180: Chapter 180 Yang Jingchuan

It appeared that it had not suffered severe damage during the great war fifty thousand years ago, and the functions of the Scripture Pavilion remained relatively intact.

Lin Qing's eyes brightened. In that case, didn't that mean a vast number of ancient texts still existed here?

He extended his Divine Thought, carefully observing the Scripture Pavilion.

The Scripture Pavilion was an important building in any Sect, so the level of the one before him was not low.

Even the identity verification Formation at the entrance had reached the Tenth Rank.

Lin Qing's current level as a Formation Master was at Ninth Rank Perfection, meaning he had full knowledge of all Formations below the Tenth Rank.

With such strength, he clearly possessed the qualifications to deduce and break the Tenth Rank Formation before him, but it would still require a considerable amount of time.

After some thought, Lin Qing abandoned the idea of forcibly breaking the Formation.

If even the Scripture Pavilion was so well-preserved, other places likely had not experienced overly severe damage either.

If he were to enter by breaking the Formation here, what about other places?

Would he have to keep breaking Formations? It wasn't impossible, but it would be a bit of a waste of time.

It would be better to first obtain an identity token; that would make visiting other locations much more convenient.

Having made up his mind, Lin Qing immediately decided to act.

He turned and asked the man, "Brother, would you like to come along?"

The man's expression was somewhat excited, his eyes carrying a hint of inquiry.

"Brother Lin, you…"

He did not finish his sentence, but Lin Qing understood what he meant and nodded at him.

The reason these people were gathered here and had not left was simply because they did not know where to go for the identity assessment.

As it happened, Lin Qing had a map.

Thus, less than a cup of tea's time after arriving at the Scripture Pavilion, Lin Qing soared into the air once more, selected a direction, and left straight away.

The man hurriedly flew into the air, chasing after Lin Qing's direction.

Lin Qing's arrival had already attracted the attention of some people.

Seeing him leave now, they reacted immediately and hurriedly gave chase.

This group was quite large.

Their departure in droves alerted the group that had originally been unaware, and so they also began to fly and follow.

Just like that, everyone on the Scripture Pavilion plaza was following behind Lin Qing.

Lin Qing noticed the crowd behind him, but he ignored them and instead sent a message to the Disciples of the Three Sects via his token.

"Those of you who are free, go to the mountain gate first and get a Disciple token.

It's estimated that it will be needed in many places later on."

Lin Qing was not a selfish person.

After obtaining the map from Li Yaqing, he had shared it with the Disciples of the Three Sects, so these Disciples knew where Lin Qing was referring to.

After sending the message, Lin Qing slowed down and waited a moment for the man he had spoken with.

Once the man drew near, Lin Qing asked, "Brother, may I ask how to address you?"

A look of surprise flashed across the man's face, which then turned into embarrassment as he said, "I thought Brother Lin knew who I was.

My name is Yang Jingchuan.

I was previously fourth on the young master ranking, but a month ago, I was pushed down to fifth by Brother Lin."

"Er… that really is a coincidence!"

Lin Qing was also a bit speechless.

He hadn't expected that he would randomly pick someone from the crowd and run into this guy.

"Do you not have a map?"

In Lin Qing's view, being able to Rank fourth—no, fifth—on the young master ranking meant Yang Jingchuan was a figure of some standing in the Central Continent; he shouldn't be without a map.

"Should I have one?"

Yang Jingchuan felt equally strange.

He had happened to be teleported near the Scripture Pavilion, which was why he had appeared on the plaza just now.

Most of the people on the plaza were in the same situation as him, but there was another portion who, like Lin Qing, had traveled from very far away, as if they had navigation turned on.

In Lin Qing's view, since the Central Continent was ruled by several super powers, most of the Prodigies should come from these super powers.

Just like in Dongxuan, any Prodigy with a name would eventually join one of the six major powers.

It had already surprised him when he encountered a Zhou Yichen who didn't come from a super power, and now he had run into another top ten Prodigy.

Could it be that he also didn't belong to a super power?

Lin Qing was unaware that the cause of the phenomenon in Dongxuan was precisely the long-standing hostile relationship between the Chuyun Immortal Sect and the Xuanye Demon Court.

Under such chaotic circumstances, those small and medium-sized factions had to attach themselves to one of the six major powers; otherwise, they would easily be caught in the crossfire of the friction between the two major powers.

The situation in the Central Continent was different.

There was rarely friction between the five super powers, and at the same time, the Dao of cultivation here was very prosperous.

Even if Cultivators did not join a super power, they could still achieve decent growth.

Therefore, every so often, several Prodigies who were not inferior to those from super powers would emerge in the Central Continent.

Lin Qing asked Yang Jingchuan directly, "You don't belong to a super power?"

Upon hearing Lin Qing's words, Yang Jingchuan suddenly realized that the matter of the map had already spread among those large powers.

Thinking back carefully, those who had arrived at the Scripture Pavilion later indeed mostly came from super powers, and the few others who were not from super powers all came from famous first-rate Families or Sects.

Based on Lin Qing's tone, Yang Jingchuan also understood Lin Qing's thoughts.

He explained, "Brother Lin, you may not know this, but among the top ten of the young master ranking, only I and that Zhou Yichen do not come from super powers."

"Because I come from a remote village, I have been used to being wild since I was young and don't like the rules and restrictions of large powers.

As for Zhou Yichen…"

Speaking up to this point, he lowered his voice a little.

"It is said that Zhou Yichen once went to participate in the entrance examination of a super power, but he didn't pass the Heart-Questioning Trial, and his results were very poor!"

He didn't pass the Heart-Questioning Trial?

Lin Qing nodded to show he understood.

Yang Jingchuan already belonged to the top tier of people in the Secret Realm, so his speed was naturally not slow.

Therefore, Lin Qing did not increase his speed further, and the two chatted as they flew.

Two hours later, the two arrived at their destination, which was the mountain gate that Lin Qing had mentioned.

It was also because the positioning Formation at the entrance of the Secret Realm had been destroyed; otherwise, they would have arrived directly here after passing through that teleportation gate.

And this place, besides being the mountain gate of the Kunxu Immortal Sect, was also where the Kunxu Immortal Sect used to conduct Disciple selections.

Those people from large powers also had messaging methods similar to Lin Qing's.

Once someone discovered that some places required identity verification, they passed the message along.

At the mountain gate at this moment, many people who had originally been very close to this place had already gathered.

"Senior Brother Lin Qing!"

It was Mu Yao, the Qingyuan Sect Disciple who had once gone to the Chuyun Immortal Sect to see Lin Qing.

She had happened to be teleported nearby.

Originally, she had wanted to make contact with Lin Qing to see, but after realizing that Lin Qing was not interested in her, she had not frequently appeared by Lin Qing's side like Ling Shu.

Now that she had arrived in the Secret Realm and saw that everyone around her was a Prodigy not inferior to herself, she still felt that she had more of a sense of security by Lin Qing's side.

Therefore, as soon as Lin Qing landed, she hurriedly ran over.