Chapter 599 - 384: Sea Institute of Nine Yi, Profound Turtle in the Well! (Part 2)
Chapter 599: Chapter 384: Sea Institute of Nine Yi, Profound Turtle in the Well! (Part 2)
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The Treasure Boat of the Long Whale Sect sped rapidly, riding the wind and waves, covering thousands of miles a day.
Along the way, passing numerous islands, on the Treasure Boat, many merchants disembarked one after another, each purchasing goods in preparation to sell on land for profit.
Additionally, with the East Sea’s rich spiritual energy, the sea and sky blend together, creating an exceptionally beautiful scenery, keeping the Treasure Boat lively and bustling.
However, none of this had much to do with Gu Yuan.
On the seventh day, when the Treasure Boat sailed near an island named "Xieshan Island," a beam of sunset light silently streaked off the ship, heading east, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
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"According to the map, this should be the place..."
Several hours later, in a secluded, uninhabited sea region, a ray of sunset light halted, revealing the figure of Gu Yuan.
He looked around, seeing only an endless blue sea, without a single island in sight. Moreover, the spiritual energy here was sparse, and there seemed to be no Spirit Meridians beneath the sea, the vast sea area empty except for a few common fish.
Though the East Sea is vast, the quality of spiritual energy varies.
The more abundant the Spirit Meridians at the seabed, the more populated it is with the Demon Race and thus more prosperous. Conversely, it is emptier.
And this place was evidently the latter.
"Both the map and the True Scripture point here, yet there’s no anomaly. Why?"
Gu Yuan frowned slightly, looking at the empty sea region.
This place is so barren, with only seawater; where is the opportunity?
"Golden Rainbow sweeps the sky, opportunities will naturally arrive?"
Seeing no anomaly, Gu Yuan recalled the aphorism left by the Yuann Chengfu family.
"Boom!"
With this thought, Gu Yuan didn’t hesitate, mana surging as he fully activated the "Celestial Rainbow Scripture," and in his Dantian, a Dharma Seal radiant with golden light and sunset glow began to tremble mightily.
Celestial Traveling Seal!
This seal is recorded in the "Celestial Rainbow Scripture," most fitting for the Celestial Rainbow Body. Once activated, it moves like the Great Sun traversing the sky, incredibly fast.
However, it consumes an immense amount of mana, capable of draining a Golden Core Cultivator’s mana instantly.
But it is truly indescribably swift.
At this moment, Gu Yuan’s mana surged like a tide, transforming his body into a rainbow, and as the Dharma Seal trembled, an inexplicable insight suddenly surged into his mind.
"So that’s it!"
He transformed into rainbow light, yet his conscious perception remained intact, and he immediately sensed a "passage" between the sea region ahead and the celestial vault.
This "passage," enclosed with some unknown restriction, can only be sensed by fully activating the Celestial Rainbow Scripture and Celestial Traveling Seal.
"Swipe!"
Gu Yuan did not hesitate, his mana flooding into the Celestial Traveling Seal like a tide.
In the next instant, he seemed like a beam of light, shooting out instantly, moving so fast it exceeded the perception of a Golden Core cultivator.
With the Golden Rainbow sweeping the sky, Gu Yuan directly vanished.
This was true disappearance, not merely extreme speed beyond visual perception but actual vanishing from this world.
As he accelerated rapidly, activating the Celestial Traveling Seal, a boundless force from the "passage" enclosed Gu Yuan, taking him out of this world.
Or perhaps, Gu Yuan, at incredible speed, directly traversed this "passage," arriving at another space.
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The waves were boundless, the sea and sky blending as one.
A crescent-shaped island stood amidst the waves, within which a green palace stood. On the plaque of the palace were four large characters: Nine Yi Sea Academy.
The palace was ancient and magnificent, supported by nine giant pillars, engraved with Dao Patterns of Yin-Yang and Water-Fire. Glazed tiles of gold and jade adorned the roof, seemingly shimmering with a golden glow, remarkably beautiful.
Inside the palace, spiritual energy flowed, protected by arrays, remaining clean and new even after thousands of years.
Yet ultimately, it lacked the vibrancy of life, resembling the abode of Ghost Gods.
Suddenly, above the palace, a golden rainbow streaked across, piercing through space, heading straight for the palace’s golden tiles.
This golden rainbow was incredibly fast, although the palace had arrays for protection, they were merely normal arrays preventing the palace from collapsing, barely standing the test of time, let alone enduring this fierce collision from the golden rainbow.
"Swipe!"
At that moment, space seemed to freeze, and the golden rainbow suddenly stopped from its extreme speed.
It steadily halted before the palace’s golden tiles.
"Jiuyi Sea Academy?"
The golden rainbow materialized from the void, revealing Gu Yuan’s form.
He slowly descended, stopping before the gates of Jiuyi Sea Academy, looked at the plaque above, then glanced at the celestial vault overhead, revealing an astonished expression.
"Is this... the Profound Yellow Secret Realm?"
Many secret realms exist in the world, but most are exclusive to a single realm and not connected to the Profound Yellow Great World. Only specific anchors can break through the void and enter a secret realm.
But there are some secret realms that are indeed connected to the Profound Yellow Great World.
If the Profound Yellow Great World is a smooth, large sphere, then ordinary secret realms are like bubbles floating outside of the sphere, connected by special threads to the Profound Yellow Great World.
Whereas the Profound Yellow Secret Realm is like the sphere’s protrusion, creating an additional space on the originally smooth ball.
The Profound Yellow Secret Realm itself is part of the Profound Yellow Great World, thus it is seamlessly real and whole, the ocean veins and mountains, celestial vaults and daylight are unified. The only difference lies in its extreme secrecy; without a secret technique, one cannot enter at all.
Generally speaking, this kind of secret realm has another name.
Cave-Heaven Blessed Land!
These types of secret realms mostly originate from the Profound Yellow Great World, hence the abundance of spirit meridians here cannot be compared to ordinary secret realms. Cultivators can practice here until death without worrying about the exhaustion of spiritual Qi.
However, not all Profound Yellow Secret Realms possess the exuberant spiritual Qi that can be called Cave-Heaven Blessed Land.
The Jiuyi Sea Academy before him has sparse spiritual Qi and is not a blessed land.
Surprisingly, Gu Yuan hadn’t expected that Jiuyi Mountain, located above the East Sea, hides such a good place.
"This restriction passage..."
He looked up again towards the celestial vault, feeling the power that just enveloped his golden rainbow, his expression slightly serious.
The power that conceals this Profound Yellow Secret Realm is extremely sophisticated, giving Gu Yuan the feeling that it might surpass the Daoist Embryo Realm.
Yet if Jiuyi Mountain had such strength at that time, why would it have been destroyed by the Celestial Demon Sect’s hands?
Finding no answer in his thoughts, Gu Yuan waved his sleeve, a gentle force pushed open the temple doors.
This temple’s array merely shelters the hall and does not defend against enemies, hence anyone entering the secret realm can freely enter the grand hall.
"Creak!"
The door of the hall swung open, sparse spiritual Qi drifted, strands of golden light lit up, illuminating the darkened hall of several thousand years as bright as day.
Before the grand hall stood a magnificent white dragon statue, its scales and claws distinct, lifelike, with spirit patterns shimmering on it, seemingly ready to come alive at any moment.
Yet Gu Yuan was slightly startled.
"Is this... an offering?"
Beneath the white dragon statue, incense was burning lightly, it was refined from the oil of giant whales in the sea, enduring for a thousand years, even after thousands of years, firelight still flickered.
"A white dragon statue; Jiuyi Sect is actually offering worship to the Dragon Race in this sea academy?"
Gu Yuan couldn’t help but be surprised.
The Human Race offering to the Dragon Race is a great and dangerous taboo.
If at the peak of the Celestial Palace’s prime, it would assuredly be struck to obliteration by thunder in an instant.
However, by the time of Jiuyi Sect, the Celestial Palace had not left Central Land Divine State, which was likely the reason Jiuyi Sect dared such a bold act.
But, why does Jiuyi Sect worship the Dragon Race?
Where lies the opportunity he seeks?
The opportunity points on the Celestial Rainbow True Scripture Stone Book’s map were extremely blurred, with no specific location, thus Gu Yuan had no knowledge of where this opportunity would manifest.
His divine thoughts surged, footsteps unceasing, quickly traversing through the grand hall, bypassing the statue, and arriving at the back of the hall.
Behind the hall was a bamboo pavilion, under which lay a stone well, completely dried up, no water flowed within.
Apart from this, there was nothing else behind the hall.
Gu Yuan couldn’t help but frown, feeling somewhat puzzled.
"Splash!"
But suddenly, from the dried-up well water came the sound of rushing water, and within moments, the originally dry well overflowed with water, wetting the walls.
This wasn’t ordinary well water, but sea water, imbued with a salty humid aura.
Just as Gu Yuan was astonished, a black shadow from the well seemed to cross through space, surfacing along with the sea water.
This shadow exuded demon Qi sky-high, its aura exceptionally deep, alerting Gu Yuan’s heart, he immediately grasped the sword pill.
"Ah!"
"Unexpectedly, someone has cultivated the Celestial Traveling Seal once more; it seems Jiuyi Sect truly hasn’t perished completely!"
Along with this voice of surprise and doubt, that shadow revealed its true form, none other than a black Profound Turtle, its shell covered with black demon patterns, eyes like deep pools emanating a mysterious aura.
An ocean-dwelling Profound Turtle at the Great Demon Peak!
The intensity of demon Qi was the greatest Gu Yuan had ever seen in his life!