A Farmer's Journey To Immortality

Velia seemed to sense his unease. She tilted her head slightly, her smile softening.

"You have done well to make it this far, lad. Few have reached this place, and even fewer have stood where you are now.

Not to mention, you broke all the previous records set by the original disciples. Tell me—how does it feel to carry the mantle of a core disciple of the Holy Land Torel?"

"I…" Aksai clenched his fists, his mind flashing back to the trials and battles he had endured to reach this point.

"I am humbled by the sheer number of geniuses this place must have had during its peak. As for breaking those records, I don't think much about it. Not because I underestimate myself or am pretending to be humble, but because the tests I managed to pass happened to align with the advantages I have over other Spirit cultivators."

Velia's smile widened, her golden eyes shimmering with approval.

"Good. That is the correct attitude. The treasures of Torel are not merely gifts; they are tools, meant to prepare you for the challenges that lie ahead. And as for coincidences… there is no such thing. At least, not in your case."

Aksai's brows furrowed. "What… what do you mean?"

Velia glanced at her younger sister, her expression curious. "You didn't tell him?" she asked.

Yelia shook her head, her voice calm but firm. "I was waiting for the right time."

Velia nodded in understanding before turning back to Aksai. "The thing is, lad—the Enchanted Everwood Farm you possess once belonged to Amel Everwood. He obtained it after becoming the core disciple of the sect master. Amel Everwood is the same disciple whose test scores you surpassed in the last three stages."

Unlike what Velia was expecting him to be, Aksai wasn't shocked by her revelation. In fact, he nodded as though he had already pieced it together. What Velia said merely confirmed his suspicions.

She scrunched her nose in annoyance when Aksai didn't give her a shocked expression. 'It seems the apple doesn't fall from the tree… that brat Amel was also like this guy,' she said to herself and sighed.

As if he had heard what Velia had just thought of…

"Amel Everwood… is he one of my ancestors?" Aksai asked after a moment of thought.

"That's right," Velia confirmed with a nod. At this point, she gave up on dazzling the smart brat with her revelations and spoke in a serious tone.

"In the past, many druid clans were associated with the Holy Land Torel. The Everwood clan was one of the most prominent among them.

Amel Everwood was the most talented disciple of the sect in his generation. He was monstrously gifted, and the sect did everything in its power to nurture him."

"So, the Enchanted Everwood Farm was something like a spirit artifact reward?" Aksai asked, already knowing the answer in his heart.

"Yes and no," Yelia replied this time.

"The Enchanted Everwood Farm is a special kind of reward. It couldn't be given to just any disciple of the Holy Land Torel. My lord—no, my previous master—Amel Everwood was the direct disciple of the Holy Land Torel's sect master himself, with access to nearly every resource the sect could produce.

The Enchanted Everwood Farm that you now possess was created by the sect master before his ascension to the Immortal Realm. Initially, the farm was trapped inside a form of a glass sphere, like a snow globe. It was gifted to Amel Everwood in recognition of his numerous achievements in the sect."

"Then how did the Myriad Worlds Painting merge with it? Was the Myriad Worlds Painting also a reward that my ancestor Amel Everwood received from the Holy Land Torel?" Aksai asked, his gaze shifting between Yelia and Velia.

Since Velia already seemed aware of the Enchanted Everwood Farm's existence, Aksai saw no reason to hide the Myriad Worlds Painting from her. He had come to trust that Velia bore him no malice. If that were the case, it was better to get to the bottom of things now.

"No," Velia said, shaking her head.

"To be honest, we of the Holy Land Torel don't know much about the Myriad Worlds Painting. We are only aware of its existence because of descriptions provided by Amel Everwood himself.

He told us that the painting suddenly appeared inside the Enchanted Everwood Farm while he was cultivating and raising resources. He suspected that the Myriad Worlds Painting was sent to him by his master—the sect master of the Holy Land Torel—who had already ascended to the Immortal Realm at that time.

We don't know how the sect master managed to send such an artifact to his disciple or how it works. We don't even know how he managed to get his hands on such a logic-defying artifact in the first place.

All we know is that it supposedly allows its owner to travel anywhere in the boundless cosmos without restriction. You could say the Myriad Worlds Painting is more significant than the Holy Land Torel itself because it originates from the Immortal Realm."

"Immortal Realm…" Aksai murmured, his voice trailing off as his mind flooded with questions. He stared blankly ahead, his thoughts whirling at the implications of such an artifact.

After a few moments, Yelia broke the silence.

"I was chosen as the artifact spirit of the Enchanted Everwood Farm by my creator—the sect master of the Holy Land Torel. Amel Everwood was my previous master. Because I share the same origins as the guardian spirit of the Holy Land Torel, Velia and I are regarded as sisters by the sect master and the sect elders."

Velia added, her tone calm.

"Amel Everwood explained that the Myriad Worlds Painting and the Enchanted Everwood Farm were fused into a single artifact under the influence of the sect master.

That brat Amel believed the sect master did this to conceal the presence of the Myriad Worlds Painting from prying eyes in the Immortal Realm.

Because of this fusion, Amel Everwood was able to use the painting's abilities to some extent, though it remained a mystery to even him. Anyway, he used the sect master's gift his own way. He also made some modifications to the artifact later on."