Upper Realm Message
Gu Yuanqing glanced down the mountain.
All the masters above the Grandmaster Realm have left, but the Imperial Guard are still stationed there. More than ten miles away, there are still many Martial World practitioners who linger.
This shows that North Spring Mountain will not be so deserted in the future. Just as the old man in Hemp Robe said, the giant tower, hundreds of feet tall, is like a miracle. If it were him, he would probably want to come and see it too.
However, North Spring Mountain is a self-contained place, and outsiders cannot come up to disturb it without its permission, so it has nothing to fear.
He walked towards the Heaven and Earth Pool, each seemingly ordinary step covering nearly a hundred feet, as if Ground Shrinking. In a short while, he arrived in front of the Heaven and Earth Pool.
With his mind connected to the Heaven and Heaven and Earth Pool, he locked onto Ji Qingyun and pulled him out.
A small fish emerged from the water and quickly grew larger, transforming into a human shape. Five feet above the water, it had returned to its normal human form.
Ji Qingyun was startled by the change, and his Divine Soul returned to normal. He saw Gu Yuanqing, but before he could make a move, boundless pressure arrived instantly, suppressing his cultivation.
Gu Yuanqing placed it on the shore and smiled slightly, "We meet again. How was it underwater?"
Ji Qingyun stared at Gu Yuanqing, his eyes filled with deep apprehension. He said in a deep voice, "Who exactly are you? There's no way someone like you could exist in this world!"
Gu Yuanqing said calmly, "Are you mistaken? I'm asking you now, not the other way around."
During the conversation, Gu Yuanqing suddenly noticed a Bronze Token hanging on Ji Qingyun's right side. With a flick of his Void, the Bronze Token was taken from his waist and flew into the air.
Ji Qingyun's heart tightened. He had been secretly forming hand seals, trying to figure out how to activate the token. He hadn't expected Gu Yuanqing to notice him so quickly. He wanted to grab the Bronze Token, but having lost his cultivation, his reaction was slow. How could he possibly be a match for Gu Yuanqing?
Gu Yuanqing held the Token in his hand and probed it with his Divine Sense, discovering densely packed Runes within Token. However, the token's power was firmly suppressed by North Spring Mountain, so no matter what methods Ji Qingyun used, they had no effect.
"You're not at the Dao Fire Realm, yet you've managed to stay safely in this world without crushing its space. That must be thanks to this Token, right?" Gu Yuanqing asked with considerable curiosity.
Ji Qingyun answered irrelevantly, coldly saying, "You truly know a great deal. May I ask what your purpose is in coming to this Floating World? The cessation of the Demon Refining Array in this realm must also be your doing, right?"
"The Demon Refining Array? What is that?" Gu Yuanqing asked.
Ji Qingyun sneered, "Why ask a question you already know the answer to? Whatever your intentions, I advise you to stop as soon as possible. My Lingxu Sect is not one to be easily manipulated!"
Gu Yuanqing chuckled lightly, "It seems you still haven't grasped the situation. Fine, I'll let you go into the Heaven and Earth Pool to sober up a bit more."
Ji Qingyun's expression changed, and he was about to speak again, but Gu Yuanqing had no intention of chatting anymore. With a wave of his hand, Ji Qingyun's body was once again swept into the pool and turned into a small fish.
Gu Yuanqing now had another Storage Bag in his hand.
Since Ji Qingyun had been captured, his belongings were naturally his own, and Gu Yuanqing showed no politeness about it.
Using the Object Control Method, he opened the Storage Bag. The space inside was much larger than Gong Xin's. Inside, there were many Restoration Pill, books, Spirit Stone, as well as items that looked like Law Treasure and various miscellaneous items, all neatly arranged and categorized.
"Hmm, these look like... the Divine Platform materials used to forge the heavenly materials and earthly treasures?"
Having obtained the Nine Nether Purgatory Scripture, Gu Yuanqing naturally knew that the cultivation of the Divine Platform was different from previous cultivation methods. He needed to use heavenly materials and earthly treasures to forge the Divine Platform Formation in order to truly become Cultivator of the Divine Platform Realm.
These materials are all used to nourish the Divine Soul. According to the Nine Nether Purgatory Scripture Inferno, there are fifty-two main materials for nourishing the Divine Soul in the Cultivation World.
Among the materials currently arranged in this categorized manner, there are several that are particularly easy to identify: Earth Vein Sand, ranked thirty-seventh; Dragon Scale Iron, ranked thirty-first; Soul Nurturing Jade Marrow, ranked twenty-fifth; and a small piece of Phoenix Gold, which ranks seventh on the Divine Platform Material Ranking.
These were clearly items left over from Ji Qingyun's time. Although Gu Yuanqing hadn't recognized the others yet, since they were placed together, they should also be of this type.
Among the other pile of items, Gu Yuanqing recognized several types, all of which were auxiliary materials for refining the Divine Platform.
Gu Yuanqing was delighted to see this, as it would save him a lot of trouble.
He then checked the books inside. There were three Cultivation Method that directly led to the Divine Platform Realm, as well as many Cultivation Insights for the Dao Fire Realm and the Divine Platform Realm, and the unique skills of the Lingxu Sect.
The other Jade Slip is presumably an object used for Divine Thought Teaching.
He smiled and turned to look at the little fish that Ji Qingyun had transformed into in the Heaven and Earth Pool. Even it looked much more pleasing to the eye.
Then, he noticed a Silk Book placed separately, so he took it out, glanced at it, and his brows furrowed slightly.
"Three Thousand Floating Realms? So this is the Demon Refining Array he was referring to. No wonder time flows so quickly in this realm, and Spiritual Qi is so scarce. It seems all the vital Vital Energy has been used to operate this array. What a grand scheme! Using an entire realm as an array—such methods are not something ordinary Cultivator can accomplish."
This Silk Book was originally meant to be passed down by the guardians of the Lingxu Sect, but now it has fallen into Gu Yuanqing's hands, and naturally, he has learned all the secrets of this realm.
"He just said there was a problem with the Demon Refining Array. Could it be because North Spring Mountain fell into the Demon World Realm?"
Gu Yuanqing immediately realized this. The Motion and Stillness that day was quite significant. He learned from casual conversations among the people at the foot of the mountain that it wasn't just the North Spring Mountain that was shaken, but the entire Great Qian was affected. The connection between them was self-evident.
"This will have a significant impact, and we'll have to hear the specifics from Ji Qingyun. But there's no need to rush. Judging from his demeanor, the effects of this matter won't happen overnight."
Gu Yuanqing then took out the Bronze Token, and the silk Silk Book contained the uses and methods of refining the three Law Treasure of the Lingxu Sect.
"This must be the Heaven Gate Token. No wonder the Heaven Ascending Path can only be opened once every ten years. It's because the Demon Refining Array pauses for a moment every ten years, allowing Space-Time to return to normal, which is when this Floating World can connect with the Cultivation World. And every thousand-year trial, when the Cultivation World starts the Trial Path, it also affects the Demon Refining Array. So this year, the Heaven Ascending Path opened much earlier than in previous years."
"However, the use of this token is much smaller for me. I neither want to leave this world nor do I need this token to gather Spiritual Qi. The only thing I might be able to use is to seal my own aura after breaking through to the Divine Platform Realm, in order to prevent my power from crushing the space of this world."
While pondering, Gu Yuanqing suddenly felt the Token tremble slightly. He thought someone was refining the token in the air and was about to suppress it when he remembered something and stopped. A moment later, a Divine Sense message came through.
"Ji Qingyun, regarding the Demon Refining Array in this realm..." The thought abruptly stopped halfway through its transmission, followed by a furious outburst. "You are not Ji Qingyun, who are you?"
Gu Yuanqing immediately suppressed the Heaven Gate Token, severing the connection. Judging from the tone, it should be Upper Realm Message of the Lingxu Sect. He didn't expect that the other party could sense the aura of the person holding the token.
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