Chapter 319: Unfamiliar Land
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Translated by Frog in the Well
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Recalling the map shown by the Nascent Soul stage cultivator who introduced himself as a member of the Deep-Scale Race, Jin So-myeong frowned his glabella.
‘Muchen Xuan…’
He thought he had been thrown to Northern Mang Xuan, but by all appearances, it did not seem to be so.
Although the map contained a considerable amount of information, it was full of only unfamiliar place names and raw foreign races.
Just when he was contemplating what to do in the future.
“Senior. You seem to be in a difficult situation, so may I offer some assistance?”
While looking askance at the Deep-Scale Race cultivator who spoke while politely gathering both hands, he opened his mouth.
“Assistance?”
“Yes! I coincidentally possess a medicinal pill that has an excellent effect on recovery.”
The member of the Deep-Scale Race, who smiled so brightly that it was recognizable despite the difference in race, offered a red pill by gathering both palms.
“It is the Blood Yang Pill. It is a medicinal pill I received after performing a mission assigned by the Sacred Scale Alliance, and I heard it is helpful even to Soul Formation stage Heavenly Lords.”
Jin So-myeong, who stared intently at the medicinal pill resembling a well-ripened jujube, smirked.
“An interesting poison.”
“…Yes?”
The moment their gazes touched.
The fine medicinal pill popped and turned into a reddish mist, and wriggled as if alive.
“For a 5th-rank medicinal pill, the refinement level is quite something. Did you say you obtained it from the Sacred Scale Alliance?”
He could tell just by looking at this medicinal pill. Muchen Xuan was a place far more developed than the Stone Heart Realm.
Compared to the level of ingredients put in, the medicinal efficacy was strong.
Judging only by efficiency, it was about seven or eight times more outstanding than the medicinal pills distributed among the human race.
“Senior, you seem to have misunderstood. Poison? Absolutely not. The Blood Yang Pill is a secret medicine that stimulates vital energy to raise regenerative power.”
The member of the Deep-Scale Race, whose complexion stiffened minutely, replied calmly, and he did not lose his composure even though he was caught trying to feed poison to a high-realm cultivator.
It felt as if he had some corner he believed in.
A dry laugh came out on its own.
With the Lightning Insight Spell-Breaking Eye, how could he not know the Deep-Scale Race cultivator’s scheme?
Naturally, what he was thinking was seen clearly.
Simultaneously with him shaking his head.
The token possessed by the Deep-Scale Race cultivator flew up with a whoosh, and was caught between his index and middle fingers.
Jin So-myeong, who glanced at the characters written on the token, twisted his lips.
“It is Great Auspiciousness. Do you still believe in this?”
Snap!
The token caught between his two fingers, the index and middle fingers, split.
“…Ah?”
As the characters meaning Great Auspiciousness split and became meaningless scribbles, all color drained from the Deep-Scale Race cultivator’s face.
“Do you understand now? The Great Auspiciousness that guided you here holds no meaning to me.”
“No, that cannot be… This does not make sense…?”
Like a person who encountered an incomprehensible situation, the Deep-Scale Race cultivator, who murmured blankly, snapped back to his senses.
“Senior, I am sorry! I was temporarily out of my mind… Keugh!”
Only now realizing that something went wrong, the Deep-Scale Race cultivator hastily begged, but Jin So-myeong did not bestow mercy.
His time was too precious to care about trivial tricks.
A streak of light breeze cleft the empty air, and that was the end.
The Deep-Scale Race cultivator, who developed a red dot on his glabella, collapsed and could not rise.
Jin So-myeong, who forcibly opened and scanned the storage pouch possessed by the Deep-Scale Race cultivator, admired slightly.
‘The level of civilization is considerable.’
Medicinal pills, dharma treasures, cultivation methods. All were outstanding.
Although they were nothing but junk to him, a Void Refinement stage, they were not of a level that an ordinary Nascent Soul stage cultivator would possess.
Should he say it was worthy of a region called Xuan?
The member of the Deep-Scale Race introduced himself as a rogue cultivator, but judging only by his storage pouch, he would not fall short even if called the successor of a large sect.
‘Cultivation resources will be plentiful.’
Scanning the storage pouch roughly, there was also a 4th-rank spiritual beast that looked like a stingray, and despite being a Nascent Soul-grade demonic beast, it had no intelligence to speak of.
Gwoooo…!
Watching the creature crying pitifully as if frightened, he just released it.
After breaking the control dharma treasure, he gestured for it to go, and the stingray, which hesitated for a very short moment, flew at a lightning speed and disappeared beyond the horizon.
‘I should move slowly.’
While concentrating on recovery over the past year, he completely restored the shattered Chaos Origin Wheel.
He was able to absorb more than half of the cold Qi and sword Qi that were raging inside his body, and thanks to that, the load on his mind and body dropped sharply.
Since he reached a level where he could move around roughly, he wanted to go to a large immortal city to find out about this region.
Of course, before departing, there was a matter he had to handle first.
Laying out the four storage pouches that were hanging at his waist, he contemplated.
‘Which one should I open first.’
As the Chaos Origin Wheel was restored, he escaped the state of being about to die right away.
Since room was created in the operation of his Supreme Great Ability, it was time to open the Unity stage-grade storage pouches.
Alternating his gaze between the storage pouches possessed by the Asura race’s Dao Sovereigns and Fairy Yeongwol’s storage pouch, he extended his hand.
The storage pouch embroidered with pure white lotuses. He chose Fairy Yeongwol’s storage pouch, the human Unity stage.
‘Since we are of the same human race, it will be more useful.’
Although a quite powerful restriction was placed on the storage pouch, thanks to the Secret Realm of the Mind divine ability, it could be resolved simply.
The moment he consumed 350 billion of the Supreme Great Ability.
He was able to obtain intact the storage pouch designed to burst with extreme cold Qi if touched carelessly.
‘Let’s see…’
His mouth went dry with anticipation.
What kind of treasures would a Dao Sovereign who lived for ten thousand years possess.
Calling his clones together, he rapidly scanned the treasures newly created in the sub-space.
Currently, what Jin So-myeong wanted most was just one. No, it could be called two, and he was expectant whether that object would be there.
How much time had passed…
Just when he was identifying the harvest while rummaging through the treasures piled up like mountains.
‘Found it!’
High-grade immortal stones.
He was able to discover the treasure absolutely necessary to grow the Secret Realm of the Mind to the 7th rank.
The quantity was roughly several thousands. Although it was not many, it easily exceeded the 20 needed to grow the Secret Realm of the Mind.
‘That is a relief.’
He felt like he had relieved a great burden.
To break through the major realm and raise his boundary, spiritual objects and spiritual veins fitting the grade were needed, and just now, one of them was resolved.
If the Secret Realm of the Mind’s spiritual vein became 7th-rank, he did not have to worry about the spiritual vein when challenging the Unity stage.
‘Now what remains is the Integration spiritual object…’
Regrettably, it was not in Fairy Yeongwol’s storage pouch.
And predictably, there would be no Integration spiritual object in the Asura race’s Dao Sovereigns’ storage pouches either.
In fact, it was rather stranger if it was there.
‘If there was an Integration spiritual object, they would have used it already.’
While fighting a war on which the fate of the race hung, would they save such an important resource? Naturally, there would be none.
Putting down his expectations for the Integration spiritual object, he rapidly scanned the other harvests.
‘Frost Flower Shadow Dancing Art?’
An Unity stage-grade cultivation method specialized in handling frost and cold Qi, which seemed to be Fairy Yeongwol’s natal cultivation method.
The cold Qi forged by the Frost Flower Shadow Dancing Art possessed a powerful characteristic.
Holding a stealthy and strong penetrating power, it easily dug into the physical body and soul, and it was also possible to self-divide by taking the opponent’s spiritual Qi as food.
‘Now that I look at it, there is also a feeling similar to poison arts.’
After repeatedly reading the jade slip where the cultivation method was written, he put it aside.
He had no intention of changing his natal cultivation method at this point, but he liked the characteristics of strong penetrating power and self-dividing.
If applied to the Limitless Sword Heaven, it seemed he could sharply pull up the speed and power of the sword Qi multiplying.
‘I should scan this slowly later.’
Excluding what he would use later, when he chose the treasures that would be immediately useful, two more came out.
The Snow Flower Tree and the Absolute Cold Heavenly Feather.
First, the Snow Flower Tree was a 7th-rank spiritual plant, which was a clear-white tree with bark transparent like glass.
As the bark was transparent, the golden liquid flowing inside the tree branches was visible, and a familiar fragrance came from the golden flower buds forming at the tips of the branches.
‘Honey?’
Amazingly, this tree produced honey by itself.
‘The tea Fairy Yeongwol gave me was made of this. Did she call it the Snow Flower Tree Honey?’
Since it held extreme cold Qi, it was tricky to digest, but if taken well, it was a spiritual medicine helpful for cultivation.
Nodding his head, he scanned the next treasure.
The Absolute Cold Heavenly Feather.
A dharma treasure shaped like a pure white feather, which was a set of 72 pieces.
Each one was of the highest 6th-rank, but if 72 pieces were handled simultaneously, it was an array dharma treasure that could install a 7th-rank array.
Did they say it was for sealing off a certain area and amplifying the internal cold Qi?
‘I should use this right away.’
Directing himself to the Secret Realm of the Mind, Geum-cheong flew over as if she had been waiting.
The creature, who transformed into the size of a sparrow, circled around, and stopped only after scanning this side for a long time.
“Only now do you look somewhat fine. I can sit on your shoulder now, right?”
“Yes.”
Watching the creature sitting on his shoulder as soon as permission fell, he chuckled.
While playing with the chirping creature by scratching her beak, he took out the high-grade immortal stones.
“Screech?”
Before the creature, who reflexively shrank her wings as soon as she saw the immortal stones, could say anything.
【Resource Production】: 81 Mid-grade Immortal Stones / 1 Day
【Resource Production】: 82 Mid-grade Immortal Stones / 1 Day
…
【Resource Production】: 98 Mid-grade Immortal Stones / 1 Day
【Resource Production】: 99 Mid-grade Immortal Stones / 1 Day
He pulled up the spiritual vein, which was at the 6th-rank high-grade, to the extreme grade.
And,
【Secret Realm of the Mind】
【Facilities】: 7th-Rank Low-Grade Spiritual Vein, 7th-Rank Low-Grade Spirit Stone Mine
He grew it cleanly to the 7th rank. Thanks to already possessing an Unity stage-grade Divine Sense, there was no difficulty.
Now, what was needed to challenge the Unity stage was precisely two.
Cultivating to the Great Circle of the Void Refinement stage and obtaining an Integration spiritual object.
While scratching the beak of Geum-cheong, who was tightly frozen and making the sound of a deflating balloon, he headed toward the cold cave where spiritual objects related to cold Qi were gathered.
He crossed the Secret Realm of the Mind, which had already become far wider than a typical continent.
Before long, he arrived at the cold cave he made by swinging his sword himself,
and installed the Absolute Cold Heavenly Feather, the array dharma treasure obtained from Fairy Yeongwol’s storage pouch.
Since it was not familiar to his hand, it was difficult to unfold at once, but as he took time, he could complete it roughly.
‘If I plant the Snow Flower Tree here…’
Whoooosh…!
From the valley whose depth was dozens of kilometers, extreme cold Qi leaked out.
Although the wind sound was ferocious, it was trapped in the array installed with the Absolute Cold Heavenly Feather and could not escape.
‘Done.’
He was satisfied as a plausible ice canyon was completed.
In the future, when performing cultivation related to cold Qi, it seemed fine to utilize this place.
While nodding his head, suddenly.
The potential of the Secret Realm of the Mind he recently newly realized came to mind.
‘I summoned Mugeuk’s nest into reality.’
It was not just summoned either.
He summoned it in an extremely developed state, which seemed reachable only in the very far future.
‘Basically, it seems to be a divine ability that projects a part of the secret realm into reality…’
Should he say it felt like descending the possibilities to unfold in the future into the present world.
Since the Secret Realm of the Mind was a divine ability engraved in his soul, it was vaguely felt.
‘The more diligently I cultivate the Secret Realm of the Mind, the more developed form it will be summoned in.’
Glancing askance toward his shoulder, he saw a bird that regarded decorating the nest as the joy of life.
To what level could the Jade Light Spring raised with devotion by Geum-cheong reach in the future.
At least, it seemed it would show a powerful majesty comparable to Mugeuk’s nest.
‘Ah, by the way, what should I call the name of the newly realized divine ability?’
Mind Projection? Secret Realm Manifestation?
Just when he was contemplating deeply. For some reason, the word Genesis passed by like a flash.
‘…Since I am naming it anyway, it won’t be bad to have a properly grand one.’
Although it was slightly embarrassing, he just decided on Genesis .
With the hope that the Secret Realm of the Mind would become another world someday.
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As time flowed and flowed.
What Jin So-myeong faced when he visited the 7th-rank immortal city, Sea God Abyssal Palace, was a giant water droplet.
Should he say it was an appearance as if infinitely expanding a single tiny water droplet.
They said it was made by compressing the entire sea, and it was mainly a place where cultivators originating from the sea gathered to live.
“Hah.”
Although the scenery, which was beyond exotic to the point of being disparate, was truly unfamiliar, he put the appreciation behind.
As soon as he arrived at the Sea God Abyssal Palace, the very first thing he did was to obtain a map.
A proper map permitted only to high-realm cultivators.
He obtained the largest and most accurate map among those obtainable with the Void Refinement stage cultivation.
And so he saw.
How wide this world was.
‘Jie ?’
Only when dozens or hundreds of Realms gather is it a Xuan ,
and only when dozens of Xuans gather is it finally called a Jie .
The name of this place was Xuanhuang Realm .
It was a land where antiquity and miracles breathed.