Chapter 90 Secret

Chapter 90 Secret

Chapter 90 Secret
Ten days later, Chen Yuan came to the Sutra Repository again.

Old Man Geng was still flipping through ancient books out of boredom. When he saw Chen Yuan walk in, his eyes lit up and he stood up to greet him:

"How has Master Chen figured out the secrets contained in the broken stele?"

Chen Yuan looked unwilling and sighed softly:
"The broken stele is broken in the middle, and the inscription is incomplete. All we can tell is that it is a spiritual medicine garden, but it has no other value. I came here to check the ancient books in the Sutra Library, as well as the experiences of our sect's disciples who entered Dongxu Mountain, to see if I can find any clues."

A hint of joy flashed across Old Man Geng's eyes:
"The most abundant thing in the Sutra Library is ancient books. You can read as much as you want. In the past, many disciples who entered Dongxu Mountain wrote down their experiences. They are located between the 38th and 46th bookshelves of the Xuan character..."

He talked about every detail, including almost every ancient book about the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain, as well as the books about Dongxu Mountain written by several disciples in their spare time.

After hearing this, Chen Yuan immediately took out fifty spirit stones and gave them to Old Man Geng.

Old man Geng's face blossomed like a chrysanthemum. He took out a bamboo card, handed it to Chen Yuan, and said:

"Before the bamboo sign lights up, Junior Brother Chen can freely browse the classics, jade slips, and books on the first floor of the Sutra Library. If you want to continue, just come here and tell me."

Chen Yuan took the bamboo tablet, walked into the Sutra Library, followed Old Man Geng's instructions, came to the Xuan bookshelf, picked up the classics, and quickly flipped through them.

Immortal cultivators all have a photographic memory. Chen Yuan can finish reading a thick book in just a quarter of an hour, then pick up the next one and start reading again.

Three hours later, he had read through all the books and classics that mentioned Dongxu Mountain.

But to his disappointment, there was no useful information in it.

Finally, Chen Yuan came to the time three hundred years ago, mentioned the book of Dongxu Mountain, and started flipping through it.

He finally gained something from these books.

Four hours later, Chen Yuan returned to the entrance of the Sutra Library and returned the bamboo tablet to Old Man Geng.

Old Man Geng reminded:
"You still have one hour left. If you leave now, the spirit stones will not be returned."

Chen Yuan smiled bitterly:
"I have searched through all the books and manuscripts, but none of them have anything to do with the broken stele. It would be a waste of time if I stayed any longer."

Old Man Geng saw that Chen Ye had made up his mind and knew that he could no longer squeeze money out of him, so he said disappointedly:
"This broken stele is definitely extraordinary. When I go back, I can study the inscription carefully. Maybe I can learn something. Then I can come to the Sutra Library to check the classics and verify it..."

"Thank you for your advice, I will definitely do it next time."

Chen Yuan bowed, turned and left.

After walking out of the Sutra Library, he did not return to the cave, but rode the flying boat towards Xiangguang Peak and landed outside Mo Jingchun's cave.

He took out his jade identity card, triggered the restriction, and transmitted a message into the cave.

After a while, the stone door of the cave opened, and Mo Jingchun came out to greet him, saying with a smile:
"How come Junior Brother Chen has time to come to my house?"

Chen Yuan bowed and saluted:

"The secret realm of Dongxu Mountain will be open soon. I came here to ask for advice from you, Senior Brother. I hope you will be generous in giving me some advice."

Mo Jingchun laughed when he heard this:
"It's a small matter. Come with me, Junior Brother. Sit down and talk slowly."

The two entered the cave and sat down as host and guest.

Mo Jingchun asked:
"Brother, if you have any questions, just tell me. As long as I know something, I will tell you everything I know."

Chen Yuan said:

"I heard that the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain is vast, covering hundreds of miles in radius. Although it is called a mountain, it is actually a mountain range with many dangerous places. Brother, do you have a map of Dongxu Mountain?"

Upon hearing this, Mo Jingchun took out a jade slip from his storage bag, raised his hand slightly, and the jade slip flew in front of Chen Yuan, saying:

"This is the map of the Dongxu Mountain secret realm. This map is not a rare item. Every time the secret realm is opened, the sect will issue a copy to each disciple. Otherwise, we would be completely in the dark. How can we search for spiritual herbs?"

Chen Yuan took the jade slip, probed into it with his spiritual sense, and checked it.

After a while, he put down the jade slip with a rather strange look on his face:
"The terrain of the Dongxu Mountain Secret Realm is so peculiar. It really opens my eyes."

Mo Jingchun smiled and said:
"I felt the same way when I first saw this picture. The Dongxu Mountain Secret Realm has nothing to do with Dongxu Mountain, but it is named after this mountain. It's really a bit weird."

Chen Yuan smiled:
"Maybe there is another hidden secret...Excuse me, Senior Brother, there are many dangerous places and monsters everywhere in the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain. Is there anything special that I need to pay attention to?"

Mo Jingchun thought for a moment and said:

"There are many places in Dongxu Mountain that require your attention, but there are a few places that you absolutely cannot approach, otherwise you will die..."

He described in detail several dangerous places in Dongxu Mountain. Chen Yuan listened attentively and only asked questions if he had any doubts.

Finally, Mo Jingchun warned:

"Junior brother, remember, there is a big taboo in the Dongxu Mountain Secret Realm, that is, you cannot stay in the secret realm when it is closed. In the past, some people coveted the spiritual herbs and did not leave the secret realm in time, and some were trapped in the restrictions and missed the time. Ten years later, when the secret realm was reopened, most of these people were dead, and even those who survived had their cultivation destroyed and became useless."

Chen Yuan was startled:
"Why?"

Mo Jingchun said:
"You also know that the restrictions in the Dongxu Mountain Secret Realm are extremely powerful. Every ten years, there will be a seven-day weakening period, during which Qi Condensation cultivators can enter. After seven days, the restrictions will be fully restored, and even Nascent Soul cultivators will be helpless."

“According to the disciples who survived, after seven days, a spiritual energy storm would be set off in the secret realm, which was extremely terrifying. They were lucky enough to hide in the restrictions in the secret realm, so they survived. However, the violent spiritual energy of heaven and earth entered their bodies, which also destroyed their cultivation and cut off their path to the Tao.”

Chen Yuan frowned slightly:

"In that case, we must return to the entrance of the secret realm before it closes. We only have less than four days to search for spiritual herbs?"

Mo Jingchun nodded slightly:
"That's right. However, there are abundant spiritual herbs in the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain. It is not difficult to find some hundred-year-old spiritual herbs. But those rare three-hundred-year-old and five-hundred-year-old spiritual herbs, especially the three main ingredients for refining foundation-building pills, are distributed in some dangerous places. There are monster beasts guarding them. If you want to gain something, you must take risks."

"And even if we find the spiritual herbs, we still need to return to the entrance of the secret realm before we can leave. This gives his disciples the opportunity to ambush and kill us. Most of the disciples who died in the secret realm were killed by his disciples. On the contrary, fewer were killed by the monsters' restrictions."

Chen Yuan looked solemn and said with a folded hand:

"Thank you for your guidance, Senior Brother. The journey to the secret realm is so dangerous. I must be more careful. Senior Brother was able to escape from the secret realm unscathed and even got a foundation-building pill in return. I really admire you." Mo Jingchun waved his hand and said with a smile:
"I just took advantage of the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain. The top disciples of various sects would not enter, and those cultivators who wanted to kill me could not stop my flying sword, and I snatched a lot of spiritual herbs from them. This time, I joined forces with my junior brother, and even if we meet the top disciples of various sects, we will have the strength to fight, and we will definitely gain more."

Chen Yuan's eyes flashed and he smiled:

"I benefited from my senior brother's help. He has a flying sword that is unmatched in its ability to move freely, just like the legendary swordsman. Compared to those top disciples, he should be able to defeat them, right?"

Mo Jingchun laughed:
"Junior brother, you have good eyesight. I did receive a sword cultivation inheritance, but it is not complete. If I meet those top disciples, it will be difficult to defeat them. But I am confident that I can end the fight in a draw."

"Brother, you are too modest. Huang Yundao was in a terrible state under your flying sword, and he is also one of the best among our sect's Qi-refining disciples. Even if there are people stronger than him, how much stronger can they be?"

Mo Jingchun shook his head:
"There are many talented people hidden in the six major sects. Huang Yundao is only first-rate among the disciples of various sects. There are many people who are stronger than him. Without saying too much, I am not afraid of Huang Yundao. Junior brother has a talisman. If I fight him alone, at least we will be on equal terms."

“But you and I are both casual cultivators. The most outstanding disciples are the talented cultivators who have natural spiritual roots, earthly spiritual roots, special spiritual roots, and strange spiritual bodies, who have pure magic power, treasures, and are proficient in magic. They are invincible after building their foundation.”

Chen Yuan smiled and said:

"No matter how strong they are, they will not enter the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain and fight to the death. Why should we be afraid?"

Mo Jingchun shook his head slightly:
"It was indeed like this in the past, but this trip to the secret realm may change a little."

Chen Yuan was startled:
"Senior brother, what do you mean by this?"

Mo Jingchun looked solemn:
"I got news from Uncle Yi that during this trip to the secret realm, the sect might send these top disciples to search for spiritual herbs."

Chen Yuan's expression changed slightly:

"Before they build their foundation, they don't have any bottlenecks. They just need to practice with peace of mind. The sect will give them foundation-building pills to help them build their foundation. How could we be willing to let them take risks?"

Mo Jingchun shook his head:
"I don't know the inside story, but according to Uncle Yi, this is the idea of ​​some Jindan elders, but other Jindan elders do not agree, so there is no final conclusion yet. It will be finalized before the secret realm is opened."

Chen Yuan was extremely surprised when he heard this.

He didn't expect that Yi Jin could even find out such information.

And if what Mo Jingchun said was true, these top disciples would also enter the secret realm, so his plan would have to be modified.

He lowered his head and thought for a moment, then said:

"Senior Brother Mo should have received this news a long time ago, so he wanted to invite me to explore the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain together, right?"

Mo Jingchun said seriously:

"That's right. To be honest, Junior Brother, I met Uncle Yi when he was still a casual cultivator, and we have a deep friendship. He entered the sect ten years earlier than me and successfully established his foundation. Although he became a deacon disciple, he has a wide network of contacts in the sect and is well-informed. He learned about this news a few years ago."

"During the Ascension Conference, he saw that Junior Brother's skills were not weak, and Huang Yunshang, who was carrying a talisman, was no match for you. He told me about this, and I became interested in inviting you to explore the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain with me. If these top disciples do not enter the secret realm, I am confident that I can collect enough spiritual herbs with the accumulation of the past ten years. But if the news that Uncle Yi got is true, then I will not be able to enter the secret realm alone, so I strongly invited Junior Brother to go with me."

Chen Yuan finally resolved the doubts in his mind. Mo Jingchun was very powerful and had been to the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain. As long as he didn't take any risks, he should be able to find enough spiritual herbs.

If he invited me to go with him, there would be one more person to share the spiritual herbs, and in the end I might not be able to exchange for enough Foundation Establishment Pills.

But if what he said today was true, it would make sense for him to join forces with Chen Yuan in order to fight against those top disciples.

He smiled and said:
"Thank you for being honest with me, Senior Brother. Since I have already agreed to your proposal to join forces, I will naturally not go against it. Regardless of whether those top disciples want to enter the secret realm or not, I will join forces with you to explore the secret realm together."

Mo Jingchun smiled and said:
"I have always been an upright person and never lie to my friends. Besides, if you and I join forces, it will also benefit my fellow apprentice. This is a mutually beneficial thing. Why not do it?"

Chen Yuan sighed:

"If everyone is like Brother, the world of immortal cultivation will certainly become much more peaceful."

Mo Jingchun laughed:
"Junior brother, you are too kind. The way of sword cultivation is to take the straight path rather than the crooked path. Although the sword cultivation inheritance I received is incomplete, I also have a sword cultivation heart, which is why I have achieved my current level of cultivation."

Chen Yuan bowed and said:
"Brother, you have a firm faith in the Dao. I admire you."

Mo Jingchun said:

"Speaking of this, there is one more thing I need to explain to my junior brother."

"Senior brother, please tell me."

"That day I agreed to fight Huang Yundao with you, not only for Huang Yundao's talisman, but also to let my junior brother join my lineage of casual cultivators."

Chen Yuan was startled:
"A lineage of scattered cultivators?"

Mo Jingchun explained:

"We are cultivators who were born as independent cultivators and entered the sect through the Ascension Conference. We were suppressed by cultivators who entered the sect at a young age and claimed to be orthodox. We could only huddle together for warmth, so we are called the independent cultivator lineage, and Uncle Master Yi and I are among them."

"When Junior Brother came to invite me to help, I wanted to ask Uncle Yi to protect Junior Brother, so Huang Yundao would not dare to attack Junior Brother. But Uncle Yi saw that Junior Brother's alchemy skills were extraordinary, and he might become an alchemy master in the future and be won over by the orthodox lineage, so he came up with this bad idea, asking Junior Brother and I to join forces to kill Huang Yundao. I can get a talisman, and Junior Brother will completely offend the Huang family, so he can only join my lineage of casual cultivators."

"I was involved in this matter and deceived you, Junior Brother. Please forgive me."

As he spoke, he stood up and bowed deeply to Chen Yuan with an extremely sincere expression.

After listening to Mo Jingchun's explanation, Chen Yuan suddenly understood the truth.

It is nothing more than a trick where the vested interest groups control the sect and are unwilling to make concessions, while the emerging forces rise up to resist.

He returned the greeting to Mo Jingchun and said with a smile:

"Brother, you don't have to do this. Uncle Yi has no obligation to provide me with shelter. Brother, you can help me kill Huang Yundao, which is a great favor. How can I blame you? But there is one thing I don't understand. I am a casual cultivator. The Alchemy Pavilion will not give me a hundred-year-old spiritual herb. How can I become an alchemy master?"

I drove for most of the day and finished one chapter. I will resume normal updates tomorrow.

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