Stellar Transformation-Chapter 175 - 8 Episodes Qin Yu Returns - 12 10 Years
On the second floor of the tavern, all other guests had been driven away, leaving only Qin Yu, Yida, and a few others upstairs.
"Brother Yida, your methods are a bit too drastic. Haven’t you heard of using silver?" Qin Yu looked at the giant painted boulder used as decoration in the tavern, which had now turned into a liquid-like crystal of ice. Just moments ago, Yida had placed his hand on the boulder, instantly melting it; however, in an instant, the liquid rock was completely frozen solid.
Afterward, Yida glanced around at the people nearby, and the guests obediently left one after another.
"Silver?" Yida replied with a cold smile, then promptly chose a place to sit down and gestured to Qin Yu across from him, "Sit." Following his words, Qin Yu took a seat opposite Yida, while Li’er sat at a different table next to them.
"It’s been about ten days since we arrived in the Hidden Dragon Continent. Brother Yida, have you made any progress?" Qin Yu picked up a cup of wine, poured himself a drink, and drank, paying no attention to Yida.
Yida gestured with his hand and a wine pot flew over to him. He poured himself a drink and said, "Progress? Your people from the Star Pavilion were second only to those from the Penglai Immortal Domain in terms of arrival, and in the greatest number, yet you have no results. How could I possibly have any?"
"Who said I have no results?" Qin Yu smiled.
"Oh?" Yida looked at Qin Yu, "Did you get that ninth Jade Sword?"
Qin Yu shook his head, "No, just a black jade box." Yida’s attention immediately focused, but Qin Yu sighed, "Unfortunately, that black jade box isn’t the one for storing the ninth Jade Sword."
"Are there many black jade boxes in the Primordial Wilderness?" Yida frowned slightly.
In Yida’s view, in the boundless Primordial Wilderness, natural materials for Artifact Refining might be abundant, but items like black jade boxes were unlikely to form naturally. Such items couldn’t be plentiful in the Primordial Wilderness unless someone was idle enough to make some and leave them there.
Yida didn’t know that was indeed the case.
"Of course not," Qin Yu naturally said, though in his heart he thought, "Just seven or eight."
Yida showed a rare hint of a smile, "That’s just bad luck. If my people found a black jade box, it would definitely contain the ninth Jade Sword. Do you believe it or not?"
"I don’t believe it," Qin Yu looked into Yida’s eyes.
"Just a moment, my people will be here soon," Yida said with a laugh, having received a Communication Order from his subordinates saying they had gotten a black jade box with Restriction on it, which naturally made Yida happy. He was also not afraid of Qin Yu snatching it, as in terms of strength, Qin Yu was still inferior to him.
"Oh, Brother Yida is quite confident," Qin Yu slowly sipped his drink, waiting.
"Prison King, Sir."
A figure rushed upstairs and immediately knelt on one knee, but hesitated upon seeing Qin Yu.
"Master Qin Yu is no outsider, just present it," Yida said indifferently. Immediately, the subordinate stretched out his hand, and a black jade box flew out from his storage bracelet. Qin Yu swept it with Spiritual Sense and was completely sure; this black jade box was... a forgery of his own making.
As for the Restriction on the black jade box, it had been set by Yan Rui from the Qin Yu Sect.
Yida released a beam of light from his hand, hitting the black jade box and easily breaking the Restriction. Yida’s expression changed immediately; he had obtained black jade boxes before and knew how difficult the Dust Removal Restriction was to remove.
"Brother Yida, didn’t you say that if your people got the black jade box, it would definitely contain the ninth Jade Sword? Open it up and let’s have a look," Qin Yu said with a smile on the side.
Yida merely snorted coldly and directly threw the black jade box onto the ground. With a "bang," the black jade box shattered into several pieces.
Demon Jade, being a common stone, and with the Restriction added by Yan Rui now broken by Yida, a furious slam from Yida naturally shattered it instantly. A piece of paper floated out from the shattered black jade box, reading ’Black Jade Box, made from superior Demon Jade, valued at one hundred taels of silver.’
"Brother Yida, this is..." Qin Yu feigned a very surprised look.
Yida scoffed a few times and said, "Some bored fellow must be toying with us. Considering everyone’s temper, it’s probably that Azure Dragon guy; he always likes to cause trouble."
"The Green Dragon Palace Master, really?" Qin Yu argued on behalf of Azure Dragon.
"Not at all," Yida cursed in his heart the person who deceived him with the fake black jade box, "You haven’t known Azure Dragon for long. He loves to join in the fun and enjoys seeing others make fools of themselves. He often plays pranks on others, especially likes stirring up trouble." Yida had been fooled by this more than once.
Qin Yu reflected for a moment; indeed, Azure Dragon loved to stir up trouble. Poor Azure Dragon, just like that being blamed for helping Qin Yu.
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The area of Primordial Wilderness was vast, and searching for a small black jade box naturally required detailed and slow investigation. Even with Spiritual Sense, it took a lot of time.
Yet Qin Yu’s days continued comfortably, focusing on his cultivation, occasionally playing chess with Li’er—no, that wasn’t playing chess; it was being trounced by Li’er—or chatting with his relatives. More often, Qin Yu spent time exploring the major cities and sceneries of the Hidden Dragon Continent with Li’er.
Time passed month by month, year by year...
The relationship between Qin Yu and Li’er grew even better, neither having experienced romance before, both were somewhat naive. Their relatives joked around and teased them, but they didn’t mind too much. However... their younger relatives, like the princes, were starting to chase after girls.
Ten years had passed.
For a full decade, the six forces mobilized over ten thousand troops and conducted a meticulous, slow search in the Primordial Wilderness. The search naturally slowed due to its depth, but within ten years, they had searched an area reaching a million miles deep.
Because of Qin Yu’s initial order, however, the Star Pavilion’s troops did not cross the boundary of a hundred thousand miles and delve deeper.
The demon beasts in the Primordial Wilderness were formidable, very formidable.
In the process of going deeper, the other five forces all suffered some losses. The Star Pavilion, having not ventured deeply, did not suffer much. However, the strangest thing was that three years ago, all the cultivated demon beasts suddenly disappeared completely, and the various forces could not find a single Golden Core Stage demon beast.
Strange.
It was very strange. There were still many demon beasts in the Primordial Wilderness, but why had all the Golden Core Stage demon beasts disappeared? Where had they gone?
Regarding this, the other five forces were truly vexed, while Qin Yu didn’t bother at all. Instead, he began learning to play the flute, occasionally performing a flute and zither ensemble with Li’er, although even after several years of practice, his skills with the flute were nowhere near Li’er’s.
He was inferior to Li’er in chess and not a match for Li’er’s zither playing, yet Qin Yu didn’t mind it at all. He still played chess with Li’er and performed in flute and zither ensembles.
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In Yu Royal Mansion, Qin Yu and a young man were sitting face to face.
"Look, Uncle, you and Aunt Li’er have been this way for ten years. I, your nephew, am about to marry the Crown Princess," urged the Crown Prince of the Qin Dynasty, Qin Guan.
Qin Yu was startled.
He then laughed and said, "You little guy, you’re still so young. Your uncle’s matters are not for you to worry about." In fact, Qin Guan was not young anymore; he was eighteen years old. According to the customs of the Hidden Dragon Continent, coming of age at sixteen and marrying at eighteen weren’t anything unusual.
"Uncle, it’s not that I’m small, it’s that you’re quite old. And yet you still aren’t married," Qin Guan complained.
Suddenly, Li’er came over from a distance, holding a small basin containing bunches of grapes. Li’er smiled and placed the small basin on the table: "Qin Yu, eat some grapes. I picked these out carefully and washed them very well."
Qin Yu immediately started eating them with relish.
"Big Brother." Hei Yu also flew over.
"Little Black, what is it? Don’t take any; these are from Li’er," Qin Yu said as Hei Yu opened his mouth and gulped down seven or eight grapes directly, which immediately caused Qin Yu to panic.
Hei Yu smiled, "Big Brother, I have some great news to tell you."
"Oh, great news? What great news?" Qin Yu looked at Hei Yu curiously, and Hei Yu proudly declared, "I... am going to undergo the Sixty-nine Heavenly Tribulations in half a year!"
"Really?" Qin Yu was greatly surprised.
"Of course, it’s true. But Big Brother, Hou Fei passed his Sixty-nine Heavenly Tribulations several years ago. I’m weaker than you, and now I’m undergoing the Heavenly Tribulations sooner than you. Why are you so slow?" Hei Yu asked, puzzled.
At the Star Pavilion, currently, Hou Fei was the highest in cultivation, yet Qin Yu still couldn’t sense the arrival of the Sixty-nine Heavenly Tribulations.
Qin Yu gave a light smile and said, "Who knows? By reasoning, I should have sensed the arrival of the Heavenly Tribulations a decade ago at the peak of the late-stage Meteor, but... these things cannot be forced."
In the past ten years in the Hidden Dragon Continent, Uncle Lan had come once, and Qin Yu had asked why he had not yet sensed the arrival of the Sixty-nine Heavenly Tribulations, especially since even Hou Fei had passed them. However, Uncle Lan just assured Qin Yu not to worry, not to rush, and not to care about it.
He hadn’t undergone the Sixty-nine Heavenly Tribulations, but Qin Yu’s soul cultivation had made tremendous progress.
In the ten years spent with Li’er, Qin Yu’s soul cultivation had nearly reached the early Kongming stage. It was known that the further one advanced in the soul realm, the exponential increase in difficulty. Reaching his current realm in ten years wasn’t solely due to the Meteor Tear, but also because of the influence of Li’er’s zither music.
Li’er laughed and said, "These things cannot be forced. The Heavenly Tribulations are so slow in coming; there must be a reason for it. Your power has long been sufficient, and your soul cultivation far exceeds your cultivation power. By logic, they should have come already."
"Let’s just let it be, anxiously waiting won’t hurry them," Qin Yu said unconcernedly.
Suddenly, Qin Yu felt something stirring in his heart, and with a flip of his hand, a Communication Order appeared. Upon sweeping it with his Spiritual Sense, his face changed drastically.
"Big Brother, what has happened?" Little Black immediately asked.
Qin Yu’s brow furrowed tightly, and he slowly said, "The Green Dragon’s ten thousand troops, all annihilated." Recollecting the message from the Green Dragon, Qin Yu had a premonition that his peaceful life was unlikely to continue.
(Chapter Two!)
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