The Lord of Void and Real-Chapter 374 - 370 Leave a Message (1 more update)

Chapter 374: Chapter 370: Leave a Message (1 more update)

Chapter 374: Chapter 370: Leave a Message (1 more update)

At night, Shen Luo sat alone by the window in his room. A dim yellow oil lamp lit the table in front of him, where a purple talisman paper and three green talisman papers lay.

The purple paper bore the rune of the Fractured Talisman, while each of the three Green Frost papers carried the rune of the Thunderfall Talisman. All these talismans had been completed on his journey to Yu State.

Though the success rate of the Thunderfall Talisman was not high, it used only Green Frost paper. However, the Fractured Talisman required the more precious Purple Cloud paper.

Despite Shen Luo’s experience of painting talismans in his dreams and his thousands of practice runs on plain and yellow talisman papers, he still used up all the Purple Cloud paper that he had bought with his savings just to successfully create this single talisman.

He stared at the cloud-filled sky outside the window, only able to make out a blurry glow hidden within the clouds. Below, the Heavenly Pit was pitch black, and nothing could be seen clearly.

According to the accounts in his travelogue, the Jade-eyed Golden Toad was a descendant of the Moon Palace toads, born with the ability to cultivate by observing the moon and absorbing lunar energy, accumulating a highly pure lunar essence within its body.

However, this creature was timid and cautious, often hibernating underground where it was difficult for cultivators to find.

Only during the rainy season, when the sky would be consistently covered by clouds, preventing moonlight from reaching the Earth, and the Golden Toad could not absorb lunar energy, would it enter a period of dormancy.

When the rainy season was over, lightning would strike, waking up the Golden Toad. It would then daringly leave its hiding place, basking under the moonlight to make up for the previously consumed lunar energy.

This was the best opportunity to capture it. Missing it would mean waiting for at least another year.

This was also a significant reason why Shen Luo decided to seek this creature first.

After a while, Shen Luo placed the talisman paper on the table into his sleeve and blew out the oil lamp. He returned to his bed to meditate and continue his cultivation. Although his progress was slow, he couldn’t afford to stop.

…

Early the next morning, Shen Luo pushed open the window to glance at the cloud-covered sky. After a slight frown, he suddenly steadied himself against the table by the window. With an agile flip, he leaped out of the window and flew downwards.

Directly outside his window was the sheer cliff of the Heavenly Pit, with no place to land. He plunged straight towards the pit.

Only when he had fallen more than ten feet did he grab hold of a protruding rock with one hand, hanging himself swiftly from the cliff.

Shen Luo twisted his body and saw, about ten feet away, a row of towering ancient trees.

He quickly released his grip on the cliffside. With a powerful push of his legs against the cliff, he somersaulted in mid-air and noiselessly descended towards the canopy of the nearby ancient tree.

Upon nearing it, he reached out to grab one of the branches, using it to slightly buffer his fall. After several repetitions, he finally landed safely on the ground.

Once on the ground, he did not rush to move. Instead, he took out a Mountain Crossing Talisman from his sleeve and showed it around. Seeing no abnormal reaction from the talisman, he pocketed it again.

The Heavenly Pit was tranquil in the early morning, with only the chirping of insects and the rustling of leaves echoing around.

According to the travelogue Shen Luo read, the location to capture the Golden Toad was near a crescent-shaped lake in the center of the Heavenly Pit. Without delay, he set off through the dense forest and aimed straight for the center of the pit.

As he walked through the forest, Shen Luo noticed that the temperature at the bottom of the pit was much lower than outside. Frost covered the leaves and branches of the grass and trees along the path.

He plucked a leaf and rubbed it gently, causing the frost on it to melt immediately.

Shen Luo slightly knitted his brows, tossed the leaf aside, and put his hands in his sleeves. He continued to walk at a leisurely pace.

His comportment was casually relaxed. As he inspected the surroundings left and right, he seemed more like a sightseer than anything else.

Before long, he arrived at the center of the Heavenly Pit and saw, from a distance, the crescent-shaped lake.

The lake water was clear and of a deep azure color, reflecting the clouds in the sky.

Next to the lake, a familiar figure was seen bending over to scoop up a handful of water from the lake, bringing it to his mouth to take a sip.

“Brother Ao…” Shen Luo softly called out, swiftly walking towards the figure.

“Brother Shen, good morning.” Ao Hong, who was standing by the lake, wasn’t surprised at all. He stood up straight, greeted Shen Luo with a smile.

However, when he looked at Shen Luo, his gaze seemed to pass through him, looking towards the dense forest further behind him.

Shen Luo noticed, but he still pretended as if he hadn’t noticed anything.

In fact, he had realized that someone was trailing him in secret when he picked the leaf petal earlier.

He exchanged pleasantries with Ao Hong, and the two of them walked side by side, chatting casually as they headed towards the other side of the Heavenly Pit.

The cliff on the other side of the Heavenly Pit was uneven, and from afar, it looked like a naturally formed eave, covered with slippery dark green moss.

Looking from afar, Shen Luo saw three ropes hanging down from the cliff, with three figures hanging on them. Each of them had a large tapered bamboo basket tied around their waist, suspended under the protruding rocks of the cliff.

The three were the nest harvesters Shen Luo had seen in the inn’s lobby the day before, except for the masked woman.

The three of them were moving up and down on the cliff, adjusting their positions and postures, skillfully peeling off bowl-shaped nests that were glowing white from the steep cliff.

Shen Luo and the other man stopped beneath the cliff, looking up at the movements of the three harvesters.

The short-bearded old man among the three seemingly sensed something, looked down at the two men below the cliff, and greeted with a smile, “Such refined gentlemen, enjoying the view here early in the morning.”

“Watching you skillfully harvest swallow’s nests is also quite a pleasing sight.” Shen Luo replied with a smile.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, they weren’t exactly familiar with each other after all, Shen Luo and his companion bid them farewell and left.

After returning to the inn from the stone stairs of the cliff, Ao Hong went back to his room first while Shen Luo went back after having breakfast in the main hall.

Upon returning to his room, Shen Luo sat back at the desk, intending to close the window and start meditating but out of the corner of his eye, he saw an additional strip of paper, about two fingers wide, on his desk.

His gaze focused, and he swept his gaze towards the paper strip, noticing eight large characters written on it: “Do not covet the Golden Toad, or you might lose your life.”

Shen Luo raised his eyebrows and looked puzzled.

This sentence seemed like a reminder, but it also seemed like a threat, and he couldn’t figure out who might have left it.

“Could it be Ao Hong? Seeing me searching in the Heavenly Pit today, and wanting to stop me but doesn’t want to say it directly, so he wrote this to dissuade me?” Shen Luo pondered in doubt, shaking his head in contemplation.

He didn’t touch it with his hand, instead, with a casual sweep of his hand, the strip of paper flew into mid-air and was torn apart by a stream of water.

“Could it be that masked woman? The one who was secretly following me in the forest earlier should be her, but why would she leave a note for me?” Shen Luo rubbed his chin in thought.

After a while, he couldn’t come up with an explanation, so he cast the matter aside.

No matter who it was, whether it was a well-intentioned advice or a malicious warning, he couldn’t possibly give up.

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