Chapter 417: Leaving

‘Father, Mother, and my sister have reached the Ultimate Venerable realm, but they’re only at the Early Stage. They can use the Teleportation Array directly. Xiaofong is my Demon Pet, and because of our Beast Taming Dantian connection, he can just follow me. Feng Xiao, Yangg Yan, and Tie Lan have even lower cultivation, so they can also teleport directly. But… what about Baihua Xiu, Mu Qing, Mu Xia, and the others?’

After everyone left, Nie Yun fell into deep thought.

‘The Teleportation Array I know of can only transport experts below the Mid-Stage Ultimate Venerable realm. Father, Mother, my sister, City Lord Luoo, Luoqing City, Feng Xiao, and Yangg Yan can all pass through easily. But for those of us whose strength exceeds the Mid-Stage Ultimate Venerable realm, it’s a bit troublesome.’

‘It’s said that Void Spirit Stones and the Nine Nether Cold Pearl can increase a Teleportation Array’s efficiency, but I don’t know the exact effect. When it comes to something like a Teleportation Array, which involves spatial issues, a small problem can become a huge disaster. I can’t be careless in the slightest!’

‘I might be fine on my own. With the knowledge from two lifetimes and super-talents like the Celestial Eye Master, I’d have a chance to survive if I encountered danger. But Baihua Xiu and the others… I’m afraid they don’t have that kind of ability!’

‘It’s impossible to teleport them by putting them inside the Zihua Cave Mansion. Otherwise, I could have just had my parents or sister enter the Cave Mansion and bring me along, and there would be no problem at all…’

‘A Teleportation Array already manipulates space itself. If you could use a Zihua Cave Mansion to carry people through it, teleportation would be impossible. If that worked, forget about me—that Lord Hua fellow would have probably arrived here long ago!’

‘Given Lord Hua’s status, even if he doesn’t have a top-tier Cave Mansion like the Zihua Cave Mansion, he must have some ordinary, smaller ones! If that method were viable, he could have just hidden inside a Cave Mansion and had Tuxin bring him over!’

‘What should I do now?’

After thinking for a while without coming up with any good ideas, Nie Yun rubbed the bridge of his nose and walked out of his room.

“Nie Yun!”

He had just stepped out of his room when he heard a soft call. Turning his head, he saw Baihua Xiu, Mu Qing, and Mu Xia standing not far away.

“You three haven’t rested yet?” Nie Yun smiled.

“I may have never been to the Floating Heaven Continent, but I know it’s a difficult place to reach. Otherwise, people like Huangg Ling wouldn’t have been trapped here. Are you facing some kind of difficulty?” Baihua Xiu asked, seemingly noticing the fatigue on the young man’s face.

“As for difficulties, yes, there is one. I know of an ancient Teleportation Array that can reach the Floating Heaven Continent, but it can only transport people with a cultivation below the Mid-Stage Ultimate Venerable realm. For anyone stronger, it would probably be extremely dangerous!”

Nie Yun explained the concerns weighing on his mind.

“Haha, and here I was thinking it was some huge problem. That’s actually very simple!” Hearing the young man’s explanation, Baihua Xiu started to laugh.

“Simple?” Nie Yun was taken aback.

‘He’d been wracking his brain for ages without a solution, and she just said it was simple?’

“Of course it’s simple. There’s no danger for people with cultivation below the Mid-Stage Ultimate Venerable realm, right? In that case, we can just use a Dissipating Skill to lower our cultivation! Although using a Dissipating Skill to lower one’s cultivation is risky, we’ve all reached the Ultimate Venerable Peak before. Cultivating back to that level will be very easy. If the Floating Heaven Continent is as wonderful as you say, it shouldn’t take long to fully recover once we arrive. What is there to worry about?”

Baihua Xiu laughed.

“This… You’re right! How could I have been so stupid!”

Nie Yun slapped his forehead.

‘He had only been thinking about what to do with their high cultivation levels. He never considered that while it’s hard for a powerful person to become stronger, it’s very easy for them to become weaker!’

‘All they had to do was empty their Qi Sea True Qi and control their power, and their cultivation level would drop automatically. Since this drop would be deliberate, getting back to their previous level would naturally be very simple.’

‘However, this only worked because the difference in realms wasn’t too great. If they had already reached the Secret Realm and tried to drop back to the Ultimate Venerable realm, it would be practically impossible!’

‘Take a supreme expert like Lord Hua, for instance. Who knows how many Celestial Materials and Earthly Treasures he had to consume to reach his level. If he lowered his cultivation just to use a Teleportation Array, it could take ages and countless treasures to recover!’

‘Besides, people like him have many enemies. If his foes found out he was weakened, he wouldn’t even know how he died!’

‘So, for someone like him, even if it meant failing to get the Zihua Cave Mansion, lowering his cultivation was absolutely out of the question!’

“You don’t need to drop your levels. I can help you purify your True Qi right now. As long as we compress your True Qi enough, your cultivation level will definitely fall!”

Having figured this out, Nie Yun chuckled. He had thought of a way.

“Mmm!” The three women nodded at the same time.

Even at the same cultivation level, the purity of one’s True Qi can differ. This is why there are huge disparities in strength among cultivators of the same rank. If he could make the True Qi within the three women one level purer, their cultivation levels would drop directly without them needing to use a Dissipating Skill.

Moreover, doing it this way wouldn’t weaken their combat strength—it would actually increase it!

“Brace yourselves!” With a word of warning, Nie Yun made a grabbing motion with his large hand, completely enveloping the three women in his power.

Although his cultivation level wasn’t much different from the three women’s, the purity of his True Qi and his raw power were far greater! Compressing their True Qi was very simple for him.

An unknown amount of time passed before the cultivation levels of all three women dropped to the Mid-Stage Ultimate Venerable realm. Although their levels had fallen, their actual strength was even greater than before. If they were to encounter an expert on Huangg Ling’s level again, they could now kill him with a single slap.

“Haha, that solves it. Let’s get ready to go!”

After completely suppressing the women’s cultivation levels, Nie Yun looked up and realized that helping them had taken the entire night. The sky had brightened without him noticing.

“Wait for my father and the others to arrive, then gather outside the east gate. I’ll leave as soon as I’ve settled things here!”