blueteamnovel Chapter 268 The Mountain Dweller: Would you like to become my disciple?
Chapter 268 The Mountain Dweller: Would you like to become my disciple?
Chapter 268 The Mountain Hermit: Would You Like to Be My Disciple? (3K)
Chen Yuan didn't expect that his second clone would receive news so quickly.
"Teacher Dark really keeps his word; he's already got the Blood Sea in such a short time."
Chen Yuan's face was full of surprise; having a great teacher is truly wonderful.
On their own, just getting to the Nine Netherworld is extremely troublesome, because the Nine Netherworld is located in the secret realm of the Ancestral God Sect.
To reach the Ancestral God Sect's secret realm, one needs the Beast God Inheritance Token and must become an inheritor to be eligible to enter.
But now that the Lord of Darkness has intervened, all these requirements are waived, and the Blood Sea is right there in our hands!
However, considering the power of the Lord of the Nine Netherworlds, Chen Yuan couldn't help but ask with concern, "Teacher, did you encounter any trouble this time?"
"I've heard that within the Nine Netherworld, the Lord of the Nine Netherworld is an invincible being."
The Lord of Darkness smiled slightly: "What you said is not wrong. He is indeed invincible in the territory of the Nine Netherworlds."
"But your teacher isn't bad either!" He shook his head slightly. "After all, no matter how strong Jiuyou is, he can't surpass the limitations of the primordial universe, and such strength naturally can't do anything to me."
"Besides, I had a little bit of a relationship with him, so when I went to ask him for it in person, since the Blood Sea Water wasn't worth much, he naturally agreed without hesitation."
As he spoke, the Lord of Darkness revealed a smile: "If the Nine Netherworlds dare not give it to me, I will force my way in, take some Blood Sea Water, and leave. He will be helpless."
To this, Chen Yuan could only exclaim, "Teacher is awesome!"
He truly deserves to be called the master of a fifth-order universe; he is indeed an invincible existence within the primordial universe.
"And the teacher is right. Although the Lord of the Nine Netherworlds is invincible, it's wishful thinking to think he can kill an opponent of the same level. After all, the primordial universe has its limits."
Chen Yuan thought to himself, "Even the strongest being in the universe couldn't kill my teacher, so the Lord of the Nine Netherworlds certainly couldn't either."
"Alright, since your original core is in Chaos City, I won't care what your main body is doing. Anyway, there won't be any danger."
The Lord of Darkness gently shook his head. "Your clone should stay in Chaos City and not leave. I will arrive in three days. You should quickly nurture your second clone."
At this point, he suddenly remembered something and asked, "By the way, have you come up with any ideas for your third clone? If it's too much trouble, just leave it to me."
"I don't have a target for now." Chen Yuan honestly shook his head. "There's no rush for a third clone. After all, I only recently broke through to the Realm Lord level. I have plenty of time in the future to choose one at my own pace."
"That's true."
The Lord of Darkness nodded. He knew that his disciple's two bodies already possessed exceptional time and space talents, and with the Nine Nether Blood Sea clone providing a super divine body, it was basically a perfect clone combination. "In that case, you should focus on nurturing these two clones first. Anyway, there's still plenty of time. Just nurture the third clone before you break through to immortality."
"That is exactly what I intend to do," Chen Yuan said respectfully.
"Alright, that's all for now. See you in Chaos City."
After the Lord of Darkness finished speaking, he closed the communication.
Chen Yuan continued his journey, but with a newfound sense of anticipation in his heart.
Three days later, the Lord of Darkness returned to Chaos City as promised and handed a large basin of blood-sea water to the Soul-Devouring Beast's clone.
Within the pronuclear space.
Gazing at the churning, blood-red seawater before him, Chen Yuan immediately activated his clone technique:
"A blood-red avatar is born!"
As the inner world trembled violently, countless forces of the world surged wildly into the seawater, instantly evaporating the blood-red seawater and leaving only the most primordial life matter.
Enveloped by the power of the world, the original seawater disappeared, replaced by a "giant egg" formed from the power of the world.
"Success! A gestation period of nearly 400 years?"
Chen Yuan smiled and said, "In that case, let's put the original core into the Primordial Palace for now to accelerate its development."
Thanks to the existence of the optimization space, the original core quickly crossed the spacetime boundary and instantly appeared in the Primordial Palace from Chaos City.
After confirming that the avatar's development was proceeding normally, Chen Yuan stopped worrying about it and continued on his way to the Wuhua Secret Realm.
With the extreme speed of the Shiyuan Palace, the rest of the journey took only half a month to reach the location of the secret realm.
The Wuhua Secret Realm has a maximum diameter of 16 light-years and contains six extremely dangerous areas. Chen Yuan's purpose in this trip is to reach the core area of one of these six dangerous areas, the "Ice Prison Star Belt," namely the "Ice Prison Star."
Before long, the Shiyuan Palace arrived at the Ice Prison Star Belt region.
"No response? Could it be that the Mountain-Sitting Guest really didn't make any prior arrangements?"
Chen Yuan frowned slightly. He knew that the entire "Ice Prison Star Belt" was only 2.1 light-years in diameter, and the Ice Prison Star at its core was not far from him. Logically, he should have been able to sense it.
"Perhaps the distance wasn't enough. At least in the original story, Luo Feng only sensed the existence of the metal plate after getting close to Ice Prison Star."
Thinking of this, Chen Yuan instructed, "Continue to approach, but be careful to conceal your presence."
"Yes, sir!"
As the Primordial Palace flew at sub-light speed through the Ice Prison Star Belt, more than three months later, it finally approached the core area, "Ice Prison Star".
"There's a response!"
Chen Yuan's eyes suddenly lit up as he felt the intense attraction emanating from the distant Ice Prison Star. "It's only a few hundred million kilometers away! That's great!"
After confirming that the third metal plate was located on Ice Prison Star, Chen Yuan took back the Origin Palace and decided to go there personally.
"On Ice Prison Star, the only threat to me is those two cosmic Venerable-level Dou Kou."
The Doukou clan is a special life form living in the Ice Prison Star Belt, with a total of several thousand members.
As special life forms, the Dou Kou's genetic level is about a hundred times higher, and their strength is not to be underestimated, especially the two Venerable-level Dou Kou, who are basically equivalent to two cosmic overlords.
"Fortunately, the mental will of the Dou Kou clan is not strong. I used the Heavenly Light Battle Armor to conceal my figure and aura, and then used mental power to reduce my presence. As long as I am not deliberately probed by the two Venerables, they should not be able to find me."
This time, Chen Yuan learned his lesson and did not use his mind shield to cover the entire mountain forest as carelessly as he did with the "Na Shi Clan".
That method essentially renders the entire mountain area virtually invisible, which, while preventing others from accidentally wandering in,
But in the perception of the Cosmic Venerable, it was as if a large piece was missing, which was extremely noticeable.
Therefore, this time Chen Yuan chose to shield himself solely with his mental power, making his target extremely small. As long as he didn't linger under the watchful eye of the Universe Venerable,
It is unlikely to be detected.
Before long, Chen Yuan entered the Ice Prison Star region and successfully arrived at one of the planets.
According to the original description, the black metal plate was hidden inside the King's "Hall of All Things," guarded by an Immortal-level Purple Helmsman named "Tarasha." Chen Yuan stood in front of a palace forged from ice, thinking to himself, "Fortunately, I have a mental shield, so the Immortal-level Helmsman can't detect me at all."
"Of course, the condition is that I cannot touch any item in the palace."
The entire palace here has been refined by that immortal-level Purple-Clad Bandit. Any item inside will be instantly detected if it is touched.
Fortunately, Chen Yuan didn't need to touch anything to obtain the contents of the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual!
Following his senses, he quickly entered the Hall of All Things and found the black metal plate at the top on the icy ground piled with various miscellaneous items.
"Strange, in the original story, Luo Feng found the metal plate at the bottom of a pile of junk, but now it's on top?"
Chen Yuan was slightly puzzled, but considering that the two timelines were more than 10,000 years apart, the items in the Palace of Myriad Things must have been moved many times, so it was normal for the metal plate to fall to the bottom after 10,000 years.
"Never mind, I won't touch the metal plate anyway. I'll leave after I've collected the data remotely. Even if it's a trap set by the bandits, it has nothing to do with me."
With that thought in mind, Chen Yuan walked to a meter in front of the black metal plate, silently reciting in his mind: "Collect the information recorded within the black metal plate [Data collection in progress, estimated completion time: 10 days]"
"The time has increased to 10 days, but once I finish collecting this part, I will have the First Five Tribulations Secret Manual. So it's okay if it takes a little longer."
So Chen Yuan stood patiently in front of the black metal plate, like a statue, waiting.
With his mental power concealing his aura, and without touching the metal plate, the process went very smoothly, and the system completed the collection without any incident.
"Done."
Seeing that the system had finished collecting the data, Chen Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, then slowly exited the Hall of Myriad Things and flew away from Ice Prison Star.
However, just when Chen Yuan thought he could leave smoothly, suddenly—time and space around him froze instantly.
As an awe-inspiring pressure appeared, an incomparably tall figure descended from the dazzling light.
Bound by time and space, Chen Yuan was like an insect frozen in amber, everything except his thoughts was frozen, and he could only watch helplessly as the figure approached.
"To control spacetime, one must be at least at the level of a universe master; even Venerable Doukou could never achieve that."
Although Chen Yuan was shocked, he remained calm. After all, his original core and personal treasures had already been placed in the optimization space, so he was not afraid of death at all.
Instead, after calmly reflecting, a conjecture came to his mind.
The towering figure before him was nearly 100,000 kilometers tall, and even planets looked like marbles in his hands. However, as the figure slowly approached Chen Yuan, its size gradually shrank.
When the other person arrived in front of Chen Yuan, his figure had shrunk to about three meters tall, looking like an ordinary little old man with a strange appearance.
He scrutinized Chen Yuan closely, a smile appearing on his face, but his voice rang directly in Chen Yuan's mind:
"What an amazing method! It was able to forcibly examine the contents of the 'Heavenly Soul Crystal' through its influence, and more importantly, it bypassed the rules of the primordial universe to cultivate successfully, thus mastering the Nine Tribulations Secret Scripture."
The strange old man rubbed his chin and continued, "Moreover, although he has the body of an Earthling, his soul does not possess the characteristics of Earth's lineage, yet his level of willpower is not low."
"I never imagined that there was such a special being as you in the primordial universe."
With that, the strange old man waved his hand, releasing the spatial and temporal pressure surrounding Chen Yuan, and smiled slightly at him: "Little fellow, how about considering becoming my disciple?"