Shennong Dao Master-Chapter 1430 - 4: Bro, You’re Such a Great Pretender, and the Purple Moon Mansion Master’s Question!

"I am the Fifth Artifact Spirit of Star Snow Pass of the Da Ye Dynasty, 'Aina', and I welcome the arrival of Ascenders."

"Da Ye is a country that loves peace and is hospitable. Aina will provide everyone with a comfortable and warm residence for free."

Under the starry sky, a fairy in a silver-white long dress walked elegantly on the starlight.

Her eyes were gentle and lively, her skin smooth as jade, emitting a warm glow.

With a warm smile, she seemed to be filled with maternal radiance, speaking softly, as if soothing the weary hearts of travelers.

"Please follow my guidance to sail the Boundary Boat to the following location. To avoid unexpected consequences from a surge of Spiritual Energy, please disable the Boundary Boat's defensive and weapon arrays."

"I am..."

"Alright, cut it out." Zhao Xing spoke indifferently, interrupting Aina's second repetition in the language of the Yuanhai Ancient Country.

The Fifth Artifact Spirit, Aina was deliberately set to appear as a female.

This was to drastically reduce the vigilance of visitors. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Her appearance and words were part of an advanced identification protocol tailored for Ascenders from the Desolate Domain:

In the Cosmic Territory, some cultivators venture into the Desolate Domain, possibly perishing there. Certain indigenous Ascenders might luckily acquire Cosmic Territory knowledge or find a powerful being's vehicle in the Desolate Domain.

This protocol was designed to discern those Ascenders who knew something about cosmic affairs, but not too much.

Zhao Xing and Purple Bone were operating the Putta, which was clearly a Boundary Boat technology of the cosmos, so Artifact Spirit Aina chose this protocol by convention.

The request to enter a designated area and disable defensive and weapon arrays was a tactic to harmlessly eliminate Ascenders; after all, even children with machine guns can kill people.

But this procedure could only deceive the ignorant indigenous folks; it couldn't even fool Purple Bone, let alone Zhao Xing.

After Zhao Xing interrupted Aina's words, the image of Aina in the mirror immediately shed its disguise and reverted to her original form.

The silver glow of her robe gathered to form battle armor, her expression turned icy, and her voice became mechanical.

"Please state your identity."

"Purple God Mansion."

Upon hearing these words, the water rippled, and the lines on Aina's face softened a bit.

"So it's the honored Purple God Mansion. Please present your entry identification code." She found the outbound record of the Putta in her database.

Zhao Xing glanced at Purple Bone, who immediately operated to transmit the identification code.

A three-second silence followed, during which even the scenery couldn't be seen.

Purple Bone felt a bit uneasy, and the others had their hearts in their throats, but they dared not make a sound for fear of ruining matters.

Mr. Zhao impatiently urged, "Hurry up, don't waste my time!"

"Please, sir, calm your anger." Aina quickly reappeared: "The identification code of the Putta is too old, already surpassing an epoch, I need some time."

The lifespan of the Origin First Realm is only about an epoch, during which several batches of Guardian Generals at Star Snow Pass have been replaced, so checking the records does take some time; it's not that Aina is deliberately delaying.

Star Snow Pass, Fifth Star Sky Fortress, it is located on a small [Ring Star Land], [Ring Star Land] was assembled by the Geographical Advantage Sect Minister of Agriculture of the Third Realm of Yuanhai Ancient Country at the request of Da Ye Dynasty.

The star rings spanning the starry sky are earth veins' origins. It has two main functions: one is to accelerate.

The acceleration function enables the defensive forces within Star Snow Pass to board the Boundary Boat and cross distances in the starry sky in a short time, reaching any spot of Star Snow Pass.

It can also speed up the shooting of array meteors and meteorites, launching them at terrifying speeds to wipe out enemies outside the pass.

The second is to block the 'Void River', [Ring Star Land] is partly embedded in the void, like a dam or fence, slightly larger Boundary Boats cannot pass through the 'Void River' at accelerated speeds and enter Star Snow Pass.

Humans can pass, but if Second Realm, Third Realm people toil with their bodies to avoid the crossing fee, the Da Ye Dynasty also accepts that.

The Star Patrol General on the Fifth Star Continent is called Nolan De, his cultivation at the Second Realm Middle Stage; Star Snow Pass's defense line is long, many such Void Realm exist, but on the Fifth Star Continent, Nolan De is the highest person in charge.

"How long have you been following your uncle at the border, Hao'er?" At this moment, Nolan De was chatting with a young man in silver armor holding a battle knife at a cultivation dojo.

"Third Uncle, nephew has been on family duty at the border for five thousand six hundred and twenty-two years." Nolan Hao spoke.

"Hmm, show a couple of knife moves for Uncle to see." Nolan De said.

"Yes." Nolan Hao nodded, then began to demonstrate his adept knife techniques in the cultivation dojo.

The gleam of the knife crisscrossed the dojo, quickly kicking up whirlwinds composed of knife gleams in eight places.

"Good, that's enough."

"Please guide me, Uncle." Nolan Hao reappeared.

"Not bad." Nolan De smiled: "At only fifteen thousand years old, you've reached the Early Stage of Birth Realm. You've practiced the three layers of the ancestral knife techniques, executing moves like the sun's dawn. That's quite remarkable within the family."

"It's all thanks to Uncle's good teaching." Though Nolan Hao spoke humbly, he was quite proud in his heart. At the Origin First Realm, reaching the speed of Sun's Light typically requires the Late First Realm, yet he mastered it at the mid-stage.

"Staying at Star Snow Pass has given you such progress. When you complete your mission and return inland, there will be another period of growth and breakthrough," Nolan De said: "You have hope of entering the Second Realm within ten thousand years."