Cultivating Disciples to Breakthrough

Chapter 2229: Trouble Outside the Mystic Realm (2)

Going back a few minutes to before the different cultivators from inside the mystic realm decided to leave and try following behind Xuan Hao and burrow the intimidation his presence would provide against the people waiting outside the mystic realm to either enter it or ambush people like them once they stepped outside, Xuan Hao smoothly made his way through the passage before finding himself back outside the mystic realm. About to leave, when he was suddenly forced to halt in place thanks to the presence of an old monk whose strength was no weaker than his own staring him down the second he emerged from the mystic realm.

Not just this one monk whose strength had reached a realm comparable to the Star Creation Realm, but beside him, there was a second figure whose strength was no weaker than the Star Creation Realm, someone he at first thought was the Star Creation Realm senior one of the petnappers had mentioned was on the way, but after a glance realized it was another monk from the Western Central Region.

Altogether, it was understandable that the Star Creation Realm senior that now dead fellow had mentioned was still nowhere in sight. After all, the other party would need to travel all the way from the Southern Central Region through the Western Central Region to reach this place.

A journey that was difficult under normal circumstances given the fact that the Western Central Region wasn’t exactly on good terms with those from the Southern Central Region but was made even harder given the current turmoil that the Southern Central Region was going through.

Taking a few weeks to reach the mystic realm entrance would be considered normal and this was also the reason why he hadn’t feared any retaliation from the other party when he stepped forth and killed them. Feeling certain that he would be long gone by the time the other party showed up. Not to mention, even if he did end up clashing with the other party, he felt more than confident in his own strength now that he had successfully broken through to the Star Creation Realm.

What he hadn’t expected was that two monks comparable to the Star Creation Realm would be waiting for him once he stepped out of the mystic realm. No... They weren’t waiting for him so to say but had instead shown up to stop the wandering cultivators from entering the mystic realm and were about to disperse the group when he showed up and drew the attention of those two seniors.

Why they were dispersing the crowd and preventing them from entering the mystic realm wasn’t something he had any clue about, the only inkling of an answer he could come to was that the mystic realm was related to an ancient temple of the past and these monks didn’t want outsiders entering it.

But given how people had already entered the mystic realm in the past, he had a feeling there might be something else related to the sudden actions of these two senior figures.

In the end, none of this mattered much to him, as the only thing of importance to him, was the simple fact that those two senior monks hadn’t been aware of him entering the mystic realm and were seemingly shocked by his sudden emergence from the mystic realm.

The calm presence around the two shattering as both narrowed their eyes before glancing towards him in a clearly hostile manner, something he had a feeling might be related to them thinking he had obtained something from the mystic realm or learnt something they wanted to prevent others from knowing that might have only been accessible within the mystic realm during a short interval where they sealed off the mystic realm from others.

Of course, as they were looking towards him filled with hostility, the different monks and wandering cultivators emerging from the mystic realm behind him quickly decided it wasn’t a good idea for them to linger around any longer than necessary. Diving back into the mystic realm without the slightest bit of hesitation to avoid getting caught up in a battle between three beings at the Star Creation Realm level.

Among them, there were also a few who decided to take the risk of running away, something the two monks ignored completely, as it became clear they didn’t view these wandering cultivators and weaker monks as anything important compared to the Star Creation Realm cultivator standing before them.

The reason behind this wasn’t too hard to guess, as those two should be familiar with the way the mystic realm worked and understood these weaker cultivators hadn’t had the time to search through the mystic realm over the past few years and had gathered around the center of the mystic realm waiting for the exit to open back up again. Only Xuan Hao, someone at the Star Creation Realm, had the ability to search through the mystic realm in a short period of time.

"..."

Well... This is rather awkward...

Feeling the quiet panic of the surrounding cultivators along with the growing tension that seemed to engulf the space, Xuan Hao was just about to open his mouth to get a better grasp of what was happening from these two clearly hostile monks-

Whoosh~

When another powerful presence rushed over from the distance before pausing beside the two senior monks. Joining the two in staring towards him with clearly hostile intentions... And different from the two who shouldn’t be much different from him in how their strength had only recently reached the Star Creation Realm, the new arrival’s strength was far above that and should be considered a true senior figure within the Star Creation Realm.

Not to mention the fact that he hadn’t yet had the opportunity to fight someone in the Star Creation Realm after his breakthrough, he had a feeling this wouldn’t be the only monk to show up, as the importance of the mystic realm he had deemed not worth much turned out to be far more important than he had originally anticipated.

Fighting in this kind of situation wasn’t a wise choice, as he had a feeling doing so might end up with him facing the entirety of the Western Central Region’s Temples on his own. Not something he felt confident in doing even with his strength having broken through to the Star Creation Realm, as the Western Central Region was showing itself to be far stronger than he had initially anticipated.

Along with the fact that even the Southern Central Region was afraid of engaging the Western Central Region, he only hesitated for a few seconds before drawing upon his control over the surrounding space to slip away before the three figures before him had the chance to attack. Knowing it would be better for him to make a quick retreat in this kind of situation.

As for them chasing after him... With his comprehension of the Dao of Space having broken through to the Origin Realm along with his cultivation reaching the Star Creation Realm, he felt confident no one below the Venerable Realm would be capable of catching up to him if he intended to run. The monks of the Western Central Region included...

"That...!"

"This... Such profound manipulation of space..."

"How unexpected..."

And like he had expected, the three senior monks who had been about to make a move on him were rendered completely speechless watching him easily tear through the space that had already been locked down by the three of them before slipping away.

Originally having planned on restraining him before interrogating him about the mystic realm, they were ultimately left without anything to show as the other party easily slipped away from them without giving them any way to chase. After all, the Dao of Space was already well known for how difficult it was to comprehend- and the level of comprehension shown by Xuan Hao who had easily torn apart their restriction on the surrounding space also made it clear to them that they had no way to stop the other party.

In the end, the three could only helplessly look at one another without knowing what to do before one of the weaker of the three stepped forward and entered the mystic realm to ensure nothing had happened to the thing inside that place.

"You, figure when that person arrived and if he is working for one of the nine core faiths, I will go back and inform the rest about the situation." Knowing there was no time to waste, the strongest of the two remaining monks quietly informed the other somewhat weaker monk what to do before he vanished in the same direction, he had appeared from just a short time earlier.

"Understood..." And with the somewhat reluctant response of the last remaining monk, he turned his attention towards the cultivators below that had been ignored by them so far following their entry to the mystic realm being barred. Hoping he would be able to gather more information on that mysterious Star Creation Realm cultivator through these people.