Chapter 54: Chapter 54: False Alarm
Hello there, Little Servant.
As if someone had been waiting for him to arrive. As if someone had known he would fall through that hole. As if someone had known he would end up in that underground cave.
"What is this place?" Shen Yuan’s voice was barely a whisper, but it echoed through the cave. The floating lights responded to his words, brightening for a moment before dimming again.
He looked back at the slab.
He stared at the first line for a second before moving on to the rest of the words.
No need to be Startled, I know all about you.
’Evidently you don’t.’ Shen Yuan rolled his eyes and read further.
I know your real identity.
I know what you have been through.
I know what you planned to do. And...
I know who you are, little Xin.
Shen Yuan’s eyes narrowed at the name in the end. ’Definitely not me.’
A servant with ’Xin’ in their name. There were many, but it was not him. From the way the person who wrote the message seemed, he could see the future.
How absurd as it sounded, Shen Yuan filed it as a possibility in his mind. ’This place was never meant for me to find out.’
But even then, my powers are limited.
So I made several passages, knowing you would find your way to this place one way or another.
There were many failsafes placed in case someone else found this place besides you.
Let’s just say if someone did stumble upon one of the secret locations. They would end up in a very dark place, a place of no return.
’This man likes to talk a lot.’ Shen Yuan was getting tired of the person boasting about themselves without providing any real information.
Now, the reason I have gone through all the trouble to contact you like this is...
I have seen the fate of the Divine Star Cult.
The betrayal. The burning. The Destruction.
With your brains and background, I am sure the sect can return to its former glory.
The mistake I made when I passed on my legacy had tarnished everything I had worked so hard to build.
Even if you currently do not want to become the sect leader of the sect, I assure you I don’t want to push my ideas on to you.
This is but a suggestion.
But even then, I have left some gifts for you inside the tree above.
A little warning before you go...
Do not take anything from this place, as you might not be able to hide it even inside your secret little storage ring.
After you learn everything, proceed to become the outer or inner disciple of the Bloody Moon Cult as soon as possible and enter the Secret Realm, which will open within 20 years.
Tough task. But not impossible. At least not for you.
And lastly, do not enter this place once you reach the Qi gathering realm. Because once you do, you might just end up dead just like the intruders for whom I placed failsafes.
The way back up is behind the tree.
’Well, whoever you are. Mr Xin. I wonder if you have been here or if there is still something left for me to take.’ Shen Yuan placed the tablet back on the ground and started to climb the roots.
Although the roots were rising high above the ground. They made a perfect platform for him to land and move above.
Woosh!
After a couple of jumps, Shen Yuan landed on the topmost root that was touching the thick trunk of the tree.
"There it is." On a complex mesh of stems that looked like a small nest, he saw three things lying.
One of them was a worn-out booklet.
The other was a metal clipper.
Last item was another stone slab, like the one on the ground.
And the last item was a
Even with his little knowledge of the world, Shen Yuan knew none of these items were as simple as they looked.
The booklet itself was letting out a flame-like aura even while it was just lying there.
The metal clippers may look ordinary, but their blades radiated sharpness that made cuts on the branches without anyone using them.
’Just what are these things?’ Shen Yuan picked the tablet first.
It had a list of names. He guessed that they were the treasure that was once in the room. But seeing how there were only two left meant that the person named mind had already consumed them or taken them out despite the warning on the slab.
Although the second possibility was less likely, ’who can be so dumb to ignore the warning from a man who can see the future?’
According to the slab.
The booklet was a cultivation technique.
Divine Star Cultivation Manual. Blood Stage.
For reasons unknown to me, I divine that someone will temper our cultivation technique in these thousands of years. The changes escape my visions. I don’t know what it will mean for the future but...
To prevent any tragedies from occurring, I will leave the copy of the first part of the original cultivation technique of the Divine Star Cult.
The most righteous cult there ever was... only to be tainted by the malice of the humans.
Shen Yuan could almost read regrets from those words. He did not know what had happened a thousand years ago or in between to cause such a big change to happen.
Whatever it was, he could tell it was nothing good.
This technique is not only a cultivation technique, but it is also a body-tempering manual.
This is only the First Part of the Original Technique.
This technique has been degraded to a profound rank technique, but its power is no less than an Earth-grade technique.
It will help you in the foundation establishment realm.
If you want to break through the Core Formation Stage, you will need the second part of the technique in the trial.
So... better hurry.
