344: Accident

"Brother Yu, are you saying that's the ashes and Golden Core of a Golden Core Immortal Master?"

Zhou Xiangxu listened to Zhou Xiangyu's words.

He asked, looking at the ashes on the damaged throne.

Chang Yuanshan also looked towards the throne.

This was his first time observing the ashes of a Golden Core Immortal Master up close.

"That's right."

Zhou Xiangyu nodded.

"Let's look around first and see if we can find any other gains."

Zhou Xiangyu said to the two, looking at the secret rooms on both sides of the main hall.

"Okay."

Zhou Xiangxu and Chang Yuanshan nodded in agreement.

The three split up.

And went to explore the secret rooms.

"Empty, empty, empty..."

Zhou Xiangxu checked the secret rooms one by one.

He kept muttering.

"Eh?"

Suddenly.

When Zhou Xiangxu entered the sixth secret room.

His eyes suddenly lit up.

Zhou Xiangxu slowly came to the center of the secret room.

He carefully blew away the yellow sand.

Revealing a small gap.

Zhou Xiangxu took the small blue sword floating around him into his hand.

Slowly probing towards the gap.

With a gentle push.

The floor with the gap was pried open.

After clearing the rubble.

Beneath the floor.

There was still a layer of yellow sand.

Forming the shape of a square box.

Zhou Xiangxu put away the small blue sword.

He slowly pushed the sand aside with both hands, revealing a dim and incomplete Jade Slip hidden underneath.

"I hope I won't be disappointed..."

Zhou Xiangxu silently prayed.

He had encountered Jade Slips like this several times before.

But they had all turned to ashes upon contact.

The ancient texts and information preserved within the Jade Slips had vanished without a trace.

Zhou Xiangxu gently picked up the incomplete and dim Jade Slip.

As soon as he held it, Zhou Xiangxu's heart was filled with joy.

This Jade Slip did not turn into ashes.

"Whew~"

"Let me see what's recorded inside..."

Zhou Xiangxu slowly exhaled.

He placed the incomplete and dim Jade Slip against his glabella.

"...Yellow Sand Sect two hundred and twenty years... an indescribably huge tremor... heaven and earth overturned... boundless war... world-shaking sword light... snow falling everywhere..."

Fragmented words entered Zhou Xiangxu's mind from the Jade Slip.

Zhou Xiangxu frowned.

He really couldn't get anything useful from this disjointed record.

He took down the Jade Slip and held it in his hand.

Zhou Xiangxu quickly walked out.

"Brother Yu, come and take a look."

Zhou Xiangxu called out.

Hearing this, Zhou Xiangyu, who was investigating a secret room, flickered.

And appeared before Zhou Xiangxu.

"Brother Yu, look at this."

Zhou Xiangxu handed over the incomplete Jade Slip in his hand.

"Oh?"

Zhou Xiangyu uttered in surprise.

He didn't expect a useful Jade Slip to still be preserved.

Without hesitation.

Zhou Xiangyu's Divine Sense probed into it.

Fragmented words imprinted themselves in his mind.

"Boundless war, world-shaking sword light..."

Zhou Xiangyu's brows furrowed slightly.

He pondered in his heart.

"Could it be..."

Zhou Xiangyu thought of some secrets he had learned from his Family after advancing to Foundation Establishment.

The Zhou Family originally came from the Xuanyang World, and the Xuanming World and Xuanyang World had once fought a great war.

"Could it be that the Jade Slip records that great war?"

Zhou Xiangyu guessed in his heart.

If so.

The Yellow Sand Sect was probably caught in the crossfire and utterly destroyed.

It's just unknown why the Yellow Sand Sect's location fell into this Secret Realm.

Or, this Secret Realm was originally formed from the Yellow Sand Sect's territory.

"Perhaps only the mighty power of heaven and earth could accomplish all this..."

Zhou Xiangyu sighed with emotion.

"Brother Yu, how is it?"

Zhou Xiangxu asked.

"There are some clues, but I'm not entirely sure either."

"Take it back and let the elders in the Family take a look; then we'll know."

Zhou Xiangyu didn't say much.

He handed the Jade Slip back to Zhou Xiangxu.

Zhou Xiangxu took it and carefully placed it into his Storage Pouch.

"Let's take another close look."

The two separated.

And once again went to investigate the remaining secret rooms.

After some time.

Inside the Yellow Sand Palace's main hall.

The three reunited.

Aside from the incomplete Jade Slip.

The other Jade Slips were all useless.

The only other valuable items were a few scattered fragments of Spiritual Artifacts they found.

"It seems the biggest gain from this trip is him."

After the three discussed and confirmed their gains.

They walked towards the high seat at the head of the main hall.

Before the high seat.

The three stopped.

"Senior, forgive our offense."

The three cupped their hands and bowed.

After bowing.

Zhou Xiangyu reached out.

And took the Legacy Jade Bead into his hand.

As for the fist-sized Golden Core, which had long lost its power.

Zhou Xiangyu did not touch it.

Holding the Legacy Jade Bead in his hand.

He carefully sensed it for a moment.

Zhou Xiangyu raised his eyebrows slightly.

Then shook his head.

Its attributes did not match his own.

"You two try."

Zhou Xiangyu handed out the Jade Bead in his hand.

The Family would not forcibly claim or inquire about the Opportunities of Zhou Family Disciples.

Chang Yuanshan hesitated a little.

Zhou Xiangxu, however, immediately took it.

But after a moment, the Jade Bead still showed no reaction.

"I can't either."

Zhou Xiangxu said, then unceremoniously shoved the Jade Bead into Chang Yuanshan's hand.

Chang Yuanshan's heart skipped a beat.

He was about to return it.

But was stopped by Zhou Xiangyu and the other.

Chang Yuanshan, helpless, could only hold it and sense it.

"Buzz~"

A faint yellow light emanated from the Legacy Jade Bead in Chang Yuanshan's hand, illuminating.

As this yellow light shone.

In Chang Yuanshan's Sea of Consciousness.

Four large seal characters slowly appeared.

"Yellow Sand Scripture!"

A moment later.

Chang Yuanshan opened his eyes with a joyful expression.

Then he looked at the intact Legacy Jade Bead in his hand, letting out a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, this Legacy Jade Bead was not a one-time use item.

"How is it?"

Zhou Xiangxu asked.

"It's a Cultivation Technique called the Yellow Sand Scripture."

Chang Yuanshan's tone carried gratitude.

If Zhou Xiangyu hadn't acted, he would never have made it here.

Now that he had obtained this third-tier Cultivation Technique.

He no longer needed to worry about Cultivation Techniques.

If he had the Opportunity.

He might even be able to aspire to the position of a Golden Core Immortal Master in this life.

A Golden Core Immortal Master... was something many Loose Cultivators didn't even dare to dream of.

Chang Yuanshan handed the Legacy Jade Bead in his hand to Zhou Xiangyu.

He was filled with emotion.

"A third-tier earth-attribute Legacy, that's a very good gain indeed."

Zhou Xiangyu nodded and smiled.

"Hehe, if we hand this Cultivation Technique over to the Family, the Family's reward alone will be enough for us not to worry about resources anymore."

Zhou Xiangxu's eyes sparkled, and his face was filled with joy.

"Thank you, Senior, for bestowing this Dharma."

The three turned around and bowed once more to the ashes on the throne.

Then, Zhou Xiangyu thought for a moment.

Just as he was about to take out a jade box to take the ashes and Golden Core out for burial.

"Boom!"

Above the Yellow Sand Palace.

A Spiritual Qi handprint descended with a roar, crushing the already dilapidated main hall into dust.

Zhou Xiangyu's expression changed.

He reached out his right hand and pressed forward.

Blocking the incoming aftershock.

Then, his magic power circulated, and he shot up with Zhou Xiangxu and Chang Yuanshan, who hadn't yet reacted.

Above the collapsing Yellow Sand Palace.

Zhou Xiangyu focused his gaze.

An open-air palace arrived from afar.

On it, a young woman in red lay casually.

Beside her stood two old men, one gray-robed and one black-robed, one of whom slowly withdrew his outstretched hand.

That Spiritual Qi handprint was this person's doing.

Behind the woman in red, seven Disciples, half male and half female, attended.

"Who are you?"

"How dare you trespass into this Young Miss's Secret Realm?"

The open-air palace stopped in the air far from Zhou Xiangyu and the other two.

The woman in red's tone was icy, as if the appearance of Zhou Xiangyu and the other two here was a great offense to her.