Two Bronze Doors
Cultivating while ill is an unconventional path. At first glance, Zhang Xuezhou seemed incredibly powerful, but after learning about Zhang Xuezhou's physical condition, even the Venerable One couldn't help but feel pity for him.
"How so?"
Zhang Xuezhou's cultivation had reached the Divine Ability, and he also possessed the "Technique Within the Clouds," a unique flying Technique Method. Zou Bugui was overjoyed, feeling that the Yin-Yang School had a worthy successor.
But when His Majesty sensed something was wrong, Zou Bugui help but personally diagnose Zhang Xuezhou.
A feeling of immense yet shallow Law Power welled up within him, Zou Bugui felt that Zhang Xuezhou's cultivation was almost completely ruined.
Although his cultivation level had Divine Ability supernatural powers, Zhang Xuezhou could only use a very limited amount of Law Power normally.
Even when cultivators are in perfect condition, it's difficult to predict the outcome of a battle; in Zhang Xuezhou's current state, defeat seems inevitable.
"All that glitters is not gold; rotten inside!"
If you were to find a single word to describe Zou Bugui, you could only think of gold and jade Zou Bugui rotten cotton.
It looks very strong and good, but it's actually not that great.
If it weren't for Zhang Xuezhou's ability to promote "The Technique Within the Clouds," the other party would already be considered a cripple.
"Let me think of a solution!"
His Majesty pursed his lips.
Years ago, he asked Zhang Xuezhou to risk sealing the Hunyuan Wuji Array as a last resort. After so many years, the Venerable One never expected that he would still be helpless.
If Zhang Xuezhou were in perfect physical condition, it would be fine, but with his current level of cultivation, it would indeed be difficult for the other party to exert himself.
In terms of methods for locating auspicious formations and burial sites, the Physiognomy School possessed an overwhelming advantage that was almost unparalleled, and now only a few of its members remain.
The King of Qin's massacre of the fortune tellers was not a whim; these men genuinely possessed the ability to undermine the King's foundation and accomplish what Zhu Jiuyin could not.
"You all take Little Zhang to that tomb palace to have a look. I'll stay outside and think things over!"
After learning the breathing technique for suppressing the Yang Soul incarnation from Zhang Xuezhou, and after examining Zhang Xuezhou's body, the Venerable One waved for everyone to move away.
"Your Excellency is a scholar of Celestial Person; he can surely cure your illness!"
My Zou Bugui home.
The struggle with Jin Chang seems like it was just yesterday, but more than a decade has passed.
Jin Chang transitioned from youth to middle age, while Zou Bugui entered old age with his hair turning silver.
However, Zou Bugui was in excellent physical and mental condition, and his cultivation was even subtly advancing towards the Sole Self Realm of Sovereignty.
Ultimately, those who can become the leaders of the Yin-Yang School are not mediocre. Zou Bugui to the past was more due to limitations in resources and conditions, which is why he appeared as an ordinary person and completely lacked the demeanor of the Yin-Yang School's past founders.
At present, Zou Bugui only been by Zhu Jiuyin's side for more than ten years. His cultivation has not only surpassed the Divine Ability Realm before, but is now pushing towards the Sole Self Realm, almost reaching the limit of the Yin-Yang Nine Heavens Great Compassion Incantation Mantra.
"This disease is difficult to cure!"
Zhang Xuezhou felt that the moment His Excellency touched his body, he had gone astray.
His physical condition was that the Locking Yang blocked his Law Power, not that the Yang Soul's Law Power was so compressed that there was no space left for cultivation.
It would be difficult to make corrections based on such judgments.
But Zhang Xuezhou didn't correct it, since even if he did, it wouldn't make any difference.
On the contrary, giving His Excellency a difficult question might save him from being a pawn.
He looked at Zou Bugui, who had been led up by the Feiyu Demon King and leaped off the cliff, and then leaped up as well.
Like a stone wall blocking the Yin-Yang Secret Realm, Zhang Xuezhou felt as if he had leaped towards the cliff face, and his body had already gotten stuck inside the stone wall.
When Zhang Xuezhou looked outside, he saw no stone wall blocking his view; all he saw was an empty cave.
"Dushan Jade, such a large Dushan Jade?"
Zhang Xuezhou glanced around and clearly saw a black rock, about the height of a person, placed beside the cliff.
Dushan Jade can be refined into Mountain-Subduing Stone, which is the imperial reward that Prefect Wen Weng received after entering the Sole Self Realm" cultivation. It can be used to suppress people or to conceal Mountain-Subduing Stone, thus ensuring one's safety.
Zhang Xuezhou was amazed by the Dushan Jade standing on the cliff, but a thought suddenly struck him: the stone wall in the Yin-Yang Secret Land was most likely also made of Dushan Jade.
However, the Dushan Jade here has been broken, allowing people to enter and exit freely, while the Dushan Jade in the Yin-Yang Secret Land has not been deciphered, and was even mistaken by Zhang Xuezhou and others as a layer of mountain rock.
"You have a good eye," the Feiyu Demon King nodded.
"How was this place discovered?" Zhang Xuezhou asked with great interest.
"The Emperor Qin is heavily fortified, but we're not pushovers either," said the Feiyu Feather Demon King. "We found some clues. Lu Baibai searched around here and used his tree-sensing ability to locate this place. After tearing down that pine tree on the cliff, we found the Emperor Qin's burial site!"
"Is this a place built by the Emperor Qin?" Zhang Xuezhou asked in surprise.
"Not bad," the Feiyu Demon King nodded. "You've hit the jackpot! As long as His Majesty can obtain the treasures from the Emperor Qin's tomb, he certainly won't be stingy. We can take whatever we want!"
"This Dushan Jade was bound by witchcraft and sacrificial rituals. The illusion was powerfully broken by Your Excellency's Law Power, and it was thus refined in reverse, transforming into a mechanism to protect our safety. Only with Your Excellency's guidance can we safely enter!"
Seeing that Zhang Xuezhou's eyes were still fixed on Dushan Jade several times, Zou Bugui but offer an explanation, thus satisfying Zhang Xuezhou's curiosity.
The Yin-Yang School excels at setting up and breaking formations. Setting up formations emphasizes finding and utilizing acupoints, while breaking formations involves countering one thing with another. You use one method, and I use another method in return. This gradual approach is used to break formations.
The Physiognomy School, uses the Acupoint-Fixing Technique to find the root of the formation and directly and temporarily cut off the source of the formation's power.
When the Venerable One broke through, he used brute force to push through, relying on brute force to overcome skill.
Each method of breaking an array has its own advantages and disadvantages. The Yin-Yang School's method is the safest, but it is also the easiest to get stuck by arrays whose secrets are unknown. The Physiognomy School's method of breaking an array requires entering dangerous places, which can easily lead to death. The Venerable One's method of breaking arrays with brute force is no match for the power of heaven and earth. Once the power encountered exceeds the target range, there is no way to deal with it.
The entrance to the Dushan Jade Guardian cave was undoubtedly an obstacle, and Zhang Xuezhou could already imagine what lay deep inside the cave.
He glanced at Dushan Jade several times before slowly following the Feiyu Demon King.
"Old Deer, give me some light!"
"Finally, some help has arrived!"
Dozens of meters further into the cave, the marks of human chiseling suddenly appear, and two soul-suppressing beasts with their eyes removed lie on the ground. Twelve closely spaced stone doors are held in place by stone pillars, preventing them from falling.
The Feiyu Feather Demon King called out, and a pale green light appeared deep within the cave. The Lu Baibai, who had previously used the ancient tree to make its voice, revealed itself, holding a luminous pearl.
The Feiyu Feather Demon King needed to leave the cave for some fresh air, Lu Baibai's complexion was clearly not good either.
He held the precious pearl in both hands, seemingly constantly infusing it with weak Law Power, which was what brought light to the place.
Using the light from Lu Baibai, Zhang Xuezhou could see Lu Baibai sitting on a stone stool.
The passage ended where Lu Baibai was sitting, leaving only a door covered in verdigris.
Whether it weighs several thousand kilograms or tens of thousands of kilograms, the bronze door is clearly insufficient to stop a powerful figure of the Venerable One's caliber.
But behind the bronze door was not a space, but layers of stone walls.
It was as if the passageway had simply been installed as a door on the stone wall, and here it abruptly ended.
Your Excellency can break through the Dushan Jade and melt gold and iron to remove the copper gate, but Your Excellency cannot break through the stone wall and find a true way out.
Lu Baibai scratched his head repeatedly, mentioning the area that seemed to be entangled by a large formation, and the troublesome task of breaking the formation without any clear beginning or end.
Zhang Xuezhou's eyes narrowed slightly.
Looking at the verdigris-covered gate, he couldn't help but think of the bronze door in the underground palace of the Holy Mother of Wudang that sealed the great cauldron.
After carefully comparing the specifications, Zhang Xuezhou realized that the two doors were not only similar in size, but also in the textures, clearly indicating that they were made by the same hand.
"If His Majesty determines this place to be the underground palace and tomb of the Emperor Qin, then what about the Holy Mother of Wudang?"
He felt a sense of unease, sensing that the Venerable One might be about to arrive empty-handed.