Translator: Noodletown Translations Editor: Noodletown Translations

– In the Forbidden Place at the back mountain of the Nanhua Faction –

While looking at Feng Family Master who was walking away, a huge ghost-like shadow appeared from the void.

The gaze was greedy, cruel, and blood-thirsty; it was absolutely not a human gaze.

“Is it done?”

“It’s done.” The woman’s voice had no trace of warmth in it. “However, this old guy is greedy! Shall we…”

A chilly murderous spirit flashed in her eyes.

“Don’t mind him.” The voice was as gloomy as if it were from the abyss of hell. “Once I regain my freedom, everything and everyone will be our slave. There will be no division. By that time, he will be ours as well.”

A gloomy laugh sounded from the depths of the darkness.

“How’s the situation in the Nanhua Faction?” that voice asked.

“Many disciples joined us,” the woman said with a cold smile. “I’m afraid that my good junior sisters and junior brothers are still oblivious to this.”

“Very good!”

“However,” the woman said in bafflement as a light flashed in her eyes. “My Junior Brother Ye Tang should be under my control, but for some reason, he hasn’t shown up. I wonder what happened. Has an accident occur?”

“Don’t worry!” the voice in the darkness said, “He will join us sooner or later! He can no longer control the desire in him. Since he has made the decision to join us, we don’t need to worry about him.”

“Right. This should be a small accident.”

The voice hiding in the darkness said, “Get more disciples of the Nanhua Faction to join our force, so I can come out of this damn place! By then, you will become the Nanhua Faction Master!”

“Nanhua Faction Master.” The woman licked her blood-red lips with her red tongue.

…

It was past midnight, and it would take Long Yi more than one hour to get to the Nanhua Faction from Half City.

“No!” Long Yi’s expression turned dark.

“What’s wrong?” Yue Yan and others asked him curiously.

“I missed something big while I played games and watched the TV Series!” Long Yi looked angry.

“What can be more important than playing games and watching TV Series?”

Long Yi thought to himself, In the Origins Internet Club, I can increase my cultivation strength, learn all kinds of ultimate spells, and even trade for all kinds of precious elixir recipes and other materials and documents by growing vegetables. What else can I ask for?

While he had some time, he even read some parts of the Heavenly Book and gained a deeper understanding of the cultivation technique and spiritual spells of the Nanhua Faction.

Even he, a cultivator with moderate cultivation strength, could sense the laws of the world and ultimate truth contained in the book!

With a clearer mind, he scratched his head. “I think you’re right.”

Then, sudden understanding dawned on him, and he patted his forehead in excitement. “Right! I was acting like a moron! If I can cultivate in this place for one hundred years, I can even surpass the Faction Master, let alone the Faction Master’s disciple, our Senior Brother Li!”

Excited, he immediately asked, “Junior Sister, the shop opens at 8 AM tomorrow, right?”

“Yeah!”

“Then, let’s continue tomorrow!”

“But… that lord eh…” Long Yi suddenly shook his head. “What lord? Do I know a powerful figure? How come I don’t remember it clearly now?”

But he distinctly remembered that a very powerful person seemed have told him something.

Those things that happened were as vague as a dream now. Now, he felt like he woke up from his sleep, and he couldn’t remember much. It was weird.

…

In front of the shop, someone roared again and again as if he were releasing all the pent-up frustrations.

“I broke through! I can’t believe that I broke through this way after dozens of years of hard cultivation!”

“Stop screaming like a ghost!” Instantly, a cuss came from the shop. “Don’t think that I’ll tolerate your misbehavior after the shop is closed! If you yell again, don’t come back tomorrow!”

A Daoist shrunk his neck involuntarily and immediately left shamefacedly.

“Well! Senior Sister, the plane is just an iron block and doesn’t use spiritual essence; I wonder how it flies up. Also, how does the transfiguration spell change an object into a living thing? The Heavenly Book is so awesome, and I wonder who wrote it…”

The Daoist who babbled all the way back to the faction was no other but the Ethereal Spiritual Master.

At this moment, he showed not the slightest trace of qi deviation and existence of an inner demon. Instead, he looked energetic and refreshed. “It is amazing that a bowl of instant noodles turned the messy spiritual essence in my body into the purest spiritual essence. After reading the two scrolls of the Heavenly Book, I realized that I had a misunderstanding about our cultivation technique. The incredible thing is, the Heavenly Book guided me to create a brand-new way by using my mistake!”

Obviously, the breakthrough and the correction of his mistake in terms of cultivation were nothing compared to the fact that he had created his own cultivation method by gaining a breakthrough through his mistake.

“The Heavenly Book contains the ultimate truth of the world.” Evidently, the Xichi Spiritual Master’s understanding of the Heavenly Book was deeper than his. “Even the road you think is mistaken is a part of the world; it might be wrong for us, but for the Heavenly Dao, the mistakes have their reasons to exist in the world.”

“You’re right, Senior Sister.” The Ethereal Spiritual Master nodded repeatedly.

“In my opinion, we must let more disciples know about this cultivation method,” the Ethereal Spiritual Master said, “At least, we can let the elite disciples of our Nanhua Faction cultivate in that place. In one hundred years, our Nanhua Faction will be full of masters.”

“You have a point,” the Xichi Spiritual Master said, “But Faction Master and the other elders are busy, and we better not make a big deal out of it. Otherwise, they might misunderstand the situation and prohibit us from going. We can inform them of it when the effects are evident. Right now, I’ll tell some disciples to bring their friends to the internet café.”

“You’re right with your considerations, Senior Sister.”

– Meanwhile in the Forbidden Place of the Nanhua Faction –

“More ordinary disciples do not have much use to me. I think the elite disciples and elders of the Nanhua Faction must have been desiring for stronger power for a long time now,” the voice in the darkness said, “Anyone who has this desire and drive will become our servants and salves. Go and summon them!”

The night in the Nanhua Faction looked darker as if the whole sky were covered by a layer of thick ink.

It was midnight. The lazy disciples had all gone to bed while the diligent ones were still cultivating.

Gusts of gloomy wind blew in the darkness as if countless ghosts and demons were sweeping across the human world.

The Nanhua Faction had always looked celestial-like, but tonight, it was chilly with a ghost-like dark presence.

Several cultivating disciples seemed to have sensed something, and they opened their eyes abruptly.

“What’s this damn thing?!”

“Who are you?”

“Do you want to grow stronger?” A luring voice seemed to rise from their hearts.

“Do you want to obtain greater power? Do you desire to be stronger? Don’t refuse; follow your heart…”

…

Soon, they heard footsteps outside the door.

Knock! Knock! Knock! Someone knocked on the door. “Senior Sister

/Senior Brother, open the door! I’ll take you to a good place! I can ensure you that your cultivation strength will grow greatly after you visit this place!”

“!!??”

Hearing this, all the disciples jumped up from their seats, wondering what was going on!