirit Qi signals.
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Lin Wu narrowed his eyes and quickly switched to the map. One by one, several hundred markers popped up on the map. A majority of them were ones at the core condensation realm and about five percent of them were at the Nascent soul realm.
"1,2… 56… 208… that's a lot…" Lin Wu counted the markers.
He saw about six Nascent soul realm markers hidden to the very back and ahead of them was the Dao Shell realm marker. It was the brightest and biggest one, making it very easy to notice.
~shudder~
Lin Wu also felt something strange in his body. It felt like his bloodline had just sensed something that was dangerous nearby.
"That's bound to be that demon beast…" Lin Wu muttered to himself.
If something could directly make him feel dangerous through his bloodline, even at his current level, it meant that it was something really dangerous.
"Guardian Yun! We are here…" Wang Xiong said out loud.
Lin Wu was alert just in case things went south. Ye Jin was nervous too, but the reality turned out to be rather mundane. For the first five minutes, there was no response.
"Is everything fine?" Ye Jin asked, seeing there was just silence.
"Hmm, he's usually quick… this is strange." Wang Xiong said.
"Should we go on ahead?" Lin Wu asked.
"We may as well." Wang Xiong replied and stepped ahead.
But just as he took five steps forward, a voice was heard.
"I see chief disciple has brought some guests. Won't you introduce them to me?" the voice spoke from the distance.
Lin Wu, who had been seeing the map the entire time, knew that this Guardian Yun had not moved one step from his original location.
'Deliberator acting mysterious huh… I see you.' Lin Wu thought to himself.
A few seconds later, the dot on the map moved at a great speed and appeared right in front of them.
"So this is the man…" Lin Wu muttered as he saw the person dressed in a pale white robe, wearing a white fox mask on his face.
~sniff~
"He's definitely a beast… at least partially." Lin Wu sensed the scent.
Though taking a look at the humanoid looking beast was intriguing to Lin Wu. He now wondered what was the story behind this person and why he had managed to make a deal with the system.
"This is Ye Jin, a Core disciple of our sect and my Dao Companions." Wang Xiong said, pointing to her. "And this… is senior Lin Wu. The King of the Millennium forest, I believe you might have an idea." He added.
Guardian Yun completely ignored Ye Jin and simply looked at Lin Wu who towered over him. In front of Guardian Yun who was two meters tall, and Lin Wu who was hundreds of meters, it was simply a ridiculous comparison.
No one could see the expression of Guardian Yun under the mask and thus it was hard to estimate what he was thinking. Though Lin Wu had some other approaches.
Radiation perception activated and his field of vision changed.
"Wanting to test out I see…" Lin Wu muttered to himself as several skills silently activated without anyone knowing.
Then in the very next moment, a tearing sound was heard.
~SHUA~
~RIP~
It was as if the air itself was torn in half when the Fox masked man moved.
~DENG~
Wang Xiong and Ye Jin were stunned and pushed back as they saw Guardian Yun clash with Lin Wu.
~Crackle~
Currently, Lin Wu was using his tail to block the attack of Guardian Yun. The man in question had condensed a hammer made out of ice and had swung it at Lin Wu.
"Oho? You got a different definition of hospitality, I see…" Lin Wu spoke as he easily resisted the attack.
Frost had started to spread from the Hammer onto Lin Wu's tail. Terrifying ice Qi could be felt in the air as it started to rise in concentration. Wang Xiong felt the pressure and chill and was instantly alarmed.
He grabbed onto Ye Jin and retreated as far as he could in that moment.
"What?!" Ye Jin was startled.
"Dammit, what is guardian Yun doing?" Wang Xiong was confused.
Lin Wu saw the frost and ice forming on his tail and smirked.
"Something like this is not enough," He said as copious amounts of radiation started pouring out of his body.
~Sizzle~
~poof~
The ice and frost evaporated almost instantly and even the normal spirit Qi in the air was affected. Guardian Yun narrowed his eyes as he saw the handle of the hammer he was holding melt as well.
"Fire elemental Qi? No… what is this?" He muttered to himself finding it strange.
The heat was as if coming out of nowhere. He couldn't feel any spirit Qi working for it, but rather it felt like the spirit Qi was being repelled instead.
~shing~
Lin Wu took this opportunity to flick his body and extend a spike from the side that pierced the head of the ice hammer.
~shatter~
The hammer broke apart like chalk in guardian Yun's hand, and the man quickly flew back.
"Is that enough or do you want more?" Lin Wu asked.
The man looked on in silence, his thoughts unknown.
"Let's do more," He said in a low voice and raised his hands.
~shua~
The spirit Qi in the air started to gather at a rapid rate and even more spirit Qi was pouring out of Guardian Yun's body. Lin Wu saw the spirit Qi moving around in specific patterns and found it to be recognizable.
"So he's using that… this will be a bit hard to resist…" Lin Wu internally said to himself.
~whoosh~
He reacted immediately and let wind attitude spirit Qi surround his body. The wind moved rapidly and turned into a sphere around him. The chill coming from Guardian Yun was almost isolated from it, but the ice spirit Qi still tried to penetrate it.
"I'm just starting!" Lin Wu said as radiation started leeching into the wind attribute spirit Qi.
~shua~
As if the air was lit up on fire, the sphere of wind exploded and turned into a scorching fireball. Lin Wu's body was hidden within it and the ice attribute spirit Qi coming from Guardian Yun was fully pushed back.
But that was just the start, as Guardian Yun made a few hand seals.
"Forbidden Frost Scripture: Tearing Blizzard!" He chanted
Wang Xiong and Ye Jin who heard it, were shocked to no end.
"That… patriarch's original technique!" Ye Jin recognized.
Wang Xiong though gritted his teeth and pulled Ye Jin further back.
'Has he finally gone insane?'
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Ye Jin and a few other disciples of the Frozen Cloud sect that had been fortunate enough to see their Patriarch teach himself, knew of his techniques. Or at the very least, they had seen them being used.
The patriarch of the Frozen Cloud Sect, Patriarch Bing was considered to be a genius among his generation. When he was still an inner court disciple he had already started to make his mark and had gathered a lot of merits for the sect.
His progress only increased exponentially and it barely took him two centuries after that to become the patriarch of the Frozen Cloud sect. He was officially the eleventh patriarch of the sect and was considered to be the Second strongest patriarch in all of the Frozen Cloud sect.
He had learned the sect's techniques thoroughly and had even mastered the Forbidden Frost scripture which was consider to be a top level technique that was restricted only to a few people of the sect.
And even in that, he had managed to comprehend his own variations of it and had made a few that were now learned and practiced by the junior disciples, all the way from the outer court disciples to the core disciples.
But the most well known was his signature skill in the Forbidden Frost Scripture, the Tearing Blizzard. It was something no one else knew and neither had he taught it to anyone else.
It was one of the few techniques that had no records in the sect and were a matter of pride for the patriarch.
Yet here there was an anomaly. Ye Jin and Wang Xiong got to see a second person use the very same technique. This was astounding to them and they could not understand how the man had gotten hold of the technique.
~SHUA~
A strong wind blew out from Guardian Yun's hand which was filled with bitter cold. The moment it came out, it turned white as the ice and snow filled it. The air was sharp as if it would cut apart anything that it touched and freeze it solid.
Such was the technique called Tearing Blizzard.
Lin Wu though was able to handle it right now. The fire that surrounded him protected him from the cold and nullified it before it even reached him. The wind provided the defense and the heat provided the neutralization property.
This was rather confusing to Guardian Yun as he glanced at the very strong technique being unable to do much.
"It is not fire spirit Qi… the tearing blizzard can easily snuff out any fire like that. Just what technique is it? The wind attribute spirit Qi seems to be the driving force behind it." Guardian Yun muttered to himself.
Wang Xiong had seen Guardian Yun enough to know that he was a rather eccentric person. He always felt uncomfortable around the man and was always on his guard. But he knew that Guardian Yun wouldn't do anything wrong.
But now he wasn't so sure anymore.
"Why is he doing this?" Ye Jin couldn't help but question.
"I don't know… only him and Senior knows now. It's best if we stay out of it, we cannot interfere on their level." Wang Xiong answered.
~gulp~
Ye Jin swallowed down the fear for the time being and retreated as far as she could along with Wang Xiong. Only when they reached the very opposite end of the area did they stop and take a look at the battle.
~BOOM~
It was then that a sudden explosion happened. The bright light forced Wang Xiong and Ye Jin to close their eyes as a gust of hot air flowing over their faces. The air was hot enough that if it were any commoner, they would have probably gotten first or second degree burns.
But thankfully Wang Xiong and Ye Jin were not commoners and could easily handle something like this.
"Time for my counter attack now!" Lin Wu's voice could be heard.
Wang Xiong peeked out from behind his fingers and saw Lin Wu's body that had changed its form. His long body was curved like a 'J' and his head was at the bottom. His tail though was pointed to the sky.
It looked like a hundred meter tall broad sword that had a glowing blue edge. There were fiery sparks jumping out of the tip and more fire orbs were appearing at its back. The sword only had one edge with the other one being thick and flat.
~WHOOSH~
The blue glow of the sword edge started to glow like water and it looked surreal. On the other hand, the fire orbs that were attached to the other side of the sword were swirling and gathering more spirit Qi from the air.
"This… at this rate he'll drain all the spirit Qi in the area!" Wang Xiong exclaimed.
The spirit Qi was being absorbed by his entire body and split into two parts going to the two sides of the sword.
~weeng~weeng~weeng~
A strange crying sound seemed to be coming from the back of the sword as the fire orbs suddenly split apart.
~BOOM~
"Take this!" Lin Wu yelled.
'Undaunted Sapphire Blaze Cleaver'
This was the name that Lin Wu had given to the new technique he had made after his breakthrough. It combined all the new upgrades to his skills that he had gotten and imbued into one.
While he could turn into several weapon forms, this was the easiest way of using them for now.
Undaunted Sapphire Body art!
Immortal Sky Shaker Art!
Radiation Manipulation!
Qi Amplification!
Cellular Crystallization!
Cellular Manipulation!
Sound Command!
All these skills combined and turned into the current attack. Each provided a different effect that worked in synergy with the other. Though the Sound Command was the most hidden of them all.
Its function was important yet easy to miss. It simply hid and diffused the sound of the attack when used.
Guardian Yun's eyes went wide as he quickly turned to his back.
~SHING~
Even though Guardian Yun could see the attack in front of him, he couldn't help but feel uneasy.. And when the sound came from his back, he realized that it was a trick.
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"Ugh!" Guardian Yun grunted and turned back. but then his face fell.
"What!" But then his face fell and he was shocked to see nothing behind him.
He was rather Dependant on his sense of hearing since Lin Wu's radiation manipulation had made it close to impossible for his spirit sense to work. Every time he tried to use it, he felt like his spirit sense had entered a bog and got trapped.
If he struggled too much the spirit sense even showed signs of tearing. This was certainly not what he wanted in the middle of a battle.
Guardian Yun also had a lot of trust on his other senses and was thus sure that the attack in front of him might be a trick and the attack was coming from behind. But the reality turned out to be different.
~BOOM~
The true attack descended with the force of a volcano, giving the man barely enough time to condense an ice shied in front of him.
~cling~
~cling~
~cling~
Taking the fraction of second that the ice shield provided, Guardian Yun retreated as he created more ice shields to delay the attack as much as he could.
~shing~shing~shing~
But alas, under the power of the Undaunted Sapphire Blaze Cleaver, the ice shields were no more than butter under a hot knife and were cleaved apart almost instantly. The blade was emitting enough spirit Qi fluctuations mixed with radiation that Qi refining realm cultivators would have simply died from being in the area.
Wang Xiong and Ye Jin started having trouble breathing and the pressure from it made it difficult to use their own spirit Qi as well.
"Dammit! We can't stay like this! Inverse Yin Frost Dome!" Wang Xiong said and flipped his hands.
~shua~
Ice attribute spirit Qi emitted from his hand and started to float put above him. The color of the Qi was also different than the normal ice elemental Qi being a bit more dark in color.
Its level of coldness was also more than the normal level and if anyone touched it they would get frostbite almost immediately.
Holding Ye Jin in his embrace, Wang Xiong let the Inverse Yin Frost Dome descend on them.
~DENG~
The solid glass like dome covered them entirely and protected them from the surrounding effects of Lin Wu's attack.
But even under the protection of the dome, Wang Xiong realized that it was not enough.
"This can't be… how is it degrading this fast?" Wang Xiong was confused.
Gritting his teeth, he placed his hands on the insides of the dome and started pouring his spirit Qi into it, trying to maintain its form as long as it was possible.
'At least till senior Lin Wu's attack is over.' Wang Xiong thought.
Ye Jin felt like her world view was being broken down and being rebuilt at the same time. While she knew that there were many strong experts in the world and she had even seen them; seeing the power of Lin Wu and Guardian Yun was still on a different level.
'How can this beast imitate human techniques? He even has a hint of sword intent within that attack!?' Guardian Yun thought as he saw the glowing blue blade approaching him.
The fire orbs behind it were like thrusters that increased the force of the attack, as well as its speed. It was something he had never seen or heard of before. After all, even if there were many spirit tools that imitated modern technology, Guardian Yun had not seen the level of innovation that Lin Wu's old world had.
Even with a rather crude application of different principles, under the refinement of the system's computational abilities, everything could be made perfect.
~Crack~
~Crack~
~Crack~
One after the other, the ice shields broke apart before their fragments were directly evaporated. These were ice shields that even other Dao Shell realm cultivators might find a hard time breaking and yet Lin Wu was breaking them with ease.
~Zoom~
~boom~
Another explosion happened and the force of the attack increased more as the blade's opposite side emitted even more fire.
If before the fire was only being emitted from specific points along the length of the blade; now the entire blade itself was emitting it. It looked like a long wall of fire pushed the blade ahead.
Lin Wu who was the perpetrator of all this was grinning widely. His two venomous fangs looked especially glaring under the different lights.
"Ahahah! How are you liking this guardian Yun? Are you having fun? Made the right decision, didn't ya!" Lin Wu said with a chuckle.
Guardian Yun gritted his teeth under his mask and realized that he may have truly made a mistake.
"Curses! Can't stop it like this." He muttered under his breath.
~huu~
Taking a deep breath, he steeled his determination as a strong aura emitted from him.
~shua~
Lin Wu quickly noticed the development as the system was actively analyzing everything and notified him.
"Oh? Can't hold back now, can't we?" He said as he saw a Pale blue orb appearing out of Guardian Yun's body.
It rose up from his head and quickly started to expand. In just a second, it reached a size of six meters in diameter. All this happened, just before the final ice shield had broken.
~CLANG~
The giant blade met the large Pale Blue orb which was nothing but Guardian Yun's own Dao Shell.
Seeing its appearance allowed Lin Wu to confirm the fact that the man in front of him was already past the Shell Completion stage. There were thin and very faint lines that went around the orb which showed that the orb had expanded several times before.
These were often called as expansion lines and were a sign that a Dao Shell realm cultivator was in the Shell expansion stage. Though not everyone could see them since they often melded into the rest of the orb easily.
The collision of the two objects though shook the entire area.
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Guardian Yun felt his body shake as his Dao Shell was hit by the giant blade. The collision was powerful enough to create a crater below the Dao Shell even though it had not even made contact with the earth.
The formation array of the entire mountain flickered, and the fog started to disappear. For a couple of seconds, everyone would have been able to see the true form of the mountain.
Guardian Yun saw this all and just hoped that no one was paying attention to the place.
'Dammit, I'll have to make up something if they pester me again.' He thought.
Lin Wu on the other hand, was paying his full attention to the entire situation. This was his first time using this new attack he had made, and he didn't know what kind of power it could express.
In fact, he didn't even know if it would work against Guardian Yun at first. But now that he knew it was enough to force him to use his Dao Shell, he knew its power was substantial.
'Nice! Now I got another trump card I can use. Though… its consumption is too high.' Lin Wu thought to himself as he felt his Dantian deplete by half almost instantly.
One must know that Lin Wu's Dantian had a rather massive capacity, and the amount used by him in the attack was enough to fill a small spirit stone mine. Using a small spirit stone mine's worth of spirit Qi in one attack was ridiculous on many levels for Dao Shell realm cultivators.
Especially since they could not even have Dantian that big.
~WEENG~
~RUMBLE~
The giant blade kept on pushing on the Dao Shell and it looked to be slowing retreating. The sapphire blue blade edge looked deadly and seemed like it would pierce through the Dao Shell at any moment.
Guardian Yun was now in a dilemma. He couldn't retreat directly as that would put him in a bad spot and he couldn't fight against Lin Wu's attack either. Just resiting it with his Dao Shell was taking up all of his efforts.
Not to mention the fact that he could feel the outer layer of his Dao Shell being affected now.
The Dao Shell of a cultivator that had reached the Shell completion stage would be very strong and could even bear the attacks of Dao Treading realm cultivators up to a certain extent.
And yet Guardian Yun's Dao Shell seemed to be on the verge of being affected.
'This beast is certainly on a different level. Seems like the rumors of the millennium forest really are true…' Guardian Yun thought to himself.
At this point, Lin Wu's image in Guardian Yun's mind had been increased to a rather highlight. But what he didn't know was that the only reason why Lin Wu's attack was affecting him was due to the Sapphire meridians granted by the Undaunted Sapphire Body art.
Without it, Lin Wu certainly would not have been able to push him to this extent.
'Looks like I need to invest more in the Undaunted Sapphire Body art. The piercing effect is far better than I thought. I reckon if I reach the third stage, I should be able to break a Dao Shell with no problem.' Lin Wu thought to himself.
Taking note of this, he continued his attack and increased the spirit Qi used to propel the blade forward even more.
~WHOOSH~
The jets of fire intensified and the pressure on Guardian Yun increased even more.
It was now that they felt the formation array flicker even more.
~shua~
"SENIORS YOU NEED TO STOP!" Wang Xiong's voice could be heard coming from the distance.
Wang Xiong spoke, but the two beings did not stop their battle.
"LOOK! THE FORMATION ARRAY CANNOT BEAR THIS!" He pleaded further.
But even now, they did not pay attention to him. After all, their entire focus was on the opponent and they couldn't spare the attention to look elsewhere. The loss of attention could mean death right now.
"THEY WILL DISCOVER YOU TWO! WE CANNOT ALLOW THAT!" Wang Xiong finally said the thing that made both the beings wary.
"Hehe, I think the kid is right. I don't think you want this mountain to be revealed to the rest of the sect either." Lin Wu finally spoke.
"Right… I think both of us have obtained what we wanted from this." Guardian Yun replied.
"Agreed." Lin Wu nodded his head. "We stop now?"
"YES!" Guardian Yun said, and Lin Wu withdrew his attack.
The propelling jets of fire stopped and the blue edge of the giant blade faded away as well. Guardian Yun secretly took a breath of relief and withdrew his Dao Shell back into his body before carefully checking it in his Dantian.
But when he did this, he felt hurt.
"Dammit, he really did make a mark!" Guardian Yun shouted internally.
On his Dao Shell, a faint mark could be seen. It looked like someone had scratched a marble and left a small impression on it. It pained him, as the flawless look of his Dao Shell was no more.
'This will cost a fortune to repair…' Guardian Yun thought to himself.
If it were anyone else in his position, they would have been helpless at this moment. Or perhaps they might have been dead already. One must not forget that Guardian Yun was far stronger than the average Dao Shell realm cultivator and was also a Demon beast, as estimated.
He had also expanded his Dao Shell several times and thus it was denser than most Dao Shells. Perhaps if it was someone in the Shell Completion stage of the Dao Shell realm, they would have already had their Dao Shell broken.
While Guardian Yun was regretting his decision, Lin Wu was having some problems of his own.
Even though it looked like he was fine on the surface, internally he too, was damaged.
~WARNING~
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NOTIFICATION: Surface meridians have been damaged!
Damage level: 13%
——
"Ugh… get to healing them system. We should have enough vital essence. Though this will take away from our stores." Lin Wu said to the system.
He checked his host data and saw the vital essence fall.
"Will need to be careful next time. Though… now that we have tested it out, you can get to improving the flaws, System." Lin Wu spoke.
"Affirmative." The system replied.
With the battle ended, Wang Xiong and Ye Jin finally dared to leave the dome that had been protecting him.
~shua~
The dome melted away and Wang Xiong looked at the damage that had been caused around them.
"Both of them are monsters on their own…" Ye Jin muttered in shock.
Lin Wu returned his body to its normal form and coiled up to look at the aftermath.
"How are the formation arrays here system?" Lin Wu questioned.
~DING~
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ANSWER: The system has managed to analyze the formation arrays during the fluctuations that were caused by the battle. The Formation arrays are at 50% integrity and the interference field is now removed for the system.
——
Seeing the system's answer, Lin Wu felt pleased.
"Perfect, do another scan of the mountain… I want to see everything!" Lin Wu ordered.
~DING~
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NOTIFICATION: Dense formations detected; the scan will take longer than usual
——
"Yeah, that's not a problem. At least we can scan now." Lin Wu said as it was an improvement from before.
Letting the system do that in the background, Lin Wu watched as Wang Xiong and Ye Jin approached them.
"Are you two okay?" Lin Wu asked.
"We are fine, senior. But I don't think we would have been if the battle went on for any longer." Wang Xiong replied.
"I see… perhaps I should have been a bit more careful." Lin Wu stated.
"It's fine senior, it wasn't fully your fault, anyway." Wang Xiong said as he stared at Guardian Yun.
"Patriarch will not be pleased with this Guardian Yun." Wang Xiong spoke in a straight voice.
"It will be fine. You do not need to worry. I'll deal with it." Guardian Yun replied in a similar tone.
Lin Wu could perceive a little friction between the two and wondered what the true reality here was.
"Now that all that is behind us. Will you be willing to tell me what's exactly going on?" Lin Wu asked.
~Sigh~
"I reckon introductions are in order." Guardian Yun said, after taking a little sigh.
"I am Yun Bai, the guardian of the Frozen Cloud sect." He revealed.
"Hah," Lin Wu chuckled a little upon hearing this. "That's not all, is it? I mean, that much was rather obvious. You are a Demon Beast, aren't you?"
"Yes… I am indeed." He admitted.
Hearing this, Wang Xiong and Ye Jin were both shocked.
"A Demon beast? What's that?" Ye Jin couldn't help but ask.
"In simple words, a Demon beast is basically a beast that has the bloodline of a Demon. Demons are nothing but another species of creatures like humans." Lin Wu gave a short explanation.
"But… aren't they…" Ye Jin hesitated to speak.
"I know what you mean. Most humans use the term demon incorrectly. They just attribute it to evil beings, but that's not true. Of course, there are evil demons, but not all of them.
While they may have somewhat of a volatile mentality, they aren't that different from humans. They are simply a different race of beings. And beasts that have their bloodlines are called as demon beasts.
It's similar to how humans can have beast bloodlines." Lin Wu explained.
Hearing Lin Wu's relatively positive words, Yun Bai was rather astounded.
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Yun Bai was used to hearing people speak badly about Demon beasts. This was most common among the humans and he could count on one hand, that knew as much about demon beasts as Lin Wu did right now.
'He knows a lot more than I expected… that's a good sign.' Yun Bai thought to himself.
"So how is it that a Demon beast like you became a Guardian beast of this sect?" Lin Wu couldn't help but question.
"It happened a long time ago… back then, the Frozen Cloud sect did not exist." Yun Bai spoke.
"The Frozen Cloud Sect didn't exist?! Just how long ago are we talking about, because the sect is over two thousand years old now." Ye Jin couldn't help but be doubtful.
"Hmm… a little over 2500 years ago I suppose." Yun Bai answered.
"2500 years… how are you alive? No, wait… what's the cultivation base of Guardian Yun?" Ye Jin asked and then realized that she should not have done that.
Asking seniors like Yun Bai about this cultivation base could be taken as offensive and rude.
"I want to know that too… how can a Shell expansion stage Dao Shell realm being live for over two thousand years?" Lin Wu asked.
This helped Ye Jin, since the question was coming from Lin Wu as well, and he mentioned Yun Bai's cultivation base as well. This helped her judge since most Dao Shell realm cultivators and beasts could only live up to two thousand years.
This was their peak lifespan, and very few actually reached it. Most of them would die many years or centuries before that, too many factors such as being killed by others, cultivation problems, and a myriad of other problems that plagued the cultivators.
It was rare for someone to live up to their full lifespan and even rarer for someone to exceed it without actually breaking through.
~Sigh~
"It's due to me being a Demon beast. Some of us can have longer lifespans than humans and beasts." Yun Bai said, but his tone seemed to be a bit sad. "Though… it also comes with its flaws." He added.
"Like what?" Lin Wu asked.
"That is actually what I wanted to meet you for." Yun Bai replied.
Lin Wu gazed at his mask and could feel the actual desire that the man had. It was hidden underneath a cold demeanor and wanted something from Lin Wu. He didn't know how he could feel it, but he still could.
"You want me to help you leave this planet, don't you?" Lin Wu questioned.
Hearing this Wang Xiong and Ye Jin were confused. They didn't understand the term that Lin Wu had just used.
"Indeed. Living on this planet is not suitable for me… or my clan. Seems like that… formation spirit told you about it." Yun Bai answered.
"Indeed. I control it so, I'll know everything that occurs in the forest." Lin Wu said, just to pressure the man a bit more.
"Hmm… I made a deal with it to act if there was anything strong that appeared in the forest. I know you were in some kind of seclusion and wanted it to act as extra protection." Yun Bai stated.
"And you certainly fulfilled your end of the bargain." Lin Wu nodded.
"So you're here to satisfy your end of the agreement?" Yun Bai asked.
"Perhaps… we'll see if it's viable first. There are many factors that come into leaving this place… but we'll talk about that in private." Lin Wu said as he took a look at the two subordinates.
"W-we'll give you some privacy seniors!" Wang Xiong horridly said.
He knew there were things that he shouldn't know or was not supposed to know. Some were secret because they could be harmful to others while some were secret just for the sake of it.
He quickly took Ye Jin and retreated to the corner of the area, while Yun Bai quickly set up an isolating field around him and Lin Wu with the flick of his hand.
Ye Jin couldn't help but feel incredibly curious about it all and didn't know what to do.
"Just who is he exactly, Wang Xiong?" Ye Jin asked.
~Sigh~
"If it's come to this, I guess I can tell you more." Wang Xiong replied. "The things that he said right now are something even I didn't know. But there is other information I know of."
"And what's that?" She probed.
"Guardian Yun is, as you've heard, the guardian of the Frozen Cloud sect. He has been so since the start of the sect. He helped the first patriarch of the sect and also the founder to create the sect.
All the techniques and skills that we use today, including our original cultivation techniques… all come from him." Wang Xiong revealed.
"What!? Is that why he knows the signature technique of patriarch?" Ye Jin said in shock.
"Indeed. He is technically the teacher of all the patriarchs of the sect that have existed till now. He is also older than any of our sect ancestors, including the ones that have been in seclusion since the last thousand years." Wang Xiong said, confusing Ye Jin.
"But… that doesn't make sense. If he's that old, then… how's his cultivation base only at the Dao Shell realm? If it's like that, then he should have been at the Dao Treading realm at the very least, shouldn't he?" Ye Jin said, feeling doubtful.
"That is something I don't know either and have not been informed of. I was introduced to Guardian Yun by the Patriarch and was told to go to him if I had some problems. The duty of Guardian Yun is to handle external problems that can threaten the existence of the sect.
While I can't ask him to interfere in our internal matters, such as the conflict between the three divisions, he can still act if there are greater problems. It was one of the reasons why I asked him to head to the millennium forest during the mission, just in case something problematic happened.." Wang Xiong revealed.
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