Chapter 2270 - 1953: Entering

Chapter 2270: Chapter 1953: Entering

The people of the Hermit Realm had long yearned for Taoyuan; now that they heard Song Yun say they could enter and leave Taoyuan, they all grew wildly excited, their agitation written plainly on their faces.

"Everyone, don’t be happy just yet."

Song Yun shook his head, and the excited crowd calmed down, knowing he still had more to say.

Gu Hong looked at Song Yun and muttered, "Could there be other obstacles?"

Song Yun said, "I’ve had contact with people from Taoyuan in the Daxia Ruins, so I have some understanding of Taoyuan. Let me first tell you about the strength of the people there. Your SSS level is very ordinary in Taoyuan; Foundation Establishment barely passes, Aperture Opening counts as having some achievement, and Core Formation is what truly qualifies as an expert."

"That strong!"

They couldn’t help letting out a cry of shock. Thinking about how they were top experts in the Hermit Realm, yet once they entered Taoyuan they would become the weakest existences, everyone couldn’t help but show a wry smile.

Song Yun continued, "The people in Taoyuan aren’t just powerful; the more troublesome part is that the mainstream ideology in Taoyuan is rejection, hatred, and contempt toward people from the outside world. If you go in, driving you out would be considered lenient; but if they decide to kill you, you wouldn’t even have a chance to fight back."

At these words, grave expressions appeared on everyone’s faces.

None of them had expected that the Taoyuan they’d yearned for would turn out to be a perilous place for them.

Huang Jinseng pondered and said, "Going by what you’ve said, we can’t enter Taoyuan?"

Song Yun said, "At least not for now."

Everyone immediately felt immense disappointment. They had thought they could enter Taoyuan and obtain better cultivation conditions, only to find themselves rejected by the people inside.

However, Lin Xiao, Gu Hong, and Huang Jinseng were all steady-minded people; they didn’t press the matter, but changed the subject and began talking about other things.

Very soon, the atmosphere eased, and no one brought up Taoyuan again.

Song Yun looked at Huang Jinseng and asked, "By the way, do you know how my master is doing lately?"

Huang Jinseng said, "If you hadn’t asked, I almost forgot to tell you. Your master is still living in the Green Dragon Sect. A few days ago he called me, asked me to pass on a message to you. He said his disciple has now become even stronger than he is, and he’s too embarrassed to see you. He told you not to call him anymore and not to go to the Green Dragon Sect to look for him, or he’ll stop recognizing you as his disciple."

"No way, the old man doesn’t acknowledge me?" Song Yun curled his lips and asked, "Did the old man say how I could go see him?"

Huang Jinseng laughed. "As expected of you two master and disciple, he really did set a condition. He said, if you want to see him, then bring Hua Qingcheng back. Otherwise, don’t ever return to the Green Dragon Sect in this lifetime."

"Qingcheng!"

Song Yun furrowed his brows slightly. Thinking of Qingcheng, he couldn’t help feeling a sense of loss.

Qingcheng had been missing for a long time. Even though he had mobilized every possible power to investigate, he still hadn’t found a single clue.

"Looks like the Green Dragon Sect has also been searching for a long time without success."

Song Yun sighed inwardly, then stopped bringing up those matters.

After that, the people from Changshan, the Lin Family, and Gu Village stayed at Azure Dragon Villa for two days, then took their leave together.

Before they left, Song Yun took out the remaining fifty Spiritual Origin Pills and gave each group fifteen, then entrusted the remaining five to Huang Jinseng to pass on to his master.

Once the guests had departed, Azure Dragon Villa returned to normal.

"It’s time to make a trip to Taoyuan and spread the news about that person. I’ll also get to see for myself what’s so special about Taoyuan."

"Oh right, I still haven’t made the Token for entering and leaving Taoyuan."

Having made up his mind, Song Yun finally remembered that last time, because Wang Ling had mentioned the Sky Demon Sect’s killings, he had completely forgotten about his own jade.

He called Wang Ling again and, after explaining his intention, Wang Ling quickly sent people to deliver three pieces of Hetian nephrite the size of basketballs.

The quality of this jade was quite good, on par with the raw stones he had obtained at the previous stone trading fair.

After cutting the jade, Song Yun began carving the Array imprint according to his memory.

This Array imprint was the imprint for opening the Reverse Locking Array. As long as it was carved onto jade and carried on one’s person, one could pass through the Reverse Locking Array and enter and leave Taoyuan.

Crafting the Array imprint was far simpler than making an Array Plate. Song Yun ruined three jade tokens, but succeeded on the fourth.

In addition, he definitely couldn’t bring that Spirit Stone along when he went to Taoyuan.

Otherwise, the dense Spiritual Power would easily be discovered.

In the face of Aperture Opening and Core Formation experts, Song Yun had no confidence that he could keep the Spirit Stone safe.

So he hid the Spirit Stone in Azure Dragon Villa.

The Blacklight Broken Sword, being a Spiritual Artifact, would also attract attempts to seize it, but as long as it didn’t leave its sheath, it generally wouldn’t draw attention, so he could bring it with him.

Once his preparations were complete, Song Yun bid farewell to everyone at Azure Dragon Villa.

When they learned he was going to Taoyuan, none of them clamored to follow.

Because they understood that if they encountered danger in Taoyuan, they would only become a burden to Song Yun.

After Song Yun left, everyone felt regret; in truth, they still very much wanted to go with Song Yun to see Taoyuan for themselves.

Very soon, they steadied their moods and continued cultivating.

They all knew very well that only by becoming stronger could they catch up to Song Yun’s pace.

...

Song Yun passed through the Nine Palace Illusion Array with ease and appeared at the Reverse Locking Array.

The roaring sound of a waterfall rose up, torrents of water rushing down.

Because it was an overcast day, even with the Array Token, Song Yun still couldn’t open the Reverse Locking Array.