Chapter 782: Chapter 417 Xuanling Realm
Xuanling Realm.
Ever since the World-saving Heavenly Venerate had transferred over the Great Paths from the Xuanwu Realm, which had been ground into oblivion… yes, the world consciousness itself was put to sleep.
The ancient monsters, which originally had no intention of going to the Xuanling Realm, and had hidden in the surrounding Time-Space Sea Domains, also expressed that they had to visit the Xuanling Realm this time.
After all, there were not many places related to traces of power from the Mahayana Realm, or possibly even higher realms.
Although it was very likely that looking at them would be of no use,
what if, by some chance, it helped them make a breakthrough in their own cultivation bottleneck?
The first Spiritual Medicine auction was held in the Xuanling Realm.
Everyone completed the transactions in a pleasant atmosphere and truly brought back valuable Spiritual Medicines.
In the interval before the second Spiritual Medicine auction was to be held,
the number of forces and cultivators arriving in the Xuanling Realm suddenly broke the historical record of the realm.
In such an atmosphere,
Deacon Xiahou and others, who originally belonged to the peripheral forces of the Xuanwu Sect, also joined in, persuaded by Elder Lu and other elders, gritting their teeth.
These former external forces of the Xuanwu Sect could consider themselves fortunate due to the Xuanwu Sect being frightened by Su Ping and the rushed nature of time.
As a result, they received orders but, due to various influences, could not return to the sect on time.
And thus, they avoided the great calamity of the Xuanwu Sect.
“Is that… the Xuanwu Realm?”
Deacon Xiahou stood on the deck of a blue Immortal Boat.
When he saw the Xuanling Realm, soon to be his duty station, appear before his eyes, his gaze shifted towards the nearby Xuanwu Realm.
Deacon Xiahou could not recognize this place, which he visited once every twenty years for his reports.
But he quickly sensed through his Divine Thought the residual ripples of the energy upon the scars of this fragmented small world.
Those were Sword Lights that had cleaved both the sky and the earth.
Flames that had burnt the seas to their very last drop.
There was also a Bronze Ghost Face that covered half of the small world and the grand, boundless Emperor Illusion that caused the ghost face to crumble.
The remnants of each of these forces made Deacon Xiahou’s scalp tingle and his Divine Soul tremble with fear.
He thus felt slightly relieved about his decision to side with the World-saving Heavenly Venerate.
Initially, he thought this great person, who dared to claim the title of Heavenly Venerate, was a crazed Great Power.
Now it seemed that perhaps this Heavenly Venerate truly deserved the title and possessed the potential to contend for supremacy!
Deacon Xiahou had never seen Greater Powers above the Mahayana Tier.
Even regarding Mahayana, he only got to see the Black Tortoise Taoist Lord or the Seven Star Taoist Lord from a distance when participating in major gatherings at the Xuanwu Sect’s main peak.
But after feeling the traces left in the fragmented small world,
he sensed that the strength was far beyond that of the Black Tortoise and Seven Star Taoist Lords.
In his mind, that indicated that the powers behind these forces should be of the Heavenly Immortal level, which cultivators dream of attaining.
And a power supported by a Heavenly Immortal should be able to vie for the position of Emperor of the North King’s Time Domain, shouldn’t it?
This made Deacon Xiahou pay even more attention to his own image.
After all, he now considered himself a member of a great power supported by a Heavenly Immortal, didn’t he?
As the blue Immortal Boat gradually slowed down and docked at the outer port of the Xuanling Realm,
Deacon Xiahou entered the small world of the Xuanling Realm.
Upon entering, he was slightly shocked to discover that the place had undergone many changes as well.
Aside from the original clusters of buildings, there were quite a few newly constructed, uniquely designed high rises.
These buildings were seventy to eighty stories tall and entirely encased in glass,
looking quite spectacular under the sunlight.
This also gave Deacon Xiahou and his group a sense of novelty.
Soon, after completing the necessary procedures and receiving the work Jade Scroll,
Deacon Xiahou learned that those high rises were characteristic buildings constructed by a Harmonization Demon under the command of that Heavenly Venerate.
These buildings provided a myriad of novel gadgets and various snacks and drinks.
As high-tier employees of the Xuanling Realm, they could spend time there daily for relaxation without any charge.
Deacon Xiahou naturally did not dare at first.
After a few days, getting somewhat accustomed and upon the suggestion of his Taoist friends, he visited once,
and discovered that the variety and amount of beverages, drinks, and various cuisines exceeded his imagination,
making him wonder whether this was perhaps a necessary step in the methodology of transmitting teachings by some Great Power.
Otherwise, why would a small world expend so much energy to create so much of these materials, which are meaningless to cultivation?
Deacon Xiahou could tell that although these beverages and dishes were rich in flavors and aromas, appealing through some special seasonings even to cultivators,
the raw materials were ultimately inferior, benefiting perhaps only Qi Cultivators to slightly boost their cultivation,
and almost ineffective for those above Qi Cultivation.
While feeling that it was somewhat degenerate for a small world to produce so many such items,
Deacon Xiahou was filled with curiosity to taste these dishes and beverages and to try out these strange items.
And there were many cultivators like Deacon Xiahou,
but unlike him, they had to pay for these items.
Nightfall.
Bright lamps lit up the main streets heading to the venue of the auction,
and these lights represented another novelty to the outsider of the Xuanling Realm.
It’s not that other realms in the Cultivation World did not have similar devices.
What was novel was that these light-emitting objects had no flux of Spiritual Energy,
which meant that operating them did not consume mana or Spirit Stones.