"Time is short, we'll cover this lesson later."
Yun Xiao rose from her seat.
She took the snow plum from Luo Changhong's hand, and also conveniently collected the immortal fragments from both of them into her Sumeru Ring: "You've seen it, why don't you attend the auction as well?"
"That would be good."
"I have no problem."
Luo Changhong and Yun Xiao did not refuse.
Yun Xiao walked to Yun Ze's side, not intending to give him the immortal fragments, but simply said, "You follow me."
"Yes, Master."
He knew it. Others hadn't recognized what the immortal fragments were, but this one must have!
Yun Ze had no choice but to follow Yun Xiao silently. As they walked out of the private room, they saw Xu Caiwan waiting at the door.
Yun Xiao casually threw the snow plum to Xu Caiwan: "Take this to auction, set the starting price at ten times the usual, as the grand finale. Say it's a zither that witnessed the birth of a new Dao. It's alright if it doesn't sell, just send it back to the main hall then."
"New Dao?"
Xu Caiwan was startled, then he was ecstatic: "I was wondering why there was a sound of the Great Dao just now! I'll go right away!"
"Reserve a private room for me."
"Yes, as you command!"
Xu Caiwan dashed towards the auction hall.
"Let's go."
Yun Xiao glanced at Yun Ze and followed, but not too quickly: "You must have many questions, right?"
"Let's put the questions aside for now."
Yun Ze smiled helplessly: "Master, that ancient zither..."
"I'll give you another chance, what is that thing?"
"...Immortal fragment."
"That's more like it."
Yun Xiao took out one of the immortal fragments and threw it to Yun Ze: "I'll give you the rest later, but you have to answer one question for me."
"Yes, Master."
Yun Ze replied helplessly. He knew he had no room to refuse, so he could only follow silently.
The two arrived at a private room. Outside the room was a transparent crystal, and beyond the crystal was the auction hall.
There was still about a quarter of an hour before the auction began, but many cultivators had already entered. Even the auctioneer was already on stage, watching the cultivators enter one by one.
"Ask."
Yun Xiao walked to the table and chairs by the crystal and sat down, casually taking out a second immortal fragment and playing with it in her hand: "Since you've founded a new Dao, I'll ask you after you've finished asking your questions."
"Got it!"
Yun Ze responded and came to sit beside Yun Xiao: "Master, this deputy楼主..."
"My Master passed it down to me."
Yun Xiao did not hide anything, and glanced at Yun Ze: "I heard you unearthed a piece of Hongyu ancient silver from the ancient gold. You must know part of the usage of the immortal jade.
Guess if Emperor Guiwu knew about it back then?"
Yes!
Yun Ze suddenly realized!
The Guiwu Sect was a behemoth founded by Emperor Guiwu himself. Other sects comparable to it had all gone through thousands of years of inheritance and the efforts of multiple sect leaders to reach that point.
For Emperor Guiwu to establish such a great enterprise alone, besides strength, he would naturally need enormous financial support!
Xin Jue!
This was Emperor Guiwu's source of wealth!
"Master accumulated wealth over a thousand years, monopolizing all the ancient gold ruins in the Northwest Heaven, and thus secured a place in the Myriad Treasures Pavilion.
Now that Master is gone, this position of deputy楼主 of the Myriad Treasures Pavilion will be managed by me."
Yun Xiao continued: "As for all the ancient gold ruins in the Northwest Heaven..."
"What about the ancient gold ruins?"
Yun Ze's spirits immediately lifted upon hearing this!
Those were ancient gold veins, containing countless ancient gold. Combined with the power of Xin Jue, that would be countless ancient treasures!
Yun Xiao smiled calmly: "Most of them have been swallowed by the Immortal Mansion and Demonic Caves. Only a few ruins are still in my hands.
Of course, it's not impossible for you to go and see them..."
"State your conditions," Yun Ze said directly.
His relationship with Yun Xiao was subtle.
They were not true fellow disciples, nor true master and disciple. They were more like collaborators.
Yun Xiao provided protection, and he provided Yun Xiao with research subjects for Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment.
"If ancient treasures are found, we'll split them three and seven, with us choosing first. Those who want them will pay spirit stones at market price, also divided in a three-seven ratio."
"You get three?" Yun Ze asked in confusion.
"Naturally, you get three."
"That's impossible."
Yun Ze would not accept this price. Although the other party provided the mine, he also had to investigate in the ruins, otherwise the value of the ancient treasure would only be the price of ancient gold.
This should be fifty-fifty at least, right?
Well, forty-six would also work!
"Then let's discuss this later."
Yun Xiao did not dwell on the division and continued: "Do you have any other questions?"
"New Dao."
Yun Ze frowned: "What exactly is that? It could make two Golden Core cultivators so moved."
"Do you know how many Great Daos there are in the world?"
Yun Ze shook his head.
"Six thousand four hundred and twenty-three."
Yun Xiao calmly uttered a number: "Since someone opened the Dao of Numerology five hundred years ago, no one has opened a new Dao.
Each new Dao represents a path of cultivation, and at the same time, it opens up a way for cultivators of similar Daos to improve their strength.
Of course, it also represents supreme glory!"
"Glory?" Yun Ze was confused.
"Do you know why I'm called Master Yun?"
Yun Ze nodded: "Of course I know."
"Then do you know why they are willing to call me Master Yun?"
This time, it was Yun Ze's turn to shake his head.
To be honest, when he heard Senior Sister Mu mention this, he felt something was not right, especially after meeting Luo Changhong and Lin Xiaoyue today.
If you say everyone is at the Foundation Establishment stage, and you guide them, it's understandable to call you Master Yun.
But why do Luo Changhong, a third-grade artifact refiner, and Lin Xiaoyue, a Golden Core mighty cultivator, still call her Master Yun, and with such respect?
"I condense a thousand Daos in a day, and I comprehend a thousand Daos in a day."
Yun Xiao said calmly, as if stating something very simple: "These comprehended thousand Daos are treasures for cultivators of these thousand Daos.
They naturally want to learn them. As long as they learn what I have comprehended, there will be a mark of mine on their Dao heart. Calling me Master is for the stability of their Dao heart, and also to form a connection."
"Connection?"
"If there are some minor grudges, wouldn't they be easily resolved after knowing they come from the same source?"
Yun Xiao explained casually: "This is not important, the important thing is the Dao heart.
I leave a mark on their Dao hearts. If they attack me with what they have learned, at best their Dao heart will crack, and their cultivation in that Dao will be completely废, and at worst, their Dao heart will shatter, and they will fall into the mortal world!"
Yun Ze's eyes suddenly lit up, as if he understood Yun Xiao's meaning.
"And you."
Yun Xiao turned to Yun Ze: "You have opened a new Dao between the Dao of the Zither and the Dao of the Sword!
From now on, anyone who enters the Dao of the Zither through the Sword, or enters the Dao of the Sword through the Zither, will have to call you... Master Tu!"
Yun Ze was speechless: "Junior Sister, but my surname isn't Tu!"
"What does that matter? It's just a title."
Yun Xiao's eyes swept over Yun Ze: "Do you want to tell the world now that you, Yun Ze, are not dead?"
"Then forget it."
Yun Ze continued to ask: "Then the sound of the Great Dao..."
"You should have entered the Dao of the Zither by now, right?"
Yun Xiao explained: "Regarding this sound of the Great Dao, the outside world usually says it's a reward from the Great Dao for you opening a new Dao.
But in my opinion, the Great Daos that didn't exist in ancient times might have existed in primordial times, and even if they didn't exist in primordial times, they might have already existed in ancient or even prehistoric times.
The term 'opening a new Dao' is also somewhat inappropriate; 'awakening' would be more fitting.
However, this is all my speculation, and there is no solid proof, so I can't say too much, but this explanation might circulate for some time to come."
"Ah? Why?"
"Your ancient zither fragments, you know."
Yun Xiao looked at Yun Ze with a half-smile: "You used ancient zither fragments to open a new Dao, isn't that the best proof of this theory?
By then, those guys from the Antiquities Pavilion will probably pester you to death like flies."
Yun Ze was helpless.
It's just flies, he could just hide and not see them.
His doubts were resolved, but what about the third immortal fragment...
Seeing Yun Ze's gaze fall, Yun Xiao also placed the third immortal fragment on the table and covered it with her palm: "I've answered so many of your questions, now it's your turn to answer one of mine, right?"
"That's natural!"
Yun Ze smiled at Yun Xiao: "Master, whatever questions you have, just ask. Your disciple will definitely tell you everything without reservation!"
Yun Xiao turned around and faced Yun Ze, her expression extremely serious.
"You, who exactly are you?"
"Ah?"
Yun Ze was startled: "I am me! Who else could I be?"
Yun Xiao seemed unsatisfied with this answer and continued.
"Do you dare to make a blood oath?"