Chapter 58: The 'Cang' That Cannot Be Uttered
Outside the hotel, only that very unlucky Jishi Valley Alchemist was left.
The sunlight shone on him, very warm, but it couldn't warm his cold heart.
Didn't we agree to go out and sightsee, and exchange cultivation experiences today?
Why did I end up coming out alone?
People occasionally entered and exited the hotel in groups, mostly discussing last night's trial.
"Actually, I think Body Cultivators and Sword Cultivators were the hardest to fight in this trial. These two types of cultivators have too much of an advantage during the Qi Refining stage."
"Indeed, my luck was too bad. The first three times were Body Cultivators, then two consecutive Sword Cultivators, and the sixth time I finally encountered a Fa cultivation. After defeating them, my ranking was already outside the top three thousand."
"Then you are indeed a bit miserable."
"Sigh~ It would be great if the rankings were announced. We could see who was so powerful to get first place, right?"
"I don't care who got first place, but I'm quite curious about which big shot created this trial."
"Didn't an ancient cultivator come out of seclusion some time ago? Maybe it was him."
"Ah? Wasn't the ancient cultivator who came out of seclusion a demonic cultivator? And he wanted to refine the Ten Thousand Souls Banner."
"These two are not the same at all, okay? That demonic cultivator who wanted to refine the Ten Thousand Souls Banner is the older brother of 'Cang Jiezhi' from three years ago. Supreme Dao Sect even posted an announcement on their official website."
...
The voices grew distant, and their conversation drifted from the initial topic of the trial to other subjects.
Encountering a Body Cultivator three times was considered unlucky? Then what about encountering them seven consecutive times like I did?
He looked up at the sky, his heart filled with melancholy.
Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters, you all didn't pass the first round of the trial, did you?
"Senior Brother."
The sudden voice startled him, and he looked towards the hotel lobby with some disbelief.
He saw his own Senior Brother, as well as Dao Friends from other Immortal Sects, walking out.
"Senior Brother~!"
The heartfelt call made everyone a bit surprised.
Even his Senior Brother himself was momentarily stunned.
His Senior Brother was usually quite steady, and he rarely saw him engaging in fights with others. What was wrong today?
"What's wrong, Senior Brother?"
"Could it be that you also challenged an Enlightenment of Principles Sword Cultivator and got beaten into self-isolation?"
Everyone glared at him.
Can't you just shut up?
The Body Cultivator from Dragon Elephant Soaring Sky Sect scratched his head awkwardly, but felt a bit puzzled inside.
What was wrong with what I said?
"Senior Brother, don't be discouraged. Enlightenment of Principles cultivators are rare to begin with. We just need to focus on ourselves."
Even the Senior Brother didn't dare to say things like 'we'll catch up eventually', to avoid being contradicted by that guy who couldn't control his mouth.
Everyone else also cast comforting glances.
The Senior Brother walked up to him and patted his shoulder.
"Alright, just prepare for the second round of the trial with peace of mind."
The Alchemist found it hard to express his suffering. He wanted to explain that he hadn't passed the trial, but facing everyone's gazes, he just couldn't say it.
/(ㄒoㄒ)/
Why didn't this trial test Alchemy?
...
In the afternoon, Xiao Fan came to the municipal library.
He thought nervously for a long time but ultimately couldn't figure it out.
So he came out from home, planning to prepare for the second trial.
Stepping into the library, a faint scent of ink lingered at his nose. Looking around, there were rows of bookshelves stretching endlessly.
Walking further inside, there were winding staircases on both sides leading upwards. At the entrance of the staircases was a thin film-like spiritual light.
The library was very quiet, with hardly anyone visible.
The outermost area on the first floor contained books like travelogues, miscellaneous talks, and biographies.
Books recording cultivation techniques, Formations, and the like were on the inner side, but they were all ultra-low-risk techniques and Formations such as Light Body Technique, Cleaning Technique, Moving Technique, and Air Conditioning Formation.
All books on the first floor could be viewed for free.
But the second floor was different. It contained combat techniques such as sword arts, saber arts, and fist arts used during the Qi Refining stage, so one needed to verify their identity and pay a certain amount of spirit coins to go up.
The only sword arts and fist arts Xiao Fan knew were learned here.
As for the third floor, Xiao Fan hadn't been there, so he didn't know about it.
He was about to pay some spirit coins and go to the second floor, but after only a few steps, a familiar throbbing sensation appeared in his heart.
It's here again.
Xiao Fan stopped in his tracks and looked towards the depths.
After hesitating for a long time, he stepped inwards, came to a dark brown bookshelf, and reached out to take down a copy of 'Clear Ruins Travelogue'.
The throbbing sensation in his heart grew stronger, just like when he had touched the 'Elixir Splendor Lamp' before.
Clear Ruins - a famous dangerous place in the Central Continent.
In ancient times, many ancient cultivators liked to leave behind their cave dwellings and inheritances there, so many cultivators went to explore it every year.
Some returned with full loads, but more went and never came back.
Clearly, the content of this book was written by a cultivator while exploring the Clear Ruins.
He took the book and walked towards a nearby reading room.
Opening the door, there was only one girl inside who looked quiet and seemed to be about the same age as him.
Seeing someone enter, the girl looked up and smiled slightly at him.
Xiao Fan frowned, turned around, and walked towards another reading room.
Girl: "..."
It wasn't because of that faint hint of dislike in his heart, but because he was worried that there might be some unusual occurrences later, and it wouldn't be good for others to see them.
Fortunately, there was no one in the other reading room.
Xiao Fan found a seat and sat down, opening the 'Clear Ruins Travelogue' in his hand and flipping through the pages one by one.
Following the guidance of the throbbing sensation in his heart, he finally turned to the middle page of the entire book.
The paper on this page was somewhat yellowed, as if it had been soaked in water, appearing a bit rough.
"Is it still like before..."
After pondering for two seconds, he gently stroked the paper.
A small wisp of spiritual energy flowed from his fingertip into the rough paper.
Soon, the paper lit up with a faint glow, and a mysterious aura spread out.
Buzz~
In a trance, Xiao Fan felt everything around him being pulled away. It seemed that in just an instant, everything before his eyes had undergone earth-shattering changes.
Beneath his feet was deep, eerie darkness.
Before his eyes were strange characters he had never seen before. Each character flowed with divine radiance, combining to form a profound and infinitely mysterious technique.
He had never seen them before, but he knew their meaning.
Xuantian.
Cang Clan's Combat Method!
Saber, sword, fist, foot, divine abilities, and cultivation techniques could all be performed with 'Xuantian'.
Divine radiance flowed, condensing into a sacred and vast figure. The figure stepped forward, raised its fist, and slowly struck out. Each move and stance swallowed mountains and rivers, capturing the universe.
Upon closer inspection, its form was clearly the fist technique he had learned before, but it was even more 'perfect'.
Yes, perfect.
Compared to the previous crudeness, the fist technique demonstrated by the figure was naturally formed, without a single flaw.
The two were like the difference between clouds and mud!
As the fist technique was demonstrated, Xiao Fan seemed to see that hazy scene again.
In the scene, there were still those strange figures.
They sat suspended in the clouds, with all living beings prostrating beneath them.
Amidst laughter and conversation, one of them waved a hand, and the galaxy trembled, actually falling into a cup like wine.
With a single word, all spirits bowed their heads.
Laughing and waving, the galaxy entered the cup.
Controlling heaven and earth, drinking the galaxy.
Xiao Fan was spellbound, and a surge of heroic spirit couldn't help but rise in his heart.
However, in another blink of an eye, all the strange phenomena disappeared, and he was back in the ordinary reading room.
Xiao Fan closed the book and couldn't help but exclaim, "Is this the * Clan?"
Hmm?
He was a bit confused, so he tried to read it again.
"* Clan."
That character seemed to be muted. He clearly said it, but couldn't hear it at all.
Why is this happening?
The character 'Cang', I could clearly say it before.
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