Jujutsu: Eight Magical Skills At The Beginning, Admission Is A Special Level

Chapter 43: The Secret of the Ascension Gate

Descending along the rope, the light gradually dimmed. Lu Bei scanned his surroundings and was drawn to a conspicuous depression.

It was about the size of a palm and had a familiar shape.

After some thought, Lu Bei took out the Ascension Gate token from his Universe Bag and tried inserting it. It fit perfectly.

A curve of water shimmered, and a slippery well wall revealed a passage wide enough for one person to pass through. An information prompt indicated that Lu Bei had triggered a quest.

[You have triggered the quest [The Secret of the Ascension Gate].]

[Quest Description: Three Pristine Peak Ascension Gate is a small sect that no one pays attention to. The former sect leader, Mo Buxio, is a mysterious cultivator, and little is known about him. Do you want to know the secret of the Ascension Gate? Go and search for it. Mo Buxio has left everything in the underground palace.]

[Main Quest: Unravel the mystery, reward 30,000 experience points.]

[Side Quest: Not triggered.]

[Accept?]

[Yes] [No]

"As expected, it's a map jump."

Lu Bei accepted the quest and compared it to the experience gained from exploring ruins. He realized that the underground palace within the ancient well was his first instance dungeon.

He stepped into the passage, wary of any tricks from Mo Buxio. Using the Broken Formation Compass to guide his way, he soon activated another familiar object.

A bright lamp.

Its style was exactly the same as the one used in the exploration of ruins.

Lu Bei's mouth twitched as he walked down the stone steps. After hitting two dead ends, he arrived at the end of a corridor.

The cave, covered in mud, stretched for hundreds of meters. The combination of stalactites and stalagmites compressed most of the space in the cave. With the embellishment of the bright lamp, light and darkness constantly intertwined, giving it a somewhat eerie atmosphere.

The Broken Formation Compass trembled lightly, reminding Lu Bei that there was an offensive formation ahead. He took out the Dark Gold Straight Knife and followed the compass's guidance, stepping forward.

In just a moment, Lu Bei discovered the formation eye under a stalagmite.

The crystal driving it was arranged quite crudely.

A clever idea struck Lu Bei, and he threw a Spirit Opening Pill into the muddy ground, triggering the activation of the formation to defend against intruders.

Clumps of mud gathered and swelled, forming chubby mud figures that blindly walked back and forth in the passage blocked by stalactites and stalagmites.

[Side Quest: Defeat the Mud Figure Formation, reward 10,000 experience points.]

Lu Bei raised an eyebrow. Driven by the desire for experience, he entered the formation and quickly smashed the mud figures into pieces.

Although the formation eye remained intact, without a source of energy, the mud figures could no longer rise. The cave fell into complete silence.

"What a great formation. Master put a lot of effort into it!"

Lu Bei tightly gripped the crystal in his hand and silently praised his decision to become Mo Buxio's disciple. Although Mo Buxio himself had never personally guided him, he had indeed put a lot of effort into his cultivation.

This could be seen from the Mud Figure Formation.

For a Foundation Building Stage cultivator like Lu Bei at level 20, the Mud Figure Formation had almost no killing power. However, it might not be the same for beginners.

Every player, when leaving the beginner village, would encounter one or two beginner guides, whether it was the village chief, blacksmith, or the village chief's daughter, the village beauty, who had lost her blacksmith husband. They would warn players that the outside world was dangerous and conveniently mention a burial mound under a tree at the village entrance. Players could level up there before leaving.

The slow movement and weak damage output of the mud figures made them perfect for training newcomers, equivalent to the burial mound under the tree at the village entrance.

Lu Bei put away the crystal, passed through the cave, hit two more dead ends, and finally arrived at the end of a stone path.

[Side Quest: Defeat the Scarecrow Formation, reward 20,000 experience points.]

...

Outside the Ascension Gate, the inclined stone steps extended downwards, hidden among the shade of old trees.

A figure in black clothes ascended the stone steps and arrived at the Ascension Gate. He raised his hand to knock on the door but stopped midway, adjusting his appearance.

The man was in his late twenties, with a handsome face and deep eyes. He should have been a potential pretty boy like Lu Bei, but his scruffy beard was too abrupt, giving him a lazy and unkempt look. It made him appear older than he actually was, greatly diminishing his value.

Even so, he was still a middle-aged man who could rely on his appearance to live a comfortable life.

Knock, knock, knock!

The door was knocked, and after a while, it was gently opened. A red head popped out curiously, looking up at the stranger.

The man in black clothes was momentarily stunned when he saw the lively gaze of the little Hu Li. He knew that it had awakened its intelligence and could understand human speech. He politely said, "I'm here to find Ascension Gate's Lu Bei. Please inform him."

As soon as he finished speaking, three more red heads popped out, lining up along the side of the door. Four pairs of eyes scrutinized the man in black clothes together.

"Um, is Junior Brother Lu not at home?"

"Squeak."

"You can nod or shake your head."

"Squeak."

"..."

Just as the man in black clothes was at a loss, little Fox Monster Hu Qing drove away the four mischievous little Hu Li. It shook its head to indicate that Lu Bei was not at home and wrote a line of words with its paw, asking the man in black clothes to come back another day.

"Well then."

Hu Li blocked the way and didn't let him in, and the man in black clothes didn't force his way in either. He closed his eyes and sensed for a moment. Not knowing what he sensed, his whole demeanor changed dramatically. His eyes became sharp, and his lazy and tired appearance disappeared. He became like a sharp sword soaring through the sky, startling Hu Qing, who quickly closed the gate.

"I know that Junior Brother Lu is inside the mountain gate right now. Tell him that a senior brother from the Towering Heaven Sword Sect is waiting for him in the deep pool of the back mountain." The man in black clothes left these words behind and soared into the sky, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

In the deep pool of the back mountain, Bai Jin was teaching Lu Bei cultivation and helping him open his "Aperture." The man in black clothes descended from the sky, and his eyes pierced through the deep pool like lightning, as if his sharp gaze could split the cold water in half.

After a while, his hands and feet trembled involuntarily, and he covered his face and burst into laughter. "Hahaha, it's mine, it's my luck. Junior Brother Lu, since you came empty-handed, don't blame your senior brother for being impolite!"

After the laughter subsided, the man in black clothes waved his hand and took out a fishing rod and bait. He sat on a small folding stool and prepared his fishing spot. With a flick of his wrist, he cast his line.

"There must be many big fish in this deep pool. I won't be able to sleep well if I don't catch one."

No movement at all.

...

On Lu Bei's side, after passing through the clay figurine formation, there were three more formations: straw, wooden, and stone. There was also a dead end that couldn't be avoided no matter what.

All three formations triggered side quests for him, with the difficulty increasing step by step. The final stone formation's attack and defense were no less than the zombies he encountered before, rewarding him with 50,000 experience points.

Because it was a map jump followed by grinding, obtaining experience was effortless, feeling like picking up items for free.

Arriving at the bottommost stone chamber, Lu Bei used the Sect Leader's Seal to activate the mechanism and obtained a Universe Bag from the groove.

There weren't many items in the bag. Lu Bei first took out an envelope with the words "To my disciple" written on it and read it line by line.

"To my disciple, the second-generation disciple of Ascension Gate..."

After several lines of the master's concerned words to his junior, the topic quickly shifted to the main point.

Since childhood, I have been a disciple of the Towering Heaven Sword Sect. My master is like a father to me, and I have high expectations. He gave me the name 'Bu Xiu,' meaning 'to cultivate and save oneself.' However, I have always been a carefree person, causing many troubles and failing to live up to my master's love. There have been few times when I truly cultivated and saved myself.

In the first ten years of my cultivation, my talent surpassed my peers, and my cultivation progressed rapidly. In the next ten years, I encountered many setbacks and difficulties in my cultivation, and I became doubtful and unable to find answers. I joined the Demon Cultivator and fell into a great decline. After that, I was lost and didn't know where to go. My cultivation reached a bottleneck, and I couldn't break through, gradually becoming insignificant among others.

One day, I traveled far and wide to search for ancient relics, collecting secret techniques from the Dao, Demon, Monster, and Buddhist paths, glimpsing the secrets of the heavens from the details.

Destiny has changed. The Dao Cultivator is a dead end, the Buddhist Cultivator is a pile of bones, and the Demon Cultivator is short-lived. These three paths, even if there are cultivators with astonishing talent, cannot reverse their fate and seek immortality.

Only the Monster Cultivator still has a glimmer of hope!

Therefore, I established the Ascension Gate and switched to become a Monster Cultivator, seeking immortality.

Lu Bei: (－‸ლ)

Is it really okay to tell such an important secret to a Foundation Building Stage cultivator? What if one day he fights a strong enemy and the truth is discovered by a demoness, witch, or fairy?

(End of this chapter)