[Large Chapter] Meek in Reality, Heavy Punch in Illusion Formation

The unknown lands of the Apostle.

Holy Mountain.

High, reaching the sky; vast, stretching endlessly.

The layered mountains resemble ocean waves, with their peaks like the crests of those waves.

Gray auspicious clouds floated on the mountainside, shrouded in a faint light that made it impossible to tell whether it was day or night.

At the summit of the towering mountain that reaches the heavens, stands a grand and magnificent ancient temple.

The architectural style is completely different from the usual style in the Cultivation World, exuding a magnificent and exotic feel that blends Chinese and Western elements.

Looking ahead, a row of towering pillars supports the domed hall that is over a hundred feet high.

Like the golden light of the setting sun, it pierced through the gray clouds and sprinkled into the magnificent hall, creating an interplay of light and shadow that radiated a divine glow.

Sudden!

Five beams of light shone into the main hall.

The beam of light was over ten zhang wide, arranged strictly according to the directions of east, west, south, north, and center.

Within the three pillars of light—east, west, and north—three humanoid projections successively materialized.

The pillars of light to the south and in the middle remained empty, with a faint gray hue floating in them.

According to Xiao Ran's previous life, this was the Five Shadows Meeting of the Apostle.

Only the Saint Apostle and the Four Great Priests attended the meeting.

Inside the pillar of light to the north was a massive, dark figure with an extremely robust build.

Its body is covered with intricate patterns resembling the laws of nature, and faint wing shadows hang behind it, giving it a divine quality of the unity of all things.

His face was flat, with no other features except for his eyes.

The giant eye with the swastika pattern on the right is bleeding at this moment.

The Wraith Breeder failed to trap Xiao Ran.

But there was no frustration in his bloodshot eyes, only excitement at Xiao Ran's power and identity.

"Senior's illusion array has been broken. Has a true dragon appeared?"

A delicate female voice came from the west, sounding both alluring and subtly menacing.

The Wraith Breeder glanced at the female figure inside the pillar of light to the west.

Compared to the colossal shadow of the Wraith Breeder, the woman was merely the size of an ordinary person.

Wearing a black veil and a black robe, the semi-transparent fabric was very alluring. Her figure was delicate, and her fair and moist skin was particularly eye-catching through the black veil. Even though it was just a projection from a distance, it exuded a faint ambergris fragrance.

Thousands of years ago, before becoming a guest elder in the Saint Demon Sect, the Wraith Breeder was already Apostle priest.

Black Zither, on the other hand, joined the priesthood of the Apostle after the mysterious death of the former priestess Gong Yunye six hundred years ago.

Given Black Zither's unclear background, he had always felt that this woman was somewhat suspicious, and might even be a spy for the Dao Alliance! However, since the Saint Apostle had personally promoted her, the other priests couldn't say anything.

"I raised the Vermilion Bird and had you extract its immortal power from it. When did you hand it over to the enemy?"

"Enemy?"

Black Zither didn't like that way of speaking.

"Senior should say that I used the Vermilion Bird to lure the Son of the True Dragon here."

Son of the true dragon...

The Wraith Breeder carefully recalled the moment when the halo shattered.

"There is indeed a faint Dragon Vein Power... but it seems to come from distant dragon bones, not quite like that black dragon, but more of a strange underworld power."

Upon hearing this, Black Zither guessed that it was Xiao Ran's illusion array, not Lingzhou Yue's.

For Xiao Ran, preserving the power of the ancient dragon bone might not be difficult, but why does he possess Netherworld power?

Even if it hadn't fallen into the trap, the power of the Vermilion Bird wouldn't have been strong enough to break the formation.

Black Zither remained calm and said, "As expected of Senior Si Ming, you can even distinguish the power of ancient dragon bones. But if you are not a true dragon, how could Xiao Ran break this illusion array?"

The Wraith Breeder sighed, "He used the eyes of the Vermilion Bird to Resonance with my eyes and fall into the core of the formation. I took the opportunity to destroy the halo. Such opportunism could not be the Dragon Vein Power."

"You mean..."

A thoughtful voice came from the north.

Inside the pillar of light to the north, an old swordsman with a topknot sat cross-legged, a short pipe made of Burning Wraith Branch and withered grass dangling from his mouth.

The Black Clothes had a huge, White Hole eye embroidered on his chest, its edges dripping with blood, like a waterfall of blood flowing into the endless night. His face bore the black afterimage of being torn apart by the abyss.

The Yuan Wu Apostle, the head of the Four Great Priests Apostle High Priests, is second only to the Saint Apostle in strength. Although he is not the oldest, he is the most senior.

"Although Lingzhou Yue is stupid, she has the intuition of a top swordsman and won't just take in a useless disciple. I heard that this kid can advance from a mortal to the Spirit Severing Realm in three months, far surpassing the Appearance of an Emperor... I remember that when Immortal Emperor Ye Wuji fell, he activated the Reincarnation Array. Judging from his reincarnation direction, it was to the west, and the timing is about right. Could this kid be the reincarnation of the Immortal Emperor?"

Black Zither knew, of course, that Xiao Ran was not the reincarnation of the Immortal Emperor, because the reincarnated Immortal Emperor had been killed by Xiao Ran, who was at the Qi Refining, three months ago.

The Unilateral Eternity in the Black Ring Group has turned to ashes.

"We don't need reincarnated losers, we need the bodies of true dragons."

The Wraith Breeder shook his head and sighed, "How ironic, the enemy is also looking for the true dragon."

Yuan Wu Apostle took a drag of the black smoke from the Nether Grass.

"Not only the True Dragon, Dao Alliance probably discovered our power and finally tore off their hypocritical mask. Whether it's the Dao Alliance or the Apostle, all justice in the world is based on the survival of the fittest, and the weak only have one way out: death."

Black Zither said, "These people from the Dao Alliance are not strong."

Yuan Wu Apostle curled his lip.

"They didn't even send one of the Nine Radiances, are they trying to use us to get rid of these people?"

"It's not that simple."

The Wraith Breeder shook his head, his pair of large, patterned eyes slowly turning, easily drawing people in.

Who would have thought that his eye would be injured right at the start by a Spirit Severing little kid? Black Zither feigned nervousness, but actually probed, "Has there been any news from the Saint Apostle yet?"

The Wraith Breeder closed his eyes and remained silent.

The Yuan Wu Apostle said leisurely:

"It's good that there's no news. He won't show up unless he faces a life-or-death crisis."

The two old guys, the Wraith Breeder and the Yuan Wu Apostle, clearly didn't trust Black Zither, making her very uncomfortable.

Another high priest was her good partner, but unfortunately he was not present.

Why didn't Dong Xuanzi come?

The Wraith Breeder closed his eyes and said:

"He is still setting up the underground cave. Although the enemy has not deployed the Nine Radiances, we still need to be on guard."

"The underground cave is prepared for the Nine Radiances. All of you should stay in the Inner Sea."

Yuan Wu Apostle nodded, took a deep drag on his cigarette, and suppressed a long-lost excitement.

"When I chose to join the Apostle, I had already given up the desire to fight and devoted myself to pilgrimage. I never thought that in this Dharma Ending Era, Heaven would still find some fun for me."

"Don't be careless."

The Wraith Breeder opened his eyes, turned his head to look at the Black Zither, and found that his right eye was already covered with a dense curtain of blood.

"You lost the Vermilion Bird. Just in case, go and get Vermilion Bird back for me."

"Good."

The open sea.

Xiao Ran used the dual-layer Resonance mode to forcefully break through the illusion array, only to discover that the Sword Ship was in the center of a huge vortex.

He put away the large bird and spread his divine sense, but still could not detect the aura of the Great Underworld.

That's strange...

The location is still the same sea as before.

The torrential rain and storm waves in the vicinity subsided, but in their place came a huge whirlpool.

According to Wen Yushu's intelligence, the Apostle's Sea is divided into the Outer Sea and the Inner Sea.

He had assumed that once he crossed the outer sea, he would be in the Inner Sea. But upon closer inspection, he realized that this ocean was a finite yet boundless structure, much like the universe, with no distinction between this shore and the other shore.

It is a three-dimensional sea.

If we had to quantify it, this shore is the edge of the Great Wilderness, while the other shore is likely the depths of the whirlpool.

Lingzhou Yue, sitting in the hot spring, was stunned for a while before realizing that the illusion array had been broken.

After getting dressed and coming to the deck, she stretched out a long yawn, flexing her voluptuous figure to completely expel the fatigue accumulated over the past three days.

"You broke the formation so easily, why didn't you come out sooner? Were you afraid of sword energy in reality, too timid to touch your master, and wanted to launch a powerful attack on me in the illusion formation?"

Xiao Ran stared at that tall, languid figure, never expecting that his big-breasted, brainless Master would see right through him with a single sentence.

He really wanted to cultivate the bond between master and disciple in the illusion array, and also do some things he liked to do, and rack up some Filial Piety Points.

Unfortunately, his Master was a germaphobe and was afraid of being seen doing something shameful, so he had no choice but to give up.

"It wasn't that easy. I had a feeling that the giant we just met was not simple. If it weren't for the Single-Winged Bird, even if we used all our strength, only one of us might have made it out."

Lingzhou Yue, on the other hand, showed no signs of nervousness. She took a sip of wine and pursed her lips.

"Humans are one of the Four Great Priests, specializing in raising Wraith Beast. How could they be simple?"

Despite this, Xiao Ran did not see a trace of caution in his Master's eyes.

Xiao Ran activated the communication ring and contacted Wen Yushu.

"Senior Wen, there's a whirlpool ahead. Can we go in? It takes a lot of effort to break free from this whirlpool."

Wen Yushu was surprised, not expecting that Xiao Ran was the first person to consult about going to the Inner Sea.

It's worth noting that Lingzhou Yue disciples were the last group to set off, and they lost contact with each other for a long time.

"This is not a choice. The enemy has made preparations in advance, and we have no way out."

"Then I'll go in."

Just as Xiao Ran was about to close the communication ring, Wen Yushu pressed on, "You two were the last to go into the sea. While other teams were still being entangled by the torrential rain and the Wraith Beast, you were the first to enter the Inner Sea. How did you manage that?"

Xiao Ran only said:

"Even if I told you, my experience wouldn't be applicable to everyone. Just consider it as me having cheat codes."

Wen Yushu thought about it and realized that he was just curious.

"Ling Zhou isn't feeling well. Can you handle it alone?"

"We can't handle it."

Xiao Ran spoke frankly, then changed the subject:

Do you have reinforcements?

Wen Yushu laughed and said, "You should have that when you're about to die."

Xiao Ran shook his head.

"That means there isn't any left."

The Sword Ship spun rapidly along the deep-sea whirlpool, its speed increasing rapidly.

To prevent the ship from being destroyed and everyone from perishing, Xiao Ran immediately switched the Sword Ship into a spherical Yan Armor.

The spherical Yan Armor is highly defensive; in Guan Hanqing's words, it is a copper pea that cannot be steamed, boiled, pounded, or fried, and that rings loudly.

After transforming into a spherical mechanical Yan Armor, it spun even faster and quickly plunged into the center of the vortex.

Passing through the central tube of the seawater "hourglass," the spherical Yan Armor plummeted into the air.

Below the sky is the Inner Sea, another semi-enclosed nested space.

The Ball Astrolabe plunged from the vortex pipe onto the surface of the Inner Sea, creating a massive, towering wave.

Xiao Ran unfolded the Ball Astrolabe, reverting to Sword Ship mode, and floated ashore from the giant waves.

Standing on the deck, as far as the eye can see, there is an endless expanse of indigo sea, smooth as a mirror and clear as amber, reflecting the blue sky and white clouds.

The auspicious clouds filled the sky, as thin as stardust, reaching to the heavens and stretching for thousands of miles.

The clouds were extremely low, seemingly within reach, layer upon layer, obscuring the sky and the sun.

Then, beams of bright holy light shone down from the clouds, like a dream.

At the horizon where the water meets the sky, you can see scattered islands and small boats, seemingly floating on the reflected clouds, giving people a sense of pure sanctity.

The air was filled with a faint, salty, and watery smell, and occasionally one could see a faint Mirage Light. The air was filled with the low murmur of music, or the calls of seabirds, which made one yearn for the place.

As far as the eye can see, there is an endless expanse of open space, infinitely expanding your horizons.

Although the Spiritual Energy was thin, it was exceptionally refreshing, as if it had been purified.

"This place is so beautiful!"

Xiao Ran felt open-minded and cast all his worries aside. Although he had no worries, his mind was completely emptied.

Looking around, Lingzhou Yue was particularly interested in the small boats on the distant islands.

"I never imagined that people lived here."

"I heard from Senior Wen that there are hundreds of millions of people here."

Xiao Ran nodded.

I was actually a little surprised. The Apostle had made a contribution to being able to support so many people in the Great Wilderness.

"The enemy must have laid various traps ahead. It would be too disadvantageous for us to be the first to charge in. Why don't we rest here for a few days?"

Lingzhou Yue thought to herself, "Why did you blurt out what I was thinking?"

"I don't object to resting, but could there still be illusions here?"

Xiao Ran smiled and shook his head.

"Illusions are extremely expensive, so how can we enjoy them anytime? Adults can't rely on illusions; we have to create our own happiness."

Xiao Ran described it vividly, raising his hand and making a dragon claw shape.

Lingzhou Yue tilted her head back to drink, giving him a sidelong glance.

"Stop it, just wander around here. With a formidable enemy at hand, we can't afford to waste time here."

What a mess of internal strife! Master, you know quite a lot...

Xiao Ran suddenly said in a serious tone:

"What do you mean by internal strife? Master is injured and unable to fight later. There's no use keeping so much Spiritual Power. Why not use it to Replenish Mana?"

Lingzhou Yue was taken aback.

I'm already injured, and instead of replenishing my Spiritual Power, you're trying to drain it from me...

Are you a vampire?

"Get out!"

Lingzhou Yue was furious and kicked Xiao Ran away.

Xiao Ran somewhat wronged.

What evil intentions could a filial son, whose virtue is evident throughout the system, possibly have?

Xiao Ran landed precisely on an island like a cannonball.

This made him wonder... was his Master a precision-guided master?

Pulling his head out of the sand, he jerked, shook off the sand, and looked around.

The island is small, only a few acres in size, surrounded by beaches on all sides, with a pine and maple forest in the center.

His divine sense was revealed.

Nestled among pine and maple trees is a secluded Sea Spring Inn, with a few pine wood houses, a few beds, and a hot spring pool.

It really is a resort destination...

It seems that quite a few people usually visit the Apostle.

Just as Xiao Ran was about to go ashore to take a look, the Sword Ship flew over from behind.

Lingzhou Yue landed on the water, her beautiful face still bearing a hint of annoyance.

"What do you mean by 'Replenish Mana'? Explain it to me in detail."

"Talking is useless."

Xiao Ran leaned closer, placing his right hand on his Master's supple and graceful shoulder, his two fingers gripping the collar of her Red Clothes dress.

Suddenly, with a forceful tug, the Master's Red Clothes were ripped off, revealing the figure of another woman.

Gazing at her fair, delicate figure, so supple it seemed one could squeeze water from it, and her alluring, yearning eyes, Xiao Ran spoke with the tone of someone appraising a work of art:

"No matter how realistically you imitate someone else, it's not as beautiful as showing off your own body."

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