Immortal Path to Heaven c1-725

by Heaven's White Crane

  Ou Yangming’s face could not help but twitch because the bag opened quite widely, and he could sense that it was not the widest limit. The young fellow even had a hunch that the leather bag could swallow any item outside as long as it was not larger than the bag’s space.

  ‘So this is an interspatial bag—it’s very convenient indeed.’

  Ou Yangming kept putting different items into the bag as though he acquired something fun.

  This was his second time seeing an interspatial bag, but his first time refining one. He was so overjoyed that his emotions could not be put into words.

  Moreover, Ou Yangming was certain that his interspatial bag had a larger space than Wu Hanning’s.

  Just as he was having fun, his heart tensed up, and he immediately turned to look.

  The elder had appeared several meters behind him without a sound.

  Ou Yangming was taken aback. He was elated earlier, but his mental power was still around him, hence he could not have missed anything

  Even so, the elder appeared soundlessly like a ghost, which caught him off guard.

  He took a deep breath and greeted with a smile, “Greetings, senior.”

  The elder looked plainly at him and remarked, “I truly underestimated you.” Ou Yangming was dumbfounded because the old man was quite straightforward. “Senior, I’m honestly nothing much as compared to you,” he responded sincerely.

  “Can I take a look at that leather bag?” The elder shook his head and asked.

  Ou Yangming had intended to do so, so he presented the leather bag to the elder without any hesitation. “Please give me some pointers, senior.”

  The elder accepted the leather bag and sighed after he checked it briefly. “It’s an interspatial bag indeed. Is this… The one that you refined just now?”

  “Yes,” Ou Yangming answered in a deep voice and added, “This is the first interspatial bag that I refined, and I’m willing to offer it to you to repay you for your guidance.”

  Chapter 326 - A Chance To Go Beyond Heaven

  Chapter 326 A Chance To Go Beyond Heaven

  The elder finally looked surprised. “You want to give it to me?”

  “Yes.” Ou Yangming explained seriously, “I couldn’t repay you for your guidance earlier, so I’m giving this to you as a gift and to settle the karmic account.”

  “Hehe, but I didn’t give you any guidance.” The elder turned his wrist to deliver the interspatial bag back to Ou Yangming, then he put his hands behind the back and noted proudly, “You contributed to the birth of 26 Supreme Great Ancestors for the Humans, whereas my help was nothing as compared to that.”

  Ou Yangming commented in a deep voice, “Perhaps it was as easy as lifting a finger for you, but I was very enlightened, and I benefited a lot from it.”

  There was a fundamental change in Ou Yangming’s mental state ever since he experienced sudden wind and rain. He turned over a new leaf, and nothing he did would be too much for him to repay the favor.

  Ou Yangming picked up the interspatial bag and expressed sincerely, “Senior, please kindly accept it.”

  The elder looked deeply at him and asked, “Young fella, do you know how precious an interspatial bag is?”

  “I consider myself to be quite experienced, but I’ve rarely come across interspatial bags, so I’m aware of how valuable it is,” Ou Yangming responded with a smile.

  In actuality, Ou Yangming had only seen an interspatial bag once from Wu Hanning. Apart from Her Royal Highness, even He Liangce and Zuoqiu Hongyuan did not possess one.

  Needless to say, Wu Hanning’s interspatial bag was not the only one in the world, but Ou Yangming had not seen the other bags.

  “You don’t know how precious it is at all.” The elder sighed. When he reached out to take the bag, he uttered slowly, “You’re the only blacksmith in our world who can refine an interspatial bag.” “What?” Ou Yangming looked up in shock as he was confused.

  The elder laughed and asked, “Are you going to ask where Hanning’s interspatial bag is from?”

  “Yes.” Ou Yangming nodded and questioned, “It couldn’t have fallen from the sky, could it?”

  However, the elder had a strange look on his face as he replied Ou Yangming, “You guessed it right; that interspatial bag came from beyond Heaven.”

  ‘Can you converse with me properly? Beyond Heaven? Don’t think…’ Ou Yangming widened his eyes and almost roared on the spot. He suddenly furrowed his eyebrows because he thought about many things.

  The Ni family from the outside of this world, the peculiar stones that were not from this world but could be used to smith magic tools, as well as the spirit beast that would come once in a century.

  Ou Yangming did not know much about this world. Perhaps there was a greater secret behind it.

  “Interspatial bags and superb magic tools are divine items, and they can only be bestowed by Heaven.” The elder sighed when he saw the strange look on Ou Yangming’s face, and he also cast a weird look at the young fellow. “I know you’re able to smith magic tools, but the imperial family can also gather many masters to smith low-ranked magic tools. As for interspatial bags…”

  Ou Yangming stammered and felt that the back of his tongue was bitter.

  When he saw Wu Hanning’s interspatial bag, he knew it was exquisite but thought there were a number of them in this world.

  He only realized he made a huge mistake after he heard the elder’s statement.

  All of a sudden, even he did not know how he could explain himself. He thought, ‘That crystal ball caused me a lot of trouble…’

  Although the crystal ball stored information about the refinement of an interspatial bag, thousands and ten thousands of composite rune combinations were recorded inside.

  Honestly, for a low-grade interspatial bag, which could be formed with only ten rune combinations, it was only natural that it was not associated with the word “valuable”. Therefore, Ou Yangming did not attach much importance to it.

  Nonetheless, when the elder stared at him at the moment, he realized that he was completely mistaken.

  The elder reached out his hand to gently pat on Ou Yangming’s shoulder, which was a friendly encouragement from a senior to a junior. Nevertheless, the young fellow felt helpless.

  He believed that the elder knew he had helped 26 powerhouses at the peak of Yang Grade to become Supreme Great Ancestors.

  Even so, the elder was neither hostile nor friendly toward Ou Yangming. Even though the elder gave him a rather memorable lesson and impression by helping him in the end, according to what the old man said, it was a reward for helping to increase the Humans’ overall strength.

  Other than that, the elder did not treat him with special respect.

  It was different now because Ou Yangming could sense an intense friendliness from the elder, especially the elder’s eyes, which was filled with so much affection that the young fellow almost melted.

  “Young fella, your name is Ou Yangming, right? I’m Wu Yuanwei, and you may call me…” The elder said with a smile but hesitated before he continued, “The Wu family has many ladies, and you can decide what you’ll address me as after you meet all of them.”

  Ou Yangming’s eyebrows twitched, and he quickly closed his mouth.

  ‘Why does this old man like to matchmake people like His Majesty does…’ “Senior, to be honest, I already have someone in my heart, and I’ve pledged to marry her,” he immediately responded and thought, ‘Elder Sister Ying, I’m sorry. I don’t want to keep using you as an excuse, but I’m left with no choice.

  “It’s just a promise, so it isn’t much.” Wu Yuanwei laughed out loud and added, “You’re unusually gifted in the path of interspatial smithing, and you have a bright future. Hehe, if you become a member of our family…” Seeing as Ou Yangming’s face changed when he said that, the elder changed his choice of words. “If you tie the knot with someone from the Wu family, I’ll grant you a spot to go beyond Heaven.”

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nbsp; “A spot to go beyond Heaven?” Ou Yangming was stunned, and an unbelievable thought crossed his mind. “Senior, can you… Go beyond Heaven?”

  Wu Yuanfei answered with a serious face, “I might not necessarily be able to do it, but you definitely can!” “It’s impossible!” Ou Yangming looked up at the sky. They were in the secret realm, but the sky seemed unreachable too.

  “Why is it impossible? Since things can come from outside of this world, why can’t we go beyond the sky?” Wu Yuanfei chuckled and smiled faintly, “Since you’re aware of the Humans’ catastrophe, do you know the exact origin of the calamity of the eight counties?”

  Ou Yangming turned pale as he answered, “Beyond Heaven…”

  “That’s right. Since they can come, why can’t we go over?” Wu Yuanwei asked.

  The young fellow’s expression kept changing, and he did not know how to answer the elder.

  In actual fact, it was not that he never considered the question, but he was unwilling to ponder it in depth because of certain concerns. That said, numerous thoughts filled his mind after Wu Yuanwei brought up the matter.

  “One can only live for 200 years even if one cultivates to the boundary I’m in, but if one can go beyond this world, hehe…” Wu Yuanwei noted. The look in his eyes was unpredictable as he said, “One will be the master of his own life!”

  Ou Yangming’s heart skipped a beat because the elder’s words hit his soft spot.

  “Senior, how can we achieve that?” “If you’re willing to marry someone from the Wu family, I’ll report to the array of ancestors in the upper realm to grant you a chance to go beyond Heaven.” Wu Yuanwei curled his lips into a smile and continued to tempt the young fellow after some thought. “The Wu family is one of the renowned families in the upper realm. If you have someone’s guidance, you’ll have a promising future!”

  Ou Yangming took a deep breath and suppressed his feelings. “I understand. Thank you for your admiration, senior.”

  The sharp-eyed Wu Yuanwei frowned and asked, “Since you understand, why did you brush me off like that?”

  “Elder Sister Ying and I are in love with each other. We’ve decided to marry each other, so we’ll never go back on our word. I was truly moved by your suggestion, but I mustn’t agree to it no matter what.” Ou Yangming smiled bitterly.

  “Oh?” Wu Yuanwei looked at him and asked, “How exactly charming is that lady to be able to make you fall head over heels for her?”

  Ou Yangming was joyful when he thought about Ni Yinghong. “Elder Sister Ying is Elder Sister Ying, and she’s unique…”

  Wu Yuanwei pondered and raised another question, “Now that you’re aware of the interspatial bag’s value, are you still willing to give it to me?” Ou Yangming smiled proudly and replied to the elder without any hesitation, “Senior, you really misjudged me.”

  “Okay. If that’s the case, I’ll politely accept it.” Wu Yuanwei laughed and accepted the interspatial bag, then he asked, “I noticed it was quite strenuous for you to refine the interspatial bag. How confident are you about smithing one?”

  ‘I’m 100% sure I’ll succeed with the Military Fire’s help,’ Ou Yangming said to himself but answered, “I was considered lucky to have succeeded during my first attempt, but if I leave this secret realm, my success rate will likely be around 20% at most.”

  “20%? That’s quite amazing!” Wu Yuanwei sighed. “The Wu family’s depot has several treasures that are suitable for the refinement of interspatial bags. How about you refine them for me too? I’ll set a one-in-ten criterion for you, so what do you think?”

  Ou Yangming frowned. “Senior, do you think so highly of me? I was honestly just lucky to have succeeded just now!”

  Wu Yuanwei could not help but laugh. “It makes sense that you succeeded by luck; I’ll only find it strange if you succeed every time. Ah… But since I’d like to gain more interspatial bags, this is my only option.” Given that Ou Yangming was the only person who could refine interspatial bags in this world, Wu Yuanwei would bite the bullet by accepting a one-in-hundred opportunity, let alone a 20% chance.

  Ou Yangming grinned. He had a hunch that he would soon be busy in the following days.

  Chapter 327 - Draw Space

  Chapter 327 Draw Space

  The weather was favorable in the secret realm.

  Nonetheless, Ou Yangming knew the weather change in the realm was not natural but man-made.

  As long as Wu Yaunwei was willing to, the sky could be clear and bright forever in this place.

  The strongest powerhouse in the imperial family had given orders without Ou Yangming knowing, hence many rare materials were soon sent to the secret realm and were presented to Ou Yangming.

  He was subconsciously shocked after he carefully inspected the materials. Ou Yangming gained some memories from the crystal ball, where the most important information was the way and key points to refine an interspatial bag. Nevertheless, the way to identify materials was also recorded in the memories. Therefore, Ou Yangming could recognize that the materials in front of him were treasures that could be used to refine interspatial bags.

  Needless to say, the treasures were different in quality, and some of them were even slightly damaged. Even so, the hundreds of space-related items were enough to shock an expert.

  Ou Yangming was especially lucky to have acquired three Big Abdomen Ghost Spider leather bags.

  Apart from the three bags, he never came across materials that were related to space, not even when he attended the Myriad Treasure Meet.

  It was evident that real good materials were stored in the different forces’ respective treasure house. Although some treasures ended up with common folk due to misjudgments from those forces, there was a slim chance of stumbling on them.

  “Ou Yangming, the items are here, so do as you see fit,” Wu Yuanwei stated. “Senior, I have a request,” Ou Yangming expressed after some thought.

  “Go ahead.”

  “I’ve met His Majesty, and His Majesty agreed to smith pieces of affordable Good Grade equipment in large batches for the upcoming disaster.” Ou Yangming later retrieved a stack of drawings and said, “These are mold drawings that I previously recorded, so please pass them to His Majesty and give the order to smith the weapons as soon as possible.” He was clearly worried as he explained, “I have a bad feeling that Changlong County’s catastrophe isn’t far away.”

  Wu Yuanwei nodded. “You’re concerned about the country and the people, so I’ll get it done for you, don’t worry.”

  He accepted the drawings and flashed away, and disappeared in the blink of an eye. That said, his voice echoed in the air.

  “Be at ease and refine the interspatial bags. I won’t let you down.”

  Ou Yangming sighed a breath of relief. He had a hunch that it would be much more effective if he gave the drawings to Wu Yuanwei than if he presented them to His Majesty the Emperor.

  After all, in a world where martial arts dominated, the fact that Wu Yuanwei possessed such marvelous abilities proved that even the emperor would not dare to disobey the elder.

  Ou Yangming sat with his legs crossed and picked up a silk-like material.

  He was not going to meddle in the matter regarding the mold since he entrusted it to Wu Yuanwei. Besides, the young fellow believed that the better he performed in the secret realm, the more the elder would not disappoint him.

  The Military Fire flashed in his palm. The silk cloth was a natural product as there was no sign of it being manually manufactured at all.

  This was a unique plant known as the Endless Herb, whose growth was extremely slow and unordinary. If an Endless Herb was found in a certain area, there would not be a second one within 50 square kilometers from it.

  On top of that, the spirit herbs looked incredibly odd.

  They were like a piece of flattened silk cloth, where they grew upward in the form of tiles.

  Such a peculiar plant would surely attract a lot of attention, by which it
would attract various creatures even in the wilderness and remote places.

  Despite that, the plant was powerful as it could trigger interspatial power. Once a living being with flesh and blood was near it, the silk cloth would release an enormous slicing power to kill that being. Consequently, the dead being would provide an unlimited supply of energy to nourish the Endless Herb for it to grow healthily.

  Needless to say, the bizarre plant was not invincible. Whether it was humans or formidable beasts, they could still kill the plant and collect it.

  However, Ou Yangming received the pieces of information from the crystal ball, and it was his first time seeing the real deal.

  Ou Yangming weighed the Endless Herb in his hand and carefully inspected the herb’s state. The silk cloth carried a tremendous power, which was quite similar to the Big Abdomen Ghost Spider’s leather bag but was different in some ways. It was worth noting that every life carried different powers but very few people could distinguish them in detail.

  Ou Yangming nodded after he examined the herb for some time, and he already had a specific plan to refine an interspatial bag. Despite that, instead of carrying out the process right away, he closed his eyes and began to rest.

  As said by Wu Yuanwei, it did not seem like a person of Ou Yangming’s level could refine interspatial bags. Even though Ou Yangming succeeded by luck with the mysterious Military Fire’s help, he consumed a substantial among of mental power and vigor.

  His priority at the moment was not continuing to refine more bags, but to get as much rest as possible.

  Ou Yangming exhaled deeply after an hour, then he held the silk cloth and began to draw composite rune compositions in the void.

  In a certain corner of the secret realm, Wu Yuanwei nodded because he was pleased with Ou Yangming’s performance. He admired the young fellow for being neither conceited nor rash, and for playing it safe. Having said that, the elder knew the sudden appearance of the genius would certainly catch the attention of different forces. Since the imperial family had the upper hand, they had to pursue him closely to not miss out.