Chapter 515 - 226: After I Get Out, I’ll Go Find Great-Grandpa (Part 2)
Chapter 515: Chapter 226: After I Get Out, I’ll Go Find Great-Grandpa (Part 2)
It was precisely due to this characteristic.
Xiao Chen could clearly feel that the power of the Condensed Fire Palm surpassed that of the True Yang Fire Dragon.
’Very good. I’ll have to practice this Magic more later and strive to reach Great Success as soon as possible.’
He was quite satisfied with this. He stood up, stretched his limbs, and prepared to go open a couple more small huts to search for Celestial Star Orders.
However, when he went outside, he discovered that all the surrounding huts were completely empty.
’Hah, is the Celestial Sound Sect really that efficient?’
Xiao Chen continued to the right and was surprised to see cultivators dressed in the attire of the Five Thunders Temple, also advancing on different huts.
Moreover, they had already cleared out nearly all the huts on the right.
He turned and went to the left, only to find it was even more deserted, completely cleared out.
It was now the fourth day since entering the Relic, and thanks to the efforts of numerous cultivators, the area had been completely swept clean.
’In that case, I might as well head straight to the core area.’
Xiao Chen wasn’t in a rush. He followed the main path up the second mountain.
Before him, surprisingly, lay another new landscape of mountains and rivers. The area this Relic covered was truly vast, though most of it was wasted space.
This time, however, looking into the far distance, he could make out a blurry structure hundreds of miles away.
With his speed, it took him only a short time to approach the building’s perimeter and get a general sense of the situation.
It was, in fact, a towering Observatory Platform that pierced the clouds!
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At the very center of Celestial Star Island stood an exceptionally magnificent Observatory Platform.
It was a regular dodecagon, with twelve different staircases leading to different areas on its summit.
However, at the entrance of each staircase stood a small altar, blocking everyone’s path.
Any cultivator who had entered the Relic and wished to ascend the Observatory Platform to obtain the most important Treasure had to pass through one of these altars.
However, the altars were carved with ancient and exceedingly complex astrological runes.
And due to their great age, deciphering them was proving to be extremely difficult.
Fortunately, the inheritor from the Flame Manipulation Sect recognized the Ancient Spirit Language.
He had read the murals carved at the base of the Observatory Platform and announced that the altars could be directly activated using special Tokens left behind on the island.
Thus, the cultivators who had arrived first were all attempting different solutions.
Several True Disciples from the Yin Corpse Sect had occupied the altars at the front.
Some were preparing for Breaking the Array, while others were directing their subordinates to return to the outer areas to search for the so-called Tokens, intending to follow the Relic’s rules.
The members of the Fu Bing Sect had gone to the rear, setting up an Array directly against three of the altars, preparing to solve the problem with brute force.
The Celestial Sound Sect, positioned on the right, was not only searching on their own but had also proposed on-the-spot trades.
They announced they would use Spirit Stones or Spiritual Objects to directly purchase any Tokens from Loose Cultivators.
The Five Thunders Temple had originally been on the left, preparing for Breaking the Array. Partway through, seeing that the altar’s runes were too difficult to handle, they temporarily dispatched a group to search for Tokens as well.
So, when Xiao Chen arrived, he saw a large crowd of people all blocked before the altars.
Meanwhile, the inheritor from the Flame Manipulation Sect was pacing back and forth at the base of the Observatory Platform, muttering to himself, "Strange, what step could I have missed?"
As a large number of Celestial Star Orders were collected, people began trying to use them to activate the altars directly.
However, the altars were not entirely unresponsive to the Celestial Star Orders; they would light up with differently colored Spiritual Light depending on the specific Token.
Yet, they still firmly barred everyone’s path, seeming to lack some sort of crucial item.
Xiao Chen quickly grasped the situation and immediately thought of the Celestial Star Pearl he possessed.
He glanced around and saw that only one altar—at the front, toward the right—was empty, without a single cultivator near it.
So, he walked forward, preparing to try it out for himself.
Xiao Chen first took out a Celestial Star Order and tried it. Immediately, a faint red glow lit up on the altar.
However, apart from the light, the runes themselves remained completely still.
He then put away the Celestial Star Order and randomly took a Treasure Pearl from his Vast Sea Ring, wanting to see if it would make a difference.
Unexpectedly, the altar had no reaction whatsoever.
"Hm?"
Xiao Chen frowned slightly. "Useless? Or just not the right one?"
He tried switching to different Treasure Pearls. The moment he took out the one representing the Ox, a brilliant pillar of light shot into the sky.
RUMBLE...
The altar before him let out a tremendous noise as the runes upon it shifted rapidly. It immediately began to draw in the Spiritual Qi from dozens of miles around, concentrating all of it toward the Observatory Platform.
Then, the entire altar split in two.
A very familiar-looking tray rose up from the center, revealing the staircase behind it.
Clearly, the Celestial Star Pearl was the Token mentioned in the records, the true key to opening the altars.
"What is this?"
Xiao Chen took a step forward and picked up the object on the tray.
It was a five-inch square of brownish-yellow jade, yet it felt incredibly heavy in his hand, weighing at least five thousand jin.
’The essence of an Earth Vein is condensed within this jade... Don’t tell me this is the legendary Earth Mother’s Marrow Jade.’
Xiao Chen’s eyes lit up. The Earth Mother’s Marrow Jade wasn’t just a precious Tier Four Spiritual Object.
It was also a top-grade Spirit Jade that aided in the Path of Body Refining. It was so exceedingly rare that it was the kind of treasure that had a price but no market.
Even for a Nascent Soul True Monarch, this item was of considerable use.
Since he also practiced Body Refining, it was especially suitable for him. He could use it to strengthen his own physique.
Such a conspicuous phenomenon naturally attracted the attention of every cultivator present.
"Huh? Has an altar already been opened?"
"Let’s go! Hurry over and see who it is!"
"It must be the Yin Corpse Sect. As expected of an Overlord-level Sect, they’re the first faction to activate an altar."