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Chapter 262: Secrets of Ancient Times

Chapter 262: Chapter 262: Secrets of Ancient Times

The Wine Monk probably had a lifespan of only two to three hundred years. Even if he were in the later stages of Wine Monk, and had some life extension elixirs, at his current age of three hundred and twenty, he was living day to day.

No wonder he was so freewheeling and nonchalant, it seemed he had come to terms with his inevitable end!

Wang Zijia did not respond, and the two of them silently returned to his residence.

After that, they drank two cups of tea and chatted for a while. It was almost noon when Ma Haoran bid farewell to leave.

Not long after he left, a disciple came with two large boxes and handed them to An Xingsheng.

When An Xingsheng found out that they were biographies, unofficial histories, and storybooks with hidden secrets sent by Ma Haoran, he naturally knew about Wang Zijia’s interest in these. Even without any instructions, he accepted them.

"Senior Brother Ma really is thoughtful!" Upon receipt of the two large boxes of books, Wang Zijia smiled and said, "Pass on my thanks."

"Disciple has already given thanks!" An Xingsheng replied.

Wang Zijia nodded, then began to rummage through the books in the box.

Upon seeing this, An Xingsheng quietly left.

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Ma Haoran was clearly meticulous in his deeds. Probably noticing Wang Zijia’s interest in the previous secret books, the top three copies in the first box were exactly the ones sold before.

One of them was what had caught Wang Zijia’s attention: "Taoist God Commandments Chronicle".

Holding the copy, Wang Zijia began to flip through it. It’s a biographical novel recounting the ancient Taoism, specifically the regions under the rule of Fifth Era Taoism.

The author’s preamble in the very first part of the book made Wang Zijia pause.

In ancient times, Taoism had immortals, who controlled ghosts, captured spirits, delegated and enlightened, managed mountains, rivers, lakes, and seas, safeguarded the well-being of the civilians, increased their divinity through great worship, and were known as gods!

That was the time of Taoism’s prosperity, an alternative path of cultivation created for demons, ghosts, and spirits, known as Merit-Achieving Immortal!

However, there were tribulations in nature, some powerful beings made divinations with coins before the tribulation, but they didn’t know the future. It was said that the fifth tribulation would bring about sinners and endless disasters.

Therefore, before the Great Tribulation began, the Deities were banned from the world!

In later generations, all the deities, spirits, and monsters became legends, starting from here and ending here.

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All three copies touched upon the so-called Taoist delegations and information about the gods. Wang Zijia noted that without a high level of access, these things would be unreachable. Even from these few storybooks, one could see the level of the authors.

"Looks like it really is from the ancient relics. When I get some free time, I’ll ask Senior Brother Ma about the situation with the relics." Flipping through the book, Wang Zijia mumbled to himself.

Of course, Wang Zijia knew that if biographical secret books could be sold, then it would be evident that the relics had been dug through thoroughly. He was just curious and wanted to take a tour out of interest, similar to going on an inspiration trip.

He was engrossed in reading the book till dusk when he was suddenly awakened. A Communication Charm appeared in his hand, it was flashing rapidly at this moment.

"Disciple Guangcang, on the order of gathering disciples and testing Spiritual Roots at Liuyan City, came under a demon’s attack on the way back. Unable to resist, I hereby report and ask for reinforcement!"

This was the main task of the three Great Cultivator Wine Monks, or to be precise, his and Lei Junjie’s main task. Nong Yufei was responsible for controlling magic tools on Tianhong Mountain, overseeing the mortal and lingtong examinees in the Ascension Examination.

Over the past two months, Wang Zijia had been quite busy, despite occasionally hanging out in the cafeteria. He had essentially implanted Demons Seeding into almost everyone under his control, reaching an almost obsessive control level.

However, he did not use this for any specific purpose and continued as if he never used the Demon Seeding.

Nonetheless, for the disciples who underwent Demon Seeding, Wang Zijia could reach their Sea of ​​Consciousness quickly. By setting the pleas for help as standard phrases, he could activate the Invisible Spirit Calling technique, allowing him to teleport from someone’s Sea of Consciousness with the capability to appear thousands of miles away.

For this reason, he didn’t patrol around the country like Lei Junjie, but his response was quicker. As a result, an increasing number of disciples turned to Lei Junjie for common issues and Wang Zijia for emergencies.

And why wouldn’t they go to Wang Zijia all the time? Because that wouldn’t be respectful at all!

Being summoned only when needed and dismissed without a second thought diminishes his status as a Dao Child and a martial uncle, right?

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The Charm Summon flickered rapidly for a moment before stopping. Wang Zijia did not immediately act using the Sea of ​​Consciousness.

Instead, with a wave of his hand, he activated the hidden Charm Summon in Guangcang, one of the disciples who asked for help, and started investigating the situation on the other end.

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Between the canyon and the mountain peaks, hundreds of miles away from Liuyan City, in Tianhong and Hongyi Prefecture, there was a cloud covered in streaming light with hundreds of men, women, old and young, all frightened and uneasy.

At this moment, the streaming light cloud was webbed between two peaks, rendered immobile by a massive net.

"Thud, thud······"

A deformed giant spider was extending four of its long spear-like legs, continuously attacking the Streaming Light Shield. The pounding reverberated, causing ripples in the light shield making it look as if it would shatter at any moment.

The giant spider was huge and pitch-black, instead of a smooth abdomen, it was populated by countless smaller spiders. They wriggled their legs as if they had sprouted from the abdomen of the mother spider, like countless tufts of fur.

Because of the White Cloud Instrument webbed in this trap, the giant spider was crawling in front of the Streaming Light Shield, attacking frantically. People could get a close look at the terrifying body of the giant spider, and the compound eyes of countless little spiders were fixed on the crowd. Even the peak Lingtongs maintaining the magic tool’s defensive shield turned pale, let alone the ordinary Spiritual Roots.

A Detrimental Mutation Demon at the Wine Monk level was an insurmountable existence for them. The moment they hit the web, team leader Guangcang realized he couldn’t fight and promptly activated his Communication Charm for help.

"Thud!"

With the intense impact, the Magic Tool Shelter fluctuated fiercely, causing the onlookers to look worried. The hundreds of ordinary civilians were even more panicked.

"Hold on, I’ve already notified Uncle Wang. As per his usual practice, he’ll be here in a quarter of an hour at the latest!" Guangcang encouraged everyone.

"Senior Brother, can we even last for a quarter of an hour in this situation?" A young Junior Brother, with a pale face and trembling voice nervously echoed everyone’s concern.

"Shut up, focus on the defense!" Guangcang chided him.

The giant spider kept hitting the shield. Thankfully the spider was only barely a Wine Monk, and for the time being, it couldn’t break through a shield generated by an intermediate magic tool.

However, it wasn’t easy for the ten disciples at the peak Child Stage to maintain the defense. The shield kept shaking as if it would shatter at any moment.