Chapter 749 - 591: Reunion After a Thousand Years

The girl was one of the thirteen avatars of the female demon Little Zi. Long Yi did not know her name, knowing her only as Number Six.

"Yes, my master, after a thousand years, you have finally appeared."

Number Six said sweetly. Seeing Long Yi again obviously thrilled her. At that moment, number Six didn’t look like a female demon but rather an innocent and lovely girl standing on the floor, the friction of her heels against the floor making a soft sound.

Wait a minute!

"A thousand years?"

Long Yi thought he had heard wrong.

"Yes, a thousand years. I’ve been waiting for you here for a thousand years."

Number Six nodded affirmatively.

"Really? Has it happened again?"

Long Yi remembered when he was at Silver Dragon Lake, the water spirits told him his battle machine had fallen eight thousand years ago. But he had only woke up eighteen years ago.

"Please explain what you know."

"Very well, master."

Number Six found a chair for Long Yi to sit down and then listened quietly.

When Long Yi ascended, Little Zi was not hidden inside his body at that time. He had an idea about where she was. Unexpectedly, Long Yi ascended suddenly. Hurriedly, Little Zi tried to gather all her avatars in an attempt to catch up with Long Yi, but his ascending speed was too fast. Even though Little Zi was sucked into the passageway, she wasn’t with Long Yi.

So, Little Zi didn’t know where Long Yi was.

In the passage, Little Zi, being a energy entity, sensed bizarre energy fluctuations. She realized that she could resonate with this passage, allowing her to predict in advance where the passage would lead.

The passage is a place beyond time and space. Any touch or even any attempt to probe can potentially cause drastic changes. Little Zi tried to unravel the essence of this passage using the advantage of her being an energy entity. In an unfortunate experiment, she prematurely triggered the changes in the passage. As a result, she arrived directly at this world, luckily she managed to gather enough information just before her departure.

In simple words, she arrived a bit early.

No, or rather, she went back in time by a thousand years!

Of course, Long Yi would also end up in this world. However, that would be many, many years later.

As a female demon, as long as her energy doesn’t vanish, her lifespan could be nearly eternal. Almost certainly, Little Zi could set a hibernation limit for herself and could wake up just in time to find Long Yi, so she wasn’t worried about the time issue. However, as Long Yi’s most trusted servant, she thought that according to his routine, he would definitely cause trouble when he arrived in this world. That’s why setting a solid foundation for Long Yi became essential for her.

And the first step was to understand the composition of this world.

The Mountain Giants were a group of very affable beings. Even though they are passionate and magnanimous, they didn’t have an evil bone in their body. The energy source of the Mountain Giants piqued Little Zi’s curiosity. She explored the energy transfer in this world, in an attempt to understand what allowed the Mountain Giants to harness infinite energy whenever they stood on the ground.

It took close to a hundred years of all-round global travel for Little Zi and her avatars to figure out that the energy source of the Mountain Giants came from the rocks of this planet.

Although all were Mountain Giants, not everyone had the same capabilities and there were many variations between them. They had an innate ability to draw energy from different types of rocks, and the rocks that gave the most power were Black Rock, White Rock, Fire Rock, Ice Rock, Wood Rock, and Iron Rock.

Little Zi carefully researched the origin of this ability and with her ingenious talent in magic, she deciphered the composition of this power. She began experimenting with the various rocks in this world, trying to find out what powers they would give.

However, just as Little Zi completely absorbed the power of the strongest six types of rocks, she was called by a mysterious energy to a subterranean temple. In the center of the temple, Little Zi discovered a peculiar rock shifting its form continuously. But when she tried to absorb the energy of this rock, she was unexpectedly sucked into the rock!

Only then did she realize that the rock was actually one of the core rocks that constituted this planet, known as the Soul Stone! Being an energy entity based on the soul, she was instantly trapped inside and could not leave. However, she set up a soul barrier at the most critical moment, which would make her fall into slumber, and could safely wait for Long Yi to come and save her.

Meanwhile, in the outside world, number six and her other five sisters had always stayed outside. As they had absorbed the distinct powers of different rocks, they each regained consciousness and then found tribes possessing the rocks that Little Zi deemed powerful and became the tribe’s priestess, waiting for the arrival of Long Yi.

From Little Zi’s perspective, whenever Long Yi appeared, he would inevitably have to engage with these tribes.

As a matter of fact, she was right, but this time it was purely by luck.

"That girl Little Zi!"

Long Yi sighed longingly, he was both moved and heartbroken.

No wonder their contract did not respond, Little Zi was in slumber, and these avatars of the female demon didn’t have a direct contract connection with him, they simply obeyed Little Zi’s orders.

It’s clear that he had drunk too much that day. Otherwise, this would not have happened. Long Yi was filled with regret, but regret would not solve the issue.

"Let’s go, we have to save Little Zi!"

Long Yi immediately stood up to leave.

"It’s not that simple,"

Number six said.

"Master Little Zi told me, to save her, one must obtain the power of the six major rocks as she did and integrate them. Only then can one hear the voice of the Soul Stone, otherwise, anyone down there would get lost in that infinite underground! Even if you find the Soul Stone, it will not respond unless you do so."

The power of the six major rocks?

How to acquire it?

Should I grab some rocks and absorb them?

Long Yi was confused.

"That’s definitely not going to work." Number Six said with a soft laugh, covering her mouth.

"So what should I do?"

"Among these big tribes, they all have some Sacred Rocks. To quote the Mountain Giants, these are the Rocks of Purity. Only by absorbing the power in this Sacred Rock can you truly gain that portion of the power - I guess you’ve seen the Black Rock armor of Old Stone Fist, haven’t you?"

"Yes, I saw it."

Long Yi nodded, the Black Rock armor appeared obviously much more formidable than ordinary rock armor. Back then, Old Stone Fist had sent his opponent flying with bits of rock shrapely, while his own full-body Black Rock remained undamaged, proof of its toughness. It should be noted that in the Human Realm, Long Yi could crush a rock in his hand as if it were tofu. But in this world, he couldn’t easily crush a normal rock, let alone the Black Rock which was far stronger.

"So what I need to do, is figure out how to absorb the power of six different Sacred Rocks, right?"

"Yes, that’s it. It’s this simple. There’s no limit to the method," Number Six said, laughing.

"Methods...."

What other methods could there be, Long Yi didn’t even know what a Sacred Rock was.

"The Sacred Rocks are incredibly valuable. The Black Rock Tribe currently only has three. The much talked about recent mine incident was also due to rumors of a Sacred Rock inside," said Number Six.

"I see." Long Yi slowly nodded.

"A month from now, the Black Rock Tribe will hold a martial arts contest. The top three will receive the reward of absorbing the power of the Sacred Rock. However, only ’children’ are allowed to participate."

Children?

Long Yi smirked, glancing at Number Six. Apparently, this little Female Demon, who initially abandoned her self-consciousness, gave birth to a new consciousness for some reason, inheriting Little Zi’s mischievous character.

"Okay, I’ll just aim for a high rank then." Long Yi laughed, thinking was not his strong suit, but fighting? That was a piece of cake!

"Then, good luck Master!" Number Six giggled, "However, Master mustn’t underestimate the Mountain Giants. They are very strong."

"Underestimate? Never! I could be careless at any time, except during a fight!"

Saying this, Long Yi immediately puffed himself up.

"After that, I’ll go find the remaining Sacred Rocks, right? What about you, Number Six? Are you coming with me or staying here?" Long Yi asked. As an independent individual, Long Yi believe it was necessary to respect the other’s views.

"What?! Are you planning to ditch me?" Number Six suddenly looked teary-eyed.

"What do you mean, ’ditch’!" Long Yi was immediately at a loss.

"That night, I gave you everything. Are you going to abandon me now?" Number Six looked at Long Yi with tear-filled eyes, her big eyes pleading with Long Yi.

"Wait... That night, wasn’t it Little Zi who..."

"For five hours..."

"Ahem! Okay! Okay! I’ll take you wherever I go!"

A sense of responsibility surged as Long Yi, now a real man, spoke.

As she watched Long Yi leave, Number Six let out a sly smile and stuck out her tongue, saying softly, "This silly Master is, just like Little Zi said, so fun!" Then Six sighed, "Please bear with it a little longer, Little Zi. Master Long Yi will rescue you soon!"

Meanwhile.

Deep underground.

In the heart of the gigantic ruined city, within a huge temple, a massive rock was floating mid-air with numerous strange energy ripples wandering in the surroundings. Little Zi, with her eyes tightly shut, was imprisoned in the center of the rock.

Suddenly, the surrounding ripples began to fluctuate violently, and Little Zi also opened her eyes at the same time.

"It’s been so long already?"

The sound of Little Zi’s voice echoed through the air, although she remained still.

At this moment, the surrounding fluctuations intensified as if trying to block something.

"Brother Long, you’re finally here!"

There was a look of joy in Little Zi’s eyes. Clearly, Little Zi received news of Long Yi’s arrival!

At the same time, the surrounding ripples became even denser as if to swallow Little Zi whole.

"Don’t bother exerting yourself. My avatar is part of my soul. You can’t possibly block the information transmitted from my soul. You dick, you dare lock me up. You wait, it won’t be long before I smash you to pieces!"

Little Zi shouted.

The ripples flickering on the huge rock became more urgent as if enraged.

"Hmph, throw a tantrum all you want, but I’m going back to sleep!"

Then, Little Zi closed her eyes again, completely silent. (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to qidian.com to cast your vote of recommendation or monthly vote. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)