Purple Mist Dao Master
Chapter 56 Star Stone! Star Gate! Iron Law! Exemption!

Chapter 56: Chapter 56 Star Stone! Star Gate! Iron Law! Exemption!

"Master Yan, I apologize for the unexpected visit."

Xun Guilan discarded the broken Coiling Dragon Stick and clasped her fists in apology toward Yan Chuan.

Yan Chuan lowered his spear, "The Martial Arts Hall welcomes guests from all sides, it’s no bother. It’s just that Coiling Dragon Stick—"

"Worthless among scraps, let it be broken."

Xun Guilan glanced at the Red Tassel Spear in Yan Chuan’s hand, blinked, and envied, "A surprise weapon like this is rare indeed, Master Yan, you’re quite fortunate!"

"Just luck,"

Yan Chuan smiled, looking at Xun Guilan, and straightforwardly asked, "Heroine Xun from Xiping Academy? Could it be because of Fan Defang?"

He had just killed a Fan Defang from Xiping two days ago, and today another expert from Xiping Academy, equally matchless as Fan Defang, had arrived. It wasn’t hard to speculate.

Sure enough—

"Precisely."

Xun Guilan nodded, explaining, "Fan Defang’s evil deeds knew no bounds. Five years ago, one of my close friends was deceived by him, pledging her life. Little did I know he was a wolf in sheep’s clothing, harming dozens of female disciples, his transgressions inexcusable. When exposed, my friend couldn’t bear it, so she drowned herself in a well. Guilan then swore to kill Fan Defang to avenge her. For five years, I’ve been tracking him, initially outmatched, but later catching up in strength, only to have him repeatedly escape. This time, in Guangling, this villain was killed by Master Yan, avenging my friend’s great grievance. Guilan came specially to thank you."

After Xun Guilan finished, she bowed deeply to Yan Chuan.

"I dare not accept."

Yan Chuan hurriedly reached out to support her, wielding the ’Golden Silk Silkworm Armor’, he feared not this Xun Guilan engaging in a ’steel phase’ ambush pretending to be Shaolin’s ’Kong Xiang’ as in the story of ’Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber’.

He helped Xun Guilan up.

Yan Chuan said in a deep voice, "A villain like Fan Defang, everyone has the right to punish."

"Everyone has the right to punish!"

"Yet he roamed free for five years!"

Xun Guilan sneered, after five years of chasing the criminal, her heart naturally held grievances.

However,

Fan Defang finally had a violent death!

Although it was not by her own hands, a slight regret, but the outcome was ultimately good, "Evil had its retribution, Ru Lan’s spirit in heaven can finally rest."

Not only Lin Rulan.

Including Xun Guilan.

Her thoughts, hatred, guilt, grievances, after this, could all be gradually let go.

With one thought let go,

Comes boundless ease.

No longer needing to trek a thousand miles, the pursuit was so exhausting.

And all this, thanks to Yan Chuan.

"Before Ru Lan took her own life, she entrusted this to me, I made a vow, whoever can kill Fan Defang, will receive this as Ru Lan’s gratitude gift to the benefactor."

Lin Rulan took out a dazzling diamond the size of an egg from her bosom, not seeing the stars inside but rather the starlight shining brilliantly.

"This—"

Upon seeing it, Yan Chuan’s heart stirred.

He maintained his composure, refusing verbally, "I killed Fan Defang to eliminate evil, not for recompense, I ask Heroine Xun to take it back."

"Master Yan, please do not hastily decline."

Xun Guilan held the starlight diamond, smilingly introducing it, "This item is called a ’Star Stone’, it can absorb the Power of Stars from the heavens and the Qi-Blood of Mortal Martial Artists, thereby opening the ’Mountain and Sea Gate’ taking you to the ’Mountain and Sea Realm’. It’s a Martial Arts Treasure Land, a blessed place for a Martial Artist, the ultimate secret of the Martial Arts Academy and the Great Yan Court."

Xun Guilan looked at Yan Chuan, "Master Yan, with chivalrous spirit and profound mastery in boxing, but not attended an academy, lacking much in the process. Though ahead for a moment, the distance will inevitably widen. I hope this ’Star Stone’ could help Master Yan grow mighty, so that you can eradicate more evildoers from the world as your strength further improves! Guilan once collaborated with eight like-minded friends to establish an organization called the ’Nine Righteous People’, to collectively climb the martial path, eliminate injustices, and kill villains of the world! If Master Yan doesn’t mind, the ’Nine Righteous People’ would welcome you warmly!"

Whatever ’Nine Righteous People’, Yan Chuan was not concerned.

However—

Star Stone!

Mountain and Sea Realm!

Yan Chuan was immensely interested, previously puzzled, now everything was clarified: "Turns out the ’Star Diamond’ left by Du Hanfeng is called ’Star Stone’."

Scoured the iron shoes no result found!

But without effort, it came!

Yan Chuan was previously pondering, where exactly to go, how to inquire about the details of the ’Star Diamond’.

Now,

It was resolved effortlessly.

Just that—

"This ’Mountain and Sea Realm’, what kind of place is it?"

"And this ’Star Stone’, if it can take people to the Star Realm, what about the return?"

Yan Chuan invited Xun Guilan to sit, openly without hiding his interest in the ’Star Stone’, ’Mountain and Sea Realm’, and inquired carefully.

Xun Guilan continued to explain, "’Mountain and Sea Realm’ is hard to describe in a single sentence, what we have explored is just the outermost layer, where tribes are like stars, some as small as villages, others forging cities, but regardless of size, the ’people’ in the tribes are all born strong, mostly savage."

"As for the inner circle, it’s within ’Mountain and Sea Pass’. The ’outside the pass’ saying of the ’Mountain and Sea Realm’ passed down, that in the mortal world exists a vast Mountain and Sea, endless, separating the ’Mortal World’ from the ’Heavenly Realm’. Those who practice Martial Arts, reaching a certain level, can perceive the faint shadow of mountains and seas from afar, guided by it towards a gate, named ’Immortal Gate’, ’Dragon Gate’, passing it they ascend to immortality, entering the mountains and seas, eternally enjoying celestial blessings. But it’s not easy, Immortal Gate is hard to find, Dragon Gate hard to leap, like heavy barriers, not easily passed, hence, gradually these ’Immortal Gate’, ’Dragon Gate’, came to be known as ’Mountain and Sea Pass’."

Mountain and Sea Realm!

Mountain and Sea Pass!

Inside the pass, outside the pass, Heavenly and Mortal Worlds!

"So that’s it!"

"The court hides such a secret!"

Yan Chuan’s heart was slightly shocked.

In truth, he hadn’t not considered in this direction, after all, things like ’cavern’, ’Demon Cave’, ’barbaric realm’, ’alternate dimension’ are not unheard of from his previous life.

But first, he had never heard of it in this life.

If the court truly discovered another world, establishing academies to suppress it, with thousands from the court and academies, how could the secret be kept?

There are many mouths to feed!

Keeping silent for ten days to half a month is possible, but how about ten years or eight?

Not a single word leaked!

That was the first point.

Secondly.

Including Yan Chuan’s good junior brother Chen Ze, among the disciples of Guangling Academy, he was from the first batch, the leading elite of the first batch.

With Chen Ze’s relationship with Yan Chuan, if there were an abnormal world, Chen Ze couldn’t possibly not tell Yan Chuan.

But he indeed hadn’t told.

Therefore, Yan Chuan hadn’t thought in this direction.

He believed Chen Ze couldn’t say, not that he didn’t want to.

However—

"He couldn’t say."

"Why could Heroine Xun say?"

Yan Chuan was puzzled, asked directly.

Xun Guilan replied, "That friend of Master Yan wasn’t deliberately concealing, it’s truly unspeakable. The court, academy, mostly travel to the ’Mountain and Sea Realm’ through naturally occurring ’Star Gates’ between heaven and earth. The court holds the laws, imposing the ’Three Iron Laws of Star Gate’, with the first being ’Forbid revealing Mountain and Sea Realm information in the Great Yan World, forbid revealing Great Yan World information in the Mountain and Sea Realm’, violators will be detected by the ’Star Gate’, stripped of the ability to pass through star gates, to enter or exit the Mountain and Sea Realm, and face criminal charges, handed over to authorities. But this ’iron law’ is confined to ’Star Gate’ passages, I with a ’Star Stone’, am not bound."

Star Gate!

Iron Law!

Star Stone!

"So that’s it!"

Yan Chuan suddenly realized.

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