Chapter 747: From The Future
The camp of humanity’s 23rd reserve corps.
A middle-aged cultivator sitting in a room full of documents was carefully checking a jade tag.
[Zhang Xiao Yun, loose cultivator background, his family has been earning their cultivation resources through the art of cooking for generations]
[During the last invasion of the Desolate world, everyone in his family was massacred, leaving only Zhang Xiao Yun himself, so he decided to join the army]
[The above has been confirmed to be true, requesting judgement from the General]
Followed by the names of the cultivators who confirmed this information.
Placing the jade tag back on the table, the middle-aged cultivator observed the young man standing across from him.
Plain appearance, plain cultivation.
When being observed, the young man appeared a bit nervous.
Hah, a pitiful young lad.
The middle-aged cultivator asked his vice-general: “Does our camp not have enough cooks?”
The vice-general reported: “General sir, we have always had a shortage of cooks. The previous incident was caused by the severe lack of cooks”
Hearing that, the middle-aged cultivator scowled.
Previously, the soldiers of the reserve corps all complained about the horrible quality of the spirit cooking, boycotting the kitchen and its staff, a few people even openly fed their food to the pigs.
In truth, it was because there simply were too many people to cook for, that the kitchen couldn’t keep up, resulting in the taste naturally degrading.
The middle-aged cultivator asked: “How are his cooking skills?”
“The other cooks have tried and all responded positively” the vice-general answered.
The General spoke: “Then what are you waiting for, register him into the corps, he can go help the kitchen out today”
“Yes” the vice-general replied.
The middle-aged cultivator cleared his throat and spoke to the young man in front of him: “Zhang Xiao Yun, was it? From now on the entire camp’s food will rely on you and the others, make sure to put your heart into it after you join us”
“Yes sir!” the young man clasped his fist.
“Alright, you’re dismissed” the middle-aged cultivator waved his hand.
“Yes, General!”
The young man was then led away by other people.
After dealing with this minor thing, he completely put it at the back of his head.
After all, as the one responsible for this entire camp, he had a lot of other businesses to deal with.
After being led to a certain building, Gu Qing Shan patiently sat waiting outside.
A bit more time would be needed while his entry into the camp was being registered.
Once everything was complete, an identification badge will be made for him.
Having a badge was necessary.
Otherwise, if he wandered around the camp without one, he was at risk of being killed by the camp’s grand formation at any point.
While sitting there, Gu Qing Shan felt bored and touched the corner of his face.
He wasn’t able to feel anything strange.
But a line of glowing text appeared in front of his eyes.
[Item name: Ice Cicada Silver Mask]
[Unique item]
[The most excellent disguise tool created by humanity. Even your cultivation can be adjusted accordingly without being noticed by any person]
[The only thing you need to be wary of is to not let any Divinity look at you for too long, otherwise they would notice something wrong]
Gu Qing Shan felt a bit more assured.
This cicada mask was from Luo Bing Li.
She herself told Gu Qing Shan that as long as he wasn’t being stared at by a Divinity for a prolonged period of time, there would be no problem.
And Gu Qing Shan was currently at the camp of the further reserve corps.
Normally, the Divinity would only show themselves at the frontlines or in the middle army, they have never paid any attention to the reserve corps.
In the tiny chance that a Divinity actually shows up, as the most basic form of respect, the camp itself wouldn’t let a cook meet a Divinity.
This identity really is the most secure.
He currently had Zhang Xiao Yun’s appearance and his cultivation was adjusted to be around Golden Core realm.
Within a crowd, he would be part of an unnoticeable mob.
This was all thanks to the Ice Cicada Silver Mask.
Gu Qing Shan lightly pressed his hand on his Inventory Bag and carefully checked the inside.
There was a wall of jade stored inside the Inventory Bag.
He couldn’t help but recall what happened before he left.
…
Inside the Sword Abyss, as Luo Bing Li was about to bring Gu Qing Shan away, Xie Gu Hong called him back.
“Qing Shan, I’ve fully prepared the necessary resources for your cultivation, but there’s something else I need to give you” Xie Gu Hong said.
“Yes, Master” Gu Qing Shan replied.
Xie Gu Hong tapped his Inventory Bag and took something out.
Boom
The Sword Abyss itself slightly shook.
When Gu Qing Shan took a careful look at it, he saw that it was a large white rock that was as tall as 8 people and as thick as 20.
This rectangular white rock was towering and intimidating, giving off a faint sword qi.
“Master, what kind of treasure tool is this? Why is it so big?” Gu Qing Shan asked.
“My disciple, this isn’t a treasure tool, it’s a large-scaled jade tag. All of teacher’s sword cultivation methods are recorded inside. It should be able to help you quickly achieve Great Attainment as a Sword Saint and breakthrough to the next step. If you dedicate yourself fully to studying it and cultivate, you may be able to break through again and reach teacher’s current realm”
Gu Qing Shan looked up at the huge jade tag, feeling a sense of excitement.
Finally.
I’ve finally obtained the greatest sword cultivation heritage of the Age of Old.
“Master, this is too precious, I’m afraid…”
“Do not worry, I’ve placed a soul vessel key on the jade tag so that if anyone but you tried to observe it, the jade tag will immediately be destroyed”
“That’s great, that’s very great, but then how should I transport this?”
“Just put it in your Inventory Bag and use your inner sight to study it whenever you can”
“Hm, that sure is convenient”
…
And since Gu Qing Shan was now bored with nothing to do, he decided to study the sword cultivation jade tag.
Half an incense’s worth of time later.
“Zhang Xiao Yun, come receive your badge” someone called out.
“Yes!”
Gu Qing Shan replied and pulled his hand away from his Inventory Bag before standing up.
He came into the room to see that there were constantly people going in and out of here, an exceptionally busy place.
The vice-general from before looked at him and smiled: “Put your heart into your work, since we’ll be depending on the kitchen’s cooking every day”
Gu Qing Shan clasped his fist: “Please be assured, sir. This humble one is always serious with his work, especially when it comes to the art of cooking”
The vice-general and everyone else around appeared pleased to hear that.
No matter how good this youngster is at cooking, him being present would mean more help in the kitchen and decrease the workload of other cooks, so the food would be better regardless.
The vice-general tossed a jade tag on the table to Gu Qing Shan.
Gu Qing Shan reached his hand out to receive it.
All of a sudden, the jade tag stopped in mid-air.
Silence, all around, all the voices disappeared.
The smile on the vice-general’s face was still there, his hand remained in the tossing position.
Next to him, one cultivator was currently organizing the jade tags, two other cultivators were cross-checking something so their mouths were opened, but they were also frozen in place.
Everyone in the room was frozen in place.
A sword appeared from behind Gu Qing Shan and turned into Shannu.
“Gongzi, time has stopped” Shannu told him.
Gu Qing Shan replied with a low voice: “I know, stay silent and see what happens next.
He also summoned the Chao Yin sword and held it in his hand.
Suddenly, a young man descended from above.
It was the Spirit Tortoise.
The Spirit Tortoise in human form.
This was the first time it appeared since it brought Gu Qing Shan into this era’s phantom image.
“Young Tortoise, what’s going on?” Gu Qing Shan clasped his fist and asked.
The Spirit Tortoise’s expression seemed a bit alarmed.
It explained: “I suddenly sensed an intense ripple in space-time, something must’ve infiltrated this place”
“Infiltrated this place?” Gu Qing Shan parroted.
“Indeed, something unknown to me had gone against the flow of time and infiltrated the phantom image of this era” the Spirit Tortoise told him.
“How is that possible? Has something like this ever happened before?” Gu Qing Shan asked.
Killing intent could be felt from the Spirit Tortoise: “Never. My responsibility is to guard this Age of Old phantom image, so I’ve eliminated any and every creature that dared to attempt infiltrating it”
“What about that ‘something’?”
The Spirit Tortoise appeared a bit unwilling: “That ‘thing’ used an extremely intricate method to travel back to this time period from an extremely far future, bypassing all of my defenses and directly entered the phantom image”
“I am the Spirit Tortoise from the Age of Old, but I found that nothing I do could stop it and that I am still too young to fight against it. That’s why I’m here right now”
He looked straight at Gu Qing Shan and continued: “The Tortoise race have always been experts in defense and divination. I have just performed a divination for you and found that there was a high chance of you dying if you continue to remain here”
“That’s why I now give you two choices. The first is to take what you’ve obtained so far and immediately leave this era’s phantom image, returning with me”
“The second is to remain here and continue to inquire more about the Age of Old while avoiding that ‘thing’”
Gu Qing Shan went silent.
I’ve already obtained the sword cultivation inheritance from the Age of Old, so it’s not impossible for me to leave.
Even the Spirit Tortoise had admitted that he didn’t know what that thing was and that he was unable to stop it.
So I would naturally also be unable to do anything to that ‘thing’.
Gu Qing Shan asked: “It would probably be best to leave, but after I leave, will I be able to search for the Heaven sword?”
The Spirit Tortoise sighed and told him: “You cannot. Seeing how serious the current situation is, I might as well tell you honestly. You must finish this entire phantom image in order to obtain for qualifications to go onward, only then will the search for the Heaven sword truly begin”
“Then I will remain here” Gu Qing Shan answered without hesitation.
“I must remind you, that ‘thing’ is coming specifically for you. As yourself right now, you are no match for it. You might die here” the Spirit Tortoise told him.
Gu Qing Shan shook his head: “If I leave, it will be my sword that dies”
