Chapter 1756: Chapter 1756: Kaiyuan Sword
Yang Xiaotian didn’t expect that after entering the Holy Realm, he would encounter a Time Flower that was millions of years old.
In the Lower Realm, he pursued the tracks of the Master of Time and had consumed quite a few Time Flowers.
Yang Xiaotian looked in surprise at the Time Flower blooming with magical light before him. His Eternal Holy Body was already at the twenty-seven-layer peak, and with this million-year-old Time Flower, it might break through to the twenty-eight-layer!
Yang Xiaotian approached the Time Flower.
The Time Flower was protected by the Power of Ages, ordinary people couldn’t get close. However, Yang Xiaotian had the Eternal Holy Body, and as he approached, he not only felt fine but also warmly greeted.
The power emanating from the Time Flower resonated with Yang Xiaotian’s Eternal Holy Body.
Yang Xiaotian cupped the Time Flower.
He carefully stored the Time Flower.
Then, he started searching other rooms.
When Yang Xiaotian pushed open the door of one room, he saw that it was filled with various books.
Yang Xiaotian casually flipped through some of them and found these books were Cultivation Techniques and Holy Technique Secret Manuals compiled by the Kaiyuan Empire from around the world. Some books also recorded the customs and human geography of the major empires on the Three Pure Continents back then. These books would help Yang Xiaotian understand some hidden histories of the Three Pure Continents.
Moreover, Yang Xiaotian found a pile of Sword Path Holy Technique Manuals.
After searching through the Sword Path Holy Technique Manuals, Yang Xiaotian actually found Sword Path Defying Heaven Top Tier Holy Technique Secret Manuals.
There were fifteen in total!
Yang Xiaotian still needed ninety-five Sword Path Defying Heaven Top Tier Holy Technique Secret Manuals, and now he found fifteen more, leaving only eighty short!
Yang Xiaotian carefully stored these fifteen Sword Path Defying Heaven Top Tier Holy Technique Secret Manuals along with the other books.
If one could thoroughly read these books, they were often unlimited treasures.
After storing the books, Yang Xiaotian found a sword in one of the rooms.
However, it was a broken sword.
Currently, only the top half remained, and the bottom half was missing.
Yang Xiaotian examined the sword; this sword should be the sword of Kaitian Great Emperor from years ago, also known as one of the top ten Holy Swords on the Three Pure Continents, the Kaiyuan Sword.
Yang Xiaotian carefully stored the Kaiyuan Sword.
However, he searched every corner of the palace and still couldn’t find the Kaiyuan Light Spaceship.
Yang Xiaotian searched another time, yet it remained the same.
Finally, he returned to the palace’s front hall.
Inside the grand hall, the stone pillars and walls were filled with various runes.
These runes were all related to the Ages Grand Formation and the power of Time.
Looking at these runes, Yang Xiaotian found them familiar, somewhat resembling the runes drawn by the Master of Time back then.
If these runes and the Ages Grand Formation were left by the Master of Time, what was the relationship between the Master of Time and the Kaiyuan Empire?
Although he didn’t find the Kaiyuan Light Spaceship, finding fifteen Sword Path Defying Heaven Top Tier Holy Technique Secret Manuals was already a great harvest for Yang Xiaotian.
Yang Xiaotian exited the palace.
But when he returned to the surface, Old Lu, the Three-Colored Dragon and Bright White Tiger, and other beasts were gone.
On the ground, there was only a large patch of bloodstains.
Seeing these bloodstains, Yang Xiaotian’s heart sank.
Following the bloodstains forward for a while, he saw the corpse of a Fierce Beast, the corpse of one of his Mount Beasts.
Seeing this, Yang Xiaotian’s face grew even darker.
Earlier, he didn’t sense any battle in the palace shrouded by the Ages Grand Formation.
He tried to use the Message Talisman to contact Old Lu.
But after a long time, there was no reply from Old Lu.
Following the bloodstains further, he found another one of his Mount Beast corpses.
These Mount Beast corpses had wounds emanating Death Sword Qi.
Yang Xiaotian thought of the Death Sword Servants.
It seems Old Lu and the others encountered the Death Sword Servants?
Yang Xiaotian searched around but did not find Old Lu, and Old Lu still had not sent a Return Token.
The sky gradually darkened.
The murky aura shrouding Kaiyuan Ancient Land grew thicker.
Just as Yang Xiaotian was about to enter a forest, he received a Message Talisman from Old Lu.
Yang Xiaotian suddenly felt hope and opened the Message Talisman with relief. Following the address provided by Old Lu, he arrived at a hidden valley.
Inside the valley, he saw Old Lu.
However, the Three-Colored Dragon, Bright White Tiger, and other beasts were absent.
Old Lu’s chest armor had already been pierced by Sword Qi, the Sword Cave was emitting Death Qi.
"Young Master," Old Lu sighed with relief upon seeing Yang Xiaotian safe and sound.
Yang Xiaotian took out a Primordial Life Holy Fruit and gave it to Old Lu to consume, while continuously channeling the power of the Ultimate Life Holy Body into Old Lu.
Under the power of the Ultimate Life Holy Body, the Sword Cave emitting Death Qi on Old Lu slowly healed, and the Death Qi was completely eradicated.
Old Lu’s gray complexion finally returned to normal.
"Young Master, I’m sorry," Old Lu said guiltily.
Yang Xiaotian knew Old Lu referred to the tragic death of the Three-Colored Dragon, Bright White Tiger, and other beasts, and shook his hand, saying, "This isn’t your fault." Then he asked what happened.
Old Lu recounted the events.
Two days after Yang Xiaotian entered the underground, Old Lu and the beasts including the Three-Colored Dragon and Bright White Tiger encountered a large group of Death Sword Servants. After a desperate battle, the Three-Colored Dragon, Bright White Tiger, and others died at the hands of these Death Sword Servants.
However, the Sword Cave on his chest was not injured by those Death Sword Servants, for those Death Sword Servants could not harm him.
It was a mysterious person shrouded in gray aura who attacked.
"Mysterious person?" Yang Xiaotian was surprised, "Could it be the person who severely injured Myriad Prison Sword Master in the past?"
"It shouldn’t be," Old Lu shook his head, "This person’s strength does not compare to Myriad Prison Sword Master."
Not?
Then who could it be?
Seeing that Old Lu’s injuries had recovered significantly, Yang Xiaotian and Old Lu left the valley, flying out of Kaiyuan Ancient Land since it wasn’t safe there. They couldn’t stay for long.
After leaving Kaiyuan Ancient Land without incident, Yang Xiaotian had no choice but to use the Tribulation Dragon Flying Ship, refine it again, and enhance it slightly for temporary use.
There was still over a month until the auction of the Star Robe Commerce Guild, and although the Tribulation Dragon Flying Ship was not fast, it could still make it to the auction.
Inside the spaceship, Old Lu continued to heal while Yang Xiaotian began cultivating by swallowing the million-year-old Time Flower.
The Time Flower’s effects were potent. After refining this million-year-old Time Flower, Yang Xiaotian’s Eternal Holy Body broke through to the twenty-eight layer as expected.
He became the first to cultivate the Holy Body to twenty-eight layers.
Now, with half a month left to reach the Imperial Capital of the Star Robe Empire, Yang Xiaotian decided to examine the fifteen Sword Path Defying Heaven Top Tier Holy Technique Secret Manuals on the carriage.
In less than half a day, Yang Xiaotian managed to cultivate these Sword Path Holy Techniques to the realm of Minor Accomplishment.
However, Yang Xiaotian did not continue cultivating but instead reviewed the other books from the Kaiyuan Imperial Palace.
He wanted to see if he could find any clues about the Kaiyuan Light Spaceship from these books.