Chapter 881 The First Mortal Cultivator
Qin Yi and Wu Ling had lived together for so long; even if their relationship wasn't great, they shouldn't have been laughing like this.
After laughing for a while, Wu Ling finally composed himself and said with a faint smile, "I've only met the Saint Moon Divine Venerable once. That little guy was indeed powerful, but no matter how strong he was, he was only about your level."
"Even with the powerful cultivation techniques he practiced, it's still laughable to think he could make Qin Yi fearful!"
"Qin Yi, that old rascal, has been hiding here for so many years, not without progress. When he died, if he didn't claim to be the best mortal cultivator, who else would dare?"
As Wu Ling spoke, a stern look appeared on his face.
Wu Ling actually missed Qin Yi greatly.
During Qin Yi's absence, he had wanted to communicate with others, but no one could step up.
This was why he was willing to talk so much with Chen Yang.
Qin Yi had accompanied Wu Ling on this mountain for a long time. How could Wu Ling not have some feelings for Qin Yi?
However, these words left Chen Yang somewhat bewildered. "Ah? But I heard that the murderer who killed Senior Qin Yi was the Saint Moon Divine Venerable!"
The people who told Chen Yang these things were Wu Bandao and Zhang Dao!
Wu Bandao and Zhang Dao had a relationship with Senior Qin Yi that was like that of a master and father.
Moreover, there was no reason for them to lie to him.
Wu Ling pouted helplessly. "Qin Yi did fight with this Saint Moon Divine Venerable once before he died, but if his death had anything to do with this Saint Moon Divine Venerable, it would be quite ridiculous!"
"Qin Yi could handle two or three Saint Moon Divine Venerables without much issue."
Chen Yang suppressed the shock in his heart and quickly asked, "Then Qin Yi was..."
Wu Ling suddenly closed his mouth, a hint of desolation in his eyes.
After a long silence, Wu Ling slowly said, "Before his death, Qin Yi attempted to break through, but he failed and sustained severe injuries. Even without that battle..."
"After living for so long, Qin Yi finally couldn't endure it!"
"Look at me; I don't even have a body, just a wisp of spiritual energy, yet I'm still free and unfettered every day."
As Wu Ling said this, he turned his head and smiled at Chen Yang, his hand reaching out to clap Chen Yang's shoulder, but ultimately falling through empty space.
Seeing this, Wu Ling's expression changed immediately.
Chen Yang naturally noticed the change at the first moment. Just as he was about to speak, Wu Ling said, "Chen Yang, you climbed these ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine steps through great difficulty, surpassing many martial artists. Most of them have achieved the True Lord realm, and some have even reached the Divine Venerable realm."
"If it were in the past, your future would be boundless!"
"But the world has changed now. Heaven only allows you to reach the Grandmaster peak."
"Try to accept it! Going against heaven will ultimately lead to the same fate as Qin Yi, death."
As if recalling something, Wu Ling's voice became somewhat weary. "Cultivating speed is faster on this mountain. There's an empty room behind, Qin Yi's cultivation place. You go there."
Without waiting for Chen Yang to ask about the True Lord and Divine Venerable realms, Wu Ling's figure had already disappeared, drifting off to who knows where.
Chen Yang put away the secret manual he had taken out earlier, looked at the now-closed scripture hall behind him, and ultimately decided not to go down the mountain immediately. Instead, he first went to the place Wu Ling mentioned.
Although the palaces on the mountain were somewhat dilapidated, they were quite vast, especially the palaces in front. Chen Yang wandered for a while before reaching the back hall Wu Ling had spoken of.
As soon as Chen Yang entered the back hall, he saw the face of an old man reading in the courtyard.
In the blink of an eye, that phantom disappeared.
"An illusion?" Chen Yang shook his head in confusion and pushed the door open.
Inside the hall, apart from a meditation cushion, there were no other items.
The surrounding walls were also bare, making Chen Yang think for a moment that this was a prison cell!
However, when Chen Yang sat on the meditation cushion, he immediately sensed its uniqueness.
The faint spiritual energy around actually gathered towards Chen Yang on its own!
Sensing this special characteristic, Chen Yang immediately used his spiritual power to observe his surroundings. After seeing the entire structure of the room, Chen Yang couldn't help but exclaim.
This seemingly empty room actually concealed quite a few formations.
All of them were designed to aid cultivation!
The meditation cushion itself also had the effect of accelerating cultivation. Coupled with the surrounding formations, it was a synergistic effect, where one plus one equals three.
Although Chen Yang wanted to study the surrounding formations and bring them home, he suppressed his excitement and took out the items he had retrieved from the main hall earlier.
Chen Yang opened the first box. Inside, besides some clothes, there were also several jade pendants and similar items.
As soon as Chen Yang touched a jade pendant, he immediately felt the abundant spiritual energy within.
This peculiar spiritual energy immediately made Chen Yang guess something. "Damn, could it be..."
The moment he sent a strand of spiritual energy into the jade pendant, Chen Yang almost fainted.
Chen Yang gripped the jade pendant tightly, took two deep breaths, and then recovered.
The reason for his excitement was that the raw material of this jade pendant was too precious, so precious that Chen Yang felt using it to make a jade pendant was a complete waste.
The raw material of this jade pendant was not something else, but Spirit Stone Jade Marrow!
Chen Yang had never encountered Spirit Stone Jade Marrow before; he had only read about its existence in books.
Spirit Stone Jade Marrow was fundamentally no different from spirit stones, but the spiritual energy preserved within was more than ten thousand times that of ordinary spirit stones!
This was no longer a treasure that was priceless but unobtainable; it was something that could bring about a fatal disaster.
And such a treasure was carved into a jade pendant!
Even the usually extravagant Chen Yang found this waste unacceptable.
Just then, Chen Yang saw a letter pressed beneath the clothes.
"To the inheritor, with special regards."
Chen Yang frowned as he looked at the five large characters.
Although he hadn't interacted with Senior Qin Yi, Chen Yang now understood what kind of person he was.
If such a person specially left a letter for his inheritor, then the contents of this letter...
Chen Yang took a deep breath and slowly opened the envelope.
As soon as the contents of the envelope met his eyes, Chen Yang's eyes widened because he saw two characters.
Chen Yang!