Primordial Qi

Chapter 137 Pingdingshan

A white light flashed, and the three were driven out by the Nine Dragon Platform's teleportation array. Gu Chenyu and Lin Xiu were both terrified. If they were slower, that punch might have crippled them.

Quite a few people have arrived at the entrance of the teleportation array, and a rough glance shows that there are over a hundred of them. These are the people sent by Xiao Tian and Lin Xiuyao, who are ready to capture those cultivators in one fell swoop.

"Run, there are cultivators in the Heavenly Man Realm, we are no match for them." After Xiao Tian said this, he pulled Gu Chenyu and Lin Xiu away, leaving those people standing there in confusion.

“Brother Xiao, what are you doing…?” Someone looked puzzled, but had already flown away.

"After all, he is just a disciple of a Xuan-level sect. His strength and knowledge are average." A cultivator from the royal palace laughed at him. Seeing many disciples leaving, he frowned and then sent out a signal to gather people.

Three figures flew through the air, each of them had their own methods. If they used all of their methods, the heavenly being might be able to strangle the ancient monk. However, when facing the ancient monk, they even forgot to use their magic, which was enough to show how powerful that person was.

"The soul is now the same size as a human body. These ancient monks were indeed terrifying when they were alive." Lin Xiu said. They were still flying, preparing to summon the disciples of Qingming Sect to watch over and help each other to prevent the few disciples from being possessed by others.

"I learned from that remnant soul that there are more than ten thousand princely cultivators buried in the Nine Dragon Terrace. They all want to return to the human world and are willing to store their souls in soul-nourishing insects, waiting to meet the right person to possess their body."

Xiao Tian learned from the remnant soul that those ancient monks had many ways to return to the world, and most of them chose to enter a different world at the cost of eliminating their physical bodies. Some monks also chose to survive in the world by raising soul worms, waiting for the right opportunity to return to the world.

Those who survived the 100,000-year catastrophe by raising soul worms were basically the monks of the King Realm and the Emperor Realm. They did not want to enter that world, so they survived in this way. It was only because the covenant had too many restrictions that some people who committed many evil deeds might not be able to enter that world.

There are also some powerful independent cultivators who choose to join some sects and return to the human world by raising soul-raising insects. For example, Wang Quan Mufeng and others joined Qingming Tianxia and obtained high-quality soul-raising insects. Even after 100,000 years, his soul is still well preserved.

"There is actually another realm above the Imperial Realm, called the Supreme. I also caught a soul before, and saw some memories after killing it..." Gu Chenyu rubbed his temple and said, "Some strong people choose to return to the world with the power of their physical bodies. It is very likely that they are the so-called Supreme..."

Xiao Tian thought about it. He had never seen a Monarch Realm cultivator take action, so wouldn't the Supreme Realm, which was stronger than the Imperial Realm, be even more abnormal? The gap of one major realm could be said to be earth-shattering. He said, "No matter what, these strong men are not something we can fight against now. We can only seize the time to practice and do everything we can to reach a high realm so that we can have the power to protect ourselves."

Gu Chenyu summarized these things. Lin Xiu scratched his head and touched his nose, obviously not understanding. After some explanation, he suddenly realized and said that he would be able to enter that realm in the future.

"In ancient times, a great human slashed with a sword with supreme divine power, causing the spiritual power of the Zhenwu plane to be exhausted for 20,000 years. It is unknown how many years it will take for the spiritual power to return to the previous period. In addition, a Taoist flower in the Zhenwu plane was taken away, which made later generations lack some artistic conception."

The two paused, as if they had heard some shocking secret. Gu Chenyu also stopped and talked to them in the air. Gu Chenyu slowly stated his speculation:

"I have seen this scene in an ancient painting. I don't know whether it is true or not, so I am just making a bold guess. In ancient times, the spiritual power was exhausted for some reason. The record of the recovery of spiritual power appeared 80,000 years ago. The spiritual power gap is indeed as long as 20,000 years."

"After their spiritual powers were exhausted, many strong men in the Zhenwu plane were unwilling to die of old age in this world due to the loss of spiritual power, so they chose various methods to return to the human world."

Xiao Tian thought for a moment, then continued Gu Chenyu's words and said, "The methods they chose were nothing more than raising soul worms, sleeping in the body, and abandoning the body as I tortured them to do, entering another world, but not dying, but continuing to exist in that world until the right time to return to the world, and making a covenant not to reveal it to future generations."

“In the future, when we reach a higher realm, we may be able to explore the ancient secrets. Now we should solve the current dilemma first and gather other disciples to resist the ancient cultivators together.” Xiao Tian’s face was firm. He had his own secrets, so he naturally thought that he was the chosen one and was conceited.

"The mere supreme being is nothing to mention. Knowing that there is snow on the mountain, wind in the underworld, and stronger people between heaven and earth is undoubtedly the greatest motivation for me. Come on, when my three brothers reach the peak, we must drink all the finest wine in the world and capture those ancient monks to make wine for us. Hahahaha." Lin Xiu was so heroic that he had already thought about where to build the wine cellar.

"Hahaha, okay, in the future we will definitely be peerless powerful ones, sharing the same life and death, honor and disgrace." Gu Chenyu smiled, inspired by the ambitions in the hearts of the two.

The situation seemed very clear, but the three of them always felt something was wrong. It couldn't be that simple. Gu Chenyu thought of the outer world. There seemed to be strong human beings in that place. Perhaps there were some more bizarre things involved.

Without thinking about these things anymore, they naturally felt tremendous pressure. They were not even chess pieces on the chessboard of the Dawu Dynasty. It would be bad to think too much.

Xiao Tian used the sound transmission jade pendant to contact the Qingming Sect disciples one by one. After all the operations, he was able to gather less than three hundred people. You know, there were almost three thousand people coming this time.

"What happened? Why are there so few people?" Gu Chenyu showed worry. It couldn't be that all those masters had been possessed by other spirits. He also didn't see Li Yue'e and He Nanxiang, so he was naturally a little anxious.

"Old Xiao, Old Lin, you two continue to gather other disciples. I'm a little flustered and I need to go look for two old friends." Gu Chenyu suddenly said. Xiao Tian and the other two nodded, and then arranged for others to contact the disciples who had not arrived yet.

"The sound transmission jade pendant hasn't responded yet. Don't let anything happen to you two, or I won't be able to see Li Min'er or go back to Wanqiu Peak."

The Bloody Sea and Pingdingshan were two places that Gu Chenyu had never been to. He thought that the two women would not go to the Bloody Sea, so he rushed all the way to Pingdingshan.

A mountain that was flattened from the mountainside appeared, thousands of meters high, with a strong sword intent emerging from it. It is said that this place was flattened by an ancient swordsman with a single sword, and the sword intent left behind has remained unchanged for 100,000 years. The most people who have comprehended the Qingming sword intent are here, and it is also the first choice for most disciples who come here.

Gu Chenyu, who was flying in the air, was suddenly pressed to the ground by a strange force. He looked up and forward, and a sense of fear surged in his heart. The law of gravity still existed here, and there was a no-fly ban in the air. If he went any further, he might be wiped out by the ban.

"It was a close call. The restriction set in the void almost wiped me out. If I hadn't gotten close, I wouldn't have been able to detect it. Fortunately, the law of gravity slowed me down in advance."

Gu Chenyu started walking. His pace was not slow. Each step he took was several meters. For a moment it was hard to tell whether he was running or flying.

The distance was quite far, and Gu Chenyu's physical strength was still good enough, so he was able to withstand the law of gravity and run towards the flat-topped mountain.

"The ancient secrets you speculated are actually pretty much right. There are places where many souls are buried, just to return to the world; and that spiritual world is named the Immortal Realm." Fang Yixian paused, but fortunately she did not attract a thunder tribulation. She continued, "Someone once found me, but I did not participate. I could not abandon my physical body, and as a result, the subsequent war caused me to lose my physical body directly..."

Gu Chenyu was thinking while running, and he sensed something was wrong, but he had no clue. At this moment, he still wanted to get to Pingdingshan as soon as possible to find the two women.