C388 magic trace
C388 magic trace
Spiritual Master Sun embarrassedly kneeled on the ground. He really didn't expect that when he was injured and surrounded by the three other Spiritual Masters of his sect, he would actually be able to turn around and fight back. If it wasn't for Martial Uncle blocking his way, he would have been the one to die.
"Martial Nephew Sun, you don't have to blame yourself. I saw the scene when you were about to die, so I knew that you would be able to take Jiang Tao's attack without making a mistake since if I tried to block it for you, then I would have died for you!" But since he blocked it for you, it means that he has made a choice after considering it carefully. He is willing to use his own life in exchange for your life, so you do not need to blame yourself at all, much less feel guilty. Junior's death is not directly related to you, it is his own choice. "
"But …"
"I know what you want to say. In fact, when my junior apprentice-brother and I discovered that Daoist Master Jiang Tao was heavily injured, we also wanted to take the opportunity to kill him. However, you were the first one to mention it, and you were also afraid that I would disagree with your senior uncle. So, you chased after Daoist Master Jiang Tao and forced us to follow you."
Spiritual Master Sun lowered his head in shame again and said, "I was reckless …"
Martial Nephew Sun, this old man has already said that this is not your fault. Even if you didn't come first, your Martial Uncle and I would have decided to kill him eventually because we are old, and without your fearless courage, Martial Nephew Sun, we were slow to react. In fact, whether or not the Tan Xi Sect can grow stronger in the future, or even take over the Heaven Shaking Sect, will still depend on Martial Nephew Sun and the other youngsters.
After thinking for a moment, he said, "Actually, this old man isn't afraid to tell you this. In fact, your Junior Master's cultivation has been stagnant for decades, and there is no chance for him to advance to the Profound Handle Stage, and you are one of the most outstanding disciples in my Tan Xi Sect. It has only been twenty to thirty years since you advanced to the Astral Transformation Stage, and this is probably the main reason why he was willing to use his own life in exchange for your life. Do you understand the painstaking effort your Junior Master has put into doing so?"
Sage Sun suddenly raised his head. He saw Sage Yan throw a portion of the treasures he had collected from Sage Jiang's broken storage bag into his hands. "Take these items well. If you still feel guilty, then don't disappoint the expectations of your Uncle-Master!"
Spiritual Master Sun helplessly took the storage bag and said with a trembling voice, "Martial Uncle, these things … you are the sect's Sea Controlling Divine Needle, these things should be used by you to break through to the Supreme Astral Realm. As long as you can advance to the fifth level …"
This old man no longer needs that many things, and knows that you are also at the bottleneck of the Astral Transformation Stage. Our sect has already lost a Star Condensation expert, so we can only restore the sect's strength as quickly as possible by quickly replenishing a Second Stage Dao Realm cultivator, not to mention, hehe, once Dao Master Jiang Tao dies, there will definitely be a great disturbance within the Damascus seal Sect. This is our chance, if Martial Nephew Sun is able to advance in time, it would be an extremely timely rain for our sect.
Sage Sun's guilt was still there, but his fighting spirit had already been aroused by Sage Yan's words. At this time, a purple colored transmission talisman shot out into the sky.
Both of them were surprised to see that the stream of light was heading straight for Sage Sun.
As the message talisman landed in his hand, Spiritual Master Sun examined it and a strange expression appeared on his face.
Yan Zhen knew that something was amiss and hurriedly asked, "What, did something happen?"
Spiritual Master Sun raised his head and gave the transmission talisman to Spiritual Master Yan, saying, "It's a transmission talisman from Senior-apprentice Brother Yan. He said that my niece heard the news of the collapse of the Heaven-Shaking Peak, so she left the sect on her own. Senior Apprentice Brother Yan said that if he sees her on his way back, he must bring her back!"
"Humph, this transmission talisman should be sent to this old man!"
Daoist Master Yan gave an angry snort. He swept the talisman with his Spiritual Sense and found out that the contents were exactly the same as what Sage Sun had said. He couldn't help but say, "This little girl doesn't know the thickness of the sky. Is it easy to enter the Heaven Shaking Peak now?"
Master Sun hesitated and said, "Martial Uncle, your niece's leaving should be on a completely different path from us. How about I return to look for her first and you head back to the sect first? Since the Heaven Shaking Sect has been destroyed, there will be chaos in the Jade Province's cultivation world and the sect will not be able to leave you!"
Now that Taoist Jiang Tao has died and the situation has changed, we can only seize the moment and give him a fatal blow before the Damascus Seal Faction is able to react. At this time, the Faction has to gather all their power into one and cannot be separated.
The two of them rode on the light and left, leaving only the two corpses that were gradually dissolving and blown away, as well as the mountain ranges and woodlands that had been ravaged after a great battle.
After the Heaven Shaking Sect collapsed, Yang Junshan had thought that Yu City would definitely be in chaos, but who would have thought that by the time he had rushed over, the number of people in Yu City had clearly decreased. However, the imagined scenes of chaotic battle, destruction, and people feeling threatened did not appear, instead, Yu City seemed to have regained its order.
With a little surprise and curiosity, Yang Junshan entered Yu City and quickly found out the whole story. However, he was also surprised by the results of the investigation.
The Ouyang Family, one of the only two famous families in Yuzhou. When the Heaven Shaking Peak collapsed and the entire Yucheng City fell into chaos, it was the Ouyang Family that had stepped in and resolved the chaos in Yucheng. The Ouyang Family was now in charge of the entire city.
Even though the cultivators of Jade City were extremely secretive about the Ouyang Family's actions, Yang Junshan had heard from them that on the second day of the Heaven Shaking Peak's collapse, many people had died in the city, and many had died miserable deaths. However, their bodies were quickly incinerated by the Ouyang Family, leaving no trace behind.
"The Ouyang Aristocrat Clan?"
Yang Junshan recalled what Ouyang Xulin had told him before. Yang Junshan had always suspected that there were demon cultivators in the Ouyang Family, or that some of the Ouyang Family's people had cultivated demon martial skills.
The methods used to kill the demons, the corpses of the dead, were all extremely miserable.
In the current Yu City, everyone was filled with reverence towards the young master Ouyang. It was as if he was the one who had brought glory and fame to the Ouyang Family when the chaos in Yu City had subsided that day.
Although no one dared to call this person by his name, Yang Junshan had once obtained some basic information about a direct descendant of the Ouyang Family from Ouyang Xuling. This "Young Master" should be Ouyang Xuling's sworn enemy, the grandson of the Ouyang Family, Ouyang Palin.
From the moment the Heaven Shaking Peak collapsed until now, there had been people constantly leaving Jade City for other parts of the Jade Province. However, there were also people who were thinking of ways to break into the formation created by the Heaven Shaking Peak's ruins, trying to find some of the treasures left behind by the Heaven Shaking Sect.
In reality, there were indeed news of treasures being found from time to time. However, there were also news of people dying or disappearing after entering the ruins. The better news was that they had managed to escape with their injuries.
It seemed like he hadn't arrived too late. Although many people were scared out of their wits by the sudden destruction of the Heaven Shaking Sect, those who had started to explore the Heaven-Shaking Mountain's ruins didn't start to go deeper. This had given Yang Junshan a chance to escape.
In his previous life, Yang Junshan still remembered a few treasures that he found in the Heaven Shaking Mountain Ruins. Every time someone found one, the news would spread and people would talk about it for a period of time.
When Yang Junshan first came to the Heaven-Shaking Peak and joined in the treasure hunt, the Heaven-Shaking Peak was already discovered and explored by roughly a quarter of the total number of cultivators. When Yang Junshan first came to the Heaven-Shaking Peak and joined the treasure hunt, the Heaven-Shaking Peak was discovered by roughly a quarter of the total number of people.
In fact, since the beginning of the excavation of Heaven Shaking Mountain's ruins, the progress of the excavation had always been done by human efforts.
Right now, the Heaven Shaking Peak had just collapsed, and the array formation inside was like a natural chasm to other cultivators, but to Yang Junshan, there was a part of the array formation inside that he could easily remove. While the others were still wandering around the Heaven Shaking Peak, he was actually able to penetrate deep into the ruins!
However, when they reached the deepest part of the Heaven Shaking Peak, Yang Junshan had to first think of a way to take out the most important thing at the outermost, most visible and least suspected place!
Outside of Yu City, Yang Junshan could still see the occasional cultivators rushing toward the Heaven Shaking Peak, so he didn't have to worry about being suspected of anything and directly headed there.
As a result, there were still remnants of the grand formation at the foot of the Heaven Shaking Peak. After the Heaven Shaking Peak collapsed, the formation connected to the Heaven Shaking Peak, still obstructing all paths to enter the Heaven Shaking Peak. Only the main entrance of the Heaven Shaking Sect was opened, and one could enter the ruins of the Heaven Shaking Sect from behind the fallen stone archway.
Yang Junshan's biggest goal this time was the stone building that Jade Sword Sect's Daoist Master Xiao had cut into two halves. More accurately, it was the white jade tablet that was carved into two halves in the middle of the building, with the words "Heaven Shaking Sect" carved onto it!
It was because of these two slabs made of common white jade that the secret of the stone slabs in the center had been accidentally discovered by someone just because they were accidentally smashed by a magic fight. Unfortunately, at that time, a large portion of the stone slabs had already been destroyed by the magic fight, and the remaining fragments were unable to completely restore the secret.