The Nine Abyss Relic
Cang Lan and the other two flew into Twin Peaks, Lie Xingyun immediately separated from them, each flying off in a different direction without even saying goodbye.
Cang Lan hovered in mid-air, quietly watching Lie Xingyun's back, lost in thought.
"Grand Dean, should I go with you?" Third Dean Zhen Liang asked, frowning.
"Why should he go? Let him go by himself. I want to see what he's up to," Cang Lan said nonchalantly.
"Should we go see the Second Dean?" Zhen Liang couldn't help but ask again. He had a feeling that something bad was going to happen, and he felt quite uneasy.
"The Second Dean is still in seclusion, so there's no need to trouble him." Cang Lan shook her head and flew directly into Twin Peaks.
"Sigh..." The Third Dean looked left and right, sighed, and after thinking for a moment, decided to follow in the direction of the Fifth Dean.
Behind Twin Peaks lies a sheer cliff overlooking a bottomless abyss. This area belongs to the back mountain region of the Vast Academy and is also a forbidden zone. No one except the dean or other high-ranking members is allowed to enter, not even the academy's grandmasters.
The name of this forbidden area is: Nine Abyss.
No one knows what lies beneath the Nine Abyss. Over the past five thousand Vast Academy, many with ulterior motives have ventured into the Nine Abyss, but none have ever emerged.
Over time, the Nine Abyss behind the Vast Academy became a forbidden place that everyone feared.
"Fifth Dean!" At the entrance to the Nine Abyss behind the mountain, two gray-robed elders stood guard on the left and right. When they saw Lie Xingyun walking towards them, they bowed and greeted him.
"Cloud White Elders, I need to go down and request an audience with my father. I hope you two can make an exception." Lie Xingyun returned the greeting with a kind smile and clasped his hands in return. At this moment, there was no trace of his raging temper.
The Cloud White Elders, exchanged a glance, then nodded, stepped aside, and said, "Fifth Dean, please."
"Thank you, Cloud White Elders." Lie Xingyun clasped his hands in thanks again, walked straight past Cloud White Elders, and reached the edge of the cliff. Looking down, he saw clouds and mist swirling below, with echoing sounds of emptiness, and the bottomless abyss.
"Whoosh~"
Lie Xingyun leaped into the Nine Abyss.
Less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea after Lie Xingyun left, Third Dean Zhen Liang rushed over.
"The Third Dean!" Cloud White Elders bowed again, both with some doubt on their faces. Normally, the deans would not easily descend into the Nine Abyss, sometimes not even for decades. It was rare for two deans to come in such a short period of time.
"Greetings, Cloud White Elders." Zhen Liang greeted Cloud White Elders without any airs, returning their greeting with clasped hands.
"Are the Third Dean also going down to the Nine Abyss?" Elder Yun on the left asked.
Upon hearing this, Zhen Liang glanced at the cliff behind them and asked, "Has the Fifth Dean already gone down?"
"Not bad." Both Cloud White Elders nodded.
"Looking for former Dean Lie Huang?" Zhen Liang continued to ask.
"Yes."
Zhen Liang frowned slightly, hesitated for a moment, and then clasped his hands in a fist and said, "It's like this, I'd like to go down and see the Second Dean."
Upon hearing this, the Cloud White Elders, nodded and stepped aside to make room for Zhen Liang.
"Thank you both." Zhen Liang clasped his hands in thanks, then went to the edge of the cliff and jumped off.
Like the Luo River, the Great Desolation Relic, and the Imperial Capital Relic, the Nine Abyss is one of the nine ancient ruins. However, unlike the others, the Nine Abyss is completely controlled by the Vast Academy, and only the Vast Academy knows what is inside it.
From the information revealed over the past five thousand years, the world only knows that the Nine Abyss refers to nine layers of abyss, each belonging to a different space, for a total of nine layers.
Each level is independent, and what's inside remains unknown.
However, one thing everyone knows is that after the change of leadership between the old and new deans of the Vast Academy, many of the deans who retired while still alive would choose to enter the Nine Abyss for secluded cultivation in order to break through that shackle and step into the Immortal Realm.
For example, many of the former deans who retired five hundred years ago went into seclusion within the Nine Abyss to cultivate.
Lie Xingyun's father was named Lie Huang, the previous Fifth Dean of the Vast Academy. Five hundred years ago, after the great war between the Vast Academy and the Demon Sect, the strength of the Vast Academy declined sharply. The truth was not as rumored. The Seven Great Sages not only experienced a decline in cultivation, but in fact, four of the Seven Great Sages died in that battle, and the remaining three deans were also seriously injured.
This is why, immediately after the great battle, the Vast Academy underwent a complete overhaul, selecting seven new deans to take over, while the remaining three deans went into the Nine Abyss to heal their wounds or even seek greater breakthroughs.
Lie Xingyun's father, Lie Huang, was one of the three surviving deans from five hundred years ago.
Besides the Fifth Dean, Lie Huang, there are still the Fourth Dean and Sixth Dean. Among the three former deans, the Fifth Dean, Lie Huang, has the highest cultivation level and has now reached the Half-Immortal Realm. He is no less powerful than the current Grand Dean Cang Lan. This is why Lie Xingyun dares to challenge Cang Lan.
The old dean, Lie Huang, was stationed in the fifth abyss. Whether he deliberately chose this abyss or not, for the past five hundred years, Lie Xingyun had often come down to visit his father. Over time, he had become very familiar with the environment of the Nine Abyss. After descending to a certain point in the air, Lie Xingyun suddenly rushed forward.
"Pop~"
Like bursting through a bubble, my vision instantly brightened, and I found myself in a small world.
The earth was scorching hot, the air thick with heat, and the world was ablaze with red, as if we had entered a world of flames.
The earth was fiery red, the sky was fiery red, and even the trees were fiery red.
Most importantly, there was no sun in the sky.
"Comfortable!"
Lie Xingyun stretched out his arms, his face full of satisfaction. He cultivated Fire Element Cultivation Method, and the air here was filled with Fire-type energy, making him feel very comfortable. The spiritual energy within his body was also cheering and jumping, as if expressing its love for this world.
However, Lie Xingyun didn't enjoy it for long. He quickly composed himself and headed forward.
He came to a small hill, on which stood a small stone house surrounded by a fence, still the color of flames, even the house itself was red.
"Father," Lie Xingyun called out respectfully from outside the fence.
"Tap tap~" The stone house had no door, and an old man walked out from inside.
His entire body was flame-colored, not only his clothes, but also his face, hair, eyebrows, and eyes.
He was Lie Xingyun's father, the Fifth Dean of the old generation of the Vast Academy, and Lie Huang, who had stepped into the Half-Immortal Realm!
"Why are you here?" Unlike Lie Xingyun, Lie Huang was gentle and slow in both speech and action, not at all irritable, just like an ordinary old man.
"Father, that vile woman Cang Lan has gone too far! She actually colluded with outsiders to harm the Seventh Dean of our Vast Academy, and even made your son impotent!" Lie Xingyun said Rage.
"Didn't I tell you not to fight with her? Why didn't you listen?" Lie Huang slowly walked to Lie Xingyun's side, grabbed Lie Xingyun's hand, and examined it as he spoke.
"Father, I don't understand why you're giving in to her. You should come out of seclusion and lead Vast Academy back to its peak. The position of Grand Dean of the Vast Academy belongs to you, Father!" Lie Xingyun said unwillingly.
"Whoosh~"
A red flame entered Lie Xingyun's body from his hand, and Lie Xingyun did not resist.
"Pop~"