Treasure Gathering Immortal Furnace

The Xuan Yang Sword Sect is founded on the way of the sword. Even though it is now in decline and unable to continue, its foundation is still much stronger than that of the Great Yan Sword Pavilion.

In particular, this library might contain some profound sword techniques or powerful cultivation methods that have been buried.

If one could find one or two profound secret techniques, then the trip would not have been in vain.

But the first thing to do is to clean up.

Lu Fan then made a hand seal with one hand and suddenly waved his hand, mobilizing wind-attribute spiritual energy.

call...

In an instant, a gust of wind swept through, sweeping away all the cobwebs and dust inside the library and scattering them outside.

Looking at the newly renovated scripture pavilion, Lu Fan smiled slightly and stepped inside.

I had hoped to find one or two suitable martial arts techniques to practice in this library.

But after looking through them, Lu Fan found that 99% of the books were severely damaged, and some even rotted at the slightest touch.

It is evident that these books have been left unattended for hundreds of years and are now completely decayed.

"The entire library contains thousands of books, including some powerful sword techniques. It's such a waste to just leave them lying around like trash," Lu Fan complained again.

If he wanted to restore these ancient texts, he would probably have to exhaust all the energy of the Heaven-Mending Furnace.

But doing that is like finding gold in the trash; it's completely unnecessary.

"No wonder no one steals it; they wouldn't even take it for free," Lu Fan complained again.

Lu Fan then decided to leave, since he wouldn't find anything even if he searched further.

Just as Lu Fan turned to leave, he seemed to kick something. Looking down, he saw a jade box in fairly good condition casually tossed in the corner.

Lu Fan raised his hand and sucked the jade box into his palm. He wiped away a thin layer of dust, and the four characters "Xuan Yang Handbook" appeared.

"Xuan Yang's Notes? Could it be something belonging to the founder of the Xuan Yang Sword Sect, Ancestor Xuan Yang?" Lu Fan exclaimed in surprise.

It should be noted that the Xuan Yang Sword Sect has been established for an extremely long time, estimated to be at least ten thousand years.

During this period, the Xuan Yang Sword Sect experienced periods of prosperity and decline, with its most recent period of prosperity being a thousand years ago when four Nascent Soul Ancestors were born at once.

The decline was also caused by the large number of mysterious deaths or expulsions of Core Formation cultivators in recent centuries.

"It seems this jade box is ten thousand years old. But how could such an important thing be discarded so casually?" Lu Fan asked curiously as he opened it.

Inside the jade box was a secret manual made of some kind of silk, with the six characters "Five Extremes Yuan Hunting Sword Formation" printed on it in a dazzling golden light.

"A sword formation?" Lu Fan frowned slightly.

This sword formation seems to be the one that Ancestor Xuanyang once used.

This is strange. If it was passed down from Ancestor Xuanyang, why would it be left here so casually? Is it because no one cultivates it? Or is its power too weak?

Lu Fan was a little confused, but then he found a jade slip in the jade box.

"This jade slip should be the real journal," Lu Fan said, taking out the jade slip and releasing a wisp of spiritual energy to see what was recorded in it.

As spiritual energy flowed in, the jade slip immediately shone brightly, and then line after line of words appeared before Lu Fan.

"I am Ancestor Xuanyang, a Nascent Soul sword cultivator who once shook Canglan. However, I was not born a genius. I was born into a cultivation family on the border of Feng Kingdom. From a young age, I was found to have mixed spiritual roots of the five elements, and I had no hope of reaching the Foundation Establishment stage. As a result, I was abandoned by my family."

But I refused to accept my fate. After leaving my family, I searched everywhere for opportunities, but unfortunately, my spiritual roots were limited. After more than a hundred years of hard work, I only reached the tenth level of Qi Refining. Just as I was about to pass away, I was chased by evil cultivators and fell off a cliff.

Fortunately, I survived a great calamity and by chance obtained the inheritance of a deceased senior, learning a fragmented, nameless sword technique. My strength increased greatly, not only allowing me to fight back against evil cultivators, but also breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage when my lifespan was nearing its end. From then on, relying on the nameless sword technique, I was invincible among those of the same level and could even fight against those of higher levels. In order to defy fate, I killed people to seize treasures, bravely ventured into secret realms, and used every means possible.

In the end, after only sixty years, I reached the Core Formation stage and even gained the favor of a stunningly beautiful female cultivator. The two of us became Daoist partners, known as Xuan Yang and Xuan Yin.

With the help of dual cultivation and numerous fortuitous encounters, we both reached the Nascent Soul stage more than three hundred years later. We even established our own sect here, the Xuan Yang Sword Sect and the Xuan Yin Sword Sect, which were hailed as the two great sects of the Feng Kingdom, enjoying immense prestige for a time.

I spent hundreds of years completing the nameless sword technique and, combined with my five elements spiritual roots, created the Five Extremes Yuan Hunting Sword Formation. Since then, there has been no cultivator in Canglan who can overpower me. Even a Yuanhou-level cultivator would show me respect.

At the height of my ambition and high spirits, I encountered a woman who had reached the Core Formation stage. I fell in love with her at first sight and took her as my concubine. We spent our days in passionate cultivation together.

However, this angered Xuan Yin. She was narrow-minded and unwilling to share my affection with anyone. When I was in seclusion, she suddenly attacked me, severely injuring me and imprisoning me for hundreds of years.

Later, I managed to escape by sheer luck. In a fit of rage, I slaughtered thousands of female cultivators from the Xuan Yin Sword Sect and even extracted Xuan Yin's bones to refine her soul! But alas, my true essence was severely depleted, and my days were numbered.

However, the "Five Extremes Yuan Hunting Sword Formation" that was left behind is difficult to pass on due to the limitation of spiritual roots. If any junior with five spiritual roots obtains this secret manual in the future, I hope that he will carry it forward and not forget my journey in this mortal world.

After reading the information recorded on the jade slip, Lu Fan finally understood why no one was cultivating the Five Extremes Yuan Hunting Sword Formation anymore.

This sword formation is only suitable for cultivators with the five elemental roots. Moreover, to fully unleash the power of the sword formation, it is also necessary to refine five matching elemental magic treasures.

This is extremely difficult, after all, it is estimated that only one or two peerless geniuses with mixed spiritual roots and core formation can appear in the entire Canglan every tens of thousands of years.

Even if one or two manage to escape, they might not necessarily run into the Five Extremes Yuan Hunting Sword Formation.

"It seems there's a reason why this sword formation was abandoned like trash. It's impossible to form a core or a nascent soul with mixed spiritual roots without extraordinary luck. The Xuan Yang Sword Sect wouldn't dedicate all its resources to cultivating a cultivator with mixed spiritual roots just for a sword formation. After all, not everyone has such extraordinary luck as the Xuan Yang Ancestor," Lu Fan shook his head.

One has to admire Ancestor Xuanyang for not only forming the Core Formation but also the Nascent Soul Formation with his mixed spiritual roots, creating such a heaven-defying sword formation.

It's easy to see from his own account that with his initial cultivation level, he dared to challenge a grand cultivator like the Empress of the Primordial Era, which speaks volumes about the value of the Five Extremes Primordial Hunting Sword Formation.

This also explains why the right-hand mountain peak is in ruins and desolation; it is Xuan Yangqian's doing.

At this point, Lu Fan had figured out the history of the Xuan Yang Sword Sect.

"Ancestor Xuanyang, you probably left this secret realm book to wait for a destined person. But it's a pity that I don't have the Five Elements Spiritual Root, but a mutated Five Elements Spiritual Root. I'm afraid I can't help you carry it forward." Lu Fan couldn't help but feel regretful. Then he casually flipped through two pages, intending to take a look and put it back.

This discovery shocked Lu Fan. The manual not only contained the five elemental magic weapons of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, but also the methods for refining magic weapons with more than a dozen other mutated spiritual roots.

Perhaps Master Xuanyang was also afraid that one or two people among later generations might have one or two special cases where the Five Elements Spiritual Roots mutated, so he thoughtfully included the refining methods for all the mutated attributes.

But Master Xuanyang never expected that the Lu Fan he encountered was not just someone whose one or two elements had mutated, but someone whose five elements had all mutated!