<h4>Chapter 226: Treasure Hoard</h4>
Trantor: Radiant
Editor: Radiant
Actually, both the ck rat and the gold man truly felt the wish to leave this ce. They were bitter that they had to stay in the cavern pce for several hundreds of thousands of years due to the lowbat power of the previous generations of Xia n Transcendents. There had even been cases of Demigods with grade three and four True Meanings with deity weapons trying to break through the pce! However, the only way for one to break through the pce was for them to have abat power equivalent or higher to that of Ancestor ck Wind. Yet, hundreds of thousands of years after his death, nobody at all could reach that level ofprehension!
It was too difficult!
With his current ability, it would be impossible even for Xue Ying to tackle the pce head-on.
However, Ancestor ck Wind never said one must do it head-on! If one’s True Meaning was mysterious enough for them to easily get through without having to ovee the obstacles, that too, could be consideredbat power!
"To break through the obstacles, to use your own strength, and to be a Transcendent of the Xia n!" the ck rat said. "All three of the criteria have been met, meaning that you have certainly passed through the trials!"
"Then where are the treasures left behind by Ancestor ck Wind?" Xue Ying looked around him.
"Err…"
The ck rat and gold man looked towards each other.
"They’re not in the ck Wind Deity Pce," the ck rat honestly said.
"Not here?" Xue Ying’s eyes widened.
The gold man added, "It’s like this—back then, master prevented the experts who became Deities, as well as those from the Beast n from using theirbat power to forcibly take the treasures away by not cing them here, in the ck Wind Deity Pce."
"Right." Xue Ying nodded before asking curiously, "Even so, Ancestor ck Wind didn’t leave his treasures to the Infernal Pce, instead building the ck Wind Deity Pce to leave behind his inheritance to the one who manages to get through it?"
Many Transcendents, even Demigods, had left behind their treasures before dying to their own sects. A minority would leave them behind to their ns, while the majority would pass them to the Infernal Pce.
The Infernal Pce was, after all, an organization belonging to the entire Xia n.
"Differing opinions!" replied the ck rat. "That year, master considered leaving behind some of the treasures to the Infernal Pce. However, due to some differing opinions between the Pce Head and master, they got into a bit of an argument! As a result, master left none of the treasures behind to the Infernal Pce, instead keeping them all to himself!"
"Argument?" Xue Ying was puzzled. He could feel that Ancestor ck Wind still held the Xia n in his heart. If he didn’t, why would he have spent so much effort before dying to set up the pce? At that time, Ancestor ck Wind… was unarguably the number one expert in the entire Xia n, suppressing all the other ns for an entire era. Yet, he had actually argued with the Infernal Pce Head of that time due to some difference in opinion?
"Why did they argue? What differences did they have?" Xue Ying was curious.
"That is something I don’t really know. Master didn’t tell me about it," replied the ck rat.
Xue Ying muttered to himself.
An existence that could suppress everything for an entire era? Arguing with the Pce Head?
He actually possessed a total of seven Deity warriors? Although, the majority of them were slightly weak.
"Wait until you obtain master’s inheritance. By then, you should understand everything," the ck rat replied. "Master had also mentioned that everything he left behind is within the treasure hoard. Other than the many treasures, themand talisman for the warriors is inside it as well, so if you want us to heed yourmand, you will have to obtain it."
"Where is the treasure hoard?" Xue Ying asked.
"Hmph hmph." The ck rat was delighted at the question.
"Only the Water Rat knows the location." The gold manughed. "None of us shadow brothers know it. Therefore, even if a Deityes and grabs the Water Rat by force, he can’t go against orders master gave him to tell them the secret!"
Xue Ying looked towards the ck rat.
"Please leave," the ck rat said to the gold man.
"Even I am not privy to the secret!" The gold man shook his head. Nevertheless, he turned around and walked out of the courtyard, leaving behind only Xue Ying and that ck rat.
Xue Ying was quite curious as to where Ancestor ck Wind hid his treasures.
"In the deepest underground level of this ck Wind Deity Pce," the ck rat began, "there is an extremelyrge hall. Inside, there’s actually a hidden gate to another world, leading you into a major Transcendent World! This world is very unique in that it grows within the fold of this world’s outeryer, ensuring that it entirely enclosed—the world membrane cannot be torn apart. None of the natives of this Transcendent World have ever torn through space to enter the mortal world."
"Oh?" Xue Ying was startled.
No wonder.
No wonder this ninth major Transcendent World had been kept secret from everyone else. It was thepletely sealed environment which resulted from its location in the void that led to theck of connection with the voidyer in between space. To tear apart thispletely sealed world membrane was equivalent topletely tearing apart the entire outermostyer of the mortal world! That was too difficult.
Usually, tearing space meant merely tearing apart the membrane at the innermostyer, before being able to enter the voidyer in between space.
Other than this voidyer… there was still another external membrane that was the thickest.
This outermost external membrane surrounded the entire mortal world, including all sorts of minor and major Transcendent Worlds.
Because the major Transcendent Worlds were interconnected with the mortal world, there were ‘World Doors’ formed as a result. And the only exit from a space-sealed major Transcendent World… was precisely one of these World Doors!
"Master’s treasures were precisely hidden in this major Transcendent World at a certain underground ce," answered the ck rat. "I’ll pass you the map."
"Wasn’t he afraid that someone would discover it and take it away?" Xue Ying was shocked.
"First of all, these treasures are very unique in that they can only be seen with one’s naked eyes. There are no other methods of observation to discover them. With such a vast major Transcendent World and the seemingly boundless the underground space, how hard would it be for one to find the hoard with their naked eyes? Who could ever find it? Before you, there is nobody to have even known that there are treasures located within, so nobody would be foolish enough use their naked eyes to slowly search for them," the ck rat said. "Secondly, even if they found the hoard, they couldn’t open it! The key to open it is with me! Finally, the entrance, which is the World Door, can only be used by human Transcendents!"
"To sum it up, it’s absolutely safe." The ck rat was confident in this.
Extending his hand, an octagonal ink-ck talisman appeared on his small and hairy ws. "This is the key. I’ll give it to you."
Xue Ying took it.
"I’ll draw the map for you." The ck rat waved his ws, causing waves from the ckke to fly upwards before instantly forming into an enormous, clear map in the air.
"This is the detailed map of the major Transcendent World, and the treasure is located there!" The ck rat pointed towards a point on the enormous map, causing that spot to glow with golden light.
Hu.
The enormous map dissipated and the waves returned back to theke.
"I’ve given you the key and told you about the map," said the ck rat. "You must be careful when proceeding on your own. This is, after all, a major Transcendent World. Hundreds of thousand of years have passed, so nobody can truly know what sorts of native Transcendents will be inside."
There were weak and strong native Transcendents.
For instance, the second ranked Demigod, the ‘Infernal Emperor’, was unrivalled within his Infernal World! There, Mountain Lord He as well as other Demigods with Deity weapons had been simrly defeated by him.
Thus, one could never look down upon the native Transcendents.
"Originally, I thought that after obtaining the key, it’d be quite easy for you to retrieve the treasures. However, your currentbat power is still quite weak, so you must be careful." The ck rat reminded him. He did not wish for Xue Ying to die. After all, who knew when someone powerful enough to free them of this ce would appear once again?
"Don’t worry." Xue Ying made his decision.
Major Transcendent World?
It might be dangerous.
By relying on his True Meaning of Mirage, however, he could still explore the ce. As long as he was careful in sending his own Qi Avatar, it’ll be enough. A Qi Avatar’sprehension of the realms would be simr to that of the true body, so it could enter the Mirage as well.
"Oh, right. That underground Great Hall seemed to have been damaged, with signs of battle having urred inside," Xue Ying added. It had been precisely due to those traces of battle which caused the walls of the underground Great Hall to be damaged that he could survive back then.
"You know about it?" The ck rat was startled. "That’s right. A truly terrifying big battle urred at that location before!"