Chapter 598: Chapter 598: Back to the Courtyard

"What happened to you all? Why do you look so beaten?" Chu Mo asked curiously.

"Yeah, did you enter a lion’s den and get roughed up?" The eldest son of Grandpa Li asked as well.

"Well, we entered a more dangerous territory than a lion’s den. And we were indeed beaten." Li Kian replied with a sigh.

"Let’s go home and shower first before you tell us all about it. You must be hungry. I’ll prepare something for you to eat once you are done." He Yan cut off the discussion and urged the group to go and clean up first.

She was so worried that she forgot that they were already cultivators at least at the golden core stage and wouldn’t feel hungry as long as they could cultivate spiritual power.

Chu Miao and the others didn’t argue as everyone headed to their rooms in the villas that had been set up in the Soul Ring.

Mother Chu on the other hand headed to the kitchen to prepare a nutritious meal cooked with ingredients harvested in the Soul Ring.

This way, the food was filled with gentle and refined spiritual energy.

The two Li family daughters-in-law followed her to help in the cooking.

Even the pampered daughter-in-law had learned life skills such as cooking and cleaning due to the apocalypse.

Now, she didn’t complain no matter what she had to do.

It took more than half an hour for Chu Miao and her companions to scrub off all the dirt and sand they had brought back from their trials.

Once they were clean, they headed to the dining room where the food had started being served.

As cultivators, even those without the fire element could control the fire used for cooking with their spiritual power.

So, cooking a few meals didn’t take long.

The group of youngsters sat down in the large dining tables attached together to form one big table and ate as they chatted and made fun of each other.

Once they had eaten, Grandpa Chu couldn’t wait to grill them and find out what had happened.

The few youngsters took turns describing everything they had experienced to the smallest detail.

When they talked about finding the gateway to another world, even Grandpa Chu was shocked.

"You mean to say that our ancestors left us a way to leave the lower realm and we never found out?" He asked in surprise.

"Yes. The guardian said that only those who pass the test could go through. Well, the ring hasn’t even accepted a master since it was made. So, how could they have found out?" Chu Miao explained.

Indeed, since the ring was made, apart from the first master who was part of the group that made it, Chu Miao was the only other master it has accepted.

So, it was impossible for others to have known about the existence of the gate.

"So, once we are done with the apocalypse, we don’t have to wait for the lightning tribulation or to ascend to the transformation transcendence stage to go to the higher world. We can just go through that gate?" Butler Cheng asked.

"Yes, Second Grandpa. However, it’s still better to go through the lightning tribulation in the mortal world than doing it in a higher world. Like I said before, in this world, the heavenly dao is asleep or very lenient. However, in the higher world, going through lightning tribulation is very dangerous. Many perish while trying to advance. So, if it can be done here, let’s do it." Chu Miao indeed wanted to go to the higher world as soon as possible because the opportunities there were more abundant and the environment was also more suitable for cultivation.

However, she also wanted any advantage she could get.

If she could reach the divine stage on earth, then that would be incredible. Once she entered the Immortal Realm, she would be considered a strong cultivator and can protect her family and friends.

"If such rules exist, then it’s better to take the route with lesser risk. We will cultivate diligently so that we old folks don’t hold you young ones back." Grandpa Li said with a laugh.

Even though he was already old, he wanted to go out and see this world that was beyond the mortal world.

If someone had told him he could experience more adventure in his seventies, he wouldn’t have believed it.

But here he was, aging backwards and getting stronger and younger the more he cultivated.

He turned to his old friend whom he had known for over four decades and was awed by his current appearance.

After his last advancement and being baptized by lightning tribulation, Grandpa Chu now looked like a forty-year-old middle-aged man.

His hair had turned black and the wrinkles on his skin had lessened significantly.

He wasn’t too different himself as he also looked younger.

He had started cultivating later than his friend but he was working hard to catch up.

He was confident that soon he would also go back to his forties.

Moreover, now they weren’t plagued by the old injuries they sustained in the army and their bodies were stronger than ever.

So, knowing that there was a world where their current achievements seemed like child play, he couldn’t wait to go out and see it.

"It’s good that you are all well. Take a rest first before going out." Grandpa Chu said as he rose to his feet and walked out of the house with his two long-time friends.

The other elders also followed suit and The members of Chu Miao’s team went to their respective rooms to sleep, except for Chu Miao and Ye Xuan, who shared the same room.

Once inside their room, they were in no mood to sleep. Ye Xuan created a barrier around their room and the two couldn’t wait to devour each other.

Their closeness had become so addictive the more they dual cultivated.

Now that they had been busy training and hadn’t had the time to dual cultivate, they felt like starved animals.