"By the way, I found an even more secluded cave a few mountains behind last night. I think we should move there tomorrow for safety's sake." "Alright." The following night, Wilbur and Felix crossed the mountains under the moonlight to the next cave. Throughout the next year, they would move locations every one to three months. At the end of the year, they had reached a snowy mountain several thousand kilometers away from Buck Town. There was a lake under the snowy mountain that was filled with fish. Wilbur and Felix cultivated there and went fishing whenever they got hungry. Felix would always look surprised when he saw Wilbur sprinkle seasoning on the grilled fish. After eating the seasoned fish, Felix would give Wilbur a thumbs-up and look genuinely impressed. "That fish was amazing, Master." "Yeah? Have some more, then. We'll get back to cultivating after you're done eating." Felix nodded. "I'll work hard on my cultivation, Master." Wilbur saw the look of joy on his
"No, I meant the energy aura in the water. It seems to be several times more powerful than usual, and it grows stronger the closer you get to the bottom of the lake. I think… this might be a special energy source." "What?" Wilbur was shocked. Energy aura was extremely important to a cultivator, and the energy aura in Buck Town was so weak that Wilbur and Felix had hardly progressed with their cultivation even after a whole year. Just a few days ago, Wilbur had mocked that at the speed they were going, they would never come close to the elites of the Eight Great Families even if they had ten thousand years. It seemed like there was hope after all, and this was his chance. Wilbur dove into the water at once, swimming downward quickly. The lake was far deeper than he had expected. He had yet to reach the bottom even after swimming two hundred meters downward. Nevertheless, Wilbur was thrilled. He found that the energy aura was stronger the deeper he dived, and by the time he had
"It's over a thousand times stronger!" Wilbur took out the bronze mirror that No-Night had gifted him, stroking its surface. "This is our chance to improve our cultivation quickly." He dove into the water once more, reaching the bottom of the lake in no time. The Black Tortoise appeared again. It did not seem to be afraid of Wilbur at all, swimming around him in circles as if trying to befriend him. Wilbur was caught off-guard but then remembered that he was also a dragon clan cultivator. There were four major forces on Earth: the Azure Dragon, the White Tiger, the Vermillion Bird, and the Black Tortoise. The dragon clan was connected to the other major forces in one way or another, which meant that the Black Tortoise was affectionate toward Wilbur because it sensed the dragon aura coming off him. Wilbur took out the bronze mirror, muttered a spell, and began to absorb the energy aura at the bottom of the lake with it. The powerful Black Tortoise energy aura was channeled into
Wilbur frowned at the lake, feeling something inexplicable. The energy aura in Buck Town really was far too weak, and even having it a hundred times stronger would only make it of the same level as it was on Earth. It would take forever to improve one's cultivation here. The evil gods' powers were starting to seep into the lower dimensions, and they would be usurped completely if Wilbur could not restore order in the lower dimensions in time. Despite the fact that cultivating in the mirror dimension for a century equated to merely one year outside, the energy aura was still far too weak. If this were to go on, there would not be much improvement even if one was to cultivate for a thousand years. The main problem Wilbur was facing was still the concentration of the energy aura. It would be great if he could raise it somehow, but that seemed like a rather difficult feat now and it was starting to make Wilbur's head hurt. Felix walked up to him with a frown. "Master, could you tel
Wilbur soon realized that the energy aura in the mirror dimension would weaken every five days but restored itself within an hour. Thus, Wilbur guessed that that was the time the energy aura at the bottom of the lake would recharge itself. Since the bronze mirror could automatically absorb energy aura, Wilbur and Felix would not have to leave the mirror dimension at all. Eventually, a hundred years had passed in the mirror dimension as the two of them cultivated. One day, Conrad Albert, the head of the Albert family had just finished a three-year-long isolated cultivation. He walked out of his room barefoot and made his way toward the Black Tortoise Lake around two hundred meters away. There were already dozens of beautiful women lined up by the path leading to the lake. They were the women of the Albert family, stunning beings who had been cherry-picked from the others. However, they could only be servants and maids of the family, serving the core members of the family and satia
"I'm afraid I don't, sir." "The energy aura in the Black Tortoise Lake has decreased significantly. You were in charge of guarding it, and this happened under your watch. Do you know how much trouble you've brought to the Albert family?" "W-What?" Shawn's jaw dropped open as he trembled from head to toe, bowing repeatedly as he apologized. "I'm so sorry, sir. Please give me a bit of time, and I'll be sure to find where the energy aura is flowing out of and block it off." "You have one day. Remember that on top of finding the leak, you're also going to kill whoever benefited from it." "Yes, sir." Shawn left feeling terrified, and Conrad sat on the ground. He suddenly remembered what that dimensional guardian had said to him all those years ago. Was it possible that that particular elite had shown up? The four major forces of energy aura would not leak out easily unless that elite was here. And if it was indeed the case, he would need to be killed so that there would be o
"No." Conrad said, "Don't you forget, Dorrah. This might have happened almost ten thousand years ago, but the dimensional guardians can access and supervise the operations of the dimensions. Their words will come true eventually, and we're the ones in charge of stopping this from happening." "Well, according to the legend, that elite will release the energy aura from all four sources and take down the Four Great Families. I don't think what the dimensional guardians said will come true." "Man cannot control time. Even if those dimensional guardians could see the future, it might have changed after they helped us out. So, what they saw before might not even happen anymore." Babbit and Grote exchanged glances with amusement in their eyes. The Reyne and Hilton families were nothing like the weak force they had been ten thousand years ago, and Babbit was willing to bet that even the two dimensional guardians might not be a match for the Four Great Families if they returned. Dorra
Dorrah waved his glass at Conrad. "Well, now that you've found the source of the leak, all you need to do is just block the stream off and the energy aura won't leak anymore! Case closed." However, Conrad still looked worried. He was unsure if this would harm the Four Great Families if it went on, but this may be the only way to solve the situation at hand. After giving it some thought, Conrad asked, "Shawn, are there any cultivators near Mount Noss?" "About a dozen or so of them. They fetch water from the lake every now and then, But I've killed all the cultivators within a ten-kilometer radius around Mount Noss, and the outside world hasn't noticed." "Have you blocked off the underground stream?" "Yes, I had the servants do it." "Good job, Shawn. You may leave now." "Thank you, sir." After Shawn had left, Dorrah goaded Conrad into a few more glasses of wine. Eventually, the four family heads got to their feet silently. Following that, Babbit, Grote, and Dorrah faded a