"It's really too much of a coincidence."
Ancestor Haihe also nodded and said:
"After all, the Jade Palace has not appeared in the world for a long time, and it will not appear in the world at a later time. It just appears when a few of us Jindan monks are gathering. It is difficult not to make people suspicious."
"A few of us were full of doubts at first, worried that someone had set a trap and wanted to lure us into it."
Having said this, he paused briefly and continued:
"But soon, with the exploration of the Emerald Palace under the lake, we quickly overturned our previous ideas."
"That Emerald Palace, both in terms of architectural style and the number of formations, is very ancient. It is very likely that it comes from the era before the great destruction of the ancient times."
"oh?"
Zhang Yao's expression moved slightly and he couldn't help but ask:
"How can this be seen?"
Ancestor Haihe was already prepared. He took out a jade slip and handed it over, signaling:
"I recorded the scene of the Jade Palace and the changes in the formation veins observed from the outside into this jade slip."
"You are a monk who has mastered the art of refining the formation into the body. You must be a master of the formation. You will naturally understand it after just one look."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Yao immediately took the jade slip in his hand and penetrated it with his spiritual mind.
"Buzz!"
The jade slip gave off a burst of light, and Zhang Yao's mind instantly showed many images and incomplete formations.
Judging from the picture, the Jade Palace is a majestic, emerald green, vast and simple palace, with cornices and brackets, carved corridors and columns, all in various shapes and forms, which is dizzying for the eyes.
Every sapphire brick and emerald glazed tile in this magnificent palace has complex and beautiful carvings. The carvings on each part are different. They can be pieced together and nested together to form a set of brand new patterns.
At a glance, everything is full of ingenuity. The whole palace feels extremely gorgeous, as if it has emerged from a dream into the world.
"It really looks like the architectural style of ancient times..."
Zhang Yao also had similar thoughts in his mind.
Before the Great Destruction of the Ancient Times, the world of immortality was at its peak of prosperity, like burning oil cooking in a blazing fire. This exaggerated and gorgeous style was once popular. Especially the mountain gates of high-level monks were more like immortals than the last.
Until the catastrophe of the Great Destruction, the entire world of immortality suffered heavy losses, and the inheritance of immortality was almost broken.
Everyone is groping through the ruins, rebuilding the immortal system bit by bit, fighting for limited resources, and beating each other to death. This exaggerated and gorgeous style will never be seen again.
"Moreover, there are traces of 'yin etching and Yang carving' in the circulation of this pulse. This cannot be easily faked..."
Zhang Yao observed the incomplete formation diagram again and immediately discovered the key clues.
The so-called "yin etching and yang carving" is actually an ancient immortal script. It can be regarded as the same type of writing, and can also be divided into "yin etching and yang carving".
The movement of heaven and earth is the result of great principles and natural creation.
The wind and sand between heaven and earth, sun and rain, terrain changes, flood erosion... etc. will generate a natural wonder with similar words and symbols everywhere.
According to legend, the first batch of ancient sages understood the earliest immortal ways from these traces of natural creation. These signs of wonders that resemble words and symbols were also summarized and summarized as the earliest mantras of the Tao.
This is currently recognized by the world of immortality as the most likely guess on the origin of 'Yin Erosion and Yang Engraving'.
However, there are many people who hold different views. For example, monks who support the "bloodline theory of heaven and humans" believe that this is innate knowledge inherited from the bloodline of the common ancestors of the human race and natural monks in ancient times, and is the "wisdom of the heavenly father". , the knowledge of Mother Earth'.
Some people also support the theory of "the coming of the upper world" and believe that the earliest Yin Eclipse and Yang Engravings are the immortal texts that were passed down from the upper world when the immortal methods were passed down from the upper world. They were not understood by any sages.
But no matter which statement is made, one thing is irrefutable:
Yin etching and Yang engraving were too obscure and difficult to understand, and were gradually eliminated as the Immortal Way gradually prospered. It gradually withdrew from the mainstream stage at the end of ancient times. It is only because of its deep historical origins and great influence that it still maintains its popularity in all aspects. Has certain applicability.
Wait until after the ancient destruction:
Yin etching and Yang carving have completely disappeared from history, and there are basically no traces of it so far. There are only a few people in the world of immortality who can identify part of the Yin etching and Yang carving characters.
Instead of the role of yin etching and yang engraving in ancient times, it is a more mature and complete system with a lower threshold that dominates the world of immortality in terms of weapon refining, formations, talismans, magical power cultivation, magic weapon pregnancy, etc. - Spirit pattern system.
"No wonder some of Dayu's golden elixirs concluded that this Jade Palace comes from ancient times."
"Just this ancient formation mixed with yin and yang etching is ironclad evidence..."
Thinking of this, Zhang Yao couldn't help but look more carefully at the incomplete formation map carved in the jade slip.
In addition to a few yin and yang carvings, the spiritual pattern veins manifested on these incomplete formation diagrams also have many ancient runes, which can be regarded as the ancient version of the spiritual pattern.
The way of spiritual pattern develops step by step and fully blooms. It is not created out of nothing. It is also born out of Yin etching and Yang engraving, and it took a long time to become its own school with a clear development context.
therefore:
Although Zhang Yao could not identify the specific meaning of the yin-etched and yang-engraved characters in the formation, he could guess and determine a rough scope of action for some ancient runes.
After all, some ancient runes are in their simplest form, leaving little room for optimization. Even if they have been inherited for more than 10,000 years and evolved into spiritual patterns today, their specific image and structure have not changed much.
"Um……"
After Zhang Yao deduced it carefully in his mind, he put down the jade slip in his hand and slowly said:
"It is indeed a formation from ancient times. I'm afraid no one in today's world of immortal cultivation can imitate it."
"It seems that fellow Taoist Qingxu has the same judgment as us."
Fairy Xiaguang on the side smiled, took over the conversation and continued:
"Now that we know that it is likely to be a cave ruins from ancient times, our doubts have gone away and we have become extremely excited."
"After all, the ancient times were the most prosperous time for the world of immortality. The rare treasures left behind are difficult to imitate in today's era. Even an ordinary spiritual treasure can surpass most golden elixir magic treasures!"
"After some discussions, we agreed to move forward and retreat together, join forces with each other, and enter the Emerald Palace at the bottom of the lake to have a try..."
She recounted her experiences in the Jade Palace with Patriarch Haihe, Taoist Sansha and others, and gave a general account.
Five years ago:
Ancestor Haihe, Fairy Xiaguang, Taoist Sansha, Baihong Sword Immortal, and Ancestor Yuanxu were a group of five people. When they were about to enter the Emerald Palace from the entrance at the bottom of the lake, they activated the Shrine Formation and got the Emerald Token at the entrance of the palace.
The Emerald Token is the only key to entering the Emerald Palace. If you don't have the Emerald Token, you will be obliterated by the powerful formation of the Emerald Palace.
At that time, a total of nine jade orders were available.
The five golden elixir ancestors used their own methods. Ancestor Haihe and Fairy Xiaguang each won two jade tokens, and Taoist Sansha and others won a total of five.
But when they took the Jade Token and actually entered the Jade Palace, they discovered that this place was suspected to be a place where a super sect in ancient times used to select and eliminate elite disciples within the sect.
Inside the shrine, different levels of challenges are designed. Only after completing one level can you go to the next level.
Each time you complete a level, you will receive a certain reward. In the process of challenging the level, you may also obtain treasures that already exist in the level.
"The wind-breathing orichalcum that my fellow Taoist has longed for is the treasure we obtained in the third level."
Fairy Xiaguang said and added:
"The process of adjusting the levels in the Jade Palace seems to be fixed. Regardless of the order and speed of completing the levels, everyone will face the same subsequent levels."
"There is a list for each level that you can check, but the names and titles on it are all from ancient times, and none of us were able to make the list."
When Zhang Yao heard this, his heart moved and he asked:
"The fairy said that Wind's Breath Orichalcum is the treasure you obtained in the third level of the Jade Palace."
"So, not only is Fengxi orichalcum in the hands of fellow Taoist Haihe, but also a certain amount of Fengxi orichalcum in the hands of Xianzi Nian, and also in the hands of Taoist Sansha?"
"right."
Fairy Xiaguang said frankly:
"Everyone's performance in the third level is different, and the amount of wind breath orichalcum they can obtain is also different."
When she said this, she reached out and took out a piece of light blue metal ore, which was Fengxi Orichalcum!
"The piece I got from this one is a total of four taels and three cents."
"Among all the golden elixir monks, Taoist Sansha has obtained the most, close to six taels."
"However, he himself seems to have some demand for Fengxi orichalcum. He took the Fengxi orichalcum to Damo and asked the Liyuan sect's 'Master Black Abyss' to help him refine a magic weapon."
Hearing this, Zhang Yao nodded slightly and said:
"Yes, I heard about this too."
In the territory of Damo, Master Heiyuan of the Liyuan Sect is also a third-level weapon refiner and has the ability to refine magic weapons.
It was precisely because Taoist Sansha went to Damo to request treasure refining that the informants in Tianbao Tower learned about it. They spread the news all the way back to Dali and were discovered by Patriarch Zhenyang and others.
It's just that Ancestor Zhenyang and others don't know the specific details of the Jade Change.
The existence of the Emerald Palace is obviously top secret, and the several Jindan monks involved are so tight-lipped that in the eyes of the outside world, it is just a routine meeting at the Emerald Lake once every twenty years. After the meeting at the Emerald Lake, the situation in the Dayu Immortal World suddenly collapsed and divided into Two factions confront each other.
All kinds of rumors, speculations and discussions from the outside world were circulating like crazy, and the name "Emerald Change" was coined.
But in fact, apart from the fact that this incident happened in the Emerald Lake, it has nothing to do with the Emerald. Even the Emerald Palace was named by the ancestors of Haihe and the others, and its true name is still hidden deep in history. among.
"Fellow Taoist Haihe."
Fairy Xiaguang suddenly spoke, handed out the wind-breathing orichalcum in her hand, and said sincerely:
"I have troubled my Taoist friends to come hundreds of thousands of miles away. In order to alleviate our difficulties, this Fengxi orichalcum is a small gift from me. I hope that my Taoist friends will accept it."
"After we cooperate, there will be times when we can rely on the help of fellow Taoists in the future. I hope that when the time comes, fellow Taoists will never refuse."
"Okay, that poor Taoist will be disrespectful."
Zhang Yao was not polite and accepted the piece of Fengxi Orichalcum graciously.
His trip to Dayu was originally lured by Fengxi Mountain Copper, and he was also prepared to help Fu Haizong solve the difficulties. It would also be a good idea to help Luoxia Sect by the way.
As for the piece of Fengxi Orichalcum, it was regarded as receiving part of the reward in advance, and he felt at ease with it.
"Fellow Taoist, your words are serious."
When Fairy Xiaguang saw Zhang Yao accepting Fengxi Orichalcum, a smile appeared on her face.
As the saying goes, those who eat people are soft-mouthed and those who take others are short-handed. The fact that the famous ancestor Qingxu was willing to accept this gift also gave her reassurance.
"correct."
Zhang Yao pondered for a moment and then asked:
"I would like to know, when you were exploring the Emerald Palace, what conflict broke out and caused it to split into two major factions?"
As soon as he heard him talk about this matter, Patriarch Haihe's face darkened, and Fairy Xiaguang gritted her teeth and said:
"Those beasts...are really bullying people!!"
As she spoke, she took a deep breath, seemed to have made some determination, and then said in a deep voice:
"Fellow Daoist Qingxu, now that things have come to a point, you have to enter the Jade Palace with us anyway, so I won't hide it from you."
"The rewards for each level in the Jade Palace are very precious and are almost impossible to find in the outside world."
"The last time we explored, the one who got through the fastest and farthest was Taoist Sansha. He was the first to break through the fifth level and got an ancient spiritual treasure with infinite power."
"And it was this spiritual treasure that became the source of the conflict. The three of them secretly discussed it and launched a sneak attack on us the moment they left the Emerald Palace..."
When she said this, she paused for a moment, with a trace of lingering fear still on her face:
"If fellow Daoist Haihe hadn't responded in time and saved me at the critical moment, I might have died."
"I see……"
When Zhang Yao heard her words, he suddenly understood.
Ancient ruins such as the Jade Shrine may well contain opportunities for people to fly into the sky, so naturally the fewer people who share it, the better.
In particular, the stimulation of ancient spiritual treasures further amplified the greed and desire in the hearts of Taoist Sansha and others, so much so that they secretly reached a compromise and eliminated the two competitors first.
Just imagine, even the rare treasures of heaven and earth such as the Wind's Breathing Orichalcum are only treasures in the third level and are not even official rewards. So how valuable will the real treasures in the Jade Palace be? !
"It's just a little weird..."
Zhang Yao thought to himself:
"We are all competitors. Why can Taoist Sansha and others quickly reach an agreement to get rid of Patriarch Haihe and Fairy Xiaguang?"
It stands to reason that the Sansha Taoist who has gained the most in the Jade Palace and obtained the ancient spiritual treasure is the one most likely to be targeted.
However, he successfully united with two other Jindan monks to deal with Ancestor Haihe and Fairy Xiaguang, which directly led to the collapse of the Dayu Immortal World after the Jade Incident, and the two camps were at odds.
"Um……"
After Zhang Yao pondered for a moment, he didn't have much idea, so he suppressed the matter for the time being, and then said:
"By the way, please also ask the fairy to send a letter and make an appointment with Taoist Sansha and others for me."
"this!"
Fairy Xiaguang's face changed slightly and she couldn't help but said:
"Fellow Taoist Qingxu want to see them?"
"right."
Zhang Yao spoke calmly and spoke slowly:
"You just said that Baihong Sword Immortal and Ancestor Yuanxu also have Fengxi Orichalcum in their hands. This is something I must get, so of course I can't let it go."
"Trouble Fairy to send them a letter in my name, saying that I am willing to give them a fair deal."
As he spoke, he paused for a moment and then said slowly:
"Of course, if they don't know how to show appreciation, then we should take care of them in advance before entering the Emerald Palace."
(End of chapter)
