Chapter 15

Translator: Lordbluefire

In the Rain Listening Pavilion, Wen Ping who was sitting in meditation awoke from his thoughts due to the system’s words.

However, he was very happy!

“We have successfully attracted a person and that person is already here at the Immortal Sect.”

“Excellent!”

Wen Ping hurriedly wore his clothes, put his shoes on, and quickly walked toward the main hall. On his way there, he met two people walking in his direction.

One was Yang Lele.

As for the other, after Wen Ping saw her information, he was stunned for a long time.

Because, other than some simple information, there was other stuff as well.

…

Zhao Qing

Gender: Female

Age: 15

Cultivation Base: Fifth level of Body Refinement

[There are ling fish in the lake. They have a human face and a fish’s body, with hands and legs. Their voices are like that of a child.]

[Although their gender is female, they are not considered women.]

…

The final introduction made Wen Ping recall what his father had said many years ago.

When he was five years old, under the starry skies, his father told him that the Cangwu City they were living in was merely a corner of the Eastern Lake. The Eastern Lake was very vast, as though it had no boundaries. Also, other than the Eastern Lake, there were another 107 similar lakes out there.

There existed a type of creature in one of the lakes named ling fish.

Naturally, they also had another name – the jiao people*.

It was rumored that only an extreme minority of ling fish could get rid of their tails and grow legs, becoming something that looked exactly like humans. They could even practice human cultivation arts and still had the innate ability of a ling fish. Moreover, they weren’t afraid of water and their scales were impenetrable by swords and spears. Because of this aspect, their combat strength far surpassed humans on the same level.

Wen Ping’s father said that he had once encountered a very ordinary ling fish that could kill experts of the Mystic Realm despite only being at the thirteenth level of the Body Refinement Realm.

Among humans, the difference between the two cultivation realms was like the gulf between heaven and earth.

Hence, now that a demon creature was actually attracted to the Immortal Sect, it was really something worthy of celebration.

In the past, the Immortal Sect had had a demon elder. His body resembled a lion, and everyone addressed him as the Lion King.

Although he didn’t have a complete human form, when he just entered the thirteenth level of the Body Refinement Realm, he alone could challenge seven human experts at the same cultivation level at once outside Cangwu City. Moreover, he wasn’t at a disadvantage and didn’t suffer any injuries, and this caused him to be known as an invincible expert among people of the same cultivation level. 

If it wasn’t for the fact that he died due to the variables that happened a year ago, the Lion King would be the strongest person in the Immortal Sect, and his presence could still protect the Immortal Sect from decline for a hundred years despite Wen Ping’s father’s disappearance.

From this, one could see that if demonic creatures were willing to live in harmony with humans, their value and strength far surpassed humans of the same level.

Ling fish, when compared to that elder from before, actually had an even greater potential! Although demonic creatures were innately endowed with slower cultivation speed, about three times or even four times slower compared to humans, all these were no longer a problem with the existence of the gravity field.

At this moment, Wen Ping seemed to see a powerful demon that could crush Mystic Realm experts slowly growing.

“Sect Leader Wen.” After a while, his thoughts were interrupted by Yang Lele who walked over directly.

“Mn.”

Wen Ping nodded.

As the sect leader, he was very happy now, but he couldn’t lose his demeanor.

Yang Lele didn’t waste words. He took out two banknotes from his robes and passed them to Wen Ping. “This is the entry fee for both of us.”

“The two of you?”

“Mn, this friend of mine also wants to join the Immortal Sect.”

“Understood. Later on, I’ll get Uncle Wang to bring you guys to your lodgings. If there’s something else, let’s talk tomorrow.”

Every time he glanced at the ling fish beside Yang Lele, Wen Ping would feel very joyful in his heart.

However, Zhao Qing interrupted their conversation. “Lele, who says that I want to join the Immortal Sect?”

After speaking, Zhao Qing seized back a stack of banknotes from Wen Ping’s hands and squeezed it into Yang Lele’s hands before turning to leave.

Before Yang Lele could stop her, Wen Ping calmly said, “Leaving just like that? There are ling fish in the lakes. They have a human face and the body of a fish, and also hands and legs, with their voices sounding like that of a child. Since you are fated to come to my Immortal Sect today, don’t you feel it’s a pity if you don’t take a look around?”

Zhao Qing’s steps abruptly stopped.

She felt extremely shocked, and it took her a very long time to regain her composure because Wen Ping was the first human that had seen through her true identity.

When she turned and faced Wen Ping again, her earlier disdain had disappeared although the Immortal Sect Leader was merely at the eighth level of the Body Refinement Realm.

Wen Ping continued, “If you want to become stronger, the Immortal Sect welcomes you. If you want to leave, I can tell you that not a single place in the entire Eastern Lake will be better than my Immortal Sect.”

After seeing Zhao Qing stop, although Yang Lele didn’t understand Wen Ping’s words, he also agreed with Wen Ping. “That’s true, I can guarantee this point. Just the gravity field alone is something you will never want to leave after stepping inside it.”

“Gravity field?” Zhao Qing pondered over these two words that she didn’t understand. However, she basically couldn’t infer anything. She then said, “Let me take a walk around this place then. I only hope that Sect Leader Wen’s words are true.”

“It won’t be fake. Lele, bring her there.”

Wen Ping smiled. After giving the instructions, he turned and beckoned for them to follow him as he headed off in that direction.

…

“This!”

When Zhao Qing entered the gravity field, the sudden surge in pressure caused her face to pale. She basically didn’t have the composure that demonic creatures should have.

After casting a glance at Yang Lele, she saw that he was currently trying to dodge the red-colored laser beams. He was gritting his teeth and seemed to be exerting a lot of force. However, he didn’t give up.

“This place actually makes me feel so heavy.”

After sighing, Zhao Qing started to move around. She remembered the words Yang Lele had told her before. She had to adapt to this gravity first.

One step.

Two steps.

One step.

Two steps.

Five to six minutes passed like this. Zhao Qing started to circulate the qi in her body to enhance her strength and better adjust with the gravity here.

However, this circulation of qi…

At this moment, Zhao Qing’s mouth was wide open in amazement. She stared with astonishment at her hands and intently sensed the qi circulation with her body.

The speed at which her breath was converted to qi was too fast.

The speed of qi circulation was also too fast.

It was truly like what Yang Lele had said. There was a 9x increment effect!

This was such a magical place. Although Wen Ping hadn’t said that he wanted her to join, even if he wanted to chase her away right now, she would be unwilling to leave.

A 9x increment, ah!

Wouldn’t the weakness of the demon race when it came to cultivation speed be directly negated?

Not long later, Yang Lele’s voice drifted over. “If you choose combat mode, you can enjoy an increment to all aspects.”

“Mn!”

Zhao Qing nodded and listened to Yang Lele’s suggestion, directly changing it to combat mode.

By doing so, four laser beams in the gravity field tried to shoot at Zhao Qing. Right now, she was silently mumbling as she dodged the laser beams.

Her consumption and recovery rate was actually proceeding 9x quicker.

Moreover, the circulation of qi and the mastery gained through the usage of cultivation arts also increased by a factor of 9.

The most terrifying thing was that two hours in here was equal to 18 hours on the outside.

“Lele, many thanks for bringing me to the Immortal Sect,” Zhao Qing said the words that she had never said for the past ten years.

Even for the person who had saved her life, she had never said any words of thanks.

Hearing this, Yang Lele smiled and replied, “Hehe, we are all friends. However, you will soon hate me.”

“That won’t happen. Because you brought me to the Immortal Sect, I will be thankful to you all my life.”

“Try thanking me again after two hours.”

Yang Lele chortled. He bent his body and caught his breath before he started to cultivate unceasingly.

[1] similar to mermaids in western culture