Broken walls were everywhere, and not even a blade of grass could be seen. There was a huge abyss that was hundreds of miles long. It was pitch black, and one could not see the bottom at a glance. It was actually left by a finger.
Ye Fan was stunned. Had that unofficial history really come true? A person stood ten thousand miles away, and with a point of his finger, he destroyed an ancient clan that was comparable to a celestial dynasty.
Azure Thearch!
The only person who proved his Dao after the Antiquity Era. His origin was mysterious, and his cultivation was unfathomable. He was a mysterious Thearch who shocked the ancients and dazzled the contemporaries.
Ye Fan experienced the terror of a Demonic Thearch. He stood ten thousand miles away, and with a light flick of his finger, he destroyed an immortal inheritance. What kind of divine might was this?
I think if he wanted to, it would not be a problem for him to create a finger print that was ten thousand miles long …
The 50-mile long gorge was very meticulous. It just happened to destroy the pure land of the Cai Clan, and it did not spread out. The control of the area was very precise.
The Ancient Thearch was too powerful. It would not be difficult for him to wipe out a celestial dynasty with a raise of his hand!
What kind of person was Azure Thearch? He was the only Thearch in the Antiquity Era, and he must have been one of the most outstanding figures since ancient times. Would he wipe out an ancient clan for the Nine Secrets?
The Nine Secrets was the highest divine art of Daoism. It was indeed tempting, but it was not enough for a Thearch to do such a thing, right? Ye Fan thought about it, but he could not figure it out.
Could it be that there are some unknown secrets, or that it involves the secrets of immortals …? No matter how much Ye Fan thought about it, there were too few reasons for a Thearch to make a move.
He felt that the Cai Clan must have many secrets, for even Azure Thearch to make a move. If he could find this clan, perhaps he would be able to unravel the fog of history.
In the current world, apart from the Cai Clan itself, there was probably no one who knew the cause and effect of the past.
Ye Fan walked in the ruins and did not find anything. Who knew how many people had come here to pay their respects in the past ten thousand years? Even if there were any clues, they would not be left behind.
He sank into the bottomless pit and felt the power of the finger. It was ten thousand feet deep, and the ground was hard and dry. Be it rocks or soil, they were all flattened.
Ye Fan left with a trace of disappointment and awe. A glorious clan with a long inheritance could not block a finger from the Azure Emperor in the end. This made one sigh.
According to the information Pang Bo had given him, the Cai Clan had not been completely annihilated. At that time, there were still some people outside who had definitely escaped the calamity.
In the past ten thousand years, several new sects had been suspected to be survivors of the Cai Clan. They believed that they had changed their appearance and continued the glory of the clan.
Ye Fan also believed that the race was not completely wiped out. Otherwise, how could there be an old saint? Before he died, he looked far into the west and transformed into nature.
In the following days, he began a long journey of searching.
The Vermilion Bird Sect was a large sect that rose up eight thousand years ago. It occupied a vast area and was located in a beautiful mountain in the west of the Central Plains.
This time, Ye Fan traveled through the void. Because the distance was too far, he sighed helplessly. In the past two months, he had been to many places, but to no avail.
This mountainous area was mainly made of red earth. If there were no vegetation to cover it, it would look like a blazing inferno. The Vermilion Bird Sect had been flourishing for the past few thousand years. There were many experts in the sect.
This was practically Ye Fan's final target. If there were no descendants of the Cai Clan, he would be at his wit's end.
After a few days, Ye Fan transformed into a Geomaster and wandered around the area. He learned many details. The sect had seventy-two spiritual peaks and over ten thousand disciples.
However, he was disappointed to find that he had not heard of any special Divine Arts. He did not know whether they had hidden it well or if he had found the wrong place.
After a few more days, Ye Fan learned that this was the result of a fallen phoenix. Its blood had dyed the mountains and rivers red, so the earth here was also red. The sect's strongest ultimate technique was known as the Minor Yang Scripture.
"This is a scripture evolved from a remnant of the Extreme Yang Scripture!" He was astonished. No wonder the sect was flourishing day by day. The remnant scripture that they grasped had a great origin.
Just a fifth of the Extreme Yang Scripture was enough to allow a great sect to establish a foothold. This was enough to prove that the supreme scriptures of the Immemorial Era, the Extreme Yin and Extreme Yang Scriptures, were extremely profound.
Half a month later, Ye Fan spent a divine source and learned a secret from a disciple of the sect known as Know-It-All. The sect's founder was indeed surnamed Cai, but he did not stay for long. He left after five hundred years and left everything to his disciples to manage.
"Brother, you're here to find the Nine Secrets, right? Who knows how many people have come here in the past eight thousand years. Don't waste time. There's no one. "This Know-It-All patted Ye Fan's shoulder and said meaningfully.
Ye Fan also smiled. It seemed like this method would not work. Many people had already used it.
"Let me tell you this. Our founder might really be a survivor of the Cai Clan, but he did not pass down any Nine Secrets. He only left behind a remnant scripture."
The Know-It-All said a lot. Many outstanding people had come here in the past eight thousand years, but in the end, they all left helplessly. They could not find anything.
The Nine Secrets were the nine strongest divine techniques of Daoism. They contained too many secrets and incurred the jealousy of the heavens. They could not be combined. Now, they were lost everywhere and some of them were lost.
Searching like this was like looking for a needle in a haystack. There would not be any clues.
"You're quite generous to spend a divine source to buy information. I'll tell you for free. Our founder went south. I heard he went to an ancient place called Hanchuan."
Ye Fan smiled wryly. It had already been eight thousand years. It was too difficult to find clues about one person. He even suspected that the founder of the sect was that old saint who had transformed into the dao.
However, in order to obtain the Nine Secrets, he could only keep searching. Even though he knew many people had walked this path, he still hoped to find precious clues.
He came all the way from the west and now wanted to go to the southern part of the Central Plains. The journey was extremely long, and he could only travel through space.
Fortunately, the so-called southern part was the area bordering the west and not the southernmost part. Otherwise, he would have to stare at it.
He had enough Mysterious Jade Platforms on him. By now, he knew how to carve them himself. Of course, they were the simplest ones that could only travel tens of thousands of miles.
Along the way, Ye Fan traveled through space. It was impossible to count how many Mysterious Jade Platforms he had abandoned. Finally, he arrived at Hanchuan in the southern part of the Central Plains.
This area was a million miles wide, but in the vast southern part of the Central Plains, it was only a small part.
Hanchuan was a plain. There were eleven famous cities here that gathered the draconic energy of the world. Each city was extremely ancient and had flourishing fate energy.
Each city was a great power. Ye Fan felt a headache coming on. After searching for half a month, he had only found some clues. The Cai Clan had indeed come here, but they had disappeared.
In the end, he used all his methods and finally found out that the Cai Clan had wanted to rise from the ashes and rebuild their glory. However, they had left in the end for unknown reasons.
His next stop was in the eastern part of the Central Plains. He was close to the Eastern Barren Territory. From south to east, he had crossed more than half of the Central Plains.
If Ye Fan wanted to continue, ordinary Mysterious Jade Platforms wouldn't do. He would have to carry a mountain on his back to be able to squander them. But now, he needed a large divine formation. The distance was too far.
"Are the Cai Clan purposely tormenting people? First to the west, then to the south, and then to the east. Will they go to the north next time?"
Ye Fan felt that searching like this wouldn't work. Countless people had searched for the Cai Clan's nine secrets. Since they hadn't been passed down, it meant that most of them had failed.
If he continued down this path, it would be difficult for him to succeed.
"I can't think like the people before me. I need to think from a different angle."
Then, he began to spend the divine roots in his hands to buy information from the three ancient sects of the Central Plains. He wanted to find out where the nine secrets were.
The Hundred Xiao House, the Pavilion of Heavenly Mystery, and the Red Dust Pavilion were all ranked among the hundred sects of the Central Plains. Their origins were ancient and could be traced back to the Antiquity Era. They were the most well-informed and sold information to the outside world.
"I can only hope that Hua Yunfei has found some clues …"
Ye Fan really didn't want this person to find the nine secrets. But now, he could only start with him. Hua Yunfei had gone to the small temple before him. He most likely had more clues than him. It was possible that the old Saint had left something behind.
He stopped searching for the Cai Clan. Instead, he began to spend a large amount of divine roots to find Hua Yunfei's traces with the help of the three ancient sects.
First, Ye Fan issued a mission. He wanted to find out where most of the Sons of the World had fallen.
He knew that Hua Yunfei cultivated the Heaven Devouring Demonic Technique. In order to devour supreme divine roots, those Sons of the World were definitely his favorite targets.
Very soon, a secret letter was sent over from the Hundred Xiao House, providing the relevant information. When he saw it, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
It was written very simply. The area where the Divine Physique Ye Fan appeared was the area where most Sons of the World had fallen. The Fire Demon Ridge, Qishi Manor, Immortal Mansion World, and so on were marked.
"Why did I end up in my own body …"
Luckily, the Hundred Xiao House sent over more detailed information. Some of the outstanding disciples of the large sects in the western part of the Central Plains had died in the past two years. A few outstanding figures had disappeared in the southern part of the Central Plains. A few young experts with extraordinary talent in the eastern part of the Central Plains had mysteriously disappeared.
Ye Fan's heart moved. In the past two years, a few outstanding figures in the Central Plains had mysteriously disappeared, leaving behind many unsolved cases. However, because the area was too big, no one had noticed anything.
"Was it done by Hua Yunfei? But they are too scattered. There's no way to deduce his location …" He drew a few circles on the map, dividing it into a dozen or so areas. All of them could be places where he had appeared.
He spent a lot of time connecting the time and location of these people's deaths, arranging them into a trajectory map.
"Using this to deduce Hua Yunfei's whereabouts is still a bit unreliable. There are too many variables."
After that, Ye Fan spent a large amount of resources to commission the three great ancient sects to investigate a very important link. He had to gather information on the places where the heavenly tribulation had occurred in the past two years.
This was very difficult. Normally, those who had gone through the tribulation would find an uninhabited area where they would not be discovered.
However, the three great ancient sects were extraordinary. They actually sent over some very valuable information. They marked out a few areas, and their words were conclusive. There were people who had gone through the tribulation.
Ye Fan used this to draw another map. However, he still could not be sure. He seriously pondered over it for a very long time.
This was far from enough. The world was too big. Even after combining all this information, it was still not enough to deduce where Hua Yunfei was.
When Ye Fan was with the Black Emperor, he had a detailed understanding of the various characteristics of the Heaven Devouring Demonic Technique. He knew the various problems and difficulties that would occur when cultivating it.
This technique was related to the harmony of the heavens. It was a demonic path that had a nine out of ten chance of survival. When devouring the source of others, it was easy to incur the wrath of the heavens. It needed to be mediated with a few ancient prescriptions.
Apart from the Black Emperor, the people of the Celestial Dynasty might not know of these prescriptions. There were not many people in the world who understood its use.
Ye Fan listed out a few very rare spirit medicines. They were the main ingredients of the ancient prescriptions. They were not easy to find in the world. If they were sold, there should be traces of them.
This piece of information was very important. Not long after, Ye Fan received a set of information from the Red Dust Pavilion. He drew another map according to the time and location of the spirit medicines.
"Once the Heaven Devouring Demonic Technique is accomplished, one can devour mountains and rivers during the trial. The black hole will shatter everything."
Based on what the Black Emperor had said, he issued another mission. He was to investigate the abnormal movements of the mountains and rivers in various places. He wanted to know if some regions had disappeared.
…
Just like that, Ye Fan issued a total of eighteen missions according to the various details. Each mission cost a large amount of resources. He drew eighteen maps based on eighteen sets of information.
After that, he summarized and combined the eighteen maps into one. He drew a final map that represented Hua Yunfei's movements.
"Five of the regions are the most suspicious!"
Late at night, Ye Fan bent over the table and looked at the map. He carefully pondered and confirmed the five regions.
"Hua Yunfei, I'm coming!"
On the second day, Ye Fan set out and started to search. He had to go to the five regions one by one.
This was a boring process. He spent a month and eliminated four of the regions. Finally, he came to the western part of the Central Prefecture. However, it was not the Vermillion Bird Sect, but a place called the Qinling Mountains.
This time, Ye Fan spent even more time. After more than a month, he finally found some clues. However, he could not confirm the final location.
The Qinling Mountains was a mysterious place. There were many ancient sects, and they were all extremely powerful. However, they had no connection with the Cai Clan. Most of them had existed for tens of thousands of years.
However, Ye Fan found traces of Hua Yunfei in this region. It was very similar to the eighteen maps he had drawn.
"I believe you are in this region. However, the Qinling Mountains are too vast. I can only advance slowly. I will definitely find you."
Half a month later, Ye Fan passed by a small declining sect. There was no ancient city where the ancestral dragon Qi was condensed. There were only a few short mountains without any beautiful scenery.
Suddenly, he saw a familiar figure on one of the short mountains. She was travelling with a few disciples of this small declining sect.
"Li Xiaoman …"
It was an old friend from the other side of the starry sky. He had not seen her for almost three years. She was as beautiful as before. Her white clothes fluttered in the wind, and she had an otherworldly temperament.
In that instant, Ye Fan thought that Hua Yunfei was definitely here. He had found the right place.
"The Nine Secrets must be here too. Not simple. Hua Yunfei only used two years to find the Nine Secrets that others have been searching for for eight thousand years."
A declining small sect with only a few dozen disciples. Was the Nine Secrets really here? Ye Fan stood in the distance and looked at Li Xiaoman. He thought about it quietly.
"She became a disciple of this sect. This declining small sect is probably not as bad as I thought …"
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