Vol 2 Chapter 4 (1/2)
Volume 2, Chapter 4 – The Omitted Mysterious Eclipse Codes in the Broken Jade
The Azure Ocean Sect resided in the Wild Dragon Great Lake, which was one of ten big spiritual points in the Great Eastern Continent. Numerous Immortal Caves were then built at this location, just like the stars decorating the sky. However, the growth and recovery of the place’s spiritual qi couldn’t be controlled by any cultivator, and instead followed and abided by the heavenly secrets. Although there were a few cultivators who could mutually be in conjunction with their Immortal Caves; however, there were also a few cases where some of it had extreme abnormalities, of which, cultivators could only adapt by practicing some suitable cultivation laws.
One example was this Spirit Leaf Island’s Immortal Cave. Tang Yan and the others couldn’t endure the Evil Fire qi in this place. They could only live in settlements built on the island area where the raging spiritual qi was being deflected by the mountain. But even so, those people who had long been used to an easy life were still complaining incessantly.
Zhang Yan didn’t have any interest in Tang Yan, but since Ning Chongxuan had entrusted her to him, he could infer that it certainly had some purposes. Therefore, he simply regarded her as an ornament that was placed here and treated her indifferently.
But, this woman’s heart was arrogant and supercilious, unlike Luo Xiao who he could conveniently cooperate with. Moreover, since he and Luo Xiao were connected by the Soulblood Contract, he could be more at ease and relieved.
But Luo Xiao was still searching for the most suitable location with condensed spirit essence to place the Spirit Sh.e.l.lfish King, while healing herself at the same time. It was estimated that it would be difficult to finish in 1 or 2 years. On the other hand, the Azure Ocean Sect did not allow a Demon cultivator like her to freely enter. It looked like that he could only use her as a dark horse chess piece in the future.
The Spirit Leaf Island’s Immortal Cave was located in the middle of the mountain with a vast interior and hadn’t had any people inhabiting here. Therefore, it hadn’t ever been modified and only had a few utensils and equipments with a few lizard-like animals on the cave’s wall, which climbed back and forth everyday as if they were was.h.i.+ng the wall to make it bright and clean.
There was plenty of water here due to the three rivers running through the island, but there were also heavy rainstorms that often came from the Great Lake. A fierce spiritual qi soared to the sky on the island as it made the dust flutter in all directions, causing the mountain peaks to be wrapped in layers of fog and mud for years.
As a True Disciple, someone would come here every month to send concocted pills, Spirit Sh.e.l.lfish, rice and grains, as well as each kind of charm. Shortly after he arrived on this Spirit Leaf Island, two child servants had been ordered by the Sect to send him the jade token, shoes, a sash, cap, and robes. There were also a dozen pieces of Spirit Sh.e.l.lfishes, but compared to the 450,000 Spirit Sh.e.l.lfishes he had, it was only a trivial number and he didn’t even care about it. As for the concocted pills, although they were also top grade pills, but he had robbed a ma.s.sive amount of Great Prime Pills from Du You, which was sufficient for his needs to practice into the First Stage of the Radiant Qi Realm.
The only thing he was lacking right now was a Dao manual. Although he had the “Taiyi Golden Manual”, but he couldn’t practice it without foundations, as well as a guise, in order to
avoid anyone from seeing any flaws.
However, finding a Dao manual proved to be extremely difficult. While the apprentices.h.i.+p branches’ disciples could have Dao manuals given by their Masters, the ancient families’ branches depended on their families’ collection which had been confirmed mutually by others. Although the Upper Court also had a library vault, however, the Dao manuals there were of the most common types. And since the precious and profound Dao manuals were not available, seeing it was also useless.
As a True Disciple, he would also be bestowed a Dao manual. However, since his meridian’s type’s evaluation on the outside was but only a low-grade Mist Apparition, the Dao manuals containing a suitable cultivation method for him were also very few. Moreover, he was not from an ancient family, which made it quite difficult to obtain those Dao manuals.
However, he couldn’t rashly practice this Taiyi Golden Manual. So, he planned to enter the Broken Jade’s s.p.a.ce to take a glimpse at its secrets first.
Zhang Yan took his Immortal Cave’s Token Seal and pressed its secret law. Instantly, the Spirit Leaf Island’s Restriction Seal activated, and as soon as the island’s Formation Array was closing up, it would immediately isolate the island from the outside world. Even dozens of Profound Light Realm cultivators wouldn’t be able to break through this array. It was also surprisingly easy to use as he mused that if he had more spare time, he decided to conduct a deep research about Formation Arrays.
He stretched his hand into his sleeve and gripped the Broken Jade with his palm as he then immediately sank his consciousness into the jade.
This was the first time he entered the jade’s s.p.a.ce after he opened his meridians. He felt like he was being hit by something, as if a thick wall was blocking him from the outside. He carefully looked at it again and found that his avatar was treading on the void as his eyes saw that several golden-colored Eclipse Codes were floating and lined up in front of him.
Aside from the character in the middle that he could see vividly, the other characters, not only was he unable to distinguish its form, he couldn’t even clearly see its concrete shape.
Such strange changes greatly surprised him, and he couldn’t help but look toward the most conspicuous Eclipse Codes.
This Eclipse Code’s character was greatly different with the common ones, as if it was constantly changing and revolving. He looked at it for several times, only to feel dizziness after a while. He couldn’t help but feel astonished. This state was the same as the first time he experienced interpreting the Eclipse Codes. However, it was also because his cultivation level was not enough to do the interpretation. Ever since his two souls had merged, he had never encountered such a situation again.
These Eclipse Codes… it seemed that they were even more profound and at a higher level compared to the Star Stele’s inscriptions.
Enthusiasm and curiosity gradually floated in Zhang Yan’s eyes. If he were able to unlock these characters’ meanings, his Eclipse Codes’ comprehension would surely soar to a new height!
He no longer thought about other things in his mind as he cast aside everything and silently deducted the meanings.
After closing up in the jade for 20 days, his whole body suddenly trembled as a burst of laughter came from him, “This word is just like my name, it has the “Yan” character!” [1]
When he spoke this one word, one of the Eclipse Codes’ character shattered with a loud rumble!
Zhang Yan’s divine sense entered a trance state for a while, and when he woke up, he was surprised to find that the surrounding scenery was no longer a boundless and dark void anymore, but rather, resembling his original Immortal Cave with everything being reflected here.
He walked two steps as he approached and touched the wall. He unexpectedly felt that it was the same with the outside world. His curiosity couldn’t help but be perked, as he then walked farther for several steps, only to find that he could only step forward for 5 steps inside the environment reflected inside the Broken Jade. Farther than that, it was still filled with void. It seemed that his cultivation level was not sufficient yet.