Chapter 375: Sky Burial (3)
âThe dead can still store qi?â
Big broâŠ
Zhao Ziqi inhaled deeply. Since his and Xu Yangyiâs spiritual senses were linked, Xu Yangyi could sense the otherâs present excitement.
Take⊠Take away a few coffins. If my guess isnât wrongâŠ
The light of Xu Yangyiâs eyes minutely flickered. The living and dead were very simple.
Storage ring.
This object could store all inanimate organisms. However, if something was alive it couldnât be placed inside no matter what.
After several minutes, Xu Yangyi reached the seaside and focused in on three coffins facing him. He weaved through seals and cast a spell. In the next second, the coffins vanished without a trace, already received into his storage ring.
âNo signs of life⊠but if there are no signs of life, how is qi being stored?â At this moment, even he felt the matter to be completely unbelievable! Such a situation violated an iron law of cultivation concluded by Earth, an undefiable law: inanimate objects were unable to store qi!
Xu Yangyi quietly departed. After an hour, he had already appeared in an abandoned building. He waved his hand again, and three heavy thuds echoed. Three coffins emerged in the room.
âI want to see what you really are,â he took a deep breath and slightly flicked out. Three coffin covers flew off in unison.
His pupils abruptly shrunk.
âThisâŠâ He studied the inside of the coffins, gravely. Inside⊠there were no corpses! Instead⊠there were three seemingly jade, yet not jade, sculptures!
Their appearances was human, but they had shrunk down to only a foot in size! From top to bottom, their bodies were lustrous and crystalline, pure and sparkling! They were jade-green in color, yet they each contained a visible orb of qi inside that was roughly the size of a fist.
Although the sculptures were small, they were carved with exquisite delicacy. Among the trio, there was old and young. The elderly figure had a fist-sized orb of qi. The youth, however, only had a finger-sized orb. They were all dressed in well-ironed suits and their faces were serene, to the extent that a flower had been left on each of their chests. Every crease on their suits, every wrinkle on their faces, and even every strand of hair was clearly visible.
âThisâŠâ Xu Yangyiâs gaze slightly flashed, and he picked up a jade sculpture. âIs this really a jade sculpture? Or actually a corpse?â
Theyâre corpses, but theyâre not ordinary corpses!
Zhao Ziqiâs voice couldnât be any more excited.
These⊠are
remnants from the early Ancient era!
This is mentioned in established mythical history
. Zhao Ziqi was so excited that he drifted out in his soul form. He was like mist. One could only make out an outline, and he said in excitement,
According to legend, China had too, too many citizens during the Age of Legends. Later on, the Yellow Emperor became the absolute master of ancient Chinaâs citizens. At that time, the Desolate Flood hadnât ended yet, and demonbeasts were rampant. It was a true age of when god and man danced together!
[1]
However, Chinaâs territory at the time wasnât great, and there were many, many demon clans or other kinds of people in their surroundings. In the wake of Chinaâs expansion of citizens, these demons and others started to be slowly forced to migrate outwards. They had their own mighty figures and constitutions that were different from normal people, but none of them were opponents for Chinaâs citizens!
The Zhao Clan originates from the Eastern Han. Our first clan elder was appointed as one of Cao Caoâs wealth repossession officers back then. Each of our generations has a practice of recording strange stories and various things. In addition to our forerunnersâ occupation, we know a lot of things that the cultivation world wasnât able to recordâŠ
Because of his over-excitement, Zhao Ziqiâs fog form was trembling.
[2]
Thatâs right! An ancestor once recorded that after the unification of Chinaâs first dynastyâthe Qin dynastyâall the other clans disappearedâŠ
Zhao Ziqi sucked in deeply, his voice starting to drift.
Big bro⊠the crux of the entire history lies here⊠I suspect this is also the true origin of the Lesser Thousand Realmsâ formation!
[3]
Xu Yangyi was silent for three seconds and his mind quickly sparked. He said in an astonished tone, âLesser Thousand Realms⊠were formed from the mighty cultivators of those ancient clans establishing a world?â
YEAH!!!
Zhao Ziqi shouted passionately,
Thatâs the only theory! And thatâs also what the Zhao Clanâs ancestor believed!
Xu Yangyiâs gaze was like fire, and he mumbled to himself for a brief moment, âBut thatâs under the premise that establishes the Age of Legends as true.â
âZiqi.â He looked deeply at the youth. âWe came out of Danxia Temple together. You know whatâs down there, as well. Senior Xiaoqing has lived for thousands of years, and those years are also cryptic and ominous. She never officially admitted it, but she confirmed that Jiang Ziya existed. Still, she never verified the Godseal War.â
[4]
Zhao Ziqi immediately stammered and nodded.
YeahâŠ
No one spoke. Everyone knew that the approximate matters from 5,000 years ago simply couldnât be verified in the modern age. Yet once confirmed⊠perhaps the cultivation philosophy of the entire Greater Thousand Realm known as Earth would topple over!
The Jade Emperor confirmed!
[5]
The Most High Laozi confirmed!
[6]
Chiyou confirmed!
[7]
And where of the footprints of immortals?
Cultivators who ranked among immortals were all confirmed! This illustrated that cultivationâs path was far above Core Formation! Even farther beyond Nascent Soul!
Although there were many things, they were already indirectly and directly explained as likely having existed in history. For example, why would Sun Wukongâs sculpture appear for Xu Yangyiâs Foundation Establishment? The Wolfbane was also a legendary being! And while science could already provide an explanation⊠then what was the demon body at Nanzhou?
Nonetheless, this was only a theory, absent of the most direct evidence. If this destroyed history was found, it simply wouldnât shake up the modern Cultivation Civilization without conclusive evidence. No one dared to speak irresponsibly about such matters, either.
Everyone knew how great the collapse this proof would bring. Xu Yangyi and Zhao Ziqi were somewhat silent. After an extended period of time, Xu Yangyi then laughed, âThen what about this?â
This is quite possibly the YuenĂŒ Tribe.
Zhao Ziqi said with certainty this time,
A tribe from the long river of destroyed history. Countless mortal archaeologists have found their vestiges. They last appeared in present-day Chinaâs Jiangnan region. However, thereâs a different record in our Zhao Clanâs ancient tomes.
[8]
Itâs said⊠that the people of this tribe werenât alive. They existed in a state between life and death⊠and once they died, they transformed into jade sculptures that contained all the qi that theyâd cultivated. Big broâŠ
this qi is different from all other qi! Back then, the YuenĂŒ Tribe could be considered a major clan because of their constitutionâs specialness! Their qi could be accepted by any constitution and any arcane effort!
Xu Yangyi stared vacantly, and his gaze soon brightened. He sighed wistfully.
This was too hard to believe!
Zhao Ziqi didnât explain the matter clearly, yet he listened and understood. Each cultivatorâs qi was just like a blood type. The same blood type could be transfused with the same blood type, yet the YuenĂŒ Tribeâs qi was equal to a universal blood among blood typesâO-type!
No wonderâŠ
Xu Yangyi shook his head and laughed. In a time period when all sides were struggling for dominance, such a clan could still seek survival amidst a crack. Yet once a great united dynasty was born, perhaps they would be immediately whisked away to laboratories.
And they could also take this qi and imbue it in a cultivatorâs body and instantly advance the receiverâs realm! Therefore, this clanâs probability of raising a great cultivator were hundreds to a thousand times better than the other clans!
Zhao Ziqi said.
Xu Yangyi sighed, âAn ordinary man is without crime, yet treasuring a jade ring becomes a sin. If this really is the YuenĂŒ Tribe, itâs not strange that they escaped here.â He also had an even deeper level of thought in his heart. Perhaps⊠the Realm Anchor and Star Position hadnât been lost, but instead âsomeone resoluteâ had specifically forced the Clearcloud Realm to break away from Earth.
Hold onâŠ
Without missing a beat, he looked to the three jade sculptures. They could be paired with any arcane effort⊠In that case, wasnât that to sayâŠ
The Eternal Alchemy Canon!
Presently, he had no fire seed⊠and if this qi could be delivered to him...
His gaze looked to the boundless and limitless ocean outside and the floating coffins that stretched all the way to the horizon. Maybe⊠he could still advance here!
âNoâŠâ Just as his voice fell, the bodhi seed in his mind revolved at great speed. He thought of another matter. âThe person behind Zu Huaiâen came here much earlier than me, thereâs no way he didnât find this out. With several decades worth of time, his realm is enough to scrape this entire continentâs qi. It wouldnât be the least bit strange if he cultivated to Great Circle Foundation Establishment, but how is he actually at just the middle stage?â
Upon reaching this point in his thoughts, without a momentâs pause, he channeled all his spiritual force to his five fingers and forcefully slammed down on a jade sculpture.
Cracking noises rang out, and his finger slipped on the glossy jade sculpture, and yetâŠ
It wouldnât break!
Using his Foundation Establishment spiritual force, these jade sculptures surprisingly hadnât shattered by a single chip! They were as good as new!
Big bro⊠The YuenĂŒ Tribe has a legend⊠so that outsiders wouldnât covet their qi after they died⊠only those of the tribeâs direct bloodline are allowed⊠otherwise, outsiders have no way to activate the jade sculptureâŠ
Oh, so Iâm that outsider.
Angry in heart, Xu Yangyi took the sculptures and returned them to their coffins. He looked on at the the veritable mountain of spiritual force before his eyes, but he was unexpectedly unable to use it. Without a fire seed, his cultivation wouldnât advance an inch. How could something like this not make someone depressed?
It was at this moment that a muffled humming noise suddenly came from the oceanâs surface. This sound was like a mountain. It didnât come from the sky, but rather from underground!
âIt has begunâŠâ Meanwhile, at the side of a lonely peak on the coastline, a pair of aged eyes opened. âAnother ten-year cycle⊠has comeâŠâ
âBut this time⊠you wonât have such luck again. Although you had the foresight last time to make the Realm Anchor disconnect⊠how will you be able to run with a spirit-object of this grade with your current cultivation?â
âIt⊠is certainly still inside this realm.â
His gaze looked to Baizhai City. âFellow Daoist, youâve arrived as well⊠I believe that youâll surely make a decision after today⊠The Sky Burial Festival lasts for an entire monthâŠâ
Big bro⊠whatâs going on?
Zhao Ziqi asked doubtfully, yet Xu Yangyi had already stood up. He faced the seaâs direction and mumbled quietly to himself.
Zhao Ziqi turned and glanced, yet his entire fog form shuddered. He looked at the ocean incredulously, unable to say a word.
On the ocean surface⊠on the first day of the Sky Burial Festival, this first batch of tens of thousands of coffins unexpectedly ascended little by little as they carried threads of seawater!
Like so, they slowly began to hang in the air and drift. Very soon⊠they formed a river of black coffins and steadily advanced towards a fixed direction in the sky!
Swoosh⊠Swoosh⊠SwooshâŠ
In the air, nine fireballs that were hundreds of meters in size unhurriedly appeared. Presently, the cheers coming from the beach reached the zenith!
The river of coffins started to slowly float and form a massive black flood in the sky. They flowed towards an unknown place.
On the ground, bursts of loud clamor quaked the heavens and rang out. Countless candle flames were lit at the same time. The masses began to sing an unknown song, yet Zhao Ziqi and Xu Yangyi were both in a terribly serious mood right now.
âDo you feel it?â Xu Yangyi murmured. The wind on the oceanâs surface blew on his clothing and caused it to ripple in the breeze.
Zhao Ziqi took a deep breath and nodded silently.
In this sea of coffins, there was a spiritual force⊠an extremely powerful spiritual force that was pulling these coffins to its side, like a black hole!
Spoiler Meme
1. The Yellow Emperor, the semi-mythical ruler of ancient China. He is said to be the originator of Chinese culture. 2711-2598 BCE. The Desolate Flood legend has been mentioned in the past, also somewhat semi-mythical. Many heroes and gods were said to have tried to stop the flood. Traditionally dated to the 3rd millennium BCE.
2. Cao Cao, a famous warlord from the Three Kingdoms era.
3. Remember, Qin dynasty ran from 221-207 BCE.
4. Reminder: Jiang Ziya was the semi-mythical advisor of King Wen of Zhou, who would eventually form the Zhou dynasty that would end the Shang dynasty. Said to have lived during the 11th century BCE. Remember⊠Jiang Shang and then Sun Bin. 500 years before Zhuge Liang and then 500 years later Liu Bowen⊠until finally Xu XuanâŠ
5. In Chinese myth and culture the Jade Emperor is considered one of the representations of the First God. In Daoism, he is considered the assistant to Yuanshi Tianzun, the primeval lord of the heavens. In one myth, he created humans. In another, he is the head of the Godly Pantheon, yet not responsible for creation.
6. Laozi, the founder of Daoism. Chinese philosopher. Author of the Dao De Jing. Estimated era 500 BCE.
7. Tribal leader of the Nine Li Tribe. During the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors era, he lost against the Yellow Emperor.
8. Unfortunately, I couldnât find anything about the YuenĂŒ Tribe in Jiangnan. Might just be a made-up clan based on a real one.
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