Free Web NovelChapter 410: Chapter 173: Fuyao’s Departure, Secrets of the Grotto Heaven, Dragon-Tiger Force Achieved, Stepping into the Second Stage of the Primordial Pill! (Part 2)
"Even if Luo Fuyao, you are slightly older than me, my Primordial Pill is already complete. We are both top-grade Primordial Pill cultivators now. You may not be able to outmatch me."
"In the past, I feared you, so I had to be cautious."
"Now, both of us are Primordial Pill cultivators, ’Fellow Daoists’ in the pursuit of technique and knowledge. As they say, the accomplished goes first, but you haven’t taken the lead yet."
Luo Fuyao looked at him reproachfully:
"When I was cautious, you called me ’good elder sister’. Now that you’ve succeeded, you’ve forgotten the past circumstances. You’ve changed your attitude quite swiftly."
"You little ingrate."
Jixia looked surprised:
"Isn’t this because we have a good relationship?"
Luo Fuyao rolled her eyes, stepped forward, and pinched Jixia’s ear:
"Look at you showing off!"
Having known Jixia for several months, and not understanding his past deeds, in Luo Fuyao’s eyes, Jixia had always been a sixteen-year-old boy.
Therefore, subconsciously, her kindness toward him was modeled after an elder sister’s affection, hoping to cultivate a bond of ’family’ to later join him in great endeavors.
But before, their relationship wasn’t close enough for such intimate actions, and she dared not do them.
But now, she felt she could.
Her long, dark eyelashes hung like a curtain, and she was half a head taller than Jixia. A gentle blink could ignite countless imaginations in the boy.
Yet, the woman’s gaze at the moment was exceptionally serious, and she took out a jade pendant inscribed with the word ’Profound’, clapping it into Jixia’s palm:
"Alright, no more teasing."
"Previously, I was candid with you; you know my family background and what I aim to do."
"Say I’m trying to stop the unstoppable, or talk like a strategist without the ground. It doesn’t matter."
"But..."
"Since I was young and cautiously growing up, I’ve been thinking constantly... to end this era."
"Inheriting the Profound King’s blood is just a grand excuse; perhaps the ambition flowing in the bloodline and the precarious present is the truth."
"These things, I’ve only spoken to you. After all, you are a ’rebel’, and seen by Feng Zizai, serving King Yin. Don’t even think about it; in some sense, we are natural strategic partners."
"Treading Immortal, you may not know, but when you fled to the Divine Capital, I recognized at first glance that you were an extraordinary talent. Unfortunately..."
The woman had a slight expression of regret:
"For Feng Zizai of the Wuwei Sect acts as he pleases, who knows what he wants? I couldn’t stop him, only watched helplessly as he took you away. If not..."
Luo Fuyao smiled with a sly grin:
"Perhaps now, you would not be a disciple of the Left Gate Leader of the Life and Death Mountain and River Sect but part of my Fuyao Palace at the Divine Capital."
At this, Jixia was reminded of that initial snowy night when Luo Fuyao had already marked him?
Could it be that she indeed had some ’Emperor’s Gaze’ natural gift for discerning talents?
Jixia seemed deep in thought.
"Keep this jade pendant safe."
"Now, with Master Zuo’s breakthrough, the world is about to enter the ’fourth step’ True Master era."
"I don’t know... whether you are aware of the records concerning ’Grotto Heaven’."
Jixia’s expression turned intense:
"Grotto Heaven?"
He uttered these words, his eyes grave, interrupting his previous thought.
This was the first time he heard of this record from someone else.
But prior to this, he had often heard about it, almost making it... familiar.
In the years of his life, three hundred years ago.
It is said that countless ’Grotto Heavens’ soared from the ground, linked with the world.
Every Grotto Heaven is a small realm.
There, Dharma Seekers can fly and escape the earth, rooted within.
And now, with Martial Dao burgeoning, after reaching Primordial Pill, nearly eighty to ninety percent of cultivation techniques and martial arts have origins tied to these so-called Grotto Heavens.
Northwest Land is divided into five states. Further west lies the ’Northwest Wilderness’, eastward are the ’Ten Thousand Mountains’, and southward the ’Three Hundred Rivers’.
Beyond these chasms lies Eastern Land, Jiangnan... among others, vast, boundless fertile territories.
A mortal’s life is too short to even cross one state.
Even a Primordial Pill cultivator wouldn’t spend half their life rushing back and forth.
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However———
The Grotto Heavens recorded in ancient texts are not like this.
Luo Fuyao’s eyes revealed yearning:
"There used to be an old saying, ’Shrinking the earth to an inch, a step to the horizon’, which human power alone obviously cannot achieve."
"But each Grotto Heaven connects to one or several different locations, for instance, the entrance to a Grotto Heaven in Baoping State might open at the other end in Fuyao State."
"Even a mere mortal, once stepping into the Grotto Heaven, could traverse from Baoping State to Fuyao State, completing a journey of tens of thousands of miles!"
"This is the unique nature of Grotto Heaven."
"And every Grotto Heaven has a grade system. I only know of the lowest ’mortal grade’ Grotto Heaven. It is said, inside at every point, the energy is at least sufficient for ’Dao energy’ cultivation in the fourth step!"
"Cultivating inside is unknown how many times faster than outside!"
"Not only that, residing in the Grotto Heaven, allows one to cross between places arbitrarily, achieving ’morning seas and evening Cangwu’, truly unbelievable."
"And the Profound King Ancestral Land left behind an entrance to a ’Grotto Heaven’. This jade pendant is the key to entering it. There are several pieces. Treasure it well. When I find it and open it, I’ll take you to enjoy the blessings!"
