Shouyu

"As expected, there is a [Yi Wood] formation!"

Pang Dafu was overjoyed at the sight and urged repeatedly, "Fellow Daoist Li, now it's up to you!"

Li Chengxuan nodded slightly, his [Yi Wood] Law Power surging as he carefully connected his spiritual sense to examine the formation.

As expected, it was a [Yi Wood] formation used to conceal its presence, lacking any defensive or counter-attacking capabilities. Having existed for a hundred years, it was already on the verge of collapse.

Li Chengxuan pointed his finger and destroyed several nodes of the formation in succession, easily breaking the formation.

Boom!

A strong wind suddenly arose from the ground, causing the plants in the back garden to sway and shed leaves.

[Yi Wood] in the sky represents wind.

The [Yi Wood] Spiritual Qi, which had been trapped in the formation, was freed from its restraints and immediately rushed into the sky, transforming into a gentle breeze that howled and disappeared into the distance.

Suddenly, the flowerbed in the very center withered and its leaves fell, revealing an underground palace.

Du Qingquan's expression changed drastically, both surprised and delighted.

The fortuitous opportunity was real!

The rumors about the Du Household are also true.

We need the Spiritual Qi for entering the Dao and the cultivation Cultivation Method for Qingchi!

"Excellent!" Pang Dafu was overjoyed, but he didn't rush forward. Instead, he turned to Du Qingquan and said, "Fellow Daoist Du, this is fortuitous opportunity left by your ancestor. You should go first."

Du Qingquan was taken aback upon hearing this, naturally understanding that Pang Dafu wanted him to scout the way. However, he did not refuse; instead, he gripped the cyan talisman in his hand tightly and said in a deep voice, "It is my duty, and who else but me!"

Having said that, he stepped straight into the underground palace and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

After waiting for a while, no screams were heard, nor were any other unusual occurrences.

Pang Dafu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, then said to Li Chengxuan, "Fellow Daoist Li, please."

"Fellow Daoist Pang, please go first." Li Chengxuan said with a calm expression and a light laugh, "This fortuitous opportunity was discovered by you, Fellow Daoist. I merely happened to be there and dared not presume to be first."

"In that case, I, Pang, will take my leave first." Seeing Li Chengxuan's insistence, Pang Dafu did not press the matter and slowly walked into the underground palace. His voice still echoed in the distance, "Fellow Daoist Li, you'd better hurry in, or fortuitous opportunity will be snatched up, haha."

Li Chengxuan glanced at the Pang Household's young lady in the corner, nodded slightly in greeting, and then stepped into the underground palace.

Miss Pang Household was huddled in a corner, trembling with fear.

He then stood up and staggered into the underground palace.

This underground palace must have been the place where the Du Household family ancestors cultivated themselves. It was simple and unadorned, but it had a strong smell of decay.

In the middle is a pool of clear water.

There are a few bookshelves in the corner.

A small altar was built on the north side, with a shrine on it, presumably for commemorating ancestors.

Li Chengxuan did not approach, but only stopped and glanced at it from a distance.

The shrine was empty, yet there was not a speck of dust, nor any smell of decay, which was quite mysterious.

Du Qingquan stood beside the pool in the middle of the underground palace, his face full of excitement, trying to absorb the Spiritual Qi in the pool with a jade bottle.

Pang Dafu looked at Miss Pang Household, frowned, and scolded, "Who let you in?!"

Miss Pang Household lowered her head and remained silent.

Just then, Du Qingquan let out a cry of surprise.

The clear water in the central pool flows automatically without any wind, its level gradually rising.

The underground palace rumbled and groaned, as if some kind of protective formation had been triggered.

"My [Clear Spiritual Qi in the Pool]..." Du Qingquan's expression changed drastically as he watched helplessly Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi he was about to obtain vanished without a trace.

At this moment, the pool of clear water underwent another miraculous change.

After the pool filled to its fullness, it returned to a calm and still state.

Only some old scenes gradually appeared in the water.

Pang Dahai, far from being alarmed, was overjoyed and exclaimed loudly, "Fortuitous opportunity! This must be fortuitous opportunity!"

The four people in the underground palace then focused on observing the scene in the pool.

It's still an underground palace.

It was just far more elegant and rustic than it is today.

The underground palace was not a pool of clear water, but rather murky and turbid, with a constantly gushing spiritual spring in the middle.

A man who resembled Du Qingquan but had a pair of blue eyes and looked rather sinister entered the underground palace. He first offered incense and knelt before the altar, then went to the spirit spring to draw talismans.

"The talisman inheritance... must be from my Du Household ancestor!" Du Qingquan's expression turned solemn, and he immediately leaned closer to examine it carefully.

Unfortunately, the scene in the pool was illusory, and the details were impossible to see.

Immediately afterwards, three cultivators broke into the underground palace.

The Du Household ancestor was bewitched by a beautiful female cultivator holding a peach blossom, and his body was tainted with the Sha Qi of peach blossoms.

Just as they were about to escape using the spiritual spring, another female cultivator, whose face was obscured, reached out and pressed down, actually forcing the spiritual spring into the ground.

Finally, the elderly cultivator swung his sword and killed him.

After the Du Household ancestor perished, he returned to the heavens, and strange phenomena appeared in the heavens.

The clear parts of the body rose into the air as rain and mist.

The impure and foul parts that fell to the ground transformed into springs and pools.

The beautiful female cultivator, holding a peach blossom, reached out and took some dew before leaving.

Another female cultivator, whose face was obscured, took away several gushing springs from the ground.

Finally, the elderly swordsman took three cyan talismans from the bottom of the pool.

"The method of Clear Pool Reflecting Images..." Pang Dafu's expression turned solemn after reading it, and he said, "This should be the scene when Fellow Daoist Du's ancestor perished!"

Du Qingquan nodded slightly, his expression somewhat complicated. "That's right, that was the last Foundation Establishment ancestor of my Du Household, whose Daoist name Songfu."

It wasn't just lamenting the death of his ancestor that Du Qingquan recognized the cyan talisman in his hand as one of the three that the old sword cultivator had taken back then!

Pang Dafu then looked at Li Chengxuan and asked, "Fellow Daoist, you cultivate [Yi Wood], do you recognize that female cultivator holding the peach blossom?"

Li Chengxuan nodded slightly. "If I'm not mistaken, he should be Foundation Establishment from the Hua Household, with the Daoist name Zhuohua."

"I happen to recognize that elderly swordsman." Pang Dafu sighed, saying with some emotion, "He was not only the former head of Supreme Mystery Mountain, but also the last pure swordsman in the Southern Edge Continent, truly the last vestige of the Old Method cultivators."

"Back then, High Person Songfu, in order to break through to the Foundation Establishment, slaughtered 100,000 mortals in Danzhou and extracted their Blood Qi."

"At that time, the senior sword cultivator had just killed the Flood Dragon King Fubo, but was seriously injured and on the verge of death. He had no choice but to go down the mountain to deal with the demonic calamity caused by the [Clear Water] entering the turbidity, and even swallowed his pride to invite two helpers to surround High Person Songfu."

"It is said that he forced himself to return to Supreme Mystery Mountain afterward, where he perished."

"At the time of his death, the dignified sect leader of Supreme Mystery Mountain, a Foundation Establishment sword cultivator, showed no unusual signs, thus deceiving many people and managing to protect Supreme Mystery Mountain for many years."

"After his death, the last breath of the Old Method monk dissipated as well."

"Not only did Supreme Mystery Mountain begin to bear the name of a demonic sect, but the Southern Verge Immortal Alliance also became rife with filth."

" In the Old Method, cultivators Blood Qi to refine Human Pill, and there were no longer any constraints or restrictions."

Looking back now, it's truly a sad and lamentable situation.

"Entering the turbid..." Du Qingquan naturally knew that [Clear Water] could change from clear to turbid, but he never expected that his [Foundation Establishment] ancestor would actually enter the turbid and become a demon, slaughtering mortals.

After risking his life to eliminate the demons and uphold justice, that senior sword cultivator did not exterminate the demons' offspring. Instead, he left the Du Household with a precious Foundation Establishment talisman!

Du Qingquan's feelings were quite complicated after hearing this. He couldn't feel any hatred at all, but instead felt a sincere respect. "Fellow Daoist Pang, may I ask what this senior's name is, and what his Daoist title is?"

"Fellow Daoist Du has asked the wrong person." Pang Dafu chuckled, not answering, but instead turning to Li Chengxuan and saying, "This question should be asked of Fellow Daoist Li."

Du Qingquan was somewhat confused.

Li Chengxuan sighed and slowly said, "That sword cultivator is none other than the 359th generation sect leader of my Supreme Mystery Mountain, the self-deprecatingly rebellious and foolish High Person Shouyu."

Upon hearing this, Du Qingquan was immediately shocked, his face filled with astonishment.

What does "My Supreme Mystery Mountain" mean? Could it be...?

Upon hearing Li Chengxuan's words, Pang Dafu laughed and said, "Fellow Daoist Li neither conceals his connection with Supreme Mystery Mountain nor changes his surname even when using an alias."

"Such concealment of identity can only fool Rogue Cultivator like Fellow Daoist Du; how could it possibly fool those with ulterior motives?!"

Du Qingquan's suspicions were confirmed, and he was filled with shock.

Li Chengxuan had no time to care about Du Qingquan's feelings, and looked around.

Inside the underground palace, the stench of decay had dissipated, revealing a simple and elegant atmosphere.

It wasn't a reversal of time, but rather that the four people present, while watching the scene of the sword cultivator slaying the demon back then, were unknowingly affected by the [Clear Pool Reflecting Images] technique and were drawn into the illusion of the pool's reflection.

"Since Fellow Daoist Li has taken the [Mortal World Turbid Qi] to enter the Dao, he should naturally know of the existence of the [Mortal World Tribulation]." Pang Dafu's face was solemn as he said in a deep voice, "I have come to the Southern Reach this time to be the one who will face the tribulation and obstruct the path!"