Seeking Immortality in a Bizarre World-Chapter 459 - 454: Strange Pollution? Baiting with Benefits_1
Before, Jia Ren would not have had this thought.
Now, the Bronze Strange Gate was under his control and impossible to shake off.
This was his opportunity.
Of course, Jia Ren would not risk himself.
The Insect External Incarnation was also recovering, preparing for a breakthrough to the Divinity Transformation Stage.
Besides that, Jia Ren had not forgotten that he also had a Xuan Beast Avatar.
The Xuan Beast Avatar was innately endowed with the ability to sense danger, able to perceive it before it approached.
The abilities of the Bizarre Demons in the Bizarre Realm were peculiar and difficult to guard against. By comparison, it was more suited for exploration than the Insect External Incarnation.
"Go!"
The Xuan Beast Avatar stepped out from the Mountain and Sea Pearl. Its cultivation speed was far less than that of the main body and the Insect External Incarnation, and it had only reached the Late Golden Core Stage.
The worst part was that it did not possess a Life-bound Magical Treasure.
The Xuan Beast Avatar took out a few treasures for Warding Off Evil and protection, along with a Fate-Switching Talisman and a Boundary-breaking Talisman.
After the preparations were complete, it crossed the Bronze Strange Gate and strode into the Bizarre Realm.
Inside and outside the Bizarre Realm were two different worlds, completely distinct heavens and earths.
From the outside, one could only feel an incredibly rich Bizarre Qi, nothing more.
Upon entering the Bizarre Realm, the Xuan Beast Avatar’s hair stood on end as a strong sense of crisis took over, perceiving danger at every turn.
This was an instinctual reaction, urging it to return quickly, not wishing to stay a moment longer in the Bizarre Realm.
Is there a problem with this place? Are there powerful Bizarre Demons lurking?
Or is it an issue with the Bizarre Realm itself?
Jia Ren shared consciousness with the Xuan Beast Avatar, feeling an extremely strong sense of crisis.
He could not be sure whether there were powerful and unknown Bizarre Demons present.
Not all Bizarre Demons had corporeal forms. Many were intangible and elusive, yet omnipresent.
The absence of visible Bizarre Demons did not mean there were none.
Among the Bizarre Demons, many were unknowable, their very names taboo, and merely knowing them was dangerous.
Let’s change location!
Jia Ren did not dare to test the danger personally, decisively closing the Bronze Strange Gate and once again changing location.
The Xuan Beast Avatar tried again, but the result was not much different from before.
Upon entering the Bizarre Realm, the sense of crisis washed over it like a tide, instinct urging it to escape the Bizarre Realm with all its might.
It would be understandable if this occurred only in one location.
But after changing locations four or five times, the same problem arose, suggesting it was not just a matter of Bizarre Demons.
Could it be... there’s a problem with the Bizarre Realm?
Does simply entering the Bizarre Realm subject one to some kind of pollution?
Thinking this, Jia Ren firmly stopped sending the Xuan Beast Avatar into the Bizarre Realm.
He found a relatively safe place, preparing to start experimenting.
Hundreds of Gathering Oddity Talisman Stones were thrown in. These stones naturally had the effect of gathering and absorbing Bizarre Qi.
The subsequently refined Gathering Oddity Talisman Stones were of extremely high quality and could contain a vast amount of Bizarre Qi.
According to the classification of cultivators’ levels, the capacity of a single Gathering Oddity Talisman Stone was equivalent to ten Superior Grade Spirit Stones.
Once the Gathering Oddity Talisman Stones were deployed, the next test was to investigate the issue of pollution in the Bizarre Realm.
The Gather Water Spell summoned water, controlling the flow to pass through the Bronze Strange Gate, digging out a reservoir on the dark earth of the Bizarre Realm.
Dozens of Spirit Fish followed the water, collectively sent into the Bizarre Realm.
Next was to wait for the Gathering Oddity Talisman Stones to absorb the Bizarre Qi and to confirm whether the Spirit Fish would undergo any changes.
Initially, the Spirit Fish swam merrily in the small pond, but after half a day, their bodies gradually stiffened and started to float to the surface, bellies up.
Lacking the Xuan Beast Avatar’s sense of danger, by the time peril arrived, it was already too late.
Half of the Spirit Fish died on the spot, their bodies floating on the water, turning black.
The remaining few started to mutate peculiarly.
One grew an extra head, while several others swelled at an alarming rate, transforming into abnormal states.
Indeed, there was a problem! This was the pollution from the Bizarre Realm!
Jia Ren’s eyes turned cold, a strange chill rising from the bottom of his heart.
If he had sent the Mysterious Realm Incarnation instead of the Xuan Beast Avatar into the Bizarre Realm, he too would have ended up like the Spirit Fish, only realizing something was wrong when the mutations began.
This kind of mutation was incredibly bizarre, and it was uncertain whether the changes were irreversible.
The Bizarre Realm is too dangerous!
If I deal with it in the future, I must be extremely cautious!
Jia Ren had thought that the most terrifying thing in the Bizarre Realm was the Bizarre Demons, yet he didn’t anticipate that this world itself was a mysterious and terrifying entity.
Luckily, his nature was cautious, not liking to take risks.
For those cultivators with more courage, their grave mounds would be ten feet high by now.
Jia Ren waited until the Gathering Oddity Talisman Stones completely absorbed the Bizarre Qi before carefully retrieving them.
At the same time, the few Spirit Fish that had mutated were also brought back.
Unlike the Electric Stupor Mysterious Fish from the Bizarre Lake, these mutations were incomplete, not qualifying as genuine Bizarre Objects or Bizarre Materials, lacking specific definition.
Jia Ren continuously changed locations, yet still did not encounter a single Bizarre Demon.
This made him frown involuntarily.
My previous encounters with the Bizarre Realm weren’t sparse in Bizarre Demons; I always had some gains after a few tries.
Why are there... no Bizarre Demons this time?
Could it be that the worlds are different, accessing different locations and regions of the Bizarre Realm?
Last time I observed the Bizarre Realm, it was through a breach in the Sealed Land, but this time it’s in the Mysterious Realm. When opened in different places, does it react differently?
Or... has some unknown change occurred since my last observation?
So much so that... the Bizarre Realm is empty.
Have they all gone to some unknown place?
It would be better if it were the former, but if it’s the latter... it always leaves me ill at ease.
Perhaps... someone can answer the doubts in my heart.
The first people Jia Ren thought of were the Wu Family.
The Wu Family People possessed Sinful Blood, and they certainly had the deepest understanding of Bizarre Demons and the Bizarre Realm; this was also his best channel for obtaining information about Bizarre Demons.
After several days of burning by the Wicked Flame, I wonder if the bones of the Wu Family People are still as hard as before?
Jia Ren entered the thirty-third level of the Demon-Sealing Spirit Tower and saw a Blood-color Crystal Dragon formed from solidified blood, upon which one could see numerous faces twisted in agony.
Burning on the body of the Blood Dragon was the Wicked Flame, burning continuously, leaving it fixed in place, unable to move at all.
Since the Demon-Sealing Tower had been upgraded to the Demon-Sealing Spirit Tower, its ability to Suppress the Mysterious Monsters had increased by more than one level compared to before.
Before, Bizarre Demons could move freely within the Demon-Sealing Tower, but now, they couldn’t move at all.
When the Wu Family People inside the Blood Dragon saw Jia Ren, they all glared at him with resentful eyes.
"Do you like it here?" Jia Ren asked.
"Is it warming your heart? Want me to turn up the heat?"
Warm your grandpa! We’re almost burned to death!
The Wu Family People clearly felt their souls, together with the Blood Dragon, dying and being reborn over and over, becoming particularly weak and gradually feeling as if their lamps were running out of oil.
The thing that the Sinful Denizens were most proud of was using the power of Bizarre Demons to merge as one, obtaining the abilities of Bizarre Demons and an almost indestructible trait.
Cultivators couldn’t kill them.
Dealing with them, there was only one way: sealing.
Until now, they had finally met their nemesis.
This person was the Sinful Denizens’ lifetime adversary!
"You deserve to die! We will not let you go!" the Wu Family People shrieked.
They couldn’t move or strike back, and could only use the weakest curses to deal with Jia Ren.
"Wu Yong and I were fellow disciples," Jia Ren said calmly. "His death also saddens me."
"I brought you the message with good intentions. If you don’t appreciate it, that’s fine, but you still tried to harm me."
"As for Sinful Denizens or whatever, I really don’t care."
One may guard against a thousand enemies from without, but it’s hardest to guard against a betrayer from within.
A stab in the back from a supposed ’friendly force’ is always the hardest to accept.
From the moment the Wu Family People made a move against him, their fate was sealed; only the road to death lay before them.
"Hmph, that’s just your side of the story! All Human Cultivators deserve to die!" one of them spat.
The Wu Family detested humans deeply. Previously, they hid among humans for the sake of easier survival.
Now that their true faces were exposed, they couldn’t be bothered to continue the pretense.
"Answer my questions about Sinful Denizens and the Bizarre Realm, and I can make your suffering a little less," Jia Ren offered.
With a wave of his hand, the Wicked Flame burning on the Blood Dragon was forcefully pulled away, leaving nothing behind.
Without the continuous burn of the Wicked Flame, the pain tormenting the Wu Family People finally stopped.
A Gathering Oddity Talisman Stone was thrown over, and Bizarre Qi continuously emitted from it, rapidly absorbed by the Blood Dragon.
The Blood Dragon and the souls of the Wu Family People, having been tormented by the Wicked Flame, were nearly spent. With the intake of the Bizarre Qi, they seemed to have consumed a powerful tonic, and their condition improved significantly.
"Is this a Bizarre Stone?"
"No, it’s more like a Cultivator’s talisman stone."
"How can there be such pure Bizarre Qi in a talisman stone?"
The Wu Family People, looking at the Gathering Oddity Talisman Stone exuding rich Bizarre Qi, were incredulous.
After the Mysterious Realm was swept by High-Order Cultivators, nearly all Bizarre Demons were sealed, and the Bizarre Qi was cleansed with special methods, making it extremely scant.
Many Wu Family People had never felt Bizarre Qi from birth until now.
This Bizarre Qi was addictive to them.
"How do you have this thing?" one of them asked, his voice trembling.
Jia Ren smiled, spreading his hands to reveal dozens of Gathering Oddity Talisman Stones, brimming with Bizarre Qi.
Dozens of fervent gazes swept over, filled with intense longing.
"Don’t be fooled by his petty rewards! We absolutely must not reveal a shred of information!" the Wu Family Patriarch declared.
He held an extremely high position within the family, and upon his words, the others, despite their longing, withdrew their gazes.
Jia Ren’s expression darkened slightly. Without taking care of this old bone, I definitely won’t get any information.
With a thought, he came up with a new idea.
"It wouldn’t hurt to tell you a little something," Jia Ren said.
"This thing comes from the Bizarre Realm."
In my eyes, they’re as good as dead already. Continuing the burn of the Wicked Flame for a little longer will surely scatter their souls.
Revealing a bit of inconsequential information to those about to die does no harm.
Noticing their skepticism, Jia Ren waved his hand, causing the walls of the thirty-third level of the Demon-Sealing Spirit Tower to become illusory and transparent.
The sight of the Wu Family People was unaffected, allowing them to see the Bronze Strange Gate locked by the Suppressing Demon God Chain and, furthermore, to witness the Strange Gate wide open with Bizarre Qi flowing endlessly from it.
This was a scene they had only ever witnessed in dreams, now unfolding before their very eyes.
A connection to the Bizarre Realm, and that world they had yearned for.
"The Bizarre Realm?!" The Wu Family Patriarch’s eyes burned with fervor, and his voice shook slightly. "Just let us enter the Bizarre Realm, and I will tell you all the information you want to know!"
