A Farmer's Journey To Immortality

Kalina’s breathing became ragged.

’What kind of storage treasure was that? How could it be stronger than mine?’

Even if Aksai somehow possessed a higher-grade spatial artifact, how had he bypassed the spatial prohibitions placed upon those encrypted jade scrolls?

Those restrictions had been personally established by her faction.

They were specifically designed to prevent exactly this kind of theft.

Yet...

They had been bypassed as easily as tearing through a sheet of paper.

Then another realization struck her.

Her face became even uglier.

’No! My Natal Sword...’

Her voice trembled.

Her Third Order fire-element Natal Sword. It was the weapon she had nurtured for decades. The artifact connected directly to her Core and soul had also disappeared into that mysterious spatial ripple.

Earlier, she had not even bothered taking it out while fighting the Purple River Lord. There had been no need. He simply wasn’t worthy of forcing her to use her strongest weapon.

After all, Kalina knew that the natives of this subcontinent didn’t have proper cultivation techniques or Spirit Spells. They didn’t even know the concepts of Complete Tantras, True Meanings, Connate Spells, and Divine Thought. If they didn’t even have the basics down, they couldn’t possibly cultivate Natal Artifacts.

Look at the Purple River Lord. Despite her using intent-based Connate Spells, he had countered them with simple Third Order Spirit Spells. These Spirit Spells were called Innate Spirit Spells because they were powered by the Innate Cubes of the native cultivators. However, in Kalina’s eyes, they were nothing but shoddy copies of Connate Spells. Copies that mimicked the basics but lacked true substance.

Connate Spells usually came naturally with Complete Tantras. Most cultivators who cultivated Complete Tantras didn’t need to learn or buy them separately.

The Connate spells came together with the cultivation technique. They also carried their own True Meanings, which brought out their true might. Using them in real battles also helped cultivators gain a deeper understanding of their cultivation techniques. In turn, this allowed them to catch a glimpse of the Dao Path ahead of them, something that was extremely important for becoming a Nascent Soul King.

Without True Meaning, there was no Intent. And without Intent, there was no Connate Spell. Even if some native cultivators managed to imbue their Spirit Spells with Intent, turning them into intent-based Spirit Spells, they would still lack a certain edge that only Connate Spells possessed.

A Natal Artifact was a must-have for every Lord in the Shinayin Empire. Only a Natal Artifact could fully bring out the true potential of a cultivator’s Spirit Essence Core.

Therefore, Kalina had not even bothered to summon her Natal Weapon when facing the Purple River Lord.

But after witnessing Aksai’s deception, every instinct inside her screamed the same warning.

This was an instinct she had honed through countless battles and refined even further after reaching the late stage of the Core Formation Realm.

Kill him.

Immediately.

Do not underestimate him.

No matter where he came from...

No matter how weak his cultivation appeared...

This man was dangerous. Extremely dangerous. She wanted to unleash her strongest attack and erase him from existence.

But her Natal Sword was gone.

Without it, nearly half of her true combat power disappeared.

Combined with the loss of her pills, talismans, artifacts, and other supporting treasures, her strength dropped even further.

Even so, she was still stronger than the Purple River Lord.

That much she knew.

Yet...

As she looked at Aksai, calmly standing in the middle of the chaotic battlefield while poisonous explosions continued erupting behind him, a strange feeling quietly crept into her heart.

Swoosh. Zoom. Retreat.

Kalina’s figure instantly flashed backward.

Whoosh!

She retreated several hundred meters in a single breath, putting a safe distance between herself and Aksai.

She did not attack recklessly or rush to reclaim her treasures either. Instead, she stopped in midair and forced herself to calm down.

Her chest rose and fell rapidly. Her eyes swept across the battlefield.

Her subordinates at the late-stage Spirit Refining realm didn’t even stand a chance. Most of them were already dead or incapacitated by poison.

It was mostly the Experts level attacks that were being executed at this time as her Foundation Establishment level subordinate were still putting up a fight using various alchemy, talismans, artifacts, and other means.

The unstable Sentient Fiends were still charging like crazed beasts. Every time one was destroyed, another violent explosion erupted. Thick poisonous mist spread farther and farther with every passing second.

Her surviving subordinates had already fallen into complete disorder. Some Experts were fighting while others were trying to escape.

And all of them had already been swallowed by the poisonous fog. Their cries echoed one after another.

Yet, Kalina did not even look at them for long. It was not because she was heartless. Nor was it because she did not value Spirit Refining Novices or Foundation Establishment Experts.

As a Lord raised within the Shinayin Empire, she understood better than most how to train, nurture, and command capable subordinates. She knew how to bring out their full potential so they could help her achieve greater goals.

However, every resource had its value. And at this moment, none of their lives could compare to her own.

If she survived, she could recruit another group of followers. If she died, everything would be meaningless.

Besides, the poison spreading throughout the battlefield made even her slightly cautious. She did not believe those Gu Poison Bombs could truly threaten a late-stage Lord like herself.

Still, poison cultivators were notorious for unexpected methods. The greatest mistake when dealing with poison was becoming overconfident.

Thankfully...

The man opposite her did not immediately chase after her either. He seemed occupied with controlling the battlefield.

Kalina slowly exhaled.

’Calm down.’

’Think.’

She closed her eyes for only a brief moment. Then she silently formed a simple hand seal. A tiny strand of Spirit Essence flowed out from her Spirit Essence Core. At the same time, a thread of her Spirit Sense followed it.

The two merged together before spreading outward in an invisible wave. This was one of her faction’s basic detection techniques.

Every important inheritance, jade scroll, and restricted resource belonging to Great Elder Runiye’s faction carried a unique imprint. As long as those items remained within a certain distance, the technique would produce a faint response.

It did not matter if they were hidden inside someone’s storage ring. She would still sense them. After a few moments, Kalina came to a realization.

Her expression became even more serious.

’Impossible...’

Either those treasures had somehow been completely destroyed...

Or...

They were no longer anywhere near her.

Her gaze slowly landed on the storage ring worn on Aksai’s finger.

Her eyes narrowed.

’That spatial fluctuation... It wasn’t normal.’

She carefully replayed what she had witnessed only moments ago.

The instant before every treasure disappeared, a tiny spatial ripple had appeared.

It was far stronger than the opening of an ordinary storage ring.

Even more importantly, the encrypted jade scrolls belonging to her faction had vanished along with everything else.

That should have been impossible.

Those jade scrolls were protected by spatial restrictions. Ordinary storage artifacts could not forcefully absorb them. Not even storage rings of a higher grade could bypass those restrictions so easily.

Even if someone managed to store items protected by spatial prohibitions, Kalina should still have been able to sense their presence inside Aksai’s storage ring. Yet she sensed nothing at all. Her gaze immediately shifted toward the storage ring on Aksai’s finger.

’That doesn’t look like a Void Mustard Seed Ring.’

Her breathing gradually steadied.

’Moreover, how can someone like him possess a Void Mustard Seed Ring? This man must have another spatial treasure. Something far more precious than a Void Mustard Seed Ring.’

The thought flashed through her mind almost instantly.

A greedy light slowly appeared in her eyes.

The natives of the subcontinent might not understand, but Kalina knew the importance of special spatial treasures. In troubled times, they could become one’s greatest trump card. More importantly, their true value often exceeded their practical use.

Kalina knew that such special spatial treasures were mostly used by Nascent Soul Kings to preserve their inheritances for their disciples or descendants. As such, they often served as carriers of Fourth Order inheritances.

How could someone like Aksai possess such a treasure?

He had probably stumbled upon a lucky encounter in some ancient ruin.

Earlier, Kalina had only wanted to recover her belongings.

Now...

She wanted something else.

She wanted the treasure itself.

More precisely, she wanted the inheritance hidden inside that treasure.

Nor was Kalina overthinking the matter.

The value of a mysterious spatial treasure capable of bypassing spatial restrictions was immeasurable. Even many Nascent Soul Kings would become interested in such an item.

No...

Especially the Kings.

Kalina’s heart started beating faster.

She was not one of the ignorant natives of the Dadangar Subcontinent. The trick Aksai had used might deceive the cultivators born here. It could not deceive someone raised inside the Shinayin Empire.

He had deliberately pretended to use the storage ring on his finger. But the true storage treasure had to be hidden somewhere else on his body.

She could not see through it.

However, she was now certain it existed.

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