When the Venus Sword entered the formation, the Immortal Slaughtering Sword trembled slightly, causing the Venus Sword to tremble as well.
However, the formation’s radiance enveloped the Venus Sword, yet no changes occurred.
“It doesn’t seem to work either.”
Long Xingquan frowned slightly, “Do we need eldest apprentice-brother’s or Daoist Di’s treasures after pushing open the Immortal Door?”
Yan Zhaoge walked around the Immortal Slaughtering Sword and carefully analyzed the aura emanating from the formation.
“I can’t tell for sure yet.”
After pondering for a while, Yan Zhaoge perfected his deductions, “There’s one more thing. Perhaps we can try it out.”
Gao Qingxuan and Long Xingquan’s expressions changed slightly, and they exclaimed in unison, “Grand Simplicity Splendour Cloud?”
Yan Zhaoge nodded, “Yes, Grand Simplicity Splendour Cloud.”
He looked towards Gao Qingxuan and Long Xingquan, “My father is currently resting in the Sky beyond Skies. You can invite him over to the Roving Jade Heavens.”
“That would be great.” Gao Qingxuan and Long Xingquan nodded.
Yan Zhaoge immediately contacted Yan Di, and the three waited patiently.
“Other than the Immortal Trapping Sword, there’s another sword that we can try,” said Yan Zhaoge as he waited.
“Oh?” Gao Qingxuan pondered, “The Immortal Exterminating Sword?
Is the Broad Creed Mountain really related to the Lord of Broad Accomplishment? “
During the Ancient era’s Investitures of the Gods War, the Immortal Exterminating Four Swords used to lay down the Immortal Exterminating Formation fell into the hands of four Jade Clear bigwigs.
Among them, Master Red Essence obtained the Immortal Slaughtering Sword, while the Jade Cauldron Cultivated Deity obtained the Immortal Trapping Sword.
The Lord of Broad Accomplishment, who was known as the Jade Cauldron Cultivated Deity, obtained the Immortal Exterminating Sword.
Just like the Jade Cauldron Cultivated Deity, the Lord of Broad Accomplishment had vanished for many years. Before the Great Calamity, there was very little information about him. After the Great Calamity, there were no traces of him at all.
The reason why Gao Qingxuan thought of this was because Yan Zhaoge’s Broad Creed Mountain lineage relied on some incomplete Grand Clear inheritance and Jade Clear Cyclic Heavenly Seal in the Eight Extremities Worlds after the Great Calamity.
Broad Creed Mountain’s original supreme martial art, the Heavenly Broad Creed Palm, was a variant of the incomplete Cyclic Heavenly Seal, also having been derived from the Lord of Broad Accomplishment’s lineage’s comprehensions of the Cyclic Heavenly Scripture.
Yan Zhaoge answered, “I am indeed eyeing the Immortal Exterminating Sword. Still, our clan cannot be considered to be of the direct lineage of the Lord of Broad Accomplishment. It is just that our founder obtained this fortune that year.”
Saying thus, Yan Zhaoge took out a shattered stone, holding it in his palm.
Gao Qingxuan and Long Xingquan looked at the irregularly-shaped broken stone that had a few edges. At first glance, it seemed inconspicuous, but with their cultivation and experience, they could tell that it was extraordinary.
“The fragment of Heavenly Lord Guangcheng’s treasure, the Cyclic Heavenly Seal?” Long Xingquan came to a realization.
Yan Zhaoge nodded, explaining, “Right. Back then, our Broad Creed Mountain’s founder obtained this fragment and analysed some of the incomplete concept of the Cyclic Heavenly Seal from it, transforming it into a palm art that became one of the cornerstones of our founding.”
“Back then, when the Exalted Solar Luminary was residing in the Eight Extremities World, he took this treasure with him when he left. It was only recently that it was returned to its rightful owner.”
It was precisely because he had more than one clue that Yan Zhaoge dared to place his hopes on collecting the Immortal Exterminating Four Swords, using the Immortal Exterminating Formation to increase his side’s strength and influence.
If it weren’t for his confidence, everything would just be a castle in the air.
Gao Qingxuan said, “With this item, there’s indeed some hope of locating the Heavenly Lord Guangcheng.”
The Cyclic Heavenly Seal fragment was directly related to the Heavenly Lord Guangcheng, while the Immortal Exterminating Sword was related to the Heavenly Lord Guangcheng. There was hope of locating him through the Immortal Slaughtering Sword.
As for whether Yan Xintang and Di Qinglian were together with the Immortal Trapping Sword, it was still unknown. If they weren’t, it would be difficult to locate them through the Immortal Slaughtering Sword.
“Once this technique is successfully used once, it will take forty-nine years before it can be used again.”
Yan Zhaoge smiled bitterly and said, “Close to fifty years. Hence, we won’t be experimenting with the Immortal Exterminating Sword for now. Otherwise, we’ll have to wait for another fifty years if we succeed.”
He turned his head and looked at the Immortal Slaughtering Sword, “We’ve tried our best with the Immortal Trapping Sword. If we still couldn’t find anything, let’s consider other matters.”
Long Xingquan said slowly, “That’s right. It’s been more than two thousand years, and we still couldn’t locate eldest apprentice-brother and Daoist Di. Now that there’s finally some hope, we should try more.”
“You’re right, senior apprentice-granduncle.” Yan Zhaoge nodded.
Yan Di quickly rushed over.
His injuries had yet to fully recover, and he should be recuperating. As such, Yan Zhaoge didn’t disturb him previously.
However, after hearing the news, Yan Di immediately rushed over.
Emotionally speaking, Yan Di, who had never interacted with his biological parents, wasn’t very close to Yan Xintang and Di Qinglian. However, he was still filled with gratitude and admiration towards them.
After knowing that there was hope of locating Yan Xintang and Di Qinglian’s graves, Yan Di temporarily put aside his recuperation and immediately rushed over to the Roving Jade Heavens.
After greeting each other, they didn’t bother with formalities.
Yan Di followed Yan Zhaoge’s instructions, and a blurry cloud with a boundary arose above his head. Then, this cloud slowly descended towards the formation where the Immortal Slaughtering Sword was located.
After entering the formation, the Immortal Slaughtering Sword trembled slightly.
The cloud that resembled a lotus flower and a clump of cloud didn’t seem to have any changes.
However, when the formation’s radiance landed on the cloud, the Grand Simplicity Splendour Cloud started surging, as if a lotus flower was continuously blooming.
At the same time, the talisman pasted on the Immortal Slaughtering Sword started burning!
Upon witnessing this scene, Yan Zhaoge and the others’ spirits rose, and a look of joy appeared on their faces.
“Command!”
Yan Zhaoge took a deep breath and walked forward. He allowed the talisman to burn as he drew something in mid-air with his finger.
After a short while, the formation patterns started shrinking inward, and countless radiances surged into the flames created by the talisman’s burning.
Yan Zhaoge took out a blank talisman and tossed it into the flames.
However, the blank talisman wasn’t ignited.
When the flames gradually extinguished, the talisman flew out from the flames once again.
Yan Zhaoge kept it, and the talisman landed on his palm. He looked at it and saw many profound patterns appearing on the blank talisman.
The Grand Simplicity Splendour Cloud regained its tranquility.
The Immortal Slaughtering Sword stopped trembling as well, and it quietly hovered in mid-air.
Yan Di and Gao Qingxuan stepped forward and kept the Grand Simplicity Splendour Cloud and the Immortal Slaughtering Sword respectively. Then, they looked towards Yan Zhaoge together with Long Xingquan.
“At the very least, it’s a preliminary clue. We can try searching for it along this path.” After observing for a while, Yan Zhaoge smiled.
Yan Di and the others instantly felt a sense of relief.
“Now that we have an idea, there’s no need to be in a hurry.” Yan Zhaoge said, “Let’s recuperate first. After we’re done with our preparations, we’ll depart.”
“We’ve already waited for so many years. Indeed, there’s no need to rush.”
Gao Qingxuan slowly said, “Powerful enemies are still lurking around the outside world. If we act rashly, we’ll only end up in tragedy.”
“We have to create some chaos for our enemies so that they won’t have the time to care about us. I have some ideas that we can try,” said Yan Zhaoge.