Chapter 503: The Secret of the Jade Pendant, Difficult to Deliver
Chapter 503: The Secret of the Jade Pendant, Difficult to Deliver
The jade pendant of Tianhe Zun?
Hearing what Lord Shuyu Dragon said, Zheng Fa's heart trembled slightly, but his face remained expressionless.
The Yin-Yang fish jade pendant is the most fatal and the most unrevealed secret to him.
It's not that he is arrogant. He is no longer afraid of taking on some of the karma of Venerable Tianhe - as the saying goes, the more debts you have, the less you worry about them. Even if it wasn't about Venerable Tianhe, Leiyin Temple and Haori Mountain would not let him go.
But the modern world has always been his weak point.
If the existence of the Yin-Yang fish jade pendant were known to people, it would most likely be exposed in modern times.
When he thought of this, even with Zheng Fa's temperament, his brain seemed to be blocked and he didn't know what to say for a moment.
Xiao Yuying was quite curious: "Jade pendant? Master, what jade pendant? Did the Tianhe Master leave behind a jade pendant?"
She was already fascinated by history, and Reverend Tianhe was a figure that Xuanwei could not avoid, so Xiao Yuying was naturally very interested in it.
The Jade Dragon Lord glanced at his disciple, not paying attention to Zheng Fa's silence, and waved his hand, saying, "I don't know the details of what those people from Yaochi said. If you hadn't mentioned the Tianhe Relic, I wouldn't have remembered it."
Zheng Fa came back to his senses and asked the question he was most concerned about: "Did Yao Chi and the others say they wanted to find this jade pendant for what?"
Seeing Zheng Fa's expectant expression, Lord Shu Yulong began to recall the past seriously. After a long time, he nodded uncertainly.
"They said that the turmoil in Tianhe back then was actually very strange."
"Huh? Weird?"
"Reverend Tianhe was not defeated by the four sects. No, they didn't fight at all."
After hearing this, Zheng Fa and Xiao Yuying opened their eyes wide at the same time.
"Why did Venerable Tianhe die?"
"He seems to..." Shuyu Dragon Lord was silent for a moment, frowning, as if he was very puzzled, "He chose death himself."
This answer was a bit shocking to Xiao Yuying.
But it was not what Zheng Fa expected.
In other words, he was also vaguely confused about Reverend Tianhe's final choice.
Zheng Fa actually had some guesses about Reverend Tianhe's strength: at least he was a Golden Immortal.
The Four Swords of Zhu Xian have killed true immortals. So, as the master or wielder of the Four Swords of Zhu Xian, their strength is generally much higher than that of the true immortals. Otherwise, it would be difficult to subdue the Four Swords.
On the other hand, if one wants to unify Xuanwei, a True Immortal might not be enough, and perhaps a Golden Immortal would be a bit of a stretch - but Zheng Fa still cannot understand what kind of existence a Golden Immortal is, so he dare not make any judgment casually.
And now the strength of Tianhe Sect is such that even if all of them rebel, they will not pose any fatal threat to Tianhe Reverend.
Therefore, it is even more of a wonder that Venerable Tianhe died so completely: even the Great Free Demon Ancestor could jump back and forth a few times.
"Suicide?"
Xiao Yuying looked dazed, as if she couldn't believe that Reverend Tianhe would make such a choice.
"So no one can believe it." Lord Shuyu Dragon also shook his head, "Everyone is afraid..."
What are you afraid of?
What they fear most, of course, is that Reverend Tianhe is not dead, and is hiding in the dark, preparing to give them a ruthless blow.
Even if Venerable Tianhe died, it is hard to believe that he had no backup plan given the way he died.
Zheng Fa can testify that he is the backup planner.
Thinking of this, he asked again: "How did Yao Chi know that what we are looking for is a jade pendant?"
"Tianhe Sect originally had a cave heaven, named Wanjian Realm, and the treasure of the cave heaven was a broken jade pendant."
Zheng Fa suddenly realized.
He had also seen the incomplete treasure of the cave - at the six sects alliance meeting that year, Sect Leader Yan was holding a formation plate and wanted to check whether Zheng Fa had the jade pendant, but was injured by the Nine Nether Demon Ancestor.
"The Ten Thousand Swords Realm was originally the foundation of the Tianhe Sect, but after the death of Venerable Tianhe, this cave has been almost abandoned." Lord Shuyu Dragon knows a lot, "I just heard from Yao Chi that several ancestors of the Tianhe Sect said that in the Ten Thousand Swords Realm, there are inheritances and even treasures left by Venerable Tianhe."
"Treasure?"
"Venerable Tianhe unified Xuanwei and collected spiritual materials, magic weapons and secret methods from all over the world. Guess where they are placed?"
"Ten Thousand Sword Realm?"
The Jade Dragon Lord nodded and sighed, "Even if it was me, I couldn't help but be moved after hearing this."
……
"Ten Thousand Sword Realm, what are your plans?"
At the Tianhe sect camp, in the big tent, Nishang Yuanjun and the other three gathered together again, but the atmosphere was no better than before.
"Why not wait for the Immortal Yun from Haori Mountain to come?"
The old monk Zhitong lost his previous impatience and said, "Immortal Yun will be leaving soon. He has entrusted me with the affairs of the Ten Thousand Swords Realm."
After hearing this, Nishang Yuanjun couldn't help but glance at Xuanding Zhenxian.
The relationship between Leiyin Temple and Haori Mountain is closer than they imagined. Unlike Yaochi and Taishangdao, although they are allies, their interests are not the same.
That's true. Lu Yao from Haori Mountain had to rely on Leiyin Temple to achieve enlightenment.
Xuan Ding Patriarch didn't say anything, but Li Sanxian was like his trumpet, asking: "The treasures of the Wanjian Realm Cave Heaven are missing and have not been completed yet, so what are the plans?"
Zhitong smiled, did not answer, but just looked at Master Xuanding.
Patriarch Xuan Ding was silent for a while, then asked, "Don't wait?"
"No wait."
Li Sanxian's eyes widened in astonishment, but he saw that the three True Immortals in the tent seemed to understand everything. Suddenly, he realized, "We have been waiting for the person with the jade pendant to show up?"
Nishang Yuanjun shook her head and explained: "Not really."
"We have seen in the last era that it is almost impossible to control the Ten Thousand Swords Realm without the treasure of the cave heaven."
Li Sanxian was puzzled.
"If we can't control the Ten Thousand Swords Realm, we can completely destroy it."
"..."
Li Sanxian suddenly realized: "In this case, no matter what backup plan Tianhe Venerable has, it will be useless?"
Nishang Yuanjun nodded and said: "And if we are lucky, some of the treasures may be preserved."
Li Sanxian stammered, "Then...why wasn't it like this before?"
"The four ancestors of Tianhe are unwilling. They are restricted by the four swords and have always wanted to find the inheritance of Tianhe Venerable." Nishang Yuanjun said frankly, "What's more, who can be willing to destroy the wealth of a Xuanwei world?"
Li Sanxian nodded slightly. After destroying the Wanjian Realm, it would be good if one percent of the treasures inside could be preserved.
The old monk Zhitong went on to explain: "Destroying the Ten Thousand Swords Realm is not such a simple matter. If the four sects had not gathered together to set up a large formation, we would not have the strength to do so."
"Then wait for the person who possesses the jade pendant..."
"It's just by the way." The old monk Zhitong put his hands together, "This time, if that person doesn't come, then the Ten Thousand Swords Realm will naturally have no chance with him, and the jade pendant will be irrelevant."
"If you come, it's just right."
……
Zheng Fa was thinking about going to Tianhe Sect.
By now, he had to admit that the most likely place to find the inheritance of Reverend Tianhe was indeed the Ten Thousand Swords Realm.
The question is whether to go and how to go.
He stood in the courtyard of Ziweiyuan, watching the Emperor of Heaven sitting on the divine chariot, pulled by the little golden crow, rising slowly from the east.
If he goes, with the body of the Emperor of Heaven, he would not be so afraid of death: the method of transforming one breath into three pure ones gives him a certain ability to resurrect.
But we cannot say that there are no problems at all.
On the one hand, the four sects surrounded the Tianhe Sect tightly, so how he could enter with what identity and how he could get in touch with the Ten Thousand Swords Realm was a big problem.
On the other hand, if the jade pendant can really reveal the secrets of the Ten Thousand Swords Realm, there will be many consequences:
If there are any obvious changes in the Ten Thousand Swords Realm, it almost means that the jade pendant has been born.
The reactions of the four sects can be imagined.
If you don't go, these problems will no longer exist.
There is only one thing that is a bit troublesome: how to improve the Tianhe method.
The four Tianhe ancestors spent an entire era on this, and all they could come up with was a method of replacing a dead person with a dead one...
This is obviously not in line with the approach of the Huangting Jing.
Even though Zheng Fa is extremely confident in the research capabilities of the Nine Mountains Realm, he is probably only able to dream of perfecting the Tianhe Method in such a short period of time.
If the situation gets stuck for tens of thousands of years, the Jiushan Sect will probably be doomed.
In addition to this, there is another reason hidden deep in Zheng Fa's heart.
He wanted to know how he traveled through to the modern era, whether everything in the modern era was true or false, and more importantly, whether his fate was arranged by someone, was he... a chess piece?
Compared to this, Tianhe Method is nothing.
Zheng Fa looked up at the sky.
Who did Reverend Tianhe swing his sword at that day?
The best way now is to get the Tianhe inheritance quietly - at this moment, he missed Bole Shinan a little bit.
……
Shi Nandang's life was not easy.
In a valley two thousand miles away from the Baixian League.
Shi Nandang walked out of the yard and looked around.
The spiritual energy here is scarce. Although the shattered rocks from the previous collapse have been cleared, the mountains around it seem to have alopecia areata, revealing large patches of bare yellow mud.
Outside the yard, people were coming and going, and more than half of them were disciples of Haori Mountain.
But no one spoke to him, a half-step Hao Ri true disciple, and even the way they looked at him was taboo.
Shi Nandang's expression remained unchanged, and he felt helpless.
The incident of the Immortal Sword had caused great losses in the mountain. Not only had 20% of the spiritual veins been destroyed, but the most important thing was that a good Immortal Sword had been turned into a ridiculous one, which was embarrassing to show off.
As the highest person in charge of the Heaven and Earth God Array, the blame naturally lies with him.
In fact, if it weren't for Patriarch Luo rushing to take the blame and being hacked to death by Zheng Fa, he would have been facing interrogation within the sect by now.
Currently, with the revival of Patriarch Luo and the affairs of the Tianhe Sect, the sect is in a state of chaos and no one comes to take care of him.
But these fellow disciples were not fools. Everyone could see that Shi Nandang would never be able to get a surname of Lu in this life, and might even suffer terrible misfortune.
No one dares to get involved.
The attitude of these people naturally made Shi Nandang even more flustered.
As he was thinking wildly, suddenly a red talisman flew across the sky and landed above his head.
Yun Zhenxian's stern voice came:
"Hao Ri disciple Shi Nan Dang, please return to Hao Ri Mountain immediately and go to Tianhe with me."
Shi Nandang took the talisman and looked around.
I saw some disciples standing a little distance away whispering, with a look of gloating in their eyes.
He felt a chill in his heart, knowing that nothing good would come of it if he returned to Haori Mountain.
The most important thing is, there are so many Haori disciples here, but they want me to go back...
It was easy to tell that Lu Zhenxian did doubt me, but he didn't have time before. Now that he had set out from Haori Mountain, he was thinking of recruiting me to his side.
Shi Nandang took a deep breath, ignored everyone's gaze, and bowed towards Hao Rishan: "I obey the order of the ancestor!"
After saying that, he burst into light and flew towards the Haori Mountain.
Halfway through the walk, Shi Nandang used his spiritual sense to look around and seeing that there was no one around, he took out the Tongjian and reported the situation to Zheng Fa.
After a while, Zheng Facai sent a message: "The Jiushan Realm has reached the border of Haori, you come back first."
"Return to Jiushan?"
Shi Nandang was delighted. For him, a disciple of Haori Mountain, he was hesitant to return to Haori Mountain, but returning to Jiu Mountain was as easy as flying.
He used the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Evil Transformations to transform himself into a middle-aged cultivator, and flew towards the Nine Mountains Realm at all costs.
In less than two hours, he arrived at the border of Haori Mountain again.
As soon as he entered the Nine Mountains Realm, he saw something different—the Nine Islands in the Heavenly Palace had turned into hundreds of stars.
"Come to Tianshiyuan Spiritual Medicine Shop to see me."
Zheng Fa's voice rang in his ears.
An island in the distance lit up slightly, and Shi Nandang knew that it was the spiritual medicine shop. He quickly got up and flew towards there.
Although he was a little anxious, along the way, his eyes were unconsciously amazed by the prosperity of the Tianshiyuan Islands.
Part of the Tianshiyuan Islands was where the mortals of the Paradise Island originally lived. But the other part, which was more important, was the expansion of the original Jiushanfang City.
According to the different types of transactions, four major markets have been formed:
The magical medicine shop, the magical instrument shop, the elixir shop and the talisman shop.
In every market town, there were many cultivators shuttling back and forth, and on the dock next to the market town, Shenxiao warships landed like raindrops.
The more Shi Nandang looked at it, the more astonished he became.
Although he was not good at doing business, he had seen many markets in Haori Mountain.
Hao Ri Mountain is the best place for refining weapons in Xuanwei, and its prosperous market town is also one of the best in Xuanwei.
In the past, he only thought that the Hao Ri Mountain Market was making a fortune, but today he really felt that he had gained a lot of knowledge:
Precious and rare spiritual herbs from Dongzhou were shipped in shiploads, and sporadic offers made Shi Nandang feel itchy and want to buy some.
Those Shenxiao warships did not stop after unloading the spiritual herbs, but turned around and flew to the Xiandanfang, loaded bottles of Tai Shang Dao's unique spiritual pills, and flew directly out of the Jiushan Realm.
Looking further away, the magical instruments and talismans made by the Jiushan Sect were also in short supply.
Shi Nandang also understood:
In order to supply Yao Chi and Baixian League, at least one-third of Tai Shang Dao's elixirs were sent here.
And 30% of the spiritual herbs in Yao Chi are also traded here.
Today's Tianshiyuan can be said to be a common trading market for the three major sects of Taishang Dao, Yaochi, and Jiushan Sect.
It is conceivable how much of Yao Chi and Tai Shang Dao's current income depends on Tian Shi Yuan.
While he was thinking about all sorts of things, he had already landed in the Lingcao Shop.
Zheng Fa was standing in the crowd, talking to Senior Sister Zhang. When he saw him coming, he waved at him.
Shi Nandang walked over quickly.
Then I heard Zheng Fa say to Senior Sister Zhang:
"The pilots of the Shenxiao battleship can be trained among the monks of the Baixian League."
"Tell the Supreme Daoist that the price of spiritual herbs cannot be lower. We also have to pay for transportation."
Shi Nandang listened to a few more sentences and compared them with the prices of spiritual herbs he had heard before. There was something wrong with the look he gave Zheng Fa - you, the Jiushan Sect, are too wicked!
"Senior sister, please calculate how much the good deeds can be increased this month."
Shi Nandang: ...Master is right, Tai Shang Dao can buy it or not!
After Zheng Fa finished speaking, Senior Sister Zhang spoke again and gave a few instructions to the disciples who were managing the spiritual medicine shop. Then the two of them took Shi Nandang and flew out of Tianshiyuan and returned to Ziweiyuan.
"Master, regarding this matter of the talisman..." Shi Nandang asked hurriedly, "If I return to the sect, I'm afraid... I won't be able to withstand the methods of Grandmaster Yun."
Zheng Fa and Senior Sister Zhang looked at each other.
I also understand Shi Nandang's anxiety.
After all, Shi Nandang is indeed not innocent. If Yun Zhenxian becomes suspicious and uses soul search, it will be very difficult for Shi Nandang to keep the secret completely hidden.
"What do you think?"
"I...I want to hide in the Nine Mountains Realm."
Shi Nandang said in a low voice, feeling a little guilty in his heart, thinking that he had failed the Sect Leader's expectations.
Of course he understood that the leader must have his own purpose in placing him in Haori Mountain.
The thing is... he's really scared.
Unexpectedly, after hearing what Shi Nandang said, Zheng Fa was not angry, but laughed instead.
"Head?"
"You, stay in the Nine Mountains Realm." Zheng Fa said with a smile, "But the stone is hard to resist, so you have to go back to Haori Mountain."
Shi Nandang blinked his eyes. He didn't understand at first, but he had suffered losses before, so he immediately understood Zheng Fa's idea.
"Master, you want to... pretend to be me?"
"Isn't it okay?"
Shi Nandang scratched his head, thought for a long time, and couldn't help but grin.
"What are you laughing at?"
“Master, one day, I won’t see Patriarch Yun in the Nine Mountains Realm, right?”
You really dare to think!
……
"You want to go to Tianhe Sect?"
Zheng Fa's departure from the Jiushan Realm is a big deal, so naturally not everyone can know about it, but the top leaders of the sect will be informed, otherwise many things in the Jiushan Sect will be difficult to arrange.
Xie Qingxue hurried over after hearing the news.
"Well, I don't necessarily have to go." Zheng Fa thought clearly, "I'll give it a try first. If there's no chance, I'll just come back."
To put it bluntly, we still have to wait and see.
Xie Qingxue looked at him and suddenly said, "I'll go with you."
Zheng Fa shook his head and said, "Thank you, Fairy. I have the Nine Nether Talisman, which can deceive even the Dao Fruit cultivators."
The changes of Tiangang and Disha are not omnipotent, at least they cannot conceal the soul.
It was also because of the Nine Nether Talisman that he felt he had a better chance of success.
"Why...are you going?"
Zheng Fa was stunned for a moment: "Of course I want to go and see if I can perfect the Tianhe Method."
Xie Qingxue looked at him steadily and suddenly shook her head: "You are not that kind of person."
"..."
"The Tianhe Law is not enough to make you do this." Xie Qingxue did not allow him to refute, and said quickly, "The approach that best suits your personality is to modify the Huangting Sutra and see if you can get around the obstacles of the Tianhe Law."
I suspect you are calling me a coward.
But it must be said that Xie Qingxue saw through him - he had never been a person who was superstitious about the skills of his predecessors, not to mention that the "Huangting Sutra" was not perfect to begin with, and there was actually more than one way to go.
Deep down, Zheng Fa wanted to go to Tianhe Sect mainly because he wanted to find out the truth about the Yin-Yang fish jade pendant.
He didn't investigate the matter deeply before because he didn't have enough strength, but now that he has a certain degree of certainty, he will naturally not turn a blind eye.
But he was not willing to say this to Xie Qingxue.
He didn't even tell Senior Sister Zhang about the Yin-Yang fish jade pendant.
Therefore, I didn’t know how to explain it for a moment.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Xie Qingxue's eyes became softer: "Nine Mountain Realm, I will take good care of it for you."
"Thank you, fairy. I'm not..."
"I know."
What do you understand?
(End of this chapter)