Chapter 399 Target: Ten Thousand Buddha Caves in the Western Regions

Old Man of Ten Thousand Gu claimed he didn't recognize the Tadpole Script on the wall, but the subtle racing of his heart could not escape Yan Chu's perception.

Soon, after a round of Soul Searching, Yan Chu immediately learned the true information contained in the Tadpole Script.

This was a script used for communication among Gu insects.

Indeed, in this world where one could Cultivate, insects and beasts could also Cultivate into Yao, possessing their own exclusive scripts.

Ordinary beasts and insects without awakened sapience naturally wouldn't understand it, but the Mother Gu had an extraordinary Origin and knew the common script of the insect race.

As an old monster proficient in the Dao of Gu, Old Man of Ten Thousand Gu also recognized most of these characters.

The script on the wall recorded the Origins of the Gu God.

She was not a living being of this Realm.

Among the heavens, living beings are divided into five categories, also known as the 'Five Insects': Naked, Scaled, Furred, Feathered, and Shelled.

The Gu God came from a world of Shelled creatures, a vast and boundless Great World where over seventy percent of all living beings were various types of insect Yao Beasts.

The Gu God was just one inconspicuous insect Gu among them.

Over two thousand years ago, she accidentally strayed into a spatial rift and survived by sheer luck, appearing in this world.

For these two thousand years, she dreamed of returning to her original world.

Finally, a year ago when the Heavenly Pillar Mountain opened, she found her opportunity.

Most of this written record detailed the Gu God's mental journey over these two thousand years, but it contained two pieces of valuable information.

One recorded that the spatial rift through which she appeared in this world was located on the shores of the South Sea.

The other was a method of Cultivating through Gu, which allowed one to directly Cultivate to the Divine Ability Realm.

No wonder Old Man of Ten Thousand Gu didn't tell the truth.

He was afraid Yan Chu would plot to seize this cultivation method.

What a frog at the bottom of a well!

Yan Chu sneered inwardly. With a 'bang,' he directly crushed Old Man of Ten Thousand Gu's head, shattering the Primordial Spirit within as well, leaving him as dead as could be.

[Killed Yuantai Realm Early Stage Martial Artist, settled grievances, Origin +0.1]

Even without this incident, Yan Chu had no intention of sparing Old Man of Ten Thousand Gu's life.

This fellow had attacked him multiple times; if he spared him, where would his Face go?

Casually refining Old Man of Ten Thousand Gu's corpse into a Blood Pill, Yan Chu then placed the Cicada Slough left by the Gu God into his inventory.

This Cicada Slough was extraordinary; perhaps it could be used to craft a few protective robes. He didn't need them, but he could give them to his women.

Next, Yan Chu left the cave as it was and steered the Lotus Pedestal toward the shores of the South Sea.

The text left by the Gu God clearly recorded the location of that spatial rift.

Although many years had passed and he didn't know if the rift still existed, he had to go take a look regardless.

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While Yan Chu was entangled with the Holy Lotus Sect Venerable's wife and the other two women, and while he was traveling to the South Sea, another major event occurred in the world.

This major event was once again triggered by Yan Chu.

The Buddhist Sect, which had originally announced the closure of its gates and its withdrawal from the Jianghu, suddenly sent out a large number of Buddhist disciples deep into Southern Wei, claiming they were to welcome the return of a True Buddha.

This matter spread like wildfire throughout the world.

The vast majority of people in the Jianghu had seen the dense Buddhist light that day and were deeply convinced of this matter.

The Buddhist Sect had unexpectedly turned its fortunes around, and for a time, its prestige and power surged.

This matter once drew the attention and wariness of various forces; the Daoist Sect, the World Society, and even the abdicated Imperial Li Family were all watching closely.

However, they did not take any action.

After all, if a True Buddha had really descended as the Buddhist Sect claimed, no one was willing to have another confrontation with them at this time.

Of course, the people of the Jianghu did not yet know that the perpetrator behind the Buddhist light that shook the world that day was actually Yan Chu.

By the time the monks of the Buddhist Sect investigated and clarified this point, Yan Chu had already reached the South Sea.

There were numerous islands on the South Sea, with over a hundred large and small island nations existing here. The residents all made a living by fishing, and their customs and traditions were vastly different from those of the Great Jin Dynasty.

Although this place was extremely far from the Central Plains due to the isolation of the Southern Border, many large merchant guilds from the interior would organize fleets to come and do business, so these island nations were not unfamiliar with the Great Jin Dynasty.

Yan Chu had no intention of exploring this place; his sole destination was the spatial rift recorded by the Gu God.

This rift was located at a place on the shores of the South Sea called the Deathly Ghost Beach.

This place was far from human habitation, with typhoons raging year-round. Moreover, the waters were filled with large and small hidden reefs, making it impossible for ships to approach, and naturally, no fishing could be done.

Because it was dangerously unpredictable and ordinary people rarely survived this beach, it was called the Deathly Ghost Beach.

Today, the sea breeze on the Deathly Ghost Beach was raging. The sky hung low and black, as if it could be touched by hand. Lightning brewed within the clouds, waves below rolled tens of zhang high, and hidden whirlpools on the seabed swirled even more rapidly.

Suddenly, a white shadow flashed in mid-air. A white lotus appeared above the Deathly Ghost Beach against the sea breeze, then ignored the surging waves and seabed whirlpools, dropping straight into the seawater.

The sea here was deep and black, but it had no effect on Yan Chu.

With his cultivation at this Realm, even if the world itself were to target him, it might not necessarily be able to do anything to him, let alone a mere seabed.

Finally, after diving tens of zhang, Yan Chu discovered a fine, hidden whirlpool.

Between two giant boulders on the seabed, this hidden whirlpool was different from others.

Normal seabed whirlpools were shaped like cyclones, but this one was like a crack, with seawater pouring inward layer after layer.

Splash!

Yan Chu flicked his sleeve, and the two giant boulders along with ten thousand tons of seawater were all swept away, revealing a spatial crack the size of a finger.

This was not forcibly broken open by human power but existed naturally. Without interference, this crack could exist for thousands of years.

With the mindset of giving it a try, Yan Chu extended his Divine Sense into the crack.

His current Divine Sense strength was enough to scan over a thousand li, leaving nothing hidden.

A moment later, he frowned.

The strand of Divine Sense he had extended was directly snapped, causing a sharp pain in his mind, forcing him to withdraw all his remaining Divine Sense.

"Sigh..."

Yan Chu let out a long sigh.

This was also within expectations.

The Gu God falling into this Realm from a spatial rift was a matter of randomness. The dangers within a spatial rift are mysterious and inexplicable; for her to survive was entirely due to Heaven-Defying luck.

Wanting to return through here was absolutely impossible.

Otherwise, she would have returned to her original place through here long ago; why would she have needed to enter the Heavenly Pillar Mountain?

Yan Chu was not discouraged at all.

In any case, with his cultivation and age, living for another few thousand years would be no problem; the future was still very long.

If none of these places worked, at worst he would just shatter all the Blessed Lands and wait slowly himself!

"Forget it, since this place doesn't work, I can only go to the West Region's Ten Thousand Buddha Cave!"

There were legends of Arhats descending there, which was more certain than the news of the Southern Border's Gu God.

If the Buddhist Sect dared to play tricks on him, he happened to dislike them anyway; he would just tear down the Ten Thousand Buddha Cave and Nalanda Temple!