Inquiry about immortality

Chapter 2546 Yayoi Cave Heaven

After entering the desert, Qin Sang became more cautious. Not long after entering the desert, her expression suddenly changed. She glanced around and settled in a secluded place.

The jade pendant at her waist was shimmering with spiritual light. Qin Sang stretched out her finger and pretended to brush it across the surface of the jade pendant.

A flash of green light detached from the jade pendant and landed on the ground, like a seed falling to the ground. It sprouted tender shoots, grew branches, formed flower buds, and blossomed into a spiritual flower. The whole process was completed in an instant, and a beautiful spiritual flower appeared in front of Qin Sang.

The petals unfurled, and Green Ivy's voice rang out, "The Wood God asked me to remind you that there have been some unusual movements at the North Sea Dragon Palace recently, so please be vigilant."

It’s finally here!

Upon hearing this, Qin Sang's heart tightened. These forces and powerful figures were very patient, but unfortunately, they still couldn't wait for him to comprehend the Law Domain.

The Wood God wouldn't speak without reason. Over the past thousand years, he has sent messages only a handful of times. The New Demon Court has been monitoring the movements of the North Sea Dragon Palace and the Phoenix Clan. Since the North Sea Dragon Palace has made unusual moves, it can't be a trivial matter. It's very likely related to the Great Wind Plains. Otherwise, the Wood God wouldn't have sent a special message to remind him.

Once the signs appear, the day of the great war is probably not far off.

Fortunately, he did not slack off. He had already completed the "Purple Star Sword Scripture" and still had a glimmer of hope.

"Does the Wood God have any further instructions?" Qin Sang asked quickly, her mind racing.

"That's all. Be careful! I'll let you know as soon as I hear anything," Green Ivy said before falling silent.

The spirit flower withered, the flowering tree died, leaving no trace.

Qin Sang stood there, not leaving for a long time.

He knew very well that the Wood God was not only reminding him to be careful, but also reminding the Dao Court behind him to be prepared to respond at any time.

Back then, Qin Sang deliberately displayed the aura of the Thunder Ancestor in front of the Wood God Envoy and Xuanqiu Zhenjun, so that they would acknowledge that Qin Sang was on equal footing with them and had the qualifications to represent the Dao Court and Zhang Tianshi's will.

Because of their preconceived notions, they had never doubted Qin Sang's identity over the years and insisted on speaking directly with Zhang Tianshi. Otherwise, Qin Sang would have had a headache trying to figure out how to get away with it.

But things will eventually come to light, and it seems that day is fast approaching.

Now, his only hope lies in the Qianzhou Spirit Network, whose allegiance is unclear.

After a long while, Qin Sang finally set off, venturing deep into the desert before stopping. She had the little Qilin activate its divine powers to sense the situation, but the result was no different from before.

"If the recent unusual activity of the Dragon and Phoenix clans is related to the Great Wind Plains, it means that the Ancient Demon Court is about to emerge. If, as I previously speculated, the little Qilin cannot sense the Qilin inheritance because it is being obscured by some kind of power, then once the Ancient Demon Court emerges, it will no longer be able to completely conceal its aura as before, and the little Qilin will definitely sense it..."

Qin Sang looked at the little Qilin and pondered inwardly. She thought to herself that she could no longer keep the little Qilin confined in the small cave. Even though she knew it was somewhat risky, she had to leave it outside so as not to miss a good opportunity.

This trip to Fengmo ended in failure, but we received some big news.

At this moment, in Qin Sang's eyes, the Great Wind Plains was already turbulent, brewing a major upheaval. The chaos of the half-demon kingdoms was far from comparable to the impending great change.

After returning to the Five Thunder Sect headquarters, Qin Sang kept the little Qilin by his side to cultivate.

Not long after, Dongwei quietly visited, clearly indicating that they had also received a warning from the Wood God.

"How is the construction of the altar progressing?" Qin Sang asked Dongwei.

The altar is his biggest concern right now; it concerns his life and death.

"The Jingtan Altar has already been completed. To ensure its safety, Master specifically instructed that an extra one be built, and the altar master has also been selected. There are three Jingtan Altars: one in the Netherworld Kingdom, one in the Nine Elephant Kingdom, and one in the Great Geng Kingdom. After the completion of the Jingtan Altars, we are building the capital altar and branch altars in sequence. The Dharma altars are no longer a concern. The only thing we lack is a successor of the Thunder Department..."

As Dongwei recounted the story in detail, Qin Sang nodded repeatedly, expressing her great satisfaction.

The altar and the disciples of the Thunder Department are the foundation, and neither can be achieved overnight. Now that we have four Jing altars, as long as we connect them with the Gengchu Zhizhi altar, the basic form of the first treatment will be formed. Everything else is just a minor detail.

The Daoist court cannot openly transmit the Dharma, and Dongwei and his group also cannot operate in the open. They must be extremely careful when transmitting the Dharma and accepting disciples, so their slow development is unavoidable. Fortunately, the Half-Demon True Lord selected exceptionally talented individuals from among his disciples and had them switch to cultivating the Thunder Department's Dharma. After years of cultivation, they have achieved a certain level of prowess and are now capable of presiding over the Jingtan Altar.

Dongwei came to inquire about the Dao Court's opinion on the message sent by the Wood God Envoy. Qin Sang, of course, had no opinion and simply said that everything would remain the same.

After seeing Dongwei off, Qin Sang had nothing to do but continue her seclusion to comprehend the Dharma Domain.

I don’t know how much time has passed.

Qin Sang was startled awake by the jade pendant at her waist. She did some quick calculations and realized that more than a hundred years had passed.

This time, Green Ivy brought another piece of news—the Feather Token has been sent!

The so-called "feather token" refers to a token of the Azure Phoenix clan forged using the Azure Phoenix bloodline taken from Qin Sang.

The letter was eventually sent out. Qin Sang didn't know what the letter contained, but the Wood God's intention was obvious: to lure the Azure Phoenix Clan into stirring up the stagnant waters of the Great Wind Plains and see how the Dragon and Phoenix Clans would respond.

This move could be a brilliant one, using the Azure Phoenix Clan to disrupt the plans of the Dragon and Phoenix Clans, forcing them to reveal their true intentions, and diverting the trouble to the east while remaining hidden in the shadows, waiting for the right opportunity to strike.

However, it could backfire and bring a powerful opponent into the struggle for the Ancient Demon Court!

……

An unnamed palace.

The main hall was built with a type of bamboo. The bamboo was as green as jade, and even the joints were crystal clear, emitting a faint, strange green light, as if it still retained its vitality.

The hall was not large. In the center was a phoenix-shaped Boshan incense burner with a unique shape. The lid was hollowed out and carved into the shape of a mountain, which was integrated with the body of the burner. Around the body of the burner, there were two blue phoenixes. One of their feet was attached to the incense burner, and the other foot, together with the body of the burner, stepped on the body of a coiled blue dragon.

The dragon's body is supported by four claws on the ground, its head drooping. Its head and tail are each trampled underfoot by two azure phoenixes. Both the azure phoenixes and the azure dragon are lifelike, with the azure phoenix looking down at the azure dragon under its claws with a mocking gaze.

This precious incense burner also emitted a blue light, which complemented the blue light of the spirit bamboo. Two wisps of smoke rose from the lid, swirling upwards and reflecting the glow of the sunset. It could be said that the two wisps of smoke rose together and soared into the blue sunset.

The incense burner emitted a rich, fragrant smoke, and the quiet atmosphere of the hall made one feel drowsy.

Beyond the incense burner, one sees a bamboo couch, upon which lies a woman, wrapped in a brocade robe, fast asleep. The woman's face is exquisitely beautiful, her long, slender neck exposed, arousing the imagination and compelling one to investigate further.

Suddenly, the woman's eyelashes fluttered slightly, she opened her star-like eyes, looked outside the hall, wrinkled her delicate nose slightly, stood up, stretched, and disappeared without a trace, her voice lingering in the air.

A moment later, the woman appeared in a sea of ​​clouds. An ancient palace was suspended in the clouds, surrounded by rainbow light, like a celestial palace in the sky.

She moved gracefully to the front of the ancient hall, where the doors opened by themselves. She stepped inside and saw a woman in palace attire.

This woman's appearance was six or seven parts similar to that of the woman in the brocade coat. She wore a phoenix crown and had a more noble air than the woman in the brocade coat. When the two women stood together, the woman in the brocade coat paled in comparison.

"Sister, what are you looking at?"

The woman in the brocade coat noticed that the woman in palace attire was standing there with her back to her, intently looking at something, without even turning her head when she entered. Curious, she looked over.

"Come and look at this," the woman in palace attire said without turning her head. Her voice was somewhat deep, not as melodious as the woman in brocade, but it carried more authority.

The woman in the brocade robe stepped forward and saw a blue feather floating in front of the woman in palace attire. This blue feather was less than an inch long, as light as a feather, and its feathers swayed lightly, like a piece of down.

She realized that these were not real feathers, but illusions, constantly shifting between feathers and nothingness.

To her surprise, these were clearly the blue feathers of their Azure Phoenix clan.

"Whose feather letter?"

The woman in the brocade coat was surprised.

In the Azure Phoenix Clan, one must be at least a Demon Saint to send a feather back to the clan's territory. Moreover, feathers are not sent out easily; they are usually sent out when something major happens or when one encounters danger and requests help from the clan's territory.

The older sister's answer surprised her even more.

"I don't know," the woman in palace attire gently shook her head.

"Don't know? Why would he deliberately conceal his identity and send a message? Has anyone gone out recently?" the woman in brocade robes pressed.

Some members of the clan, impatient with the rules of the clan's territory, would rather stay outside than sever ties with it. Why did Yu Xin's master conceal his identity, or did he encounter some kind of emergency and not have time to leave his name?

“I’ve already checked, and I haven’t found any members of our clan who have suddenly disappeared, and…”

The woman in palace attire said, handing the letter to the woman in brocade robes, "Third sister, look."

The woman in the brocade robe sensed it carefully, her surprise gradually turning into confusion. "Hmm? This aura... it seems..."

Even without leaving a name, Yu Xin could confirm the other party's identity through the residual aura. However, after racking her brains, she couldn't think of any member of her clan who could match the description.

"Could it be one of our kind whom we thought had perished, but who is actually trapped somewhere?" she guessed.

The spirit realm is vast and boundless, with some forbidden and perilous areas that even demon saints greatly fear. If one is careless and falls into one's trap, one may never be able to escape. Moreover, the human race is now powerful, and its great beings have a penchant for taming divine beasts as mounts and guardian spirit beasts, even competing with each other in this regard.

Many of their clansmen were imprisoned as a result, reduced to servants guarding other people's homes.

The Demon Saint has a long lifespan and may be a member of the clan who was previously missing. He has just escaped and is contacting his clan.

“Perhaps,” the woman in palace attire said noncommittally, “but I think he’s deliberately trying to keep his identity from us.”

Upon hearing this, the woman in the brocade robe became more serious. After examining the feather letter again, she asked in surprise, "Elder sister is right. The other party may have deliberately erased the aura on the feather letter. But why would they do that? What was on the feather letter?"

Even after reading Yu Xin's message, the woman in the brocade coat was still unable to resolve her doubts.

"Great Wind Plains? What kind of place is that?" The woman in the brocade robe frowned slightly.

“East of the wilderness, north of the East Sea, and south of the North Sea,” the woman in palace attire reminded them.

The woman in the brocade robe finally remembered, "That's it! Isn't that the desolate land ravaged by the Xun wind?"

"The Xunfeng belt does not completely cover that area. Some places are only affected by the Xunfeng. Although they are barren and desolate, they are not dead lands. It is said that there are still many tribes living in the Dafeng Plain..." The woman in palace attire obviously did not usually pay special attention to such remote places and did not know much about them.

"East of the wilderness...the East Sea..."

Suddenly, the woman in the brocade robe seemed to remember something and asked curiously, "Isn't that place adjacent to the River of Sin? The Daoist Temple...?"

“Indeed!” The woman in palace attire nodded. “This is indeed the former territory of the Daoist court!”

'Shuh! '

The woman in the brocade robe looked down at the blue feather, her tone slightly cold, "Back then, the rumors of the Dao Court's emergence made many forces uneasy, but unexpectedly, there has been no news for two or three thousand years, and the Dao Court has not come out to reclaim its homeland. I almost forgot about this matter... Who exactly is trying to lead us to the old land of the Dao Court?"

The woman in palace attire remained silent.

At this moment, the woman in the brocade robe remembered something else, "I remember, after the demon realm was born, my elder sister suddenly mentioned the North Sea..."

"You have quite the imagination, managing to make that connection," the woman in palace attire rolled her eyes at her.

The woman in the brocade coat chuckled, "There's nothing I can do. My elder sister has always been mature for her age, especially since she took this position. She rarely loses her composure, so I naturally remember her vividly."

Judging from the woman's expression, she guessed that there must be some secret hidden inside, and pleaded softly.

"You must swear to keep it a secret first..."

The woman in palace attire hesitated for a moment, "Do you remember when the demon realm was born, it sent a few juniors to the North Sea for training? While traveling in the North Sea, they discovered a member of their own kind who was listed on the Azure Mirror Ranking."

"The Azure Mirror Ranking? Who could possibly cause Eldest Sister to lose her composure like this?"

Before the woman in the brocade robe could finish speaking, her face suddenly filled with shock, and she covered her red lips, exclaiming, "Could it be that one?!"

"It's that one. As far back as I can remember, she's been at the top of the Azure Mirror Ranking. I thought she was already..." The woman in palace attire shook her head and sighed softly.

"Did Senior Sister go to Beihai back then?" The woman in the brocade coat looked nervous and concerned.

"What are we going to the North Sea for? Do you expect me to go and bring him back?" The woman in palace attire gave a self-deprecating smile and shook her head gently.

"Senior sister should have reported this to her superiors. What do they plan to do?" the woman in brocade asked.

The woman in palace attire said in a deep voice, "The talisman has been sent, but it has vanished without a trace!"

"This……"

The woman in the brocade robe was quite surprised by this outcome, but upon further reflection, she realized that this action wasn't entirely unreasonable. The fact that someone who had made it onto the Azure Mirror Ranking could still live so freely only meant that his clan had always been powerless against him.

The woman in the brocade coat looked down at Qingyu for a while, then came up with an idea. "Dafengyuan is also near the North Sea. Whether it's a coincidence or not, why not take this opportunity to ask again and see what the higher-ups' attitude is? If it's still the same, we'll just ignore it."

The woman in palace attire hesitated slightly; her previous refusal to respond had already made her attitude very clear.

"Perhaps she's been in seclusion and hasn't seen her senior sister's talisman yet..."

Seeing the woman in palace attire still hesitating, the woman in brocade robes brought up a matter, "I remember, three hundred years ago, the Yayoi Cave Heaven was opened once. Perhaps we could send it there this time; maybe there will be a response." (End of Chapter)