Chapter 788: Unfathomable
Without regard for their statuses, the Martial Sages inundated Xiao Chen with offers of many benefits, making him feel overwhelmed. He could not help but look towards Shui Lingling for help.
Shui Lingling smiled bitterly. She understood these people and their excitement at seeing a good seedling. However, Xiao Chen was truly not someone they could teach.
Just as Shui Lingling was about to say something, a small-mountain-like flame descended from the sky. Strong pressure bore down, making breathing difficult.
A formless might spread across. Xiao Chen and Shui Lingling were the weakest and did not have much resistance to this. Their bodies moved uncontrollably backwards.
“Boom!”
The flame stopped above one of the floating palaces. Then it quickly turned into a tall and sturdy figure. This person had thick eyebrows, large eyes, and a rectangular face; he had the appearance of a middle-aged man.
This middle-aged man wore purple Battle Armor that glistered with a bright light and flashing talisman scripts. A thick bloody stench wafted from him. Clearly, he just finished a great battle.
“Greetings, Vice Sect Master!”
Everyone, including Elder Bai, bowed their backs and heads in respectful greeting.
This middle-aged man turned out to be the Vice Sect Master of the Supreme Sky Sect. No wonder he had such a strong aura. He was probably someone who surpassed these grandmaster-level Martial Sages, someone who was about to become a Martial Emperor.
Xiao Chen lowered his head as he made these speculations. The reason why he did not guess this person to be a Martial Emperor was just purely based on instinct.
“The few of you, stop messing around. He is someone that the Sect Master is interested in. Even I do not have any designs on him. Elder Bai, lead people to the Black Water Star. I already dealt with the Astral Beasts there,” the rectangular-faced, middle-aged man said calmly, and then his figure flashed, turning into a fiery light, and returned to his own floating palace.
When this person left, that formless might and aura completely disappeared, allowing everyone to breathe with ease.
“The Vice Sect Master’s strength is becoming even more unfathomable. There are several Rank 7 Astral Beasts on Black Water Star.”
“He will probably become the fourth Martial Emperor of our Supreme Sky Sect soon.”
“There is nothing much left here for us. How unfortunate, such a good seedling and the Sect Master snatched him away already.”
The few old men muttered a bit more and glanced at Xiao Chen reluctantly before leaving.
The words said earlier confused Xiao Chen. He looked up and evaluated the starry sky overhead. Then he asked, “First Senior Sister, are we still in the Kunlun Realm?”
Shui Lingling smiled and said, “Naturally, we are still in the Kunlun Realm. However, we are no longer on Kunlun Continent. We already arrived in the starry heavens. This is the main base of our Supreme Sky Sect here—Supreme Sky Star.
“You don’t have to feel that it is strange. In the future, you will realize that the resources of the continent are limited. Only the resources of the starry heavens are unlimited. All the peak sects have their main base located here.”
The two continued on their journey. After flying for an hour, Shui Lingling led Xiao Chen to a majestic palace in the mountains.
A very affable-looking, white-haired old man stood on the platform before the huge palace. He was the First Elder of the Supreme Sky Sect’s inner sect—Han Qinghe.
“Greetings, First Elder.”
When the two landed, they performed cupped-fist salutes and greeted him.
Han Qinghe waved his hand and smiled. After carefully sizing up Xiao Chen, he revealed an extremely satisfied expression and said, “Xiao Chen, you already know what is this place, right?”
Xiao Chen nodded and replied, “I do. First Senior Sister already explained it to me.”
“You are the first inner sect disciple to enter this place in a millennium. There are many benefits to entering this place. You will understand more in the future.”
Han Qinghe continued calmly, “In one month, the Proud Son of Heaven Ranking’s Sage War will begin. This Sage War is different from the previous ones. This time, you are not fighting to get a ranking but a spot.”
When the First Elder said that, even Shui Lingling felt it was strange. She asked, “A spot for what?”
Han Qinghe explained, “The Kunlun Mountain’s Heavenly Dew Divine Spring is now full. The Martial God Palace has ten spots and the other races—the Fiend Race, Deity Race, Ghost Race, and Corpse Race—also have a certain number of spots.”
When Ao Jiao, who was in the Immortal Spirit Ring, heard the words “Heavenly Dew Divine Spring,” she immediately cried out, Xiao Chen, you cannot miss out on getting a spot. You must obtain one.
Xiao Chen asked doubtfully, What is the Heavenly Dew Divine Spring?
It is complicated to explain, so I will put it simply. Kunlun Mountain is a holy mountain that has existed since the Immortal Epoch. Even now, it is the heart of the entire Kunlun Realm, the roots of the Martial Epoch.
There is a legendary immortal pond there—the Heavenly Dew Divine Spring of today. After one soaks in it, it will increase one’s talent. It can turn an ordinary person into a genius and a genius into a demonic genius.
Legend has it that any cultivator who soaks in this spring will definitely become a Martial Emperor, barring any mishaps. And a lot of historical reports support this. Apart from those that died from accidents, all geniuses that soaked in the spring became Martial Emperors before the age of one hundred.
When Xiao Chen heard the last line, he raised an eyebrow, and his heart started racing despite himself.
Han Qinghe smiled and said, “The two of you should have heard something about the Heavenly Dew Divine Spring. The Supreme Sky Sect’s hopes rest on you two. You have to obtain two spots.
“Lingling, bring Xiao Chen to the Heavenly Battle Palace. Here is my command medallion. Get him the Heaven Series training room. Xiao Chen, don’t go out for this one month.”
The Heavenly Battle Palace. When the Supreme Sky Sect’s true inheritors reached a certain level, the sect would bring them over and settle them down here, where they would remain as long as they have not yet become Sages. Because of this, the age gap of the people there was relatively big.
However, most of them would be under a hundred years old. If one could not become a Martial Sage before a hundred years old, they would be chased out of Supreme Sky Star, never to return. The highest level of the Supreme Sky Sect would have nothing to do with them anymore.
However, such things happened very rarely.
The true inheritors that caught the interest of the Supreme Sky Sect would have pretty good talent. With the large number of resources provided to them and the instruction of the many seniors that preceded them, if nothing unexpected happened, they would be able to become Martial Sages before a hundred years old.
In ordinary times, those who could become a Martial Sage before the age of one hundred would be considered geniuses. Regular Martial Sages would not be comparable to them.
However, this was the rare age of geniuses that came once every ten thousand years. Clearly, it would not be fair to use such standards to measure these people since the Martial Epoch had only been around for several tens of thousands of years.
Along the way, Xiao Chen asked Shui Lingling, “First Senior Sister, I can understand the effect of the Heavenly Dew Divine Spring on me. However, from Elder Han’s behavior, it seems that if we can obtain spots, the sect would also gain great benefits from it as well.”
Shui Lingling knew Xiao Chen’s cautious nature and the meticulousness of his thinking, so his question did not surprise her. She explained, “Within twenty-four hours of soaking in the Heavenly Dew Divine Spring, our blood will contain the medicinal effects of the divine spring.
“At that time, if you and I released some blood for the sect to refine Medicinal Pills, the Supreme Sky Sect would have several dozens or even hundreds of new Martial Sages.”
Seeing the extremely horrified expression on Xiao Chen’s face, Shui Lingling smiled and added, “However, you don’t have to worry. This will not affect us. The essence of the divine spring will immediately infuse into our marrows. The part flowing in our blood will just be the remnants.”
Xiao Chen smiled faintly and did not say anything else. He was merely shocked at the effect of this divine spring. Just the remnants of it could create so many Martial Sages!
He wondered if the cultivators who soaked in the Heavenly Dew Divine Spring would really become Martial Emperors before the age of one hundred like the rumor said.
As the two traveled, they did not meet many people. However, the ones they met were all Martial Sages. All of them were people Xiao Chen did not dare to underestimate.
These were not ordinary Martial Sages; they were the elite Martial Sages of the Supreme Sky Sect. Normally, the grandmaster-level Martial Sages led them in battles against Astral Beasts in the starry heavens.
These Martial Sages would not lack resources. They were far stronger than loose cultivators or the few Senior Elders of the Xuan Clan.
Xiao Chen finally truly realized the vastness of the Kunlun Realm. The Supreme Sky Sect was already so amazing even though it was not considered a peak Rank 9 sect.
How much accumulation would those peak Rank 9 sects have? How strong would they be? What kind of scene would the Sovereign Sects and Sovereign Noble Clans have? Furthermore, there were still the other mysterious races.
“We’ve arrived. This is the Heavenly Battle Palace.”
Xiao Chen looked up and saw the characters “Heavenly Battle Palace” written in cursive script on a majestic palace. The calligraphy gave off a grand atmosphere. After staring at it for a while, his eyes actually started to hurt.
He quickly withdrew his gaze. Apparently, there was more to these three characters than met the eye.
“First Senior Sister is here again.”
A few men and women walked out of the palace gates. They all had deep cultivations, all peak half-Sages. However, they did not look young. The youngest of them was already forty years old.
However, going by the average lifespan of the Kunlun Realm, forty years old was not considered middle-aged. Furthermore, their appearance would not change that drastically.
After seeing Shui Lingling, the leader of this group immediately walked over with a smile. Now, she was the top true inheritor. Furthermore, the Sect Master was her master.
Even though these people were older than Shui Lingling, they had to address her as First Senior Sister. The seniority was clear.
Clearly, Shui Lingling was quite familiar with these people. After she responded to the greetings, she said, “Junior Brother Zhong Yi, this is the newly arrived Junior Brother Xiao Chen. Under orders from the First Elder, he is to cultivate in the Heavenly Battle Palace for one month.”
A surprised expression flashed in Zhong Yi’s eyes when he saw Xiao Chen behind Shui Lingling. Zhong Yi’s first reaction was that Xiao Chen was too young.
Based on Xiao Chen’s appearance, he was merely twenty-three or twenty-four. Zhong Yi had not heard of anyone entering the Heavenly Battle Palace at such an early age in a long time.
Behind him, the group of true inheritors from previous batches all showed surprised expressions as well in patent disbelief.
“First Senior Sister, is this true? I have never heard of this Junior Brother Xiao Chen before.” Zhong Yi could not help but say this, echoing what the others thought.
Shui Lingling took out the inner sect First Elder’s command medallion and replied, “Naturally. Here is the First Elder’s command medallion. Don’t tell me it’s fake. Oh, by the way, who won the rights to the Heaven Series training room? The First Elder decided to let Xiao Chen have it.”
The moment Shui Lingling spoke, everyone’s expressions changed, turning to that of extreme shock.
“Is this true or false? There is only one Heaven Series training room in the Heavenly Battle Palace, yet he is giving it to someone who just entered the Heavenly Battle Palace?”
“We have to undergo a big competition every month to compete for the rights to the Heaven Series training room. The moment he arrives, he gets to stay there for a month?”