Dongzhen Daoist slightly stroked his beard and asked, "Nephew, what do you plan to do?"
"Merely relying on the supervision of the Divine Dao and the Daoists stationed at the Court's Observatory Platform is far from enough!"
At this moment, Jingming Daoist's eyes were like lightning.
"The importance of this place is well-known to all the uncles. Currently, the Iron Pen Judge guarding this place needs a stronger cultivator for guardianship!"
"I wish for one uncle to remain here until the master's return. I wonder which uncle is willing to stay?"
His sharp gaze fell upon the four Daoists of the Dong generation.
"This..."
Upon hearing this, several Daoists of the Dong generation frowned.
Guarding the Three-Eyed Exorcism Well is indeed a tough task.
One must not only halt their own cultivation but also exert efforts and possibly face concentrated attacks from those evil paths.
Moreover, having a Dong generation elder stay here as a guard feels like bait.
None of the Dong generation elders would be willing, yet Dong Jue Daoist glanced at the other elders with different intentions and smiled.
"Let me do it then!"
"Aunt, you?"
Seeing Dong Jue Daoist willingly take on the task, Jingming Daoist slightly frowned, intending to persuade, but Dong Jue Daoist smiled and said.
"The three senior brothers all have important roles and need to guard significant places. I'm the one with the most free time. Since I've successfully broken through, it's mostly about spending time in closed cultivation to refine my magical power. Staying here to cultivate is a win-win!"
Dongzhen Daoist, Dongxuan Daoist, and Dongxiao Daoist still had unchanged expressions, and Dongzhen Daoist nodded slightly.
"With Sixth Junior Sister, the Yin Spirit Venerable, guarding this place, it should be foolproof. With her cultivation and our Cave God Temple's special means of manipulating life plates, even a Primordial Spirit Master attacking wouldn't breach it in a short time!"
"The only concern is the heavy resentment and evil qi in this place, which is detrimental to cultivation!"
Upon hearing this, Jingming Daoist's gaze wavered slightly, speaking calmly.
"Tomorrow, I will visit Scholar Zhang again to request another scroll. With vast righteous qi suppressing this place, it will assist in suppressing this Evil Well and also ward off evil!"
Hearing this, Dong Jue Daoist's eyes brightened.
At this time, the eyes of the other Daoists of the Dong generation wavered with intent.
After several Dong generation Daoists left, Jingming Daoist showed a rare heavy expression.
Noticing this, Dong Jue Daoist's expression tightened slightly, unable to resist asking.
"Nephew, did you hold back earlier?"
Jingming Daoist nodded and said.
"Aunt, earlier I observed some corpse qi residue at the wellhead. I'm afraid the Emperor Corpse below may have awakened...!"
Upon hearing this, Dong Jue Daoist's complexion changed.
She naturally knew the identity of the Emperor Corpse suppressed deep within the Three-Eyed Exorcism Well.
Back when the Emperor Corpse was dealt with, she was among those in the know.
After the Grand Ancestor of Daqian founded the nation, he considered that the Shu Kingdom's fate ended abruptly, so he did not abandon the previous dynasty's Dragon Vein directly but used an elaborate Feng Shui Grand Array to trap the former dynasty's Dragon Vein, thereby nourishing the national fortune.
This sleight of hand required a focal point.
The corpse of the last emperor of the previous dynasty was the best carrier.
For this purpose, the Grand Ancestor of Daqian had a warlock trap Emperor Ai's soul within the corpse, then buried it in the Evil Well to steal the dragon qi of the Shu Kingdom.
However, the warlock also mentioned to Dong Shen Daoist that this method, although capable of intercepting the Shu Kingdom's prosperity, had hidden dangers. If the Emperor Corpse buried in the Evil Well were to transform, it would become a horrific corpse demon.
Once the corpse demon emerges, it would cause devastation, and all the evil power would be attributed to the Daqian Royal Family.
Dong Jue Daoist hurriedly said:
"If that's the case, the Emperor Corpse can no longer remain!"
Dong Jue Daoist was also extremely decisive.
Even if it meant abandoning the previous dynasty's Dragon Vein below, the Emperor Corpse deep within the Evil Well had to be dealt with as soon as possible.
Dong Jue Daoist said solemnly, "I will discuss this matter with all the seniors!"
"It's not that simple!"
Jingming Daoist gave a slight bitter smile.
Though he did not descend directly into the depths of the Three-Eyed Evil Well to investigate, slightly using a Dharma Artifact to probe allowed him to perceive the astonishing Corpse Evil Qi deep in the forbidden area. It feared it would not be so easily eradicated.
But it must be attempted!
Seeing Jingming Daoist's expression, Dong Jue Daoist frowned, feeling shocked, unable to help but say.
"Nephew, you're not planning on personally going to the bottom of the well to investigate, are you?"
Jingming Daoist solemnly nodded.
Though the Seven Sons of Cave God had great fame, it was more like an alliance of interests. Not all of his uncles were entirely reliable, so he couldn't mention certain things earlier and had to pretend everything was under control.
But in front of Dong Jue Daoist, Jingming Daoist had no such concerns.
He immediately expressed his true intentions.
"Aunt, I must find a way to understand the changes deep in the well. Otherwise, if the Emperor Corpse breaks through the ban one day, it could lead to a collapse of the situation!"
Jingming Daoist's expression was heavy.
"But don't worry, Aunt. With my Dao practice, merely probing will not be an issue, and I will also bring along a few magical treasures left by the master, so there should be no problems!"
Dong Jue Daoist's eyes flickered, immediately saying.
"Could you collect some more of Scholar Zhang's scrolls? If there could be a sacred text, it might provide more confidence for this journey!"
Jingming Daoist nodded.
"I'll try!"
However, Jingming Daoist frowned.
It wouldn't be easy to obtain a scroll from Scholar Zhang.
Despite how amicable and easy-going Scholar Zhang seemed, he was quite principled.
Requesting once is no problem, but multiple requests might not be so easy.
...
The next day, at the Sports and Arts College
At this time, Zhang Jian held an ancient text, none other than the fabled "Cave Scripture," known as the king of all scriptures.
This "Cave Scripture" was famed to be bestowed by Immortal Gods, containing the profound mysteries of thunderous creation between heaven and earth, which Zhang Jian found unusually slow to comprehend.
But with each reading, Zhang Jian could perceive some transformations of thunder from it, gaining a thread of thunder Dao rhyme. This thread of thunder Dao rhyme integrated into the Nine Heavens Thunder Control Technique, subtly changing the thunder technique within him.
With such changes, his Dao practice naturally broke through the Middle Stage of the Golden Core Realm.
Upon breaking through the middle stage, his Dantian's Golden Core Dharma Spring underwent changes, as if its structure was optimized, the single Golden Core vortex expanded into three.
There were now three vortices of magical power.
The speed of absorbing and expelling magical power was significantly faster.
The upper limit of techniques he could release increased.
A typical Golden Core Middle Stage cultivator would experience various changes, with divine thought growing, and various techniques involving dantian profound light would also transform.
However, Zhang Jian was not an ordinary Golden Core Realm cultivator.
Beside the slight increase in magical power, there were no other changes.
The techniques condensed around him had long exceeded the imagination of other Golden Core Realm cultivators.
Particularly, his comprehension of the Heaven and Earth Legal Principle had reached an unimaginable realm.
Many Yin Spirit Venerables might not compare to him.
Upon learning of Jingming Daoist's intention, Zhang Family shook his head and said.
"State Preceptor, it's not that I don't wish to help you, but some writings are serendipitously obtained. Requesting ordinary manuscripts is fine, but asking for another Righteousness Song is difficult, difficult, difficult!"
Zhang Jian's expression was calm.
Ordinary writings imbued with vast righteous qi could certainly have some effect.
But they couldn't compare to those famous pieces.
It was like the difference between ordinary techniques and high-tier techniques.
The power difference was vast.
However, if one could comprehend a cultivation technique on the Path of the Saints and Sages, it might compensate for the shortcomings.
At this time, Jingming Daoist had a sincere expression, his eyes looking at Zhang Jian as he said.
"Champion Scholar, I implore you to think of a way. If successful, I will ensure that His Majesty grants you access to the North Study, releasing the East Study constraint, allowing you to freely view the Imperial Family's collection!"
As the State Preceptor, he made himself extremely humble.
In the court, not many could make him do this, not even Emperor Jingwu.
But facing Zhang Jian, Jingming Daoist valued him even more than Emperor Jingwu.
However, any cultivator would hold respect towards a scholar capable of achieving the Saintly Dao.
If a piece of poetry casually leaked from the person could save him decades or centuries of searching, Jingming Daoist believed even his master would show respect.