Chapter 404: Chapter 351: The Hidden Card Left by Those People

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“It seems the top priority right now is to instigate the plan immediately, without any delays. Only by being thoroughly prepared can we stand firm in the upcoming storm,” concluded Pei Xuanjing.

Unless Pei Xuanjing was willing to retreat after those people returned, after all, with his current strength, even in the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty thousands of years ago, he would be considered a great cultivator and could dominate a faction. If he was willing to step back and protect himself, there wouldn’t be any major issues.

However, this would mean giving up his layout and the advantageous situation he had painstakingly established. This was something Pei Xuanjing couldn’t accept or tolerate.

Therefore, conflict was inevitable. Only by truly contending could he establish his authority and demonstrate his strength to secure his own position.

Now, those people were in the shadows, while Pei Xuanjing and his allies were in the open.

What Pei Xuanjing could do was to seize the current time, enhancing his strength as quickly as he could, and strengthening his own faction’s strength so that they could really stand invincible.

Once decided, Pei Xuanjing was not going to continue his seclusion. He needed to advance things now, expedite his plans, and prepare for potential issues in the future.

“I’m not sure how long this simulation took.” Pei Xuanjing looked at the thick dust in his secret chamber, his brows slightly furrowed.

“Master, you’ve emerged from seclusion!” Pang Hong looked at Pei Xuanjing with surprise and delight.

Looking at his master who was just sitting there, despite not displaying any intimidating demeanor, Pang Hong was sure his master’s strength had definitely improved.

“Yes.” Pei Xuanjing nodded, suddenly frowned and asked, “You’ve breakthrough to the Second-Class Realm?”

“Master has a discerning eye, this disciple has managed to breakthrough just recently,” Pang Hong answered reverently.

Pei Xuanjing asked, “Do you know how long I’ve been in seclusion this time?”

He remembered that when he started his seclusion, Pang Hong had not even broken through the Third-grade Realm. According to his own calculations, even if things went smoothly, it would take Pang Hong five or six years to break through the Third-grade Realm.

But now, Pang Hong had already broken through to the Second-Class Realm, which was somewhat surprising to Pei Xuanjing. Had he been in seclusion for decades?

Pang Hong was stunned. Upon hearing his master’s question, although perplexed, he answered honestly, “Master, your seclusion should have lasted for five years.”

“Five years!”

Pei Xuanjing was secretly shocked, he didn’t realize that this simulation of life would have taken so long.

Considering that he had spent nearly thirty years in the life simulation, it meant that for every six years passed in the life simulation, one year had passed in the Daming world.

At this moment, he could finally confirm one thing, that is, the World of Myriad Manifestations did truly exist, it was certainly not just a simple projected world.

Pei Xuanjing put this thought aside for a while, turned to Pang Hong and asked, “You managed to break through to the Second-Class Realm in just five years, did you encounter any extraordinary opportunities?”

At the moment, he could clearly sense the Heaven and Earth Essence Qi circulating between heaven and earth, which was much denser than before he started the life simulation, but it was still much less than in the World of Myriad Manifestations where he had projected his consciousness.

According to his estimation, even if he took action now, he could only exert the power of Spirit Realm Onefold, or at most, Spirit Realm Second Layer, he absolutely couldn’t exert all the strength of the Fourth Level of the Spiritual Realm.

It could be said that although Pei Xuanjing’s strength had greatly improved, he couldn’t exert too much strength because the speed of Heaven and Earth’s recovery was too slow, and he was vaguely restricted.

However, for Pei Xuanjing, it didn’t matter at all because even under such a restraint, with his own strength, he should be invincible in this world, with no one being able to compete with him.

He asked Pang Hong because such a considerable increase in Heaven and Earth Essence Qi, although it had alleviated many restrictions for Mortal Realm martial artists to cultivate and sped up their cultivation, it was definitely not as fast as Pang Hong’s.

Upon hearing master’s words, a smile appeared on Pang Hong’s face, “Master is wise, it was indeed because I entered a Forbidden Place of Blessed Land not long ago and luckily got an opportunity that has allowed me to achieve today’s realm.”

Due to the revival of Heaven and Earth, the world underwent enormous changes. The Cave Heavens and Blessed Lands that had originally been hidden everywhere began to appear in the world, allowing countless martial artists to enter and inherit the wisdom of their predecessors, which facilitated rapid progress in their cultivation realms.

After Pei Xuanjing began his seclusion, Pang Hong was initially prepared to stand guard, but he was stopped by Yu Zhenzi. Yu Zhenzi volunteered to guard Pei Xuanjing during his seclusion.

In Yu Zhenzi’s opinion, at Pang Hong’s age, he needed more experience in the world and there was no need for him to stay in one place. Now that various Cave Heavens and Blessed Lands were appearing, it was a good opportunity for him to find his luck.

Of course, one of the reasons Yu Zhenzi allowed Pang Hong to wander around was that most of the top martial artists in the world were in seclusion and not showing up, while many young and energetic martial artists were making their name in the world. Pang Hong fighting against these individuals could also enhance the reputation of the Shenxiao Sect.

In Yu Zhenzi’s view, the Shenxiao Sect had fallen into decline for too long. Even though they had a strong figure like Pei Xuanjing to clamp down on others and they themselves were holding the fort, Pei Xuanjing was also aiming to have talented youths from the younger generation like Pang Hong wandering around the world to show the sect’s might.

It was due to his maneuver that Pang Hong managed to enter one of the Forbidden Places of Blessed Land that emerged recently. He defeated numerous rivals to obtain the inheritance from the Forbidden Place of Blessed Land, used it to step into the Third-grade Realm, and after two years of consolidation, he just recently broke through to the Second-Class Realm.

“It seems my conjecture was not wrong!” Pei Xuanjing came to a sudden realization.

He had long known that besides some Cave Heavens that naturally existed in these Forbidden Lands, almost all other Forbidden Lands of Blessed Land were left behind by former powerful practitioners.

Now that Heaven and Earth have revived, the Forbidden Lands of Blessed Land are appearing one after another like bamboo shoots after the rain. This is definitely not a coincidence.

Perhaps some of the owners of these Forbidden Lands of Blessed Land had fallen, which is why they left their inheritances, but all of their fall would certainly not have happened, and if they appeared so coincidentally, they must have been left as a backup.

“Master, is there a problem with these inheritances?” Pang Hong saw that Pei Xuanjing was deep in thought and couldn’t help but ask out of confusion.

In fact, concerning so many Forbidden Places of Blessed Land continuously emerging, many smart people had seen that this was not a coincidence. However, when faced with opportunities to enhance their abilities, nobody was willing to give up.

After all, with Heaven and Earth’s revival, everyone was aware that the situation was about to change tremendously. To ensure they had a place in the upcoming Great World, even if there were problems, they couldn’t care less about them now.

Seeing his master like this now, Pang Hong naturally thought of those rumors and asked the question.