Chapter 115: Two reasons
Li Futian opened his eyes for a moment and then closed them with a smile on his face.
A moment later, a strand of qi struck his tent, and the tent rippled at the impact.
"Come in." He shouted.
Four people entered the tent, and Li Futian looked at each as they entered.
"Fellow Daoist Jiang is finally here."
"Fellow Daoist Li looks well. Did you encounter any troubles since we separated?"
"Thank you for your concern. This Li did not encounter any problems."
"That’s good to hear."
Jiang Yue then pulled Yu Nianzhen forward and introduced him to Li Futian.
"Nianzhen, he is Li Futian. Li Futian, this person is Yu Nianzhen. We belong to the same sect."
When he heard that, Li Futian’s eyes moved underneath his eyelids.
His face turned pale, and a line of blood appeared at the edge of his mouth.
"Fellow Daoist Li?" Jiang Yue was shocked to see what was happening.
He had no reference to this and didn’t know how to act.
At the same time, Li Futian was panicking.
As a cultivator from the Celestial Sky sect, it was customary to check fate whenever he encountered someone new.
When he first met Jiang Yue, he had done the same.
He had checked their fate and confirmed they would have a lifelong friendship.
In the same way, he tried to check his fate with Yu Nianzhen.
However, the heavens attacked him as soon as he tried to peep into Yu Nianzhen.
This had never happened before.
His mind turned a little chaotic as he wiped the blood at the edge of his mouth.
"Fellow Daoist Li, are you not feeling well?" Jiang Yue asked.
"Don’t worry about me, I am fine."
After saying that, he turned his head, and his closed eyes ’stared’ at Yu Nianzhen.
"I have heard a lot about fellow Daoist Yu. I have long wanted to meet you."
When he remembered that his master was interested in Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen, Li Futian calmed down.
Back when he divined for Jiang Yue, he could only see their thread of friendship.
Other than that, everything else was hidden by the heavens.
’The heavens are a little more protective of Yu Nianzhen and won’t allow anyone to peep anything about him.’ He concluded and then focused on the introductions.
After the introductions, the four sat in front of Li Futian.
"Brother Li, how did you join the allied forces?" Xuan Ke asked.
Wang Xue’er and the two boys were also interested, so they turned to Li Futian.
When the topic turned to this, Li Futian frowned.
His eyes beneath the closed eyelids seemed a little agitated, but he soon calmed down.
"I fear things are a little difficult this time around."
The four looked at each other when they heard this.
They knew the situation was dangerous, but they were still optimistic.
After all, they didn’t believe the Death Flower Ascension Front had the most people in the secret realm.
As long as everyone else cooperated, they would outnumber the front.
When he listened to their reasoning, Li Futian did not refute it.
"It’s true we outnumber the Death Flower Ascension Front. However, we may not be able to defeat them even with our numbers."
"Why is that?" Yu Nianzhen asked.
"This time, at least seven qi transformation realm cultivators entered the secret Realm."
"How is that possible?" Wang Xue’er asked in confusion.
"Could it be..." Xuan Ke trailed.
"Brother Ke is right. We have confirmed that at least seven qi transformation realm cultivators belonging to the front suppressed their cultivation realm to enter the thousand herbs garden." Li Futian informed.
The four were shocked to hear this.
There were many ways to suppress cultivation realm in the Cangxing world.
However, it was rare for cultivators to take this path.
Not only was it damaging to one’s foundation, but it was also possible the cultivator would be unable to regain their realm afterwards.
Even if they regained their realm, they could only do so after many years and countless resources.
"Why do they need to go so far?" Jiang Yue asked.
"What’s motivating them?"
Yu Nianzhen had long found it weird that soo many people from the Death Flower Ascension Front had entered the secret realm.
No matter what, it wasn’t easy to squeeze in so many people, and the high-level spies in the sects should have taken unimaginable risks to make it happen.
"There are two reasons." Li Futian said.
"Two reasons?"
"The first reason is the half map in the hands of the BlueStar Treasure pavilion."
Jiang Yue, Yu Nianzhen, Xuan Ke, and Wang Xue’er looked at each other but didn’t say a word.
They knew about the map only because of luck.
However, Li Futian had come out and said it like it was nothing.
It looked like he expected them to know about the map, and the four didn’t see any point in denying their knowledge.
"What exactly is the map about?" Jiang Yue asked.
"No one knows for sure, but..." Li Futian frowned and looked a little solemn.
"But..."
"Wherever the map points to is vital to the Cangxing world."
Once again, the four were shocked to hear Li Futian’s words.
They initially thought the map pointed to a tomb or a similar treasure trove.
They expected to harvest some good things in the location and didn’t expect they were still underestimating the map.
"How did the Death Flower Ascension Front figure out the importance?"
"I am afraid this is the fault of my Celestial Sky sect." Li Futian frowned again, and a hint of anger was seen in his expression.
When he didn’t continue to explain, the four knew not to inquire.
In the end, they were all from different sects and regions.
Until they affected their interests, the circumstances of the Celestial Sky sect had nothing to do with them.
"Something that can affect the entire Cangxing world?" Wang Xue’er muttered.
Everyone fell into silence and thought about what could be hidden in the place pointed by the map.
One of the reasons there were sixteen regions was because there were sixteen peak-grade Profound rank weapons in the Cangxing world.
Because each region controlled one of the weapons, there was a balance in the world.
No region dared to fight to death with another.
However, if a seventeenth or eighteenth were to appear, the world would descend into chaos.
Whichever region gained a second or third weapon would have the power to dominate the world.
At his peak, Yang Xu was a force that others didn’t dare to provoke.
That said, he was only one person, and others could deal with him if driven to a corner.
However, if a region had two peak-grade profound rank weapons, they would have enough power to conquer the other regions.
Off course, this was only possible if the other regions did not cooperate to defeat the said region.
Still, no one wanted to see a situation where a region had more than one peak-grade profound rank weapon.
"The place could have a peak grade profound weapon." Wang Xue’er mentioned what was on everyone’s mind.
This seemed to be the only thing that could affect the entire Cangxing world, but Yu Nianzhen had a nagging doubt that their guess was wrong.
Unfortunately, there was no way to confirm it until they got the map or found the place.
"Do you know where the half map of the Death Flower Ascension Front is?" Jiang Yue asked directly.
Li Futian smiled and turned to Jiang Yue, "I know."
"You do?"
"I do."
Jiang Yue was a little annoyed that Li Futian didn’t take the initiative to give the information.
"Since you are willing to say this much, it means you are willing to say even more." Yu Nianzhen said.
Li Futian turned to Yu Nianzhen and studied him through his closed eyes.
Although he couldn’t divine his fate, Li Futian could feel the young man was dangerous.
He carried a kind of danger that was different from being just strong.
This danger was not related to cultivation realm, but something more fundamental.
Just like how blue star cultivators were destined to stand above other stars, Li Futian felt the same about Yu Nianzhen.
He felt Yu Nianzhen was meant to stand taller than him.
However, he couldn’t figure out how this was possible.
He shook his head lightly and spoke, "now is not the time to talk about it. When the time comes, you can be sure you will be involved."
An unpleasant feeling of helplessness came over Yu Nianzhen.
He hated when others knew something he didn’t know.
However, there was nothing he could do now.
It was clear Li Futian wasn’t willing to say more, at least for the time being.
"You mentioned two reasons?" Jiang Yue asked when he saw the dark look on Yu Nianzhen’s face.
Brother Ke also didn’t look good, and Jiang Yue worried the talk would break down at this rate.
"Yes, the second reason." Li Futian smiled when he said this.
"The second reason is the core region of the thousand herbs garden."
