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Chapter 336: [Ancient Secret Spice]

“Is this not enough information about the foreign race?” thought Lu Xun as he listened to his Master’s words.

The Master’s response was exactly like their usual one:

“That’s all?”

After pondering for a few seconds, Lu Xun sorted out his own knowledge and intelligence about the foreign race. After considering, he didn’t add anything further.

He had said all that he could say. Some pieces of information, once spoken, couldn’t be taken back.

Besides, there was a beneficial piece of information he knew – the Master appeared to extremely dislike the foreign race!

The Eastern Region, where the Demon Sect is located, is nothing short of forbidden ground to the foreign race. Every time a foreigner dared to step foot in, the Master would put a mark on the intruder using his divine thought, and then his third senior brother would be deployed to eliminate them.

Lu Xun had personally witnessed the ease with which his third senior brother had neatly scattered the ashes of a female of the foreign race.

Although he didn’t know why the Master was so disgusted with the foreign race, or whether the Master knew something he didn’t, Lu Xun understood that regardless of the Master-disciple relationship, or based on the Master’s own attitude, the Master was on his side.

So, pretending to be stupid, he recited the interrogation details of Yin Tian again, then said, “I have only asked these questions. As I lack experience, have I overlooked something?”

I mean, I’m young, my cultivation base is low, you can supplement wherever you see a problem as the teacher, right?

On hearing this, the Master, unusually, stared at Lu Xun for a few moments, regarded his scoundrel-like appearance and uttered:

“Hmm!”

He raised his right hand, the little finger cocked, as if wanting to say something to Lu Xun but then reconsidered.

He waved his hand and said, “Take a rest, I’ll go and talk with Shen Yan and the others.”

As he finished, he transformed into a streak of light and disappeared.

Seeing the Master taking action personally, Lu Xun released a long sigh of relief.

His gamble had paid off.

Ever since his third senior brother had dealt with that foreign woman, Lu Xun had been speculating that maybe the Master knew something.

One was sure to be in a better position to negotiate if it was the Master talking instead of Lu Xun.

Moreover, based on his memory from his past life playing “Heavenly Dust”, among the Seven Great Sects, the Demon Sect was the first to make a clear stand on dealing with the foreign race, and it was a very firm stance.

When he was playing the game, he didn’t pay much attention to this information, viewing it as just a part of the game’s lore. As a player, his only concern was to kill monsters and complete quests.

Now, thinking back, it was quite intriguing indeed.

Seeing that the Master had headed for the Demon Sect’s main peak, Lu Xun approached his third senior brother and asked, “Second senior sister, third senior brother, has the Master been observing this power for some time now?”

Second senior sister Gu Xiaoman didn’t say anything, third senior brother was more authoritative on this matter. After all, he had killed quite a few foreigners within the Eastern Region. He opened his mouth and said:

“The Master said that there’s a disgusting aura on these people. He suspects that these people are remnants of the disaster from the ancient times.”

“What!?” Lu Xun was taken aback, “Disaster from the ancient times?”

Third senior brother nodded, “Yes, the disaster from the ancient times.”

“Third senior brother, could you provide more details?” Lu Xun asked.

This was a secret not fully explored by the players in his previous life before he transmigrated!

He knew there was such a disaster, but he had no idea what exactly had happened.

In all likelihood, there weren’t many within the whole of the Heavenly Dust Continent who knew the circumstances!

Zhuge Lai Fu nodded, “There’s not much that second senior sister and I know. Perhaps the eldest senior brother knows more. I’ll tell you what I know.”

As the third senior brother narrated, Lu Xun gained a basic understanding of the so-called disaster from the ancient times.

The ancient times of the Heavenly Dust Continent have a long history.

Previously, the threshold for cultivation in the ancient times was high; at least 5 ripples of Enlightenment were required to practice cultivation.

Even the talented individuals of today would be at the bottom in the ancient times.

It wasn’t until after the disaster that a great cultivator emerged and revised the basic method, improved the way of cultivation, and lowered the threshold for cultivation. Now, a person with 1 Enlightenment could cultivate.

The new era of cultivators had just begun!

Discussing the ancient times, there were not as many cultivators as there are now. But since they all had decent talents, and the spiritual energy back then was richer, most of them were advanced cultivators.

Yes, it is said that the concentration of spiritual energy in the ancient times was at least twice as potent as it is now!

That’s also why the Monster Clan thrived in the ancient period.

The Monster Clan, relying more on nature’s spiritual energy and the Essence of the Sun and the Moon for cultivating than human cultivators do.

The cultivation speed of the Monster Clan is slow in the early stages, and it is even more of a handicap under the condition of insufficient spiritual energy.

Although Monsters cultivators are often stronger under the same level of cultivation, due to the decrease in spiritual energy, their power started to decline over time.

Until now, there has been no Great Saint in the Monster Clan.

“The energy of the spirit is less than before?” Lu Xun couldn’t help but speak.

The third senior brother nodded and said, “Just now I heard you Little Junior Brother say, these foreigners cannot provide nourishment to the world after they die, but they can absorb and convert spiritual energy on ordinary days, and the ratio of absorbing ten to saving one, is worth pondering.”

Could it be… that the so-called catastrophe of the ancient times, was many years ago, the first foreign invasion of the Heavenly Dust Continent?

And what we are facing now is actually the second foreign invasion?

“If it were as what you said, these people are remnants of the disaster of the ancient times, then it would make sense,” Lu Xun said.

“But third senior brother, why such an important event has such little record?” Lu Xun was puzzled.

The third senior brother shook his head and said, “I don’t know about that.”

After saying this, he looked up at the second senior sister in the black Daoist robe standing on the stone and asked, “Second senior sister, do you have anything to add?”

The second senior sister in a black Daoist robe with a thin back replied, “No… Nothing.”

It seemed that the second senior sister also had limited knowledge.

There seemed to be something hidden behind it.

However, with the memories after the large-scale arrival of foreigners from his previous life in mind, Lu Xun found many things illogical.

But he couldn’t understand it for a while.

Let’s not think about it for now, he’ll take one step at a time.

There are currently some disjointed pieces, which cannot form a complete picture, he still needs to get a handle on more pieces.

At this time, Lu Xun thought of something else.

– Where’s my dimwitted crow?

He had instructed Xu Zhongcheng to return to the Demon Sect with his crow, so the crow should have returned to the back mountain of the Demon Sect a long time ago.

But how come he didn’t see it after he came back?

“Third Senior Brother, where is the Spirit Crow that I raised?” Lu Xun asked.

“Oh, your crow has gone into seclusion,” the third senior brother said.

“Seclusion?” Lu Xun was taken aback.

“Yes, the crow is said to be in seclusion,” the third senior brother said.

Lu Xun opened his pet interface and saw that the status of the crow read ‘unknown.’

Could it be really in seclusion for cultivation, constantly levelling up?

But, even a dim-witted crow practising in seclusion feels weird.

However, when he thinks about the possible connection between this crow and the fourth-generation master of the Boundless Mountain, the smiling puppet, it becomes understandable.

At this time, the third senior brother stood up and said, “Let’s go back to the Small Study first. Our second senior sister has reached the critical moment of her breakthrough, and we should not disturb her too much.”

Lu Xun nodded, looking up at the thin figure on the stone.

Is second senior sister finally going to breakthrough her cultivation?

That is to say, second senior sister won’t have to confine herself to the bamboo forest and can finally come out of seclusion!?

(First update.)