novelraw Chapter 1638 - 1637 - Pair
Chapter 1638 - 1637 - Pair
Lind was a long time coming back from the darkness. He had not felt that bad in so long it was almost nostalgic. He had been thrashed on the island when he first arrived by battle but extending his dantian and aura far beyond his limits was not something he had done in a long time.
His body felt leaden as well as if a great many heavy objects had been dropped on his head.
His eyes were sticky as blood had long dried over them but he slowly cleared them and looked around. He found himself in a strange golden plane.
There was no sky, floor, or any true context of how he was laying down but he realized his ship and his companions were missing.
He tried to scan but a sharp pain in both his skull and dantian told him that was a bad idea.
He then just tried to use his Talents but those failed badly as well. His eyes began to bleed and his actual meridians screamed in pain as well.
He did not panic too much as there was no sign of destruction and Karu was nearly as strong as he was. Gaia was far weaker in many ways but in her bloodline abilities she was on par with both of them.
Their young charge should have been totally isolated and safe in the medical bay by its independent systems.
He tried to reach out to Haro but there was no response from his ring which finally worried him. The things that could suppress his ring spirit lately were very slim. None of them were good usually.
He looked around but nothing presented itself.
"Hello?" He tempted his luck but his voice was absorbed with no echo or the usual feeling of it fading away as it would in an open space. What was going on?
He eventually recovered enough to stand up but it was an odd feeling. He was clearly standing on a surface yet his feet did not give him feedback like they normally would.
It was like standing in the air without actually flying or floating at all. He had no explanation for it all.
He was about to try to cultivate when he was suddenly at a simple wooden table with a steaming cup of tea in front of him. There was no sensation of teleportation nor any movement at all.
It was as if he had always been at the table despite previously being in a golden space before.
A cracked golden medallion drew his eyes and he actually cried out.
He gently ran his fingers over the mark of his first Master. The damage was irreparable. He could tell without scanning it.
He had gotten it long after he left the Lotus Empire but it was very precious to him.
The clink of ceramic dishes snapped him up to see 2 identical men calmly sipping the tea from a very understated set of glasses and pot. The room was not fancy either but purely functional.
Shelves full of the bare minimum of jade slips, scrolls, and materials was on par with a mortal workshop but no higher.
He had no doubt who was across from him but he only cupped his hands in respect before sipping at the tea.
He immediately felt much better. His internal damage was much worse than expected but now it was repaired with ease. The blood also vanished from his robes!
He had no idea how that worked but he dared not speak until the pair asked for it. They were identical but their features were not fixed.
At one point they were dark haired and dark eyed as he remembered his Master but then blonde with crimson eyes and the colors were the least of the changes.
Well muscled bodies were replaced with lithe ones and not always in sync to each other. He had no way of knowing which was which but instinctively he looked to his left.
A small smile spread across the man's face.
"Told you." The scoff of the other was apparent but in good nature. The man on his left then became very familiar to Lind.
He also saw the room shift shockingly to the old shop of the Lotus Empire!
"Hmmm, it seems one of my many seedlings found a good one. So few remain and even fewer made it to the Divine Lands." The pair looked both despondent at the words.
"Are you aware of all that has happened?" Where he was was already apparent but he had to ask. Both men smiled wide at him.
""We are.""
They answered in perfect sync with only a barely detected dissonance to separate their voices.
Lind then saw the sky change and witnessed from the outside his purely reckless plan and the cost it brought to his vessel.
The main power channels were completely obliterated, the various support artifacts likely went with them. He did see a shining emerald gem that had to be the medical bay, survived but the rest of the ship was a shambles.
"Your companions are safe. They will recover and face their own opportunities but they are now tied to you. The longer you last, the better their benefit." Lind snapped back to the pair only to find them drastically different.
Two identical men with eyes that were bottomless wells of power seemed to loom over him. Their robes were sheer art to his senses.
Younger Twin was green, gold, and tan while Older Twin was crimson, black, and blue. The 6 natural elements with 2 perfectly paired and a third opposed to push all 3 forward as primary elements.
With both of them working together, the sheer power had to be unimaginable.
"Am I allowed to ask questions?" The pair nodded. "Why is your Inheritance intact when the Ruined Islands destroyed so many others?"
It was key. He had felt the chaos out there and no power he knew of could resist but both men smiled at him.
"We were not young when we made this place. Divine Inheritances are not equal. You have faced the ones made for testing a Dragon True Lord but those are nothing compared to us. An Apprentice Tier can make an Inheritance but what is treasure to lower realms are dross to us." Each word flowed from both of them at once.
It was almost as if they were a single being yet their expertise was vastly different.
They then became solemn.
"We made this place together as our last great work. We each had a place left for ourselves respective to our duties but this was purely ours. Afterward, we would attempt to take the next step." Lind felt a jolt of confirmation.
Another realm! There was indeed a higher realm and the Bastard was aiming for it!
As if reading his mind, both men became grim.
"We have sensed your path and know something of what you are. You are both a miracle and last hope mixed together. This is not a place of destiny. We do not care about that. You must make your own path with the opportunities you can grasp." Lind nodded before bowing low.
"I never intended anything less. Will I be restricted from advancing here?" Both men smiled now and the world changed to a massive platform of gold, silver, and who knew what else. Lind could not identify half of it!
A tribulation platform unlike anything he had ever seen!
The small shop returned but he had one last question for them.
"You are connected to all your Inheritances and Wills, why has no one killed the Bastard before now?" Lind knew Fiends were not invulnerable. They could die like anyone else; it just took a hell of a lot more effort.
The pair waved their hands and Lind saw it.
Wars. Endless and brutal wars waged to secretly let the Fiends grow. No one really understood the horror of the race like the modern world. It was far too late and the Bastard was a coward on top of the source of it all.
The machinations and long term planning were all too familiar to Lind. It was all in service to the Bastard.
And the damned greedy nature of cultivation powers played right into it. Rather than work together, they just kept vying for resources and strength while feeding the very monster that now threatened them all.
He sighed as it only confirmed previous leads but he had wanted to know. He needed to know that he was not just fighting the Bastard but also the thrice cursed nature of cultivation.
"I am ready to begin." Lind vanished from the room instantly.
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The pair reverted to their more humble selves once Lind was gone. The one on the right now smiled and held up an open palm to his brother.
Younger Twin sighed as he pulsed with golden energy that he passed to his older brother.
"Stop being smug. I thought for sure he would ask when we made this place." His older brother just shrugged at him.
"It is only his 11th time coming here. Besides, you felt it. He finally got it right. The chains were broken. He is at last what he needs to be." The smiles slid from their faces as they looked up far beyond the current storm around their Inheritance.
"Should we tell him?" Younger Twin asked quietly but Older Twin shook his head.
"You know what happened last time. It leads to nothing good. He will learn if he succeeds. If he fails this time, nothing will matter anymore, even for us." The pair slowly dissolved as an empty golden space returned.