novelraw Chapter 69 – Who comes out of the Cursed Land?
Chapter 69 – Who comes out of the Cursed Land?
**February 2nd, under the protection of the old maid, you arrived at the Cursed Land and entered the village.**
**You wandered around the village...**
**You did not see the mysterious middle-aged man.**
**This did not surprise you.**
**According to the memories of your past life, you arrived at this village 26 days earlier this time, so it's normal that the mysterious middle-aged man hasn't appeared yet.**
**In the following days, you roamed around the village, hoping to encounter the middle-aged man.**
**You wanted to uncover his identity.**
**Your intuition told you that the middle-aged man held a great secret. For him to possess the unnamed bronze book, he couldn't be an ordinary person. At the very least, he must be a cultivator of the fourth realm of the Martial Path. To dare enter the village on the edge of the Cursed Land, he must either be highly skilled and courageous or ignorant and fearless.**
**Clearly, the middle-aged man belonged to the former.**
**Moreover, the several Supreme Golden Bones deep within the Cursed Land made you highly suspicious that the Five Gates of Heaven might be a grand scheme set by some old monster. If one truly mastered this technique, they might unwittingly become a pawn, ending up on someone's menu, served on a dining table.**
**Therefore, you were eager to find the middle-aged man to learn about the secrets of the Five Gates of Heaven.**
**You wandered the village for over ten days.**
**You interacted with many people.**
**You gathered quite a few rumors and hearsay.**
**For instance.**
**A traveling merchant said that in all directions of Great Wei, at the end of the heavens, there is nothing but vast oceans, endless and boundless. Only to the east, adjacent to the Cursed Land of the Hundred-Thousand Great Mountains, do the mountains stretch continuously, layer upon layer, where the sun and moon rise and set. Perhaps, beyond the Cursed Land, on the other side of the mountains, there lies another world, a world of cultivation prosperity recorded only in ancient texts.**
**Some martial artists scoffed at this notion, arguing that if there truly was a grand era of cultivation, then Great Wei would be the last pure land under the heavens. For over the years, many Heaven-Human powerhouses have set sail to explore the unknown, only to vanish without a trace, never to return. This suggests that something dangerous exists outside, perhaps as mysterious and unpredictable as the Death Qi of the Cursed Land.**
**...**
**Time flew by.**
**On February 26th, as you were wandering around the village as usual, you suddenly saw two figures emerging from the Cursed Land.**
**One was an elderly man with white hair and beard, dressed in a white robe, exuding an aura of immortality.**
**The other had a heroic face, wearing a gray long robe, approaching middle age... The moment you saw him, a familiar feeling surged in your heart.**
**You were certain that this was the mysterious middle-aged man.**
**However, what shocked you was that these two had actually walked out from the Cursed Land... You suspected it might be due to the protection of the unnamed bronze book.**
Chen Shi fell into deep thought.
Based on the analysis of the last simulation where he absorbed Death Qi for body tempering, the unnamed bronze book, unless in shield mode, primarily had a purifying effect.
If the Death Qi of the Cursed Land was as terrifying as Song Fan described, where even a Heaven-Human Ancestor would die instantly upon inhaling a breath, then the unnamed bronze book might not necessarily allow a fourth-realm cultivator to enter the Cursed Land. Purification takes time, and instant death is akin to sudden death.
In simpler terms: it's like the blood can't circulate back, leading to sudden death.
Of course, if the shield mode is activated, just wandering around the outskirts of the Cursed Land should be safe. However, these two clearly weren't just wandering around the outskirts...
**You recalled the words of the traveling merchant from over ten days ago.**
**The Cursed Land...**
**A path to another world...**
**You suspected these two might not be locals...**
**After all, sixty years later, Li Wuyi, as a Three Decays Heaven-Human, couldn't even discern the cultivation level of the middle-aged man, thinking he was just an ordinary person. This alone was unusual.**
**To be safe, you didn't immediately approach them.**
**Instead, you followed them from a distance.**
**Planning to eavesdrop.**
**With your Supreme Golden Bones' hearing, even from several hundred meters away, you could catch most of their conversation if you focused.**
**A minute later.**
**"You young one, sneaking around, what is your purpose?"**
**You were caught by the elderly man with white hair and beard.**
**You panicked a bit.**
**Quickly choosing to establish a connection, you cupped your hands towards the middle-aged man and said, "I find this senior somewhat familiar, as if he's a blood relative from my clan, but I can't recall who, so I followed out of uncertainty."**
**Hearing your words, the middle-aged man indeed became interested and inquired about your background.**
**You stated that you were a disciple of the Song family from Liangzhou.**
**The middle-aged man seemed a bit dazed, chuckled lightly, and said he didn't know you, but perhaps his appearance was quite similar to one of your elders, which is why you found him familiar.**
"Why is it that both times, when I approached and mentioned that the middle-aged man looked familiar, he believed I was a Song family disciple?"
Chen Shi furrowed his brows, murmuring to himself.
Could it be just because he had Supreme Silver Bones? Supreme Golden Bones?
Chen Shi felt that shouldn't be the case.
He might have inadvertently overlooked some crucial information.
But he truly couldn't recall.
He was at a loss.
Mainly because he hadn't seen the middle-aged man in reality.
Relying solely on the description of "familiar" in the simulation text, it was really difficult to deduce anything concrete.
**Upon hearing you were a Song family disciple from Liangzhou, the elderly man with white hair and beard exclaimed in surprise, "You are a Song family disciple?"**
**You nodded without hesitation.**
**The elderly man scrutinized you, his gaze carrying an evaluative meaning: "Which branch of the Song family are you from? A collateral line or the main line?"**
**Knowing that the mysterious middle-aged man had a deep connection with the Song family,**
**Naturally, the closer the relationship, the better.**
**So, you immediately stated that you were from the eighth branch of the Song family, a direct descendant, named Song Chenggan, eighteen years old, with a younger brother named Song Chengshan.**
**The elderly man's eyes narrowed slightly.**
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**He looked at you and asked, "Then do you recognize who I am?"**
**You were taken aback on the spot.**
**From the elderly man's words, it seemed he knew Song Chenggan... You felt this was unlikely. The mysterious middle-aged man had a deep connection with the Song family and was undoubtedly extraordinary in cultivation. Even he didn't doubt your identity, so how could this elderly man see through your disguise?**
**You suspected he was trying to trick you.**
**You shook your head.**
**Stating you had never seen him before.**
**And asked for the elderly man's name.**
**The elderly man looked at you and slowly said, "I am Lu Yi, a Song family enshrined, and a Martial Master teaching at the Martial Practice Field."**