Novel Full Chapter 631
Chapter 631: Chapter 59: The Ancient Cardinal Palace, Bestowing the Divine Statue with Treasures Chapter 631: Chapter 59: The Ancient Cardinal Palace, Bestowing the Divine Statue with Treasures Entering from the gate of the Donghua Sect, the three climbed the stairs and the first place they reached was the Welcoming Hall.
Similar to most ancient sect relics, the hall was still adorned with carved dragons and painted phoenixes, resplendent with gold and bright colors, grand and imposing.
However, not a single piece of the furnishings inside remained.
If it had been the former Qiu Changtian, he might have found it odd, but the Qiu Changtian of today had seen much and was widely knowledgeable.
He surmised that certainly, the cultivators of the Donghua Sect had evacuated in several waves.
The first took away the most important scripture scrolls and most of the magical treasures and elixirs.
The second wave would have scoured the already sparse remnants of the sect once more, followed by a third wave, a fourth wave…
until in the end, they would have scraped even the ground bare if possible.
Of course, it wasn’t to say that it was completely empty.
In some vaults where important items were stored, many higher-rank treasures were often left behind, such as the Fusang Divine Tree, the White Bone Divine Palace, and even the relics of the Intercepting Cult beneath the Five Mushroom Islands were like this.
This clearly was not logical, for if a sect had ample time to move their cultivation resources away in several waves, it made no sense to leave behind the most valuable portion of magical treasures.
Unless…
the method to open these vaults was only known by the highest rank of immortals in the sect, and those immortals, due to some special, universally significant changes, disappeared from the world suddenly without leaving a single word.
Only then would it result in the sect being scoured clean, yet the most precious treasures remained unclaimed, safely left inside the vaults-because the only immortals who could open them were suddenly gone.
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It was precisely because those immortal beings who once shared the same lifespan as the heavens and earth had all disappeared from the mortal world, that the task of repairing the heavens had improbably fallen onto my shoulders.
As for why all the immortal beings disappeared at once, Qiu Changtian currently had too little information to make any deductions.
The only clue, if it could be considered one, was the “Heavenly Sphere convergence” that Ah Jing had accidentally mentioned last time.
The three of them passed through the Welcoming Hall, the main hall, the side hall, and the rear hall, and indeed, all were found completely empty…
This was also why many cultivators disliked exploring relics, as the rewards were just too unstable.
Qiu Changtian was very calm because he hadn’t actually planned to find any high-rank magical treasures or flying swords (though of course, he would readily accept them if there were any); he was merely seeking clues for the practice of Tai Xiao Thunder.
Xu Yinglian was also very composed, because after all, she was just accompanying her husband, and she would go wherever Qiu Changtian went.
Shi Liuli was also very poised, or rather, ever since the version update, she had always had that inscrutable contemplative expression, keeping things to herself and not liking to speak outwardly.
After using almost two hours, the group had searched through most of the buildings and had not even found a single table.
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“This is too thoroughly packed up,” Xu Yinglian sighed, “This leaves us only with the great hall at the very end.”
“I have a premonition,” Shi Liuli suddenly said, “that the item Changgeng True Person is seeking will definitely be found in that great hall.”
“Is this the result of art calculation?” Xu Yinglian asked with a raised eyebrow.
“No, just a premonition,” Shi Liuli said with a faint smile.
Qiu Changtian wisely pretended not to hear at the side, because he had a feeling that as soon as he interjected, something bad would happen immediately.
If the Welcoming Hall is considered the front, then the great hall at the end is located at the highest point of the entire sect, atop a hill.
Unlike the surrounding cluster of buildings, it is isolated by a large number of trees on the hillside.
Walking up the small path through the woods, they heard almost nothing but birdsong, and large birds walked back and forth on the mountain steps, not afraid of people at all.
The back mountain of the Donghua Sect, originally designed as a garden, had now become a paradise for avian demonic beasts to live in.
Xu Yinglian keenly noticed that these birds dared to stay only at the halfway point of the mountain and completely refused to approach the great hall at the peak.
As the three were about to reach the gate of the great hall, they felt an oppressive aura hit them in the face, almost causing one’s hair to stand on end.
Xu Yinglian and Shi Liuli instinctively stopped in their tracks, worried that there might be some array trap at the entrance that would pulverize them into ashes with a bolt of heavenly thunder the moment they stepped on it.
But Qiu Changtian, on the other hand, calmly scanned for a moment and then walked forward with composure.
The great hall had a simple and ancient appearance, with three ancient seal characters engraved above the main entrance:
Cardinal Hall.
Qiu Changtian could understand the meaning behind these characters.
Ancient thunder cultivators believed that thunder was the pivot of heaven and earth; if the heavens wanted to strike you dead, they would send down thunder.
So, they used “Cardinal” to denote awe.
Xu Yinglian and Shi Liuli looked at each other briefly, then could only carefully follow along.
The former’s hand inside her Daoist robe sleeve had already pinched a Daoist formula, while the latter quietly clutched the small bottle containing the Hook Chen Yaopao Star Sand.
As Qiu Changtian stepped into the main hall, he saw a divine statue with three heads and six arms, eyes bulging in rage, enshrined at the very center of the great hall.
The area around the statue was filled with intense malevolent energy, with six or seven dirty meditation cushions laid out in front of it and a copper incense burner, with nothing else besides.
The inside of the incense burner was pitch-black, with several incense sticks inserted.
Qiu Changtian stared at it for a moment, only to hear the Kunlun Mirror suddenly say:
“Light them up.”
“These incense sticks are a trigger?” Qiu Changtian asked in astonishment.
“There’s willpower within the incense,” the Kunlun Mirror replied, “that divine statue has its own consciousness, but it’s currently slumbering.
If you light the incense as an offering to it, it should respond to you.”
After pondering for a moment, Qiu Changtian lit one of the incense sticks.
It didn’t take long before the divine statue began humming, and suddenly it spoke:
“Are there disciples here to undergo the trial?”
Qiu Changtian was quick to respond, immediately cutting off Xu Yinglian and Shi Liuli before they could speak, and hastily said:
“Here to learn the Tai Xiao Thunder Mystical Method.”
The statue paused for a moment before answering:
“To learn the Tai Xiao Thunder, one must first master the Jade Pivot, Shenxiao, Great Hollow, Immortal Capital, North Pole, and Tai Yi six types of Thunder Method, and bring forth the Sect Leader’s Magic Artifact to enter the trial within.”
Qiu Changtian acknowledged, then started pinching various Daoist formulas, and the six types of Thunder Light appeared in his palm in succession, finally flipping out Thor’s Awl and Thor’s Hammer in his hands.
The divine statue fell silent for a moment and then said:
“Please enter to undergo the Tai Xiao trial.”
With that, Qiu Changtian went inside the inner chamber, while Xu Yinglian and Shi Liuli exchanged glances, the latter stepping back half a step, signaling for her to proceed first.
“Are there Metal System and Fire System Daoist Magic for cultivation?” Xu Yinglian asked in a solemn voice.
“There are,” the statue fixed its gaze upon her and said, “The ‘Nine Bushels Thunder Fire Technique’ also known as the Floating Light Golden Fire of the Nine Bushels Yang Mang Wei Lei, do you wish to learn it?”
“Yes, I will learn,” Xu Yinglian did not hesitate.
“Then enter to accept the transmission of the technique and face the test,” the divine statue declared.
So, Xu Yinglian went in as well.
Shi Liuli was left alone in the hall, pondering for a long time before she slowly asked:
“Disciple…
wishes to inquire, are there any Magical Treasures here?”
“There are,” the divine statue responded, “But treasures should not be conferred lightly, nor should magic be transmitted carelessly, one must also pass the trial.”
“Disciple wishes to seek an Art Calculation Magical Treasure,” Shi Liuli asked calmly, “There are individuals whose fate is hard to calculate, are there treasures that can divine the ‘incalculables’?”
This time the divine statue fell silent for well over a minute before responding with a deep voice:
“There is a compass treasure known as the Liang Yi Cheng Guang Ding Xing Pan, which can use life stars to divine a person’s fate, bypassing the usual Art Calculation shields.”
“Disciple wishes to obtain this item,” Shi Liuli said softly.
“Then enter to undergo the treasure-transmission trial.”