149: The Secret of Zhengyuan Holy Palace

Xu Qing's eyes narrowed slightly. The Zhengyuan Holy Palace was quite deeply hidden.

He then asked, "Tell me about the strength of these Saints!"

"Replying to Young Master, the strongest among us is Ancient Ancestor of Sheng Family, Sheng Tian, a Small Saint in the Late Stage, who has comprehended fifty percent of the Origin power. After him is Venerable Ancestor Wen..."

As Tang Zhengguang spoke in detail, Xu Qing understood the specific strength of the Zhengyuan Holy Palace.

There were three Small Saints, who were the Ancient Ancestors of the Sheng, Wen, and Wan Families. The strongest was the Ancient Ancestor of Sheng Family. Venerable Ancestor Wen was a Small Saint in the Early Stage, controlling forty percent of the Origin power. Ancient Ancestor Wan was a Small Saint in the Early Stage, controlling thirty percent of the Origin power.

The remaining seven were all in the Saint Realm. The lowest in Cultivation was the newly promoted Saint from the Sheng Family, who was in the Early Stage of Saint Realm, with ten percent of the Origin power.

Tang Zhengguang's Cultivation was at a middle level.

"What's the deal with this black tower and energy crystal?" Xu Qing asked again.

Tang Zhengguang's expression changed slightly upon hearing this.

"Speak, or this Old Ancestor will open a hole in your head!"

Blood Sabre Old Ancestor's lion-like roar came, his Blood Sabre pressed against the back of Tang Zhengguang's head, coupled with his ferocious face, making Tang Zhengguang shiver.

"I'll speak! I'll speak!" Tang Zhengguang quickly said, "The black tower has existed for a long time. It was a standard Sacred Artifact of the Xu Ri Holy Land in the past."

"The energy crystal was actually brought by the Guest Elder of the Wen Family. A million years ago, the Yao Race invaded several Tianguan Realms and a war broke out between us. At that time, the Yao Race had far more Saints than us, so we invited Saints from other domains to help. That Wen Family Guest Elder was invited by the Wen Family."

"After repelling the Yao Race, we originally wanted to sell the captured Yao Race members to recover some costs, but that Wen Family Guest Elder stopped us and brought out the Nine Yuan Star Shifting Great Law."

"It recorded a method to use the Origin of living beings to transform some unusable power into Origin Soul Sacred Crystals. Thus, the Nine Yuan Star Shifting Great Formation was created for us to Cultivate."

"Origin Soul Sacred Crystal?"

So this thing was called an Origin Soul Sacred Crystal.

"That's right! The Origin of this Formation is by no means simple, because even the power of the Realm Sea can be transformed into energy suitable for our Cultivation, although it requires consuming the Origin of living beings."

"This Origin Soul Sacred Crystal contains vitality and power of creation, which can restore the Origin of living beings, and enhance a Saint's comprehension of the Origin and their Cultivation."

"Before using this Origin Soul Sacred Crystal, I was stuck in the Early Stage of Saint Realm for over three million years, but after using it, I reached this stage in just a million years."

Speaking of the Origin Soul Sacred Crystal, Tang Zhengguang highly praised it.

"Is that so? Then do you know that you are about to die?" Xu Qing sneered.

"Hmm?" Tang Zhengguang frowned, looking displeased.

"Junior, I..."

"Slap!"

Blood Sabre Old Ancestor gave him a big slap.

"This is my Clan Chief, you watch your words!"

Tang Zhengguang took a slap but dared not show his anger.

"Sir, although I am under your control, you don't have to curse me to die!"

Tang Zhengguang said with some grievance.

"Curse you to die? If I want you to die, it's just a word!" Xu Qing's eyes turned cold, "Do you experience pain in your sacred soul every once in a while? And is this pain getting worse?"

Upon hearing this, Tang Zhengguang's eyes immediately showed pain.

"How did you know?"

"Hehe!" Xu Qing sneered, not answering.

Tang Zhengguang said with some disbelief, "But Guest Elder Xiao said that this pain is a side effect of using the Origin Soul Sacred Crystal, and it will disappear once one Breakthroughs to the Small Saint Realm. The two old monsters from the Wen Family and Wan Family no longer had any side effects after their Breakthrough!"

Xu Qing sneered, "That's because by the time you Breakthrough to Small Saint, the Restriction in this Origin Soul Sacred Crystal will have completely covered your sacred soul. At that time, your life and death will be in that person's hands!"

"Impossible! If there were a Restriction in this Origin Soul Sacred Crystal, how could I not see it?" Tang Zhengguang's words were full of disbelief, but the expression on his face was not as firm as before.

Xu Qing retorted, "What a joke, have you ever heard of the Nine Yuan Star Shifting Great Law before?"

Hearing this, Tang Zhengguang's pupils contracted.

"That person is very clever. He set up his methods within the Great Formation. Since you don't understand the Great Formation, he can set up small tricks, and you won't be able to see them."

"After that, the energy transformed by the Great Formation was all set with Restrictions. How could you detect them?" Xu Qing said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Tang Zhengguang felt all strength drain from his body, his face full of dejection.

Suddenly, his eyes gleamed as he looked at Xu Qing, "Sir, you can save me, right?"

He seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, his face extremely agitated.

"Why should I save you?" Xu Qing smiled faintly.

"I..."

Tang Zhengguang was speechless for a moment!

"Sir, just name your price. As long as my Tang Family can provide it, I will offer it with both hands!"

"The Tang Family? Hehe..." Xu Qing said unceremoniously, "If I kill you, everything of your Tang Family will be mine too!"

As soon as these words came out, Tang Zhengguang's face instantly turned pale.

"You only have two choices: either die or submit!"

Listening to Xu Qing's words, Tang Zhengguang felt angry and a little desolate in his heart. Dying was impossible, but he ultimately could not escape the fate of being enslaved.

"I am willing to submit!"

That Guest Elder Hong meticulously planned all of this, clearly with ill intentions. So, he would rather submit to Xu Qing than be enslaved by that person. At least Xu Qing did not use such underhanded methods.

"Very good! Now I need you to lead the way to the other Tianguan Realms!"

"I am willing to lead the way! I am willing!" Tang Zhengguang quickly said, in order to survive.

Seeing him so sensible, Blood Sabre Old Ancestor set up a Restriction in his body.

After Xu Qing and the two others walked out of the giant tower, Xu Qing put away the black tower, a scene that shocked Tang Zhengguang.

He could see the extraordinariness of the Hun Yuan Seal, feeling as if it could shatter star rivers and suppress a great world. Even the fourth-grade King Weapon he had seen before did not give him such a feeling.

When Xu Qing waved his hand again, a spatial door appeared, and Tang Zhengguang couldn't help but be stunned.

Xu Qing ignored him and walked into the spatial door, while Tang Zhengguang was escorted in.

When they reappeared, they were already in Tianguan Realm Number Nine, but they did not go deep into the Realm Sea.

"Who Cultivates here?" Xu Qing asked.

"It's Sheng Hai, the newly promoted Saint of the Sheng Family!" Tang Zhengguang quickly bowed and said.

Xu Qing heard this, looked at Tang Zhengguang, and said, "He's just an Early Stage Saint. A sneak attack should be able to severely wound him, right?"

"Yes!" Tang Zhengguang gritted his teeth.

He knew this was a pledge of allegiance. If he didn't do this, the Restriction in his body would instantly extinguish his sacred soul!

For Saint beings, as long as the Saint Dao Origin remained, even if their head was cut off or their heart pulse was shattered, they would not die. But once their sacred soul was obliterated, they would be completely dead.

"Seal off the space here, lest that fellow sends out a message!"

"Yes, Clan Chief!" Blood Sabre Old Ancestor bowed and said.

On the other side, Tang Zhengguang's visit did not arouse the suspicion of the newly promoted Saint of the Sheng Family. After all, for millions of years, the two sides would occasionally gather to drink tea and discuss the Dao.

Because of this, Tang Zhengguang successfully and severely wounded Sheng Hai, who glared in anger.

"Well done!"

Xu Qing smiled, waved his hand, and put Sheng Hai into the black tower.

Just as Xu Qing was about to proceed to the next step, Tang Zhengguang pleaded, "Master, can you spare A'Yan?"

Xu Qing's eyes narrowed upon hearing this, immediately sensing that the relationship between the Ancient Ancestor of Yan Family and Tang Zhengguang was not simple, otherwise he would not risk his life to plead for her.

He was not afraid of Tang Zhengguang pleading with him, because as long as a person had desires, they had a weakness.

"If you can persuade her to submit, I can accept her. Otherwise, her ultimate fate will be death!"

"Master, rest assured, I will definitely make A'Yan submit!"

Tang Zhengguang repeatedly assured him.