Chapter 115 – Mu Yuan's Illusory World

While Tianyuan Territory was developing rapidly, other top emerging territories like Wangba Territory and Great Sun Territory were also striving with all their might to grow and expand.

Though their status was extraordinary, they understood better than ordinary lords that the world was far from peaceful, and it was not yet time to indulge in leisure.

Great Sun Territory.

The lord, clad in majestic armor, stood in the archery range continuously drawing and releasing arrows. Without turning his head, he asked, “When will the new batch of talents arrive?”

“In two days, Boss,” replied a secretary with an alluring figure.

“Too slow. Find another way to recruit more refugees and talents. Also, purchase thirty more Miracle Building blueprints. I want to be the first to upgrade my territory to level two, ahead of Wangba Territory and Tianyuan Territory!”

“But… Boss, doing so would strain our funds. One misstep could lead to a financial breakdown, and the next allocation from the group won’t come until a month later.”

“No matter.”

The Great Sun Lord pondered for a moment and said, “Spread the word that our Great Sun Territory will surpass Tianyuan Territory and become the first to upgrade. With enough attention, funds will naturally follow.”

“Speaking of which, the Tianyuan Lord is quite foolish. He topped the Golden Rankings and gained countless attention, yet he doesn’t know how to leverage it for wealth. What a waste.”

If he had such an opportunity, he could have accelerated Great Sun Territory’s development by at least 20%!

…

Twilight Plains, somewhere.

A Root of Filth disintegrated under purifying radiance, leaving behind several gifts.

A certain lord opened them one by one and stared blankly at the crescent-shaped key in his hand before bursting into laughter. “It’s actually a key to a Resource Secret Realm!”

“I, Old Wang, have been a lord for over two years now. It’s been a bumpy journey—limited investments, unsuccessful explorations, and at my worst, I even lost several rare-tier main forces. But finally… my luck has turned!”

“Just like the Great Lord ‘Flowing Clouds City Lord,’ who also struggled early on until he stumbled upon an opportunity and soared to greatness.”

The old lord clenched the key tightly, glanced around, and hurried back to his territory.

…

The next day,

Deadbone, who had ventured straight toward the underground city, brought back two pieces of news.

The good news was that he had indeed glimpsed the magnificent Underground City from afar—a mysterious and spectacular place dotted with black towers.

The bad news was that the Underground City was surrounded by numerous monster tribes.

The Minotaur Tribe, Cave-Dweller Tribe, Darknight Tribe, Spider-Woman Tribe, Burrower Tribe, and Lizardmen Tribe.

Even the weakest among them seemed stronger than the Snakefolk Tribe.

Faced with such a formidable situation, Deadbone dared not probe further. After erasing all traces, he cautiously took several detours and returned through another surface entrance.

By the time he returned to the territory, it was already the third day after the Earthrock Dragon had been vanquished.

“You did the right thing.”

“These monster tribes are still relatively far from our territory. As long as we avoid exploring underground and leave no traces, they won’t discover Tianyuan Territory for a while. This buys us enough time to develop.”

However, Tianyuan Territory was still too weak. Even a minor disaster could inflict heavy losses on the territory.

Lord Mu felt deeply insecure.He was even more eager to obtain treasures from the Resource Secret Realm to make Tianyuan Territory stronger and even more powerful.

Thinking of this, Mu Yuan began formulating training enhancement plans for his own generals.

The targets naturally included generals like Dolai, Red Robe, Lu Liu, Asun, and Seventeen.

Bone Two Three Four, whose roles and lineage were inherited from the Undead General, were taught by the Undead General himself, so Mu Yuan didn’t need to worry about them.

“Dolai can continue to strengthen its Thunder Burst Mode. Well, it’s struggling a bit now, but once it evolves to Outstanding Three-Star rank and its Devour power improves, it should become much easier.”

“Lu Liu… just needs to master the Earth Rock Shield.”

“Seventeen… she can’t fully utilize the power of the Mind Arrow yet, but as long as she’s equipped with some expensive explosive arrows, armor-piercing arrows, and the like, her combat power will greatly improve.”

Buying them? Tianyuan Territory, with its tight budget, couldn’t afford such expensive consumables.

But by sourcing materials and crafting them themselves, they could produce at least some of these items.

Among the generals, the one with the most potential for training and development at the moment was the evil spirit Red Robe.

「Red Robe」

「Skills: Fear, Tear, Blood Robe, Sin Eye Prison」

‘Sin Eye Prison’ was the Advanced skill she had Awakened after evolving. As long as she made eye contact, she could imprison enemies in a prison filled with sinister and grim sins.

As for what exactly constituted sin? Whatever sin he desired, it would manifest.

However,

When dealing with the Earth Rock Dragon, Red Robe could only create some flames and chains to bind the enemy, which, in his opinion, didn’t fully utilize the potential of this skill.

Don’t think that Lord Mu was all talk and no action—he knew how to put things into practice.

He understood Sin Eye Prison better than Red Robe did.

“Watch closely. This is how the skill is used.”

Mu Yuan snapped his fingers lightly and, in the blink of an eye, donned a red wedding dress… ahem, that wasn’t important. After loading the ‘Red Robe Template,’ he naturally mastered the ‘Sin Eye Prison’ skill.

Over the past two days, he had studied, experimented, and practiced countless times—otherwise, how would he dare to teach it himself?

Lord Mu’s eyes met Red Robe’s blood-filled gaze.

The next moment,

Buzz—

An invisible force spread out, and the land imperceptibly lost its color, leaving only a monotonous, chilling black.

A crow flapped its wings, flying from the ground into the sky, heading toward the blood-red full moon that hung above the earth, occupying more than half of the sky.

The crimson light illuminated the land.

At the edge of the earth, a pitch-black cross stood erected, tightly binding a voluptuous figure clad in a red wedding dress.

This was the true Sin Eye Prison—the result of Great Mage Mu’s day and a half of cultivation!

“Do you understand now?”

“The Eye Prison isn’t confined to any form. It can trap enemies, kill them, or even deceive them. Theoretically, it can create anything you envision, as long as you break free from conventional thinking and construct this Illusion space from a higher perspective.”

Red Robe, bound to the cross, blinked her big eyes, looking utterly dazed.

Mu Yuan didn’t expect Red Robe to understand it all at once.

But with his personal demonstration, after pondering for another two or three days, Red Robe would likely show significant improvement.

He was about to transform the Illusion world again to broaden Red Robe’s horizons and give her a small taste of the Lord’s power…

The next moment,

Rumble—The earth abruptly trembled, and amidst the rumbling, an ancient-style pavilion adorned with eerie red paper rose from the ground. The bells hanging from it emitted a chilling “ding-ling, ding-ling” sound, and the pavilion’s door creaked wide open.

A cold wind blew out.

Frost formed across the land.

Graceful, veiled figures emerged one after another from the Red Pavilion, letting out “giggle, giggle” laughter that echoed endlessly between heaven and earth.

Looking again at Red Robe, she too was stepping out from the pavilion. She was the only woman without a veil, her eyes dazed as if understanding nothing, or perhaps immersed in thoughts that were actually quite shrewd.

After a long moment, she snapped back to reality, seemingly asking if this meant she had broken free from constraints.

Mu Yuan remained silent for a while before replying, “Hmm, your performance isn’t bad. You have the bearing of this Lord when I was practicing back in the day. Keep working hard.”

He figured it must be because Red Robe was more compatible with her own skills that she could progress so rapidly.

Of course, it was also inseparable from the personal guidance and demonstration by him, Lord Mu.

In the end, it was still because he taught well.

Book recommendation: “This Dragon Is Too Badass!”

A soul from Blue Star transmigrated and was reborn as a newly hatched little black dragon.

The bad news: The black dragon mother was targeted by the kingdom, which dispatched a dragon-slaying army.

The good news: It awakened a talent, the passive ability [Feast] from the League of Legends character Void Terror.

Feast: Converts devoured matter into physical growth, thereby increasing body strength and size.

When Feast stacks reached ten layers, a hundred layers, ten thousand layers, a hundred thousand layers… a terrifying black dragon that fed on stars and planes was born.

*Wu Di: “I’m gonna eat and eat and eat!”

(End of chapter)