Wizard's Journey

Chapter 1921 Immortal Realm (Part 5)

The black smoke resembled an earthworm, condensing and drifting slowly.

As they followed the wisp of smoke, even with their three-colored eyes peering intently from beneath the Face of Truth, all they saw was that the world of rules was being interacted with by this wisp of ash smoke, creating a kind of capillary-like exchange with the surrounding subtle rules. There was absolutely no guiding thread of any rule.

However, judging from the trend of this wisp of ash, it could not possibly be flying aimlessly and without purpose; it must be guided by something.

For some reason, the face of truth, which reveals the essence of truth by exposing appearances, failed to discover the connection between the two. As a result, the four of them had no choice but to follow the wisp of black smoke like shadows, not knowing when they would reach their destination.

Almost half a month passed before the wisp of black smoke led Green and his group to an inconspicuous cave.

"A blessed land and grotto-heaven!"

Xiao Lian and Nie Yun shouted out almost simultaneously, and even the first-ring True Spirit Wizard showed considerable excitement.

Although Green was puzzled, at such close range, the Face of Truth could clearly perceive the completely different rules of this cave, as if it were two completely different worlds.

Nie Yun hurriedly explained to Green, "Blessed Lands and Grotto-Heavens are supreme treasures of the immortals. Legend has it that the highest-level immortals, after peering into the creation of heaven and earth, found these secluded paradises. They possess some wondrous abilities that can influence the flow of time. These are extremely rare treasures in the endless world that can affect the flow of time! It's really too lucky that there is one here, even though there are probably far fewer blessed lands and grotto-heavens than immortals."

"Hehehehe, a blessed land? That's a good name. Hopefully, I'll find something of value. Let's go in and take a look!"

After Green gestured, he took the lead and stepped into the cave.

Everywhere underfoot were sharp, angular marble fractures, seemingly cleaved bit by bit by a rough axe. Given the quality of this marble, even level two or three creatures should have been able to split it relatively easily, yet it was so rough. Excluding the possibility of natural formation, this must have been carved by a relatively low-level creature.

Based on the various information and data collected by the Face of Truth, it can be almost certainly concluded that this was done by a creature with an attack power between 200 and 300.

The lingering black smoke had penetrated deep into the blessed land. When Green stepped into the cave, he felt as if he had stepped into an invisible membrane. If Green had not been so perceptive of the changes around him and was not on full alert, he would have had a hard time noticing it.

"Yes, the rules of time have changed somewhat."

As soon as Green finished speaking, Xiao Lian, who had followed the first-ring True Spirit Wizard and Nie Yun into the cave, tiptoed on the marble floor and whispered, "It is often said in the mortal realm that a day in heaven is a year on earth. This refers to the stories of mortals who wander into the blessed lands and grotto-heavens of immortals. Immortals who can open up blessed lands and grotto-heavens almost always have the ability to establish their own sects and become overlords of a region of immortals. Conversely, sect leaders of immortal regions may not necessarily have the ability to open up blessed lands and grotto-heavens."

The group stepped on the stones, making a "crunching" sound. As they went deeper into the cave, the natural light at the entrance gradually dimmed, replaced by the soft glow of the jade inside the cave. However, this light glow did not feel harsh or abrupt at all. These pale green lights surrounded the group, and even the milky white glow of the Green Truth Balancing Magic Staff was tinged with a hint of emerald green.

"Wow, such rich immortal spiritual energy."

Nie Yun couldn't help but praise it.

Ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong...

The spiritual energy grew increasingly dense, and the sound of dripping water was crisp and clear in the cave. After turning a corner in the Immortal Jade Cave, the enormous spiritual pool that resembled an altar immediately attracted everyone's attention, and the group had reached the end of the cave.

The spirit pool is about a hundred meters deep, filled with milky white mist, making it difficult to distinguish between reality and illusion.

The top of the grotto is covered with stalactites hanging upside down, which are grayish-white in color. The spiritual spring drips from these stalactites. In the center of the spiritual pool is a stone coffin. Through the wisps of spiritual mist, you can vaguely see that the stone coffin is covered with white mushrooms with green spots.

Strangely, these mushrooms were shaped like pagodas and exhibited obvious signs of spiritual energy circulation, as if they were transforming this spiritual energy into a higher form of energy and pouring it into the stone coffin.

Several people stood in the hall, lined up in a row, quietly watching the spiritual pool.

"Could this be... the Yin Coffin Fungus? If so, Master Uncle, the owner of this stone coffin must be some kind of Immortal Venerable! Father once said that every immortal faces a life-or-death tribulation, which has led to various different ways of overcoming it. Most immortals choose to overcome it through brute force, believing that cultivating immortality is inherently defying the heavens, and that human will can conquer nature. Some immortals choose to overcome it through merit and incense offerings, while some wicked immortals choose to take the tribulation in someone else's place. And in legend, the most bizarre way to overcome tribulation is to dissolve it!"

Nie Yun cautiously said, "The so-called tribulation transformation is to deceive the heavens with death and then be brought back to life through some heaven-defying objects. The Yin Coffin Fungus is one of them! Those who undergo tribulation in this way will become beings outside the six realms of reincarnation, just like... my senior uncle."

A level nine creature?

"Oh? A heaven-defying artifact that deceives the Heavenly Dao and brings the dead back to life? Heh heh, but most of these heaven-defying artifacts have great limitations and don't end well. Going against the Heavenly Dao?"

Green's cold laugh immediately reminded the group of the tragic plight of the sixth-circle True Spirit Wizards, and they fell silent once more.

On the contrary, Grimm, after a cold laugh, walked straight to the spirit pool, stretched out his left hand, and gently touched the tip of his azure index finger, drawing up a pool of spirit spring water. The spirit spring water swayed in a sphere, and Grimm's Face of Truth leaned closer and sniffed it. The milky white immortal spiritual power was visibly absorbed by Grimm at high speed. With a "ha" of great enjoyment from Grimm, he nodded.

Then Green gave a strange, cold laugh and said in a low voice, "Compared to this immortal who is coming back to life, I am more interested in the creator of this place. He was able to hide from my True Face. Heh heh."

After Green said these words, Nieyun and Xiaolian finally realized what was happening. Xiao Ba, who was intently watching Yin Guanjun on Green's shoulder, also came to her senses and exclaimed "Holy crap!" The first-ring True Spirit Wizard Sylvanas seemed to have already thought of this and was also looking around for something.

However, apart from the dripping sound of water, there was nothing unusual inside the grotto.

Click! Click! Click!

As the milky-white light surrounding Grimm seemed to have a mind of its own, it twisted under Grimm's meticulous manipulation. With a "crack," an inverted stalactite that was dripping spiritual milk suddenly shattered. With a "whoosh," a ball of white spiritual flame descended from the sky and was drawn to Grimm by beckoning.

This ball of spiritual flame seems to possess some strange abilities, capable of consciously cleansing and purifying the power of immortals, and in the process that can hardly be called "burning," it constantly changes form, seemingly extremely afraid of living things.

However, Green frowned; this was clearly not what he was looking for.

Beneath the Mask of Truth, Grimm's three-colored eyes continued their search, and then he made another move. This time, with a "plop," Grimm extracted a large lotus root from the spirit pool, but it was not the cave creator that Grimm was looking for.

The items Green casually rummaged through could all be considered celestial treasures, possessing all sorts of incredible uses, but now they were merely displayed in a corner of the celestial tomb, ignored by everyone.

Having failed to find what he was looking for, Green frowned and paced around the cave several times before giving up on his attempt a third time.

"Did you find anything?"

When he reached the First Ring True Spirit Wizard, Grimm asked softly, but all he received was Sylvanas slowly shaking her head.

"kindness."

Calmly, with a slightly solemn expression, Green spent almost half an hour in this not-so-large blessed land before finally having to give up his search and walk towards the stone coffin in the spirit pool, intending to pick the pagoda-shaped mushrooms on it as research specimens.

"Immortal, please stop! This servant is willing to give up everything and begs you to spare my master."

Just before Green's fingers were about to touch the stone coffin, the voice could no longer be suppressed. Green and the others looked closely and saw a beautiful young woman standing gracefully.

"Painted Skin?"

After seeing through the girl's true nature, Grimm's Face of Truth glanced at the other carvings on the stone slab, but found nothing different.

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P.S.: Because of my own experiences, I've decided to write a little romantic scene to lighten the gloom and add a few rays of light to life. Which is more important, IQ or EQ?

(End of this chapter)