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Chapter 449: Strange Secret Realm! Time Legacy!
Chapter 449: Strange Secret Realm! Time Legacy!
"It's probably like this! Xiao Shi seems to have an indescribable familiarity with the legendary Time River.
This feeling is not something that can be achieved by human strength, beast trainers, or even the contracted beasts themselves!
I can hardly imagine how Xiao Shi managed to master this ability. It's as if the Time River itself bestowed this skill upon him."
As they disembarked from the Proud Dragon, Ye Zhou, who had just woken up from a nap, continued to speak incessantly by Su Ping's side.
Su Ping tugged at his ear and then turned to Ye Zhou with a helpless look, "So, what have you been up to all this time, aside from cultivating the Time Projection skill? What else have you been doing?"
Having inherited Jiang Xuanji's legacy, Ye Zhou only needed the cultivation method to cultivate the Time Projection skill, even if it was a super-tier skill. As long as the conditions were met, it was only natural for him to be able to cultivate it.
However, it was impossible for this guy to have only made this much progress after spending so much time with Xiao Shi.
"I tried it out, and I had the same idea as Jiang Shi's idea..."
Su Ping's eyebrows furrowed slightly.
"The ability to bring the dead back to life from history?"
Ye Zhou nodded.
Su Ping's gaze intensified.
His enthusiasm for cultivating this skill was no less than that for the Nan Ming Li Huo.
However, there was a certain order to things.
Xiao Shi's priority was still lower than Xiao Huo Miao's, as she had arrived first.
If Ye Zhou could achieve some results himself, that would be the best outcome.
Facing Su Ping's gaze, Ye Zhou shrugged and then shook his head, "There's been no progress at all. Xiao Shi can indeed travel through time, there's no doubt about that. And with repeated use,
Xiao Shi can even lock onto some traces and anchor points in the Time River's past, and if the lingering aura is strong enough and the time span isn't too great, allowing for a relatively longer observation period, Xiao Shi can use Time Projection to condense the figure from the past."
But that's all it can do. It can only condense an empty shell without any meaning, let alone memories or emotions, it doesn't even have the ability to act on its own or create any ripples."
Su Ping's eyes narrowed slightly, and he also fell into deep thought.
He could guess the ultimate challenge of this skill, which was stuck at this very point.
Before he could think further, as the Proud Dragon landed, a group of figures quickly ran over from a distance and approached them.
Huang Tianbing, who had been away for a month, looked much darker.
It was evident that during these days, this Celestial Observatory's Supervisor had spent less time in the office.
"Greetings, Cloud Saint and Little Ancestor. You've finally arrived."
Huang Tianbing looked at Su Ping with tearful eyes, his gaze filled with deep affection, causing Su Ping's skin to crawl with goosebumps.
He cleared his throat and then spoke wordlessly, "Alright, tell me about this secret realm. Have you sent people in already?"
For unstable secret realms like this, the situations could vary.
Some could be entered and exited at any time, purely due to the energy magnetic field's significant impact on the outside world.
Others, like the Xuan Snake Secret Realm on Yan Xun Island, were not easily accessible.
Once a beast trainer entered, it could trigger a riot within the secret realm, and upon its conclusion, the secret realm would unleash even more violent energy tides, causing devastating effects on the outside world.
Huang Tianbing scratched his head, "We've entered once, but we only explored a little. The time flow at the entrance became chaotic, so the exploration team quickly exited. If we fully explored it, the impact and disturbance would be significant."
Su Ping nodded, it seemed similar to the previous Xuan Snake Secret Realm.
"Alright, are you guys ready? Let's not waste any more time. Let's go in!"
This time, he had mainly come for the transaction of the Scorching Soul with Huang Tianbing.
Although he had some interest in this time-related secret realm, it was just that.
There were still many other matters to attend to in the Heart of Ten Thousand Souls.
Wearing the prepared monitoring and protection equipment, Su Ping, along with ten fully-armed Sovereign Rank Celestial Observatory beast trainers, entered the strange secret realm's entrance.
A flash of light, and the familiar feeling of spatial transmission came, but with the breakthrough to the Sovereign Rank, there was no more sense of dizziness.
It was merely like water pressure, and a flash of light appeared before Su Ping's eyes, transporting him to another world.
To Su Ping's surprise, this secret realm was different from all the others he had encountered.
All the previous secret realms he had entered were primarily natural environments.
Despite variations in terrain, they were essentially part of the natural world.
However, in this secret realm, there was no sky, no ocean, no forest, and even the very existence of the earth was relatively vague in a certain sense.
Because they appeared in a room.
Or, to be more precise, they were in a grand hall.
The hall was in ruins, seemingly weathered by time, with various spider webs and mottled marks.
It was like an old house forgotten in the cracks of time.
But, that's just how it was.
Su Ping and Ye Zhou weren't here for exploration.
The ten members of the Celestial Observatory immediately summoned their soulbound beasts, and although Su Ping and Ye Zhou also summoned a few of their own, they didn't need them for combat.
Su Ping followed behind these ten people.
Even though it was a time-domain secret realm.
There were very few time-domain soulbound beasts within.
Following behind, Su Ping didn't see a single time-domain beast.
Only some elemental-type creatures existed.
Most were stone golem-type earth elementals, relatively rare, but after seeing a few, Su Ping lost interest.
Even Xiao Qing and Qian Yi, upon seeing these creatures, didn't show any interest in taking action.
And as they moved further, room by room, even the stone golem-type elemental undead lifeforms disappeared.
On the other hand, Ye Zhou, who was initially bored, became increasingly intrigued, gazing at the grand hall beneath their feet.
With each room they passed through, Ye Zhou spent half a day wandering around in this hall.
"What are you doing?" Su Ping asked directly.
"I'm searching for information about the master of this secret realm! This master is no ordinary person! This secret realm is very strange!"
Su Ping raised his eyebrows.
The reason he brought Ye Zhou along was precisely because of this.
Regarding the time domain, this guy was genuinely an expert, and with the heritage of Jiang Xuanji, his understanding and research of the time domain had long surpassed that of ordinary time-domain beastmasters.
However...
After hearing this, Su Ping's eyebrows furrowed slightly.
In fact, he also had a feeling he couldn't quite describe.
This palace, the rooms were highly similar.
Almost every room was identical, yet interconnected, like a gigantic maze.
But he had a peculiar feeling about the structure of this secret realm.
This feeling wasn't a sixth sense, but a genuine innate perception.
Among the many useless talents he had awakened, there were naturally some that could be useful in critical moments.
And this talent was one of them, the special talent 'Historical Echo' that was activated when the 'Time Domain Record' was illuminated after his awakening.
Su Ping didn't pay much attention to this talent.
Because its effect was relatively simple, just a chance to see a part of historical circumstances in places with heavy time traces.
Su Ping himself couldn't figure out what use this ability had.
However, upon entering this secret realm, he felt like this talent was constantly resonating with this feeling.
But when he carefully tried to activate it, wanting to see something through this talent, he got nothing.
It was a pity that the little guy was resting in his beast space after being trampled by that guy. Su Ping didn't summon him to see what this secret realm was all about.
"What have you figured out?" Su Ping asked directly.
This work is organized by Liu Jiu Book Bar~~
Ye Zhou shook his head and then actually nodded:
"I've got a clue, but I can't be sure yet. If I'm not mistaken, this secret realm should be a heritage secret realm!"
Hmm? Su Ping was taken aback, looking at Ye Zhou in surprise.
Even the members of the Celestial Observatory were surprised, and their captain spoke up:
"Little Brother Ye, although you're young, you might lack experience in exploring secret realms! This secret realm has no leftover information, no traces of beastmasters, and no condensed secret realm spirit. It has no connection to a heritage secret realm, right? This is probably just a secret realm left behind by a sudden death of a time-domain beastmaster.
Even the resources are nothing special."
Ye Zhou smiled and didn't say more.
Then, he no longer paid attention, like a carefree person, following behind Su Ping, not like a beastmaster exploring the secret realm, but more like a young master on an outing.
The beastmasters of the Celestial Observatory didn't say anything further upon seeing this.
These two young masters didn't understand real danger and hardship. Fortunately, there were indeed no dangers along the way.
The leftover soulbound beasts weren't formidable, not even a single one at the peak of the Sovereign rank.
The initially tense atmosphere among the other squad members suddenly shifted as they all became dumbfounded by the revelation.
How could a secret realm that could affect the outside world be so unthreatening?
The situation felt surreal to everyone present.
However, Su Ping and Ye Zhou remained unfazed by the revelation.
They continued walking through the interconnected grand palace, room by room.
As they walked, Ye Zhou's smile grew wider, while Su Ping's furrowed brows tightened.
Soon, Ye Zhou stopped paying attention to his footsteps and instead, with a mischievous grin, turned to Su Ping, recalling a past incident:
"Su Ping, do you know how I obtained Master Jiang's heritage?"
Su Ping raised his eyebrows and looked at Ye Zhou, "How so?"
"In Master Jiang's heritage realm, there were no ferocious beasts, only an empty space and a giant clock. Back in his time, it was called a sundial.
In that realm, there were no remaining words of heritage, but the sundial's hands kept moving.
However, the second hand of the sundial was off by one-thirtieth of a second compared to the outside world! It required an absolute sense of time perception from a beastmaster to restore it and enter the first stage of the heritage.
Each stage tested the beastmaster's absolute perception of time; only by being precise to the second could one obtain Master Jiang's heritage.
Most importantly, every time one entered the realm, the time difference between the realm and the outside world would be disrupted. It was impossible to establish contact with the outside and complete the task through trickery."
Ye Zhou explained with a mischievous smile.
Su Ping's eyebrows furrowed, but then he suddenly raised them, not surprised by the peculiarity of such a heritage method.
Ancient beastmasters often had all sorts of bizarre requirements for their chosen successors.
What surprised him was Ye Zhou's purpose in bringing this up at this moment.
Ye Zhou spoke with a peculiar tone:
"So, this realm is also like that?"
He never believed himself to be all-powerful, and in the realm of time manipulation, his understanding, knowledge, and experience paled in comparison to Ye Zhou's.
Ye Zhou nodded.
"Then how can we find the heritage of this realm?"
Su Ping's interest was piqued.
Ye Zhou lightly stamped his foot:
"It's simple, just walk backward."
"Walk backward?"
Even the other squad members were taken aback.
Su Ping's eyebrows furrowed, digital world, and then he seemed to realize something.
Instinctively, he turned around and looked back.
The corridor behind them seemed to be forever there, unchanging.
But from start to finish, their squad had never walked backward.
"We've actually already explored this realm. We've just been walking along with the direction of the clock. From a certain perspective, it seems like we're moving, but in reality, it's not us moving; it's the rooms beneath our feet that are moving."
Ye Zhou explained, still seeming tired from the previous fatigue.
Then, to everyone's surprise, he began to walk backward:
"Of course, even walking backward, in terms of the material plane, is still just walking in circles.
But unfortunately, this is a realm formed by a beastmaster's spatial trait, and it can't be understood with common sense. Walking backward will also cause the simulated clock to move backward!"
Ye Zhou's words stunned everyone.
After a moment of hesitation, everyone followed suit and started walking backward as well.
Then, something happened that no one, including Su Ping, had expected.
With their backward steps, the dilapidated palace began to change.
The spider webs slowly receded.
The faded marks gradually became polished and clean.
This once-dilapidated hall was now restored to its original splendor, appearing before everyone's eyes in a brand new state.
Finally, as everyone continued walking backward, time seemed to rewind countless years with each room they exited.
The palace became polished and radiant.
The seemingly endless maze and the next palace that never seemed to disappear transformed into a strange, large door.
This sealed off any further path for those who wanted to continue walking.
The previous small palace vanished.
In its place stood a grand palace.
And an ancient voice resounded:
"Young beastmaster with a dazzling time talent! Your acute perception of time grants you the qualification to know the heritage of the master... "
(End of Chapter)
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