Chapter 1042 Ancient Script
Shi Tianning, standing beside the Saint Moon Divine Venerable, widened his mouth in astonishment upon seeing the scene before him. "What exactly is this place?"
"Didn't you tell me before that this was an ancient battlefield?"
Facing Shi Tianning's question, the Saint Moon Divine Venerable chuckled. "Did you think an ancient battlefield would be devoid of anything?"
"The entire mountain range is so vast; naturally, people would have been stationed here."
"The location they are in now is the main camp of one of the sides from that ancient battlefield."
"In other words, what they called the Sword Sect!"
The Saint Moon Divine Venerable clearly knew more about the Sword Sect than others.
Seeing the various pavilions in front of him, shattered beyond recognition, Shi Tianning's brows immediately furrowed.
Shi Tianning was, of course, aware of the name Sword Sect. It was just that the Sword Sect's power in the outside world was extraordinarily strong.
The martial artists who came from the Sword Sect possessed extremely profound swordsmanship, capable of killing enemies who were at higher cultivation realms.
Their reputation throughout the martial world was exceptionally high, and generally, no one dared to offend them.
Previously, Shi Tianning had heard a piece of gossip: the Sword Sect originally had its own sect location.
Such a powerful sect, by rights, should not have had its former sect location appear as it did now...
"Were all the many martial artists of the Sword Sect driven out by the monsters on the ancient battlefield? How did they build their sect here back then? And who were the combatants?"
Facing Shi Tianning's questions, the Saint Moon Divine Venerable did not show any impatience. On the contrary, he felt that Shi Tianning's ability to ask these questions was beyond his expectations.
Both of these questions hit the mark!
"You also know what I told those martial artists before: as long as they enter this space, they can break through the Grandmaster peak realm!"
"This space has no restrictions from the outside world."
"When the Sword Sect established its sect here, how many martial artists surpassed the Grandmaster peak realm! And even more powerful martial artists were countless!"
"As for the other side of the battle, do you think the monsters on the ancient battlefield and the monsters encountered on the plains before appeared out of thin air?"
With that, the Saint Moon Divine Venerable moved towards one of the dilapidated pavilions.
When the Sword Sect established its sect here, they did not build many structures. Besides fulfilling the daily needs of the martial artists stationed there, there were no other special buildings.
Just as Shi Tianning quickly followed, Chen Yang had already arrived at the outer perimeter of the Sword Sect ruins.
The structure, resembling a small city, left both of them with looks of confusion.
On this ancient battlefield, there was actually a place like this?
"The people of the Sword Sect said they originally had their own sect here. Could this be the place?"
As soon as Chen Shu finished speaking, Chen Yang's gaze fell upon the buildings themselves.
"The hardness of this building material is so strong!"
The building was already mostly destroyed, leaving only ruins.
But even so, the strength of these ruins was incredibly formidable.
Chen Yang's body had already undergone several enhancements.
Let alone any building materials, even the skeletal structure of a Grandmaster peak martial artist would be like a twig in Chen Yang's hands, easily crushed.
Yet, with such immense strength, Chen Yang was unable to crush these ruins.
After observing carefully, Chen Yang also discovered the reason.
"Every brick and every tile here, besides the original materials used during firing, also has formations inscribed on the exterior."
"This... doing this to every outer part is too extravagant, isn't it?"
Even Chen Yang found this method to be utterly baffling.
Formation Masters, according to Zhou Zeyao, were as rare as Alchemists.
Moreover, Alchemists could be introduced to the profession through long-term training.
But Formation Masters were different; it was a profession that relied solely on talent.
Regardless of the era, Formation Masters were undoubtedly among the top tier of individuals.
If a very powerful defensive formation were to be built for this relic site, Chen Yang would understand.
After all, this was within the scope of the ancient battlefield.
But to inscribe a formation on every brick and tile?
How many Formation Masters would have been mobilized?
More importantly, even buildings constructed with such materials were destroyed to this state!
What kind of immense power could have achieved this?
The mere thought of that scene made Chen Yang's scalp tingle.
On this vast ancient battlefield, what kind of beings existed?
What had happened back then that caused so many Formation Masters to be involved?
The more confused Chen Yang became, the more determined he was to find the Saint Moon Divine Venerable as soon as possible!
Chen Yang carefully retracted his spiritual energy, and he and Chen Shu began searching the entire sect wreckage for any sign of the Saint Moon Divine Venerable.
However, they did not search for long. Fluctuations emanating intermittently from the central area immediately caught Chen Yang's attention.
Chen Yang and Chen Shu slowly approached and hid behind a pile of ruins. They immediately saw the Saint Moon Divine Venerable and Shi Tianning.
The Saint Moon Divine Venerable's eyes were now closed, seated on a ruin, with several mysterious characters swirling around him, appearing to be performing some kind of ritual.
Shi Tianning, on the other hand, guarded the Saint Moon Divine Venerable, cautiously observing their surroundings.
"Are those ancient scripts?" Chen Shu, having helped translate a considerable amount of ancient documents, immediately recognized the origin of these characters.
"No matter what they are, he cannot succeed!"
As Chen Yang spoke, the Heavenly Witch Secret Technique immediately spread to cover the surroundings.
Although Chen Yang's current ability was insufficient to cover the entire ruins, it was enough to cover the Saint Moon Divine Venerable's location.
Shi Tianning, facing the sudden mud pit beneath his feet, had no time to react before Chen Shu subdued him.
However, Chen Shu did not kill Shi Tianning, merely knocked him unconscious.
The Saint Moon Divine Venerable, surrounded by ancient script, clearly felt the changes in his surroundings. But he did not choose to open his eyes and continued his task.
However, the Saint Moon Divine Venerable then opened his mouth and said, "The inheritance of the Sword Sect is in my hands. If you interrupt me now, the Sword Sect's inheritance will be severed."
"Do you really intend to do this?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Yang let out a cold laugh. "What does the severance of the Sword Sect's inheritance have to do with me? I'm not a member of the Sword Sect!"
"Whether the Sword Sect's inheritance is severed or not is not important. What is important is you!"
Seeing that the Saint Moon Divine Venerable remained seated and made no move, Chen Yang did not hesitate. A silver light flashed, piercing directly towards the Saint Moon Divine Venerable's vital heart.
Sensing the danger, the Saint Moon Divine Venerable could only open his eyes, forced to stop.