4 Unknown Pursue

Chapter 4: Unknown Pursue

"Father, can you tell me how long have I been unconscious?" This was the only time that Jin Ming was able to ask his father from the travel that they were doing as of the moment.

Many things happened as they have left the destroyed cave abode. Jin Ming's father tamed five tier one Blood Beast to serve as carrier for their group of five.

In this world, monsters were classified into three ranks: Mutated Beast, Blood Beast, Demonic Beast and Demon. Mutated Beast are the animals that have mutated through time, and as time passes, intelligence developed and so does a blood core evolving into Blood Beast. Through lightning tribulation, the Blood Beast will evolve again into Demonic Beast.

Demons on the other hand are those who have transcended from being a Demonic Beast. Demonic Beasts have two choices in order to ascend into the mythical realms. First is to ascend directly, the demonic beast must have a very powerful or a mythical bloodline such as dragons and phoenixes. While the second one is to transcend into human form in order to refine their bloodline once more through cultivation.

Usually, 99 percent of the Demonic Beasts would choose the second option because it gives them higher probability to ascend, even Demonic Beasts with powerful or with mythical bloodlines would choose to transcend into human form to ensure their ascension into mythical beings.

The group of five were now about to exit the inner section of the Baleful Valley. The Baleful Valley spanned thousands of kilometers as it reaches all eight regions of the Sun land, and was divided into three sections — central, inner and outer. Right now, the group of five were heading to the outer section that leads to one of the two southern regions, Huang Region.

There were no Demonic Beasts that can threaten them in the inner section now which let the couple able to rest easy somehow.

"Son, you've been unconscious for exactly 33 days." Jin Duan could only sigh as he remembered how worried they were at those times. They thought they would lose their son for real.

Jin Ming was able to feel his dad's relief. He can only imagine what they've gone through, especially his overly loving mother. He can't help but feel touched about it as he consoled the two. "I'm sorry I made you two worried again."

"Son, what's important is you're okay now and you're able to cultivate once more." Jin Ming's mother replied as she gave her son an adoring warm smile. She have now long forgotten how worried sick she was when her son was in a coma.

When Jin Ming heard this, he was shocked as to find out that indeed he was a cultivator once more. Tears welled up on his ruby eyes.

"H-how did this happened?" He muttered. "I remembered.."

Jin Duan checked his son through his vitality sense right away. He was shocked to find out some things when he probed his son. "I've read a book once before telling that the fully wide open apertures is not the limit that a person can open the six apertures. But it didn't say what was the next stage when breaking the limits of what we knew now."

"How about we call it Extreme Apertures since what we did were extreme?" Jin Ming chuckled as he gave a witty response to try and lighten up the mood.

"Haha. That is a good name. Lets call it that then." Jin Ming's mother supported.

"Hmm.." Jin Duan nodded mindlessly as a thought bothered in his mind. "Son, when you were unconscious, did you have any dreams or whatnot, or were you just simply unconscious?"

The question bothered Jin Ming as to not know whether it was a dream or reality because what he felt in that world of nothingness was truer than real. It's as if he traveled into another world.

"Father, to be honest, this was what happened.." Jin Ming puckered his lips as he told his experiences while he was unconscious. The reason why he asked his father how long was he been asleep was to know if all of those were real.

The two were shocked when they heard what their son have encountered, and can only let out a bitter sigh in the end.

"What's wrong, father?"

"What you have experienced, son, was the state of nothingness. This is what the cultivators sought out especially in the upper cultivation realms because it is very effective for enlightenments that is needed to progress the fastest in cultivation." Jin Duan sighed once more in longing. "Too bad that it cannot be sought out for this can only happen one to thrice unexpectedly in one's life."

"Oh.." Jin Ming was embarrassed as he recalled the idiotic things that he did on that experience. If only he knew what was that place and what was it for, then maybe he could have been enlightened on heavenly laws that will change his fate and destiny. But the only changes the noticed so far was his appearance and the fact that he can now cultivate. Was this really a heaven defying change?

'Maybe.' He thought.

"Might I ask, do you know how long were you in that state?" Jin Duan asked with full of interest.

"Hmm..I really can't specifically tell how long I was in that place, but I feel like hundreds of years have passed by. I'm not sure if it's really hundreds of years that passed by, but at the back of my head, it's saying that I've been in that place for 345 years." Jin Ming answered honestly.

Jin Duan and his wife was stunned when they heard the response from their son. From what they knew and what they've experienced was, normally, a cultivator can only be in that place within a hundred years. There was only one record where a cultivator was able to be in that place for 927 years which in the real time was 103 years, and that was the legend of the first ever cultivator, Ao Long.

To think that their son was able to last for hundreds of years for just 33 days, it was inconceivable. They can hardly believed it, but they still believed it for their son have no reasons to lie about. Heck, their son doesn't know what that place is, in the first place.

Moments passed by before Jin Duan was able to react. He laughed proudly as he praised, "You are my son, indeed!"

"Hmph! What a shameless fool." Jin Duan's wife retorted.

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Months passed by, a group of five were riding worn out tier one, Blood Beasts. This group finally reached a tall thick gate made of bricks and wall made of piled stones. The gate and the walls was thirty meters tall, and above it, there was a huge sign board saying, Huang Kong City — the major city of Huang region.

The Huang region was made up of sand. It was like humungous beach but not a place to have a vacation and have a swim in the ocean. The people living here would always wear a full body loose robe that covers the person from head to toe. The reason why their clothings were like this because of the literal dry heat and the burning air all through out the time.

Despite the condition of this place, many people would still choose to stay here because of the bountiful natural resources that they can be gotten from the sea. Plus, this region was almost lawless because almost no guards from the Royal Jin Empire would be willing to be on patrol here, and the empire itself couldn't be bothered to prioritize sending law enforcers in here that's why this region has become the home of delinquents and misfits.

The group of five passed through the gate as Jin Duan just threw a bag containing ten blood stones to the patrolling guard. When the guard checked this he was stunned for a moment and kept it right away as he nodded to Jin Duan to proceed.

The currency of this world is as follows: 1000 Bloodstones is equivalent to one Blood Crystals; 10,000 Blood Crystals is equivalent into one Blood Jade. Blood Jade can not be found in the lower class while some blood crystals can only be accessed by rich merchants, nobles and powerful figures of the lower class. That's why there was justice from the reaction of the patrolling guard.

The group of five were somehow able to attract some unwanted attention since it's not everyday you get to see people riding a Blood Beast, and these are not ordinary Blood Beasts. These are Lycanthrope Wolves that has a possibility that can evolve into Demonic Beasts in time. Also, this group was heading to the most luxurious hotel in this city, Sand Castle Hotel.

The Sand Castle Hotel was made with the yellow sand of this region. The sand was been refined by Blood Fire which a fire-type bloodline cultivator can produce in the Blood Core Realm. When a small sack of yellow sand was refined, a tablespoon of yellow metallic liquid will produce. So, imagine how many sack of yellow sand was used in order to build this nine-story wide building.

The group settled down and booked three rooms — one for the couple, one for Jin Ming and one for the two servants. They were finally able to have a good rest now.

As they settled into their rooms, the bellboy who brought food for the guests knocked on their rooms. When the door opened, the bellboy was stunned when he saw the charming lady. She had an auburn wavy hair, and a defining and alluring thick sword-like eyebrows, and pale blue eyes.

"E-excuse madam. Here's your food." The bellboy composed himself as he gave the food to the lady in a pink loose tattered robe. He scurried away with his trolley.

"That woman sure was beautiful." The bellboy muttered as a hint of red showed on his face. As he pushed his trolley away, he thought that somehow that woman looked familiar.

"That's right! She's the woman that the royal empire has been looking for." As the bellboy remembered this, he hurriedly went to look for his boss.

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Smokes from pipe and incense that has a hint of hallucinogen effect filled the room. A sultry maiden was wearing a thin loose provocative robe despite how chilly the luxurious room. While this maiden was enjoying sucking her smoke pipe, a knock sounded on the room.

"Come in." A seductive voice that came from the sultry maiden answered.

As the maiden allowed someone to enter the room, the bell boy who was outside the room entered with a dread and excitement feeling.

"B-boss, do you remember the search warrant that was been ordered by the royal empire months ago?" The bellboy was nervous as he kept himself in check towards the seductive maiden he facing right now. This was the owner of the Sand Castle Hotel, Shen Ning, a mysterious frightening woman in the full cycle Blood Core Realm — a step away from becoming a Blood Nascent. She's the one who singlehandedly built this hotel. A powerful alchemist.

Only those who have a fire element bloodline can produce a Bloodfire. The color of the Bloodfire varies on the blood type that a person has. The color also measure how powerful the fire is.

And this maiden has a green Bloodfire which has full of vitality which is perfect for alchemy. That's why this maiden was a respectable woman of Blood Sun Kingdom and at the same time, dreaded, for her venomous power and scheme.

"I see." The maiden realized what the bellboy was trying to say right away.

"You can go back to your job now. Tonight I'll give you a present." The woman sent the man off with her seductive voice that has full of temptation.

The bellboy stood straight right away as he bowed and curtly exit the room. His heart was beating hard as he tried to control the heat that was rising in his body.

When the bellboy left, the sultry maiden took out a token that has a rune button on it. This was a communication talisman that can send a voice message to someone who has the same talisman. As she looked at the talisman, she smiled deviously as she double pressed the rune button.

"Hello. It's me, Shen Ning."