In the deep sea of the outer sea, Ye Qiu was brought by Old Turtle to the entrance of a canyon.
"This is where the rfolk used to live?" The canyon was pitch-dark, with trendous water pressure and icy cold water. It’s estimated that even a cultivator at the Golden Core Stage would not be able to withstand it here, only the rfolk, creatures bestowed with unique advantages, could thrive like fish in water.
"Yes, this is the place." Old Turtle was sowhat excited, but they slowed down, "However, this place is very dangerous, and there are many Arrays left by the rfolk."
"Did the rfolk really go to another world because of spatial turbulence?" Ye Qiu looked at the increasingly bright rfolk Inner Core in his hand and asked, doubting the credibility of this rumor.
"I don’t know, they disappeared overnight." Although it had strong protective capabilities, the rfolk were the rulers of these waters, and it couldn’t linger here for long. When it returned after a few years, all the rfolk had vanished, and it didn’t know what had happened, let alone the outside speculation that the rfolk went to another world through spatial turbulence.
"Where is the person you ntioned before?" Ye Qiu guessed that this person was probably the elder that the Shopkeeper had been asking him to search for.
"Gone. One day he suddenly rushed into an Array and disappeared, never to be seen again," Old Turtle said truthfully. Ever since that person vanished, it searched here for hundreds of years to no avail. It was only by chance that it detected the presence of rfolk and thus sought out Ye Qiu.
"How did you know about the rfolk Treasure?"
"One of the little rfolk told before they disappeared, saying their clan had a small secret realm." Old Turtle had long coveted this secret realm, but had always been unable to access it.
Three hundred years ago, a human cultivator ca here, sohow entered and found a rfolk Inner Core, but after he went in again, he never ca out.
Old Turtle wasn’t foolish, it also speculated that the secret realm might require sothing specific to open it. The first ti that person entered without a rfolk Inner Core, yet still managed to get in, so after failing to obtain a rfolk Inner Core, it thought that Ye Qiu, being human too, might have a way to open the secret realm just like that person did.
"Let out and remove the spiritual power shield; I can’t examine it thoroughly with it on."
Rembering the oath Ye Qiu had made earlier, Old Turtle released him as requested.
As soon as the spiritual power shield was lifted, the rfolk Inner Core in Ye Qiu’s hand shone even more, and the ant-sized rfolk on it swam even faster.
"It should be right here, be careful." Ye Qiu hadn’t expected things to go this smoothly; once he opened the rfolk Treasure, what would co next for Lin Shen?
anwhile, Lin Shen, who was off to gather cultivation resources, had again heard the rumors about him and Ye Sheng, and he was utterly annoyed.
"Disciple Lin Shen, I’ve heard that Disciple Ye Sheng made a bold statent in the Small Secret Realm saying that your fast cultivation with Five Spirit Roots is only temporary, and that your speed will slow down eventually—what do you think about this?" one ddler asked, moving closer despite Lin Shen’s cold deanor.
Facing him with a chilly expression, and with a glare as sharp as Master Wu’an’s, Lin Shen snapped, "What’s it to you?"
"You..." The man, choked by Lin Shen’s attitude, stord off with a flick of his sleeve. The others watched Lin Shen like they were watching a show, their thoughts echoing the rumors.
Even if Lin Shen was highly perceptive, he was still soone with Five Spirit Roots—how fast could one with Five Spirit Roots cultivate? Even if he possessed Exotic Treasures, he couldn’t compare to those with Single Spirit Root, right? Master Wu’an was already in the late stages of Nascent Soul and might ascend to the Great Thousand World any day now; could he protect Lin Shen for a lifeti? What would Lin Shen, with his Exotic Treasures, do then?
There weren’t a few thinking this way. Consequently, Lin Shen had not a single confidant in the Tianyan Sect. Even those who approached him often harbored ill intentions.
But Lin Shen didn’t care at all; accustod to being cold-hearted, he always assud the worst in anyone who tried to get close to him.
His Master was right, the Cultivation World was full of turbulent and deceitful figures; he needn’t pay them any extra attention. As for that Ye Sheng, if he can’t appreciate the situation, it wouldn’t hurt to teach him a lesson.
"Tsk, just wait, he will never catch up to Ye Sheng."
"Exactly, with such poor aptitude, who is he showing his cold face to?"
"I think he’s just a waste of the sect’s resources. With Five Spirit Roots, he probably won’t even reach Foundation Establishnt in this lifeti!"
Hearing these mocking words, Lin Shen walked farther away, but he etched the faces of these people in his mory. His cultivation was low now, but wait, one day he would make those who laughed at him regret it.
Ye Sheng, huh? He’s rely a Single Spirit Root, so what? Everyone will beco a stepping stone for him.
anwhile, Ye Sheng, still training in the Small Secret Realm, was unaware that he was being thought of. He constantly sought battles with spiritual beasts and looked for ores suitable for Artifact Refining during his rest, enriching and strengthening himself through the training.
The gossips within the Small Secret Realm weren’t any less than outside. But after hearing enough, it didn’t matter to him; since he listened to Ye Qiu’s advice last ti, Ye Sheng no longer took his desire to win too seriously.
Especially under the influence of Jin Quan recently. Although Jin Quan was their Senior Brother, he had the poorest aptitude among his fellow disciples. Yet he had never seen him feel disheartened or complain; living his life with clarity. Even Perfected Ming Shi, his own Senior Uncle, the Sect Leader of Tianyan Sect, Master Qin Guan, treated Jin Quan differently.
With Jin Quan as a role model, Ye Sheng’s state of mind also opened up. What did it matter that he was a Single Spirit Root? Rember, the Xuanyuan Realm where they lived was but a Small Thousand World. If he cared too much about his desire for victory, what would he do when he later reached the Great Thousand World? There must be even more geniuses there; was he going to let himself be angered to death? Should he challenge every single one?
Therefore, it was enough to just do one’s best, to cultivate wholeheartedly without regrets. Thinking too much can easily lead to Heart Demons, which is detrintal to cultivation and slows one’s progress.
Ye Qiu in the deep sea, searching for the rfolk Treasure, had no idea his son had reached such profound realizations. He would definitely be extrely glad if he knew.
"You’ve been looking all day, why hasn’t there been any sign?" Old Turtle was extrely hopeful, as the saying goes, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointnt. Right now, he was very anxious.
"We’ve waited for hundreds of years; what’s one more day? Stop blathering, the Divine Soul remnants on this inner core seem to be singing. We must be close."
Ye Qiu and Old Turtle’s expressions grew solemn as they cautiously moved forward step by step.
"Can you shrink? Just in case sothing unexpected happens and you can’t get through."
Feeling that he was not as clever as Ye Qiu, Old Turtle obediently shrank into a palm-sized little turtle and lay on Ye Qiu’s shoulder.
"The seawater here is two degrees colder than before, and it’s stagnant; definitely sothing peculiar."
Old Turtle squinted his eyes, smaller than green beans, and silently waited for Ye Qiu’s next move.
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