Chapter 578: Chapter 015 Heavenly Book Fragnts
Zhou Yan thought to himself but bowed in a salute and said, “So it turns out to be Hua Long Saint. I may have been sowhat abrupt in coming here, but I trust that the specifics of the matter have already been conveyed to Hua Long Saint by the brothers Wan Ziqing.”
“Indeed, but there’s one thing I still hope Zhou Xuanzhe will give more thought to—the Holy Artifact is not a trifling matter after all. Relatively speaking, the items our family possesses don’t really have equivalent value.”
Wan Hualong pondered then suddenly spoke up.
“Hmm?”
Zhou Yan looked at Wan Hualong with an inexplicable gaze, but with his intelligence, he imdiately grasped the hidden aning in Wan Hualong’s words.
“Zi Qing, Zi Chen, take Feng Jiu Immortal Queen Ling’er and Hou Chen out to play. I have so matters to discuss with Zhou Yanxuan,” Wan Hualong said.
Wan Ziqing and Zi Chen were taken aback, imdiately guessing sothing. The two of them bowed out at once and stepped out of the private courtyard.
“Zhou Xuanzhe, the Golden Fragnt isn’t actually our family’s; we took advantage of it to help soone collect it,” Wan Hualong suddenly said, after Wan Ziqing and Zi Chen had left.
“Hua Long Saint, since that is the case, the Golden Fragnt then shouldn’t be sothing I ought to take. However, Hua Long Saint doesn’t seem in the least bit worried, having the Golden Fragnt in my hands, which suggests that whoever once had you collect such Fragnts and had you seal off the mountain for a thousand years, now certainly intends for the Golden Fragnt to fall into my hands,” Zhou Yan mused, then suddenly spoke.
“Good reflexes, strong derivation ability,” Wan Hualong praised.
Zhou Yan simply smiled faintly, neither denying nor showing false modesty.
Because ordinary people would never have such quick reflexes, capable of considering the entire matter so quickly and thoroughly.
Zhou Yan could do this and did not hide his clever abilities.
He just calmly looked at Wan Hualong, knowing that Wan Hualong had sothing to say.
“The Golden Fragnt is not confined to a single person. First, it depends on who needs it. This sort of thing is actually a test to find those with true talent. It is sothing that entered the Nine Origin Universe from the beyond, and it has largely converged in the Southern Wilderness of Sword Burial Ancestor Star.
The person responsible for this event is Lei Yan King.
Lei Yan King scattered the fragnts of the Heavenly Book, which you call the Golden Fragnts. The first requirent for recruiting followers concerns those who were able to understand and practice the Cultivation Technique written in the Heavenly Book,” Wan Hualong explained.
He continued, watching Zhou Yan’s reaction. But Zhou Yan showed no response, nor emotional fluctuation, making it impossible for Wan Hualong to gauge Zhou Yan’s thoughts and ideas.
“This Zhou Yanxuan really deserves his reputation… to remain so composed!” Wan Hualong silently accoladed in his heart. After pondering for a mont, he continued, “Many years after Lei Yan King scattered the fragnts of the Heavenly Book, one day, a person appeared at the Wan Family.
At that ti, the Wan Family had just suffered a great calamity, and this person very naturally saved all of the Wan Family mbers. Then, this strong individual gave significant aid to the Wan Family, even telling
the shortcut to beco a Saint… His request was for us to use the entire family’s strength to collect the fragnts of the Heavenly Book.
The most profound impression he left on us at the ti was of a White Fox sitting on his back.”
“Just at that occasion, Saint Yao had made a promise to a friend and ca to our Wan Family to kill another Saint of our family. When he made a move, that inconspicuous White Fox appeared and took on a human form.
Upon seeing her, Saint Yao suddenly stopped and bowed to the White Fox lady, saying, ‘Sister… I’m sorry, I didn’t realize you were here. Sister, I was wrong; I will go reject that friend now.’
But the White Fox said, ‘You may proceed, Yao. The Saint of the Wan Family did indeed do wrong, and he had dark intentions as well as plotting to overturn the Wan Family; he indeed deserves death.’
After that, Yao made his move. Our family’s Saint tried to resist but was restrained by the White Fox and promptly dispatched by Saint Yao.
That Saint died, and we were all indignant, yet later we found very terrifying evidence proving that our family’s Saint indeed had secret connections with the Netherworld Life and Death Illusion Realm, involved in a terrible sche. If this had really escalated, it would have been a disaster for the Wan Family. Hence, we all felt we had wrongfully blad the White Fox.
However, the White Fox seed indifferent, or perhaps it was that the White Fox’s master did not care and rely wanted us to concentrate on collecting the fragnts of the Heavenly Book, waiting for the next master to co and claim them.”
“At first, I didn’t know you were the White Fox’s new master, nor did our family, having only recently lifted the seal from the world, knew much about worldly affairs. Saint Yao did ntion to
about the Breeding Ground, but he only casually ntioned you, advising
not to give you a hard ti, but he didn’t ntion anything about the White Fox.
This matter, I only beca shocked by it after it was brought up by my grandson.
Initially, when my grandson said you wanted the Fragnt, I considered that soone who knows about these things must have talent like Lei Yan King, so I planned to gift you several hundred fragnts. Of course, this was also considering Saint Yao’s face, but unexpectedly my grandson ntioned the White Fox… That’s when I finally understood that you are the White Fox’s new master,” Wan Hualong explained with a wry smile.
Zhou Yan thought deeply for a long ti, then asked, “Hua Long Saint, may I know during which era were the fragnts being collected?”
“That era? It should have been between three thousand to six thousand years ago.”
“So your family only started sealing the mountain a thousand years ago?” Zhou Yan inquired further.
“Yes, just until a few days ago, we had been sealed for exactly a thousand years.”
Wan Hualong further explained.
“Ti…the timing isn’t right… How could there be such a massive leap in ti?”
Zhou Yan murmured to himself, all was starting to make sense, except for the timing, which shattered all deductions.
In Zhou Yan’s deductions, Lee Sha, in his second life, had entered Thunderfla Breaking Path Mountain, and after his Awakening, he was not supposed to be Lei Yan King, but rather to exist in the form of the master of White Fox.
That would be the youth with White Fox Bai Ying resting on his shoulder—the young man with the surna Li was the master of Bai Ying, and he was the existence Lee Sha had transford into.
Then, the doubts arose.
Lei Yan King had scattered the Heavenly Book Fragnts before the appearance of the Li-surna youth.
Could it be that Lei Yan King appeared first, and the master of White Fox followed?
But after Lei Yan King appeared, he had lost his mind and lacked self-awareness, and he had died later! The Li-surna master of White Fox… also died.
Zhou Yan was confused.
Everything seed very clear, of course except for the passage of ti. If the passage of ti was taken into account, nothing made sense.
Yet Zhou Yan could be certain that the previous life’s master of White Fox—the young man nad Li—had to be Lee Sha. However, Zhou Yan could not determine whether at that ti, the young man nad Li, was Lee Sha after the Transformation but before becoming Lei Yan King, or if it was another identity of Lei Yan King.
This was a mystery!
…
“Huu—”
Zhou Yan exhaled a breath of foul air.
After thinking for a long ti, Zhou Yan asked Wan Hualong many questions about Bai Ying’s master but couldn’t complete the analysis calculation and still couldn’t co up with a highly probable conclusion.
Much ti passed without finding an answer, Zhou Yan gave up the exploration of this matter.
He knew that as long as he entered the Netherworld Life and Death Illusion Realm, perhaps all the answers would be readily solved.
“Because of these reasons, our family won’t dare to take anything from you anymore, Zhou Xuanzhe. These Heavenly Book Fragnts are rightfully yours. If you truly feel uncomfortable about it, then please take extra care of Zi Qing and Zi Chen in Nine Origin Heavenly City. They both actually have quite lofty aspirations but are often bullied, which is quite torturous. This is also my fault for allowing them to co out for Training ten years ahead of ti. After all, in a closed environnt, these children are used to being above everyone else, and when they suddenly encounter geniuses greater than themselves, they are naturally devastated.”
Wan Hualong said with a wry smile.
“Don’t worry about that, the two of them are like brothers to . I will take good care of them. Moreover, although the Golden Fragnts should be given directly to
by rights, since I have made a promise, I will keep it. These are three Holy Swords, and I hope that Hua Long Saint will accept them.”
Saying this, Zhou Yan gave a bow to the Saint who seed young but was nearly ten thousand years old, then took out three Holy Artifacts.
Holy Artifacts, while powerful, required a level of cultivation and energy which Zhou Yan knew he didn’t possess with his current Realm. In battles, speed is crucial, and setting a Holy Artifact in motion would consu a significant amount of ti; while doing that, an opponent wouldn’t just stand still waiting to be hit.
To Zhou Yan, this was indeed rather impractical.
His level of Artifact Refining had now reached the grade of Superior Soul Devices, and although there was still a gap from a Holy Artifact’s level, he could use such Superior Soul Devices at full strength in his hands, which was far more effective than wielding a Holy Artifact.
Later on, Zhou Yan also believed he could refine his own Holy Artifacts, rather than these assorted, ill-fitting ones.
Also based on that reasoning, Zhou Yan didn’t give Hou Chen a Holy Artifact, but for Feng Jiu Immortal Queen, he gave a Holy Sword imbued with flas, a sword that could almost be linked with the Undying Fire Phoenix Bloodline of Feng Jiu, reaching nearly ninety percent compatibility.
It was almost equivalent to a custom-made weapon.
Hou Ling’s Holy Light Saber also only showed powerful might when matched with a high compatibility level, but even she could only activate it a few tis, and if her opponents dodged it, she would fall into a disadvantage.
Thus, using such enormous energy-consuming devices at a lower level was akin to shortening one’s own life, a form of self-inflicted suffering.
In principle, many Cultivators understood this, but they didn’t have Zhou Yan’s open-mindedness, which led to the frenzied pursuit of Holy Artifacts by Cultivators.
In actuality, touching Holy Artifacts below the Sword Ancestor Realm was a completely foolish act.
“This, this must not be—”
Wan Hualong was taken aback and hurriedly declined.
Zhou Yan, however, interrupted Wan Hualong and explained his thoughts.
After listening, Wan Hualong fell silent for a good while before he sighed softly, “I never expected you, Zhou Xuanzhe, to think so thoroughly; no wonder you have achieved so much. Since you have such thoughts, I won’t be pretentious. I will take the items, and in the future, if there is any place you could use my help, Wan Hualong, just ntion it. I will go through fire and water, shred my body to pieces if necessary to assist you.”
“Hua Long Saint, you are too kind.”
Zhou Yan was startled; Wan Hualong could utter such impassioned and exceedingly respectful words, evidently, he was truly sincere.
“No, this is my sincere thought! And it is what I should do!”
Wan Hualong stated affirmatively.
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