NOVEL NEXT Chapter 249: Great Expert of Return to the Truth Realm
Chapter 249: Great Expert of Return to the Truth Realm
When the Grand Elder brought back the Dustless Sand, Xu Lian was stunned for a moment. He hadn’t expected each grain of Dustless Sand to be as large as a goose egg. This wasn’t sand at all – it was more like some kind of stone or crystal.
“Where did this Dustless Sand come from?” Xu Lian asked as he accepted the one hundred grains of Dustless Sand.
According to the pattern of his realm progression, where the required ingredients doubled with each stage, a hundred grains of Dustless Sand would only be enough for him to reach Return To Void Stage 6. He would need an additional 411 grains to fully advance, so he needed to find out more about the origin of Dustless Sand.
Knowing that Xu Lian needed five portions, the Grand Elder explained, “Dustless Sand is usually found in the River of Oblivion. Occasionally, some grains are washed down from the source, making them extremely rare. Each grain is worth a fortune.
Most of the River of Oblivion is controlled by major powers, and only a few unclaimed areas are accessible. Ordinary factions can’t obtain Dustless Sand-only the major powers have access to it. That’s why it’s so difficult for people from smaller factions to break through to the Return to Truth Realm and become great experts.
If you want more Dustless Sand, you’ll have to venture into the unclaimed areas of the River of Oblivion and try your luck.”
Xu Lian silently noted the location of the River of Oblivion. Once he advanced to the Return to Truth Realm and became a great expert, he would go there to search for more.
Upon returning to the ancestral land of the divine race, Xu Lian took out the hundred grains of Dustless Sand and immediately began to add the ingredients.
[Ingredient addition successful. Advanced to Return To Void Stage 1]
He continued to allocate progression points and add ingredients, advancing all the way to Return To Truth Stage 6 in one go.
[Name: Xu Lian]
[Realm: Return To Truth Stage 6]
[Skills: Nine Elements Escape Technique, Four Symbols Battle Tactics, Great Desolate Dragon Grasping Technique, Sacred Spirit Record (Immortal Technique Supplement), Breaking Wind Sword Technique (Volumes 1-3)…]
[Items: Skull (Immortal Bone), Sword of Destruction (Not Equipped)]
[Note: You currently have 36 progression points available for use].
Xu Lian reveled in the sensation of being able to tear through space with a mere wave of his hand. The feeling was exhilarating.
The energy contained within a great expert was truly different.
“Now, I should be able to traverse the void, right?”
Xu Lian clawed at the space in front of him, tearing open a rift and slipped inside.
He was astonished by what he saw within the Void.
Previously, when he was at Return To Void Stage 9, he had tried entering the Void but found it pitch black with no sense of direction.
Now, at Return To Truth Stage 6, the experience was completely different!
It was as if he had stepped into a starry cosmos, with countless points of light illuminating scenes from the outside world.
It was a strange and wondrous feeling, as though he had entered a four-dimensional space.
Curious, he tore open one of the bright points and poked his head out.
He found himself in the misty ancestral land of the divine race, where the Goddess of Time was seated by the lakeside, deep in cultivation.
Sensing his presence, the Goddess of Time opened her beautiful eyes and glanced at him.
Their eyes met. With his head sticking out of the spatial rift, Xu Lian looked like a peeping tom. His posture was undignified, and coupled with the fact that he had told the elders that she had acted as his cultivation furnace, he couldn’t help but feel a bit guilty.
Xu Lian smiled awkwardly. “I defeated the Divine Thunder Holy Son, and the Nine Heavenly Sacred Lands rewarded me with 411 Return To Void Pills, allowing me to advance to Return To Void Stage 9.
I also collected a portion of the cultivation resources for the Return To Truth Realm and advanced to Return To Truth Stage 6. Now, I’m testing out void traversal.”
The eyes of the Goddess of Time remained calm. She said nothing and simply closed her eyes to continue her cultivation.
Not wanting to disturb her any further, Xu Lian retracted his head.
Inside the void, he gazed at the starry scenes of the outside world and decided to traverse the void to a more distant location.
With a thought, he activated the divine bone of the divine race’s supreme expert, altering his appearance, aura, and other characteristics.
He moved toward the bright spot corresponding to Pingyang County.
Soon, he approached the bright point and emerged from the void, appearing in Pingyang County.
Returning to this small county town, Xu Lian couldn’t help but feel a sense of nostalgia. Who would have thought that in just five or six years, the boy who had been coveted by countless experts for the laws of his divine kingdom would now be a great expert in the Return to Truth Realm?
Her White Fox Earth Flesh avatar was still at the Spirit Tree, and his White Cat Earth Flesh avatar still resided in the Residance A on First Street. However, now that the entire world knew that the Town Guard Commander of Pingyang County was the Goddess of Time, all the demons and monsters had fled the area, allowing the common people to live in peace for a few years.
As far as Xu Lian was concerned, this place had changed beyond recognition. There was no one left here worth returning for, and he doubted that he would ever come back again.
Just as he was about to traverse the void and leave, he suddenly thought of the Pei family, the Lin family, and the Zhao family, all of whom he had brought to the ancestral land of the divine race. The only person left in Pingyang County was the old butler of the Lin family.
Five or six years had passed, and he wondered how the old butler was doing.
The Lin family often worried about the old butler, so it wouldn’t hurt to check on him.
Thus, he made his way to the Lin family mansion on Third Street.
“Who are you looking for?”
The gatekeeper didn’t recognize Xu Lian due to his altered appearance.
Xu Lian asked, “I’m a distant relative of Xu Lian from Green Bamboo Town. I heard that he took away the Lin family, leaving only Old Butler Fu here. I’ve come to pay him a visit.”
Upon hearing this, the gatekeeper gave him a suspicious look. “A relative of the young master? But I haven’t heard of any relatives. Didn’t he take everyone with him?”
Xu Lian smiled. “A distant relative, so the relationship is a bit distant. That’s why Xu Lian didn’t take my family with him.”
The gatekeeper understood immediately. This person was probably down on his luck in Green Bamboo Town and had come to the Lin family to seek help, relying on his tenuous connection with Xu Lian.
Although he felt a bit disdainful, the gatekeeper still went inside to report.
Soon, the gatekeeper returned and led Xu Lian inside to meet the old butler, then left.
Xu Lian looked at the old butler who was sitting in a rocking chair, basking in the sun. He seemed to be in a good mood.
Back when Pingyang County was in turmoil, with demons and monsters plundering house after house, the Lin family had remained untouched.
At that time, Xu Lian had been puzzled by the old butler’s cultivation level, suspecting that he was a hidden expert.
Now, at Return to Truth Stage 6, Xu Lian could easily sense that the old butler’s cultivation had reached the Grandmaster level.
In all of Pingyang County, aside from the White Fox Earth Flesh Avatar, the Old Butler was probably the most powerful cultivator. It was no wonder that he had guarded the Lin family for three or four generations.
What surprised Xu Lian was that the layout of the Lin family’s mansion was subtly connected to the old butler’s cultivation aura, forming a kind of barrier. It was only within the mansion that the old butler possessed grandmaster-level strength. If he left, his cultivation would drop to an unknown level.
Xu Lian speculated that this invisible barrier might be the Lin family’s ” treasured guardian”. For a cultivation family in a small county town, having such a protective barrier was quite impressive.
“Is your family short on money or food?”
Seeing that Xu Lian remained silent for a long time, the old butler chuckled. “The young master was quite careless. When he left, he didn’t arrange any work for your distant relatives.”
Xu Lian saw no need to reveal his true identity and simply admitted that his family was in need of money and food.
The old butler called someone over and took Xu Lian to the Lin family’s treasury, where he was given three hundred taels of silver.
After expressing his gratitude to the old butler, Xu Lian turned around and left.