novelraw Chapter 1116 - 333: Starting from Zero?
Chapter 1116 - 333: Starting from Zero?
Chapter 333 [Starting from Zero?]
Chen Yan immediately recalled the intense sense of danger his Divine Sense had detected before he opened that door.
Does this place punish me on its own?
Chen Yan asked, "A Magical Treasure? Or some highly discerning Array?"
The old man didn’t answer but poured himself another glass of wine, downed it in one gulp, then stood up: "I’ve eaten your food and answered a few questions, so we’re even."
With that, the old man turned around and walked away, closing the door behind him with a bang.
Chen Yan blinked, watching the old man leave, then looked at the fire, the roasted meat, the beer, and finally at the room full of stone cabinets.
Well then, let’s just...
Read.
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Cultivation Hall.
Zhan Li walked through the entrance of the Cultivation Hall. The Tributor standing at the door glanced indifferently at the Cave Maiden entering but said nothing, merely watching as she entered slowly.
If Chen Yan were here, he would be amazed at how much more impressive the interior of this Cultivation Hall was compared to the Library Archives he was used to.
Both had ceilings over six meters high, but the towering stone cabinets here were carved more intricately and luxuriously.
Inside the cabinets were rows of stone boxes, faintly glowing with the light of Arrays. The walls were adorned with exquisite relief murals, even some ancient, damaged Magical Artifacts were suspended.
These Magical Artifacts had been used by ancestors of the Black Wood Tribe, some famously so, having played significant roles in historical events, leaving behind great renown alongside their masters.
Once damaged or when the masters passed away, they were stored in this "Cultivation Hall."
In the hall, around them stood several large stone pillars, their tops glowing with a gentle light, an advanced Illumination Array brightening the hall as if it were daylight.
If one looked closely, they could see that the tops of the stone pillars were embedded with some very advanced Array materials.
After entering, Zhan Li headed straight to the deepest part of the hall.
There were several rows of bookshelves here, and after silently browsing for a while, she picked up a few books in front of a shelf, slowly sat on the ground, and began reading.
She sat there for more than two hours, soon surrounded by several scrolls and manuscripts of various Techniques of the Ghost Race she had gone through.
But the more Zhan Li read, the paler she became, her eyes harboring a restrained inner flame. At this moment, the Cave Maiden’s demeanor seemed to be in a delicate state:
She appeared worn out and fragile, as if close to breaking, yet her eyes and expression carried an unyielding resolve, like a sharp blade being honed to a keen edge.
After more than two hours of perusing the texts, a trace of disappointment appeared in Zhan Li’s eyes.
No records!
The so-called falling from one level, from Extraordinary back to Mortal Cultivator, from Celestial Human Realm falling back to the Third Realm, then cultivating anew...
It’s easier said than done!!
To abolish one’s Cultivation is simple enough, gather enough Mana to strike one’s own vitals, or sever all meridians across the body, or ingest some poison targeting cultivators to abolish all Cultivation...
But, this method would lead to the cultivator becoming a cripple!
Zhan Li did not want to become a cripple; she wanted to fall to the Third Realm and then cultivate again.
To rely on her own strength to climb the pinnacle of the Realm-Breaking Celestial once more!
Yet there were no specific methods recorded.
After consulting several Ghost Race texts, Zhan Li found nothing, placing the manuscripts down with a disappointed sigh.
At that moment, Zhan Li was suddenly alert; she heard a rustling sound coming from her right side.
Zhan Li abruptly turned her head and saw, about seven or eight steps away, a figure on the side of a bookshelf, slowly moving from the shadows, as if turning over.
Is someone sleeping?
Zhan Li was taken aback, then suddenly wary!
Even if she had attained her Celestial Human Realm through external means, she was still a genuine Celestial Human Realm!
With her level of cultivation, even if this person had been lying under the bookshelf before she arrived, how could she not have detected someone lying so close by?!
As a Cave Maiden of the Black Wood Tribe, Zhan Li naturally knew that there were numerous Black Wood Tribe Tributor Cultivators within the Cultivation Hall.
These cultivators had relinquished power and status within the Black Wood Tribe to engage in a form of "Ascetic Cultivation" here.
This was a tradition within the Black Wood Tribe; Ghost Race cultivators, upon reaching a bottleneck in cultivation, could temporarily forgo worldly matters in the tribe to engage in Ascetic Cultivation in the hall, remaining disconnected from worldly affairs during the process.
This Ascetic Cultivation could last as little as three to five years, or even decades to tens of years.
However, since Zhan Li was a Cave Maiden, she knew clearer than most that no cultivator currently engaged in Ascetic Cultivation in the hall had a level of cultivation that was extraordinary!
The Ghost Race had been in dire straits for decades; any cultivator reaching beyond the Celestial Human Realm would become a major figure within the Ghost Race, with no reason to hide away for Ascetic Cultivation!
In the tribe, being an elder with power firmly in hand, isn’t that more appealing?
Zhan Li knew that those engaged in Ascetic Cultivation within the hall were all below the Third Realm, with no higher cultivation than her own. She could even recite their names with her eyes closed.
Intrigued, Zhan Li glanced curiously over and saw the figure lying in the shadow under the bookshelf slowly roll over and sit up in a lazy manner.