"I got slashed by a knife," Cao Ya laughed.
A knife?
Meng Qi and He Qi were taken aback, exchanged a glance, and then their eyes lit up.
"The Blade of Time?!"
"Mm." Cao Ya nodded.
The two men immediately became excited.
"How could we forget that the location of the Time Blade has remained unchanged from the Middle Ages to later generations?" He Qi clapped his hands.
"With the Time Blade, we can definitely return to the future!" Meng Qi rubbed his hands together, quite excited.
Finally, they found a way back!
This is not their time!
"But is the Time Blade willing to give us a strike? Hmm, what if it kills us with one strike and turns us into old men who pass away peacefully?" Meng Qi suddenly muttered, his worries returning.
He Qi couldn't help but frown.
Then, they all looked at Cao Ya.
The Time Blade is a treasure of the Xuantian Sect, and has absolutely no connection with the Shaolin Temple. Why would it be willing to give an Arhat a great opportunity to travel back to the Middle Ages instead of being able to cut him with a single blade?
At the end of ancient times, the Heavenly Court fell, and the Heavenly Emperor forged the Time Blade. For nearly 200,000 years thereafter, this divine blade remained hidden in Jade Emperor Mountain until the founder of the Xuantian Sect accidentally obtained the true meaning of the Jade Book of the Heavenly Emperor within Jade Emperor Mountain. Only then did the Time Blade reveal itself and join the Xuantian Sect, becoming its treasured guardian.
What is the most distinctive feature of the Time Blade?
Time is like a knife, each cut aging us!
Since ancient times, the most famous time-related treasure is none other than the Time Blade!
The Heavenly Emperor, who ruled the ancient Heavenly Court, treads upon time and dominates an era; he is a symbol of time itself.
The Time Blade he forged from the remains of the Heavenly Dao Seal, a treasure of immortality and enlightenment, is undoubtedly a precious artifact capable of traversing the river of time at will!
The problem is that none of the three of them are from the Xuantian Sect. If they rashly go to Jade Emperor Mountain, the Time Blade might not even give them a second glance.
Well, perhaps Master Xuanjie is an exception...
"Master Uncle, how did the Time Blade send you back to the Middle Ages?" Meng Qi asked curiously.
"It was just an opportunity, a promise," Cao Ya said, omitting the details.
Meng Qi and He Qi felt regret, but they knew that this was a secret of the Undying Arhat, and he would not mention it to others unless absolutely necessary.
"With the Undying Arhat here, we can probably use the power of the Time Blade to return to the future, right?" He Qi asked uncertainly.
"No problem." Cao Ya nodded. Since the Heavenly Emperor sent him here, he would definitely take responsibility for bringing him back. Otherwise, why would he need a promise from him?
Upon hearing this, both Meng Qi and He Qi breathed a sigh of relief.
"It would be good if we could go back," Meng Qi said with a smile. "If the Time Blade doesn't agree, there's really nothing we can do."
"The Overlord Blade was not a divine weapon of time, and it also had to fight against the Demon Buddha Mark. Most of its power was restricted, making it impossible to use the power of the Other Shore level."
Meng Qi sighed, his voice full of resentment:
"That knife disappeared the moment I arrived in the Middle Ages. Occasionally it would just ring in my ear. It really is a case of preferring the old and forgetting the new."
Cao Ya smiled. The Samsara Seal on his hand was in a similar situation to the Overlord's Absolute Blade.
"It's a pity that the Human Emperor's Sword is worshipped by the descendants of the Human Emperor, and we can't find any trace of them at all," He Qi said regretfully.
"Anyway, as long as we have the Time Blade, that's fine." Meng Qi laughed. "Now that we have a solution, the most urgent thing is to find Master Lu, Senior Su Wuming, and Daoist Chonghe."
"Besides you, there are other Dharma bodies from other worlds, including demonic Dharma bodies, who have all returned to the Middle Ages, right?" Cao Ya stroked his chin and pondered.
Meng Qi and the others' arrival seemed to be the aftermath of a clash between powerful beings, but Cao Ya knew very well that behind it was actually a battle between two beings from the other shore.
Want to go back without completing the mission of the other shore? Ha, that's just wishful thinking!
Only Cao Ya, who was not part of the plans of those two beings and was sent by the Heavenly Emperor, was free from any restrictions.
Of course, Cao Ya dared not take Meng Qi away without permission, thus jeopardizing the plans of the Other Shore.
Otherwise, if the other side becomes angry, Cao Ya will surely die!
The Heavenly Emperor won't risk his life to protect him!
Besides, although the Heavenly Emperor is powerful, he is always inferior to the Moral Celestial Venerable and Amitabha Buddha.
The former is the oldest, while the latter two are the oldest.
The more ancient the realm, the more powerful it becomes!
Therefore, Cao Ya felt that Meng Qi should stay here for a long time and be taken back after completing the task assigned by the Moral Celestial Venerable.
Yes, of all the Dharma bodies that traveled back to the Middle Ages, only Meng Qi is the key!
"Do you think that with so many Dharma bodies arriving, they might go and excavate ancient tombs and ruins that should only have appeared in later generations, based on some legends?" Cao Ya asked softly.
This statement reminded Meng Qi and He Qi, and they looked at each other in bewilderment.
"I don't think so. If the timeline deviates significantly, how can a Dharma Body Realm cultivator withstand the backlash from the River of Time?" He Qi asked hesitantly.
That's why I hadn't thought of it before.
Anything they do as people from later generations in this era could very well change history. If it's a small-scale change, that's fine; the backlash won't be obvious, or even nonexistent.
However, if certain major events are altered, the river of time will fluctuate, and a backlash will strike. Even legends will perish, let alone the Dharma body.
They don't believe those Dharma bodies can survive the backlash of time!
"Wait!" Meng Qi suddenly thought of someone, clapped his hands, and said in a deep voice, "Guldo! He has the peerless divine weapon, the Heavenly Punishment Axe, and he has no Demon Buddha imprint to restrain him or disperse his power. He can completely block the backlash of the River of Time!"
He Qi immediately remembered and frowned.
They didn't believe that Guldor, who possessed the Heavenly Punishment Axe, would die in the aftermath of the battle between the two powerful beings.
You know, they all survived.
"Let's not talk about those places where the location is unclear, there are no definite records, and the opportunity is unknown. Let's just talk about those places with clear records, such as Jade Emperor Mountain and the tomb of Chunyangzi. They should not appear now. They must wait for tens of thousands of years before they appear."
Cao Ya said in a deep voice:
"Among them, Jade Emperor Mountain is where the Time Blade is hidden. If the Time Blade is unwilling, no one can take it away, or even discover it. Therefore, Guldo will not go to Jade Emperor Mountain. The place he is more likely to go to is—the tomb of Chunyangzi!"
The mausoleum of Chunyangzi is the origin of the Chunyang Sect's lineage and contains unparalleled supernatural powers such as "One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones," which would make Guldor envious.
In comparison, other places with recorded locations either don't yield good items, or even if they point directly to the Dharmakaya but are useless to Guldo, or they are hidden deep in the void and never appear in time, like Jade Emperor Mountain, or the treasures aren't powerful enough to compare with the gains from Chunyangzi's mausoleum, making them less cost-effective.
In their opinion, Guldo, who controls the Heavenly Punishment Axe, will most likely go to Chunyangzi's tomb.
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