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"We're only getting close to this mountain now. Once we truly enter it, we just need to study it carefully, and we'll definitely be able to obtain the Nine Secrets directly!" Zhou Tong understood this point and then headed straight up the mountain.

Ji Ziyue was also explaining to Ye Fan the Nine Secrets of Nine Secrets: Jie.

When they saw Zhou Tong walk up, the two of them quickly followed.

At this moment, all was silent ahead, and weeds grew rampant in front of the mountain gate at the foot of the main peak. This did not resemble a sacred mountain at all, but rather a chaotic mountain range, with even the road overrun by thorns.

Just then, a hunched and trembling old man emerged from a dilapidated temple on the mountain and began to walk down.

Are you here for testing?

The old man, his eyes clouded with age, said, "Five hundred years have passed, and the lineage has yet to reappear, almost to the point of extinction. I don't know when we will have to wait any longer. Your coming here may only be a waste of your time."

"We're not afraid, we have plenty of time to wait." Ji Ziyue smiled sweetly and stepped forward to help the old man.

The group stepped forward and saw that there were many palaces on the three-thousand-meter-high main peak, but everything had collapsed, and the courtyards were overgrown with weeds, making it a veritable wasteland.

Just then, more than a dozen Divine Rainbow streaked past from not far away, flying towards a magnificent main peak.

"Li Xiaoman ...didn't listen to my advice!" Zhou Tong frowned. "But since you're asking for trouble, don't blame me if you die!"

It is foreseeable that as long as Li Xiaoman meets Hua Yunfei, or even reveals that she comes from the Other Shore of the starry sky, she will definitely be dragged onto the pirate ship by Hua Yunfei, who "yearns for freedom".

At that point, they will inevitably become enemies.

The old man seemed to have noticed their gazes and immediately suggested, "The main peak ahead is extremely prosperous. Choosing that peak would be far less worthwhile than choosing the inheritance there."

"We only care about the legacy of this peak," Ji Ziyue said with a faint smile.

The old man nodded with a smile and said, "Good, that's ambitious. Since you've chosen this peak, you must know that its inheritance is one of the legendary Nine Secrets. I hope you can gain something from it."

Clumsy Peak, as its name suggests, has no magnificent scenery, no majestic presence, no spiritual essence, and is completely unremarkable; it is just an ordinary mountain peak.

But just then, Dao Body suddenly flew over from the horizon.

These people were just passing by, but seeing that someone had come to this mountain today, they became curious and immediately flew down.

"Greetings, Senior Uncle Li!" The disciples were the first to bow to the old man.

Just then, Ye Fan asked, "Senior, what kind of test is required to stay?"

The old man shook his head and said, "There's no need for testing. No one has been here for many years. If you insist on staying, you'll all pass."

"I estimate that these three people are extremely mediocre and have no chance of being selected by other main peaks. Therefore, they have come here to be tested."

"These three are somewhat clever and want to stay by this means, but little do they know that it is completely useless. Once they choose this mountain, they can never join any other main peak."

"Over the years, there have always been some people who thought they were clever, but in the end they still left in disgrace."

The young disciples whispered and chuckled; they were disciples of the main peak ahead, where the lineage was now extremely prosperous.

Ji Ziyue was somewhat unconvinced and immediately said, "Senior, let's follow the rules!"

Ye Fan also found it displeasing and immediately wanted to speak up.

"Great perfection seems flawed, yet its use is inexhaustible. Great fullness seems empty, yet its use is boundless. Great straightness seems crooked, great skill seems clumsy, great eloquence seems stammering. Why bother arguing with them!"

Zhou Tong said it indifferently, completely ignoring the disciples.

"This is... a quote from the Tao Te Ching!" Ye Fan understood Zhou Tong's meaning in an instant and stopped talking.

"This guy is really arrogant!" Ji Ziyue muttered to herself.

She knew very well that the sayings "great perfection seems flawed" and "great fullness seems empty" were just empty words to fool people; Zhou Tong was simply "arrogant" and did not take these people seriously at all.

Just like someone looking down at the insects on the ground, who would care about the insects on the ground?

Seeing that the old man ahead had stopped moving, Zhou Tong didn't want to bypass his master and go straight into the deepest part of the mountain. So he found a place and sat down cross-legged.

Ignoring everyone else, Zhou Tong directly activated the "Emperor Zun Scripture," and countless chanting sounds immediately resounded within his Dao Palace.

Immediately afterwards, a mysterious Dao Rhyme began to circulate, appearing incredibly enigmatic. No sound came, no waves rippled, only a strange divine aura manifested in Zhou Tong's heart.

"This is the Nine Secrets 'All'..." Zhou Tong silently circulated this divine essence in his mind, and immediately the other three secret techniques in his body seemed to be triggered and started to operate together.

Zhou Tong has now obtained four of the Nine Secrets: Dou Zi Mi, Jie Zi Mi, Zu Zi Mi, and Qian Zi Mi.

"The Nine Secrets are indeed one; with each one I obtain, I can feel that this secret technique has become stronger!" Zhou Tong silently circulated the Nine Secrets in his mind, and a smile couldn't help but appear on his face.

Of the four secrets— the Nine Secrets: Dou, the Nine Secrets: Jie, the Nine Secrets: Zu, and the Nine Secrets: Qian — Zhou Tong currently values the Qian Nine Secrets: Qian secret the most, as it is the only one that can be practiced and can enhance one's own resources.

The addition of the Nine Secrets significantly enhanced the cultivation effect of the Nine Secrets: Qian.

"Perhaps, before I even reach the Immortal Platform Secret Realm, I will be able to gain the ability to surpass Ye Fan!" Zhou Tong thought to himself.

The main reason why Ye Fan cultivated so quickly in the first level of the Immortal Platform Secret Realm was because he ate the kind of fruit in the Primordial Forbidden Land that specifically enhanced divine sense, making his divine sense extremely powerful.

Even Zhou Tong now is still a little bit inferior to Ye Fan.

However, with the improvement of the Nine Secrets, the efficiency of the Nine Secrets: Qian is getting higher and higher. Zhou Tong is confident that before reaching the Immortal Platform Secret Realm, his divine sense will surpass Ye Fan's at this time in the original work.

"Let's see if I can trigger the Nine Secrets: Jie. If I can't, it means my combat power has reached the Eight Restrictions!" Zhou Tong kept trying in his mind.

Since leaving the Bronze Immortal Palace, he has gained insight into the Sea of Wheels Scroll of the Dao Scripture, and even vaguely connected the Dao Scripture and the Feather Transformation Scripture through the secret methods of the Sacred Body Lineage.

Zhou Tong then felt as if his combat strength had reached a new level.

Meanwhile, on the other side, the old man also seemed to be moved, standing quietly on the mountain, as if immersed in his own world, becoming increasingly ordinary, like a stone or a tree in this world...

However, on the other side, Ji Ziyue couldn't resist the provocation from those disciples and went straight up the Nine-Colored Heavenly Ladder of Clumsy Peak. After some experience, she successfully reached the top.

Suddenly, celestial music filled the air, five-colored light soared into the sky, and seven-colored divine rays appeared. She successfully ascended the Nine-Tier Heavenly Ladder, where extraordinary phenomena unfolded on the Clumsy Peak.

The old man, who was about to enter Dao Realm, was suddenly awakened, and the ancient and simple Dao Rhyme he had been exuding vanished in an instant.

"It seems it's not the right time yet!" The rare opportunity was interrupted, but the old man showed no anger, only calm indifference.

He glanced at Zhou Tong not far away, and was immediately surprised. "This young man has an extraordinary temperament! He can withstand such stimulation and still cultivate so calmly?"

Then, recalling his earlier words, "Great perfection seems flawed, great fullness seems empty, great straightness seems crooked, great skill seems clumsy, great eloquence seems stammering," the old man thought to himself, "Could it really be a divine arrangement, that my Clumsy Peak lineage is about to be revealed?"