After the myth

Chapter 1064 The Kind-hearted Hou Yucheng
Ding Huan was still considering how to enter the Dao Tower when a cultivator passing by suddenly stopped.

Ding Huan's gaze had just landed on the cultivator when he heard the other exclaim in surprise, "Ding Huan, is it really you?"

"Hou Yucheng?"

Although his tone was questioning, once the name was uttered, Ding Huan knew he hadn't made a mistake; the black-clad cultivator in front of him was indeed Hou Yucheng.

This delighted Ding Huan, who never expected to find an acquaintance in a foreign land.

Moreover, it was someone he admired.

Ding Huan was not surprised at all that Hou Yucheng could appear here undetected.

Hou Yucheng once transformed into a Dao principle; such a method could only be achieved after one has become extremely familiar with the rules of heaven and earth.

Since it can transform into a series of laws, it can integrate the rules of heaven and earth of this region and hide them within, so naturally no one can discover it.

Hou Yucheng thought he was seeing two people who looked alike. After all, in the vast universe, it is not strange for two people to look exactly alike.

Even he himself couldn't believe that he would meet Ding Huan here.

However, considering that Qu Yi was trapped in the Tower of Inquiry, it's not surprising that he would find Ding Huan here.

The only strange thing is how Ding Huan knew that Qu Yi was trapped here?

"Ding Huan, let's leave here first and go to Qianlong Dao City first." After Hou Yucheng finished speaking, he turned around and left.

Ding Huan did not hesitate and immediately followed Hou Yucheng away.

Qu Yi has been trapped here for hundreds of thousands of years.

There are many powerful figures here. If he doesn't plan well, he might never have the chance to rescue Qu Yi if he misses this opportunity.

Therefore, he had to be careful.

Qianlong Dao City is only half a day's journey from Dao Tower, and it is a relatively prosperous place.

Most cultivators who come to Qianlong Dao City are there to enter the Dao Inquiry Tower.

Therefore, there is a cave dwelling area here, specifically for visiting cultivators.

Hou Yucheng's rented cave dwelling in Qianlong Dao City is located in this cave dwelling area.

On the way to Qianlongdao City with Hou Yucheng, Ding Huan sensed that something was wrong with Hou Yucheng.

He did not remind Hou Yucheng.

As soon as Hou Yucheng brought Ding Huan back to the cave, the first thing he asked was:
"Ding Huan, you came here to save Fellow Daoist Qu Yi, right?"

"how do you know?"

Hou Yucheng sighed: "After I learned that Qu Yi was your Daoist partner, I tried to find a way to save her. However, I have been here for many years and still have no way to comprehend the Daoist essence of the Daoist Tower."

I dare not enter the Tower of Inquiry unless I can sense its Daoist essence. If I do, I will surely be caught.

"How did you know?" Ding Huan was even more puzzled.
"This is a long story. After I perfected my Great Dao in the Great Universe, I left the Great Universe with a few friends, preparing to find a place where the rules of heaven and earth were more perfect."

On my journey to find a higher-level universe, I met a very strange guy who said his name was Bamboo Shoot…

After hearing Hou Yucheng's explanation, Ding Huan roughly understood what had happened.

It must have been Hou Yucheng who encountered bamboo shoots in the void.

Ding Huan is quite familiar with bamboo shoots.

This person is simple-minded, even more so than He Yan, whom he met.

Moreover, Bamboo Shoot is very kind. If Bamboo Shoot and Qu Yi come together and something happens to Qu Yi, Bamboo Shoot will definitely try to rescue her.

As expected, Hou Yucheng continued:

"Bamboo Shoot told me that some of his friends had been swept away by the void vortex. He was anxious to go in and rescue them, but he was worried that the message would not be able to be sent back, so he asked me to help him pass on the message."

I was looking for Feng Pu at the time, and he came with me. He, too, got separated from me in a void vortex storm.

"You know the Void Square where Feng Pu was nailed outside, right?"

Hou Yucheng nodded:
"Yes, I couldn't save him. Bamboo Shoot is a bit unruly. After he carved a jade slip for me, he entered that void vortex himself before I could even agree."

It was from that jade slip that I learned that your Daoist partner, Qu Yi, was also among those swept into the vortex. You helped me a great deal back then in the Great Universe, and without you, the Great Universe would have become the backyard of the Tianmeng Clan.

By the time I returned with the message, it would be too late. Besides, I didn't even know where you went; I just followed you into that void vortex.

When I found this place, tens of thousands of years had passed. I thought that I had reached the seventh step of my path and should be qualified to speak here.

well……"

Hou Yucheng sighed, and after a long while, he continued, "If I hadn't thoroughly studied the laws of heaven and earth and changed my own Dao rhythm, I would definitely be in that Dao Inquiry Tower as well."

"What do you mean by locking people in the Tower of Inquiry?"

"Those with top-tier Dao bodies and who cultivate top-tier Dao techniques will be locked in the Dao Inquiry Tower. The Dao Inquiry Tower will strip away their Dao bodies and techniques, thus creating their own world system."

That Tower of Inquiry is a supreme treasure of chaos, extremely powerful.

The extracted Dao cultivation techniques and various Dao bodies will be recorded in the Tower of Inquiry. When cultivators who are challenging the tower ask questions, these Dao cultivation techniques will become their opportunities.

Some cultivators are even able to alter their Dao body through the Dao Inquiry Tower.

Upon hearing Hou Yucheng's words, Ding Huan's killing intent reached its peak. Sensing Ding Huan's killing intent, Hou Yucheng quickly said, "Ding Huan, don't act rashly. The strongest being here has almost overturned your understanding of existence."

I suspect the strongest here isn't even at the ninth step of the Great Dao; the ninth step of the Great Dao is something we can only look up to.

Ding Huan looked at Hou Yucheng with suspicion: "Are you mistaken? The ninth step of the Great Dao can only be looked up to? Is it possible to surpass the ninth step of the Great Dao?"

Ding Huan was indeed not very convinced.

He dared not say anything else.

However, he was certain that he was superior to Hou Yucheng in his understanding of the rules of heaven and earth.

In Ding Huan's understanding of the rules of this universe, these rules are simply incapable of supporting an existence stronger than the ninth step of the Great Dao.

Although Ding Huan himself didn't know what exactly something beyond the ninth step of the Great Dao was.

Hou Yucheng sighed, "I'm not sure, but I have a vague feeling that I, at the seventh step of the Great Dao, am just a fish to be slaughtered here."

I want to comprehend the great principles here and then prove myself again, but that's just too difficult.

The cultivation resources here are basically controlled by a small group of people; everyone else can only toil at the very bottom.

Ding Huan sighed: "Old Hou, do you know that someone has placed a Daoist mark on your body?"

"What? Someone has placed a Daoist mark on me?" Hou Yucheng was stunned. How could this be?

Ding Huan nodded: "When we returned here, I knew that you had a Daoist mark on you that did not belong to you. Moreover, the person who placed the Daoist mark should be from this world."

Hou Yucheng's expression changed, and he immediately activated his Great Dao Technique.

However, no matter how he circulated his own Dao, he could not find the Dao imprint on his body.

"Let me help you." Ding Huan said, raising her hand and pointing it at Hou Yucheng's forehead.

Hou Yucheng didn't move, he just looked at Ding Huan with confusion.

Even if Ding Huan is strong, he should only be at the seventh step of the Great Dao, right?
He too was at the seventh step of the Great Dao, and even he couldn't remove the Great Dao imprint from himself...

No, it should be said that he couldn't find the Dao imprint on his body at all, so how could Ding Huan peel it off?
Furthermore, how could Ding Huan know that he had the Daoist Daoist imprint on his body?
But at this moment, Ding Huan's fingers had already left his brow, and a series of mental imprints were brought out by Ding Huan, with Daoist aura swirling around Ding Huan's fingertips.

Hou Yucheng stared in disbelief for a long time before muttering to himself, "When was I marked? If I was marked, why didn't they just attack me directly?"

Ding Huan raised his hand and sealed the mark in his hand: "I'm also very curious. If this mark had just been placed on you, it would be fine. In fact, this mark has been there for at least several hundred years."

Hou Yucheng had always known that Ding Huan was very strong and his Dao was also very remarkable.

But just by looking at him, one could tell that he had been marked, and Ding Huan's Dao was probably even more perfect than when he last saw him.

"Old Hou, how did you guess that there is an existence here that surpasses the ninth step of the Great Dao?"

This is the issue that Ding Huan is concerned about.

He was certain that there could not be anyone here who had surpassed the ninth step of the Great Dao.

But what if he's wrong?

Ignorance is the most terrifying thing.

He initially thought his barrier was very strong, but who knew there was another barrier?
Who knew there was another source?
He saw one of the ninth steps of the Great Dao today, and Ding Huan estimated that if they were to fight, he should be able to handle it.

If one surpasses the ninth step of the Great Dao, there will be too many uncertainties once action is taken.

Hou Yucheng put aside his unease, thought for a moment, and said:
"In the Tower of Inquiry, there is a powerful expert at the ninth step of the Great Dao, named Yan Yu. He never leaves the Tower of Inquiry, and no one knows just how strong he is..."

Upon hearing this, Ding Huan thought to himself, "Does he never leave the Tower of Inquiry?"

Haha, that kind of talk can probably only fool ordinary people.

He was certain that the gray-clad man he had seen today was Yan Yu.

"Because I've always wanted to enter the Tower of Inquiry, I've spent many years wandering around its perimeter. Once, I saw a very young golden-robed cultivator arrive at the Tower of Inquiry."

He directly summoned Yan Yu to meet him, and Yan Yu came out, treating the golden-robed cultivator with great respect…

Ding Huan asked, "You judged that the other party's cultivation level was above Yan Yu's just because Yan Yu was very respectful to him?"

Hou Yucheng shook his head: "I am not that shallow, because I have been outside the Tower of Inquiry, so I saw the golden-robed cultivator clearly when he came over."

The place where he stood was a huge rock, about ten feet in diameter, which had existed outside the Tower of Inquiry for countless years.

When the golden-robed monk finished speaking and left, the spot where he had stood disappeared automatically.

I've never seen such a divine power before, and I'm certain Yan Yu doesn't possess it either. That's why I deduced that the golden-robed figure might be someone beyond the ninth step.

Ding Huan also did not believe in such methods.

He also had no way to dig away a piece of land and then remain completely unaffected by the rules of heaven and earth.

Therefore, Ding Huan suspected that the guy might have casually set up a hidden dimension.

"Old Hou, where did you get that phrase, 'the daylilies are all cold'?"

Hou Yucheng was taken aback; he had never expected Ding Huan to ask such an unrelated question.

(Good night, fellow Taoists!)

(End of this chapter)