Crossing over the front mountain, Changyin waved towards those huge pillars.
Golden light flickered, and layers of strange phenomena appeared.
By the time they opened their eyes again, the surroundings had completely changed.
This was the inner mountain of the Chunyang Palace, and its immense size was evident at a glance. The front and back mountains were connected, and all that could be seen when looking up were abandoned palaces and temples. Eaves and painted walls, stone carvings of strange beasts were everywhere. If it weren't for the overgrown weeds and scattered rocks, it would truly be a first-class sacred land for immortals.
Compared to the Chunyang Palace, Jiang Wen's own Jingxu Temple was truly like comparing earth and heaven. It was far less than one percent of its size.
Just looking at the numerous palaces and pavilions was enough to see the Chunyang Palace's grand momentum in its heyday. Stretching for dozens of miles, with winding corridors and exquisite carvings everywhere. Three-tiered eaves and clustered roofs, with layers of floating clouds connecting. The palaces and temples were majestic and bright. Golden nails studded jade doors, and colorful phoenixes danced on vermilion gates.
Looking up, mountain upon mountain. Three layers of Daoist gates stood tall and upright, like three layers of guardian deities, inspiring awe.
It was hard to imagine how such a vast immortal sect could have been completely annihilated overnight.
Tianba, what kind of existence was that?
"This is the inner mountain of the Chunyang Palace, called the Threefold Heaven and Earth. The highest point is called Zhiyang Heaven, which is where the Chunyang Palace's Daoist Palace Real Person resided. The Chunyang Palace's secret treasure is hidden there, but few people know exactly where," Changyin said confidently, pointing to the highest point of the Chunyang Palace. "Coincidentally, I am the one who knows the secret of the Chunyang Palace."
Seeing Changyin's confidence, Jiang Wen smiled without saying a word.
Crossing over the Threefold Mountain Gate, the two of them went straight to the interior of the Chunyang Palace. This place was once the forbidden area of the Chunyang Palace, but now it was deserted.
The ancestral master's statue in the main hall had collapsed, and the enshrined wooden objects were all dilapidated. What was particularly eye-catching was the huge cauldron in the hall, which was dozens of feet tall and had been broken into countless holes.
"Back then, the Chunyang Palace was a good place for immortal sects to search for treasures. The Xuanyang Nine Heavens Formation here has not been broken yet, but countless people have died. It's just a pity that no matter how hard these greedy people try to find the secret treasure, they will never know where the Chunyang Palace's secret treasure is hidden," Changyin said with a little smugness.
"The Chunyang secret treasure that no one knows about, are you just telling me like this?" Jiang Wen asked.
"I know your future, and you are my Dao companion, of course I trust you," Changyin said with certainty. Although he didn't know if her words were true or false, Jiang Wen still temporarily believed her.
"I know what you want to do. After I get what I should get, I will help you get through the calamity. Then I will take you away from the Sumeru Realm, okay? But do you know why there are fewer and fewer cultivators in the mortal world?"
"Why?" Jiang Wen was indeed surprised by this news. He remembered that he had met Chang Mingzi, who seemed to have said that there were disasters and changes in the mortal world. Therefore, cultivators often lived in the Sumeru Realm. Could it be that in addition to the disasters, there was another reason?
"Because the connection between the Sumeru Realm and the mortal world is becoming more and more unpredictable. Many cultivators from immortal sects are lost in the void and chaos in the teleportation formation," Changyin revealed a secret about the Sumeru Realm, and Jiang Wen was thoughtful. He felt that this matter might also be related to the disaster, and even the Three Disasters mentioned by Chang Mingzi might also involve the Sumeru Realm.
"Perhaps the Sumeru Realm and the mortal world are not without connection. If the Sumeru Realm is larger than the mortal world, then perhaps the mortal world is a piece detached from the Sumeru Realm?" Jiang Wen had a bold guess in his heart, but he didn't have much confidence in such a shocking idea.
He looked at Changyin, only to see the little girl walking towards the broken stone statue.
He saw her push the broken stone statue of the Chunyang Palace's ancestral master, and it released a brilliant light. The entire hall was shaking, as if the earth dragon had turned over, and the world had been turned upside down.
Jiang Wen stood still, calmly watching the surrounding situation. He saw the stone statue glow, and a huge stone door appeared.
Only when standing in front of this huge stone door could Jiang Wen feel his own insignificance.
Perhaps the cultivators of the Chunyang Palace used formations to hide this huge stone door in this hall.
"This is the Wuji Gate of the Chunyang Palace. After entering the Wuji Gate, you will see many illusions. You need to remember them firmly. No matter what you see, you need to do your best to seize this opportunity, once the opportunity is missed, you will not be able to enter the Chunyang Secret Treasure again. Do you understand?"
Changyin in front of the stone gate solemnly emphasized to Jiang Wen, and also explained in detail what kind of situation he would encounter in the stone gate.
Jiang Wen was also focused, carefully remembering Changyin's words in his heart.
When Changyin took the lead to walk into the stone gate, Jiang Wen looked at the huge stone gate in front of him, and vaguely had a feeling of crossing the stone gate at the bottom of Buzhou Mountain.
He kept in mind the key points Changyin reminded him, and stepped into the stone gate.
Darkness, boundless darkness.
There was no space or time in all directions.
Jiang Wen looked at the starry sky in front of him, surrounded by the Milky Way, and couldn't help but be fascinated.
Jiang Wen suddenly remembered Changyin's words, his eyes fixed on the flashing figures.
"As long as you seize the thing you want to see the most, you can successfully enter the secret treasure," Jiang Wen thought to himself, his eyes tightly fixed on the various fleeting illusions.
At this moment, suddenly a long chime sounded.
Before Jiang Wen could understand, he saw endless floods coming.
The heavens and the earth were collapsing, and the mountains and rivers were falling.
The sun, moon, and stars trembled.
Thunder roared, and all things were trembling in this earth-shattering change.
From time to time, a ten-thousand-foot Kunpeng fell mournfully, plunging into the flood and being annihilated.
From time to time, a nine-headed dragon snake struggled to climb, eventually powerless to be swept into the depths of the waves.
Jiang Wen watched all this, only feeling that his whole body was carrying a thousand pounds of burden.
He gasped for breath, and sweat was flowing all over his body.
"I! Dayu! I will not return until this water is controlled!"
With a thunderous declaration, Jiang Wen saw a burly man standing on the top of the mountain. He overlooked the flood-ravaged land, holding a bamboo scroll and glaring at the sky.
"Da, Dayu?" Jiang Wen looked at the man in astonishment, before he could recover, he saw the man named Dayu looking back at him.
Jiang Wen looked at him, suddenly got up and rushed towards Dayu. His whole body came into contact with him, and he tightly grasped his hand.
The next moment, Dayu's eyes glowed with golden light, and then his whole body turned into starlight and merged into Jiang Wen's body.
Before he could sort out his thoughts, he had already stood in front of the stone gate again.
Jiang Wen gasped for breath, his hands still trembling slightly. The pressure that Dayu gave him was too strong, so that he hadn't recovered yet.
