boyutpedia Chapter 3 The sky's the limit
Chapter 3 The sky's the limit
In a short while, a golden rainbow streaked across the sky, and Wen Tianren's figure landed steadily in front of his residence on Holy Demon Island.
"Young Master, everything is ready." Qingyu, who had been waiting in the courtyard, stepped forward and said when she saw Wen Tianren return.
"Alright, let's go then. We'll head to Black Nether Island, which is closer to the outer sea. Young Master, I want to try out the magic weapon that Master just bestowed upon me." Wen Tianren nodded slightly and looked at Qingyu.
Then, the two flew into a magnificent beast-drawn carriage in front of them.
This carriage was six or seven zhang long, and its entire body was crafted from an unknown fragrant wood. The wood was warm and smooth like jade, and it faintly emitted a calming fragrance. The body was covered with layers of runes, which swirled with white light. Thin gauze curtains hung all around, fluttering gently in the wind, both obscuring the view and exuding a mysterious and noble aura.
The most eye-catching feature was the three strange blue birds pulling the cart forward. These birds were about ten feet in size, with six eyes and four wings, and looked ferocious and menacing.
Although the car was quite spacious, it only housed Wen Tianren and Qingyu. Wen Tianren lazily leaned back on the soft couch inside the car, while Qingyu stood quietly to the side, her eyes constantly scanning the surroundings warily.
The remaining seven or eight maids could only follow from a distance, riding their escape lights, and dared not get any closer.
Wen Tianren uttered two words calmly, "Let's go!"
Although these three strange blue birds looked odd, they were incredibly fast. The three birds cried out in unison, flapped their wings, and a gale arose. The entire beast-drawn carriage disappeared into the gloomy sea area of Holy Demon Island in the blink of an eye, like an arrow released from a bow.
Sitting in the beast-drawn carriage, Wen Tianren did not continue cultivating, but instead pondered which part of the storyline he was in.
Wen Tianren has been trapped on Holy Demon Island ever since he transmigrated here and has never left, so he is unaware of the major events that have occurred in the Chaotic Star Sea over the years.
Although the original owner had some knowledge of the Chaotic Star Sea, it wasn't much. The original owner also spent most of his time cultivating on Holy Demon Island, and the outsiders he came into contact with were mostly cultivators on the island, or other Nascent Soul cultivators of the demonic path and their disciples.
"In the original story, Wen Tianren was at the peak of the late Core Formation stage when he met Han Li. I haven't been in Core Formation for many years, so Han Li probably hadn't even formed his Core yet at this time." Wen Tianren recalled while sorting out the timeline.
Although Han Li's speed of breaking through realms after reaching the Core Formation and Nascent Soul stages was astonishing each time, breaking through the Core Formation stage still took him a full sixty years.
It should be noted that Wen Tianren has been cultivating for a full sixty years, while Han Li has been consuming pills one after another through the little green bottle during those sixty years. This shows how poor his pseudo-spiritual root aptitude is.
Therefore, based on their cultivation speed, Wen Tianren believed that Han Li should still be in Tianxing City, waiting for time to form his core.
Wen Tianren originally thought that since he had a system, he could use it to break the restrictions imposed on him by the Six Paths, then find a large island controlled by a star palace to hide on, and when he ran out of resources, he could replicate some rare spiritual materials to sell, and survive until he reached the Nascent Soul stage.
However, his new understanding of the system changed his mind, and he wanted to go to Tianxing City to contact Han Li, or rather, to contact Little Green Bottle.
It turns out that when the system requires a huge amount of spiritual energy points to copy a treasure, and one does not have enough spiritual energy points to copy it, one can copy the treasure to different degrees, that is, a reduced version, depending on the amount of spiritual energy points available.
If it is the real Little Green Bottle, it is the first Xuan Tian treasure created at the beginning of heaven and earth. Even if the entire human realm and the spirit realm were to be fully recharged, it would not be possible to replicate it.
But this scaled-down version is good. Originally, in the human realm and the spirit realm, it was impossible to use the full power of this treasure. All I need to do is replicate a small green bottle that can accelerate the growth of the spiritual liquid.
As for directly snatching the small green bottle from Han Li's hand, Wen Tianren had considered it, after all, he didn't know if he could actually make a reduced version, and even if he could, the spirit stones required would probably be an astronomical figure.
However, Wen Tianren knew that Han Li was the Dao Ancestor of Reincarnation, and the little green bottle was definitely not easy to obtain. If things were not going to work out, he would have to give up the idea and think about making a reduced version instead.
For the next ten days or so, the beast-drawn carriage sped along. Once they were far enough away from the Holy Demon Island waters, Wen Tianren drugged and abandoned the remaining maids, then left behind a communication talisman for them to escape.
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At this moment, the outline of Black Nether Island can be faintly seen on the boundless sea.
Wen Tianren and Qingyu flew side by side through the air, their clothes fluttering in the sea breeze.
"Qingyu, aren't you curious why I abandoned those maids? Maybe you'll be next." Wen Tianren asked, somewhat curious that Qingyu hadn't asked him about it the whole way.
Qingyu continued walking, her gaze calm as a deep pool: "I know, and naturally I won't ask any more questions. Young Master simply couldn't bear to involve others. As for me, after you saved me from the demon beast, my life belongs to you. I will protect you for the rest of my life, and I will go wherever you go."
Hearing Qingyu's words, Wen Tianren knew that she knew he was going to escape the control of the Six Paths.
In fact, the original owner's intention in nurturing Qingyu was not out of genuine kindness, but rather because he valued Qingyu's appearance and aptitude. He arranged for Qingyu to become a disciple of his master's wife, Madam Wen, with the plan that she would cultivate the Phoenix Cultivation Technique after achieving Core Formation, thus enhancing his own cultivation level.
However, now that I have the system, this heaven-defying artifact, the dual cultivation technique is not so important anymore.
He needed someone he could absolutely trust and who could work independently to handle his mundane tasks: selling spiritual materials, gathering intelligence, and gathering information... Qingyu was the perfect candidate.
With Qingyu as a readily available and loyal subordinate, he certainly wouldn't give her up. Besides, although he wasn't a womanizer, Qingyu was indeed quite pretty...
"Since you're going to follow me," Wen Tianren suddenly spoke, his tone brooking no argument, "from now on, don't refer to yourself as 'slave' anymore. It sounds grating. If you can't change it, you can leave now."
"This...this servant...Qingyu understands!" Qingyu was taken aback, but despite her reluctance, she still did as she was told.
Seeing Qingyu's somewhat aggrieved expression, Wen Tianren smiled slightly and said, "Alright, let's go, let's go into the island."
Wen Tianren and Qingyu descended and entered Black Nether Island.
Although Black Nether Island is not small, it has no special features. It gets its name from the bloodthirsty Black Nether Shark, a monster that inhabits the waters around it.
The reason why Black Nether Island is famous is because it is close to the outer sea. The island has a teleportation array of the Star Palace, which can directly teleport to the islands around Tianxing City. Many cultivators will teleport from Tianxing City to this place to go to the outer sea to hunt monsters.
At the Star Palace teleportation array on Black Nether Island, Wen Tianren and Qing Yu, who had changed their appearances, handed over the spirit stones required for teleportation, and the people of the Star Palace gave each of them a teleportation talisman.
This teleportation talisman has the effect of a Great Teleportation Order, but it's not that powerful. For long distances like from Tiannan to the Chaotic Star Sea, one teleportation talisman is far from enough to protect the safety of the person being teleported. However, it's more than enough for teleportation between the inner and outer star seas.
The Star Palace was able to dominate the Chaotic Star Sea not only because each generation had great cultivators like the Twin Saints or even Nascent Soul cultivators, but also because the Star Palace controlled many important islands in the Inner Sea and the teleportation array leading to the Outer Star Sea.
Any force wishing to travel to the Outer Star Sea can only do so through the teleportation array in Tianxing City. This monopolistic business has made Tianxing City the hub between the inner and outer seas, making it the largest city in this chaotic star sea.
After everyone had gathered at the teleportation array, the Star Palace cultivators activated the teleportation array, and the spirit stones embedded around the array emitted a dazzling white light.
"I am a bird in a cage and a fish in a net. This journey is like a bird soaring into the blue sky and a fish entering the sea. I will no longer be bound by any constraints." Wen Tianren thought to himself with excitement as he saw that he was about to be teleported.
After all, he had always been under the pressure of the Six Paths Supreme Saint, and he didn't know when he would be captured and refined into an incarnation.
The moment he was teleported, Wen Tianren immediately used the opportunity to break the restrictions given by the system in the newbie gift pack.
The dormant black and red mark within his body vanished silently and completely, like ice and snow meeting the sun.