"Looks like someone came through here long ago. But that makes sense. Since a map has circulated and this place was marked as safe, someone must have explored it a long time ago."
Su Ye looked at the empty Scripture Pavilion before him, feeling a little disappointed—not too disappointed, though. Runes appeared in his eyes as he scanned the surroundings.
Although the Scripture Pavilion was empty, Sword Sect had once been a powerful lineage. It might have left behind something special, like the Sword Unsheathing Stone.
"Damn it, they didn't leave anything behind! Which bastard did this? What a heartless wretch. Why didn't they just carry off the whole Scripture Pavilion?"
Big Gold Dog cursed. Suddenly, a thought struck him: the broken stones before the mountain gate had been treasures, so wasn't this Scripture Pavilion, where the scriptures had been kept, a treasure too?
"I got here first. This Scripture Pavilion is mine."
Big Gold Dog looked at Su Ye, staking his claim, though his eyes betrayed his unease.
Su Ye glanced at Big Gold Dog with utter disdain. "The Scripture Pavilion is the most important place in a sect. When it was built, it must have been connected to the ley lines and inscribed with a powerful Magic Array. Can you carry it away?"
He didn't know a great many things, but that didn't mean he knew nothing. The Wind Clan might have been small, but it was still a tribe that held sway over its territory, and it had all kinds of buildings.
"I..."
Big Gold Dog's face fell. He really couldn't carry it away. If he disturbed the ley lines and activated the inscribed Magic Array, he'd become a roasted dog in an instant with his current strength.
Besides, if it were that easy to take, how could it still be here? The first person to arrive would have taken it long ago instead of wasting time clearing out everything inside.
Su Ye didn't continue investigating. He sat cross-legged on the ground, closed his eyes, and sensed everything around him.
The Heavenly Eye didn't necessarily need open eyes to be used. At least, that was true of his Samsara Eye.
Radiance shimmered all over him. Within it, lines of patterns emerged and spread outward, merging with the empty air.
Big Gold Dog hurried away from Su Ye. He didn't know what the other fellow was doing, but he didn't want to get caught up in it. With the Scripture Pavilion standing empty before him, he looked furious, then turned and left to explore somewhere else.
The Boundary Realm was different from the outside.
With Magic Arrays sealing it off, the Boundary Realm had less of the chaotic aura found in the Mist Mountains. Perhaps some Spirit Medicines had grown here.
Su Ye used the power of his Heavenly Eye to merge with the surrounding void, sensing the Dao aura left behind in it. Though that aura was faint, and even sensing it wouldn't let him reproduce the scriptures, he kept at it all the same.
Patterns spread across the entire Scripture Pavilion. Radiance blazed, enveloping the building as it swallowed the lingering Dao aura and imprinted the patterns of the Magic Array inscribed upon it.
That was right.
Su Ye wasn't trying to comprehend the Dao aura. He was imprinting it.
Countless years had passed. Many other buildings had collapsed and crumbled, yet the Scripture Pavilion still stood. It was surely no ordinary treasure.
Su Ye could take the Sword Unsheathing Stone directly, but he didn't dare take the Scripture Pavilion. Still, now that he'd encountered such a treasure, he couldn't simply pretend he hadn't seen it.
Furthermore, after the Samsara Eye opened further, Su Ye had awakened a minor ability: imprinting. He could imprint Dao aura and make it reappear.
Simply put, he could copy—copy Treasure Arts and Divine Abilities, copy anything containing Dao aura, then release it through the Samsara Eye.
Buzz.
The light faded, and at last a tower-shaped phantom appeared around Su Ye, enveloping him.
Su Ye opened his eyes and raised his hand. The phantom tower rapidly shrank, landing in his palm. Looking at the exquisite little tower, seemingly carved from jade, he broke into a radiant smile.
The little tower wasn't exactly a powerful Treasure Art or Divine Ability, but it proved that he could copy things containing Dao aura, imprint their power, and even draw them forth.
The Scripture Pavilion was nothing much. But if he could imprint or draw forth the Divine Temple within that Totem Pillar, he could stand unafraid even before a Marquis Level powerhouse.
However, for now, Su Ye could only imprint. He still couldn't draw anything forth.
Normally, drawing something forth required the power of faith, and he hadn't mastered that. He could become a believer and thereby gain the right to draw it forth.
But bow down before that Divine Temple?
Impossible.
Whether the Divine Temple or the Totem Pillar, they belonged to him now. He couldn't bring himself to worship his own things.
Besides, that was merely the usual way. With the Samsara Eye, Su Ye wasn't ordinary. He didn't need the power of faith; he could forcefully draw things forth.
But it would consume a tremendous amount of Mental Power. His Mental Power was strong for someone at his level, but it still fell far short of what was needed to draw forth the Divine Temple. The temple was no ordinary thing, after all, and the Mental Power it consumed was immense.
After spending a while studying the copying of Treasure Arts, Su Ye got up and left. The place was empty, and it wasn't worth wasting too much time there.
The Heaven Mending Pavilion's admissions were about half a year away. He couldn't waste too much time here; it wouldn't do to miss the trials.
Su Ye walked through the ruined Sword Sect. He didn't know how glorious it had been in its heyday, but the fallen, once-magnificent buildings made it clear that it must have been resplendent beyond measure.
Yet this once-glorious Sword Sect had ultimately become a ruin.
"Dead dog, what are you doing?"
Su Ye spotted Big Gold Dog digging a hole in the distance and headed straight over. The dog had clearly found something good; otherwise, he wouldn't be digging there.
Feeling Su Ye approaching, Big Gold Dog dug faster. Runes shimmered across his body, and his forepaws turned into sharp divine weapons as he kept clawing at the earth. Soon, radiance spilled from the hole. Big Gold Dog swallowed it in one gulp, then turned around and said with an innocent look, "Nothing."
He hadn't fully refined it yet. As soon as he opened his mouth, radiance gushed out. It wasn't ordinary light, but something infused with an extremely rich force of life.
Runes appeared in Su Ye's eyes as he looked into Big Gold Dog's mouth. He spotted a short section of root and guessed what it was. Smiling, he said, "It's only a Half-Saint Herb. You really think I'd steal it from you?"
He already had Divine Medicine. Why would he care about a mere Half-Saint Herb?
Still, that dog's nose was sharp. He'd actually found something this good. It was a pity the dog had already defiled it. Su Ye was too embarrassed to pry open his mouth and snatch it from him.
Seeing that Su Ye truly had no intention of taking his Half-Saint Herb, Big Gold Dog breathed a sigh of relief and ran off to the side to refine it at once. Radiance blazed around him, making his already sleek, glossy fur shimmer even more.
Though it was only a small piece of a Half-Saint Herb's root, Half-Saint Herbs surpassed Spirit Medicines. Even a tiny bit of root was worth two or three Spirit Medicines.
In the outside world, two or three Spirit Medicines would draw powerful Fierce Beasts into a struggle for them. Even a Beast King would be unable to resist snatching one.
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