Chapter 22: Control of Gravity?!

“Who would have thought that we would run into such a lucky encounter?” Yuan Zilu whistled with a contented expression on his face. He seemed to have gained quite a lot in the short hour.

Shang Xia and the others could guess that chances like that didn’t come often in the battlefield between the two worlds.

As soon as the words left Yuan Zilu’s lips, the disciples who were unable to refine fire qi stared at each other awkwardly. It was especially so for Tian Mengzi and Jin Guanchao.

If Shang Xia was the only one gloating in their faces, they could let him off seeing as he was their junior. However, Yuan Zilu was an instructor in the Protection Division! Yet there he was, rubbing it in their faces.

Where is your pride as an instructor?!

Even though Shang Xia and Yuan Zilu gained quite a lot during the short hour, they weren’t the ones who benefited the most. Two disciples of the inner division who cultivated fire related arts gained the most! The two of them took a step closer to the next cultivation realm.

For disciples of the outer division who had yet to break through to the Martial Realm, encountering such a miraculous opportunity was as good as moot. They couldn’t feel the presence of fire qi anyway.

As the convoy traveled onwards, Shang Xia asked Tian Mengzi about the phenomenon.

His reaction wasn’t out of Shang Xia’s expectations. “Every single region in the battlefield between two worlds experiences random changes. No one knows what will happen next. The suns we saw a moment ago belong to our Azure Origin World and the Azure Spiritual World respectively.”

“As the space here is twisted, anything can happen. The sun might appear in one region, but one might stumble into the endless night the next moment. The sun above us right now might even belong to the other world!”

Shang Xia nodded slowly. “It's no wonder it’s rare for both suns to appear in the same place…”

Tian Mengzi chortled, “Of course. In fact, it’s a miracle that they appear both at once! From what I know, the occurrence of such a phenomenon in the past twenty years can be counted on both hands!”

“It might have happened several more times when no one was present…” Tian Mengzi added.

Shang Xia took the chance to ask another question. “Since it’s possible for two suns to appear, is it possible for us to run into two moons?”

“Absolutely!” Tian Mengzi exclaimed, but he sighed soon after. “I heard of it from others, but I’ve never seen it myself. What we experienced a moment ago was my first encounter with two suns!”

Shang Xia thought for a moment and thought out loud, “I wonder if it’s possible for all four celestial bodies to appear at the same time… If there are two moons and two suns…”

Tian Mengzi was close to slapping Shang Xia’s head and he snapped, “Do you really think it’s possible?! Even if it is, how many of us will be able to see it?!”

𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

A bitter smile formed on Shang Xia’s lips. He was aware that his expectations were a little too unrealistic.

The voice that came over from the side broke their train of thought. “Even though what you just said isn’t too possible, there is a time when a sun and moon appeared simultaneously.”

Shang Xia and Tian Mengzi turned to look at Jin Guanchao in confusion. Shang Xia asked, “Is it during an eclipse or…?”

“No. They appeared at the same time in the sky.”

Shang Xia sucked in a cold breath in response.

Even though it wasn’t rare to see an eclipse, it was the first time he had heard that both celestial bodies were shining in the skies together.

In an ordinary world, that was something that would never happen. However, that was the battlefield between two worlds they were talking about! Anything was possible.

Shang Xia didn’t let up. “Senior Brother Jin, is there a way to predict what we would see next?”

Shang Xia understood that running into a chance encounter like that was based completely on luck. He also knew that Jin Guanchao might not understand the specifics behind the phenomena either, but it didn’t hurt to ask.

Indeed, Jin Guanchao shook his head decisively. “Nope. I have no idea what we’ll run into next. However, there’s one thing for sure. These chance encounters only happen after a small eruption of an origin tide.”

Shang Xia wasn’t the only one who was surprised. Tian Mengzi’s jaws were wide open when he looked at Jin Guanchao. He didn’t expect his soft spoken martial brother to be so knowledgeable.

Of course, even if they could detect the eruption of any origin tide, they might not be able to catch the phenomenon that it brought about. However, knowing that was much better than running around like headless flies.

Ever since Shang Xia received Zhang Haogu’s guidance on the crossroads of purification, he had been thinking about the difference between clear qi and turbid qi.

In the past, he was completely clueless.

Even Zhang Haogu didn’t have a complete picture of what to look for. However, he had his experience from his original world. In addition to the weird phenomena he ran into on the battlefield between the two worlds, he seemed to have thought of something…

The carriage rolled slowly across the dirt and he was suddenly alerted by the sound of chirping coming from the side.

“What’s going on?”

Shang Xia looked at the Rain Swallow that was behaving abnormally before turning to look at Huang Zihua.

Huang Zihua shook his head and sighed, “It was behaving normally just a moment ago. Is it trying to kill itself?”

Shang Xia turned to look at the cage with a frown on his face. However, he looked at the Mutated Rain Swallow that seemed to go crazy. It was jumping about and chirping frantically.

“It’s trying to leave…” Tian Mengzi muttered at the side.

Shang Xia could feel that Tian Mengzi’s concern for the Mutated Rain Swallow was something else from the attention he gave.

“Looks like a live Mutated Rain Swallow might be worth a lot more than I thought…” Shang Xia whispered to himself while approaching the cage.

He looked at the bird silently, trying to understand the reason behind its actions.

Before he could discover anything unusual, Yuan Zilu’s warning came from the front. “Keep your guards up. Something seems to be coming towards us.”

His warning seemed to come a little too late. No one reacted in time when a silver streak of lightning tore through the defensive barrier around the convoy.

Yuan Zilu hadn’t moved when the silver light shot past his head.

“What is that?!” Countless attacks flew into the skies in an attempt to slow down the unknown figure, but to no avail.

By the time their attacks arrived, the silver light had long since traveled past them.

Under the pressure of countless strikes, the silver light managed to dodge every single one of them to arrive at the core of the convoy.

Rattle…

When it flew past one of the carriages, the light dipped slightly and it crashed straight into it.

The Embroidered Cloud Carriage that was carefully crafted by a master craftsman of the institution was shattered instantly. Exploding into countless pieces, the supplies contained within scattered all around.

With the carriage shattered, the items contained within didn’t fare much better. They were completely wrecked.

Naturally, no one could be bothered with the loss now that they were facing a much bigger threat.

The silver light continued to fly towards the end of the convoy. Other than the two disciples from the upper division, everyone else there was from the outer division!

“He’s coming… Brother Jin…” Tian Mengzi’s voice barely left his lips before they leaped into action. Flying towards the silver light, they revealed their strength.

This time, Shang Xia could finally watch them in action!

Meng Tianzi made the first move and his right hand stretched forward. There didn’t seem to be much power in his palm strike. However, his left fist didn’t remain idle. A heavy punch was thrown at the silver light.

The deferring attacks caused a sense of disharmony, but that was exactly the type of technique Tian Mengzi cultivated!

With both agile and forceful techniques, Tian Mengzi possessed extraordinary strength! He seemed to be cultivating the power of gravity!

A thought flashed through Shang Xia’s mind, but he couldn’t ponder over it as he saw the silver light trembling under Senior Brother Tian’s assault.

Jin Guanchao moved at the exact moment, and his punch swept up a storm that complemented Tian Mengzi’s attack. When it did, the silver light felt as though it fell into a quagmire. Its speed was seriously affected, and the trembling became a lot more serious.

Before anyone could heave a sigh of relief, a loud whistle rang through the skies. The silver light that was struggling a second ago released a silver bolt that tore through Tian Mengzi and Jin Guanchao’s barrage. With the small opening it created, it flew out of their encirclement.