True Martial World - Chapter 295: Pure Yang Spirit

Although Yi Yun was extremely excited, he did not lose his cool. He knew that although the pure Yang spirit was good, it was nearly impossible for him to absorb it as a Purple Blood realm warrior!

The energy contained within the pure Yang spirit was too strong. It could really be described as a tiny Sun. If a Purple Blood realm warrior were to absorb a small Sun into his body, he was destined to die from burnt innards!

Directly consuming the pure Yang spirit was equivalent to committing suicide. Actually, even sages would not dare to do so.

In the records written within the books Yi Yun read, there was once a sage Desolate Heaven Master in the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom who tried to refine the pure Yang spirit into a desolate bone relic to slowly absorb it. But during the refinement process, due to the pure Yang spirit's wanton energy, the furnace was destroyed!

Yi Yun was clearly aware of the pure Yang spirit's terror. He did not dare to approach it without thought. The only thing Yi Yun could rely on now was the Purple Crystal.

It was impossible to consume the pure Yang spirit directly, so he could only absorb the pure Yang spirit's energy using the Purple Crystal from a distance.

Yi Yun felt somewhat depressed when he thought about it.

The pure Yang spirit contained too much energy within it and Yi Yun's cultivation level was limited. It was impossible for him to absorb the pure Yang spirit's energy bit by bit with the Purple Crystal. His body could not accommodate that much energy!

Only a desolate beast could eat such an item. How much could a kitten eat?

What was he to do with the leftovers? Was he going to just leave it here?

The next time he came, the pure Yang spirit might already have changed locations, and it would not be easy for him to find it again.

All these thoughts flashed through Yi Yun's mind. He only felt his heart ache. First, he had been led by the Purple Crystal to the light blob array, but he could not break the array. He could not grab an opportunity that was placed right in front of him.

Next, he found the pure Yang spirit, yet he could not consume it.

It was really maddening that he could not move this treasure mountain in front of him.

"Forget it! I'll absorb as much as I can!"

Yi Yun interfaced his spiritual energy with the Purple Crystal and began attempting to absorb the pure Yang spirit's energy. He circulated the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' to an extreme for he was very aware that it was dangerous to just absorb a trace of the pure Yang spirit with his current strength!

A wave of pure Yang Qi was pulled towards Yi Yun using the Purple Crystal's force.

But…the pure Yang spirit only shook a bit. No energy came out of it.

"Oh?"

Yi Yun was slightly stunned. He had used the Purple Crystal to absorb the pure Yang spirit's energy, yet he had only absorbed the pure Yang Qi around it. Could he not absorb the energy within the core?

Why is this happening?

Yi Yun did not believe in heresy, and he increased the suction power. A small purple swirl appeared in the Purple Crystal once again.

But even so, there was no reaction from the pure Yang spirit. The seven-colored flower even seemed to slightly vibrate as its petals seemed to close!

Yi Yun zoned out. What?

Yi Yun was dumbfounded when he saw the petals close slowly as if it was going to wrap the pure Yang spirit.

What was going on!?

He could not absorb anything from the pure Yang spirit with the Purple Crystal, yet this pure Yang spirit was receding?

This seven-colored flower grew up in the burning hell, so Yi Yun guessed that attacking it was pointless. If he suddenly attacked it, he might receive the seven-colored flower's counter attack.

This seven-colored flower most likely had turned sentient!

Yes…Sentience!

Yi Yun suddenly realized this thought. He finally understood why he was unable to absorb the pure Yang spirit's energy.

The Purple Crystal could only absorb energy without an owner, but it could not rob energies that belonged to another living being.

For example, the energy within dead primordial strains and dead herbs was energy without any owners.

The Purple Crystal was unable to absorb the energy within true living beings

For example, back when Yi Yun captured the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng, the Purple Crystal was unable to absorb the energy within it through thin air as it was still alive.

Now, the pure Yang spirit possessed sentience. It was not too much to say that it had life, hence the Purple Crystal was helpless against it.

Upon thinking of this, he felt as if 10,000 f**k you horses were trampling him. He nearly vomited blood!

What the heck!

He found the light blob array, yet he could not crack it!

He saw the pure Yang spirit but he was already disappointed that he could not take it away.

Next, he realized that he could not absorb even a drop of energy!

He could see it, but not eat it.

Did he spend so much effort just to watch a show?

Yi Yun was going mad in his mind. He could not bear the impulse to rush forward with the Thousand Army Saber to slash at the seven-colored flower.

Of course, that was just a thought. He was aware that with his strength, he was helpless against the seven-colored flower.

At that moment, Yi Yun felt a shiver in his heart.

There was another unnatural movement in his energy vision!

And this movement was completely different from the previous ones. Something filled with murderous intent was charging straight towards him!

A desolate beast!

Without any hesitation, Yi Yun leaped up and raced away. At the same time, he used the Purple Crystal to seal his energy within his body and held his breath!

Yi Yun knew that any desolate beast that appeared in the burning hell was an existence he definitely could not deal with.

"Xiao!"

Yi Yun heard the shrill call of a bird. It was ear-piercing!

This bird call sounded familiar. Yi Yun felt his heart go cold. It was the firebird that he saw near the exterior perimeter of the burning hell!

A firebird that could easily devour a fire monkey with unfathomable strength could rip him apart easily with one swipe!

Yi Yun did not turn around. He opened up his energy vision to look at the situation behind him.

He saw a huge firebird in the burning hell plummeting straight down with its wings outstretched. Its feathers were bright-colored as it dragged a rainbow flame behind it!

Its goal was the seven-colored flower growing in the basin!

"Peng!"

The firebird's large claws grabbed the thick flower stem and pecked at the seven-colored flower's corolla with its sharp beak.

The corolla deformed but the seven-colored flower possessed amazing resilience. Its corolla did not break despite the firebird's tearing at it.

"Whew!"

With a clear sound, a seven-colored flame surged out from the flower's core, heading straight towards the firebird!

This was the pure Yang spirit's retaliation!

Seeing the pure Yang spirit's attack, the firebird gave a sharp cry as it went on full guard. Its feathers began to stand up like arrows.

"Cha!"

Its sharp claws swiped through the air as the firebird's claw grabbed the pure Yang spirit!

But even the firebird could not endure the burning pure Yang fire. Its claw was quickly burnt, as patches of bloody skin fell off, leaving it bloody!

The original wound on its back opened up once against as blood spilled from it.

Yi Yun remembered that when he first saw the firebird in the burning hell's perimeter, he had seen a blood hole the size of a wash basin on its back. There were burn marks around the blood hole that revealed even its organs and bones.

The firebird devoured the fire apes in order to heal its injuries.

Now, after seeing the firebird try to capture the pure Yang spirit, Yi Yun understood that the large hole in the firebird's back was most likely left behind by the pure Yang spirit!

The firebird entered deep into the burning hell and it must have discovered the pure Yang spirit early on. It had tried to swallow the pure Yang spirit but was injured by it. It could even have managed to swallow the pure Yang spirit, but it escaped from the firebird's body, leaving behind that shockingly large hole!

The firebird came out of the burning hell to treat its wounds. Now, it had come back once again, precisely for the pure Yang spirit.

"I actually tried to grab food from this monster's mouth…If it discovered my intentions, it would tear me to pieces regardless of anything."

Yi Yun felt some fear. Thankfully, he had his energy vision. In the burning hell, the perception of all desolate beasts was weakened. With his energy vision, Yi Yun was able to discover the firebird early on.

If he had been half a second slower, he would have been left without even a bone!

The firebird cried as it flapped its wings and flew around wantonly. It set off a fierce storm in the burning hell!

Large amounts of Seven Colored Radiance was swept up. Even though Yi Yun was far away, he still could feel his face burn. His Purple Crystal's energy protection nearly cracked from the rampaging wind. It was like a fragile egg shell.

"Fearsome!" Yi Yun was filled with shock seeing the battle between the firebird and the pure Yang spirit.

Yi Yun had no way of resisting such an existence in front of him.

Even though the firebird had been seriously injured due to it swallowing the pure Yang spirit, its remaining strength went far and beyond what Yi Yun could handle.

Yi Yun still remembered that the firebird was still able to instantly kill two fire monkeys even with a large gaping hole in its back.

He could only wait here till the firebird swallowed the pure Yang spirit, or it leaving after it failed to devour the pure Yang spirit once again.

Only when the firebird left, then Yi Yun could come out. As for what he could do once he stopped hiding, he had no clue. He would probably carry on studying the esoteric light blob array that might take him months and years to understand it.

Yi Yun also felt helpless when he thought of this. He had only himself to blame for his weakness. As for all the fortuitous opportunities he had encountered in the burning hell, he could get nothing from them. The firebird got to eat meat, but he did not even get the chance to get any leftovers.

As Yi Yun sighed, his limbs suddenly froze as he felt something in his heart.

He felt that an instant ago, a murderous intent surged towards him, locking on to his position!

"What is it!?"

Yi Yun probed back as a reflex and in his energy vision, there was no other desolate beast lurking in a five-kilometer radius. There were only the firebird and the pure Yang spirit!

It was the murderous intent that the firebird emitted. It had discovered him!

Yi Yun gasped. He never expected the firebird to discover him who was completely hiding his presence while it was fighting with the pure Yang spirit.

It actually had such keen senses!?

Yes, this firebird had lived for tens of thousands of years. It may not be able to speak, but it was highly intelligent.

It knew that it was weakest when it swallowed the pure Yang spirit. If it was severely injured, near to the point of death, even a desolate beast at the level of a fire monkey could kill it.

As such, it did not allow any threat to its existence be near it, in order to prevent a third party from benefiting from its struggles with the pure Yang spirit.

Hence, as it was fighting with the pure Yang spirit, its senses were at its sharpest. When it scanned its surroundings carefully, it found Yi Yun!

True Martial World - Chapter 294: Burning Hell Huge Flower

Currently, there was a stone cliff stretching into the distance in front of Yi Yun. The spot where the Purple Crystal was pointing to was within this stone wall.

"Stone wall…"

Yi Yun frowned slightly. This stone wall did not seem peculiar. Could there be some mechanism to it?

Yi Yun reached out and touched the stone wall. The stone wall was scorching hot. Even with the Purple Crystal protecting his hand, Yi Yun found it unbearable.

He found nothing, yet the Purple Crystal was pointing here.

There had to be something odd with this stone wall. The burning hell's temperature was so high, yet it was unable to burn or melt this stone wall.

Yi Yun pulled out his Thousand Army Saber and slashed out a chunk of rock.

Yi Yun examined the dark red stone in his hand again and again, but he could not discover anything special about it.

Yi Yun circulated the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' and injected Yuan Qi into the rock.

"Peng!"

The rock exploded, turning to dust.

This dust spread over the burning hell, yet it did not get burned into ashes by the pure Yang flames.

Yi Yun took a deep breath. In the past tens of millions of years, an uncountable number of sages had visited Fallen Star Gate, attempting to discover its secrets, yet they all failed. This resulted in a loss of interest towards Fallen Star Gate amongst many mighty figures in the recent million years… Fallen Star Gate's secrets were extremely well-hidden. He was unable to unearth the secrets even with the Purple Crystal.

When Yi Yun came to this conclusion, he calmed his mind.

Yi Yun opened the Purple Crystal's vision and explored the smooth stony surface.

With the Purple Crystal's vision, the stone face was shining brightly. Strands of mysterious energy gathered together.

And this energy was unable to erupt outwards as it seemed to be constrained.

As Yi Yun looked at the wall, a brilliant idea flashed in his head. He raised the Thousand Army Saber and injected Radiant Sun Qi into the saber before slashing at the area where the energy was focused.

Peng!

Radiant Sun Qi exploded and this slash was like a heavy rock entering a pool of still water in Yi Yun's energy vision. The energy restraint was broken, and all the energy gushed out, eventually forming a mysterious bright black blob of light. It slowly rose to the stone wall's surface.

Above the blob of light, there was energy flowing around. It made one feel fresh.

"This is…"

Yi Yun's heart thumped. He had finally discovered something unusual!

This black blob of light could only be seen using Yi Yun's Purple Crystal energy vision, it was invisible to the naked eye.

Yi Yun hesitated for a while before carefully touching the black blob of light. The light blob was not hot to the touch, but it simply emitted a bit of warmth. Yi Yun felt like he was touching a warm piece of jade.

Yi Yun attempted moving the blob of light, hoping to see if there was some mechanism to it, but he failed.

The light blob was impervious to outside forces. Yi Yun's hand went straight through it.

Yi Yun did not know what to do. After his repeated attempts failed, he even tried to use the Purple Crystal to absorb the energy within the blob of light; but, he realized that this energy was locked by certain array techniques, preventing him from absorbing it.

The Purple Crystal's control of energy was not omnipotent. Back when Yi Yun was in the Wilderness Divine Hall, it was also extremely difficult to absorb the primordial strain's energy through the Great Yan gold.

A few hours had passed as Yi Yun tried various methods, but the light blob remained motionless. Yi Yun was completely out of ideas. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

He had found a mysterious light blob using the Purple Crystal. What was it?

Was the Purple Crystal's throbbing because of this blob?

Yi Yun had taken a huge risk and yet just as he discovered the secrets behind this place, he was unable to crack it. This made him frustrated.

He could not return empty-handed. Yet, if he were to continue staying here, he would be at a loss as to what to do.

"Oh?"

Suddenly, Yi Yun had an idea. He took a few steps to the side and as he slowly walked, he made sure to focus on the changes of the Purple Crystal.

The Purple Crystal's guidance allowed Yi Yun to find another spot.

This place…

Yi Yun's eyes flashed. There was another energy focal point here as well.

Yi Yun slashed at it with the Thousand Army Saber.

"Cha!"

The energy balance was broken once again, and another energy blob rose to the stone wall's surface.

This blob of light was about the same size as the first blob of light, but its color was different.

The first light blob was black, but this light blob was dark red in color.

There was not only one light blob!

Yi Yun carried on searching, and with the Purple Crystal's guidance, he found more light blobs, one after another. The distance between these light blobs was sometimes far and sometimes near, as though they were placed in a random fashion.

But there was only two kinds of colors, black and dark red.

"There are too many!"

Yi Yun used a few hours time to discover more than a hundred light blobs!

All these light blobs were scattered within the stone wall and looked extremely spectacular!

Could it be a huge array?

That was the first thought Yi Yun had when he saw these light blobs.

This was very likely an array set up by a peerless expert. Yi Yun had a little understanding of array methods, and he was inferior to Tai Ah Divine Kingdom's array masters. He could not break a normal array, what more a peerless array.

Now, he was clueless facing these numerous blobs of light!

"This puzzle is too hard!" Yi Yun frowned.

In the past tens of millions of years, many sages came back with nothing after probing Fallen Star Gate. They could not even find these blobs of light.

Without the Purple Crystal's energy vision, even if they conjured the light blobs, they could not even see it.

And there were so many light blobs. The probability of conjuring all of them was extremely improbable.

Now, Yi Yun had everything with the Purple Crystal, yet he could not understand the light blob array…

Thinking of this, Yi Yun was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. He was just one step away from success! Was he going to fail after putting in so much effort and undertaking so much risk?

"Oh? Wait!"

Yi Yun's heart thumped. The Purple Crystal's had another sudden odd throb!

A vague feeling made Yi Yun hold his breath.

"What is it now?"

This feeling was completely different from the tiny throbs the light blobs created. This made Yi Yun's heart beat faster. Could it be the key point to the array?

Yi Yun used the Purple Crystal to converge all his body's energy before slowly approaching the spot the Purple Crystal detected…

After going around a stone forest, where the stone seemed like erected swords, Yi Yun was extremely shocked to see what was behind the stone forest.

Behind the stone forest, there was a basin. Unexpectedly, there was a huge flower growing within the basin!

The flower's stem was more than ten meters tall, and about four or five people had to hug it to completely encircle it. Its huge leaves were the size of houses.

The flower was in full bloom and there were seven petals. Each petal had its own color. The petals were plump and extremely beautiful.

It was a seven-colored flower!

And these seven colors corresponded to the seven colors of the Seven Colored Radiance. It shocked one down to their spirit!

"Fascinating!"

It was the first time Yi Yun saw such a large flower. What surprised Yi Yun the most was that this flower was growing in the burning hell!

The temperature here was extremely high, so much so that even pure Yang elemental beasts did not dare enter. Yet, this mysterious flower was able to be in full bloom here!

This Divine Wilderness world was filled with endless magnificence. It was filled with an endless number of powerful desolate beasts and there was also such a mysterious flower.

Although the mysterious flower was pretty, it was unlikely to be the key point of the array. It was likely a fascinating plant that grew in the burning hell.

"Oh? That is…"

Yi Yun suddenly held his breath. He noticed that there was a mysterious flame quietly burning right in the middle of the huge flower.

This flame was also seven-colored. It emitted a faint halo, which made him feel dreamy.

Yi Yun used the Purple Crystal's energy vision to look at it. The seven-colored flame was like a tiny Sun. It emitted infinite brilliance and heat. It filled the energy vision with the seven beautiful colors!

"Could this be…"

Yi Yun held his breath. He recalled the information he previously read on pure Yang Qi. There were also records in the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique'…

This was likely a pure Yang spirit!

When pure Yang Qi became infinitely thick, it would give birth to a pure Yang spirit after a very long period of time!

A pure Yang spirit could physically transform a person, leading them to possess a pure Yang body.

At the same time, the pure Yang spirit was an extremely great gift that enriched cultivators of the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique'!

If a warrior absorb a pure Yang spirit and then cultivate the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique', the speed of cultivation would improve at a tremendous pace.

The 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' moves powered by the pure Yang spirit were also extremely powerful!

"I actually managed to encounter a pure Yang spirit!"

Yi Yun's heart beat like a drum. It was a tremendous fortuitous opportunity!

True Martial World - Chapter 293: Seven Colored Radiance

In the burning hell, the five-colored cloudy mist formed layers. The temperature of this flame, which was formed after pure Yang Qi accumulated to an extreme extent, was terrifying.

Yi Yun felt that this burning hell was like the Sun, mounted inside the Divine Wilderness. Entering the burning hell was like entering the Sun itself.

With Yi Yun's cultivation level, it was impossible for him to endure the scorching heat of the pure Yang flames. The only thing he could rely on was the Purple Crystal. With the Purple Crystal's energy control, he could ward off the rich, pure Yang energy inside the burning hell.

"Buzz——"

Yi Yun interfaced his spiritual energy with the Purple Crystal and it formed a golden spiral.

However, this spiral was diverging out instead of in.

Previously, the spirals that Yi Yun conjured with the Purple Crystal were used to absorb energy, this time, however, he was using it to ward off energy.

Waves of pure Yang energy dispersed like the receding tide, while Yi Yun ran towards the far ends of the burning hell as if he was a fish in the water.

The burning hell within Fallen Star Gate was the size of a huge hole. The burning hell extended deep underground. The deeper he went, the higher the temperature of the burning flames became!

Although Yi Yun had the Purple Crystal to protect him, he still felt hot.

As the pure Yang Qi was too dense and Yi Yun's spiritual energy was limited, he could control the Purple Crystal but it was imperfect. Occasionally, some pure Yang Qi would seep through the Purple Crystal's protection and flow into Yi Yun's meridians.

Just a trace of this pure Yang Qi entering his body made Yi Yun suddenly feel like his organs were set on fire. It felt like his body was starting to char from the burning sensation alone.

"Such powerful pure Yang energy."

Yi Yun closed his eyes to concentrate, circulating his Yuan Qi to an extreme. Using the Purple Crystal and the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique', Yi Yun barely managed to control the trace of pure Yang energy that entered his body. He then slowly refined it, letting it enter his meridians, slowly accumulating it within his dantian and making it a part of his own strength.

When the trace of pure Yang energy becoming a part of him, Yi Yun could feel his Yuan Qi grow thicker. His 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' had also progressed.

If he could cultivate the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' for prolonged periods of time in this pure Yang burning hell, it would make things much easier.

But, this place was too dangerous. If it wasn’t for the Purple Crystal, his meridians would easily be burned by the pure Yang energy while cultivating here.

Besides that, there were also various kinds of powerful desolate beasts within Fallen Star Gate. That was the greatest danger.

Yi Yun was careful throughout his journey, he used his energy vision to alert him of his surroundings.

In the pure Yang burning hell, whether it was one's perception or visibility, they were greatly weakened by the wanton energy. It wasn’t only Yi Yun, even the desolate beasts had the same problems. Even if a human Sage were to come here, he would experience the same thing.

But, Yi Yun's energy vision was nearly 50 kilometers in radius. He could clearly detect any hints of trouble in this radius.

Yi Yun saw a desolate beast the size of a small mountain. Its body was covered in crimson scale armor. It was like a red boulder, lurking quietly within the burning hell.

Its head and limbs could not be seen. They were all retracted inside its scale armor as if it was in hibernation.

Yi Yun could not find any record of this red-scaled desolate beast in the 'Divine Wilderness' book. He did not care if it was hibernating or not, he still used the most cautious attitude to go around it.

Due to the burning hell’s funnel shape, it was narrower at the bottom than the top. Yi Yun was moving down vertically, so he could see the burning hell's walls. It was a wide stretch of strange jagged rocks. They were dark red in color as if they were red-hot iron.

"Oh? The remnant bones of desolate beasts can easily be burned to ashes in this burning hell, yet these rocks are perfectly fine here?"

Yi Yun found it weird, so he used his perception to explore the wall, but there was nothing special about it. They seemed to be like ordinary rocks.

"Truly fascinating…"

Yi Yun suddenly had a thought. According to normal circumstances, this burning hell should not have formed a boundary with the external world. Because if there was a border, that border should have been burned by the pure Yang fire.

He could not understand it, nor did Yi Yun carry on thinking about it. He only felt that there was some sort of invisible law restricting the burning hell, making it so that the flames could not burn through the border.

Upon getting tens of kilometers deep into the burning hell, something drifted into Yi Yun's vision. When Yi Yun focused his gaze, he found out that it was a remnant skeleton.

The skeleton was more than ten meters long and it looked extremely incomplete. He could no longer tell what desolate beast it was.

This skeleton had been burned by the pure Yang fire, leaving it filled with cracks. The Power of Desolates within it had been burned away cleanly and it seemed that the desolate beast skeleton would burn to ashes before long.

In the burning hell, no desolate beast corpse could be left behind. A desolate beast's corpse, which was filled with treasures, was slowly destroyed by the pure Yang flames here.

"What a pity!"

Yi Yun shook his head slightly. If it had not been burned by the pure Yang flames and he brought this unknown desolate beast's corpse back, it would be worth a fortune, allowing him to exchange it for a massive amount of dragon scale runes.

This was all wealth, allowing him to exchange for numerous resources.

Yi Yun felt a pinch in his heart. If only these desolate beasts died outside the burning hell. Leaving them here to burn like firewood was such a waste of heavenly treasures.

"Forget it. With the Purple Crystal, my goals should not be limited to such a scope. It's just the remnant bones of an unknown desolate beast. In the future, with my own martial path, such bones would be nothing in retrospect. My scope is not so small, so what if I didn't obtain this desolate beast’s corpse?"

Although Yi Yun said so, he still picked up a few bones that seemed presentable from the remnant skeleton, quietly placing them into his interspatial ring…

…

As he ventured further down, the Purple Crystal's guidance was still intermittent. But its direction was very clear. It was at the far ends of the burning hell!

After going down several kilometers, Yi Yun was still as cautious as ever. At that moment, Yi Yun felt like he had just passed through a thin membrane.

Below this membrane, the pure Yang flames manifested forms, transforming from the original five colors to seven colors.

This seven colored radiance was like the world's prettiest clouds. It was filled with mystery and beauty, but it was also full of danger!

Within the clouds, the pure Yang flames gathered together, manifesting the shapes of birds or beasts. They looked extremely lifelike, it was as if these flames had a spiritual trace within them.

Upon reaching this depth, Yi Yun began to struggle in controlling the Purple Crystal. There was more and more pure Yang Qi seeping through the Purple Crystal's defense, flowing into Yi Yun's body and into his meridians.

To overcome this brutal energy made Yi Yun feel extreme pain.

At the same time, his Yuan Qi carried on thickening. This made Yi Yun feel a sense of strange enjoyment. To cultivate here in the burning hell, it could be described as painful and pleasurable.

Suddenly, Yi Yun felt the Purple Crystal within his body throb, it suddenly became a little bit more intense. It was a trivial change, yet it made Yi Yun extremely overjoyed.

"Is it here…?"

Yi Yun held his breath and followed the Purple Crystal's guidance as he passed through the flaming clouds. The further he went, the more careful he became in order to not fail while making the final effort.

True Martial World - Chapter 292: Burning Hell

There were extreme dangers inside Fallen Star Gate. Yi Yun embarked on a the journey by himself. He knew very well that with his current strength in Fallen Star Gate, he was just a tiny ripple in a large tidal wave, he could be destroyed at anytime.

He had to be extremely careful. Yi Yun kept his energy vision open at all times and remembered everything he saw deeply.

The Purple Crystal's control over energy was not only effective on energy in the exterior world, it was also also able to control energy within his interior. Yi Yun used the Purple Crystal to gather all of his body's Yuan Qi. This feeling was like he was an invisible membrane. It completely covered Yi Yun, making it seem like he was isolated from the world.

He carefully rested his back on a rock. With the Purple Crystal's energy vision, Yi Yun had a keen sense of where the powerful entities were, making him able to easily avoid them in advance.

In an unseen way, Yi Yun could feel a terrifying desolate beast looking towards him from a distance. Yi Yun stayed motionless with a bated breath. It was as if he was a piece of rock.

Yi Yun only came around the rock when the terrifying desolate beast he saw with his energy vision slowly moved away. He opened his Heaven's eyeball and used his energy vision to explore his surroundings. After making sure that there were no strong desolate beasts within a 5 kilometer radius, he began traveling at a faster pace through this small patch of desolate lands.

Again and again, Yi Yun used the Purple Crystal's energy vision and various kinds of camouflage that Fallen Star Gate provided to proceed with difficulty. The distance from which he set off to the burning hell was just tens of kilometers away, yet Yi Yun took two whole days to reach this point. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

By the time he came close to the burning hell, Yi Yun had not rested for two days. As he was constantly on high alert, his forehead was now covered in sweat.

Yi Yun held the Tai Cang Bow tightly and breathed lightly. In Fallen Star Gate, the Tai Cang Bow and Thousand Army Saber were just a way to psychologically comfort himself. If he really met a desolate beast, these two weapons would be no different than toys in front of them.

From Yi Yun's present location, he could already see the burning hell in its entirety.

The burning hell may be said to be filled with eternal flames, which had been burning for tens of millions of years, but in reality, only when Yi Yun approached it did he clearly see that the burning hell was not burning with flames. It was filled with five-colored light streams.

These five-colored light streams were all formed formed of pure Yang Qi. They danced within the burning hell and rose up like layers of divine clouds. They seemed to be filled with propitious omens.

From afar, they were like patches of flames, lighting up the sky.

Nearing the burning hell, Yi Yun felt the temperature reach an inconceivable level. All of his skin had been scorched by the burning hell’s heat, as if it was about to split at any moment.

Pure Yang Qi had many similarities with fire, but it was not fire.

A piece of wood may burn, giving off light and heat in the dark. That was fire, but it could not be called pure Yang.

Only when a star burns, emitting the rays of a Sun, that is what is considered as pure Yang!

Pure Yang can give rise to fire, but fire is not necessarily able to evolve into pure Yang.

Yi Yun constantly adjusted the Yuan Qi within his body. He wanted to recover to a relatively optimal state before venturing into the burning hell.

Oh? That is...

Yi Yun constricted his pupils. With his spiritual energy interfacing with the Purple Crystal, he isolated his body's energy from the external world, entering a breathless state.

He saw 6-7 desolate beasts jumping around in the burning hell. As they traversed the land, they were also respirating the burning hell's pure Yang Qi.

From the Purple Crystal's energy vision, Yi Yun could clearly see that these desolate beasts were three meter tall fire monkeys. They were all stout, with golden-green eyes!

In this world's legendary myths, there was a stone monkey that was burned by True Chaotic Fire, but, not only did it not die, it became a great sage amongst desolate beasts. It was an existence that far exceeded human Sages.

The fire monkeys in front of him naturally had no relations to the stone monkey refined by the True Chaotic Fire, but they were still far from anything Yi Yun could handle!

Such desolate beasts, which could easily traverse through the burning hell and respirate its pure Yang Qi, were definitely stronger than the mutated Three Eyed Spider Yi Yun had previously encountered!

"This bunch of monkeys sure is troubling!"

Yi Yun leaned his back against a rock and did not move. If not for the Purple Crystal sealing his energy within his body, his fate if noticed by any of these fire monkeys would be clear.

Only when he came to Fallen Star Gate did Yi Yun feel that his power was so minute. Just any random existence here could easily annihilate him.

This made Yi Yun even more determined to investigate the burning hell.

He wanted to know what the Purple Crystal was calling out to.

Yi Yun could not enter the burning hell with these fire monkeys present. Ignoring him entering the burning hell, Yi Yun did not even dare to move one bit while they were around. If he suddenly left, he might very well be discovered by the fire monkeys.

He would have to wait quietly.

But the fire monkeys seemed to be hooked on cultivating here. Many desolate beasts would cultivate for months, years, or even longer as they respirated the essence of the Moon and Sun.

Beads of sweat dripped down Yi Yun's hair. Once the beads of sweat left the Purple Crystal's area of influence, they would evaporate in an instant due to the high temperature of the burning hell.

Yi Yun quietly counted the time. He estimated that he had waited here for at least 20 hours now.

Upon counting, he had already spent three days within Fallen Star Gate. The longer he stayed here, the more likely it was that an accident would happen. And after not resting or sleeping for three days straight, Yi Yun's physical strength was beginning to decline. His mental strength was also becoming worn out from the high tension.

Yi Yun gritted his teeth and did no slack off. He carried on maintaining the energy vision. It was the crutch his life depended on. Without the energy vision, Yi Yun would not have discovered many of the lurking desolate beasts just with the help of his Heaven's eyeball.

Thankfully, desolate beasts had a very strong territorial sense. This group of fire monkeys that stayed within the burning hell seemed to have a certain status. When they stayed here, no other desolate beasts ventured close. This ensured Yi Yun's safety.

Time passed again and another two hours was gone. At that moment, a shrill shriek suddenly sounded out in the burning hell.

“Xiao.”

It was like the call of a bird. However, its sonorous voice exceeded the limits of Yi Yun's imagination. This bird call created visible ripples in the air, as if they were scattered and exploded due to a shock wave.

"Peng!"

This sudden sound wave caused Yi Yun's blood flow to reverse. His heart beat stagnated. His organs felt intense pain and blood flew out from both of his ears.

What monster is it?

Yi Yun did not have time to think about it. He quickly ate a relic to control his body's injuries. At that moment, a fierce wind set off within the burning hell! The serene burning fire-colored pure Yang flames turned chaotic due to the fierce wind.

A rainbow colored firebird, with beautiful feathers and a wingspan of more than ten meters, charged out from the deep depths of the burning hell!

This firebird looked like a phoenix. It had sharp claws, and its body was burning with flames. The fierce wind storm that now swept up the burning hell was actually caused by the flapping of the firebird's wings!

In the burning hell's perimeters, the group of playing fire apes gave off a strange call before they scattered at the sudden sight of the firebird rushing out from deep within the burning hell!

The firebird's golden eyes reflected coldness. It stretched out its sharp claws and with lightning speed caught two fire monkeys and flew up!

"Roar! Roar!"

The fire monkeys roared angrily. They were also powerful desolate beasts, so they naturally resisted when they were suddenly caught.

They used their strong arms to grab the firebird's claws, hoping to break them apart, but it was all in vain. The claw cut into the fire monkeys' entrails like a sharp saber!

The two fire monkeys bled from all orifices as their bodies were ripped to shreds while their body twitched.

The firebird brought the two fire monkey's corpse up to a stone mountain. It landed on the mountain peak like a falling boulder, smashing apart a large amount of red boulders.

Yi Yun was holding in breath from beginning to end. He was extremely shocked. Such strong fire monkeys had been killed by this firebird, without being able to resist in any way? This firebird was too heaven-defying!

What bird was this? Was it a Rainbow Blood Feather?

Yi Yun recalled the pure Yang primordial specie statue placed within the Tai Ah Divine City's Wilderness Divine Hall 6. The statue was that of a Rainbow Blood Feather, but in comparison, there were some differences with this firebird.

Actually, when many desolate beasts which reached such a level, they would all have their individual differences. Due to their upbringing and the treasures they ate, the Heaven Earth essence they absorbed would be different. Hence, they would have different looks and different abilities.

"Oh? It's back is injured?"

Yi Yun looked at the back of the firebird. There was a gruesome wound there, as if it had been pierced through by a spear.

The wound was about the size of a wash basin. The flesh around it had been ripped open, allowing one to see the white bones and internal organs. Around the wound's edges were traces of burning. This made Yi Yun feel his heartbeat freeze. What sort of existence could hurt such a strong firebird?

The wound looked new, and it was not surprising that the firebird was injured deep within the burning hell.

"This burning hell..."

Yi Yun held his breath. If there was something within the burning hell that could harm the firebird. Then, if he were to enter...

That sort of existence could annihilate him using just 1% of its strength.

At that moment, the firebird at the top of the stone mountain began devouring the corpses of the two fire monkeys. It tore off the limbs of the fire monkeys and swallowed them whole.

The pure Yang energy within the fire monkeys were absorbed by the firebird, and slowly, the wound on its back began to heal.

Many powerful desolate beasts had extremely strong healing abilities. This firebird was no exception, but the wound on its back seemed to contain some form of mysterious energy. Once it healed, it would split apart again. This went on again and again.

"So the reason why the firebird ate the fire monkey was to heal… But what hurt it?"

Yi Yun turned around and looked towards the burning hell. The fire monkeys along the burning hell's outskirts ran away a long time ago.

What was left was the serene five-colored flames which burned. It was like a mysterious aurora, covering the world beneath the burning hell. What was in there?

After the firebird finished off the fire monkeys' corpses, it spread its wings and flew away.

Yi Yun gripped the Tai Cang Bow tightly and with his body flashing, he rushed into the vast sea of flames...

True Martial World - Chapter 291: The Purple Crystal’s Throbbing

Over the tens of millions of years, an unknown number of mighty figures had tried probing Fallen Star Gate, with every inch of ground probably being covered, but...they did not manage to find the entrance to the cave.

Under such circumstances, Chu Xiaoran did not believe she had any luck.

Chu Xiaoran said, "There are many strong desolate beasts in Fallen Star Gate. The strength of the majority of the desolate beasts exceeds our imagination. Just the pressure they give is not something we can bear, let alone dealing with those existences."

"Now it is imperative that we leave Fallen Star Gate. If we are unlucky, we might even die here..."

Chu Xiaoran's expression looked serious. Traversing Fallen Star Gate really depended on their luck. The desolate beasts here were an unknown number of times stronger than the mutated Three Eyed Spider. Once the group were targeted by them, it was impossible to escape. It was practically a dead end.

Yi Yun nodded. Just as he was about to echo Chu Xiaoran's words, he suddenly felt something. Just for a moment, he felt the Purple Crystal throb.

Ever since the Purple Crystal entered his heart, it had been sleeping peacefully. It would pulsate gently with his heart beats. Each pulsation period was precise like clockwork. There had never been any exceptions.

The Purple Crystal did not react even when Elder Jian Ge did a full body scan of Yi Yun using his Heaven's Eye twice.

Yi Yun felt that something was unusual now that the Purple Crystal suddenly throbbed.

What is going on?

Yi Yun settled down and carefully tried to identify what caused the throb. He vaguely felt that the Purple Crystal Origins within his body had formed a faint connection with something in this world.

And this connection seemed to be guiding him to search for it.

"What is the matter?"

Yi Yun was curious. He wanted to find the location where the connection was established instinctively. But he knew how dangerous Fallen Star Gate was.

With his Purple Blood realm cultivation level, traversing Fallen Star Gate was like an ant traversing a busy street. If it was not careful, it would be crushed to pieces instantly.

At that moment, a few people fell from the sky.

Qiuniu, Chu Shan and Chu Luo fell down successively. It seemed like the various forks in the whirlpool all eventually led to Fallen Star Gate.

Chu Shan and Chu Luo were pale in the face. Apparently, they had consumed a lot of energy. All of them were shocked for words seeing the vast world in front of them.

Chu Xiaoran explained to Qiuniu and company. While at that moment, Yi Yun was in deep thought. He continued to interface his spiritual energy with the Purple Crystal, trying to find that unknown guidance...

"Yi Yun, it's time to go!" At that moment, Chu Xiaoran's voice rang in Yi Yun's ear. In her hand, there was a simple map that was just drawn.

As she looked at the map, she said, "I know very little about Fallen Star Gate. I used my memories to draw up a speculatory route. I do not know if I can bring everyone out."

Amongst the group, Chu Xiaoran was the person who knew the most about Fallen Star Gate. It was better to follow her guesses than haphazardly going about.

"Let's go. We need to work together to overcome over this difficulty!" Chu Xiaoran said and began walking. Qiuniu and company naturally followed.

"Yi Yun, what's the matter with you?" Realizing that Yi Yun was not moving, Chu Xiaoran felt curious.

Yi Yun sighed slightly and raised his head to look in a direction. There was a flaming sea there. This flaming sea was the perpetual fire hell that burned pure Yang flames.

Yi Yun could vaguely feel that the source of the Purple Crystal's throbbing came from within the flaming sea.

And Chu Xiaoran's route choice was in the opposite direction of the flaming sea.

The flaming sea was considered a land of death, while Chu Xiaoran chose a path of survival.

Using one's gut, there was a large chance of leaving Fallen Star Gate by following Chu Xiaoran, but Yi Yun did not have such intentions.

He said, "You guys go ahead. I do not want to leave temporarily."

Hearing Yi Yun's response, Chu Xiaoran was surprised. She thought she had heard wrongly, "What did you say?"

"I want to...go there and take a look..." Yi Yun pointed towards the flaming sea. Chu Xiaoran was completely stunned. Qiuniu, Chu Shan and company all looked at Yi Yun with disbelief.

Even if they did not understand anything about Fallen Star Gate, they could guess that the flaming sea was terrifying. Heading there was practically a road towards death! Was Yi Yun mad?

"Brother Yi, what are you thinking? Even with me leading the way purely through speculation, I would never head there!" Qiuniu said incomprehensibly.

"That's right, Brother Yi. This is no joking matter. This is Fallen Star Gate, not the outer perimeter of Meteorite Abyss. Even in the outer perimeter of Fallen Star Gate, we would not dare to haphazardly venture. It could cause death!" Chu Shan echoed.

But Yi Yun had made up his decision. Yi Yun did not know what the throbbing of the Purple Crystal meant, but Yi Yun intuitively felt that he would regret it if he did not investigate it.

The path of martial arts was fraught with difficulties. Although Yi Yun had the heaven defying item that was the Purple Crystal, he could not slack too. He needed to work hard through his own efforts. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

Many people who practiced martial arts risked their lives to explore mystic realms just for that 1% chance of those fortuitous events, and those people did not have any guidance nor could they guess what they would receive from the mystic realm.

But compared to these people, Yi Yun had the Purple Crystal guiding him. He was much better off.

The path of practicing martial arts was to go against the Heavens. If they did not fight for the fortuitous event right in front of them because of danger, they might as well give up on martial arts.

"Yi Yun, have you really made up your mind? You can't be thinking of finding that legendary entrance to the expert's cave, right...? You must know that the burning hell in Fallen Star Gate had been probed by mighty figures over the tens of millions of years. Their perception, strength all exceed your imagination, yet they never managed to find the entrance in the burning hell!" Chu Xiaoran looked seriously at Yi Yun.

She found him incomprehensible. So what if he had outstanding talent? How could a junior at the Purple Blood realm compare to a sage when probing mystic realms?

"Yes!" Yi Yun nodded.

Chu Xiaoran was helpless. She did not know what Yi Yun was trying to do. From her understanding of Yi Yun, he was a very rational person.

"Alright, since you have made up your mind. I can only wish you good luck..." Of course Chu Xiaoran would not accompany Yi Yun in taking the risk. It was practically courting death.

"I wish you all luck too." Yi Yun said.

Chu Xiaoran sighed, "Hopefully..."

In the short four hours in Meteorite Abyss, Chu Xiaoran's intuition told her that Yi Yun had secrets. His perception of danger and the handling of dangerous situations exceeded that of others.

If Yi Yun really was able to foresee danger, then he might have a chance of coming back alive.

Chu Luo was about to say something, but Yi Yun had already started walking towards the burning hell with the Tai Cang Bow across his back.

"Little Ran, are you just going to..." Chu Shan cut her speech halfway. In the distant horizon, the burning flames that tore up into the sky gavet off a sense of bleak solitude with Yi Yun's back.

The heated air danced around as it distorted light. Yi Yun's figure quickly became fuzzy and hazy.

Chu Luo wanted to stop Yi Yun several times, but never managed to open her mouth.

"Are we just going to let him go? I heard that there were deaths even when sages probed Fallen Star Gate..." Chu Luo really could not understand what a growing teenager like Yi Yun was planning to do heading into the burning hell.

Chu Xiaoran said, "Sages would die because they went too deep into the burning hell. Yi Yun should be aware of that and he would not do things that courted death. But even so, it would be difficult for him to come back alive...Maybe, he has a reason that compels him to go..."

Chu Xiaoran came up with this guess and she stopped thinking about Yi Yun.

"Let's go...If I didn't guess incorrectly, this should be the outer perimeter of Fallen Star Gate. If our luck isn't too terrible, we can leave this place alive..."

"Alright..." Chu Luo, Qiuniu and company took another deep glance at Yi Yun before turning around, heading towards Fallen Star Gate's exit...

True Martial World - Chapter 290: Fallen Star Gate

With the light from the strange fishes' glowing red eyes, the group could see fuzzily see the surroundings up to a five meter range. They formed a circle with their backs facing each other as they faced the school of strange fish.

Yi Yun gripped his Tai Cang Bow tightly. At that moment, he was extremely calm. He knew very well that they would be bitten to shreds if they were to fight them head on.

"There are three whirlpools a hundred meters below us. Using my bow and arrow as a signal, we will all rush there when I shoot out my arrow. All of you take out the heaviest item in your interspatial rings to accelerate your sinking. At the same time, circulate your Yuan Qi to its extreme… maybe we can charge into the whirlpool..."

Currently, there was no way of escape. Although the whirlpool was fraught with unknown dangers, it was still better than staying and become fish food.

"Good!"

Qiuniu and company agreed. They focused as they waited for Yi Yun's signaling arrow.

Yi Yun took a deep breath and flipped his palm. An item appeared in his palm. It was the… Beast Luring Grass!

Previously, Yang Haoran had left behind the Beast Luring Grass, and it was still effective for another two hours. Since Yi Yun was going to do it, he went all the way. He injected his Yuan Qi into the Beast Luring Grass and forced all of its smell out of it!

Following that, with his fastest speed, Yi Yun stuffed the Beast Luring Grass into a Wind Chasing Arrow's hollow arrowhead. He then pulled his bow and strung the arrow, injecting all of his Yuan Qi into it.

"Peng!"

The bowstring hummed loudly, like a thunderous explosion, in the water. This Wind Chasing Arrow containing the scents of the Beast Luring Grass was shot out!

And the direction in which Yi Yun shot the arrow was at the direction in which Yang Haoran was escaping towards!

The Beast Luring Grass simulated the scents of Power of Desolates treasures, so they were very attractive to desolate beasts. These strange fish hesitated for a while before chasing the Beast Luring Grass.

This school of strange fish swam after that lightning-like arrow!

"Escape!"

Without needing Yi Yun to say this, Chu Xiaoran and company flared up their Yuan Qi, swimming towards the deep ends of the pool as quickly as they could!

There were still a small amount of strange fish behind Yi Yun. Because of Yi Yun and company's sudden attempt at fleeing, they were pursued by the fish.

"Qiuniu!"

Chu Xiaoran shouted and Qiuniu retrieved a huge shield from his interspatial ring. With his huge shield leading the front, the strange fish was reduced by 75%. They were no longer able to create a threat with their encircling.

Chu Xiaoran also took out a sword and slashed gracefully. The sword Qi forced a path through the five strange fish blocking them. The five of them pressed on towards the bottom of the pool without letup.

After diving for tens of meters, they felt a strong suction force. They did not need to swim anymore because they were now being sucked in by the whirlpool, unable to control themselves!

The water flow was too fast. The strange fish shrunk back when they encountered the vortices' water flow. They swung their tails to balance their bodies and stopped their pursuit.

As for Yi Yun, Chu Xiaoran and company, they were like duckweeds in a thunderstorm. They found it difficult to control their bodies, so they were involuntarily sucked underground by the high speed water flow.

"Boom!"

Yi Yun and company entered the bottomless tunnel. The tunnel was completely dark so Yi Yun used his Purple Crystal vision to view his surroundings. The tunnel was about a hundred feet wide and the rock walls extremely smooth. Being sucked in here was like riding a flying dragon. The speed was extremely fast and they were unable to control their bodies!

This underground tunnel was not a straight tunnel. It had numerous branches. Due to the speed of the water currents, Yi Yun was unable to control the direction in which he went. After passing through a branch, Yi Yun became speechless when he realized that Chu Xiaoran, Qiuniu and company, who were beside him, had disappeared. He was left alone!

With the endless darkness and an accelerating speed, Yi Yun felt greatly disturbed. This was a fear of the unknown. He did not know what was in this underground world.

"The water current is so strong, so there should still be an exit. Maybe it will lead to an underground river or lake..." Yi Yun consoled himself. If this whirlpool had no exits, then he would die in this endless tunnel.

The turbulent current carried him for about 15 minutes before the water flow slowly ceased being cold. Instead, it was becoming warmer now.

Even a warrior was unable to hold his breath for this long. So, Yi Yun had long since exhausted the breath he had. He could only use the Yuan Qi in his dantian to maintain his bodily motions.

At that moment, Yi Yun heard a loud rumbling sound. He felt thrown out by a strong force. It suddenly became bright, and when Yi Yun opened his eyes, he realized that he was flying in midair.

I'm out!

Yi Yun took a deep breath and stretched his body in the air. He was happy like a bird returning to the skies.

Yi Yun turned and looked back. He saw a huge hole spitting out water, forming a waterfall!

And the waterfall scene shocked Yi Yun. Below him was a clump of red clouds. The large waterfall was flowing into the red clouds. It was like a 30,000 meters tall waterfall.

This scenery was a wondrous sight to behold!

"Phew."

Yi Yun was descending at a fast speed. When he pierced through the red clouds, he could feel hot air. Surging towards him was pure Yang Qi, richer by tens of times that of the canyon!

Even though he cultivated the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique', Yi Yun still felt the strength of the pure Yang Qi. When he sucked it in, it was like his dantian had been lit up by a fire.

So tall!

After Yi Yun pierced through the fire clouds, he saw the vast land underneath him. It was at least thousands of meters. He had started falling down from a tall mountain cliff.

As he was nearing the ground, Yi Yun pulled up his bow and shot out an arrow, straight into the vertical rock face. There was a rope attached to the arrow’s tail.

With the power of the arrow, Yi Yun swung around while holding onto the rope as he easily landed on the ground.

Yi Yun looked around, it was a magnificent and mysterious odd world.

The lingering red clouds hung in the sky.

The mountain peaks stretched out uninterrupted and were filled with life under the clouds.

He also saw clumps of towering red mighty trees.

Further in the distance was a barren red land, the flames reached out into the sky. It looked like a realm of death.

There was a clear boundary between the life and death.

From a distance came the deep growls of beasts which shook the world.

Seeing this scene made Yi Yun's heart palpitate. He found it hard to imagine that there would be such an underground world here!

An underground world could be this vast?

"Is this still Meteorite Abyss...?"

This thought flashed passed Yi Yun's mind, but at that moment, a person fell from the sky.

Yi Yun looked up and that it was Chu Xiaoran! Although the whirlpool had several forks, many of the forks led to the same world.

"Whew!"

Sword Qi cut through the air as Chu Xiaoran borrowed the rebounding strength of the sword Qi to easily land on the ground. Like Yi Yun, she was filled with shock upon suddenly entering this world.

"This place..." Chu Xiaoran's knitted her eyebrows. The scene in front of her was being compared with the memories she had. Slowly, she had a rough understanding of what this world was.

"I'm afraid that this is… Fallen Star Gate!"

Fallen Star Gate!?

Yi Yun was shocked. He obviously knew of Fallen Star Gate. Tens of millions of years ago, a huge star fell into Meteorite Abyss. The core of it was within Fallen Star Gate, and the pure Yang flames in here raged on forever.

Fallen Star Gate was the core of Meteorite Abyss. The information spread in the Tai Ah Divine City regarding Fallen Star Gate was extremely little. This was because typical cultivators would never enter here at all.

"We actually entered Fallen Star Gate? Isn't Fallen Star Gate a place which is a result of a falling star crashing here from outer space? A meteorite smashed open a world?"

Yi Yun found it incredible. He originally thought that, no matter how big the meteorite was, it would only create a bigger crater. Tens of millions of years later, although the pure Yang flames burned everlasting in the crater, it would only appear as a hell burning with flames.

But the scene in front of his eyes made it hard to imagine that it was all the result of a meteorite.

Was such a vast world underground or overground?

If it was overground, why did he not see this world when he looked over Meteorite Abyss?

If it was underground, then what was the vast sky and clouds above his head?

Chu Xiaoran said, "It isn't necessarily a meteorite… It is just a saying on the surface. I've previously heard from my father that the star that crashed into Meteorite Abyss, might have been a cave left behind by a peerless expert. Tens of millions of years ago, this cave fell from the sky, smashing open Meteorite Abyss and Fallen Star Gate..."

"What!?"

Yi Yun was greatly shocked by this. A cave left behind by a peerless expert?

A cave had smashed open Meteorite Abyss? Smashing out an eternal pure Yang flame that continued to burn for tens of millions of years? Smashing out such a magnificent and fascinating world?

What sort of level was such a peerless expert at!?

What sort of level would a cave, left behind by such an expert, be at? Was there some sort of incredible heritage left behind by him within it?

"Do not bother thinking about it."

Understanding Yi Yun's thoughts, Chu Xiaoran sighed and shook her head slightly, "Since ancient times, numerous Tai Ah Divine Kingdom sages have tried to probe Meteorite Abyss, hoping to see the entrance to this mysterious cave. But, it was all to no avail. So… the saying of the fallen star being a cave is just a speculation. It's impossible to tell whether it is or not."

"Even if it really is a cave, no matter how heaven-defying our fated luck is, we will not be able to enter it with our lowly abilities as juniors."

Library of Heaven's Path - Chapter 124: Thinking of a Solution

Zhang Xuan was on the verge of tears!

He thought that these things would cost a maximum of a few hundred thousand gold coins. With that fortune of a million gold coin that he possessed, spending a little slight amount more didn't mean much. Anyway, he didn't really work for the money. Yet, never in his dreams did he expect that the cost would total more than twenty million….

He prided himself on his wealth, but before such an outstanding sum, he wouldn't have enough money even if his wealth multiplied severalfold!

What kind of damned situation was this!

Initially, he was determined to awaken their bloodlines to make up for their weaknesses, thus causing their fighting prowess to soar. They would be able to astonish everyone with their strength at the Freshmen Tournament, and at the same time, Zhang Xuan would gain the image of an expert who cared not for money. Yet, never in his dreams did he expect that he would have to spend so much…. This was too much!

If he knew that he would need that much money earlier, he wouldn't have tried to act cool from the start!

"Why don't… I just forget it!"

Suppressing his bleeding heart, Zhang Xuan was conflicted.

He was far from the required sum, so he definitely couldn't buy these items. Yet, all of the effort he had put into this—taking the apprentice apothecary and full apothecary examination—was for these items. Could he allow it all to end in vain?

Accomplishing nothing at all in the end?

Furthermore… he had already bragged about it. Zhao Ya and the others knew that he was trying to look for ways to awaken their constitution. If he were to return empty-handed, how could he lift his head in front of them in the future?

"No, giving up just because it's too expensive isn't my way of doing things!"

If he truly gave up on these items, Zhao Ya and the others wouldn't be able to awaken their constitutions and it would merely be a dream to triumph over Lu Xun fourteen days later!

A transcender should not give up before even trying!

Furthermore, as Zhao Ya and the others' teacher, the one to point out their path for them, his sense of responsibility would not allow him to simply sit idly by.

Even though he had just become a teacher, he had chosen to take on the responsibilities that a teacher ought to shoulder.

If he didn't have enough money, he could just look for ways to earn more!

At this point, Zhang Xuan walked back up to him. Looking at Ouyang Cheng, he asked, "Cough cough, Guild Leader Ouyang. Is it possible for me to put those items on my tab first? I will find ways to repay this debt to you in the future."

"This… it can't be done!" Guild Leader Ouyang shook his head. "None of those in our branch can forge grade-3 pilsl, so we need to purchase it from the headquarters. As a result, I can't delay the payment for you…."

"But… twenty million, I won't be able to take it out within a short period of time…."

Zhang Xuan shook his head.

"There's no way around it. How about… you try to learn how to forge pills first? Given your knowledge in the field, there should be a lot of ways for you to earn money," Ouyang Cheng advised.

The young man before him had knowledge that surpassed that of all of the apothecaries in the entire branch. If he were to forge pills personally, even though twenty million might sound fearsome, for a high-level apothecary, it truly wasn't a huge sum.

"One can earn a lot of money from forging pills? That Meridian Soothing Pill that you all forged previously, how much could one be sold for?" Zhang Xuan couldn't help asking.

"The Meridian Soothing Pill isn't easy to forge. And as such, it's one of the more profitable pills among grade-1 pills. A single pill should be able to sell for fifty thousand or so. If you forge ten in a day, you will earn twenty million in less than two months!" Guild Leader Ouyang asserted.

Apothecary was an extremely lucrative profession. However, it depended highly on the market conditions and whether the supply of medicinal herb could keep up with production. Even though it was possible theoretically, even official apothecaries would find it difficult to forge pills every single day. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

"Two months?"

Despair streaked across Zhang Xuan's face.

In two months' time, the Freshmen Tournament would have concluded and everything would be over.

If that's the case, he might as well work on their strength the conventional way. There was no point in him exerting so much effort here.

Besides, the reason why his theoretical ability was that impressive was because of the Library of Heaven's Path. If he were to forge pills personally… It wasn't a feasible plan.

Even though every single word of his was profound and logical, if he were to do it personally, he couldn't even complete the very first step of extracting essence from the medicinal herbs.

He had seen the others forging pills previously and without several dozen years of training and refining his skill, it was impossible for him to get to their level of expertise.

"Is there… any other better way of earning money?" He couldn't help but ask for an alternative method.

"Better way of earning money?" Guild Leader Ouyang shook his head. Just when he was about to shoot down the possibility, a thought popped into his mind. "The most lucrative occupation in this world is—without a doubt—master teacher. They can earn a hefty fee just by offering some guidance to others. Apothecaries aren't that bad either, but when compared to master teachers, there is still a huge gap between the two."

There were many occupations in the job. Appraisers and apothecaries could be considered as some of the more lucrative ones, but they still paled in comparison to master teachers.

Cultivators often find themselves reaching a bottleneck in their cultivation, unable to break through even till their last breath. However, a single pointer by a master teacher could possibly be the key for them to reach higher realms.

With a rise in the cultivation realm, not only would their lifespan increase, their ability to earn money also quickened. As such, most people were willing to dump all of their fortune just for a single pointer from a master teacher.

Indubitably, master teacher was the most lucrative job in the world, unmatched by any other occupation.

However, it wasn't easy for one to become a master teacher. One had to have students of their own, teaching experience, reputation, and on top of that, one had to go through numerous trials as well.

For example, Zhang Xuan with his Library of Heaven's Path was able to easily solve many problems. However, without students of his own, he couldn't take the master teacher examination.

"Can you pay in my stead first? I will search for a way to pay you within ten days!"

As Zhang Xuan said this, a bold idea emerged in his mind.

"Alright!" Ouyang Cheng was oblivious to his thoughts. However, seeing the grim look on his face, he didn't seem as though he was joking. So he nodded his head.

"I will be leaving first!"

After which, Zhang Xuan walked out.

"Since master teachers were good at earning money… if I pretend I am a master teacher… would I be able to earn money swiftly?"

At this point, Zhang Xuan started to analyze the pros and cons of the bold thought he just had.

Using ordinary methods, it was impossible to earn twenty million gold coins in ten days unless one robbed a bank!

However, if he pretended to be a master teacher, there might be a possibility of him earning the sum within the duration!

If someone tried to so and were exposed, it was highly likely for that person to be beaten to death on the spot. After all, a master teacher possessed vast knowledge, and it would be easy to give himself away especially when he said something flawed. However, Zhang Xuan was different!

With the Library of Heaven's Path and his ability to hoodwink others he gained in his previous life, it was truly a simple feat to scam others.

Of course, it wasn't really considered as a scam. After all, with the Library of Heaven's Path and his Heaven's Path Divine Art, he could see the flaws in others. Raising their cultivation realm would be something easy and pleasant.

"Alright, I shall do it that way!"

After analyzing the situation, he felt that he could do it and nodded his head in satisfaction.

If he wanted to help Zhao Ya and the others to grow stronger and win the bet he had with Lu Xun, those few items were a must. As such, he had to earn that sum of money.

This was the only way to earn twenty million within ten days.

"I have to prepare some things in advance. Given my current age, no one will believe me if I go around shouting that I'm a master teacher. I need to disguise myself. At the very least, I should look thirty."

Master teachers were just like apothecaries. If you said you were a master teacher when you didn't even look twenty, you would probably drown in the other party's spit before you could even finish your words.

No matter what, he had to disguise himself and alter his facial features. Otherwise, putting aside the fact that it would be difficult for him to induce trust in others, this might also bring him endless trouble in the future.

"Next, as a master teacher, I would need uphold my own identity and reputation. I can't possibly run to the house of others and offer to give them guidance. If so, they would just think of me as a scammer."

He lived in the information age previously, and even though he had not done such things in the past, he knew a thing or two about it from the news.

Given the esteemed position master teachers had in this world, it wasn't practical for him to run to other people's house to offer them pointers and demand money from them in return.

"What should I do?"

Since he couldn't run to others to offer his services, how could he look for clients? Without clients, how could he make money?

Zhang Xuan frowned.