After all, Hu Niu was still young, so her grace had not fully developed. In the future, it might be that she would not be inferior to her in the slightest, but as of now, Empress Luan Xing was definitely the greatest source of calamity, and there was no other.
Involuntarily, Ling Han’s eyes lit up. He would not get tired of looking at her even after seeing this source of calamity for a hundred times. Furthermore, when he was with her, he would automatically forget any other person, and could only think of her.
This was the enchantment of the empress.
“I want to ask you some questions,” she said solemnly.
“Hehe, why are you acting so serious with me now?” Ling Han laughed, his eyes drifting slightly lower. “Were you not obedient, and so want me to punish you a bit?”
Empress Luan Xing knew what part of her he was looking at, and involuntarily felt irritated and embarrassed.
When she was spanked, though it was not her main body, it was her divine sense that was dominant, so she naturally felt it as if it was truly done to her. Now, as Ling Han deliberately stared at that part of her like this, she only felt her face was burning, and a red blush involuntarily appeared.
“You dare take liberties with me? Are you not afraid I would suppress you?” She humphed, putting on the forceful presence of an empress.
Ling Han coughed, clasped his hands, and greeted, “I pay my respects to the empress!”
How insincere!
Empress Luan Xing raised her hand carelessly, and said, “Forget it, I have something to ask you!”
Hearing her say so twice, Ling Han, too, became serious. Though this empress was exquisitely beautiful, she was obviously a very easily embarrassed woman. She could not endure teasing at all, and his relationship with her was not so good that he could speak sweet words to her, so it was best that he stopped before going too far.
“What do you want to ask?” he asked.
“About the Celestial Realm!” Empress Luan Xing said, a complicated expression appearing on her beautiful face, a mix of both loneliness and fury.
Ling Han thought for a moment, and then said, “Then come into the Black Tower, and I will call Small Tower out as well.”
Empress Luan Xing paused involuntarily. After entering into the Black Tower, everything would be under Ling Han’s control. Previously, she had been spanked, so she still had lingering fear.
Ling Han’s expression darkened, and he asked, “Am I that kind of vile character?”
Empress Luan Xing did not answer, but the word ‘yes’ was written all over her face.
‘F*ck!’
Ling Han flopped down on the ground, and said, “Fine, then. Since you distrust me so much, don’t go in to cultivate in the future again!”
“Humph, everything underneath the heavens is my territory, and all are my subjects! Everything that is yours is mine, but I permit you to possess it,” Empress Luan Xing said proudly. “So, don’t get things wrong!”
Looking at her proud countenance, Ling Han couldn’t help but feel an itch in his heart. This filled him with an incredibly strong desire to conquer her.
The enchantment of this seductive beauty seemed to have increased again.
Ling Han forced down the impulse, and said, “Forget it, let us not speak of this. Is there some relation between you and the Celestial Realm?”
Empress Luan Xing hesitated slightly, and then answered, “My ancestors… originated from the Celestial Realm!”
‘What?!’
Ling Han was stunned, then suddenly clapped his hands, and said, “I know, do all ancient divine tribes originate from the Celestial Realm?”
Empress Luan Xing nodded. “That’s right. Ancient divine tribes are all tribes that have been expelled from the Celestial Realm. Because they possess the bloodline of the Celestial Realm, they are comparatively stronger.”
Luan Xing looked at Empress Luan Xing in surprise. He had been just talking about the Celestial Realm, and here came a descendant from the Celestial Realm. He asked in a dark voice, “You spoke of being expelled?”
“The exact time period is too ancient to remember. A war happened in the Celestial Realm, involving the whole Celestial Realm. In that war, a great many elites died, and after the war ended, the losing side was all chased out of the Celestial Realm,” Empress Luan Xing said.
Ling Han’s heart beat wildly. This was definitely a ground-shattering secret.
“Then you want to return to the Celestial Realm?” he asked.
Empress Luan Xing nodded slowly. “Returning to the Celestial Realm is the conviction of the whole Nine Snake Tribe that has been passed through the generations.” She looked at Ling Han, and then continued, “That little girl should be the heir of some great sect from the Celestial Realm.”
She was referring to Hu Niu.
“The Roc Palace,” Ling Han said.
“It has been too long, and there are only very limited records of the Celestial Realm left behind within the tribe.” Empress Luan Xing sighed. “In the ancestral grounds of the Nine Snake Tribe, there is a Nine Snake Pond. Every member of the Nine Snake Tribe needs to bathe within to be able to fully activate her bloodline. To the Nine Snake Tribe, this is the most important inheritance.”
“So your most important motive in returning to the Celestial Realm is to regain the Nine Snake Pond?” Ling Han asked.
“It cannot be regained.” Empress Luan Xing shook her head. “The Nine Snake Pond is formed from a part of the remains of the ancestor of the Nine Snake Tribe, and the body of our ancestor is buried in the ancestral grounds. It has already become one with the mountains and plains, and cannot possibly be moved.”
“So if the Nine Snake Tribe wants to regain their glory, they can only return to the ancestral grounds?” Ling Han asked.
“Yes.” An expression of loneliness appeared on Empress Luan Xing’s face. “However, I am now the only one left of the Nine Snake Tribe.”
“Don’t worry!” Ling Han stretched out his hands to hold Empress Luan Xing’s shoulders. “In the future, we will have a whole bunch of children to bolster the bloodline of the Nine Snake Tribe.”
Pa, his hands had not yet landed when they were already smacked away by Empress Luan Xing. The pain was enough to make him grit his teeth. This empress was in the consummate level of the Heavenly Body Tier, so a careless smack was enough to make him feel as if his bones had been broken.
“Do not be flippant!” Empress Luan Xing rebuked.
Ling Han snickered. If it was another man that dared to tease the empress like this, not even his bones would be left by now. However, he had only had his hands smacked away, which meant that there was still a place for him in the empress’s heart.
How could there not be? Previously, she had even stood in opposition to an Eternal River Tier for his sake.
Her words were sharp, but she was a softie at heart. ‘I like that.’
Ling Han nodded, and seriously said, “We will definitely charge into the Celestial Realm together!”
Empress Luan Xing paused for a moment, and then said, “I do not know what you desire, but be cautious on your journey!”
“Don’t worry, I will definitely return safe and sound!” Ling Han said. “Celestial Realm… what kind of place is that?”
“It is the celestial plane that exists in legends, where elites could possess eternal life,” Empress Luan Xing said.
‘An eternal existence. The moment a ********** conflict arises, it is indeed irresolvable,’ Ling Han thought. When people lived too long, they would naturally have nothing to take up their time, and would have some nonsense thoughts. Furthermore, the many elders would not die even with the passage of one generation after another, so the conflict would only deepen, and eventually culminate in war.
Then, since one war had started, it was possible for a second and third to follow.
The Celestial Realm did not seem that divine.
“Do not worry about your Great Ling Empire, I will gua
rd it well on your behalf,” Empress Luan Xing continued. Then, with a wave of her fluttering robes, she said, “I am leaving.”
“Hold on,” Ling Han called out.
Empress Luan Xing stopped and turned around, a questioning look on her face.
Ling Han broke into a smile, and said, “Once we separate now, it will definitely take a great many years before we next meet. Aren’t you going to give me a farewell hug?”
Empress Luan Xing immediately rolled her eyes at him, the Qi of chaos once more enshrouding her beautiful face. She spat out only two words. “Get lost!”
Chapter 1220 - Arrival
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Ling Han and his group finally set off.
The Cloud Piercing Shuttle could not accommodate so many people, but that was fine as it had already been remodelled into a starship. With the star chart, they only had to enter the galactic coordinates, and it would be able to move automatically.
Thus, everyone could enter into the Black Tower to cultivate, and did not have to worry about steering.
Even if the Cloud Piercing Shuttle had been remodelled, they would still need an entire two years to reach the Cloud Apex Planet!
For Immortals, two years’ time could not be considered long, but everyone naturally would not be wasting these precious two years away.
Cultivate! Cultivate! And more cultivating!
The Black Tower lacked Spiritual Qi, but that was fine. There was a great amount of True Origin Stones available. Furthermore, they had many, many alchemical pills. As long as Ling Han’s cultivation level was in the lead, he would be able to supply a great amount of alchemical pills for those by his side, letting everyone’s cultivation soar along with his.
Everyone was cultivating, and only Ling Han was still spending a great amount of time on alchemy.
Since he had crossed over into the Sun Moon Tier, he wanted to attempt concocting the Berserk Blood Spirit Pill. A single pill would be able to allow an advancement of a sub-minor level. In theory, he only needed 16 pills, and he would be able to reach the consummate level of the Sun Moon Tier, what more when he had the Reincarnation Tree to strengthen his comprehension of the cultivation level—he did not have to worry that pure reliance on alchemical pills to advance his cultivation level would lead to instability of his cultivation level.
However, this kind of nature-defying alchemical pill would definitely have correspondingly heavy side effects, and could not be taken continuously. However, even if he took one per year, he would only need 16 years to be able to pass through the Sun Moon Tier.
And this was on the basis that he was not doing anything else in the meantime. Otherwise, it would be even faster.
Of course, if his comprehension was inadequate, it would be useless even with the Reincarnation Tree. He would be stuck on some cultivation level, unable to break through. Even if he were given 10,000 Berserk Blood Spirit Pills, he would still be helplessly stuck.
The Berserk Blood Spirit Pill was a Level Eight Divine Pill, yet Ling Han was only a Level Five alchemist at present. Hence, he could not succeed in a single go, and had to slowly progress through the levels. Thankfully, among the great number of ancient pill recipes he had obtained, there were naturally Level Six and Seven pill recipes he could practice with.
Ling Han first studied a Level Six pill recipe, which was called Explosive Thunder Pill.
After taking this pill, one would temporarily possess the power of lightning, and get a boost of two stars to his battle prowess.
Even though that was just two stars, it had to be known that even someone as freakish as Ling Han only had six stars of regular battle prowess. Then, wasn’t a boost of two stars of power already quite awesome enough? However, the higher the battle prowess, the smaller the boost that this Explosive Thunder Pill would provide. If he used it, he would definitely not be able to get the effects of a boost of two stars. He would probably be getting a boost of one star, and just barely.
The reason why he chose this pill recipe to concoct was because Ling Han just happened to have Lightning Fruit in his possession, and this was the main ingredient to concoct the Explosive Thunder Pill.
After spending five months’ time, Ling Han finally grasped the method of concoction, but he still failed nine times before he finally concocted the first Explosive Thunder Pill successfully.
This was a Level Six Divine Pill, and concocting it once would take as long as half a month!
Of course, this was referring to successful concoction. When Ling Han had first begun concoction, his furnace had exploded after only one day. He had slowly improved from there.
Then he began to study a Level Seven pill recipe—the Spiritual Rain Bone Developing Pill.
Tempering his Godly bones, and improving his physique. This was a very rarely seen Godly medicine, and amongst Level Seven alchemical pills, it was one of the top-ranked.
The time he spent on this was even longer. Only after an entire seven months did Ling Han begin to try concoction, and when he successfully produced the first furnace of Spiritual Rain Bone Developing Pills, their galactic journey of two years was also about to end.
Not only had Feng Po Yun and the others completely stabilized their cultivation levels after breaking through, their improvement was also apparent, particularly Ding Ping’s. He had reached the late stage of the consummate level, which was very, very shocking.
Ahead of them appeared a planet, whose main color was crimson.
This was the Cloud Apex Planet.
The reason why its main color was crimson was because an aquatic plant called “Crimson Cloud Aquatic Grass” was growing everywhere on the Cloud Apex Planet, and the Cloud Apex Planet had a lot of bodies of water, so the whole planet looked completely crimson.
The Cloud Piercing Shuttle stopped, and was switched to Ling Han driving it manually. However, after it had been modified into a starship, it was actually not appropriate to use as a Flight God Tool anymore, because it was slow to start, and once it burst, its speed was too fast, so it would easily crash.
Hence, starships were starships, whereas Flight God Tools were Flight God Tools, and both basically could not be used interchangeably.
Though Ling Han was very careful, when the Cloud Piercing Shuttle landed, it still crashed. Thankfully, the defensive formations had also been improved, and it did not shatter even after suffering such impact. Otherwise, Ling Han would have to start worrying how he was going to return to the Joint Peace Planet.
He stored the Cloud Piercing Shuttle into the Black Tower, and Feng Po Yun and the others all came out to breath in the air of this planet.
“In terms of Spiritual Qi, it seems to be slightly better than both the Joint Peace Planet and Flying Cloud Planet,” they judged.
“Perhaps the overall martial arts level of this place is higher.”
The Five Sects only had elites of the Sun Moon Tier, but that did not mean that this planet was also the same.
Their landing area was deep in the mountains, and they had taken a bit of effort to finally walk out of the mountains, and enter into a small town in the vicinity.
First, they had to know where exactly they were, and where the Five Sects were.
When Ling Han and his group entered into the small town, they all looked surprised because there was a great many strangely shaped person who had the heads of bulls, heads of goats, tails of tigers, and so on.
They were… Demonic Beasts who had cultivated to the Immortal level, and had thus taken human form!
On the Joint Peace Planet and Flying Cloud Planet, Demonic Beasts and humans were standing on completely different and opposite sides. Both parties were sworn enemies who would devour each other if they had the chance, but looking at this place, there were obviously many humans in the small town, yet they seemed to have a peaceful relationship with the Demonic Beasts.
It was a different universe, with a different environment.
They were
very curious, but the human-shaped Demonic Beasts here did not even spare them a second glance, just as if they were used to seeing human cultivators.
Ling Han and his group entered a restaurant, and asked for a private room. In any case, True Origin Stones was the shared currency of the whole Immortal Realm. They called a waiter and made discreet inquiries, and finally got a better understanding of this planet.
In this place, the reason why the Demonic Beasts and humans could be on good terms with one another was because they all had a common enemy—the Netherworld!
That was right. This was the passageway of the two realms. All cultivators were duty-bound to head out to resist the invasion of the Netherworld, and as time passed, it was natural that the Human Race and Demonic Beasts would no longer have strife between them, aiming their collective blades and weapons at their shared enemy instead.
Of course, even amongst humans themselves, internal conflict was inevitable, what more when it was between two completely different races. However, in comparison to the absolute opposition between humans and Demonic Beasts on Joint Peace Planet, this place was a great many times better.
In short, the main theme here was opposing the Netherworld. No one could stand against this main idea, or they would be treated like a spy from the Netherworld and executed.
Ling Han bought a map, and after studying it, he realized that the Five Sects were all located in the Great Crimson Sun Imperial Empire, which was not that far from their current location. It was about half a month’s journey away.
Imperial Empire!
That meant that this force would definitely have an elite of the Eternal River Tier standing guard.
The present emperor of the Great Crimson Sun Imperial Empire was respectfully called the “Crimson Flames Emperor”. It was said that a million years ago, he had already reached the peak stage of the Eternal River Tier, and was presently planning to pass on his imperial throne to his descendant, while he himself would be putting his full effort into attempting to break through to the Genesis Tier.
To be passed on to his descendant, and not his child.
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