The Wine Shop of Eternity
Chapter 150 Expanding Horizons
Jiu Shen and Xia Xinyue were already at the seventh level of the mysterious cave, and the traps also became stronger and deadly as they moved deeper, but Jiu Shen's expression was still calm. He could have been at the tenth level of this cave by now if he had only moved alone, but with Xia Xinyue following him, he naturally had to protect him from danger, making this exploration a little longer.
Right now, the couple was now resting in front of the bonfire set up by the wise Xia Xinyue. Of course, he had to use fire element treasures to build these bonfires since he was not proficient in fire element spells. After all, his Ice Cloud Sword Sect only focused on the Water and Ice element spells and cultivation techniques.
Jiu Shen could actually make a much better campfire with her strength, but she did not want to dampen Xia Xinyue's mood, so she let her do as she pleased. Moreover, the coldness within the mysterious cave had no effect on him with his current cultivation level, so he did not care much about the coldness.
“Tuan Sect Master, the trap here is getting dangerous. What kind of expert is able to build this whole place?” Xia Xinyue's complexion turned pale as she thought of the danger they were facing at a lower level. He knew that he would die many times if not for Jiu Shen's protection, and he felt useless during the entire journey because Jiu Shen did everything himself without needing his help.
Jiu Shen whose eyes were tightly closed a moment ago raised his head to look at Xia Xinyue. Looking at her frightened appearance, her gaze softened as she replied in an indifferent voice. “The owner of this cave is rather special. Although he was only a cultivator of the Origin God Realm, his achievements in the creation of array formations were not that low. Merely, the strength of the array formation inside this cave had weakened after thousands of years.Out of years of inactivity.” Because Xia Xinyue was already one of his people, she said, Jiu Shen decided to tell the truth. In addition, he also wanted to broaden his horizons by saying this to her.
Xia Xinyue's pretty brows furrowed in confusion. The Origin God Realm? Whatisit?
“Tuan Sect Master, what is this Origin God Realm you are talking about?” He asked as he looked at Jiu Shen's face excitedly. He did not know what the Origin God Realm was, but he knew that it was definitely a higher cultivation level, so he wanted to know everything about it.
Jiu Shen leaned against the chair she had brought from her outer space earrings and placed one of her legs on top of the other before speaking in a lazy tone. “With what I have seen so far, the cultivation level of the cultivators in the Profound Dragon Continent is divided into nine levels:
The rank 1 warrior
The 2nd rank Elite Warrior
The 3rd Crusader
Knight Crusader 4th
Spirit rank 5
The 6th king
Emperor rank 7
God rank 8
And Saint rank 9th
However, do you know what happened after that?” Jiu Shen directed an indifferent look at Xia Xinyue's face.
Xia Xinyue was stunned when she heard Jiu Shen's question, but she still answered even with a puzzled look. “After the 9th rank Saint isn't that the 10th rank God?”
“God rank 10? You are not entirely wrong, but you are also not right.” Jiu Shen shook his head lightly.
He then continued. “After the 9th rank Saint, a cultivator will face their lightning tribulation. Everyone's lightning tribulation was different depending on their strength, and after someone survived this, they would be promoted to the Nascent God Realm, gaining tens of thousands of additional years of lifespan.”
Xia Xinyue's beautiful eyes widened and her jaw nearly fell to the ground, making this beautiful woman look ridiculous. “Tuan Sect Master, you mentioned that the owner of this cave is an expert of the Origin God Realm, could it be the next realm after the Nascent God Realm?” He asked with shining eyes. This was quite surprising to him because he thought that the rank 10 God realm was the last phase of cultivation.
Jiu Shen nodded his head calmly. “Indeed. After the Nascent God Realm was the Origin God Realm ... I just wonder how Nuar could give birth to such an expert with such a thin amount of true essence? Perhaps this planet was once a place with abundant natural wealth. Merely, how did it turn into this after only several tens of thousands of years? ” Jiu Shen muttered to himself with a brooding expression, but his voice was still loud enough for Xia Xinyue to hear.
Xia Xinyue's scalp was tingling and her mind was now in turmoil after hearing all of this. The way he looked at Jiu Shen also changed and there was even more respect and adoration in his flickering eyes.
“Master Sect Master, we have several books that record the existence of rank 10 God realm experts during the great war between the Demon Race and the Alliance fifty thousand years ago. However, the details about these experts are just a little.” Xia Xinyue shook her head regretfully. He had read those books before, but it did not mention anything about what Jiu Shen had just said to him earlier.
According to Jiu Shen, experts at that level had an lifespan of over several tens of thousands of years, but why did they suddenly disappear without a trace in the Profound Dragon Continent? Some of them should still be alive, but he had heard none at their level all along. The strongest he knew was only the Alliance Leader of the Alliance, but they were only at the 9th rank Saint pinnacle stage. He could sense that the matter was not as simple as it seemed, and there might be a hidden conspiracy about this.
“Tuan Sect Master, what do you think? As far as I can remember, the strongest in the Profound Dragon Continent was only at the peak stage of Saint rank 9.” Xia Xinyue glanced at Jiu Shen who was still engrossed in her own thoughts. At this moment, Jiu Shen's image suddenly changed in his heart. How could a normal person know about all this?
Jiu Shen shook his head and sighed in his heart. He was not a resident of Nuar, so he really did not know what might have happened many years ago in this place.
“There's no point in asking me about this because I don't know either, but we might be able to get some pointers from this cave.” Jiu Shen replied calmly. Now, he was getting curious about the history of Nuar.
Xia Xinyue's eyes shone when she heard that. Aye! The owner of the cave was an expert in the Origin God Realm, so he might have written some things about the events in their time, he said, but it was still uncertain if they could get any hints regarding the era of those experts.
“Come go. We've had enough rest. It's time to rise to the eighth level.” Jiu Shen stood up from his seat and placed the chair inside his space earrings as he said those words.
Xia Xinyue nodded with a serious look.
* * *
The Eternal Wine Shop.
Xue Yangkai and Xue Yangkun followed Xiao Hua to the second floor of the shop with cautious gazes. They did not dare to lower their guards because the chances of them being ambushed at this moment were not low.
Suddenly, the pupils of the two old men contracted as they saw the figure of Ren Shuang standing upright outside the second-floor entrance. They could not see through the latter no matter how hard they looked, and this alone made the two of them very worried.
‘A member?!’
Xue Yangkai and Xue Yangkun were both experts at the early stage of the 9th rank Saint, so they were surprised that they could not read the strength of the man standing outside the second floor.
“Paests, please follow me in.” Xiao Hua smiled at the two old men as he opened the second floor entrance. And the moment he opened the door, Xue Yangkai and Xue Yangkun immediately felt abundant true essence hitting their bodies. The faces of the two old men brightened as they stepped into the second floor. They even momentarily forgot Ren Shuang after feeling the dense amount of true essence within.
They did not know that right after they entered, Ren Shuang who had his eyes tightly shut the entire time suddenly showed a cold grin, but immediately returned to his usual calmness.
“Good place to cultivate!”
“Little girl, you did not cheat us! Hahaha!”
Xue Yangkai and Xue Yangkun exclaimed as they looked around.
Xiao Hua smiled proudly as he replied. “I told you this place won't disappoint you. Now you know why I'm confident. Hehe.”
Xue Yangkai and Xue Yangkun glanced at each other and smiled amiably.