Chương 47: Post Child of Destiny Stress Disorder

The few individuals entering my [Scan] range are not only incredibly quick, but they also carry a lot of energy and wear items with similarly immense energy. Their energy levels are at least several times higher than the Azure Emperor, who has surpassed the Martial Emperor realm! Because this is the Cultivation World, based on what I learned from the books, they are most likely experts at the Nascent Soul realm or even beyond.

This means they are at least three levels higher than Ren Qingquan, who is only at the Qi Refining realm, with the Foundation Building and Golden Core realms between them. Seeing their serious faces, I am truly trying to [Transfer] Ren Qingquan away. However, I am unsure whether my [Transfer] is sufficient to ensure Ren Qingquan's safety. At last, I can only decide to wait and see. At least they didn't instantly kill Ren Qingquan upon contact. That means Ren Qingquan isn't necessarily in danger.

Then I turned my attention to the five people who had just arrived. They consisted of two women and three men. The first woman appeared flashy, wearing a dress that resembled a game character's expensive paid skin. Her clothes were constantly surrounded by mist and blinking starlight. The second woman was much plainer and looked a bit haggard, with a scent of medicine and grass.

The three men included a middle-aged man with a dignified, square face; an elderly man with a long mustache and white goatee who looked ready to teach you spinj*tzu at any moment; and a chubby middle-aged man resembling Fatty Zhang. While observing them, my [Scan] detected something intriguing. It appears to be a form of communication utilizing spirit qi and mental energy to transmit information.

Within less than a minute, I cracked the method and discovered that these signals originate from the five individuals standing silently in front of Ren Qingquan. For now, let's refer to it as secret voice transmission or simply voice transmission. At the moment, five individuals are communicating using this method. While near Ren Qingquan, the middle-aged man who appears to be the leader sends a message to the others, "How did these two come out of the passage to the seclusion room for the elders?

I don't believe there's another way into the seclusion room. Unless, of course, one of the elders got bored and made a new tunnel."

"I don't think that's possible. So... did one of the elders below, umm... Conceive these guys?" The old man with a long white goatee seems hesitant to speak. Then, the flashy woman looked at Ren Qingquan and Fatty Zhang, "Well... considering how weird those elders in seclusion are, what the vice sect master said seems plausible. Perhaps they suddenly felt it was impossible for them to advance and decided to conceive children to leave their mark in the world because they're dying?"

The fat middle-aged man who reminded me of Fatty Zhang denied it, "I don't think those elders would have children this big without notifying us. After all, there's nothing except for a lot of spirit qi inside the seclusion room. Even the child conceived by cultivators will still be born as a mortal and will need water and food to grow up this big." The flashy woman said, "Look at that fat child; he resembles you. Are you secretly having an affair with one of the elders in seclusion?

Could it be that after realizing you had a child with an old elder secluding inside, you began secretly bringing food and other supplies into the seclusion room?" The fat man's face turned dumbfounded after hearing such a wild conspiracy. Listening to everyone's conspiracy theories, the middle-aged man sent another message, "Let's just ask these two. They both seem to get nervous after being stared at silently."

"We'll follow the Sect Master's decision." The other four nodded in agreement, and the middle-aged Sect Master, with a dignified expression, asked, "Greetings. May I ask where these two young friends are from?" Ren Qingquan didn't respond to the man directly. Instead, he appeared incredibly surprised, exclaiming, "Whoa, you speak the same language?" Now that I thought about it, I just realized that these guys actually speak the same language as the people in the Martial Arts world. This is simply unscientific.

Even on Earth, people within the same country might speak different languages. How could people from different worlds all use the same language here? Both Ren Qingquan and I were surprised, but the five unidentified individuals were also confused by Ren Qingquan's words. I saw them initiate another voice transmission between themselves. However, this time, they quickly agreed on their next move in less than ten seconds.

"Although I am not sure where the two friends came from, we indeed spoke the same language." The Sect Master patiently answered Ren Qingquan. Ren Qingquan also apologized, "My apologies, I just asked in surprise."

"Actually, my friend and I got teleported into one of the rooms in this corridor while exploring a ruin."

"Teleported? Can you show which room it is?" Ren Qingquan led the five cultivators back into the room he had come from. Of course, I also helped him. The door to the secret room that Ren Qingquan got teleported to blends seamlessly into the stone corridor, making it hard to spot. The dull, uniform corridor makes it even more difficult to identify the exact location. This narrative has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. If you see it on Amazon, please report it.

When we reached the wall, the Sect Master frowned slightly, ran his finger along it, and then asked Ren Qingquan, "Is this the door?" Ren Qingquan nodded. The Sect Master traced his fingers once more before frowning slightly, "Can you help me open the door?" I explained the method to activate the door while Ren Qingquan followed my instructions. Immediately, the door creaked open, but everyone hesitated to enter. Instead, the Sect Master asked Ren Qingquan, "How do you know the activation method for this door?"

Ren Qingquan quickly came up with an explanation, and I also assisted him by sending a message. [Host, just say you used your divine sense to check the mechanism inside.] Ren Qingquan looked at the reason I made up and told the five cultivators, "I used my divine sense to see the mechanism inside the door."

"A Qi Refining's divine sense actually bypassing the black prison stone that could even block our Divine Sense? Is this a joke?" The flashy woman commented through the voice transmission in shock.

"Even if you believe it's a joke, it's a fact now. The only way for this kid to open the door is by using mental power to inspect the mechanism inside. Maybe his mental ability has just mutated", the Sect Master argued. He also said, "After our main sect was destroyed and most of the previous generation's experts were killed in that accident, we lost a lot of crucial knowledge, including the way to find and open several old secret rooms in our current sect. The door probably relies on some of that lost knowledge."

"I believe the teleportation array this kid mentioned is a one-way, single-use teleportation array used for emergencies, allowing escape from the old main sect to this branch sect, which is now our main sect. Its importance indicates there probably isn't any physical record for the door's opening method." Everyone temporarily agreed with the Sect Master's guesses. All of them soon followed the Sect Master, who had entered the room with Ren Qingquan and Fatty Zhang.

Once inside, the old man with a long white goatee looked at the array below and sent a message.

"This is indeed a paired one-way teleportation circle. The other pair should've been in our old sect site." The old man said, staring at the teleportation array. When I heard the old man's words, I felt pity. From the name, this teleportation array definitely couldn't be used to return to the Martial Arts world. The Sect Master then casually chatted with Ren Qingquan and Fatty Zhang while trying to dig up where they came from. Honestly, that guy's occasional question is quite clever.

It might seem unrelated, but it subtly reveals details about Ren Qingquan and Fatty Zhang's origins. Furthermore, through casual conversation, he also managed to cross-reference his questions effectively. Finally, the Sect Master asked Ren Qingquan and Fatty Zhang, "So, both of you came from the lower realm with no cultivators and accidentally teleported here while exploring the Meteor Island you mentioned? Then, how did one of you reach the Qi Refining level without spirit qi?"

Ren Qingquan truthfully replied, "I relied on Body Tempering Method and Soul Swallowing Technique." I actually had already warned Ren Qingquan to hide the Soul Swallowing Technique, as it clearly appears to be a demonic art. However, I chose to trust his judgment in revealing it.

"Then, can you recite the Body Tempering Method? No worries, we just want to check something and will give you something of equivalent value." Ren Qingquan nodded and recited the whole Body Tempering Method. Initially, the five cultivators remained silent as they listened. When Ren Qingquan reached the middle part, they began communicating through secret voice transmission. The elderly man said, "It's indeed the Body Tempering Method we lost in that accident.

Does that mean the Meteor Island the kid mentioned is part of our old main sect?" The woman in the plain robe, who had remained silent, finally asked a question that shifted the topic: "Was that accident really so fierce that it even caused part of our old sect's site to be thrown into the lower realm? Before my master entered secluded cultivation, he didn't tell me anything about that incident. Honestly, I've been so curious that I nearly developed an inner demon."

The Sect Master, who overheard their conversation, responded, "You hadn't joined the sect back then. At that time, our sect was simply being beaten by half the world thanks to two children of destiny who joined our sect consecutively."

"Far before the path to the immortal realm broke, the first child of destiny romanced every single one of our great elders of that time, which coincidentally consisted entirely of females. Then they all ascended together, causing the sect to lose our hidden peak combat power."

"If that's all, our sect wouldn't be in such a sorry state. But before our sect could have a new peak cultivator, another child of destiny joined our sect and fought all over the place, offending half the world. When that child of destiny ascended with his friends and family, those forces that had been beaten took their anger out on our sect, forcing us to abandon our main sect and change the name of our sect, effectively making us fall from a top force in the cultivation world into a second-rate one."

The plain-robed woman nodded and said, "No wonder we have luck testing phases for new disciples. I thought we were seeking disciples with high luck to restore our glory. But all of you kept trying to reject those with massive luck instead." The Sect Master turned toward the plain-robed woman and replied, "It's not rejection. It's 'our small pond can't hold a big fish like them'. You must use the right words to avoid offending them, which might lead them to bear a grudge and beat us in the future."

He had a melancholic expression as he continued, "I don't want to end up traumatized like those elders from the previous generation. You should know how those elders would start tweaking when they heard someone say phrases like 'Junior, you dare!' or 'You're courting death!' and how they would hide whenever their disciples lost after offending someone from a backwater place. Their trauma couldn't even be explained simply with the word inner demon."

Everyone, including me, immediately became speechless after listening to what the Sect Master said. I just needed a moment to process the sudden influx of information. To think that something as absurd as 'children of destiny', someone like the protagonist in cultivation web novels, actually exists here! I already thought it was strange enough that a protagonist like Ren Xuan, who has regressed in time, exists. But what's worse is that kinds of protagonists are actually dime a dozen.

Amidst the silence, Ren Qingquan finished reciting the Body Tempering Method. The Sect Master nodded, "That's indeed our sect's lost cultivation method." The Sect Master then told Ren Qingquan and Fatty Zhang, "The teleportation array you used is actually a one-way teleportation that cannot bring you back to the lower realm. So, how about joining my Pure Wave Sect for the time being?

Even if both of you fail to meet the entry criteria, I will use my authority as Sect Master to admit you as menial disciples, allowing you to take tests to become outer disciples. Consider this a reward for reciting the Body Tempering Method and showing us this room."

"Of course, if you meet our minimum requirements and join the sect normally, I will upgrade the reward to cultivation resources for you." The Sect Master also added, "You may also refuse to join, and I will simply give you some resources as a reward."