The topography of the Tian Lan continent had not changed much over the millennia, so when Yi Tian checked the map on the stone wall, he could recognize it at a glance. Especially the Eastern Ao, Western Wilderness and Southern Border, he had left his footprints there. In addition, he had passed through parts of the Eastern Sea and Southern Sea.
However, the most interesting thing was the towering tree in the depths of the Northern Plains. It seemed like the Soul Eater Rat King had occupied that piece of land with good feng shui and refused to leave.
As for the islands at the top of the Southern Sea, they looked like they were isolated and unvisited by anyone. In fact, after leaving the continent, no matter how big the island was, the spirit veins beneath it could only be considered second-rate.
After scanning the map a few times, Yi Tian clearly discovered a few problems. However, after carefully looking at the markings on the state boundaries, he thought to himself, "The Li Fire Sect is not included in the markings of the Middle State. Logically speaking, three thousand years ago should be the heyday of sects, but there are no markings on this map."
After scanning it again with his perception, he discovered that there were many sects recorded on the map. However, other than the Li Fire Sect, Thousand Spirit Sect, and Ming Wang Road, which were the largest sects of the past and present, none of them were recorded.
As such, it could be concluded that the creator of this map must have been in the middle ages, before the mighty figures from the upper realm descended to this world.
After copying, Yi Tian used his perception to scan his surroundings. The stone wall was like a door that sealed the cave abode behind it.
On the left side of the stone wall, there was a nine-square grid. Beside it, there was a pile of square stones with numbers 1 to 9 engraved on them. However, after scanning it, Yi Tian was suspicious. These words were written in the language of the Spirit Realm.
That was to say, if it was anyone else, even if they were an array formation expert, they would not be able to crack the array without knowing the language of the Spirit Realm. As such, it was easy. All he needed to do was fill in the nine numbers according to the Eight Trigrams.
Although the previous restriction was in the style of the Xiantian Eight Trigrams, it would not work here. When Yi Tian filled in the last number, he heard a "whoosh" sound. He quickly teleported a distance of more than a hundred feet. When he turned around, he saw several foot-long bone spears shooting out from the corner of the wall at the end of the corridor. The spears were aimed directly at the Nine Palace Grid.
At that moment, he secretly rejoiced that he did not let his guard down. It seemed like the owner of this cave was really careful. He used the [Innate Eight Trigrams] as a restriction on the outside, but not on the inside. If it was someone with a lower cultivation base, they might really fall for it.
Then, he walked forward and removed the numbers, rearranged them, and embedded them according to the usage of the Acquired Eight Trigrams. After the placement was complete, the nine squares emitted a bright light and activated the map on the stone wall.
After ten breaths of time, a cracking sound could be heard coming from behind the stone wall. Then, the stone wall slowly rose up, revealing a ten feet wide passage.
Seeing this, Yi Tian was overjoyed. He clapped his hands and cast a protective shield, then strode into the passage.
After walking forward for about half an hour, he came to a large stone room. Looking around, this stone room was only a hundred feet in size. In the middle was a stone bed, but there was nothing on it.
On the left side of the round table, there was a brocade banner protected by white light. Looking closely, this brocade banner was only the size of a palm, but it was overflowing with light. At a glance, he knew it was not an ordinary item.
Yi Tian was not in a hurry to go up and take the treasures. The most valuable things in this cave might not be these spirit treasures. He glanced around the stone walls and saw some written records.
With a flick of his left finger, a spark lit up the stone wall. Yi Tian scanned the wall with his divine sense and found that there were some spirit realm words engraved on it.
After reading carefully, he learned the origin of the owner of this cave. It turned out that although the cultivator here was not from the upper realm, he was a famous late stage Yuanying cultivator in the Tian Lan Continent five thousand years ago. He once founded the sect "Heavenly Cloud Pavilion".
Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. After the demons invaded, they were forced to retreat. Out of desperation, they tried to communicate with a mighty figure from the spirit realm to join forces against the enemy. The mighty figure from the spirit realm was sincere in cooperating. He even brought along some cultivation techniques from the spirit realm. After many parties joined forces, they were able to uproot the invading demon forces.
Later on, the Heavenly Cloud Pavilion's owner was fortunate enough to ascend to the spirit realm, leaving behind only the remnants of his sect. As for the mighty figure from the spirit realm who descended, he also left behind his own orthodoxy in the Tian Lan Continent, naming it the "Li Fire Sect".
Upon reading this, Yi Tian sighed and thought, "So my own sect is also an outsider, but this Heavenly Cloud Pavilion is a local."
From the looks of it, the owner of this place was at least a figure from five to six thousand years ago. Instead, it was the Li Fire Sect that expanded and unified the Tian Lan Continent that reached its peak.
And the principle of decline after reaching its zenith was eternal. Three thousand years ago, the spirit realm once again sent down the Asura mighty figure and Qian Lingzi, breaking the Li Fire Sect's dominance of this world. Furthermore, after the two mighty figures eradicated the Li Fire Sect's strength, they each left behind their own orthodoxy, resulting in the present situation.
However, what interested him the most was the Heavenly Cloud Pavilion. Logically speaking, the Li Fire Sect's ancestor and the Heavenly Cloud Pavilion's owner were old friends, so the junior disciples would not make things difficult for them. However, ever since he entered the cultivation world, he had never heard of a sect like the Heavenly Cloud Pavilion.
Even when he flipped through the travel notes and books left behind by the various large sects, there was not a single mention of it.
Also, since these mighty figures had left behind their own orthodoxies, it was unknown if there were any remnants of the Demon race.
Upon thinking about it, Yi Tian finally understood. The corpse of the Demon race's Vanguard Official in his storage ring was the mighty figure's main body. As for his Yuan Spirit, it had been split into three. The three spiritual and seven physical souls were incomplete, with at least two spiritual and six physical souls being lost in the outside world.
These were all hidden dangers that could pose a sufficient threat to him. If he did not remove them as soon as possible, he would not be able to eat or sleep in peace.
After reading the spirit realm's language engraved on the walls, Yi Tian took out a blank jade slip and sat on the ground. He extended his index finger and conjured a flame to copy down the recorded events. Following that, he used the Tian Lan continent's language to annotate them again.
This information was the most precious thing here. In the future, it would be kept in the sect for the junior disciples to refer to.
An hour later, after tidying everything up, Yi Tian stood up and walked to the stone platform where the banner was placed to take a look. Beneath the banner, there was a beast skin scroll with the words' Heavenly Cloud's Proud Art 'written on it. And on the short handle of the banner, there were three words' Ten Thousand Fey Banner 'engraved on it.
From the looks of it, these were definitely the cornerstone manuals and spiritual artifacts left behind by the Heavenly Cloud Pavilion. Thinking back to the white bones that were strewn across the corridor, they were likely the blood sacrifices of the Fey beasts used to refine the Ten Thousand Fey Banner.
Just thinking about how the Ten Thousand Fey Banner was formed by the accumulation of the power of so many Fey beasts, he could not help but feel a chill in his heart. To kill so many Fey beasts to refine a spiritual artifact, it appeared that the Heavenly Cloud Pavilion's owner was not a kind person back then.
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