Distant Cousin
Distant Cousin
Godly birds winged across the sky, and the godly beasts galloped on the grassland; the sky was higher and the mountains were taller, even the spiritual energy in this place was a hundred times greater than those in the twin planets!
They were standing on the summit of the Bi An Precipice; there was a grand palace a distance away from them with many towers and palaces stacking over one another. From far, the whole palace looked like a spirited horse-dragon with its head rising high up in the sky.
"There are strong treasures in the palace!"
In Zhong Yue's psyche ocean, Xin Huo looked at the Bi An Precipice through his divine eyes and said solemnly, "Amazing, there are at least a hundred emperor-level divine weapons guarding over the palace! This little Bi An Precipice, why does it have such strong defences?"
Zhong Yue was shocked. For even someone like Xin Huo to exclaim, then just how strong would the defences be?
Hundred over emperor-level divine weapons, what are they guarding against?, Zhong Yue couldn't help but to wonder.
Then, an old granny tottered her way toward them, she bowed and said, "Master, you are back."
Bi and An nodded together, they said in unison, "They are our guests, Granny Shan should treat them well."
The old granny's eyes opened a slit and bright rays flashed across her greyish pupil as she glanced over them; seconds later, her eyes returned to normal and she said, "Dear guests, please follow me."
Zhong Yue and the others were shocked. Granny Shan looked no different than any other commoners out there, but the bright lights in her eyes were no lies. But she was just too old, so old that even Zhong Yue and the others could sense the life force leaking from her body like water flowing through a sieve.
Her days are coming to an end, all of her cultivation base and power, psyche and arcane energy were slowly collapsing apart. Not much time was left for her to live, perhaps, only a few years at most.
"This Granny Shan is a Deity Overlord." Old Man Six Paths conducted his voice to them and said, "I am very clear of such strong aura, it can only come from a Deity Overlord. Yumm, I can still remember the tastes of those like her, incredibly delicious, but also extremely hard to digest."
Shi Buyi heard him and was shocked greatly, Just exactly who is this old brat Old Man Six Paths? He had even devoured the Deity Overlord's corpse?
Zhong Yue calmed himself, if Granny Shan was a Deity Overlord and was only just a guarding to Bi and An's home, then exactly who would this Bi and An be?
Granny Shan led them into the palace, while Bi and An exchanged a look and said with a smile, "Junior Martial Brother Zhong, my fellow friends, you may stay for a few days. Please excuse us as we still have matters to attend to. We shall further discuss of our plans a few days later."
Zhong Yue cleared his throat and said, "Senior martial brothers, you still haven't tell us how to avoid Realm Lord's inspection…"
The two brothers laughed in unison, "Junior martial brother, please be patient for a little longer!"
Granny Shan was expressionless, her voice was cold and hoarse as she said, "Dear guests, this way please."
Zhong Yue and the others followed her, along the way, Granny Shan assigned them each with a palace of their own. These palace were all well-equipped, there were the bedroom, cultivation room, alchemy room, a leisure garden and many other facilities.
After Granny Shan left, Zhong Yue and the others gathered together. They sat down in the lotus position but did not say a word, instead it was their psyche that were reverberating around as they communicated through the psyches.
"This Granny Shan is dying, she won't live for long." Old Man Six Paths said, "But to have such a strong Deity Overlord as the guardian of their home, this Bi and An are no ordinary cultivators."
Shi Buyi nodded, "Master Zhong, they seem to value you a lot. They only addressed us due to politeness but called you their junior martial brother instead, and it is you they are always talking to. Do you know them?"
Zhong Yue shook his head, "The furthest I have been before this is only the Kun Lun Realm and Returning Ruins; if I have never been here, how would I know them?"
"Then they must be seeking something from you, there must be some underlying reason for this!" Jun Sixie concluded decisively.
Zhong Yue mulled and replied, "We shall see soon."
Suddenly, Qiu Jin'er said, "Senior martial brother, I just sensed a cultivation spot rich in spiritual energy and also easier for us to attain the Dao, it is the best place to cultivate in and amend the flaws in our cultivations in the Ancestral Star. We will experience a great leap in power if we can cultivate there!"
"Is there really such a place?"
They were all surprised and overjoyed, Qiu Jin'er was the Wood Innate Spirit Body, her perceptiveness toward the spiritual energy was greater than the others. If she said there was such a place, then it probably would be.
The Dao in the Prison Realm was complete, although it may feel like a norm to the living beings here, but for the Ancestral Star cultivators like them, they would be greatly benefited if they were able to cultivate here!
Zhong Yue stood up and said while smiling, "Then, let's go and have a look!"
He couldn't wait any longer, the Six Paths Fruit was already in his Dao Yi Realm, hovering above the Pan Gu God while the Pan Gu God gleans and attain the knowledge within the divine fruit.
If he was able to find a good location to cultivate, he would be able to attain much more insights in the Six Paths!
Just as they walked out of the palace, Granny Shan suddenly walked out of the void in front of them, she asked indifferently, "Dear guests, where are you heading to?"
Zhong Yue clasped his hands and replied politely, "Granny, we are planning to tour ourselves around for a good location to study, I wonder if you can let us through?"
"There are many forbidden areas in the masters' Bi An Precipice, as long as you don't intrude into those places, I can bring you around." Granny Shan replied.
"Thank you." Zhong Yue then furtively glanced over at Qiu Jin'er, and the young lady led the way toward the location she was referring to.
Soon, they have walked out of the palace and reached to the precipice. Suddenly, Qiu Jin'er took a sharp turn and flew down to the bottom of the precipice.
However, there was a strange force that pulled them toward the summit of the precipice, causing them to hover above the ground as they flew further.
They traveled for thousands of miles and finally reached to a vast ocean; there were many marvelous sea creatures unheard of shuttling and playing in the waters. Some were leaping in and out of the sea surface, some dived into the deepest region of the ocean, some were casually floating while some were simply cultivating.
Shi Buyi couldn't help himself and huge lion head grew out from his neck, he gnawed on a mountainous octopus and swallowed it.
"Ahh, its taste, its texture, how delicious! And it is even better than any other medicinal pellets I have ever ate!" Shi Buyi praised.
But Granny Shan suddenly gave a cold hum, "There will be no second time."
Shi Buyi was just planning to consume a second one, and quickly stopped when he heard her.
Qiu Jin'er was still flying. Another hour flashed by, and the tip of a giant golden flower bud slowly rose above the horizon. Then, they could see many golden flower buds floating on the ocean surface.
These flower buds were at least 30,000 feet tall, their petals wide and huge with sharp tips through the firmament. The spiritual energy gathered at the tip of the flower buds and formed into auspicious clouds around them.
What was even more astonishing was that these flower buds come in pairs.
There were 98 flowers with a total of 196 flower buds, yet none of which were blooming.
From far, there were streams of goldy totem patterns curling around the flower buds, these totem patterns were glimmering in golden rays and thus, illuminating the flower buds in pure golden color.
However, when they drew closer, they realized that it was not only the golden lights, but the flower buds themselves were already golden in color, so pure that they couldn't find any impurities within.
Whereas the spiritual energy was literally blowing right into their faces, it was even stronger and thicker than that of the Bi An Palace!
Yet, there were many strong forces all over the place stopping them from getting any closer.
"This is a forbidden area with restricted access only, you are prohibited from entering." Granny Shan said frigidly, "Please leave now, or I will show no mercy."
Qiu Jin'er pleaded, "Granny, can you please consider about it? We are Senior Martial Brother Bi and Senior Martial Brother An's guests, why don't you ask them first? If they allow, we will go in and cultivate for a few days, but if they don't, we will leave."
Granny Shan looked at her little cute face, kept quiet for a few seconds and reluctantly passed her request to her masters. Moments later, she said, "Masters have agreed for you to stay, but you only have ten days. After ten days, you will have to leave."
Qiu Jin'er was overjoyed and quickly thanked her.
Granny Shan's wrinkled face grew older as she raised her hand and lifted off the seals for Zhong Yue and the others to enter, "No need to thank me, I am just following my orders. If the masters don't allow it, I will not hesitate to kill each and every one of you right here if you dare to take any step further into the forbidden area."
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Meanwhile, in the Bi An Palace.
Bi and An was seen kneeling on the ground facing a godly statue with three burning incense sticks in front of them. The statue had no face, but the dominating air from it repleted the hall.
The hall was silent except for the sounds of the burning incense sticks, then suddenly, the goldy statue shuddered as if there was a great force descending down from the void onto the statue.
Bi and An bowed their heads and they said, "We are sorry to trouble you, father. But we have recently met with a distant cousin, the blood that flows in him is similar to ours, that's why we came looking for father."
"Distant cousin?" The godly statue asked, its voice trembled the space around, "Where is he? Show me!"
At that point in time, Zhong Yue has just walked into the midst of the golden flower buds, and suddenly, his heart tensed up, his muscles bulged out, his scalp tingled and his blood turned cold. He could feel a pair of appalling eyes staring at him, stronger than anything he has ever felt. He quickly turned back but saw nothing, but his heart still thumped in terror.
In the hall, the godly statue then said, "He is indeed your distant cousin, but he is…"