Chapter 477: Meeting Again - 477
Zhu Yi formed a time bubble and practiced a stealth technique under Zhou Fan's guidance. He spent a year within the time bubble, and a little more than 2 months passed outside.
Although he wasn't very talented when it came to stealth techniques, he still had Zhou Fan's guidance. His mastery was very high and, unless someone was seriously observing White Palace City, he would be able to freely enter and exit.
He did not know if there was some sort of array set up or how much White Palace City was actually valued, but he could only hope that it was not valued too greatly.
Zhu Yi activated the stealth technique and stepped forward. His stealth technique was a very basic one, albeit highly powerful since it was made by Zhou Fan.
Zhu Yi's body did not change, but his presence lowered until he could walk directly in front of someone without being noticed. As long as he was not being searched for, it was unlikely that he would be found.
He stepped into White Palace City without any issue. Although his speed could be great, he took it slow in order to avoid attracting any attention.
Still, his slow was very fast, and it wasn't long before he arrived at a blocked off area. Beyond this was the White Palace. Nobody was around him despite being in the very center of the city.
After all, nobody could even get too close to it.
Zhu Yi took one last glance around him and dug into the ground using Qi. Above him, the ground repaired itself as if nothing had happened.
Zhu Yi quickly dug 100 feet down before moving in the direction of the White Palace.
He looked at Zhou Fan with worry, but Zhou Fan could not help him here. It was a single chance. Zhu Yi's life depended on whether or not he could reach the White Palace, or rather, what was under it.
As he moved forward, he suddenly saw a blue light. The dirt in front of him was cleared and a cave appeared. It was a rather small cave. Half of it had a gray, stone ground, while the other half was occupied by a blue spring. As Zhu Yi breathed in, he felt that the Qi around him was much denser.
He stepped forward and entered the cave.
"So it was true." He mumbled as he started at the spring of Qi.
"It was." A familiar voice said behind him.
Zhu Yi jumped. He turned around and saw Chen Jie.
Zhu Yi's eyes widened. "Are you..?"
Before he finished, Chen Jie spoke. "Like in the inheritance, I am a projection of Chen Jie. I have his power when he was in the void traversing realm."
Zhu Yi felt as if all hope was extinguished. "So, are you going to kill me?"
There was a reason why nobody could enter the White Palace after so long, and it wasn't because the sects of the world had some sort of honor or respect for Chen Jie. It was because they couldn't enter even if they wanted to.
"It depends. Give me a reason why I shouldn't." Chen Jie said.
He seemed ordinary, like when Zhu Yi first saw him in the inheritance.
Zhu Yi thought for a moment before answering. "Because I have no hope to reach another realm regardless if I cant use this spring. Something is wrong with this world, and I want to figure it out."
Chen Jie turned his head. "What exactly is wrong with this world?"
He seemed genuinely curious. Although Zhu Yi did not want to say anything about it in fear of being killed, his life was in Chen Jie's hands.
He told him about his meetings with Wen Si, as well as the changes in his cultivation and the issue with his memories.
Chen Jie's brows furrowed. "It wasn't like this when I was here. If what you say is true, then there is something wrong with this world indeed."
"Was the Qi density lowered in your time as well?" Zhu Yi asked.
Chen Jie looked at him with suspicion. "How do you know about that?"
Zhu Yi realized that he had made a mistake. Normally, a person in this world shouldn't know about such a thing, especially someone not part of any sect.
"I learned about it from someone I met in the inheritance. The same Wen Si I told you about."
Chen Jie nodded. "Yes. That child. I remember him now. In my time, the Qi of this world was around two sevenths of the outside universe."
"Two sevenths? It's a tenth now." Zhu Yi said.
Chen Jie nodded. "Well, there is a reason why the Qi here is lowered, but you don't need that information right now. As for why it lowered farther, I suppose someone got greedy."
Finishing his sentence, Qi began to move around Chen Jie. Suddenly, he looked at Zhu Yi in confusion.
"What do you mean a tenth? Although it is lowered more, it is a seventh of the outside universe now. Where did you get your information?" Chen Jie asked.
Zhu Yi turned and looked at his shoulder.
"Say it was from an untrustworthy source."
Zhu Yi did as Zhou Fan said.
Zhou Fan was able to come to a conclusion through Chen Jie's words. The outside universe now had seven tenths of the Qi it had before he left. A lot more could be inferred from that, but Zhou Fan did not mention anything to Zhu Yi. It did not matter even if he did.
Chen Jie shook his head. "Anyway, we should focus on the main point. If everything is as you say and memories are being tampered with, then I need to entrust you with a message. In return, you can cultivate here."
Zhu Yi nodded without hesitation.
Chen Jie spoke seriously. "Go to the World Tree and find the rule enforcement office. Inform them that memories are being tempered with in square 16, the four element gathering."
Chapter 478: Tribulation - 478
Zhu Yi was curious as to what Chen Jie's words meant. He nodded his head in agreement before asking.
"What does that mean?"
Chen Jie responded. "It is simply the area of our universe that this planet is in. You'll understand more later. Don't worry about it too much."
Zhu Yi nodded. "Alright."
Chen Jie disappeared from where he stood. Zhu Yi turned to look at the spring of Qi and set up a time bubble.
A spring of Qi that sped up cultivation speed was something that would not normally exist. Before Zhou Fan was injured, the Qi of the universe was as dense as it needed to be. Even if it was denser, it wouldn't have really helped. Only a very slight boost would have been given.
However, in this environment with a tenth of the Qi from then, a spring of Qi that increased cultivation speed could form under strict conditions.
As Zhu Yi cultivated, he noticed that his cultivation speed had increased by two times.
With this, breaking through to the soul formation realm was not so impossible.
Around 1,300 years passed within the time bubble, and Zhu Yi reached the 10th level of the nascent soul realm. He was around 2,300 years old. Luckily, it seemed that breaking through was going to happen rather easily.
Even without Zhou Fans help, he would not have much of a bottleneck due to his king rank meridians. And with Zhou Fan's help, there was no bottleneck. 400 years later, at the age of 2,700, the old man that Zhu Yi had become broke into the soul formation realm.
Above the White Palace, clouds formed. Zhou Fan had a realization and spoke.
"Get out of here first."
Zhu Yi did not hesitate and left White Palace city, now sitting right outside of it. Luckily, such a movement was simple for a person at the peak of the nascent soul realm.
Zhu Yi looked up and saw the clouds forming. "What is that? I feel like I'm being targeted."
"I forgot about it until now. It is a tribulation. You face one in order to enter the soul formation realm, and most of the realms after that." Zhou Fan responded.
"That's stupid. Whatever." Zhu Yi stared into the clouds as lightning formed.
"You might want to get farther away from White Palace city, unless you don't mind killing everyone in it."
Zhu Yi agreed and took a few steps to the side. Those few steps took him very far, enough to avoid affecting White Palace City.
The clouds followed him without even the slightest delay.
Zhu Yi stared at the sky and waited. There was a flash of light, and Zhu Yi drew his sword. The lightning clashed with his sword and was dispersed. The clouds, however, remained.
"Is there more than one?"
"Should be three."
Zhu Yi nodded and waited.
Another bolt came down and Zhu Yi slashed it with his sword. This time, his sword felt great resistance. Still, he successfully broke the lightning bolt.
Zhu Yi got serious for the final one. He waited for a moment, and a larger lightning strike fell down.
This strike shook the ground as it fell. The rumbling even reached the White Palace City, which had long taken notice of the disturbance.
Zhu Yi sliced his sword up, using a sword wave. The sword wave struggled for a moment, before slicing through the lightning bolt and continuing into the sky. The sword wave dispersed the clouds, and Zhu Yi reached the soul formation realm.
"How many people can successfully stop that?" Zhu Yi asked.
He had to put in some effort, and anyone else would struggle just to survive.
"It gets slightly harder for those with higher talent, but not that much harder."
Zhu Yi nodded.
Now in the soul formation realm, he changed his body back to how it was before his lifespan began to age him. He now looked like he was in his early 20's.
"What next. Should I keep cultivating or try and help you recover?" Zhu Yi asked.
"King rank meridians are rather insufficent for the void traversing realm, especially in your current situation. It would be much better to find a way for me to recover more."
Zhu Yi nodded and got up. The soul formation realm gave the first huge boost in lifespan. He now had 100,000 years of lifespan. Only 2,700 of that had been used up
Zhu Yi sighed, glad that he had much more time to figure everything out. The first thing to try and test were the effects of Chaos Beasts on Zhou Fan's recovery.
If the effects were truly great, then there was hope of recovering another stage. Otherwise, there was very little hope at all.
As Zhu Yi began to fly, he felt a presence approaching from afar. It sped towards him extremely fast, stopping only a few feet in front of him.
Zhu Yi could tell in an instant that it was a soul formation realm cultivator.
"Who are you? How did you reach the soul formation realm, and why so close to White Palace City?"
"I am an independant cultivator. You can ask the writing sects Wen Si if you don't believe me."
Although it had been a very long time to Zhu Yi, not nearly as much time had passed for everyone else.
It had only been around 340 years since he arrived at the spring of Qi. Even if Wen Si was at the nascent soul realm, he would be alive right now.
The soul formation realm cultivator slightly relaxed upon mention of the writing sect.
"So you're involved with the writing sect. So be it." He said as he turned around, intending to leave.
Zhu Yi hurridely stopped him. "I want to participate in the fight against Chaos Beasts."
The soul formation realm cultivator turned around and looked at him in confusion. "Alright. Head to the Writing sect. It is actually their turn to lead the second group."
Saying that, he turned around and left.
Zhu Yi, now with a direction, headed towards the Writing sect.
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