Chapter 55

Chapter 55: This World is Abnormal

Later, Chen Ansheng controlled Li Xiuyuan, deliberately wandering near the bamboo forest.

He wanted to test if he could sense someone who was spying on him.

After a quarter of an hour, just when Chen Ansheng was about to give up and let Li Xiuyuan leave, a figure in purple robes appeared before him.

“Miss…”

Li Xiuyuan was taken aback for a moment, then showed a panicked expression.

Ji Ziling stared at Li Xiuyuan and said lightly, “Have you stolen the jade token?”

Li Xiuyuan quickly replied, “Reporting to Miss, that kid is very cunning and still has some guard against me. Earlier, when I went to deliver the elixir to him, he beat and scolded me. Really, he’s no good! However, to complete the task you assigned, I’m willing to risk my life, let alone take a beating.”

Ji Ziling had seen all of this just now.

However, she didn’t give Li Xiuyuan a good expression; he was just a cunning rat. “Hurry up and get it for me, my patience is limited!”

Li Xiuyuan nodded repeatedly, “Yes, yes, I know, Miss. I will definitely find a way.”

“Get lost.”

Ji Ziling snapped irritably, and Li Xiuyuan left in fear.

“It turns out to be this wicked woman.”

Knowing who was spying, Chen Ansheng felt relieved.

After Ji Ziling left, Chen Ansheng practiced for an hour in the room and recalled the details in Long Xu’s autobiography.

“The ‘Demonic Bone Abyss’ forbidden zone mentioned in his autobiography is the place where the emerald water pool is located. During the time before his ascension, the upper-tier cultivators of the Ghostly Mystic Realm already knew of its existence. If I can go there, it shouldn’t be difficult to gather information.”

“But according to what he said, that forbidden zone cannot be breached even by those at the ninth level of the Immortal Realm. There is only one spatial vortex passage that leads directly to the emerald water pool, which is somewhat troublesome.”

Chen Ansheng contemplated in his heart.

That forbidden zone must have formed from ancient artifacts fallen amidst spatial turbulence. Long Xu said that even those at the ninth level of the Immortal Realm did not dare to crash through, so Chen Ansheng, being at the fourth level of the Immortal Realm, of course didn’t dare either.

“The only spatial passage existed in the forbidden grounds of the ancient family, the Long Family, tens of thousands of years ago. I wonder how that ancient family has developed now?”

The ancient Long Family had four experts at the eighth level of the Immortal Realm who intentionally did not ascend, plus more than a hundred descendants in the Immortal Realm, making them one of the most powerful ancient families in the Ghostly Mystic Realm.

Due to the different laws between the upper and lower realms, the lifespan of Immortal Realm cultivators in the lower realm is much longer than that of ordinary immortals in the upper realm, easily living for one hundred thousand or even eight hundred thousand years.

It has only been over forty thousand years since Long Xu ascended, so based on that, the foundation of that ancient family should still exist, and it might even be stronger.

Of course, there is also another possibility that the ancient family has been destroyed by other powers of equal caliber.

In any case, for Chen Ansheng to enter the Long Family’s territory and venture into that secret forbidden zone would not be easy.

“Being forceful is definitely out of the question; I can only find a way to befriend them.”

Chen Ansheng felt that a significant advantage he had was possessing resources from the Immortal Realm.

Some ordinary resources from the Immortal Realm are considered extremely precious high-grade items in the cultivation world.

A little investment in exchange for an opportunity to enter the emerald water pool seemed worthwhile.

Moreover, if he could recruit some talented individuals for his use, it would be killing two birds with one stone.

After thinking this through, Chen Ansheng checked his storage bag.

Elixirs, weapons, and various talismans were all available, with means for both offense and self-defense.

After making preparations, Chen Ansheng opened the spatial scroll.

His gaze locked directly onto the hundred-story high tower; such an eye-catching and specific object would have a higher success rate when locking onto it.

His spiritual energy surged.

A phantom of a hundred-story high tower gradually solidified in Chen Ansheng’s sea of consciousness.

As the details were perfected, the tower became increasingly real, until it seemed to truly manifest in Chen Ansheng’s awareness.

“Almost there, crossing dimensions!”

With a thought, a gate of light appeared before Chen Ansheng.

Under the azure sky.

A radiant figure suddenly appeared.

“Ah, the feeling of invincibility, it’s back again.”

Every time at this moment, Chen Ansheng felt indescribably comfortable from head to toe.

It was a sense of liberation from the constraints of heaven and earth, completely unbound.

“Cough cough… Never mind, it seems like this time I can’t be invincible.”

Where Chen Ansheng had crossed into was the ancient region of the Underworld Realm, with many cultivators at higher realms than his.

Following that, Chen Ansheng extended his divine sense to scan the surrounding area within tens of thousands of miles.

Because the Immortal Realm cultivators in the lower realm had transcended some laws, they could not be detected by him.

However, those below the Immortal Realm were detectable.

“Damn, eight thousand Earth Immortals; this realm is much stronger than the Cloud Dragon Realm.”

Just within this tens of thousands of miles, Chen Ansheng discovered eight thousand Earth Immortals and over one hundred thousand Great Ascension period cultivators.

This number left him shocked.

Neither the Cloud Dragon Realm he had visited nor the Canglan Realm where Li Zhengyang had previously resided could possibly have that many strong cultivators in such a small area.

After all, this was just within tens of thousands of miles—if you counted the entire Ghostly Mystic Realm, wouldn’t it be off the charts?

“Indeed, there are vast differences between realms, just as there are between people.”

Chen Ansheng couldn’t help but click his tongue.

While he was complaining, he was also curious about what had allowed so many cultivators to thrive.

“It wouldn’t be possible for so many high-level cultivators to exist without some special circumstances. It seems I’ve come at the right time; if they can benefit, why can’t I!”

At this thought, Chen Ansheng felt a silent delight in his heart.

He had come here precisely to change his qualifications and elevate his realm.

“To be safe, I’ll conceal my realm and aura first.”

Although he had talismans for offense and survival, it would still be wise not to act recklessly.

Then, Chen Ansheng quietly descended from the air, landing on the edge of the hundred-story high tower.

“Hmm? Someone!”

Chen Ansheng’s divine sense broke through a forbidden area not far ahead.

Inside that forbidden area, there was a man and a woman.

He couldn’t sense their realms, which indicated both of them were cultivators of the Immortal Realm!

Likewise, they couldn’t sense him, and with him employing the concealment techniques taught by Zhu Feng, it was even more impossible for them to discover his presence.

“Damn, they really have no shame, doing such things in broad daylight with a forbidden barrier—dogs and whores, pfft!”

When Chen Ansheng discovered the two of them, they had just finished their intimate act.

“Yun Jie, considering how hard I’m working, can you give me some of Long Shaoyan’s spirit blood?”

“Get lost. I went through hell and high water, almost getting killed three times to capture that Long Family brat. And you think you can just get a share with your little effort?”

“My dear Yun Jie, if you’re still not satisfied, I’ll put in more effort. Just give me some, okay? With that brat’s spirit blood, I’ll have hopes of ascending in the future.”

“Heh, are you not worried about the Long Family discovering you and chopping you into pieces to feed the monsters?”

“With you, an eighth-level expert, around, I’m not afraid of anything.”

…

Chen Ansheng heard their entire conversation.

“The Long Family, could it be that the one they captured is a descendant of that ancient Long Family?”

Chen Ansheng felt it was quite a coincidence, but all coincidences are the result of fate.

An opportunity had arrived.