A moment ago.
Inside a historic ancestral hall, the strangely shaped floorboards suddenly lit up, emitting a blinding golden light like the sun, immediately startling those outside the hall.
Outside the ancestral hall is a courtyard that is not very large, with several side rooms built around it, surrounding the ancestral hall. At the front of the ancestral hall is a horizontal corridor, and on the other side of the corridor is a small bamboo grove, which blocks the main entrance to the ancestral hall. Therefore, unless you are in front of the ancestral hall, you cannot see the inside of the ancestral hall.
At that moment, between the beams and pillars of the corridor, a young girl timidly gazed at the dazzling light emanating from the ancestral hall, a curious gleam in her strange eyes.
In a short while, the golden light inside the ancestral hall gradually faded, and to the girl's astonishment, two figures appeared inside the ancestral hall at the same time.
At this moment, the girl was terrified. Although she wanted to run away, for some reason, her delicate body seemed to be frozen in place, unable to move. She could only look at the two people in the ancestral hall with trembling eyes, feeling both fear and curiosity.
"Where... is this place?"
Xiao Yan looked around at his surroundings with a mixture of surprise and suspicion, his eyes filled with wariness. He exchanged a glance with Xiao Xuan in front of him, and then their gazes turned to the center of the ancestral hall.
There was a stone statue enshrined here, and the two of them knew exactly what it looked like, since they had met it not long ago.
The stone statue resembles the Venerable Heavenly Severing.
Judging from this, it seems that the two of them have fallen into a formation that Venerable Heavenly Severing had set up long ago. Sending them here was probably something he had planned in advance.
"The ancestral hall also enshrines the Venerable Heavenly Severing; this must be his family home or the place where he was born."
With their eyes constantly scanning their surroundings, Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan both knew that now was not the time for reminiscing. They needed to first assess the current situation and wait until everything calmed down before doing anything else.
"But what does he mean by sending us here? A thousand years have passed. Even if there are people or things he can't let go of, time has changed, and we probably can't help him achieve them. Besides, he hasn't even told us what to do yet."
Xiao Yan glanced at the stone statue, shrugged helplessly, and turned to leave the ancestral hall.
"Wait, there must be a reason he teleported us here. Besides, didn't you notice a trace of his presence here?"
Xiao Xuan smiled slightly, his dark and deep eyes slowly turning, and soon locked onto the top of the stone statue, where a plaque hung.
The plaque bears four large characters written in bold, vigorous strokes.
Go with the flow and be at ease.
"Go with the flow and be at ease, what a wonderful phrase 'go with the flow and be at ease,' does he mean that those who are destined to receive it will obtain it?"
With a soft chuckle, Xiao Xuan's thoughts stirred, and his immense Spiritual Strength instantly spread outward, transforming into an invisible hand that moved towards the plaque.
Xiao Yan, however, was full of suspicion. He scanned the plaque with his gaze and probed it with his Spiritual Strength, but found nothing. However, he naturally had no doubts about Xiao Yan Xiao Xuan, so he stood still and waited patiently.
A short while later, Xiao Xuan Xiao Xuan all the Spiritual Strength he had spread out, and at the same time, a Storage Ring appeared in his hand.
"This is..."
The moment Xiao Yan saw the Storage Ring, his expression suddenly hardened, and he couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
The fact that Venerable Heavenly Severing placed the Storage Ring in such a place suggests that it must be his own Venerable Heavenly Severing Storage Ring. Compared to the items in the ancient tomb, the contents of this Storage Ring are probably Venerable Heavenly Severing's true collection!
Imagine how precious the Storage Ring of a Origin Return Realm expert is!
"Right, the Origin Return Art!"
Suddenly snapping back to his senses, Xiao Yan hurriedly said...
Upon hearing this, Xiao Xuan was slightly taken aback, but then quickly came to his senses. Because he had cultivated the first volume, he was very clear about the secrets of the Origin Return Art. Compared to others, Xiao Xuan should be more eager to learn about the importance of this technique. However, judging from the current situation, it seemed that Xiao Yan was even more concerned than him.
With a smile and a shake of his head, Xiao Xuan's thoughts stirred, and a vast amount of Spiritual Strength surged forth once more, rapidly pouring into the Storage Ring in his hand. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan waited anxiously with a burning desire on his face.
A few minutes later, Xiao Xuan's Spiritual Strength Spiritual Strength withdrew from the Storage Ring, along with a scroll.
No need to overthink it, the Origin Return Art!
" The Origin Return Art, it really is the Origin Return Art. Venerable Heavenly Severing deliberately leave the Origin Return Art here so that those who wantonly destroyed his tomb wouldn't get it?"
"So, while going with the flow is fine, it also requires a bit of humanity. We were just lucky. If we hadn't been stuck in that hall earlier, we wouldn't have been teleported here, and we wouldn't have been able to escape that disaster."
Immediately afterwards, Xiao Xuan, with a sense of anticipation, slowly unfurled the scroll in his hand.
"Buzzing..."
However, the instant the scroll was opened, a golden light flashed out from it, and both Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan involuntarily took two steps back. Then, within the golden light, a phantom figure slowly emerged.
It was none other than the Venerable Heavenly Severing.
However, this is just a video clip; the free conversation they had before is no longer possible.
"Fated one, since you were able to open this scroll for me, it means that this is our destiny. This scroll should not belong to me, but everything is fate. Be at ease with fate and accept whatever comes your way. The fact that you were able to get here through the formation shows that you have a good character. Therefore, I hope to ask you to do one last thing for me."
"If the village where the ancestral hall is located still exists, I hope you can do something for this village before you leave. The Origin Return Art and all the items in my Storage Ring will be considered as payment for your help."
"Furthermore, you only need to act once. After that, whatever happens to the village in the future will no longer be of any concern to you. If you see these things when the village is already destroyed, then everything will be left to fate."
The video ended there, and Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan exchanged a stunned look. Then, the scroll returned to Xiao Xuan's hand, and the two of them turned around at the same time, their dark eyes looking towards the corridor outside the ancestral hall.
There, a girl in a red dress stared blankly at the vanished image inside the ancestral hall, completely unaware of Xiao Yan and his companion's gaze.