Chapter 338: Suppression
Translator: Sparrow Translations Editor: Sparrow Translations
Within the meditation room in Golden Sun Prosperous Land.
Fang Yuan was emitting the intense red glow of the evil force in him. Slowly, it contracted and became a sinister looking red droplet.
"Rumble!"
As the fire within his actualised dream world raged on, the dark red hint of evil force was being forced to a corner.
"This is the time... get out!!!"
With the flick of his fingers, the dark red evil force started to crystallize and was flung out. As it landed on a wall, a huge hole exploded and the boundaries of the hole started to corrode, releasing a black fog.
"Phew..."
As soon as Fang Yuan had forced the red crystal out of him, he immediately felt more comfortable. Even though he was still weak, it was as though he had put down a huge burden, and the sense of danger that he used to have was now gone.
"In the past two months, I have continuously executed the Red Night 9 Smelting Technique for 81 times. Finally, I have cleared all traces of the evil force from my actualised dream world..."
If he was a normal dream master, even if he was at the 4th Tier of Illusionary Divine, his elemental energy would be adversely affected and he might even experience a drop in his cultivation level, considering the intensity of him executing the smelting technique.
However, Fang Yuan had daily replenishment of energy in the form of food and could maintain his cultivation level at the 3rd Tier of the Illusionary Divine stage. Furthermore, the technique that he had executed had also purified his dream elemental force and martial arts elemental force.
"This is the best condition that I have ever been. Once I recover from this weakness, I will be able to attempt breaking through to the 4th Tier of Illusionary Divine stage..."
The 4th Tier of the Illusionary Divine stage would allow one to trigger spiritual properties within objects and was a significant milestone.
Regardless of whichever path a dream master might choose, as long as one would achieve the 4th Tier of the Illusionary Divine stage, one's power would increase by folds and would become much more powerful than before.
This was especially so for the 8 Gates Sword Array.
Once the 4th Sword would be formed, Fang Yuan would be able to cast the 4 Emblems Sword Array. Furthermore, his magical soldiers would gain spirituality and each of their powers would be individually magnified! It would be hard to imagine what power the swords could collectively achieve.
Of course, if he ever revealed the 4 Emblems Sword Array, he would have sealed his identity as Master Heartless' disciple.
Therefore, he would either not cast the array, or he had to kill the person if he were to use the array.
"I have unknowingly arrived at this stage..."
Fang Yuan mumbled to himself as his eyes glistened. "I will take revenge for Master!!!"
A dream master at the 7th Tier of Illusionary Divine was extremely powerful and had limitless powers! How would someone with such powerful die? Master Heartless must have been injured before arriving at the mainland and was already nearing his death.
After all that Master Heartless had done for him, he had to repay his kindness and therefore take revenge for him!
"Of course... In order to keep this secret safe, I should not even mention it!"
The enemy was too strong and Fang Yuan could not afford to be careless!
...
In the Realm Alliance.
Li Qin looked desolate as he walked through a corridor and arrived at a hall.
"Haha... Li Qin, who would've thought that you would be thoroughly embarrassed!"
A sinister but gentle voice was heard from the centre of the hall. In the seat at the centre, a sinister-looking scholar slowly formed his physical body and smiled.
"I've got to admit that Fang Yuan is indeed a talent and a formidable opponent!"
Li Qin had sadness written all over his face. "Now... I'm afraid that he has become the demon in my mind. If he doesn't die, I'm afraid I will be stuck at my current cultivation level forever!"
Dream masters had to have a clear mind in doing things and would fear 'obstacles' in their minds!
As long as their minds were cluttered, they would never be able to achieve their true potential!
"Sigh... an enemy?"
The scholar took in a deep breath. "Are you seeking for my help?"
"Yes. He is now the guardian of Golden Sun Prosperous Land and will be in isolation for 10 years. If he doesn't come out of the prosperous land, I'm afraid that his achievement in the coming 10 years will be too scary for me to imagine..."
A sinister look flashed across Li Qin's eyes. "As the treasurer of Cloud Region, do you have any solution to this? The resources from every prosperous land will have to go through you! Let him personally bring his resources to you for a few times! Is that possible?"
This was a tactic to weaken his enemy, or rather, to prevent his enemy from becoming stronger.
As members of the Realm Alliance, they would often take ownership of their own decision. The only thing that the alliance could request of the members was to do missions.
However, since Fang Yuan would be occupied for 10 years and would not be required to take up any missions, Li Qin could not stand it. The best idea he had would be to relinquish him of his appointment and force Fang Yuan to continue taking up missions from the Realm Alliance.
By then, considering Li Qin's level of rights and rank within the alliance, he could plot against Fang Yuan.
Although he could not brazenly assign Fang Yuan to do risky missions, the fact that he had to do missions means that he could not cultivate in peace. As long as Fang Yuan would be unable to advance in his rank, Li Qin could use many ways to deal with him, making him unbearable.
"The portion coming from Golden Sun Prosperous Land has already been submitted for this year..."
The treasurer of Cloud Region smiled. "However... Brother, you're in luck! There's an opportunity here. Take a look at what the alliance just announced!"
As he spoke, a mysterious glow flew from his hand and landed on Li Qin's palm.
"Oh? The reallocation of resources across regions? What a lucrative job!"
As an experienced dream master in the Illusionary Divine stage, Li Qin could tell that something was fishy. "The armies are still not deployed and the resources are already on the move. Is something big happening in the alliance?"
"There could be an impending war, or they could be gathering resources to invade a few other realms. Who would know? However, as long as they delegate this mission, we will be at liberty to do whatever we want!"
The scholar let out a sinister smile once more as his expression changed.
"Brother, as the treasurer of a region, you can decide how much resources you require. Even if you increase the amount by a little, no one could say anything..."
Li Qin commented.
"However, Fang Yuan is still a force to be reckoned with... Not only is he gifted and would likely become as powerful as us, he is also good friends with Feng Xinzi and is under Elder Smelter's faction!"
"Smelter and Green Wood have been long-standing enemies. There is nothing more to say!"
Li Qin sighed. He knew that although they were good friends, he would only help if he would benefit from it. Unwillingly, Li Qin took out something. "This Mysterious Elemental Crystal has always been a treasure of mine. I shall give it to you today!"
"Haha... great!"
Seeing this, the scholar's eyes glistened and knew that Li Qin was giving it his all. "Alright! Leave this to me! Even if that small kid were to create trouble, I can still keep him in place considering that I am a 4th Leaf Cultivator as well. No one would be able to say anything!"
"I'll leave this to you!"
Seeing this, Li Qin was decided. As he turned around to leave the hall, he revealed a sinister smile. 'How dare you embarrass me. I shall let you know how powerful I am!;
...
Within the Spiritual Gathering Array.
As he walked lazily across the farm and gazed at the huge grains of Yellow Grain Rice, Fang Yuan could not control himself but let out a big smile.
"If outsiders were to see this, they would surely be shocked beyond words, but it's a pity... It's always safer to keep such treasures a secret."
With the ability to evolve special traits, the Yellow Grain Rice was ready to be harvest in merely a few months.
Even though he did not produce a lot of spiritual rice, he could harvest around 100 catties of spiritual rice from the 600 square-metres the farm. Therefore, he was able to accumulate over 7,500 catties of spiritual rice, enough for a dream master to consume for 10 years!
With so many resources to nourish himself, his intense training in the Red Night 9 Smelting Techniques for 81 times was nothing.
"Eh?"
After walking around, he discovered a small surprise.
A few stalks of Yellow Grain Rice resembled a small horned dragon.
"Is this another type of special trait being evolved? This is great! However, I don't know what special trait is it..."
With a flash from his Mountain River Pearl, the seeds of the evolved variant were absorbed into storage.
Considering how large-scale his farming was, it was only natural that there were a few variants being evolved here and there. Although it might not evolve into how he would have wanted it to, it was always good to have improved variants.
He now felt like a wealthy overlord.
"Lord!"
As soon as he exited the Spiritual Gathering Array, he noticed both Meng Tian and Meng Guang frantically running towards him. "Something bad has happened! A messenger arrived, claiming that the contribution requirement has increased!"
"Oh?"
Fang Yuan frowned. Quickly, he sent a magical clone into the Dream Realm to investigate. "This is a piece of legitimate news. However, they have allowed each region to decide the increments for themselves. I'll just go take a look..."
In the main hall.
"Why is the guardian not here yet? Is he showing disrespect on purpose?"
Fang Yuan arrived outside the main hall and heard an arrogant voice followed by a distinct slap. "How dare you useless bum serve me? Get lost!"
Amidst cries, two servants held their red faces and ran out, crying. Seeing Fang Yuan, they quickly greeted him.
"Forget it, please carry on!"
Fang Yuan suspected that something was not right. As he stepped into the main hall, he could see a dream master dressed in black. A table was flipped and wine was spilt across the floor. Everything was in a mess.
"Are you the guardian of Golden Sun Prosperous Land? I am Zhou Hun, the messenger of the treasurer! There is a new order!"
Seeing Fang Yuan's arrival, Zhou Hun snickered. He raised an official document towards the ceiling. There were prints of spiritual light coming from the document.
"You are just a dream-building dream master, yet to achieve the Illusionary Divine stage. How dare you? Where are your manners?"
Fang Yuan chuckled.
If it was a normal mission, they could directly inform him about it in the Dream Realm. Seeing how this messenger reacted, he could guess that the treasurer of Cloud Region must have colluded with Li Qin. Therefore, there was no reason for Fang Yuan to hold back.
"You..."
The messenger was stunned. As his attention was diverted, the official document in his hands disappeared and in an instant, he flew backwards and felt a sharp pain in his face.
"Pa! Pa!"
In a few moments, there were two fresh palm prints on his face.
Zhou Hun, being groggy, took a while before realising what had happened. He was infuriated. "How dare you?"
"You're such a dog, how would I not dare?"
Fang Yuan continued. "Looking at your cultivation, you must be lowly-ranked in the alliance! How dare you show me attitude? If you dare to go against me, I'll kill you this instant. I will at most be punished by the alliance. Do you want to try me?"
The official document was written in the name of the alliance. Regardless if it was fake or not, Fang Yuan had already decided to shoulder any consequences that might come.
However, after taking the official document from Zhou Hun, he would no longer be a messenger but a normal member of the alliance. Therefore, things were different.
All of these were within the rules and no one could argue against it.
"You..."
Zhou Hun was startled and did not dare to speak a single word.
To think about it, the person in front of him was a rogue dream master and would likely kill him if he was enraged. If that really happened, who would be able to help him?
'I wanted to embarrass this person and please the treasurer. However, looking at how things are, I don't think I should take the risk... No wonder none of them was willing to take up this job!'