AWB Chapter 397 The Hidden Secrets of the Void
Chapter 397 The Hidden Secrets of the Void
In his second diary entry, Nalan Rongruo wrote:
Breathing in the void seems to enhance one's strength.
There are many native inhabitants in the Great Void, whose appearance is similar to that of the people of the Divine Continent.
However, they are physically weak.
Grandmasters from the Divine Continent are treated as honored guests and become local overlords there.
The indigenous people need the warriors of China to help them fight against the demons.
The demons of Taixu are also very weak, at least much weaker than the demons recorded in the Divine Continent.
I felt a little out of place on my first day in Taixu.
Because true qi cannot be released outwards in the void, and the newly acquired body is too weak.
It seems like he suddenly went from a Grandmaster to the early stage of the Flesh Refining Realm.
Moreover, there is no day or night in the Great Void, not even the sun, moon, or stars; the sky is always a dim yellow.
My master gave me two red crystals the size of beans and told me to eat them.
I felt stronger after taking it.
The teacher said that these red crystals are called magic crystals, and they are dug out of the brains of demons after they are killed.
Eating this will make your body stronger and extend your lifespan.
It is precisely because of this that grandmasters spare no effort in slaying demons in the Void.
I asked the teacher at the time, "Wouldn't the stuff that the native inhabitants of Taixu eat also make them stronger?"
The teacher said, "This stuff is poison to the natives. If they eat it, they won't become stronger; they'll die."
Only grandmasters can eat this; even a beginner martial artist might die if they did.
I then asked the teacher, "Can the native inhabitants of Taixu become stronger through martial arts cultivation?"
The teacher shook his head. "For some reason, the native inhabitants of Taixu can only cultivate up to the Skin Refining Realm at most."
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Lin Feng continued to flip through the diary. This diary was not filled with entries every day; later on, it would only be filled with entries every few days or even dozens of days.
Many of the later accounts describe Nalan Rongruo's cultivation in Taixu and his renewed emphasis on martial arts techniques.
Nalan Rongruo has always lived in a city called Sword City, which is controlled by the Sword Sect.
Nalan Rongruo also wrote a reflection in his diary.
He felt that everything in the void seemed to be prepared for grandmasters, and the natives had almost no room for advancement.
Two months later, Nalan Rongruo finally had the opportunity to go out.
That day, my master took me to a wasteland called the Demon Hunter Wilderness.
The Demon Hunter Wilderness is covered with many withered trees, and you can see pools of water from time to time, as well as the occasional cry of an unknown black bird.
The Demon Hunter Wilderness is shrouded in black mist, which grows thicker the further you go in.
My master led me for a while, and a humanoid skeleton covered in black smoke rushed out of the mist.
My master said that this is the lowest level of demon. Human warriors who die in battle will become this kind of demon if they are corrupted by demonic energy.
The master easily killed the demon with the Demon-Slaying Sword and dug a magic crystal out of the demon's head.
A while later, I encountered another skeleton, which I easily killed.
Further in, we encountered a three-meter-tall skeletal troll.
It took the master a lot of effort to kill it and obtain a slightly larger magic crystal.
When I encountered the second one, I barely managed to kill it.
My speed, strength, and skills are not as good as my master's; I need to continue honing my basic martial arts.
My master led me deeper into the wilderness, and we soon encountered a mammoth that was over three meters tall.
The roar of the mammoth in the wilderness left me dizzy and disoriented.
My master's expression turned serious. He told me to stay away and that he would deal with the savanna mammoth himself.
The master fought very carefully, always striking once and then retreating.
Each strike of the Demon-Slaying Sword weakens the demon's power.
Two hours later, the master finally killed the wilderness mammoth.
I obtained a yellow magic crystal.
After that, my master led me back.
Master said that to deal with such a powerful demon, a four-person team is usually sent, as it would be difficult to kill it alone.
It will take us hundreds of methods to kill this kind of demon.
Demons can kill us in just two or three moves, so we must be extra careful; even a single touch will result in serious injury.
When my master and I returned to the city, we were treated like heroes; the locals were incredibly hospitable to us.
I must say, the women in Taixu are all very beautiful.
Many grandmasters took several concubines in Taixu.
The women of Taixu are very willing to marry warriors from Shenzhou, so that they can give birth to children with stronger bloodlines and gradually improve the overall quality of the Taixu natives.
Lin Feng seemed to be deep in thought as he read this.
No wonder these old guys didn't want to come back after going to Taixu; it turns out they've started families there.
In the following years, Nalan Rongruo practiced martial arts while hunting demons.
The increasingly longer intervals between Nalan Rongruo's diary entries indicate that he spent less and less time in China.
A diary entry from fifty years later caught Lin Feng's attention.
Nalan Rongruo wrote in the first line:
It's unbelievable that someone can actually use their true energy in the void.
This man was the city lord of Sword City, and also the first leader of the Sword Sect.
The true qi martial art he used was the Ten Thousand Swords Return to One.
The city lord unleashed hundreds of sword energies, slaying a bone-armored demon that was approaching the city.
Later I found out that Star Martial Arts above the Innate True Skill can be used in the Void.
The elders all wanted to learn the Ten Thousand Swords Return to One technique from the city lord.
Unfortunately, the city lord had some mental problems two thousand years ago, lost many memories, and forgot how the Ten Thousand Swords Return to One technique was forged.
He only remembered how to use the Ten Thousand Swords Return to One method.
Each of the major sects in China has a signature martial art, and the Sword Sect's signature martial art is "Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Origin".
Unfortunately, the inheritance of Xingwu was too difficult. There were some things in his mind that could not be expressed in words, some key information that could only be understood but not explained.
Lin Feng estimated that the information he was referring to was likely mental energy.
Spiritual power cannot be transferred to others, and there are no methods for cultivating spiritual power in the Divine Continent.
Therefore, this thing is very difficult to learn.
Therefore, it can be seen that all sects require spiritual power to learn Star Martial Arts.
If every major sect has a Star Martial Art, then there are quite a few Star Martial Arts on the Divine Continent. I should take some time to visit various sects and try to learn their Star Martial Arts.
Nalan Rongruo also had this idea.
Since he couldn't learn the Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin technique, he figured he might as well try his luck at other sects.
He received a startling message: it seemed that the city lords of various sects had collectively lost their memories of this particular part of the city.
People attributed this to the fact that he had lived too long.
After all, these top masters have lived for four thousand years.
At first, I also thought that was the reason.
One hundred years later, I went to visit my good friend Zhu Honglie.
He was in a very strange state that day, and seemed quite dazed. Sometimes he recognized me, and sometimes he didn't.
The next day, when I went to see him again, he had returned to normal. When I asked him about what happened yesterday, he didn't remember anything.
However, he said he felt a fear from the depths of his soul, a fear that prevented him from entering a meditative state and made it impossible for him to return to China for the time being.
A few days later, when I went to see him again, I found that he seemed to have become a different person. Although he tried his best to hide it, I could tell that he was no longer the original Zhu Honglie.
My senses are always very sharp, and I would never be wrong.
Considering the unusual behavior of other masters, a bold guess formed in my mind.
This speculation fills me with deep fear.