Senior, this place isn't bad. "Lu Yin stretched and breathed in the fresh air. The surging star energy made him want to cultivate, but it would quickly dissipate outside.
Elder Jiu Shen frowned and looked into the distance. "Something's not right."
"What's wrong?" Lu Yin asked.
Elder Jiu Shen replied, "I can't explain it, but I have a bad premonition. It's been a long time since I've had this feeling." His face grew solemn. "It's best if we leave."
Lu Yin's gaze turned solemn. Elder Jiu Shen had clearly entered and was looking forward to the opportunity to break through to the Half-Ancestor realm, but he still wanted to leave. It was clear that he wasn't afraid of death, but rather that he had truly sensed something.
Lu Yin was about to speak when his heart trembled. Death energy?
No, he was stunned. It was his Fatesand. The Fatesand was trembling, and then, a pulling force pulled Lu Yin in a certain direction. To be precise, it was not pulling him, but rather the Fatesand within his body.
There was something here that was causing the Fatesand to react to it, and it was such a strong feeling that even Lu Yin was being pulled in a certain direction.
Elder Jiu Shen hurriedly followed.
Not long after, they arrived at the foot of a mountain, where a gray shadow rushed towards them.
Lu Yin's expression changed. Was there someone here?
Then why couldn't he see any rune lines?
He was about to attack when Elder Jiu Shen pressed down on his shoulder. "It's a remnant spiritual force."
Remnant spiritual force?
Lu Yin suddenly remembered. "Is it something from the Mountain and Sea Realm?"
Elder Jiu Shen nodded.
The Mountain and Sea Realm had been the place where the Star Tower battle had taken place. There was a strange gray shadow that originated from ancient spiritual force, and it would always repeat the same thing over and over again. It would change every once in a while, as if it was reliving what had happened in the past.
Why was there one here?
The gray shadow acted as if it didn't see Lu Yin and Elder Jiu Shen, and it charged past them before vanishing.
This was how spiritual force worked; as long as one didn't make a sound or disturb it, it wouldn't be able to discover anyone. Once it was disturbed, the spiritual force would attack and wipe out everything that wasn't it, just like a ghost.
Lu Yin's experience in the Mountain and Sea Realm had left a deep impression on him, and now he was facing it again.
The two of them looked at each other and walked up the mountain.
Soon after, they saw two gray figures walking down the mountain together. These gray figures were wearing the same style of clothing. There was a 'cloud' symbol on one of them. These gray figures were cultivators of the Frigid Celestial Sect.
The further they went up the mountain, the more gray shadows there were. They were everywhere, as if something big had happened.
Lu Yin and Elder Jiu Shen avoided the grey shadows and arrived at the top of the mountain, where they saw dozens of arenas with grey shadows battling on them.
"Martial arts competition. These gray shadows are all disciples of the Frigid Immortal Sect, and they're currently having a martial arts competition," Lu Yin said.
Elder Jiu Shen calmly replied, "These disciples are all Limiteers, and there are the occasional Explorer, but they haven't made a move yet. This should be a competition between the outer sect disciples to determine who will enter the inner sect."
Lu Yin's gaze was drawn to a row of grey figures standing in the distance. These figures should be the deacons or elders who were in charge of overseeing the competition. Lu Yin did not know what their cultivations were, but they should not be weak. Those who could become deacons or elders in the Cold Immortal Sect were all at least Enlighters.
Lu Yin and Elder Jiu Shen were only at a corner of the mountain, and there was a peak further away. The two of them stepped into the air and saw Explorers competing, as well as Cruisers competing.
It was a competition between Hunter realm cultivators.
This mountain peak was called Shaoyou Peak.
At the Hunters' arena, the two of them saw the Shaoyou Peak Master with the rest of the people behind him. Although they could not determine this person's cultivation level due to the remnants of his spiritual force, based on his status in the Frigid Immortal Sect, this person definitely surpassed an Emissary, though Lu Yin did not know exactly how strong he was.
After leaving Shaoyou Peak, the two of them went to the closest peak, Grand Harmony Peak. Lu Yin could feel that the Fatesand within his body was still behind Grand Harmony Peak, so he did not know how far away it was.
There were not many people on Grand Harmony Peak, and when the two of them reached the peak, they saw a gray figure cultivating a battle technique.
"Split the Heavens battle technique?" Lu Yin was surprised.
Elder Jiu Shen was surprised. "You know him?"
Lu Yin nodded. "Yes."
The two of them watched as the gray figure pointed at the void, and the two points formed a line before vanishing. He had failed, but he continued.
"Split the Heavens battle technique is one of the Frigid Immortal Sect's top battle techniques. I've only seen the Frigid Immortal Sect's Junior Ancestor use it in that region of space. This person is qualified to cultivate it, so he must be a top disciple of the Frigid Immortal Sect," Lu Yin said. The two of them communicated telepathically, not daring to speak for fear of attracting attention.
Neither of them was in a hurry to leave, and they quietly watched as the gray figure cultivated.
Half a day later, the gray figure finally released Split the Heavens, and its ability to tear through the void caused Elder Jiu Shen to gasp in amazement. "This battle technique is invincible against someone in the same realm."
"I've fought against it before," Lu Yin continued, and when he met Elder Jiu Shen's gaze, he could not help but feel proud. "I broke through."
Elder Jiu Shen's brows rose, but when he recalled Lu Yin's performance in the final battle of the Sovereign Tournament, he snorted and did not say anything else.
After leaving Grand Harmony Peak, the two of them walked along a small path, not daring to be too obvious. After all, this was a reenactment of the past, and who knew if the gray figure would suddenly appear and alert the entire Frigid Immortal Sect?
Lu Yin suddenly asked, "What if the Flying Willows find Nightking Dijiang and start fighting? What if the entire Frigid Immortal Sect is alerted?
Do you think we'll be able to escape? "
Elder Jiu Shen grumbled, "Don't jinx it."
Lu Yin fell silent.
"Hmm?
There's actually someone in such a secluded place. "Elder Jiu Shen looked towards the valley. In a corner of the valley, in an extremely secluded place, there was a gray figure cultivating. This gray figure was cultivating his mental energy.
Lu Yin and Elder Jiu Shen arrived in front of the gray figure, standing only a few meters away as they quietly observed.
The gray figure specialized in spiritual force, and he cultivated spiritual force battle techniques such as finger techniques, palm techniques, fist techniques, staff techniques, and even sword techniques. The more Lu Yin looked at it, the more familiar it seemed. "This is a battle technique from the Daynight clan."
"It's a battle technique from the Frigid Immortal Sect," Elder Jiu Shen reminded him.
Lu Yin stared at the gray figure as he cultivated, and he suddenly thought of something. "Senior, can the Daynight clan enter the Frigid Immortal Sect as they please?"
"Of course."
"If they can, then wouldn't the Daynight clan be able to learn these battle techniques?"
Elder Jiu Shen was stunned. "Are you saying that many of the Daynight clan's battle techniques originated from this place?"
Lu Yin nodded. "That's possible. This place was originally the Frigid Immortal Flowzone, and the Daynight clan was only a vassal. After the Frigid Immortal Sect left, the Daynight clan rose to power and produced many spiritual force battle techniques that bear the Daynight clan's imprint. The First Nightking was indeed extremely talented, and I believe that he could have created a battle technique like the Nightking Heaven-Splitting Technique, but he wouldn't have done it out of thin air.
Perhaps many of his battle techniques originated from this person.
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Elder Jiu Shen stared at the gray figure. It was not impossible.
"If the Daynight clan could obtain the Frigid Immortal Sect's ruins, then it wouldn't be strange for them to obtain these battle techniques," Elder Jiu Shen said.
Lu Yin understood. "Rumor has it that the Daynight clan has thousands of battle techniques. I was wondering who could have created so many, but most of them originated from this place." He stared at the gray figure. "Perhaps this guy is the Daynight clan's ancestor."
Elder Jiu Shen was taken aback. "That makes sense."
After looking around for a while longer, the two of them left the col and headed for another mountain.
This mountain was much darker than the others, and it was not made of stone. Instead, it was made of a type of metal that was extremely hard, and the ground was stained with blood.
"This should be the place of punishment. It's the place that disciples of the Frigid Immortal Sect fear the most," Elder Jiu Shen said.
The two of them climbed to the top of the mountain, but there was no one around. Just as they were about to leave along the mountain path, the world suddenly changed. The entire mountain seemed to have been separated from the Frigid Immortal Sect and the universe. It was an indescribable scene, and tiny vortexes surrounded Lu Yin and Elder Jiu Shen.
When the tiny vortexes appeared, Elder Jiu Shen had wanted to take Lu Yin away, but his entire body seemed to be frozen in place as an unimaginable pressure descended upon him. This pressure surpassed any cultivator that Lu Yin had ever faced. Even the Wang family's Crone, a half-step Ancestor, had not exerted such pressure when she wanted to kill him.
This was no longer pressure; it was more like heavenly might. It was unfathomable, and they were like two ants that had been dragged into a vortex.
From start to finish, Lu Yin had only experienced this kind of heavenly might once before. It had been during the final stages of the Sovereign Tournament, when the Sixth Mainland's Martial Ancestor had descended and interfered in the battle between the Prime Clear and the Progenitors. This was the power of a Progenitor.
Under the power of a Progenitor, there was no difference between Lu Yin and Elder Jiu Shen. An ant was an ant, and Elder Jiu Shen was just a slightly larger ant.
An instant felt like ten thousand years.
The next moment, a long blade appeared in the sky and shattered the vortex, releasing Xing Shan from the world that he had been separated from. This was another Progenitor's power.
The blade and the vortex were a clash between two Progenitors. To Lu Yin and Elder Jiu Shen, this was the moment of greatest despair. That blade had slashed towards them, and they were right under the blade's edge.
Lu Yin's pupils shrank, and his scalp felt like it was going to explode. His body no longer belonged to him, and he would definitely die under this blade. Elder Jiu Shen was the same. The blade descended, but suddenly, an illusory palm swept past from the right, taking away the blade and the vortex. That palm was still Progenitor's power.
The three Progenitors clashed, but the illusory palm was still the strongest. It completely destroyed the blade and the vortex, and the remaining shockwaves affected Lu Yin and Elder Jiu Shen. Elder Jiu Shen used all of his strength, condensing Sirius's swordsmanship with hundreds of thousands of stars. With a single slash, the stars shattered, and he grabbed Lu Yin with one hand as the two fell off Xing Shan.
Lu Yin hadn't been able to make a move from start to finish, and he didn't even have a single thought. He could only watch, his thoughts frozen.
Pfft!
Elder Jiu Shen spat out a mouthful of blood as his right arm shattered. His entire body crashed to the foot of the mountain, and so did Lu Yin.
The two collapsed at the foot of Xing Shan, and it was only then that Lu Yin reacted. He had just experienced life and death, and that was what a Progenitor had brought to him.
Cough cough.
Elder Jiu Shen coughed up blood.
Lu Yin hurriedly took out a pill that had been upgraded and fed it to Elder Jiu Shen, but it was useless.