Chapter 10

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Long Yuan looked at his master in confusion and said in puzzlement, “Forbidden medicine? I’ve never eaten that kind of thing!”

However, Jiu Jian did not believe him. He berated him with a resentful look, “Didn’t I warn you that you should advance step by step on the path of cultivation? Don’t touch those forbidden medicine books that can rapidly increase your strength. Those are things that will ruin your life.”

Hearing this, Long Yuan finally understood why his master reacted as such. He quickly withdrew his arm and explained, “Master, my current cultivation isn’t because of some forbidden medicine but because I’ve met an expert on the way to the Heavenly Mountain Gate.

“The spirit energy density in that expert’s tavern is more than a thousand times that of yours, Master. I was lucky enough to receive the expert’s guidance and care.

“I ate the spirit food and drank the spirit wine of the expert before attaining my current cultivation level. Moreover, after I drank the spirit wine, my spirit root had transformed into an earth spirit root.”

“What?” Jiu Jian cried out in surprise. Very soon, he felt that he had lost his composure.

“Cough cough…” After pretending to cough twice, he asked in shock, “You said that your spirit root is now an earth spirit root?”

Long Yuan nodded affirmatively.

“Hahaha, God bless our Heavenly Sword Sect! Where’s that unworldly expert? I must prepare a generous gift and personally visit him to thank him.”

Seeing his Master’s excited look, Long Yuan did not want to discourage him. However, this matter concerned the life and death of the Heavenly Sword Sect.

“Master, the Heavenly Sword Sect might be in danger this time,” Long Yuan said with a solemn expression.

When Jiu Jian heard this, his expression froze as he said, “Why? Didn’t that old fellow lend you the mountain-splitting ax?”

Long Yuan shook his head and said, “Not only that but he has also joined forces with the Soul Hunting Sect. He even lent the mountain-splitting ax to the Soul Hunting Sect.”

Bang!

Upon hearing this, Jiu Jian slammed the ground angrily.

“Humph, I knew that the old fellow from the Heavenly Mountain Gate was an ungrateful person. I saved his life in vain. He dares to join forces with outsiders to deal with me?”

Upon hearing Long Yuan’s words, Jiu Jian was immediately filled with anger. He originally thought that with such a great opportunity for his disciple, their Heavenly Sword Sect would rise again. However, the reality was not what he thought it would be.

“Is the heavens going to destroy our Heavenly Sword Sect?” Jiu Jian looked at the sky and asked sorrowfully.

At this moment, Long Yuan said, “Master, we might still have a chance to survive.”

“You mean the otherworldly expert you met?” Jiu Jian asked.

Hearing this, Long Yuan nodded. “As long as you get some guidance from that expert, you’ll definitely break through and enter the Deity Transformation Stage.”

Hearing this, Jiu Jian was not as optimistic as Long Yuan. The reason why an expert would be reclusive was because he had had enough of the disputes in the world and stayed hidden. How would such an expert guide him?

Long Yuan seemed to have seen through his master’s thoughts and said, “Since things have come to this, we have no other choice but to take a gamble.”

“Alright, in that case, you can accompany me on a trip. Prepare a generous gift and also thank the expert for his guidance.”

Long Yuan nodded, but his face revealed a somewhat solemn expression. “But… for an expert like senior, what kind of thing can catch his eye?”

That was right. An expert who could casually raise another person’s spirit root to another level was no ordinary person at all. What kind of thing could catch his eye?

The cup of divine wine that could raise a person’s spirit root was valuable enough to be exchanged with half of the Heavenly Sword Sect.

After thinking for a while, Jiu Jian seemed to have thought of something as his face immediately brightened.

Then, he left his abode and appeared in a new location. At the same time, he was holding a broken map in his hand.

Long Yuan looked at the broken map in his master’s hand and asked in puzzlement, “Master, what’s the thing that you’re holding?”

Jiu Jian gently stroked the map. Looking at this map, it seemed to have drawn his thoughts. Jiu Jian looked into the distance, his wrinkled face occasionally revealing complicated emotions.

After a moment of pondering in a daze, Jiu Jian came back to his senses and said, “Disciple, do you know what kind of cultivation system we immortal cultivators have?”

Long Yuan nodded. As an immortal cultivator, who did not know about it? He did not understand why his master would ask this question.

Jiu Jian continued, “Actually, there’s a realm after the Mahayana, and that’s called the immortal realm.”

Hearing Jiu Jian’s words, Long Yuan opened his mouth in disbelief. He thought that the Mahayana was already the highest realm in this world. He did not expect that there was a realm after that. This news could be said to have overturned his worldview.

Seeing his disciple’s reaction, Jiu Jian smiled with satisfaction. This kind of news could be said to be an extremely shocking secret in the nine regions. Not to mention the Mahayana, even the anti-void realm could not be touched by anyone. How could they know the realm after the Mahayana?

The reason why he knew it was because he happened to learn about it when he was young.

Jiu Jian looked down at the broken map in his hand and said, “Don’t look at it as a broken map. The complete map hides the secret of becoming a human celestial realm. Don’t look down at the value of this map. In the hands of a useful person, its value is immeasurable.”

Long Yuan could not believe his ears. He had never thought that his sect would have such a precious treasure. He looked at his master’s reluctant expression and could not help but ask, “Master, do you really intend to hand this map over to the senior?”

Jiu Jian knew that the current situation of the Heavenly Sword Sect was not looking too bright.

“Sigh! At that time, it was purely due to luck that I obtained this map. After I obtained it, I didn’t tell anyone, not even my master. If other experts were to find out that I have this map, it’d lead to a bloody fight. This map would only turn to dust in my hands. I think giving it to that expert is the best choice!”