A Scroll of Infinite Glory

Chapter 273 Ten Continents and Three Islands, Omens of Demonic Calamity

Guan Luoyang, along with the bespectacled youth and the beautiful woman in blue, arrived at a secluded courtyard.

There are two flower beds in the courtyard, and the rest of the ground is paved with bluestone tiles. The bluestone path runs from the corridor steps, through the entire courtyard, and extends between the houses.

"So, you're a reincarnator too!"

The bespectacled young man scratched the side of his neck somewhat awkwardly. "With this kind of attire, my identity must have been exposed immediately, right? When I was talking to you before, I was beating around the bush and trying to hide it. Didn't that make me look stupid?"

"But then again, besides that bastard and our team, the Supreme God didn't warn us about any other reincarnators in this world. Was it because your mission was supposed to have nothing to do with us?"

Guan Luoyang said, "It's probably because I don't have any missions in this world."

Blue Scorpion glanced at him and sighed, "When I first met you, you were still a two-star, and I had just entered the four-star realm. The last time Bronze talked to me about you, I heard that you had reached the four-star level. I didn't expect that when we met again not long after, you would already be a six-star."

"Someone who is so courageous and diligent must be busy even when there are no missions."

Guan Luoyang sighed and laughed, "It's just that there are always things I don't like in the places I go, so I can't relax."

"No mission? Did they use some kind of travel pass or cultivation world invitation?"

The bespectacled youth muttered something, but didn't press the matter further. He laughed generously and said, "Then let me reintroduce myself. My surname is Ai, Edward, a five-star Reincarnator. Our captain is currently a high-level five-star, you know him. There's another team member..."

He turned and looked around, then called out, "Xiao Wang, where are you?"

On the eastern corner of the flowerbed, there grows an extremely tall osmanthus tree. Under its shade, there are round tables and stools, jade pots and cups, all spotless.

A short, round-faced boy lazily squatted in the shadows opposite the round table, his hands and feet on the grass, staring blankly at the praying mantis perched among the blades of grass.

Startled awake by the bespectacled youth's voice, he straightened his back and poked his head out from under the table.

"Um?"

Guan Luoyang was quite surprised.

This chubby young man, who looked to be only a five-star level, was completely unnoticed by Guan Luoyang until he poked his head out.

Edward said, "This is Wang Siwu."

"Wait, I changed my name."

The chubby boy raised one hand and said, "I've been thinking hard lately and have decided to change my name to Wang Haichan."

Edward was taken aback: "You wouldn't even change your code name to something related to a toad before, why have you suddenly changed your mind now?"

The chubby boy slowly climbed up a little, sat on the round stool, placed his hands horizontally on the table, rested his chin on his forearms, and said, "Before, I only practiced Toad Kung Fu, but now... in case I really become a toad in the sea, it'll sound cooler to decide on the name Sea Toad in advance."

The blue scorpion frowned and said, "You've become even more corrupted?"

Wang Haichan nodded: "Just now, I almost stuck out my tongue to catch some bugs to eat, and my tongue..."

He puffed out his cheeks, like two balloons blowing up on his cheeks, and mumbled, "If I were to stick my tongue out now, it would probably be dozens of meters long."

Guan Luoyang asked, "What happened? Can you tell me?"

Edward looked worried: "Brother Guan, this is a matter for our team, we don't want to get involved..."

"There's no need to use those tricks on him."

Blue Scorpion interrupted Edward and turned to Guan Luoyang, "Although I've only met you a few times, I roughly know your character. We have a ruthless enemy who would do anything, the kind of person you would absolutely despise. Please help us deal with him."

According to Blue Scorpion, their team's last mission was a group battle in the world of "The Ring".

Originally, the only noteworthy character in the Ring was the female ghost Sadako Yamamura. However, as the two teams of reincarnators clashed several times, the plot became more complex, involving more and more forces.

The source of Sadako Yamamura's superpowers comes from the deep sea, from an ancient tribe that worships an evil god, which also comes to the surface as part of the enemy team's strategy.

—Literally, "surface".

It eventually turned into a grand showdown between the entire Japanese exorcism community and the deep-sea tribe.

At the crucial moment of that battle, the enemy squad leader usurped the sacrificial fruits of the Deep Sea Tribe. The evil god's divinity, which had been obtained by sacrificing tens of thousands of residents of the coastal city, was bound and devoured by the man who called himself "Feng Jun".

Although Wang Haichan stole some of the essence from that divinity, Feng Jun also broke through to the sixth level by incorporating most of the divinity.

"We teamed up with the exorcist and held out until the mission deadline. Unexpectedly, Feng Jun had a rare item called War Shackles, which allowed him to follow us to the next mission world."

Blue Scorpion said, "Our mission in this world is to remind and assist the human race of Juku Continent to resist the demonic calamity. As our adversary, he will definitely stand on the side of the demon race."

"The strength of the human and demon races is obvious to the locals, and your existence is a surprise attack."

"If you do your best to help us during the final battle, I can sell the entire shop to the warband when we get back. The total price will be at least 100,000 points, all of which will be yours, plus a rare item."

A silver bracelet on the blue scorpion's wrist flashed, and a yellow paper talisman folded into a triangle floated out.

"This is the Karma Talisman. After use, it will give the reincarnator a greater chance of encountering worlds they have been to or had connections with in the past. Although its function is rather useless, it is rated as a seven-star item."

"Even if you don't need it, you can easily sell it for over 50,000 points on a major online store. Consider this a deposit for your help."

The triangular paper talisman floated into Guan Luoyang's hand. It felt as light as a feather, but there was indeed a mysterious and unpredictable aura flowing within it.

Guan Luoyang's spiritual power descended in a wisp, and in an instant, it was dissolved into nothingness, vaguely conveying a sense of tracing back to the past and capturing various connections.

"I really like this thing."

Guan Luoyang sighed, "Unfortunately, I can only stay for thirty days, so I may not have the chance to run into the person you mentioned."

"Let's return this to you for now. Don't worry, if there really is someone like you, causing trouble and I happen to run into them, I'll take action even without any reward."

Blue Scorpion shook his head: "Then let's not talk about the shop or the deposit for now. Consider this talisman a gift from me. It would be such a waste for such a rare item to be buried with us if we die. It's better to give it to a friend."

Guan Luoyang thought for a moment, then accepted the talisman into his personal space.

"Alright. Now tell me what you already know."

Edward volunteered, "Let me explain."

Nearly a month has passed since their team arrived in this world. They found many ancient books in the Jade Pool City Lord's house, which gave them a certain understanding of the world.

According to a widely circulated book in this world, since Pangu separated heaven and earth, the Three Sovereigns ruled the world, and the Five Emperors established order, there are four largest landmasses in the world, which are called the Four Great Continents.

These are the Eastern Continent of Divine Victory, the Western Continent of Bullish Victory, the Southern Continent of Jambudvipa, and the Northern Continent of Uttarakuru.

However, the world is vast, and in addition to the four continents, there are countless islands on the vast ocean between heaven and earth.

Further east of Dongsheng Shenzhou, within the East Sea, lies another continent, known as the Ten Continents and Three Islands. These refer to thirteen larger landmasses in the sea, all of which have been the sites of legends about immortals and where humankind has thrived.

"The place we are in now is Juku Island, one of the ten continents of the East Sea."

Edward said, "Actually, as far as I know, there is a work that mentions the ten continents and three islands. One of them is 'Records of the Ten Continents in the Seas,' but the ten continents in that book are distributed among the eight great seas, not all located in the East China Sea."

"Another source is 'Journey to the West,' where Sun Wukong's Flower Fruit Mountain is said to be the ancestral vein of the ten continents and the origin of the three islands. The ten continents and three islands in that story are located within the East Sea."

"The overall background of the world in Journey to the West is very similar to the concept of this world."

He shook his head regretfully, "Unfortunately, I've inquired and inquired, but I still haven't found where Flower Fruit Mountain is, and no one has ever heard of Aolai Kingdom, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, or anything like that."

Blue Scorpion said, "Those things are too far removed from us. Let's just talk about what we need to focus on right now."

"There is currently no unified dynasty in Juku Continent. Various powers are held by different cultivation sects, who divide cultivation levels into three major stages: sorcerer, rogue immortal, and earth immortal."

"We compared them. According to the star rating system of the God's Space, one to three stars are just ordinary sorcerers, four and five stars are loose immortals, and six stars are roughly the beginning of the Earth Immortal realm."

"Among the human sects in Jukuzhou, only three forces have consistently maintained the strength of Earth Immortals: Jade Pool City, Giant Spirit Cave, and Yuan Gong Mountain."

She paused for a moment, "We haven't had any contact with the Giant Spirit Cave or Yuan Gong Mountain yet, but the Jade Pool City Lord is actually only at the peak of the five-star level. He only reached the six-star level when he was in Jade Pool City."

Guan Luoyang asked, "What about the demon race?"

Blue Scorpion said, "The monsters of Jukuzhou mostly roam in remote wilderness and underground caves. I heard they have a six-star old demon king, but it seems that he hasn't caused any major disturbances in the last hundred years."

Edward added, "I have reviewed the history of Jukuzhou over the past hundred years. Some of the major events mentioned in the history books are actually competition between human sects. Occasionally, when man-eating monsters appear in populated areas, they are hunted down and killed by human sects."

"Therefore, in recent years, the monsters that have appeared in prosperous human cities are basically those who cultivate virtue and have joined the ranks of human sects."

"Yutan City governs an area of ​​three thousand li, and among the officials and soldiers used to govern the various places, there are many benevolent demons."

Guan Luoyang nodded: "You can tell from that cicada before that this city lord is quite open-minded."

Edward said, "Because the Lord of Jade Pool City is a hybrid of human and dragon, there might not be much difference between humans and non-humans in his eyes."

Guan Luoyang pondered for a moment and said, "In the past hundred years, there has been no turmoil caused by the demon race, but your mission is to resist the demon calamity. Edward, you also mentioned on the way that there have been more and more reports of cannibalistic demons appearing recently."

"Such a change must have occurred because there is a reason that can incite the entire demon race to wage war."

Edward said, "It's just Feng Jun. Originally, the demon race only had one six-star, and in the event of a major battle, they would definitely be at a disadvantage, so they held back. Now that they have Feng Jun as an outsider, they can't hold back anymore."

Guan Luoyang pondered: "Is that so? According to you, Feng Jun has only just entered the six-star level. Is it enough for the entire demon race to make up their minds to fight to the death with just one outside help?"

"Besides Mr. Feng, there must be another reason."

Wang Haichan puffed out his cheeks and said, "At the time, we used the trend of frequent monster appearances to warn the Lord of Yutan City. Although the Lord of Yutan City was somewhat surprised, he did not have any doubts."

"His expression at the time was as if he had known all along that the monsters would eventually wage war against the human race even when the odds of victory were low, for some reason."

"I speculate that it might be some kind of treasure that is of great benefit to demons, which is of little use to humans, but if the demons get their hands on it, they can directly reverse the gap between humans and demons."

Blue Scorpion nodded slightly, clearly having expected this as well.

Edward exclaimed in surprise, "Wait, when did you start observing? How come I didn't know?"

Wang Haichan blew a bubble and said disdainfully, "When we first met, you were swooning over her face. Of course, you don't know when my teammates and I were observing her."

Edward quickly waved his hand: "Don't talk nonsense, Lord Ao is a man."

Wang Haichan grew increasingly disdainful, deliberately turning her head away and glancing at him sideways: "Oh yeah, you really didn't treat her like a girl back then, and even recited a few sentimental poems?"

Edward blushed: "That was beyond my control...it's a scholar's thing..."

Guan Luoyang watched this scene with amusement.

Well, it seems that wearing glasses doesn't necessarily make you a strategist; the chubby, adorable-looking guy is actually quite meticulous.

"I think I understand."

Guan Luoyang said to Blue Scorpion, "Your plan should start with Jade Pool City, first uniting the local human forces that can be united, and then planning to launch an operation against the demon race?"

Blue Scorpion twirled the bracelet on his wrist: "That's right. The local human forces are not small, but they are basically a disorganized mess. If we don't first get them on their guard and unite them, we definitely won't succeed."

She said, "We have already proposed this to the city lord. This time, the only son of the Jade Pool City Lord is celebrating his tenth birthday with a grand banquet. We want to use this as an excuse to invite people from all sides who can make decisions to gather together, mediate the disputes, and deal with the crisis."

Guan Luoyang frowned: "Will the demon race seize this opportunity to ambush and kill those attending the banquet?"

(End of this chapter)