Chapter 260: To the Secret of the Dark Realm
Chen Xing halted in his tracks as the other party smiled and said, "I have no ill intentions."
The elder sighed, "It's just that there are fewer and fewer students capable of practicing Spatial Beast Taming now, and it's almost impossible to find a suitable one. Do you have a mentor yet?"
"I have a mentor."
The elder shook his head regretfully, "That's too bad."
It was a rare opportunity to encounter a suitable student, but alas, there was no fate involved.
"Well, young man, I've disturbed you." The elder left nonchalantly, handing a yellowed booklet to Chen Xing before departing.
"Take it. If this thing stays with me, it will most likely end up buried in the ground. I hope it might be of some use to your Beast Taming training."
The elder took a step back, and a giant figure appeared out of nowhere behind him.
As if it had been there from the beginning.
The surrounding Void trembled, and the next second, the figure disappeared from the spot.
Chen Xing looked down at the small blue booklet in his hands, with a pure blue cover and a very old design, its pages already yellowed.
The Beast Taming creature behind the old man just now looked a lot like the Mirror Guardian Beast.
It's said that Jiuzhou University is a place where dragons hide their claws, where many old-generation Beast Tamers retire and live in seclusion within the school.
He hadn't expected to encounter one himself.
Returning to his place, he opened the blue booklet. The handwriting of the old man was elegant, and it detailed many aspects of training Spatial Beast Taming.
It included which Secret Treasures were beneficial for Spatial Beast Taming and which spatial attribute Secret Treasures had a better cost-performance ratio.
Many of the small details seemed simple, but they were the essence that generations of Beast Tamers had discovered through painstaking research.
While reading the book, Liu Qing sent another message.
"Old Chen, have you decided on a date for the trade? I've heard others are also interested in the Titan's Heart, and several families are contacting the seller. Why don't you buy it earlier? If you don't have enough money, I can lend you some."
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Looking at the urge from Liu Qing, Chen Xing sneered inwardly.
He just wanted to buy a Titan's Heart, but Liu Qing wanted to sell him out for a good price.
Chen Xing didn't reply, but Liu Qing kept sending several urgent messages one after another.
Annoyed, Chen Xing simply blocked him.
...
Night had fallen, and Chen Xing meandered to the rooftop. The night was ink-like, the moonlight like silver silk, and a faint dampness hung in the air.
Thanks to the recent continuous use of high-level carnivorous pet food, Sìxiàng's Energy Level had risen to 104.
Chen Xing gently moved aside the feathers on Sìxiàng's shoulder to reveal the blood-red eye that was in slumber, and asked softly, "Can you establish contact with it?"
Sìxiàng tried to infuse its spiritual power into the eye, "It seems unresponsive."
"Then, try to contact it after entering the Dark Realm," Chen Xing suggested.
Sìxiàng nodded, "Okay, master."
The next second, Sìxiàng vanished on the spot, leaving Chen Xing standing alone on the rooftop.
He was stunned for a moment, thinking... aren't you supposed to take me with you?
After a while, Sìxiàng reappeared on the rooftop, sharing the good news with Chen Xing, "Master, I've made contact with it, and it says it's coming."
Chen Xing nodded, "Then let's go in together."
No sooner had the words left his mouth than they found themselves on a serene lawn, not the rooftop they had been on.
From the terrain, it was clear that this was near where he lived.
Chen Xing looked around thoughtfully. He had heard that the scenery in the Dark Realm updated every three years based on the real world. He thought his new home might not have been updated in the Dark Realm yet.
Sìxiàng reported quietly from the side, "Master, I have already checked the surrounding environment. Everything is normal, with no anomalies detected."
Chen Xing nodded and then turned to look toward the end of the street.
He had entered the Dark Realm numerous times, and after so many visits, he noticed a distinctive feature of the Dark Realm.
That is, the monsters in the Dark Realm seemed very rare.
He had seen some unique monsters of the Dark Realm in the Shadow Giant City.
But in other places, he seldom saw the indigenous creatures of the Dark Realm.
"It's here." Just as Sìxiàng finished speaking, a dense cloud of darkness emerged on the distant horizon, rushing towards them with astonishing speed.
Gazing at the night sky from the ground, the myriad crimson eyes within the cloud twinkled with a cold light, like stars in the night sky, shining brilliantly against the darkness, carrying with them an eerie and mysterious aura.
The entity hidden behind the clouds focused its attention on the other side of the cluster of buildings at Jiuzhou University, staring at a specific location momentarily, then shifting its gaze.
"I knew you would come to ask me. Go ahead, ask away. I will tell you what you want to know," the cloud with countless crimson eyes flickered.
Chen Xing directly asked, "Where is the Domain Stele?"
"..."
The entity hesitated as if it hadn't expected Chen Xing to ask this question.
"So, you know about the Domain Stele."
It was silent for a long time, seemingly inconvenienced, and then questioned back, "But why would you suddenly ask this question?"
It was like skipping all previous steps in a problem and asking directly for the solution; the entity was somewhat taken aback. It had prepared many excuses but now didn't know what to say.
"Didn't you say you would answer whatever I ask?"
"That is what I said..." The entity behind the clouds fell into a long silence.
"Then quit beating around the bush and take me to the Domain Stele. By the way, do you want me to remove the Domain Stele for you?" Chen Xing thought back to what he had read in the book; the Domain Stele was something that suppressed the Forbidden Land.
If the Dark Realm was the Forbidden Land, then surely the creatures inside it would be extremely eager for someone to remove the Domain Stele.
"Let's go, I'll take you there." The clouds kicked up a fierce wind, moving toward a direction.
Chen Xing asked, "By the way, what were you going to say?"