บท 51: Getting out of the Secret Realm; Space Stone

Shen woke up with a familiar soft sensation under his head. Not only the sensation under his head but even the weakness of his body and was the same.

He slowly sat up, Zhen Kaidi's beautiful face greeted him. "Good morning, Kitty," said Shen.

"...what good morning? It must be night outside." harshly berated Kaidi. When Shen didn't even enter the realm after a whole day's worth of time passed by, she got worried and took the risk of getting out of the realm even in this dangerous situation. She was completely caught off-guard when she appeared before the lady in sky-blue dress.

She finally understood what was happening after Zhu Lin explained the situation to her. This also caused her to become cautious of her. She could have just said her wish to Shen but why did she act on her own and force him?

"Haha, I see but why are you here?" Shen didn't mind her harsh words at all. He knew this cat was most likely worried about his well-being. Not because out of any goodwill, most probably for her own safety. This thought also made him smile. "Didn't I tell you to stay inside?" Shen added, he was about to say Absolute Realm but remembered Zhu Lin must be somewhere near.

Absolute Realm was his one of the secrets he couldn't divulge to anyone who couldn't be trusted. Even to those who could be trusted, he won't talk about it unless it's necessary.

"Hmph! Like I care about what you say." she didn't wait anymore and entered the realm.

"I see, you are already awake. How are you feeling?" as Kaidi disappeared from her spot, Zhu Lin appeared behind Shen.

"..." Shen didn't reply and just stared at her, as if waiting for something.

"I didn't do anything I shouldn't have been," true to herself, Zhu Lin's voice was clear and strong.

"I believe forcing someone is something you should have done?" contempt apparent in Shen's voice.

"Shen, you are only one here who could wake her up—"

"Obviously, I know that. Since she is a girl from lust race who was sealed for a long time, she needs either vitality or yang qi from another male while it's the complete opposite for the other sex. I hate people who think they know everything." Shen interrupted her, the small hint of respect he had toward the strong and beautiful woman, now disappeared.

"I..." Zhu Lin felt the change in his tone. She understood she was really hated by this young man. Not like it mattered to her but being hated by the first person she saw after waking up a long time made her feel like she betrayed his goodwill. What's more, she underestimated this young man. Not only was he knowledgeable about the Lust Race, but he also seemed to have the method of waking up both sex.

Hearing no sound from Zhu Lin, Shen looked at her. She had a dejected look on her face but he didn't feel like apologizing to her.

When he found the woman didn't have any hidden motive, he felt relaxed. This palace was like his own house where he will live from now on. He also felt excited about meeting the descendant of the Lust Race. Man or woman, anyone would want to meet and learn about something foreign and exotic.

'Let's get out of this place. I don't know how long I was here for and I don't want to waste the time of Absolute Realm either...' thought Shen as he looked around. Finally, he remembered he didn't see the girl who caused all of this, "Where is she? The girl from Lust Race."

"She went outside of the secret realm."

"You just let her go?! I can't believe it," at once Shen got agitated. His worry was not unfounded either. If by chance anyone learns she wasn't a human, they would call her a bewitching devil and find every method to kill her. Her fate was almost sealed if she met someone stronger than her!

"She is on the Fifth Big Realm. Compared to you, she is a few times stronger."

"Forget it. I will go back, I have already used plenty amount of time in this place." hearing her, Shen felt little at ease. 'She should be safe as long as she doesn't travel to the higher continents.'

Zhu Lin nodded before she summoned a circle on the ground. This caused Shen to eye her suspiciously.

"This is an independent realm inside the Heavenly Emperor Palace. It is mainly used for training, to leave this realm either one has to either use a transportation array only usable inside the palace or the gate there," explained Zhu Lin as she pointed toward the East direction where She could hardly see anything.

Shen nodded at her explanation and stepped on the circle. The next moment, a colossal sized golden staircase revealed in his vision. The stairs went as far as hundred meters! The handrails on each side were thick enough for two adult men to walk at the same time. And the four big mythical beast symbol on the middle of the stairs grandly laid on their ease. Only now did Shen realize, the gate he encountered before was just another side gate of the palace.

"You just have to touch the palace and think about storing it," behind Shen came Zhu Lin's voice.

Shen was shocked by her words, 'It's possible to store this huge palace?' but thinking about it again, he thought it made sense. It was a treasure, one of the highest grades at it.

Shen acted natural as he touched the handrail of the palace and soon the whole palace let out a blinding light. In a matter of mere five seconds the city like palace disappeared from its position and in its place, a golden plate (slab) appeared on Shen's hand.

Heavenly Emperor Palace

There were only three words on the plate, they were domineering and bold. Any person would feel their blood burning after touching the golden plate.

"Now that I think, who has the higher authority on the Heavenly Emperor Palace? You or me?" this bugged Shen after he completed the trial. He was the owner of the palace why his authority was lower than her?

"That would be you," stated Zhu Lin, as a matter of fact.

"Then why did the palace listen to your command rather than mine? I am sure I ordered the palace to deactivate all the traps."

"It's simple. After your order, I had to command the palace to activate the trap for a specific place. Your order didn't specify how long the traps must be disabled for. Or any order that meant permanent disabling of the traps. It didn't overlap my order in any way either. Hence, the trap was still active." patiently explain Zhu Lin. It's as if she was not saddened by the earlier incident at all.

'Such thought didn't cross my mind at all. Let's not ask the reason for why she made me go through the trial.' thought Shen, he felt like he would be embarrassed if he asked that question. That's why he decided against the idea.

"Let's go," said Zhu Lin as she glanced at her left and right before waving her hand on the right side.

The space separated and Shen could already see the outside world. It was somewhere around the middle of a forest. He followed Zhu Lin as they both walked out of the secret realm.

She made a few strange movements with her palms before a huge pillar of pink light pierced through two hundred meters into the sky. The location of the light pillar was not at Shen's location, rather far away from him.

Shen knew it was caused by Zhu Lin but he didn't know what exactly she was doing. So, he patiently waited and in ten minutes Zhu Lin was done as she threw a black rock at Shen.

"This is space stone of the secret realm. When you have the strength you can freely enter the space and come outside. Over the eons, it should have accumulated a bit of herb and strange plants. Since you received the inheritance, they will be useful to you."

"...Miss Zhu Lin," Shen paused as he waited for her attention. "I'm sorry for being rude earlier but-"

"I already know what you want to say. As you already said before I was indeed in wrong... you don't have to apologize," Zhu Lin turned her face toward the distant horizon, "Although, I know my tries are useless, I sincerely hope I will find some bearing my families bloodline."

"Mi-"

"I'm sure we will meet again. I want to see how far your path will lead you to. Besides, don't forget I'm the protector of the Heavenly Emperor Palace." she didn't wait for Shen's words as she flew through the horizon.