Chapter 25: Tianhe Realm

In addition to the videos, there were over a thousand articles, all boasting that their methods of breaking seals were the best.

Chen Mobai set up some filters, first selecting those written by authors at the Yuan Ying stage.

Instantly, only two videos and six articles remained.

After carefully reading them, he felt dizzy and disoriented.

The content was too advanced; what seemed like basic seal-breaking techniques to a Yuan Ying cultivator was like a book from heaven to him.

With no other choice, he had to search among the works written by cultivators at the Qi Lian stage.

However, there were too many, so he decided to start with those that had the most views.

Since it would take two to three days for the Green Arrow Talisman to be delivered, Chen Mobai slowly began to study the various seal-breaking methods from the cultivation assistance software, selecting those suitable for him to read thoroughly.

For those he couldn't understand, he sought advice from Old Ding, who was always willing to share his knowledge.

By the time he received the talisman and the Qi-replenishing spirit water, Chen Mobai was already very confident in his ability to break the seal.

Inside the Water Mansion.

He first tested the array flags to ensure that the power of the Bi Shui Great Array was not linked to the seal, then he activated the Green Arrow Talisman to start breaking the seal.

The results proved that his preparations were thorough.

After three Green Arrow Talismans struck, the door of the right side hall shattered, as the water wave seal's power had dissipated, and the talisman's power had not been fully expended.

Chen Mobai quickly waved the array flag, using the Bi Shui Great Array to lift the broken stone fragments and stack them in the open area of the front hall.

He then used the cleaning spell to clear away all the dust.

Holding the array flag in one hand and the wooden armor talisman in the other, he walked to the now open door.

The side hall was small, with a layout similar to a study. Apart from a large wooden table measuring 2 meters by 3 meters, the three walls were lined with bookshelves, filled with bamboo scrolls, books, and silk papers.

Chen Mobai rolled six glass beads inside, rolling them around to ensure there were no residual seal powers before entering.

He approached the large wooden table, where a stack of white paper, a pen rack with three differently sized brushes, and an inkstone with dried ink were casually placed, indicating that it had not been used for a long time.

On the table was a book with two lines on the cover.

"The Bi Bo Mansion Ledger"!

"Year 6425 of the First Yuan Era"!

In the bottom right corner was the signature: Liu Lingpei of the Five Elements Sect.

After examining the table, Chen Mobai looked around and found that most of the books on the shelves were ledgers, with a few recording local customs and some introducing spells, alchemy, magical artifacts, and array formations. He even found "The Black Water Technique" among them.

Inside the large wooden table was a stool, and Chen Mobai sat down.

He picked up the ledger and flipped through it.

January: Purchased 200 new batches of Bi Xue Carp fry from the Liu family of cultivators, and 7 silver-edged jade bamboo plants and 2 gold-edged jade bamboo plants from Green Bamboo Ridge, spending a total of 370 spirit stones.

February: Purchased 200 pounds of fish feed and 50 bottles of spirit water for cultivating jade bamboo from the South Stream Market, spending a total of 120 spirit stones.

March: Purchased 300 pounds of fish feed and 5 bottles of spirit water for pest control from the South Stream Market, as 2 silver-edged jade bamboo plants had withered due to poor cultivation, spending a total of 70 spirit stones.

April: Purchased 400 pounds of fish feed and 20 bottles of spirit water, spending a total of 80 spirit stones.

May: ... 1 gold-edged jade bamboo plant withered ...

The ledger ended in October, with no income recorded.

It seemed that the person keeping the ledger had left the Bi Bo Mansion at this time.

Chen Mobai stood up and walked to the bookshelf on the wall, checking the dates. Indeed, he found the ledger for the previous year, Year 6424 of the First Yuan Era, and not just for that year, but for the next twenty years, all lined up on the shelf.

He took ten of them and returned to the table, starting to read from the beginning.

After flipping through the ledgers for the past three years, he finally saw some income.

In August of Year 6423 of the First Yuan Era, 50 Bi Xue Carp had grown to the first-grade lower rank. 30 were supplied to the sect, and 20 were sold to the Heavenly Feast Tower in the South Stream Market, earning 200 spirit stones.

In September, 70 first-grade lower rank Bi Xue Carp were sold, earning 700 spirit stones.

In October, 20 first-grade lower rank Bi Xue Carp were sold, earning 200 spirit stones.

...

After reading through ten years of ledgers, Chen Mobai had reason to suspect that the person keeping the ledger might have embezzled a significant amount.

However, it was then that he realized that the green carp he had eaten was actually called "Bi Xue Carp." The fry cost 1 spirit stone, and after three years of cultivation, they could be sold for 10 spirit stones.

He then read through other books and finally learned the origin of the Water Mansion.

Named "Bi Bo Mansion," it was a subordinate academy of the Five Elements Sect, located at the Bi Yun Lake, which was a second-grade spirit vein. Each year, raising Bi Xue Carp and planting jade bamboo could earn some spirit stones.

However, the main reason the Five Elements Sect, a major sect in the Eastern Wasteland, sent disciples to establish this mansion was not to earn spirit stones but to satisfy the culinary desires of the upper-level elders.

The Bi Xue Carp and jade bamboo shoots, after being prepared by skilled chefs, were considered a delicacy.

A Golden Core cultivator from the Five Elements Sect, after tasting them once, could not forget them. Since the conditions of Bi Yun Lake were suitable for raising fish and planting bamboo, the sect assigned this long-term task.

A cultivator named Liu Lingpei, at the ninth level of Qi Lian, took on this task to accumulate spirit stones to exchange for a Foundation Establishment Pill and had been stationed in the Bi Bo Mansion for twenty years.

He worked diligently, buying fish fry and bamboo seeds each year, even learning the skills of a spirit beast tamer, all to gain favor with the Golden Core cultivator.

After reading the books on local customs on the bookshelf, Chen Mobai finally understood where he was.

He was no longer on Earth.

Instead, he was in a cultivation world called "Tianhe."

No wonder his phone had no signal. He didn't know how far this "Tianhe Realm" was from Earth.

Chen Mobai quickly accepted the existence of another world, as the highest level of war in the cultivation world was the creation of new worlds.

However, such a war could easily lead to the destruction of a nation or a world, so he decided to be more cautious and carefully hide himself after realizing he was in another cultivation world.

However, another question arose.

How did he end up in this world?

What was that turtle shell?

According to the manual of the Flying Needle Sect that he had read, it was now Year 6478 of the First Yuan Era, while the ledger of Liu Lingpei, the Five Elements Sect disciple, stopped at Year 6425 of the First Yuan Era.

This meant that Liu Lingpei had left the Water Mansion over fifty years ago.

The old man who claimed to be Liu Lingpei's disciple must have known something, but he was already dead.

As the sky began to lighten, Chen Mobai took two books from the bookshelf that he hadn't read and prepared to return home.

At that moment, a thought flashed through his mind.

"Wait, since I'm no longer on Earth, I don't have to worry about the sect investigating me."