I Studied Abroad in the Modern Times-Chapter 161Book 2: : Rare Confidant, Must Be a Mistake
Vol 2 Chapter 161: Rare Confidant, Must Be a Mistake
Senior Sister Yuan was right—though Martial Aunt Huang was a Nascent Soul cultivator, truth be told, she was a traditional Xuanyi Realm cultivator. Or rather, an intuitive type.
The kind who relied on epiphanies for cultivation.
Communicating with her was nowhere near as easy as it was with Senior Sister Zhang...
Thinking of that, Zheng Fa suddenly froze, and something clicked in his heart—
In the vast expanse of the Xuanyi Realm, among countless living beings, the number of people who could understand what he was saying, and know what he really wanted...
only included Senior Sister Zhang.
But...
that was enough.
“Senior Sister, take a look.”
Zheng Fa pointed a finger, and a water curtain appeared in front of the group. Inside the curtain was the Sun and Moon Bell.
But what was different was—there were dozens of figures seated cross-legged around the bell, seemingly meditating on it or cultivating under its influence.
“What’s this?”
“This is a scene I saw in the remnants left behind by the previous master of this Heavenly Monument,” Zheng Fa explained. “There’s more information, but it’s all scattered and messy...”
Senior Sister Zhang nodded, signaling him to continue.
“I’ll just call the previous owner of the Heavenly Monument ‘Heavenly Venerate’ for now,” Zheng Fa organized his thoughts. This Heavenly Venerate had died long ago, and much of the information required guesswork. “He seems to have lived through a period of spiritual energy decline—or rather, a world-ending catastrophe. He already had some cultivation.”
“But his rise truly began after he obtained this Sun and Moon Bell.”
“Or maybe we should say, during the Divine Dao Era, many great powers rose this way—by obtaining spiritual treasures left by their predecessors.”
As he spoke, Zheng Fa tapped the water curtain again. The Sun and Moon Bell within turned transparent, like golden glass.
What surprised Senior Sister Zhang even more was—
On the surface of the bell were intricate patterns that looked very familiar.
“This is... a compound talisman diagram like the True Form Talisman of Mountains and Rivers?”
Senior Sister Zhang immediately understood why Zheng Fa had wanted to speak to her first. She frowned and murmured, “If we go by what we said before—that these compound talisman diagrams are a form of intelligence—then...”
“Then this Sun and Moon Bell is probably alive...”
Zheng Fa said in a serious tone.
Martial Aunt Huang and Senior Sister Yuan both opened their mouths, speechless.
“I even think the Life-bound Treasure method used by the Tianhe Venerable...” Zheng Fa said, “was inspired by these kinds of Celestial Realm spiritual treasures.”
“According to Xiao Yuying, having such a treasure lets you survive a spiritual energy decline...”
“So perhaps that’s why the Tianhe Venerable developed the Life-bound Treasure method.”
Zheng Fa carefully went over the techniques from the three eras of the Xuanyi Realm—the Tianhe Venerable was undoubtedly a genius, but even he couldn’t have created a path that pointed directly to the Dao all by himself.
And the Tianhe Sect had its own Heavenly Monument Realm.
Not to mention, in the Xuanyi Realm, scientific research really did depend on archaeology.
…
“Then who are these people?”
Senior Sister Zhang pointed at the dozens of figures in the image.
“That’s the flaw in the Divine Path Method.”
Zheng Fa let out a soft sigh and said.
“I was always wondering why that Nine Nether Demon Ancestor, after entering the Heavenly Monument Realm, didn’t take the Sun and Moon Bell with him.”
“Is there something wrong with it?”
“The Divine Path Method... it’s not the Heavenly Venerate who’s cultivating—it’s the Sun and Moon Bell that’s cultivating...”
Zheng Fa sighed again.
“From the start, I wondered why the Heavenly Monument Realm required us to nourish its population and refine thunder techniques.”
“The Sun and Moon Bell?”
“Yes. The Sun and Moon Bell needs incense power, so population is extremely important.”
“It also needs to improve its own Dao methods, so our development of thunder techniques is very beneficial to it.”
“In that era, treasures like the Sun and Moon Bell had a special name—” Zheng Fa paused, as if something came to mind.
“Hmm?”
“Fate-Suppressing Treasures.”
Senior Sister Zhang looked puzzled, not quite grasping the significance.
“Cultivators who followed the Divine Path had their strength determined by their Celestial Realm treasure, which in turn relied on the amount of incense power—it's a three-in-one system. So the great powers of the Divine Dao Era were constantly at war, seizing population, which in essence was to strengthen their treasures.”
“The problem was, as the spiritual treasure grew stronger, the Heavenly Venerate realized something—the more he cultivated techniques derived from the Sun and Moon Bell, the more he awakened its original spirit, or even its previous master.”
“And by the time he figured this out, it was too late—he himself had already been taken over by the Sun and Moon Bell.”
“The cultivators in the Heavenly Monument Realm were, in reality, just nourishment for the Sun and Moon Bell.”
Senior Sister Zhang slowly frowned.
“So now that you’ve inherited the Heavenly Monument Realm... it’s hard to say if that’s a good thing or not.”
Zheng Fa shook his head. “In this matter... we actually owe thanks to the Nine Nether Demon Ancestor.”
“Hmm?”
“He broke into the Heavenly Monument Realm and fought the Heavenly Venerate. That battle somehow awakened the Venerate’s original consciousness. He then sacrificed himself to destroy the spiritual circuits of the Sun and Moon Bell—or as they called them, the Heavenly Dao Rules.”
“That’s why the Nine Nether Demon Ancestor erected a monument for the Heavenly Venerate, as a sign of respect.”
“So I suspect the current Sun and Moon Bell is in a state similar to an old cultivator—if it still has a consciousness, it’s dormant, acting only on instinct. The appearance of the Heavenly Monument Realm itself might’ve been one of its self-preservation responses.”
…
“So what are you planning to do?”
Senior Sister Zhang asked.
Zheng Fa’s meaning was clear—the Sun and Moon Bell... was essentially like a slumbering high-level cultivator.
Even the Nine Nether Demon Ancestor was wary of it.
“I think we need to take a good look at the Tianhe New Method.”
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“……”
Senior Sister Zhang paused, then suddenly understood. “Slaying-Immortals?”
Zheng Fa nodded. “The Tianhe Venerable also has a Heavenly Monument, and he doesn’t seem to be affected by his Celestial Realm treasure...”
He even had a bold guess—
That Tianhe Venerable was probably the king of freeloading.
Freeloading spiritual energy was one thing, but he might have even freeloaded a Celestial Realm treasure.
Zheng Fa’s current situation really was starting to resemble the Tianhe Venerable’s back in the day. All he could say was—he needed to keep studying that guy’s path.
The cultivators of the Xuanyi Realm really had it rough.
