Chapter 402: I Always Feel Like These Immortals Are Not That Serious Anyway
Faced with the Tea Cup’s question, Bai Feng reached out and flashed the ring he got from the Six-Fingered Zither Demon: “Can this prove anything?”
The Tea Cup squinted at the ring for a few moments. Honestly, it had thought the ring looked familiar earlier, but because Tian Yan was covering things up, it hadn’t immediately realized the connection. Then, the sudden appearance of the Extermination Sword Array made it forget all about the ring’s familiarity.
Suddenly, the Tea Cup splashed tea, which floated in midair and turned into a thumbs-up: “Alright, you’re impressive—no wonder you’re the kind of ruthless who can pull out the Extermination Sword Array in a flash. The Six-Fingered Demon is unlucky to have encountered you.”
“So… does that mean I pass the trial?”
“Of course you do! If you didn’t pass, then who else would?” The Tea Cup poured its tea back into the cup. “Come with me. This item is just right for you.”
White Maple and Bai Yu Mo exchanged glances, then followed without hesitation. But they didn’t put away their weapons.
Soon, under the guidance of the Tea Cup, they came before what looked like an ordinary house.
“This is it,” said the Tea Cup.
Somehow, it ‘pulled’ the door open, revealing an incredibly plain interior—no furniture, not even a table or chair, just a long sword hanging on the wall.
It floated in front of the sword, as if inspecting it: “Never thought it’d actually be handed over one day.”
“Is this the reward for passing the trial?” Bai Feng looked at the sword and asked.
“Exactly. This used to be wielded by Cloud Immortal—its name is Mist,” said the Tea Cup as it took the sword off the wall and threw it to Bai Feng at the door. “But Cloud Immortal wasn’t much of a sword master, really. When he made this thing, it was just because most immortals carry a sword, so he jumped on the bandwagon. Plus, he wanted to find a topic to talk about with a certain immortal maiden. Don’t underestimate it, though; it’s not some shoddy piece. The materials and craftsmanship are top-notch.”
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It always feels like these immortals aren’t quite so serious, huh? Bai Feng internally thought with a wry smile. Then he gently drew part of the sword, revealing the clear, mist-like white blade. Although Cloud Immortal’s swordsmanship wasn’t great, as the Tea Cup said, this sword wasn’t sloppy at all; every aspect was superb.
“By the way, senior,” Bai Feng asked, switching to a more polite tone after getting the sword, “may I ask—why is there a seal on this secret realm with an immortal? And why are the other immortals absent?”
The Tea Cup spun around: “I’m just a leftover echo from the past. If it weren’t for you guys, I probably wouldn’t even be here.”
Bai Feng couldn’t help but feel a bit disappointed. He’d thought he’d unravel the mystery of the disappearances of the immortals, but turns out, he knew nothing.
“Alright then, senior, do you have anything else to say?”
“Not… Wait, don’t leave just yet! There’s one last thing.”
Suddenly, the Tea Cup floated in front of Bai Feng, or rather, above the Mist. It gently spun, letting some tea water drip from its rim onto the Mist.
As the tea water kept falling, the cracks on the Tea Cup widened, and it started showing faint fractures: “That’s it for me—this is the final thing I can do. Keep training hard. When the immortal road opens, the secrets will be revealed.”
After saying that, the Tea Cup broke apart completely, scattering into tiny stars and vanishing into the air.
Bai Feng stared: “?”
What the heck? Before dying, leaving a riddle to tease us?
He looked down at the Mist absorbing the tea water, but he couldn’t feel any difference compared to before.
【Ding! Detected new residual special energy. Successfully captured by the little assistant.】
“！！！”
Finally, System Master, you’re useful once again!
Bai Feng hurriedly opened the system and asked the little assistant about the strange questions, but the little helper’s reply was the same as the Tea Cup’s—meaning it truly didn’t know what just happened.
“So, who exactly was that Tea Cup? You should know, right?”
【It’s a special life form made from a fragment of Cloud Immortal’s soul and divine consciousness. It’s not a clone, and it doesn’t carry Cloud Immortal’s memories. Think of it as a trigger-based program—only appearing when certain conditions are met. The main condition is possessing items from the past.】
“That sounds like a hidden NPC in a game…”
Bai Feng rolled his eyes. Why would Cloud Immortal set this up? And why set special conditions like that?
It all seems like the immortals are scheming something, just like the Divine Monarch. The most obvious one is the Holy Land of Tian Yan—what’s up with the cultivation methods there? Seems pretty suspicious.
He paused his thoughts briefly and asked the little assistant again, “Why did it pour tea over Mist?”
【You can see that as part of the program. Because you flawlessly passed the trial, it transferred all remaining power into Mist. That power can be triggered to save you in danger, but since it’s limited, it can only unleashthe power of a Tribulation Pass at most once.】
Bai Feng nodded slightly—got it, a lifesaver +1.
Reaching the Tribulation Pass level means becoming an Immortal. In today’s era, not to mention Immortals, even Tribulation Realm cultivators are rare. Not even a few Mahayana-stage cultivators appear, and only some merging-stage cultivators are active now. The divine kings he met were all in the merging stage.
But don’t relax just because you have this powerful life-saving method. The Sword’s power only works once—use it, and it’s gone.
“Last question: how do we get out of here?”
【Just walk to the end of the Star Road. However, since I absorbed the ‘Tea Cup,’ I gained some authority. If you want to continue the trial, I can help transfer you to another Star Road.】
Bai Feng didn’t reply immediately. Instead, he looked at Bai Yu Mo and the others: “We could also go back to the normal Star Road to continue the trial. Do you want to?”
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“Strange—where’s Brother Bai? He didn’t come in, did he?”
Lin Yan took a short break, looked at the trial rankings, but didn’t see Bai Feng or their names.
But he remembered that Bai Feng’s sister, Bai Yu Mo, had entered with them. Even though he didn’t see Brother Bai earlier, based on what he knew about Bai Feng and Bai Yu Mo, it was unlikely they were separated. So he guessed Bai Feng might have used some other method to get in.
“Maybe Martial Brother Bai had some other luck,” said Luo Chen, eyeing the trial rankings too, but he wasn’t too worried. “Let’s keep going. Do you want to go first or should I?”
“Let’s do it together! See who gets farther and faster.”
“Exactly what I had in mind.”
As the two continued forward, the trial rankings suddenly flashed a few names and surged upward at an astonishing speed.
