“Haha, it’s just a bit troublesome with the clothes when flying through the skies and burrowing through the earth,” Dongbo Xueying was in an excellent mood.
Flying through the skies and burrowing through the earth, his clothes were instantly stored into his storage bracelet. The storage bracelet left behind by Senior Lei was also a low-tier Divine Saint artifact; as a supernatural item, it could also be transformed into particles.
However, the particle state was unsuitable for combat.
Without armor protection, without any protective items, and even without weapons to block, encountering an opponent of the same level could easily lead to a major disadvantage. The human form was the strongest form for battle.
“When the time comes, the master will join a supernatural organization, and they will bestow some basic supernatural items,” said the golden ape.
“Mm,” Dongbo Xueying nodded.
Over the past six years, he had been living with these two supernatural alchemical creatures and had learned much about the supernatural world.
He had gained some understanding about various supernatural organizations, such as the Witch Temple, the Demon God Assembly, and even the Earth God Temple and the Blood Blade Tavern.
Of course, the monkey and the bird were merely alchemical constructs, so their understanding was only superficial.
“Come on, let’s go check out the world entrance first,” Dongbo Xueying said with a smile.
“The world entrance is right there!” The golden ape and the golden roc pointed the way from the side.
Because of the map, Dongbo Xueying already clearly knew the location of the world entrance.
On one seemingly ordinary crystalline wall of the grand hall, Dongbo Xueying extended his right hand. Immediately, a stream of pale red, scorching hot fighting qi flew from his palm, instantly enveloping and penetrating that section of the wall. Then the wall transformed, revealing a tall, ancient gate about a hundred meters high. At the same time, a ripple emanated from the gate, directly transmitting into Dongbo Xueying’s mind.
“I am Heifeng.
On the other side of this gate lies a large supernatural world. Do not enter unless you have reached the Saint level,” the mental ripple also transmitted a map along with some annotations.
The map depicted the world behind this gate.
“Not surprisingly a large world, it even has native quasi-gods,” Dongbo Xueying felt some apprehension after understanding the annotations. Hundreds of thousands of years ago, when the master of Heifeng Palace perished, there was a quasi-god in this large world! At that time, the master of Heifeng Palace was so powerful that the quasi-god was scared into hiding. As for now, that quasi-god must have long since died of old age, but it was likely that other quasi-gods had emerged. This kind of world was extremely dangerous, yet equally a tremendous treasure trove!
“My current strength is too weak; entering would be tantamount to suicide,” Dongbo Xueying shook his head and turned to leave.
This underground hall had another main entrance, though it required supernatural power to open.
“Boom, boom, boom ~~~” Dongbo Xueying’s supernatural fighting qi seeped in and activated the mechanism. Instantly, the previously smooth and crystalline wall revealed a massive gate, which rumbled open, revealing layers of azure stone steps beyond.
“The old master swept through a small area around here,” the golden ape said helplessly. “Just approaching some of the more remote parts near this underground hall, but the truly important places… they were guarded, so we couldn’t proceed further.”
“How much did Senior Lei gain from just sweeping through once?” Dongbo Xueying asked.
“Just some items and tools carelessly placed by the master of Heifeng Palace, but for the old master, it was still a significant haul,” the ape replied.
The layout of the palace was quite complex.
Many areas were clearly used by the palace master for experiments. Of course, all the precious items and tools were gone, probably taken by Senior Lei back then.
“We can’t go any further ahead,” the golden ape said.
“Because of them two?” Dongbo Xueying pointed ahead, where two lion-like statues flanked the wide passage.
“Just them two,” the golden roc spoke up for once, its eyes cold and calm. “They both possess peak Saint-level power; even the old master couldn’t get past them.”
“Peak Saint-level?” Dongbo Xueying was taken aback.
What extravagance.
Alchemical creatures were different from humans; humans would age and die, but alchemical creatures were truly immortal and ageless, so they could be passed down to descendants as continuous inheritances.
For example, Senior Lei, as an elder of the Sea God Palace and a peak Saint-level powerhouse, had only left behind two low-tier flying alchemical creatures. Of course, that was also because Lei had sold off many treasures to focus on breaking through his cultivation. Even someone at Lei’s level would find it difficult to obtain alchemical creatures of Saint-level power.
“Two peak Saint-level alchemical creatures just casually placed inside the palace?” Dongbo Xueying recalled the black-armored soldier he had once killed; that soldier was formed from black mist, not an alchemical creature.
“The old master said the master of Heifeng Palace was a terrifying half-god mage. The formations he arranged in the palace have yet to be breached by any supernatural being!” the golden ape said. “Breaking through this formation is far more difficult than sweeping through an entire large supernatural world. These two alchemical creatures in front of us are merely the tip of the iceberg of Heifeng Palace’s entire defensive forces!”
The golden roc beside him said, “Master, do you see that faint arc circle over there?”
“I know; Senior Lei told me,” Dongbo Xueying nodded. There were many patterns on the ground, and indeed, there was a large arc circle around the corridor’s entrance. This arc circle might have been a mark left by the master of Heifeng Palace for his experimental assistants, warning them not to cross into the circle. Once crossed, they would immediately be attacked.
“Let’s try it out,” Dongbo Xueying said, flipping his hand to take out a dart-shaped projectile. With a flick of his wrist!
Whoosh.
The dart, wrapped in fiery fighting qi, instantly transformed into a flaming meteor, hurtling toward one of the lion-like beast statues.
The lion-like beast statue suddenly opened its eyes, and whoosh! Two crimson beams shot from its eyes, simultaneously striking the dart. The dart instantly emitted a ‘hiss’ sound before turning to ash and vanishing.
Dongbo Xueying inwardly whistled.
The lion-like beast statue coldly glanced at Dongbo Xueying before closing its eyes again, showing no sign of life, just like a real ordinary statue.
“Thankfully, it loyally follows the palace master’s orders and doesn’t attack anything outside the arc,” Dongbo Xueying smiled. “Alright, we’ve seen enough. Monkey, bird, let’s go; it’s time for us to leave.”
He was merely here for reconnaissance.
At his current strength, he couldn’t even dream of conquering this palace, let alone entering a large supernatural world.
After all…
He had only just entered the supernatural realm.
…
They arrived at a crack in one of the walls of the underground hall.
“It’s time to go home,” Dongbo Xueying waved his hand, and the golden ape and golden roc were instantly wrapped up and drawn into the storage bracelet by the forces of heaven and earth without any resistance.
“Let’s go!”
Whoosh.
Instantly, Dongbo Xueying transformed into a streak of flame, flying into the crack.
Following the wide crack, it continuously narrowed, and Dongbo Xueying flew at an extremely high speed.
As the crack became narrower, it connected with some pre-existing underground cracks in the earth, creating branches! Otherwise, it wouldn’t have extended for over a thousand miles from a single strike.
Fortunately, Dongbo Xueying had memorized the map left by Senior Lei, so the branches did not affect him.
Flying all the way, some places were extremely narrow! The flame streaked through effortlessly.
Merely the time it took to drink a cup of tea.
“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh ~~~” A river of scorching magma flowed slowly, its surrounding rocky crevices also blocked by magma.
Whoosh.
A streak of flame instantly shot out from the magma-filled crack, transforming into the figure of a young man in black midair above the river of magma.
“The magma river!” Dongbo Xueying looked at the river before him and immediately showed delight. “I’m out!”
In the time it took to drink a cup of tea, he had traveled over a thousand miles and reached the magma river.
“This is where the Wuya Volcano is.”
Dongbo Xueying then transformed into a stream of water with a swoosh, flying at high speed. Although slightly slower than flame, it was relatively more concealed.
In just a few breaths, a stream of water shot out from a volcanic crater, quickly soaring into the clouds high above.
This volcano was only 1,200 miles from Xue Shi Mountain in Yi Shui City, a relatively famous volcano within Qinghe County, known as the ‘Wuya Volcano,’ which Dongbo Xueying was very familiar with.
…
The night sky was illuminated by a bright moon.
A stream of water flew at high speed through the high-altitude clouds, quickly covering the 1,200-mile distance.
Whoosh.
The stream transformed into the young man in black.
Slowly descending, he passed through the clouds and looked down at the mountain below, the mountain of his childhood, and the very familiar castle atop it.
“I’m back,” Dongbo Xueying smiled.
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