Chapter 1449: 20.13 First Black Star - Cultivators from the Floating Islands.
A battle between cultivator and mortal would usually end with the former winning. But the current battle in the south unexpectedly ends in the opposite way. They had not only defeated these two cultivators, they had even captured them. There are only injured soldiers from their side and unexpectedly no death count in this battle.
Now the proud cultivators of the floating island were handcuffed with a strange black handcuff that not only restrained them but also the qi in their bodies. The two black handcuffs used on these cultivators are Nether Prison's Handcuff, an artifact that can even bind a God to become a mortal when caught by these things, much less cultivators who haven't even attained ascension.
Thud!
The two sarcastic cultivators were thrown inside the dungeon like all other prisoners especially when they had caused too much harm in the south region's public market before finding the fortress as they couldn't find the person they wanted to see in there.
Who would have thought that these mortals would have an artifact capable of restraining their qi? Moreover since they look down on them, they were caught off guard leading to their current situation right now. After being thrown inside the dungeon, the two cultivators, who were now not any different from an ordinary mortal, can only shout to show their dissatisfaction.
"You damn ants! What did you do to us?"
"This place is filthy! How dare you place us here!?"
"Shit! What's with this black handcuff!!?"
"It is blocking our qi. I can't feel my qi anymore!"
''You damn mortals! Don't know your place at all!"
"You better let us go! If our masters learned what you did you can only pay with your lives!"
"Also this handcuff is interesting, you better give it to us instead!"
The soldiers ignored their words and even openly looked at them with disdain. The words if these cultivators entered one ear and came out into another. They obviously have no intention of listening to them at all, especially when they continue to look down on them even after being caught. The vice commander was annoyed by their words and stretched a leg to kick the male cultivator into the cell. Discover more content at empire
Urgh!
"AHH! Senior brother! How dare you hit him!?"
The female cultivator shouted only to be slapped by the vice commander with an expressionless face. He didn't hold back with that hit, making blood stroll at the corner of the lady's lips. With the handcuffs on them and without a qi protecting their bodies, they are now much weaker than soldiers who trained their bodies.
"You've trespassed our lands. Kill the citizens of the south region. You even wanted to seize the general's place. With all these three violations, you can be dealt with." The vice commander said.
The two cultivators, who had always been fearless, can see the murderous intent this mortal before them possessed. They knew that he would truly kill them given orders from their heads.
"Y-Y-You can't kill us! We are cultivators!"
"Our Sect will never forgive you if you harmed us!"
The vice commander responded, "I don't care what you are or where you came from. Once the general has returned you shall be dealt with according to his orders. Until then behave or else you might die without a corpse."
The two cultivators tremble under the cold eyes of this soldier. This is the first time in their lives that they felt what it is like to suffer from fear. They had always looked down on mortals, but who would have expected that one will possess an artifact that can restrain one's qi and make them powerless against these mortals.
Now they are truly afraid that if they anger these mortals that they would die without a corpse.
The vice commander avert his eyes from them and walk away. "Lock them up! Don't let them escape until the general comes back!"
"Yes, vice commander!" the soldiers collectively responded.
Before the two cultivators were locked up, all of the things in their possession were taken away. Their clothes, accessories, everything in them and they were asked to change with clothes only mortals wore. The kick just now was controlled well, even though there is a huge bruise and extreme pain in his body, there were no internal organs affected by it.
As for the lady cultivator, one of her faces was already swollen and her appearance was destroyed.
"Senior brother, what should we do? They truly wanted to kill us. What's with these chains!? Can't remove it no matter what I do!"
"Hiss~ calm down. Let me rest for a bit."
Growls~
"What was that sound?" The female cultivator, who never knew hunger couldn't believe that sound just now came from her.
Growls~
"Is that coming from you? I think the mortals call this hunger. It is usually impossible for us to feel hunger. Maybe because we become mortals that this can be felt as well."
"Hunger? Senior brother, my stomach feels weird."
"Bear with it!"
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The result of what the chief warden had seen was also reported to the God of Void through System Yue. They were currently trending with the rice paddy when Zhi Yue received the message from Zhi Yang. There are other puppets who look no different from humans working with them. As for the other villagers they are busy in their own plot of lands doing farms of their own.
Zhi Yue said, "Milord, A'Yang sent a message. It's from the Chief Warden, who looked at the human emperor with his heavenly eyes."
Whenever the human emperor is mentioned, the God of Void will feel uncomfortable. He decided not to confront the man until he was found out. He didn't want to fight against him yet especially when he looked so much like his wife. It was as if this world was intentionally making a joke of him. Why else would he allow his wife's reincarnation to look similar to his beloved's original appearance.
Usually the only similar thing was his argent irises and phoenix-shaped eyes, now even his features were added to the first two which made him a complete clone of his Jing'er.
Cough
Wang Xiajie moved out of the rice planting site and gestured for Zhi Yue to come closer to him.
"Report," He said.
Zhi Yue read through the message from the Chief Warden and said, "It says that the human emperor not only possessed your original's purple qi, but also the darkness from the void and that… there are two souls within the human emperor's body."
"Wait! How can it be possible to have two human souls in one body!? Can a mortal body even hold on!?" System Yue exclaims.
The God of Void speaks, "With the purple qi, it's possible. That is the luck of the world itself. His body is no longer that of a mortal."
"Is that why no one from the side of the cultivators of this world could defeat him?" asked Zhi Yue.
He also got this information from the world database. How the cultivators overpower the mortals and the human emperor suppress the cultivators. That's why they can only live in the sky and not on the land. Though the fact that one person stands above everyone in this world, just thinking that this human emperor might be Lord Hei's incarnation, that Zhi Yue could somehow accept it.
Zhi Yue asked, "Milord, what should we do next?"
"Do nothing. I will wait for him to find me here. Just tell Wuye and Yun Ming to focus on finding the traces of Ye Yan and Hei Suya. Those two must be caught and I need them alive. As for Zhi Yang, tell him to continue observing the Human Emperor.
If he had gathered enough evidence that the human emperor is the incarnation of Jing'er, only then I will go to the capital," said Wang Xiajie as he walked back towards the rice paddy to continue farming.
Zhi Yue mumbles, "It's weird that the Lord is being too passive in this world. Did Lord Hei say something to him." After saying this he resumed his duties in helping pull the weeds. Of course, he sent the response the God of Void had said just now.
Wang Xiajie's passiveness is due to the fact that his wife would not wake up in this world adding the danger of his wife's soul fragment in this world as well as the existence of the escaped prisoners like Ye Yan and Hei Suya. He decided to take his time in this world. That's why he was farming personally like the other villagers.
Out of nowhere the old doctor had come over to send the prescription to Wang Xiajie. He usually sends his assistant, but not today. As on this day is the routine check up of Wang Xiajie. As soon as the old doctor saw the injured man moving around the farming plot with almost all of his body stained with mud, the old doctor almost blew off his long beard.
The old doctor shouted, "AH! What the hell are you doing you brat!? Do you think you are completely healed? Look at your bandages that turned brown and black because of mud. Do you want your wounds to be infected!? Come over here and take a bath now!"
Almost everyone in the village heard the shout of the old doctor. When they looked at the source of this sound, they saw an old man with white beard dragging a covered in mud Wang Xiajie back to his little hatch that is under renovation. After being forced to take a bath, the old doctor started treating Wang Xiajie's wounds.
His concoction to accelerate healing was used on him in a form of a paste which was spread all over Wang Xiajie's half healed wounds.
In the hatched house…
A half-naked Wang Xiajie was exposed in his own backyard. Most of his back was covered with concoction and the old doctor continues to examine.
"Hm~, how could your body possess such healing ability? Most of your wounds are halfway dry at least at the surface of the wound," The old doctor murmurs in confusion.
Wang Xiajie intentionally created such an illusion so he could freely move around. After all, spending one more week at home is quite annoying.
"Maybe it's the lingering effects of the special pill you fed me before. Didn't you see that you got that from a cultivator? Maybe the herbs used on it had more potent effects that lingered for a few days on my body."
The old doctor fiddled with his beard and somehow agreed to the words of Wang Xiajie.
"It is indeed an immortal pill. No wonder your wounds are healing too fast. If this effect continues then… in just three more days you will be completely healed."
"That's good. That means I can go to the public market soon and visit the fish market," said Wang Xiajie.
The old doctor said, "Boy, you can only go there after you receive a go signal from me. For now, you should stop doing extraneous jobs until your wounds heal. It would take an extended time of healing if your wounds were ruptured."
"I know an old man. I will only go once you give me permission. But does this mean I can't do farming for now?" Wang Xiajie asked.
Old doctor bellowed, "Can't you rest up for the last three days!? Just stay at home for the following days. I will come again on the third day after today."
"Okay~ Old man. I found some herbs in the mountain when I last visited it. I don't know much about it so I will give it to you," said Wang Xiajie as he pretended to get it from his house and passed a small basket full of ordinary and some rare herbs to the old man.
"This is a good haul. Boy, you harvested it well. This is an old ginseng. A wild sarsaparilla, turmeric and even a lingzhi mushroom! You are quite lucky. These are all expensive.
Are you sure you want me to have it?" The old doctor's eyes sparkled at the sight of a small basket of herbs. These are herbs he took out from his wife's small word. He wanted to plan some of this village's mountains and sold it for money.
"It's fine. I just need to know its uses and what kind of planting environment it needs to grow. I plan to make a herb garden in those mountains," said Wang Xiajie.
The old doctor said, "Then I will compile a book for you. Since it's a herb garden then I will give you as much information I know about these herbs. Just give me a few at each harvest."
"Deal!" said Wang Xiajie.