Chapter 98: Shock

"Sect Master, the immortal herbs are growing right here. It will not be too late to harvest them after we completely explore this Legacy Holy Land."

Sun Xuan looked at Sect Master Lü Daoxuan and the various Qianyuan Sect Disciples, who were all staring at this patch of immortal herbs with glowing eyes.

For a moment, they actually forgot to continue exploring this Gantian Holy Land.

Sun Xuan could not help coughing lightly twice and spoke to remind Sect Master Lü Daoxuan.

Prompted by Sun Xuan's reminder, Sect Master Lü Daoxuan finally realized that he had lost his composure somewhat.

He quickly withdrew his gaze from the immortal herbs and said to Sun Xuan,

"It is simply that this seat was caught up in appearances; this immortal herb garden is truly a bit too breathtaking."

Hearing this, Sun Xuan let out a light chuckle and said,

"Let us go. I believe that within this Legacy Holy Land, there are bound to be treasures a thousand or a hundred times more precious than these immortal herbs."

"Otherwise, that Immortal King Senior would not have spent such great effort to open up this Gantian Holy Land before passing away."

Sect Master Lü Daoxuan nodded gently, then together with Sun Xuan, led the group of Qianyuan Sect Disciples behind them.

They stepped forward toward the depths of this immortal herb garden.

As everyone walked deeper, breathing in the refreshing immortal spiritual Qi here, they could not help feeling relaxed and happy.

Even the circulation of the magic power within their bodies unconsciously sped up by a fraction.

After a short while, Sun Xuan and the others arrived beneath a three-story small pagoda located at the center of the immortal herb garden.

This small pagoda was not tall, and amidst this immortal herb garden, it seemed rather inconspicuous.

However, when everyone arrived beneath this three-story small pagoda, they all sensed its extraordinary nature.

Wisps of heavy aura emerged from the three-story small pagoda.

It was as if the entire Gantian Holy Land existed solely for this small pagoda.

At this moment, everyone's expressions could not help becoming slightly solemn.

Yet in their hearts, they grew even more excited.

The value of this immortal herb garden had already reached an immeasurable level.

If the treasures within this small pagoda were even more precious than the immortal herb garden outside,

then the preciousness of the treasures inside the small pagoda had definitely reached an astonishing degree.

"Fellow Daoist Lü, please!"

Sun Xuan smiled slightly, turned his body slightly sideways, and said to Sect Master Lü Daoxuan,

Letting Sect Master Lü Daoxuan go first was, firstly, because the other party was the Sect Master of the Qianyuan Sect after all, and as a newly joined Grand Elder, it would not be appropriate for him to overshadow the host.

Secondly, Sun Xuan could not figure out whether there were any dangers lurking inside this small pagoda.

With Sect Master Lü Daoxuan's half-step Asking Pinnacle Realm cultivation, entering first would also be safer.

Hearing this, Sect Master Lü Daoxuan did not decline.

At this moment, his heart was already burning with impatience.

The Gantian Holy Land was, after all, opened up by the Immortal King who founded the Qianyuan Sect. Ultimately, it was also the Legacy treasure of his founding Ancestral Master.

Lü Daoxuan was extremely enthusiastic about welcoming back the Ancestral Master's Legacy.

With a wave of Sect Master Lü Daoxuan's large sleeve, a huge propelling force instantly acted upon the gate of the first floor of the small pagoda.

With a rumbling sound, the gate of the small pagoda was slowly pushed open by Sect Master Lü Daoxuan.

Behind the gate of the first floor of the small pagoda was a light screen faintly rippling with cyan spiritual light.

Everyone present had researched the Dao of Restrictions extremely deeply, and at a glance, they all saw the function of this cyan light screen.

This was a short-distance small teleportation Formation; the teleportation distance should not be too far.

Seeing this, Sect Master Lü Daoxuan did not hesitate in the slightest and stepped into the cyan light screen with one stride.

The cyan light screen rippled slightly, and Sect Master Lü Daoxuan's figure disappeared before everyone's eyes.

After waiting for a brief moment, seeing that no movement was transmitted from inside,

Sun Xuan no longer hesitated and, without yielding to anyone, became the second person to enter the first floor of the small pagoda.

Sun Xuan only felt as though he had passed through a layer of water screen, and the scenery before his eyes flickered slightly.

Sun Xuan arrived within a huge space filled with Immortal Qi.

Sect Master Lü Daoxuan's figure was standing not far ahead of Sun Xuan.

At this moment, Sect Master Lü Daoxuan was as if struck by a body-immobilization spell, standing blankly frozen in place.

After sweeping his gaze across this space, Sun Xuan's heart also experienced a sudden shock.

Coming into view were endless immortal jades neatly stacked within this huge space.

Suppressing his inner shock, Sun Xuan quickly swept his Divine Sense into this space.

After a short while, under the scan of Sun Xuan's Divine Sense, he immediately formed a rough estimate of the quantity of immortal jades in this space.

This number made even Sun Xuan's heart unable to help trembling slightly.

Under the scan of Sun Xuan's Divine Sense, the immortal jades possessed here numbered at least one hundred million pieces.

No wonder Sect Master Lü Daoxuan had such a dazed look.

For things like immortal jades, once reaching the Soul Formation stage, a piece or two could no longer be considered all that precious.

However, the immortal jades here were simply too numerous.

Presumably, only major forces like the Daluo Sword Sect and Blood Star would have such a massive amount of immortal jades in existence.

That Immortal King who fled following Immortal Emperor Qing Lin did not know where he had managed to get so many immortal jades.

Even in ancient times, before the Immortal Realm shattered, immortal jades were not as precious as they were now.

But carrying around such a huge amount of immortal jades was simply too unusual.

Sun Xuan guessed that it was probably when that Immortal King was escaping after the destruction of the Immortal Realm, he casually grabbed them from some treasury storing immortal jades.

Sun Xuan took a few breaths, and then said to Sect Master Lü Daoxuan, who had yet to recover his wits:

"Sect Master Lü?"

"How should we handle the immortal jades here?"

Just as Sun Xuan was speaking, several more people entered this first-floor space filled with immortal jades.

Among them were Gu Xuanji, who occasionally gazed fixedly at Sun Xuan, and Ning Bufan, who had previously tried to crack the Seal.

There were also several other Soul Formation stage Elders. As for the other Disciples in the Soul Transformation Stage, they had not entered this place temporarily.

At this moment, Sect Master Lü Daoxuan finally reacted.

A divine light flashed in his eyes, and a sealing magic Formation instantly took shape in his hands.

Then, at a hair-splitting moment, it landed at extreme speed onto the small teleportation Formation that entered this place.

This small teleportation Formation was sealed in an instant.

At this moment, a Soul Transformation Stage Disciple wanted to enter the teleportation light screen.

Just as one of his feet stepped onto the cyan light screen, he was abruptly bounced away by a tremendous force.

This Soul Transformation Stage Disciple's expression changed, and he wanted to take some action.

Right at this moment, a majestic voice came from behind the teleportation light screen:

"All Disciples wait outside first. The pagoda is dangerous; it is not suitable for you all to enter."

"Take good care of the immortal herbs in the herb garden. Once this seat and the various Elders come out, we will naturally credit you with a contribution!"

As the voice came out, dozens of Disciples, including that Soul Transformation Disciple, immediately bowed respectfully toward the direction of the small pagoda with respectful expressions.

Then they no longer tried to enter the pagoda, but instead scattered in all directions to inspect and look after the various immortal herbs in the herb garden.

Inside the pagoda, after Sect Master Lü Daoxuan transmitted the decree to the Disciples outside,

he then spoke to the various Elders who had entered this place:

"Everyone, this matter of the immortal jades is of great importance. The fewer people who know about it, the better."

"Otherwise, once the news leaks out, for our Qianyuan Sect, it will definitely be a disaster rather than a blessing!"

After overcoming their initial shock, the Elders also nodded gently one by one.

Following that, Sect Master Lü Daoxuan continued speaking:

"Elder Sun, you are the Grand Elder of our Qianyuan Sect, and in my view, your cultivation is only a half-step away from the Soul Formation stage."

"As long as there are enough immortal jades, after not too long, Elder Sun will definitely be able to successfully reach the Soul Formation stage!"

"Furthermore, Elder Sun's Restriction cultivation not only surpasses the entire Qianyuan Sect, but this Gantian Holy Land was also discovered by Elder Sun."

"Even the Jinduan Great Array that hindered everyone from entering the interior of the Gantian Holy Land was broken by Elder Sun."

"Elder Sun's contributions to our Sect are exceptionally massive."

"Therefore, this seat has decided that out of the over one hundred million immortal jades here, Elder Sun may take ten million pieces for himself."

"As for the remaining immortal jades, they will be kept as the Sect's foundation for high-level Cultivators of the Sect to Cultivate and break through Realm Bottlenecks!"

"All Elders are present here; if anyone has different opinions, you may propose them now."

The gazes the Elders cast toward Sun Xuan were filled with immense envy, and even some alternative emotions were well-hidden within them.

However, not a single person stood up to oppose it.

Sun Xuan's contributions to the Qianyuan Sect were obvious to all.

Furthermore, Sun Xuan not only held the position of Grand Elder, but his authority was also half a grade higher than theirs.

His Restriction cultivation was even extremely profound. With the assistance of these ten million immortal jades, even a pig would have no problem breaking through to the Soul Formation stage.

The group of Elders were all old spirits who had lived for a long time; no one would step out to cross Sun Xuan when he was at the zenith of his power and prestige.

Even if individual Elders harbored malicious thoughts due to jealousy toward Sun Xuan,

at this moment they all suppressed it in their hearts, waiting for an opportunity to seek trouble with Sun Xuan later.

Hearing this, Sun Xuan was quite satisfied with Sect Master Lü Daoxuan's statement.

Although these immortal jades were important, Sun Xuan was merely taking them for his own cultivation use.

Having these ten million was already completely enough for Sun Xuan's use.

Sun Xuan took out a Storage Pouch and waved his hand slightly toward the mountain of immortal jades piled up in this place.

Ten million immortal jades were immediately collected by Sun Xuan into the Storage Pouch.

This mountain of immortal jades immediately diminished by nearly a tenth.

Sun Xuan's action made the corners of several Elders' eyes twitch directly, and their hands hidden in their sleeves could not help trembling slightly.

However, these immortal jades were what he deserved. Now that he was putting them away, it was indeed an unblamable matter.

After securing the ten million immortal jades into his bag, Sun Xuan could not help letting out a slight sigh of relief in his heart.

With this, let alone Asking Pinnacle, the immortal jades needed for peering into Nirvana would also be enough.

However, during this recent period, Wang Lin was probably still inside the Ancient God Ruins absorbing Ancient God Tusi's memory Legacy.

His cultivation had not improved for a long time.

But once Wang Lin came out from the Ancient God Ruins, his cultivation would experience a rapid improvement period.

By then, it would be completely enough for Sun Xuan to directly utilize the cultivation returned by Wang Lin to enhance his own cultivation.

By that time, the function of immortal jades would not be as significant anymore.

After putting away the immortal jades, Sun Xuan pointed at a corner inside the space with a smile at the corners of his mouth and said,

"Everyone, since matters here are concluded, let us continue on to the next floor of the pagoda."

Everyone looked toward the corner following Sun Xuan's gaze, and a winding upward stone staircase instantly appeared before everyone's eyes.

Upon seeing that stone staircase, everyone's eyes lit up slightly.

Then, carrying a sense of anticipation, they immediately strode toward the stone staircase.

After arriving beneath the stone staircase, Sect Master Lü Daoxuan led the way first, and everyone immediately followed the stone staircase toward the second floor of the small pagoda.

After walking up the stone staircase to the second floor, the first thing that came into everyone's view was a bluestone platform.

Walking forward along this bluestone platform for a hundred meters, the position behind it was immediately blocked by a rolling mass of clouds and mist.

The moment everyone saw this cloud and mist, their expressions suddenly changed slightly.

This cloud and mist was clearly an extremely formidable Jinduan Great Array, compared to the Restriction light screen that Sun Xuan had just cracked.

In everyone's view, its power was definitely superior rather than inferior.

Immediately, everyone's gazes looked toward Sun Xuan.

Seeing this, Sect Master Lü Daoxuan also could not help giving a bitter smile as he said to Sun Xuan,

"I must trouble Elder Sun once more!"

Hearing this, Sun Xuan waved his hand slightly and said,

"Sect Master is too polite."

As soon as he finished speaking, Sun Xuan strode to the front of this restricted thick fog, then looked intently toward the restricted thick fog.

Wisps of Restriction runes continuously flickered and vanished within Sun Xuan's eyes.

Sun Xuan's hands were also continuously forming hand Seals and calculating something at this moment.

Miniature magic Formations continuously emerged on Sun Xuan's palms, and then shattered on their own.

In Sun Xuan's eyes, a hint of a pensive expression slowly emerged.

Sun Xuan's expression tightened slightly, and then upon his palm, a white chess piece radiating a milky-white light abruptly condensed out.

Seeing this, the various Qianyuan Sect Cultivators could not help a flash of puzzled expression crossing their eyes.

Although Sun Xuan had now become the Grand Elder of their Qianyuan Sect, his status was almost on par with Sect Master Lü Daoxuan.

However, Sun Xuan's Restriction methods completely had nothing to do with the orthodox Legacy of the Qianyuan Sect.

His unrestricted, unconstrained Dao of Restrictions, which carried an aura of ancient conception, left them deeply convinced and submissive.

Yet what Sun Xuan was displaying at this moment turned out not to be the Restriction arts he had always been using.

Instead, it seemed as if he was deliberately imitating the Dao of Formation Chess inherited by their Qianyuan Sect.

This action immediately left everyone somewhat baffled and unable to figure it out.

In their view, Sun Xuan's action was completely using one's own weaknesses to attack the enemy's strengths.

It was not that they were belittling the Qianyuan Sect's Formation Legacy.

The Qianyuan Sect's Formation Legacy was profound and vast, and looking at it now, its source was clearly inherited from the shattered Immortal Realm.

Rather, Sun Xuan had not been in contact with the Qianyuan Sect's Formation Legacy for long, and up until now, he had not systematically studied the Qianyuan Sect's Formation Legacy.

Displaying it at this moment, although high-reaching and overlooking, still possessed extremely strong power.

But in everyone's view, it still could not compare to using the Dao of Formations he was already long familiar with.

Sun Xuan, however, ignored the doubts of everyone at this moment and very solemnly condensed nine white chess pieces.

Then he imbued different Formations into each of the chess pieces.

Following that, the black crack between Sun Xuan's eyebrows abruptly opened, and a sheet of black Restriction light instantly fell into the Restriction mist before his eyes.

The moment the black Restriction light fell, the Restriction mist instantly grew slightly stagnant.

Then Sun Xuan took advantage of that stagnant opportunity to quickly drive the nine white chess pieces into different spots on the Restriction mist.