Re-entering that cave, Qin Fengming passed through the two restrictions with great ease and saw Ancestor Daoyan, the elder of the Black Swallow Clan from the Upper Realm.
After seeking his guidance, Qin Fengming felt as if his mind had suddenly been opened. Ancestor Daoyan was indeed just as he had originally claimed—he held nothing back and taught with all his heart. He gave detailed explanations for every question Qin Fengming asked.
Although he had only spent a month carefully studying those insights, Qin Fengming, relying on his talent for rune patterns, still managed to grasp many extremely crucial points. Every question he raised touched upon the most important aspects of the rune arts. Even Ancestor Daoyan nodded repeatedly upon hearing them and praised him highly.
What delighted Qin Fengming most was that Ancestor Daoyan had indeed translated that mysterious scroll.
He had only glanced at the scroll's contents, yet they had already shocked him to the spot. What it described was actually an edict transmitted from the Upper Realm to the lower realm.
This edict had been issued by a superpower in the Upper Realm and sent to the Nether Crane Sect, a super sect in the Ghost Realm hundreds of thousands of years ago. It instructed them to investigate whether anyone from the Upper Realm had crossed into the Ghost Realm and to search for certain treasures.
Qin Fengming had seen some introductions to the Nether Crane Sect in the ancient texts he possessed. However, that sect had already been annihilated by several great powers working together more than a hundred thousand years ago. Not even its lineage had survived.
What truly shocked Qin Fengming was the item described in the edict: a treasure called the Five-Colored Flowing Cloud Bottle. Although the edict never stated what use the