fifth form

Chapter 3277 The Core of the Mysterious Lands of Mount Tai

"Such a valuable item was just given away like that, and then he left without any restrictions?"

The new emperor, holding the jade token, felt that the benefits he could gain were beyond his imagination. Zhang Xuezhou, on the other hand, felt a little regretful, thinking that the reward was too meager and the promises were useless, since they did not want to become disciples of the Mi Luo Palace.

“You can send out as many as you want without any restrictions. They can easily produce these kinds of treasures, so they are not valuable to them and there is no need to restrict them,” Zhang Xuezhou said, shaking his head.

"Although it was just a casual gesture, it's actually quite remarkable!"

Zhang Xuezhou didn't care, but the new emperor looked wistful, feeling that his luck had started to reverse after surviving a great calamity, allowing him to come into contact with things he would almost never normally encounter.

It may seem like a small jade token, but it is the key to understanding the Celestial Court.

The colossal Celestial Court was undoubtedly torn apart, and the new emperor, observing the situation, felt an overwhelming excitement.

If used properly, this could even become a powerful weapon against Zhujiuyin.

Moreover, he realized that the harm caused by the turmoil in the secret realm was beyond his imagination. Thousands of immortals emerged from the Heavenly Gate as if fleeing a disaster, which meant that the Lingxiao Palace secret realm was difficult to maintain normalcy.

The fact that a powerful force had not fallen in the struggle, but instead collapsed due to the turmoil of natural disasters, left the new emperor speechless.

This probably gave him the feeling that a great cultivator had not died in the competition but had instead choked to death on a mouthful of water.

The imperial court clearly misjudged the Celestial Court, stubbornly believing it to be the behemoth that commanded all cultivators hundreds of years ago. Little did they know that the Celestial Court had been declining under the ravages of time, and even that natural disasters had caused immortals to scatter and flee.

Without people, even the greatest power will struggle to survive.

If the Celestial Court is preoccupied with its own problems, the vigilance against it can be greatly reduced, and there is no need to worry about important court officials being won over by the Celestial Court, thus arousing suspicion from the emperor in the high hall.

These may seem like simple things, but the benefits they bring cannot be measured in terms of money and treasures.

Sitting in the middle of the mountain, the new emperor watched from afar as the immortals carrying torches or luminous pearls hurriedly departed, his heart filled with complex emotions.

The new emperor was not worried about the destruction brought by these immortals. The immortals gathered in the Celestial Court were one thing, and the immortals who fled were another. These people were no longer of any use.

He stretched out his right hand and carefully stroked the token that Zhang Xuezhou had criticized, while countless thoughts kept swirling in his mind.

"We should go too!"

The faint light from Jade Emperor Peak disappeared, and the procession of immortals went further and further away. Yuanshi Tianzun transformed into purple light and searched everywhere vertically before flying high into the sky and leaving, without passing through the South Heavenly Gate.

Mount Tai returned to its desolate state, and when it was difficult to see anyone, the new emperor couldn't help but get up.

"Where to?" Zhang Xuezhou asked.

"Jade Emperor Peak!"

The new emperor glanced at the entrance to the Yellow Springs. Even the Primordial Celestial Venerable entered and exited the Taishan Prefecture Lord's Daoist Temple through this entrance. The new emperor was very curious about the passage he himself used to enter the secret realm, and whether this experience was related to the turmoil in the secret realm.

If one possesses the ability to cause turmoil in secret realms, destroying the Celestial Court's stronghold would be a simple matter.

The climbing speed is relatively slow, but the speed of ascending into the air on the Sky Shuttle is extremely fast.

"I was sitting there at the time, and I must have jumped from this direction!"

The new emperor, holding the luminous pearl, quickly determined the location where he had fallen in his dazed state.

Although he sought new sacrificial guidance while sitting atop the Jade Emperor Peak, thus avoiding the old system of the seventy-two ancient sages performing the Fengshan ceremony at Mount Tai, the new emperor's mind was filled with various thoughts of the ancient sages' rebukes as he sought guidance. His mind was inevitably muddled, and he eventually jumped out, unable to bear the humiliation.

From being distraught to being haunted by inner demons, and then to finally breaking free from the crushing pain and regaining clarity, the new emperor has lost a piece of his memory.

He re-examined the old site and tried his best to find out the result.

Do we still have any amulets?

Zhang Xuezhou slowly descended on the Imperial Shuttle.

Zhu Jiuyin did not come to Mount Tai to create the Hunyuan Grand Array, but this turmoil was similar to the earth-shattering power of the Hunyuan Grand Array.

Zhang Xuezhou didn't mind investigating. If the connection was clarified, this kind of leverage would indeed be fatal to the Celestial Court. If the Celestial Court continued to decline, this would at least cut off the way to quickly enter the Han Dynasty from Western Kunlun, which would be of some use to Zhang Xuezhou in preventing Donghua from becoming a threat.

"We'll be as careful as possible," the new emperor said helplessly. "Once I take back Huang Laodao's side, we should have a better supply of talismans!"

"I'm not afraid of something happening to myself, I'm afraid of the Imperial Shuttle being damaged!"

Zhang Xuezhou pointed to the thick mist below, indicating that the Sky Shuttle would encounter the risks earlier than they did.

"I'll use my longsword to stir things up below. If there's any risk, you steer the Sky Shuttle upwards!"

The new emperor crouched down and began stirring the area below with his longsword, trying to make sure the sword touched any potential risks first.

"It seems to be here!"

When the longsword pierced a protruding rock in the clouds, the new emperor felt a dull pain in his groin.

Even with the Vajra Talisman protecting him, the impact of such a high jump would inevitably cause pain, and it would also cause his entire body to fall in a different direction.

"These rocks are so fine! Who made Mount Tai have such long rocks!"

With the help of the luminous pearl, Zhang Xuezhou also saw a stalagmite that he had not noticed when he landed.

A stalagmite growing on a steep cliff seems somewhat out of place, and perhaps no one would even notice it.

It wasn't until the new emperor was struck by the stalagmite, causing an accident, that the stalagmite became important.

Zhang Xuezhou gestured and felt that the height of the stalagmite was almost the same as the height of the Yin-Yang School's passage, which likely meant that there was a connection between the two.

He muttered a complaint, and the Sky Shuttle began to slowly approach the stalagmite.

The new emperor leaped down, landing on a stalagmite that caused it to sway slightly.

As he reached out to survey his surroundings, the new emperor stomped his right foot across the air, firmly planting his body on a non-stalagmite area.

“There are rocks here hidden by an array, and the Tai-level Six-Character Talisman seems to be connected to them, which allowed me to stand firmly. Dongfang Shuo, you are good at flying, why don’t you put away the Sky-Piercing Shuttle and come here to test it out!”

The new emperor gave an order, and Zhang Xuezhou had no choice but to put away his magic weapon and then stomped on the spot where the new emperor was.

Where the new emperor could stand firm and tread, Zhang Xuezhou's treading was just a cloud of air.

He landed with a whoosh, while the new emperor bounced back and forth in the air several times.

If I'm not mistaken, after being split in the stalagmite, he fell this way, then his head hit the wall of nothingness and he rolled several steps before entering the entrance to the secret realm.

Holding the Tai Ti Six Talismans, the new emperor carefully stepped forward, and then felt a stream of light float beneath his feet, and the geomagnetic light belonging to the secret place began to emerge.

A stinging sensation surged through the soles of his feet, and the new emperor's inner energy and blood flowed from the soles of his feet. He then quickly withdrew his foot.

Looking at the soles of his shoes that had been worn away in an instant, the new emperor knew he had taken the wrong step.

He cautiously stepped forward again to find the right direction, while Zhang Xuezhou, who was behind him, already knew part of the reason.

"This place is very likely the core of the secret realm of Heaven, Earth, and Man in Mount Tai!"

Having experienced the mutual attraction between the three secret lands of Beiju Luzhou, Zhang Xuezhou knew very well that only the core area was a safe place.

This area has a very special nature, similar to the eye of a great formation, and may also lead to every secret place.

If the balance here is broken, the secret realm may become unstable.

The fall of the new emperor's physical body is not enough to cause a problem; even if a hundred people jumped off Mount Tai, it would not cause a problem.

The problem is that the Tai Jie Six Talismans involve the Yin-Yang Secret Realm, and also involve the talisman protection of the body triggered by the geomagnetic light accidentally touched by the new emperor.

Adding to this the additional formations created by the Yin-Yang School in the secret realm, and the magnetic pull of the Earth's magnetic field caused by the alignment of the seven stars mentioned by the Primordial Celestial Venerable, all these factors combined to create chaos, ultimately resulting in an accident similar to the Hunyuan Grand Formation destroying the secret realm.