At noon in front of the gate of Yilu Mansion luggage of Yilu Lok is being loaded and ten escorts are ready to go with Yilu Lok.
"Eat in time and remember you can always come back ok."
Ye Bai Mudan says with concern to Yilu Lok.
"I understand mother."
"Also take care of yourself."
Yilu Lok nods with a smile and says.
"I will, you also take care."
"Everything is ready it seems."
Yilu Yan suddenly appears and asks.
"Yes."
"From here you will go from Sichuan and then Sichuan to Qinghai and at last Qinghai to Xinjiang and reach Heavenly Demon divine cult. The entire journey will take about a month or two."
Yilu Lok nods and Yilu Yan takes something from his pocket and gives him something.
"Take this with you."
Yilu Yan hands Yilu Lok a small square shaped white jade plaque. Name "Yilu Yan" is engraved on it.
"What is this father?"
"It's my identity plaque. Having it means you are representing me."
Yilu Lok looks at the jade plaque with surprise.
"Father, isn't it too valuable."
Yilu Lok smiles and says.
"Compared to my son this is nothing."
Yilu Lok looks at the plaque for some time then puts it in his pocket and sits in the carriage. All the ten guards bow to the clan head and madame. And the carriage sets off on his journey.
Both Ye Bai Mudan and and Yilu Yan looks at the carriage getting farther and farther away until it disappeared from their sight.
"Will it be alright?"
Ye Bai Mudan asks.
"Don't worry everthing will be fine but it seems that our son has changed a lot."
" Yes, I can feel it too."
Yilh Yan nods and says.
"I can't seem to see through him. I don't know if the changes are good or bad. He is still our son so it's a parent's duty to make sure everything is good for their children and it's the very reason why we are still here."
"I hope nothing bad happens."
Both Yilu Yan and Ye Bai Mudan returns to the Yilu Mansion.
***
In the way from Yunnan to Sichuan every thing is going smoothly.
"You what is your name."
Yile Lok looks at the leader of escorts and asks.
"Third young master, my name is Jiu Jin."
Jiu Jin, the head escort, looks thirty years old. He is five feet ten inches tall. He is wearing a plain dark robe since it was the request of Yilu Lok that every guard will wear different robes so no one knows that they are from the Yilu family.Jiu Jin has a word tied to his waist, his posture is straight and it feels like he has been practicing martial arts for decades. His strength is felt from the way he moves.
"So Jiu Jin have you ever been to Sichuan?"
Jiu Jin nods and says.
"Yes, third young master I have been to Sichuan a number of times on missions."
"Oh it's my first time going to Sichuan can you tell me something about it."
Yilu Lok ask with curious eyes.
Looking at the child-like curiosity in Yilu Lok's eyes Jiu Jin says with a smile.
"The third young master in Murim, Sichuan is called the land of poison."
"Land of poison?"
Jiu Jin nods and says.
"Yes young master because one of the five noble families, the Tang family, is situated there."
"Is the Tang family that strong?"
"Of course young master Tang family is master of poison arts. They might not be as strong as the Yilu family but no one in entire Murim can look down on them."
Yilu Lok nods in understanding and Jiu Jin continues.
"Other than Tang family. Qingcheng Sect a former great sect and Emei Sect one of the four great sects are also in Sichuan."
"Brother Jin why is Qingcheng Sect a former great sect."
"Young master, you are very perceptive in the great war Qingcheng Sect had great losses which caused it to decline but it is still quite strong with very deep foundations."
"So Sichuan is very strong."
"Yes young master if we divide the strength of the entire murim into regions. Sichuan is one of the top five strongest reagons."
"There are more powerful regions."
Jiu Jin simply nods and does not say anything.
Yilu Lok then asked Jiu Jin a few things and
which he answered. Soon the sun set and everyone pitched tents and made a campfire . After eating dinner and chatting for some time everybody went to sleep.
For the next month nothing happened.
Today as they are passing though a forest, suddenly Jiu Jin senses something.
"Stop the carriage and get ready."
All the escorts position themselves and take out their swords. Because of his enhanced senses Yilu Lok also senses something.
Suddenly a voice come from bushes and few beasts reveals themselves they look just like normal beasts but there is a faint demonic energy emanating from them.
"Young master please stay in the carriage all warriors charge and kill those demonic beasts."
All the escorts jump at the demonic beasts and kill them swiftly.
After everything is over Yilu Lok comes out of the carriage and looks at the demon beasts.
"What are these beasts?"
Jiu Jin explains.
"Young master there are the demonic beasts. During the great war abnormalities began to happen all over the Murim cracks began to form on space and demon beasts began to appear."
Looking at the corpses of demon beasts Yilu Lok asks.
"So how strong are the demon beasts?"
One of the escorts answers.
"Young master, the weakest of demon beasts is on the same level as third class warriors as for the strongest they defy all logic."
"Yes young master, those demon beasts are like walking calamities."
After pondering for a few moments Yilu Lok asks.
"Has anyone faced those calamities?"
Jiu Jin then steps up and says.
"Yes, young master, three of those calamities have ever appeared on central plains."
"So who defeated them?"
"The ones who defeated them are now known as three heavens."
After thinking for a second Yilu Lok asks.
"But why are demon beasts here?"
"There might be a crack somewhere near."
"So what about the crack?"
"Young master it is our duty as a martial artist to close a crack. But how can we leave you?"
Yilu Lok smiles.
"Then I am also coming with you."
"But youn…"
Before Jiu Jin can finish his sentence Yilu Lok stops him.
"I am not asking. I am telling you brother Jiu."
Looking at the sharp eyes of Yilu Lok, Jiu Jin is unable to say a word he just simply nods.
Yilu Lok then walks near the corpses of demon beasts and touches them and all of them are sucked inside the black bracelet on Yilu Lok's hands.
All of the escort warrior looks at Yilh Lok with surprise.
"Don't worry about it this is the divine artifact I got from my father."
The ten escorts nod in understanding. And all of them divide into four groups and begans to look for the crack.
Yilu Lok has two escorts with him. When the two escorts become busy finding crack. Yilu Lok uses the power of {Casuality}.
Yilu Lok's brown pupils turn into purple universes and all sorts of lines appear before him. His head began to throb for his weak self using the power of {Casuality} is too much but he held on and soon finds what he is looking for. He then deactivates the power of {Causality} and holds his throbbing head.
"Young master what happened."
The two escorts quickly appear before Yilu Lok and ask in concern.
"Nothing, don't worry about me and look for the crack."
Although they are still concerned about it, they still do what Yilu Lok says. As both the escorts are looking for crack Yilu Lok walks towards a certain direction.
"You two come here."
Listening to Yilu Lok's voice the two escorts appear before him.
"Is something wrong, young master?"
Yilu Lok points his right index finger in a certain direction and asks.
"Does the crack look like that?"
Both escorts look at the pointed direction there eyes widens as they look at the crack.
The crack is not big it is red in colour. It is about one meter in width and three metres in height.
"We found the rift lets go and tell the captain."
Yilu Lok stops them.
"Why are you in such a hurry this crack doesn't look that dangerous let's go and explore it"
"But young mas.."
Before the escort can say anything Yilu Lok enters the crack. Eyes of both the escorts widens.
"This…"
"What are you waiting for let's go after young master?"
One of the escorts follows Yilu Lok and enters the crack. Seeing that there is no other way the second escort also enters the crack.
On the other side Jiu Jin and other escorts don't find the crack but they encounter quite a few demon beasts.
***
Inside the crack Yilu Lok looks at his surroundings.
The atmosphere inside the crack is very different from outside. Instead of blue sky the one here is red . And instead of a lush green forest the landscape inside the crack is desolate without any sign of life.
Behind Yilu Lok there is an exit from the crack. It looks the same as the outside red in colour and its size is also the same.
Soon both of the escorts also come from the crack and stand behind Yilu Lok and look at the landscape.