Firefly Journey

Chapter 348 A Gathering of Scoundrels (4)

"Ah? I forgot, a new member joined our group. He's not a true immortal, but he can still move around in the mortal realm."

"Of course, more people means more strength! The address is Songhua Mountain."

Songhua Mountain?

Lin Yuanran quickly opened the map app on his phone, entered "Songhua Mountain" to search, and found that the place was in Jiangdong Province, which was in the same province as Hangzhou, where his university was located, so it wasn't far away.

Lin Yuanran had already planned that he would not easily leave his normal life before finding a cultivation method to integrate magical power, so as not to arouse suspicion.

If it weren't for the message about "Purple Qi Flowing East" in the group chat, Lin Yuanran would have returned to school after the May Day holiday, and now he's going to participate in the ancient tomb treasure hunt.

The tomb raiding event lasted three days, and by then school would have already started. Of course, Lin Yuanran wouldn't give up such a good opportunity; he could just find any excuse to ask for leave from school.

After sending a leave request to his tutor, Lin Yuanran didn't care whether the tutor agreed or not; he was determined to attend the treasure hunt anyway.

"When do we meet?" Lin Yuanran asked.

"The treasure hunt starts tomorrow, at eight o'clock in the morning, see you at the foot of Songhua Mountain."

"Ok!"

Lin Yuanran saw that it was tomorrow morning, so he had no choice but to let it pass by today.

I opened the ticketing app. Thankfully, our country is prosperous and strong, with numerous railway lines and air routes throughout the country. As long as it's not too late, it's convenient to go anywhere.

Coming from an ordinary family, he naturally didn't have that much money to splurge on Lin Yuanran. He bought an afternoon train ticket and headed straight for Songhua Mountain.

"Looks like I'll have to earn more money even after returning to my original world, so at least I can afford to fly next time..."

Lin Yuanran thought to himself as he sat on the high-speed train.

After getting off the bus, Lin Yuanran stayed overnight in the county town closest to Songhua Mountain. Nothing happened that night, and he waited for the next day.

……

As the sun shone down, Lin Yuanran got up early in the morning, packed his luggage, and hired a minivan to head straight for Songhua Mountain.

After paying and getting out of the car, Lin Yuanran quickly realized that something was wrong with his surroundings.

Songhua Mountain is just an ordinary mountain, not a tourist destination, but there are quite a few people coming and going on the gravel path under the shade of the trees, carrying suitcases, looking like they are on vacation.

Lin Yuanran knew that these were not ordinary people, but cultivators of this world.

We've all gathered here today, presumably for one thing: the treasures in the ancient tomb!

Everyone understood each other without saying a word, and instead walked up the mountain in small groups of three or five.

Lin Yuanran walked alone, took out his phone, and sent a message to Ziqi Dongliu.

"Sister Zi, where are you?"

When in Rome, do as the Romans do. Lin Yuanran decided to address her as "sister" to show respect.

"Look behind you, isn't that short, stocky guy you?"

"Uh?" Lin Yuanran subconsciously looked at the ground first. I'm 1.7 meters tall, which isn't short, is it?

Immediately, Lin Yuanran turned his head and saw a girl walking towards him.

Seemingly to fit the persona, the girl wore a purple knee-length skirt and a purple top, with her hair casually draped over her shoulders, giving her a lazy and decadent look.

"My name is Chi Liuzi. How shall I address you, fellow Daoist?"

The girl patted Lin Yuanran on the shoulder warmly and greeted him.

Lin Yuanran smiled in response: "Lin Yuanran, just call me Xiao Lin."

On their first meeting, given Lin Yuanran's personality, he shouldn't have told the other person his name, but the other person was so open and generous that he couldn't bring himself to hide anything.

However, hiding his name is actually useless. Since the mysterious group owner was able to forcibly add him to the group, it means that the other party knows his background very well. Hiding his secrets is meaningless, so it's better to tell the truth.

“Okay, Xiao Linzi.” Chi Liuzi didn’t stand on ceremony with him either.

Lin Yuanran was speechless. Did I really have to add a "zi"? It makes me feel like a eunuch...

"What do we do now? Follow the crowd up the mountain?" Lin Yuanran asked.

Chi Liuzi nodded: "Let's go up first and then talk about it."

After saying that, she took the lead and walked ahead. Lin Yuanran, who was following behind, only then realized that this girl was probably 1.8 meters tall. No wonder she called him a shorty...

Among the people going up the mountain, not a single one used any supernatural power; they all walked.

After an hour of arduous trekking, the two finally reached the summit.

Lin Yuanran asked, "Didn't you say you gathered a large group of independent cultivators? Where are they?"

Chi Liuzi smiled slightly: "No rush. They are all hiding in their own small groups. Only if I make some noise first will they respond."

"I see."

Lin Yuanran looked around and found that in addition to various independent cultivators, there were also groups of people in uniforms on the mountaintop. They should be the so-called sect members.

Lin Yuanran deduced that the group dressed in fiery red clothes were probably from the Fire Cloud Sect, the hosts of this ancient tomb treasure hunt.

After hesitating for a moment, Lin Yuanran asked, "Sister Zi, um... to be honest, I've been cultivating with my master deep in the mountains, so I have little experience and don't even understand the realm divisions in the cultivation world. Could you explain it to me?"

Chi Liuzi looked puzzled and found it hard to believe. This guy, who was clearly a genius in the early stage of the Void Realm, didn't even know about the realm division. He was quite a peculiar character.

However, considering that when this kid first joined the group, he needed Monkey King's help to test his cultivation level, Chi Liuzi wasn't so surprised. As he said, perhaps his master was some kind of reclusive master.

Having lived in seclusion for so long, it's normal that he wouldn't understand the basics of spiritual practice if he suddenly came down from the mountain.

Chi Liuzi plays the role of a patient and kind older sister: "In your world, there is magical power in the universe. Living beings absorb magical power into their bodies, thereby achieving cultivation."

Based on the abundance of magical power, cultivation is divided into eight realms: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Transformation, Yang Opening, Void Travel, Jade Pool, and Divine Connection.

"It's hard to imagine that you've already reached the early stage of the Void Travel realm, yet you don't understand cultivation realms. Your master is truly a divine being, never telling you anything. Perhaps he doesn't want you to get involved in the fighting and killing of the cultivation world."

"Haha, my master has a strange temper, who knows?"

Lin Yuanran laughed it off, defending his non-existent master.

At the same time, Lin Yuanran also noticed Chi Liuzi's choice of words.

She said, "Your world."

Does that mean she's not from this world?

So Lin Yuanran asked, "Sister Zi, what do you mean by 'your world'?"

Chi Liuzi said, "It means exactly what it says. I'm an outsider. In my original world, all the magic power was absorbed by my brother. Oh, we call it alien energy. Although later people can cultivate, they can't break free from the constraints of that world and reach the same level as him."

He came up with a terrible idea: to send me to another world so that I could gain an opportunity to raise my cultivation level.

Lin Yuanran was shocked. To think that one person could clean up all the cultivation resources of an entire world, what terrifying strength that must be! No wonder the True Gods in the group were willing to give him face and let him into the group. Powerful people are respected no matter where they are.