Chapter 722 - Chapter 722: Deceit
Chapter 722: Deceit
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
After Guo Jiayu received the deposit, his efficiency was quite high. On the third day, he led Chen Fei to the Windy Rock outside the Flowing City.
Here, someone was already waiting.
This person glanced at Guo Jiayu and then carefully appraised Chen Fei for a moment, confirming that he was only at the late stage of the Combined Aperture Tempering realm. He nodded slightly.
Without saying anything further, he soared into the sky and flew ahead.
“We’U follow him,” Guo Jiayu said, then took off.
Seeing Chen Fei keeping up, he whispered, “Later, I can only take you to the outskirts of the Saint Yan Sect. He will take you in from there.”
Seeing that Chen Fei paid promptly without any delay, Guo Jiayu hesitated for a moment and continued, “When we get inside, you must follow his orders. At that time, just express your intentions, and he probably won’t make things too difficult for you.”
“Thank you!” Chen Fei smiled and nodded, looking at the person ahead.
To learn martial arts by spending money not only required secrecy but also involved spending money to maintain relationships.
It’s no wonder that no one wants to go see that stone stele now; it’s too much of a loss.
With that money, it’s better to buy from those who have already learned, which is more cost-effective.
Of course, if the Saint Yan Sect were to find out about this situation, it would be truly relentless. It’s fundamentally different from discovering and learning the Suppressing Dragon Elephant before.
Because with your money not falling into the pockets of the Saint Yan Sect, if this doesn’t discourage you, then what will?
In less than half an hour, the person ahead landed in front of a mountain gate.
The mountain gate was not large, just one main peak, occasionally seeing a few rainbow lights flashing by.
“Follow me.” Seeing Guo Jiayu and the two others land, the person turned to look at Chen Fei, then walked up the mountain.
Chen Fei clasped his hands towards Guo Jiayu and followed behind the person.
Guo Jiayu watched Chen Fei’s figure and shook his head.
What stubbornness, spending so much money to learn such a technique. Later on, they’ll regret it.
On the mountain path, with no one around, Chen Fei stepped forward a few steps and handed a bag to the person in front.
The person flipped his hand, naturally tucking the bag into his sleeve.
Zeng Shaoyu’s face was tense at first, but as he completed the action, it suddenly softened, and a hint of a smile appeared.
“You only have half an hour to observe the technique. Once the time is up, you must leave immediately, or the consequences will be severe,” Zeng Shaoyu coughed lightly and turned to look at Chen Fei.
“Understood!” ChenFeinodded.
“After learning the technique, quickly leave Corpse Cliff Mountain, and in the future, visit this area less.”
Zeng Shaoyu sensed the number of elemental stones in the bag, his smile even brighter, and couldn’t help but add a few more words.
“Alright!” Chen Feinodded.
Seeing Chen Fei cooperate like this, Zeng Shaoyu nodded in satisfaction.
Flying was prohibited inside the mountain gate, but with the speed of the Combined Aperture Tempering realm, it only took a moment to arrive at a cave entrance.
Zeng Shaoyu formed hand seals, and dozens of runes stood in the air before entering the formation in the cave.
The mountain wall trembled slightly, revealing a gap in the light barrier. Zeng Shaoyu led Chen Fei inside.
A wave passed over Chen Fei, checking his cultivation realm in terms of aura and elemental energy.
However, when Chen Fei was in the Combined Aperture Tempering realm, Min Yanlu had only sensed a slight anomaly in person.
Now, with Chen Fei’s breakthrough to the Mountain Sea Realm, combined with the Slaughter Spirit Technique, it was impossible for a formation to accurately gauge his true cultivation level.
Inside the mountain was a hidden world, with most of the mountain rocks hollowed out, and the mountain walls adorned with numerous arrays, emitting a faint light.
Although this mountain gate was only temporarily set up by the Saint Yan Sect to encircle the stone stele, after so many years of development, it had become as solid as a fortress.
Even a typical early-stage Mountain Sea Realm cultivator would find it challenging to forcefully attack here.
Zeng Shaoyu continued to lead Chen Fei forward. Along the way, they encountered other disciples of the Saint Yan Sect. Zeng Shaoyu nodded in acknowledgment, while Chen Fei clasped his hands and quietly stood aside.
Those disciples of the Saint Yan Sect would give Chen Fei an extra glance, as he was unfamiliar to them.
At this point, Zeng Shaoyu would display the token in his hand.
The token was round on the outside and square on the inside, with intricate runes engraved on it.
Seeing the token, those people suddenly realized and then glanced strangely at Chen Fei before ceasing their inquiries.
After navigating through several mountain paths, they heard the roaring sound of a river ahead. Moving forward, the scenery suddenly opened up.
A massive underground river flowed through, crashing against the mountain walls, emitting a deafening sound.
Further up, within the cliffs, stood a solitary stone stele, faint spiritual light emanating from it, causing slight fluctuations in the surrounding spiritual energy.
“Remember, you only have half an hour. When the time is up, leave here on your own initiative and find me outside,” Zeng Shaoyu looked at Chen Fei, his tone stern.
“Is this the Dragon Elephant Stone Stele?” Chen Fei asked.
Chen Fei looked up at the stone stele, his gaze flickering. Through the spiritual light emanating from the stone stele, he could see the text clearly. However, with just one glance, Chen Fei furrowed his brows.
Both the methods for Suppressing Dragon Elephant Body Tempering and Suppressing Dragon Elephant Spirit Tempering were fully recorded on the stone stele.
However, while the sequence of the body tempering section was correct, the sequence of the spirit tempering section was surprisingly chaotic. As for the most important part for Chen Fei, the Soul tempering section, it was only briefly mentioned, with some ambiguous words.
If it were someone at the Combined Aperture Tempering realm, seeing the content for the Mountain Sea Realm, they wouldn’t be able to discern its authenticity because they couldn’t practice it.
Having spent over twenty thousand mid-grade elemental stones, Chen Fei had thought that the Saint Yan Sect would actually let him see the Dragon Elephant Stone Stele, considering the restriction on cultivation levels.
But Chen Fei had misjudged the Saint Yan Sect’s intentions. Not only did they not let him see the genuine Dragon Elephant Stone Stele, but they also took his money and ended up showing him a makeshift one.
“This is naturally the Dragon Elephant Stone Stele!”
Zeng Shaoyu heard Chen Fei’s words and calmly nodded, casting a slightly strange glance at Chen Fei.
Chen Fei remained silent, turning to look at Zeng Shaoyu.
Observing Chen Fei’s expression, Zeng Shaoyu’s brows furrowed slightly, feeling somewhat dissatisfied.
Just as he was about to speak, their eyes suddenly met, and Zeng Shaoyu’s body involuntarily stiffened.
Zeng Shaoyu had been in the Saint Yan Sect for many years. Currently at the early stage of the Combined Aperture Tempering realm, while it couldn’t be said that his future prospects were exceptionally bright, with the right opportunities, he might not be unable to reach the peak Combined Aperture Tempering realm in the future, or even entertain the hope of reaching the Mountain Sea Realm.
He came to Corpse Cliff Mountain because he had offended someone on the main sect’s side. Despite several struggles, he couldn’t resolve the conflict, ultimately having to come to Corpse Cliff Mountain to evade danger.
With just one glance, Chen Fei grasped most of Zeng Shaoyu’s situation and also understood the true location of the Dragon Elephant Stone Stele.
Earlier on the way here, Chen Fei intentionally sensed the surroundings.
The mid-stage Mountain Sea Realm cultivator who stayed behind was not currently within the mountain.
After a period of silence, the frequency of the appearance of the Heavenly Rain Flower suddenly started increasing again. Based on past experience, this indicated that it was about to fall into a spatial rift.
Faced with such a precious spiritual material as the Heavenly Rain Flower, even a mid-stage Mountain Sea Realm cultivator would be unwilling to easily give it up.
As Chen Fei scanned through Zeng Shaoyu’s memories, his expression subtly changed, a hint of a smile appearing on his face.
The dream-like gaze in Chen Fei’s eyes penetrated into a segment of memory, imprinting it into Zeng Shaoyu’s mind.
Zeng Shaoyu’s stiff body returned to normal. He glanced at Chen Fei, then swept his hand over the bag, and a set of unique Saint Yan Sect garments appeared in his hand, along with a piece of Chaos Iron.
Zeng Shaoyu handed over the items. Chen Fei first changed into the garments and then turned his attention to the Chaos Iron.
Chaos Iron was a third-grade high-grade spiritual material. When forging superior-grade magic treasures, it could be used as auxiliary material.
Chen Fei activated the Suppressing Dragon Elephant and forcibly infused a special force and aura into the Chaos Iron.
The appearance of the Chaos Iron changed, resembling a dragon’s scale body with six legs, exactly like the posture of a dragon elephant.
Chen Fei hung the Chaos Iron around his waist. Zeng Shaoyu turned around and walked forward, with Chen Fei calmly following behind.
As they progressed, the temperature inside the cave kept rising.
Along the way, several people encountered Zeng Shaoyu and Chen Fei. These people initially found Chen Fei unfamiliar and were about to inquire when they suddenly noticed the ornament around Chen Fei’s waist.
The appearance of the dragon elephant wasn’t particularly extraordinary, but the aura emanating from it was quite remarkable.
The Saint Yan Sect had long regarded the Suppressing Dragon Elephant as one of their lineages. Although very few people practiced it, there were disciples who chose this technique.
And once they achieved success and proved that their talent was indeed suitable for the Suppressing Dragon Elephant, the Saint Yan Sect would bestow such items, allowing disciples to constantly feel the mysteries of the Suppressing Dragon Elephant in operation.
With Zeng Shaoyu leading the way and the dragon elephant ornament, even though they had crossed into a different area, these people still assumed that Chen Fei was a disciple from the main sect who had come to observe the Dragon Elephant Stone Stele.
Although such occurrences were not common, there were still disciples who would specially come to Corpse Cliff Mountain every one or two years for this purpose.
Chen Fei nodded slightly to the passing disciples of the Saint Yan Sect, while Zeng Shaoyu behaved as usual, showing no flaws.
Under the influence of the Dream Entering Technique, Zeng Shaoyu truly regarded Chen Fei as a disciple of the Saint Yan Sect. Therefore, whether it was his emotions or expressions, they were all very natural.
As the two continued on their way, a massive cavern appeared before Chen Fei after a quarter of an hour.
Upon arriving here, the Suppressing Dragon Elephant within Chen Fei’s body began to tremble slightly. He looked up, and above, a huge stone stele stood.
Compared to the makeshift stone stele, the Dragon Elephant Stone Stele in front of him was undoubtedly much larger, and a heavy aura filled the entire cavern.
At this moment, there was no one else in the cavern because the area where the Dragon Elephant Stone Stele was located would directly suppress elemental energy, mental power, and even the soul.
Under such circumstances, cultivation would become extremely slow, so naturally, no one would want to stay in such an environment for long.
“Brother Chen, is this your first time here?” Zeng Shaoyu turned to look at Chen Fei, his face full of smiles.
Chen Fei nodded without responding and followed a mountain path to arrive in front of the Dragon Elephant Stone Stele.
The closer he got, the more pronounced the sense of suppression became. At the same time, the huge gap in the upper right corner of the stone stele caught Chen Fei’s eye.
The inscription there was missing.
Chen Fei’s gaze shifted downward, and he began to carefully examine the entire Dragon Elephant Stone Stele.
He intended to finish learning the Suppressing Dragon Elephant here and then leave immediately, especially since no Mountain Sea Realm cultivators were present in this area.
As he looked at the inscription, the words on the stone stele kept moving, causing Chen Fei’s expression to change slightly. Suddenly, he began to understand why the piece of beast skin depicting the Suppressing Dragon Elephant he had obtained earlier was cut in that particular manner.
It was because of the Dragon Elephant Stone Stele.
However, as Chen Fei’s soul surged, the words on the stone stele began to become somewhat organized, but only to a slight extent. There were still some errors in the arrangement.
Chen Fei’s brows furrowed slightly. Could it be that those in the Saint Yan Sect only learned the Suppressing Dragon Elephant like this?
Wouldn’t that still be incorrect?
Were those peak Mountain Sea Realm cultivators who came here also like this?
Chen Fei scanned through the contents on the stone stele one by one, starting with the sections on subduing and controlling, which were self-explanatory.
The most important section, the Soul Tempering part, was where Chen Fei began searching for the missing parts.
When Chen Fei first obtained the Soul Tempering section, it was only a fragmentary imprint captured by the system, naturally missing many parts, and not the complete knowledge that the previous owner of the fragment had learned.
Now, as Chen Fei continued to examine the inscriptions on the stone stele, the Soul Subduing section was gradually supplemented. In just a moment, Chen Fei had read through the entire inscription.
Closing his eyes, the mysteries of the Soul Tempering section flashed through Chen Fei’s mind, and the words “Suppressing Dragon Elephant Soul Tempering” on the panel emitted a faint glow.
Chen Fei opened his eyes and began to exert all his strength in practicing the Suppressing Dragon Elephant. A heavy aura emanated from him, resonating with the Dragon Elephant Stone Stele.
Gradually, there was a slight change in the aura of the Dragon Elephant Stone Stele, and a mysterious feeling washed over Chen Fei.
Chen Fei focused intently, but there was always a feeling of seeing through a mist.
The part of the Suppressing Dragon Elephant Soul Tempering section that Chen Fei had just supplemented had not yet been fully practiced, causing him to be unable to truly comprehend the final missing part of the Suppressing Dragon Elephant.
However, even if Chen Fei couldn’t comprehend it himself, the system was continuously recording at this moment.
As Zeng Shaoyu watched the changes in the Dragon Elephant Stone Stele, his expression was filled with astonishment.
“Huh?”
Suddenly, a soft exclamation sounded from below. Zeng Shaoyu turned around to see the newcomer and quickly bowed in respect.