Chapter 26: Heavenly Crow Peak (2) (1/2)

Li Qiye brightly smiled after hearing Nan Huairen’s tale regarding the origin of the Heavenly Crow Peak. The name, simply put, was coined by Min Ren’s generals to commemorate him.

The Ancient Triangular School on top of the peak was not too great in size, but the whole building was pure black; it was as if it was crafted with black steel and had a heavy feeling to it. In reality, no one in the Cleansing Incense Ancient Sect knew what the building was made out of.

Once Li Qiye and Nan Huairen had arrived in front of the black building, Li Qiye’s heart was shaken. Many years had pa.s.sed, but this building still stood strong; its secret origin exceeded the imaginations of contemporaries.

During his moments of reminiscing, his eyes were attracted to a big shrine in front of the black building. From his memories, this shrine had not existed here during the time when the black building was established.

In front of the shrine, a man with great stature could be found sitting down in a cultivating position. One couldn’t guess his age because of his long, messy hair and untrimmed beard that covered his entire face. There were weeds and gra.s.s that had grown around his body; who knows how long the man had been sitting there?

The eyes of the man remained shut; if it wasn’t for his regular and consistent breathing, people would have thought that this was a dried up corpse.

However, the most surprising thing was that his arms and legs were constrained by huge, metal chains. Other people may not know, but Li Qiye recognized that these chains were made from Black Spider Consolidated Steel, an extremely rare metal of immortal grade.

What kind of person would be worthy of having chains made from Black Spider steel? Not only that, it seemed that the man in front of him was willing to be imprisoned instead of being forced.

Seeing Li Qiye’s interest towards the man in front of the shrine, Nan Huairen softly whispered: “This is the protector of the triangular building; no one knows his background or origin.”

“Why is he chained there?” Li Qiye questioned while staring at the man.

Nan Huairen shook his head and responded: “No one knows; I’m afraid no one in the entire sect knows the answer to that question. It is said that he had been chained there for a long time; my master doesn’t even know why. Some say that he was a disciple of the sect; however, he had committed a grave offense, and that is why he is chained there.”

Li Qiye tilted his head and stopped the conversation. He instead, went into the triangular building with Nan Huairen.

Once they were in the building, the chained man opened his eyes. The ensuing gaze possessed an extremely fearful atmosphere; it was as if he could see through the infinity and tear open the primordial cosmos. This gaze would make Royal n.o.bles and Enlightened Beings tremble with fear. However, he then closed his eyes; it was like nothing had happened.

From an outside view, the triangular building appeared to be small. However, once inside, there was a big, open area ranging many hundreds of acres. Three majestic paG.o.das were built together closely to form this triangular formation. Without a trace of doubt, this building was built and crafted with an unrivaled technique for it to have its own magical s.p.a.ce.