Chapter 19: Fang Yun's Secret Sorrow (Supplement)

  "This secret of the Cloud Mountain is related to the Blood Killing God Emperor." Although Ou Yang's old ancestor spoke lightly, the message contained in it was astonishing, and even Zhang Heng couldn't help but be surprised when he heard this sentence.

  "What I'm about to tell you is a secret that you must not reveal to anyone, otherwise, Old Ancestor will unhesitatingly take your life." A fierce glint flashed in Ou Yang's eyes, and Zhang Heng couldn't help but feel a chill of killing intent that pierced through his soul, more real than the feeling he had not long ago.

  Just now, Ou Yang's killing intent towards Zhang Heng was merely to intimidate him, in order to facilitate the subsequent threats and temptation. In his heart, he had no intention of taking Zhang Heng's life.

  This time, Ou Yang brought him a real killing intent, making Zhang Heng feel that if he really leaked the secrets that Ou Yang told him, his opponent would probably take his life without mercy.

  But this made Zhang Heng even more curious about the secret that Ouyang Laozu was going to reveal next. What kind of secret could make a Nascent Soul stage cultivator like Ouyang Laozu so cautious?

  Although he thought so in his heart, he absolutely wouldn't show it on the surface. Zhang Heng cooperated extremely well and revealed a flattered expression, saying: "Don't worry, Master. I definitely won't reveal even half of this to outsiders. Moreover, there's still your Soul-Devouring Wasp inside me, how could I do something so foolish?"

  Ou Yang Old Ancestor nodded in satisfaction, and then began to recount slowly: "When the Blood Killing God Emperor led the vast Zhou Dynasty to prepare for the massacre of all remaining cultivators, for some reason, the Blood Killing God Emperor mysteriously disappeared. The Zhou Dynasty, lacking such a heaven-defying soul figure, quickly collapsed."

  It was as if some extraordinary being had intervened, or perhaps it was the work of the Blood Kill Emperor himself. The regions where the states of Zhao, Qi, and Chu were located became isolated from the outside world due to a mysterious power that defied the heavens. From then on, they formed an independent region known as the "Three Star Domain". Surrounding the Three Star Domain was the "Dead Domain", a strange existence that even legendary cultivators from the Mythical Era could not traverse.

  Zhang Heng listened quietly, knowing a little about the existence of the Three Star Domain and the Dead Domain, but after listening to Ouyang Laozu's narrative, he also gained a deeper understanding of the formation of these two regions. Perhaps the formation of the Three Star Domain and the Dead Domain is closely related to the disappearance of the Blood Killing God Emperor, because these two events occurred at the same time, such a coincidence can't help but make people suspicious.

  According to legend, the Blood Kill Emperor left behind nine caves in these three star domains before disappearing. These nine caves all contain stunning treasures and great opportunities. Among them, one cave even contains the true legacy of the Blood Kill Emperor's life and most of his collection. Anyone who obtains any one of these nine treasures will have enough capital to laugh at the entire cultivation world, not to mention the most important one...

  At this point, Ou Yang's eyes were even more greedy and yearning.

  Even Zhang Heng, who was listening carefully beside him, was moved and thought to himself that the Blood Kill God Emperor's cave must have left behind all sorts of rare and precious treasures that would drive people crazy. It seemed that something like a spiritual instrument was not even worth collecting for the Blood Kill God Emperor, and even ordinary magic treasures wouldn't be noticed by him.

  If one can obtain something from a cave mansion, even if it's only a tenth of the treasures inside, then one's cultivation prospects will be greatly improved.

  No matter whether it was Ou Yang's old ancestor in the Condensing Dan period or Zhang Heng, a novice in cultivating immortality, neither of them doubted that Xue Sha Shen Di possessed heavenly treasures. In those days, Xue Sha Shen Di single-handedly resisted the entire cultivation world and almost wiped out the entire cultivation world. It can be imagined how many powerful beings died at the hands of Xue Sha Shen Di back then, and how rich his capital would be.

  Immediately afterwards, Ou Yang's expression turned solemn and cautious, his hands slightly crossed, a few points of purple light burst out from his hands, followed by several spiritual seals quickly forming in his hands, the purple light in his eyes flashed again, another layer of powerful seal was formed around him.

  A faint purple light formed a transparent boundary, enveloping Zhang Heng and Ouyang Old Ancestor inside.

  Originally, before the interrogation, Ou Yang had set up a restriction around the wooden house to prevent other cultivators' divine sense from spying. However, he has now set up an unknown powerful restriction around the two of them, revealing Ou Yang's cautious attitude and the astonishing secrecy that is about to follow.

  "This is the Purple Extreme Seal Formation I set up. Even a Foundation Establishment cultivator wouldn't be able to sneak a peek at us without alerting me."

  Whether it was for Zhang Heng's benefit or just muttering to himself, Ou Yang Senior finished setting up the seal and explained its purpose.

  "It's said that the Blood Kill Emperor left behind nine caves in the Three Star Domain, each containing countless precious and rare treasures. And one of these nine caves is right here on our Fangyun Mountain."

  Ou Yang's face couldn't hide his excitement as he revealed this blockbuster news.

  Who would have thought that this small Fangyun Mountain actually had a cave left behind by the Blood Killing God Emperor. Zhang Heng had some guesses before, but when he really got the result, he was also shocked.

  At the same time, he also understood why Ou Yang Lao Zu was so cautious. If this news were to spread to the Xiu Xian realm, the consequences would be disastrous. By then, the high-ranking cultivators of various sects would have trampled Fang Yun Shan flat, and it might even lead to a change in the situation of the entire San Xing domain.

  But Zhang Heng didn't understand why Ouyang Laozu would tell him this, although he was confident that with the Soul-Eating Gu in his body, he wouldn't worry about himself revealing it, but this was also a small variable.

  In this world, there are too many spells like Soul Search and Mind Confusion. In front of a high-ranking cultivator, it's even harder for a low-ranking cultivator to keep their own secrets than to defeat the opponent.

  Besides, such a shocking secret is naturally better known by fewer people.

  Ou Yang didn't know Zhang Heng's thoughts at this time, and continued to say lightly: "This Fang Yun Mountain was only discovered 500 years ago. At that time, the three factions thought it was just a cave left behind by an ancient cultivator."

  "The three factions' Jindan cultivators wanted to enter the cave to obtain the things inside, but neither the foundation-building cultivators nor the Jindan cultivators could enter it."

  However, under a coincidence, a disciple of the Wind and Cloud Gate inadvertently entered the cave and came out from it after a month. But because this disciple was only a low-ranking outer sect cultivator, his fellow disciples thought he had gone missing for a month and didn't take the matter to heart.

  However, this outer disciple later successfully formed a dan after decades of secluded cultivation within the sect and became an elder of Feng Xing Gate, which drew attention from the three factions.

  Under duress, the newly promoted Wind Gate elder had no choice but to reveal the secret to the other three elders of the three factions. At that time, the strength of the three factions was not much different, and the three Dan-stage cultivators from the three factions made a soul oath together, passing down this secret from generation to generation, allowing the cultivators of the three factions to share it together, and from then on, the three factions were forbidden from killing each other. Therefore, for so many years, only the ancestors of the three factions knew about this secret.

  It seemed like reminiscing, and it also seemed like looking back. Ou Yang's old ancestor sighed: "After that, this cave will automatically open once every hundred years. Low-level cultivators in the Qi Refining stage and Qi Gathering stage can enter it. Therefore, the three sects hold a Fangyun gathering every hundred years. In the gathering, the first one hundred disciples who entered will be sent into this cave, and then one month later, the cave will send out all the living people inside."

  However, out of a hundred people, only a few can successfully walk out and gain something.

  Zhang Heng now understood the purpose of the Fangyun gathering held by the three factions. It was to send these low-ranking cultivators into the cave to search for the secret treasures left behind by the Blood Kill Emperor, and after a fierce battle, only a few elite disciples would remain to obtain the treasure.

  "But wouldn't the disciples who come out know the secrets inside the cave?" Zhang Heng's heart trembled, could it be that all the disciples who came out would be killed by the high-ranking officials of the three factions.

  Ou Yang Old Ancestor burst out laughing: "These disciples who can emerge from the bloody battle are all elites of the three factions, and will be the future elders of the three factions. I myself had entered this cave back in my day, and now I'm still sitting here perfectly fine."

  Zhang Heng couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief, perhaps he had been overthinking things. After all, the three factions would have to consider their own future, and these disciples who had emerged from the bloody battles were bound to become the high-ranking officials of the three factions in the future.

  However, Zhang Heng thought for a moment and felt that something was not quite right, so he couldn't help but ask: "Old Ancestor, since the three sects have discovered this secret and have already sent their disciples into this cave several times, they must have obtained many heaven-shaking treasures and top-level martial arts. But I found that the three sects on Mount Fangyun are now..."

  Zhang Heng stopped as he said this place.

  His meaning is already very clear, since the three factions have already possessed this secret, why are they still so weak? In the entire Zhao State, it's equivalent to a third-rate sect. After hundreds of years of operation, their strength doesn't seem to have grown much either.

  (This chapter was originally lost, thank you to the book friend who reminded me with their mobile phone, now it's uploaded. Sweating, the backend operation of Starting Point is a bit troublesome.)