Three days later, Zhang Yu was instructing the new students in the Xuanfu side hall when a servant arrived and said respectfully, "Xuanxiu Zhang, Manager Xiang requests your presence."
He nodded and said, "I understand. Go back and tell Senior Brother Xiang that I'll be there shortly."
The servant left with a salute.
Zhang Yu continued lecturing in the hall until the students had sorted out their thoughts and left. Only then did he get up from his seat, tidied himself up, and walked out of the side hall toward the Hall of Past Affairs.
When he walked over, the servants and Xuanxiu would take the initiative to move out of his way and salute him.
This wasn't just because he had become a Xuanxiu, but also because he had killed Almote, one of the Army of God's four marquises. He had also proposed to capture Yan Xulun and his son during the meeting. In the past sixty years, there had never been a Xuanxiu who had faced the Army of God head-on like he had and emerged unscathed afterward. Thus, most Xuanxiu felt deep admiration for him.
The Xuanfu halls weren't far from each other, so it didn't take long for him to reach the main hall and enter the Hall of Past Affairs.
On his way here, he saw Xiang Chun and Wang Gong, so he came up and bowed. "Greetings, Senior Brother Xiang and Senior Brother Wang."
Xiang Chun and Wang Gong also stood up and returned the greeting. "Greetings, Junior Brother Zhang."
After the greetings, Xiang Chun invited him to sit down and asked him about the recent training. After a few words, he said, "Junior Brother Zhang, we might have to trouble you again this time because this matter may involve the future of Xuanfu and the protectorate. Moreover, I'm afraid only you can accomplish this, so we had no choice but to invite you here."
Zhang Yu asked, "What is it?"
Wang Gong said, "Junior Brother Zhang, we need your knowledge to help us find a place."
Xiang Chun continued, "Junior Brother Zhang should have heard of that place. It's the ancestral land of the Blood Sun Ancient Kingdom."
Zhang Yu specialized in ancient natural history, so he was very familiar with these things. When Xiang Chun mentioned it, he immediately reacted and said, "Senior Brother, are you talking about the legendary 'Azizama', the Divine Kingdom where many believers of the Blood Sun Ancient Kingdom went to after they died?"
Xiang Chun said, "Yes, that's the name. Legend has it that this place is the resting place of the ancient gods and warriors of the Blood Sun Ancient Kingdom. During the Turbid Tide, they awakened from here."
Zhang Yu thought for a moment and asked, "I saw in the documents that during the Battle of the Honghe Pass, the army of the government government once came to this place and buried it long ago?"
Xiang Chun shook his head. "That's not the truth."
When Zhang Yu heard him say this, he wasn't surprised. He had long known that many of the documents that the government put on the surface weren't necessarily true. They would try to cover up many things that couldn't be known to outsiders. This was because of the existence of the bewitching EsGod. Sometimes, this had to be done.
At this moment, Xiang Chun continued, "When the Turbid Tide rose, Governor Guan Zheng led the army to meet the enemy. Faced with an endless stream of awakened ancient gods and warriors, the battle was in a stalemate for a time.
At that time, the army also received news that the Blood Sun Ancient Kingdom was preparing for a grand sacrificial ceremony to awaken their once most powerful god. In order to prevent this situation, our Xuanfu's Head of Mystery Yan Zhang and the Army of God's Commandant Yue Shu came up with a strategy. That was to organize an elite force and directly launch a surprise attack on the so-called ancestral land of the Blood Sun Ancient Kingdom. "
Wang Gong said, "At that time, our Dongting Protectorate had a total of three maps that led to that place. The Governor, our Xuanfu, and the Army of God each had one. After the scholars of the Protectorate verified that these three maps were left behind by several zealots before and after the destruction of the Blood Sun Ancient Kingdom in the last era. These three maps each lead to a different route, but all of them are real."
Zhang Yu thought for a moment and said, "Was it because of the Turbid Tide?"
Xiang Chun nodded heavily and said, "Yes, it's because of the Turbid Tide that the world shattered, and even people's minds were distorted. That's why the map drawn by every believer is different, but they're all correct. The scholars of the Protectorate relied on these three maps to find the commonality between them and accurately deduce the route and method to reach that boundary.
After confirming the route, Head of Mystery Yan and Commandant Yue led a large number of elites from our Xuanfu and the Army of God, as well as some otherworldly people from Tianxia to the Dongting Protectorate, to launch a surprise attack on this place according to the map. They successfully buried the ancestral land of the Blood Sun Ancient Kingdom, but in the end … not a single one of them returned. "
At this point, he could not help but let out a long sigh. "From then on, Xuanfu's vitality was greatly damaged, and they were no longer the same as before."
Wang Gong said, "In these 60 years, the Army of God has never given up on searching for this place, because they want to find the lost Divine Robe. However, in order to get there, they need to read three secret scrolls. After the Battle of the Honghe, the three secret scrolls are still in the hands of the three parties. However, the half scroll in the Protectorate's hands is very likely to have been obtained by the Army of God."
Zhang Yu asked, "Half a scroll?"
Xiang Chun said in a low voice, "Yes, half a scroll! We don't know what happened in the Protectorate General's manor. Only half of the secret scroll was left in their hands, and the other half was missing. Later on, before Governor Yang Xuan left, he placed this half of the secret scroll in the Wenxiu Courtyard. "
He paused, then raised his head and said, "Junior brother Zhang, I think that the Army of God's Yan Xulun very likely came to the Wenxiu Courtyard for this scroll. In the end, he burned this place to cover up his tracks."
Zhang Yu thought for a moment. If this was the case, then things could be linked together.
Xiang Chun sighed and said, "If only the Governor had not placed that half of the scroll in the Wenxiu Courtyard. Perhaps then it would not have been obtained by the Army of God. However, I don't know why he did this."
Zhang Yu was deep in thought.
In fact, if one carefully looked at the Governor's past actions, it was not difficult to understand why he did this.
This half of the secret scroll was clearly a hot potato. If it was kept by his side, the Army of God and Xuanfu would probably be constantly thinking about it. Governor Yang Xuan was afraid that after he left, his children would not have any prestige and would not be able to keep this scroll. On the contrary, they might encounter danger.
If he threw this scroll out, then the Protectorate would be removing himself from this matter. In the future, he would only need to sit and watch the battle between the Army of God and Xuanfu.
This was another art of balance that he took advantage of the situation.
Wang Gong said, "A few days ago, we received news that the Left, Right, and Lower Marquises of the Army of God are all in the north. Furthermore, an insider told us that some people in the Army of God are secretly heading towards the depths of Mount An. We believe that they may have found some crucial clues. If this is the case, we cannot let them find that place so easily. Otherwise, for our Xuanfu, it will certainly be a disaster."
Zhang Yu also agreed with these words. Previously, Kuang Gong and Yu Gong had both warned him that the Army of God seemed too honest recently. This was not normal and asked him to be careful. He also remembered the words of the person who had possessed the Army of God. Thus, perhaps the Army of God really had found something.
Xiang Chun said in a low voice, "It is not a big deal that the other God's Robes have been found because most of the God's Robes are not ranked high or low. What is needed is a compatible person. Even if there is such a person, it is not something that can be adapted in a short period of time. However, at the time, the Army of God's Deputy Commandant Ying Chongguang had a God's Robe that could transmit all of the previous host's power to the next person to inherit the God's Robe. At the time, this person was also lost there."
His voice was incomparably grave as he said, "Once someone in the Army of God finds this God's Robe and puts it on, then the Army of God will immediately obtain a power that even the Protectorate and us together cannot suppress. At that time, it is hard to imagine what they will do."
Zhang Yu's eyes flashed. If the Army of God really did obtain this God's Robe, given the current situation of the Protectorate, it would be difficult for anyone to stop them.
He thought for a moment and asked, "Senior Brother Xiang, I would like to ask one more question. If the Army of God's God's Robe is there, then is it possible that the inheritance of our Xuanfu is also there?"
Xiang Chun thought for a moment and said, "Junior Brother Zhang, now I will not hide it from you. I hope that you will not tell anyone. In Xuanfu, other than Head Xuan, only me, Junior Brother Dou, Junior Brother Xu, and Junior Brother Wang know about this."
Zhang Yu nodded.
Xiang Chun slowly said, "In truth, the seal to the three chapters can only be learned when one returns to Tianxia. The previous Head Xuan of our Xuanfu was also directly appointed by the locals and not chosen from the Xuanfu. Without the consent of the locals, the method to view the three chapters is not allowed to be taught privately. Therefore, the Army of God may be able to find the God's Robe, but our Xuanfu may not be able to find anything.
The Army of God has proposed many times to take out all the secret scrolls and combine them into one to find that location and find the inheritance together. However, we did not agree and neither did the Protectorate, so this matter was left unsettled. "
Zhang Yu was slightly surprised. "Then Head Xuan, he …"
He remembered reading Qi Huan's records. During the battle at the Honghe Pass, it was very likely that this person had not read the third chapter. He should have broken through after re-establishing Xuanfu.
Then where did this person's method come from?
Xiang Chun said, "This is a very obscure technique that Xuan Shou came across by chance. Before Xuan Shou, no one had managed to cultivate it. Although Xuan Shou managed to do so later on, it is precisely because this technique is too unique that none of us are suitable to cultivate it."
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