209: Chapter 209 Secret Realm? Laziness!

[The door of the Third Peak slowly closed behind him.]

[There was no sound, no wind, and the moment the light leaking through the crack of the door was cut off, Chu Sheng felt as if he had been swallowed into the throat of some giant beast.]

[Surrounding him was not darkness, but a dim, heavy, eerie green light that made one's eyelids feel heavy, sluggish, and motionless.]

[He stood at the doorway, taking a good while to adapt before he could clearly see the scene inside the hall.]

[The stone hall was huge, as large as a palace, with unknown gemstones embedded in the dome, emitting an eerie green light.]

[There were no extra decorations in the hall, only a huge stone chair.]

[A person was lying on the stone chair.]

[He was ridiculously young, his face so handsome it was almost demonic, and his skin was as white as porcelain.]

[He was wearing a black Daoist robe, the collar open, revealing his collarbone.]

[He had his eyes closed, breathing steadily, with a hint of a smile at the corners of his mouth, as if he were having some wonderful dream.]

[Standing beside the stone chair were two young attendants, a boy and a girl, wearing their hair in buns and dressed in cyan Daoist robes.]

[They also had their eyes closed, leaning against the armrests of the stone chair, sleeping very soundly.]

[A trace of drool hung from the boy's mouth, and the girl was still clutching a half-eaten Spirit fruit in her hand.]

[Chu Sheng frowned.]

[He called out, "Senior?" No one answered.]

[He called out again, "Peak Master?" Still no one answered.]

[Chu Sheng tried to walk a few steps closer and waved his hand in front of the boy.]

[The boy's eyes did not move, and his eyelashes did not even tremble.]

[Chu Sheng hesitated for a moment, then reached out to push the boy's shoulder.]

[The moment his hand touched the boy's shoulder, a massive wave of sleepiness surged up like a tide, and his eyelids suddenly grew heavy.]

[Chu Sheng abruptly pulled back his hand, took two steps back, and shook his head, dispelling the sleepiness.]

[Old Grandfather said from the ring, "This place is not right."]

[But his tone carried a weariness of someone who had seen it all.]

[Chu Sheng knew that Old Grandfather did not recognize what this was; he just felt that something was wrong.]

[Chu Sheng did not ask.]

[He was observing for himself.]

[His body was restless.]

[It wasn't fear, nor was it nervousness; it was a hot tremor seeping out from between his bones.]

[His Heavenly Demon Body was resonating.]

[A layer of invisible Devilish Qi covered his body, churning on the surface of his skin like boiling water.]

[He had felt this sensation once before, in the Demon Tomb, when facing Pride.]

[Chu Sheng's pupils contracted sharply.]

[Opposite him was a Heavenly Demon Body.]

[It was not the violent Devilish Qi of Pride that seemed to want to swallow everything, but a soft, lazy aura.]

[This aura was very thick, so thick it was like tangible mist, radiating from that man and enveloping the entire stone hall.]

[Chu Sheng thought of Pride, Gluttony, Greed, Envy, Wrath, lust, and Sloth.]

[He had seen Pride, in the depths of the Demon Tomb, that three-zhang tall monster with golden eyes.]

[The man in front of him was not Pride, he should be...]

[Sloth.]

[A layer of cold sweat broke out on Chu Sheng's back.]

[Not because he was afraid, but because he knew what this meant.]

[Pride was a monster nearing the Divine Ability Realm; how could Sloth be any worse?]

[But he did not run. It was not that he did not want to run, but that he could not.]

[That sleepiness was constantly eroding his Divine Sense, like a frog being boiled in warm water, slowly wearing down his will.]

[He stood firm and did not collapse.]

[The resonance of the Heavenly Demon Body churned within him, like two snakes fighting.]

[It was a very strange feeling; the one opposite him was of the same kind, yet not entirely.]

[Pride's Heavenly Demon Body was a pure-blood Legacy, his own Heavenly Demon Body was an Acquired Awakening, so what was Sloth's Heavenly Demon Body?]

[He did not know, but that lazy aura gave him an urge to find a place to lie down, to think of nothing, to do nothing, and just sleep away, sleeping until the end of time.]

[Chu Sheng bit the tip of his tongue.]

[It hurt, and he became a little clearer.]

[He looked around and saw that the two sides of the stone hall were piled high with items.]

[They were not miscellaneous items, but Heaven And Earth Treasure.]

[Rich Spiritual Qi radiated from those items, pressing down on the hall like an invisible mountain.]

[Top-Grade Spirit Stone, ten-thousand-year-old ginseng, dragon saliva fruit, phoenix blood vine...]

[Chu Sheng did not recognize them all, but the grade of each item was no worse than the heaven rank magic treasure fragments he had brought out from the Sealed Land.]

[These items were piled casually on the ground, like a pile of worthless firewood.]

[Chu Sheng's mouth twitched.]

[So many treasures, just thrown on the ground? Weren't they afraid of getting moldy?]

[Just as he took a step forward, the scene before his eyes suddenly changed.]

[The stone hall vanished, the stone chair vanished, and the sleeping man and the young attendants also vanished.]

[Chu Sheng found himself standing on a patch of grass; the sky was grayish-white, with no sun and no clouds, and light came from all directions, as if he were trapped inside a giant lantern.]

[The grass was soft, and stepping on it felt like stepping on cotton.]

[In the center of the grass, there was a tree with a large canopy and lush branches and leaves, casting a dense patch of shade.]

[Under the shade of the tree, there was a stone bed covered with soft hay, which looked even more comfortable than the best guest room in Wendao Palace.]

[Chu Sheng knew that he had fallen into it.]

[Sloth's Secret Realm.]

[Old Grandfather's voice came from the ring, becoming very faint: "This Seat... is a bit sleepy..."]

[Chu Sheng called out, "Old man," but there was no response.]

[He had fallen asleep inside the ring.]

[Chu Sheng was now truly alone.]

[He stood there, forcing his eyes open.]

[The wind on the grass was soft, blowing against his face like someone gently caressing his cheeks.]

[That tree was summoning him, telling him to go over, lie down, and take a nap.]

[Chu Sheng bit the tip of his tongue, pulled a needle from his sleeve, and stabbed it into his thigh.]

[It hurt, but the time he remained awake was getting shorter and shorter.]

[That sleepiness was like a tide, surging in wave after wave, each wave fiercer than the last.]

[His body began to disobey him; his legs were weakening, his eyelids were fighting each other, and his consciousness was blurring.]

[The resonance of the Heavenly Demon Body was becoming increasingly intense, as if someone were using his body to speak to the one opposite him.]

[No, not opposite, but above.]

[The entire Third Peak was an Incarnation of Sloth; he was not in a Secret Realm, he was inside the body of Sloth.]

[Thinking of this, Chu Sheng suddenly smiled.]

[He remembered a sentence he had heard in his past life: "When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you."]

[He stood in the center of the grass for a long time.]

[Then he strode toward the tree.]

[Not to sleep, but to ask a question.]

[Under the shade of the tree, the handsome man was lying on the stone bed, the hint of a smile still hanging on the corners of his mouth.]

[Chu Sheng stood by the stone bed, looking down at him.]

[This face, this aura, this Secret Realm, all of it was telling him an answer.]

[He crouched down, looked at the man's face, and said, "You are also a Heavenly Demon Body, right?"]

[The man's mouth moved slightly; it was not a smile, but a lazy murmur, like sleep-talking.]

[Chu Sheng did not hear what he said clearly, but he saw the man's eyelashes tremble.]

[Chu Sheng stood up and brushed the grass clippings off his knees.]

[He knew that this man was not someone he could wake up.]

[As he was now, he couldn't even break this Secret Realm.]

[But he seemed to be able to leave; this man did not seem to care about him.]