86: Chapter 77: Hell Palace (10,000-Word Mega-Release)_5 86: Chapter 77: Hell Palace (10,000-Word Mega-Release)_5 “Flying Through the Heavens and Earth…”
The villagers believed it, for they had seen an Immortal ascend to the heavens and descend back down, just as they had heard in their fairy tales.
With tears in their eyes, Cai Xiangxiang’s parents bid their daughter farewell, a separation that would last many years.
It was only after she began her cultivation that Cai Xiangxiang realized her master was merely at the Golden Core level of cultivation, not a true Immortal.
He could not travel through the skies or burrow into the earth and relied only on spells and possessed a Flying Treasure.
Initially heavily dependent on her master, she gradually started to find his gaze strange and unsettling.
As she grew older, she began to avoid him, training with her fellow disciples, and during training sessions, she noticed that the cultivation techniques and spells practiced by her fellow disciples were different from hers.
She thought it was because she was a woman and that her cultivation was naturally different, never expected this outcome.
It turned out that since she was seven, her master had harbored ill intentions, something she found utterly repulsive upon discovery.
As a seven-year-old child, she did not understand the lecherous stares she received from a person who resembled an old man.
Ever since she knew about her own unique constitution, a sense of fear took hold in her heart.
In the Primordial Treasure Lingtian Space, Little Blue Ox, having enhanced its cultivation, worked even faster.
However, it did not know how to harvest, so Eryao helped with the harvest while continuously finding Pills and Magical Treasures in the space, and sometimes even Secret Manuals.
But the Secret Manuals were of no use to Little Blue Ox and Eryao.
Whenever Eryao found Pills that both their master and they could consume, they would partake as well.
Eryao diligently fed Jiang Tang at meal times and noted that over time, Jiang Tang’s complexion was no longer pale but had a hint of rosiness, and her hands were no longer icy but slightly warm.
Eryao knew her master was recovering but did not know when she would awaken, feeling anxious yet powerless.
From time to time, Eryao would stealthily spy on the outside, and had noticed that during the night, the sky was a hazy gray, with ghastly sounds of ghosts that were quite terrifying.
Eryao also discovered that during the day, there was a sun in the sky that did not resemble the sun but was more like the moon—a red moon.
When the red moon rose, it illuminated the outside space, revealing the originally black soil which, under the glow of the red moon, turned red.
The formerly hazy sky also became a bright red with the moon’s radiance.
The entire outside space was bathed in red, yet the ghastly sounds of ghosts were absent, replaced by the terrifying cries of Demonic Beasts.
It seemed there were tigers, lions, wolves, and many more Demonic Beasts, as well as birds and beasts, all seemingly enjoying the illumination of the red moon as if they were cultivating.
Unable to resist his curiosity, Eryao stealthily turned into a small snake during the red moon’s appearance.
He discovered that under its radiance, he too could absorb energy frantically, feeling a surge in his cultivation.
Eryao was pleasantly surprised by this sensation, and whenever the red moon appeared, it would protect Little Blue Ox and itself with a film of light, both basking under the red moon’s glow.
Little Blue Ox too felt the red moon’s potency in strengthening its cultivation and joyfully mooed in response.
“You dumb ox, do you want to be eaten by the Lion?
Want to become its meal, huh?
At that moment, it realized the presence of the Demonic Beasts it feared the most—tigers, lions, wolves, leopards, and many more terrifying creatures.
Eryao, basking in the moon’s light, felt his cultivation rise.
Training here for half a day was equivalent to a full day’s worth of cultivation in the spirit space, effectively doubling the speed of his training.
Little Blue Ox, too, felt a breakthrough in its newly enhanced cultivation.
Suddenly, the wolves howled loudly.
The Wolf King and his pack, engrossed in cultivation, realized that a tiger was slowly approaching and a lion was ready to attack.
The wolves’ howling sent other Demonic Beasts running, scarred and fleeing.
The rhinoceros, one of the weakest among the beasts, and wild horses took off at great speed, while the wolves and leopards did not flee, instead preparing to counterattack if any Demonic Beast attacked.
Little Blue Ox, while cultivating, became frightened and let out a weak “moo.” Eryao, disrupted from his cultivation, had no choice but to return both Little Blue Ox and himself to the safety of the Primordial Treasure Lingtian Space.
“Cowardly thing, don’t we have a light ring?”
Eryao glanced disdainfully at Little Blue Ox and continued to stealthily observe the outside from within the space.
With a swipe of his paw, the Lion King unleashed a mighty gust that sent the far-off fleeing Demonic Beasts tumbling even further away.
However, the size of the space was unknown, seemingly endless and boundless.
The Tiger King sprawled lazily on the ground like a cat.
Its physique hardly resembled that of a domestic feline.
It too was unaware of the true extent of the space, for from its ancestors’ ancestors’ ancestors, none had ever left this space.
Though the space seemed vast, they were merely running in circles around it.
Born and raised in this space, they cultivated under the red moon every day, finding pleasure in bullying the weaker beings.
With the weaker beasts gone, only some wolves and leopards remained, vigilant against tigers and lions poised to attack.
Unexpectedly, the Lion King spoke, “Those with such low cultivation dare to train in front of me, competing for my cultivation resources, huh.
Scaring them off is just a game to let them know we are kings among Demonic Beasts.”