Chapter 353: Addict (2)
But in the next second, the gun in the womanâs hand vanished into thin air, as if it had suddenly sprouted wings and flown away.
âDonât!â At this time, Uncle Long roared out ahead. Just as he shouted, though, his voice began to tremble again. One could even hear the sound of his teeth chattering. âDonât⊠I beseech you sir⊠d-donât harm the young missâŠâ
There was no confrontation, no crossing of swords.
Xu Yangyiâs mere spiritual sense sundered the old manâs and Uncle Longâs hearts to resist.
âGot a cigarette?â Xu Yangyi looked at the woman. Like a marionette, the girl took out a pack of cigarettes, but just as she was about to take a lighter, Xu Yangyi rubbed his hands and a fireball sparked at his fingertips. He lit the cigarette.
âMa⊠Materialization?! Isnât this materialization?!â The woman shot up to her feet, her voice sharp. With a following thud, she knocked against the roof the car, but didnât cry out in pain. She looked at Xu Yangyi with an incredibly frightened gaze.
Xu Yangyi took deep drags of the cigarette, and the familiar flavor uplifted his mind. He laughed at the woman. âI donât want to kill anyone, and I donât belong to any clan, either. Iâm only passing through, just a passerby. I found you guys basically out of coincidence, donât you believe me?â
The woman fell into a daze for three seconds. Afterwards, her eyes quickly brightened, and she gently bit her red lips. Her icy-cold face finally bore a trace of spirit that a young girl shouldâve possessed. âI didnât think so a little while ago⊠but I do now.â
âSo young⊠There are no more than three people in the country that can perform materialization⊠Someone of your status, sir, wouldnât make things difficult for meâŠâ She shakily grabbed onto Xu Yangyiâs hand and softly kissed his fingertips. âI am Li Wanxue, the heir of Baizhai Cityâs largest spiritual force supplier, the Li Clan. Are you well, spirit-master?â
A wave of warmth spread from his fingertips. The rosy lips were extremely supple, moreover carrying a tinge of watery gloss, and rose up from Xu Yangyiâs slender fingers. His gaze slightly narrowed.
Male instinct almost caused Xu Yangyi to take his rough finger and sketch the curve of Li Wanxueâs elegant chin. Perhaps⊠nature would take course, and his finger would enter her small mouth, sweet and soft like jade, and fiddle with her nimble tongueâŠ
But, he only lightly tapped the crook of Li Wanxueâs mouth. Now wasnât the time to think about these things.
Li Wanxue didnât resist in the slightest. In this minute, she had almost completed the transformation from a headstrong woman to a demure one.
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âBaizhai City?â Xu Yangyi pondered and said, âIâve never heard of that place before.â
Li Wanxue blanked out. Xu Yangyi caught her expression and immediately asked, âIs it famous?â
âYesâŠâ Li Wanxue softly pursed her rosy lips. âItâs⊠the capital city of the State of Shangchen.â
âState of Shangchen?â Xu Yangyiâs brows furrowed tightly. Heâd never heard of this name at all!
Could it be⊠that this was really a place privately set aside for cultivators?
From the movements of Uncle Long and the old man just now, he could see that qi existed here. They had even said âspirit-masterâ. In the same vein, this couldâve been the address for cultivators in this place. RegardlessâŠ
His murmured to himself, his finger softly tapping the car seat.
If this was a place that cultivators chose to gather, then how could the qi be so feeble?
These people⊠Xu Yangyi motionlessly swept his gaze at Uncle Long and the old man outside. His own cultivation transcended theirs on all accounts, and they actually didnât address each other as âFellow Daoistâ. On the contrary, though, everyone was the same?
Everything here seemed the same as the cultivation world he was familiar with, but in fact was isolated by something invisible and unexplainable.
âWhere is the State of Shangchen located on Earth? Do you have a map?â
âEarth?â Li Wanxueâs large, beautiful eyes blinked. âI⊠donât know what youâre saying, sir.â
âEarthâŠâ Xu Yangyiâs brows knitted together again. He kept on feeling they were separated by some layer, but he hadnât figured it out for the time being. âAmerica? Asia? Any of the oceans?â
Li Wanxue looked at Xu Yangyi in astonishment. She didnât know how to answer. She recognized these words split apart, but didnât understand them whatsoever once placed together.
Her rosy lips opened a few times and shut again. Due to her nervousness, her chest was rapidly heaving up and down. Xu Yangyi took in her appearance, and an inconceivable thought abruptly rose within his mind!
âListen up.â His voice became a few shades deeper, and he gritted out, âTell me, is this placeâŠâ His foot pressed down on the floor of the car, actually sinking down because of his raging emotions. âWhat is the land under our feet called?â
âThe Clearcloud Realm.â Li Wanxue finally understood. Xu Yangyiâs gentle press just now had caused the modified car to move, bringing her heart to tremble afterwards, and she quickly answered, âThis place is called the Clearcloud Realm! Thatâs the continent weâre on!â
The Clearcloud Realm!
Xu Yangyi imperceptibly rolled his gums. The incredible premonition on his mind had gradually solidified. He slowly raised his head and stared into Li Wanxueâs eyes. She started, but forced herself to coolly match his gaze, not daring to look away.
Merely the rising and falling of her generous bosom betrayed the apprehension of her inner heart.
âHave you ever heard of âEarthâ?â
âNo,â Li Wanxue swiftly answered.
âThink carefully. You havenât heard of China or Beijing?â
âIâm sure I havenât.â Li Wanxue thought to herself and shook her head positively and respectfully. âIâve never heard of these names.â
Xu Yangyi took a deep breath, his gaze fiery. âThen⊠what about planets?â
âNo⊠that wordâs not in any book.â
Xu Yangyi studied her for several seconds and nodded.
From the beginning, he hadnât seen stars or moonlight. Right now, he was no longer on Earth! A guess bubbled up in his mind, an unimaginable guess!
âEarlier in the past⊠some people speculated there were other planets besides Earth⊠but Xiaoqing actually went and sent me to another planet!â
âNo⊠not planet, but ârealmâ. This word is a saying of Buddhismâs Three Thousand Realms and all kinds of recreational works. Itâs also a saying of a greater plane enveloping countless minor onesâŠâ He closed his eyes, his chest moved up and down, and his hand squeezed tightly.
âIn that case⊠is the Clearcloud Realm a so-called Lesser Thousand Realm?!â
âEarth is a master-plane, an actual Greater Thousand Realm?â
He slowly opened his eyes and softly breathed out. This was merely a conjecture⊠It seemed totally inconceivable, but as Sherlock Holmes had once said:
once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.
Apart from this theory, he just couldnât think up of another reason!
He contemplated and asked again, âLet me read information on the Clearcloud Realm.â
A wisp of surprise flashed through Li Wanxueâs eyes, but she properly concealed it afterwards. She then took out a cell phone. Xu Yangyi didnât obstruct her. In front of him, she couldnât pull of any tricks.
Very quickly, Li Wanxue handed over the phone. âPlease look, sir.â
Xu Yangyi took the offered device, but he couldnât help but take a deep breath upon his first mere glance.
âThe Clearcloud Realm has an area of 27,000,000 square kilometers. There are seven states. Because the continent is irregularly shaped, it drifts within the universe. There arenât any similar continents surrounding it, but a landmass called Hou Yi provides all life for the entire Clearcloud Realm with heat and light.â
âThe Clearcloud Realm has already been around for 600 million years, experiencing a realm orbit to form a period. From the periods of the High Ancient Realm, the Primordial Ancient Realm, the Eminent Life Realm, and to the early stage of Hou Yi several million years ago. Presently, the Clearcloud Realm is going through the middle of the Hou Yi period. According to scientific speculation, the middle Hou Yi period will last for approximately 20 million years.â
âThe Clearcloud Realm hangs alone in the universe. There are no neighboring continents in the surroundings. The outer ecology is extremely abundant. The Clearcloud Realmâs surrounding universe produces a kind of presently unascertainable buoyancy, causing the entire Clearcloud Realmâs seawater float in the air. At the boundary of the Clearcloud Realm, you can see a vast ocean. It is called the Endless Sea. Each year, numerous poems, writings, shows, and films are born there. By passing through the Endless Seaâs tens of thousands of kilometers will one arrive at the edge of the Clearcloud Realm.â
âIn that place is a dark universe. The more you approach the center of the Endless Sea, the lighter gravityâs effect becomes. The fringes of the Endless Sea are in a state of perpetual weightlessnessâŠâ
Xu Yangyi closed his eyes.
On the cell phone⊠the Clearcloud Realm was an immense continent! One without curve!
Clearcloud was a continent more or less the size of Asia, floating through the desolate cosmos. If he hadnât seen it with his own eyes, he wouldnât believe it at all!
âHas anyone gone below the Clearcloud Realm?â he asked his next question.
Underneath the picture of the Clearcloud Realm were a countless number of stone pillars.
âNo,â Li Wanxue said softly, âNo one can go under the Clearcloud Realm. Once you go underground by about 300 meters, itâs like hitting an invisible barrier. No matter what machines are used, it just canât be broken through. Itâs unknown why satellite filming always comes out grainy.â
That was enough⊠there was no point in continuing his line of questionâŠ
Presently, Xu Yangyi could nearly confirm with 70% probability that the Clearcloud Realm was one of the Lesser Thousand Realms!
This was a cultivation realm! While the mortal world was searching for aliens, the cultivation world had already discovered that Earth was a master-plane! It was a mystery how many Lesser Thousand Realms were subordinate to it!
Did the people of these worlds know that they were only subordinate-planes?
Had any of them reached Earth? Just like ascension in novels?
âHeheâŠâ he suddenly began to laugh. His eyes snapped open and he looked to the vast night sky. âXiaoqing, oh, Xiaoqing⊠this really is the cultivation worldâs greatest secret⊠and also the final secret!â
âOnly the Core Formation cultivators and their close confidants might know about this top secret, right? Once it gets out, itâll completely change the cultivation worldâs worldview! Itâll even cause old monsters like Daomaster Liang who were secretly hiding to come out⊠Lesser Thousand Realm, Greater Thousand Realm⊠if thatâs how it really is, then where are the other Greater Thousand Realms? And once one Greater Thousand Realm and another clash⊠what kind of outcome will happen?â
âNo⊠there are still many questions. No one risks confirming that the Clearcloud Realm is Earthâs Lesser Thousand Realm. Maybe⊠it itself is the Lesser Thousand Realm of another master-plane! No!â
With two denials, a sudden dawn of light finally came upon him. In an instant, he confirmed that if such a shape like the Clearcloud Realm was indeed a Lesser Thousand Realm, then it was bound to be one of Earthâs 3,000 Lesser Thousand Realms!
He hadnât forgotten⊠the Clearcloud Realm was currently in the middle âHou Yi periodâ! He moreover hadnât forgotten that their language was similar! And he hadnât forgotten that there were cell phones here, as well! Cities! The developmental speed was about the same! The models of buildings were so similar!
There were too many identical points.
âWhatâs next is the only major question that remainsâŠâ He gazed into the sky and smiled faintly. âWho⊠brought these things in?â
âWas it decades ago⊠or centuries? The culture is so similar, so the time definitely isnât too long.â He stowed his gaze and looked at Li Wanxue. âLet me see development information on the Clearcloud Realm.â
âYes.â Li Wanxue obediently took back the cell phone, but all of a sudden her eyes stilled. In moments, her pupils began to turn lax!
Her mouth opened wide, and her skin paled at a visible speed, yet strange veins climbed over her face! At the same time, extremely weak qi spread from her seven apertures and started to dissipate in the air.
1. âHeadstrong strong woman to a demure oneâ. Here, the actual text is âFrom an American woman to a Japanese oneâ. I couldnât quite understand this, but I believe the author is playing on stereotypes.
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