Chapter 81: Mastah~?
For the rest of the day, Shen wandered around the Hundred Miles City. He couldn't find Shi Qingzhuang, nor did he find Feng Wuxi.
The Feng Clan was situated on the nearest city of Hundred Miles City, Phoenix Setting City. Yet, the Feng Clan had a good amount of influence on Hundred Miles City. It was not because the Feng Clan had powerful experts but rather because of their exceptional Clan Head.
After collecting information, he found whereabouts about both Shi Qingzhuang and Feng Wuxi. Every nine years there the nine nearby cities held a competition called Tournament of the Nine Cities.
Thinking about it, Shen remembered Yu Ruyan mentioning it, but at that time he left in hurry and promised to talk later. Now he didn't know what Ruyan wanted to talk about but he hoped she won't at least mention anything like participating in the competition.
Only those from 16 to 22 years old were allowed to participate in this competition and the nearby cities were all "very weak", at least from his standards. Let alone young generations, he can fight off a few clans as long as he didn't encounter any secluded clans.
And Ruyan already knew he was a Xiantian before leaving the city and after returning his strength equaled to a Martial King. Him participating in such low-level strength competition would be crushing an ant with elephants strength!
Shaking those thoughts, he entered the Immortal Realm. He had small spiral of energy building inside him due to using the Duo Technique while teasing the girls and spending quality time with Wushuang.
He had a fresh mind due to spending time with his girls and taking things easy. These were the times he liked most. Taking things easy once a while can clear your mind and relax your body too but for him, even during the peaceful time he must cultivate. He had the Immortal Realm and not utilizing to its best potential would be a grave sin.
Thinking about the realm's best potential Shen remembered that the Immortal Realm remained stagnant on the fourth layer. Unlocking every layer from now will only get harder and slower. He must think about alternatives for leveling up the realm. As for the Mortal Realm, he had no idea how to unlock the next layers but it didn't seem to be connected with the Immortal Realm.
While he was pondering, he felt a presence on top of his head. He didn't turn his head up and exasperatedly said, "Kitty, what's your progress on the Palace?"
Kaidi jumped down from his head and changed to her humanoid form. "After entering the main door I couldn't open any other doors. Are you sure you unlocked all doors and traps?"
"I'm 100% sure. How about this, after today's cultivating here I will join you inside. I have free time now."
"Yes! Let's go," Kaidi excitedly grabbed his arm and walked forward.
"Wait, wait. Didn't I just said after cultivating?"
"Eh~ you are gonna take a long time~"
"Why not take Kawa to the Mortal Realm and check the perimeters. I don't know how to unlock the next layers. So, you might find something there."
Kaidi seemed unwilling. During the three weeks of journey from Greencloud Capital to Hundred Miles City, they hardly spent any time together. Evidently, she felt lonely. "Just don't keep me waiting, hmph!"
She pouted and left Shen alone. Taking Kawa she entered Mortal Realm.
After having a time of peace Shen checked everything inside the Immortal Realm. The Absolute Chaos Tree bore another fruit but it will still take a few months for it to be suitable for plucking.
There was no change on the Holy Branch he kept with the Absolute Chaos Tree but it certainly looked shinier. He had yet to find any specific use for this item but he had a feeling this branch was no ordinary item.
The big pond was now filled with fishes. Unlike how empty it looked after becoming bigger, now it was filled with exotic fishes and with its clear water, everything was visible to the naked eyes. It looked great but he felt the pond lacked water plant and grasses which should be solved when the next layer of the realm unlocks. At least, he expected that to happen.
As for the land, most of it was filled with various colors of herbs, leaving only a limited amount of space for his beasts and himself. He already ran out of Purple Leaf Flower hence he couldn't refine any Spirit Concentrating Pills. He had a few hundred pills refined and stored properly for his use. Besides, given another month he will have the next batch of Purple Leaf Flower ready for harvesting.
Taking another pill and upgrading it, Shen started cultivating. He reached the peak of fifth grade Martial King during the three weeks of his journey. It was mostly because of the pill which increased his cultivation speed and with the energy from Dual Cultivation Technique he surpassed the breakpoint of the 56 qi strands, becoming sixth grade Martial King!
He used another full day inside the Immortal Realm only focusing on cultivating. He used the rest of his time to practice Absolute Vision and Absolute Existence, which remained stagnant for a long time. Even after training the whole time, he couldn't achieve the next layer of the techniques. It was evident that his cultivation realm didn't reach the requirement.
After using the full time of the Immortal Realm, Shen washed his sweat-drenched body and clothes on the lake and left the Immortal Realm. He didn't find Kawa or Kaidi inside the Mortal and commanded them to meet them in front of the Heavenly Emperor Palace.
He soon saw them coming out of the small mountains. Much to his surprise they followed his orders and didn't slack off!
"Alright. Let's get in," Shen clapped his hands and went with his feeling, to create a teleportation circle below. It was the same circle Zhu Ling created that day.
Before Kaidi knew what was going on, the scenery before her eyes changed and she found herself inside the palace, just behind her was the Palace gate which she was familiar with. The sudden change of scenery caught her by surprise, "W-what happened-nya?!"
"Nya?"
Kaidi suddenly sealed her mouth with both of her hands and blood rushed on her pale white cheeks. She looked so cute that Shen wanted to hug her tightly.
Kaidi didn't pay heed to Shen and asked her question again. This time, however, she uttered words by words, "What happened? We were just outside."
"You said nya, right? You did, didn't you?"
Kaidi completely ignored Shen and walked to her left. While she was curious to know how Shen did that, obviously she didn't want to answer him. But who was Shen? He kept pestering her! "Hey, Kitty, say it again. Say Nya~!"
This went on until they encountered another gate on their path. Kaidi touched the gate pushed with all of her strength, "See, all of these doors are closed. No matter how much I push they won't open."
"Let's see," She stood in front of the door and gazed for any abnormalities, "Open!"
Without any sound, the door slid inside the wall as if nothing existed there in the first place. In fact, this place was the outer layer that surrounded the whole palace. There shouldn't be any doors but here it was.
Kaidi felt it was unfair when she saw the door "disappearing". She tried so hard and it didn't budge little and now it disappeared just from his order. Unfortunate for her, she had yet to know what was about to come.
"Strange though. Even if there was any gate here, everything should be opened as per my order," mused Shen as he looked for any abnormalities.
"Maybe there's some problem with the palace?"
"No, it's a palace and a treasure, not cheap items which will go bad after sitting around a while..." he convinced himself but still added in his mind, "yeah, even if it's millions of years old."
"Can't we go to the treasury similar to how we entered the palace?"
"Good question, let me see."
It's not as if Shen didn't think that but wanted to check why the doors were still locked. It didn't matter how far he was from the palace, as long as he could feel its presence his order should be carried out.
The similar circle formed below them as Shen found himself in a different space but it wasn't definitely the treasury. Before Shen could ascertain his position he noticed that Kaidi wasn't by his side and something rushed at his direction. Before he could react a sudden force sent him back first on the floor.
"Mastah~"
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Chapter 82: Gong Shang
"Mastah~"
"Oops~ Shang'er bit her tongue," a cute and loving voice entered Shen's ear.
The owner of the voice was obviously a girl and from her tone, she should be at least 14 years old. She cutely laughed and snuggled on his chest. "Master~ Shang'er missed you a lot~!"
A weird feeling invaded Shen's heart by the girl's presence. How can anyone be inside the Heavenly Emperor Palace? Not just that how did she even enter the Mortal Realm without his permission? With tons of questions in his mind, Shen hesitantly grabbed the girl's head and lifted it from his chest.
A beautiful but a little childish face greeted him. Golden eyes—much similar to his eyes— stared at him with strong affection. Long golden hairs that he couldn't even see the end of. Her white skin gave off a yellow glow.
"Who are you? Why are you here?"
A cute pout formed on her lips. "Hmph~ Shang'er is angry. How can you forget Shang'er."
"I'm no lolicon but she is too cute!" Shen commented in his head and asked the girl, "Little girl, did we meet before?"
"Shang'er is not a little girl! Shang'er is Shang'er!"
"Ok, ok. Shang'er how did you came here? Did someone you here?"
"Bah, who would bring Shang'er here? Shang'er was here from her birth."
"Then how old is Shang'er now?"
"Hmm, Shang'er can't remember. Maybe one million years? Or tens of millions? Shang'er forgot to count."
"...Lit-Shang'er, you can't lie. Be honest."
"Of course, Shang'er won't lie to her creator. It saddened Shang'er when she didn't find Master after her birth. But Shang'er knew master will find her again."
"..." Shen couldn't come up with any words for this little girl anymore. He only speechlessly looked at the girl, "Creator? Do I look like a god?! How can I even create a living being like her?"
"Haha, Shang'er, you can come up with good jokes. How can I create you?"
"Master didn't create Shang'er. Master created the palace," the little girl, Shang'er, spread her arms and happily continued, "and I am the spirit of this palace."
After hearing Shang'er, Shen calmly assessed the situation. Calmly.
"So, Shang'er is the spirit of the Heavenly Emperor Palace and I created the Heavenly Emperor Palace. Everything looks cool." Shen "calmly" thought and said, "So, Shang'er. When did I create you?"
"Shang'er can't remember. When Shang'er formed her conscience, Master was nowhere to be found."
"And it's been millions of years after you were born?
"Yes! Did Master finally remember Shang'er?!" Shang'er happily chirped.
"No, not at all."
"Shang'er knew Master won't forget her! Shang'er loves Master with her heart and soul~" It seems Shang'er didn't want to hear the words of refusal from Shen and her subconscious totally blocked the words from reaching her senses.
Shen speechlessly looked at this delusional girl. She addressed herself as the spirit of the Heavenly Emperor Palace, which, convinced Shen but him being the creator? "Either she must have a loose screw or its the side effect of using Absolute Taming Card, which shouldn't happen. Absolute Taming Card only tames something for me. Not making me the dearest person of the tamed being..."
Either way, he decided to act like the creator of the palace.
"Shang'er what did you do after gaining conscience?"
"MMm... Shang'er can't remember everything but she thinks she learned her name bestowed by Master. After that... after that Shang'er spent her time in the library and the garden of the palace."
"Oh, what name did I give you?"
"Gong Shang~ such a beautiful and fitting name. As expected of Master! Ehehehe~"
"Gong Shang? Celestial Palace? Now that sounds like a name that I would give... Shang'er, it must've been lonely for you, being here all alone?"
"Mmm. But it's ok. Master is here for Shang'er. Shang'er won't feel lonely anymore."
Shen patted her head as he found her very likable. She had a pitiful life, after gaining her conscience she lived alone in solitude, yet remained strong without being affected by anything.
"I promise I will visit you every now and then. There will be others to play with you too."
"Hehe~ I don't need anyone as long as I have Master."
"...ok. Shang'er, you are creeping me out. Get up of me."
"Eeh~ Master being meany~" Shang'er cutely complained but still obeyed his order.
Even so, she didn't leave by his side. When Shen stood up, she clung to his arm like a little angel unwilling to leave her master's side.
Shen finally got the chance to see the end of Shang'er's hair. Even after reaching the ground, her hairs reached another seven meters of distance. Shiny golden hair, and calling them only long would be an understatement. Like a little fairy, Shang'er smiled at his presence. One could only marvel at her beauty.
Shen caressed her cheek and Shang'er pleasantly closed her eyes to enjoy his caress. "You won't be lonely, I promise."
"Shang'er believes Master," Shang'er softly said, unlike her previous childlike behavior which portrayed her as a fairy, she looked like a true Angel who was calm and soothing.
Shen gently patted her head and assessed the room. As far as his eyes could see, he saw two rows of Thrones and his current position was in the middle of these two rows. Looking back, he found another throne but this throne had a vast difference from the others.
While the thrones on both rows looked comfy and extravagant, the one in the middle foremost looked beyond anything he had ever seen. Made out of unknown materials, it was wider than any other thrones. Just from one look, anyone could say that at least three people can sit there without any discomfort. The throne handle looked soft enough to make it look like as if it was made from flesh.
As for the back of the throne, it was 9 meters tall and on the 5 meters mark, there was a giant-sized book drawn perfectly. Surrounding the book, countless runes and inscriptions covered the whole back of the throne. Strangely enough, it gave an aura of serenity, or rather, nature, and not looking weird at all.
Shen let out a long sigh as he marveled at the beauty of this room and the throne. Whoever crafted them, used a delicate method as every throne had an air of synergy between them.
"Master, Master~" Shang'er shook Shen to bring him out of his daze and she cheerfully said, "Master~ take your seat~ Shang'er wants to see Master on the throne, hehe."
Shen gulped loudly. For the first time in his life, he felt nervous for sitting somewhere. He nodded lightly and headed for the throne.
Every step thumped his heart strongly. He told himself that he owned this palace and sitting on the throne was his right. Alas, it did nothing to relieve his nervousness. Gradually, another feeling sprouted inside his heart. A little excited feeling as if he was conquering many, many things.
He appreciated the beauty of the throne and turned around and sat down on the throne. All nervousness and excitement disappeared from his heart. He felt nothing special and realized sitting on a throne was nothing to be proud or excited about. One can't be the Emperor just by sitting on a Throne.
Shen stared blankly at the golden ceiling as another bizarre feeling took over his heart. Clearly, he sat on this Throne for the first time but a sense of déjà vu struck him. As if he couldn't be more familiar with this place.
While he lost in this feeling, a strand of his soul entered the throne and the whole palace started to shine. As if a dead item being given a new life.
He finally came back to reality when Shang'er hugged him again. By this time the glow already disappeared and he only felt the golden color of the palace looked brighter than usual.
"Master," Shang'er called him out, her eyes were glowing as she gazed him.
"Ye—"
Before he could reply, his lips were sealed by Shang'er. "Shang'er loves Master for giving her this life," she said sweetly.
The kiss only lasted for a blink but Shen could feel that Shang'er only wish to express her gratitude. At the same time, a small shape of the Heavenly Emperor Palace formed inside his dreamscape.
Shen felt bad for deceiving such a pure and petite girl (err... loli) and decided to come out clean. "Shang'er, I didn't create you"—Shang'er put her finger on top of his lips, indicating him to stop.
"There's no way Shang'er would mistake Master for someone else," she smiled happily, "ehehe."
"What do you mean? When you were created I didn't even exist."
"Shang'er doesn't know~"
"Sigh~" Shen let out a long sigh, "That's right, Shang'er. Did you see my companion? She should've been with me here."
"Eh, Shang'er doesn't know about any nasty cats~"
Shen finally remembered that he had Kaidi with him. With Shang'er's appearance, her presence almost slipped through his head. Although she said had no idea, her playful tone and words totally gave her away.
"Shang'er, it's an order."
"Eh, Master being meany," Shang'er half-joked and half-complained but still waved her hand and a small black prison rose up from the "ground".
Inside the prison, sat a distressed golden cat, looking for ways to get out.
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