Yu Xian retreated several steps back until he reached the edge of the room. He called out to Yun Ze, "Xiao Yun, try walking to the other end of the room."
"Alright."
Although he didn't know what Yu Xian intended to do, Yun Ze complied.
Even if the immortal jade repelled each other due to distance, a short distance across the room would likely have no effect.
When they were both standing on opposite sides of the room, Yu Xian took out the Sen Jue again.
One breath, two breaths...
Ten full breaths passed, and Yun Ze felt no discomfort.
Just as he was wondering, he suddenly noticed a faint dot of dark green light hovering beside Yu Xian.
What was that?
"It seems it's indeed like this."
Yu Xian gave a wry smile. He put away the Sen Jue and looked at Yun Ze, who was not far away. "Xiao Yun, you can come over now."
Yun Ze walked towards Yu Xian, his brow furrowed in confusion. "Brother Yu, what was that just now..."
"Wood Spirit."
Yu Xian uttered the name and shrugged helplessly. "At least that's what I call it.
Ever since I obtained that immortal jade, it has been by my side. As soon as I take out the immortal jade, it appears around me, within a maximum distance of five meters.
This is why I asked you to move away first."
"Wood Spirit?"
Yun Ze frowned.
He had never heard Bu Bu mention anything like this on the immortal jade.
"You haven't heard of it?"
Seeing Yun Ze's unusual reaction, Yu Xian continued to ask, "That's not right. Didn't that ancient existence tell you about this thing?"
"He really didn't," Yun Ze said with a sigh.
"Then what should we do?"
Yu Xian also asked, "If this thing isn't dealt with, you might not be able to take the Sen Jue."
"I'll find a way to find her first," Yun Ze replied, then returned to sit by the table.
He watched Yu Xian for a moment before asking, "Brother Yu, you... you're really willing to give me the Sen Jue? This is an ancient treasure!"
"Sigh! What treasure or not, all I seek is longevity! If I were a bit more ambitious, it would be longevity in a pure land."
As Yu Xian spoke, he also came to the table and sat down, pouring Yun Ze a cup of tea. "Xiao Yun, you should know about the World Purifying Society, right?"
"Yes, Xiao Yu told me some things and even called me a comrade."
"Then do you know why I founded the World Purifying Society?"
Yun Ze shook his head.
This guy was so lazy, yet he was willing to travel all over the Nine Heavens to find talented individuals to form the World Purifying Society. He had no idea what the reason was.
"Of course, it's to be lazy!"
Yu Xian said as a matter of course. "As the saying goes, when the sky falls, the tall ones will bear it!
And you know, I haven't been lazy for just a day or two. To avoid being that tall one, I can only help those of you who have the aptitude and character to grow quickly.
Although I can't help much, any help is good!
It will allow you to grow faster, won't it?"
"This is also why I established the World Purifying Society!
To purify all impurities in this world!
With me alone, even if I wasn't a slacker, I could never truly purify the world. Only with all of you is it possible to achieve this."
"This..."
What bizarre logic!
Yun Ze's mind immediately conjured this thought, but he didn't know how to refute Yu Xian's logic, so he kept it to himself.
"Isn't it great?"
Yu Xian leaned forward and asked, looking earnestly at Yun Ze. He patted him on the shoulder twice. "So!
Xiao Yun, since you want the Sen Jue, I can give it to you, but there's a condition..."
"What condition?" Yun Ze asked.
"You, grow up quickly for me!"
Yu Xian said to him with utmost seriousness. "This way, you can purify the world with me!"
"...I promise."
Yun Ze pondered for several seconds before finally uttering these four words.
"Good!"
Yu Xian placed his hand on Yun Ze's shoulder again. "As expected of my good brother, I'll get some wine. We must have a good drink!"
"Hey! Not so fast."
Yun Ze took out the green ancient gold from his spatial ring. "Let's open a gold first?"
"Hmm?"
Yu Xian was stunned but did not refuse.
He knew that Yun Ze had bought two ancient golds at the stall, but he didn't expect him to still have one unopened.
"Then let's open it."
Yu Xian replied and watched from the side.
The next moment...
A dark light exploded before their eyes!
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...
Half an hour later, outside the Myriad Treasures Tower.
Yun Ze emerged from the Night Joy House, his mind replaying Yu Xian's words all the way.
Logically, the Sen Jue had descended from the heavens, and he should be happy.
But now, his mind was in a complete mess.
Firstly, it was the pressure.
He couldn't possibly take Yu Ge's Sen Jue and not fulfill his promise to him.
Purify the World!
He was only at the Foundation Establishment stage. Could he truly bear such a responsibility?
Secondly, it was about his pursuit. httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
Because he wanted to be a slacker and live forever, Brother Yu was willing to give him the Sen Jue.
What about himself?
What was the purpose of cultivating immortality?
Initially, it was to avenge his parents. After the revenge, he witnessed the vastness of the world and desired longevity.
But why longevity?
Yun Ze was lost.
If he lived like this, wouldn't it be too meaningless...
"Brother Tu! You're finally here!"
Just as Yun Ze's thoughts were drifting, Xu Caiwan's voice came from afar.
He looked in the direction of the voice and saw a ball of flesh rushing towards him, appearing quite anxious at first glance.
Yun Ze, seeing this, also brought Zi Ji to meet him.
"Xu..."
"Brother Tu, it's urgent! Very, very urgent!"
Xu Caiwan grabbed Yun Ze's hand and walked towards the upper floors of the Myriad Treasures Tower. "Let's talk as we walk!"
"This..."
Yun Ze looked confused. "Shopkeeper Xu, what exactly happened?"
"Do you remember the ancient zither I told you about?"
"Yes, what about it?"
"There's a problem!"
Xu Caiwan looked panicked. "During the final inspection, our experts at the tower discovered that the age of the ancient zither is incorrect!
Based on the cracks on the zither board, it's very likely a new zither from the last hundred years!"
"A hundred years?"
Yun Ze was taken aback.
How could such a thing happen in the Myriad Treasures Tower?
According to the jade slip given to him by Yun Xiao, the method for determining the age of an ancient zither was simple: just look at the cracks on the body.
Zithers over a hundred years old would have cracks, such as ice cracks or bull-hair cracks.
These two types of cracks would appear when the zither wood was a hundred years old. The former resembled cracked ice, while the latter resembled fine bull hair.
For some rare and precious zither woods, more peculiar cracks would appear after exceeding a hundred years.
For example, snake-belly cracks and plum-blossom cracks.
The former had patterns like a snake's belly, with long cracks and wide intervals, while the latter resembled blooming plum blossoms.
The beautiful plum-blossom cracks indicated zither wood over seven hundred years old. As for even older ones... that would be tortoise-back cracks, which only appeared after a thousand years!
Zither wood that reached this level, even if not made into a zither, would be considered a heavenly treasure.
A third-tier ancient zither was at least made from plum-blossom cracked wood!
Of course, above tortoise-back cracks were phoenix-feather cracks and dragon-scale cracks.
It was said that the Tongtian Academy housed a fifth-tier spiritual zither with phoenix-feather cracks, whose music soared like a phoenix's cry. When played by a master of the zither, it even had the effect of breaking through one's state of mind.
"You're quite shocked, aren't you? I was the same."
Xu Caiwan quickly explained the situation. "When this ancient zither was put up for auction, it was appraised by another Siming who wasn't very knowledgeable about ancient wood. Combining his understanding of zither crafting and some knowledge of artifact refining, he finally determined it to be a third-tier ancient zither.
Another Siming, who specializes in appraising spiritual artifacts, arrived today. According to his appraisal, this is merely a second-tier spiritual zither, and a fake one that was soaked in a special medicinal solution to temporarily elevate it to the third tier!
Once the medicinal effect wears off, the entire spiritual zither will be scrapped, not even reaching second tier."
"This... what a pity."
This is too good!
Yun Ze couldn't help but cheer inwardly!
If it was a fake spiritual zither, then he wouldn't have to perform on stage, right?
Could there be any better news than this!
"It's not a pity!"
Xu Caiwan said and then addressed Yun Ze. "We at the Myriad Treasures Tower will not allow such an embarrassing incident to occur within our establishment!
Since our invitation letters mentioned a third-tier spiritual zither, we must present it to our esteemed guests!"
"It might be difficult to find a third-tier spiritual zither in such a short time, right?"
"This depends on you, Brother Tu!"
"Me?"
Yun Ze was stunned. He didn't know how this matter had gotten linked to him.
"Here's the situation."
Xu Caiwan continued to explain. "Since this spiritual zither cannot be auctioned, we found Master Wei from the Heavenly Artifact Pavilion. He is a third-tier artifact refiner who specializes in crafting unconventional spiritual artifacts, and he naturally has works in the realm of spiritual zithers.
He also happened to have a third-tier spiritual zither that he finished a few days ago and was preparing to sell to a Golden Core cultivator from the Spiritual Sound Tower.
Through the connections of our Vice Tower Master, both of them are now at our branch tower. They both heard that you found a third-tier ancient zither.
They have both agreed that as long as you play a piece with the ancient zither, they will hand over the zither for us to auction!"
A third-tier artifact refiner...
A Golden Core cultivator...
You might as well have me perform directly at the auction!
If he failed there, it would only be Tu Sheng's reputation that was tarnished, but if he failed this time, he would be a fraud!
He would have deceived Xu Caiwan, the so-called Vice Tower Master, as well as the third-tier artifact refiner and the Golden Core cultivator!
Yun Ze now just wanted to turn around and flee. At worst, he could have his senior sister help him change his identity again.
But clearly, it was too late.
Now, Xu Caiwan had already pulled him to the door of a private room on the third floor and, through a screen, shouted loudly, "Vice Tower Master, Daoist Friend Tu has arrived!"
"Oh? Please come in."
Hmm?
Something's not right!
The voice of this Vice Tower Master... sounds a bit familiar!
Yun Ze took two steps forward and tilted his head to look behind the screen. When he saw this Vice Tower Master, he was completely startled.