He exited his meditative state, gesturing for Chen Changâan to approach.
Chen Changâan did as instructed, coming to sit cross-legged beneath a meditation mat in front of the old man.
There were nine similar meditation mats on the spot.
Each meditation mat was laid out from the Daoist tree of heaven and earth.
If one cultivates while sitting on it, they can more quickly approach the Great Dao of heaven and earth, making their cultivation twice as effective.
Of course, these things were meaningless to Chen Changâan.
What he always used was directly obtained from the tree of enlightenment. He had long become immune to these things.
After sitting down, Chen Changâan curiously asked:
"Elder Ancestor, whatâs the reason youâve called me here?"
The Ninth Elder Ancestor looked at Chen Changâan and said:
"Changâan Nephew, you need not address this old man so formally. In the Dao of cultivation, those who succeed are superior."
"In terms of sect hierarchy, I am above you; in terms of cultivation experience, you are above me. Why donât we interact as equals?"
"Elder Ancestor, I donât dare."
Facing the Ninth Elder Ancestorâs words, Chen Changâan shook his head.
Cultivation is cultivation; hierarchy is hierarchy.
"How many years have you been in our sect?"
The Ninth Elder Ancestor did not give immediate response to Chen Changâan, instead asked him this.
"To inform you, Elder Ancestor, it has been more than forty years."
Although Chen Changâan wasnât quite sure why the Ninth Elder Ancestor asked such a question, he still answered seriously.
Meanwhile, in the corner of Chen Changâanâs eye, information about the Ninth Elder Ancestor appeared.
[Name: Chen Jundao.]
[Race: Human Race.]
[Cultivation: Seventh Extreme Sect.]
[Cultivation Technique Divine Skills: Taiyi Immortal Sutra, Feather Transformation Sutra, Annihilation Sutra, Tailyuan Binary Sutra...]
[Age: 122,239 years.]
[Personal History: Born in a mountain village in the borders of the Heavenly Water Imperial Dynasty of the Great Yuan Domain in the thirtieth year of the Yuan Emperor, was accepted into the Immortal Sect at the age of twelve.]
[At eighteen broke through to the second realm, at thirty reached the third realm, became a regional power.]
[At eighty broke into the Dharma Aspect King realm, became a king-level powerhouse, impressive in his power.]
[At three hundred stepped into the fifth divine hidden realm, at one thousand stepped into the sixth Dao Lord realm, at five thousand stepped into the seventh Daoist Master realm, becoming the ancestor of the Immortal Sect, then retired from society.]
[Twenty thousand years ago he encountered a great catastrophe, led some disciples to escape, established the new Tianshui Sect, then fell into a coma due to severe injuries, and has been in deep slumber.]
[Potential: Eighth Extreme Sect.]
[Hidden Illness: Daoist foundation damaged, lifespan falling, Daoist Classics conflict, no hope of breakthrough.]
[Current psychological activity: He is somewhat surprised and pleased with his summoned junior, Chen Changâan, as he senses a hope for the sectâs heritage to be passed down in Chen Changâan.]
[Current action: Unknown.]
[Personality: Unknown.]
[.....]
A hundred thousand years??!
Seeing the cultivation information of the Ninth Elder Ancestor, Chen Changâan was startled momentarily.
He couldnât believe that the legendary Ninth Elder Ancestor was in fact a being from a hundred thousand years ago.
A hundred thousand years... How long was that?
From the Ancient Era to the present, could it be just this long!
Did the Tianshui Sect have such a deep history?
Chen Changâan had to admit, he was indeed surprised.
In his memory, the history of the Tianshui Sect was quite long, almost comparable to the ten sects.
But he had no idea specifics of its length. It could trace back to a hundred thousand years ago, what a shocking heritage?
"Elder Ancestor, do you have any matters to discuss with this disciple?" Chen Changâan promptly asked.
He was admiring the long lifetime of the Ninth Ancestor just a moment ago, but the next moment, Chen Changâan remembered the old man was on his deathbed, and he didnât know what to say for a moment.
Although the Ninth Ancestor had lived for over a hundred thousand years, his real active time in this world was far less than that long, even less than three thousand years.
Eternal life is desirable, yet not everyone yearns for a solitary existence.
Faced with Chen Changâanâs words, Elder Jundao did not reply but instead smiled warmly and said.
"Changâan, take a seat."
With a simple utterance, he summoned a chair, signaling Chen Changâan to sit.
"Thank you, Elder."
Without any hesitation, Chen Changâan took a seat on the chair.
After Chen Changâan took his seat, Jundao Elder finally asked, "Changâan, do you know about our sectâs history?"
"Somewhat." Chen Changâan nodded.
Tianshui Sectâs history isnât a secret within the sect, the information Changâan discovered from Jundao Elder earlier matches completely with what he knows.
The predecessor of the Tianshui Sect was not known as Tianshui. It was a powerful ancient Dao Path known as the Taiyi Immortal Sect.
Its name, the Taiyi Immortal Sect, bears witness to its horrifying prowess.
It reigned supreme across a profound yellow world!
But that is all in the past.
Over the course of countless years, the heritage of the Tianshui Sect gradually became lost.
During the Ancient Era, due to a significant upheaval, the sect was split, each going its own way.
The current Tianshui Sect, under the pressure of a Seventh Realm Dao Master, experiences continuous disasters.
Chen Changâan couldnât understand why Daoist Master was suddenly bringing up this matter.
Chen Changâan believed that not only he did not know, but most of the individuals inside Tianshui Sect would also be oblivious.
And then, the next moment, he slowly heard Jundao Elder say,
"This is how it is..."
About an hour later, the verbose tale of Jundao Elder had concluded.
After listening to the elderâs words, Chen Changâan finally understood the purpose of summoning him here.
In essence, with the merging of the three thousand worlds, not long ago, Master Jundao received a signal from a higher world.
In this signal, he perceived an intense glimpse of the Taiyi Immortal Sectâs heritage.
This suggested that besides the Tianshui Sect, another power inheriting the Taiyi Immortal Sect also survived and seemed to have revived the Dao Path of the Taiyi Immortal Sect.
This alarming piece of information was indeed the reason prompting the Dao Lord to awaken from his slumber.
Subsequently, Master Dao used an ancient method to establish contact with the other party, reaffirming the fact.
The reason why he called for Chen Changâan, however, was because during that information exchange, they mentioned sending a disciple to pick up someone from the Tianshui Sect to rejoin the sect in a few days.
Master Dao decided to call on Chen Changâan because the former felt like he didnât have enough presence anymore.
"So, are you implying that that you want me to be a shield, Elder?"
"No, Changâan, do you know of the Heavenly Emperor Pavilion?" Daoist Master waved his hand and refuted.
"Heavenly Emperor Pavilion?" Chen Changâan was taken aback at the mention.
He was actually quite familiar with this.
As Chen Changâan, a disciple of the Tianshui Sect, he has limited access to such knowledge. But as Emperor Song, this information was not challenging to access.
It is said that in a Profound Yellow World called Heavenly Origin, there lies a place filled with the Heavenly Emperorâs unique treasures. That place is known as the Heavenly Emperor Pavilion.
All ancient Dao Paths that belong to the Heavenly Origin Great World have the opportunity to send their saint heirs and inheritors into the Heavenly Emperor Pavilion once per era to search for treasures.
What place is the seventh floor of the Tianshui Sectâs Treasure Vault?
It is where the accumulated essence of countless years of the Heavenly Origin Great World resides.
All things that wish to grow in it must at least have Daoist item status.
The worldâs rarest big medicines must be at least Saint Medicine level to enter.
The King Medicine, inferior to Saint Medicine, can only reside outside the Heavenly Emperor Pavilion, in the medicine garden!
The wealth contained on the seventh floor of the Heavenly Emperor Pavilion, after countless years, is staggering.
To Chen Changâanâs knowledge, there is a broken Immortal Medicine residing within.
Although it is unknown how the Immortal Medicine compares to Shen Xuzi, its existence at such a level is already extraordinary.
Furthermore, there are also two pieces of a forty-nine-banned Dao weapon, which although broken, are nevertheless unique.
If they are activated, they would be terrifyingly powerful weapons!