The Transporting Formation lit up, and the scenery in front of her changed. Before Mo Tiange had time to look around, she already felt a strong killing intent.
"Chi!
Chi! "
The spiritual aura shield on her body blocked something. When the strong spiritual aura wave hit her, she immediately put the talisman in her hand on her body.
A golden light shone, and the spiritual aura around her slowly stabilized.
Then, the sabers and arrows transformed from spiritual aura disappeared, and a fierce hurricane blew around them, carrying a large amount of hailstones.
Qin Xi raised his hand, and a fiery red light gathered in his hand. The hailstones melted and disappeared as soon as they touched the red light.
This situation lasted for half an hour before it stopped.
The two of them stepped out of the Transporting Formation. When they looked up, they still saw a snow-white palace made of ice attribute high-grade spirit stones in front of them. Jade eaves stood majestically, and a plaque hung high above the palace door with the ancient words "Sutra Depository" written on it.
The strange thing was that the space where the Sutra Depository was located seemed to be completely independent.
Mo Tiange looked around and found that the palace was filled with spiritual aura that blocked her divine sense. She couldn't see the surrounding scenery with her naked eyes. It seemed to be very far away, but also seemed to be nothing.
"Hmph!"
While she was looking around, Mo Tiange heard a cold snort. She turned around and saw Guifang Demon Monarch staring at them with a rather unfriendly expression.
She finally realized the situation was a bit strange.
Before them, the other four groups of people had already come in, and they all looked a bit embarrassed.
The Exquisite Pagoda in Master Daoist Yuanmu's hand was scorched black. Master Daoist Iron Mask's hair was burned a bit, and Ling Shiyu's beard couldn't even be saved. The four people's clothes were full of scorch marks. Their clothes were probably intact because of the special materials.
Yu Shusheng and Han Shizhi weren't much better. They were both scholars who usually paid attention to their appearance and elegance, but now, they became elegance. Their bodies were full of stains and their clothes were disheveled.
Guifang Demon Monarch and Yang Chengji were slightly better, but they were also experts with no elegance at all.
Only Venerable Uming didn't seem to be affected much. He shook the weeds on his clothes and quickly restored his appearance.
Mo Tiange smiled secretly. She knew what was going on without asking.
Fu Yao Zi said that the Scripture Depository was the place where the sect kept their cultivation methods, and only disciples of the sect could enter. Therefore, all cultivators who entered through the teleportation array should have an identity token on them.
If they had an identity card, the killing array would not be triggered, but they did not. Therefore, as soon as they stepped into the Cabinet, the killing array would immediately be activated.
However, before the Immortal Palace was abandoned, there were disciples guarding the Hidden Scripture Pavilion. Therefore, they didn't kill them all and left them with a chance of survival.
According to the rules of many sects, disciples were not allowed to use magic treasures when entering an important place like the Sutra Depository. They would even use certain methods to temporarily disable the magic treasures.
Therefore, if the killing array was activated, the person who came would use a magic treasure, and it would lead to a merciless killing. As long as the person did not use a magic treasure, the power would be greatly reduced, and the guarding disciple could close the killing array in time to prevent some disciples from being careless and losing their lives in vain.
That was Fu Yao Zi's conjecture, but it was reasonable. That was about it.
However, the others had never experienced it before, so they naturally did not know this. Although their lives were not in danger, they more or less suffered some injuries.
Master Daoist Yuanmu's expression was cold. He said in a heavy voice, "Little Friend Mo, you didn't do this on purpose, did you?"
Mo Tiange naturally knew what he was referring to, but she asked in surprise, "Senior, what do you mean?"
Guifang Demon Monarch snorted then said, "Otherwise, how could the two of you be so relaxed?
Why didn't you warn us in advance? "
Mo Tiange was even more surprised. "This formation isn't that powerful. Do I need to say anything?"
The several Nascent Soul cultivators were stunned. For a moment, they couldn't answer.
To be honest, this killing array was indeed not that powerful. If they were prepared, they could easily pass through it.
But if it wasn't powerful, how could they be in such a difficult situation?
This formation became stronger when it met a strong opponent and weaker when it met a weak opponent. As soon as they saw danger, they casually used their magic treasures, which led to the formation's inescapable net-like attacks. With the methods of peak great cultivators like them, although they wouldn't die here, it wouldn't be easy for them to escape.
Revered Wu Ming was a little better because his Buddhist cultivation technique didn't attach as much importance to magic treasures as the others.
But for them to admit that this matter had nothing to do with Mo Tiange … What a joke! How could they wash their faces?
"Fellow Daoists." In the end, it was still Revered Wu Ming who came out to smooth things over. "We've already entered the treasure mountain. Do we still want to waste time here?"
Upon hearing this, Master Daoist Yuanmu and the others' expressions finally eased. With treasures in front of them, fated chances were more important.
Guifang Demon Monarch looked at the Sutra Depository and asked, "Little Friend Mo, are there any other mysteries here?"
Mo Tiange shook her head then answered, "Senior Fu Yao Zi said we shouldn't think about the place where those top-grade cultivation techniques are stored. This Distant Past era group might have Great Ascension cultivators, so those places aren't places we can enter.
As for the place where cultivation techniques below the Deification realm are stored, the restrictions outside have been removed, so there's no danger there. We can act according to our own abilities. "
"Oh?"
Master Daoist Yuanmu stroked his beard then asked, "So now we can search for cultivation techniques based on our own abilities?"
"Correct."
Master Daoist Yuanmu and Master Daoist Iron Mask exchanged glances then looked at Scholar Yu and the others. "That being the case, let's go in."
Everyone naturally had no objections and entered the Sutra Depository together.
No one had taken care of it for at least more than a hundred thousand years, so this palace was actually a bit dilapidated.
The tables and chairs were placed crookedly, and only a few of them were still intact. There was dust everywhere, and there was practically no place to stand.
However, because of the rich spiritual aura here, it appeared to be full of immortal aura and didn't look dilapidated at all.
Everyone raised their heads to look around.
The hall of the Sutra Depository was extremely spacious, more than enough to accommodate several hundred people. There were tables and chairs in the front, which should be where the disciples in charge of the Sutra Depository sat. In the center of the hall, there were decorative sculptures and furnishings. After a cursory glance, they realized they weren't magic weapons, so they skipped over them.
In addition, there were several Transporting Formations lined up side by side at the bottom.
These Transporting Formations were still in good condition. They didn't know whether they'd always been well-preserved or whether they were restored by Senior Five Saints.
But they were dim, so their spirit stones must've been used up.
According to the records on the Jade Slips in the administration office, these Transporting Formations all led to places where cultivation techniques were stored. However, the categories were slightly different. They were respectively Five Elements Spells, Cultivation Techniques, Martial Cultivation Path, Miscellaneous Studies of Pill-Making and Tools, and Notes on Experiences. As for which one was which, it wasn't clearly written.
Everyone looked at each other. Master Daoist Yuanmu was the first to speak. "Little Friend Mo, there's nothing to pay attention to here, right?"
Mo Tiange shook her head. "There are protective restrictions inside. It doesn't matter even if we enter the wrong one."
Master Daoist Yuanmu nodded. The Sutra Depository was an important place of the cultivation group. When the cultivation group existed, there were naturally disciples guarding it. As long as they touched the restrictions, they would be discovered.
But now that this immortal palace was already abandoned, no matter how they touched it, no one would come to drive them out. It was fine as long as there was no danger.
"Then we're free to do as we please?" Ling Shiyu asked.
"Wait." Scholar Yu spoke up to stop them. "Fellow Daoists, we've been working together all this way. Now that the fated chance is right in front of us, shouldn't we come up with some rules?"
Guifang Devil Monarch asked in a heavy voice, "Fellow Daoist Yu, what do you mean?"
"Nothing," Scholar Yu said faintly.
"But I'll say the ugly words first. Although we're collaborators now, none of us can completely trust each other. It's better to make everything clear."
Master Daoist Yuanmu pondered for a moment then nodded. "You're right. What Mr. Yu said makes sense."
Scholar Yu looked at Guifang Devil Monarch. Seeing that he didn't say anything else, Scholar Yu continued: "There are five Transporting Formations here. We'll split into five groups. Each group will enter one, and we won't interfere with each other. What do you think?"
Guifang Devil Monarch narrowed his eyes and said coldly, "Fellow Daoist Yu, on the surface, each group will enter one. This is very fair, but the contents of the cultivation techniques inside are very different. How can a collection of miscellaneous studies compare to the Five Elements Immortal Techniques?"
"Of course not," Scholar Yu said calmly.
"But we have a fair chance. Whatever we choose is a fated chance. If we choose the useless one, we can only blame ourselves for being unlucky."
"But …"
"Fellow Daoist Guifang!"
Scholar Yu asked solemnly, "If we enter together with the cultivation techniques in front of us, can we really guarantee peaceful coexistence?"
Guifang Devil Monarch was taken aback as he shut his mouth.
Scholar Yu was right. The treasures were right in front of them. If they were to gather together at this moment, with the difference in cultivation techniques, there would definitely be disputes. When that happened, whoever was stronger would have the final say. In that case …
Both of their gazes turned to the people from Jiuyan Sect.
Perfected Yuanmu naturally understood. With a sullen expression, he said coldly, "Fellow Daoists, what else can I say?"
Although their Jiuyan Sect was the strongest among the five groups, the others could defeat them if they joined forces.
Scholar Yu smiled and didn't say anything.
Although he had a good relationship with Perfected Yuanmu, he naturally had to join forces with the others to restrain Jiuyan Sect at this time.
"Mister Yu is right."
Supremacy Nameless, who had been silent all this while, spoke up. "We entered this immortal palace in search of opportunities. It's best to prevent disputes.
Besides, at our current cultivation realm, we can already create our own cultivation techniques. Even if we obtain the best cultivation techniques, we can't re-cultivate them. They will only benefit our descendants.
Since that's the case, why be so calculative? "
Upon hearing this, Master Daoist Yuanmu's expression slowly eased.
That's right. Although obtaining high-level cultivation techniques would be greatly beneficial to them, their chances of advancing to the Deification realm weren't great. This benefit wasn't enough to make great late stage Nascent Soul cultivators like them fall out with each other.
He exhaled and slowly said, "Alright, this old man agrees as well.
But … "His gaze turned to Mo Tiange and Qin Xi." Have you forgotten that Little Friend Mo is an exception? "
Sensing his killing intent, Qin Xi's aura turned cold. He took a step forward and stood in front of Mo Tiange.
Master Daoist Yuanmu waved his hand and said, "Fellow Daoist Qin, don't misunderstand. I don't mean anything else.
It's just that we don't know which library these Transporting Formations lead to, but Little Friend Mo has the help of Senior Fu Yao Zi's divine sense, so you know … "
Mo Tiange chuckled and said lightly, "What's so difficult about that?
Either we draw straws or you guys choose first. Isn't that enough? "