In the world of "Covering the Sky," my cultivation technique is not right.

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A colossal mountain, towering into the clouds, with pavilions and palaces stretching across its slopes, shrouded in mist, resembling a heavenly palace on earth.

Before a massive palace, several old demons appeared, coldly watching Lü Yao and the others.

But what Lu Yao and Ye Fan didn't expect was that when Yan Ruyu and Qin Yao were in front of the palace, a strong wind blew by, and Yan Ruyu was no longer wearing the white undergarment she was sleeping in, but had changed into a blue robe, and Qin Yao had also changed into a gauze skirt.

Yan Ruyu stood in front, expressionless, while Qin Yao followed behind, her teeth clenching slightly upon seeing Ye Fan appear.

Lu Yao transmitted his voice to Ye Fan: "Didn't you say we could go in on our own? Does this mean we're not allowed in?"

Ye Fan also looked puzzled, as this was different from what Qin Yao had said: "I don't know, perhaps Yan Ruyu has other plans."

Yan Ruyu stepped forward gracefully and looked at Lü Yao, saying, "I wonder if the Holy Body has told the Holy Son something?"

Lü Yao said helplessly, "I know, but I need time to consider it."

Yan Ruyu smiled and said, "That's good. I originally said you could go in on your own, but I would like to give something from the treasure vault to the Holy Son as a token of my sincerity."

She knew that Qin Yao had already told Ye Fan some things, and since the group had taken the seals but didn't come directly to the treasure vault, they must have exchanged information, and sure enough.

"What is this thing? In the end, it's all about me nurturing the Azure Emperor's sacred heart," Lü Yao thought to himself.

He was very willing to take the Emperor's Heart, but he needed to think twice about becoming Yan Ruyu's Daoist partner.

This woman's heart is filled with thoughts of reviving the demon race; she has little affection for him. As for her desire to seek the Dao, that remains to be seen.

"This is, after all, a treasure of the Flood Dragon King. Does he know that?"

“I have just informed the Dragon King, and he is aware of it.”

"Then thank you, Princess Yan." Lü Yao smiled gently.

"Please." Yan Ruyu invited Lü Yao and the other two, along with a dog, into the palace.

These old monsters before the palace are nearing the end of their lives. They are incredibly old, with wrinkles piled up, snow-white eyebrows drooping to the ground, and some are even bald, their heads so shiny they reflect light.

Some of them were sweeping the floor, some were tending to the fairy flowers, and some were playing chess, just like the most ordinary elderly people in the mortal world.

Yan Ruyu did not ignore them, but stepped forward to talk to them. The old demon looked at Lü Yao and the others and opened the heavy white jade door for them.

Lu Yao glanced at them. These old demons were all at the Immortal Platform level. If they left the secret realm, they would be figures who would dominate the world. Even the Supreme Elders of the Holy Land would not dare to underestimate them.

With its gates wide open, vital energy surged out like a tidal wave.

Ye Fan took a deep breath and exclaimed, "This place is comparable to some cultivation paradises."

As the group walked inside, the white jade gate behind them slowly closed, but the interior remained brightly lit, as many treasures shimmered and made the place as bright as day.

The big black dog's eyes gleamed with golden light as it greedily gazed at the treasures casually piled on the ground and shelves: "They're all treasures!"

As soon as he spoke, he realized that Yan Ruyu and Qin Yao were there, and swallowed the rest of his words.

Elixirs, divine materials, weapons—a dazzling array of treasures that left visitors breathless and awestruck.

Ye Fan and Tu Fei looked at everything one by one, like country bumpkins.

But these were just ordinary things for Lü Yao; the treasure trove of the Yao Guang Holy Land was far more precious and larger than this.

In the entire Eastern Wilderness, apart from the Forbidden Zone of Life, the Jiang Family, the Ji Family, and the Yaochi Holy Land, no other force has a foundation that can compare with the Yaoguang Holy Land.

Lu Yao walked calmly among the treasures, his eyes filled with appreciation, devoid of greed and desire.

"These are all precious treasures. The Azure Dragon King is too rich. I really want to take them all..." Black Emperor muttered to himself, finally unable to hold back his thoughts.

Tu Fei was also dumbfounded: "The palace has nine levels, all filled with treasures. How many are there? This is more than my grandfather's collection."

The Azure Dragon King is the fourth largest bandit, and Tu Tian also helped him obtain many things here.

But what Tu Tian had, Qing Jiao Wang did not have—half a piece of the ultimate imperial weapon, the body of the Devouring Demon Jar.

Ye Fan glared at him fiercely and transmitted his voice, "You damn dog, don't talk nonsense. Yan Ruyu is not far away."

"Divine Phoenix Grass... Flood Dragon Pearl... Bright Stone..." The group continued on their way and soon reached the seventh level. The Black Emperor knew all the treasures he had seen like the back of his hand, and there was none he didn't recognize.

Yan Ruyu and Lü Yao, standing in a corner in the distance, were talking: "There is a rare item here that is related to the Wind Clan. The Azure Dragon King has only a so-so relationship with the Wind Clan, but we heard that the Holy Son is favored by the Holy Lord of the Wind Clan. Perhaps he will be able to obtain such a treasure."

Unexpectedly, Lü Yao was not curious. He simply shook his head and said, "My relationship with the Holy Lord of the Wind Clan is just so-so. We met by chance. It's all just a rumor. I'm not familiar with the Wind Clan."

Yan Ruyu smiled without saying a word and led him to a shelf. The shelf was made of a special kind of ancient wood and had five layers, but only the top layer contained a blue jade box, while the other four layers were empty.

Lu Yao asked, "What about Ye Fan? Should we send him to the location of the Holy Body's remains on his own?"

Yan Ruyu said to Qin Yao beside her, "Take the Holy Body to the Ninth Palace. The Holy Body's remains are there."

"Yes." Qin Yao swayed her slender waist as she walked towards Ye Fan, leading the two people and the dog towards the ninth treasure vault.

"Holy Son, please look." Yan Ruyu stretched out her hand, and the blue jade box on the wooden shelf rose into the air and landed in her hand.

The jade box is about 20 centimeters long and 4 or 5 centimeters wide, with a smooth surface and a water-like luster.

Judging from its shape, the contents inside wouldn't be too large, and Lü Yao guessed it was probably something like a scroll.

Yan Ruyu held the jade box in one hand and gently opened it with the other.

As soon as a crack appeared, a divine aura emanated from it, with purple mist swirling around it, reflecting light on the faces of Yan Ruyu and Lü Yao.

The jade box was fully opened, and Lü Yao looked inside. There was a roll of crystal-clear purple paper lying quietly inside the jade box.

"Holy Son, please look." Yan Ruyu held out the jade box to Lü Yao, indicating that he could take it out and examine it carefully.

"Thank you, Princess Yan." Lü Yao didn't stand on ceremony. It seemed that not only did he need to nurture the Azure Emperor's heart, but Yan Ruyu was also determined to get involved with him.

He reached out and picked up the roll of purple paper, slowly unrolled it, and looked at the contents.

The purple paper has serrated marks on one side, as if it had been torn apart; this is one half of it.

Lu Yao's pupils suddenly contracted, his heart felt as if it were being gripped by a hand, and his hand holding the purple paper tightened.

Yan Ruyu noticed his hand movements, pretended to be casual, and asked softly, "Holy Son, can you understand the contents above?"

Not only her, but even the Azure Dragon King couldn't understand the contents, but Lü Yao, coming from the Yao Guang Holy Land, might be able to understand it...

Lu Yao had regained his composure and was carefully examining the contents of the paper.

To be precise, this is half a painting, with a purple background and gold lines.

Most of them are drawn with maps, and in the blank spaces, there are some gold characters marked, which are clearly the ancient Chinese inscriptions on bronze vessels.

And he happened to have systematically studied bronze inscriptions.

"The map on this looks like a map of some secret place. I've never seen the words on it before. Could it be the language of the demon race?" Lu Yao asked, pretending not to understand.

Yan Ruyu looked at Lü Yao with eyes as bright as stars, her expression intrigued: "Does the Holy Son know why I want to give him this half of the map as a gift?"

Lü Yao shook his head: "I don't know."

"This half of the map should depict the Divine Desert, which is 100,000 miles away from the Primordial Ancient Mine. When this map was created, the purple aura stretched for thousands of miles. The Flood Dragon King and the Holy Lord of the Wind Clan fought for it at the edge of the Divine Desert, tearing the complete map apart and each getting half."

Yan Ruyu recounted the events of hundreds of years ago in detail:

"But no one recognizes the text marked on it. It is neither human language nor demon language, nor the language used by any race in the Five Domains at present."

Lu Yao chuckled and said, "Since you can't understand the label, then it's a useless thing. How can Princess Yan call it a treasure?"

But in reality, after reading the above text, he was already in an uproar.

"Later, the Flood Dragon King abducted living fossils who understood ancient scripts and various strange scripts from the Jiang family, the Ji family, and the Yao Guang Holy Land, but only the living fossil from Yao Guang recognized a few characters..."

Very good, very powerful. I don't recognize you, but I am a notorious bandit. Your extreme sect has a long history; surely someone here knows you. I'll just kidnap you and bring you back...

"I wonder what all four characters mean?" Lu Yao asked, genuinely curious about how much the demon race actually knew about that mystical land.

“Nuwa, Nine Refinements, God-Slaying.” Yan Ruyu parted her red lips slightly and uttered three words.

Chapter 124 The True Lord of Literature

Nuwa...Nine Refinements...God-Slaying?

Lu Yao recognized the characters on the map as the interpretations of the inscriptions on bronze vessels that the Azure Dragon King had learned from the living fossils of the Yao Guang Holy Land.

But he also noticed that after the characters "Nuwa" (娲皇), there was the character "经" (经).

In the Divine Desert, isn't the God-Slaying Whip that Ye Fan obtained the one related to fighting gods?

Could there be something left behind by ancient Qi cultivators in the Divine Desert? Ye Fan hadn't noticed.

"Is this a map of the Divine Desert?" Lu Yao carefully examined the half of the map, the golden lines on it were extremely simple.

"Holy Son, please look here." Yan Ruyu leaned closer, her body emitting a delicate fragrance that kept wafting into Lü Yao's nose.

She's clearly a fairy, yet her body fragrance is so elegant and pleasant.

Lu Yao sighed inwardly, then immediately came to his senses and looked at the spot where Yan Ruyu's fair finger was pointing.

"This place is the Primordial Ancient Mine, and this place is the Yaochi Sacred Land. Combining these two with the terrain of the Northern Region, this place should be the Divine Desert."

The two symbols that Yan Ruyu pointed out resembled an ancient cave and a pool of water, respectively, with the characters for "Primordial Beginning" and "Jade Pool" marked on either side in bronze inscriptions.

She continued, "A hundred years ago, the Azure Dragon King happened to pass by the Divine Desert and found the Wind Clan waiting there, with many Supreme Elders gathered. He guessed that the Wind Clan was about to make a big move, so he hid in the void."

Three days later, the sky was filled with purple aura and lightning flashed in the void. A purple divine map floated out of the Divine Desert. The Azure Dragon King knew that the ancient family had calculated the birth of a great treasure, so he immediately took action to snatch it, and he and the Wind Clan each got half.

"With these two pieces of evidence, this painting must depict Shenmo."

Yan Ruyu slowly recounted the grudges between the Azure Dragon King and the Wind Clan hundreds of years ago. It can only be said that he truly deserves to be called the fourth greatest bandit. He directly snatched the belongings of the ancient aristocratic families without even knowing what they were for.

"No one in the world can read the writing on it, and even the terrain of the Divine Desert is of no use."

Yan Ruyu smiled and said, "Regardless of its value, I will give it to the Holy Son. Since the seniors of Yao Guang Holy Land can recognize four characters, there are probably others who can recognize the others."

Not to mention, the Holy Son has a good relationship with the Wind Clan, so there's a high probability he'll also obtain the other half of the map. Combining the fragments might lead to unexpected changes.

“I’m really not familiar with the Wind Clan,” Lü Yao explained.

Marry Fenghuang? He's not out of his mind; Fenghuang probably wouldn't even consider him.

Yan Ruyu said, "The Holy Son has been in the secret realm these past few days, and communication with the outside world has been difficult. A demon cultivator brought me news from the outside world: the Holy Lord of the Wind Clan wanted the Holy Maiden Feng Huang to participate in the Yaochi Stone Appreciation Conference, but she refused."

The Wind Clan princess, filled with resentment, engaged in a fierce battle with the clan elders, causing the sacred mountain to crumble and the lake to flow backwards...

Her expression was strange, as if she were watching a good show, but she had some unsettling thoughts in her mind, as if someone had their eye on something that belonged to her.