《This Young Master is not Cannon Fodder》Chapter 397: A Whole New World
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The days passed in a blur to Leng Junfeng. He thought he would struggle in the immortal-rank realms for a few years before finding a foothold, just like his process in the mid and high-rank realms. However, the moment he appeared, the man claiming to be his master’s main body appeared and whisked him away to join the most powerful force in the Huang Realm.
Not only that, his master’s main body turned out to be extremely powerful. With a wave of his hand, he could grab all his friends and family from the lower realms. The most terrifying thing was that Leng Junfeng couldn’t discern the inner workings of how his master’s main body accomplished it. It could only mean one thing. His master’s main body was so powerful he could barely comprehend a fraction of his strength.
Right after reuniting with his family and friends, Leng Junfeng followed behind a man called Su Bojing, the head steward of Nine Heavens Peak.
Leng Junfeng didn’t look down on him either. Although Su Bojing hadn’t become an immortal yet, he could sense the dense qi hiding within his body. Among all the geniuses and experts he met in the lower realms, none could match Su Bojing. Leng Junfeng even doubted if his qi reservoir could exceed Su Bojing in the same realm had he not dual cultivated the spiritual and martial path.
He sighed. All those peak cultivators weren’t even comparable to a steward in the immortal-rank realm. In reality, Leng Junfeng had forgotten where he was. Although Su Bojing was not considered outstanding, Tianyi had helped him solidify his cultivation.
If Su Bojing’s cultivation made Leng Junfeng sigh, then walking through the Immortal Court silenced Leng Junfeng. He had passed by many more immortals than he thought existed. They far exceeded the immortals gathered upon his ascension to the Huang Realm.
“Oh, it’s Elder Su,” an immortal elder said upon seeing Su Bojing. He flew toward the group and observed Leng Junfeng and the twenty mortals. “Although I don’t want to say anything, you must know that allowing outsiders in the Immortal Court will incur punishment.”
Leng Junfeng tightened his fist. He saw a familiar emotion hidden behind the immortal elder’s eyes. It was pride and arrogance. Leng Junfeng had met many people who thought they could decide the fate of others with a single finger, but they all fell under him in the end. If that immortal elder dared to harm his loved ones, then no one could blame him for being rude.
Su Bojing didn’t panic and saluted the true immortal. “Elder Kan, this man here is Leng Junfeng, Young Master’s disciple.”
The expression on the true immortal surnamed Kan immediately changed. Su Bojing continued speaking, as if not seeing the change in Elder Kan’s face. “These twenty mortals were fished by my young master from the lower realms. He ordered me to settle them in a city under the Cultivator Alliance’s control after registering Leng Junfeng as his disciple. However, it’s true that Young Master has broken the rules. He and I will accept any punishment from the court.”
“No, no!” Elder Kan said, his tone nearly breaking. “Since it’s Grand Elder Nine Heaven’s orders, I’m sure he must have his reasons. Besides, what rules have you and he broken? This Leng Junfeng fellow is Grand Elder Nine Heaven’s disciple. How can he be considered an outsider?”
The true immortal’s eyes glanced towards Leng Junfeng’s friends and families. “As for these mortals, they are only temporarily inside the Immortal Court. How can that be considered breaking the rules?”
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Elder Kan left in haste soon after. Su Bojing glanced at Leng Junfeng and the others in an apologetic manner. “I’m sorry you had to see that. There’s not many people allowed to live on Nine Heavens Peak. The young master is quite kind to those that do. When he feels like it, he will give a sermon to the residents on Nine Heavens Peak. Even servant-disciples may listen.”
“Many servant-disciples wracked their brains for a chance to live on Nine Heavens Peak. Even inner disciples would gladly switch places with them,” Su Bojing said as he controlled the immortal boat to continue onward towards Rites Peak. “Even true immortals are envious. That’s why many of them have tried to find fault with me, to replace me as the head steward of Nine Heavens Peak.”
Leng Junfeng stayed silent. It seemed that his master’s main body had quite the high status in the Immortal Court. He had learned from Su Bojing about the common sense and knowledge of the Huang Realm. For example, the Immortal Court only recently changed their name from the Buzhou Immortal Sect, and they ruled over the entire realm.
Along the way, many immortal elders came to greet Su Bojing, even though he was only a transcending mortality saint. Many expressed goodwill, and only a few acted like Elder Kan. Upon entering Rites Peak, the immortal elder staff there gave Leng Junfeng a one-over. After Leng Junfeng lit up his soul lamp, they left.
Su Bojing brought them toward the Mortal Severance Gate, A giant edifice large enough to make anyone feel inconsequential in comparison. The land ended after exiting the gate, and it was only then that Leng Junfeng discovered that the Immortal Court was atop a floating island.
He turned back after exiting, but he discovered that he could no longer see the Immortal Court. Forget getting a glimpse of the Mortal Severance Gate, he couldn’t even see the floating island anymore. All he could see were clear skies and the gigantic, ocean-like lake below.
“Where’s the Immortal Court?” Leng Junfeng asked.
“It’s hidden. You’ll never find it,” Su Bojing said. “Unless you are granted access, it’s impossible for even immortal monarchs to discover the Immortal Court after passing through the Mortal Severance Gate.”
Leng Junfeng kept searching and expanded his immortal sense. Su Bojing didn’t stop him, and after a few minutes, asked, “Still not convinced?”
Leng Junfeng didn’t answer, but the retraction of his immortal sense already spoke volumes.
Su Bojing continued on his way toward the inner edge of the Trinity Continent. The immortal boat he controlled was a special artifact granted to a few elders. Beneath the Immortal Realm, perhaps only Su Bojing possessed one. It allowed him to travel the skies of the Immortal Court, since a special rule made it so that those not strong enough couldn’t fly. In addition, it allowed the controller to fly at half the speed of light, thus garnering the name, the Elderlight Boat.
During this time, Su Bojing gave Leng Junfeng a gold Xiyi Talisman, while handing out bronze Xiyi Talismans to the rest of them. After teaching them how to use them, he left them to their own devices.
“Junfeng, is this Five Element Method trustworthy?” Li Qiu’ai asked. Upon registering an account on the Xiyinet, she and the others were given access to the most common and widely available cultivation method of the Huang Realm, the Five Element Method.
“It should be,” Leng Junfeng said. When he had first embarked on the path of cultivation, Juedai Fenghua had taught the Wood Book of the Five Element Method. She also informed him it was the most common method in the Huang Realm. Yet, despite being widespread, it was still a top-tier method. After reading through the Wood Book of the Five Element method on the Xiyi Talisman, he confirmed its authenticity.
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Li Qiu’ai shared a look with the others. All their expressions contained excitement, yet with a hint of complication. In the low-rank realm, or even the high-rank realm, such a method would have undoubtedly been the most guarded method of powerful sects, taught only to the most-valued disciples. Su Bojing had already told them that Xiyi Talismans were practically the most common tool in the Huang Realm, meaning practically everyone had access to it.
Regardless of their thoughts, everyone of them planned to switch to the Five Element Method once they had time. Leng Junfeng was the same. Not only did he receive the Five Element Method, he also received a message containing the full, unaltered Five Element Method. He immediately wanted to open it, but the Xiyi Talisman informed him that he would be forbidden from spreading it to others. If he spread it to others, he would be hunted down to the ends of the world by the Immortal Court, regardless of his status.
Leng Junfeng didn’t hesitate and agreed. A white light enveloped the Xiyi Talisman and shot into his forehead. With his powerful willpower and soul, it only took a few seconds for him to digest everything. Still, he couldn’t help but look at the Xiyi Talisman with wariness.
He felt a stare and turned to see Su Bojing’s eyes twinkling with amusement. The latter quickly looked away, and Leng Junfeng forced himself not to chuck the Xiyi Talisman as far as the eye could see. He shook his head and started browsing the Xiyinet after a few minutes of fiddling.
Leng Junfeng needed information, the more the better. Although Su Bojing told him many things, he still wanted to confirm. He didn’t fully trust the Xiyinet either, going into forums and testing to see if the other users were fakes or the results of some underhanded tricks.
The more Leng Junfeng learned, the more amazed he became. Considering size, the Huang Realm was more than a hundred times larger than the high-rank realm he had lived in for hundreds of years. Not only that, even a third-rate sect could contend with an entire high-rank realm. Everything he accomplished was nothing compared to the grandeur of the Huang Realm.
Instead of feeling fear, this information aroused Leng Junfeng’s competitive spirit. He didn’t want to become just an immortal monarch like the Divine Flame Monarch, not even an immortal emperor like the Nine Heavens Emperor, but surpass an immortal sovereign, like Sword Sovereign Xi, and achieve apotheosis.
On another note, he finally learned why his master’s main body, Xi Tianyi, was so venerated and feared. Ignoring the fact that he was the son of the Huang Realm’s only known immortal sovereign, he himself also possessed immense power. While he didn’t believe every rumor, like how they said the reason the sky was so abnormal was because of him or how he merged two continents and the surrounding islands into one. Rumors didn’t exist without reason, so he must have done something, if on a smaller scale, to produce such whispered tales.
“We’re here.”
Su Bojing’s words broke Leng Junfeng and the others out of their trance. They looked below to see a gigantic city, large enough to fit ten of the most prosperous cities from the high-rank realm. Hundreds of immortal boats flew above the city, with even more cultivators flying through the air, but none of them dared to block the Elderlight Boat’s path. They weren’t blind. They could see the symbol of the Immortal Court on the hull. A few even slowed down to see what they were here for.
At this time, a joyful laughter erupted from the center of the city. A streak of light flew out from the mansion at the city’s center and stopped in front of the boat. When the light disappeared, it revealed a gray-robed immortal with ash-colored hair. “To whom do I owe the pleasure?”
Su Bojing walked forward. “It’s nothing much. I was just escorting them to one of the Immortal Court’s mansions in Glazedleaf City. Hardly anything worthy of City Lord Hui’s attention.”
“What is Saint Su saying?” the true immortal asked. He was hardly an idiot. If it was any other saint from the Immortal Court, he would immediately leave after saying a few polite words, but this was Su Bojing, the Nine Heavens Emperor’s only steward. “The Cultivator Alliance and the Immortal Court are intricately related. It would be my pleasure to help.”
City Lord Hui glanced at Leng Junfeng and the other mortal cultivators. “Although the mansion allotted to the Immortal Court is magnificent, they are a bit far from the festivity of the city. How about I find a mansion closer to the excitement?”
Su Bojing didn’t say anything and looked at Leng Junfeng. Leng Junfeng shook his head. Forget the fact that he didn’t know City Lord Hui well enough, he still hadn’t adapted to the Huang Realm yet. He didn’t even fully trust Xi Tianyi yet. The only reason he didn’t accept Xi Tianyi’s offer of seeing his master again was afraid that she might be harmed. He needed to find Juedai Fenghua and confirm everything.
Although Su Bojing rejected his goodwill, City Lord Hui kept his smile. After escorting the group to one of the mansions allotted to them, he left.
“Glazedleaf City is hardly the most prosperous city in the Trinity Continent, but it isn’t the worst either. It has good security and activity and can be considered an above average city. More importantly, it’s a city guarded by a true immortal and under the jurisdiction of the Cultivator Alliance, a vassal force of the Immortal Court,” Su Bojing explained. “If you need anything, I’ll be in the next mansion. If there’s nothing else, we’ll meet again six days later.”
Leng Junfeng nodded. After Su Bojing left, he and his friends and family entered the mansion, where a group of servants awaited them. It took the rest of the day to familiarize themselves with the mansion, and Leng Junfeng constantly released his immortal sense in case of any accidents.
After confirming there was nothing wrong, Leng Junfeng focused on gathering more information. Tomorrow, he would verify as much information as possible from the residents of the city. While browsing the forums, he suddenly received a new message. The notification didn’t excite him, but the sender did.
His heartbeat quickened as he opened it.
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