72: The Supreme Purity of All Laws, the Primordial Chaos, the Great Dao Chapter

Qingyuan Realm.

May, Year 11 of the lunar calendar.

Great Desolate Kingdom, Thousand Mechanisms City, third floor of the Ten Thousand Puppets Pavilion.

"I didn't expect to see Fellow Daoist Taiyin again after a year. I wonder what brings you here?"

"The Qingyuan Sect is searching for you quite desperately right now."

Upper Master Qianji and the Upper Master of a Thousand Puppets looked at Yu Xuzi with faces full of vigilance, their hearts pounding slightly.

It was truly because the commotion Yu Xuzi caused last year was too great; not only did he break through many Sects, but he also directly acted to destroy the Beast Taming Sect.

This provoked the Qingyuan Sect to intervene directly, issuing a continent-wide wanted order for him, yet they couldn't find even a trace of him.

His sudden appearance in Thousand Mechanisms City today had scared the two of them quite badly.

"What? Am I that scary?"

Yu Xuzi glanced at them.

"Hehe~"

The two remained noncommittal, staring at him with forced smiles.

"Fellow Daoist Taiyin, although our Thousand Mechanisms City is not as powerful as the Beast Taming Sect, we are not easily pushed around."

"If you have any improper thoughts of destroying Thousand Mechanisms City, the two of us will directly activate our core foundations and blow up the entire city rather than compromise."

Yu Xuzi felt it was boring and simply stated his purpose: "Enough, I only came here this time to make a deal with you two."

"A deal?"

"That's right. I only want all the information Thousand Mechanisms City has collected throughout history regarding the Qingyuan Sect. That shouldn't be difficult, right?"

Yu Xuzi's words left the two of them stunned.

What kind of deal was this?

Was he planning to move against the Qingyuan Sect in secret?

Upper Master Qianji said with a look of doubt, "Just information?"

"That's right!"

Yu Xuzi nodded. "Thousand Mechanisms City has a Legacy of two or three thousand years. There must be many historical records regarding the Qingyuan Sect from that time. Give all this information to me in exchange for Spirit Stones. How about it?"

Upper Master Qianji and the Upper Master of a Thousand Puppets looked at each other, then finally nodded simultaneously.

"Deal!"

Although they didn't know what this Fellow Daoist Taiyin wanted this information for, they didn't care about that.

It was just some historical records, yet it could be exchanged for a sum of Spirit Stones—it was simply a huge profit!

"Fine, but I have one more request."

"Please speak, Fellow Daoist Taiyin!"

"I hope you two will keep the news of my presence secret for now. Don't draw the Qingyuan Sect here, or if trouble arises, it won't be good for either you or me."

Both of them understood the threat in Yu Xuzi's words and naturally patted their chests to guarantee it.

"No problem!"

What benefit was there in selling information to the Qingyuan Sect?

Besides offending the person in front of them, there was no benefit at all.

On the contrary, Fellow Daoist Taiyin was a generous person, so liberal with his Spirit Stones.

As for the Qingyuan Sect, they weren't familiar with them... After leaving Thousand Mechanisms City, Yu Xuzi immediately visited other major Sects, basically those with thousands of years of history.

For example, the Nine Heavens Dao Sect, Xuanzhen Sect, Pill Cauldron Sect, and so on.

Undoubtedly, their historical records contained many accounts of the Qingyuan Sect, and the quantity and word count were immense.

Through cross-referencing, false information could be minimized to the greatest extent, ensuring the accuracy of the historical understanding of the Qingyuan Sect.

Yu Xuzi even sought out many small Sects and factions with long histories.

Because of this, two or three months later, through word of mouth, news of Yu Xuzi's reappearance spread like wildfire.

Consequently, even Yu Xuzi couldn't be certain who had leaked his whereabouts.

But none of that was important anymore.

Because he had already obtained the materials he wanted and returned to the Thousand Islands Realm once again, leaving the aggressive Qingyuan Sect, which was searching for him everywhere, empty-handed once more... October, Year 11 of the lunar calendar.

Thousand Islands Realm, Yuxu Grotto-Heaven.

After months of collecting, summarizing, compiling, and cross-referencing information, Yu Xuzi had compiled a highly credible "Recent History of the Qingyuan Sect."

The entire text was nearly 300,000 words!

It covered major and minor events of the Qingyuan Sect for nearly five thousand years, as well as many credible secret rumors.

Further back than that, information was too scarce.

Moreover, the credibility was not high because existing Sects did not have such a long history.

The closer it got to modern times, the more information there was, and with cross-referencing from many Sect records, it could basically be confirmed as accurate.

However, before submitting the "History of the Qingyuan Sect," he had another historical record to submit: "The Life Record of True Person Yanling of Qingyuan Saintly Virtue."

This book totaled 50,000 words, detailing True Person Yanling's rise to fame, his awe-inspiring presence throughout the world, and his life until his passing away in old age.

As the last Xuantai True Person in the Cultivation World, who also frequently held dharma assemblies and preached to the world, the records of True Person Yanling in various major Sects were innumerable.

This compiled life record had basically no major errors and was highly credible; furthermore, Yu Xuzi had experienced True Person Yanling's madness in his later years.

"There should be a reward, right?"

Inside the bronze pavilion, Yu Xuzi's Divine Soul phantom placed "The Life Record of True Person Yanling" upon it, waiting with anticipation for the bronze pavilion's reaction.

However, ten breaths of time passed, and everything remained as usual.

"It didn't work?"

Yu Xuzi frowned, feeling somewhat disappointed.

"Is it because I didn't experience it personally? Or is it because True Person Yanling's five hundred years of Lifespan was too long, and these things are only superficial?"

Thinking carefully, Yu Xuzi felt relieved.

Since he began his cultivation, he had only received a reward the first time he wrote a life record for his master, Xuan Chengzi.

That was because he had spent over ten years with his master day and night, and his master eventually passed away by his side, making their relationship extraordinary.

But what about True Person Yanling?

Yu Xuzi hadn't even met the man... When he passed away, Yu Xuzi was still in the Thousand Islands Realm lying low, let alone having any close relationship.

A history of over five hundred years was so long; compiling a life record based solely on publicly available information from the outside without personal experience, it made sense that there was no reward.

"Never mind, I hope the History of the Qingyuan Sect will have a reward."

Yu Xuzi shook his head, took down "The Life Record of True Person Yanling," and a phantom of a green Jade Slip appeared in his hand.

Previously, he had submitted group destiny records so many times, including the history of the Huangtian Dynasty and so on, and basically all of them had rewards, even those he hadn't personally experienced.

This time, he was finally not disappointed.

"Recorded one copy of 'Group - Destiny Record: Recent History of the Qingyuan Sect'."

"Record Evaluation: Half-true and half-false, numerous flaws, pure thoughts, based on hearsay, contains a minute essence of destiny, touches upon the truth of Legacy."

"Following precedent, selecting its Opportunity."

"Granting reward!"

Two Jade Slips appeared on the jade platform.

The first volume was a remnant chapter of a Cultivation Technique.

Its name was:

[Grand Chapter of the Ultimate Saintly Primordial Unity Great Dao of Myriad Laws of Great Purity] / Origin Ultimate Remnant / (Qi Refining Chapter — Harmony of Light Qi Refining Method, Dao Foundation Chapter — Astral Foundation Establishment Method)

The second volume was an encyclopedia of the Cultivation World.

Its name was:

[General Overview of the Shanhai Great Thousand Cultivation World] / Fifth Edition / Compiled in the Year 500,000 of the Taiqing Calendar.