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Chapter 947 - 40 How is it different? [2 in 1]_3

Chapter 947: Chapter 40 How is it different? [2 in 1]_3

"Is it resolved just like that?" Chu Liang raised his eyebrows.

"Because he isn’t consciously maintaining the Illusion Field," Cai Yi explained. "There’s something in this valley that’s activating the spirituality of these ancient artifacts. They don’t know they’re dead; they’re just repeating everything that happened before they died."

As Chu Liang listened, he found it somewhat reminiscent of the previous Jiuli Bronze City. However, that was Bronze City replaying its memories, whereas this time, there truly were many ancient artifacts involved.

"If we allowed him to play this melody, it could likely trigger more murderous intents within the Illusion Field. But by making him realize that he’s already dead, the illusion will break on its own, and the crisis will be resolved," continued Cai Yi.

"I see," the Venerable Azure Dragon nodded.

The subtleties of these illusion techniques, even someone as seasoned as he was not fully aware of them.

"Let us continue onward," Daoist Yan took the lead, "We cannot fly here, and we have a long way to go; who knows what dangers might await us."

...

Not long after they left the area, two figures, clad in green Taoist robes and with equally sinister gazes, flashed at the edge behind them.

If the Venerable Azure Dragon were here, he would recognize that these two were the Two Penglai Daoists, Cang Yun and Cang Qiu, whom he and Lu Mountain Old Man had jointly driven away.

"The Azure Dragon, this old traitor to the Sect, is here too?" Cang Yun said solemnly. "Does he also know about the Immortal Tower Secret Treasure?"

"No, he shouldn’t know," Cang Qiu shook his head. "Many of these secret affairs of the Sect are not shared with him as he doesn’t get involved."

"Then how did he and the people of Shu Mountain come here, just by such a coincidence?" Cang Yun looked worriedly towards the direction they had left. "Should we leave?"

"To leave now would be to hand over the Immortal Tower Secret Treasure on a silver platter," Cang Qiu said.

After being expelled, the two had also thought about recruiting their own followers to establish a Sect and restore the former treatment of Penglai. By then, those Penglai people who lost their benefits and worked in Shu Mountain would naturally know who to follow.

But resources were not so easily obtained. Even as powerful beings of the Eighth Realm, gathering Spirit Plants and treasures bit by bit was extremely laborious. You hear about recruiting followers to gather resources for oneself, but never of such powerful beings running around maintaining their followers; that naturally wouldn’t work.

Their identities were also sensitive; they dared not steal, nor rob, and they were not content to find a place to work like other Penglai disciples.

In the end, it was Cang Qiu who recalled something. In the past, there had been a secret treasure passed down in Penglai.

Originally, of the team exploring the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, the one who had escaped back was a powerful being of Penglai. He told the Immortal Sects that the risks inside were extremely high, the returns unknown, and he saw nothing worth exploring.

But in actuality, he had kept some secrets to himself.

This powerful being had obtained three ancient green sands and a small vial of Spirit Liquid from a broken tower, and with these three green sands, he had slain a being whose realm was even higher than his own. The small vial of Spirit Liquid had extended his lifespan by nearly two hundred years.

Within Penglai, this was always a highly classified secret, known as the Immortal Tower Secret Treasure.

Inside the dilapidated tower of Thousand Buildings Valley, there lay treasures from the Upper Realm, where even inconspicuous items held immense power. Generation after generation, the Sect Leaders of the Penglai Upper Sect passed down this matter, but no one had actually undertaken to excavate it.

Because Penglai lacked nothing.

For Penglai, which dominated a Fairyland, there truly was no need to risk the enormous dangers and the risk of being discovered by the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands to excavate these treasures. Even if this treasure was left unopened, they remained the First Immortal Sect of the Mortal Realm.

However, what no one anticipated was the rapid collapse of Penglai, which lost its status in the blink of an eye. Now, only Elder Cang Qiu from Penglai had ever heard Daoist Cang Sheng mention this incident.

Therefore, after being exiled, the two of them decided to come here to search for exotic treasures to use against Yang Shenlong and Shushan.

Who would have thought that the first barrier would stop them?

Initially, they tried to prevent the child from playing the zither, but they could not stop him at all; the child’s cultivation was extremely high, and together, they could not make him cease playing. Once the child’s zither music began, all the spirit birds and exotic beasts in the fairyland would collectively go berserk, attacking every living thing, making it impossible to get close.

They were stuck here for a long time until they realized that others were arriving and then they hid.

Unexpectedly, the newcomers were from Shushan.

"So what do you suggest we do?" Daoist Cang Yun asked.

"If you ask me, we should just follow them, letting them clear the path for us!" Elder Cang Qiu said with a sweep of his hand. "At the slightest weakness shown by them, we’ll strike immediately, slay the Shushan people, and seize the Immortal Tower Secret Treasure!"

"Good!" Daoist Cang Yun nodded in agreement.

As the two moved forward, stepping into Thousand Buildings Valley, they saw the mist and illusions rise again, and everything momentarily restored to the semblance of a fairyland. The zither-playing child slowly came out and said with a smile, "Greetings to the two revered immortals on your ascension. Since you have arrived at our Xuanle Celestial Sect, why not come in for a sit?"

"Hold off on playing the zither for now; let me ask you..." Senior Daoist Cang Yun said with a mysterious smile, stepping forward to sternly ask, "Are you alive or dead!"

"I..." Suddenly confronted with the question, the child shivered, his eyes instantly becoming vacant, yet he did not revert to his original form. Instead, he suddenly looked up, "I am dead!"

Clank—

All the colors around them faded away, leaving only a black and gold skeletal child standing before them. However, he did not fall over but instead let out a roar, pointing a finger toward the two men!

"I am dead! You shall not live either!" the child shouted, his voice old and full of desolation and bitterness.

Boom!

Daoist Cang Yun was caught off guard, pushed hundreds of yards backward by the finger’s strike, his chest left with a bloody, gaping hole.

Elder Cang Qiu conjured purple lightning, pressing a palm on the child’s skull as if to subdue him. But the child, his dull, dry sockets lifting, suddenly opened his mouth and spewed a cloud of black smoke.

Hiss—

"Ah!" Elder Cang Qiu cried out in pain, tumbling to the ground.

Daoist Cang Yun cried out, "Why isn’t it the same?"

...

Leaving the first mansion, Chu Liang also asked, "Knowing full well that the child was a being of Illusion, why didn’t the Qingqiu Demon King expose him earlier instead of lashing out just before he played the zither?"

"Because he needed to be restored to his place," Cai Yi explained. "This type of spectral remnant turned illusionary body, especially if it died a violent death, could provoke its fierce spirit if awakened too abruptly, making things difficult."

Looking up towards the buildings ahead, she frowned, "This area must have been the most flourishing district of Saint Li’s divine land in the past. Who knows how many souls failed to escape in time and whether there might be... true immortals?"