Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 1814 1098: Yu Qingyiʼs Treant

Lin Qihe nodded slightly, then pointed to a row of corpses on the deck and said, ”Very well, these are the corpses of those people, do you want to take a look?”

”What about the Divine Souls?” Yang Zhenshan wasnʼt concerned about the corpses; instead, he cared about the Divine Souls separated from those bodies.

”Here they are!” Lin Qihe took out a soul stone, ”All the Divine Souls are in here.”

Yang Zhenshan received the soul stone and used his Spiritual Sense to check, discovering that it housed thirteen Divine Souls.

”Letʼs go!”

The Vermilion Bird Cloud Boat set off, slicing through the clouds as it continued its journey westward.

Meanwhile, as they made their return, at the Jade Tower in the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion, the Heavenly Mechanism Master sent out a Communication Talisman with a grave expression.

A moment later, True Monarch Huagai arrived at the Jade Tower, ”Greetings, Master!”

”Hmm! Yuan Chen is dead!” the Heavenly Mechanism Master stated solemnly.

”What?” True Monarch Huagai revealed a look of astonishment.

”Yuan Chen was killed!” the Heavenly Mechanism Master said coldly.

Huagai furrowed his brow, his expression extremely grave, ”Who did it?”

Although the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion had several Golden Core cultivators, each one was a critical force for the pavilion.

Losing any one of them was a tremendous loss for the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion.

In recent years, the pavilion had already lost two Golden Core cultivators in a row.

First, Longevity True Monarch suddenly disappeared, vanished without a trace, neither alive nor leaving a corpse, disappearing without any warning.

Now True Monarch Yuan Chen was killed; in less than a hundred years, the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion lost two Golden Core cultivators.

”There were two killers, one a Sword Cultivator, and the other could wield True Sun Fire and Wood Divine Thunder!” the Heavenly Mechanism Master said.

When he projected his starry eye over, True Monarch Yuan Chen was already dead, and Yang Zhenshan had already put away his Withering and Flourishing Divine Skill.

While resisting his starry eye attack, Yang Zhenshan mainly used the Thunder Fire Spear, which is to say, True Sun Fire and Wood Divine Thunder.

As Yang Zhenshan thought, the Heavenly Mechanism Master could not see through their aura, nor see their appearance, only the Divine Power Skills they utilized.

”True Sun Fire and Wood Divine Thunder?” Huagai frowned.

True Sun Fire is rare, and Wood Divine Thunder is also uncommon.

Both are rare treasures of the world; Golden Core cultivators can comprehend their own divine skills by referencing the real True Sun Fire and Wood Divine Thunder.

But among the three thousand Dao, the Divine Dao Intents contained within are countless. Thus, itʼs rare to find someone practicing the same Divine Dao Intent.

Even among disciples, the Divine Dao Intents they comprehend differ.

Hence, Divine Dao Intent is actually a kind of signature of a Golden Core cultivator.

Like Yang Zhenshanʼs Withering and Flourishing Divine Skill, Lin Qiheʼs Void Traversal, Jian Changheʼs Sword Dao, and Yun Xiaoʼs Sword Dao.

Even though they both practice Sword Dao, Jian Changheʼs and Yun Xiaoʼs Sword Dao have obvious differences; once seen, itʼs easy to distinguish them.

Because of this, knowing a Divine Dao Intent makes it easy to identify a Golden Core cultivatorʼs identity and origin.

But at this moment, True Monarch Huagai couldnʼt determine Yang Zhenshanʼs identity.

Because he considered Golden Core cultivators who practiced the Divine Skills of True Sun Fire and Wood Divine Thunder.

Evidently, in his impression, there was no one who matched the description of those specific Divine Skills.

”Canʼt you use the Heavenly Derivation Skill?”

”No, they have the ability to conceal their destiny!” the Heavenly Mechanism Master replied.

True Monarch Huagai was shocked, ”Then they are not ordinary Golden Core cultivators!”

The Heavenly Derivation Skill is the most important divination technique of the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion, containing the methods of calculating constellations, fate, and heavenly secrets, capable of peering into heavenly secrets, deducing causality, and adapting to circumstances.

Although itʼs difficult to deduce ordinary Golden Core cultivators, with the Heavenly Mechanism Masterʼs ability, some information could still be discerned.

But the Heavenly Mechanism Masterʼs statement that they had the ability to conceal destiny suggested that the opponentʼs cultivation and strength might be comparable to the Heavenly Mechanism Master himself.

This was another misunderstanding.

Yang Zhenshanʼs cultivation and strength naturally were no match for the Heavenly Mechanism Master, but Yang Zhenshanʼs Divine Soul was the Artifact Spirit of the Life Realm Immortal Palace.

The Life Realm Immortal Palace is a Spiritual Treasure, surpassing the level of Golden Core cultivators.

No matter how powerful the Heavenly Mechanism Master was, he was still just a Golden Core cultivator.

Back then, Master Cangji forcibly deduced Yang Zhenshanʼs identity and origin, resulting in backlash and death.

Earlier, when the Heavenly Mechanism Master felt unable to deduce, he voluntarily gave up.

As for why he didnʼt deduce Yun Xiaoʼs identity and origin, the reason was simple: Yun Xiao and Yuan Chenʼs death did not have a clear causality.

The Heavenly Mechanism Master was deducing the identity and origin of the killer of Yuan Chen, not specifically targeting Yang Zhenshan and Yun Xiao.

”Could it be a Hidden Cultivator who has just emerged?” True Monarch Huagai pondered.

The Heavenly Mechanism Master shook his head, ”That requires your investigation!”

The so-called Hidden Cultivator refers to a cultivator who uses some method to put themselves into a dormant state to prolong their lifespan.

This dormancy is not true sleep but a self-sealing and self-concealment.

Like the Heavenly Sword True Monarch, who also counts as a Hidden Cultivator, but his period of hidden cultivation was relatively short, only a few hundred years.

Moreover, he sealed his own Divine Soul and then used a possession method to gain new life.

Other Hidden Cultivators rarely use such crude methods to extend their existence.

Indeed, it is crude.

Possession, the crudest method, not only harms the True Spirit but also requires abandoning all cultivation to start over.

In comparison, some sealing methods are much more refined, not only allowing one to sustain themselves for tens of thousands of years but also without any side effects, enabling them to maintain their peak cultivation and strength upon awakening.