Chapter 1254 The Mortalhood Trial

Chapter 1254 The Mortalhood Trial

[AN: Xu Junyao is changed to Xun Junyao to differentiate her last name from Xu Shi.]

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The chaos erupted. Lights, weapons, and transformations flashed everywhere in the auction. However, it was evident that the army had the advantage as they captured most of the participants instead of killing them. Meanwhile, Wang Wei was the only one calm and still sitting down.

Someone busted into his room and looked around, including past him, but saw nothing. Then, the person left in confusion. As soon as the trouble started, he used his Time Dao to enter, or maybe create, a parallel space-time similar to the mirror dimension so he could see and interact with everyone else, but they couldn't do the same to him.

'Well, I might as well get something out of this,' he thought. Wang Wei did not leave but went directly to the auction's treasury. These people were confident in themselves, probably thinking that no one would be brave enough to steal from them, so their protective measures were mediocre, to say the least.

Wang Wei stole everything, including a small amount of Re-Life Iron, probably enough to make one or two talismans. The problem now is where to find someone to make it for him. He doubted the Flame Blacksmith could refine talisman since his expertise lay in weapons.

As Wang Wei was about to leave this facade, he sensed a powerful person in one of the rooms, which he learned was where the auction's manager lived. So, he decided to take a look. He passed through the door and saw two people staring at each other.

To be precise, a beautiful woman with a phoenix headdress and red hanfu glared at a man looking at the floor while trying to make himself as small as possible. The mighty person he sensed was the phoenix woman, as her cultivation was the peak of the Empyrean Realm, and she was close to opening the Gate of Power.

"Well?" she asked.

"I really didn't know it was a fake."

"You keep saying that, but do you think this is good enough?"

"Lady White Phoenix, even you were almost fooled by this fake. What can someone as lowly as me do in such a situation?" U//ppTodated fr/o/m nô/v/e/lb(i)n.c(o)\/m

White Phoenix looked at this fake third-tier Re-life Iron on her left hand. It was indeed an excellent fake, and if not for her unique ocular prowess, the Heavenly Phoenix Eye, she would have missed it.

"Your excuse is good, but it's not enough," White Phoenix declared. "This operation was supposed to lure these ridiculous rebels and maybe even some excellent fishes, but you ruin it." According to the plan, they wanted to use the excuse that the price the iron sold was not to their liking, so they would delay this auction by another month — all in the hope of the news traveling far and luring some important individual. Sadly, this plan failed once they realized someone had stolen the real thing, leaving a fake.

"You should have listened to my advice, postponed the operation, and bought a new iron," the manager complained. He suddenly felt a surge of strength and looked her in the eyes.

"Do you think it was easy to put this operation together?" Lady White Phoenix snapped. She knew how much effort she put into convincing these people to lend her this iron without someone labeling her a traitor. Forget about continuing the operation, and she will be in major trouble after returning home; she might even be executed.

"Oh? What did you talk about?"

"He wanted an invitation to your celebration?"

"So, your friend is also intrigued by my beauty?" Xun Junyao asked with a playful voice.

"Something like that."

"Is something wrong?" Xun Junyao asked.

"Master, is there a way for me to become an Empyrean in like a few Yuan Epochs?"

'What's gotten into him?' Xun Junyao thought. "How few are we talking about?"

"Let's say, less than 1000 — no — less than 500 Yuan Epochs."

"Are you crazy?"

"I'm serious!" Xiao Tiandi has been thinking about this on his way here, and he could not think of a solution other than gathering merit. He could try to awaken his physique a third time, which would boost his cultivation speed, but the chances of succeeding were astronomical low. From the records, only one person in the Eternal Ascension World achieved a third physique awakening while an Emperor, but the records stated clearly this person was extremely lucky to have survived.

Xun Junyao looked at him intently: "What did your friend say to make you act like this?"

"That's not important right now,' Xiao Tiandi replied. "So, do you know of a way?"

"Hmm, I can only think of the Mortalhood Trial, but that might as well be a myth," Xun Junyao replied.

"What is it?"

"It's a trial for immortals in which they sacrifice their eternal life for an exponential boost in cultivation speed. The participant will have a limited lifespan based on their cultivation realm, and if they cannot get through to the next stage before time runs out, they die permanently.'Just like True Power Realm body refiners,' Xiao Tiandi thought. "And it's true death?"

"That's correct," Xun Junyao said. Being an Eternal or other cannot save someone who enters that trial.

"How do I get into that trial?"

"As I said, it might as well be a myth," Xun Junyao replied. "The trial is not something that originated from our world, but from Primordial Chaos. No one knows, or, I should say, I don't know the criteria for it to appear in any world. The last time it appeared in our world was before the Golden Era."