Chapter 458: The Inheritance - 458
These twenty newcomers could be from various backgrounds. They could be from sects just below the top ten, or even rogue cultivators, though that was unlikely.
With the last group arriving, 44 participants had gathered. They seemed to form three groups.
One, those from the top ten sects, showed the most arrogance and disregard. Another, the new 20, were arrogant and disregarded those from white palace city, but were very wary of those from the top ten sects.
Finally, there were those from White Palace city. Among them, only Zhu Yi stood calm and steady. The other three had already begun to feel inferiority.
Still, few even looked at those from White Palace City.
The two guild masters spoke. "Welcome to White Palace City."
Although the 40 participants were arrogant, they had to at least show some respect to the guild masters of the branches within White Palace City.
They quieted down and allowed the guild masters to speak. "We will be heading to the White Palace from here. When we arrive, I'll explain everything regarding the inheritance. Let's depart."
The guild masters set off with Zhu Yi and the other 3 behind them. Behind them were the rest, walking slowly and unconcerned.
However, as they got deeper into White Palace city, everyone quieted down. Zhu Yi followed their gazes. As they were all extremely talented and most likely from high level sects, they had hardly reacted to the White Palace. Initially, they had only taken a glance. After all, cultivators could build giant and elegant buildings anywhere.
Yet, as they got closer, a feeling began to press down on all of them. The source was the White Palace, or rather, Chen Jie.
No matter how talented the cultivator, they would never say that they could compare to Chen Jie.
An overwhelming feeling pressed down on all 40 newcomers. The other three from the guilds felt a little better seeing their reactions.
No matter who they were or where they came from, they could not match Chen Jie.
The group soon arrived near the White Palace in silence. Nobody was allowed inside of the White Palace. This was a rule that applied to all life in the world.
However, there were no rules saying that a person could not go below White Palace City.
Near the White Palace, the guild masters led the group of 44 participants and 10 servants to a hole in the ground. Leading down this hole were stairs.
The guild masters stopped. "This is as far as we will take you. Now, listen closely. As you are walking down the stairs, your mind will start to fog up. Before you realize it, you will have been randomly placed inside an area within the inheritance grounds that lies below the White Palace. Although there have been many accounts of the inside, many are different. It is hard to know what you will see or find. Understand that it is possible to die inside the inheritance grounds. There is nobody who would be able to save you. Be cautious and careful. Now, in around three minutes, the inheritance will open. You can leave earlier if you find an exit, but if you stay, you will automatically be moved out after a year. Good luck."
The two guild masters moved and sat off to the side. The ten servants also moved to the side. Only the 44 participants silently waited.
When three minutes passed, the guild master of the rogue cultivator guild nodded.
Everyone began to walk down the steps. Zhu Yi paid attention to those around him, though everyone was keeping a distance from each other.
Soon, Zhu Yi's mind clouded up. He tried to resist, but he was soon unable to think. Around him, everyone else was in the same situation. Only Zhou Fan observed them all.
He soon saw a light below their feet.
"Teleportation array, huh."
All 44 participants disappeared.
When Zhu Yi opened his eyes, he looked around. He had expected to see some sort of cavern, or at least a ceiling above his head, but there was none of that.
Around him was the most beautiful environment he had ever seen. Above were clouds and even a sun.
Zhu Yi felt as if he had entered another world. He looked at Zhou Fan.
Zhou Fan noticed his gaze and spoke.
"Some space expanding arrays to make the area below the White Palace larger. The clouds are real. The sky and the sun are fake, though impressive imitations." He said.
Zhu Yi naturally did not understand. "Space expanding arrays?"
"You can't understand the specifics right now. Focus on your surroundings."
Zhu Yi nodded and looked around. He seemed to be in a flat grassy area. The grass sparkled with dew, though the air did not feel humid.
In the distance, Zhu Yi saw large mountains, a waterfall, a bright light, a floating palace, and many other mystical looking things.
He looked around and saw a giant sword.
"Should I go there?" Zhu Yi asked Zhou Fan.
"I doubt that there's anything here I can't teach you. Your priority here should be finding material things. Treasures, materials, weapons, armor, or anything like that."
Zhu Yi nodded. Although he did not know much about his master, it was safe to say that he wouldn't lie.
Zhu Yi turned and began to run towards a giant mountain in the distance. For ores, there was no better place than a mountain. Besides a ravine or large cave, but the mountain was more obvious.
Although the space was big, it was at most the size of White Palace City. Zhu Yi quickly arrived at the mountain. After all, it was not at the edge and only around 10 miles away from him.
As he ran, he looked around. Yet, he did not see anything. He continued forward and ran up the mountain. The mountain was large and tall, but not steep.
There were a few other mountains in the inheritance, but the one Zhu Yi ran towards was the biggest.
As he ran up, he spotted someone, his first interaction in the inheritance.
Chapter 459: Kill - 459
From the side, the person Zhu Yi spotted waved his hand. A wave of earth Qi shot towards him, breaking trees as it traveled.
Zhu Yi took out his sword.
"Sword Wave."
He swung his sword vertically and sword Qi broke the wave of earth Qi, quickly traveling towards the attacker.
Zhu Yi finally made out his attackers figure as the attackers eyes widened. From his clothes, he was from the high boulder sect, the 10th ranked sect in the world.
The attacker waved his hand and a shield of earth Qi came up.
"Wait. We can talk. Who are you?" He said as the sword Qi broke the shield before dissipating.
As the fragments of the shield broke, the disciple of the High Boulder sect saw Zhu Yi.
"White Palace City trash?" He said unconsciously.
Hearing his words Zhu Yi waved his sword again. He did not want to talk anymore.
"Wait! I misspoke!" The High Boulder sect disciple said.
"You want to kill him?" Zhou Fan asked.
Zhu Yi nodded as he attacked and the High Boulder sect disciple defended.
"There won't be any consequences, right?" Zhu Yi asked.
"Probably not. This is an inheritance made by this world's strongest after all. Nobody can see inside." Zhou Fan answered.
Although Zhu Yi had not shown it, he was annoyed at being ignored and belittled. Who wouldn't be.
He had planned on allowing the High Boulder sect disciple to speak, but when he called him White Palace City trash, Zhu Yi decided to vent his anger.
As an Assassin, he was no stranger to killing. It didn't even affect him anymore.
The disciple of the High Boulder sect tried to talk while defending, but Zhu Yi ignored him. He increased his strength and severed the High Boulder sect disciple in half.
Although he had been strong compared to anyone else Zhu Yi had fought, he had not been anything special.
"Even for the top ten sects, I'm sure it's hard to produce disciples under the age of twenty that can reach the foundation establishment realm. Among them, how many are still under the age of twenty during the once in a hundred year opening? There are bound to be some weaker ones." Zhou Fan said.
Zhu Yi agreed.
He ran past the body and continued to climb up the mountain. If his guess was correct, then at the very least there would be one more person on the mountain. It would be the other disciple of the High Boulder sect. After all, to Zhu Yi's knowledge, they were a sect that practiced with earth Qi. What better place was there to go than a mountain?
Zhu Yi continued to run up. Although the mountain was large, it was rather easy to traverse. There were no cliffs that needed climbing, just a constant uphill slope.
After running for an hour, Zhu Yi finally saw the peak. At the same time, he saw two others not too far below him. One was a woman wearing the same clothes as the person Zhu Yi killed, while the other was someone else. Zhu Yi had memorized the clothes of the top ten sects, but this person was not wearing them. He was one of the twenty that had joined last.
When Zhu Yi had seen them, they had seen him. Zhu Yi read the man's lips.
"White Palace City trash again. What's up with these people?" Zhu Yi said.
"Arrogance. You'll get used to it. You should already be."
Zhu Yi also looked at the woman, but she did not say anything, though she was clearly a little confused.
Zhu Yi faced forward and saw the top of the mountain. It did not come to a peak, but a flat area.
It was as if the peak had been cleanly sliced off. The flat top was around a mile in area. When Zhu Yi stepped on it, something appeared in the sky above the mountain.
"1/4" Zhu Yi said.
It seemed that he would have to wait for 3 others. He suddenly regretted killing that person back there.
He sat down and waited. Soon, the woman stepped on top of the mountain. The number changed to 2/4.
She looked at the number for a second before walking towards Zhu Yi. Zhu Yi did not pay her too much attention and slightly pulled the sword out of his sheath.
She stopped walking and sat down.
"You are from White Palace City, right?" She asked.
"I am."
"How did you get up here so fast?"
"I ran." Zhu Yi sheathed his sword back into his sheath. She didn't seem to be a danger.
"Did you see my little brother along the way?" She asked.
Zhu Yi shook his head. "Nope."
She nodded and waited. Not too long later, Zhu Yi saw the man step on top of the mountain.
The number changed to 3/4.
The man looked at the number before looking at Zhu Yi.
He looked confused. "How did you get up here so fast?"
Although he had said White Palace City trash earlier, he did not seem too arrogant. It must have been a reflexive action.
"Do you people look down on White Palace City so much?" Zhu Yi asked.
The man looked slightly embarrassed. "Did you notice that? Sorry. I just got used to those from the top ten sects saying it. I didn't mean to insult you."
Zhu Yi internally forgave him.
"Forget about it. I got up here by running." Zhu Yi said.
"Are you really from White Palace City?" He asked.
"I am."
The man fell silent and sat down.
This time, they had to wait longer. After a few minutes, the girl ran around the perimeter of the mountain.
She came back with a frown.
"Did you see my little brother?" She asked the man.
The man shook his head.
The girl frowned even harder. "If one of you met my brother, please tell me the truth. I, Tin Ih, will be grateful. Even if you harmed him, I would like to know."
Neither Zhu Yi nor the man said anything. The girl sat down and closed her eyes, deep in thought.
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