Zhang Yu, accompanied by Xiang Chun, walked along the corridor behind the main hall until they arrived in front of the Mount Qi Cave.
Daoist Quan was waiting here at this moment, as if he had never left. When he saw the two of them, he bowed and said, "Xuanxiu Zhang, Senior Xiang." Then, he took a step back and opened up the entrance to the cave.
Xiang Chun said, "Junior Zhang, I'll stop here with you. I won't go in."
Zhang Yu nodded and walked into the cave. Then, he followed the passage until he arrived in front of the Xuan Shou Cave. Finally, he stepped forward and pushed, and the stone door slowly opened.
He straightened his robe and stepped in.
This cave was the place where the previous Head Xuan had cultivated. He remembered that the last time he came here, he had met the Head Xuan, Qi Hua, here. This time, it was empty.
He walked along the gentle slope until he came to a high cliff and stood still. There was a praying mat and a short table here. On top of it, there was a brush, ink, paper, and inkstone used before. It was as if the original owner was still here.
He stood here and looked around. He saw that there was a stone groove on each side of the stone wall. The size of the groove was consistent with the height of the mysterious jade.
He thought for a moment and walked to the left. He took out the mysterious jade from his sleeve and slowly pressed it. After a while, the wall silently moved to the side, revealing a secret room.
He stepped into the secret chamber and found that the place was not big, only three or four steps away. There was a niche in front of him with a jade seal the size of a fist on it. Next to his right hand, there was a set of robes supported by a golden frame.
He looked at the robe and recognized it as the Xuan Shou's robe. It was exactly the same as the one he saw on Yan Zhang that day.
However, looking at this one, it seemed that it had never been worn by anyone before. It looked even more gorgeous, so it should be a formal robe.
He turned his gaze and came to the front of the jade seal. Next to it, there was a book with pages. He picked it up and flipped through it. He saw that there was a seal on each page. There were a total of four pages.
In the middle of the main seal, there was a blank space where the personal seal was stamped.
From the names written on it, the first three Chiefs Xuan of the Dongting Protectorate had all left their names on it. There was even a written record of the specific dates of their terms of office. From the handwriting, it was clear that this had all been written by the later Chiefs Xuan of the Dongting Protectorate.
From this, it could be seen that the first Head Xuan was also a temporary replacement. His main purpose was to help the two Governors stabilize the situation in the East Court.
After a year, he returned to the mainland to report on his work. Then came the second Head Xuan, who could be considered the founder of the Dongting Xuanfu. Twenty years later, he also passed away.
Next up was the third Head Xuan, Yan Zhang. After him was Qi Hua.
He thought for a moment, then took out a red brush from the niche, and wrote down the years on Qi Hua's seal, from the 313th year of the Great Xuan calendar to the 374th year of the Great Xuan calendar.
Then, he put down the brush and flipped over Qi Hua's page, revealing a new page.
He reached out and picked up the Head Xuan Jade Seal. With his other hand, he firmly placed it on the page. Then, he took out his personal seal and placed it on the empty space in the middle.
At this moment, the golden page faintly lit up, and a ray of light fell into the Xuan Jade he carried with him.
He thought for a moment, then took out the Xuan Jade. He sent his consciousness into it and found that the seal diagram had appeared. He couldn't help but nod. This way, when the Head Xuan Jade Seal was not on him, he could use it to confirm his identity.
After doing this, he put the golden page and the seal back in their original places. If nothing unexpected happened, he would not touch these two items again. He would have to wait for the next Head Xuan to come back and use them again.
After circling the place once more, he saw that there was nothing else. He walked out of the place and took the Profound Jade. The stone wall slowly closed up. Then, he went to the stone wall on the right and opened the door with the Profound Jade again. Unlike before, there was a flight of stairs that led downwards behind the door.
He walked down the stairs, and after about thirty steps, he turned into a spacious stone cave. He could see that the walls were lit with everlasting lamps, illuminating the entire stone cave.
On his right side, there was a row of bookshelves, which were filled with jade books and scrolls.
He walked closer, took a copy, and looked at it. He put it back, then walked a few more steps and took another one.
Judging from the year and label, this should be the most important document and booklet that recorded the cultivation of the mystics in the Dongting Profound Palace for the past hundred years.
He flipped through the records. Other than the seniors from sixty years ago, the records of this generation, including Xiang Chun, Chen Song, and the others, were all placed here. There was also the record of Yingxiong, who had already switched to the Hunzhang Dao.
If he could grasp these things, then Xuanxiu would have no secrets in front of him.
However, even though he was the Head of Mystery now, he was only acting on behalf of Xuanxiu. These things belonged to the more secretive parts of Xuanxiu himself. If there was no need, he would not casually flip through them.
So he turned around and went to the other side of the cave.
Here was a long wooden shelf with a square lattice, which contained a large number of cultivation experiences of predecessors.
He flipped through the books and found that most of them were from sixty years ago. After that, there were no new books on display.
Here, he also accidentally found scrolls of visualization diagrams.
After looking through them, he realized that they were for Xuanxiu who had reached the Realm of Enlightenment to visualize. Regarding this, the consciousness hidden in the Profound Jade did not explain anything.
However, these things were cultivation methods that could only be used after reading the third chapter of the Xuanfu. They were not taught in the Xuanfu. What was on display now was only the accumulation of the first forty years of the East Court.
He couldn't help but be interested in this.
After stepping into the Chapter of Enlightenment, he didn't know what the path ahead was. He originally thought that he would only know after returning to the mainland, but he didn't expect to be able to see some clues in advance here.
He took down a visualization diagram that was placed on the outermost edge and looked at it. It was a "Revolving Turtle Diagram" with Head of Mystery Qi Huan's annotations at the bottom. He couldn't help but nod and think to himself, "It seems that Head Qi Huan has visualized this diagram before."
After putting it back, he casually took out a visualization diagram and flipped it open. This was a "Bi 'an" visualization diagram from the Xuanyi Chapter. The diagram looked like a human and an ape. At a glance, it seemed to be able to jump into one's mind along with the gaze.
This diagram mainly cultivated the "Mind" and "Eye" seals, and the "Body" and "Mouth" seals as auxiliary. It could be chosen according to the cultivator's level of cultivation.
Although this was a visualization diagram that was both offensive and defensive, after successfully cultivating it, it would be slightly lacking in offense. Instead, if it was used to assist others in battle, it could be called an ideal helper.
In the process of flipping through it, he gradually had a concept of future cultivation through the annotations of the predecessors.
Xuanxiu's first and second chapters were a process of building a foundation. After visualizing the third chapter, it was necessary to integrate everything. Because the changes in this chapter were complicated and there were many seals, it was easy to go astray and easily disperse one's energy. Therefore, it was necessary to find a core chapter to make a useful summary.
From then on, all the seals were built around this core principle.
Visualization diagrams were one of the most effective methods. It could help cultivators organize their own seals and techniques, and help them to avoid going astray as much as possible.
However, the visualization diagram could not be casually chosen. Apart from a few special visualization diagrams, it usually needed to be compatible with the magical organs cultivated by the cultivator.
As for the magical organs, they were related to the seals cultivated by the cultivator. The selection of the seals was decided at the beginning, so they were of the same origin.
If one were to look at Xuanxiu's cultivation path, each stage of cultivation seemed to be relatively independent, but in fact, they were all closely related to the later stages of cultivation.
The path a cultivator was walking on would also determine the path they would walk on in the next chapter.
After Zhang Yu flipped through all the visualization diagrams, he found that not a single one of them was compatible with his own path.
This was to be expected.
At this moment, he couldn't help but think. Previously, he thought that if he could get in touch with Tianxia, he should be able to find what he needed in the mainland.
However, he was afraid of what if.
Firstly, sixty years had passed, and it was hard to say what the situation on Tianxia's side was. Secondly, his magical organs were, after all, created by the Seal of the Spirit Space. Every magical organ created by the Seal of the Spirit Space was unique, so there might not necessarily be a visualization diagram that was suitable for him.
Then, if he didn't have a visualization diagram, how should he go on the path of cultivation?
He felt that he needed to take some time to think about this problem.
He tidied up the things here and walked out of the cave. Then, he called Daoist Quan in and asked him to invite Xiang Chun and Chen Song.
Not long after, Xiang Chun and Chen Song arrived in the cave. When they saw Zhang Yu sitting in the Head Xuan's seat, their expressions became solemn. They came up to him and bowed, saying, "Greetings, Head Xuan."
Zhang Yu bowed and invited the two of them to sit down. He said, "Just now, there were some things that I didn't have time to tell you two senior brothers. I'm sure you two have already guessed it. In the seal passed down by Yan Xuan, there is a path to the third chapter. I'll copy it and hand it over to you."
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