novelraw Chapter 233 Are there any outsiders like us in your village?
Chapter 233 Are there any outsiders like us in your village?
Good heavens! I'm just a newbie who has just established my foundation. If you just throw me into a cultivation world full of powerful cultivators like this, are you trying to kill me?
In her past life, she read in novels that the cultivation world was a dog-eat-dog world, full of bloodshed. "I, a law-abiding child born in the new society and raised under the red flag, can't possibly compete!"
Tong Yuheng's imagination ran wild, making him feel depressed!
She returned to Yuyao's side and saw her trusting and expectant gaze. She sighed inwardly: "Sigh! Who told me to transmigrate into this world and completely distort the plot? Well, I'll try my best to fix it for the better!"
"Yuyao, we can't find the exit yet. Let's rest and replenish our strength." She took out the food stored in her space and handed a lunchbox to Yuyao. It was still warm.
Seeing her curious yet restrained expression, she said, "Weren't you curious when I suddenly took out so much fruit?"
Tong Yuyao looked up at her in surprise, nodded hurriedly, and looked curious, waiting to listen carefully.
Tong Yuheng briefly recounted how he opened a spatial dimension with the family heirloom jade pendant, later acquired several items from the Ancient Martial Arts Association, and began cultivating magic. These miraculous experiences left Yuyao speechless with envy.
Upon learning that Xiao Wu also possessed a storage space, she said understandingly, "Sister, Xiao Wu is all alone out there, so it's only right to give her such a magical thing. You're planning to get a storage space for each of us through the trial mission, right?"
"So, I still need to work harder! I was planning to tell you later..."
"It's a pity we can't help. But don't worry, we don't really need that thing right now."
Remembering the stones that their eldest sister had let them play with before, they realized that their eldest sister had tested their spiritual roots. If they could cultivate, their eldest sister would definitely teach them.
Unfortunately, none of them had the aptitude to cultivate immortal techniques, which was something that couldn't be helped, although there was a little bit of regret in their hearts.
"I'm telling you this now because I suspect that there might be cultivators in that small village whom we've never seen before, and there might be unknown and enormous dangers." Tong Yuheng shared some of his speculations with her.
"Big sister, I'm not afraid! Whatever you say, I'll listen to you!" Tong Yuyao was very firm; her confidence in her big sister needed no reason.
"Alright! Let's go there and see how they get out! We don't need to worry too much; even in the cultivation world, there are newbies like me, right?"
"You're so powerful and you're still a newbie? What's the cultivation world like then? Can you really move mountains and fill seas with a flick of your wrist? It feels even more worrying than those superpowered individuals!" Yu Yao was both curious and worried.
"Worrying won't help. There are still many things in this world that we can't understand. Let's go, let's go to the village first!" Tong Yuheng helped his sister walk towards the mountain village.
It's true what they say, "Looking at a mountain makes you want to run yourself ragged." The mountain village that didn't seem too far away took them an hour to reach. Instead, halfway there, they encountered the two black bears from before, who led a large group of villagers out of the village to greet them.
The group of people were all dressed in ancient costumes, making them feel like they had stepped onto the set of an ancient film! Which dynasty was this? Tang Dynasty? Song Dynasty? Or Ming Dynasty?
The two sisters were not very familiar with this. There weren't many ancient films to refer to in this era, and in her previous life, ancient films had been drastically altered by fictionalization and other means, making them vastly different from reality.
In her previous life, Tong Yuheng had seen many people who liked to wear Hanfu, but she had no interest in it and couldn't figure out what style these people were wearing. In short, these clothes were drab and the fabric looked rough, far inferior to the gorgeous and bright Hanfu she had seen in her previous life.
"Are you outsiders? Do people outside dress like this now? What dynasty are we living in?" an old woman asked curiously.
"Ladies, how did you get here?" asked another middle-aged man who looked like a leader.
"Hello, we fell down from a sinkhole and were led in through a cave by a group of monkeys and these two black bears."
"That road is very dark and long, and I can't find it now. Can you tell us how to get out?" Tong Yuheng asked.
"You can't get out after you come in? Sigh! It seems that outsiders are no different!" Another elderly man with gray hair and beard said, his eyes turning from hopeful to disappointed in an instant.
Once they're in, they can't get out? What does that mean? Are they trapped here too?
Tong Yuheng observed everyone in front of her. She could tell that the leader was a cultivator, but only at the third level of Qi Refining, making him an even less skilled cultivator than herself!
"Uncle, you said we are outsiders. Are there any other outsiders like us in your village?" Tong Yuheng suppressed his cultivation to the seventh level of Qi Refining and inquired about their situation.
"No, no, I should address you as senior! There are no outsiders here! You two are the first outsiders we've ever met." He sensed that this woman was a cultivator, and much more powerful than him, so he spoke extremely politely.
"You don't need to be so polite. People who aren't at the same cultivation level all address each other as fellow Daoists, and those from the same sect are called fellow disciples, right? My surname is Tong, you can just call me Fellow Daoist Tong." Tong Yuheng asked the question based on the common knowledge of cultivation she had read in miscellaneous notes.
"Then please forgive my impertinence, Fellow Daoist Tong, are there still many high-level cultivators outside? May I ask, are you proficient in formations?"
"In my sect, I have the lowest cultivation level. I haven't had any contact with cultivators from other sects, so I don't know their situation. As for formations, I only know a little bit about them and am not proficient at them!"
Tong Yuheng was genuinely not proficient in formations; she focused her main energy on scientific research and work. Aside from squeezing out time for cultivation, she spent almost all her remaining time researching elixir refining.
She used the points she earned from planting spiritual plants, refining pills, and participating in Qi Refining Zone trials to exchange for medicinal herbs that her family needed. At most, she exchanged for two array plates, which she placed at her home in Qing Shi County to protect her family.
She didn't know if there were other cultivators in this world, but she didn't want to tell them too much about the outside world; she needed to maintain a certain level of mystery.
"Fellow Daoist Tong is too modest!" The man quickened his pace, clearly intending to test her abilities.
Tong Yuheng didn't say anything. He simply put his arm around Yuyao's waist and hung her on his body while following her at a leisurely pace, listening to her rambling about the situation here. This rambling went on to talk about eight hundred years ago.