840: Chapter 840 Entering the Inner Hall, the Land of Star Suppression

During the process of strengthening her confidence, the two Venerables, Tian and Xiao, had never fought against Venerable Nian.

Until Venerable Nian had completely solidified her self-confidence, the two Venerables still had not fought against her.

It took Venerable Nian a very long time to solidify her confidence, a full hundred-plus years.

Why was Venerable Nian not confident, and why did she insist on training all her methods to perfection?

This had to do with her experiences at the Martial Dao Welfare Institute when she was young.

Her Physique had not been awakened, so Su Jingnian had no advantage among her peers. Coupled with the devastating blow of her parents' deaths, Su Jingnian became extremely frail for several years.

The Martial Dao Welfare Institute provided food and clothing, but did not Cultivate one's Heart-Nature.

As a child, Su Jingnian was mocked and bullied countless times by others. Over time, this caused her to become timid and lacking in self-confidence.

After some time, a person in charge at the Martial Dao Welfare Institute discovered this. They specifically beat up the group of people who bullied Su Jingnian and separated her living area, giving her a zone all to herself.

Afterwards, the long-term loneliness, the psychological trauma from being bullied, and the blow of losing her parents made Su Jingnian feel increasingly aggrieved, causing her to close off her heart.

If she hadn't accidentally met the Immortal Saint, Su Jingnian would likely have lived a life of cowardice.

The Immortal Saint spent a lot of effort trying to counsel Su Jingnian. He was a great martial artist, certainly, but he was not a psychological therapist.

Psychological issues require long-term treatment, and as Su Jingnian's Realm grew higher and higher, it became increasingly difficult to make up for this flaw.

However, hard work pays off. After many years of counseling, the Immortal Saint finally managed to fix the only shortcoming Su Jingnian had.

From that day on, Su Jingnian's talent and Physique were further perfected, and her strength improved even more.

The two Venerables, Tian and Xiao, vaguely felt that Su Jingnian was infinitely close to the Immortal Saint's level.

And how long had she been Cultivating? Only a few hundred years.

But neither of the two Venerables spoke of Su Jingnian's strength to the outside world, choosing to remain silent.

Clearly, Su Jingnian was the trump card of the Shenyuan Holy Land, an existence that could be called a hidden ace.

The world ranking could determine the strength of the Peak Great Powers of World Realm, but that was only their strength on the surface.

In secret, no one knew who had hidden their strength or who had made great progress, leading to strength not matching the rankings.

Of course, such cases were extremely rare.

Who wouldn't want a higher ranking on the world ranking? The higher the rank, the higher the prestige, and the greater the deterrent force against outsiders.

...

"Understood."

Su Yuan responded to Venerable Nian.

Chen Shenxiao did not speak, silently following behind Venerable Nian.

Three minutes later, Venerable Nian brought Su Yuan and the other person to a towering gate.

The gate was about ten meters wide and five meters high.

At a glance, one could not see the scene inside the gate; it was a blur of Chaos.

"Crossing this gate means entering the Inner Hall area."

"Let's go."

Venerable Nian looked ahead and said again.

"Alright."

"Alright."

Su Yuan and the other person answered simultaneously, and the three of them entered the gate one after another.

Whoosh!

Accompanied by a faint light, Su Yuan stepped into the Inner Hall.

Looking around, the construction of the scene was not much different from the Outer Hall, but the circulation speed of the Star Power within his body seemed to have accelerated slightly.

Most eye-catching was a brilliant star-light hanging high in the sky in the distance, forming a barrier that covered the central area of the Inner Hall.

The surface of the barrier revealed deep blue and deep purple flowing lights, constantly cascading downwards.

His line of sight was limited and blocked by rows of palaces. Su Yuan could not see where the barrier connected to the ground from here, but he could roughly guess that there was also a barrier underground.

Inside the area was a massive palace, covering a vast area.

"As you can see, that is the most important place in the Inner Hall, and also the place where the speed of Cultivation is the fastest."

Venerable Nian looked into the distance and raised her right hand to point at the palace beneath the star-light.

Su Yuan gazed into the distance; presumably, that was where the thing Shenxiao had mentioned was located.

"Besides that place."

"The martial facilities in the Inner Hall are actually similar to those in the Outer Hall, except that entering to Cultivate requires consuming additional holy land contribution points; they are no longer provided for free."

"Martial facilities like the Star Essence Cultivation Hall and the Huanxing Mystery Hall all exist here."

"Consuming holy land contribution points to enter these martial facilities will increase the corresponding effects, making Cultivation faster than in the Outer Hall."

When Venerable Nian said this, Su Yuan's eyes lit up slightly.

That was great.

He had previously thought that consuming holy land contribution points in the Inner Hall would result in the same Cultivation speed as the Outer Hall, or perhaps even slower.

After all, in the Star Essence Cultivation Hall, the higher the Realm, the smaller the Cultivation multiplier.

He hadn't expected the Inner Hall to be different; by consuming holy land contribution points, one could actually increase the Cultivation multiplier.

"Besides that, you must perform a mission every ten days."

"If the deadline arrives and you still haven't performed it, you will be punished by the Holy Land law enforcement officers."

Su Yuan nodded inwardly. Everything Venerable Nian said was consistent with what Shenxiao had said.

"Also."

Venerable Nian paused and continued: "If you don't want to perform the mission, that's also fine."

"You just need to enter the Star Suppression Land again."

"The Star Suppression Land is that largest palace."

After Venerable Nian finished speaking, she pointed to that huge palace in the distance again.

Star Suppression Land?

Su Yuan was puzzled inside; what kind of place was this?

Venerable Nian was silent for a moment, her gaze solemn as she stared into the distance.

"The Star Suppression Land suppresses an Eternal Star Beast."

In an instant, Su Yuan's eyes widened in astonishment, and he couldn't help but gasp.

What had he just heard?

An Eternal Star Beast?

Venerable Nian wasn't joking, was she?

He glanced at Chen Shenxiao and found that Chen Shenxiao looked like an insider; he seemed to have known long ago that the palace in the distance suppressed an Eternal Star Beast.

But how could an Eternal Star Beast exist within the Shenyuan Holy Land?

At the Eternal Realm, even the Immortal Saint probably couldn't defeat it.

How could it be suppressed?

"This is a long story. Wait until you are at the World Realm..." Venerable Nian fell silent again, swallowing the words she wanted to say.

She had intended to say that it wouldn't be too late to tell him once Saint Yuan possessed World Realm battle strength, but he already possessed it.

In that case, she would tell him.

"Forget it, I'll tell you now."

The surrounding scene changed rapidly, and Venerable Nian brought Su Yuan and the other person to the outside of the Star Suppression Land barrier, looking at it from close range.

"Over fourteen hundred years ago, shortly after the Star Domain War ended."

"One morning, above the Holy Hall area of the Shenyuan Holy Land, a Star Beast whose aura crushed everyone present appeared inexplicably."

"But the aura only lasted for an instant before vanishing completely."

"After the aura disappeared, the Star Beast hovered in the air, motionless. At that time, everyone in the Shenyuan Holy Land dared not move. Everyone was terrified, not knowing what had happened."

"Only the Immortal Saint managed to look up at the Star Beast, saying with a grave expression that it was an Eternal Star Beast."

"Once these words were spoken, the other Holy Hall members naturally did not believe it. But the aura the Star Beast had just released was too terrifying. Under the shroud of that aura, they felt like ants, like tiny mayflies before that Star Beast."

"The Immortal Saint didn't believe it either at first, but with his Realm, he also felt infinitely small before that Star Beast."

"The Star Domain War had just ended not long before, and the strongest person in the Tenth Star Domain had taken the Innate Supreme Treasure to achieve the Eternal Realm, so the Immortal Saint was somewhat familiar with this aura."

Speaking of this, Venerable Nian swept her eyes toward Chen Shenxiao: "Saint Xiao should know about this. The authenticity of this matter is one hundred percent."

Chen Shenxiao gazed ahead, his tone solemn.

"Yes, everything Venerable Nian said is true. I heard it with my own ears from the Immortal Saint."