The person who had just arrived was none other than Zhang Xuan.
He was truly bewildered by the actions of the master teachers.
Master teachers had no respect for ghosts or gods, but they were conducting rituals just like the Otherworldly Demonic Tribe. More importantly, judging from the other party's tone, it seemed like he was intending to leave the Sanctum of Sages. Unable to suppress his doubts, he flew out.
With the Infernal Blacksaber's advancement, he would not have to fear even Otherworldly Demon Ancient Sages, so there was no need for him to conceal his identity anymore.
However, it seemed like he did not know the master teachers before him, and they looked at him warily.
Those who were able to enter the ancient domain of the Temple of Confucius were all grand elders of major powers who had been in seclusion for many years. It had been a long time since they had been out of touch with the affairs of the world. As such, they were unaware of the commotion that Zhang Xuan had caused.
"I am a master teacher as well!"
Seeing the wariness in everyone's eyes, Zhang Xuan could only smile and wear his emblem in front of his chest.
"Oh, I see. Why are you alone?"
The crowd heaved a sigh of relief upon seeing the emblem. The master teacher who had just won turned to look at Zhang Xuan.
"I was so engrossed in my cultivation that I forgot about time …" Zhang Xuan replied.
"There are innumerable powerful secret manuals recorded here, and it's indeed easy for one to get lost in them. However, to be able to cultivate alone without going berserk, you are truly fortunate!" the victorious master teacher chuckled softly.
After chatting for a while, Zhang Xuan learned that the master teacher who had won was named Mu Xu, and he was from the Mu Clan.
He had only just come out of seclusion after three hundred years, so he did not know anything at all.
Even when he revealed his real name, Zhang Xuan did not seem to have much of a reaction.
"Earlier, I saw you practicing your moves and conducting rituals, and a human figure appeared on the wall … What's going on?"
After chatting for a while, Zhang Xuan asked the question that had been plaguing his mind.
"The rocks in the stone forest are of uncanny craftsmanship, and I believe that you should have noticed by now," Mu Xu explained. "However, these battle techniques are extremely complicated. If you wish to master them, you'll have to find the sequence and awaken the predecessors' imprints hidden in the rocks. Only by fusing your cultivation technique and zhenqi together will you be able to open the world here and enter the corresponding Subordinate Hall!"
"Enter the Subordinate Hall?"
Zhang Xuan was taken aback.
This was the first time Zhang Xuan had heard a master teacher who had been trapped in many different worlds saying such words.
"Indeed. Someone has already done it before, but we're one of the slower ones. Even until now, we still haven't succeeded …" Mu Xu replied with a bitter smile.
"You mean … someone has entered the Subordinate Hall? Do you know what the Subordinate Hall is? "Zhang Xuan asked.
"It's called the Hall of Divine Crusade, and it contains the vestiges of Kong Shi and the seventy-two Sages. These stone forests are the cultivation techniques and secret manuals that they have left behind. If we enter the Subordinate Hall, we should be able to obtain their heritage … Thus, we have been trying our best to find a pattern. Since you're here, let's go together. If we manage to find the cultivation technique sequence of this stone forest, we'll be able to enter the Subordinate Hall like everyone else! "
Mu Xu replied.
Zhang Xuan nodded in realization.
The method to enter the stone forest was different from the other worlds.
For the other worlds, one had to find the exit and tear open the space above it. However, for this world, one had to find the rules of the cultivation technique left behind by the stone forest.
"There are so many stones, how can I possibly study them all …"
After learning the method to enter the Subordinate Hall, Zhang Xuan was no longer in a hurry. Instead, he asked doubtfully.
There were tens of thousands of stones in the surroundings. If he were to look through all of them and arrange them according to their sequence, wouldn't he die from exhaustion?
"The stones are divided into different regions as well. For example, a stone with a smooth surface harnesses the illusory image of an ancestor, and there are roughly ten thousand stones within the illusory image. Some of them contain cultivation technique manuals, but some of them are pure stones, and there are roughly a thousand of them that contain cultivation technique manuals. Through these stones, we have to find a pattern!"
Mu Xu explained.
Zhang Xuan widened his eyes in realization.
While he was on the way here, he had noticed that not all of the stones contained cultivation technique manuals. It was just that he hadn't done a detailed calculation, so he didn't expect the ratio to be nine to one.
With this, the scope of the stone forest had been narrowed down significantly.
"There's no time to waste. Let's hurry up and study them!"
After chatting for a while longer, Mu Xu took out a sword and began inscribing on the ground, seemingly trying to find some kind of pattern.
Seeing that the crowd had gotten into an intense discussion once more, Zhang Xuan leaped onto a towering boulder and began scanning his surroundings.
With Mu Xu's reminder, Zhang Xuan realized that the stones in the surroundings were arranged in an orderly manner with the flat boulder before him as the center. There were precisely a thousand stones that contained the movements of human battle techniques.
"Flaws!"
With a thought, Zhang Xuan imprinted the stone statues into the Library of Heaven's Path and compiled them into a book.
Then, he turned his gaze to the hundreds of patterns inscribed by the master teachers on the ground.
Hula!
The information gathered together perfectly before Zhang Xuan flipped open the book.
"Forty-seven flaws …"
Zhang Xuan found the forty-seven flaws and reorganized them into forty-five flaws. After adjusting them more than a dozen times, he finally found that there was not a single flaw left in them.
"It seems like this sequence is correct!"
Heaving a sigh of relief, Zhang Xuan turned his gaze back to the crowd.
At this moment, Mu Xu and the others seemed to have come up with another set of correct sequences, and they were debating with one another.
"There's no need to waste your breath. Let's continue with the duel! Whoever is stronger will have the correct sequence! "
Mu Xu said with a wave of his hand.
"Alright!"
The crowd nodded in agreement. Just as they were about to begin the duel, Zhang Xuan suddenly flew over and said, "Everyone, I have also come up with a sequence, and I think it's not too bad. Can I join in?"
"Don't cause trouble. You have just arrived, so what kind of sequence can you possibly find? We have already been trapped here for eighteen hours, but we haven't found the correct one yet! "
Mu Xu frowned.
"Young man, you should be humble. Don't bite off more than you can chew. It's best for you to learn more than you can chew.
"Let's duel to see who has the correct sequence. You should rest by the side for the time being. We'll decide after you figure out what these stones represent!"
"There are so many stones here, and each of them represents a different movement. How many can you recognize? How many can you memorize? If you can't even do that, what sort of sequence are you talking about? "
…
The other master teachers also waved their hands dismissively.
They had been studying the sequence for a very long time, but they were still completely befuddled. How could a newcomer participate in it?
"I …"
Not expecting to be turned down, Zhang Xuan shook his head with a bitter smile.
But then again, it did make sense. He had only been here for five to six minutes, and if it had been any other master teacher, they might not even have been able to memorize the movements of a thousand stones, let alone identify the correct sequence and cultivation technique.
"Ignore him. Let's continue our discussion!"
Mu Xu beckoned for the crowd to continue the duel using the sequence that they had deduced earlier. But before the duel was over, he suddenly felt a pulsation of energy not too far away. Unknowingly, the young man who had just arrived had activated a flat stone by the side, and an illusory silhouette had appeared before him.
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