To comprehend all laws and attain immortality

The scene in front of Wanfa Palace was quite different from what Gu Fan had imagined. Not only was no one vying for the opportunity, but the place was also deserted.

The Wanfa Palace is entirely cast from black stone, leaning to the left. Its top has been cut off in half, and the remaining three floors are dilapidated and show no signs of spiritual light.

Several stone statues in front of the palace gate collapsed, and traces of rune carvings can be seen from the cross-section, but unfortunately they have long been destroyed.

Upon seeing this, Gu Fan quickly understood what was happening.

The palace's tilt is clearly due to the broken protective array. Without the nourishment of spiritual energy, the Wanfa Palace is only superior to ordinary buildings in terms of the quality of its materials, and it is still difficult to withstand the erosion of thousands of years.

The protective formation was broken, leaving the Wanfa Palace completely undefended, which allowed the Yunxiao Ancestor to take the cultivation technique jade slip.

Although there are still many unexplored areas in the Luofu Secret Realm, such as the Stone Palace mentioned earlier, the Wanfa Palace is clearly not among them.

Since Ancestor Yunxiao plundered the inheritance of the immortal sects to create the Lingxiao Sect, which sect in the two continents and six kingdoms didn't covet it? In the years that followed, Wanfa Palace had been plundered countless times.

Sure enough, when he stepped into the Palace of Ten Thousand Laws, he was immediately stunned by the empty scene before him.

Not only were the cultivation techniques and jade slips taken away, but even the stone platform that held them was carried off.

The view was expansive, with several holes in the walls and traces of magic remaining on the black jade-like floor. Only a towering pillar, requiring five people to encircle, stood in the center, supporting the entire palace.

Gu Fan suspected that if this towering pillar hadn't served as the load-bearing support for the entire palace, its removal would have caused the Wanfa Palace to collapse, and the pillar would likely have been taken away as well.

He pursed his lips, but Gu Fan still went up to the second floor, unwilling to give up.

The second floor was even worse than the first. There used to be murals on the stone walls, but they were scraped off and taken away by someone.

The situation on the third floor is slightly better; at least the stone platform is still there, but it has lost all its spiritual light and there are no jade slips placed there.

With a push of his hand, the stone platform could not be moved.

Looking down, I realized that the three-tiered stone platform was actually integrated with the ground, no wonder it was left here.

"They looted so thoroughly...it's practically impossible to find anything else!" Gu Fan couldn't help but complain.

Then he realized that the one who was most ruthless was probably his own ancestor.

That's fine.

Throughout the three-story building, dozens of stone platforms were scattered about, and Gu Fan could imagine the scene where countless cultivators had once studied cultivation techniques and secret arts here.

Even the once-prosperous Luofu Immortal Sect has vanished like smoke, leaving only this secret realm behind.

A gentle breeze blew in through the broken window frame, and sunlight shone on the stone platform, casting a long, narrow shadow.

Gu Fan, whose gaze was unfocused, was startled.

The stone platform near the window casts a shadow that points directly at the central pillar reaching to the sky.

Gu Fan immediately became interested and tapped the pillar in the sky a few times with his fingers.

The pillar to heaven remained completely still, without even making a sound.

Gu Fan summoned a bone spike and pointed it at the Heavenly Pillar. The bone spike instantly pierced the Heavenly Pillar.

With a "ding," the bone spur was deflected, leaving not a trace on the pillar.

Gu Fan immediately sensed something was wrong.

The walls and floors of each floor bear the marks of a battle, but the Heavenly Pillar remains intact, covered only in dust accumulated from the wind and sun.

He squinted again to examine the cloud patterns on the pillar reaching to the sky.

Lines outline the clouds, and dozens of cranes roam freely alongside them, creating a lifelike scene.

Gu Fan walked around the Heavenly Pillar several times, imprinting the image of dancing cranes into his mind.

The Myriad Manifestations Eye quietly activated in the next instant.

The cranes in the painting suddenly began to dance, and the clouds moved little by little, as if blown by a long wind.

As the scene moves, the lines that make up the crane and the clouds also change, eventually forming runes!

Gu Fan was overjoyed and turned to look at the scattered stone platform. Sure enough, he found cloud patterns on the stone platform. However, these cloud patterns were all different. Some were carved with a celestial dog eating the moon, some were carved with a giant snake swallowing the sky, and some were carved with a phoenix flying across the sky and a roc soaring.

He only recognized a few types, but he was certain they were the legendary spirits.

"If the disciples of the Spirit Transformation Sect were here, I imagine they would know more people." With a sigh, Gu Fan suddenly recalled the scene of Cai Xuan kowtowing to the spirit talisman.

After imprinting the picture into your mind, observe it with the All-Seeing Eye, and the picture will come to life, revealing runes.

Connecting these runes together forms an array pattern!

Excitement gleamed in Gu Fan's eyes as he stomped twice on the sloping ground.

"I understand now, these drawings aren't fixed, they're dynamically changing!"

"Originally, with the spiritual veins providing spiritual energy, this array could operate, and the array patterns on the Heavenly Pillar and the stone platform would be revealed. However, after the Myriad Laws Palace tilted and broke away from the spiritual veins, the array became ineffective, the image became fixed, and the array patterns disappeared. Even those who understand the Dao of Arrays cannot discover the array patterns within!"

Having figured out the key to it, Gu Fan frowned again.

This formation used to operate on the spiritual veins beneath the Wanfa Palace, but even if the Wanfa Palace is moved back to its original position, the connection is severed. If the formation is to operate again, the only way is to forcefully supply energy to it.

He did have some spirit stones in his storage bag, but not many.

After reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, he either studies cultivation techniques or earns merit points to exchange for spiritual materials, so he uses fewer spirit stones.

More importantly, outer disciples are not bold enough to hire Foundation Establishment cultivators to forge magical artifacts for them, and Gu Fan has not yet opened up the market for inner disciples.

"Regardless, let's memorize the formation first."

Having made up his mind, Gu Fan began to traverse the three levels of the Palace of Ten Thousand Laws, bending down to carefully examine the patterns carved on each stone platform and imprinting them in his mind.

There were as many as thirty-six stone platforms on the three-tiered platform. Gu Fan spent a lot of time just recording these patterns. By the time he had recorded all the patterns, night had fallen.

When the thirty-six pictures converge in the sea of ​​consciousness, they surround the pictures on the pillar to heaven.

Under the all-seeing eye of the myriad phenomena, the picture began to move. The thirty-six strange beasts on the picture either flapped their wings and cried out or raised their heads and roared, all transforming into array pattern hubs and connecting with the array pattern at the center.

"Thirty-six hubs is already the limit for a third-order formation."

Gu Fan quickly memorized the complete array diagram while observing the trend of the array's operation.

Although his array formation cultivation has not yet reached the third level, under the careful guidance of True Person Xuanji, he can already set up a second-level high-grade array, which is enough to see the operation mechanism of the array.

"This formation will pause every nine breaths. If something is sealed inside the formation, it can only be taken out during the pause."

Gu Fan thought excitedly, walked to a stone platform, and placed his hand on it.

The strange beast carved on the stone platform was a giant dragon with two wings on its back. Gu Fan immediately recognized its name—Yinglong.

Yinglong is one of the legendary true spirits, and can be considered the head of the true spirits. This stone platform is also the starting point for the operation of the formation.

Gu Fan stared intently at the Heavenly Pillar, channeling his immense magical power into the stone platform.

Without the support of spiritual veins, he could only activate the formation in this most primitive way.

A beam of light rose from the stone platform, followed by a second and a third.

When all thirty-six stone platforms lit up with spiritual light, Gu Fan focused his mind and started to activate the formation.

As soon as the formation began to operate for a moment, Gu Fan's face began to turn pale. By the second moment, he swayed and moved his hand away.

"My current mana is not much different from that of an ordinary mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator. At most, I can only support the operation for three breaths. Even if someone who does not understand formations has abundant mana, they cannot drive the formation."

"No wonder no one noticed it for so long."

A bitter smile appeared on Gu Fan's lips. He sat down on the ground without any decorum, panting heavily. He was like a cat scratching at his heart, unable to get his hands on the treasure he had been guarding.

After a long while, he put a pill to replenish his mana in his mouth and slowly began to refine it.

"It seems we'll have to figure something out later."

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