Fairyland Sunshine

Chapter 191 Vientiane Palace

Daoist Yu looked at Xu Heng, a little surprised by his reaction. He paused before saying, "The Xiandu Sect has been around since ancient times and is known as one of the major sources of Taoism today."

"The three true scriptures, six skills and five books in the sect, and the fourteen true teachings are all superior Taoist methods."

"Among them, two are sword scriptures, so the sword art is quite popular in the Xiandu Sect."

Xu Heng's eyebrows moved slightly. He had also heard that the Xiandu Sect had three true scriptures, six skills and five books, but he had no idea what they were specifically. It turned out that there was also a heritage of superior swordsmanship.

"Among the current generation of Xiandu Sect's true disciples, there are four or five who specialize in swordsmanship, and they can all be considered outstanding...but Ying Xianlin's swordsmanship is far superior to theirs."

Fellow Daoist Yu said, “It is said that during the sword duel among the Xiandu Sect, Ying Xianlin defeated them one by one, and it only took him twenty-one rounds at most.”

"Oh?" Xu Heng said casually, "You are well-informed, fellow Daoist. These things are rarely spread outside."

He did not doubt that what Fellow Daoist Yu said was false, but the affairs of these sects were indeed not known to everyone.

Could it be that Fellow Daoist Yu is also from Xiandu Sect? After all, judging from his performance, he must have a following...

However, Daoist Yu only smiled after hearing this: "I often travel outside, so I naturally know more news."

"I see." Upon hearing this, Xu Heng did not try to inquire further. He nodded and changed the subject. He then brought up some minor details that needed to be paid attention to when flying a sword.

Fellow Daoist Yu listened attentively, nodding slightly from time to time. When he was interested, he would summon his flying sword to practice. When he was confused, he would often ponder and ponder. Only when he could not find the answer would he bring up his doubts. Xu Heng would often just smile and say, "Fellow Daoist, just wait and see."

Thus, a line of clouds could be seen in the sky from time to time, and sword lights would occasionally appear, turning into flying rainbows, and lightning flashes...

In this way, time passed in a flash. Although the clouds flew slowly, after eight days and nights, they had already crossed thousands of mountains.

On this day, Xu Heng was talking about how to maintain the speed of the sword when the sword's momentum was changing continuously. Suddenly, he had an idea and after a rough calculation, he realized that he was already close to the Wanxiang Palace.

Fellow Daoist Yu obviously also felt something. He looked at him and then lowered the cloud. As the altitude dropped, a brilliant light suddenly came into view.

In the vastness, there are groups of palaces, some are located on the top of the mountain, some are adorned with green, and some are floating in the sky supported by clear air... They are connected to each other by cloud bridges and floating corridors. They all have copper pillars and golden roofs, green tiles and glazed tiles. On the roofs, there are auspicious beasts spewing clouds and mist, as if covered by a haze of light. It is not yet night, and in the thick ink color, it is like the changing aurora, which is really magnificent.

"This is the Wanxiang Palace. It really lives up to its reputation." Xu Heng looked down from the clouds, taking in its appearance and couldn't help but admire it in his heart.

Wanxiang Palace is an ancient fairy palace. When it came into the world, the whole world was shocked by it. All cultivators in the world flocked to it upon hearing the news, even the powerful sects were not immune to it.

As for what they finally got from the Wanxiang Palace, it might not even be found in history books.

However, it is conceivable that if the Wanxiang Palace had not been protected by a large formation, it would have ceased to exist, and even the beams, pillars, ridge beasts and the like would have been dismantled... How could it have survived to this day, allowing future generations to still have the opportunity to visit it, and even preserve many unsolved mysteries?

Although Xu Heng agreed to teach Daoist Yu swordsmanship and to temporarily accompany her, his original intention was to take in the scenery, and Daoist Yu was actually not very interested.

When they arrived at the Wanxiang Palace, the two of them temporarily stopped their discussion of swordsmanship, let Yun Luo land among the palaces, and slowly walked in.

Xu Heng was just thinking about where to start his journey when Fellow Daoist Yu pointed and said, "This palace has been cleared out in the past. Let's go deeper into it."

"Oh?" Xu Heng said, "It seems that this is not the first time that Fellow Daoist Yu has come to the Wanxiang Palace."

"That's right." Fellow Daoist Yu nodded. "But the last time I came here was when I was young. I traveled with my fellow disciples, but I didn't gain much. This time I decided to visit Tiannan, so I naturally wanted to go again." Xu Heng smiled slightly and said, "Since we are going to go again, why don't we calm down and take a look at the whole picture of the Immortal Palace?"

Daoist Fellow Yu was stunned for a moment, and then he said, "Daoyou is right."

After saying this, he calmed down and toured the palace complex, and indeed felt a unique and leisurely feeling.

All the palaces in the Vientiane Palace have no plaques and naturally no names. There are two theories about why it is called the Vientiane Palace.

One is that every foot and every inch of the Wanxiang Palace is a masterpiece of nature, and it is the ultimate in artistic beauty. What is even more rare is that each palace has its own unique features, and it deserves the name "Wanxiang".

Therefore, a trip to the Vientiane Palace is worthwhile, even if it is just to appreciate the beauty of its art.

Xu Heng did not care whether these outer palaces had been cleared out by previous generations. He rode the clouds and traveled freely, going wherever he wanted. If he was interested, he would go in to take a look.

He strolled leisurely like this until the sun was at its zenith, and only then had he toured half of the outer palace complex. When he reached the central area and entered a floating palace to take a look, he could not help but let out a light exclamation.

I saw three huge figures surrounding the hall. Upon closer inspection, they turned out to be three tall stone statues.

"Why?" Daoist Fellow Yu asked, "Haven't you heard of this stone statue?"

Xu Heng shook his head slowly and replied, "I just suddenly remembered something else."

The second origin of the name of Wanxiang Palace is the existence of these stone statues. According to legend, there are thousands of stone statues like this in Wanxiang Palace, so it is actually called "Wanxiang Palace".

Although this theory is quite absurd, the thousands of stone statues do exist and are integrated into the large formation of the Wanxiang Palace. Therefore, they have been perfectly preserved for thousands of years.

Xu Heng naturally knew about the saying of "Ten Thousand Statue", but what surprised him was that the appearance of these stone statues was very similar to the stone statues guarding the library and the performance ground in Tianchi Mountain.

He walked closer to the hall and suddenly felt a little excited. He wanted to ask out loud whether these stone statues were like those in Tianchi Mountain and could hear people and respond?

But before he could figure it out, Daoist Fellow Yu suddenly spoke up and said, "Daoist Fellow, do you know if these stone statues can hear people's words?"

Xu Heng asked in surprise: "What did you say, fellow Taoist?"

Daoist Yu didn't know what Xu Heng was thinking, so he continued, "Daoist, you can ask the stone statue, and ask - can you teach me the Dao?"

"If there is really a predestined relationship, then it is possible to get a response..."

Xu Heng couldn't help but glance at Daoist Fellow Yu. She just smiled slightly and asked, "I just heard this by chance. Daoist Fellow, do you want to give it a try?"

Xu Heng's heart was throbbing even more. After a moment's hesitation, he bowed to a stone statue and asked, "Fellow Daoist, can you teach me the Dao?"

"Yes." said the statue.

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