The Scripture Depository was built in the shape of a pagoda with a total of thirteen floors. However, Yi Tian had his suspicions as he had never seen such a tall building in front of the Purple Firmament Hall.
After leaving the Purple Firmament Hall, all he could see was a dilapidated ruin. There was no sign of the Scripture Depository. Just as he was feeling puzzled, the mirror image in front of him suddenly changed. It was like the battle between Patriarch Li Fire and Luo Que and the Thousand Spirit Sect. And in the phantom image, he could really see where the Scripture Depository used to be.
His gaze followed the phantom image and above the noisy ruins, there was a thirteen story pagoda standing there. And the scene in the sky seemed to have changed. After Luo Que and Qian Lingzi finished dealing with Patriarch Li Fire, they did not deliberately destroy the Li Fire Sect ancestral grounds.
The two of them were in a stalemate in the sky, as if they were arguing about something. After that, Luo Que chose a direction to fly in, while Qian Lingzi flew in a different direction.
Seeing this, Yi Tian began to have his suspicions. If it was not caused by the two of them, then the answer was self-evident. At this moment, the only person left alive was Grandmaster Gu Hui. Furthermore, he was in his demonic state. Could it be that he would take the opportunity to sweep the ancestral grounds clean?
Following that, he looked down and saw Gu Hui, who was covered in black gas, crawl out of the ruins and rush straight to the Purple Firmament Hall. It was unknown what he did inside, but in ten seconds, he came out from the back door and rushed towards the Scripture Depository.
Yi Tian hurriedly followed behind him. He saw him rush into the Scripture Depository and begin to plunder it. He swept clean all the cultivation manuals inside.
The Scripture Depository had a total of thirteen floors. In a short moment, all of them were plundered clean by Gu Hui. These secret cultivation techniques that Patriarch Li Fire had kept for more than a thousand years fell into Gu Hui's hands.
It was no wonder he dared to challenge Yun Zhongzheng. He had probably found quite a number of good items in these manuals, causing Yun Zhongzheng, who was slated to be the next Sect Master, to have no choice but to move the sect to Dong Ao to avoid him.
After collecting these things, Gu Huifei descended from the Scripture Pavilion. He raised his hand and released a wave of spiritual energy. In the blink of an eye, the tallest building in the sect was pushed to the ground.
Looking in the direction of the tower's collapse, it happened to be where the remains of the Hidden Scriptures Pavilion were located. The shadow in Yi Tian's eyes and the remains in reality soon overlapped, forming the scene he saw now.
The corner of his mouth twitched helplessly a few times before a look of disdain appeared on his face. He had long been prejudiced against this ancestor, not only because he saw the mirror image after turning back time, but also because of the clues he had found after following the footsteps of his ancestor for hundreds of years. Gu Hui was not a heinous person, but his way of doing things had probably been seen through by Ancestor Li Huo long ago.
Unfortunately, the bad thing was that he had a tough life. After experiencing such a calamity, he was still able to struggle at death's door. It probably sped up the collapse of the Li Fire Sect after that.
Yi Tian did not care about anything else. His main goal for coming here was to find the Li Fire Three Transformations cultivation technique. Since it was hidden at the bottom of the Hidden Scriptures Pavilion, he might as well go down and investigate it. With this thought in mind, he flew through the ruins and arrived at the bottom of the Hidden Scriptures Pavilion.
After using his perception to scan the area, he discovered that there seemed to be something under the Hidden Scriptures Pavilion's foundation. He slowly walked down the stone staircase. It took him about half an hour to reach the end.
What entered his eyes was a stone door. There were three grooves on the left, middle, and right side of the door. Yi Tian hurriedly took out three tokens from his storage ring and pointed them at the grooves on the stone door. Then, he let out a sigh.
Back then, Ancestor Li Huo had left behind a backup plan. The three stone doors required the tokens of the Sect Master, Alchemy Pavilion, and Artifact Pavilion to be gathered together before they could be opened. According to Gu Hui's situation back then, there was no way he could have obtained the recognition of all three of his senior and junior brothers.
As such, the thing behind the stone door was of little value. It was something that could not be touched. It really made one's heart itch. Hence, he decided to push it to the top of the Hidden Scriptures Pavilion to vent his anger.
Yi Tian took out the Great Abyss Sword and conjured a sword beam to slash at the stone door. Just as his sword beam struck the stone door, a white enchantment appeared in front of him and swallowed the sword beam. Three seconds later, the enchantment seemed to bulge and emit a 'puff' sound. The sword beam that was conjured did not lose its momentum as it continued to attack him.
Yi Tian brandished his spirit sword to block the sword beam and didn't dare to continue probing. Even Gu Hui couldn't do anything about it back then, so there was no need for him to make any other plans.
After putting away his spirit qi, Yi Tian walked toward the barrier. When he was in front of the barrier, he conjured a wisp of Nanming Li Fire and gently touched the barrier. In an instant, a two-foot-wide hole appeared in the white barrier. He turned around and went into the hole. The barrier behind him closed up with a 'whoosh' and returned to its original state.
At this moment, Yi Tian was standing three feet away from the stone door. He took out three tokens from his storage ring and placed them in the grooves. Then, he activated the formation on the stone door. The three spirit lights shined red, yellow, and blue. They moved according to the formation pattern. Not long after, there were three 'ka ka ka' sounds. This was the sound of the mechanism inside being activated.
Soon after, three popping sounds could be heard as the three tokens on the stone door slowly popped out of the grooves. Then, a crack appeared in the middle of the stone door, and a turbid aura leaked out from within.
After putting away the three tokens, Yi Tian put his hands into the gap and used his cultivation method to open the stone door about a foot wide. Leaning sideways, Yi Tian squeezed into the secret chamber at the bottom of the Scripture Pavilion through the gap between the stone door and the door behind him started to creak again. Yi Tian turned around and saw that the stone door had automatically closed. The only person in the world who had the key had already entered the cave, so this stone door could no longer be opened from the outside.
He looked up at the passage and found that it was about ten feet wide. He extended his divine sense, but he couldn't see how deep the passage was. As soon as he took a step, there was a flash of light on the stone wall of the passage. Then the oil lamps on both sides of the wall lit up, illuminating the passage.
Looking at the light on the wall, there were groups of formation patterns engraved on the walls. Although he didn't know what they were for, he was stunned. It seemed that this was definitely not an easy place. If he wanted to take the treasure, he would have to use some methods. Also, with the personality of the Li Huo Ancestor, he wouldn't easily pass down the most profound cultivation method of the sect.
After taking a deep breath, Yi Tian took a step forward and sped forward. Just now, he was still walking, but it didn't take long for him to see the end of the tunnel in front of him, so he quickened his pace. After half an hour, he simply left the ground and used his escape technique to speed up at a low altitude.
After about an hour, Yi Tian felt that he had flown more than a thousand miles, but there was still no sign of an exit. He was puzzled and couldn't help but look around. When he looked back, he was stunned and said, "I didn't expect the Li Huo Ancestor to be able to use this formation."
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