Chapter 859: Chapter 858: Can’t Go Back
Hou Niao slowly dispersed his powers, waiting for the judgnt of the Trial Arena.
This was not unfamiliar to Shui Zhen Dong, in the Trial Arena dominated by the Peiming Network, such fake battles were commonplace. The difference was in the thod, the sa was the essence; she just didn’t expect that the Hell Star Trial Arena, considered the fairest and most genuine, was no different.
“Is it common for cultivators’ true bodies to appear in the Trial Arena?” Hou Niao was a bit curious. If this were true, it would show that the world of cultivation is indeed very intense.
Shui Zhen Dong shook her head. The changes brought by this trial were too many, still leaving her sowhat at a loss. Were these seemingly fragnted events really just coincidences? Or was there so special link behind them?
“No, at least I’ve never heard of it. In my hundred years of trial experience, I have never encountered such a situation, nor have any of my fellow sect mbers or friends. But then, I’m not in a high position in the sect, you know.”
Hou Niao was still unwilling to give up, he didn’t think this matter was unrelated to him. It at least threatened his survival, and oddly enough, the danger did not co from Hell Star, but from the outside, from Anchor Chain. Did he have a grudge with them?
“Is this Trial Arena artificially controllable?”
Shui Zhen Dong looked at him in surprise. This was a basic common-sense question, how could he ask such a naive question?
“Of course not, whether they are Acquired Spiritual Treasures or Innate Spiritual Treasures, both have their own individual consciousness. They are in a cooperative relationship with humans rather than a master-servant relationship, so no one can control them, because fairness in action is one of the fundantal laws of the existence of spiritual treasures.”
Hou Niao scratched his head, “What is an Innate Spiritual Treasure? An Acquired Spiritual Treasure? Are they very powerful?”
Shui Zhen Dong understood sothing in her heart, “You are…”
Hou Niao said awkwardly, “From a small place, the highest cultivation in the domain is no more than Nascent Soul. And I only ford my Golden Core after coming here, just a few years ago… A few years ago, I didn’t really understand Daoist thods, I only knew how to swing a sword to slash people, seeking vengeance and pleasure.”
Shui Zhen Dong suddenly understood, indeed around the Anchor Chain Main Star, in this universe, there are still so independent domains, so are very powerful, but most are very weak. Not to ntion the realm is no more than Nascent Soul, and so not even past the Golden Core stage. For such star domains, information is blocked, insight is limited, and it’s understandable that many things are unheard of.
But she would not look down upon this Daoist because of it, firstly due to personality reasons, and secondly, a person from such a small place, who just ford his Golden Core a few years ago in the early Golden Core stage, was able to overturn a powerful old cultivator of hundreds of years. What does this an?
She briefly explained the questions about spiritual treasures. So things are really too complex to be fully explained even over three days and nights. The most important thing is, she is only a Golden Core as well, hearsay, discussions on paper, so she doesn’t want to pretend to understand better than she does.
A few words glossed over, leaving Hou Niao quite dissatisfied with her perfunctory manner, but he gained a further understanding of the character of this woman; she is a cultivator who is strict with herself at every turn, a rarity in today’s impetuous world.
Regarding what he encountered, it seed like re coincidences on the surface, but he wouldn’t jump to conclusions lightly, he needed further verification; in fact, it’s not difficult to verify this, just go out and look at the experiences of fellow inmates in this Hell Star Trial, and see if there were any similarities with his own. Over the past year or two, he had made so friends as well.
Both were lost in thought until his dispersion of powers finally reached the limit of the Trial Arena, but now Hou Niao understood it was the limit of the master of this trial space, the Innate Spiritual Treasure.
Ten trials completed, he was ejected.
Looking around, he found himself not in the Nineteen Continents, but back to his own island, under the stone tower of Shiqi Land…
Still, those few lazy Unihorn Clan mbers, lying half-indifferent in places where the light couldn’t reach, were instinctually not fond of light.
Hou Niao was originally full of curiosity about the Nineteen Continents, but after coming and going without seeing its true face, now finally understood, it was nothing like an island, but a space within an Innate Spiritual Treasure, so he couldn’t stay.
Seeing no one bothered with him, he didn’t feel like greeting them either, the Unihorn Clan was a system unto itself, with etiquette completely different from the human world, no need for mutual accommodation.
Returning to his cultivation valley, he was sowhat lost about his future cultivation. He still had half a year to rest, planning his cultivation was a problem needing careful planning, but so things are unplanned.
This outing, lasting several months, searching across more than a dozen island lands, with both objectives less than ideal.
Senior sister was not found, enhancing mana with the Thunder Whip also failed to et expectations… As if everything had stalled, knowing he couldn’t continue this way, otherwise, his ti on Hell Star would beco more difficult.
He found Hong Kan and Wang Wang, “Two Dao brothers, I have so issues…”
Hong Kan looked serious, “It’s good you’re back, Brother Hou, we were just about to look for you, maybe it concerns the sa matter?”
Hou Niao didn’t hold back, “Real bodies of external cultivators appeared in the Trial Arena, out of ten people two are like this, which seems different from the usual? What do Dao brothers think?”
Hong Kan was very surprised, “Is there such a thing? I’ve been on Hell Star for over a hundred years and never encountered real bodies of external cultivators appearing, this ans they might die here! Making the trial like this, is it necessary?”
“What were Dao brothers looking for for?”
“In this trial, Shiqi Land Trial inmates suffered great losses! Out of more than thirty people who went, over ten died inside! This has never happened before, death usually only happens between three and two people.
I spoke to friends from other islands, ntioning this, found the sa happened there too.”
Hou Niao was curious, “Masters would co, casualties greatly increased, what do Dao brothers think this ans?”
Hong Kan was equally puzzled, “You ask , who do I ask? Such things that have never happened before, many unexplained…”
Wang Wang interjected, “Could it be that the Anchor Chain Star System outside is planning to clear out Hell Star?”
Hong Kan shook his head, “To clear prisoners from Hell Star, that’s the dumbest way! The simplest logic is, deal with them directly after their cris, why send them to Hell Star? Is that any fun?
Also, we only see our inmates’ losses, not the external losses, especially with real bodies coming, how many inmates they had to kill, the external world would also suffer heavy losses? Completely uneconomical.”
A trial is a trial, if the cost is high in terms of cultivators’ deaths, then it’s not worth it.
No results ca from their discussions, but Hou Niao was suspicious that such anomalies might be related to the twelve Upper Realm visitors, who was displeased with them, and intended to take action to prune them?
Very possible, but he couldn’t say anything.
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