Chapter 722 (2/2)

Song Shuhang felt that his two legs had become soft, and his head was spinning.

In the rear, that middle-aged scholar also felt that his legs had become somewhat soft…

“Alright, stop arguing. Let’s enter the White Cloud City,” Venerable White said with a smile.

True Monarch Eternal Fire said that the White Cloud City was very lively and entertaining at this time. Therefore, Venerable White was looking forward to seeing it.

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Venerable White and Fairy Lychee rode their flying swords; they carried Song Shuhang and Su Clan’s Sixteen along with them, getting inside the White Cloud City.

After getting past the defensive barrier of the White Cloud City, a buzzing sound reverberated in Song Shuhang’s ears. His ears had captured countless noises in just a few instants.

It seemed that the word ‘lively’ alone wasn’t enough to describe the White Cloud City!

Soon after, Song Shuhang took a broad view around.

The whole airs.p.a.ce of the White Cloud City was filled with cultivators riding flying swords. There were scholars, daoists, and buddhists.

As for the ground of the White Cloud City, it was also overcrowded with people.

“No wonder they decided to limit the number of flying swords allowed to fly,” Song Shuhang muttered to himself. Then, he glanced at a distant place. This place was the center of the White Cloud City.

There were thirteen big statues there. All the thirteen statues were wearing scholarly clothes, and their traits were completely different.

Some looked elegant, other genteel, some in high spirits, other full of vigor…

The materials used to sculpt each statue were also very different. Some were made of jade, others of ordinary limestone. Then, some were completely red, or spotlessly white.

Song Shuhang’s vision ultimately fell on a transparent statue that emitted a l.u.s.trous s.h.i.+ne.

He slightly furrowed his brows, and asked, “Senior White, what are these statues?”

“Are you asking about those thirteen statues? Those are the statues of the renowned thirteen Tribulation Transcenders disciples of the Sage. According to the rumors, back in those days, the cultivation level of the Scholarly Sage was extremely high, and he had found his own path to immortality. But, this wasn’t all, for even the strength of the disciples he had trained was incredible. There was a total of thirteen Ninth Stage Tribulation Transcenders under his command. Back in those days, the momentum of the scholarly faction was unrivaled,” Venerable White explained.

“The thirteen Tribulation Transcenders disciples of the Sage…” Song Shuhang muttered to himself. Then, he gazed once again at that statue that seemed to be made of l.u.s.trous gla.s.s.

Although its facial features were completely different, Song Shuhang immediately a.s.sociated this l.u.s.trous statue with the l.u.s.trous scholar that had forcefully borrowed his ghost spirit back then. There was no mistaking it… the person that had borrowed his ghost spirit, the l.u.s.trous scholar, was one of the thirteen Tribulation Transcenders disciples of the Sage.

Such being the case, was the message that the l.u.s.trous scholar left behind, ‘Overturn the Mountain of Myriad Books, the Still Pond of Wisdom…’, referring precisely to that ‘Mountain of Myriad Books’ outside the White Cloud Academy?

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Just as Song Shuhang was in deep thoughts, that l.u.s.trous piece of crystal in his size-reducing purse slightly shook.

That fragment was the apology that the l.u.s.trous scholar had sent him for not being able to return his ghost spirit safely.

Back then, the l.u.s.trous scholar used the fragment of his life-bound magical treasure to pa.s.s onto Song Shuhang the scholarly footwork, ❮Celestial Sprint❯, as compensation for not keeping his promise.

Later, Song Shuhang kept the fragment of the magical treasure in his purse.

But, now—just as Venerable White brought Song Shuhang to the White Cloud City and approached the thirteen statues—the fragment of the magical treasure that Song Shuhang had with him resonated with the statues.

Soon after, the statues of the thirteen Tribulation Transcenders disciples of the Sage seemingly ‘activated’. A gentle radiance was intermittently issued from their bodies alongside the thunderous voice of the Sage.

When the gentle radiance and the thunderous voice of the Sage were emitted from the statues, the scholarly disciples stopped in their tracks and quietly listened to the voice of the Sage.

The voice of the Sage was like a strengthened version of the enlightenment stone. When the thunderous voice spread in the surrounding area, each scholarly disciple obtained large benefits.

The scholarly disciples there couldn’t help but be happy. It was like suddenly receiving a blessing.

The thunderous of the Sage disappeared as fast as it came. After around five breaths, it was already gone.

The radiance emitting from the statues of the thirteen Tribulation Transcenders also slowly disappeared.

However, the gentle radiance emitting from the statue in the lead didn’t disappear. Instead, it got stronger and stronger.

This statue had a solemn expression, but there was also a hint of gentleness on its face. It was the statue of the head disciple of the Sage; his name was ‘Daozi’.

The light emitting from Daozi’s statue got brighter and brighter. In the end, it condensed and turned into a golden text that floated in the airs.p.a.ce of the White Cloud City.

The characters used to write down the golden text seemed to be the characters used in the ancient era. Each stroke and drawing was imbued with a profound and mysterious power.

Venerable White looked at the dazzling golden text hovering in the sky, and said, “Is that… the ❮Self-Cultivating Prose Poetry of the Sage❯?”

“The ❮Self-Cultivating Prose Poetry of the Sage❯? Is that a cultivation technique?” Song Shuhang asked.

“It’s not a cultivation technique. It’s a scholarly text to cultivate one’s moral character. Whenever scholars feel that their heart and mind are not calm, they would write down from memory this ❮Self-Cultivating Prose Poetry of the Sage❯. According to the rumors, its effects are truly excellent,” Venerable White explained.