Cultivation: I Have a Golden Talisman

Chapter 287: Chapter 56: This Old Man Takes His Leave

Such a large gathering of Life Soul Cultivators was truly an eye-opening experience for Fang Cheng and Hua Yutang.

After all, the total number of known Life Soul Cultivators in all of Yun Country was a mere six.

And yet, nineteen of them were gathered here now!

The first time Fang Cheng had ever seen a Life Soul Cultivator was during the Flame God Palace’s surprise attack on the Yinluo Sect.

Today was the second.

Cyan Bird Cang Wuya quietly sent a telepathic message, "The one from the Rakshasa Sect is Master Zi Kuang. He achieved his Life Soul two hundred years ago and is extremely bloodthirsty. Among the many Supreme Elders of the Rakshasa Sect, he’s the one who most enjoys venturing out."

Fang Cheng nodded silently.

After a moment, the Cyan Bird added, "Our Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts’ Cyan Rattan Demon King has also come..."

Fang Cheng shot it a look that was not quite a smile. "Senior Sister wants me to bring you back as a guest. There’s no need to be homesick just yet, my friend."

The Cyan Bird lowered its head and said no more.

Fang Cheng’s brow furrowed slightly as he looked down at the nineteen dazzling clusters of spiritual light on the lake’s surface.

’Ascendant Lingji’s Hundred Treasures Hall is a peerless wonder,’ he thought. ’I wonder if even more Life Soul Cultivators will show up.’

But for him, this was absolutely not a place to linger.

With so many Life Soul Cultivators vying for treasure, the aftershocks from their battles alone would be more than an ordinary Life Talisman Cultivator could withstand.

"Senior Sister, I think we should skip this party."

Fang Cheng turned and took Hua Yutang’s delicate, slender hand, speaking in a low voice.

Hua Yutang was not the type to be arrogant or blinded by greed. She nodded gently at his words, her eyes bright and clear.

They had already achieved their goal for coming to the Wilderness Domain and had both gained benefits far beyond their expectations. The right thing to do was to quit while they were ahead.

Besides, with so many Life Soul Cultivators present, neither of them believed they could snatch any treasure from the fray.

As for the scraps the Life Soul Cultivators might occasionally miss, Fang Cheng didn’t particularly care for them anyway.

It was better to leave early and save themselves the trouble.

It would also allow them to avoid the Life Soul Cultivator from the Rakshasa Sect.

The two went to the other side of the giant vessel and left discreetly. After flying for over a hundred li, Hua Yutang once again brought out her chariot.

They boarded the chariot, had Cang Wuya point them in the direction of Great Black Mountain, and with a surge of Magical Power from the beautiful Senior Sister, they sped toward the horizon.

...

What Fang Cheng didn’t know was that not long after they left, another strange phenomenon appeared over the lake.

The lake water instantly turned crystal clear, like a massive, ice-blue crystal embedded in the mountains and earth.

And within this crystal, a magnificent Bronze Hall could be clearly seen.

At that moment, the great hall once again burst forth with a dazzling, brilliant radiance.

A pillar of light fully ten li wide shot toward the heavens, a dazzling spectacle connecting sky and earth.

But Fang Cheng and Hua Yutang were already long gone and did not witness this scene.

Above the great lake, the nineteen Life Soul Masters acted in unison.

Each of them unleashed their Divine Techniques, channeling vast Magical Power in an attempt to pull the Bronze Hall out of the lake.

The Bronze Hall trembled slightly, and the pillar of light that shot to the heavens swayed.

The cultivators on the Celestial Traveling Immortal Pavilion and on the four shores of the great lake all held their breath, their eyes fixed on the water’s surface.

The Life Soul Masters would get the meat; they were just here for the broth.

If they were lucky enough to find some scraps of meat in that broth, it would be a huge windfall.

Waves surged on the lake as nineteen beams of light descended into the water, latching firmly onto the Bronze Hall and beginning to pull it out.

The vibrations from the Bronze Hall grew more frequent, and this force was transmitted to the nineteen Life Soul Cultivators, causing the brilliant spiritual light around them to tremble violently.

The difference in the nineteen cultivators’ Cultivation levels became apparent at this moment.

The spiritual light around three of them was stable and solid, trembling only slightly.

Five were slightly weaker; the spiritual light around them flickered like flames.

The spiritual light surrounding the remaining eleven trembled as if on the verge of extinguishing, their auras fluctuating unstably. They seemed to be under immense pressure.

Fortunately, the Bronze Hall in the lake was slowly being raised. Everyone held their breath, waiting for the hall to truly emerge.

The cultivator who had first discovered the phenomenon here had tried to dive into the lake to approach the Bronze Hall, only to find that what he touched was merely an illusion.

Later, when Life Soul Cultivators arrived, they were able to shake the "illusion" of the hall with their profound Magical Power.

And as more and more Life Soul Cultivators gathered, this "illusion" was gradually being pulled into reality.

After the time it takes for a few sticks of incense to burn, the eaves of the Bronze Hall finally broke the surface of the water!

An ancient, vicissitudinous aura instantly spread out. The expressions of the nineteen Life Soul Cultivators lit up, and one of them shouted, "Fellow cultivators, put your backs into it!"

With a collective heave, the entire Bronze Hall was suddenly lifted a great deal higher!

The hip-and-gable roof, the bronze pillars, the carved window lattices, the massive bronze doors... one by one, they appeared before everyone.

The atmosphere instantly grew tense.

Several of the Life Soul Cultivators exchanged glances and continued to exert their power, pulling the Bronze Hall completely out of the lake.

DONG!!

Before the nineteen could make a move, a long, deep toll of a bell suddenly rang out from within the Bronze Hall.

In the next instant, the hall’s main doors swung open, and over a hundred streaks of multicolored light flew out from within!

Without a word, the nineteen Life Soul Cultivators immediately moved to intercept them. But to their surprise, the streaks of light were all enveloped in a mysterious power. They moved with incredible speed, seeming both real and illusory, and in an instant, they traversed the void, broke through the blockade, and scattered in all directions, vanishing in the blink of an eye.

Above the great lake, the Bronze Hall, no longer held up by the cultivators’ combined Magical Power, began to slowly sink back into the water.

Someone said in a low, serious voice, "Everyone, don’t give up halfway! What just flew out were merely some low-grade Magical Artifacts. Ascendant Lingji’s real treasures are still inside the hall! Quickly, stabilize it!"