Outside the town of Riven, the old man landed in the woods, his descent was slow and steady as he landed, not even a speck of sand was out of place. As the old man started to walk towards Riven, he kept taking in deep breaths and enjoying the vitality of nature.
It isn't everyday that he can enter the mortal world and enjoy nature.
Besides the mortal world there are other worlds that connect to the mortal world.
The immortal world, and the Demon world.
Besides those there are smaller worlds that are owned by powerful individuals.
Take this old man for example.
"Ah, the power of nature is strong here, unlike my world where I am accompanied by souls all the time, and a bleak landscape"
Walking through the woods, he sighed as he looked at the surroundings.
"Ah, too bad, too bad, too bad, my power isn't compatible with this world"
As the old man walked past trees and several plants, they started to slowly wither, "I should hurry and do what I need to do before I alert the other gods in this world"
Looking off into the distance, towards the direction of Riven, the old man smiled. As the old man continued walking, he heard the voices of a few individuals, he couldn't help but be curious.
Heading towards the direction of the voices, every step of the old man didn't leave even the slightest trace as he stepped on small twigs and dried leaves, even the wind couldn't make his robes make a sound as they fluttered in the breeze.
Approaching the voices the old man could make out three people, one of them looked to be the leader of them, and the other two looked like a bunch of common elders.
The old man curiously listened to what they were talking about.
"We need to get rid of that d*mn old woman, she won't leave the side of that boy"
With an irritated look on his face the leader paced around as he flapped the sleeves of his robes, "She seems to have gotten stronger, forget fighting her on my own, she is too powerful, I'll need your help"
The leader looked at the two elders with a depressed look on his face, as the elders looked slightly confused.
"Patriarch I thought you said she would be defeated?"
The leader was Patriarch Tie.
"I didn't guarantee it!"
The Patriarch irritated, flapped his sleeves even fiercer, "She has gotten even stronger! It's either that, or she has been hiding her true power!"
The elders all shook their heads as they all let out a sigh.
"Patriarch, did you say that she'll be defeated at that time, just to get out of the discussion?"
Flustered the patriarch couldn't help but stutter, "N n no! Why would I the Patriarch, come up with such a stupid excuse to get out of that boring discussion?"
Not being able to deal with the Patriarch, the elders could only shake their heads as they changed the subject, "So when are we going to try to take that treasure?"
"Our loses would be greater than our gain"
Depressed the Patriarch could only sigh.
"But the treasure can open a dimensional tear! We could use it to amass great wealth! Our clan would be able to walk sideways everywhere in a 10000 kilometer radius!"
Unable to accept what the Patriarch was implying, the elder couldn't help but speak up.
After hearing what the elder said, the Patriarch glared at the elder, "My decision is final, I am giving up on that treasure, who's the Patriarch here?"
With an irritated look filled with unwillingness, the elders had to answer.
"You..."
Hearing the discussion, the old man couldn't help but grin, as his eyes flickered with a bright light, "A treasure that can open a dimensional tear? Rare, very rare, I can't wait to get my hands on it"
Hidden in the cover of the trees, the old man vanished with a gust of wind.
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Ren could only sigh as he looked at the 1000 year old dao grass, "Jane, is this any use to me?"
Looking at the grass, Jane reluctantly started to scan it.
-Ren, the grass is no benefit to you, at most it'll help to strengthen your body, remember, you have no dantian, so the way you cultivate is different, ugh, you also have no meridians.
"What!?"
Seeing his reaction, Jane laughed.
-haha, I forgot to tell you, that's another reason the manuals in this world won't work, unless the manual is just for absorbing qi, while those can be adjusted to work for you, but the martial arts of this world, and special techniques of this world won't work for you, and since I don't have any in my database from the other world, you are on your own, like I said, pure physical training is what's best for you, hehe!
Not able to believe Jane, Ren tried to circulate his qi through his meridians as recorded in Reincahrt's memories.
He could only let out a depressed sigh as he realized what she said was true, 'I gained such power, and in the future I'll gain more, but my path of cultivating is from another world, and I'm pretty sure another dimension, ah, well I guess in the long run it's worth it..'
"Well, I'll just use the grass anyways, why let this gift go to waste?"
Ren then opened the jade case as a refreshing scent assailed his nose, looking at this slightly glowing grass, Ren gulped his saliva, the smell was too appetizing.
Carefully, Ren took the grass out afraid to damage it, he then slowly lifted it to his mouth as he started to chew on it.
Crunch!
As he bit down it let out an audible crunch, something you wouldn't expect from a few blades of grass.
While he chewed an energy alternating between warm and cold spread throughout his body, it soaked into his skin, his muscles, his tendons, his internal organs, and his bones.
Very clear popping sounds could be heard as his veins expanded twice their size, increasing his overall blood flow.
After eating the grass, Ren looked at his surroundings as he found that his mind was much clearer than before, 'Must be the increase in blood flow'
As Ren sat there enjoying his increased blood flow, he couldn't help but notice a feeling of danger in the air as his skin tingled.
At the entrance to town, the old man walked in humming a small tune, all the while looking in the direction of Ren's house, 'I sense the treasure in that direction, I wonder where the young god resides? Eh, doesn't matter, I'll look for him after I get the treasure'
At this time, Ren had no idea that a very dangerous old man was looking for him, and coincidentally, his clan's treasure.