Chapter 145: Three Hundred Years of Secluded Cultivation

"In that case," Xiao Shou said with a faint smile, "after I finish cultivating, I will give you all the remaining spirit stones."

After speaking, he waved his hand and directly opened the flower space.

As Yao Heng’s contracted master, entry and exit of the flower space could be controlled either by him or by Yao Heng itself.

Outside the space, Yao Heng was flattered and overjoyed.

It hugged a small handkerchief and wiped at completely nonexistent tears.

"Master is so good."

Er. No one knew when the handkerchief had ended up back in it’s hands again.

Unaware that his spirit pet was acting cute outside again, Xiao Shou had entered the flower space and looked around.

The space was vast at least ten thousand square meters.

He thought that even though it was already this large, cultivating the Ice Heart Tree would still require empty space stones and Ice Heart Tree Core expansion.

Both the Flower of Eternity and the Ice Heart Tree were truly unbelievable existences.

He quickly finished placing top-grade spirit stones and activated a higher-grade lightning array.

Then he took out most of the remaining top-grade spirit stones from his storage belt and piled them inside the space.

There were actually hundreds of them.

As he worked, the originally empty flower space instantly filled with spiritual energy.

It rose and condensed rapidly, flooding the entire area like a medium-sized spirit vein.

For this ten thousand square meter space, it should be enough.

After he satisfied, he stepped into the lightning array and began his dull day after day cultivation.

At the same time, Fu Young had been exploring the secret realm with a group of people for over two months.

Everyone had gained considerable rewards and they were gradually approaching the core area.

Fu Young who is eager to take control of the secret realm and find his master, knew very well that the core area was far beyond what his cultivation level should enter.

Yet he still insisted on moving forward.

Just as they entered a forest of giant bamboo, a geomagnetic storm suddenly erupted and swept across them.

After the storm passed, the group’s figures all vanished.

A geomagnetic storm again. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Wait. Why did he say "again"?

He had only heard the Water Qilin mention that it had encountered a geomagnetic storm before.

He had never experienced one himself.

The moment the storm enveloped him, this thought flashed through Fu Young’s mind.

He even felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity toward it.

Then he lost consciousness.

When Fu Young regained consciousness, he was already in a place filled with blood- red scenery.

The others had also regained consciousness in different locations.

Only Cao Xue was unlucky enough to awaken inside the nest of a giant bird-type demonic beast.

The moment he opened his eyes and locked onto a massive eye staring back at him, he fainted again within a second.

Sigh.

Even following the child of heaven doesn’t guarantee good treatment.

When it’s your turn to be disliked by fate, you still get discarded.

Who knew what he had done to offend the heavens.

Nine days passed in the blink of an eye.

The small Yao Heng sat on the Ice Heart Tree.

It’s hold spirit stones in both hands and leisurely swinging its little legs while carefully maintaining the internal space’s time flow rate.

Inside the cocoon, there was no daylight.

Only the glow of luminous stones flickered faintly.

Beside it, an hourglass kept spilling fine sand.

Its held spirit stones while watched the hourglass and simultaneously sensed the space of it true body.

Suddenly, joy flashed across it face.

At the same time, a streak of light shimmered beside it and a figure appeared in midair in front of it.

Yao Heng flew over happily.

"Master, you finally came out!"

"Yao Heng... is that you? Long time no see."

The difference in time flow meant that Xiao Shou had spent nearly three hundred years inside the space in nonstop cultivation.

His mind had become almost rigid from endless training and his reactions were sluggish.

It took him a while before he finally pulled himself back from the flood of memories from modern life and his transmigration as well as the time outside the space and the relatively short but vivid experiences that truly belonged to him.

The joy of his greatly increased cultivation was quickly suppressed by the fear of nearly getting lost in time.

The cold sweat immediately formed on Xiao Shou’s forehead.

He thought to himself that he could not act so recklessly in the future.

Rapid cultivation was good, but if he ended up turning into a mindless cultivation machine and lost his humanity, it would not be worth it at all.

It seemed he needed to be more cautious with the flower space in the future.

Yao Heng looked at him worriedly.

"Master, what’s wrong? Did things not go well? You don’t look very good."

"I’m fine. I just need time to adjust to the time difference between both sides."

Xiao Shou shook his head and said gently, "You’ve worked hard during this time."

"I’m willing to do anything for Master. It’s not hard at all!"

Yao Heng fluttered around him and tilted its head.

"But Master, you feel a little different compared to before you went in."

"It’s probably just the change in aura from cultivation growth," Xiao Shou said, resting his chin on his hand.

Then he added with some regret, "I really can’t do things so recklessly anymore. Constant cultivation like that makes me feel completely drained inside. For some reason, I feel very irritable now. I even want to pick a fight with someone. I don’t know why."

Hearing this, Yao Heng thought for a moment.

"This should be a side effect of disrupting your own sense of time. Master, it’s best if you adjust for a while before entering the flower space again. Otherwise, if this happens too many times and you can’t adapt, you might get lost in time."

"Mm, I understand."

Xiao Shou nodded.