Chapter 288: Reality? Illusion?


    Trantor: Stardu5t Editor: Kurisu


    Facing the overwhelming shower of iing rocks, Song Shuhang’s only option was to bring the ?Virtuous Man’s Ten Thousand Mile Walk? to its peak and retreat as fast as he could, dodging the rain of rocks.


    ‘I can’t drag it any longer.’ Song Shuhang looked at Gao Moumou, Tubo, and Yayi who were being tied up.


    I need to quickly deal with this troop of goris. If I drag it any longer, I cannot guarantee the safety of my roommates anymore in the event the situation worsens.


    When he thought of that, he clenched his teeth and swiftly drew the character 雷 on his right palm.


    At this time, the gori that charged right in front roared and pounced at Song Shuhang; what it was holding in its hand was actually a long saber. It was a mystery where these goris had been hiding all the weapons—they simply suddenly brought them out one by one.


    ‘It’s a saber.’ Song Shuhang grabbed the right opportunity, then his figure shed and mmed into the gori.


    Thereafter, he used one hand to grab the gori’s wrist, seizing the long saber in its hand. Then, he shouted lightly, "Lightning Palm!"


    The 雷 rune on his palm activated.


    In the midst of the crackling lightning sounds, a ball of lightning appeared on his right palm, which Song Shuhang used to p the gori’s chest as hard as he could!


    "Urghhhhhh!" the gori let out a cry out of extreme pain—there was a huge hole in its chest, and fresh blood sttered out of its mouth as it flew upon impact.


    After itnded on the ground, the gori frantically twitched before dying.


    Upon seeing this, the rest of the goris started bellowing and pouncing violently towards Song Shuhang.


    "ming Saber!" Song Shuhang flipped the wrist holding the saber, activating the ancient bronze ring’s ‘ming Saber’ skill.


    "Bang!"


    mes burned violently on the long saber; Song Shuhang dragged the ming saber and executed the footwork for the ?Virtuous Man’s Ten Thousand Mile Walk?, charging towards the troop of goris.


    His speed was so fast it looked as though he flickered and went right up to the nine goris who were right in front.


    The ming Saber’s light left behind a Z-shaped afterimage.


    When the mes on the saber went out, the second of the nine goris that had charged toward him fell to the ground; it followed in the footsteps of the first one, earning a one-way ticket to the underworld.


    The remaining goris immediately stopped moving and stared at Song Shuhang in fear.


    Song Shuhang took this opportunity to unleash a small trick rted to mental energy, the ‘spiritual pressure’. He coldly stared at the troop of goris, trying to intimidate them.


    The surviving goris immediately cried in a strange manner, fleeing in all directions.


    Song Shuhang secretly heaved a sigh of relief. He did not pursue and attack the fleeing goris. He wasn’t bent on killing them all, so it was a good thing that they decided to run.


    He grabbed the saber the other way round and walked towards his roommates—he was going to cut the ropes tied around their bodies and wake them up.


    But after taking two steps, the long saber in his hand suddenly burst into mes.


    Thereafter, the long saber suddenly turned into particles of light, akin to sand, before scattering all over the floor.


    Song Shuhang stared nkly and immediately thought of what Gao Moumou said to him in the ne.


    The missing passengers on the ne also burst into mes, transformed into particles of light and then disappeared! Just like the saber.


    Song Shuhang immediately turned his head around and looked at those goris he killed.


    Indeed... after their death, the gori that took his Lightning Palm, as well as the gori that was shed by his ming Saber, burst into mes before transforming into particles of light and vanishing.


    ‘What’s happening?’ Song Shuhang furrowed his brows.


    These goris felt extremely real, but the scene after their death gave people a sense that it could be illusory.


    It was extremely illusory, yet extremely real!


    ‘Illusory reality?’ Song Shuhang recalled Venerable White’s ‘desert’.


    Could it be that the mysterious ind I’m currently at is actually a ce created by an ‘illusory reality’?


    Don’t tell me that people who die within the ‘illusory reality’ transform into dots of light and disappear?


    Song Shuhang did not see ‘himself’ getting repeatedly killed by the assassin within Venerable White’s ‘new illusory reality’. Hence, he did not know what the characters who died in an illusory reality would be.


    Or else, he definitely would not have associated the scene before his eyes with an ‘illusory reality’.


    It doesn’t seem right, the mysterious ind is not as simple as just an ‘illusory reality’. True Monarch Ancient Lake Temple and Senior Northern River did bring back some treasures with them. Even though they were some low-level treasures, the mysterious ind is definitely not as simple as an ‘illusion’ , Song Shuhang thought to himself.


    Besides, regardless of whether or not it was an ‘illusory reality’, it could not be taken lightly—because if one were to die in the illusory reality, they would really end up dead.


    Because it was an illusion, but also a reality!


    After thinking this much, Song Shuhang walked ahead, took out his backpack and used the treasured saber Broken Tyrant to cut the ropes around Gao Moumou, Tubo, and Yayi.


    Gao Moumou and thepany were injured, but luckily, those injuries did not pose any threat to their lives.


    Song Shuhang touched the ancient ring and used his mental energy to activate the healing spell on it.


    Of the functions the ancient bronze ring boasted, the Second Stage ming Saber technique could be activated three times a day, and the healing spell eight times a day—though it could only be used on a single person at a time, and would only disy effects of the Second Stage. As for the spirit gathering formation, its functions were passive, and thus constantly in effect.


    ??????


    After Gao Moumou and thepany had the healing spell used on them, the three of them woke up very quickly.


    "Eh? Shuhang? Where is this ce?" Gao Moumou forcefully rubbed his temples; he felt as though his mind was like sticky paste.


    "We’re at the floating ind that we saw from the ne," answered Song Shuhang.


    At the same time, he couldn’t help but think, If this is the mysterious ind, then, when we leave, I’ll probably lose my memories right?


    Eh, wait a minute!


    The seniors who left the mysterious ind mentioned before... that the cultivators that left the ind sealed their memories on own initiative.


    In that case... for ordinary human beings, they do not have qi and blood, true qi, and spiritual energy—how would they seal their own memories, then?


    Song Shuhang rubbed his temples.


    Forget it, let’s talk about thister... right now, the most important thing is to think of a way to leave the mysterious ind.


    As for how they were gonna leave the mysterious ind, he immediately thought of the bird’s-eye view of the mysterious ind he saw in his dream.


    A grasnd, a forest, a crescent moon-likeke, as well as that enormous ancient city.


    We should go to the ‘ancient city’ first, perhaps we can get a clue with regards to how we can leave the mysterious ind there.


    We can’t stay in the wilderness for too long—on this ind, there are high-level monster beasts that could even pursue and kill a Fifth Stage Golden Core Spiritual Emperor.


    "The floating ind...?" Gao Moumou forced augh. "Am I dreaming?"


    Song Shuhang said, "I wish I was dreaming too."


    "What about the rest of the people?" Tubo looked around and realized there were only the four of them here.


    "My guess is that we probably got separated. At that time, we were in the control cabin and the rest of them were behind. Hence, that is why we stayed together," answered Song Shuhang.


    Yayi, who was in Gao Moumou’s arms, asked, "What should we do next?"


    "Let’s look for the other passengers first, like our ssmate Lu Fei and her sister, not forgetting Zhuge Yue and Zhuge Zhongyang as well as Joseph—they were all in the passengerpartment of the ne. Perhaps they are currently together with the rest of the passengers," said Song Shuhang after pondering.


    On this mysterious ind that was full of various dangers, Song Shuhang’s strength alone seemed very small. He hoped that he could safely bring his friends to the ancient city...


    The other passengers too—as long as nobody harbored any ill intentions or sought to stir trouble, Song Shuhang naturally would also take them along to the ancient city.


    "That’s true, we gotta find our ssmate Lu Fei and the rest first." Gao Moumou wanted to push up his sses out of habit, but his sses had already been lost during the whole ne ident.


    Gao Moumou could only rub his nose. "Can the ne wreckage be seen? If it crashed, we should be able to see thick smoke or something, right?"


    "Let’s look for a highly elevated ce and look down from above. Hopefully, we can sessfully find them without a hitch," said Song Shuhang.


    He was rather worried—danger lurked in every corner of the mysterious ind. Apart from that, in times of extreme despair, some people who were psychologically twisted could also be a significant source of crisis.


    Hopefully, none of them would turn out to be one of those psychologically twisted people and give birth to 18+ rated scenes!


    Song Shuhang’s worries were definitely unnecessary... because the passengers who were alive were united as one in order to deal with a troop of goris who knew how to do calisthenics...


    ??????


    Meanwhile, in the Nine Provinces Number One Group.


    ‘True Monarch Ancient Lake Temple’, who reduced his frequency of going online recently due to the memory loss, appeared. "Fellow Daoist Northern River, is thepany that manufactures gym equipment under you still in operation? The equipment used by the disciples in my daoist temple to train is so worn out, it needs to be reced soon..."


    Changing with times, as well as science and technology advancements, cultivators were also introduced to the invention of gym equipment, especially for disciples in First Stage Realm to train their body—the results were pretty decent.


    Northern River’s Loose Cultivator answered, "I did not invest in any gym equipment manufacturingpany... One of my subordinates had a coboration with a gym equipment manufacturingpany, and then ced an order with them for custom-made high-intensity gym equipment. But three to four yearster, that manufacturingpany decided to venture into another industry and invested in real estate; their luck was bad and they had already gone bankrupt after making a lot of losses."


    True Monarch Ancient Lake Temple: "..."


    "Wait for True Monarch Yellow Mountain to go online, I remember he has a lot of manufacturing assets for equipment-rted products under him," answered Northern River’s Loose Cultivator.


    "Alright then, guess I have no other choice. If it’s really not possible, I will buy a gym equipment manufacturingpany then ??." True Monarch Ancient Lake Temple smiled.


    Just as both seniors were chatting, Venerable White went online.


    "Fellow Daoist Ancient Lake Temple, Fellow Daoist Northern River, it’s good that both of you are online. I have a favor to ask from you guys ??."


    Northern River’s Loose Cultivator said, "What’s up, Senior White? Feel free to tell us."


    Venerable White: "I need the both of you to help me consolidate all the information pertaining to the ‘mysterious ind’, and also include your personal conjectures and theories!"


    True Monarch Ancient Lake Temple asked out of curiosity, "Venerable White, you’re interested in the mysterious ind?"


    "Yeah, I have always been interested in it," Venerable White replied. "Besides, Song Shuhang took a ne earlier, and went straight into the mysterious ind... I must find out and process the information with regards to the mysterious ind. I need to see if I’m able to get him out safely."


    Little friend Shuhang had entered the mysterious ind?!


    He is still as adventurous as before! Quite a number of seniors in the chat group immediately thought.