The group landed on the gate’s entrance, and shortly got here a horse carriage, solely the horse had six legs as a substitute of 4 and the carriage appeared to be floating as a substitute of getting wheels. There was nobody to drive the horse so it appeared to have the ability to know what it was doing.

“Get on, Shen.” Duan Lin mentioned.

He opened the carriage’s door and sat down, there was place for under two folks and I used to be the second, I sat in entrance of him within the well-decorated, and positively rather more comfy carriage than the sword.

“What concerning the others?” I requested.

“Don’t fret, they may go first and report the matter to a sect elder, then we’ll arrive as soon as the elder is able to obtain you.”

“Proper, that may do properly,” I replied and relaxed myself.

The carriage started transferring alongside the backyard. Crops and flowers, so lots of them have been there, most I noticed in Lucid Spring, however there have been different flowers and unique roses and vegetation that I by no means noticed earlier than in my life, this one or the final one.

The scent was great, and it gave my outdated self a soothing sense of safety and quietness.

“I might reside right here for the remainder of my life,” I mentioned.

“Oh, why so?” requested Duan Lin.

“Properly, this scent, this serenity, I love it. I ought to have made a backyard akin to this myself. Properly, I suppose it is too late for that.”

“You communicate as in case you was somebody necessary, particularly since seeing your lack of concern within the presence of international and stronger forces.”

“Son, I’ve lived lengthy sufficient to know when somebody desires me hurt, and I see that you simply and your sect are first rate and clever folks. Additionally, I was a metropolis head earlier than I touched upon the floor of cultivation. However it seems that I’ve achieved so after I grew to become too outdated.”

“Huh, a mortal metropolis head that grew to become a cultivator. Nonetheless, I doubt that the best way of cultivation is restricted by age. Although beginning younger is one of the best because of the momentum, aspiration, and hope of youth, beginning late will not be so unhealthy, knowledge can also be a superb consider cultivation.”

“Thanks in your encouraging phrases, you sound fairly clever your self regardless of your age.”

“How outdated do you assume I’m?” requested Duan Lin.

I took a scrutinizing have a look at him and mentioned, “Not a day over 20.”

Duan Lin laughed and mentioned, “Thanks, however I am eighty-five years outdated.”

“Holy hell! I am youthful than you then!”

“Properly, technically you might be, that is why it felt awkward while you referred to as me son.”

I laughed at how carefree this man was. Although he appeared hella younger his look was deceiving. Properly, it would not matter. The actual ordeal will begin quickly.

And as I’ve predicted, the carriage stopped, we had already climbed one of many mountains whereas we have been talking and I did not discover it one bit. The carriage labored in opposition to the inclination of the mountain and for some motive, the pull of the horse by no means wavered or change, it felt like we have been transferring in a straight line at a gentle pace.

That is a tremendous utility of power and gravity, I want to review this additional.

I shook my head, my engineer self was resurfacing, this was not the time or place.

“Let’s get down, the elder is ready for us,” Duan Lin mentioned.

I nodded and left the carriage after him.

As soon as I used to be down, I seen an enormous quantity of children, youngsters even, younger of age, between fourteen to eighteen roughly, all doing varied chores and duties.

A bunch on my proper was coaching all collectively following the motion of a person who appeared to be doing martial arts.

One other batch of children was hurrying, carrying logs that simply weighed a number of dozen occasions their weight as in the event that they have been manufactured from plastic foam. And the latter group of children was both sweeping the filth with metal brooms that seemed to be as heavy as MT Tai because of the problem of each sweep, or cleansing the magnificent and gigantic palace in entrance of me from filth and scum.

There have been dozens of children working round all doing a distinct chore, and none of them have been loitering or being too lazy. This place was the place of arduous work.

In entrance of us, on the entrance of this palace that was designed like a Chinese language fort from the forbidden metropolis, there was a protracted crimson carpet and a chair the place an outdated man with a white beard reached his abdomen and a bald head. Even his eyebrows have been fairly bushy and long-reaching to his cheeks.

“Duan Lin, is that this the suspect?”

“Junior greets elder!” Duan Lin mentioned as he cupped his fists.

That is the second time I noticed this follow, the primary time was when that child from the sword mountain did that to me, considering I used to be stronger than him.

“Greetings,” I mentioned as I cupped my fists on the man.

“That is a dry welcome,” the outdated man replied.

“Sure grasp, however I am not out of your sect, and it could be impolite to name myself your junior on this case.”

“Good, not less than you might have a mind on that head of yours. So inform me what have been you doing in our yard forest.”

“To start with, all of that forest is your yard? Rattling! That is an enormous flex!”

“I’ve no data of what Flex is, however out of your response it should be one thing good,” the outdated man mentioned as he twirled his beard.

“Yea, actually good. I am impressed, this sect should be superb.”

The outdated man laughed and mentioned, “Your data of a cultivation world is absolutely low. To be trustworthy we’re one of many weakest sects within the Zhou Nation.”

“Zhou nation? Aren’t we in Longxian county”?

“Oh, you might have actually low data, however it’s comprehensible in case you have been a mortal. The Longxian county is a small a part of the Zhou Nation, it’s the smallest half even. And we are the sect controlling it and the county subsequent to it, Lengthy Yu”

“Proper, thanks in your instructing,” I mentioned as I cupped my fists once more on the man.

“Now, we’re at a slight deadlock right here.” The outdated man mentioned and his humorous expression modified to that of a extra severe toned one.

“A few spies have entered my yard and took one thing from it. I want to know in case you have any data of it?”

Now, that is tough, if I have been to reply wrongly, it is going to be my head that may roll. Now I might simply deny what he mentioned, however there may be at all times an opportunity of somebody seeing me with these two from earlier than, and even worse, in the event that they have been captured and admitted seeing me, which I would not be too tough to explain, an outdated man with ugly tumors throughout his physique, best lineup recognition of all occasions.

“No sir, I’ve defined to the others earlier than, excuse my lack of awareness as a result of I am unable to deal with them as brothers resulting from my incompetence within the martial arts and cultivation world as it could disgrace them. However I’ve not seen anybody within the forest, and have survived there resulting from sheer dumb luck.”

“Properly, I already know that, however we want to ensure.”

“Duan Lin, name the Punishment Corridor Elder.” The outdated man mentioned.

“Sure, Elder.”

I had an anxious expression on my face after I heard the title, Punishment Corridor.

“You appear moderately anxious,” mentioned the elder.

“Properly, in fact, you simply referred to as me a liar and requested the Punishment Corridor elder to return right here, I am gonna get crushed if not killed.”

“Then admit that you simply not less than know those who stole from us.”

“Sir, with all due respect, on the off probability I noticed them, which I did not. Would you spare me if I mentioned I did?” I requested.

The elder appeared slightly bit perplexed and mentioned, “No, I am going to positively execute you.”

“Then why would I even say I did see them?”

“So that you die along with your physique intact.”

“Sir, have a look at this,” I mentioned as I eliminated my sleeves and made the elder take a superb have a look at me.

“Do you assume I am going to care sufficient if my physique is left intact after I die?”

“Euh, you make a superb level.”

“Yeah, and in addition I am going to most likely simply get crushed up for no rattling motive and unfairly, that is unhealthy karma, sir.”

“You realize karma?”

“One would not must have the Dao of Karma to know the results of wronging the harmless.”

“You communicate of Dao as if you’re a grasp. Enlighten me and I might most likely spare you.”

“I will not dare declare that I do know Dao, however the scarce knowledge I do know come from the mortal world. No good deed goes unrewarded, and no wrongful one goes unpunished. The world might flip and spare you a day, however when the reckoning comes, it shall smite thee with vengeance. An harmless man’s cry of assist is way heavier on the heavens than the dying of a saint.”

“Good Phrases!” got here the booming sound of a person that simply entered the corridor.

“I’ve spent a whole bunch of years on this sect, and it’s the first time I’ve ever seen such nice knowledge in somebody so new to the cultivation world.”

“Elder Lu Xin,” the corridor Elder nodded

“Elder Hu Tian.” the Punishment elder nodded again.

This man appeared like Conan the barbarian, not less than his physique, his head had a bushy beard and spiky hair, it appeared like a white lion mane. His eyes have been targeted and severe and the variety of scars on his ripped higher torso was superb. He solely wore the trousers of the sect and as for his chest, there was a crossed suspender belt with an insignia of the sect’s image on the center of it.

“Elder Lu Xin, that is our suspect.”

“Ah, the person certainly! You appear to have data and data that I want to extract.”

The outdated man mentioned as he approached me, “Buuuut. Nope, not gonna do it.”

“What?!” got here the reply of the Corridor Elder Hu Tian. “Why not?”

“From the look of it, this fool will most likely not final greater than a 12 months. He’s inflicted with the Bone and Physique Grinding Poison.”

The second he spoke these phrases, my coronary heart shuddered, I felt like I used to be about to die proper there after which. How does he know of it?

“The Bone and Physique Grinding Poison? How unfortunate. However, should not he be useless already? I might have realized that he was inflicted with poison, however nobody had ever survived and reached such a state.”

“I additionally do not understand how come he’s nonetheless alive, however consider me, torture is not going to work on somebody who’s in fixed ache. The state of his physique proper now could be so tousled that every one of his nerves are fried from ache, the one factor that may really feel painful to this man is a stab by means of the guts.”

“So…”

“Sure, simply let him stroll, if he has nothing to say there is no such thing as a method for us to make him speak, and you do not need to use soul search do you?”

“Nah, I am not that cruel, additionally they solely killed a number of Stage Three and degree 4 beasts. It isn’t value placing a lot on my aware for simply that.” The corridor elder replied whereas shaking his head.

“Good then, outdated man, what’s your title?” Elder Tian addressed me.

“I am Shen Bao.”

“So, Shen Bao, because you’re just about useless, how about you make your self helpful to the Sect?”

“How so?”

“I am going to offer you an outer disciple’s place, within the meantime, you would show to be helpful and get some advantage factors, this manner, you may most likely be capable of improve your cultivation and possibly have higher tolerance to the Bone and Physique Grinding poison.”

“I-I would actually like that.”

“Excellent, then welcome to the purple cloud sect. right here,” mentioned the outdated man and threw me a token.

“Take this and head down, discover a deacon that may present you your lodging and offer you your day by day duties. Although they will most likely be tough so that you can obtain resulting from your outdated age and present situation, you may have to determine how to take action your self.”

“I’ve relied on myself since I used to be born, I doubt I’ll need assistance.”

“Swimsuit your self,” the outdated man shrugged and walked away.

As soon as he left, corridor elder Hu Tian sighed and mentioned, “You bought a brand new lease on life, however be sure to use it properly. We do not precisely know in case you might beat the Bone and Physique Grinding poison by reaching a better cultivation degree, however it might decelerate the deterioration of your physique. I am going to depart phrase with the Pavilion Elder so he might hand you a duplicate of the Purple Cloud motion method.”

“Junior thanks Elder” I cupped my hand on the outdated man and grinned.

“Good! Sensible. Now off you go,” the elder shooed me away. And I left.

Surprisingly this ended properly in my favor, thank god I remembered a few of that stuff written in these tales about Dao, it ended up being useful. Now, off to get my first guide.” I mentioned to myself as I went out of the palace.

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