Chapter 55 Part 1

Soon, the Qi Refining disciples and Foundation Establishment disciples had all gathered.

Under the lead of three Golden Core Cultivators, they arrived at a relatively spacious plaza in Silent Night Palace. Surprisingly, a Treasure Ship floated in the air above the plaza.

Silent Night Palace bordered the sea, and the disciples within the palace often needed to venture to the Southern Sea Domain for exploration, to slay Demonic Beasts, and to search for materials. Most disciples possessed one or two Flying Shuttles as transport artifacts and had mastered certain maintenance techniques.

Now that Silent Night Palace’s sect was traveling collectively, they naturally would not have the disciples use their own Flying Shuttles.

Among the three leading Golden Core Cultivators, one smiled and introduced it to the low-rank disciples: “This is the sect’s smallest Jiye Treasure Ship, equipped with powerful defensive capabilities. We will ride this Treasure Ship to the True Realm. Aside from us, the Soul Transformation Stage and Tribulation Transcendence Realm Seniors have already boarded. Their cabins are on the upper deck, while ours are on the lower deck. Do not disturb the sect’s Seniors.”

The cabins on the deck offered fine views but were also dangerous.

In the event of an enemy attack, these high-rank cultivators needed to rush out quickly to confront the foes, while the low-rank disciples had to hide in the sturdier cabins below to evade danger. That was the reasoning behind the arrangement.

“The first level has a public Alchemy Chamber, a chat room, and a scenic garden for viewing the landscape. You may move about there, but do not go to the second level, understood?”

The Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment disciples nodded one after another, indicating they understood.

After explaining everything clearly, the Golden Core Cultivators led everyone aboard the Treasure Ship. Once the cabins were assigned, the crowd dispersed.

Xie Linlang did not return to his cabin. Instead, he stood at the stern of the ship, trying to overlook the layout of part of Silent Night Palace’s palaces from the high vantage point.

Among the records left by the sect’s elders that he had recently perused, quite a few astute Demonic Cultivators had discovered clues about Silent Night Palace’s interior.

For instance, a cultivator named Qing Du had bluntly pointed out that the entire architectural outline of Silent Night Palace, if placed into a talisman, formed an artificially constructed, enclosed structure brimming with killing intent—a character for “extermination.”

All cultivators who practiced in Silent Night Palace would ultimately be “exterminated” into the palace.

However, after finishing that cultivation notebook by the cultivator named Qing Du, Xie Linlang had only found that one sentence, for the next line abruptly and dissonantly shifted to discussions on resisting, contemplating, and handling Heavenly Tribulations.

Xie Linlang did not know if this cultivator named Qing Du still existed, but since he nominally belonged to the Rune House and had purchased a large batch of runes, he naturally obtained quite a few materials and books related to talismans.

At this moment, he overlooked Silent Night Palace’s palace structures, silently comparing them in his mind to the runes he had seen.

“Cheep cheep?”

The Kill Matt Little Bird perched on his shoulder suddenly chirped twice, as if asking Xie Linlang what he was looking at.

Xie Linlang ignored the bird.

Since this suspected Soul Transformation Stage bigshot insisted on pretending to be a bird that could not speak, he would simply treat him as a bird.

The Kill Matt Little Bird chirped a few more times and, seeing that Xie Linlang ignored him, grew bold and probed by stretching out its head, attempting to gently touch Xie Linlang’s cheek with its beak.

Xie Linlang easily pinched the Kill Matt Little Bird’s beak.

Pei Jiye had just been about to peck when, in the next second, he found Xie Linlang’s fingers exerting slight force to pry open his beak—and then stuff a pill inside?

Hm? Let this lord taste it; what pill could make this lord shut up quietly…

After the pill entered his mouth, it melted into a strand of gentle, soft flowing water that surged directly into his Dantian Purple Mansion. In an instant, Pei Jiye even faintly resonated with his main body hidden deep within Silent Night Palace.

His divine soul floated as if ascending, entering a paradise beyond the ninth heaven. Emotions of joy, delight, happiness, and contentment filled his chest, plunging his entire being into a state of extreme pleasure and bliss.

Pei Jiye was greatly alarmed. What pill was this? How had he not known of it?

He wanted to hold his breath and compose himself to expel this emotional immersion, but this surge of emotion did him no harm at all. In fact… the long-standing resentment and unwillingness pent up in his heart found release through this outburst of pure joy and delight. It even loosened his cultivation and realm, which had been stagnant for so long!

Thus, Pei Jiye could only grit his teeth and endure patiently, slowly sensing this sudden strange emotion, doing his best to soothe and purify the restless Demonic Qi that had churned within him for so long.

Xie Linlang turned his head to look at the Kill Matt Little Bird.

The gray-black fledgling had its eyes tightly closed, strands of thick black-purple Demonic Qi swirling around its body. The Demonic Qi appeared faint and thin, but only those with extremely sharp eyes could discern its pure and profound quality—at the very least, the level of a Soul Transformation Stage or even Tribulation Transcendence Realm powerhouse.

“Senior Brother Xie?”

Shen He’s voice came from not far away. The ponytail youth, having left Kill Matt Night Senior behind, seemed entirely lively once more.

He spoke in a light tone: “I checked out the cabin. The room isn’t large, but it’s enough for us to meditate quietly. I asked Senior Brother Hong for some information. The journey from Silent Night Palace to Jiuxia Mountain takes about a month. We’ll sail for a week to reach the Boundary Gate. During this time, the Treasure Ship will detour to some mountains and forests that produce materials. We need to gather some; they can supply our pill refining on the road and be sold in the True Realm for Spirit Stones afterward.”

Xie Linlang looked at Shen He: “Jiuxia Mountain is in the central region of the True Realm. Half a month from the Boundary Gate to Jiuxia Mountain isn’t enough.”