"What's so interesting about the Dao Altar ruins?"
Yin Tianchu asked in confusion.
The ruins of the Dao Altar were located at the very center of the Dao Altar World. Back then, the seven Heaven Splitting Patriarchs had erected seven Dao Altars made of forty-nine gigantic Sound Divine Rocks in the center of the Dao Altar World. The seven Heaven Splitting Patriarchs had then opened their altars and preached on them.
The 49 Musical Divine Stones recorded the contents of the Seventh Patriarch's lectures. The original intention was that after the Seventh Patriarch left the Dao Altar World, future cultivators could still obtain the inheritance of the Seventh Patriarch through the Musical Divine Stones.
This was originally a good deed of the Seventh Patriarch to benefit the entire cultivation world. However, after the Seventh Patriarch suddenly disappeared from the cultivation world, the Dao Altar World also suddenly closed. When the pure Yang cultivators of the cultivation world found a way to open the Dao Altar World, the cultivators who entered discovered that the seven towering Dao Altars in the center of the Dao Altar World had long collapsed. The shattered Musical Divine Stones were scattered in every corner of the Dao Altar World.
There was really nothing interesting about the Dao Altar ruins. Lu Ping and Yin Tianchu looked at the seven huge pits that were about 20 to 30 feet deep and more than 100 feet wide. There was only soil inside.
Although the Dao Altar had collapsed and the rubble was scattered in every corner of the Dao Altar World, the area near the Dao Altar was still the place with the most rubble.
The mantra of the Seventh Patriarch recorded in the Stone Chiming Stones was also blocked by the will of the Seventh Patriarch. However, the cultivators quickly discovered the wondrous use of the Stone Chiming Stones. Thus, the cultivators of the human and demon races who entered the Dao Altar quickly fought over the Stone Chiming Stones.
The battle resulted in heavy casualties for both the Human and Demon Races. Furthermore, the place where the Dao Altar originally stood had been dug into seven huge pits, all for the purpose of digging out the rubble that was buried within.
However, when the world of the Dao Altar closed and they were about to leave and bring the rubble out of the world of the Dao Altar, all the spatial magic items that contained the rubble suddenly exploded. Countless rubble, along with the various cultivation resources, magic treasures, and magic items they had collected in their storage magic items, were scattered in the world of the Dao Altar. When they realized that something was wrong, they had already appeared outside the world of the Dao Altar.
Similar incidents occurred several times during the subsequent openings of the Dao Altar. The cultivators of the human and demon clans tried everything they could, but in the end, they were still unable to bring most of the stones out of the Dao Altar.
The reason why it was the majority was that there were still some gravel that was brought out. However, these gravel had a common characteristic — they did not contain the protective consciousness of the Seventh Patriarch. Without the protective consciousness, the mantra of the Seventh Patriarch would naturally dissipate, leaving only a few simple and plain mantras like jade slips. How useful would that be?
As for the stone itself, although it was an extremely rare spiritual material in the world of cultivation, this spiritual material itself did not have much use. It was just rare.
Even so, the cultivators who entered the world of the Dao Altar World still tried to bring the stone out. Even if only the plain content of the Seventh Patriarch's speech was left, it was still possible to make a set of inheritance out of it.
Later on, some cultivators discovered that as long as they suppressed and erased the protective will of the Seventh Patriarch within the space of the Dao Altar, they would be able to bring the gravel out of the space. Although it would lack the artistic conception of the Seventh Patriarch's speech, they would still be able to bring out the contents of two or three mantras.
However, these people were quickly disappointed. Most of the late Dharma adepts could not even suppress the protective consciousness of the Seventh Patriarch in the stone, let alone erase it.
Even if there was a very lucky cultivator who obtained a stone with a weak protective consciousness, after he finally managed to erase the protective consciousness inside, he sadly discovered that he had accidentally erased the mantras recorded in the stone. Then, what was the use of this so-called divine stone? Was it to be used as an antique or to be made into a jade scroll?
Jade scrolls were like the paper that mortals used. Using the divine stone to make jade scrolls would at most raise the quality of toilet paper to that of rice paper. What was the point of that?
Lu Ping looked at the seven huge pits in front of him and laughed bitterly. "There's really nothing to see here. Let's go!"
When Yin Tianchu saw Lu Ping closing his eyes, he sensed a majestic divine sense surging out from Lu Ping's body and spreading out in all directions. Then, Lu Ping suddenly changed directions. He couldn't help but ask, "Where are you going this time?"
Lu Ping smiled and said, "You'll know when we get there."
After leaving the seven huge pits and walking east for four or five miles, Lu Ping mumbled to himself, "It should be around here, but where exactly?"
Yin Tianchu asked curiously, "What are you looking for?"
Without looking up, Lu Ping answered, "Divine stone!"
The curiosity on Yin Tianchu's face deepened. "You know where they are?"
Lu Ping did not answer directly. Instead, he confirmed a place and hit the ground with his palm.
Boom!
A three-foot pit instantly formed in the ground. Weeds and dust flew everywhere. At the same time, a fist-sized stone flew out from the pit and rolled to the side.
"Hey, there really is one?"
Yin Tianchu did not see the strange look on Lu Ping's face. He stepped forward and grabbed the stone in his hand. If it was not the divine stone, what else could it be?
Yin Tianchu handed the stone to Lu Ping, but saw Lu Ping's face filled with doubt. Yin Tianchu asked, "What? Isn't this the divine stone?"
Lu Ping's primordial energy seeped into the stone like a fine mist, then he nodded and shook his head. "It is, but not this one."
This time, Lu Ping didn't wait for Yin Tianchu to ask again. Instead, he slammed his palm into the newly excavated three-foot hole. A muffled sound rang out and another cloud of soil sprayed up. The three-foot hole suddenly expanded to five feet in diameter, and the one-foot depth also expanded to three feet.
Yin Tianchu said, "There is a divine stone buried underground?"
Lu Ping was a little uncertain. "There might be. Let's dig a hole and see!"
As he spoke, he struck out with his palm again. Yin Tianchu immediately said, "There really is!"
He reached out and grabbed a stone that was slightly smaller than before from the flying soil. This time, there was no need for Lu Ping to check. Yin Tianchu copied Lu Ping and attached a white icy mist to the stone. Yin Tianchu looked happy. He opened his mouth to say something, but Lu Ping's familiar voice had already fallen into their ears.
"This, this is Jiao Daoren's mantra!"
After the voice finished, the two of them stood there without moving for the time it takes for a stick of incense to burn. All their minds were used to comprehend the mantra that Jiao Daoren had said.
Lu Ping nodded. "Not bad. Moreover, it is a commentary on the Ice Dragon Race's cultivation method. Although it is only three to five sentences, you must have gained a lot, right?"
Yin Tianchu revealed a rare smile. Then, he solemnly said, "I gained a lifetime of benefits!"
However, Lu Ping soon asked with a strange question, "You suppressed the Jiao Daoren's protective intent in this stone?"
Yin Tianchu was stunned. "No, my True Essence had just seeped in when Jiao Daoren's mantra sounded!"
Yin Tianchu once again sent his True Essence into the stone, trying to suppress the protective intent in it. But this time, he was unable to suppress the Jiao Daoren's protective intent.
Lu Ping thought for a while and said, "Sometimes, it really depends on fate!"
The fourth palm hit. The pit was already ten feet deep. This time, not only Yin Tianchu, but even Lu Ping was stunned. Because this time, what flew out of the pit was not soil, but a rain of gravel.
Hualala, seven or eight pieces of Chiming Gravel flew out. Yin Tianchu was dumbfounded. "So many?"
Lu Ping touched his chin. He also had a look of disbelief. "This seems to be a place where someone buried the Chiming Gravel. We accidentally found it."
"Someone? Who could it be? "
Yin Tianchu quickly realized that he had asked a stupid question. The gravel was buried so deep. It was obviously not buried by the cultivators of the Dao Altar's world. It could not even be buried by the cultivators who entered the Dao Altar's world after it opened a few hundred years ago. Then, the origin of this pile of gravel was not worth thinking about. In any case, it was undoubtedly a fallen senior cultivator.
The two of them hurriedly put away the eight pieces of gravel. Lu Ping looked at them one by one. His face showed a trace of disappointment.
Lu Ping's expression did not escape Yin Tianchu's attention. He asked curiously, "What are you looking for?"
Lu Ping's fifth palm hit. A pile of soil flew out. There was not a single Chiming Gravel. He said, "A very important Chiming Gravel. When I first entered the Dao Altar's world, I heard a Jiao Daoren mantra. The mantra's aura was very strong and gave me great inspiration. It even pointed me in the general direction of the mantra. At first, I thought it was the Dao Altar's ruins. But when I got there, I realized that I was slightly off course. So, I found this place."
As he spoke, the sixth palm hit the pit ten feet deep. However, there was still no sign of the Chiming Gravel.
Yin Tianchu did not know what to say. He could determine the location of the Chiming Gravel from the Dao Altar's world. After all, after the collapse of the Dao Altar, he had never heard of anyone using this method to find the Chiming Gravel.
After the seventh palm hit, the pit was four feet deep. There was still no gravel flying out. After the eighth palm hit, the pit was five feet deep. Yin Tianchu said, "It can't be wrong, right? It's so deep. Who would be so bored to bury the Chiming Gravel so deep?"
However, before Yin Tianchu could finish, Lu Ping suddenly had a happy expression. He jumped to the bottom of the pit.
Yin Tianchu bent down to look at the bottom of the pit. He saw Lu Ping squatting down and using his hand to wipe the bottom of the pit. A foot-long broken stone with decorative patterns appeared. If it wasn't the Chiming Gravel, what was it?
"What is this?"
Yin Tianchu was naturally not asking about the Chiming Gravel. He was asking what the gravel was used for on the Dao Altar.
Lu Ping did not raise his head. He pondered for a moment before saying, "This is most likely one of the broken stones at the base of the Jiao Daoren Dao Altar."
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