Chapter 268: Chapter 208: Daoist Venerable! An Old Acquaintance? Time and Space!
As soon as Jing Tong finished speaking, everyone immediately stood up with a roar, their eyes burning as they looked towards the stone wall ahead.
The identity of the Immortal Spirit Emperor is very likely one of the three incarnations of the Daoist Venerable, a fact acknowledged across the continent.
And now, the Dao Diagram left by the Immortal Spirit Emperor has collapsed, revealing the hidden things behind it.
How could this not lead everyone to speculate about the Daoist Venerable?
After all, there has been a transmission stating that the Daoist Venerable left an unparalleled Secret Technique in the Immortal Spirit Sect...
The first to be unable to restrain himself was the young Daoist from the Profound Pure Sect.
He leapt up and rushed towards the stone wall, eager to explore its secrets.
After all, if it truly is the Daoist Venerable’s Secret Technique, it would be incredibly important for Taoism.
"Stand back!"
However, at this moment, Xian Fu’s brow furrowed, and a terrifying aura surged around her.
With a light wave of her sleeve, she swept Jing Tong and others, including Xian Yuchen, away from the place.
"This session of Dao Diagram enlightenment has ended. It will not be opened again in the future. Leave now."
Xian Fu’s resounding voice echoed, making Jing Tong and the others show expressions of urgency and desire.
The things left by the Daoist Venerable gnawed at their hearts like a cat, making them reluctant to leave.
However, clearly, such a special inheritance was not yet open for casual viewing.
Once all the people had been sent away, she flew to the stone wall, her bright eyes carefully inspecting every inch of it.
But no matter how she looked, the stone wall appeared flat and unremarkable.
Apart from the sunken circular groove in the center, there was nothing else special.
"This... could it be related to the Companion Dao Soldiers Chang Qing just realized?"
Xian Banmeng hesitated after watching for a while, "The shape of this groove seems to resemble that pearl."
Upon hearing this, Xian Fu’s eyes brightened, "It must be so!"
At the same time.
The rumbling sound of the falling stones also awakened Su Changqing.
He looked around and, seeing himself left alone, couldn’t help feeling a bit confused.
"Chang Qing."
At this moment, Xian Banmeng approached him with a smile on her pretty face,
"Congratulations on realizing a perfect divine aperture. This is my mother, also the Sect Leader of the Immortal Spirit Sect."
Su Changqing was astonished upon hearing this, and respectfully greeted the elegant woman beside Xian Banmeng with a bow,
"I visited abruptly and failed to pay respects in advance. I hope the Sect Leader will forgive me."
Xian Fu nodded with a smile, "Since you are Meng’er’s friend, calling me Sect Leader is a bit too formal. You may call me Aunt Fu instead."
After saying this, her tone became a bit urgent, "Chang Qing, may I see the Companion Dao Soldier you possess?"
She was also exceedingly curious about the secrets left behind by the Daoist Venerable ages ago.
"Companion Dao Soldier?"
Su Changqing was taken aback and then hesitantly asked, "Which one does Aunt Fu mean?"
Xian Fu: ???
"You... besides the Divine Dao Soldier, do you have another one?"
Her eyes were filled with astonishment.
Since when did people discuss Companion Dao Soldiers like this?
Even for unparalleled geniuses, realizing even one due to happenstance is a rare blessing.
Yet, who would have thought, Su Changqing actually has two?
"Chang Qing also has an ’axe’, a Dao Soldier of the Divine Body realm."
Having seen the prowess of the Heaven-Opening Axe, Xian Banmeng said with admiration.
Xian Fu was silent for a moment upon hearing this, suppressing the stirring in her heart, she spoke,
"Not the axe, but the pearl just now... follow me."
Without further explanation, Xian Fu waved her sleeve, taking Su Changqing to the front of the stone wall.
"My mother suspects that behind this stone wall, there is the Secret Technique left by the Daoist Venerable in the past."
"But this stone wall seems to require your Dao Soldier to open it."
Xian Banmeng briefly explained, leaving Su Changqing astonished.
The Daoist Venerable, a being as renowned as the Ancient Great Emperor and the Martial Ancestor.
Could there really be his left Secret Technique here?
Noticing the gazes from Xian Fu and Xian Banmeng, Su Changqing didn’t hesitate. He slowly stretched out his left hand, and wisps of colorful light surged from it.
In an instant, endless Dao patterns intertwined, and the Chaos Pearl, surrounded by strands of chaotic energy, appeared.
"Such terrifying Spiritual Power!"
Xian Fu noticed the fluctuations of Spiritual Power emanating from Su Changqing’s palm, and her eyes fiercely trembled.
She took a deep look at Su Changqing, her impression of him rising constantly the more she came to know him.
With the matter of the Daoist Venerable in front of her, she couldn’t ask much, so she suppressed her inner turbulence and watched in silence.
"Put it into this groove..."
Holding the Chaos Pearl, Su Changqing’s already scarce Spiritual Power gushed out like a flood breaking through a dam.
His complexion turned somewhat pale, and without delay, he immediately placed the Chaos Pearl into the groove.
Clack!
With a light sound, the Chaos Pearl fit snugly into the groove, and the next moment...
Boom!
Endless Yin and Yang energies surged to the sky, engulfing Su Changqing and the two others completely.
At this moment, even Xian Fu, who was at the near-Emperor realm, had no power to resist, being drawn into the Chaos Pearl inside the groove.
...
Su Changqing felt the world spinning, and when he opened his eyes again, the surrounding environment had completely changed.
In front of him seemed to be an infinite chaotic world.
But strangely, one side of this world was white, and the other black, with black and white intertwining and connecting to form a vast, boundless Tai Chi Diagram.
And at the center of that Tai Chi Diagram, an ancient looking elder with white hair and beard sat cross-legged.
"Dao... Daoist Venerable!"
Seeing the elder, Xian Fu showed a face of immense excitement, immediately kneeling down and performing a grand ceremony,
"Disciple Xian Fu of the 976th generation Sect Leader of the Immortal Spirit Sect, pays respects to the Daoist Venerable Great Emperor!"
Xian Banmeng beside her was dumbfounded, hurriedly kneeling and paying her respects like her mother.
Seeing this, Su Changqing dared not be careless. Just as he was about to kneel and pay respects.
Yet, an odd energy surged, making it impossible for him to kneel.
"This..."
Su Changqing was stunned, looking forward.
"Haha, I am unworthy of your bow."
The elder had unknowingly opened his eyes, smiling with a face as timeless as the ages, with depths unfathomable as an abyss.
He first looked at the kneeling Xian Fu and lightly nodded, "Your clan’s merit in protecting the Dao Diagram shall be rewarded."
After speaking, he joined his fingers like a sword, and a black and white entwined streak of light entered Xian Fu’s forehead.
Then Xian Fu instantly disappeared from where she was.
"An enchanting immortal body, and perfectly extreme Yin, rare indeed."
The elder looked at Xian Banmeng and smiled, "Since you are here, you are destined."
"I grant you a fortune, take good care in comprehending it."
Just like Xian Fu, a glimmer of light flashed on Xian Banmeng’s forehead before she vanished instantly.
"Are you the Daoist Venerable?"
Hearing what the elder just said, Su Changqing asked in confusion.
Unworthy of his bow, what does this mean?
"I am, and am not."
The elder smiled, shaking his head. "But merely a vision derived from a single thought of the Daoist Venerable countless ages ago."
Su Changqing was subtly astounded, thinking that a single thought from the Daoist Venerable could cause a vision to persist to this day.
Just how powerful must the Daoist Venerable’s true form be?
"Waited for you a long time, you finally came."
The elder stood slowly, looking up and down at Su Changqing, smiling lightly.
Upon hearing this, Su Changqing’s expression immediately tensed, "You... know me?"
"Once knew."
The elder seemed to recall something, sighing lightly. "But now, you are not him anymore."
"What does that mean?"
Su Changqing frowned with a questioning gaze at the Daoist Venerable before him.
He seemed... to be getting close to touching upon the person hidden behind.
"He is you, but you are not him, you will understand later."
The elder seemed unwilling to discuss this further, turned to Su Changqing with a smile, "The Heaven-Opening Axe of the Martial Ancestor left two forms of Dao techniques, ’Opening the Heavens, Splitting the Earth’."
"They can grant you immense divine power and extreme sharpness."
"And my existence is to teach you the true usage of the Chaos Pearl."
Su Changqing hesitated to speak, being more interested in knowing who’s the so-called ’him’.
Yet before he could, the elder brushed his wide sleeve, causing the infinite Yin and Yang energies in the chaotic world to swirl open.
His vast voice echoed, "The Heaven-Opening Axe granted you power and sharpness."
"While the Chaos Pearl too has two Dao techniques, granting you the mastery of ’Time’ and ’Space’!"