Chapter 255 Knowledge Expansion (2)

Because the six major alliances claim to be the orthodox way of heaven, there is only one truth in this world, and that is the supreme way of heaven. In the eyes of the six major alliances, the three major sects are no longer superior or inferior, and are all heretics.

Ten thousand years ago, after the Six Alliances defeated the Myriad Souls Sect, they once believed that the Daowang Sect was not a demonic sect, but the three major sects were the true demons. At this time, the three major sects had just established their own Daoism, but were attacked by the Six Alliances from the south, almost severing their Daoist lineage.

In a moment of crisis, a demonic dragon suddenly appeared and wreaked havoc in Diling Province. Since the six alliances prided themselves on protecting the Dao, they naturally couldn't let the demonic dragon go. However, the demonic dragon's power was beyond imagination, rivaling that of a peak Divine Transformation Stage cultivator. The entire Diling Province was transformed from a prosperous and fertile land into a desolate and utterly desolate place. Numerous talented young men and veteran geniuses from the six alliances fought bravely before finally strangling the demonic dragon and sealing off Diling Province, preventing the demonic energy from its corpse from escaping.

At this time, the six major alliances were severely damaged, and the three major factions came back to life. They finally took advantage of the weakness of the six major alliances to gain a foothold, and from then on, they had a feud.

Luo Xuanyi closed "Nan Yi Hua" (The Southern Epic of the Middle Song) and sighed inwardly. She didn't see from it which sect of Taoism was the true one, but she saw only one thing: if you don't remove the roots, there will be endless trouble.

Putting the two volumes away, ready to peruse them later, Luo Xuanyi opened the Sifang Tianling Gangmu and Qizhe Kuangjian. These two volumes, unlike the two I had written, contained large illustrations accompanied by a small amount of text.

The "Compendium of the Four Directions Celestial Spirits" records every spiritual beast, demonic beast, and even celestial beast I have ever seen—a total of 168,000 images, condensed into a single scroll using spatial incantations. It's hard to imagine the countless miles of land and the countless hours this anonymous author must have traversed to create this work. The Taoist methods employed are even more difficult to replicate. There are no copies of the "Compendium of the Four Directions Celestial Spirits," and this is the only remaining copy.

This volume is so precious that it is worth a fortune.

Compared to Wen Xiuhui, this anonymous author is even more taciturn. Apart from the names of the spirit beasts and demon beasts and a brief introduction, there is hardly a single extra word in the illustrated book.

However, the author still left a few more words of doubt at the beginning of the "Heavenly Beasts" volume: "The Heavenly Beast appeared from nothing, and it has never been found even after a hundred searches."

Luo Xuanyi gently flipped through the forty-six illustrations of celestial beasts recorded by the anonymous author. Among them, there were thirty-two adult beasts and fourteen half-celestial beasts. As expected, there was not a single juvenile celestial beast below the half-celestial beast.

When she turned to the last page, Luo Xuanyi's eyes lit up. It was a familiar portrait.

The painting, embellished with a skilled brushstroke, depicted a speck of white fluff drifting in the wind. It depicted a giant, crownless deer, its hooves draped in silk, its legs woven not of flesh but of tangled green grass. Its eyes were hollow, their pupils pierced with holes, from which wisps of silk flew. It was the very image of the Half-Sky Beast that Luo Xuanyi had glimpsed among the twelve towering cloud-capped mountains.

The handwriting nearby also confirmed Luo Xuanyi's thoughts: "Half-Sky Beast, with wispy eyes, not yet enlightened. Its traces have been seen three times: at the top of White Lotus Mountain, the Twelve Soaring Cloud Mountains, and Falling Cloud Mountain."

"He is of a mild disposition, and avoids people when he sees them. He is suspected of being in his own domain."

Suspecting a self-domain means suspecting that the half-sky beast Xumu could naturalize a certain piece of land as its own territory. The twelve towering cloud-shaped mountains Luo Xuanyi saw matched my suspicions, but unfortunately I didn't write more about them, leaving information for her reference.

And what was the connection between the Xumu and the Xu disease in Guhu Town? Luo Xuanyi pondered. But now that she had enough information, she no longer needed to care about the residents of Guhu Town, so she put the Xu disease behind her.

Rather than worrying about the disease, Luo Xuanyi wanted to know whether she could catch Xumu. She had many experiments she wanted to do.

Compared to the Four Directions Celestial Spirits Compendium, the Instrumentalist's Mineral Guide was of little use to Luo Xuanyi. It was essentially a mineral atlas that instrumentalists consulted before refining their instruments, and its location of the four ore veins was just as basic as the pharmacopoeia Luo Xuanyi had read before.

However, Luo Xuanyi didn't know how to refine weapons, nor did she want to learn. This book was just a copy, and therefore had no value. She flipped through it briefly, glanced at the map of the mineral vein, and then put "The Detective's Mining Guide" away.

At this time, three days and nights had passed in Taoyuan Realm, and Luo Xuanyi finally packed up all the gains from this trip.

Among them, 36,000 spiritual herbs and 25,000 monsters were exactly what she urgently needed now, which meant that at least she would have enough flags for the Soul-Falling Formation in the Interstellar World; several boxes of rare materials; the Wind and Rain Ganoderma Lucidum was temporarily thrown into the Netherworld Realm to nourish spiritual creatures, and the Fortune Pill was put aside for an indefinite period; a Wanli Pill was considered a backup; a formation plate and three of the four books were extremely valuable to Luo Xuanyi, and knowledge was priceless.

The other hundreds of magic weapons, pills, talismans and a few low-grade pill fires were things that Luo Xuanyi didn't really need, but if she took them for free, she wouldn't waste them. She kept them and thought they might come in handy someday.

After thinking it over in her mind, Luo Xuanyi brushed off the fallen petals on her body, stood up, stretched, and bent backward with her fists clenched.

"Hmm."

She got into the habit of doing this after reading, and she hasn't changed it yet. Even now, if she wants to bend backward, she can fold herself up.

After stretching her body, Luo Xuanyi quickly walked out of the peach forest and found the familiar lawn. She rubbed her hands together, took out a storage bag full of materials, and gently tossed it up and down in her hands.

Now, she is finally going to start refining the formation flags.

Good night~