When Zhang Yan obtained the Taixuan True Light technique from Zhou Chongju, the latter had said that the Taixuan Sect was an ancient sect from ten thousand years ago. However, when he became the Temple Lord of Duzhen Temple, he searched through the ancient records in the temple, including some ancient records of the Nine Continents, and found no record of this sect.
Later, he asked Zhou Chongju about it, but he had never heard of it in the Zhou Clan. However, Daoren, who had taught him, had said so. From this, he concluded that either this sect was not known to the world, or that it did not exist in the Nine Continents to begin with.
He stood there thinking for a moment, then turned his gaze back to the stone tablet. There were many words carved on it, but they were brief descriptions of the battle. After reading them, and combining them with the traces of magical power he had seen before, he could more or less reconstruct the whole picture of the battle.
Years ago, the five Golden Luan Sect protector elders had fled to the Mountain and Sea Realm from another dimension, and this Daoist from Mount Qingjue, Zuo Hong, had also pursued them.
The Golden Luan Sect's palace was protected by a restrictive formation. If he attacked directly, his chances of victory would not be great. However, Zuo Hong had done something to one of the protector elders, so he could directly teleport into the palace.
Because he considered that if he directly entered the opponent's territory, even though it would have the effect of catching them off guard, he would also lose the geographical advantage. So at this time, he decided to advance by retreating, pretending to have the intention of escaping through the void and retreating, hoping to lure the enemy out.
He judged that if he escaped, then the existence of this world would be exposed. If he was killed, he could hide it, and the enemy would come after him.
Just as he expected, the five Golden Luan Sect protector elders left one to stay in the palace, while four flew out to intercept him.
At this time, the opportunity that Zuo Hong had been waiting for had come. He immediately used a divine ability to escape into the palace, and then with the speed of lightning, he seriously injured one of the elders in one fell swoop.
But he had never imagined that the Golden Luan Sect protectors had long since discovered his trick, and Just Now, they were just beating him at his own game. This was the moment that he had been waiting for. The four people outside also returned in the blink of an eye.
But they had also miscalculated. The elder who had been guarding the palace had been seriously injured in a single exchange, so much so that the restrictive formation they had prepared could not be activated.
Unforeseen events occurred in the plans of both sides, and in the end, it still turned into a head-on clash.
However, Zuo Hong's strength was incomparably tyrannical, and he was able to fight one against five. He actually gained the upper hand, beating the Golden Phoenix Sect's Guardian Elders into retreat again and again. He was battered and exhausted.
Seeing that they could not win, they retreated into the small world while fighting. They planned to lure Zuo Hong into the small world and then open the door to leave. Since Zuo Hong did not have an exit talisman, he would be trapped here until he died.
Their strategy was very successful. Zuo Hong did not expect that there would be a small world here, but he was a veteran. As soon as he reacted, he immediately used a secret divine ability. The five people were frozen in place, and none of them could escape. In the end, he killed them one by one.
Although the Golden Luan Sect had been annihilated in this battle, Zuo Hong himself was also trapped here, so he could only hope for others to save him.
Unfortunately. Due to the fall of the palace, all the living beings in this realm perished. Although demons and monsters would occasionally come to this place, none of them could break the restrictive formation outside the palace, and none of the demons and monsters would waste their blood to do so.
Zuo Hong waited until his lifespan was almost up, and he knew that there was no hope. He could only set up a monument, hoping that someone would come here in the future and report everything that happened here to the sect, and bring his body back.
Zhang Yan looked down and found a problem. This Spiritual Master Zuo had said a lot, but he did not say much about Mount Qingjue behind him. There was not much description of the Golden Luan Sect.
It could be said that his understanding of these two forces was limited to the name of the sect. He did not know how many disciples these two sects had, which realm they were in, or what kind of conflicts there were between them. He could not help but think to himself, 'Looks like I can only find Zuo Hong's spiritual boat to find more clues.'
According to Zuo Hong, only by promising to send his body back to the sect and swearing an oath would he know where the spiritual boat was. It was conceivable that there must be a Two-Realm Dial in the boat, or else it would not have been possible.
Zhang Yan thought about it. Since the other party was related to Taixuan Sect, he needed to find out. He had deduced the method from the Taixuan True Light back then, so he had a karmic connection with this sect. Moreover, there was still room for improvement in the Taixuan True Technique. If he could get his hands on the Taixuan Sect's mysterious technique manual, it would undoubtedly be of great help to him.
However, swearing an oath was not a small matter. If he did not keep his promise, he would be implicated. It had been at least a hundred thousand years since then, and it was still uncertain whether Mount Qingjue still existed. Furthermore, he had no way of knowing what kind of attitude the domain he was in would have towards him. There were simply too many unpredictable dangers within, so he was not prepared to do so.
He bowed to Zuo Hong's body and said, "I cannot swear an oath, but I can leave a message. If there is a chance, I will send your body back. “
With that, he drew upon his true body's divine will, and easily broke through the restrictive spells on the Dharma Impartation Stele. Soon, he saw the message Zuo Hong had left behind.
After reading it, a strange look appeared in his eyes. Unexpectedly, the spiritual boat was not in the Mountain and Sea Realm, but rather, in the vital sea of the void. Furthermore, he would have to use the Dharma Impartation Stele, which contained a bit of Zuo Hong's aura, to find it.
No wonder Zuo Hong had been so confident in the spiritual boat. In the vital sea of the void, magical items like this could exist for a long time.
That also proved that this person had used his fleshly body to break through the Gate of Heaven and Earth, and then enter the Mountain and Sea Realm.
Zhang Yan couldn't help but nod. This person was truly extraordinary. When Guo Changhe had broken through the Gate of Heaven and Earth, he had used a flying magical item, but had still been seriously injured. But after breaking through, this person had not been injured at all, and had even been able to fight back. One could only imagine how powerful his magical power was.
However, there was one more question. He clearly had a magical boat, so why didn't he use it? Why did he insist on using his fleshly body? Was he afraid of damaging it during the battle?
Zhang Yan thought about it for a bit, and came up with a few possible reasons. The most likely one was that this Reverend Zuo had coveted the Mountain and Sea Realm, and wanted to take it for himself. He had left the teleportation magical item and the Two Realms Dial in the Outer Realm, so that no one would know where he had gone.
Shaking his head and smiling, he continued to read. According to what Zuo Hong had said, all he had to do was use the stele to summon the magical boat into the Mountain and Sea Realm.
After a moment's consideration, he decided not to do so.
If the Two Realms Dial arrived in this part of the world, then Fang Jiekong would most likely be able to sense it. If someone like Kong Ying, who had seen through the barriers of primal-chaos, was present. Perhaps he would immediately come here.
Perhaps that was what Zuo Hong had been planning. If an almighty expert from his sect came, then his corpse would be able to return to the sect.
Therefore, the most appropriate method would be for him to break through the Gate of Heaven and Earth, and then find the item in the vital sea of the void.
However, the Clear Yang clone was only a clone, and would not be able to break through the void and fly away.
Therefore, he placed the huge stele into his sleeve. After leaving the palace, he closed the palace gates. Then he hurried back. After half a year, he returned to the Crossing Truth Hall.
Zhang Yan had already sat down in the hall. With a thought, the clone merged back into his body. At the same time, he waved his sleeve and put away the sleeve. Then, without any delay, he rose into the air and turned into a beam of clear light that shot up into the sky. When he reached the green wall, he used a bit of force, and with a boom, he used his fleshly body to break through the Gate of Heaven and Earth. In the blink of an eye, he was in the vital sea of the void.
As soon as he was in the sky, rays of Connate Chaotic Destruction Origin Light shot toward him, but he ignored them. He took out the technique stone stele, left behind the technique, and poured his magic power into it. After a moment, he felt a connection between his aura and something. It seemed to be very far away, but also very close.
This was not an illusion. The vital sea of the void couldn't be measured by distance, and it was also discontinuous. If the two sides were attracted to each other, then it might be in front of him, but in the next moment, it might be in a place that he would never be able to reach.
He stood there patiently and sensed the energy fluctuations. After an unknown period of time, his eyes suddenly flashed and he stretched out his hand to grab something. A large boat suddenly appeared in the originally empty space. It was about a mile long and shaped like a shuttle. Under the control of his magic power, it immediately froze and stopped moving.
He got close and cast a spell according to what was written on the stele. He jumped forwards and entered the body of the boat. When he entered the boat, he saw that the floor was covered in crystal jade. The bottom layer was crystal clear, and there seemed to be many fish swimming in it. Apart from that, he could see many tall and lush trees, which seemed to be full of life.
Under the Innate Chaotic Destruction Vital Light, unless it was a powerful being, other living beings would definitely not be able to survive. Therefore, these were just some magic tools. Even though they looked alive, they were still dead objects.
Zhang Yan glanced at it, then stopped. He had no idea how many years Zuo Hong had chased these Golden Luan School cultivators, so there must be many valuable items in this place. However, the first thing he wanted to find was one.
After a brief examination of the aura, he walked along a corridor and soon arrived at a pill room. This was where Zuo Hong had been meditating. Other than a prayer mat, there was also an object that looked like a scale. Although it was different from the one used in the Nine Continents, it wasn't difficult for him to recognize that it was the Two Realms Dial.
He walked forward. He pressed down on it and found that there was indeed a trace of spiritual opportunity inside. If he had let it into the Mountain and Sea Realm, something big would have happened. He circulated his magic power to slowly erase it. If he brought it back with him, as long as it didn't come into contact with spiritual opportunity, he wouldn't have to worry about people from other realms finding out.
In the future, he might be able to use this magical item to go to the Void Realm, but not now.
After dealing with the item, he had time to look around. Before long, he came to a place where ancient records were kept.
There were many jade scrolls on either side of the wall. He walked over to the one in his right hand and flipped through them. He found that they were all techniques and divine abilities of the Golden Luan School, with quite a few comments. Because they were left behind by Zuo Hong, he nodded. It seemed that there was a reason why this person had the upper hand in the fight, and that he had put in enough effort.
After looking through them, he walked over to the other side and picked up the jade slip. This time, he saw a divine ability that Zuo Hong had been cultivating. It was called the Profound Muddy Heaven Formless Constellation.
Earlier, he had relied on this divine ability to shatter the protective magical item of the Golden Luan School Dharma Protector, seriously injuring him. Furthermore, the residual power of the attack had destroyed the fleshly bodies of the ten thousand Golden Luan School disciples. Not even their souls were spared. It was an extremely domineering technique.
However, this divine ability could only be cultivated by the orthodox Profound Art of the Golden Luan School, making it difficult for disciples from other sects to cultivate it. Zhang Yan didn't mind. He put it down and picked up another jade slip. This time, his eyes lit up.
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… (To be continued.)
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