Chapter 404: The Past of Medicine King Cauldron
"So, the time is correct, counting from the moment your Yaowang Sect returned to Xuanhuang Realm. Twenty-four years."
Xiao Heng also reacted immediately.
"But Fellow Daoist Linghu clearly said that the Medicine King Cauldron was only outside the realm for a short time before it came back. How is it possible that in such a short period of time, thousands of years have passed here?" Zhang Haobo frowned deeply.
"The speed of time is a thousand times slower? Is that really possible?"
No one present could answer this question and they all fell into silence.
"Perhaps, there is a way to figure out what happened back then." After a moment, Linghu Chang seemed to remember something and suddenly said.
"When falling towards the Xuanhuang Realm, the Medicine King Cauldron exhausted all its energy and eventually fell into silence."
"But you just said that you were able to enter here thanks to the induction of the Small Medicine King Cauldron."
He looked at Xiao Heng: "Under normal circumstances, the induction between the Medicine King Cauldrons is one-way. That is, only the holder of the True Medicine King Cauldron can sense the location of the other Small Medicine King Cauldrons."
"Holding the Small Medicine King Cauldron, one can sense the location of the True Cauldron. This usually only happens when the sect master summons the monks from nearby sects."
"This means that either the sect master has also awakened. Or after so many years, the Medicine King Cauldron has recovered its energy and started to spontaneously execute orders and seek help from the outside world."
"In short, no matter what, we must go to the [Gate of Life and Death] to check on the sect master."
Linghu Chang said in a deep voice.
"The Gate of Life and Death? Is it the gray stone door at the end of the corridor? We tried, but we couldn't open it at all." Su Xiaomei responded.
"Of course. The Gate of Life and Death separates life and death. Even a cultivator of the Hedao realm cannot shake it in the slightest. If you can destroy it, that would be a big problem." Linghu Chang said disapprovingly.
"Do you have a solution?" Su Xiaomei said a little unconvinced.
"Hmph." Linghu Chang snorted coldly and said nothing.
Fly to the depths of the passage.
Su Xiaomei and the other two looked at each other and followed closely.
Soon, they arrived in front of a gray stone gate.
Linghu Chang was seen sitting cross-legged, with the Small Medicine King Cauldron reappearing above his head, emitting a protective light shield.
The ground around him was also shining with gold and had many symbols engraved on it.
He took out another piece of talisman paper and stuck it on his forehead.
Twenty-four golden needles surround it.
The four jade cards are placed in front and back.
After taking defensive measures, Linghu Chang politely said to Xiao Heng and the other two, "Please protect me, fellow Taoist."
"I don't know what you are showing off." Su Xiaomei muttered.
Linghu Chang didn't care and closed his eyes.
Then, a baby figure that looked 80% like Linghu Chang himself suddenly emerged from his body.
"Hello, fellow Taoists!"
The baby bowed elegantly to Xiao Heng and the others, looking very adorable.
"This is……"
"Nascent Soul?"
Xiao Heng and others were shocked.
The cultivators today have long abandoned the practice of "breaking the elixir to form an infant".
Instead, they directly plundered various caves and formed cave domains to replace the Nascent Soul.
Seeing this legendary existence at this time, I couldn't help but feel a little curious in surprise.
After Linghu Chang's Nascent Soul left his body, he did not fly directly out of the protection he had set up.
Instead, he took out a small set of green wood armor and put it on himself.
After swallowing several more pills, he turned into a stream of light and flew towards the gray stone gate.
When it was about to collide with the Gate of Life and Death, a green light suddenly appeared on the body of the Nascent Soul.
The stone gate was illuminated by the light, as if it was also imbued with it, and became somewhat lively.
Linghu Chang took the opportunity to dive into the green area of Shimen.
After he disappeared, the stone gate returned to normal.
"It's amazing that the Nascent Soul has left the body." Su Xiaomei patted the stone door, making a banging sound.
She still couldn't get in, and she felt a little regretful.
He turned around and looked at Linghu Chang's body which was protected in the center by many magic weapons.
His eyes rolled around: "This guy has quite a few magic weapons."
"You said, he carries so many treasures with him alone."
"There are so many sleeping monks in this Medicine King Cauldron. How rich could its treasures be?"
"That's not even counting the many secret treasures of the Medicine King Sect."
Su Xiaomei transmitted the message.
"Senior Skull is right. This is indeed a great opportunity." Zhang Haobo agreed.
"It's a pity that we are not strong enough, otherwise..."
Xiao Heng did not respond.
He stared at the gray gate of life and death, not knowing what he was thinking.
Time passes slowly while waiting.
One day, two days...
Linghu Chang, who entered the door, seemed to have disappeared, and there was no news of him at all.
"Is there any accident?"
Xiao Heng and the others couldn't help but feel a little worried.
It was not until five days later that the gate of life and death suddenly opened.
The Nascent Soul returns to its place.
After a while, Linghu Chang's body shook a little, and he slowly stood up with a sad look on his face.
"Fellow Daoist Linghu, what happened?" Zhang Haobo asked.
"Come with me." Linghu Chang put away his protection and entered the stone gate.
The three of them thought about it, became more alert, and followed in.
It was as if I had suddenly arrived in an endless void, with countless stars shining in the distant background.
"The sect master passed away thousands of years ago to protect us."
At this time, Linghu Chang's somewhat sad voice was heard.
"This is the scene recorded by the Medicine King Cauldron back then."
The scene around Xiao Heng and others suddenly went from still to moving rapidly.
Countless streams of light were stretched to form strange curves.
And below, a huge, hazy ball of light was moving away from them.
A sigh was heard.
"Xuanhuang Realm..."
Another old voice appeared: "Master, don't worry. The catastrophe is coming. We fled far away for a chance of survival. There is nothing wrong with that."
"That being said, Xuanhuang Realm is our hometown after all..."
“With great power comes great responsibility. Our Yaowang Sect is but a small sect and can barely take care of ourselves, let alone many other things. Let’s leave the task of dealing with disasters and saving the Xuanhuang Realm to the Ten Immortal Sects.” There was obvious dissatisfaction with the Ten Immortal Sects in the old voice.
"Mr. Huang... forget it, let's not talk about this." Liu Ruchen paused, but started talking about something else.
"Speaking of which, the attitude of the Ten Immortal Sects this time is really a bit strange. According to their previous style of doing things, if they heard that we were going to flee as a sect, they would definitely come out and reprimand us. But for some reason, they didn't have the slightest intention of stopping us this time."
Huang Lao said disapprovingly, "When disaster strikes, everyone flees. There are more than just the Yaowang Sect who are fleeing. Maybe there are too many and we can't handle it all."
Liu Ruchen remained silent.
After a while, Huang Lao said excitedly: "But outsiders would never think that our Yaowang Sect would have a copy of the [Dao Benchmark] from other cultivation worlds."
"With the guidance of the beacon, we can cross the endless void and head to a new world."
(End of this chapter)
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