Rise Of The Worm Sovereign

After coughing out that black blob, Shirong's complexion improved and he seemed to be breathing well as well.

"Huh, so is that the so-called 'impurities' that a cultivator expels?" Lin Wu muttered to himself, seeing that.

Shirong stood up and stretched his body before checking it.

"Hmm, my injuries should be fully healed in two more days. This was much earlier than I thought." Shirong muttered, feeling a bit happy.

He then stood up and walked to the exit of the courtyard. There he found the servant that was standing.

"Clean up the courtyard," Shirong ordered.

"Yes, Young master," The servant replied with a bowed head and waited for him to leave before lifting his head. 

He then walked to the courtyard and began to do the task he was ordered, meanwhile Shirong was walking towards the courtyard of his two companions, Ye Dai and Bei Wen. He used his spirit sense to alert the two men and entered the courtyard.

This courtyard was smaller than the one that he was assigned which was obvious considering his status, but it was still quite high quality compared to most courtyards. There were servants here as well, and they guided Shirong to the place where Ye Dai and Bei Wen were resting.

"Good morning, Young Master!" Ye Dai and Bei Wen greeted.

Both of them were sitting in the main hall and were talking about something before Shirong walked in.

"Hmm," Shirong hummed in response before taking a seat.

"Seems like the young master is better than before." Bei Wen spoke.

"Yes, though it'll take me a couple of days more to recover," Shirong replied.

"How about you two?" He asked.

"We should be recovered till the end of this week, most likely." Ye Dai answered.

"That's good," Shirong nodded.

"Though young master, have you gone out in these past few days? We heard they had some success in finding more about the incident." Bei Wen spoke.

"What?" Shirong asked, feeling shocked.

He had truly not expected that they would have any progress, and now that he heard they did, he was surprised.

"Yes, while they were not able to find out what the beast exactly is, they were able to determine its origin." Bei Wen replied.

"And what did they find?" Shirong questioned with urgency.

"The fragment of the beast shell had some characteristic that matched a different world. The clans have determined that whatever the beast was, it possibly came here along with the meteor that fell. It is an… otherworldly beast." Bei Wen answered in a serious tone.

Shirong was left speechless after hearing this. While the others may not have known the problem behind it being an otherworld beast, Shirong knew the danger. He knew that there were many worlds beyond theirs and that they were planets.

Shirong had learned from his clan's records that any beast that could travel from one plant to another and survive the journey was incredibly strong. A beast like that would have to have a cultivation base that was beyond the immortal Ascension stage.

"An immortal beast…" Shirong muttered.

Bei Wen and Ye Dai were able to hear what he had said and were shocked too now.

"Wha-what… what do you mean, Young master?" Ye Dai asked, feeling apprehensive.

"You people do not know, but beasts or any cultivators for that matter cannot leave the world they were born in easily," Shirong spoke. "Even if they do leave the world, surviving in the void beyond the planet's barrier is incredibly difficult, not to mention surviving a journey to another world."

The two were now getting closer to understanding the seriousness of the situation.

"Then that means young master…" Bei Wen muttered.

"Yes, the beast is likely to be the strongest being in this world right now. I… I do not know why the other great experts of this world have not found out about this yet, but there is something missing." Shirong replied.

The three men went silent for a bit and thought over it.

"Then that spear, young master? Could it be linked to the beast?" Ye Dai questioned.

"Perhaps yes. Perhaps that was the reason why the spear took us to that fragment… it wants us to find it." Shirong hypothesized.

"But why would it do that, young master?" Bei Wen questioned.

"That I do not know. But all we can do right now is wait." Shirong replied.

~Gulp~

The two followers gulped and thought of the implications behind this. They knew that they could not let this information out or there may be great trouble. Besides, the information that the Young master Shirong had revealed seemed to be secret as well, as they had never heard of something like this before.

"Keep track of what they find and report to me every day. I want to know everything." Shirong said before standing up.

He then left the courtyard and returned to his, leaving two dumbfounded men behind.

Lin Wu had listened to all of their conversations and was getting confused by it as well. He had read the documents and books that Shirong had in the ring and knew about the truth of the world. 

"Wait, a minute… if what Shirong said is true, then doesn't it mean that my mission is to hunt down a beast that is stronger than the immortal ascension realm?" Lin Wu said with shock.

He didn't know what to think of the mission now and was even wondering if he should attempt it or not.

~Sigh~

"No use overthinking, all I need to do now is get stronger." Lin Wu said to himself with determination.

And just as he did, the sound of a notification appeared.

~Ding~

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TASK COMPLETED: System has successfully devised a method to refine spirit sense. Please take a look at the information window for detailed information.

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Lin Wu was excited after seeing the system's notification and could not wait to check it. He opened the information window and started reading it with extreme concentration. He did not want to miss even a single bit and wanted to be fully sure of the method. After all, this was going to be one of his most basic tools in cultivation.