Shadowless Race and Shadow Race (Part 1)
“Because their artefacts’ Primordial Yin Yangs haven’t found new masters. If they had passed away, their Primordial Yin Yangs would likely belong to new owners by now,” Mu Yu clarified.
Cheng Yan elaborated, “Kongkong and Miaomiao are unaware they possess Primordial Yin Yang energy. Nonetheless, they’re particularly close to Shifu and believe he’s still alive.”
Tian Ran fastened her grip on Mu Yu’s hand. “He’s still alive.”
Mu Yu pulled Tian Ran in by the shoulder. “Shifu will be all right. We’re going to rescue him.
Cheng Yan set out his cup of tea. “Mu Yu, I need to have a word in private with you. Everyone else should focus on recovering from the battle.”
“All right.”
Once they arrived at a small courtyard without anyone around – Xiaoshuai following along – Mu Yu spawned two chairs for Xiaoshuai and himself. “What is it, First Brother?”
“… You destroyed Ghost Gate and Celestial Star Sect?”
“Yes.”
“I assume you know Ghost Gate’s underground secret, then?”
“You knew about it? You’ve been there already?”
“I don’t have to go there to know. You can always learn from others.”
“Where have you been all this time?”
“Moving on, you’re the only one left.”
“I don’t follow.”
“Ascend to Apotheosis Realm.”
“You mean… Lie Shang and Xiang Nan have both…”
Cheng Yan gestured “Yes” with his head. “They’ve both obtained domain abilities.”
Xiaoshuai pinched Mu Yu’s ear and, sounding disillusioned, reproached, “Mu Yu, look at you! You’re only at Ascension Realm Sixth Layer. I told you to train assiduously, but you never listen.”
“I’m about to sell you to a brothel.”
“They have nice food at brothels, right?”
Mu Yu scrubbed Xiaoshuai’s head. “I’ll do my best not to be dead weight.”
“You misunderstand. It has nothing to do with your cultivation speed; your aptitude is as good as ours. What we have grasped isn’t our domains but the spirit lords’ domains.”
“Is there a difference?”
“Put it this way: I’m only an Ascension Realm cultivator if you judge me based on conventional cultivation rate; the same goes for Lie Shang and Xiang Nan. If we had another two years, we might reach Ascension Realm. You know as well as I do that time isn’t on our side at the moment.”
“How did you reach Ascension Realm, then?”
“Like Lie Shang and Xiang Nan, I’ve accepted Ru Shou’s will and taken his power.”
“Does that mean you’re no longer the old Cheng Yan?” Mu Yu’s pitch dropped an octave.
“Unlike Xiang Nan and Lie Shang, I only merged our powers, not our minds, so I have retained my own personality.”
“How did you do that?”
“I approached you to explain this to you so that you could ascend to Apotheosis Realm. I learnt how to do it from shadow race and shadowless race.”
Ju Mang, startled, thought, Doesn’t that mean Cheng Yan could kill me now?
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