Crafting an Immortal Race with Daily Hexagrams

Chapter 247: Chapter 182: Twenty-Four Solar Terms Celestial Rotation True Seal_6

”This is the terror of the Array Dao.”

”The life gate of this Sunflower Water Thunder Array before us is only fixed because its array base is damaged; otherwise, those from Hundred Beasts Mountain wouldn’t have been able to get in here.”

Shen Wen’an nodded and didn’t dare to continue acting. The three of them squeezed through the gap beside a pile of rubble into the cave mansion.

As soon as they stepped into the wide, dim passageway of the cave mansion, a cracking sound came from beneath their feet.

Wei Qiuling glanced down, her brow furrowing deeply.

”Why are there so many human bones here?”

Upon hearing her words, Shen Wen’an and Jiang Xiuqi also looked down around them.

Before them, the ground was strewn with numerous white bones!

The number of them had already accumulated into a thick layer on the surface.

Jiang Xiuqi picked up a skull by his foot and examined it for a moment, saying, ”These bones were from children who were likely not even ten years old.”

”And their time of death is probably only a few decades ago...”

Wei Qiuling pondered for a moment and said, ”Does that mean these people were killed by Hundred Beasts Mountain?”

”What are they doing by killing so many ordinary people?”

Jiang Xiuqi shook his head slightly, looked solemnly at the depths of the cave mansion, and said, ”Be careful.”

Though he didn’t know why Hundred Beasts Mountain slaughtered so many mortal children in this cave, this act seemed somewhat sinister.

Jiang Xiuqi suspected that the things in the cave mansion were probably not that simple.

The three continued forward and found some strange statues and stone tables and stools, among other living items, inside the cave mansion.

Seeing these items, none of the three showed interest in examining them.

Hundred Beasts Mountain had discovered this place over a century ago; any valuable items must have been taken long ago, nothing would be left for them.

The main purpose of their trip was to look for things Hundred Beasts Mountain hadn’t taken.

”Strange, this cave mansion is just this large, seemingly nothing special...”

After making two rounds around the cave mansion, apart from some broken pots and a few stone stools and tables, there was no special finding.

Wei Qiuling expressed her doubts.

Jiang Xiuqi meticulously checked every wall of the cave mansion but found no traces.

”Could it be that we guessed wrong?”

Shen Wen’an spoke.

This cave mansion was just so big, with nothing special, unlike a place where treasures and opportunities were hidden.

”It shouldn’t be...” Wei Qiuling, unwilling to give up, continued searching.

Mountain Master He had thus rushed here without thinking, even when he knew he wasn’t a match for the four of them. If there wasn’t something here, she wouldn’t believe it.

The three continued examining this cave mansion.

...

Black Water Pool, Shen Family.

Shen Yuan sat cross-legged on the first floor of the Black Water Pavilion, refining the White Jade Turtle Shell when suddenly a strange thought popped into his mind.

He slowly opened his eyes, carefully pondering over the thought that had just emerged, followed by a subtle movement of his heart spirit.

The surface of the White Jade Turtle Shell in his sea of consciousness immediately evoked a faint spiritual charm.

After these spiritual charms emerged, they were quickly absorbed by the White Jade Turtle Shell.

Seeing this, Shen Yuan felt a bit distressed.

These spiritual charms were accumulated over half a year and he had been reluctant to use them.

Now, just to deduce a fleeting feeling, they were all consumed in an instant.

Hopefully, it will yield something beneficial.

After the White Jade Turtle Shell absorbed the spiritual charms, a line of prophetic inscription began to surface on it.

[The third son, Wen’an, good fortune during Cold Dew]

Upon seeing this inscription, Shen Yuan frowned deeply.

This seemed to be a prophetic inscription targeting Shen Wen’an, good fortune during Cold Dew...

Is it referring to ”Cold Dew” among the twenty-four solar terms?

Shen Yuan calculated the solar terms and found that Cold Dew was only three days away.

Shen Wen’an and Wei Qiuling had just followed Jiang Xiuqi from Luoxia Mountain to He County to see what the Sunflower Water Thunder Grand Array was about.

Could this auspicious hexagram be related to the Sunflower Water Thunder Grand Array?

After some hesitation, he wrote this prophetic inscription down and then had it sent to He County.

...

In the Commandery City of He County, after tirelessly examining the cave mansion for a long time to no avail, Shen Wen’an and his companions, left with no other choices, returned to the city to have everything left by Hundred Beasts Mountain over the years brought out for inspection.

Hoping they could find some clues.

As the three were busy, a disciple of the Shen Family rushed to the Commandery City.

Upon receiving the prophetic inscription personally written by Shen Yuan, the three were somewhat puzzled.

”Is Elder Shen proficient in the Path of Great Derivation?” Jiang Xiuqi glanced at the inscription and asked.

Wei Qiuling nodded, ”Father has some talent in the Path of Great Derivation, but this inscription...”

Jiang Xiuqi thought for a moment, then said, ”I suspect that this ’Cold Dew’ refers to Cold Dew, one of the twenty-four solar terms. According to the days, it’s Cold Dew tomorrow.”

”Does Master mean that the treasure inside the cave mansion is related to the solar term?”

”That seems a bit far-fetched, doesn’t it?”

Jiang Xiuqi smiled mildly, ”I’m not sure, but Elder Shen’s ability to produce this prophetic inscription might make it worth testing.”

”Let’s go, we’ll head to the cave mansion now.”

The three of them quickly tidied up and returned to the previous cave mansion.

At midnight, just after the hour of the rat.

The three who were meditating in the cave mansion suddenly woke up from a strange fluctuation.

When they opened their eyes, they found a jade stele emitting a faint glow had appeared in the center of the cave mansion without anyone noticing!

The jade stele, less than one zhang tall, was enveloped in a soft glow, as if it had been grown alive from the mountain rock beneath it!

The three approached, exchanged glances, and looked at the jade stele emitting a faint chill.

”There’s blood on it!”

Wei Qiuling suddenly noticed that the base of the jade stele was covered with dried blood!

The blood seemed to have a corrosive property, having eroded the part of the jade stele connecting to the ground to about a tenth of its original size.

Jiang Xiuqi examined it and seemed to realize something.

”Figured it out...”

After pondering for a moment, he looked at Shen Wen’an and Wei Qiuling and said, ”I finally understand the general situation.”

”Hundred Beasts Mountain should have discovered this jade stele over a hundred years ago but couldn’t take it away.”

”Later, they somehow learned to use the blood of mortal children to corrode the jade stele.”

”For over a hundred years, they have secretly used the blood of mortal children to slowly erode the jade stele. The bones at the cave entrance are likely the mortal children killed by Hundred Beasts Mountain over the years.”

Hearing Jiang Xiuqi’s analysis, Wei Qiuling suddenly felt as if everything could now be explained.

This jade stele was clearly extraordinary, and Hundred Beasts Mountain had plotted for over a century but failed to acquire it, now naturally not wanting to allow Luoxia Mountain to benefit from it.

”Master, can you tell what this jade stele is?”

Wei Qiuling asked.

Jiang Xiuqi didn’t respond; instead, he carefully sent out his divine sense to touch the jade stele before him.

Suddenly, his body trembled violently, and a faint halo enveloped him.

This phenomenon only lasted for about two breaths before it dissipated abruptly!

”Nascent Soul...”

”This jade stele contains the secrets to Nascent Soul!”

Jiang Xiuqi was shocked, looking incredulously at the jade stele before him!

Although his divine sense was absorbed by the jade stele, and he couldn’t fully comprehend its contents, he clearly sensed snippets of information indicating that the jade stele contained secrets related to the Nascent Soul Realm!

In present-day Danzhou, the strongest powers are the Cyan Ruo Sword House, Yinhe Sect, and Celestial Monarch Mountain, collectively referred to as the Upper Three Sects.

It’s said that only these Upper Three Sects in all of Danzhou possess the secrets of the Nascent Soul Realm.

Now, discovering the jade stele containing Nascent Soul secrets indeed made Jiang Xiuqi feel somewhat unreal.

Upon hearing this, Shen Wen’an also curiously infused his divine sense into the jade stele.

In the next moment, a strange and ancient message, imbued with a faint chill, suddenly rushed into his sea of consciousness through his divine sense!

This vast and abstruse information made Shen Wen’an feel dizzy, prompting him to swiftly slash the link between that strand of divine sense and his body with his Sword Aura.

The sudden loss of a strand of divine sense made his complexion slightly pale.

”Wen’an, are you okay?”

Wei Qiuling approached with concern.

Shen Wen’an shook his head, squinting his eyes at the jade stele before slowly speaking:

”The jade stele contains a record known as the ’Twenty-Four Solar Terms Celestial Rotation True Seal.’”

”This piece... should be ’Cold Dew.’”

Upon hearing his words, Wei Qiuling and Jiang Xiuqi were stunned.