Chapter 1568: 362 Chapter_5
He didn’t escape; could it be that he still wants to battle to the death with the two of them?
But those are two, standing on the Demonic Mountain at ninety zhang high, at the peak of the Longevity Period.
Even if Du Gu Qiubai had hidden his strength before, how much could he really have hidden?
He’s merely at the mid-stage of the Longevity Period.
What exactly does he intend to do?
Cao Zhen, watching like a cat playing with a mouse, mockingly gazed at the two Demon Heads, and suddenly spoke up: “I know, we are destined to die. But, gentlemen, before we die, could you tell us what exactly is going on? So that even in death, we could at least understand.”
“Oh? This kid is quite interesting.” Among the two Demon Heads, the Ghost Tomb Devil with lock chains stopped chasing, seeming to have been imprisoned for too long, with only him and the Black Lotus Demon, extremely lonely. Now, upon seeing someone, his game turned towards chatter, he nodded and said, “Very well, today I shall be kind and let you die knowing everything, not confused ghosts.
If you could enter this place, you naturally know this is the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect. I suppose you also obtained a key to the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect.”
Cao Zhen nodded and replied: “That’s right, we came here directly because of that key.”
The Ghost Tomb Devil slightly nodded, yet his face showed a trace of hatred: “Do you think, how did we enter here? We, like you, also entered here because of that key.”
Speaking, he raised his hand and pointed far away: “You saw the light before, those lights scattered, for you Immortal Cultivators it’s nothing, but for us Demonic Cultivators, two keys are placed within our bodies.
To obtain the key you have, to leave here, you must take out the two keys within our bodies.”
The Ghost Tomb Devil seemed to be imprisoned here too long, really turned talkative, he generally spoke, even while extending his hand to point towards the other four tombs, proactively explained: “Do you see those four living graves? Inside are, respectively, two beings at the Peak of the Indestructible Period, and a being at the final Peak of the Earth Immortal Realm.
Moreover, they are not ordinary peaks, but the peaks among peaks, like us two, invincible within the Longevity Period. They, like us, were drawn here by that key, then captured here.
It’s just that, now, the two of us have awakened, the other four, still won’t know how long they’ll remain in slumber.
Do you know, how long have we been captured here? Even we’ve forgotten how long we’ve been here.
They captured us for one single purpose, to assess whether those who enter have the capability to swallow the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect!”
“Swallow the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect?” A look of puzzlement appeared on Cao Zhen’s face.
The Ghost Tomb Devil gently nodded: “Exactly, to swallow the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect. You know the Instant Millennium Pearl, right?”
“Of course, I know.” Cao Zhen had also previously learned about the existence of the Instant Millennium Pearl, and indeed, he was quite interested in it, as after using it, it could quickly make a sect become a great teaching’s treasure.
He just hadn’t heard news about such a treasure, only knew it would appear in perilous places, the Instant Millennium Pearl.
“The Ten Thousand Immortals Sect, after being eradicated, it’s been over ninety thousand years, we’ve been trapped here so long we’ve forgotten the specific number of years, but after ten years, the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect has to undergo a Sect Tribulation, regardless of their location, they can’t avoid it.
Now, the entire Ten Thousand Immortals Sect, probably only a few remain, how can they possibly survive the Sect Tribulation? If they fail the Sect Tribulation, their people will inevitably die, moreover, the great formation of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect will die with it!
The great formation of their Ten Thousand Immortals Sect, surely must have developed a Formation Spirit, the Formation Spirit and the remaining people don’t want to die, their only chance of survival is for the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect to be merged by some power!
Swallowed by using the Instant Millennium Pearl, and moreover, the other party must retain the majority of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect’s buildings, retain some of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect’s inheritance, retain the main hall of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect.
Because that would mean merging the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect rather than just swallowing it. In doing so, they continue the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect’s legacy.”
It’s the first time Cao Zhen heard of such a scenario, turns out there could be such a strategy.
The voice of the Ghost Tomb Devil continued: “But such an opportunity is too difficult, who would preserve the existence of a Great Teaching for no reason, if others could swallow it, they surely would.
But the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect is different, they have a Great Formation, and a Formation Spirit, by then the Formation Spirit would naturally negotiate with the one swallowing them. However, even if they have such conditions, what Immortal Sect or Great Teaching would casually use the Instant Millennium Pearl? That would mean facing a Sect Tribulation much earlier!
The Formation Spirit of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect and the immortals who survive know this, but they have no choice, this is their only means of survival.
Thus, they devised this scheme. They released some keys to enter the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect, and those who obtained the keys can enter here.
They sought to test people, to assess powerful individuals, and the assessors are us. Previously, perhaps due to the limited power of the formations, only those at the Earth Immortal Realm were allowed to enter, those above the Immortality Regainment Realm couldn’t enter.
And we six are the assessors, once entering this place, there is no leaving, only by killing us can one obtain the keys to leave.