After Hui Xuan Old Ancestor entered the hole, he reached the end of the hole after a short while. He raised his head and saw a bottomless tunnel in front of him.
His gaze swept over but did not see Ji Daoren's figure. He thought that he had gone in first, thus he did not stop and charged in with the astral wind.
This hole was a hundred feet deep and there was no obstruction in flying, but the path was winding and snake-like. There were depressions everywhere and the water was a foot high. The stalagmites were like a forest, clustered together, as if thousands of swords were hanging above. There was a baleful aura floating back and forth, with killing intent hidden in every step.
However most of the restrictions here had already dissipated, and even the remnants were removed by the Zhongtai disciples who came here previously, thus there was no need to care.
After traveling for a short while, his figure paused as two forks appeared in front of him.
On the left, a gust of wind came from within, blowing onto his body, chilling him to the bone. On the right, there seemed to be a surging underground river, from time to time there would be sounds of rocks striking, it was noisy to the ears, it seemed like the water flow was very rapid.
His gaze swept back and forth before raising his hand to draw a stream of energy over, trying to determine where Ji Daoren was going.
However after casting the spell for a long time, he did not get any clues, not knowing if he purposely hid it or if the energy here was chaotic.
He thought for a while on the spot before flying towards the left hand hole.
Along the way, a gust of cold wind blew over, even with his cultivation he was shaky. He was not surprised and immediately made a spell, Just Now he was able to stabilize himself.
After traveling for about an hour, not knowing how deep he was underground, the wind around him slowly calmed down, not far away a spacious cave hall came into view.
Out of caution, he landed a few feet off the ground, floating in the air.
After traveling for a hundred feet, he was already inside the cave. At this moment he suddenly stopped and raised his head to take a look, he saw a floating platform about seventy feet up, Ji Daoren had his back facing him, standing alone on top. He was holding a pearl in his hand, shining it back and forth, as if he was looking for something.
Hui Xuan Old Ancestor jumped up and said with a slightly unhappy tone, "Dao Brother Ji made it hard for me to find."
Ji Daoren did not even turn back, he waved at him and pointed to the front, "Fellow Daoist Hui Xuan, please come up and take a look."
Hui Xuan Old Forefather thought that he had found something and took a few steps forward. He looked down and saw that there was a stone niche a few feet in front of him. A skinny silver-robed Taoist was sitting inside. His eyes were closed, and it was obvious that he was a corpse.
He frowned. Then, as if he sensed something, he looked towards the two directions and a look of shock appeared on his face.
The entire cavern was actually filled with such shrines. There were tens of thousands of them, and each of them had a person sitting in it. After looking around, Liu Ming's eyes lit up. He asked in bewilderment, "Who are these people? Why are they here?"
Ji Daoren didn't answer. He just stretched out his hand and pulled a talisman from the Taoist's waist. He weighed it in his palm and handed it over.
That corpse had experienced countless years and was already decaying. Now that it was tossed around like that, it immediately turned into a pile of dust.
Hui Xuan old ancestor took a look and frowned, "Spirit Returning Sect? What sect is this? Is there such a sect in our Dong Sheng State? "
Ji Daoren said faintly, "Close to ten thousand years ago. Spirit Returning Sect was the number one sect in our Dong Sheng State and dominated half of the continent. At that time, our Fu Yang Sect, Corpse Cult and Mang Luo Palace were just three small sects under them. "
It was the first time Hui Xuan Old Ancestor heard such a saying. He lowered his head and thought for a while before asking in puzzlement, "According to what Dao Brother said, this sect should be extremely powerful and there must be records of it in the ancient books. But why have I never heard of it?"
Ji Daoren sneered, "It is not strange that Dao Friend never heard of it. That is because someone purposely covered it up."
"Who did this?"
Ji Daoren laughed coldly, "In our Dong Sheng State, other than Great Master Dami, who else could do this?"
Hui Xuan Old Ancestor could not help but look surprised.
Ji Daoren folded his sleeves and said slowly, "Great Master Dami had remarkable abilities but his abilities did not come out of nowhere. There are rumours that he was originally a disciple of this Spirit Returning Sect but for some reason he had enmity with his sect and went to another continent to avoid trouble. After his cultivation was successful, he came back and fought with Spirit Returning Sect for hundreds of years using his remarkable abilities and Dao techniques. A number of Heavenly Abodes of this sect died in his hands and since then they have not been able to recover."
Hui Xuan Old Ancestor's eyes lit up when he heard this and clapped his hands, praising, "To be able to defeat a sect alone, Senior's grace and elegance really fascinates us." He cupped his hands together, "May I ask Dao Brother, what happened after that?"
Ji Daoren said coldly, "Although Spirit Returning Sect was forced to such a state, they were still able to hide in the mountain and struggle on while at death's door because they still have a magical treasure called 'Nine Huang Star Pearl'. There are a total of nine of these treasures and when they are shot out together, the wind and clouds change colour, tsunami and mountains collapse. Even Dami did not dare to face it head-on."
"It was just that he borrowed a powerful magical treasure from somewhere and arranged a fight with Spirit Returning Sect Head Beimo on the sea. In the end, both of them were injured and when he recovered, he then found out that Spirit Returning Sect Head was already dead. In order to protect himself, his disciple followed his orders and hid under this dragon pillar, giving up the entire Dong Sheng State."
Hui Xuan Old Ancestor looked left and right, pointed and said, "Look at the people here, they are all emaciated, their eyes sunken and cheeks withered, they should have died due to the exhaustion of their vitality."
Daoist Ji chuckled and said, "You are right. The Spirit Returning Sect thought that by hiding underground, they would be able to avoid annihilation, but they were wrong. Da Mi was not willing to let the matter rest. After hearing about this, he spent a hundred years to set up a seal around the dragon pillar. He also used his mana to cut off the spiritual opportunity of the earth meridians within a radius of ten thousand miles, so that none of the tens of thousands of Spirit Returning Sect disciples and elders could escape. In the end, they were buried here."
Hui Xuan Old Ancestor nodded unconsciously and said, "That is how it should be. To cut the weeds, one must remove the roots. If Master Dami did not do this, after he ascended, Spirit Returning Sect would definitely come out to take revenge on his younger disciples once their vitality recovered."
Ji Daoren snorted instead.
Hui Xuan Old Ancestor knew that his sect was also annihilated by Zhong Tai, Xuan Yue and the other sects, and thought that these words had touched his sore spot, he smiled faintly and asked again, "Although Master Dami annihilated Spirit Returning Sect, it is normal for us cultivators to fight and kill, so why did he need to cover it up after the matter?"
Ji Daoren sneered and said, "Master Dami was also from Spirit Returning Sect, no matter what the reason was, it would not be good if it was spread out, so why would he take the initiative to tell the future generations to know?"
Hui Xuan Old Ancestor nodded in realization.
After Ji Daoren finished speaking, he did not bother about him and started to look around with the pearl.
From Just Now's words, Hui Xuan Old Ancestor had already roughly guessed what Ji Daoren was looking for. He looked at the latter walking to and fro, but stood at one side and did not make a sound. His gaze was faint, not knowing what he was thinking about.
After an hour, Ji Daoren had already searched more than half of the cave hall, leaving only the southwest corner that he had not searched.
After turning here, he raised his head and took a few glances, and his footsteps involuntarily paused, as if he had discovered something. With a tap of his toes, balls of white smoke rose up, and when he reached a height of five to six feet, he saw that there was no trace of anyone behind an alcove, only a tall stone door, with two ancient copper rings fastened on it, stained with rust, and on both sides were several lotus stone platforms, on which sat seven white-haired Taoists with different expressions.
He did not look at those corpses, but stared at the stone door, his expression slightly agitated, and muttered to himself, "It should be here."
With a wave of his sleeve, a gust of astral wind hit it, and the stone door's restrictions had already dispersed. With this blow, it collapsed backwards with a loud bang, and shook those white-haired Taoists on the lotus platforms into ashes.
At this moment, a narrow elixir room appeared behind the door, Ji Daoren carefully sensed, and did not detect any spiritual opportunities, so he boldly walked in with a peace of mind.
After entering, he took a few glances, and saw that the layout was simple, the original furnishings were mostly rotten, a thick layer of dust accumulated on the ground, and in the middle of the room, there was only a copper furnace, behind the furnace was a cattail hassock, other than that, there was nothing else.
He walked two rounds, and there was no other way out, he was surprised, and thought to himself, "Could it be that I've found the wrong way?"
Just as he was about to leave, his mind changed, his eyes flashed, and with a wave of his sleeve, the copper furnace was pushed to one side.
As soon as the furnace was pushed away, a square well was revealed, the whole body was built with white jade, and inside was a pile of strange stones, piled up with thousands of greasy and slippery pebbles, in every stone there was a small hole, from which fine colored smoke was spewing out, the light reflected, and the thin mist was gently gathered. At the top, there was a jade bowl, containing a green bead the size of a goose egg, smooth and round, there were fine silver inscriptions on the surface, and from time to time, thousands of needle-like fine colorful rays were released.
When Ji Daoren saw this, his face was filled with excitement, and just as he was about to take it, he seemed to suddenly remember something, and carefully took out a silk handkerchief from his sleeve, wrapped it around his hand, and then went forward to grab the bead.
He was extremely excited, and after confirming that it was not a fake, he could not help but burst out laughing.
He had also heard the seniors of his sect mention this item, and just wanted to take the opportunity when the dragon pillar restriction dissipated to come and have a try. But after all it was only a few words, and might not be true, so he was originally prepared to return without any success, but he did not expect that he would actually get this treasure of the legends so smoothly, the joy in his heart was indescribable.
After looking at it for a while, when he heard footsteps behind him, he did not keep it, and still held it in his palm to observe carefully.
Just Now while Ji Daoren was not around, Hui Xuan Old Ancestor had already searched the entire pit, but did not find the Da Mi Book, and was disappointed. Right now when he saw this treasure, his eyes could not help but reveal a strange splendor, but he quickly restrained it, and tried to make his tone as calm as possible, and asked, "Could this be the Nine Huang Star Bead?"
Ji Daoren said, "It is just one of them."
Hui Xuan Old Ancestor could not help but ask, "Then where are the other eight?"
Ji Daoren looked back at him, and said with a smile that was not a smile, "There are a total of eight palaces under the dragon pillar, and they should be stored separately. But I am not greedy, to be able to get one is already lucky, even if I get the rest, I am afraid I will not have the fortune to enjoy them."
When Hui Xuan Old Ancestor heard that, his heart moved slightly, but he said, "With this item in hand, I think it will be easy for Fellow Daoist to deal with that Zhang Daoist?"
Ji Daoren flipped his wrist, kept the treasure bead, and said, "I still need to go back and refine it, it cannot be used now."
Hui Xuan nodded, "I have waited for a long time, and delayed for a long time, I cannot stay here for long, and should go out."
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