Chapter 1532 Sixty Thousand Years Ago


    The bead, even though half-buried in the mud, glimmered, bright enough for Austin to notice. It was


    shiny and exquisite. But it also looked mysterious and gave off a strange feel in the air.


    Austin became curious and sensed it with his spiritual sense.


    Whoosh!


    His spiritual sense hovered over the bead and suddenly entered an extraordinary space inside.


    This surprised Austin. He looked around and observed using his spiritual sense.


    It was a peculiar space filled with translucent mist.


    At a far corner, stood a faint figure. It was motionless and seemed to be looking back at him.


    The figure remained hazy, but Austin believed that he was about thirty. He wore an ancient dark yellow


    robe that made him look noble and his hands rested on his back. Austin detected a trace of sadness on


    his face.


    "Gee?"


    As Austin''s spiritual sense settled on the space, the man in the dark yellow robe instantly perceived his


    spiritual sense.


    "s, what a miracle! Someone is finally here," eximed the man in the bead.


    He seemed to havee alive after he detected Austin''s spiritual sense.


    Austin heard him and was surprised himself.


    He could see that the man inside the bead was a soul, and it was about to disappear.


    The figure was hardly visible and was almost transparent. Austin was afraid that he would lose his


    connection with the figure anytime.


    "Looks like this guy is running out of his spiritual soul energy,"


    uttered the me Emperor in Austin''s Soul Sea.


    The me Emperor was by now also a soul. His spiritual soul energy had been depleted, but he had


    not reached that crucial point where he would disappear.


    The spiritual soul of this man was hanging by a thread and could dissipate anytime inside the milky


    bead.


    "I am a disciple of a small sect, and I came to the Wild Herb Valley to collect herbs and have a trial. Sir,


    who are you, please?" Austin asked.


    He figured that the man had been here for a long time. In terms of age, this man should be an elder.


    "The Wild Herb Valley?


    Collecting herbs and having a trial?


    What''s going on here?


    This is the territory of our Cyan Pill Valley. How did you get in here and gather herbs and have a trial?


    My soul has been in this bead for so long. I do not understand what''s going on outside anymore.


    Have the Cyan Pill Valley fallen?


    Now, boy, describe to me what has happened to the world.


    Exin to me how you could get in and collect herbs from the Cyan Pill Valley," the man pleaded.


    ''This man must have died a long time ago, and left his soul hidden in the bead.


    Now his energy is running out, '' Austin said to himself.


    "Sir, I will ask my friend to tell you about the outside world.


    He is a soul, just like you, and it would be best if you hear it from him," Austin told the man.


    Since he was from the Prime Martial World, Austin did not know about the East Maind of the Divine


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    Continent as much as the me Emperor.


    Austin asked the me Emperor to connect with the man through his spiritual sense and to tell him


    what had been happening in the outside world.


    Obediently, the me Emperor started tomunicate with the man and told him stories after stories


    of what had happened while his soul was inside the bead.


    It took the me Emperor two hours to finish telling the stories.


    The man listened carefully and was quiet for a long time.


    Then he exhaled and shrugged his shoulders.


    "I have been in this bead for tens of thousands of years, and true enough the outside world has


    changed beyond my imagination.


    They have wiped out my precious Cyan Pill Valley from history. We used to be powerful, and it was


    unimaginable that this could happen.


    Now it has be a forbidden valley, and at regr intervals there are disciples from different sects to


    collect herbs.


    The world is so uncertain. Everything is touch and go!"


    The man continued to grieve for Cyan Pill Valley and its people.


    ''He has been in this bead for tens of thousands of years!''


    It shocked Austin and the me Emperor.


    "Sir, how long have you been here?"


    Austin asked curiously.


    "About 60, 000 years,"


    answered the man.


    "What?"


    Austin and the me Emperor shouted at the same time.


    This man had lived in this world for sixty thousand years.


    That was a really long time.


    "So, you havee to the Cyan Pill Valley to gather herbs and have a trial.


    Will you do me a favor?" asked the man.


    He was quiet for a while, unsure if Austin would agree with him or not.


    "What is it? I would like to if I could," Austin replied.


    He was hesitant at first, but he pitied the man. He wanted to know what he was going to ask of him.


    "Please take my bones and soul to the Secret Valley. I want to take one more look at Jessy''s practice


    cave before I disappear from this world.


    And I want my bones to be buried in Jessy''s practice cave."


    The man gave his request.


    Oh?


    From his words, Austin learned that the man was so obsessed with Jessy that he wanted his bones to


    be buried in her practice cave.


    Austin''s heart pounded on his chest when he heard the man mentioned the Secret Valley.


    Stacy of the Deep Sea Commercial House and Sexton of the Dark Night Sect both mentioned the


    Secret Valley.


    Stacy and Sexton fought about it. Sexton attacked Stacy just to get the map that would lead them to


    the Secret Valley.


    Now this man who was about to breathe hisst was also talking about the Secret Valley.


    ''Does the Secret Valley really exist? What is in that ce?'' Austin wondered.


    "Where is the Secret Valley, sir?


    I don''t know exactly where it is.


    Tell me, so I can help you," Austin said candidly.


    "Oh? So the sects of the East Mainde into our Cyan Pill Valley every couple of decades, but


    you have not found the Secret Valley yet?


    Well, no wonder. It is a very special ce. The Secret Valley is an essential ce for the Cyan Pill


    Valley.


    We have ced a magical hedge of protection around it.


    The ce was designed to be hidden from outsiders. That is why people from other sects have long


    been searching for it, but could not find it.


    Ha-Ha! I remember, it was a sacred ce for the Cyan Pill Valley. Inside the Secret Valley grows the


    rarest and most powerful herbs. If you go inside, you will see everything you need to be more powerful.


    The choices are endless.


    I will show you the way to the Secret Valley so you could collect your herbs. But you have to promise


    me...


    You will take my bones to Jessy''s practice cave.


    Do you agree?" asked the man.


    "Deal."


    Austin thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.


    He heard every word. The Secret Valley was an important ce for the Cyan Pill Valley. If he could get


    his hand on the rare and precious herbs that grew inside the valley, it would help him be more


    powerful.


    "Let''s not waste any more time. Put away my bones and this Soul-nourishing Bead. I will show you the


    way to the Secret Valley,"


    the man said.


    "Okay."


    Austin waved his hand and grabbed the bones from the mud. He wiped away the mud and ced it


    safely into his Space Ring.


    He then took the milky-white bead and followed the man''s instructions. He drew it into his Soul Sea


    using his mind and went on to his new journey.