The Eternal Saint of Alchemy

The other two ancient sects remained silent.

Xiao Fan said, "The Shuangjietai survey plan originally included the survey of the extension of the ancient road."

If the Path of Silent Fire truly exists, then the Twin Realms Platform is willing to provide a base for everyone, allowing them to rest and communicate here.

The man from the Star Pattern Sect and the other two ancient sects exchanged glances but remained silent before returning to their respective camps.

In the following days, none of the three ancient sects approached the entrance to the ancient road again, nor did they have any contact with the Twin Realms Platform. However, their camps maintained a clear order, as if they had accepted the rule of the Twin Realms Platform.

Xiao Fan instructed the patrol battalion to set up a liaison point between Shuangjietai and Gray Rift Valley to ensure the timely transmission of intelligence every day.

Cheng Xiushi added another page to the bulletin board of the Twin Realms Platform, recording the movements of the major forces.

Based on the markings on the border, the Forest Dwellers observed the Star Pattern Sect's long march route and determined that they had not stopped in the eastern part of Aurora Plains or had any contact with other settlements before reaching the Gray Rift.

The Rockskin Clan has confirmed that the rock structure surrounding the Azure Rock Sect's territory is the same as the Rockskin Clan's Resonance Stone.

Five days later, the Star Pattern Sect sent a formal letter to the Twin Realms Platform.

The confirmation letter states that during the opening of the Silent Fire Path, the Twin Realms Platform will serve as the external contact point, and that the Twin Realms Platform is authorized to be responsible for the daily maintenance of the surface passage from the Gray Rift Valley to the entrance of the Old Path.

Over the next two days, both the Qingyan Sect and the Guling lineage confirmed this through various channels.

Holding the three confirmation letters, Xiao Fan confirmed that the management rights of the Twin Realms Platform north of the Gray Rift had been confirmed by both parties.

In his diary that day, he wrote: "The outer sect agrees to Shuangjietai's management rights over the passageway in this area."

In the first week after autumn arrived, the three ancient sects set off towards the entrance of the ancient road.

The Star Pattern Sect took the lead, followed closely by the Azure Rock Sect, while the Ancient Bell lineage dispersed and followed closely behind.

The patrol force in the northern part of "Grey Rift" observed the marching speed of each squad and the order in which they entered the ancient trail entrance.

Xiao Fan led Bai Ye and Hunter Pei to the entrance of the ancient road.

The metal scroll pointed to a gentle slope covered with low shrubs. On the surface, it was no different from the surrounding terrain, but when the red crystal at the tip of the short staff touched the slope, the spiritual energy feedback below it would show the same fluctuation as when the stone gate opened.

After the people from the Star Pattern Sect arrived, an old man in black robes walked to the slope, squatted down to check the spiritual energy on the hillside, then stood up and said, "It is indeed our spiritual energy fluctuation, but it has been altered and needs to be readjusted."

Xiao Fan used the spiritual power on his short staff to guide the passage below the slope and the stone gate in the rift valley to resonate, and gradually superimposed the frequency of the spiritual power on the short staff onto the waveform when the stone gate opened, and a narrow groove appeared on the slope.

None of the three ancient sects stepped forward. The elder of the Star Pattern Sect looked at the Silent Fire Path that had already been opened and said...

"We'll determine the order of entry and assignments once we're inside."

Beyond the ancient road was a narrow passageway several meters wide. It took a full half hour to walk there before we arrived at an open space.

This is a space large enough for dozens of people to stand side by side. The walls are made of a material similar to the Rift Valley Stone Gate, and the surface is covered with a uniform layer of silvery-white crystals.

Facing the wall was a complete bronze disc, engraved with a pattern identical to that on the metal scroll. In the center of the disc was a groove, the shape of which was exactly the same as the red crystal at the top of the short staff.

An elder from the Star Pattern Sect walked up to the bronze disc and confirmed that the map was the same as their sect's old map. He took a step back and said, "The passage has been identified. Please have each of the three major sects send someone to check whether the nodes on the bronze disc are the same as the original map."

Disciples from the Qingyan Sect and the Guling lineage stepped forward to check the markings on the bronze plaque. After confirming that everything was correct, they withdrew.

After the copper sheet was aligned, a layer of silver light shone at the joints between the walls and the floor.

This is a very small space, only a dozen meters deep. At the bottom is a stone platform that has been polished very smoothly. On the stone platform are three items: a black metal scroll, a silver-gray dagger, and a piece of reddish-gold crystal the size of a pigeon's egg.

There were a few barely perceptible scratches at the edge of the space, reflecting a dim light under the lamp.

Several lines of small characters were engraved on the bronze disc. When touched with spiritual energy, the characters appeared, detailing the steps to open the passage and how to use it safely.

When Xiao Fan walked to the stone platform, the red crystal and the crimson-gold crystal on the short staff began to resonate. As time went by, the crystal's light grew brighter and brighter.

Bai Ye scanned the surrounding environment with the Silver Frost Sword and confirmed that the crimson-gold crystal and the short staff were of the same origin, but of higher quality and greater density.

The three items were taken by the Star Pattern Sect, the dark scroll by the Azure Rock Sect, the gray dagger by the Azure Rock Sect, and the golden crystal by Xiao Fan.

As the three items left the stone platform, the silver light on the platform gradually dimmed and returned to its original state.

Xiao Fan returned to the Twin Realms Platform and placed the crimson gold crystal and the crystal from the short staff together on the table inside the array room.

The resonance between the two crystals, at such a close distance, has stabilized, emitting a soft light without any repulsion or frequency conflict.

The day after the crimson-gold crystal returned to the short staff, the staff's spiritual power output increased by about 20%, and the spiritual runes on the staff became thicker and covered a wider area.

After obtaining what they wanted in the Silent Fire Path, the three ancient sects settled down, but they had some disagreements about the control of the outer perimeter of the ancient path's entrance.

The Star Pattern Sect believes that the entrance to the ancient path should be jointly managed by the three major sects that arrive first, while the Azure Rock Sect prefers to allocate the gray rift where the entrance is located to other sects, and the Ancient Bell lineage maintains a neutral attitude.

Old Lady Pei overheard the struggle for control of the entrance to the Old Path and said, "The three major sects have each obtained items from the Silent Fire Path, and their relationship is no longer as close as it was when they first arrived."

"Let them come to a conclusion through internal discussions."

Xiao Fan recorded the spiritual power parameters of the crimson-gold crystal. Bai Ye compared the records on the Silver Frost Sword with the long-distance synchronization of the crimson-gold crystal and found that the spiritual power structure contained in the crystal was completely different from the records of the Qingyan Sect and the Xingwen Sect.