158: Learn more about Tianji Hall

Before this, Xiao Shi had never experienced such a feeling of his soul leaving his body.

This sensation was extremely peculiar to him.

And as his soul was drawn into the mask, he appeared directly in an incredibly vast hall.

The entire hall was grand and imposing, predominantly black, exuding an aura of profundity and mystery.

Xiao Shi stood inside the hall, looking down at his body, and found that his form was entirely that of a soul.

And this hall where he was located was clearly a strange soul world.

"Could it be that Tianji Hall is such a soul world?"

Xiao Shi's mind was shaken.

It was no wonder Tianji Hall was so special on Tianwu Continent.

At the same time, the moment he entered this grand hall, a flood of information surged into his mind.

Through this information, he learned that... this grand hall was none other than Tianji Hall!

Within the hall, there were a total of four areas.

However, all four of these areas were currently sealed.

This reminded Xiao Shi of what was mentioned in the notes for the heavenly secret mask: although the heavenly secret mask had no specific requirements for the wearer's strength and cultivation, the wearer's strength and cultivation would determine how the heavenly secret mask could be used.

In other words... only by improving his own strength and cultivation would he be able to unlock these four sealed areas.

And as long as these four sealed areas remained unlocked, the only function of this Tianji Hall was teleportation.

"It seems this Tianji Hall can only be entered by me, as the Hall Master, while other members of Tianji Hall cannot enter the hall."

Xiao Shi suddenly understood.

Whoosh!

With a thought, his figure instantly vanished from within the hall.

He was instantly teleported to Heavenly Secret City, outside Tianji Hall.

The entire Heavenly Secret City was so vast it seemed boundless, divided into countless zones.

If Tianji Hall could only be entered by the Hall Master, then Heavenly Secret City was a place where all members of Tianji Hall could gather.

When members of Tianji Hall entered this soul world through their respective masks, they would appear in Heavenly Secret City.

However, the entire Heavenly Secret City had numerous regional divisions.

Each region corresponded to a location in reality.

For example, the area Xiao Shi was currently in corresponded to Star Luo Territory in reality.

All Tianji Hall members within the Star Luo Territory would appear in this area of Heavenly Secret City upon entering Tianji Hall.

And given the current state of Tianji Hall, it was extremely difficult for members to cross regions.

For instance, to cross from the region corresponding to Star Luo Territory to the Cang Yan Territory, or other more distant regions, even Xiao Shi, as the Hall Master, would find it difficult.

However, in the past, it was not difficult for Tianji Hall to cross regions.

This allowed members of Tianji Hall to meet in Heavenly Secret City even if they were extremely far apart.

This was also the true reason why Tianji Hall possessed powerful intelligence that other forces found difficult to match.

As long as regional crossings could be made within Heavenly Secret City, then even two people far apart in reality could meet to share information.

This was something other forces found difficult to achieve.

However, with a new Hall Master, the current Tianji Hall had clearly returned to its initial stage, requiring development from scratch.

This meant that current members of Tianji Hall could only remain in their respective regions, unable to cross regions.

"Presumably, as those four areas within Tianji Hall open, the entire Heavenly Secret City will become more prosperous, and its functions will increase."

Xiao Shi understood.

At this moment, he stood outside Tianji Hall.

Before him was a wide street.

On both sides of the street were shops.

However, these shops were all closed at the moment.

This made the vast street look extremely desolate, with no pedestrians walking on it.

Xiao Shi closed his eyes.

As the Hall Master of Tianji Hall, he possessed powerful sensory abilities, allowing him to perceive the current Xingluo Zone.

Under this perception, he could sense any member present within the Xingluo Zone.

After a period of sensing, Xiao Shi's heart stirred.

He successfully sensed the presence of five members within the Xingluo Zone.

This indicated that there were a total of five Tianji Hall members within the entire Star Luo Territory!

And upon sensing them, Xiao Shi also seemed capable of teleporting himself to them through his own will.

After some thought, Xiao Shi chose the member closest to him.

Whoosh!

His figure flickered and vanished from its original spot.

He instantly teleported to the location of the sensed Tianji Hall member.

This was an open plaza, where a human-shaped stone statue stood.

Xiao Shi now appeared before this human-shaped stone statue.

He gazed at the statue before him, knowing that it represented one of the Tianji Hall members.

However, this member of Tianji Hall had not yet entered Heavenly Secret City, so in Heavenly Secret City, he appeared in the form of a stone statue.

After some thought, Xiao Shi raised his hand and pointed towards the statue, indicating Star Luo Province.

Wu Muzhen, the innkeeper, had just arranged a room for a guest.

But at that moment, his entire mind suddenly trembled.

"This is..."

His eyes widened.

He felt a summons originating from the depths of his soul.

He immediately realized... someone in Tianji Hall was calling him!

He quickly returned to his room and eagerly put on the mask.

Buzz!

His soul was instantly sucked into the mask, directly entering the world of Tianji Hall... Xiao Shi clearly saw that not long after he pointed, the stone statue before him quickly transformed into a somewhat corpulent middle-aged man with a protruding belly.

Although in soul form, his appearance was exactly the same as his real state.

However, it was impossible to discern the specific strength and cultivation of the other party from his soul form.

After Wu Muzhen entered the world of Tianji Hall, he immediately saw a figure standing before him.

This figure was vastly different from him.

Usually, members of Tianji Hall like them could not float in Heavenly Secret City, nor could they display any of their cultivation.

They were like mere mortals.

However, the figure now before him was suspended high in the air.

Not only that, this floating figure emitted a dazzling and brilliant light, preventing him from seeing the figure's appearance within the light.

Comparing the two, it was like a mortal facing a god.

Wu Muzhen stared in a daze at the dazzling, god-like figure suspended in the air.

His mind buzzed.

He knew that even powerful overlords who dominated regions in reality, upon entering Tianji Hall, would become like him, indistinguishable from mortals.

Only the wielder of Tianji Hall, the Hall Master of Tianji Hall, could possess such a glow within Tianji Hall!

"The one who called me is... it's the Hall Master!!!"

A monstrous wave instantly surged in Wu Muzhen's mind.

Although he knew this was not the previous Hall Master, but a new one, he never expected to personally receive a summons from the Hall Master.

This made him extremely excited.

Xiao Shi floated in the air, looking down at Wu Muzhen below.

Although the other party's strength and cultivation were very likely above his, in Tianji Hall, he was the supreme existence.

Even those who dominated a region outside, capable of making the entire Tianwu Continent tremble with a stomp of their foot, would have to bow to him here.

At the same time, he was not worried that the other party would discover his identity through his appearance.

Here, no one could penetrate the light surrounding him to see his face.

This was Xiao Shi's powerful reliance, allowing him to teleport without fear of exposing his identity.

Soon, under Xiao Shi's gaze, Wu Muzhen took a deep breath.

Suppressing his inner ecstasy, he bowed respectfully to Xiao Shi.

"Greetings, Hall Master!"

Xiao Shi gazed at the Tianji Hall member below.

The main reason he took the initiative to approach the other party was to gather more information, especially regarding Tianji Hall.

To this, Xiao Shi did not beat around the bush and asked directly, "Tell me everything you know about Tianji Hall."

He knew very well that the other party must also know that he was the newly appointed Hall Master of Tianji Hall, and probably wasn't very familiar with past information related to Tianji Hall.

Now, he could simply ask him directly.

And for Wu Muzhen, he would certainly tell Xiao Shi everything he knew.

After all, an opportunity to interact with the Hall Master of Tianji Hall like this was a tremendous stroke of fortune for him.

"Yes!"

Wu Muzhen nodded respectfully, quickly relaying all the information he knew about Tianji Hall to Xiao Shi.

According to Wu Muzhen's explanation, Xiao Shi also realized that Tianji Hall centuries ago was indeed much more prosperous than it was now.

In addition to being able to cross various regions, the heavenly secret box was an even more coveted treasure within Tianji Hall for countless people.

According to Wu Muzhen, the former Tianji Hall seemed capable of continuously forming heavenly secret boxes through some method.

Whether members of Tianji Hall or people outside Tianji Hall, all had a strong desire for the heavenly secret box.

However, Wu Muzhen was only an ordinary, low-level member of Tianji Hall, so he did not understand how the heavenly secret box was formed.

Nevertheless, Xiao Shi could infer from this that the heavenly secret box should be related to the four unopened areas within Tianji Hall.

Perhaps opening one of those areas would allow the heavenly secret box to be formed.

In addition, Wu Muzhen also revealed an important piece of information: the former Tianji Hall held many secrets unknown to various forces.

Many of these secrets were unknown even to the ancestors of these forces, and many had even been lost for many years, with no one in the world knowing them anymore.

But Tianji Hall could unearth all these secrets.

This was also one of the reasons why the Great Wu Dynasty could not tolerate Tianji Hall.

It was said that Tianji Hall back then possessed a top-secret of the Great Wu Dynasty!

Xiao Shi's heart stirred at this.

Before, he had always thought that Tianji Hall's powerful intelligence was primarily due to its members distributed throughout Tianwu Continent.

But now it seemed... that was not the only reason.

If it was truly as Wu Muzhen said, that even long-lost secrets could be unearthed, then it certainly wasn't relying on these Tianji Hall members.

Rather, Tianji Hall itself possessed the ability to unearth information!

"Presumably, this is also related to those four areas."

Based on the information gathered so far, Xiao Shi had concluded that the four areas within Tianji Hall had distinct functions.

One area might be capable of forming heavenly secret boxes.

Another area could be used to unearth information.

A third area would allow for regional crossings within Heavenly Secret City.

The purpose of the remaining fourth area was temporarily unclear.

Although Wu Muzhen had provided a lot of information, he was, after all, just an ordinary member of Tianji Hall and had limited access to things.

Therefore, there was still much information related to Tianji Hall that Xiao Shi could not learn from him.

However, the intelligence Wu Muzhen had provided so far already made Xiao Shi eagerly anticipate the opening of those four areas.

But he also knew that the opening of these four areas was linked to his own strength and cultivation.

He would need to possess greater strength before he could gradually unlock these four areas.

Furthermore, Xiao Shi also learned that when a member of Tianji Hall moved in reality, their position within Heavenly Secret City would also move accordingly.

For example, if someone who was not originally in Star Luo Territory came to Star Luo Territory, their location in Heavenly Secret City would also appear within the Star Luo Zone of Heavenly Secret City.

"According to the current situation, it won't be long before many members from other regions all rush to Star Luo Territory," Wu Muzhen said.

"But the Hall Master doesn't need to worry. I believe most Tianji Hall members want to come and protect the Hall Master, preventing others from harming him."

"After all, if the Hall Master here also falls like the previous Hall Master, then Tianji Hall will become dormant again, and we won't be able to enter Tianji Hall for a long time, which is extremely disadvantageous for us."

Xiao Shi nodded.

These members of Tianji Hall naturally did not want to see Tianji Hall dormant.

Tianji Hall offered them too many benefits.

Most members of Tianji Hall wanted to see Tianji Hall develop and grow rapidly.

It could be said that their interests and his were intertwined.

Therefore, they would not allow anyone to harm him.

So, upon learning of the birth of the Hall Master of Tianji Hall, many members' first thought was to come and protect the Hall Master, to prevent him from being harmed.

Of course, there were certainly some members of Tianji Hall who had designs on his position as Hall Master of Tianji Hall.

Regardless, his identity as the Hall Master of Tianji Hall could not be exposed.

As long as he could maintain this identity... through Tianji Hall, Xiao Shi believed he would surely rise to power at the fastest speed!