AIR Chapter 190

Chapter 190

It had been two centuries since I had been in Lynoria, and seemingly, nothing had changed. 

It was a celestial realm, which meant that it was infinite in almost every way. There were infinite realms, infinite places, and infinite stuff. 

But that was all meaningless. What mattered was the main realms and the amount of beings within Lynoria as a whole. There were a lot here, some unimaginable number, but of those, a good number weren’t immortals, but rather mortals and mortal ranked cultivators. Then there were immortals, and then there were demigods, godlings, and gods. 

And there was a smaller amount of those. 

It would still be an unfathomably large number of people at and above the ninth rank, but that did narrow it down to the important realms. 

I wasn’t unfamiliar with Lynoria.

There were three important parts, and each of those parts were ruled over by one of the three Imperiums, but they were all connected as well. And at that connection, you found the center of the city and thus to the center of existence. 

Within each larger realm were an infinite number of realms and a version of the Imperiums could be found at their center. A piece of Wukong was here, the same could be said for the Tome and the All Blade. 

But the place I wanted to go to was one I had been to before. I walked through Lynoria, a celestial realm with a void all its own. It was like the Cosmic Forest in that way, except there were no monsters that would attack me here. 

I walked through the many realms and small infinities. Qi streams guided me towards different realms, each realm having an established qi stream leading to the ones next to it. They functioned like sidewalks and roads, with the realms acting like buildings. 

“Bill is it?” A man said to me. 

I immediately turned around and looked for who had said that. 

“Sir Dorisin?” I said, staring up at the fifteenth rank cultivator. 

He was a wizard, which is a fancy way of saying he was a cultivator raised in a different setting, probably somewhere in Camelot or Avalon. 

“Yes, indeed. Would you mind coming in for a chat?” He asked, gesturing towards the Tome’s territory. 

I squinted, somewhat worried. 

“What about?”

“Oh come now, its all business here. And I would never hurt another member of my sect, I merely wish to have a small chat.”

Sir Dorsin was the wizard who had traded information with me the first time I had arrived at Lynoria. First the same stone monkey, now the same wizard man, how strange. 

I nodded and followed him through the winding qi streams. It took only a few steps for us to get to the Eternal Tome’s home. The book in my hand grew warm and soft as it familiarized itself with this place.

“Its merely catching up,” the wizard said to me. “The Tome can send out information and receive information from its scattered parts but that comes with risks. Think of the tome you hold as a split off bit of the Tome as you know it. Now, they connect and become one before you leave.”

“I thought it transferred information back and forth between the library,” I asked. 

“Some information, yes, but not all. Some information is too important to just send over the void.”

I said nothing. 

“Do you remember the information you traded the last time you were here?”

I nodded. I had said too much back then. I had even told the man about Nai, though not by name. 

“Well,” he continued. “I don’t.”

“What?”

“Whatever information you had brought here was so valuable that the Tome thought it better that I forget. Don’t worry yourself, it was a fair trade and I have gained greatly for it, for the Tome only gives what is earned and wisdom is always earned.”

“I am happy for your growth, honored master.”

“Yes,” he chuckled. “I merely wished to meet with you and say thanks, though the Tome has warned me against giving you anything, though I know not why.”

I frowned. 

“Yes,” Sir Dorsin smiled. “It feels unfair doesn’t it? To trade knowledge, to provide something important and not receive your full rewards? Do not worry yourself. The Tome is wise and if it refused to pay you all at once, then that means your connection to it benefits you in other ways.”

I looked at the man’s robes. It had changed since the last time I had been here. There were dragons and knights and a full on castle raid happening now. And those people were real, each of them breathing and yet he wore them on his robe like decoration. A whole universe for a robe, a whole realm for decoration. 

“Worry not, they cycle through their lifespans in this world. They are all mortals from dying worlds. I pluck and put them in there, saving them from true death and seeing them all become heroes at one point or another. If they succeed in reaching their pinnacle form, I bring them out into the world and teach them the ways of wisdom.”

I nodded and stomached my discomfort, my daos discomfort. 

I moved my qi through my being and a way of calm came over me. Peace, my own peace.

“Now,” the wizard asked me. “What brings you to Lynoria this time?”

“I was searching for a good splitting technique, so I thought I’d come by here and see if I could find one. How did you know I was here, Sir Dorsin?”

“Ah, well the registry for a new member lit up and since I had met you before, the inquiry of who you were came to me. I settled it of course, but took the opportunity to come by and speak with you.”

“I see,” I smiled. “Did my registration cause any problems?”

“Not at all, just minor curiosities. You will be free to do as you please under the guidance of your Tome. Your predicament isn’t too rare, at least not within the position of a disciple of the Tome. Many are sent to wander out into the void and seek wisdom to add to the library, under the guidance of only their Tome.”

“That’s great to hear,” I replied. “I prefer the freedom of the wide world.”

“Yes, but freedom itself can be binding. If the tiger chases you, then go to the cell and lock the doors behind you, for a cage is better than death.”

“Your words are profound,” I said with a smile.

“Nonsense, they are but small lessons we’ve all learned throughout our lives. Just do not be afraid to run back here should the need arise. Lynoria is a place as bountiful and interesting as any other within existence.”

“It is infinite in all its wonders,” I replied.