Swordfall Cliff towered into the heavens. Layer upon layer of clouds ahead blocked my eyes, while the sound of water striking the rocks below was barely audible. Conversing here gave one the grand sensation of standing at the summit, gazing into an abyss.
"Not important? But if we don't open them and investigate the reason the Dao Tribulation keeps descending, how can we completely resolve the problem?" I asked curiously.
"Heh... Actually, opening them isn't easy either. The Ancient Immortal Realm has only nine sects, but human hearts aren't limited to nine kinds. Even if all the sect masters came to an agreement, aren't there still the Supreme Sect Masters behind them who take no part in worldly affairs? These unworldly senior uncles and senior aunts all seemed to be waiting to prove the Dao, but who would dare to do so lightly? Once they reached the Proving-Dao Realm, they would become timid too. Everyone knows how difficult cultivation is..." Yun Luojian said with a laugh.
"That's true. All nine sects have powerful backers behind them, so naturally they're as steady as Mount Tai. To open everything hidden within these secrets and activate the Fortune Treasure would mean facing the unknown. No one is willing to break the balance and take that risk," I said.
"Exactly. And even if some ancestor wanted to open the treasure, there would be other ancestors unwilling to do so. That's why no one has been willing to open the Fortune Treasure all these years. Take your grandmaster, for instance. Before he finally proved the Dao, he always stood on the side of protecting the Fortune Treasure, because he once said that it concerned the survival of every living being in this realm. If it remained unopened, everyone could preserve stability, but opening it would