All Things Are Contracts

Chapter 269: The Secret of the Cyan Lotus Treasury

Tonight, many in the academy were destined for sleepless nights. The aerial clash between two top young geniuses had stunned many. The continuous unveiling of trump cards made it hard to believe they were both Profound Realm cultivators who hadn’t reached the Spirit God Realm. But the facts were before their eyes, leaving no room for disbelief.

“Ah, that dragon-form expert was finally scared. I could feel that his final strength must have been on par with Spirit God Realm, but he still lost in the end.”

“There’s nothing to regret. That Bird Clan person must be the recently famous Tianxian. He’s already defeated several human prodigies in a row. I wonder when it will end.”

“What was that mercury-like form at the end? I know that dragon-like person, he’s Fan Longyu who participated in the Prodigy Battle before. With his strength, he couldn’t even scratch his opponent.”

Feng Bulang cleverly guessed the reason these front-row figures had called for him.

“You kid, your dissatisfaction is written all over your face,” Thunder Lord shook his head.

“I know what you want to ask, but talking about that place inevitably brings up my painful memories,” Feng Bulang said with a bitter smile.

“We’re not asking for nothing. Don’t look so impatient,” Pill Taoist took out a first-grade pill and handed it to Feng Bulang.

Feng Bulang opened the medicine and sniffed it, instantly brightening up and changing his previous attitude.

“Ask away. I’ll tell you everything I know,” Feng Bulang seemed to have returned to his previous carefree manner.

“This kid,” Thunder Lord and Wind Lord shook their heads helplessly.

Pill Taoist asked directly, “What’s the deal with the Cyan Lotus Treasury? How much do you know?”

Feng Bulang smiled, knowing they would definitely ask about this. “The Cyan Lotus Treasury is located in a canyon somewhere in the Night Country. There was nothing special about it originally. Until one day, four experts were chasing a man. That man escaped into a cave in the canyon. Three days later, he came out and easily killed three of the experts. One person with good escape skills managed to flee.”

“After the news spread, everyone knew that place must have an extraordinary treasure, enough to cause a qualitative change in a person within three days. So, many who got the news were moved to action. That man didn’t leave but guarded the cave entrance. Anyone who coveted the cave behind him would be killed by him.”

“No matter how strong one person is, their strength is limited. Among those who came, several experts joined forces to kill him. They thought this would allow everyone to enter the cave successfully, but unexpectedly, after that expert died, a cyan lotus bloomed on his corpse. Then the corpse revived and killed many people. Those killed by him also had cyan lotuses bloom on their corpses, becoming corpse guards at the cave entrance.”

“From then on, that cave became a dangerous place. Anyone who dared to covet it would become the target of the cyan lotus corpse guards. But there were still fearless people who repeatedly attempted to storm the cave. Finally, they discovered that although these cyan lotus corpse guards were strong and fearless of death, they had a fatal weakness – they weren’t very smart.”

“So many people thought of the strategy to lure the tiger away from the mountain. I also snuck in with a few friends at that time. Tianxian probably snuck in during the chaos too. However, after entering, we discovered that the cave was just the first test of this secret realm. I won’t go into details about what happened after, but in short, the struggle inside was extremely brutal. There were four of us who entered together, but in the end, only I survived. Originally, I had the final chance to enter the last door, but Tianxian used my friends’ lives as leverage, making me lose the opportunity. But after he succeeded, he didn’t keep his promise.”

Feng Bulang gritted his teeth. Although Tianxian’s methods were despicable, he could understand. It was his own fault for being too loyal to his friends, allowing others to exploit his weakness. But Tianxian not keeping his promise led to Feng Bulang losing both the opportunity and his friends. What’s more ridiculous is that Tianxian didn’t even remember him. Perhaps in Tianxian’s eyes, people like Feng Bulang were truly insignificant as ants.

“Indeed a vicious nature. We probably can’t intervene in Tianxian’s matter, as it would become a conflict between humans and the Bird Clan. You can only rely on yourself. What else do you know about the Cyan Lotus Treasury?” Pill Taoist asked.

Feng Bulang nodded, not expecting Pill Taoist and the others to help him seek revenge. “I don’t know who the owner of the Cyan Lotus Treasury is. Although I’ve never seen the Void Nine Emperors, I estimate that mysterious person’s realm is above the Void Nine Emperors.”

“What? Are you telling the truth? Do you know what level of strength the Void Nine Emperors possess?” Everyone was surprised.

“You’ve all seen it. Whether it’s the Cyan Lotus Heavenly Fire or that mysterious mercury form, they’re most likely what Tianxian obtained from the treasury. Additionally, in the Cyan Lotus Treasury, there were a total of 33,000 branching paths. By the time we reached that point, only a few trial participants were left. It was a trial where people really died. I chose one of the paths, and Tianxian, for some reason, made the same choice as us.”

“I don’t think that path was the only correct answer. Out of 33,000 paths, we just happened to choose the right one? You know how small that probability is. Perhaps what Tianxian obtained was just a small prize in the prize pool, with the grand prize still elsewhere.”

“Unfortunately, for some unknown reason, the treasury disappeared in the end. No one could enter it again. That cave simply vanished into thin air, and no one knows why.” Feng Bulang regretted, when he wanted to revisit the treasury, the Cyan Lotus Treasury was no longer there.

“Hm? Disappeared? Could the trial secret realm have grown legs and run away?” Everyone was extremely surprised. If what Feng Bulang said was true, the Cyan Lotus secret realm must truly be of a very high level. But why hadn’t such a figure left any traces in history? Could they really be even more ancient than the Void Nine Emperors?

If Zhanyue were here, he wouldn’t be as regretful as them. He could easily guess that the treasury might have been left by a high-level expert from the Third Era. But right now, Zhanyue wouldn’t know about these things. At this moment, he had already arrived in the depths of the Ink Sea.

“Where’s that Sister Lei Ying? Why didn’t she come?” Baizhi asked curiously.

“She said if she appeared, the thunder bird would definitely not dare to show up. She wants to use us as bait to lure the thunder bird,” Zhanyue explained. He could deduce the strength of that mysterious artifact spirit; at least this thunder bird was very afraid of it.

They had already entered the thunder bird’s territory in the deepest part of the Ink Sea. The thunder bird seemed to have been awakened by the unfamiliar aura. In the sky, dark clouds suddenly gathered, with flashes of lightning and rumbles of thunder.

At the same time, a ‘golden star’ rose from the sea.

“Is this thing really a bird?”

Zhanyue’s eyes widened as he saw the enormous creature rising from the Ink Sea. Even the fear disaster beast would probably be like an ant in front of it. The giant thunder bird spread its wings, and Zhanyue couldn’t even see where its feathers ended. “The Heavenly Book world… really has issues.” Seeing the entity of this thing, Zhanyue finally believed the mysterious woman’s words. This thunder bird was not something they could handle.