Translated by: La0o9
Edited by: Juicetin
Proofreader:? Arya
TN: The author messed up a little bit on the chapter numbering, so there are 2 chapter 281 and 282. For the sake of easy continuity, Iâll be labelling them a bit differently
The first Tianma pointed at Gu Qing Shan and said: âThatâs himâ
The black-clothed girl glanced at the vase in Gu Qing Shanâs hands, her eyes squinted a bit.
Then she looked Gu Qing Shan directly in the eyes.
Such a young and green human cultivator.
She started smiling brightly.
Then she whispered to the first Tianma: ă You did quite a good job this time, master will praise you ă
The first Tianmaâs expression loosened, no longer tense like before.
The black-clothed girl softly walked in front of Gu Qing Shan, curtsied lightly then asked: ă Dao seeker, for what reason have you requested to meet with this oneâs master? ă
Gu Qing Shan asked: âWhy did your master not come herself?â
ă Itâs due to the Law of the void ââ-she is too powerful of a Tianma that this world cannot handle even her presence, which is why Iâm here to represent her ă
âCan you make the final call?â Gu Qing Shan asked.
ă I cannot, but I can relay your message to my master ăthe black-clothed girl spoke.
Gu Qing Shan just smiled and said nothing.
The black-clothed girl evaluated him, then commented: ă There are very few human cultivators who would purposefully seek us out, and even if they do, theyâd be trembling for power. But you are too calm ă
âThatâs because I donât desire the power you giveâ
ă If thatâs the case, then for what reason do you seek our master? ă
Gu Qing Shan answered: âTo talk businessâ
ă What business ă
âA Virtualized realm cultivatorâs soul and vesselâ
ă Virtualized realm? Dao seeker, you mean to have my master help you kill your enemy? ăthe black-clothed girl very quickly realized.
She continued: ă Do you have any idea how strong a Virtualized realm cultivator is? Even my master would have to pay a certain price to be able to win against them ă
She was no longer respectful, instead her tone was dyed in killing intent and malice.
Gu Qing Shan answered: âA certain price must be paid to gain a valuable asset; I believe this is a common principle in all of the worldsâ
The black-clothed girl sneered: ă A Virtualized realm cultivatorâs soul is indeed a valuable asset, but the price that must be paid is much too heavy. I suggest you banish that foolish thought of wanting to profit from both sides ă
âNot quite, the price isnât as heavy as you think it isâ
ă What do you mean? ă
âIf the Virtualized realm cultivator appears in the Tianma world, wonât that be much easier for you?â Gu Qing Shan spoke.
The black-clothed girl laughed coldly: ă Even if we manage to trap them in our Tianma world, it still is a gruesome task to kill such a cultivator, we will have to sacrifice countless kins ă
ă Not to mention, how would a human cultivator ever appear in our world? ă
Gu Qing Shan didnât respond and only raised the vase in his hand.
The black-clothed girl was a bit shocked, but understood what he meant.
ă You mean to use the Tianmaâs Pond of Vitality to send the Virtualized realm cultivator to our world? ă
âCorrectâ
ă Our Tianma world is isolated from any and every world, asides from Tianma, no being will ever be able to leave ăthe black-clothed girl contemplated and spoke: ă This is indeed a good idea, but a frenzied Virtualized realm cultivatorâs destructiveness is unimaginable ă
ă Facing such an existence, unless she is absolutely sure, my master will not consider fighting ă she shook her head.
Gu Qing Shan continued: âThatâs why I told you, this will be businessâ
ă Business you say? What are you suggesting? ă the black-clothed girl looked at him, waiting for his next words.
This cultivator doesnât look dumb nor does he look like an ignorant idiot who believes himself to be smart.
From what Iâve seen, he seems to be the practical type.
Gu Qing Shan looked at her, then softly spoke: âBehind the Virtualized realm cultivator, there is a world. A world where the Tianma has never been to beforeâ
âJust imagine and put that into perspective. A world full of cultivators who have never seen or heard of you beforeâ
âThey donât know what you areâ
âThey donât know how to deal with youâ
âTo the Tianma, such a world is nothing but a large stock of foodâ
This time, not only the black-clothed girl but even the rest of the Tianma were staring at him, their faces visibly excited.
The black-clothed girl very seriously asked: âAre you sure youâre not mistaken?â
Gu Qing Shan answered: âThat fact wonât change no matter what I say, how about you take a look for yourselves?â
The black-clothed girl asked: âWhat do you mean?â
Gu Qing Shan raised his hand and pointed at the mountain top.
âThe answer is aboveâ he smiled.
The black-clothed girl looked at him, then again at the mountain top.
She could sense a faint presence of human cultivators there.
âIâll go take a lookâ the black-clothed girl spoke.
âWaitâ Gu Qing Shan said, âI suggest you all go, a banquet such as this wonât appear every dayâ
The black-clothed girl stared at him closely, then also smiled: âIf thatâs the truth, let us continue after we meet againâ
She and the 12 Tianma that came with her spun and disappeared into the void of space.
Gu Qing Shan stayed silent.
He found a clean place and sat down to rest.
The Earth Sword reminded him: ă Thereâs a Projection realm cultivator up there ă
âIâm only directing a pack of wolves to hunt a tiger, we donât lose anything from this no matter whatâ Gu Qing Shan spoke without changing his expression.
âNot to mention, having a Projection realm cultivator there will further confirm whether or not they can deal with the Tianmaâ
âFollowing this, if the Tianma faces no problems, we can begin the next phase of the planâ
ă Then what if the Tianma fails? ăthe Earth Sword asked.
âThen Iâll have to quickly think of other methodsâ
Gu Qing Shan took out a spirit replenishment pill, chewed it, and spoke vaguely.
âŠ
The mountain top.
The other world cultivatorsâ camp.
The Projection realm cultivator was busy meditating to recover his wounds.
While circulating this spirit energy to efficiently absorb the pill, he was recalling the battle from today.
That womanâs spirit energy waves were clearly unstable and chaotic, a sign of having just reached Projection realm.
But why and how did she manage to battle me to a draw when she hasnât even stabilized her realm yet?
Iâm a great cultivator who has already been at Projection realm for over 200 years!
How is she so strong?
He suddenly felt annoyed.
Suddenly, a cultivator came and asked him loudly: âWhy havenât we gotten to replenish our pills for the past two days already?â
âWait a bit moreâ the Projection realm cultivator answered.
âThe subordinates are already gossipingâ the cultivator commented.
âGossiping? Who dares!?â the Projection realm cultivator angrily shouted.
The cultivator was a bit shocked, but seeing how his face twisted, he understood that he was angry.
âThen Iâll excuse myself firstâ the cultivator turned around and leaves.
After he left, the Projection realm cultivator frowned.
Who is this idiot that dares talk loudly to me like that without a single bit of respect?
May be he never respected me in the first place?
If he truly does think that, then heâs about to die.
What should I do to kill this moron legitimately?
Wait a minute ââ
Whatâs going on with me today, why do I feel so annoyed?
Am I still shaken from that womanâs multitudes of abilities?
The Projection realm cultivator was feeling very irritated.
Before he could think about it more, he felt a faint sweet smell.
Two peerless beauties were standing at the door, bowing to greet him.
âHm? You two, where are your exit and entry certification?â the Projection realm cultivator was evaluating the two women while speaking.
Their quality of these girls is quite good, making his mood a bit better.
Truthfully speaking, if these girls manage to get this far through the numerous layers of formations, they have to have certifications.
These are probably maids provided by the sect âââitâs always been like this, one of many ways for fighters to loosen up a bit during the battles.
The original worlds of these women has already been absorbed, their cultivation sealed up, no matter how high and mighty they used to be, right now, all thatâs waiting for them is death of old age.
âCome here, come here, let this venerable one take a look at youâ he ordered.
He completely ignored the matter of the exit and entry certification.
The two women came and sat next to him, one on each side.
These two are such charming vixens that he couldnât describe them by words alone, they were almost as beautiful as the two that Zishan young master always has by his side.
âWould you like to take a bath first?â one of the women softly asked.
âWhat? You think Iâm dirty?â
âNot at all sir, we just want to take the best care of youâ the other woman answered.
âAhaha, very good!â
The Projection realm cultivator laughed loudly.
His mood instantly become much better.
He stood up, a flower on each hand and headed to the personal spring behind his tent.
Itâs fine, letâs just loosen up for a bit. After young master gets here, no matter how strong that woman is, sheâll just be a piece of meat on the chopping block anyways.
How unfortunate that such a high-quality woman can only belong to young master alone, I wonât be able to enjoy her.
The Projection realm cultivator shook his head in regret.
But having two women so understanding besides him like this, his regret didnât stay for too long.
He went into the spring.
The two women followed.
âComeâ he laughed and ordered.
The women appeared to be a bit sulking, but very obediently fell into his arms.
âAhahahaâ
âŠ
However, all of this never happened at all.
In fact, the Projection realm cultivator was still sitting cross-legged, meditating to recover his wounds.
The black-clothed girl stood at the door, tilting her head to evaluate him.
She saw how the Projection realm cultivatorâs expression was changing into a satisfied smile.
She waved her hand.
Two Tianma appeared from behind the Projection realm cultivator as a faint mist.
âWe didnât meet any resistance at allâ the two women were giggling.
âEven a Projection realm is that stupid? Seems like they really donât know about usâ the black-clothed girl spoke.
She smiled and started to move forward.
The other two quickly got out of her way.
The black-clothed girl turned into a mist in midair, fell down and enveloped the Projection realm cultivator.
The mist quickly flowed into the cultivatorâs nose, mouth, eyes and ears.
During the entire process, the cultivator only had a dumb smile on his face.
Just a few seconds later, all the mist escaped from his body, then concentrated again.
The mist reformed into the black-clothed girl.
She was using a silk handkerchief to wipe her mouth with an expression of ecstasy.
âItâs been so long since I tasted this, a Projection realm soul, how delightfully unforgettableâŠâ