Pa, pa, pa. Lu Yuan Shen had just left, when the sound of footsteps were heard again.
Was there no end to it!?
Ling Han hurriedly ran over to the side of the electricity pool, and plucked that Thunder Lotus. This was not a real Divine Herb; it was merely a unique form taken by the power of lightning, a kind of metamorphosis. Thus, it was useless even if he wanted to plant it in the Black Tower as it was impossible that a second one would grow.
The Thunder Spirit had not yet successfully developed, so it naturally could not be considered a real living creature. It did not have any consciousness to speak off, and added with the fact that the pool of electricity had already dried up, Ling Han very easily plucked the Thunder Lotus, and stored it into the Black Tower.
He was not in a rush to refine it as of yet.
The sound of footsteps neared. This time, there were five people—one man and four women. The man was extremely handsome, and the four women were very beautiful, but they were too flirtatious. Every move and gesture, every smile and frown made it seem like they were trying to seduce others. Their flirty temperament was engrained bone-deep in them.
The man’s gaze swept over, and when he saw the empty electricity pool, a cold expression appeared on his face. He shouted, “Are you the one who took away the Heaven Cloud Purple Thunder?”
Ling Han did not answer. Instead, he turned around to look at that wall that was covered entirely in human faces.
“How dare you, my young master is asking you a question, and you dare not answer?” One of the women humphed.
“Ugly woman, you dare to act fierce to Niu’s Ling Han?” Hu Niu was abruptly angered, and glared at the speaker, her killing intent flaring.
“Bite, bite her to death!” Rabbit yelled out from one side, wishing for the whole world to be in chaos.
Yet Hu Niu twitched her mouth, and said, “She’s too smelly, Niu can’t bite!”
“Then why do you bite Lord Rabbit so happily?” Rabbit was about to die from fury.
“Rabbit meat smells nice, delicious!” Hu Niu’s eyes lit up.
“You all…” The woman that had shouted in rebuke just now was enraged. This human and rabbit actually dared to ignore her? … Hold on, a rabbit could actually speak?
The man looked impatient. He said, “I am Ximen Jun, a disciple of the Wind Moon Sect. Hand over the Heaven Cloud Purple Thunder, or I will definitely kill you.”
The Wind Moon Sect?
Ling Han could not help but give out a ‘ha’, and asked, “Is the Wind Moon Sect very awesome?”
“Heng, my young master is the fourth disciple of the sect master of the Wind Moon Sect. He has already broken through to the Spiritual Infant Tier when he was only thirty-four years old. With that kind of cultivation level, he is qualified to rank as one of the topmost geniuses in the whole middle state!” A second woman praised.
This was obviously very effective to Ximen Jun. He crossed his arms over his chest proudly, and posed in a way that said, ‘I am very awesome, you all come and worship me.’
Ling Han said, “Looks like the sect master of the Wind Moon Sect not only has a dead son, but will have one less disciple too! Such an evil, despicable sect; one day, I will definitely erase it cleanly.”
“W-what!?” Ximen Jun could not help but be shocked, and cast a few more glances at Ling Han. “Could it be that you are the one who who killed Junior Brother Disciple Hu?”
“Correct!” Ling Han applauded.
Ximen Jun instantly laughed loudly, and said, “This really means the heavens are on my side! Master has already commanded that whoever can apprehend or kill the criminal that has murdered Junior Brother Disciple Hu will be the one he passes down the position of the sect master to!
“Today, not only will I get the Heaven Cloud Purple Thunder, I will also become the young sect master of the Wind Moon Sect!”
He was too pleased. These were two happy events simultaneously happening; how lucky could he be.
“Congratulations, Young Master!”
“No, it should be congratulations to Young Sect Master!”
“Congratulations, Young Sect Master!”
The four women all exclaimed in happiness as they all pounced over to offer a sweet kiss. Ximen Jun did not refuse any of them, and his hands even groped all over the bodies of the women. If it was not for the fact that Ling Han was not dealt with yet, they were sure not to mind have a session of *** right on the spot.
Ling Han covered Hu Niu’s eyes, and murderous intent appeared on his face as he said, “What an illicit group of man and women; it is a disrespect to the universe not to kill you as the clear, bright skies would be hidden by the filth.”
Without a second word, the lightning on his body flashed, and had already surged over.
“How dare you!?” The four women pounced out at the same time, to counter attack Ling Han.
Ling Han waved his sword, and as the Demon Birth Sword danced, who would be able to stand against its might? Pu, pu, pu, pu. Four heads flew up into the skies, and four headless corpses danced as their severed necks spurted out blood like crazy.
“No!” Ximen Jun roared in rage. Though he had no shortage of beautiful women, these four were his favorite. Not only were their looks above average, they were flirtatious and seductive. Their cultivation levels were not low, either, and they could frequently act on his behalf, saving him a great amount of trouble.
“You! Deserve! To! Die!” He glared at Ling Han, his eyes about to spit out flames in his rage.
“Die your sister!” Ling Han charged again, and as the lightning on his body flickered, his speed was shockingly fast.
Ximen Jun could only parry based on his instincts. Two short hammers appeared in his hands. They were black, and there was a round pattern on the hammers which exuded a terrifying aura, making the hammers appear to be very extraordinary.
Peng!
Still, though he had managed to block Ling Han’s sword, he was completely unable to disperse the terrible power behind this strike. His whole body was instantly sent flying by this blow. Peng, he crashed into the cave wall, and the impact caused a mist of blood to spurt out from all over his body.
One had to know that this cave wall had been refined by a Shattering Void Tier ultimate elite, so how could it not be hard?
Ximen Jun looked astonished. He was in the Spiritual Infant Tier, yet was actually unable to match a single strike from Ling Han; how could this be possible!
“There is nothing impossible. You are only the frog at the bottom of a well, so how could you possibly know what extent the truly strong elites in this world can reach!” Ling Han brandished his sword again. The disciples of the Wind Moon Sect were all shameless, vulgar people, and none of them was to be pitied for dying.
Pu, Ximen Jun’s head too flew upwards.
Chapter 650 - A Colossal Lie
Translator: _Dark_Angel_ Editor: Kurisu
“There will be more and more people; we have to finish quickly.” Ling Han sheathed his sword, and turned back to look at the wall that was blocking their way forwards.
They could no longer advance.
Nine hundred and ninety-nine stone squares, and a human portrait was carved on every square. There were young and old, men and women.
“Is this some kind of mechanism? Press the wrong button and a terrifying restriction will be activated to kill the trespasser?” Ling Han mumbled to himself. After his eyes had swept once over the portraits, he stopped at one of them, and smiled. “That should be the case. Isn’t this the face of Zi Xue Xian?”
“If I had not obtained the Memory Crystal inside the Thunder Battle Armor, and only came here by coincidence, then I would have only had a thousandth chance to have picked this square. Going by Zi Xue Xian’s personality, she would definitely not give anyone a second chance. There must be a restriction here that would kill off any trespassers.
“The walls of this cave have been completely refined by her, probably for the purpose
of killing trespassers so that the secret is not leaked.”
With a flick of his finger, he shot out a stream of energy that knocked onto that portrait of Zi Xue Xian. Instantly, a ka, ka, ka sound was heard from the stone wall, and it began to move, slowly splitting into two.
It moved slowly at first, gradually gaining speed, and it was very quickly completely open, revealing a stone chamber. It was not very big. Its width was only about ten feet, and only about twenty feet deep. The contents were even more simple. There was only a table, and a book lay on it.
Ling Han walked inside; Hu Niu naturally followed closely behind. Rabbit, on the other hand, followed in as well after some hesitation.
The stone wall quickly fused together again, and closed them inside the stone chamber.
However, though it was completely sealed inside, it was not dark. The walls all around them shone with a soft light as if they were made of beautiful jade.
Ling Han walked to the long table, then sat down, and flipped open the book.
This was what Zi Xue Xian had left behind. There was no ultimate treasure, and for a grand and mighty Shattering Void Tier cultivator, this was extremely unpresentable.
Ling Han began reading. Suddenly, his brow wrinkled into a frown before an enraged expression appeared on his face and his killing intent spiked. After he had finished reading the book, he slammed his hand heavily onto the table, almost flipping it over.
“Let Lord Rabbit see.” Rabbit snatched the book, and immediately began to read. Soon, it, too, looked astonished.
There was no way it could not be astonished. If what Zi Xue Xian had written was true, then everyone in this whole world was living in a gigantic lie.
Ling Han sorted out his emotions. What she had said was:
About a few millenia ago, there were certain parties in the realm of immortals that suddenly became interested in the lower realm. Not only were they interested in the various resources available in the lower realm, but their interest also extended to the living beings of this lower realm.
This was an extremely horrifying thing. These few parties of the realm of immortals had obtained an ancient formula that could refine all the living creatures of an entire realm to concoct an Immortal Grade pill. It would possess all the resources of the realm, as well as the restrictions of the entire realm. Even in the realm of immortals, this would be considered an extremely valuable, treasured medicine.
However, it was a taboo in the realm of immortals, and was definitely not allowed to be concocted.
Nonetheless, it was a different case for the lower realm. These few parties of the realm of immortals easily took control of this whole plane, and their representatives were the five ancient great sects!
Why was it that every time that a massive catastrophe happened, the five great sects would somehow manage to solve the crisis at the end? That was because they were part of the whole scheme themselves! Furthermore, it was nothing like solving any crisis, but rather dealing with the aftermath.
These parties of the realm of immortal realm laid out their plans for the duration of ten thousand years, and like they were raising beasts for slaughter, they used these ten thousand years’ time for the lower realm to recover and regain vitality. This time also allowed a prosperous era to dawn in the greater environment as various geniuses and elites appeared in quick succession. Great numbers of natural treasures appeared as well. This was the accumulation of ten thousand years that would lead to a great explosion, and all this was the purpose of helping the relam of immortals to concoct the “Realm Pill”.
A pill concocted from the living creatures of an entire realm; its effects were naturally outstanding.
Zi Xue Xian was an outstanding disciple of the Blue Thunder Sect, as well as the descendant of some powerful race of the realm of imoortals. After she found out the truth, she was greatly angered. On one side, she left behind all the truth that she had uncovered, and on the other, she began to fight back against those reapers from the realm of immortals.
Ling Han had witnessed the results. There were too many elites from the realm of immortals, and three of them joining forces were enough to suppress her.
And the establishment of the Restore Heaven Academy was a conspiracy too. Its purpose was indeed to pick out the greatest prodigies of the generation, but it was not to leave behind any sparks for the future. Instead, they would be brought into the realm of immortals, and after they had been brainwashed, they would become the vassals of those parties. In simpler words, they would become lackeys.
They were geniuses, after all, so they would be able to become very useful lackeys.
Furthermore, high-level alchemists, or alchemists that were outstandingly skilled would also be brought into the realm of immortals, where they would be taught the alchemy skills for Immortal Grade pill concoction, but it was naturally not for the purpose of nurturing them. Instead, they were merely thought of as pure tools for the concoction of alchemical pills.
By that time, aside from those that had a certain background in the realm of immortals like Rabbit, all other human beings and living creatures would be exterminated—whether they were human or Demonic Beast, plants or even Stone Spirits, Fire Spirits or Water Spirits.
After the Realm Pill had been concocted, the whole lower realm would become lifeless as practically all living creatures had died off completely.
These parties from the realm of immortals were the real headquarters of the Heaven’s Sword Sect and the Absolute Saber Sect, and they were called the Heaven’s Sword Palace and Ultimate Saber Palace Hall. They were very powerful parties of the realm of immortals, and it wasn’t that their actions were unknown to everyone in the realm of immortals, but that those that knew were wary of their power. Furthermore, their actions only harmed the ants of the lower relam, so everyone merely turned a blind eye to it.
Moreover, those creatures that had backgrounds like Rabbit would be spared, so those elders that had long since ascended to the realm of immortals would not make a big fuss about it, either.
In conclusion, the Heaven’s Sword Palace and the other powerful parties proceeded very successfully in this matter. In total, they had concocted the Realm Pill a few dozen times, and had used it to nurture a great number of elites, so they were already at the level of outstanding power in the realm of immortals.
If Ling Han had not had his physical body shattered by the Black Tower in his last life, he would have had only two choices. The first was that he would be brought to the realm of imortals, and with his talent in alchemy, he would definitely be nurtured, and perhaps might even marry a woman from the realm of immortals as his wife.
But in the end, he would not be able to escape the fate of being a servant.
Otherwise, if he fought with his life, with his limited power against their superior might, his fate would ultimately be death.
It was precisely because of this that the five great sects hated the Thousand Corpse Sect so much. That was because the Thousand Corpse Sect wanted to turn all living beings into their Corpse Soldiers, and if they did, how would they be able to concoct the Realm Pill? There would not be enough main ingredients left.
Previously, Ling Han had wondered if the realm of immortals really wanted to invade the mortal realm, how had the five great sects been able to fight back, and actually managed to force the invaders from the realm of immortals to return whence they came… However, the truth was that they were all in it together. After the Realm Pill had been concocted, the Heaven’s Sword Palace would leave behind some seeds, and allow ten thousand years’ time for the lower realm to slowly recover its vitality as they waited for the next harvest.
The Heaven’s Sword Sect and the other great sects were responsible for standing by and leading the world of martial arts. Otherwise, ten thousand years could have passed, and the overall level of martial arts in the lower realm might only have recovered to the level of the Spiritual Ocean and the Spiritual Pedestal Tier. In that case, the Realm Pill concoc
ted would not be as effective.
And the current ten thousand years’ time was almost up. The reapers from the realm of immortals would enter into lower realm, join forces with the Heaven’s Sword Sect and the other great sects, and concoct the new Realm Pill with the whole mortal realm as their furnace, and all living creatures in this world would be their ingredients.
“Damn them, they are all bastards!” Rabbit flew into a thundering rage.
Chapter 651 - Breaking Through in Rage
Translator: _Dark_Angel_ Editor: Kurisu
Ling Han was also in a thundering rage, and a vein throbbed dangerously on his forehead, while killing intent that seemed capable of turning the heavens into flames churned inside him.
How despicable; they actually treated all the living things of an entire realm as if they were ingredients to be refined… how deranged was that? Could it be that the five immortal sects were really Demonic Beasts in disguise? But even if they were Demonic Beasts, human beings were not the only ones in the lower realm.
On this land, there were his friends and family, but a great catastrophe could possibly befall them in the near future. This caused his killing intent to spike sky-high.
‘If the heavens are unjust, then I shall destroy the heavens!’
This thought came to being in Ling Han’s heart. Weng, his whole body trembled, and he entered into a strange state. There was sword intent surging around his whole body as if he himself had become a sword, showing off his ability.
“F***, this brat is too excited, he’s about to understand Dao!” Rabbit exclaimed in shock. It was also filled with envy as well. People always said that it was easy to understand Dao in an extremely emotional state, but that was only true for geniuses. Otherwise, if your aptitude was not high enough, it would be a waste no matter how excited you became.
Xiu, xiu, xiu. Ling Han’s fingers moved unconsciously, and multiple flashes of Sword Qi danced.
This was a sealed room, and it was not a big one, either. As the flashes of Sword Qi danced, they instantly filled the whole stone chamber.
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