Path of Alchemy Mastery-Chapter 325 - 226: Incredibly Close to the Truth

"Wang Cai, are you there, Wang Cai are you there?" Mu Can began calling out to Wang Cai with his Divine Sense.

Despite the constant squabbling between Mu Can and Wang Cai in ordinary times, Mu Can found himself unexpectedly missing Wang Cai now that he wasn’t by his side.

"Woof! What do you want? Speak quickly." Wang Cai’s languid voice came through, exuding a relaxed aura; Mu Can could even picture what Wang Cai was probably doing right this moment—lounging somewhere, basking contentedly in the sun.

And Mu Can guessed correctly—in this moment, Wang Cai was indeed lying on the stone steps, soaking up the sunshine. freewёbnoνel.com

The nine threads of Greedy Spirit Qi that Wang Cai had absorbed earlier seemed to have evolved his Spiritual Body. After enduring the pain and pleasure for an hour, Wang Cai had finally come through.

At this moment, all that Wang Cai felt, aside from exhilaration, was more exhilaration; the surge in strength almost provoked him to stand atop the stone steps and howl at the sky like a wolf.

"How many waves did you go through for your First Layer trial?" asked Mu Can. In his opinion, everyone faced different trials. If those followers of the Wangcai Divine Sect were to face his level of difficulty, they would probably kneel in the first round—fighting against forty Martial Arts Sect peak-level Demon Beasts would be a tough fight even for a heavy drinker.

"Nine Layers, what about it? Woof. Let me tell you, the trial was really simple. That Array was like child’s play in my old world, I broke through it with just a wave of my hand." Recalling the trial, Wang Cai was still visibly excited, as if he were possessed by a Heavenly Dao master during that moment, breaking any and all Arrays with ease. That feeling was simply one word—awesome.

"Damn, how come you had Nine Layers and I only had six." Mu Can cursed silently. It was just not fair. Mu Can hadn’t even used the Reincarnation Pearl, his trump card. Why did his trial end after the Sixth Layer? In Mu Can’s preparations, he feared nothing, not even if the difficulty increased, especially with the Reincarnation Pearl as his ace.

"Woof! I guess you’re just unlucky, buddy—you missed three red beams of light, hehehe." Hearing Mu Can’s words, Wang Cai laughed mischievously, and his laugh didn’t sound like a dog’s, but more like a conniving fox.

"But I think I got a perfect completion on my last challenge and got an extra reward." Mu Can thought for a second; the Tongshen Mountain wouldn’t normally present such a discrepancy. The reward for his Sixth Layer should be the same as what Wang Cai got for his Ninth Layer.

After all, he was fighting for his life up there, while Wang Cai just broke a few Arrays. The difficulty was simply not on the same level.

"Woof! Perfect completion? What exactly was your challenge?" Although Wang Cai was experienced and knowledgeable, he knew very little about the Immortal Ancient Secret Realm, one of the most mysterious places in the world.

Mu Can recounted his experiences to Wang Cai in full detail. The purpose of contacting Wang Cai was simple: he wanted the dog to give him some advice.

Although this dog was sometimes unreliable, most of the time he could be trusted.

After hearing Mu Can’s story, Wang Cai didn’t respond immediately. Instead, he began to ponder deeply; Mu Can was patient and didn’t rush him.

"Woof! Have you noticed that our experiences in the Immortal Ancient Secret Realm almost seem interconnected?" Wang Cai spoke up after a long thought.

"Go on, I feel there’s a huge secret hidden within the Immortal Ancient Secret Realm." Mu Can shared the same sentiment with Wang Cai—he felt as if there were a clue in his mind, but he couldn’t quite grasp it.

"Woof! Listen to me," Wang Cai continued after a pause.

From the moment they entered the Immortal Ancient Secret Realm, they found themselves trapped in the Big Formation, which looked like an ancient battlefield, with many treasures rendered useless by the passage of time, some not even leaving a trace behind.

"Think about it. The existence of that battlefield proves that a great battle took place in the distant past, within the Immortal Ancient Secret Realm, and I feel that battlefield was just a small part of it," Wang Cai explained.

"Keep going." Mu Can felt that line of thought in his mind becoming clearer, like a forward breaking into the penalty area in football, only the final goal was missing.

"Then let’s talk about that green-haired giant hand we encountered; clearly, it was sealed there by someone. There are two possibilities for the seal: the first is that the hand could be used by others after being processed by the Hidden Gold Array, but the scene we saw directly denies this possibility. Thus, leaving only the second possibility: that this dismembered person couldn’t be killed and could only be confined in this way." Wang Cai shared his second suspicion.

This speculation sent a chill down Mu Can’s spine. What kind of being would require such a method of seal? However, from the previous actions of the green-haired giant hand and the power that erupted from the Divine Beast Flames, which could instantly kill even Wang Cai, it was obvious that an immense power was hidden within.

So it seemed that Wang Cai’s conjecture was very close to the actual truth.

"Now look at what you encountered just now. That man in black is obviously from another realm, but he had his memory erased and was left there as a Gatekeeper. What do you think?" Wang Cai asked back.

"Are you saying that the man in black, the green-haired giant hand, and even that battlefield are all connected?"

Mu Can felt a metaphorical meteor streak across his mind, linking all the clues together instantly.

"Right, if that’s the case, then everything makes sense."

Mu Can went through all the clues in his mind.

If the owner of the green-haired giant hand led the man in black and others here in the past, and a great battle ensued with the lord of Tongshen Mountain, resulting in the green-haired giant hand being dismembered and sealed, and the man in black having his memory wiped and abandoned here.

If explained this way, everything made sense.

No wonder in the face of the man in black he had a sense of familiarity, like facing the peculiar green-haired giant hand, filled with the Slaughter Energy.

"Woof! Maybe, the great entity sealed away in the Immortal Ancient Secret Realm according to rumors is related to this green-haired hand and the man in black."

Wang Cai hammered down his final verdict.

Mu Can and Wang Cai didn’t realize their speculation was unbelievably close to the real truth of the matter.