Chapter 174 Good News! The Ancestral Master Has Face Now... Heading to the Ancient Battlefield...
Song Yin thought for a moment, then instead of hanging the portrait back in its original place, she put it into her spatial storage and left Danque Peak with doubts. She had two things to do now: first, to read some books to thoroughly understand the events of her ancestor's era; second, to take the portrait to Wanbaolou to find Elder Fu, who often dealt with all kinds of treasures and might know the material of the portrait.
Immersed in books, Song Yin specifically sought out records related to the Xuan Tian Calamity of that year.
To learn more, I discovered many previously unseen records.
These events were far removed from Song Yin's life; when she learned about this knowledge back then, she treated them as mere stories. Now, however, she had to delve into them meticulously, searching for everything related to her ancestor.
The Xuan Tian Chaos, also known as the Xuan Tian Calamity, is also called the World Annihilation Crisis, the Foreign Invasion, the Hundred Realms Conflict, and so on. Back then, all races, including humans, demons, and monsters, united to resist the crisis...
Song Yin looked up from the book. How powerful must the enemy be to enable multiple races to unite against the crisis?
She read the contents carefully again, and her pupils contracted when she saw the keywords.
Foreign invasion, spiritual veins disappearing, life force being seized… For some reason, Song Yin thought of the name Nie Zhengchu. The past seemed very similar to the present; upon closer reflection, the spiritual veins did indeed appear after Nie Zhengchu's death.
Nie Zhengchu comes from another world and can be considered an outsider, but there are many people from other worlds in the Xuantian Realm. Why aren't these people defined as foreign invaders? Could it be that these people don't intend to harm the Xuantian Realm?
Song Yin continued reading and learned more about what happened back then.
Several days passed in the blink of an eye. Song Yin rose from the pile of books and put them back in their original places. Combining the sect's collection with the Danque Peak collection, Song Yin actually discovered some remarkable details.
The founder's real name was Qin Muyan. He lived in seclusion in the mountains from a young age, where he glimpsed the Great Dao. During a time of chaos and danger caused by foreign invasion, he and several other founders of the Immortal Firmament Sect distinguished themselves and fought on the battlefield. The Xuan Tian Rebellion lasted for many years, until finally culminating in a battle against the strongest leader of the foreign race.
The book records that there were two strongest commanders, twins, one of whom would not die if the other did. In this unfavorable situation, the founder killed one of the commanders, and the rest joined forces to eliminate the other. Finally, this chaos that had lasted for years came to an end, a spiritual vein appeared, and the Immortal Firmament Sect, due to the founder's influence, was situated atop a large spiritual vein.
Then comes the record of the patriarchs ascending to heaven one after another.
If her patriarch hadn't failed to ascend to immortality, she almost would have truly believed what was recorded in the book. However, while the records in the book may not be entirely true, they can still provide some reference.
Of course, the end of the Xuan Tian Rebellion wasn't solely due to the patriarch's efforts, but his contribution was significant. Logically, such heroic deeds should have been recorded in detail, but she searched through countless books and couldn't find any further records. She couldn't find detailed records even on Dan Que Peak, let alone elsewhere.
Song Yin rubbed her head, which was spinning from reading, and then went to find Elder Fu at the outer gate.
If it weren't for the blank scroll pieced together from six fragments, she might never have realized the special nature of the ancestral master's portrait.
"The ever-busy man who never leaves the scene has finally reappeared? It's been a long time since I last saw you after we parted ways at the Nine Heavens Secret Realm." Elder Fu's voice rang out from outside the door.
Song Yin was currently in the reception area for distinguished guests on the top floor of Wanbaolou. Elder Fu arrived shortly after she sat down.
"Elder Fu," Song Yin stood up to greet him.
Elder Fu entered and said, "Please sit down, please sit down. We're all acquaintances, no need for formalities." He also sat down opposite Song Yin, dismissed the servants around him, and then smiled and said, "Did you come here with something good to offer?"
When he returned to his clan that year, he learned that several people had received the inheritance. He stayed in Wanbaolou for a long time, feeling depressed, before he was able to calm himself down.
Song Yin took out the portrait of the founder, "I don't have anything to sell for the time being, but there is a painting that I need you to take a look at. Elder Fu has been in charge of Wanbaolou for many years and has handled countless treasures. After thinking about it, perhaps only you can answer my question."
"You've flattered me, I'm in for a treat—" Elder Fu took the portrait, then opened it. He noticed something unusual about the portrait, stopped mid-sentence, and began to examine it closely.
Upon seeing this, Song Yin knew something was amiss.
Elder Fu: "Where did this portrait come from?" He sniffed lightly, "It even smells nice."
Song Yin: "Oh, this is a portrait of our Danque Peak's founder. It has been hanging on the wall and worshipped for generations. It must have been infused with the aroma of incense."
Elder Fu's hand trembled.
"..."
He then carefully picked up the portrait, even though he knew it would not be damaged.
But since the object he worships year-round is a portrait of the patriarch, he has to be careful and respectful.
Who is the founder of Danque Peak? He is one of the six founders of the Xianxiao Sect!
Elder Fu looked at the portrait and sighed, "The sect has a special place to enshrine the six patriarchs. I was wondering why only the patriarch of Danque Peak didn't have a portrait, but after seeing this one you brought, I understand."
Song Yin complained: "Because it's just a back view, not a front view, right?"
Elder Fu: "Yes. This patriarch was truly a remarkable person, actually using a magical artifact to record his own portrait."
"A magical artifact?" Song Yin exclaimed in surprise. "But isn't it just a painting? An ordinary painting, without the unique spiritual energy fluctuations of a magical artifact."
Elder Fu: "This painting itself is a magical artifact. It is often used to record various secrets or techniques, but it can only be opened with a special spell. However, very few people use this method now. After all, the opening spell is the same for everyone. Once more people know about it, this kind of protective measure becomes less useful. It's normal that you don't know this because you are young."
The secret mission to find the patriarch at Danque Peak has been passed down through generations.
It was a bright and sunny day. One of the peak masters ascended to immortality too quickly and forgot to pass on the secret of the portrait and the activation technique to the next peak master. From then on, every peak master was unaware that the portrait was a magical artifact that could be activated.
Elder Fu rolled up the portrait and returned it to Song Yin, saying, "I happen to know the spell to activate it, so I'll teach it to you directly."
He didn't open it directly because he didn't know if the painting held any secrets, and it wouldn't be good for an outsider like him to find out if it did.
Song Yin accepted the portrait: "Then thank you, Elder Fu."
Elder Fu: "You're welcome. You really don't have anything to sell? Pills are fine too."
Song Yin memorized the technique after learning it once.
Elder Fu had helped, and to express her gratitude, Song Yin took out a grade nine pill.
"There is only one grade nine pill."
High-grade pills are rarely sold, and even when they are, they are not sold in whole bottles like low-grade pills.
Elder Fu quickly put the spirit stones into his pocket. "I knew Elder Song had a lot of good stuff. Here are some spirit stones, keep them safe."
He didn't think much of it, assuming it was a pill given to Song Yin by Old Ancestor Lou, unaware that Song Yin herself had refined it.
Inside Danque Peak.
The first thing Song Yin did upon returning to her residence was to activate the so-called magical artifact.
She froze both the portrait and the blank scroll in mid-air, and then she cast a spell on the portrait first.
What secrets could it hold? Song Yin's curiosity about it surpassed that of the blank scroll.
After the magic was injected, the figure in the painting seemed to come alive, and the person on it moved and stepped out of the painting.
Song Yin: "Wait, wait, wait! A cultivation-themed holographic projection?"
Turning away, a strange yet youthful face appeared in Song Yin's eyes. The eyes were deep and unfathomable, the gaze seemingly piercing through illusion, distant and indifferent, as if staring at someone outside the portrait.
Without a doubt, this is the face of the founding master.
Song Yin: "..."
Song Yin took out the communication stone to contact her grandmaster who was at the ancient battlefield, but as expected, the communication stone could not reach him.
Song Yin: "..."
The grandmaster probably didn't know that the portrait could be activated, otherwise he wouldn't have looked at the portrait's back with such anger and complained.
So which generation of peak master forgot to pass down the technique to activate the portrait?
I'm impressed!
A moment later, the person in the portrait turned back to face.
Song Yin then opened the blank scroll.
Similarly, the blank scroll changed, this time revealing a completely new projection—an unfamiliar place. The projection continued to change, from a vibrant forest to a scene of mountains of corpses and seas of blood, the sky also dyed blood red.
Song Yin had never been to the place where the scroll was projected, but she recognized where the final mountain of corpses and sea of blood was. She had looked it up a long time ago; it was—the ancient battlefield!
The scroll's final projection is an overview of an ancient battlefield, which, combined with the content on the fragments...
Song Yin stopped writing, and the final complete map was presented on the paper.
"We have no choice but to go to the ancient battlefield." Song Yin blew the ink away.
She turned around and retrieved the portrait and scroll. The portrait was hung back in its original place, and the scroll was stored in the Langhuan Grotto.
She will go to the ancient secret realm, but not now.
From that day on, Song Yin frequently went to the outer sect, not for any other reason than to help Chu Tang cultivate faster and strive to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage as soon as possible, so that she could teach her the inherited cultivation method of Danque Peak.
Chu Tang could sense that her master wanted her to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage as soon as possible. Although her master did not say it explicitly, she knew it.
In order not to disappoint his master's expectations, Chu Tang would meditate instead of resting in the middle of the night.
Qi Zibo taught Song Yin about spiritual herbs by arranging for her to learn on Spiritual Herb Peak. Song Yin taught Chu Tang about spiritual herbs, sometimes personally demonstrating with the herbs, and sometimes having her help water and cultivate the land at Spiritual Herb Peak.
Finally, five years later, Chu Tang broke through to the Foundation Establishment stage and participated in the sect's Foundation Establishment Grand Competition.
In the same year, Shi Heming broke through the limits and successfully drew a ninth-order talisman.
Chu Tang ranked in the Foundation Establishment Competition, not first but still in the top ten. However, her seventh place was more famous than the first, because Elder Song of the inner sect announced to the entire sect that Chu Tang was her personally taught disciple.
Suddenly, everyone who wanted to become Song Yin's apprentice felt like they'd eaten a lemon—extremely sour.
That's Elder Song's personal disciple!
Even Wang Xi, who was on good terms with Chu Tang, groaned with envy when he found out.
"Xiao Tang! Ask Dan Que Peak if they're still hiring. I can switch to alchemy!" Wang Xi said with extreme envy.
Chu Tang agreed and found a time to ask Song Yin.
After packing her things, Song Yin replied, "I'm going out and my return date is uncertain, so Danque Peak is not recruiting for the time being. I have already taught you the entire inheritance technique. During my absence, you will have to understand and comprehend it on your own."
Chu Tang snapped out of her reverie and woke up abruptly. "Master, where are you going?" What she longed for was to live with her master!
"It's a secret. You'll find out when your cultivation level is higher."
Unable to get the truth out of him, Chu Tang could only stay alone on Danque Peak and watch her master leave.
Ruan Chaoxue put her hand on Chu Tang's shoulder, "Take it easy, Senior Sister is just a free spirit. Before Senior Sister comes back, we can also teach you alchemy."
Unlike her grandmaster, Song Yin didn't leave quietly. She contacted everyone she could, including Sect Leader Yan. This contact was crucial; if she truly couldn't get out, she'd have to rely on them to pull some strings.
After learning that she had gone to the ancient battlefield, Sect Master Yan gave her a look: You know what I mean!
Song Yin returned her a look: Spiritual Vein, I understand.
On the eve of her departure, Shen Yuzhu and Xia Xining both came to see her off. Song Yin asked the person beside her, "Are you really going with me?"
Shi Heming: "Of course, I don't think a ninth-tier talisman master will hold you back."
Of course he'd go along. He wanted to be with Yinyin all the time, but he couldn't keep her by his side, so he had to follow her everywhere.
This time, Xia Xining finally made it in time. "It's a pity I still have to help my grandmaster, otherwise I would have gone with you."
Song Yin smiled and said, "Don't worry, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future."
Shen Yuzhu also came to see the two off: "I was the one who said I was going to find Master and the others, but I didn't expect you to set off first, Junior Sister. Please be careful inside."
Shen Yuzhu slipped the only Nine-Turn Rejuvenation Pill into Song Yin's hand and whispered, "Take this."
Song Yin recognized the pill and forcefully shoved it back, also sending a telepathic message: "I have some, keep yours safe." She can now refine it herself.
Shen Yuzhu tried several times, but couldn't give it to him, so he had to give up. "You really..."
Song Yin: "Hurry up and pick a disciple you like, senior brother! Remember to have Elder Su do some divination before accepting a disciple."
Shen Yuzhu: "Senior brother understands."
After bidding farewell to their loved ones, Song Yin and her companions embarked on their journey to the ancient battlefield.
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Author's Note: Song Yin: Searching and searching for the patriarch~
The patriarch is online...
Hint: The patriarch has hidden himself in a place no one would expect or be able to find. [Sunglasses]
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[Empty bowl]
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