《Transcending》Chapter 10 : Shrink, Rest, Feast, Then Unleash The Beast
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"Suuuun, where are youuu?"
Lin has long arrived with Mia to his camp site and couldn't find Sun anywhere within his Soul Sense range, young Lin circled the premises and called out for Sun with a slightly displeased tune under the curious gaze of unkempt Mia's green eyes.
Mia's frustration didn't lessen at all but her sharp eyes noticed Lin's gait and apparent maturity in his actions, his temperament was of someone older than her!
If she would make an assumption then Lin was acting like someone less than 40 years old, that's what Mia's intuition told her.
His stance and Body Movement were visibly synchronized, Genius was the word that rang in Mia's head once she saw the naturalness of Lin as he applied a very refined footwork very easily in all of his actions.
That was like training all the time! While others only take 6 hours a day to train and rest for the remainder of the day, Lin would do 4 times their work while preserving the extra Energy which his Body should've burned if he trained for any extra time than others.
But that would require an enormous amount of Concentration, while the regular 6 hours of training the Physique already burn a very hefty sum of Energy and Concentration!
'Freak' Mia thought as she stood in place watching Lin .
Mia was sure that Lin is one dangerous opponent for her in this Land of Forgetfulness, these wide dark eyes with their depth that she couldn't see behind their abyss curtains made it hard for her to perceive his current capabilities or make a close estimation of his powers.
Other than his ability to use his Martial Spirit in this Land of Forgetfulness Mia had a blank feedback on Lin, his calm personality further added to the difficulty of judging him correctly.
This wasn't the first time Mia saw a Soul Cultivator, all those she met with the Soul Eye -despite being only 7 Seniors- had one thing in common.
Their Eyes!
They were all mysterious and scarily deep!
But, Lin wasn't the same, his eyes were calm deep.
With other Soul Cultivators you can kind of expected their retaliation if you happened to meet them as enemies, that's why she called them Mysterious.
Lin however, gave Mia the feeling of meeting the Unknown! if she tried to pry deeper into his secrets then it is no different than courting Death.
The kind of Unknown which will make you helpless against it, with these people Mia always took a single approach.
Flee as fast as you can!
The farther the better!
As a Sword Cultivator Mia always had a single thing which never made her worried against fellow Cultivators in the same Realm or a stage or two higher than her in the Sub-realm category.
Offence.
Mia's offensive edge was almost unequal amongst her peers because of her developed Sword intent, add her talent in the Time Element and her top class Spirit Cultivation Technique and she's one of the few powerhouses in her current Realm.
But her defense was almost a cause for worry, Mia did her best to stock up on defensive Spirit Tools and a variety of single use Talismans but her apparent weakness doesn't seem to be going to be covered unless she reach the Spirit Lord Realm.
Because in that Realm the Spirit Energy would completely crystalize and give an insane boost to any Cultivator's defense, Mia wouldn't mind if others gained in defence as well because her offensive was more than enough to sever any enemy or entangle him in her Sword of Time Style.
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To do that Mia needs to cross the entirety of the Spirit Tyrant Realm!
She was sure to cross it, but how long would that take her?
Until then she has to either find the perfect defensive Spirit or inheritance Tool, or to find a tailored Defensive Technique compatible with her Time Element and Martial Spirit.
Her speed was fast, as a Spirit Grandmaster she would be ranked in the top 3 in the Spirit Grandmaster Realm, but, only if we're discussing spontaneous movement and short distance explosive bursts.
If Mia is faced with an enemy whom she's in immediate need to run from, She only takes the 45th ranking!
The drop in her ranking between the two aspects of speed was clearly another weakness in her foundation, spiteful Katherine -Mia's childhood rival- always took pleasure in comparing Mia to her Tamed Beast Xiaoxi.
Her Movement Technique is only a half complete Manual, still it was Mid Rank Forbidden Spirit Technique despite being an incomplete Technique.
Here she's standing in front of a small child 6 years old who gave Mia the same feeling of danger like these Seniors a few generation her senior, Mia's alarm bells kept ringing in her chest with the message : 'don't provoke this boy and stifle down your frustrations'.
Mia felt it through her Sword intent earlier, Lin kept trying to investigate her with his Soul Sense!
His attempts were mild and gentle and he stopped trying once her Sword intent Aura blocked his Soul Sense, she felt warm and approved of Lin's actions when she saw his face calm and collected with only a touch of being in a hurry to leave as he looked around.
He didn't seem to be annoyed at his failed attempt to investigate her Body, and didn't lower his guard against her ever since they met either.
Mia did her best earlier to hold back her Sword intent and stop it from clashing against Lin's Soul Sense with all her power, she was tired and didn't want to lose this godsent Boy who can help her evade her pursuit.
But will he help her?
"Meow...."
The sound of a small kitten grabbed the attention of Lin and rattled the daydreaming Mia awake.
Lin had already noticed the small kitten near their camp when he arrived and ignored it because there was no harm from such a small animal on his food supplies stored in the box, when he returned after taking a look around the camp Lin was met with the same kitten meowing at him.
"Such a cutie, are you hungry? Sorry I don't have food for you. Looks like we're both going to depend on our friend Lin here for a meal."
Mia's heart melted when this small orange kitten with it's fluffy fur and bloated tummy walked towards her and Lin, she knelt on both knees and tried to scoop it up but the little fatty avoided her arms and ran to Lin's feet.
"Humph, if only could I access my Storage Ring. I would've made you beg me for a hug, but i'll let it go since you're so cute. Snort."
Mia was annoyed because that kitten choose to seek Lin's favor instead of jumping into her embrace, getting up and crossing her hands she grumbled while staring at Lin carry this little kitten in his palms and softly tickled it behind the ears.
"Looks like this little guy is on it's own, hey little one where's your family? Did you get lost?"
Lin asked without expecting any reply, he was still waiting for Sun to return, the path he led Mia back had a tricky hidden short cut that forced their pursuers to climb one rough terrain after another, while Mia followed after Lin thorough the easy route as they widened the distance between them and the Assassins.
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Of course Lin still kept his guard against this sword master by maintaining his distance and watching her every move all the time.
Even though this Great Sage loved to bet and gamble with his luck, he never liked, and maybe never will, gamble with his Life.
Again!
Last time he took such a decision, it cost him his Life.
His current second chance in Life is still a giant question mark that's left unanswered inside Lin's head.
Anyway this little tricky navigation from Lin will only buy them enough time to wait here in the camp for 8 minutes, if they were lucky it would be 9 minutes .
"Just why didn't I use the Soul Candle Technique on Sun? Damn it buddy where did you leave to at such a time, it was just a meal that you snatched. Not like i'm mad to the degree of leaving you behind, hurry back!"
Lin counted the seconds as he muttered faintly while rubbing the little kitten's soft fur.
"Meow...."
"Sorry little one I can't take you with me but I have to leave soon."
The small kitten gave a disappointed sound and tried to hold on to Lin's trouser with it's adorably tiny paws, something which Mia enviously watched happen and her previous annoyance intensified because she has been strained mentally ever since she exited the island containing the entrance to the trials of the Drowned Realm.
Such fun occasions were Mia's favorite time of the day, despite being very talented as a Sword Cultivator, the Saintess of the Seamless Sword Sect was actually a lazy woman who liked to have fun and fool around, even her Tamed Beast was very famous for it's laziness.
Even more for it's weak memory, it was lazy to use it's own head.
"Growl...."
"Hrmmmm...."
"Eh! Watch out.... Huh, is he your.... why did you waste all this time in the first place? Come-on, let's go, these two will catch up anytime now."
Lin was looking at Sun who miraculously turned into a tall Tiger from the palm sized kitten!
Even his Orange fur turned blood-red when he got inflated back to his original body, in the beginning Mia thought Sun was a threat to Lin's life but she discovered the tiger crouching in front of the little boy and raising him up with it's two forelimbs gently.
Then Mia pouted her lips and hurried the two to stop their games -which she wishes to join very badly right now- and hurry to continue escaping from the Assassins.
"Remember, you're still grounded for what you did last time, but now isn't the time to correct this bad behavior of yours. Sorry Mia, Sun doesn't like others to.... It seems like he doesn't mind giving you a ride this time."
Lin didn't forgive Sun for snatching his food and reminded him of his punishment, the message was that snatching Lin's food wasn't going to pass without repercussions, when he tried to apologise to Mia about Sun's irritation of having strangers mount his back, Sun went to stand next to her and made a gesture with his head as if saying : get on my back, shrimp.
'Seems like Sun is trying to change my mind about punishing him later by letting Mia ride his back' Lin thought as he watched Mia smile excitedly when she found that Sun accepted to let her mount his back.
Lin was happy with this new unexplainable discovery with Sun's Body anyway, now he wouldn't be constricted to sailing on a boat as he travels in waters.
Sun's smaller size would enable Lin to escape while carrying the Tiger in case of encountering a dangerous situation, otherwise they'll have to separate by making Lin try to delay for as long as possible until Sun is away from danger before leaving himself.
Lin was prepared to meet larger, deadlier monsters than the large bird, big Mammoth and Vulture King.
That's why he taught Sun on how to react if they met such formidable monsters before they left home.
Mia happily mounted Sun's back and enjoyed resting for a while as they widened the distance between them and the Assassins, Lin flew ahead and Sun sprinted agilely behind him until they were more than 100km away from the Assassins.
While Lin was making some food for Mia she woke up from her sleep at the lovely smell of roasted meat.
She saw Lin standing next to the strange metal box that Sun carries and stirring soup, roasting meat or chopping vegetables, now that box had many parts flipped out or pulled to expose a very neat small kitchen.
Sun was in his original Form crouching next to Lin's body and obediently staying still, but his eyes were staring at every dish being made by his best friend intensely.
"Gulp...."
The sound of Mia reflexively gulping on her saliva was a bit loud, even though Lin and Sun were more than 16m away any normal person would still hear it.
Not to mention a Soul Cultivator in the Soul Eye Realm and a Demonic Beast that formulated it's Core and gained partial intelligence.
"I didn't want to awake you until I'm finished, sit down Mia, the table will be ready in a few seconds."
Lin said while scooping some thick steaming hot soup in a bowl then he pulled a handle on the metal box which made a circular 3m table and two chairs came out from the lowest part of the box.
Foods which looked strange were placed in front of Mia when she sat down, but the extremely tempting aroma made her hurry to cast away all shadows of doubts and taste one of the strange dishes.
In no time Mia was digging in on every dish and stuffing her mouth in an unladylike manner with this food which turned out to be super delicious!
"This is very delicious.... You really can cook little Lin.... Yummy this one is bittersweet."
Mia started to enjoy her meal under the gaze of Sun who licked his lips continuously, still when she tried to offer him some of the food generously Sun would whine softly and scratch at Lin's trouser pleadingly as if asking his permission to accept Mia's generosity.
But Lin would ignore him and continue investigating Sun's body with his Soul Sense, curiosity was peaked in Great Sage Lin after witnessing such a phenomenal thing happen with Sun's Body.
Seeing Sun change shape from a large exaggerated Tiger to a small kitten, was more than enough to make Lin try and seek a reasonable explanation for this Phenomenon.
Not only did Sun grow bigger or shrink to a kitten size but also his weight increased and decreased in the two different shapes!
"Again, change back into a Tiger."
"Meow...."
Lowering it's head, the small kitten grew bigger into Sun's original form in a little bit less than a split second.
"Again."
"Whine...."
Mia watched this strange ignorant boy make his beast companion change form, the secrets of Cultivation methods related to the Beast's were an enigma to peak Cultivators.
These are Spirit Sovereigns!
Yet he's still not even a Spirit Apprentice and is trying to know how can a Demonic Beast change form and make their bodies smaller or sometimes with unique Varient Beasts they grow larger instead!
"Lin I would stop if I were you, this shape-shifting ability actually makes the Demonic Beast very hungry and drained of Energy after every use. You made Sun use it 7 times already, overexerting his Energy is very bad. Make sure to feed him bigger meals after he uses this ability in the future or his growth will be hindered instead."
Mia sighed then said to stop Lin, of course she choose to stop Lin while Sun was in his cuter form.
And it wasn't by accident.
"Does that mean that you was already capable of doing such a thing long before we left? Someone has been keeping secrets from me."
Lin raised Sun up and directly touched his own forehead with Sun's small head, he was trying to zoom in on Sun's strange organ with his Soul Sense.
This organ which Sun grew inside his Brain like a little Pearl after eating the mysterious object the Mammoth had in it's Brain.
Lin noticed that after repetitive transformations between his Cat Form and Tiger Form, the majority of Sun's blood stream ran in a higher rate towards his Brain at the expense of the rest of the body.
All the blood moved towards this strange unknown Pearl in his Brain, after coursing around it a couple of times the blood would slow down in it's return journey to the heart!
Like a Black hole that mysterious small Pearl inside Sun's Brain would somehow decompose his cells and bones, break them into miniscule parts, then transfer them inside it miraculously!
End result would be Sun's shrunken Body and now he's nothing but an ordinary orange Small kitten, his Soul Energy would change into an entirely different type and even Lin with his Soul Sense couldn't notice that Sun was the small kitten when he returned to camp with Mia despite being a few meters next to him.
When Sun changes back into Tiger Form, Lin noticed that all the stored body cells and tiny dust-sized bone fragments would appear from the mysterious Pearl inside Sun's Brain.
Then they'll attach back together like a very complex puzzle then Sun's Body will grow back into his original Form!
Lin was shocked when he saw Sun's Bones change into the size of Dust from their solid state and the other way around in a few millionths of a second after getting spewed out from the Pearl or sucked whole by it.
The small Pearl -Core- inside Sun's Brain was impenetrable, Lin's Soul Sense was stopped outside and prevented from peeking inside at all no matter how hard he tried to send his Soul Sense inside it.
Finally Lin had to stop when he felt the uncomfortableness from Sun.
Lin was truly amazed again by this World's strangeness and many scientifically unexplainable mysteries.
First time was when Jin Bao transferred the Soul Soothing Stones into the Ring on his right hand as he bore witness, not to mention the man himself who currently has part of his Soul trapped inside a Ring!
Ever since he met with Jin Bao the very reasonable and scientific oriented Great Sage changed his perspective and view point of this Spirit World, right now Lin was keeping an open mind to all possibilities and not refusing or denying anything at all.
He can only do that when he has in his arsenal the right amount of knowledge to back up his argument, but right now Lin knows almost nothing about this world save for the name of this Land of Forgetfulness and the rest is his extremely shallow knowledge about Cultivation of the Spirit and Body Refinement.
His Soul Cultivation gave him a bit of knowledge on relatively common knowledge to inhabitants of this Spirit World, but even that common knowledge was making Great Sage Lin's head hurt after he thought to seek a logical explanation for the seemingly easiest piece of information to dissect in a scientific way.
Shaking his head from the daydreams which took him on a small but fast mental journey, Lin turned his attention back towards the Pearl inside Sun's Brain.
"It changed color! the Pearl inside your head gained a bit of faint redness on it's surface Buddy, how do you feel? Nothing huh.... Alright, for now don't change your Form until you eat your fill. Come, last time I saw you this tired was when you broke your longest record on the Stamina Test."
Lin looked thankfully towards Mia once then calmed his fatigued companion by a few gentle pats before letting go of him and started to prepare him some food.
Mia gained two points of favorability from Lin so far.
Once, when she tried to warn him at the time Sun surprised them by changing Form suddenly.
Twice, when she warned him of overstraining Sun by ordering him to change Form repeatedly, especially after Lin noticed how his Tiger seemed to be very exhausted after changing Form more than once in a short time.
Of course Sun too liked this strange woman who spoke for him, he jumped on top of her lap and accepted the food she gave him with her hand.
"Isn't he cute in that Form.... Ouch."
"Meow...."
"Hey! Be good, she's trying to be friendly here. Either accept it or avoid it by keeping your distance from Mia."
Sun showed his small canines intimidatingly to Mia and even scratched her finger when she started to ruffle his fur, the look on Mia's face after Sun did that was seeking consolation like a kid who got his candy snatched away.
Lin felt embarrassed by what happened and glared at Sun despite noticing that Mia's finger was absolutely fine, he still reproached him gently after giving Mia an apologetic look.
"Doesn't he like it when I touch him?"
Mia asked Lin after noticing that Sun had lowered his ears like a kid who got scolded by his father because he was being impolite to strangers.
"No, actually he likes it a lot when others scratch his body, its just that Sun doesn't like it when others treat him like a young Cub."
"But.... He looks adorable, look at his tiny paws and wide eyes. It's impossible to resist, come let me spoil you Sunny."
"MEOW!"
Mia seemed to ignore Lin's advice on how to interact with Sun, her eyes glowed when she heard that Sun liked others to scratch his fur and she started to do just that.
Lin shook his head and cooked for his Tamed Beast almost all the food that he just stored in the box one day ago, Sun and Mia kept their childish game of who can eat faster with Sun flaring up in his hot temper after each childish compliment the Tiger heard from Mia's.
"These pursuers will be here in twenty minutes, do you want to rest before dealing with them?"
Lin asked because from what he can tell by looking at this Mia with his eyes she seemed to be okay, whenever he tried to probe her inner Body with his Soul Sense like he did to Sun, Lin would feel as if needles were piercing at his Third Eye, every time he tried to invade Mia's body to check her innards for any internal injuries the piercing pain would intinsify the stronger he tried to look and he had to quit doing it when it became very painful.
An Aura of Needles covered the woman's Body when Lin scanned her with his Soul Sense, it didn't prevent him from looking at Mia's face but it prevented him from looking beyond the layer of clothes she wore.
A similar thing happened with the two Assassins from the Assassin Guild, Lin was incapable of seeing their looks or body shapes because of the black cloaks they wore.
But the cause was different, Lin felt as if Mia had a unique type of Energy inside her body which wasn't hindered by whatever this Land called Land of Forgetfulness do to Cultivators, while the Assassins relied on their strange black cloaks to block Lin's Soul Sense.
Both methods succeeded in blocking Lin's Soul Energy and his first lesson was : Soul Energy isn't invincible there's ways to counter it.
Lin had to ask to know about Mia's current state, unlike how he did when dealing with his Tiger after using a single scan with his Soul Sense Lin would make the decision himself.
"Chiiing...."
One look at the Sword Mia keeps by her side all the time and Lin could tell that she had gone through many battles, the Sword edge had so many traces of them and it was indented or even chipped off in so many places despite Mia trying her best to take care of the Sword by sharpening it continuously after she ate her meal.
"One day of rest will be enough to recharge my Energy and fight back, but I can't face the three of them on my own. Will you help me?"
Mia looked at her dilapidated Sword then shook her head, it was a good sword but it wasn't a Spirit Tool.
To face two Assassins and one Cerberus without her mother's Sword and using another Spirit Weapon would be hard, to face them while using a Mortal Weapon was impossible!
Especially after these two lunatics entered the Great Space Barrier while fully armed in top tier Spirit Tools, Weapons and Armors, despite knowing full well that these items will end up ruined if they stayed here for long.
Mortal Weapons or Armors lacking Spiritual Energy were the safest tools to use in this Land of Forgetfulness, rumor has it that even Spirit Tools who surpassed the Spirit Rank and reached the inheritance Rank would weaken over time in this Land until they become even weaker than Mortal Weapons only to become a pile of scrap in the end.
She wasn't privy on the reason why, or why this strange effect wouldn't harm Space Rings despite being a whole Realm lower than inheritance Tools in the majority of cases because Space Tools are usually rarer than Spirit Weapons or Tools.
Space Attribute is required to make a Space Tool, you either need to be Talented in the Space Element to make a Space Tool or to receive the help from one who Cultivates the Space Element.
If you wasn't an accomplished Forger yourself with Talent in the Space Element then your Space Tool won't be of a higher level than someone else Less accomplished in the Profession of Forging, because his achievement of Cultivating the Space Element would recompensate the weak point of being a lower ranked Forger.
Even if you're a better Forger and your helper was a better Space Cultivator the end result of the two counterparts are mostly going to end up being the same, when you Forge your Space Tool you will react faster than two people with one being responsible for watching over the materials and the other keeping watch on his Space Energy input.
If you counted the number of people who are both Talented in Space Element and the Profession of Forging then you'll be looking for one in a hundred billion of Cultivators!
Or once in every one million Space Cultivators.
That's because of the Superior Realm Ranked Element of Space and it's rarity.
Being Two whole Realms higher than the Five Basic Elements of Fire, Earth, Water, Wood and Gold.
Or the Five famous High Elements Realm of Wind, Ice, Lightening, Darkness and Light.
Of course this Realm has Different elements sharing this Realm but their Rank within the High Realm of Elements is lower than these Five Elements.
Space is a Superior Realm Element along side Time, Life and Death Elements.
This Superior Realm has only Four known Elements unlike the two Basic and High Realms before it, the records spoke vaguely and mentioned three or four other weaker Elements who should be added to this Realm.
Their reason was because of the Superior Realm itself, amongst it's four Elements only Death element could be considered an offensive Element amongst the four.
The three Elements of Space, Time and Life, are almost purely supportive in nature and lacked the offensive edge of Fire and it's explosive nature in the Basic Realm or Lightning with it's breakneck speed and shocking power in the High Realm.
Space can be used in constraining the enemy, fleeing or attacking as well. But, to use Space Element offensively would be very demanding on the comprehension abilities of the user itself, that is if we counted his high requirements on comprehension abilities to Cultivate the Space Energy as the average then to use Space Energy offensively would be asking for above average kind of Talent.
Within every ten million of Space Element Cultivators you'll find one or two at best who're capable of using Space Element offensively.
Higher in Rank would be the Peak Realm and it's Two Pillars!
Destruction and Creation.
Destruction was argued as the Element which a Cultivator can use if he succeeded in fusing both Fire and Lightening Elements into a higher kind of Energy, others said it was Wind and ice, but all agreed that the Core Teaching of this Element was by taking a new Fused Element to the highest Degrees of Purity and Refinement.
Even better if you continued to upgrade your understanding of the Dao of Destruction after learning new Daos, and try to fuse it with the already Refined Energy to seek the deadliest kind of Energy in Explosiveness and Supression.
Then the addition of the Superior Element of Death to the equation would give birth to the Element of Destruction's greatest advantage, Nothing stands in the face of Destruction even Space and Time can't contain it's Destructive Force and has to bow down to it's Might.
Even someone very accomplished in Space-Time Energy can't contain the attack from another Cultivator a whole Realm lower if he's using Destruction Energy, it's higher Rank in the Pyramid of Elements enables the Destruction Energy to Transcend Realms which is the First Element to be discovered to have this advantage of all the documented Elements.
Creation was the exact opposite to Destruction, you needed to seek Harmony and Peace.
Some sought the fusion of the Water, Earth and Wood, others sought the fusion of Water, Earth and Lightening.
But the very famous combination was the Validated and proofed Cultivation Technique of the Elves, which required the user to Cultivate the Five Basic Elements to the sublimation then fuse them together.
Doing such a thing was only the first step!
Light Element has to be Cultivated in the second step then you add the Light Energy to the Five Basic Energies Fusion!
Doing that proved to allow the user to Gain instant understanding of the basics of the Life Element, Which led to the opportunity to understand the Dao of Creation.
Legend has it that only the Elven Queen was able to Learn how to use Creation energy in the recorded history of the Spirit World, while the Barbarian Emperor was the other person who managed to learn how to use Destruction Energy.
All the other Seniors in the records of history who used either of the Two kinds of Destruction or Creation Energy were Very Blessed to be Born with the Latent Potential and Ability to use it once they awakened their spirits, in 50 million years of recorded history there was only five Creation Energy users were mentioned to be able to use it naturally, the Destruction Energy users on the other hand were a bit more with the number of eight.
Only 13 people were Born with the blessing of being able to use a Peak Element from the start of their journey to Cultivate Spirit Energy, in fifty million years of time!
The rareness was possible once every ten million years or so.
Add the Elven Queen and the Barbarian Emperor to these 13 formidable people and the result is the Strongest 15 Ancients of All time!
All of them except for the Barbarian Emperor who stopped in the Spirit Emperor Realm of Spirit Energy Cultivation the others reached the Spirit Sovereign Realm, but he was just as Nightmarish of a Genius Cultivator like all other Peak Element Cultivators because of his attainments in Body Refinement.
Top of the Pyramid will be the Eternal Realm with the sole undisputed Element of Chaos occupying the whole Realm without any valid information on how to Cultivate it, whither or not there's another Element capable of Sharing this Realm with Chaos Energy? or even if there's a possibility of someone being born with the Ability to use Chaos Energy naturally.
Chaos!
That would be the nightmare to every Cultivator no matter how high his Cultivation Realm was, no matter whom, even if it was a Spirit Sovereign! if such a Cultivator met a foe who could use Chaos Energy against them they'll think of fleeing first thing if they weren't Space-Time Cultivators or didn't have a Space-Time Tool which can help contain the Extremely lethal Chaos Energy.
Despite being that scary to Cultivators they'll still fight both tooth and nail to find a chance to Cultivate nearby any safely contained Source of Chaos Energy! The suppression of this Element was a great help to Cultivators in refining their Energy no matter how high in Rank was your Elemental Energy it can't exceed Chaos Energy or suppress it no matter how Refined it was!
But, nothing is Perfect in this World each Element has it's advantages and disadvantages.
Space-Time Energy was capable of isolating Chaos Energy!
Yes, Space Energy, Time Energy and Space-Time Energy proved to affect Chaos Energy despite being vulnerable to Destruction Energy these three Elements can affect an Element on the Eternal Rank!
But that would come on the expense of a lot of Space-Time Energy compared to the amount of Chaos Energy that needs to be isolated, a hundred times of Space-Time Energy to either slow the Chaos Energy or contain it in a Barrier.
Element Realms are : Basic, High, Superior, Peak and Eternal.
To have a Talented Forger blessed with the Talent in Space Dao create a Space Tool in the inheritance Rank was way beyond rare to happen in this Spirit World, because the Forger needed to be a Space Cultivator with Supreme talents in a Superior Realm Element and have Peak Grade Talent in the Profession of Forging Spirit Tools.
Mia can count on her single hand the number of inheritance Rank Space Tools known to exist in the Spirit World.
Only three!
Three inheritance Tools were recorded to be made by the way of "Forging" and a single one was recorded to be an "Awakened Tool" who gained it's own Soul after it's owner sacrificed his Cultivation, but records of that Space Tool called Ring of Origin being lost from the unfortunate 14th Pope of the Church of Light hands 2,000 years ago.
The man will surely be shocked if he knew that Lin and his twin sister pushed him out from Second place and the top three on the Fastest Martial Spirit Awakening List for sure, and more so for the Peerless Genius of the Heart Seeking Sect and their current Junior Sect Master and the jewel in their eyes who got pushed down from first place to third!
If only Mia knew that the same Space Ring Called Ring of Origin which the 14th Pope lost was currently being worn by this boy, then she would've wished to pat the Pope on his shoulder consolingly and say : "Poor you, not only did he take your Peak Grade inheritance Space Tool but also pushed you down to Fourth place."
After all, Mia herself was pushed down from Third place to Fifth place by the twins, still, if Mia had known all that she wouldn't have left Lin after doing something shocking!
"Chiiing...."
While using a flat stone to sharpen her damaged Sword Mia remembered how she fled the two Assassins unhesitatingly towards the Great Space Barrier, once she saw the Spirit Tool one of them had in his hand she knew that she wouldn't be able to escape.
And facing them without knowing their Trump cards would be dangerous, not to mention that both of them were Spirit Tyrant Realm Assassins with the ability to fly and she's only A Spirit Grandmaster Realm Cultivator using a Spirit Tool to fly at the expense of her Energy.
Assassin Guild members were known for their efficiency and cruelty, their tests to Rank up in the Guild would always be against foes a Realm higher than them in Cultivation.
To test their capabilities and assassination skills, the Assassin Guild would ask their members to kill three different Cultivators with a higher Realm to make sure their members would be able to finish their mission even if their target was met with a sudden fortune to raise his Cultivation Realm.
Mia was wounded badly at that time when she exited the Drowned Realm, then she was sneak attacked by the Holy Daughter Katherine, she escaped a mortal wound fortunately by using her strongest defensive Spirit Tool to Ward off the attack.
But Mia's defensive Spirit Tool and one of her trump cards was damaged beyond repair, of course Holy Daughter Katherine lost an even better offensive single time use Spirit Tool after her sneak attack on Mia failed.
As Mia's rival and current holder of the 6th place in the Spirit Awakening List with a record of 4 years 7 months and 30 days Katherine always hated Mia, especially since their records were separated by Two days!
When Mia tried to use an Advanced Space Talisman to return to the Seamless Sword Sect and head for the Church of Light later with her Father, to seek an explanation for the offense their Holy Daughter Katherine committed against the Saintess of the Seamless Sword Sect!
Katherine laughed like a maniac unlike her usual fake gentleness when she saw Mia activate her Advanced Space Talisman and brought out a Spirit Tool, While being covered in the overflowing Energy emitted by the Space Talisman in her hands, Mia's eyes widened in fear and she tried to grit her teeth and exit the Space Formation underneath her.
Yet she was a step too slow, Katherine had activated the Spirit Tool in her hands before Mia escaped the small Space Formation which worked on teleporting the person who activated the Advanced Space Talisman, and Mia was locked in place and forced to wait until her Talisman teleported her but not to her original destination.
Holy Daughter Katherine was holding a Spirit Tool without any kind of offensive or defensive abilities or uses whatsoever, it was purely supportive in nature and only to the Space Element.
World Stabilizing Needle, the name of the Spirit Tool was exactly explaining the use of this Tool.
It can both Stabilize the Space Element and strengthen it, forcefully guide, control and manipulate or harnessing it.
But as long as Mia was inside the Space Formation of an Advanced Space Talisman then Katherine can only forcefully guide her destination and wasn't able to control, manipulate or harness the Space Energy within the Talisman to strengthen her World Stabilizing Needle.
She'll need the help of at least 4 more people using 4 more World Stabilizing Needles to stop Mia from leaving, but her scheme ran deeper than Mia thought.
World Stabilizing Needles can be linked in pairs or more to create a web of Space Energy no matter how far, using one you can guide someone's teleportation to the other Needle.
When she teleported Mia found the two Assassins waiting for her wounded self while being armed to the teeth, she escaped to this Land of Forgetfulness which she kept hearing stories about countless people who got lost forever in it since ancient history.
It was either, Mia tries her luck in escaping from her pursuers by using this cursed Land of Forgetfulness suppression to elude them or try to bait them into dying at the hands of Beasts or Savages roaming this Land before trying to leave.
Mia had to do something before crossing the Great Space Barrier covering this Land, Mia had to store all her Equipments in her Space Ring, otherwise her items would degrade in time and lower in Level by losing their Spiritual Energy while being in the Land of Forgetfulness and exposed to Chaotic Energy.
Yes she had one inheritance Tool, one being a Sword and her strongest Spirit Tool.
However, that one originally belongs to her mother, her late mother who died when Mia was the same age as Lin.
To avoid any possibilities of damaging or destroying that Sword, Mia placed it in her Space Ring alongside her other spiritual items and carried this Mortal Weapon instead.
Mia's mother sacrificed all her Cultivation to help save her father during one journey in Beast Mountains, Doing such a thing means living as a cripple for the rest of her life.
Others won't be as weak as Mia's mother after sacrificing their Cultivation because Mia's mother used her life force to protect Mia who lived in her belly with the remaining Energy that she had in her Body until she gave birth to her.
Doing such a thing meant opening the door to your Vital Energy to seep out with time until it is all spent.
Death!
After that her mother was very weak and feeble, for months she would stay in her sickness bed after experiencing a very normal cold which mortals can handle pretty easily.
Mia's father would keep asking around and sending for Spirit Alchemists from the Alchemist Brotherhood, Mortal Physicians and Apothecaries from everywhere to come and see if they could help his wife regain her fading health and vitality.
The reward for whomever treats his wife's illness reached an astronomical number when Mia's mother was at her final days, All of her father's Wealth!
The wealth of a regular Spirit Sovereign would make the whole World of Cultivators go crazy, not to mention the wealth of the Sect Master of the Seamless Sword Sect.
One of the Five Great Sects, Sect Master's Wealth, Made the other Four Sect Masters of the Five Great Sects do their best trying to heal Mia's mother in hopes of acquiring this amazing Fortune.
Unfortunately Mia's mother ended up succumbing to her illness and death welcomed her with open arms, the Sect Master of the Seamless Sword Sect was devastated when he couldn't help his woman no matter how much he tried to prevent it from happening.
All he had from his beloved wife was a Second inheritance Tool for his Sect and a six years old daughter with the highest grade of potential for Spirit and Sword Cultivation, Mia didn't disappoint him by gaining the recognition of the inheritance Tool's Soul and became the Saintess of the sect.
But Mia's very close resemblance to her mother's looks as she grew up, especially Mia's smile would make her father daze and daydream of his days of happiness with her mother all the time.
That's why Mia always felt like her father was kind of avoiding her intentionally all the time, however, she felt his deep love and care, whenever she was harmed Mia's father would fly into rage and the Aura of a Sovereign of both Sword and Spirit Cultivation would make the Sect or whomever is around him tremble in fear or stand at attention with worry for their lives.
One time Mia got hurt by a Senior brother of her sect during a friendly duel and her father acted shamelessly by using one finger to beat that young man despite being 6 Realms his junior, yes he didn't kill him but Mia's father made sure to teach him a very good lesson.
"Bully my daughter? Humph."
That was the only thing Mia's father said as he stood under the sight of the gawking Seamless Sword Sect member's, their "Sword Sovereign" and strongest Sword user in the Spirit World by the unanimous recognition of the Strongest Cultivators!
Bullied a Junior of his Sect 6 Whole Realms Lower than him using one finger his Pinky!
Why? Because this junior was older than his daughter by 4 years and had higher Cultivation than Mia by exactly 3 Sub-realms in the Spirit Master Realm.
He dares to wound his daughter? This sect master will show the world what happens to those who bully his daughter himself.
Shamelessness beyond limits were seen from the Sect Master when he did that.
"No, all I can offer for you is to corner them, the rest is up to you to handle after they finish their fight with the Vultures. You sure you want to do this?"
Lin awoke Mia from her daydreams with his refusal, Mia pouted her lips and nodded silently to indicate her understanding.
"Then it's settled, Sun will carry you as you rest for now. Afterwards we'll finish dealing with these people, let's go Sun we need to restock our supplies."
Lin clapped once after Mia answered and started packing his items back in the box, then Mia pouted her lips again when Sun jumped from her palms and reverted back to his true Form to carry her on his back.
But she knew that without Sun to carry her as she sleep then there would be no use in waiting for a day to face the Assassins, and quite honestly Mia was very sick of running around smelling like a pig and looking like a beggar.
12 minutes after Sun and Lin left their camp site with Mia laying down on her face enjoying the texture of Sun's soft fur on her dirty face, soundlessly two people draped in Black cloaks appeared flanking a 5m tall three headed dog with forked tongues and reptilian brown eyes.
The Black Beast seemed to fuse with Darkness like it's two human companions, the Cerberus claws shone with greenish scales and it's Tail was replaced with three hooked scorpion stingers with eery purple tips curved fearfully in strange shape.
If stung with them the stingers would hook the prey towards it's Body, then these four Long, Deep Green Fangs in each head would bite the prey and keep it close for the thick pillar-like legs to start tearing with these sharp looking black claws.
"Just how did she manage to get her hand on that Beast and tame it without a fight, wait! These marks belong to a kid, she ate and rested here for a while and they left just a few minutes ago. Old Weisheng wanna rest for a while? This little bitch never stopped running for two years. Just wait until I get my hands on her, i'll enjoy slitting her throat slowly after ravaging her to my heart's content."
One of the Assassins spoke with his deeply depressing voice after taking a quick glance at the area before pulling back his hood, his face which appeared was of a 30 something years old notably handsome man with an irritating smirk on his chiseled face which spoke the word : Narcissistic.
"No, this might complicate things for us if she managed to find a helper she could use some trick to delay us before she escapes, Xiangming don't forget that our contract is only to do our best to finish her in 3 years or try to keep her lost in this abominable Land forever if we can. If we fail then be prepared to be chased by Sword Sovereign himself and the rest of her Seamless Sword Sect if our identities were somehow discovered. Now the Saintess is here and has us in the disadvantageous position instead with all three of us -including her- and your Cerberus unable to use our Spirit Energy while she has access to her Sword intent, while both of us aren't Weapon Cultivators, thankfully she didn't want to ruin her inheritance Weapon and stored her Sword and all her Spirit items away before entering the Great Space Formation. Now we only have two advantages which are your Cerberus and the Spirit Tools we took from Holy Daughter Katherine, if our Spirit Tools didn't hold until the duration of our contract is over then this little demon can flip the tables on us. Don't let down your guard until you actually slit her throat, after that ravage her to your heart content I don't have time for these games anyway. These medicinal ingredients are vital for my research, of course your Cerberus's contribution won't be up for the wind. As we agreed, after concocting that Swan Pill for you, you'll give me your Tyrannical Gauntlets! Honestly I don't know why did you insist on keeping them with you despite being very useless to you and unsuitable for your fighting style."
The other Assassin turned out to be an old man with a head full of white hair, face full of wrinkles and his squinted eyes were making it hard for the younger Assassin called Xiangming to see his pupils.
Frowning deeply when he saw his partner show his old face, Xiangming nodded then turned to pat his Cerberus rough green scales but he was in fact avoiding the unpleasant sight of this old Weisheng's face.
They both continued to hunt Mia silently while guessing who might that new kid with the big Beast be!
Weisheng and Xiangming were both after two entirely different goals from this mission.
Old Weisheng is not talented in Cultivation and despite being more than 130 years old the man was still only a Fifth level Spirit Tyrant which makes his talent in Spirit Energy Cultivation mediocre at best! However, his accomplishments were focused on the profession of Alchemy especially the Dao of Poison.
Weisheng is a Poison expert and a Cultivator of the Earth Element, by using his variety of Poisons alongside his Gravitational Powers of the Earth attribute made Weisheng a moving Poisonous Quagmire once you're trapped in his techniques then it's just a matter of time until you're dead by the suffocating suppression of Crushing Gravity and weakened by Deadly Poison.
That only works on targets in the Tyrant Realm or lower, Weisheng's approach would change to keeping his distance from his target and trying his best to finish his mission with his Poisons in case of having to deal with a Cultivator in the Spirit Lord Realm or higher.
Weisheng's Rank within the Guild was 8 starred Spirit-Gold Assassin, his Earth Element played a major part in manipulating the terrain to his advantage before laying down the perfect ambush loaded with venomous Poisons for his target.
Once his prey was infected with his Poisons, Weisheng would activate his Gravity Field Technique to sap away their power and weaken them until they're no longer capable of retaliating against him, as a person with lesser talent Weisheng enjoyed killing these geniuses he felt satisfaction and strange release to hidden emotions stifled deep behind his creased face.
This old man Weisheng was the extremely patient type and the last time he earned a star on his Cloak was long before Xiangming was Born!
While Xiangming is a fairly talented Loose Cultivator who joined the Assassin Guild by chance 15 years ago and succeeded in raising in rank after completing one dangerous mission after another like a suicidal Maniac, he was after fame and popularity in the Cultivation World and always dreamed of the time his name would resound in all corners.
Xiangming was 33 years old and hated two things in life, ugliness and any Cultivator who's more famous or prettier than he was!
Males and females were alike in Xiangming's narcissistic eyes, only him stays as the undisputed champion in the beauty contest on the delusions of his own sick mind's making.
The younger Assassin was blessed with dual attributes of Wind and Lightning, one of which is famous for it's spontaneous movement and bursts of Explosiveness and the other is famous for it's agility and freedom.
But both are leaning heavily towards the word Speed.
He's an extremely fast Cultivator who slits the throats of his victims before they catch a glimpse of his after-image the target would slump down to the ground in a buddle of his own blood, even though old Weisheng is two sub-realms higher than Xiangming who's only a Peak Low Grade Spirit Tyrant, he wouldn't stop using his Gravity Field Technique if he knew that this sissy boy was gunning for his head.
Once Xiangming learned of the mission requirements he went to this stubborn old man and asked him to concoct a Poisonous Pill for him which was a very high ranked 8th level Pill.
When Xiangming finally found the chance to create the Swan Pill he didn't hesitate to relinquish his Tyrannical Gauntlets in exchange for a chance to bypass the Rank of a Spirit-Gold Assassin within the Guild and raise to the Spirit Pearl Rank or the Spirit Ruby Rank!
Right now Xiangming was a 3 star Spirit-Gold Assassin, to raise a single star in the Guild's ranking would require him to take out 3 Cultivators in the Spirit Lord Realm.
That was a Realm higher than his own Cultivation!
And that was how the Assassins Guild harshly demanded from it's members, always looking for stronger and harder opponents for it's members who seek higher position in the Guild.
But, if someone in the Spirit Tyrant Realm like Xiangming managed to kill a Cultivator in the Spirit King Realm then he's going to receive the acknowledgement from the Guild no matter what.
The ranks within the Assassins Guild are : Silver, Gold, Spirit-Gold, Spirit Pearl, Spirit Ruby, Spirit Diamond and Spirit Amethyst.
Each of these Titles would be decorated with a Star and up to 9 Stars before having to undergo the tests to raise in Rank to a higher Title, which will be given only after successfully completing the required mission from the Assassin.
Suicidal Xiangming was aware of the benefits and uses of the Pill called Sweat Pill, it was a kind of Poisonous Pill categorized as Level 7.
Any person with a Cultivation lower than a Spirit king would be Poisoned after swallowing it, but if a Spirit King ingested it then it will benefit him instead by accumulating hidden impurities from all over the Body and expelling it away with constant sweat and that's where it's name came from.
By luck, Xiangming found a secret recipe for a higher ranked Pill that could be made from the same ingredients! The only addition was the stinger and Fang poison from the Cerberus, by chance, Xiangming's Tamed Beast is a Scorpion Tailed Cerberus at the Peak of the Demonic Beast Realm.
Swan Pill was the name of the Pill in the secret recipe, That Swan Pill was Rank 8 and would kill even the strongest Spirit King if he ingested it.
The ones who could benefit from it are those in the Spirit Emperor Realm.
Xiangming and Weisheng had an agreement, they both finish this risky mission together and the rare medicinal ingredients in the reward goes to Weisheng for his research with the level 7 Spirit item the Tyrannical Gauntlets.
In exchange for the Swan Pill which Xiangming will use to get rid of a certain Spirit King, that Senior was too much of an eyesore in the beautiful eyes of the Wind-Lightning Cultivator Xiangming.
Of course, all that bullshit about Xiangming's narcissistic eyes being beautiful was.... Self proclaimed.
Their agreement was witnessed by one of the Assassin Guild's Elders and Weisheng had to swear an oath on his Martial-Spirit not to tell a soul of the recipe or make any of that Swan Pill after concocting the First Cauldron worth of Pills.
Of course the Guild Elder had to swear an oath of secrecy as well.
The Guild Elder asked Xiangming to buy the rest of the Swan Pills at a high price and promised to recommend him to one of the grand elders of the Guild if he succeeded in eliminating a Spirit King, that Grand Elder was a Cultivator of Wind-Lightning Elements like Xiangming.
Xiangming couldn't wait to finish his job of killing Mia, after collecting his reward he can Kill a Spirit King Realm Senior Cultivator with the Swan Pill.
After accomplishing that feat, then it will be like the doors of his dreams are wide open to welcome him.
Raising a Rank in the Guild, possibly two!
Gaining a Senior Cultivator's guidance, possibly a master!
Selling the remaining Swan Pills to the Guild for a considerable amount of money, Cultivation Resources are no longer a problem!
And the best of them all would be his infamous reputation across the World, killing the Saintess of the Seamless Sword Sect and the Sect Master's Daughter, killing Someone two Realms higher a Spirit King!
The higher the Cultivation the harder it is to Transcend Realms and a Spirit King is the 7th Realm of Spirit Energy Cultivation!
Cultivation Realms are : Spirit Apprentice, Spirit Disciple, Spirit Master, Spirit Grandmaster, Spirit Tyrant, Spirit Lord, Spirit King, Spirit Emperor, Spirit Sovereign.
These nine Realms contain 9 sub-realms or Stages each, every three stages are called respectively : Low, Mid and high.
A third stage Spirit Apprentice would be called Peak Low Grade Spirit Apprentice and likewise for all the Realms and it's subcategories.
While running next to young lunatic Xiangming, old Weisheng noticed his obvious excitement and shook his head at how this Sissy isn't worried about a thing in the world.
After living more than a century long in this dangerous World his danger awareness developed to an acute sense, somehow since Weisheng discovered that Mia found a mysterious young helper with a Beast that looked no less dangerous than Xiangming's Cerberus.
His gut told him to be extremely careful from now on and seek to keep Mia here for one more year to finish their contract before leaving, killing the Saintess felt extremely unlikely to Poison expert Weisheng.
Not to mention that old Weisheng has already offended a lot of people in his early years of Cultivation, these monsters turned out to be giants with the least of them being Mid Grade Spirit King.
He was fortunate enough to keep his identity hidden in the Guild with only Suicidal Xiangming and a few elders knowing his identity, the administration of the Guild made sure to keep their vulnerable, weak and Low Ranked Assassin's identity hidden to protect them from the bullying of Senior Cultivators if they killed their juniors.
Almost all of the members of the Assassin Guild were wanted no matter how high their Rank, but the minority were unfortunate enough to expose their identity while the majority used their Cloak's Ability to block any investigative method and escape.
Even Xiangming didn't know the identity of old Weisheng he forced the man to the deal with his sweet offer of a Secret Recipe to a new unknown Pill that will help him gain new understanding of the Poison Dao at Least!
Swan Pill is surely to help Weisheng to increase his Alchemy Rank from a Master Alchemist to a Grandmaster!
From here on he'll be able to concoct Level 7 Pills if he wanted and needed right now, Working with Poison certainly exposes you to a great risk all the time.
Old Weisheng wanted to Cultivate the immunity Physique and Seek the Great legend of Immortality in the Spot of Mindless illusion, yet doing such a thing required him to sacrifice his Vitality in order to evolve his Body Cells into newer version of Poison Resistant Cells.
These Cells would consume venom to grow larger and occupy Weisheng's Poison vulnerable Cells, if he couldn't keep up with the spread by evolving the rest of his Body Cells to accommodate this Corroding Energy which his Evolved Body Cells Create After Consuming the Poisonous Mixtures From the Body.
Then it will take over the weak Cells and harm the Body instead!
Old Weisheng found this Damaged Manual and Cultivated it's First Stage to 35% Completion, at the expense of at least 400 years of his lifespan and all his Resources trying to prevent the incoming disaster.
When old Weisheng started to Cultivate it he was in great physical Shape as a Spirit Master he could fight hand to hand combat in case his Gravity Field Technique couldn't restrain his opponent's mobility.
But the disappointment was his underestimation of the technique's brutality, By drawing on his Life Force and Vitality, his Wounds Started to Take longer than it should to heal, his Stamina started to Stagnate and some times it lagged behind instead.
And this Damn Technique took his Life Force and Vitality like a Kun-Peng Swallowing the Void, first time he sacrificed 50 years worth of Life Force and the Technique was cultivated to 8% but the hateful in this was the slower rate of successful Cell evolutions compared to the increasing expenditure of Vitality.
No matter how he offered only a Small amount of his Cells would Evolve into the New Version while their spread of this abominable Energy in his Body would corrode it even further, which forced him into seeking Alchemy as a Profession to economise his Spirit Resources.
And it turned out to be his Talent Which he never thought it would be, From an Amateur Cultivator dappling with Alchemy to a Professional Master Alchemist Titled with this Rank by the recognition of the Alchemist Brotherhood one of the three Greatest Alchemist organizations in the Spirit World.
Right now his chances of out-living this disaster was only possible if he took one Vitality Pill after another, the higher ranked Pill the better!
'Hell, bring them all' old Weisheng thought that as he gritted his teeth to keep up with Xiangming in their chase of Mia and Lin while wishing to rewind back time and slap himself to prevent himself from Cultivating this abominable immunity Physique Method.
Last Vitality Pill he ate was a Level 7 Transformation Pill and it Gave him an addition of Cell Evolution of 4%, he was almost driven with madness by the way this immunity Technique was driving him towards his grave.
When Xiangming offered his request for an Alchemist to help him in making some Pill and offering two tempting rewards, he knew that he had to go on this mission because this was a chance to hopefully get to live to see this Physique to perfection.
Spot of Mindless illusion is one of the many forbidden areas of the Spirit World, many times would you find the place mentioned everywhere yet unknown to all.
It is the greatest mystery of the World, others argued that the Spot of Mindless illusion is very Great but, at least 2 more places should be mentioned to be just the same.
One of them is this Land of Forgetfulness itself, and the other is the Great Waters Surrounding the Four Continents, what lies beyond them? How far are they?
But the very famous rumor is the Immortal Garden hidden deep inside the Everlasting colorful mist covering the Spot of Mindless illusion, those who enter has to suppress their Cultivation back to a Spirit Apprentice or the equivalant in Rank as the most Basic Ranked upstarting Cultivator with a slightly better foundation than a Mortal Body.
Otherwise you'll only be blocked at the entrance and no matter what you try to do you'll never be able to forcefully enter the spot, Peak Cultivators of the Spirit World tried and failed for 50 million years now.
As you walk deeper inside your Mortal Body gets exposed to venomous substances of various degrees of lethality, as a Mortal you can't live without breathing, eating or drinking.
Everything you deal with inside the Spot is consisted of Poison!
At a certain depth you encounter the first and only thing mentioned to exist in the Spot of Mindless illusion, the immortal Garden!
They say some Evil Cultivator once reached it and harvested 3 Three herbs of the Divine Rank before escaping with the last vestiges of his Life, of course he got murdered by another to steal them and a very famous battle which ended with the death of 14 Spirit Sovereigns and triple the amount of that of Spirit Emperors and hundreds of Spirit Kings who got caught up in the momentum of bloodlust and lost their lives in this Battle.
Legend has it that the Poison in that immortal Garden was beyond possible to endure with a Mortal Body especially if you lost the advantage of your Cultivation, Both Land of Forgetfulness and the Spot of Mindless illusion were alike in their suppression of guests but the Spot was a lot forceful in attacking those who enter with Poison then sending them out safe and sound after they would reach the bodily limit of enduring Poison.
Yes, the Spot of Mindless illusion was safe compared to any other forbidden area, because nobody was ever dead within it.
However, many spent their lifetime wandering the terrains of the Spot of Mindless illusion absentmindedly until they got kicked out in the end of their lifespan to die outside!
The only common thing between all who entered was the memory loss, nobody could ever remember the path they took.
Even the Evil Cultivator couldn't remember how he reached the immortal Garden, it was all thankful to his Cultivation Technique which made his body capable of resisting the Poisons.
Some said that the Spot of Mindless illusion is some kind of Divine Tool with extremely potent Poison and the whole experience inside the Spot is just it's trial to find a suitable new Master after the owner of the Tool died.
Old Weisheng was after that legend when he started to Cultivate the immunity Physique, he knew that his Talent in Cultivation of Spirit Energy was severely lacking to reach the Peak amongst the World of Cultivators.
That's why he took the risk of overspending and straining his Vitality to seek that opportunity inside the Spot of Mindless illusion, he was going all out for a miniscule chance of some legend that he wished for it somehow turning out to be true.
With all his heart!
Lin would be amazed if he knew of the ambitions of this old Assassin and would recommend him to go see a psychiatrist while giving him pitying looks, the man didn't hesitate to gamble with his Life for a faint chance of getting stronger!
While any other Cultivator and many Martial Arts cripples who couldn't enter this world of Cultivation would look at this courageous Poison expert with respect, even if he was their enemy.
Two humans and one Beast ahead and two humans accompanied by one beast chasing them from behind, the search continued for a day which Mia spent the majority of it sleeping.
When she woke Lin took chance of having a Cultivator around to gain some information on this unknown Spirit World, since old Jin Bao would ignore Lin's attempts to communicate.
From her he got to know the existence of the Four Continents and their ruling Sects.
Northern Continent was ruled by the Church of Light and their genius 14th Pope, the Fastest Cultivator alive.
The Eastern Continent and it's Temple of Transparency teaching Buddhism, Monks roamed the Continent amongst the mortals seeking the heart of Buddha of the legends.
Mia kept warning Lin to be extra careful if he met any of these Bald Donkeys one day.
The Western Continent with it's War God Throne and Axe Holding Statue, Body Refinement teachings is common on this Continent even other races beside Barbarians mostly choose that "Dao" over Spirit or Soul Cultivation.
Countless people in the Western Continent would be weapon masters able to use weapon intent.
Southern Continent has the Cultivation Alliance and it is the Strongest of the 5 Great Sects of the Spirit World, and also the richest organization!
Some called the Cultivation Alliance the World's Bank, and they deserved that title because of the countless riches they managed to hoard since the Alliance was founded long ago.
Then she proudly told him of her Sect, Seamless Sword Sect and the last member of the 5 Great Sects alongside the Cultivation Alliance, Temple of Transparency, Church of Light and the War God Throne.
Located further South of the Southern Continent, in a group of islands covered in mist all year round was Mia's Seamless Sword Sect.
The strongest weapon Sect in the Spirit World.
Lin couldn't help but notice the smug on Mia's face when she spoke of her Sect and how much she tried to emphasize it's greatness to Lin, her attempts to tempt Lin into joining her sect were very clear to the Great Sage eyes and he ignored the topic to Mia's disappointment.
By the time when a day has passed Lin had accumulated quite a sum of information from Mia's on this Spirit World, still, Mia was often distracted with her playful personality and got into squabbles with Sun all the time after calling him cute and such.
Lin was partly satisfied with what he learned from Mia and felt the need to separate the two from each other, otherwise Sun would really attack Mia with the intention to harm her if he left Mia to tease and stick to the Tiger like the glue.
"It's time, Mia like I said before me and Sun will not participate in the fight."
Lin gestured for Sun to carry both the box and Mia on his back then reminded Mia, again the Saintess nodded in disappointment to indicate her agreement as she ruffled Sun's fur with her fingers while mumbling mumbo-jumbo with pouted libs.
"Sun, head Northeast there's a group of mountain Rams try to hunt the largest one. You and I will stay here until Sun returns Mia, according to what you said that Cerberus is only capable of leading these Assassins towards you and isn't able to pinpoint your location or the distance between you two."
"Growl...."
Taking half a circle in their road back to the territories nearby the Vultures, Lin ordered Sun and the latter didn't hesitate to throw Mia off of his back and dashed Northeast with all his power.
Lin distracted Mia with his question and sniggered inside at how much this Mia grew to like his Tiger in a little bit over a day.
"En, it can feel my direction that's all."
Mia plopped down on a nearby stone after answering and looked at Lin, waiting for him to explain his plan.
"Next part will be a bit tricky, over there to the west is a pathway leading to a dead end. If we could lead these Assassins there while the Vultures feast on the mountain Ram which Sun went to hunt, then, block their path of retreat. They wouldn't be able to evade the attack of the Vulture flock in the narrow space, at least their casualties will be severe if they managed to survive the Vultures attack. It all needs to happen in precise timing, once Sun returns you need to stay mounted on his back all the time. I'll be responsible for keeping track of the Assassins whereabouts and provoking the Vultures then goading them towards the mountain Ram, you're the center of my focus in this plan, your location and movement during the advance of the Assassins through the path or the Vultures chasing me needs to be both fast and discreet. When the Assassins enter this dead end you need to be on the other side of the mountain hidden from the eyes of the Vultures as they search for the offender which is me, after their search of me turns out to be a failure the Vultures will take the sudden fortune of a free meal which is the hunted mountain Ram. Then i'll circle around to the pathway entrance and block it once the Assassins and their Cerberus gets discovered by the Vultures, that will be the signal for you to return with Sun and watch the show. Whither or not you're required to dirty your hand will be up to the Assassins capabilities but I don't think it's going to be needed, these Vultures are a lot and their King and it's minions are really dangerous. Any questions?"
Lin knew what Mia wanted to hear and calmly told her his plan.
Mia on the other hand felt her lower back tingle with a shiver of dread when she heard Lin describe his trap, if she didn't know Lin's true age she would've mistaken him for a veteran strategist of the military laying down plans of a conquest of another nation's army.
She felt it before when Lin kept pestering her with all his questions about the world and it's common knowledge, his curiosity was noticeable and his passion was commendable, but, the earlier narration of his plan to trap the Assassins opened another curtain to reveal to Mia another talent this young boy had.
If only did Mia know, that Lin's true talent isn't his early Awakening of his Martial-Spirit or his accomplishments in Soul Cultivation or even his dormant potential in Body Refinement.
Lin's knowledge and intellectual capabilities were unsurpassed in his previous life and his Brain went through another stage of Refinement when his Soul helped in changing his memories into parts of his Soul Body, like adding wings to a Tiger his thought process and comprehension abilities passed what would be called Godly in his previous life and reached the current stage which Lin himself can't estimate.
Right now Lin's number one talent manifest within his intellect.
On top of his shoulders is one kind of monstrous Brain which Lin is sure that it can only exist in one other person, Lily his twin sister.
Shaking her head slightly Mia felt the sudden urge to drag Lin back to her sect with her after she's done with the matter of these two Assassins, just to enjoy the look on her father's face when he sees the terrible amount of Talent Lin has despite being a few days older than 6 years.
"Alright then, behind that rocky wall there's water for you to wash up. Sorry but please make it a fast shower we don't have enough time for a long soak."
Lin saw Mia refrain from asking questions and seemed to daydream about something, he told her to go clean up because she currently looked like his mother in her previous days of prehistoric life.
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The Charm of Soul Pets
Many islands dotted the vast oceans of this world. However, some of these islands were a lot more sinister than the rest. These islands, known as Nightmare Islands, were true nightmares to all but the strongest and most fortunate. Children were kidnapped and thrown on these isolated islands by the Nightmare Palace. There, they were forced to sign soul pacts with evil soul pets: Nightmares. These devils slowly devoured the souls of their trainers to grow stronger. If the children did not cultivate fast enough, then their souls would be devoured whole, leaving only an empty husk behind.Chu Mu, the protagonist, was an heir to the Chu Clan, but due to a plotted murder, he was thrown to the island, sentencing him to almost certain death. Dancing on the edge of life and death, he struggled to survive with a small Moonlight Fox he captured. When he finally escaped the devilish foremen on his island, he couldn’t help but let a breath out. But little did he know, the experience was only a beginning to a fated journey with his little Moonlight Fox…Cloud birds that soar through the blue sky; Terrorblood wolves that roam the wastelands ruthlessly. Dream beasts that dart through the moonlight forests; Ghost kings that dwell on foggy cliffs. Ocean spirit beasts that haunt the depths of the boundless oceans; thousand-eyed treants that stand unyielding on precipitous peaks.Sword Beetles, Sunset Eagles, Ancient Wood Demons, Chaotic Thunder Sprites, Cursed Demon Fox: Ice… Plants, Beasts, Elementals, Undead, this is the eccentric, variegated, beautiful, and stunning world of soul pets!Our protagonist, a soul pet trainer, had at first a young, mutated soul pet – a Moonlight Fox. In unending fights, it mutated into the stronger Evil Flamed Six-tailed Demon fox and the even higher leveled Queen Flamed Nine-tailed Firefox!Under the companionship of this soul pet, he walked on the path to become a king, catching precious and rare soul pets, and never ceasing his endeavor to becoming the very best!
8 153Necrotourists
Lord Archlich "Boss", the greatest undead of all time, could conquer the world with his mighty collection of undead knights, dullahans, shadowlings, resurrected expired food, and skeletons. But that's too much work! So why not just go tour the world which he had not set foot in for over a thousand years? From the mighty Holy City of Aon which houses the greatest undead hunters in the entire continent to the mystical Sorcerer City-States, Boss will tour them all! Hide your artifacts, hide your religious sites, hide your long-held traditional values - Boss will ruin them all unknowingly! Art by Adsterhappy. If you are Adsterhappy and would like to complain that I, Adsterhappy, am using your art, please contact the local mental hospital. Bigger sized image: Spoiler: Spoiler
8 124Two Gods Battled, I Dealt the Finishing Blow, Profit?
The battle between good and evil has ended long ago, now the God of Creation and God of Destruction are fighting, trying to be better than the other, destroying the earth in the process.On the final clash of the two Gods, they dealt a fatal blow on each other, weakening them beyond their expectations and when the two lost strength to move, the ground below them opened. A man who appeared from the hole dealt the finishing blow.Losing its god, the earth started to crumble and a week after the death of the two gods, the man who ate them was summoned to another world.With the power of the two gods at his disposal, what can the ultimate hikkikomori, who stayed true to his path even when the world was ending, do in the new world?
8 208Death God's Descent (DROPPED)
Consumed by boredom, Mlithru, God of Death, has decided to change things up a little. Instead of watching others venture the realm of mortals, he himself has decided to walk in their shoes and experience the world first hand. Thus begins his adventure.
8 188Fate/Defiance
Reincarnated into the Nasuverse as Icarus during the Age of the Gods. Will this new Icarus carve his own legend into the Throne of Heroes or end up like he was destined, reaching for the sun…..only to fall short of his ambition? This is a fanfiction that takes place in the Nasuverse, a franchise that relates to works by the company TYPE-MOON, such as Fate/Stay Night, Fate/Grand Order, and Tsukihime. Update Schedule is once every Sunday.
8 14019 reasons Everyone Should Want To Be A Hufflepuff
Book #1 of the Hufflepuff reason series Why would you want to be a show-off Gryffindor or a snobby Ravenclaw when you could be a super chill Hufflepuff and a decent human being? Every Potter fan knows that Hufflepuffs get a bad rep.If you're a Hufflepuff, you have to put up with a lot of haters.And disappointments.So I'm gonna let you see the facts why you would want to be a Hufflepuff!And who is the one that will know this the best? Hufflepuff house ghost of course!!Cover by @LadybirdCookie
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