Chapter 1222
Contacting the Immortal Realm, Elder Shenxiao
When this was brought up, Lin Fan nodded without hesitation.
"Of course, you can come back to the Purple Cloud Sect with me later, and you can look through all the books as you like!"
Now, as the only Nascent Soul stage cultivator in the sect, and with all the old fogies who once held power passing away, Lin Fan's influence is unprecedented. He can basically do whatever he wants without any constraints.
As for the sect's secrets, the various restrictions of the Scripture Pavilion are all meaningless. You can bring in outsiders as you please, just like it's your own backyard!
Chicken Bro, who was inseparable from the two of them, immediately said that he wanted to go and see as well, since he would also ascend to heaven in the future.
The three parties quickly reached an agreement. After bidding farewell to the Peacock King, they left the Luosong Mountains and headed west, first passing by Bianliang, the capital of the Song Dynasty, for a quick look.
The royal family in this mortal world has changed its surname twice. Especially during the upheaval of the spiritual tide in the first year of the Huiyuan era, all the major sects were too busy to take care of themselves. It is said that there was even an emperor who was kidnapped by a foreign race and taken north.
Bianliang was destroyed and rebuilt several times, and the trials of blood and fire reshuffled its internal forces.
When he learned that the Nightingale organization had also disappeared without a trace, Lin Shan sighed slightly. Apart from lamenting the impermanence of life, he had no intention of rebuilding it.
Then they crossed the Qinling Mountains and entered the territory of the Zixiao Sect.
Over the years, the Zixiao Sect has continued to develop in a low-key manner and has not publicly announced the establishment of any holy land. This is because there is no need for excessive publicity; outsiders know that it is backed by the renowned Shenxiao Sect of the Immortal Realm!
Didn't you see that even when the sacred land of Penglai once conquered the Song Dynasty, they didn't dare to destroy the relevant Taoist traditions? They chose to ignore it out of fear of harming the innocent. This is the advantage of high popularity.
"Junior brother, you're back."
When Sect Leader Lei Yuzi saw Lin Fan, and also Lin Shan and Brother Ji, he smiled and gave them a welcome dinner.
Unable to refuse Lin Shan's hospitality, he had no choice but to stay and attend the banquet.
Among the guests were some old acquaintances, such as Lei Yunzi, Lei Zhenzi, and Lei Fengzi. They greeted him with smiles and toasts, clearly having learned to be tactful as they got older.
Lei Fengzi was given a lecture, mainly for bullying Fenglei Pavilion.
"Not long ago, I passed through the West Coast and Feng Haochuan complained to me that you were always causing trouble for him every few days. Is that true?"
Lei Fengzi quickly waved his hand:
"No, no, at most it will happen once every ten or twenty years. The main purpose is to inquire about Ouyang Feng's whereabouts. This junior needs to prepare for the future development of the Wind and Thunder Technique!"
"Prepare for a rainy day? You're still a long way from the Nascent Soul stage, what are you planning for?"
Lin Shan frowned and warned him not to try to take advantage of the Wind and Thunder Pavilion anymore, but to focus on cultivating in the Purple Cloud Sect. He also told him the information he had obtained from the Spring and Autumn Sword Sect.
When Lei Fengzi learned that Ouyang Feng might have died on the path to ascension, he was completely stunned!
"Does this mean that from now on, I can only find Nascent Soul stage cultivation techniques in the ascension passage? But without cultivation techniques, how can I break through to the Nascent Soul stage?"
As he spoke, he couldn't help but look at Lin Shan.
"Don't look at me, I don't have any either."
This is indeed a difficult problem. Not to mention him, even Lin Shan doesn't have the Wind and Thunder Technique for the Nascent Soul stage. Perhaps it doesn't even exist in this world!
If you were to say that you were to create one yourself, that would be an epic undertaking, requiring extremely high talent, skill, and luck, as well as a great deal of time for exploration and trial and error, and would seriously hinder your cultivation.
Especially considering the limited lifespan of a Nascent Soul cultivator, he didn't want to waste hundreds of years, and upon hearing this news, he immediately gave up hope.
Lin Fan sighed and comforted him:
"It's not too late to switch to lightning or wind-based cultivation techniques now. We don't necessarily have to be both. Let's break through to the Nascent Soul stage first. We can talk about the subsequent paths later."
Lei Fengzi hung his head, his long-held hopes shattered, and could only helplessly accept his fate.
After a few rounds of drinks, Lin Fan left the table with Lin Shan and Brother Chicken, and then swaggered into the Zixiao Sect's Scripture Pavilion.
Although Lei Yuzi and the others felt it was inappropriate, the difference in strength was undeniable, and they had no choice but to pretend to be deaf and dumb.
The library contains a vast collection of cultivation texts.
The Zixiao Sect has a long history and is backed by a major sect in the immortal realm. Many of its classic texts are out of print, and its most famous works are various thunder techniques.
Lin Shan looked on with envy, especially at the three powerful magical abilities and spells; he wished he could learn them on the spot!
However, the thunder techniques of the Shenxiao Sect are all copyrighted throughout the myriad realms. Each technique has been granted and certified by the Golden Palace Thunder Pool Department, and it is not something that outsiders can use casually.
Once discovered, they will be hunted down to the bitter end.
“Brother, it’s not impossible for you to learn it. You can join the Zixiao Sect and ascend to the Shenxiao Sect in the future to become a direct disciple of the Shenxiao Sect. Then you can use these techniques without any worries.”
Lin Fan really hoped that Lin Shan could join him, but was firmly rejected.
"Forget it, I'm free-spirited by nature and don't like being restrained. Besides, I'm not without lightning magic myself. I can't bite off more than I can chew, so there's no need to create more trouble."
Lin Shan himself possesses supreme wind and thunder divine abilities, so these three great thunder-type divine abilities are indeed not essential. Moreover, it is not easy for the Zixiao Sect to create these inheritances. In fact, Lin Fan is currently the only Nascent Soul stage cultivator in the sect. Perhaps he learned them and then personally created them to leave to future generations!
I wasted my brothers' time learning this, and now I have to create a new one for the Zixiao Sect. How many years will this take up?
However, there is one thing he really needs.
The Divine Firmament Heart Method!
Mental cultivation techniques are essential for consolidating one's realm. He used the Divine Firmament Mental Cultivation Technique when he was in the Nascent Soul stage to strengthen his control over his current realm. As with cultivation methods, both are indispensable.
He wasn't forced to join the Zixiao Sect; Lin Fan made the decision to lend him the books to study, since it wouldn't be noticeable from the outside anyway.
With the cultivation method for the Nascent Soul stage now in place, Lin Shan was spared the trouble of learning ancient techniques, and he would have fewer worries when he tried to break through to the Void Realm in the future.
As for the secrets of ascension, after searching for most of the day, we finally found some relevant clues.
Because the Zixiao Sect had not produced a Nascent Soul stage cultivator for too long, these materials were relegated to the margins. Even the dust-avoiding formation had fallen into disrepair over the years, and the jade slips containing the records had slowly lost their spiritual energy and corroded. This was the erosion of time.
Fortunately, the content was mostly complete. By channeling spiritual energy into it, one could see what was recorded on it.
The text contains detailed records about preparations for ascension, communicating with the celestial realm, opening the gates of myriad wonders, using the celestial ladder to ascend, crossing the barrier of the celestial realm, and finding the receiving platform.
The content, especially the preparations before ascension and the barrier to the immortal realm, is extremely extensive!
The more prepared you are, the better, especially consumables such as spirit stones and talismans, as well as supplies such as pills and formations, and even magical artifacts for identifying directions and pre-positioned coordinates.
Every ten lower realms correspond to an ascension platform integrated with the Golden Palace in the heavens.
If you have connections in the upper realm, you can know the coordinates of the ascension platform in this world in advance. This can greatly save energy and time during the subsequent ascension process, allowing you to find the correct direction sooner!
Fortunately, the Zixiao Sect happens to have the coordinates of this world on the Immortal Ascension Platform.
"The Myriad Realms Collision World Cluster, No. A22, Ascension Platform No. 5, East Third District of the Golden Palace, coordinates corrected in the first year of Emperor Bing's reign."
The following points need to be explained:
Synaptic World Group, numbered A22, is the official registration number of this world in the upper realm.
The Ascension Platform No. 5 in the Eastern Third District of the Golden Palace is the ascension site where the Upper Realm centrally manages the Lower Realm. It encompasses the synapse worlds numbered A21 to A30, where cultivators from all ten worlds ascend to immortality. In the first year of the Post-Emperor Bing calendar, Emperor Bing, the publicly revered Immortal Emperor of the current Immortal Realm, is said to have been the true ruler of all heavens and myriad worlds. He is rumored to have disappeared 130,000 years ago, and a new emperor has yet to be enthroned. The court is controlled by the Empress Dowager, and historians refer to this period as the Post-Emperor Bing Era.
In other words, the calendars used in the past all began with the emperor's title, such as "Emperor Bing's Calendar Year XX".
There is currently no Great Emperor in Heaven, so historical records are compiled using the date 'Emperor Bing xx year'.
Lin Shan tilted his head and asked Lin Fan, "What year is it tonight?"
"Why don't you do the math? Rumor has it that the Immortal Emperor disappeared 130,000 years ago. These coordinates were issued in the first year after his disappearance, which is only 130,000 years ago now."
As Lin Fan finished speaking, his voice suddenly trailed off.
Twelve thousand years ago, this world had just experienced an invasion by extraterrestrial demons, and the surrounding void was shattered and in ruins. Who knows what it became!
Now, 130,000 years have passed since the reign of Emperor Bing. Is your coordinate system accurate?
"I seem to have heard somewhere that our world is called the Lost World Cluster up there?"
Lin Shan looked at him suspiciously, while Chicken Brother, perched on his shoulder, also stared blankly, turning his head left and right.
Lin Fan was unsure and quickly closed the jade slip.
"That's easy. I'll contact the Divine Firmament Sect in the Upper Realm, and then I'll find out."
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Wow, you're getting more and more awesome these days, you can even connect to the upper realm now?
Lin Shan and Brother Ji exchanged a glance, feeling a slight pang of sadness. But considering they were brothers after all, they were bound to share both good times and bad, and if it could help them in the end, that would be fine too.
Having finally found an opportunity to show off, Lin Fan immediately took out his Supreme Elder identity jade pendant, activated it in no time, and used some secret techniques. The light on the jade pendant shimmered for about half a cup of tea before dimming again.
"This is."
"Don't rush. The lower realm can't always respond to calls from the upper realm. You'll have to wait patiently."
About half an hour later, the jade pendant actually replied!
The rumbling sound shook the library as if an earthquake had struck, and the tone carried an inexplicable air of majesty.
"Elder Lei Yu of the Divine Firmament Sect's External Affairs Hall, what brings you to the Upper Realm?"
The three of them suddenly brightened up and stared at the jade pendant with anticipation.
Lin Fan cleared his throat, putting away his smug and boastful expression. Clearly, this was his first time contacting the upper realm, so he was inexplicably nervous. Like a country bumpkin talking to a great figure in the heavens, he was cautious and respectful.
"Disciple Lin Fan, the Supreme Elder of the Zixiao Sect in the lower realm, would like to ask Elder Lei Yu for advice on the matter of ascension!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he asked the two brothers next to him what they thought and whether his wording was appropriate.
Lin Shan and Brother Chicken nodded repeatedly, indicating that there was nothing wrong with what he said!
But to their surprise, after a delay of about ten breaths, the impatient tone on the other end softened, making the three of them feel a little nervous.
"The Zixiao Sect is as numerous as hairs on a cow in the lower realms. Be specific, which lower realm are you referring to?"
Which lower realm?
Lin Fan looked up and asked the two beside him. Chicken Brother flapped his wings, seemingly wanting to say something but then stopped. Lin Shan raised his eyes slightly and decided to follow the original record and recite it verbatim.
“Tell him it’s the Synaptic World Group, number A22.”
Lin Fan relayed the message as instructed, and soon received a reprimand!
"Who dares to mock me? There is no such thing as the Synaptic World Group on the roster of the Zixiao Sect in the lower realm. How did you manage to contact the Zixiao Sect?"
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No synaptic worldgroup? That means they really changed the name.
Lin Shan quickly changed his tune and reported the Lost World group he was unsure about, hoping they could find it.
After Lin Fan did as instructed, the person above delayed for a while before responding in a more conciliatory tone.
"I've checked. The Lost Worlds group number is Geng 11. There is indeed a Zixiao Sect there. Some time ago, there was a record that your junior disciple Lei Qin from the sect affairs office contacted you in the lower realm about how to eradicate the Black Lotus Sect, a remnant of its poisonous influence."
The Shenxiao Sect once instructed the Zixiao Sect in the lower realm to annihilate the Black Lotus Sect.
Lin Fan stroked his chin, it seemed there was such a thing, but later the Azure Lotus Fairy was resurrected, the Black Lotus Sect became stronger and stronger, and the Purple Cloud Sect was no match for it. Only the Pure Lotus Hermit could deal with it, so he pretended to be a good boy and dared not move. Perhaps the Grand Elder of the Purple Cloud Sect would not have the face to report it later.
Now that the higher-ups are asking, just tell the truth.
He recounted the destruction of the Black Lotus Cult; since he wasn't a firsthand witness, he just reported what he knew.
The jade pendant responded promptly this time:
"Hmm, I understand. I will follow up on this matter, but it is not within my jurisdiction. You took the initiative to contact the higher-ups this time to inquire about issues related to ascension. Ask quickly if you have any questions. There is a time limit for communication between the two realms. We can only communicate once every thousand years. You don't have many more opportunities to speak!"
Lin Fan nodded to those around him and quickly got to the point.
"It seems that the world I belong to has changed its name and number. I would like to know the coordinates of the Ascension Platform in the Upper Realm now. I would appreciate it if you could help me find it."
The jade pendant spun smoothly, and the sound carried over.
A moment later, I heard someone ask:
"Please confirm your name, Daoist title, cultivation level, position, and location in the lower realm."
"Lin Fan, Daoist name Jin Leizi, cultivation level is mid-stage of Nascent Soul, currently serving as the Supreme Elder of Zixiao Sect, location is Lost World Group number Geng 11."
The silence over there lasted a little longer this time.
Just as they were waiting anxiously in the library, a flash of light appeared on the jade pendant, followed by a single sentence, before abruptly extinguishing and falling silent!
"Understood. I have registered you and granted you special permission to ascend through the back door. You are given three hundred years to ascend yourself. At that time, a deacon from our sect will personally receive you and announce your name, Lin Fan. I look forward to your successful ascension!"
Snapped!
The jade pendant severed the connection directly, proving that the elders of the Divine Firmament Sect in the Upper Realm acted swiftly and decisively, and their word was law.
What? You don't know the coordinates of the Ascension Platform?
It's alright, the Shenxiao Sect will just arrange a back door for you. You can just use the back door when the time comes. There's no need for all this nonsense.
This is the sheer power and arrogance of the major sects in the immortal realm!
Ah, this.
Lin Fan was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but turn his head, seeing the resentful looks from Lin Shan and Brother Chicken. He didn't know where to begin! (End of this chapter)