Chapter 516: Old Nemesis
Two years passed in the blink of an eye.
During that time, the group travelled during the day and cultivated star power during the night.
As a result, Dongfang Jing, Chen Yi, Wu Ziyan, and Lu Yang had elevated their qi quality, two or three times.
As for the others, they had began to sense that stars superficially looked the same but had fundamental differences.
Although they all spewed attributeless star power, they actually had attributes.
Some were of the fire element, others were of the ice element, and so forth.
However, discerning these attributes was extremely difficult and not even Shen Xu could at a glance tell which star was of the fire attribute or water attribute.
’You would think I would have it easier since I am a chaos fire spiritual root cultivator and even have a chaos fire physique.’ He thought and sighed.
However, he didn’t dwell on it.
After all, they had only been in the Xuanwu secret realm for two years and had thousands of years to go.
On this day, the group was walking when Yang Shi suddenly gasped.
"It’s a white sacred place." He exclaimed, drawing everyone’s attention to a glade seventy metres away.
The patch was about ten thousand square metres.
It was surrounded by star trees and its atmosphere shone with a soft white light.
"White sacred places can accommodate one thousand cultivators. This one is currently empty." Feng Xue said.
"I wonder how it feels like to cultivate at a sacred place." Wu Ziyan said with a yearning expression.
"The sacred places allow cultivators to absorb star power faster and achieve enlightenment more easily." Feng Xue said but soon frowned.
"White sacred places are the lowest quality blessed areas in the Xuanwu secret realm." She reminded with a solemn face.
"Don’t worry. We won’t even consider entering a sacred place until we encounter a gold or purple quality one." Yin Shi said.
Since they didn’t want to enter the white sacred place, the group walked around it and continued towards the core area of the Xuanwu secret realm.
Eight months passed and they encountered another white sacred place.
However, this one was not empty and four cultivators were practising inside.
"We have only been here for fewer than three years, why did they settle for a white sacred place?" Li Wenqiang wondered.
"Maybe they don’t know better." Lu Yang said, looking at the four with pitying eyes.
After all, not everyone knew the rules of the Xuanwu secret realm.
Without knowing that one could only ever practise in one sacred place, it was not strange that some people had carelessly entered a white blessed place instead of looking for better options.
"Or maybe they know that their luck is not strong enough and is only suitable for white sacred places." Wu Ziyan said.
In the end, the four had nothing to do with them so they walked around them and continued their journey.
Three thousand years passed in this way.
During that time, the fifteen saw many white, green, and blue sacred places but never gold or purple.
That said, they had accumulated and comprehended a lot of star power and all could discern star attributes at a glance.
Most importantly, they had gained an instinct and already knew what kind of star was suitable for their dao.
There were twelve major types of stars from what Shen Xu could tell: fire, earth, water, wood, metal, ice, wind, lightning, dark, light, no attribute, and mixed attributes.
However, there were countless subcategories stemming from these twelve types.
For example, Shen Xu had seen fire stars that burned mildly but endlessly while others burned fiercely but they were shot lived.
He sensed some stars that exuded sharpness and others that were steady as a mountain.
Overall, he realised that everyone had countless options but communing with the most suitable star could ensure better achievements in the future.
That said, everyone’s fate was predetermined.
He, a chaos fire spiritual root cultivator could sense many fire stars but all seemed unsuitable for him and some repelled him whenever his senses approached.
’It seems I need to search harder for a suitable star.’ Shen Xu thought.
Another two hundred years passed and the fifteen finally encountered their first gold sacred place.
Unfortunately, by the time they arrived, another group was already standing there and was planning to enter the sacred place
"Move on." A man ordered, glaring at the fifteen.
However, the group didn’t move on.
Instead, Dongfang Jing and Chen Yi exchanged a glance and stepped forward.
"Dongfang Rui, Xiao Hong, long time no see." Dongfang Jing said and a trace of murderous intent flashed in his eyes.
DongfangJing was originally the young genius of the Dongfang family.
Because of this, the family gave him more resources and even betrothed him to the young heir of the Xiao family.
However, things didn’t go as planned.
For some reason, when Dongfang Jing was ready to advance to the spirit transformation realm, his cultivation began falling and Chen Yi had to frantically search for resources to save the person.
In the end, they discovered that everything was Dongfang Rui’s and Xiao Hong’s plot.
Although Dongfang Jing’s danger was resolved when he met Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu in the Canglan continent, he couldn’t let go of the hatred and the old resentment flared up as soon as he saw his two nemesis.
"Older brother, you are also here." Dongfang Rui called in a sweet voice.
At the same time, he secretly glanced around and didn’t relax until he saw that his group had more people than Dongfang Jing’s.
"Older brother, where have you been for all these years?" Dongfang Rui asked but Dongfang Jing sneered.
"Did you think I was dead?" He asked and quickly continued.
"I am sorry to tell you that your little gu was not enough to take this young master’s life." He said and several people gasped, looking at Dongfang Rui with wary eyes.
After all, although gu practice was almost dead in the Tianxuan continent, there were still a few practitioners in the Ten Evils sect.
