Myriad Realms Gatekeeper

I just stayed inside the Sect, minding my own business.

In doing so, what more could you find?

As for the Pill Furnace—

if you give it back to me, I'll take it.

After all, I've rented it for several months!

—You can't just never give it back to me.

Besides,

you can't find the Formation-Breaking Holy Staff anyway.

Shen Ye's heart was at ease.

Suddenly,

from beyond the Scripture Pavilion, a rumble came from the distant mountains.

The Cultivators reacted extremely quickly, immediately flying out to look towards the main peak.

They saw the Council Hall of the main peak struck by an immensely powerful Technique, reducing the entire hall to flat ground.

The Sect Master Saint stood in the air, his expression icy, carefully observing every movement within the entire Sect.

The Void Flame spread across all the mountains once more, beginning to monitor everything.

Any anomaly in the rustling leaves and grass would be immediately detected!

Shen Ye moved with the crowd.

When others cried out in shock, he cried out along with them.

When others were panicked and at a loss, he gripped his storage bag tightly, stepped back a few paces, and leaned against the wall, warily observing the expressions of the surrounding Cultivators.

—A rich man instinctively protects his little wealth.

No problem!

Up in the sky, the Sect Master Saint looked around for a long while, finding nothing.

He finally spoke,

"Elders and Disciples of various peaks, there's no need to panic."

"I was merely refining a new Technique, and it went out of control for a moment."

Everyone, upon hearing the Sect Master Saint say this and seeing no other disturbances on the main peak, slowly relaxed.

So it was just a Technique gone out of control.

Then there's nothing to worry about.

Shen Ye also slowly exhaled, letting go of his worries.

—The Formless Heavenly Demon may go undetected, but it would still die if it encountered a Technique attack!

Retrieving it in time was the right move!

The Sect Master Saint shouted in the air,

"Disperse now, don't crowd around the affairs of the main peak!"

"Yes!"

Voices of the Elders and Disciples echoed from the various peaks.

Shen Ye echoed the crowd as well.

When others turned back towards the Scripture Pavilion, he followed the crowd.

After all, don't stand out.

—This time, he was truly not in a hurry.

He completely relaxed, strolled leisurely, and began to slowly read the jade slips around him.

These jade slips were about some of the most famous historical events in the universe.

Unlike jade slips about Cultivation Techniques, these knowledge-based jade slips that wouldn't enhance one's strength had no bans on them and could be read freely.

Shen Ye read these things leisurely,

—not eager to check the jade slip that came from the secret compartment in the Dharma Aspect.

A while later,

person-shaped Skeletons holding weapons, emerged from the ground where the Void Flame was and began patrolling everywhere.

Shen Ye turned a blind eye,

demonstrating an attitude of "you're in a hurry, but I'm not"!

A few hours later,

he finally came across a record about Penglai of the Immortal Country.

Elder Wang—

there was no historical event about Elder Wang!

In fact, the hundred years of historical records before the destruction of Penglai Immortal Mountain were a blank.

If...

I really want to look into why Elder Wang was so wealthy, I need to visit the ruins again.

Maybe the half-statue there knows what happened back then.

After all, it was alive.

It survived from that era.

But now it's truly inconvenient to go.

The entire Sect was under the surveillance of the Supreme Binding Life Refining Soul Palace.

If it found out I wasn't in the Sect—

Then I'd be exposed.

As Shen Ye hesitated, a flash of Aurora suddenly crossed his mind.

That's right.

I can't go.

—But the Primordial Formless Fiend can go!

And it cannot be detected!

No sooner said than done.

Within the Immortal Country Dharma Body, the Formless Heavenly Demon opened a Gate of Heaven, stepped through it, and arrived at the ruins.

The half-statue stood motionless in the square.

Huh?

Why doesn't it react to my presence?

...It couldn't detect me.

The Formless Heavenly Demon pondered briefly and formed Spell Seals with its hands.

Suddenly, several streams of Technique light gathered, forming a row of luminous small characters in mid-air:

"I want to ask you a few questions."

As soon as the characters appeared, the half-statue began to move instantly.

It panicked, rushed toward the distance, and while running, kept shouting,

"Ghost! There's a ghost!!!"

The Formless Heavenly Demon: "..."

No.

What does a statue have to fear from ghosts!

Shen Ye, controlling the Formless Heavenly Demon, caught up and found the half-statue in a patch of grass.

He thought for a moment, and once more controlled the luminescent characters to form,

"If you can answer my questions, I will take you to the third layer of Penglai Sacred Traces."

The half-statue finally mustered up the courage and said shivering,

"Ghost brother, are you serious?"

"I am." A new row of characters appeared.

"Then ask away."

"Before the destruction of Penglai Immortal Mountain, there was an Elder who died in the Demon Subduing and Evil Exterminating Hall, who was he?"

"Elder Wang Jiangshan."

"What aspect of the Sect's affairs was he in charge of?"

"Sect's resource allocation."

Having said this, the half-statue muttered softly, "Once he died, all kinds of Sect's accumulated resources disappeared, I suspect those Demons had already set their sights on him and then killed him to take the treasures."

Inside the Scripture Pavilion.

Shen Ye unconsciously touched his forehead.

—I didn't mean to!

At that time, I used "Master Wei" and "Good Brother" as keywords, merely to help Xiao Mengyu defeat her enemy.

"Master Wei" caused Elder Wang to make a mistake in battle and drop treasures upon his death.

"Good Brother" then picked up Elder Wang's storage bag.

So—

All the Sect's treasures of Penglai Immortal Mountain ended up in my hands?

Shen Ye quietly sighed.

Well, better that I took them than leaving them for the Demons that destroyed Penglai Immortal Mountain.

In the ruins, another row of characters appeared:

"Come on, I'll take you to the third floor of the ruins."

The half-statue immediately leapt up.

It quickly ascended to the second floor of the ruins, stood on the broken staircase, and buzzed,