The Post Sky Tipping Era
Chapter 422 - 298: Regretful Awakening

Chapter 422: Chapter 298: Regretful Awakening

Li Yi and Lin Yue drove back to Professor Zhang Songlin’s residence, only to find that Professor Zhang Songlin hadn’t returned after going out, causing the two to make a wasted trip. With no other option, they had to move the golden coffin and then sent a text message to Professor Zhang.

After finishing all this, the two of them immediately drove back the same way, heading towards the direction of Tianchang City.

"It looks like Professor Zhang is still dealing with the fox demon for those two Soul Realm experts, and it seems that things aren’t going smoothly," Li Yi said. "Otherwise, with Professor Zhang’s strength, everything should have been resolved within an hour. Forget it, it’s none of our business, let’s just head back."

Lin Yue nodded and said, "That’s true, we have more important things to do now."

As the vehicle left the city and entered the highway, Li Yi became alert. The road between these two cities was far from safe; on the previous trip, they had seen both extraordinary creatures and mythical creatures lurking, it was just luck that they hadn’t been attacked. He definitely didn’t want to encounter any danger on the way back.

Fortunately, the road was safe, and they arrived in Tianchang City without any life-threatening incidents, which relieved them both slightly.

They knew well that they were transporting a terrifying fierce ghost in their vehicle. If they had been attacked on the road and caught in the crossfire, causing the golden coffin to shatter and releasing the fierce ghost, the consequences would have been unthinkable.

Li Yi didn’t want to be dominated by a fierce ghost again.

In the evening.

The two finally parked the car back downstairs of the Peace Finance Building.

Once the car was parked, the first thing Li Yi did was take the golden coffin into the building and then into the room where his parents’ medical pods were located.

"We’ll leave this thing here for now. It’s dangerous inside, but as long as it’s not damaged, it’s pretty steady. Before the safe room is constructed, this is the safest place," Li Yi carefully placed the golden coffin in a corner of the room.

At the same time, Li Yi immediately checked his parents’ medical pods.

Both medical pods were running normally, the nutrient solution was sufficient, and there were no problems, except one of them was empty, the one which previously contained Li Yi’s mother.

The fierce ghost was imprisoned, but Li Yi’s mother, who was previously in the medical pod, had mysteriously disappeared.

The last bit of Li Yi’s fantasy was extinguished; he stood there stunned, staring at the empty medical pod for a long time, his heart still not quite right.

Although his parents had been in a dormant state before, at least they were still there, with a chance to awaken in the future, and perhaps the family could reunite. But now, all of that became impossible.

"My mother died in world number 36, my father’s soul crossed to another world and went missing, six years of persistence for such an outcome, it’s truly sad," Li Yi sighed helplessly.

However, after a brief moment of sentiment, he immediately perked up again.

He hadn’t completely lost hope; there was still a chance to find his missing father, and for his deceased mother, there might still be a possibility to reverse life and death. He needed to go to world number 36 to ask Yang Jian himself if there was any supernatural power to change everything.

If Li Yi had resigned himself to his fate without doing anything, he would have done so six years ago and wouldn’t have shouldered everything alone until now.

Coming from humble origins, he possessed a resilience akin to that of a wild grass.

His belief was firm once again.

Li Yi immediately began preparing to enter the Golden Academy. In the few days that followed, he first thoroughly organized a lineage of Martial Arts, simultaneously took the time to guide Lin Yue’s Martial Arts cultivation, and even taught her a Sword Technique, while he himself diligently practiced both the Zhou Tian Gang Qi and the Hundred Refinement Gang Qi.

As Qi-Blood continuously transformed into Gang Qi, Li Yi’s strength was progressing steadily.

Lin Yue also made significant progress. Under Li Yi’s guidance, coupled with an ample supply of nutrient solution and precious pills, her Martial Arts Realm advanced by leaps and bounds, easily passing the first three realms and reaching the Marrow Refining Realm.

Once in the Marrow Refining Realm, Lin Yue couldn’t make rapid progress anymore; she had to slowly temper herself, so she temporarily set aside her Martial Arts cultivation and turned to practicing the Sword Technique instead.

Lin Yue started learning from the most basic Sword Technique, then quickly mastered the basics, and was now researching a Sword Technique called Wind Listening Blade.

This was a Sword Technique inheritance Li Yi obtained after defeating the Jin Family Master in the Four Seas and Eight Continents. Although it wasn’t particularly exquisite, it had its merits. There were better Sword Techniques in the Four Great Families, but Wind Listening Blade was very suitable for someone like Lin Yue, who was new to Martial Arts. Once she had built a solid foundation with the Sword Technique, she could then move on to learn other ones.

The two were busy like this for five days.

That day.

While Li Yi was in Meditation practicing the White Bone Temple Cultivation Skill, he suddenly felt a change in the energy field of the peculiar object he was wearing, the Incomplete Coin. The familiar sensation appeared once again.

"The remnant thoughts in the Sword Coin have revived... Hasn’t this thing disappeared yet?" Li Yi thought with a slight shift in his mind.

How long had it been since the last trip to world number 36?

Three or four months, perhaps?

During this period, there had been no activity from the remnant thoughts in the Incomplete Coin, but now they surfaced again.

"This old man’s remnant thoughts have not yet dispersed. Next time, do not go to those worlds with scarce cosmic energy again, or this old man will truly perish. If this old man is gone, you’ll have no way of knowing the secrets of crossing worlds," the remnant thoughts in the Sword Coin softened in tone, seemingly genuinely fearful after this prolonged silence.

"If you’re about to die, then tell me now," Li Yi responded while continuing his cultivation.

"No, no, we’ve made a deal. You help me kill ten inherently evil Earth Prisoners, and I’ll tell you the secret to crossing dimensions. You still owe me a few, this won’t do. You’ve been slacking off lately. With your killing speed, logically, you shouldn’t have only killed one person during this time," the persistent remnant voice in the Sword Coin nagged on.

"I can cross dimensions through other methods without troubling you. Better choose an auspicious day to die soon, so you don’t bother me," Li Yi said calmly.

"You do speak harshly, but that’s right, this is how Demon Path people are," the remnant voice in the Sword Coin said. "You don’t want to know the secret to crossing dimensions, but don’t you want to know the secret of this Incomplete Sword Coin? Aren’t you curious why, just like other extraordinary items, this Sword Coin can easily destroy them?"

"Would you tell me if I asked?" Li Yi said.

"No," the remnant voice in the Sword Coin said.

Li Yi replied, "There you have it. If you wouldn’t tell even if I asked, then why should I bother asking?"

"If you manage to find the other half of the Sword Coin, I might just tell you the secret of the Sword Coin for free."

The remnant voice in the Sword Coin spoke, "But hurry, this old remnant thought of mine can’t hold out much longer. It will soon disappear. When it does, this secret will truly be taken to the grave, unless you provide me with a Nine-Turned Divine Soul Pill, then I, this old man, can cling on a little longer."

"You’re about to die, taking a Nine-Turned Divine Soul Pill would be a waste. Just absorb some cosmic energy to hang on. A wisp of a remnant soul, letting it disappear might be for the best. You’ve been dead for so many years, there’s no need to cling to life," Li Yi said.

"Sigh, no Nine-Turned Divine Soul Pill, then a Resurrection Pill will do," the remnant voice in the Sword Coin said.

"Don’t have one, wouldn’t give you one even if I did," Li Yi’s attitude was very firm.

He had been cursed in the past, and without his knowledge, there were fierce ghosts restricting the remnant voice in the Sword Coin, making it dare not do anything to him. But now, with the fierce ghosts imprisoned, if this remnant voice in the Sword Coin recovered, who knows if it would suddenly turn against him.

Li Yi had learned from his mistakes.

"I didn’t expect you to be so heartless, especially after I helped you before," the remnant voice in the Sword Coin lamented.

Li Yi said, "Once I break through to the Soul Realm, I can consider giving you a Resurrection Pill to nourish your remnant soul, but not now. It’s not good to feed you too much. Okay, go play by yourself, and don’t disturb my cultivation."

"..." The remnant voice in the Sword Coin now felt an urge to curse someone.

Indeed.

Now he has become a qualified Little Demon, not giving an inch of advantage.

As time gradually passed...

However, tonight in Tianchang City, it was anything but peaceful.

Outside the buildings, the sky was covered with dark clouds, lightning crisscrossed above the city, and at the same time, an indescribable haze began to seep into the town. The world seemed to be sealed at this moment, with an ominous sense of crisis enveloping the entire city, as if in the next moment, the city would be overturned instantly. Such a bizarre scene made many cultivators in Tianchang City take notice, forcing even Li Yi, who was in Meditation, to open his eyes and stop his Cultivation.

"Li Yi, emergency."

At this time, Lin Yue hurriedly pushed open the door and entered Li Yi’s room. She was training with weapons and practicing Sword Technique downstairs, but a message from the Cultivator Association had unsettled her.

"Sister Lin, what’s the matter? Is it a Sky Tipping incident?" Li Yi asked immediately, but his gaze was fixed on the thunderclouds in the distant sky.

He vaguely saw a figure shuttling through the depth of the thunderclouds, passing by in a flash, a strong sense of unease surfacing in his heart.

"It’s not a Sky Tipping incident. The Cultivator Association just sent an urgent notice, saying that just now, in the dangerous zone, two mythical creatures started fighting, which is why there are thunderclouds and haze. Right now, we can’t be certain if the fight between these two mythical creatures will spread to the city," Lin Yue said.

"Two mythical creatures fighting?" Li Yi’s expression changed slightly.

This was unprecedented.

Although there are quite a few Extraordinary Creatures near Tianchang City, only one mythical creature had been detected, but it had been very calm, staying deep in the dangerous zone, never showing itself, only occasionally captured by satellites.

"Li Yi, you haven’t slept? That’s great, my cousin Zheng Gong is looking for you."

At this time, Zheng Lan, dressed in pajamas, also hurriedly rode the elevator to the top floor. She was holding a cell phone, which was displaying a call.

"Zheng Gong is an investigator, and the information he gets is definitely more accurate than us frontline fighters," Lin Yue said.

Li Yi immediately took the phone: "Zheng Gong, it’s me, Li Yi."

"Li Yi, you better immediately take everyone to the basement for shelter. Those two mythical creatures are fighting in the dangerous zone, and could enter the city at any moment. And, don’t try to leave Tianchang City. The investigation bureau has tried already; you can’t get through that haze. As soon as you enter and get enveloped by the dense fog, your body will dissolve into a liquid, it’s terrifying."

"That’s all, I still have to organize the evacuation," Zheng Gong said anxiously, not waiting for Li Yi to respond, and after finishing relaying the important information, he hung up the phone.

Li Yi put down the phone and furrowed his brows: "It looks like the situation is getting worse. Following Zheng Gong’s advice, we should take refuge in the basement. With this scale of combat and slaughter, we, the Evolvers of this level, can only hide and leave it to fate."

"I have built an emergency shelter in the basement. It’s very safe, stocked with all kinds of supplies," Zheng Lan immediately said.

"That’s good," Li Yi nodded. "Sister Lin, also send the message to everyone else immediately so they can take refuge nearby."

"Okay." Lin Yue also notified everyone else right away.