Chapter 865 - 783 Xuanwu Cipher Text
Little Wolf, Little Horse, Little Black Fish, Little Gold Bull, Little Red Bird, Little Monkey, Little Turtle, Little Kirin, Little Fox—all nine rare animals were accounted for.
Divine Blood Herb, Primal Divine Grape, Undying Tree, Melting Gold Tree, Bodhi Tree, Nine-revolving Treasure Bamboo, Kirin Tree, Two-Leaf Clover—a total of eight varieties.
Only one last rare plant remained.
At this thought, Li Fan finally felt hope rising in his heart.
Just one more to go!
After collecting the last one, he would be able to surpass the Qi Refinement Realm.
The next realm… Foundation Establishment?!
Once he reached this realm, he would finally not be considered the lowest in the cultivation world.
Li Fan knew that normally, being in the Golden Core Stage meant one was an expert, the Nascent Soul Stage was reserved for the real bosses, and the Mahayana Realm… that was simply unimaginable.
And he was about to reach Foundation Establishment!
Foundation Establishment… In an average sect, would that be considered a mid-level ranking?
He couldn’t help but take a deep breath, admonishing himself, “Hang in there!”
Just wait for the day he became a Golden Core Stage powerhouse, then everyone would understand that even in this inconspicuous little mountain village, there resided a master!
Quietly cultivate, then astonish everyone!
“Do we have any leads? Where is it?”
Li Fan couldn’t help but ask.
Long Zixuan replied,
“Reporting to Master, the last rare plant is the lotus.”
“It grows in the Southern Sea.”
Upon hearing this, Li Fan was surprised.
No wonder it was a rare plant—a lotus growing in the sea?
He had truly never seen such a thing.
However, the Southern Sea, that sounded very far away…
“Let’s set out tomorrow, tonight I’ll cook a nice meal for you all.”
“Gong Ya, take all the meat out of the Cold Box, it’s been a while since we had a proper meat feast.”
Li Fan was feeling very pleased, and he immediately spoke up.
Upon hearing this, many disciples cheered joyfully.
In the evening, Li Fan cooked himself, with Yun Xi and Gong Ya helping by his side.
While Li Fan was busy cooking, Wu Dade, Long Zixuan, Qing Chen, and Big Black Dog went over and surrounded Jiang Li’s turtle.
The Little Turtle was leisurely munching on leaves fallen from the peach tree when it suddenly retracted its head and said,
“What… what do you guys want to do to Turtle Master?”
It was very vigilant, saying,
“Big Black, we brothers shouldn’t be tricking each other!”
Big Black Dog replied coldly,
“Relax, this emperor wouldn’t trick you.”
“I have something here that I need you to recognize.”
Saying so, they took out an ancient beast skin that they had acquired in the World-Stabilizing Pavilion.
Little Turtle saw the ancient beast skin and suddenly froze, saying,
“It’s not right… this thing… why does it look so familiar?”
It was somewhat confused.
“The Xuanwu Cipher Text, you probably wrote it yourself before you lost your memory!”
Big Black Dog continued,
“Even if you can’t remember, you should be able to read it, so recognize it quickly!”
Little Turtle nodded and said,
“I understand… I can indeed read it…”
It immediately bent its head to discern the “turtle claw marks” on the beast skin.
At that moment, everyone curiously gathered around, even a branch of the peach tree hung down close by, an old hen looked up as if waiting, and a Golden Carp stayed close to the water surface, as if listening.
Little Turtle looked at the ancient beast skin and read word by word:
“Great calamity looms.”
“She has severed herself.”
Upon hearing these two sentences, everyone was shocked.
Who?
Who had severed herself?
“Quick, keep going!”
Big Black Dog was anxious.
Little Turtle continued,
“At the end of the White Mist is the Grey Mist.”
“The ultimate twelve gambles, substitute twelve powerful beings for twelve evil corpses, maintain peace for an era.”
“I fear… ‘that person’ has become a ghost!”
After it finished reading, it raised its head, its eyes were somewhat horrified, saying,
“I… I’ve finished reading.”
It looked at Big Black Dog and said,
“Big Brother Big Black, what is all this about? Why do I feel so uneasy… like something’s not right?”
On hearing this, everyone looked at each other.
——”At the end of the White Mist is the Grey Mist.”
——”She has severed herself.”
——”The ultimate twelve gambles, substitute twelve powerful beings for twelve evil corpses, maintain peace for an era.”
——”‘That person’ has become a ghost.”
…Each of these statements, upon deeper consideration, sent chills down everyone’s spine.
Because, they had all realized, from the tales of many powerful beings from the Era of the Ancient White Mist, “that person”…
Was very likely their master!
However, the cipher text left by the turtle said, “that person” had become a ghost?
…How could that not be horrifying?
“No… Master could never be a ghost.”
Nan Feng spoke with conviction.
“Right… If master truly is ‘that person’, then what this letter says, can’t be true.”
“Master is invincible!”
The group of disciples all shook their heads.
They didn’t believe what the turtle had said!
Because, for them, their master was an invincible belief.
“Tao Jie…”
Big Black Dog looked somewhat anxiously towards the peach tree.
It was also unsure, seeking answers from Tao Jie.
But, only a beautiful and serene voice emerged in everyone’s minds:
“The eternal script of myriad heavens should not involve the master.”
Just these words.
“Woof… right, the realm of master, has long been unwriteable, unsearchable!”
“Unless master writes it himself, who in this world could leave any text related to him, and what kind of script could bear such magnitude? The Xuanwu Cipher Text could not possibly!”
Hearing this, Big Black Dog immediately felt relieved and declared confidently,
“The ‘that person’ written on this beast skin, is definitely not master!”
“It’s this emperor who viewed things too narrowly…”