Chapter 476: Gathering Together
Yuan Ming's mind moved, and he took out a white jade slip from the Stealing Heaven Cauldron. His consciousness was immersed in it, and four golden characters came into view.
"The Art of Heavenly Evolution? What a domineering name..." He muttered to himself and continued to read on.
According to the jade slip, if this secret art is practiced to a high level, it can deduce the trajectory and change of all things.
This art can not only be used to predict the future, but also to deduce other things, such as calculating the changes of powerful illusion arrays, comprehending obscure and difficult skills, etc., one method for multiple uses.
Yuan Ming was very excited when he saw it, and immediately went to check the specific practice methods behind.
"Tai Chi gives birth to two yin and yang, two yin and yang give birth to sun and moon, sun and moon give birth to four seasons, four seasons give birth to five elements, five elements give birth to twelve months, twelve months give birth to twenty-four qi, a total of fifty..."
"Each hexagram has six lines, six eights are forty-eight, plus the two lines of Qian and Kun..."
Yuan Ming looked at it for a while and frowned.
These sentences are almost about Taoism and mystery. When reading them, every word is familiar, but when thinking about it carefully, it seems that there is a lot of mystery in them. With his vision and knowledge, he has no clue for a while.
He shook his head, put away the jade slip temporarily, and came to the main hall.
Bishuirou was still waiting here, without any impatience.
"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time. Please reply to Fusang Island and I will participate in this secret realm competition." Yuan Ming said.
"Okay." Bishuirou's eyes lit up, agreed, and left quickly.
Yuan Ming did not stay in the main hall for long. He returned to his residence, set up a soundproof ban, and continued to comprehend the art of Tianyan.
However, no matter how he comprehended and tried all kinds of ways to get started, he got nothing. Instead, he made himself dizzy and exhausted.
Yuan Ming had no choice but to stop, concentrate on regulating his breath, and soon recovered.
He did not continue to comprehend this secret art, got up and left the mansion, and walked towards the market of Fusang City.
Since he was going to enter a strange secret realm full of unknown dangers, he naturally had to make some preparations in advance.
The jade slip sent by Fusang Island specifically emphasized one point, that is, prepare more magic instruments and talismans with star attributes, and it would be better if you can get star magic weapons.
Yuan Ming didn't know what this meant, but he thought there was no malice.
Even if Fusang Island was bold, as long as those things were thrown into the space of Stealing Heaven Cauldron, no conspiracy would work.
Early the next morning, the top sixteen of the Immortal Fruit Conference gathered in front of a remote gray-white hall in Fusang City.
The hall covers a large area and has a very strange shape. It is in the shape of a four-sided pyramid with a square base. It becomes narrower and narrower until the top, forming a straight spike. It has a sense of wildness and simplicity, which is completely different from the buildings in other places in Fusang City.
There is a plaque hanging at the entrance of the hall, with three big characters "Vacuum Hall" written on it. This is where the ancient teleportation array in Fusang City is located.
The Yuanying period cultivators from the first-class islands have all entered the Vacuum Hall at this moment.
Although the ancient teleportation array on Fusang Island can lead to the outer sea border, there are many restrictions on its activation. It can only be used once every three months, and the number of people teleported each time is very small.
This time, seventeen people are to be teleported at once, so a group of Yuanying period cultivators have made modifications to the ancient teleportation array.
"Vacuum Palace? This name is a bit strange. I thought it would be called the Teleportation Palace, the Outer Sea Palace, or something like that?" Yuan Ming stood alone in a corner, communicating with a silver-haired young man through voice transmission.
"I know about this. This Vacuum Palace was not built on Fusang Island. It is said that it has existed here since ancient times. It is a product of the same period as the ancient teleportation array. I don't know how many years of wind and rain it has experienced, but it still stands today. As for the name of the hall, it is also passed down from ancient times." The silver-haired young man said.
Yuan Ming raised his eyebrows. This ancient teleportation array is said to have existed for tens of thousands of years. Could it be that this strange hall has also stood for tens of thousands of years?
His consciousness spread over and tried to explore the Vacuum Palace, but he was isolated by an invisible force before he got close.
Yuan Ming was not surprised. This ancient teleportation array was of great significance to Fusang Island, so it was natural that many restrictions had to be set up.
"How are you preparing? Can you buy star instruments and talismans?" Yuan Ming calmed down and ignored the Vacuum Hall, and asked the silver-haired young man.
"Not bad, Xueyan Island gave me some, and I also prepared a few myself." The silver-haired young man said casually.
This silver-haired young man was a cultivator from Xueyan Island who participated in the third competition. In fact, he was disguised by Wulu, who deceived everyone present, but not Yuan Ming.
Yuan Ming entered the Heaven Stealing Cauldron last night, trying to find out what Fusang Island was up to. Fusang Island's intentions were not clear, but he accidentally discovered the scene of Wulu transforming into a silver-haired young man.
"You are really bold. You actually transformed your appearance to pretend to be someone else. You will not let me off easily if you are discovered." Yuan Ming said in a voice transmission.
"I was originally quite confident in this transformation method, but I didn't expect you to find it easily. But now that the bow has been drawn, there is no turning back, so I can only bite the bullet and continue." Wulu smiled bitterly.
Yuan Ming was not too worried. Wu Lu's transformation technique was really amazing. If it weren't for the all-seeing divine sense of the Heaven Stealing Cauldron, he really wouldn't have discovered it.
"Be careful after entering the secret realm. According to my intuition, this trip to the secret realm may not go smoothly." Yuan Ming pondered for a moment, and still reminded Wu Lu through voice transmission.
Wu Lu looked at Yuan Ming's solemn expression, as if thinking about something, and nodded slowly.
Other people outside the hall also gathered in groups of three or two, chatting and laughing easily, forming small circles.
These people are almost all in the late Jindan stage, and there are many who have reached the peak. Even the other three second-level island cultivators are at the lowest level of the middle Jindan stage. Even Wulu did not know what means he used, and the aura he showed was also the middle Jindan stage.
Yuan Ming, who was in the early Jindan stage, was particularly eye-catching.
Yuan Ming did not care about this. While chatting with Wulu, he observed the people present.
The most eye-catching person was a woman in golden clothes and blonde hair. She looked only in her early twenties. She had a plain appearance, but a very good figure, with a protruding front and a curved back. There was a golden glow all over her body, and she had a good temperament.
This woman was sitting cross-legged at the door of the hall at this moment, closing her eyes and practicing as if no one was around. A strong fire attribute mana wave was wandering around. She had actually reached the peak of the late Jindan stage, and it seemed that she was only one step away from the Yuanying stage.
Yuan Ming had lived on Fusang Island for a few days and was very familiar with the situation on this island. The blonde woman was called Fairy Jinyun, and she was the closed disciple of the Fusang Island Master.
Speaking of Fairy Jinyun, Yuan Ming actually saw a good show last night.
In all previous Immortal Fruit Meetings, Fusang Island cultivators did not participate. This was the first time that the rules were broken.
When they learned yesterday that Fairy Jinyun was going to participate in the trial, the other twelve first-class islands came to the door to oppose it. The owner of Fusang Island made a concession that Fairy Jinyun would not participate in the ranking of the Immortal Fruit Meeting regardless of how much profit she made. Only then did the islands calm down.
"Wulu, do you know anything about Fairy Jinyun?" Yuan Ming asked in a voice transmission.
"Fairy Jinyun? She is the direct disciple of the owner of Fusang Island. She is not very old, but her cultivation has already reached the peak of Jindan. Her fire attribute magical power is superb. Ordinary Yuanying early cultivators dare not be arrogant in front of her. She is recognized as one of the cultivators with the most hope of advancing to the Yuanying stage in the entire East China Sea. Some people also say that this woman is deliberately suppressing her cultivation, otherwise she would have broken through long ago." Wulu said after a start.
"This woman is really powerful. In addition, is there any other information?" Yuan Ming already knew these basic information from Yan Siyun.
"Besides these, I don't know anything else. There is a rumor that the Fairy Jinyun has an affair with several male cultivators in the Jindan stage. Some people also saw some strange men entering and leaving her cave. Tsk tsk, this woman is not very old, but I didn't expect her to be so greedy." Wu Lu thought about it and smiled mischievously.
Yuan Ming heard this and a trace of surprise flashed across his face. This was the first time he heard of this.
"Why? Are you interested in this woman?" Wu Lu rolled his eyes and touched Yuan Ming with his arm.
"Don't talk nonsense. Do you know what it means to know yourself and the enemy and never be defeated in a hundred battles?" Yuan Ming glared at Wu Lu and hurriedly distanced himself from the matter.
A golden shadow was floating in his sea of consciousness, which was Xiying's Golden Crow Soul.
Xiying hid in the space of the Heaven Stealing Cauldron. In order to see the situation outside, he deposited a Golden Crow Soul in Yuan Ming's sea of consciousness and investigated the situation outside through the method of soul transformation and the five senses of the body.
Of course, this is also because Yuan Ming allowed it. If he didn't want to, he could cut off the connection between the Golden Crow Soul and Xiying with a thought.
Yuan Ming continued to chat with Wulu, but his eyes looked at a pavilion not far away. Three figures were sitting inside, chatting and laughing.
One of them was a man in green fur, with sword-like eyebrows and temples, looking a bit serious. Another young man in white, holding a feather fan, was elegant and extraordinary. The last one was a short and fat man, who looked only in his twenties or thirties, with a smiling expression on his face forever.
The cultivation and demeanor of these three people were extraordinary. Although they were not as good as Fairy Jinyun, they were obviously better than others.
Yuan Ming had seen the three people in the intelligence given by Yan Siyun. The man in green fur was called Qianbao Taoist, a cultivator from Jinao Island, and was said to be a sword cultivator.
The young man in white was called Huanlingzi, a representative of Kongling Island, and was good at illusion.
The last short and fat man was called Tusheng, a cultivator from Dihua Island, with superb earth-attributed magical powers, especially good at earth escape.
At this moment, Huan Lingzi seemed to sense Yuan Ming's sight and looked over.
When the two of them met, a series of illusions suddenly appeared in front of Yuan Ming's eyes, and a hidden illusion descended from the air and penetrated into the depths of his soul.
Yuan Ming frowned, slightly activated his soul power, and then dissolved the illusion.
Huan Lingzi's eyes flashed with surprise, but he did not continue to attack.
"Did Huan Lingzi attack you just now? To be safe, check your soul to see if it has been infected with the illusion seed! Huan Lingzi looks like a human, but he is actually full of evil. He likes to plant illusion seeds in people, quietly take root, unknowingly erode the soul, and finally completely become his puppet." Wu Lu noticed the fight between the two and reminded him in a voice transmission.
Yuan Ming suddenly realized that the illusion was going to be planted into his soul, no wonder it was so obscure.
A trace of coldness flashed in his eyes. Huan Lingzi used such a shady trick as soon as they met. It seems that he is not a good person. For such a person, he will not be soft.
Yuan Ming looked away and looked at the three people on the other side. They were monks from the snake people, the mermaids, and the water apes.
He had seen the blue pupils of the snake people. The mermaid monk was a girl in a green skirt, with an oval face and watery eyes. Although she was not stunning, she was sweet and pleasant, giving people a very comfortable feeling.
This girl was called Xueqiao, and she showed a powerful water attribute in the third round of the competition.
The water ape monk was called Hou Santong. He was tall, about ten feet tall, with thick hands and feet. He looked like a small mountain. His physical aura was extremely powerful, almost as strong as King Kong.
Among the three people, Hou Santong's demon characteristics were the most obvious. The ape hair on his hands and feet had been refined cleanly, and fine white fluff could still be seen on his face.
Qingtong and the other two stood there, occasionally speaking to each other, and had almost no communication with the others, looking very alienated.
As for the rest of the cultivators, although their cultivation was also quite high, they were obviously weaker in momentum than those in front.