Stop it, Taoist, Your Fight almost Ruins the DAO!

Chapter 388 - 294: Yin Manor? Clearly a Treasure Ground! The Secrets of Yin Manor, Strange Tales, Rakshasa!

The azure crystal was delicate and lustrous, like a dreamy pastry.

Confident in his powerful Cultivation Body, Yi Chen didn’t hesitate further, popping the azure crystal into his mouth and gently biting off a small piece.

A strong, warm current burst forth from within his Cultivation Body, circulating rapidly throughout his meridians, swiftly strengthening his physique.

In an instant, Yi Chen’s entire body seemed electrified, emitting signals of excitement~

For a moment, his soul felt light and airy, as if he were soaking in a hot bath.

"Hiss!"

"It’s kind of tasty!"

"Another bite!"

Yi Chen closed his eyes and swallowed the rest of the azure crystal in one gulp. Majestic power began to surge within him, and a faint clear light shone from his Cultivation Body. Gradually, the light dimmed and finally faded into nothingness.

After a dozen seconds or so, he opened his eyes, called up his attribute panel, and discovered that all four dimensions of his attributes had actually increased by three points each.

One azure crystal was comparable to the blood essence found within the Extinction Ruins.

No, it was actually more effective, for his Cultivation Body was incomparably more powerful than before.

Hiss!

Yi Chen couldn’t help but take another sharp breath, making his own negligible contribution to the warming climate of Yin Manor.

If there were ten or a hundred more Hall Masters like this one, he would surely soar to new heights.

Yin Manor? This is simply a treasure trove!

Here he was, being given Deep Red Points and azure crystals that tremendously boosted his attributes—the group of transformed old wall lamps were like living bodhisattvas.

At this moment, a peculiar light flickered in Yi Chen’s eyes.

No matter what schemes lay behind Yin Manor, now was not the time to hinder him from enjoying the sugar coating before firing back the cannonballs.

Plus, he had to make the most of this opportunity, to harvest a wave of leeks thoroughly. He felt this chance, akin to robbing a bank, might not come again, or at least not this easily.

Suppressing the distracting thoughts in his mind and concealing his domineering aura, Yi Chen slowly approached the trio of two female and one male cultivators.

All three were in the early stages of the True Person Realm, around the first and second levels, whereas the unfortunate one, whom Yi Chen had shot in the head, was around the third.

"My friends, how about we have a good talk about your affairs?"

"Tell me everything you know about Yin Manor. Take your time, I’ll be asking you one by one. If there are any omissions or lack of emphasis in important parts, the two delicate fairies will suffer, you know."

Yi Chen stared at the two female cultivators with a smirk, licking his lips.

Although he didn’t intend to actually act indecently, this didn’t prevent him from scaring them. Memory extraction could inevitably miss details, and even as children of Yin Manor, success wasn’t guaranteed—it was only a backup plan.

"Male Daoist friend, don’t be in a hurry, either. I have a magical creature, called the Scarlet Leopard, which is not picky about food and likes male cultivators such as yourself the most," Yi Chen shifted his tone and turned his gaze back to the two female cultivators, "Of course, it also likes female cultivators."

With a slap of the storage bag, the bewildered Scarlet Leopard suddenly appeared.

...

A tea’s time later, after Yi Chen had finished interrogating the plump female cultivator, he fell into deep thought.

With his current wondrous Cultivation Body, creating a barrier that sealed off the transmission of sound was as easy as turning his hand. Now he finally understood why the information about the existence of Yin Manor was so scarce.

According to the three of them, once you leave Yin Manor and have the thought to reveal information about it, a mark would sense it. Then, the more danger you would face upon your next entry to Yin Manor, and the higher the price of leaving would be.

Besides that, they were also unaware of any other hidden threats.

Furthermore, after the first official entry into Yin Manor, the spot where you re-entered the next time would be the exact place where you would appear upon your subsequent visits. So each time before leaving, it was best to find a safe place for oneself.

Places like the Secret Gambling Hall, a peculiar stone hall, were known as nodes within Yin Manor—as they often referred to such special locations.

The vastness of Yin Manor was unknown, and the locations of nodes weren’t fixed. They tended to suddenly appear in certain regions and vanish just as abruptly.

Beyond the nodes, there was an abundance of strange areas.

Some children of Yin Manor had even witnessed giants as immense as mountains moving across the land, causing earthquakes with every step. There were also inverted realms and numerous anomalies—bizarre and various.

According to the three of them, there were also foreigners within the sons of Yin Manor, even in large numbers, which was not uncommon in the Yin Manor. During their last task, they had seen a foreign soldier.

"So you’re saying, the reason the old Heavenly Master couldn’t return, fell into the Yin Manor, might also be because the will of the Yin Manor gave him a task too difficult to complete, and he was exiled in disguise?"

"Could it be that the will of the Yin Manor might also be the chaotic will of a vast entity? What, exactly, is it?"

Many speculations surged into Yi Chen’s mind.

Yi Chen couldn’t imagine what kind of cultivation it would take to have people from other domains in the Yin Manor.

If you said it was an incarnation of the Heavenly Dao, Yi Chen would dare believe it.

This capability was already beyond Yi Chen’s imagination.

But if it were truly the Heavenly Dao, then why would it have such a malevolent and concrete will, and torment those unlucky ones enslaved and controlled by it?

Whether it was the executioners who died at Yi Chen’s hands earlier or the Secret Gambling Hall Master later, they were both very secretive about a lot of information. With the aid of the Deep Red Points, the Hall Master had evidently more freedom, but that was about it.

So-called Heavenly Dao is nothing more than the rules of the world coming together; with Yi Chen’s cultivation, he clearly understood that personifying the Heavenly Dao is merely a novelist’s fantasy.

Whether it’s Central Continent or Eastern Continent, he had never heard of any tales of Heavenly Dao incarnates receiving divine names.

Heavenly Dao is the rules, akin to the constant of gravity in his previous life. Apples fall to the ground, and numerous rules converge to form Heavenly Dao; God is the product of humans’ own abstraction.

Cultivators observing the Heavenly Dao and acting according to it are just moves of seeking advantages and avoiding harms. As the saying goes, a storm begins with the flutter of the lowest blade of grass. The great powers of various sects use all sorts of methods to deduce the weakening of the spatial barriers between the Three Realms in unity; this is what they observe as ’Heavenly Will’.

If you say that Heavenly Dao, as the world’s will, an aggregation of various rules, evolves through chaotic pursuits of advantages and avoidance of harms, Yi Chen would definitely believe that. However, a personified Heavenly Dao is almost impossible; otherwise, this world wouldn’t lack even a hint of such records.

"Yin Manor, what exactly are you?" the more Yi Chen delved into it, the more confused he found himself, as if lifting one layer of the Yin Manor’s veil only to discover its submerged volume was even more massive, enveloped in deep fog. Find adventures on NovelBin.Côm

"Senior, we were wrong. We’ve only passed the Yin Manor’s summons a couple of times; we don’t know much more. We’ve said all we know, can we leave now?" said the cultivator girl, who looked like a young girl, timidly, while subtly lifting the hem of her dress, half-concealing and revealing it.

Interrupted from his thoughts, Yi Chen no longer continued his deep contemplation. He thought of several possibilities, but they felt contradictory and impossible to explain.

"It’s because of my insufficient strength. If I haven’t reached that level, naturally I can’t get in touch with the information from the higher-ups."

"Heavenly intent is hard to question since ancient times, daydreaming about these only adds to my troubles, enough! Enough! Enough!"

With a sigh, Yi Chen turned his gaze towards the three people in front of him.

"The three of you have not hidden anything, and I am very satisfied."

"In fact, I find your actions quite acceptable. If I were in your place, I might have done even worse. It’s just survival by any means necessary; there’s no need for apologies. I’m not some epitome of moral purity."

"The Daoist is compassionate!" All three exchanged glances, each showing a trace of hope in their eyes.

"You may go now! But be quick!" Yi Chen turned his back on them, no longer looking at them, his lips quivered.

"Thank you, Daoist!" The three of them said in unison, bowing their heads in thanks, and turned to leave as if they had been granted amnesty.

Just when the three were about to step out of the stone hall, a murmur like that of a mosquito or fly emerged in their ears.

"Ignite the seven emotions, burn the six desires, and all thirteen flames of Pure Yang shall be empty!"

The figures of the three, like glowing fireflies crushed upon the ground, turned into ash and slowly fell to the floor.

"My fellow Daoists, I’ve said that I am not some epitome of moral purity. You set up the trap, I broke it. Since we’ve become enemies, it’s better you stay. I’m not like my master who doesn’t remove the roots when cutting the weed, allowing it to grow back with the spring breeze."

"However, my pure Pure Yang Flame burns from the inside out, and given your level of cultivation, I imagine you have passed away rather peacefully. That is the only thing I can do for you. From the beginning to the end, I never said I would let the three of you go."

"Ah, the Dao is arduous. I will take care of your heritage for you."

Looking at the three piles of black ash on the ground, Yi Chen chanted a scripture for the deceased. He then let it go completely since his moral baseline was low and he had no qualms, picking up the three dropped storage rings from the ground before heading towards the back of the stone hall.

"The Rakshasa King? It sounds tremendous just by the name."

"Yin Manor, you can’t have such an awesome monster existing, I must deal with it."

Strategically despising the enemy but tactically respecting them, Yi Chen, who deeply admired the thoughts of great people, had already pushed open the massive doors behind the stone hall with hundreds of thoughts swirling in his mind.

For the Rakshasa Kingdom, for the Rakshasa King, he came, he saw, and he... must deal with it!

"Of course, can’t just be reckless!"