Chapter 143: What is a Peak Existence?
Night, Righteous Path Alliance, Highest Council Submarine City.
Moonlight stretched like silk, its silver radiance spilling onto the world.
In the night sky, a full moon hung high, clear and bright, as crystalline as a jade plate, adorned with twinkling stars, flickering on and off.
Although it was underwater, the night scenery was no different from that on land.
Moreover, this was not just a simple view; Qi Refining Ninth Layer cultivators who wished to practice the Cailian Method's third stage could directly draw in starlight.
This method was also used for talent cultivation planets in the Starry Sky, such as the Young Qilin Star and Hatchling Dragon Star.
After all, the essence of the sun and moon required for the third stage of the Cailian Method specifically referred to the sun and moon of the Central Continent; the essence of stars in the Starry Sky did not have this effect.
The Council Speaker's Tower, its dark golden outer layer illuminated with complex patterns, appeared even more mysterious under the moonlight.
As the most magnificent and mysterious building in the entire Highest Council Submarine City, every member of the Righteous Path Alliance hoped to reside within it one day.
Many outsiders wanted to sneak in and get a glimpse of its true appearance, but aside from the Ancestor of the Demonic Path, who was known as the 'Biggest Troublemaker of the Tai Xuan Realm' and succeeded once, no one else had ever succeeded.
It is said that after that, the cultivator who came up with that nickname was even abducted by the Ancestor of the Demonic Path and given a 'fortune'.
The people of the Righteous Path Alliance did not dwell much on this matter with that Ancestor of the Demonic Path.
Leaving aside the question of whether they could defeat him, if the Ancestor of the Demonic Path became a troublemaker, wouldn't the Righteous Path Alliance become...
In short, after that person was taken away by the Ancestor of the Demonic Path, no one ever saw that guy who courted death again.
However, the Righteous Path Alliance also strengthened the defenses of the Council Speaker's Tower after that.
"Indeed, the defenses are quite good."
Beside the dark golden Council Speaker's Tower, there were no guards, nor were there any passages leading into it.
Around the first floor of the tower, there were slowly rotating formations, which only the Chairman had the authority to activate.
The strictness of this tower's defenses was far superior to even Xu Xing's Sword Ancestor Hall in the Sword Sect.
Among all his Disciples, not a single one could break in without triggering the defenses.
"But..."
Xu Xing took a step forward, as if there were no obstacles in front of him, directly ignoring the strict defenses and entering the tower.
Cultivating to the later stages, a single line of difference is a world of difference, not to mention a difference of more than one line.
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The space inside the tower was far wider than it appeared from the outside.
The high ceiling of the hall was adorned with exquisite murals, as if unfolding a historical scroll before the eyes, with a triple armillary sphere hanging upside down, its rings rotating.
The walls were covered with fine-textured spiritual jade, its patterns smooth and its color warm, and the floor was engraved with intricate and dazzling formation patterns.
At the end of the hall, a majestic bronze cauldron stood tall, its body thick and its bronze color ancient.
The cauldron's belly was round and full, adorned with complex and beautiful patterns; dragon patterns, phoenix patterns, and cloud patterns intertwined, lifelike.
This was a high-grade magical treasure.
But Xu Xing simply glanced at it, then took a step forward, his figure disappearing directly from the first-floor hall.
This trip was only for the items left by Yuan; Xu Xing was not interested in other things.
When his figure reappeared, Xu Xing had arrived at a secret room inside the tower, or to be more precise... a treasure room.
Its layout was similar to what he had seen in that great hall, with display stands neatly arranged, holding the treasures collected by the Righteous Path Alliance.
What was interesting was that many of the tokens exchanged between Yuan and the various Righteous Path great sects, which he had seen on display in the great hall before, had identical copies here.
Undoubtedly, those displayed to the public were fakes.
"I didn't expect so many to be left."
As he walked and looked, except for the mask of the Pavilion Lord of Listening Rain Pavilion, which was marked 'missing', everything else was basically there.
Finally, Xu Xing stopped in front of one of the display stands.
It was a thumb-sized square green jade piece, with an introduction in the projected light screen next to it.
【Sacred Emperor Green Jade: Found in the study, the First Generation Speaker used his famous Divine Ability 'A Grain of Sand, A World' to hide it in the dust between the bricks of the wall】
【Usage: Holding it allows one to hear 'Bashan and Chushui, a desolate land', its meaning is still unclear】
Hidden in the dust between the bricks and sealed with a Divine Ability, yet it was still found.
This Old friend is quite miserable.
Fortunately, there was still ancient poetry for encryption.
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Beneath the Council Speaker's Tower, in a space that could only accommodate three or four people, a few golden crystalline particles, like grains of sand, quietly floated on a stone platform.
However, there was another world within them.
"Council Speaker, this is...?"
"Don't ask too many questions. You will know once you enter."
Two figures walked in from outside, one with white hair and a youthful face, dressed in plain clothes and a bamboo crown, wearing straw sandals, and possessing an extraordinary demeanor; he was the current Chairman of the Highest Council.
Behind him followed a middle-aged man, the newly advanced Combined Dao of the Righteous Path Alliance.
According to the system of the Highest Council of the Righteous Path Alliance, as long as a council member's term expires, the middle-aged man can take over that council member's position.
A council member was already part of the decision-making layer of the Righteous Path Alliance, so the Chairman decided to bring him over to let him understand some of the Alliance's secrets in advance.
"This is... the Divine Ability of the First Generation Speaker?"
"That's right, I and several Seniors in the Alliance have created these few Mystic Realms within the sand by studying the Divine Ability left by the First Generation Speaker." The Chairman's tone couldn't help but carry a hint of pride.
"The rules within are no different from those of the Central Continent, and even those few Immortal Sect Ancestors would find it difficult to peer into the scene within."
Is it that powerful?
The middle-aged man looked at the few crystalline particles suspended on the stone platform, his expression full of shock.
The Chairman was very satisfied with his reaction.
He waved his hand, and the crystalline particles emitted a faint light.
As space twisted, the middle-aged Combined Dao only felt his vision go black, and a powerful suction force forcibly dragged him in.
When his vision returned to clarity again.
He saw the blazing sun in the sky, and dense spiritual energy gathered into mist.
In the distance, a towering spiritual mountain was hidden in the ethereal clouds and mist.
The middle-aged Combined Dao had not yet recovered.
Buzz~
It was as if some terrifying existence had been awakened.
Waves of ripples rolled and surged in the void like a tide, as if heaven and earth were overturning, the great sun vibrating, and a huge nine-layered halo of light externally manifested, sweeping away the spiritual mist and shining upon ancient and modern times.
In an instant, he felt as if everything before his eyes was disappearing, heaven and earth in all directions constantly contracting, becoming the purest 'nothingness'.
In his perception, only a peerless saber light remained, encompassing all saber techniques from ancient times to the present.
The saber light did not reveal any malice, but the faint trace of sharpness that leaked out seemed to want to cleave him open, along with the Dao he cultivated.
Despair!
There was no other emotion besides this.
Just as he thought he was about to die and his Dao would vanish, the saber light suddenly converged.
In less than an instant, the spiritual mountain hidden in the ethereal clouds and mist appeared before his eyes again.
Everything that had just happened seemed like an illusion.
The middle-aged Combined Dao was in a daze, and when he looked back, he saw the Council Speaker looking at him with a smile.
"How do you feel?"
"..." The middle-aged Combined Dao's lips moved, but he couldn't speak.
"It's very powerful, isn't it?" The Chairman was not surprised by his reaction. "This is the founder of the Great Desert Saber Gate, Dao Venerable."
"However, even such a Dao Venerable is still insignificant in front of the peak existences of the Tai Xuan Realm, such as those Immortal Sect Ancestors."
"If they wished, they could make Dao Venerable die and his Dao vanish with a single encounter."
"Impossible!" The middle-aged Combined Dao blurted out.
"Hehe." The Chairman shook his head slightly. "I didn't believe it at first either, but this is the truth."
"..." The middle-aged Combined Dao couldn't help but fall silent.
"Peak existences of the Tai Xuan Realm, this is just the name people gave them later, and the initial name..."
The Chairman looked at him, seemingly waiting for him to ask.
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