In the inheritance hall.
"I see……"
After listening to Zhuge Xing's story, Zhang Yao finally understood the cause and effect.
More than a hundred years ago, although the five major golden elixir forces in Dali's immortal world had friction with each other, they could still maintain a balance.
Until the relics of the Five Elements Sanren came to the world, the five golden elixir powers first cooperated and then turned against each other. No one was willing to give in, which led to the outbreak of the Five Sects War.
After many years, few people know the deep inside story of the original war and the relevant high-level game that dominated the situation.
But the aftermath of this war has not dissipated to this day.
"The relics of the Five Elements Sanren were the trigger that triggered the Great War among the Five Sects."
"This war finally ended with the destruction of Pingdu Clan; just a dozen years later, Tianbao Tower issued a recruitment order for the Five Spiritual Roots that shocked the world of immortal cultivation in the southwest..."
Zhang Yao's heart suddenly became enlightened, and a thread connected many mysteries and his previous conjectures:
In the original battle for the relics, Pingdumen took the lead and got the largest share, but because of this, the other families joined forces to target them.
After a series of joint efforts, for some unknown reason, Pingdumen was eventually besieged and defeated. Most of the relics in their hands were snatched away, but there were still two or three items that remained unaccounted for.
Over the years:
The foundation-building monks of the East Pavilion Sect and the West Pavilion Sect have always speculated that when the mountain gate collapsed, the Jindan Patriarch inside the gate made arrangements in advance and hid the relics in a secret cache.
There may be a Five Elements Sanren relic hidden inside the Tiandu Secret Hidden, but they have never been able to confirm it, and many attempts have ended in failure.
"If this news is true, then it all makes sense."
In Zhang Yao's heart, thoughts flashed rapidly:
"The final reward of Tiandu Secret Treasure is nothing more than a primary spiritual weapon and a foundation-building pill, which is indeed attractive to foundation-building monks."
"But for so many years, nearly ten foundation-building monks from the East Pavilion Sect and the West Pavilion Sect have been keeping an eye on the secrets in Tianyin Mountain, and even took risks and sent people to stay there for a long time. It's a bit of a fuss."
"Now it seems that the real reason why they attach so much importance to Tiandu's secrets is that there may be relics of the Five Elements scattered people hidden here!"
It’s not just the foundation-building monks of the Dongge Sect and the Xige Sect.
It stands to reason that more than a hundred years have passed, and the remnants of Pingdu Clan have long been rotten fish and shrimps, unable to make any waves.
But why do the four major golden elixir factions, Lingyang Sect, Fuhai Sect, Dugu Family, and Shanhe Sect, spend a lot of money and still offer rewards and arrests for these remnants of Pingdu Clan for a long time?
It can be seen that their target is probably also the clues related to the relics of the Five Elements Sanren, rather than really attaching much importance to these remnants of Pingdu.
"The relics of Five Elements Sanren..."
Zhang Yao's mood at this moment was quite complicated.
"Unexpectedly, after going around and around, I still stepped into this vortex."
All coincidences actually have their origin.
When he heard Lao Qi accidentally talk about the destruction of the Pingdu Clan, he forgot about it. How could he have thought that there would be such a complicated secret behind it?
"Bang!"
Zhang Yao continued to ask for some details, and after confirming that no more value could be squeezed out, he killed Zhuge Xing.
He picked up Zhuge Xing's storage bag, poured his magic power into it, and quickly sorted out the harvest, especially the conspicuous Jade Ruyi.
"He chose the spiritual weapon, which is not bad."
"This way, after I advance to the foundation building stage, I won't have no spiritual weapons to use."
Zhang Yao played with the jade Ruyi for a while, then put it into his storage bag, and then pondered over it.
There might be relics of Five Elements Sanren hidden in Tiandu's secrets, so since he had this opportunity, he would definitely try to see if he could get it.
"The foundation-building monks of the Dongge Sect and the Xige Sect have used all available methods decades ago."
"Since the relic is not hidden in the rewards, it means that special methods are needed to find it..."
Zhang Yao thought for a moment, then suddenly had an idea and came to the side of the white wall.
He put his hand on the white wall and tried to run the "Wanhuadu Tianzhen Sutra", slowly entering into his own five elements magic power.
To a certain extent, he can be regarded as the successor of Five Elements Sanren. Maybe he can sense his relics with the help of the same magic power?
"...Okay, it seems this method won't work."
"If the Jindan Patriarch of Pingdu Gate really wants to hide his relics here, he probably won't leave such a backdoor."
After a moment, Zhang Yao retracted his palm regretfully.
In the next half hour, he tried various methods, but in the end they all proved ineffective.
"never mind."
Zhang Yao shook his head and could only choose to give up.
"I am lucky to gain something, but I am destined to lose it; a blessing in disguise."
"If we can't get the relics of the Five Elements Sanren, maybe it will be a good thing?"
He comforted himself, straightened his clothes and robes, and walked towards the stone door exit on the side of the hall.
Tiandu's secret hiding place has a time limit. If you don't get out, you will never be able to get out.
…………
Deep in Tianyin Mountain, in the imperial mausoleum.
Salvia guest sat cross-legged, the old spirit was at ease, quietly closing his eyes to rest.
Fuyaozi on the side frowned, pacing back and forth with anxiety.
"Junior Brother Fuyaozi, can you be quiet?"
Salvia guest suddenly opened his eyes and said calmly:
"According to time calculation, the only seedling of your West Pavilion Sect should have died. Your West Pavilion Sect will face failure again."
"On the other hand, my nephew Zhuge from the Dongge Sect has a very high success rate in passing the test this time."
"Senior Brother Danshen, I'm afraid that's not necessarily the case, right?"
Fuyaozi snorted coldly when he heard this, and said with a strange air:
"You are so sure that he can get a foundation-building pill and give it to you to exchange for a spiritual weapon?"
"Maybe the four disciples of your Dongge sect will all fail the trial and end up in vain."
"Ah……"
Salvia guest smiled faintly and was too lazy to say anything else.
Fuyaozi wanted to continue to say something, but his expression suddenly changed slightly, and he suddenly turned his head to look at the huge obelisk.
"Out!"
Salvia Guest also became energetic and looked up at the location of the huge obelisk, showing a hint of expectation.
Silently, a figure emerged from the surface of the huge obelisk.
When they saw the face of this figure clearly, both of them were stunned.
"How could it be you?!"
After Salvia guest reacted, he was shocked and stood up in a state of disbelief.
Zhang Yao can appear here, which means that most of the four trial disciples of their Dongge sect died in the secret.
But how is this possible? !
"This... nephew Zhang Qing?"
Fuyaozi was startled at first, and then became ecstatic. His heart was filled with huge joy, and his head was dizzy.
He laughed heartily and said repeatedly:
"Hahaha...Okay, nephew Zhang Qing, well done!"
As he spoke, he moved to prepare to protect Zhang Yao to prevent the salvia guest from jumping over the wall in a hurry.
"etc!"
Salvia guest suddenly stopped him and said loudly:
"Be careful! There is something wrong with this person!!"
"What?"
Fuyaozi was stunned for a moment, a little confused.
"Do you think he alone can survive unscathed after killing the four of them, Master Nephew Zhuge?"
As Salvia Guest spoke, he stared at Zhang Yao as if facing a formidable enemy, his magic power surging, and the magical weapon in his sleeves ready to go.
"you……"
Fuyaozi also reacted and his expression changed.
Even if 'Zhang Qing' swallowed the 'Yuan Yang Li Luo Dan' he gave him, his mana would surge and he would be dead after forcibly killing the four people.
But the 'Zhang Qing' in front of him was full of energy, how could he look like he was weak?
In his previous ecstasy, he actually ignored this key detail!
"Boom..."
The moment the two of them were talking, the ground around them shook slightly, and the secret of Tiandu had dived into the depths of the ground and disappeared.
"Who are you?"
Fuyaozi broke away from Danshenke's hand and scolded him sharply.
Obviously, he also realized that there was definitely something wrong with the identity of the 'Zhang Qing' from the Sunset League in front of him.
Facing the hostility of the two foundation-building monks, Zhang Yao smiled slightly and said:
"Both of you, farewell."
Before he finished speaking, a round of yellow-brown brilliance emerged from his body, covering his whole body and instantly melting into the ground.
If he had to wait for Tiandu's secret hiding place, he would have run away the moment he stepped out of the secret hiding place, without even meeting the two of them.
"Don't leave!"
Danshenke and Fuyaozi roared, and they all fired their magical weapons and cast high-level spells, but they were a step too late after all.
"Boom..."
Under the tyrannical power of the foundation-building monk, the top-level magic weapon exploded with several times its power, blasting a huge hole more than ten feet deep into the ground.
The surrounding ground shook slightly, as if a very small earthquake had erupted.
But with Zhang Yao's current magic power, he could escape hundreds of feet underground in an instant. Even if the two of them turned the imperial mausoleum upside down, there was no way they could intercept him.
Deep underground:
Zhang Yao used the "Escape Through Mountains" technique and escaped more than two hundred feet underground in one breath.
"Uh-huh!"
He waved his sleeves and threw all the Tiandu Ling Talisman, Yuanyang Li Luo Dan and other objects in the storage bag on the ground.
He had already carefully checked the storage bags of the Dongge Sect disciples, leaving only the spiritual stones, magic weapons and spiritual elixirs, leaving everything else behind to avoid being tracked.
"gone."
After doing all this, Zhang Yao felt a lot more relaxed. He walked all the way underground and soon left the scope of Tianyin Mountain.
And in the imperial tomb deep in Tianyin Mountain:
"...Damn, damn!!"
Fuyaozi fell into rage, with a ferocious look on his face:
"This beast..."
An outsider pretended to be a member of the Pingdu Clan, entered the Tiandu Clan, reaped all the benefits, and escaped unscathed, which made him furious.
The most unacceptable thing for him was that he was deceived and played with by applause during a mere Qi refining period!
For him, a dignified foundation-building monk, this was simply a great shame and humiliation!
"calm down!"
Salvia guest's face was equally ugly. He was using some magic technique in his hand and said calmly:
"It's useless for you to spit and get angry now."
"The top priority is to lock down his identity, capture or kill him, and never let the secret information leak out!"
When Fuyaozi heard this, he cursed a few more times and then asked:
"Didn't your Dongge sect develop a spell to track the Tiandu Talisman?"
"The Talisman of Heaven's Capital cannot be left in the secret treasure, so it must still be with him. As long as we start from this point..."
"I've already tried it."
Salvia guest scattered the magic formula in his hand, and his face was so gloomy that water dripped from his face:
"The auras corresponding to those command talismans are right under our feet, about two hundred feet away, and there is no sign of movement."
"this……"
When Fuyaozi heard this, he frowned immediately.
"This person is very decisive and directly throws away the Heavenly Capital Talisman... Is there any other way?"
"Why!"
The Salvia guest let out a long sigh, with a hint of sadness on his face:
"I'm afraid he has run far away at this moment. It is impossible for you and me to track his whereabouts with our methods."
"We were unprepared in advance. Even if we invite Senior Brother Luo Ri and Chang Hong to come over, it wouldn't make much sense..."
Having said this, he paused and stared at Fuyaozi:
"I was just about to ask you."
"How did you get deceived by him? You can't even recognize your own magic formula?"
Fuyaozi suddenly became angry and said:
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
"This Zhang Qing claims to be a subordinate of Senior Brother Lueyi. He was once a disciple of the Qinglian Sect, a secret branch of the Pingdu Sect."
"I personally tested his Baolian Song Technique, and it was quite impressive. At least it must have been achieved through years of practice. How could I have imagined at the time that he was a fake..."
When the salvia guest heard this, he couldn't help but shake his head and said:
"With such a disguise, it's no wonder you were deceived by him."
A trace of worry arose in his heart.
If the other party learned about this incident by chance, obtained the Tiandu Talisman, and made an impromptu plan, it can only be said that the other party's talent in the art of music is amazing.
But if the other party had known about it for a long time, and had secretly planned and deliberately sneaked into the secret many years ago, I'm afraid the plan would have been too small!
"Junior Brother Fuyaozi."
Salvia guest made a decision in his heart and said in a deep voice:
"No matter what, we can't stay in Tianyin Mountain any longer!"
"Regardless of whether that person chooses to leak or report, we cannot take chances or take risks that could endanger lives."
"The most urgent thing is to leave Dali as soon as possible and report this matter to the other senior brothers of our two factions."
When Fuyaozi heard this, his face turned ugly and he said:
"Then we won't come here anymore? What should we do with the relics of Five Elements Sanren?"
"If there are really relics of Five Elements Sanren hidden in the secrets of Tiandu, it may very well be my greatest hope for the revival of Pingdu Sect..."
Salvia guest was silent for a moment and sighed:
“The lesser of two evils.”
"If we all die, even if we get the relics, there will be no hope of rebuilding the sect."
"……All right."
Fuyaozi nodded helplessly, then he thought of something and gritted his teeth and said:
"That little thief... don't let me bump into you again!"
"Let me bump into you again, and I'll have to peel off your skin, cramp your muscles, crush your bones and scatter you into ashes!"
"Let's go."
Salvia guest ignored him, said hello, and hurriedly drove the light to fly.
The escape light of the two foundation-building monks traveled high in the sky, one to the south and one to the north, and soon left the scope of Tianyin Mountain.
…………
A few days later.
Zhang Yao galloped all the way and returned to Xianmen Island in the south of Dali.
"Huh, I'm finally back..."
After returning to the cave, Zhang Yao took a deep breath and showed a hint of relaxation.
There are monks in the late stage of foundation building on Xianmen Island, and the strength of the formation is enough to withstand the attack of the Jindan Patriarch for a moment. It can be said to be as stable as a mountain.
"it's time."
Zhang Yao took out the white porcelain bottle and his heart was filled with excitement:
"Breaking through the foundation building period is today!"
Good night dear readers
(End of chapter)
