Daoying

Chapter 578: Tower of Holy Light
The entire ocean is vast and surging like a tide.

Several people guessed that it was the influence of Zizhu.

But there were no living creatures in the sea, and it could be inferred that the entire world in the pearl had become completely dead silent.

After more than an hour, land was indeed seen.

Xie Huan moved at lightning speed and increased his speed to the limit. After a few shuttles, he landed on a mountain by the sea.

Looking into the distance, there seems to be a city.

The four continued to fly forward, and after a while they arrived above a huge city. Looking down, they saw dilapidated buildings stretching endlessly to the end of their sight.

The city is full of winding cracks like a giant python, with broken walls and collapses everywhere. A large number of tall buildings have been broken into pieces with only their frames left, and various carvings and decorations have been wiped out by decay, leaving only vague outlines.

"What a magnificent city!"

Leila expressed her feelings and praised loudly: "The scale and population of this huge city are probably larger than any island in the Yuanyang Sea!"

“I hope that I can build such a magnificent city in my lifetime!”

Leila looked at the wonderful sight before her and tears filled her eyes with excitement.

She was immersed in her own professional and artistic feelings, while Xie Huan and the other two had serious expressions and began to look for various clues.

"There is still no World Tree."

Xie Huan turned to Leila and asked, "Is this the center of the world?"

"Absolutely!"

Leila pointed to a group of dilapidated tall buildings in front of her, which were more than twice as tall as the surrounding buildings. "This must be the center of power and culture. Judging from the scale and planning of the city, it is hard to imagine if this is not the main city. Although theoretically, the world can be built infinitely large, human power is ultimately limited. The size of the world must match the strength of the Lord of the Divine Treasure. In my opinion, this world has already exceeded the resources that a Divine Transformation cultivator can have. If this is not the main city, then the owner of this Nine Heavens Pearl may have strength and resources that are even greater than that of an immortal."

"Above the Immortals..."

Several people had gloomy faces. Before they even touched the immortal's heels, they had already raised a higher false proposition.

"It seems that there really is no World Tree here, or something has happened to the World Tree."

Long Xiu analyzed and said.

"Look at this place."

Xie Huan pointed with his hand and saw that there seemed to be a slope among the densely packed buildings.

His figure flashed, and in a few moments he moved horizontally to the top of the slope. Looking down, he saw a square altar.

The altar was made of thick black stones, which had long lost their spiritual energy, but shallow marks of careful polishing could still be seen on each stone.

The steps go up one level at a time, and the top is wide and flat, with nothing on it.

“This is indeed the center of the world.”

Xie Huanfei landed on the steps and used his spiritual eyes to read the traces erased by time. There were many carvings on it, including a large number of cultivation, animals, and various strange visions, all surrounding a towering ancient tree.

"The World Tree is gone..."

After watching for a while, Long Xiu said in amazement, "How could it be gone? Even the roots are gone, but there is no sign of it being pulled out."

He checked the altar and found no signs of damage.

“Could it be that the tree is not on the altar, and the altar is only used to worship the tree?”

Xie Huan raised a question.

"Not like."

Leila flew over, stood on the altar, looked around, pointed with her finger and said, "This is the center of the world. All buildings are spread out around this point. What's strange is that it is not a ring, but a spiral. The construction of the entire city is like a conch. Strange, why is it in a spiral shape?"

Xie Huan had no interest in the city layout, and just asked in confusion: "Where is the tree?"

Long Xiu was also confused.

They own the World Tree and naturally know the significance of this tree to the world. It can even be said that the entire world radiates from this tree.

Bohang didn't understand all this, he just followed the two of them and kept exploring the surroundings. He saw some buried lines on the ground, like signposts leading to the front.

There are lines like this on many roads, all converging in front of a ruined tower.

Bohang's figure flashed and he appeared in front of the tower, his eyes flickered and his expression became serious.

"Did you find anything?"

Xie Huan noticed his abnormality and followed him immediately.

"This is the Tower of Holy Light!"

Bohang said in a deep voice.

"The ancient monk's spirit gathering tower?"

Long Xiu was surprised and asked hurriedly, "Are you sure?"

Bohang nodded and said, "There are ruins of the Holy Light Tower in many places in the deep sea, but none of them are complete, and the scale of them is much smaller than this one."

The tower in front of us has collapsed, but judging from the lower base, it must have reached the sky in the past.

Xie Huan had seen the name of this tower in some materials, but the description was unclear.

"It is said that not long after the Immortal Road was closed, the ancient monks created this tower to gather spirits and release holy light to simulate the energy needed for cultivation by immortals. Unfortunately, with the disappearance of the ancient monks, the method of building this tower was completely lost. Otherwise, perhaps immortals could be born in the Yuanyang Sea now."

Bohang said with a sigh.

Xie Huan was shocked. To simulate the energy needed for cultivation of immortals? Isn't that the energy in the immortal jade?

“Has the method of construction really been lost?”

Xie Huan asked.

"As far as I know, yes."

Bohang glanced at him and naturally knew what he was thinking.

Xie Huan looked at the incomplete tower base, his eyes flickering.

"I want!"

Long Xiu on the side saw what he was thinking, and they both shouted almost in unison.

"Haha, brother, it's just a broken tower, you don't need to fight with me, right? When the research results come out, I will share them with you for free."

Long Xiu smiled and patted Xie Huan's arm and said in a friendly manner.

"Similarly, I will share my research with you. Don't forget that I have the Holy Island behind me. If I want to restore the entire map of this tower, there is probably no place in the world with a higher probability than the Holy Island, right?"

Xie Huan slapped his hand away and said indifferently.

"What's wrong with the Holy Island? Every profession has its specialties. For example, when it comes to the research of the Stardust Inscription, the Holy Island cannot compare with many places." Long Xiu shouted unconvinced.

"Stop arguing, maybe the whole map is preserved in this Takiri."

Leila stepped forward and tried to persuade her.

The three of them were startled, then rushed into the base of the tower.

Inside was a huge circular hall, engraved with various runes and patterns, which had long been worn away and only the outline remained. There was a spiral staircase leading up to it.

After checking around and making sure there were no clues in the hall, the four of them went up the stairs to the second floor. There were actually quite a few bookshelves with jade slips and volumes on them. Most of them had collapsed into powder, leaving only a small amount in the ruins.

And there are secret rooms for training around it.

Several people rushed to the remaining bookshelf and saw that the spiritual energy of those jade slips and books had long dissipated. They would turn into ashes if touched.

By scanning with spiritual sense or using the magical power of spiritual eyes, only part of the content in the booklet can be read, and a large amount of it has been erased.

"This book……"

Suddenly Xie Huan's eyes fell on a metal booklet, which had long lost its luster and became like stone, with the inside completely rotten.

But without touching it, you can still see the words and patterns inside with the Eye of Insight.

"Stardust Inscription!"

Long Xiu screamed, and suddenly a bookshelf was shattered by his voice. A large amount of powder fell to the ground with a "crash", making the air full of dust.

Xie Huan was quick-witted and quick-handed. He instantly created an energy ball to cover the metal booklet to prevent it from being affected. Some of the surrounding books and jade slips also collapsed and shattered.

"My my, sorry."

Long Xiu felt the sharp gazes of several people, smiled awkwardly and bowed.

"It's really the Stardust Inscription."

Bohang also quietly felt the booklet, his face full of surprise, and even a hint of intoxication: "What beautiful words, I wonder what kind of rules of heaven and earth are contained in them, it's really pleasing, and I don't know what is written on it."

Several people looked at Xie Huan expectantly.

Unexpectedly, Xie Huan shook his head and sighed, "I can only feel the energy in the words to infer their meanings, but this book has long been rotten and no energy remains. Every word is like a stone and cannot be sensed. I can only infer a little meaning based on the words I recognized before. This book seems to be a note, recording the experience of a cultivator named 'Xiu', but there are too many words that I can't recognize and can't read it all. It seems to be saying how powerful this cultivator was and how he did some earth-shaking things."

"build?"

Long Xiu pondered for a moment, as if he had never heard of it before. He stared at Xie Huan suspiciously and asked, "Could it be that you have understood it and are pretending?"

"Ah."

Xie Huan laughed disdainfully, not wanting to pay attention to him, and said to himself: "The Stardust Inscription is somewhat similar to the Immortal Script. It is very likely a kind of writing that appeared before and after the Immortal Road was closed. People who can write in this kind of writing should have lived in a period not long after the Immortal Road was closed, just like the gold foil you found in the Molin Clan's ancestral tomb."

"How do you know it's similar to fairy writing? Have you seen fairy writing?"

Long Xiu caught the point and asked in surprise.

"I have seen a damaged immortal stele."

Xie Huan said without denying it.

"Buzz!"

Long Xiu and Bo Hang both took a breath of cold air.

Although there are many immortal relics in this world, they are all legends or speculations. The only thing that can be truly confirmed to be an immortal relic is probably the Wuji Realm which has just been opened.

Everyone was shocked to hear that there was actually a fairy monument.

Long Xiu's eyes widened, and he wanted to rush over, and asked hurriedly: "What immortal tablet? Where is it?"

"Let's talk about it in the future. If there is a chance, I can take you to see it."

Xie Huan drew a big pie, looked at Long Xiu and smiled.

In fact, the immortal tablet was in his world. It was given to him by Anan so that he could practice the immortal methods on it, because only an immortal body could practice them.

What was recorded on it was a seal method called "The Secret of the Treasure Seal of Heavenly Revelation", and a small part of it was missing. Anan tried to repair more than a dozen paths, but none of them seemed to work.

Xie Huan later studied it for a long time but still couldn't get the point.

Moreover, after studying it, he found that this seal was not some kind of magical power, but more like a restriction or something like that, so he didn't want to study it anymore. He planned to discuss it with Anan if he had the chance to meet him again in the future.

"You are painting a rosy picture for me."

Long Xiu saw through Xie Huan's trick and snorted coldly, "Your goal is to monopolize the tower base, right?"

"How much information did you destroy just now? I'm afraid that the structural diagram of the Holy Light Tower has been destroyed in your hands. I will not allow this remaining relic to be destroyed in your hands."

Xie Huan said righteously.

He released the ice element in his hand, freezing the metal book with the Stardust Inscription in front of him, and then put it into the Treasure Flower World.

And the ice element began to spread, and those materials that had not yet been broken into powder were valuable. Although he could not read them, his eyes of insight could see the details and recognize all the texts.

Long Xiu swallowed and finally gave up, and said, "If you find any results, you must share them with me. Also, you must take me to see the immortal stele!"

"Uh-huh."

Xie Huan responded with a smile.

The plan was to monopolize the tower base and to tie Long Xiu to his chariot.

Ever since he knew that he had to find An Hai in order to save Yun Li, Long Xiu's heart has been wavering, and he looks like he might run away at any time. He must strengthen some interest ties.

Xie Huan waved his hand and put all the frozen information into the treasure flower.

The four of them then continued to move upwards, but the third floor was already exposed to the sky. Everything on top had collapsed and there was nothing left.

Xie Huan once again released the ice element, freezing the entire base of the tower and trying to uproot it and store the treasure flower.

Suddenly his brows moved, and a strange look appeared in his eyes.

"how?"

Long Xiu noticed his abnormality and asked.

"There is an underground palace beneath the base of this tower."

Xie Huan said slowly.

"impossible!"

Long Xiu and Bo Hang shouted almost at the same time.

Their spiritual sense had already explored every corner, so if there was an underground palace, it would not have been missed.

(End of this chapter)