450: Chapter 450 Taking on Disciples on Behalf of the Master

Purple Sandalwood took a step forward, looking down at this Human Race Heavenly Venerable, her tone suddenly turning icy: "My Revered Master has an order: you are to immediately dispatch people to the Flame Continent and completely wipe out the Dao Seeking Sect. Not a single soul is to be left alive!"

As the words fell...

Great Love Immortal Venerable rose and bowed respectfully:

"Yes!"

Inside the Secret Realm!

The moment the three of them stepped onto the third floor, the Yin and Yang steps behind them turned into a cloud of light particles and quietly dissipated, as if they had never existed.

The scene before them made Xu Muchen freeze instantly.

There were no magnificent jade palaces as imagined, no Formations or Restrictions suppressing heaven and earth, and certainly no rare treasures scattered everywhere. There was only an ordinary-looking room.

With blue bricks, wooden beams, white walls, and black tiles, the interior was elegantly furnished with an Eight Immortals table, grandmaster's chairs, purple clay tea sets, gauze curtains, screens, and so on.

It gave off the feeling of a finely renovated suite.

Yet, in such a seemingly ordinary room, the Spiritual Qi contained within was so dense it was utterly absurd!

It was even more exaggerated than his own Dao Seeking Sect.

"This is the final floor of the Immortal Boat? Such dense Spiritual Qi is simply no different from the Immortal Realm described in books." Xu Muchen subconsciously circulated his Cultivation Technique to absorb it, feeling his Bottleneck loosen slightly.

"Disciple pays respects to Revered Master Lu Mo."

Just then, an old and respectful voice suddenly rang out, drawing the attention of the three.

The three turned their heads in unison to see that the previously closed wooden door had opened at some point. An old man with frost-white temples stood at the doorway, wearing a faded Daoist robe. His figure was slightly hunched, yet he appeared spirited.

He bowed respectfully toward Chen Xuan, his posture humble, performing the standard salute of a Disciple meeting his Revered Master.

"Eldest Senior Brother!"

Shen Mutao was stunned for a moment, then her eyes instantly lit up. She broke free from Chen Xuan's hand and pounced toward the old man, her head tilted up in confusion:

"Eldest Senior Brother, why have you turned into an old man?"

Lu Mo patted Shen Mutao's head and said with a chuckle, "Little Junior Sister, it has been many years."

Chen Xuan was slightly taken aback.

Even with the Great Love Immortal Venerable or the Mystic Talisman Heavenly Venerable, his Samsara Heavenly Dao Eye could more or less peek into their backgrounds. However, this old man calling himself "Lu Mo" appeared like a mass of Chaos under his Heavenly Dao Eye—no past, no future, as if he were one with heaven and earth. He couldn't see through him at all.

How could such a person call him "Revered Master"?

Suppressing the surprise in his heart, he said in a deep voice, "Is the 'Revered Master' Fellow Daoist speaks of... me?"

Lu Mo slowly straightened up, turned to look at Chen Xuan, and nodded:

"In response to Revered Master, it is indeed so."

"It is only because Revered Master's cultivation base has not yet reached the required level and your memories have not returned that you do not remember this Disciple; it is only natural." He paused and added, "Once Revered Master breaks through to the Tribulation Transcendence Realm in the future and perceives through Reincarnation, you will naturally understand all the causes and effects."

Chen Xuan's lips twitched as he inwardly cursed the man for being a riddler.

He did indeed have a High-level Realm Upgrade Card in his hand, which could allow him to break through directly to the second level of the Tribulation Transcendence Realm.

But naturally, the later such a thing was used, the greater the benefit, as subsequent Realms would only become more difficult to attain. Chen Xuan's plan was to wait until he broke through to the Tribulation Transcendence Realm before using it.

He wanted to see if he could charge straight through the major Realm of Tribulation Crossing.

If not, he could at least reach the ninth level of the Tribulation Transcendence Realm...

For now! He naturally wouldn't use it.

Since the other party was unwilling to speak plainly, asking further would only add to his troubles. Chen Xuan's gaze fell on Shen Mutao. Seeing the Little Girl clinging to Lu Mo's side, he asked, "Tao Tao... what is her relationship to you?"

Lu Mo held Shen Mutao's small hand and looked down at her:

"In response to Revered Master, Shen Mutao is a closed-door disciple this Disciple took the liberty of finding for Revered Master, recruiting her on Revered Master's behalf."

"A closed-door disciple?" Chen Xuan raised an eyebrow.

Shen Mutao tilted her little head, blinked her clear large eyes, pointed at herself, and asked Lu Mo innocently, "Eldest Senior Brother, do I need to go close the door now?"

The sentence made Lu Mo burst into laughter.

Chen Xuan also shook his head helplessly; this Little Girl was indeed adorably naive.

After laughing, Lu Mo's expression became solemn, and his tone grew serious: "Revered Master, since you have ascended to the third floor of the Immortal Boat this time, I presume it is for the 'heavenly evolution of the ages scripture'?"

"heavenly evolution of the ages scripture"?

Chen Xuan's heart stirred. It seemed this was the ancient book that both the Tiangong Pavilion and the Medicine Hut were searching for. Beside him, Xu Muchen's expression turned grave; the purpose of his trip was naturally this book as well.

Chen Xuan pondered for a moment and said calmly, "Correct, I am indeed looking for this book. Where is it?"

"Revered Master, follow me."

As Lu Mo spoke, he took Shen Mutao's hand and turned to walk toward the inner part of the room. Chen Xuan and Xu Muchen exchanged a glance and quickly followed.

Passing through the plain gauze curtain screen, there was a long, narrow corridor. The walls on both sides were embedded with night pearls, emitting a soft glow that lit the corridor as bright as day.

The corridor was not long, only a few dozen steps, before opening up into a wide space.

Chen Xuan and Xu Muchen looked up simultaneously, their gazes instantly drawn to the scene inside.

It was a room even smaller than the outer one, with no furnishings except for a stone platform in the center, on which an ancient book lay quietly. The book was about the size of a palm, with a cover made of an unknown dark yellow beast skin, devoid of any text or patterns.

The ancient book floated three inches above the stone platform, surrounded by visible silver bands of light. These bands flowed slowly like water, and upon closer inspection, one could see countless images flashing within—mountains collapsing, stars being born and extinguished, Cultivators attaining the Dao, and the joys and sorrows of Mortals.

"This is the heavenly evolution of the ages scripture."

Lu Mo's voice sounded from the side: "This scripture is an Innate secret manual born at the beginning of the world. It knows everything in the cultivation world from ancient times to the present—from the war between humans and demons ten thousand years ago to every minor detail of fate today. As long as one has a question and asks it, one can obtain an answer."

Xu Muchen couldn't help but take a step forward, then immediately withdrew it.

Whether it was the path to opening the third floor of this Secret Realm or the way this white-haired old man addressed the Sect Master of the Dao Seeking Sect, it was enough to make one ponder. Xu Muchen said with a smile:

"Senior, after you!"

Chen Xuan stared at the heavenly evolution of the ages scripture on the stone platform, his eyes flickering. He slowly raised his hand, reaching toward the scripture, and silently asked in his mind:

"I want to know, who are the seven members of the Chaos Void Jade?"

A vast torrent of information, like a flood breaking through a dam, surged toward Chen Xuan's mind!

Chen Xuan felt his head swelling as if it were about to be burst by this massive amount of information. He quickly circulated his entire body's True Qi to protect his Sea of Consciousness, forcibly enduring the impact of the information.

Shen Mutao was startled by the sudden phenomenon and subconsciously took a step back, her face full of nervousness.