White String: The Future And The Past
Chapter 9: Illusion Formation

Chapter 9: Illusion Formation

Author: Hin Alfa

Editor: Alufra

“This is what I found there,” White String said as he placed a jade token. The jade token was gilded with Golden Pottery Valley characters engraved on it.

The token belonged to the Golden Pottery Valley Patriarch. Since it was already intact and damaged in some parts, the token was likely to fall in certain battle situations.

Ji Changkong let out a heavy sigh. “What really are no survivors other than the two of them?”

White String shook his head slowly.

After calming down, Ji Changkong made up his mind. “With the evidence available and the description of the two of them, Blood Bat Sect must be involved something. I'll contact Alliance.”

Hua Mei and Ye Yu, her mother, lowered their heads behind the White String. They still could not believe the sect with a population of tens of thousands vanished overnight.

“Oh yes, how about them?” ji Changkong asked while pointing at Hua Mei and Ye Yu.

“While staying at my place. So no need to worry about their safety.” White String replied with a smile.

“Thank you for helping, and sorry for troubling you,” Ji Changkong said sincerely. He also handed the Golden Pottery Valley token to Ye Yu to guard.

“Yeah, last night was a coincidence. By the way, have Ji Lingling and the others gone?” White String suddenly remembered that ‘calon’ his students would be coming today.

Ji Changkong frowned in surprise. “They've been gone from there. You didn't cross paths with them? Did they get lost?”

White String stroked his chin and tried to remember something. After he remembered that, he was instead seen holding back a laugh. “They are fine. It's just that maybe they are only until dusk later,” explained White String while still holding back his laughter.

Ji Lingling and the others must have entered the illusionary formation that the White String had set up. Unless White String himself were to break the formation, they would continue circling in the forest until the afternoon.

Ji Changkong did not notice White String's strange expression. After sending him away, he continued his work to make reports on the activities of the Blood Bat Sect in recent times.

Meanwhile, in the Green Forest.

“Any. I remember that we passed this intersection. Are we turning in the wrong direction, Lingling?” Xiao XiQian glimpsed at the place before asking Ji Lingling.

The asked Ji Lingling was paying attention to the path they were going through. There seemed to be no problem, but somehow his premonition said that something was not right. “Qianqian, we're not going the wrong way. But it is a problematic path, it seems.”

“Hey, there is a cute cat here.” Chu Lian exclaimed as she lifted up the white thing from the bushes. The white cat meowed loudly while trying to escape from Chu Lian's arms.

After escaping from Chu Lian, the cat ran towards Xiao XiQian. Xiao XiQian carefully carried the adorable creature.

“Why is he running towards you? Obviously I found it first.” Chu Lian snorted in annoyance.

“If it's not wrong, Miss Xiao is a Beast Tamer right? I heard the Beast Tamers have an aura that can attract Magical Beasts,” Feng LiYing said suddenly.

“Today, we will be friends. No need to be polite when you call me. Just call Qianqian like Lingling did.” Xiao XiQian looked displeased as Feng LiYing called her Miss Xiao.

“Erk... Qianqian, does that mean that this adorable cat is a Magical Beast? This cat does not look dangerous at all.” Liu Xinxian stroked the white cat's fur gently.

“It should be him(cat) is a baby Frost Tiger, Magical Beast class 8,” Liu Gu said. The rest became goosebumps upon hearing the words of an 8th class Magical Beast.

“Relax everything. If she(cat) was a Frost Tiger baby, her mother would definitely not be far from here right?” Sheng JiangLao instead added to their panic instead of calming down.

The plot!

A hand landed smoothly on Sheng JiangLao's head which was now decorated with a smoky red hill.

“If you speak it don't be bad, stupid! You're not afraid that the words from your fucking mouth are coming true?” Yun Yuanling bombarded Sheng JiangLao with scolding.

“It seems we don't have to worry. Looking carefully at his front legs, there was a beast bracelet. Someone must have kept it.” Chu Xiyu pointed at the cat's right front leg. Indeed, if seen better, there is a bracelet that is barely visible.

“Xiyu, did you learn the Beast Tamer skill as well?” ask Chu Lian. Chu Xiyu scratched her cheek, not knowing what to answer. “Can be said so. I was just idly reading Beast Tamer's recent knowledge book.”

“Name Xiao Zhan. I think it's a good name!” lu Xiaoyi exclaimed after reading the character in the white cat bracelet.

“Then who keeps this cat? Lingling, does White String have a pet?” shen XiaoJie asked.

Ji Lingling seemed to think for a moment. But then he shook his head. “Possible 50:50. Besides, I don't visit her often. So I don't know if he's keeping cats or not.”

“Why do you keep saying it's a cat? Clearly it was an 8th grade Magical Beast child, Frost Tiger,” Xiao XiXuan said with a large water droplet on the side of his head.

Suddenly Xiao Zhan jumped from Xiao XiQian's embrace. Swinging his claws, he signaled for them to follow him.

Chu Xiyu who first ran over Xiao Zhan, then followed the others. Although they don't know why they follow a cat who comes out of nowhere, curiosity masks their fear.

“Xiyu, beware! In front there is a ravine!” Liu Xinxian shouted to warn Chu Xiyu. The one whose name was called to react too late, he had already stepped into the abyss.

But strangely enough, the shadow of ‘jurang’ only trembled a little before returning to its original state. They stopped their steps carefully while increasing vigilance.

Right now, Ji Lingling's feelings were becoming increasingly uneasy.

“Aduh, my leg slipped.”

Chu Xiyu's voice sounded from the front. Even if there really was an abyss, his voice should have caused an echo, right?

Feng LiYing gulped his saliva with great difficulty. “Who will help check it out?” He glanced at the group behind him. But no one looked back at him, all of them turning their faces to look the other way. His heart suddenly hurt.

“This must have been it!” ji Lingling suddenly. Regardless of the astonished gaze of his friends, he broke through forward into the shadow of ‘jurang’.

“It looks like we should also go forward as well,” Xiao XiXuan said without thinking. After that others followed.

As they stepped onto ‘jurang’, there they instead stepped on flat ground. There was not even a sign of a hole in the road they were walking through.

“Illusion formation!” shout them in unison. Behind them was a forest they had gone through before. There is absolutely no such thing as ‘jurang’.

“What do you mean by that, Lingling? You know something?” Yun Yuanling looked at Ji Lingling curiously.

In fact, Ji Lingling did not care about it. But he was busy with the grass growing beside the path. After plucking out a handful, he returned to his ranks of friends.

“You guys, look at this.” Ji Lingling pointed at the grass in her grasp. “It's just plain grass. Guess?” Shen XiaoJie was quite doubtful.

Chu Lian who first realized something pulled a grass rod and crushed it with a thread of Qi. “Truly ordinary grass. Nothing strange.”

Lu Xiaoyi suddenly nodded in understanding. “We're actually just circling around here. The reason why we can't get out of this place is that the illusory formation installed is very ingenious. The formation does not involve the environment, but is only installed on the path. Therefore, the grass on the roadside is completely untouched.”

Although it was quite long, at least Lu Xiaoyi's explanation was understandable. If not for following Xiao Zhan, they would have continued to walk around like fools for some time.

“Miao!” Xiao Zhan raised his claws to attract their attention. He had already helped them out of the formation but ended up being cruelly ignored.

“Xiao Zhan! You're our rescue cat! Do you want dried fish as a gift?” Liu Gu raised Xiao Zhan quite high above his head. Perhaps he had forgotten that the cat he was playing with was an 8th class Magical Beast.

“Miao miao!” Xiao Zhan seemed to be asking to be taken down. Then, he ran in a direction. As before, twelve teenage children followed behind him.

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Meanwhile, White String read the book comfortably in his room. The book he read was knowledge of sect missions.

Except for having reached the Monarch Qi Realm stage, a sect disciple could only accept the duties of a responsible Elder.

Rank D missions are usually given to outer disciples or new students whose cultivation is still at the Platinum Qi Realm level. Its mission could be to take out rare plants or escort merchandise.

After reaching the Monarch Qi Realm level, sect disciples could undergo rank C missions . Its mission is to hunt down weak demons or escort famous nobles. This mission was undertaken by the outer disciples led by the inner disciples.

Rank B and A missions could only be taken by inner disciples and core disciples who had reached the Emperor Qi Realm. They would explore the ancient domain or hunt down Magical Beasts that were troubling the society. Sometimes an Elder would take part in leading an A rank mission.

S rank and X rank missions are usually special missions. So very rarely will there be a mission with such a rank in a short time. S and X rank missions usually include invasions of Magical Beasts or Demonic Beasts coming out of space gaps.

Since the Heavenly Qi Realm was already able to become an Elder in a middle sect like the Thousand Swords Mountain, disciples with the cultivation of the Earthly Qi Realm would be given special treatment.

For mission payments, some were paid with gold coins, spirit stones, pills, artifacts, or precious herbs that were cultivation resources. The amount of mix obtained also depends on performance in carrying out the mission.

In addition to getting paid, sect disciples would also earn contribution points. Contribution points, when sufficient, can be used to exchange for scarce resources or apply for missions.

When finding an ancient treasure map or wanting to explore the ancient domain without informing the sect, offering missions to other disciples for them to join could be done by paying contribution points. Later the results of the exploration will be distributed to the mission recipient.

But there are limits to offering missions. The mission rank given must not exceed the mission rank ever completed. For example, an inner disciple who has completed a C rank mission should not offer a B rank mission to the top and beyond.

The peaceful moments of White String were interrupted by a knock on the door.

“Ink,” he answered lazily.

It turned out that the one who knocked was Ye Yu. He carefully shifted the wooden door and closed it before stepping inside.

At his home, White String had no reason to continue wearing the mask. But Ye Yu did not see his face at all as he himself continuously lowered his head.

“What's up?” white String asked while closing the book. It could be seen that Ye Yu squeezed his hand, it seemed like he was going through an inner conflict.

White String walked over to Ye Yu who was still bowed. Before he managed to say anything, White String patted his shoulder.

“Don't be too hard on yourself. If you want to say something, say it. But if you don't want to, I don't mind waiting for you to be ready to say it.”

In the corner of his eyes, Ye Yu saw a smile. Like the smile of an angel. Calm down the overall anxiety in his heart.

Unknowingly, Ye Yu stared at White String's back. After taking a breath, he decided not to say what he wanted to say.

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The Green Forest was one of the most dangerous areas in the Shu Empire. Not without reason, but there are indeed many Spirit Beasts breeding here. Although they do not always have evil intentions, there are only people who do not know themselves who enter their territory.

Not knowing why, White String felt a strong bond with this sinister place. It was as if there was something that should have belonged to him in this place.

Following his premonition, White String flew into the sky. He stopped at a side of the ravine and landed. The gap is quite deep, but not narrow. There were at least tens of thousands of kilometers between its sides.

In the middle of the abyss two Spirit Beasts were competing. The only one was the Golden Ape King, and the other was the Fire Lion King. They were each extremely strong, until the shock waves they produced could easily knock down the surrounding large trees.

White String watched them while sitting on one of the big tree branches in the venue. He was watching some people hiding behind other big trees. Most likely they are Beast Tamers who act as fishermen who are ready to reap fish.

“A group of fools.” White String commented. One of them took out an arrow that had been smeared with drugs and tried to aim at one of the fighting demons.

Shua!Shua!

The arrow shot out like a shadow and struck the Fire Lion King. Fire Lion King roared furiously. Dozens of fireballs were sprayed towards the direction the arrows came from.

The Beast Tamer group panicked and immediately ran off the algae. But the Fire Lion King immediately caught up with them, leaving behind the Golden Ape King.

The Golden Ape King's gigantic body fell to the ground. His reddish feathers blew the dust around where he fell. It seemed like he was grumbling because the Fire Lion King left him.

The reason why he was called the Golden Ape King was his golden-colored irises. And right now the golden iris was staring at where the White String was.

“Come out, you're there!” yells.

White String tilted his head. “This monkey needs language lessons, his speech is very bad.”

After saying the thing that the Golden Ape King definitely did not hear, White String jumped down. He landed next to the body of a giant ape lying down.

“Since when did you find out I was there?” ask White String. In fact, he did not close his aura at all. But he shouldn't have been found so quickly.

“Newly. Well, why are you here? You're not taking your life like those people, ‘kan?” The Golden Ape King referred to the Beast Tamers.

White String smiled, then shrugged his shoulders. “If I say that I came here because of a hunch, do you believe?”

Suddenly, the Golden Ape King's eyes grew bigger. After he woke up, he held both of White String's small shoulders. “HOW IS THERE A STAR CAVE AURA ON YOUR BODY?!”

It was fortunate that White String protected himself with Qi. Otherwise, he would have been drenched in saliva.

Wait, looks like the great ape said something about the aura?

“Can you let me go first?” Not knowing how to react, White String simply responded with a smile.

After releasing it, the Golden Ape King sat cross-legged in front of the White String. It was a bit strange indeed, seeing an ape behave like a human. But the Golden Ape King didn't allow the oddity for too long. A giant ape slowly shrunk into a burly and muscular youth.

Since the Ancient Magical Beast had already developed human intelligence to some extent, it was not too much of an exaggeration that the Spirit Beast King could turn into a human.

“Is there a question?” asked the human version of Golden Ape King kindly.

“You said something about the aura of Star Cave, may I know what it is?” Unknowingly White String's curious interest intrigued with the Star Cave. After all, how could an aura stick to his body without him noticing.

“That's simple, but hard to explain. We better wait for Fire Lion King first.” The Golden Ape King sighed.

“When did he come back?”

“In the next chapter.”

White String, “...”

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Hi, back again the same Author and Editor Bakul Ganyong of Earth Dwellers here.

Is there any curious about the meaning of Bakul Ganyong Earth Dwellers? Just tell me.

Bakul in Javanese means seller, while ganyong is one variety of tubers. Or rhizomes? Byeah.

Literally, Bakul Ganyong Earth Dwellers means sellers of bulbs living on earth.

But the real meaning is more, you know.

Because there are two people, the name of Bakul Ganyong Earth Dwellers is also divided into two, Bakul Ganyong and Earth Dwellers.

The Ganyong basket is definitely Hin. He likes weird and wants to be different from others. Innate nature of birth, kot.

The inhabitants of the Earth are Alufra, or Aru. Because Aru normal people maybe?

But the name is not important. Because the saying goes, demand knowledge to reach China. Not connecting with:v

See you next week, please,

Author and Editor, Bakul Ganyong Earth Dwellers.