After Zhang Yu returned from Xuanfu, he stayed in his old residence in Taiyang Academy. In the next few days, there were many people who asked about him and came to visit.
Viceroy Yang Jue also sent people to greet him and bring many gifts. Just as Yu Mingyang said, these things were all ancient objects.
However, none of the Viceroy's gifts contained Origin Energy.
This was because they were all gifts from his subordinates. First, they had to ensure that these things did not have any mystical powers. Second, they had to have no connection to EsGod. Finally, they had to have an exquisite appearance that was pleasing to the eye. It seemed that those strange things would not be able to be sent to the Viceroy.
However, this was a token of their sincerity. It could not be measured by the weight of the gift or whether it was useful. Moreover, it could be seen that each of these things had been carefully selected and put in a lot of thought, so he would not dislike them.
On the other hand, although his student An Chuer did not send many things, more than ninety percent of them contained Origin Energy. Moreover, they came from different places. It was not difficult to see that these things had been slowly collected by her own family.
The Viceroy's sister, another student, Yang Ying, did not show up this time. This was because she had transferred to Yujing after entering Qingyang Academy. This was also some sort of arrangement that Yujing had made for the Viceroy Protectorate.
On the fourth day after returning to his old residence, he declined visitors and sat alone in his original quiet room. After sitting for a while, he took out a few broken stone slabs and spread out some letters with ancient characters on them.
This was the stone slab that his adoptive father had left behind. It had been taken away by the Army of God's Deputy Commandant Yan Xulun. In the end, he had taken it back.
From the words left behind on the letter, his adoptive father had left this thing behind with the intention of letting him obtain some kind of power from it. He had also left behind clues to find the next stone slab.
However, at the time, he had his own path to walk, so he did not do such a thing.
From the location provided in the letter, the other stone slab was also here in the Dongting Protectorate, and it was somewhere in Mount An.
Since he was going there this time, he was prepared to take this item along with him.
After a night had passed, he stood up from his meditation room and walked out of his old residence. He turned around and looked around before closing the door and walking out of Taiyang Academy.
He left Xu Chengtong and the others in Auspicious Light City, so he took them to the white boat and headed towards the Honghe Pass.
Xu Chengtong looked at the distant Mount An and said, "The mountain range is continuous and majestic. Patrol Officer, it seems there is an even more vast boundary behind this mountain range."
Zhang Yu said, "The territory occupied by Tianxia has been the center of the succession of foreign forces for several epochs. Its rise and fall is nothing. Even though the same thing is happening here, there are even more things that have been preserved, especially to the east of Mount An. I suspect that there are even more ancient things hidden in the depths. "
Qing Shu said, "Sir, why didn't Xuanting send people to investigate this place? If there is a threat, they can eliminate it ahead of time. "
Zhang Yu said, "I believe that when Tianxia established the Protectorate here, he actually had such considerations. However, with the arrival of the Turbid Tide, the various continents are working hard to restore the people's livelihood and straighten out their internal affairs. Before they restore their old outlook, I believe that they won't turn their attention to the outside world."
From Tianxia's current arrangements in the outer layer, it could be seen that they were primarily defensive, without any signs of taking the initiative to attack.
From a general point of view, this was correct.
Tianxia, who occupied the inner layer, was growing stronger with each passing day. There was simply no need for them to fight with the powers in the outer layer. They only needed to guard the inner layer well. The longer this went on, the greater the gap between the two sides would become.
Just as Su Qian had said to him when he came to the Protectorate, although the Turbid Tide had passed, the current Tianxia was even stronger than before. Even if they just sat there and waited, they would be able to exhaust these enemies to death.
However, the enemies would definitely not be willing to wait for death. They would definitely do something, perhaps even fight with their lives on the line.
Of course, whether it was him or Su Qian, they could only see the strength of the middle and lower levels. They still could not understand the strength of the upper levels.
As he pondered, the white boat arrived in the air above the Flood River Pass. When he had passed through this place in the past, it had been densely packed with military forts. Now, he could see that the majority of these forts were empty, but a few were buried underground.
With Qingyang's experience, he could tell at a glance that this was a tactic to facilitate the use of the Xuan Weapon Explosion.
The Protectorate now had its own Tenki-in Hall that could be used to forge Xuan Weapons. There was simply no need for tens of thousands of soldiers to deal with the aboriginals and the priests who possessed mystical powers. A single Xuan Weapon was enough to raze them to the ground.
As the white boat approached, a beam of guiding light shone over, and under its guidance, it landed on the rooftop of a mooring boat.
Below the mooring, a tall and sturdy cultivator was waiting. It was Dou Chang, who had cooperated with him in the past. At Dou Chang's side was a bespectacled white-clothed woman holding a bamboo sword.
Zhang Yu disembarked from the flying boat. Upon seeing the two, he cupped his hands in greeting and said, "Senior Brother Dou." He then nodded at Xin Chan and said, "Senior Sister Xin, greetings to the two of you."
Dou Chang returned the greeting and laughed loudly, saying, "We received a message from Head Xuan. We knew that Junior Brother Zhang was coming here, so we specially waited here."
Xin Chan curtsied and stared at him for a moment before saying, "Junior Brother Zhang, it's truly been a long time."
Dou Chang said in a deep voice, "I heard that Junior Brother wants to enter Mount An this time?"
Zhang Yu replied, "Precisely."
Dou Chang said, "Now, there's no need to worry for five hundred li from the pass. As long as you continue forward, you'll need to be careful because the Turbid Tide there is much thicker than here."
Zhang Yu said, "Many thanks for the reminder, Senior Brother Dou."
At this time, the earth shook, and then shook again. Everyone turned their heads to look, but they saw a huge, indistinct shadow appear in the distance. It looked like a huge elephant on all fours. The scattered trees around it were easily pushed aside like weeds.
Dou Chang glanced and said in a deep voice, "It's another spiritual creature that ran out from the depths of Mount An. It's happened dozens of times in these two years, but it's so big that it saves us the trouble of showing up. "
Not long after his voice fell, a silver light streaked across the sky from behind and landed in front of that huge creature. Immediately afterwards, a flickering radiance also fell from the sky.
In a split second, a glaring flash exploded in front of them. At this moment, it felt as if the entire sky around them had darkened. Next, there was a huge rumbling sound that shook the earth. It could be seen that the soil and forest in front of them were surging in all directions like waves.
When everything calmed down and they looked again, they saw that it had already become a white land. That huge spiritual creature had already disappeared without a trace.
Dou Chang said, "If you want to blame something, blame it on its size being too big and its movement being too slow. It just so happens to be a target for Profound Weapons. However, some nimble spiritual creatures are not easy to deal with."
Xin Chan said, "There are many suspicious areas near the mountain pass that have been blown up by Profound Weapons. Junior Brother Zhang, walking along these areas can save you a lot of trouble."
Zhang Yu nodded and said, "Many thanks for Senior Sister Xin's reminder."
After he chatted with the two for a while, he once again boarded the flying boat and went deeper into the area that had been blown up by those Profound Weapons.
The letter that his adoptive father gave him had a brief description of how to find the next stone slab. However, it all used some things in the dense forest as references, such as huge mountain shapes or special plants.
However, after the explosion of the Xuan Weapon, the plants could no longer be found. Fortunately, there were still some remnants of the mountains. Moreover, this place was not as difficult to determine the direction as before when the Turbid Tide was strong. Therefore, he only used half a day to find the place mentioned on the letter.
This was a mountain full of bare rocks. This place was actually not far from the mountain pass. It could be seen that it had once been impacted by the aftermath of the Profound Weapons. However, this mountain was still as sturdy as before.
Zhang Yu stared at it for a while. After a long time, he said, "You guys wait for me here."
Xu Chengtong and the others responded with a yes.
Zhang Yu came out from the white boat. His figure suddenly flashed and he appeared on top of the mountain peak. Looking down, he waved his sleeve and a large piece of broken rock was cleared away. On the side wall of the mountain peak, an open cave was revealed.
His figure slowly descended. Reaching out, he put on his hood and walked in.
It could be seen that the place under his feet was artificially excavated. The surrounding mountain walls were flat and firm. On top of it, there were many relief sculptures of strange creatures. Those hollow eyes seemed to be staring at him at this moment.
He walked here slowly. The passage was a little narrow in front, but the further he went, the more spacious it became.
After passing through a collapsed stone door, what appeared in front of him was a perfectly straight passage. At the end of the passage, there was a circular stone door. Now, it was half broken. On the left and right sides of the passage, there were two rows of tall alcoves.
In the alcoves, there were many clay pots in the shape of human figures. It seemed that some kind of colored material had been smeared on them. Now, it was mottled and peeling, blurred and indistinct.
He stopped here and looked around. From the traces, this should have been an ancient ruin. However, later on, it should have been used and modified by someone.
He turned to look at one of the clay pots at the side. Using his heart force, a peeling sound came from it. Cracks appeared on it and it finally shattered.
What was exposed was a stone statue of a humanoid creature with a sharp head and long webbed limbs.
However, there were no traces of carving on this thing from the inside out, and there were still bones and internal organs in its body. This undoubtedly meant that this thing was originally a living creature, but it had been invaded by some kind of mysterious power, which was why it had become like this.
But in his heart, he felt that this matter was not so simple. However, the level of these things was not high, so there was no need to investigate further.
He walked through the passage full of clay pots until he reached the end. At this time, he looked through the broken hole of the circular stone door. He saw a familiar figure half-kneeling there. His eyes flashed. "Ning Kunlun?"
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