Spirit Transformation
Three hundred years later, in the Twin Orchid Realm.
Pingge City is bustling with activity today, not because of a festival or a sage's sermon, but because the immortal mountain above Pingge City is undergoing a Spirit Transformation Lightning Tribulation.
Many vendors in the city chose to close their shops today, and the Rogue Cultivator who usually set up stalls on the roadside were also not interested in doing business. No matter how many times the customers in front of them asked about prices, the Rogue Cultivator had no intention of paying attention to them.
The customer, angered by this, was about to yell at him again when another Rogue Cultivator at a nearby stall spoke up, "I advise you not to ask him. This thing only costs ten low-grade Spirit Stone. Just drop the Spirit Stone and take the item. He doesn't have time to worry about business right now."
The customer looked puzzled upon hearing this. "What does this mean? This is business, it's Spirit Stone! If he doesn't care about that, why is he setting up a stall here?"
"Hey, of course he cares about Spirit Stone. Normally he would have been bragging about his stuff. But you've come at a bad time today. Did you see that cloud of tribulation on the immortal mountain?" Another Rogue Cultivator pointed it out to the guest.
The customer frowned. "I know that. Didn't they say that the daughter of the Flowing Light Sword Sect's leader is undergoing her tribulation today? What does this have to do with the stall owner?"
The Rogue Cultivator shook the fan in his hand and glanced at the guest with a strange look. "You've probably only been in our Twin Orchid Realm for a short time, haven't you?"
"How did you know? I've only been in the Twin Orchid Realm for a short time. I heard there are several secret realms here that Golden Core Realm can enter and explore, so I thought I'd try my luck." The guest's face showed some surprise.
Over the years, the connections between the five minor worlds have become increasingly close. It is said that one of Ten Thousand Daos Born's disciples learned the High Antiquity Teleportation Array from somewhere. In order to repay the sect's kindness, he offered up the Teleportation Array and invited all the array masters in the Lower Realm to study it together.
Everyone initially thought it was just a scam. Could something from an unknown disciple be of any value? Besides, if it were something as precious as Teleportation Array, wouldn't Ten Thousand Daos Born want to keep it tightly in his possession?
The array masters were skeptical, but a few young array masters, with some hope, went to see for themselves. What they found was astonishing: the arrays were real, and there was more than one type of Teleportation Array!
These young disciples can't learn large Teleportation Array yet, but they can try to learn small ones. Moreover, Ten Thousand Daos Born treats them very leniently; they only need to pay one hundred mid-grade Spirit Stone to learn Teleportation Array formations.
These Spirit Stone might seem like a lot to others, but they're nothing to a formation master. After all, this is Teleportation Array! Once they learn it, they can earn back their investment in countless amounts of mid-grade Spirit Stone, and it might even become their signature skill.
By the time news spread that the Teleportation Array within Ten Thousand Daos Born was real, the first group of people had already completed their studies and left. Those who hadn't believed the news were filled with regret, but it was too late. All they wanted was to hurry to Ten Thousand Daos Born and try to secure the next opportunity to study there.
The large-scale Teleportation Array was eventually learned by others, and those high-level array masters joined forces to rearrange the Teleportation Array in several small worlds. As for the one in the Twin Orchid Realm, it had already been secretly set up long ago. As a result, the Twin Orchid Realm saved a considerable amount of money.
Because of the Teleportation Array incident, Ten Thousand Daos Born once again made a name for himself in the Lower Realm. He not only made a fortune from tuition fees, but also gained a reputation for benevolence among cultivators because of their low fees.
In contrast, the Mara Gate, also located in the Immortal Spirit Realm, suddenly fell into silence, a stark contrast to its former glory.
No one knew why, but it was true that Mara Gate had started living a life of utter humility.
Mara Gate retreated too quickly, so the crowd only discussed it briefly before quickly forgetting about it.
The guests today are only able to come to the Twin Orchid Realm to try their luck in the secret realm thanks to this Teleportation Array.
After pondering the background, the customer casually picked up the items he had chosen and placed the promised Spirit Stone on the stall.
Just as the customer was about to leave, the other stall owner who had spoken to him laughed:
"You went all the way to our Twin Orchid Realm to train in the secret realm, why didn't you find out beforehand who owns this secret realm?"
The guest was taken aback, his expression one of surprise. "Could this secret realm be yours...?"
"Oh dear, you can't just say that. If I had that kind of ability, I wouldn't be setting up a stall here; I'd be sitting at the entrance of the secret realm waiting to collect money! These secret realms were all discovered by the one who's currently undergoing tribulation!" The stall owner gestured to him, a hint of reverence in his eyes.
These people are not native to the Twin Orchid Realm. When the Twin Orchid Realm suffered a great calamity, very few people survived. It was the Flowing Light Sword Sect and the Myriad Phenomena Sect that quelled the chaos together. They also led their disciples to support the other sects that still had some heirs, and little by little, they restored and rebuilt the Twin Orchid Realm into what it is today.
Among them, Sang Ying, the daughter of the sect leader of the Flowing Light Sword Sect, played a very crucial role.
It was she and her mother who set up the Teleportation Array in the Twin Orchid Realm, opening up the route between the Twin Orchid Realm and other small worlds. It was she who led her junior brothers and sisters to find and open the three secret realms that are now famous in the Lower Realms, attracting a large number of Rogue Cultivator to settle here.
He himself was one of them.
Hearing the stall owner's words, the customer couldn't help but widen his eyes. "So many secret realms, all discovered by that female cultivator?"
"Tsk, why are you calling her 'female cultivator'? You should call her 'Venerable One'!" the stall owner remarked with slight displeasure.
Only after being told this did the guest realize his slip of the tongue, "Yes, yes, after this tribulation, we should address that senior as Venerable One."
The guest himself was somewhat surprised. Although the number of Spirit Transformation cultivators was not small, it was not many either. Moreover, those who had previously reached the Spirit Transformation stage were already over a thousand years old. This was the only Spirit Transformation he knew who was not even five hundred years old.
"Do you think this Senior Sang will be able to successfully overcome the tribulation?" the guest asked again, still feeling uneasy.
These words immediately caused a huge blunder. The stall owner who had previously spoken to him simply turned pale and hadn't even had a chance to speak when the stall owner who had been ignoring him suddenly stood up, glaring at him with a very unfriendly look. "Our Senior Sang Ying will definitely succeed in overcoming her tribulation. Children shouldn't talk nonsense if they don't understand these things!"
"What do you want? Have you finished buying? Did you give me the Spirit Stone? You've taken everything, why aren't you leaving?"
A barrage of questions came at the guest, leaving him stunned. He moved his lips, unsure of what to say.
The stall owner was about to ask another question when his companion tugged at his hand, saying, "Alright, don't bother with this kid. Look at the Flowing Light Sword Sect, the final heavenly lightning is about to strike!"
Just as the other party was speaking, the final blow, accumulating all the power of the tribulation clouds, finally crashed down. At that moment, everyone felt as if the entire sky had turned dark and lifeless.
A powerful current of air shot out from the Flowing Light Sword Sect in all directions, followed by the sound of a bell and the sound of rain falling from the sky.
As the bell tolled, the calamity clouds dispersed, all of which heralded the imminent arrival of a new Spirit Transformation cultivator in the Twin Orchid Realm.