Chapter 14 A Deal

Snap!

With a soft sound, the stone was cut open, emitting a brilliant light, like a small sun blooming, causing many people to immediately close their eyes, unable to look directly.

The light was shockingly bright, and even some great cultivators could only endure the intense pain to look, but even so, it was difficult for them to see clearly.

Only Jiang Xuan, having cultivated peerless pupils, could clearly see that sealed within the divine source was a creature with a vigorous life force, giving people a sense of vitality from the era of the genesis of all things.

Within that strange stone was a little fellow who was now looking at Jiang Xuan with dissatisfaction, muttering words that were from the language of the mythological era, somewhat similar to the language on the side of Perfect Jiang Xuan.

"Everyone from the Ji family, let's trade." Jiang Xuan retracted his mind and turned to look at the several powerful figures from the Ji family in the distance.

Anyone who wasn't blind could see the current state of this strange stone. It exuded the aura of a Saint and possessed strange methods. It was a Saint Spirit sealed within. No one would believe it wasn't a Stone King.

"Good!" The great cultivator who had previously taken out two pages of Emperor Scripture did not regret it. He represented the will of a certain branch of the Ji family.

As for the others, although they also represented other branches, they were indeed wary of Jiang Xuan's strength. He possessed a world-shaking Saint artifact and a peerless Saint weapon. Not to mention them, even if the Ji family's Holy Master came, he would not be able to stop him.

Unless, they would use the clan's peerless Saint weapon for Jiang Xuan, but in that case, the Ji family's reputation would not be good. Even if they really wanted to do something, it would definitely be done in secret. It was precisely because of this that they did not stop the clan elder from taking out the Emperor Scripture.

Jiang Xuan took the two pages of golden paper, which were also a kind of treasure that could be used to pass on scriptures and secret techniques, possessing many miraculous properties.

"The Great Dao is like an abyss, the source of all things, harmonizing light and assimilating with dust..."

In Jiang Xuan's eyes, divine light and secret patterns emerged, outlining the principles of heaven and earth, fully expounding the rules of the Great Dao.

That was the Dao of Void, eliminating the sharpness of all things, resolving all disputes, coordinating the brilliance of all things, and mixing with the dust of all things, but the self would always be void, eternally existing.

Jiang Xuan's realm was lofty, and he had deduced myriad scriptures, including ancient secret methods that surpassed even Emperor Scriptures. With such insight, he could easily see whether this Emperor Scripture was genuine or not, even without having cultivated it.

"The trade is correct." Jiang Xuan put away the two pages of golden paper and said to the Ji family members, "You can take over now."

The Divine Infant was a Saint. Even Jiang Xuan had used a great formation and two peerless Saint artifacts to trap it. If the Ji family did not have the means to seal it, it would be none of his business.

"Everyone, my Ji family's Stone Gambling House is temporarily closed. Please leave for now." A Ji family elder looked at the strong cultivators from other forces and issued an order to leave.

The Divine Infant definitely couldn't continue to stay here and had to be sent to the Ji family's ancestral land, where there was an Emperor Weapon suppressing it. Even if the Divine Infant was a Saint, it would not be able to escape.

Therefore, they had to be cautious enough not to reveal anything, let alone let outsiders know their trump cards.

The strong cultivators from other great sects and holy lands were perceptive and had their own thoughts, but none of them exposed the Ji family's intentions and chose to retreat.

Just as they retreated, another old man appeared deep within the Ji family's Stone Gambling House. Jiang Xuan could clearly sense that it was a Holy Master, with a faint aura on his body.

"It seems they brought a supreme treasure." Jiang Xuan didn't care. Seeing the Holy Master appear, Jiang Xuan directly put away the Saint weapon, stepped on the void formation patterns, and left, leaving behind the formation that could temporarily trap the Divine Infant. But whether the Ji family could take it away after losing the suppression of the Saint weapon was something Jiang Xuan wouldn't care about.

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Outside the Divine City, after Jiang Xuan exchanged for the Void Emperor Scripture, he also confirmed another target—the Jiang family!

The Jiang family was different from the Ji family. Obtaining the Emperor Scripture would be easier. After all, in the Purple Mountain, there was also the White-Clad Divine King, Jiang Taixu, who was trapped. Rescuing this Divine King would not make it difficult to exchange for the Emperor Scripture.

"Moreover, Emperor Wu Shi's scripture is also among them. Let's see if there is any way to obtain it." Jiang Xuan knew that Purple Mountain was full of dangers, but with his strength and many methods, as long as he was careful, there wouldn't be any problems.

Purple Mountain was not difficult to find. It was extremely famous in the Northern Region. After all, Purple Mountain had endless secrets, with the appearance of nine dragons guarding a pearl.

Jiang Xuan walked alone in the ancient mines leading to Purple Mountain, neither hurried nor slow, carefully observing everything around him. However, there were no longer any engravings on the rock walls, and the soil on the ground gradually became soft, sinking completely under his feet, turning grayish-white.

This grayish-white substance on the ground was not ordinary soil but bone ash, containing partially decomposed bones.

After continuing for a while, the bone ash finally disappeared, replaced by bones, densely packed, everywhere. They had long decayed and would turn to ash with a gentle step. It was unknown how many years they had existed.

However, Jiang Xuan remained calm. After walking for several miles, a bright world appeared before him. The ancient mine was no longer a place of darkness. Gentle light flowed, full of peace and holiness.

And just ahead, there were two bottomless holes, one filled with soaring spiritual energy, constantly emitting gushing source energy, and the other filled with soaring baleful energy, even more terrifying than the sharpest sword light.

Wearing the world-shaking Saint artifact, Jiang Xuan continued forward and soon saw a magnificent building. This was the real Purple Mountain.

And as Jiang Xuan passed through a series of jade buildings, stepped onto a section of blood jade steps, and entered a secluded cave, he soon saw a passage on a purple stone wall:

"Divine King Jiang Taixu mistakenly entered the Devil Mountain and decided to investigate!"

These ten or so characters were naturally formed, seemingly containing Dao rhythm, with a faint, mysterious aura rippling. The accomplished Divine King, the Dao-severing King, it was obvious that only Jiang Taixu could leave such an aura.

"Almost there." Jiang Xuan thought, then walked forward for a while and soon saw another line of writing, which read: "Loose cultivator Li Mu explored the Devil Mountain and left this."

After that, Jiang Xuan could occasionally see inscriptions, and each inscription was extremely old. Apart from the Source Master Zhang Lin, their strength was also extremely powerful.

Of course, what Jiang Xuan was most interested in was the peerless powerhouse Gu Tianshu from 70,000 years ago. This mighty figure reached the Great Saint realm, extremely close to Quasi-Emperor.

However, Gu Tianshu worshiped Emperor Wu Shi and willingly became his follower, sealing himself in this Purple Mountain, still alive today.

As for the White-Clad Divine King Jiang Taixu, he was also trapped in Purple Mountain for 4,000 years. If Ye Fan hadn't accidentally rescued him, he would have been buried in this Purple Mountain for the rest of his life.

After walking another distance, Jiang Xuan saw a purple jade wall. Within this purple jade wall, there was a tall, ferocious figure with a single horn on its brow, six arms under its shoulders, wings on its back, and an evil figure covered in fine scales.

This was where Jiang Taixu was trapped!

"Retreat quickly... Purple Mountain... cannot be disturbed."

Just as Jiang Xuan arrived here, a voice sounded in Jiang Xuan's ear. The voice sounded extremely weak, barely audible, and incoherent, as if the owner of the voice would die at any moment.

"Are you Divine King Jiang Taixu?" Jiang Xuan looked at the scene before him, not surprised by the appearance of the voice. Jiang Taixu had been trapped here for 4,000 years and was indeed very weak, with the possibility of dying at any moment.

"Who... are you..." The old voice was extremely weak, as if it would break at any moment, but at this moment, it was somewhat surprised, never having thought that someone could directly recognize him.

"My name... is Jiang Taixuan." Jiang Xuan replied, causing the extremely weak Jiang Taixu to be stunned.

However, before he could ask his question, Jiang Xuan spoke first, "I am not a descendant of the Hengyu Emperor. I came here simply to make a deal with the Divine King."