""Estimated Ti for Arrival: Unknown""
An androgynous voice reverberated inside the strangely shaped and absurdly small celestial ship. This was the 3rd ti Wen Jiayi heard the voice. The sa phrase repeated every hour without fail, and even threatened to disturb her cultivation.
Wen Jiayi would've ripped the cone-shaped box that the voice was coming out of, and she even tried to do just that 3 hours ago. Sadly, she found out that the boat itself was a primordial era artifact. She couldn't even make a scratch, on anything. Even the flimsy-looking knobs did not care for her Immortal Realm power.
A true primordial era artifact that was still operational, and had a practical use, no less! It was a dream co true for many cultivators, families, sects, and dynasties. The knowledge of this celestial ship would be enough to spark a war between mid-ranged families. Dozens of secret organizations would pop out from the woodwork. Ancient families would start to swing their influence around to acquire it while desperately trying to look like they couldn't care less about it.
Of course, if they knew the celestial boat was related to the Long or Wen families, no one would dare to make a peep.
If Wen Jiayi had found this artifact on an ancient ruin, she would've been over the moon. But unfortunately, this celestial ship was a personal gift from the Long family ancestor. An engagent gift, specifically.
Wen Jiayi sent another blast on the cone-shaped tal box to distract herself from reality. And another one after that.
'Ugh. This is becoming a weird habit.'
Dealing with the primordial era artifacts seed to have an adverse effect on her temper. To be fair, not many things could withstand an Immortal Realm master's attacks. Being able to throw things around without reserve was rather invigorating. Almost addicting, in fact! Which was why Wen Jiayi wanted to correct this behavior before it beca fully ingrained.
A deep breath later, she gave up the thought of cultivating. If there was one annoyance, there was a good chance that there were others. Wen Jiayi firmly believed that there was sothing wrong with the minds of those primordials.
Who would design a celestial ship to be the shape of a bullet? Why did it have fins? Why was it all shiny gray both inside and outside? Why did it have small round windows? Why did it have knobs and panels that didn't do anything? Scholars would call it a mystery, but Wen Jiayi knew better. They were all a bunch of crazy, unstable people. Every last one of them.
Her thoughts inevitably went to the jade rectangle that she found in the ruins of a primordial sect. She had disard thousands of traps, patiently fulfilled all the requirents of the incomplete ruins, and what she got was one scroll, and one jade rectangle. Leaving the rectangle aside, the only thing that the scroll contained was a disciple acceptance ceremony. That was it.
An indestructible scroll, placed inside the main chambers who knows how many eons ago, and the only thing contained inside, was the excruciatingly detailed description of how a disciple should behave and serve tea to their master, the ceremony.
Back then, Wen Jiayi was so unbelievably angry, she painstakingly reard all the traps inside and removed all signs of her entry. Soone else had to feel the sa frustration she felt upon reading the scroll! Soone else had to share this pain!
'It wasn't all a waste though. This jade rectangle is quite amusing at tis. Hmm. Maybe I went a bit overboard. I should've left sothing else in those ruins as compensation.'
Wen Jiayi eventually shrugged. Going back to the ruins of that weird primordial sect was out of the question. She decided to accept this debt of karma instead.
Since she wasn't going to cultivate for so ti, reading the past chapters of the:
'I Got Betrayed by Celestials, Was Cast out From Heavens, but by Using My Peerless Blacksmith Skills I Will Get Everything Back. Celestials, Feel My Wrath! Heavens, Bow Before ! I Am the Peerless Divine Blacksmith God!'
beca the most obvious choice. She started to fiddle with the jade rectangle's interface. As usual, an annoying panel that was plastered with the covers of other graphic novels greeted her.
'Vicious Marshal's Bad Wife'
'Peerless Student'
'Living Again'
'So I am a Villainess, So What?'
'Reborn on Wings of Fire'
'Perfect in Every Way!'
'CEO's Bad Wife Beca Even Badder'
'Chronicles of the Unawakened One'
'Tensei Oji-sama'
The annoyance didn't co from eting an obnoxious advertisent, it ca from not being able to read those graphic novels! They needed sothing called 'Standard Points' to unlock, but there was no way to acquire those points!
The button that said Recharge Standard Points didn't work at all. It gave a nonsensical error every ti she tried. And there was no record of a currency called Standard Points anywhere, even in the restricted sections of multiple different ancient sects. She even tried to jam an ultra-high grade spiritual stone into the jade rectangle, but the spiritual stone cracked under the pressure of her frustration.
5 years of ads whenever she used the jade rectangle, but no way of reading any of the stories that were plastered to her face.
'Dented bastards
*sigh* Which chapter should I re-read... 794 was the first eting of the 6th wife. She definitely has potential. Hmm, 314 was the second marriage chapter. Su Lian started to get disillusioned in 1200, I should definitely review their wedding before she goes berserk.'
According to Wen Jiayi's estimates, in about 200-300 chapters there was going to be a big payback. All signs were pointing towards that direction. At least, that's how she saw it. If the main character, Yu Xian cos out of the brewing chaos unscathed, Wen Jiayi thought she might as well gift the rectangle to the Li family B#$%&.
'101 it is. There aren't many chapters that show Yu Xian losing his composure!'
Wen Jiayi smirked. There were exactly 3 chapters where Yu Xian showed true fear. All three involved the sa side character. Unfortunately, that character hadn't appeared in the graphic novel so far. Maybe one day
"X-Xian, I never thought your howorld would be so so different..."
Yu Xian nonchalantly nodded, but he was surprised himself. There was a giant 'SHOCKED' text behind his expressionless face.
The previous 12 chapters told the story of their journey to this place. Even though their celestial ship was ridiculously fast even by Wen Jiayi's standards, they traveled through shattered space for months. Another impossible background setting! How could netherworld and regular space intersect at a cosmic scale? However, it was still an intriguing idea, so Wen Jiayi gave it a pass. A sha, that the story never ntioned it again!
Underneath the clouds, the planet was covered with golden lines of light. In so places, the lights were orderly, sotis aligned with a perfect sphere, sotis with a perfect grid, while in other places it was a chaotic ss.
The second, and much more important uniqueness of the planet was the spiritual energy.
"Even though we are so far away from the surface, the spiritual energy is so thick!..."
Fan Cai's eyes were closed and seed srized as she spoke. Yu Xian touched her hand, which imdiately caused Fan Cai to blush. It was hard to tell from the undetailed art, but since Wen Jiayi learned more about the idiosyncrasies of Fan Cai in later chapters, she was all but certain that this was a tactical blush.
Unfortunately, Fan Cai's efforts were wasted, since Yu Xian's attention was completely on his howorld.
"Do not cultivate while near this world. If you absorb too much, you may never be able to leave."
Fan Cai stealthy looked at the token Yu Xian was holding. When he turned towards her, she nodded right away.
"We can't use the power of space. It'll disturb the locals and cause unnecessary trouble. Don't use your spiritual sense either. Their cultivation may be low, but their artifacts can detect fluctuations very well..."
The next panel showed Fan Cai's surprised look turn into a frown. This wasn't one of her cutesy frowns either.
"Are you telling ... to obey mortals?"
"Did you think the token canceled an illusion formation that restrained our senses? How could a simple illusion formation protect the Sword of a Thousand Truths from outsiders, or the netherworld around us?"
The Sword of a Thousand Truths was the treasure that Yu Xian was currently searching for. Oftentis he would go on adventures to find treasures. It was the most common scenario in the graphic novel, next to rescuing loved ones, and/or getting revenge. This ti he had to go deep into the breached space, other tis he would go to hidden realms, or shattered worlds.
Yu Xian's cultivation was at the Celestial Realm. Treasures that could move a Celestial Realm master were rarer than phoenix feathers, yet this guy was finding them left and right. Obviously, this was a setup that the author was using for moving the plot forward. Over ti, Wen Jiayi learned to accept the absurdities of the story, but initially, it was rather disruptive for her reading experience.
Over the next few panels, the celestial ship started to descend into the planet while Yu Xian explained the background with huge speech bubbles.
"It may sound complicated but in reality, it is pretty simple. Ehm. You see, a certain person wanted to experint, I suppose. Therefore, this world was sealed off to outsiders. Only a few people can co and go as they please. Even the protectors cannot enter this realm no matter how much they desire."
Yu Xian answered Fan Cai's puzzled expression with a chuckle.
"You didn't sense anyone else? How could you sense an array set by..."
The scene was abruptly cut off, and the next one showed the small celestial ship slowly entering the upper atmosphere. Yu Xian narrowed his eyes and tried to see what was on the surface. However, the panel that showed it was purposefully lacking in detail. All a reader could see was an endless forest of tall tal boxes that were towering over the bright purple surface miles below.
"By who?"
"Hmm?"
"An array set by who?"
Fan Cai's flat expression clearly ant that she did not care for his interest in the tal boxes.
"Ehm. My master. The array was set by my master a long ti ago."
"..."
"..."
"... You have a master? The Great God-Emperor Yu Xian... has a master?"
Question marks were all over Fan Cai. Literally. anwhile, Yu Xian's face was full of sweat droplets.
"Why wouldn't I have a master? I was a child once and I had parents too. Is that also surprising?! Oh look!! Those tal structures down at the surface give off a strange feeling, don't they? Their composition is unique..."
The silence between the two turned into a standoff. She kept staring at him, and he did his best to ignore her. Fan Cai escalated things further by holding Yu Xian's shoulder.
Prior to this chapter, the most intense emotion that Yu Xian had displayed was excitent towards a gigantic tal rod. Wen Jiayi thought he was going to forge artifacts out of that, but nothing happened after 5 years of daily chapters. There were many other things forgotten by the author, but Wen Jiayi thought the case of the continent-sized tal rod was the most regrettable one.
'Maybe the author was embarrassed by the made-up na they gave. Spiritual Osmium... Not very creative as far as nas go.'
Even the authors na was rather odd. Little Blue That Hates Coffee didnt exactly give one confidence as far as nas went!
Of course, there was a possibility that it was actually a tal produced by the primordials, but Wen Jiayi couldn't find any references to the so-called Spiritual Osmium. Since other words were translated with perfect clarity by the jade rectangle, she had to assu it was a made-up material.
There were a lot of made-up sects, dynasties, and scriptures in the graphic novel anyway. A made-up tal was far more interesting than those, but still, not surprising. A sha that it was completely ignored. Wen Jiayi returned to reading after sighing.
Two people in Daoist robes, standing uncomfortably close to each other. The discomfort was only on the male side though. Fan Cai was perfectly fine with sending her piercing gaze to the Yu Xian. Still, the one that talked in the end, was Fan Cai.
"... Is your master a woman?"
"What? No. He is a man. A very handso man too. In fact, one could describe him as beautiful, rather than handso. Still, he is, or was handso too, last ti I saw him..."
Yu Xian did a phew motion from the inside, but for so reason, Fan Cai's gaze did not stop, it intensified instead. She was the very definition of calm when she asked the next question, or at least that is what the text hovering beside her was saying.
"Do you have feelings for your master?"
"...?!"
Finally, Yu Xian ignored the outside view and swiftly turned to face Fan Cai, who had the word calm repeated 4 tis around her. This was the first chapter that Wen Jiayi beca suspicious of her. Just a few pages ago she blushed at Yu Xian's touch, but now she was perfectly calm? Her mask only dropped a few tis and Wen Jiayi naturally noticed every occurrence!
"No way! Are you crazy?! Do you think I could be alive if that were the cas- Don't ever ntion this ever again! Fan Cai, this is very important! You have no idea what you are dealing with!"
"Tsk Fine."
Inside Fan Cai's head, dozens of tables were flipped while Yu Xian was sweating profusely out of panic. Their awkward silence was interrupted by the tal objects closing in on their small celestial ship.
Wen Jiayi assud they should have detected those strangely stylistic spiritual boats long ago, but the graphic novel skipped that detail. A Celestial Realm expert should be able to detect their surroundings with ease even without using their spiritual sense. It was a minor detail anyway, so she forgave the author for this mistake.
In the next panel, a tal cone that was similar to the one that annoyed Wen Jiayi earlier appeared. The dialog bubble that ca from it was surrounded by wavy lines. So sort of mortal voice transmission, was Wen Jiayis guess.
"Yutani Corporation General Liu Guo greets esteed guests. As per the chairman's protocols, we will escort you to the general headquarters. Please be advised. Over."
"Yu Tani? Is that one of your relatives? Why is he speaking our language? Didn't you say you hated this world's language? The voice seed rather off too."
The utter shock caused Yu Xian to delay his answer for a few panels.
"... All my relatives have died long ago. I am the last of my bloodline. Wayl- No. Yutani Corporation has nothing to do with . The na is just a coincidence."
Of course, Fan Cai didnt seem to believe him since she had dubious expression plastered all over her face.
This kind of superficial answer from Yu Xian always caused Wen Jiayi to roll her eyes in annoyance. He had 13 wives, but he would not trust a single one of them!
In the next panel Fan Cai seeming wanted to say sothing, but only a sigh ca out of her lips.
"Fan Cai..."
"It's fine. I am an outsider after all, am I not?"
"Of course not! You know my intentions, don't you? Have I ever wavered in resolve all this ti?"
His intention was, of course, making Fan Cai his 3rd wife. His so-called resolve was helping the Fan family with so hidden realm to get the family's approval. This part would usually annoy Wen Jiayi, but today it was sothing else. The word 'approval' felt particularly offensive after rembering what her father did to her! She curbed her urge to throw the jade rectangle to the floor.
"So building a wall is your intention as well? How long are you resolved to keep outside?"
*Sigh* "I'm sorry. Anything related to my master can be dangerous. Keeping things secret is for your own safety, not because I want to keep you at bay."
"... This is sothing you should've told before we embarked, isn't it?"
"... I apologize."
Yu Xian looked guilty, but his posture was firm. Fan Cai looked away and continued to watch the descent of the celestial ship. In the next panel, she nodded to herself before speaking.
"Fine. I'm sure you have your reasons."
Though Yu Xian was surprised at her response, in the next panel, he had a guilty expression. Finally, in another panel, he caved.
When Wen Jiayi read this chapter first, Yu Xian talking about his past didnt surprise her. Coming back after nearly 1800 chapters though, she was amazed that this one paragraph had more information about his past than the rest of the graphic novel combined!
"My biological mother died shortly after birth. At that ti cultivation of this world was primitive. They forced breakthroughs with their bloodlines and sacrificed their potentials. They didn't know any better. I tried, but my foster father's body was too far gone due to the years of forced cultivation. He couldn't even enter the Foundation Establishnt realm.
Master I owe a lot to him, but he is not soone I consider as family. He is my master, and I am his disciple. We treat each other respectfully, and that is the extent of our relationship. I don't even know where he is right now, nor do I want to. I haven't seen him in over fifty thousand years..."
"... Alright."
"Really?"
Yu Xian blurted the last one unintentionally, but it seed his efforts paid off. Fan Cai nodded, but this ti she nodded with a slight smile. Though this wasnt included in the novel, Wen Jiayi imagined she gave herself a thumbs up inside her head.
Both got closer to each other and waited for the celestial ship to arrive at its destination. The 16-panel art showed the night sky in full detail, with a less detailed neon-colored city below it. They were finally close enough to see the billboards plastered all over the buildings with their cultivator eyes.
Most of the billboards were text-based signs written in a foreign script. Wen Jiayi assud it was that world's script, but Yu Xian never comnted on it, and the script was never seen again. The ones that featured pictures, or so sort of low-quality illusion, mostly featured scantily clad bodies. In fact, so of them were naked. Even though the art style of the graphic novel, Wen Jiayi thought it was highly indecent!
Fan Cai's elbow swiftly lodged itself into Yu Xian's stomach. She was blushing furiously while shouting. The word 'ecchi' was written on the side as an exclamation, but Wen Jiayi didn't know what that ant.
"Such filth!! Like master, like disciple!! You dare to bring to this indecent place?!"
"-Wait! This isn't My master wouldn't Argh No, he disappeared more than fifty thousand years ago! Urgh This world wasn't like this when I last visited! You've got to believe !"
35 chapters ago Yu Xian achieved Celestial Realm with his body as well. As far as Wen Jiayi knew, Fan Cai didn't practice body cultivation at all. Of course, there was no way of knowing if that was true. She disappeared from the story after their marriage, her cultivation level was mostly a matter of speculation! Still, Wen Jiayi had doubts about Yu Xian's painful grunts while pleading towards Fan Cai.
"Your master disappeared? Then wh-"
"I don't know. No one can figure out what could be going on in master's head."
The next few panels showed the indigenous population. Their clothing, the tal contraptions attached to their limbs were all displayed. Wen Jiayi skipped these sections as they were mostly useless expositions from Yu Xian. She stopped flicking just before the eting with the local official.
The celestial ship stopped right in front of the tallest building in the vicinity. Only a handful of towers were above the clouds like this one. The tal gates in the middle of the tower opened and revealed a tastefully decorated office.
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