章節 2: Behind the Door of Light
編輯: EndlessFantasy Translation
Three months ago, when Zhang Xuan was awakening his familiar, the door appeared in the space at the same time.
The thing was, there was no information about the door, whether it was from books or his classmates' answers to his indirect inquiries. From that moment on, Zhang Xuan realized that the door only appeared in his own familiar space.
This made him both excited and nervous, because the variables meant unexpected hope. At the same time, it could also mean unexpected disasters.
However, Zhang Xuan was already in a worse situation, so even though he didn't know what was going on, he still tried to push the door open.
People always had dreams. What if he succeeded?
Unfortunately, for the past three months, every attempt had ended in vain. It was as if the door had been locked from the inside. He couldn't open it no matter what.
Zhang Xuan didn't give up either, and this time was the same. He walked forward, wanting to continue observing the bronze door for any other switches that he had missed.
However, the moment he got close, the bronze door actually reacted. Under Zhang Xuan's bewildered gaze, a dazzling white light sucked him in.
After a moment of dizziness, everything returned to normal.
…
The chirping of birds could be heard as a ray of sunlight shone on Zhang Xuan's face, making him feel itchy.
When he woke up from his coma, he saw a forest.
"Huh?"
Zhang Xuan climbed up and looked around. He pinched his thigh in a daze. It hurt.
"What happened... Did I transmigrate again?"
Just as Zhang Xuan was feeling anxious, he suddenly felt a cold touch on the back of his hand.
He looked down and saw a silver rune on the back of his hand. It was in the shape of a small sword, and under his gaze, the runes flashed with a stream of light.
He quickly sent his consciousness into the familiar space and found that the bronze door had disappeared.
He immediately understood. The bronze door had become a rune on the back of his hand.
Could it be...
He used his consciousness to check the runes on the back of his hand.
"Oh." After another bout of dizziness, he found himself back in his room. "What..."
Could it be that he could travel between two worlds?
Zhang Xuan looked at the rune on the back of his hand turning into the head of an unknown beast. Then, as if he had thought of something, his eyes gradually lit up.
His consciousness sank into the rune again. In an instant, he was back in the forest. He tried a few more times and finally confirmed that he could travel between the two worlds freely with the rune in his hand, and it was with his physical body!
This discovery made him at a loss, because he still couldn't understand what the meaning was.
He walked forward aimlessly until he saw the huge city gate not far away. Then, he saw a few young men wearing standard long robes and carrying long swords on their backs.
After they walked out of the city gate, they formed a hand seal. The long swords on their back seemed to have sensed something and flew out of their sheath automatically. They grew longer when they met the wind and turned into giant swords that were the size of a man.
The few young people stepped on their flying swords and flew in the opposite direction of Zhang Xuan.
"F*ck..." Zhang Xuan looked at the scene in front of him like a wooden chicken. "So, this is a world of immortal cultivators?"
After a brief moment of shock, what followed was endless ecstasy. "I want to learn this!"
What did immortal cultivation mean? As an old Earthling, he was very clear about this! He could become omnipotent, flying with the wind and extremely carefree.
He looked at the bustling people in ancient costumes at the city gate, and then looked down at his own clothes that were out of place with the current world. After a little deliberation, he immediately went back to change into the Han Chinese clothing he bought for cosplay.
When he entered the city, he was once again shocked by the scene in front of him.
He saw a wide road paved with bluestone slabs, which extended to the huge building complex in the center of the city. On the road, a carriage slowly moved forward.
On both sides of the road, there were ancient houses with green bricks and red tiles. The people who passed by him were dressed exactly the same as those in the ancient costume dramas in his previous life. Many immortal-like cultivators were carrying weapons of various types as they shuttled through the crowd.
"Sugar-coated haws! One copper per skewer."
"Makeup, hairpins, and jewelry!"
In just an hour, Zhang Xuan had a basic understanding of this world. The city he was in was called Yuan Wu City, and it was located in Qingzhou, which was part of the three continents of the south.
This world was divided into 19 continents, controlled by the three orthodox sects and the four demonic sects.
Under these seven top sects, there were other large and small sects and royal families scattered across the 19 continents.
The three continents of the heavenly south were called the Wildlands because of the large number of demonic beasts, so the struggle between the righteous and demonic paths was not as intense as that of the other states.
There was a rather famous sect in Qingzhou called the Spirit Beast Sect, but it was only a small sect.
"Immortal cultivation? I'm familiar with this!" Zhang Xuan muttered to himself. After all, other than relying on the strength of their tamed beasts, beastmasters themselves were extremely weak.
In this world, one's physical strength was no different from that of a mortal's, and it would break with a single touch.
Even for the relatively stronger beastmasters who comprehended a spell to fuse with their familiars in the later stages, it still depended on the strength of their familiars in the end.
Not every familiar could fuse with a beastmaster. They had to reach a certain degree of compatibility and bear the risk of being unable to transform back, eventually becoming half-human, half-beast exiles.
However, the immortal cultivation system was different.
If one had cultivated to the highest level, they could easily move mountains and fill the seas, could summon the wind and rain, could control a sword to kill enemies, and could take heads from thousands of miles away.
If a beastwoman was a man's greatest romance, then sword kinesis flight was a man's greatest dream!
The currency used here was gold and silver, so the federation dollars that Zhang Xuan had were no different from waste paper.
Zhang Xuan immediately entered a pawnshop and used his watch to pawn off a lot of money. Then, he quickly walked to a stall and bought a low-level Qi-gathering technique.
In this world, the levels of cultivation were roughly divided into Qi Gathering, Body Refining, Essence Condensation, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Out-of-body, Soul Formation, and Fusion. Among them, Qi Gathering was the most basic.
The stall owner looked at Zhang Xuan's young face and shook his head. "You only started gathering Qi when you're eighteen years old. Your family must be in a very difficult situation, right? I'll give you a discount of three taels of silver. Just consider it my treat."
This world was full of spiritual Qi. Some gifted children had already started to gather Qi when they were still in their mothers 'wombs, and by the time they were born, they could already start body cultivation. Those with slightly less talent would basically be in Body Refining by the age of eighteen.
After thanking the stall owner for the discount, Zhang Xuan stuffed the Qi-gathering scroll into his chest and found a more secluded street. He could not wait to start cultivating.
However, just as he was about to return to the world of familiars, a voice from a store attracted his attention.
"A young demonic beast! I'm selling it for a cheap price!
Following the voice, Zhang Xuan's eyes suddenly widened. He saw a hunter in plain clothes squatting on the side of the street with a few iron cages in front of his feet. Those cages were filled with the cubs of demonic beasts.
What shocked Zhang Xuan was that there was a wolf cub that had silver fur. At this time, it was shrinking in the corner of the iron cage, baring its teeth at the passing pedestrians, its eyes full of human-like fear.
The Silver Moon Wolf had a transcendent bloodline in the world of familiars, which was enough to be raised to platinum level. Its fur was mottled in its youth, but after it matured, its fur would completely turn into a bright silver color.
The Silver Moon Wolf had the wind attribute skill, wind blade, and under the moonlight, its strength could be further enhanced.
Such a familiar was worth at least a few hundred thousand federal coins in the beast world!
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