CHAPTER 127: CHAPTER 127 MYSTERIOUS WOODEN BOX, CONCEALING SECRETS

"Kill!"

On the plaza of the Shen Heng Sect, battle cries shook the heavens. Luo Li, Jun Moxiao, and Su Wanyi were already engulfed by a tide of sword light.

However, their strength was far greater than before. Coupled with the suppression of the cultivation bases of the Shen Heng Sect’s Nirvana Realm Elders, the three managed to hold their ground.

Su Wanyi’s experience was the most miraculous. If any Nirvana Realm expert tried to kill her, their cultivation base would instantly plummet from the Nirvana Realm to the First Level of the Divine Bridge Realm. Even high-level Divine Bridge Realm experts targeting her experienced a similar sharp drop in their cultivation base.

These Divine Bridge Realm and Nirvana Realm disciples and Elders had all been firmly controlled by a type of mental Secret Technique cast by Ye Yun. Therefore, even though their cultivation bases dropped so drastically, none of them were aware of it. All they knew was that they had to kill the three youths before them at any cost.

However, when Divine Bridge Realm cultivators faced Luo Li and Jun Moxiao, their cultivation bases did not drop.

All tens of thousands of disciples of the Shen Heng Sect were controlled by Ye Yun’s mental Secret Technique. Their faces contorted with madness, they launched wave after wave of suicidal attacks. The tsunami-like onslaught placed immense pressure on the three.

Although sword light rained down across the plaza, any that came within a ten-meter radius of the carriage instantly vanished.

"The Young Master has become even more terrifying after reaching the Divine Monarch Realm..." the Big Black Horse said, its eyes wide as it surveyed the surrounding battle, clicking its tongue in awe.

"Uncle Ma, what on earth is happening here? I still don’t get it..." the Big Black Cat asked, blinking. It truly hadn’t understood the current state of the battle. Being only at the Destiny Realm, the Big Black Cat was simply unable to sense the aura of the Elders’ demoted cultivation bases. The Big Black Horse, having reached the Eternal Realm, could just barely perceive some clues, allowing it to vaguely deduce the heaven-defying methods Ye Yun had employed.

WHAP!

A massive horse tail suddenly struck the Big Black Cat, almost flattening it into a pancake.

"You don’t understand a thing! How dare a mere Destiny Realm cultivator like you speculate about the Master’s Divine Skills? It seems you’ve gotten rather arrogant since your advancement, haven’t you?" the Big Black Horse turned its head and glared irritably at the Big Black Cat.

"Ouch! Uncle Ma, I was just talking casually, don’t take it seriously, esteemed elder! Even though I’ve advanced to the Destiny Realm, in your eyes, I’m still hopelessly weak..." the Big Black Cat howled, struggling to get up while clutching its head.

"Haha!" The Big Black Horse grinned. "Little Cat, don’t just stand there. Hurry up and collect the storage rings. We can give them to the young masters later!"

"You got it!" The Big Black Cat was instantly energized. It leaped agilely from the carriage, transforming into a streak of black light, weaving through the chaotic sword light.

Disciples of the Shen Heng Sect fell one after another. Those at the Origin Sea Realm were especially vulnerable; the slightest carelessness meant death by the overwhelming sword light.

"There’s one here..."

"And another one over there..."

The Big Black Cat was having a field day collecting them. After gathering the storage rings, it tossed them above its head, securing them firmly in place with Mana.

Behind the Sect Grand Hall, outside the imposing Nine-Level Ancient Tower, Ye Yun walked forward slowly, his hands clasped behind his back. At this moment, he had retracted all his aura, appearing like an ordinary person.

Clear footsteps suddenly echoed.

The blind old man seated on the ground abruptly stood up. Drawing his sword, he pointed it in a certain direction and coldly asked, "Who goes there?"

Ye Yun smiled faintly.

Under the gaze of his demonic pupils, the blind old man turned to ash and vanished.

A mere half-step Destiny Realm cultivator. In Ye Yun’s eyes, they weren’t even considered ants. Now, even an Eternal Realm cultivator was less than an ant before Ye Yun. With a single thought, Ye Yun could annihilate an Eternal Realm cultivator.

As his realm advanced, Ye Yun’s cultivation base grew increasingly terrifying. After three months of secluded cultivation in the Accumulated Thunder Mountain Range, he had not only solidified his cultivation base but had also advanced to the Second Layer of the Divine Monarch Realm!

During these three months, Ye Yun had also comprehended several unimaginably powerful Divine Skills. His pair of demonic eyes, for example, were a manifestation of a God-level Pupil Technique Divine Power: the Sky Exterminating Phantom Eye.

A myriad of illusions; life and death decided by a single thought. A single glance could turn countless powerful beings to ash, preventing them from ever entering the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

This was a potent Pupil Technique, its power incredibly formidable. Though Ye Yun was exceptionally talented, he had only cultivated this Divine Skill to the Great Achievement Realm, still some distance from the pinnacle. Ye Yun estimated that once he entered the Divine King Realm, this Divine Skill would reach its absolute pinnacle. At that time, with a single look, the entire world would undergo creation and destruction within his eyes.

Ye Yun stepped forward and walked in. The great doors of the ancient tower opened automatically, and he entered the first level.

"Who’s there?"

Another guardian of the tower, an old man, was startled to see a strange white-robed young man walk in. He immediately drew his sword and lunged. He was a cultivator at the Nirvana Tenth Level, so this strike was exceedingly powerful.

Ye Yun glanced up at him. A peculiar light flickered in Ye Yun’s demonic eyes.

The sword light instantly vanished. Then, the old man was horrified to discover his arm had vanished. Next, he found he couldn’t make a sound. Finally, his entire body disappeared. He had vanished without a trace.

Ye Yun smiled faintly. The tower guardian was not yet dead; he had merely been banished into a spatial counter-current. How long he could survive depended on his own abilities. A mere Nirvana Realm cultivator could never escape such a spatial counter-current.

Ye Yun scanned the first level but didn’t find what he was looking for. He then ascended the stairs to the second level.

The second level had no guardian, but it was protected by a Formation. Upon sensing an unfamiliar presence, the Formation activated, emitting a blinding light, attempting to bar Ye Yun’s entry.

Ye Yun glanced at the Formation. Countless star-like runes flickered within his eyes. In an instant, the Formation disintegrated into countless particles and vanished into thin air.

The second level, too, did not hold what Ye Yun sought.

Next, he proceeded from the third level up to the ninth level, breaking seven Formations in succession. Finally, on the ninth level, he found what he was looking for.

This ninth level was the most secret place in the entire Shen Heng Sect. Its importance surpassed even that of the Shen Heng Sect’s Treasure Pavilion. The Sect’s most guarded secrets were kept here.

The ninth level was entirely different from the others. It contained only a single altar, upon which rested a box exuding an ancient aura. It was extremely ancient and bore numerous seals.

Seeing these seals, Ye Yun’s expression remained indifferent. How overly cautious, he thought. It seems every measure was taken to prevent anyone from prying.

Ye Yun walked over to the box and looked down. Instantly, the seals melted away like spring snow under the sun.

Ye Yun opened the box.

Inside, there was a letter and a Jade Tablet.

Ye Yun did not open the letter. With a slight flash in his eyes, he had already seen its contents. The Jade Tablet was a token.

This was a handwritten letter left by the first-generation Patriarch of the Shen Heng Sect ten thousand years ago. The reason it was named the Shen Heng Sect was precisely to counterbalance the Dragon God Sect. To keep the Dragon God Sect in check for ten thousand years, ensuring its lineage, which had spanned three hundred generations, would come to an abrupt end. Once that was done, the mission would be considered complete.

After the mission’s completion, the succeeding Sect Masters of the Shen Heng Sect could use this Jade Tablet to enter the Heavenly Moon Secret Region, find the Heavenly Moon Osmanthus Tree, and hang the Jade Tablet upon it.

Then... they would receive an astonishing reward.