txolops Chapter 129 Void Shuttle! The Void Heaven Palace Opens!
Chapter 129 Void Shuttle! The Void Heaven Palace Opens!
Inside the cave, Lin Chuan sat cross-legged.
"The Void Heaven Palace should appear in the world in about a year."
He murmured to himself.
With his current cultivation level—the peak of the late Core Formation stage, the False Infant realm, plus the Core Formation combat power of his avatars Qu Hun and Xue Xian Jiao, as well as the seventy-two Qingzhu Fengyun Swords he had just forged, it would be a lie to say that he had no thoughts at all.
But he also knew that the true treasures of the Void Heaven Palace—the Void Heaven Cauldron and the Heaven-Mending Pill—would be contested by the Nascent Soul stage monsters from both the righteous and demonic paths.
Wan Tianming, Manhuzi, Jiyin Laozu... aren't they all old monsters who have been famous for hundreds of years? If he, a peak Core Formation cultivator, gets involved, he will be crushed to pieces if he is not careful.
"However, it's still necessary to go."
Lin Chuan pondered in his heart.
The Void Heaven Palace appears only once every three hundred years, and each time it opens, it attracts countless cultivators.
Even if you don't participate in the final battle for the Void Heaven Cauldron, the treasures from the first few levels alone are enough to make people's hearts flutter.
Moreover, this trip will allow me to familiarize myself with the environment and understand its mechanisms and restrictions, which will be of great help in the second opening of the Void Heaven Cauldron three hundred years later.
"Let's leave Tianxing City first."
He stood up, took his avatar Qu Hun and left the cave, flying towards the depths of the Inner Star Sea.
……
In the days that followed, Lin Chuan was like a scavenger, relying on a daily divination to search for opportunities in the vast Inner Star Sea.
Guided by divination, he could always accurately find those forgotten corners—ancient relics on deserted islands, shipwrecks deep in the sea, and the remains of cultivators hidden in the crevices of reefs…
One by one, treasures fell into his pocket.
Two of them were of particular satisfaction to him.
The first item was a suit of armor.
It was discovered in an underwater cave.
Deep inside the cave was a skeleton, long since turned to white bones, wearing a golden suit of armor.
The armor is entirely golden in color and is made using a special process that incorporates rare materials such as gold essence and iron essence, making its defensive capabilities quite impressive.
Lin Chuan cleaned the armor and tried it on.
The armor was as light as a feather, yet it could change size at will, fitting the body perfectly.
He summoned an ancient treasure and struck with all his might, leaving only a faint white mark on the armor.
"My darling!"
Lin Chuan was overjoyed and named the armor the Golden Light Armor.
The second item was a cloak.
It was discovered in a cave on a deserted island.
The cloak was entirely grayish-black, as thin as a cicada's wing, and as light as a feather, yet it emitted a faint fluctuation of spiritual energy.
After careful examination, Lin Chuan discovered that the cloak could actually enhance the effect of concealing one's aura.
He was known for his powerful spiritual sense—his spiritual sense covered a range of 160 miles, comparable to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm.
With his years of cultivation of the "Hidden Spirit Technique," his concealment skills already far surpassed those of his peers. Now, having acquired this cloak, he is truly like a tiger with wings!
Lin Chuan named the cloak the Hidden Spirit Cloak.
……
On this day, Lin Chuan and his avatar flew over the sea.
The sky was just beginning to lighten; it was early morning.
A golden light appeared before my eyes.
Today's divination result: Very inauspicious.
[The divination indicates that at noon, you will encounter the Mysterious Bone Master in the sea. The Mysterious Bone Master recognizes your avatar and discovers that the avatar's cultivation method originates from his *Mysterious Yin Scripture*. He uses a secret technique to forcibly seize control of the avatar's body, and you will lose your avatar.]
"What?!"
Lin Chuan's pupils shrank suddenly, and his body abruptly stopped in mid-air.
Master Xuan Gu!
He was very familiar with this name.
The master of the Extreme Yin Ancestor, an old monster from a thousand years ago, perished for some reason, but he preserved the secret technique of Xuanhun Transformation into Demon in the world.
The "Mysterious Yin Scripture" he cultivated is the origin of the Extreme Yin lineage of cultivation techniques.
Lin Chuan's avatar, Qu Hun, cultivates the "Blood Refining Divine Light," which is derived from the Yue Emperor's technique, but the Yue Emperor's technique originates from the "Mysterious Yin Scripture." Ultimately, Qu Hun's cultivation is rooted in the Mysterious Bone lineage!
What's even more terrifying is that both the method of refining the avatar and the cultivation technique of the avatar originate from the Profound Yin Great Law.
That old monster loves to tamper with cultivation techniques.
Even the "Mysterious Yin Scripture" cultivated by the Extreme Yin Ancestor is not a complete version and has many flaws.
The cultivation method that involves transforming into a human is probably full of flaws, and if Xuan Gu wants to control it, it will be a piece of cake!
"We absolutely must not encounter Xuan Gu!"
Lin Chuan made a decisive decision.
He took out the nautical chart, compared it with the location indicated by the divination, and quickly adjusted his direction to avoid that area of sea.
……
After escaping the crisis, Lin Chuan found a deserted island and left his avatar, Qu Hun, in a secluded cave on the island.
"You stay here and don't go out."
Lin Chuan issued a command through telepathy, "I'll come pick you up when I return from the Void Heaven Palace."
The avatar nodded in agreement.
Lin Chuan then set up layers of restrictions to completely hide the cave before leaving with peace of mind.
He knew that Xuan Gu would most likely go to the Void Heaven Palace as well.
If we bring the avatar in, and that old monster spots it, the consequences would be unimaginable. Rather than taking the risk, it's better to leave the avatar here and come back to fetch it after the matter of the Void Heaven Palace is resolved.
……
three days later.
At dawn, the divination results were updated.
Today's divination result: Very auspicious.
[The divination reads: Today, you pass by a deserted island shaped like a crouching tiger. Beneath a giant peak in the center of the island, you discover an ancient cultivator's cave dwelling. The cave's protective barriers have weakened; easily broken, you will obtain an ancient treasure—the Void-Transfer Shuttle.]
……
three days later.
At dawn, the divination results were updated.
Today's divination result: Very auspicious.
[The divination reads: Today, you pass by a deserted island shaped like a crouching tiger. Beneath a giant peak in the center of the island, you discover an ancient cultivator's cave dwelling. The cave's protective barriers have weakened; easily broken, you will obtain an ancient treasure—the Void-Transfer Shuttle.]
"Great news! Another ancient treasure!"
Lin Chuan's spirits lifted, and he immediately flew towards the tiger-shaped deserted island following the directions.
The island was small, only a hundred miles in circumference, and shaped like a crouching tiger. Lin Chuan found the giant peak in the center of the island, took out an earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of talisman used in Taoist magic) talisman, and disappeared into the depths of the mountain's belly.
Sure enough, he discovered a hidden cave deep inside the mountain.
The entrance to the cave was shrouded in a faint barrier of light, which swirled but was now quite dim, indicating that the barrier's power had weakened considerably. Lin Chuan took out a jade slip containing array formations, studied it for a moment, and easily found a way to break it.
After an incense stick had burned, the restriction broke, and the stone door of the cave opened.
Lin Chuan slipped inside.
The cave was small and simply furnished. In the very center, a corpse sat cross-legged, in a meditative posture.
The robes on the corpse had long since decayed into ash, revealing bones as clear as jade—he must have been at least a late-stage Core Formation cultivator in life.
Lin Chuan took the storage bag from the corpse's waist and probed it with his divine sense.
The contents inside would be a windfall for any Core Formation cultivator—tens of thousands of spirit stones, ancient treasures, some rare materials, and several jade slips containing cultivation techniques and insights.
But for Lin Chuan, who often gets opportunities, these are just ordinary things.
His gaze finally settled on an ancient treasure on the stone table.
It was a shuttle-shaped ancient artifact, entirely silver-white, about a foot long, pointed at both ends, slightly thicker in the middle, with its surface covered with densely packed runes and patterns, radiating a faint spiritual light.
Lin Chuan picked up the silver shuttle, probed it with his divine sense, and quickly mastered how to use this treasure.
Escape shuttle.
Once activated, this item can transform into a streak of silver light, allowing one to fly while standing on it.
Its speed was fast enough for Lin Chuan to reach the escape speed of the Nascent Soul level!
Moreover, this shuttle can also be used for earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of escaping technique), allowing it to travel underground as if walking on flat ground.
What's most impressive is that it can break through restrictions—those formations and restrictions that trap ordinary cultivators are useless in front of the Void Shuttle!
"Haha, this is a life-saving artifact!"
Lin Chuan was overjoyed.
With this item, he now had an extra trump card, whether in pursuit or escape. His upcoming trip to the Void Heaven Palace was also much more assured.
……
Five days later.
early morning.
The divination results have been updated.
Today's divination result: Minor good fortune.
[The divination text reads: The fragmented map of the Void Heaven is showing unusual activity. You take out the fragmented map of the Void Heaven and fly to the location of the Void Heaven Palace according to the map's guidance.]
"The Void Heaven Palace is finally about to be born..."
Lin Chuan murmured to himself.
He took out the fragment of the Void Heaven Map that he had treasured for many years from his storage bag—a brocade handkerchief made of a special material.
The handkerchief, as before, was still drawing a blurry map, with mountains and rivers vaguely visible but their exact locations unrecognizable.
Lin Chuan waited for two hours.
Sudden--
The map on the handkerchief, all its lines and markings, vanished completely in an instant!
Instead, a small, golden lightsaber pattern, about an inch long, floated quietly in the center of the empty handkerchief.
No matter how Lin Chuan turned the handkerchief, the lightsaber would slowly point in the same direction—northwest.
Furthermore, a thin red line shot out from the tip of the sword, extending straight to the edge of the handkerchief, emitting a faint glow.
"northwest……"
Lin Chuan put away the brocade handkerchief, summoned the Void Shuttle, and transformed into a streak of silver light, speeding off towards the northwest.