Chapter 697 - 385: Apprenticeship with Sect Master Tongtian, Bestowal of Treasures
Chapter 697: Chapter 385: Apprenticeship with Sect Master Tongtian, Bestowal of Treasures
In front of Su Yu’s eyes was a vast palace, the floor beneath him paved with white jade, under which starlit clouds slowly swirled, making his steps seem like traversing the universe.
Clear innate spiritual energy permeated the air, the edges of the hall were hard to discern. Amidst the spiritual mist stood several jade pillars, entwined with dragons and phoenixes, primal beasts from the wilderness. Their surfaces appeared as if cast in bronze, vivid and lifelike, as if dragons and phoenixes were coiling within the great hall.
The dome was boundless, stars densely populating the sky, casting millions of cool rays downwards. Upon touching them, they merged into his body, transforming into a strand of cultivation merging into Su Yu’s physique.
"Where... where have I been brought?"
Su Yu jerked his head around, seeing a jade table deep within the hall suffused with innate celestial energy, before which lay a purple cushion. Behind it was a cloud bed surrounded by colorful Dao rhythms, upon which fell cold starlight. On that cloud bed sat a figure clad in celestial robes with eight trigrams, yet its features indistinct, holding an exquisite jade cup and leisurely sipping.
"Wasn’t I preparing to apprentice under Chi Jingzi? How did I end up here in the blink of an eye?"
Su Yu turned his head, scanning the hall and noticing what seemed to be a door to a chamber in the depths.
But the door was tightly shut, and he realized he surely couldn’t open it.
Turning his gaze back to the depths of the hall, he took a deep breath and bowed:
"Patrolling Immortal Envoy of the Celestial Court’s Beidou Palace, Su Yu, pays respects to the senior. May I know where this place is and which senior is before me?"
The shadow leisurely finished the drink in the cup, then turned to look at him. The previous indistinctness quickly faded, the world brightened, and the figure rapidly expanded to occupy all of Su Yu’s vision. He was overwhelmed with an indescribable and unimaginable... pressure, losing consciousness instantly.
In a daze, between waking and sleeping, he heard a voice carrying an indiscernible rhyme sound beside his ear:
"This place is Golden Turtle Island’s Biyou Palace, I am Tongtian!"
"Boom!"
Like muffled thunder exploding in Su Yu’s mind sea, he was utterly stunned.
"Innate Saint? Upper Purity Spiritual Treasure Heavenly Venerable? Golden Turtle Island, Biyou Palace, Sect Master Tongtian of the Jie Sect?"
His mouth gaped, his heart racing, shock beyond comparison.
He lifted his gaze slightly, spotting a panel floating before him:
Sect Master Tongtian (???): Level ???, Upper Purity Spiritual Treasure Heavenly Venerable, Innate Saint.
Without hesitation, he directly kowtowed:
"Little cultivator Su Yu, pays respects to Saint Sect Master Tongtian of the Jie Sect."
Sect Master Tongtian; one of the six major Innate Saints of the Earth Immortal Realm. Just now, in his mind, he’d considered many possibilities about what could astonish Chi Jingzi, thinking of those ancient era great gods, but never expecting Sect Master Tongtian.
After all, in his thoughts, Sect Master Tongtian had gone to the wall-seclusion at the Purple Cloud Palace outside the heavens since the Investiture of the Gods, not appearing for millions of years even until now, never seen even by the disciples of the Jie Sect. How could it be possible to meet him?
But reality....
At this moment, he felt extremely anxious, unsure what Sect Master Tongtian bringing him here would entail.
Though he had a guess, he dared not think much about it.
He cleared his mind entirely, his heart crystal clear, quietly maintaining his bow without moving.
After a while, that enigmatic voice sounded again:
"Daring to provoke a Da Luo as a mere Profound Immortal, I must say your courage is considerable."
Su Yu smiled wryly, explaining:
"Saint, it wasn’t the junior provoking, rather unexpectedly finding that person possessing an ancient Buddha’s decree. The junior attempted to leave immediately but couldn’t escape. If not for encountering Uncle Master Chi Jingzi by chance, it would have been difficult for the junior to avoid calamity this time."
"Heh, is there no possibility that my senior nephew was not there by chance?"
"???"
Su Yu looked up puzzled, and Sect Master Tongtian chuckled lightly:
"My senior nephew was ordered by my second senior brother to await there in advance."
"This...."
Su Yu’s heart raced, a thought he himself found unbelievable emerged in his mind. He lowered his head and softly spoke:
"What virtue or ability does the junior have, to warrant... to warrant the Heavenly Venerable’s...."
Unable to continue, it was too incredible, hard to believe.
"Though my senior brother is rigid, meticulous about rules, his judgment of character remains sharp. Earlier I observed your life, understanding why my senior brother desires to take you under his tutelage. Never expected you’ve reshaped the legendary Chaos Pearl and condensed the innate Chaos Demon God’s true form, such talent, even my senior brother’s stringent standards can’t find fault."
Su Yu was both shocked and delighted, delighted at unexpectedly drawing a Saint’s attention early on.
Shocked at having his every intimate detail exposed by the Saint, past experiences laid bare.
But the delight didn’t last long. Su Yu soon realized he’d celebrated prematurely, seemingly failing to successfully enter the fold of the Chan Sect, interrupted by Sect Master Tongtian and brought here instead.
He swallowed, bowed again, and with courage asked:
"May I know the reason for the Saint bringing the junior here?"
Sect Master Tongtian sipped more of his drink, faintly saying:
"In the Investiture of the Gods battle, he colluded with outsiders to fatally attack my disciples, many of my students lost their forms, leaving only a sliver of true spirit on that list to be driven by others till today, while my lamentable Turtle Spirit disciple utterly perished. My Jie Sect has dispersed, fragmented, now not even a disciple remains to serve tea and water."
"While his Chan Sect immortals thrive, living unrestrained, the world knows Chan Sect without knowing Jie Sect, yet now desires to receive a disciple capable of bearing the mantle; why should all the benefits fall solely to him?"