Chapter 257 What's Inside?
Liu Feng looked into this cave as well. He was curious as to what the cave contained.
For a resting place of a constellation beast, as well as the center of an entire world, it had to have something special.
"Do not enter. You are not strong enough. I told you about the zones with an incredible amount of Qi, but with pressure so strong that they might kill you. This is one of them. Only I can enter here." Liu Man stopped Liu Feng from advancing any further.
Sighing, Liu Feng accepted this, and looked around instead. Although he just found out that the scenery around him was just an illusion, he could not help but marvel at how real it was.
He bent down to touch the grass, and it felt like real grass. But he did know now that if he tried to fly up and touch the sun, all he would touch is some barrier.
Liu Man, meanwhile, was just staring at the cave. He was not entering it. He walked right in front of it, and was looking into it, to Liu Feng's confusion.
Finally, Liu Man shook his head and looked away, deciding not to go in.
"So you are going to leave whatever is in it? Something related to your past life?" Liu Feng asked.
"It is nothing that can help me this time around. This is just a place where I slept a lot. All these humans make too much of it. Like I said, I must leave the past and look at the present. The present is what matters now. I am here for a reason, and there is much to do." Liu Man shook his head.
"You keep walking about a reason. What is the reason? I mean, I am going to be next to you for that reason, you know that right?" Liu Feng asked.
"When we enter the Ancient Lands, we will get to know. After millennia, the heavens decided that it was time for me to descend. And every time I descend, it is for a reason." Liu Man said.
"What was it last time?" Liu Feng asked.
"Demons. And a few humans. This time, I don't know what it could be. I suspect humans again." Liu Man said, shaking his head.
Liu Feng understood that Liu Man didn't want to talk about the subject anymore and nodded in understanding. They then started walking out of this place.
"So then, are we going to go to the martial gathering, get ready and see who we are up against?" Liu Feng asked.
"Trust in yourself. Right now, you have grown so much compared to your past self, and the training that you have gone through made sure that your foundation is absolutely stable. You are one of the strongest young humans I have ever seen." Liu Man said.
"Thank you. But we shouldn't be complacent. You remember what happened all those years ago. But times might have changed now. Maybe I am the average now." Liu Feng chuckled.
"Let us just go, and you will see." shaking his head, Liu Man lead the way.
Ping!
[New Story Quest: Defeat everyone in battle, and win the martial gathering.
Reward: One level of exp, One minor realm in cultivation]
Liu Feng smiled. But he didn't say anything. He looked at the person ahead of him, the one who was leading the way.
Both of them were at the exact same cultivation, because of the cap that Liu Feng had forced on Liu Man.
"Guess I will finally have my chance to try and defeat you." he smiled, thinking to himself.
He didn't want to reveal this to Liu Man. If he did that, then Liu Man would pity him and give up before the match had even started. But if Liu Man didn't know about the story quest, then maybe the fight would take place.
They walked past the doors and saw the ancestor standing there, but there were a few more people.
A large man and a dozen others were all standing, looking dazed. The moment Liu Feng and Liu Man entered their sights, though, they all shook back to reality and stared at Liu Man.
They knew that Liu Man was the white tiger, and that it wasn't Liu Feng.
"The prophecy has finally come to fruition. The great guardian of the world has finally arrived." the large man in front said with a broken voice.
"Do whatever you want. I know that you humans like to celebrate every occasion? Well do that after I leave. It is your fault that I have to fight for my own way out. Did you make the arrangements?" Liu Man looked at the ancestor.
"I have made the arrangements, My Lord. The two of you shall be participating as disciples of the White Tiger Cave, and after this, we shall make the announcement to the world of your return. We will make sure that the boundary stones are in your hands by the end of the martial gathering." the ancestor nodded.
"You said that you mined ten boundary stones in this time. Where did you mine it from?" Liu Feng asked.
"The boundary cliff, located at the edge of the sect. The great lord blessed us with enough boundary stones to last lifetimes." the ancestor said.
"So you sent people from this world out into the real one? I wonder how strong they all were." Liu Feng wondered.
"Indeed. Many of the White Tiger Cave entered the real world, and have established a sect there as well. It is located in what you call the Ancient Realm." the ancestor nodded.
"Alright. Now that this is out of the way, can you hand us the tokens that can prove that we are White Tiger Cave disciples, and we will be on our way," Liu Man asked.
"You do not need any token, My Lord. No one who is not a disciple of the White Tiger Cave dares claim that he is one. Everyone will be informed that you both are a part of the White Tiger Cave." the large man in front, who seemed to bear a striking resemblance to the one who escorted them here, said.
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