Chapter 25: Tianhe Realm

A vast amount of information was available; besides videos, there were over a thousand articles, all boasting that their method for breaking restrictions was the best.

Chen Mobai set up a filter, prioritizing authors at the Nascent Soul stage. Instantly, only two videos and six articles remained.

After carefully reading through them, he felt dizzy. The explanations were too advanced; what Nascent Soul cultivators considered basic restriction-breaking techniques seemed like an undecipherable script to him.

Left with no choice, he could only search among authors at the Qi Cultivation stage. However, there were simply too many, so he eventually decided to start with those that had the highest number of views.

Since it would take two or three days for the Azure Arrow Talismans to arrive, Chen Mobai slowly began comparing the various restriction-breaking methods from the extraordinary individuals on the auxiliary cultivation software, selecting those suitable for him to thoroughly study. For anything he truly couldn't understand, he would consult Old Man Ding. The latter would answer all his questions without holding anything back.

By the time the talismans and Qi Replenishing Spirit Water arrived, Chen Mobai was brimming with confidence regarding breaking the restrictions.

Inside the Water Manor.

He first controlled the formation flag to test the area, ensuring that the power of the Azure Water Formation was not connected to the restrictions, before activating the Azure Arrow Talismans to begin breaking them.

The results proved that his preparations had been very thorough. After three Azure Arrow Talismans struck, the door of the right side-chamber shattered with a crash. This happened because the power of the water ripple restriction had dissipated, but the talismans' force had not yet been completely expended.

Chen Mobai quickly waved the formation flag in his hand, using the Azure Water Formation to lift the broken fragments of the stone door, piece by piece, and moved them to an open space in the front hall to pile them up. He then used a cleansing spell to clear away all the dust.

Holding the formation flag in one hand and a Wood Armor Talisman in the other, he walked to the now open doorway. This side-chamber was small, laid out like a study. Besides a large 2x3 meter wooden table, three walls were lined with bookshelves, filled with rolls of bamboo slips, books, and silk paper.

Chen Mobai flicked six glass beads inside, letting them roll over every part of the side-chamber. Only after confirming there was no residual restrictive power did he enter.

He approached the large wooden table, on which a stack of blank paper was casually placed, along with a brush holder holding three brushes of varying sizes, and an inkstone. The ink on the inkstone had completely dried, indicating it hadn't been used for a long time.

There was also a book on the table, with two lines of text on its cover:"Azure Wave Manor Ledger""Year 6425 of the First Origin Era"

In the bottom right corner, there was a signature: Liu Lengpei of the Five Elements Sect.

After examining the desk, Chen Mobai looked around and noticed that most of the books on the shelves were ledgers. A smaller portion consisted of records of local customs and geography, along with some miscellaneous books on spells, alchemy, artifacts, and formations. He even found a copy of "Black Water Art" among them.

There was a stool by the large wooden table, and Chen Mobai went and sat down. He picked up the ledger that was on top and opened it.

"January: Purchased a new batch of 200 Azure Blood Carp fry from the cultivation family Liu, and seven Silver-Edged Jade Bamboos and two Gold-Edged Jade Bamboos from Green Bamboo Ridge, costing a total of 370 spirit stones.

February: Purchased 200 catties of fish feed and 50 bottles of spirit water for cultivating jade bamboo at Nanxi Market, costing a total of 120 spirit stones.

March: Purchased 300 catties of fish feed at Nanxi Market. Two Silver-Edged Jade Bamboos died due to improper cultivation. Purchased 5 bottles of spirit water for pest control, costing a total of 70 spirit stones.

April: 400 catties of feed, 20 bottles of spirit water, costing a total of 80 spirit stones.

May: ..., one Gold-Edged Jade Bamboo withered and died..."

The ledger ended in October, with no income recorded until then. It seemed the ledger keeper had an urgent matter at that time and left the Azure Wave Manor.

Chen Mobai got up and walked to the bookshelves on the wall. Checking the dates, he indeed found the ledger for the previous year, 6424 of the First Origin Era. Not just that year's, but twenty consecutive years of ledgers were all in that row. He took ten books, returned to the table, and began flipping through them from the beginning.

He continued flipping until he reached three years prior, finally seeing some income.

"August, 6423 of the First Origin Era: 50 Azure Blood Carps matured to low-grade Tier 1. 30 were supplied to the sect, and 20 were sold to Heavenly Meal Restaurant in Nanxi Market, generating 200 spirit stones.

September: Sold 70 low-grade Tier 1 Azure Blood Carps, earning 700 spirit stones.

October: Sold 20 low-grade Tier 1 Azure Blood Carps, earning 200 spirit stones."

After reviewing ten years of ledgers, Chen Mobai had reason to suspect that the ledger keeper might have embezzled a significant amount.

It was only then that he learned the greenish carp he had eaten was called 'Azure Blood Carp'. Each fry was worth 1 spirit stone, and after three years of cultivation to maturity, it could be sold for 10 spirit stones.

He then looked through other books and finally understood the origin of this water manor. Named 'Azure Wave Manor', it was a subsidiary branch of the Five Elements Sect, a major power in the Eastern Wilds. The Azure Cloud Lake, where it was located, was a Tier 2 spiritual vein. Raising Azure Blood Carps and cultivating jade bamboo here could also earn some spirit stones annually.

However, as a major power in the Eastern Wilds, the primary reason for dispatching disciples to establish a separate residence here was not to earn spirit stones, but to satisfy the culinary desires of the high-ranking ancestors. After being prepared by a master chef, the Azure Blood Carp and jade bamboo shoots were considered earthly delicacies.

A Golden Core True Person from the Five Elements Sect had tasted it once and could never forget it. Since Azure Cloud Lake happened to have suitable conditions for raising fish and cultivating bamboo, this long-term assignment was distributed within the sect. A Qi Cultivation Stage 9 cultivator named Liu Lengpei took on this task to accumulate spirit stones for a Foundation Establishment Pill, and he was stationed at this Azure Wave Manor for twenty years. He was diligent and conscientious, buying fish fry and bamboo seeds every year, and even learning the skills of a spiritual plant caretaker and beast tamer, all just to make an impression on the Golden Core True Person.

After reading the books on local customs and geography from the bookshelves, Chen Mobai finally realized where he was. This place was no longer Earth Star. Instead, it was a cultivation world named 'Tianhe'. No wonder his phone couldn't get a signal. He also didn't know how far 'Tianhe Realm' was from Earth Star.

Chen Mobai quickly accepted the idea of being in another world because the highest level of immortal sect expansion wars involved world creation. However, this level of warfare could lead to the destruction of a nation or even a world with the slightest misstep. Therefore, upon realizing he was in another cultivation world, he decided to be even more cautious and carefully conceal his presence.

But then another problem arose: How did he get to this world? What exactly was that turtle shell?

According to the Flying Needle Sect manual he had previously read, it should now be 6478 of the First Origin Era. However, the ledger of Liu Lengpei, the Five Elements Sect disciple, stopped in 6425 of the First Origin Era. This meant Liu Lengpei had left this water manor over fifty years ago. The old man who claimed to be Liu Lengpei's disciple should have known something, but he was already dead.

Chen Mobai saw that it was almost dawn. He took two unread books from the shelf, preparing to go home first.

Just then, a thought struck him: "Wait a minute, since I'm no longer on Earth Star, I don't have to fear the Immortal Sect investigating me anymore."