Chapter 908: First Arrival in Your Land |
The tool spirit of Void Cauldron, Xu Kong Zi, spoke for a long time, sharing all the information he knew about Heavenly Palace with Meng Zhang. Of course, he was just a tool spirit, so his knowledge was limited, and much of it was hearsay.
As for how Meng Zhang should act after arriving at Heavenly Palace, he would have to figure it out on his own.
Finally, Xu Kong Zi took out a golden token and handed it to Meng Zhang, along with teaching him its usage.
Meng Zhang glanced at the token, on which were inscribed the characters "Tai Yi."
He wasn't sure about the material of the token, and the array of restrictions on it was beyond his comprehension. Yet, he could sense its profound and mysterious power.
This token served as proof of Taiyi Sect's service to Heavenly Palace.
The Taiyi Sect had already been destroyed during its prime, and the current Taiyi Sect had been reestablished after going through numerous tribulations. Meng Zhang believed that he was the authentic inheritor of the Taiyi Sect and represented the sect, thus entitled to inherit all of its legacy.
However, it wasn't necessarily acknowledged by the Heavenly Palace.
Only by possessing this token could he enter Heavenly Palace as a Taiyi Sect cultivator and inherit everything the sect had left there.
Meng Zhang had been inside the Void Cauldron's internal space but hadn't seen this token before. It seemed there were still many secrets within the Void Cauldron.
It was understandable; a Fourth Rank spatial magic tool like the Void Cauldron could easily conceal a secret space unknown to others.
With the token in hand and no further instructions from Xu Kong Zi, Meng Zhang left the place.
Instead of using the Mother-Child Transmission Disc to return to Taiyi Sect's mountain gate, Hundred Grass Slope, he flew straight up into the sky from Maple Leaf Mountain City.
Meng Zhang kept ascending higher and higher until he reached an altitude of ten thousand zhang (a unit of measurement equal to about 3.33 meters). He then appeared at the boundary of a chaotic area outside Nine Heavens.
Without any hesitation, Meng Zhang smoothly crossed the boundary and entered the Nine Heavens.
It was said that Heavenly Palace's exact location was above the Nine Heavens.
With the token in hand, Meng Zhang didn't need to slowly search for it within the Nine Heavens.
After scanning the surroundings and finding nothing unusual, he raised the token in his hand and infused it with his True Essence and Primordial Spirit power.
The token emitted a shimmering light, and suddenly, Meng Zhang's vision blurred, and he felt as if he were spinning. The space around him kept changing.Once the scene stabilized before his eyes, he found himself standing on a small square.
Meng Zhang didn't rush into action; instead, he first observed his surroundings.
Despite Xu Kong Zi's explanations, there were still many details that Meng Zhang needed to explore on his own.
This small square seemed to be an important passage for entering and leaving Heavenly Palace.
After standing there for a while, several beams of light flashed, and more people were teleported to the square. Some activated their tokens and left the area.
Meng Zhang observed for a while, then followed a recently arrived unfamiliar cultivator and left the small square through a nearby passage.
After leaving the small square, he entered a much larger square.
On this square, there were several teleportation formations set up.
Having lived in a remote place like Jiuqu League, Meng Zhang had never seen long-distance teleportation formations before, except for using the Mother-Child Transmission Disc.
From his experience with the Mother-Child Transmission Disc, he could roughly deduce the general level of long-distance teleportation formations in the Grand Dust World.
However, the teleportation formations built by Heavenly Palace far surpassed those of the Grand Dust World in every aspect.
Meng Zhang approached an idle teleportation formation and, after some exploration, quickly learned how to use it.
In the center of the formation, there was a disc inscribed with various location names, representing different places within Heavenly Palace.
Once Meng Zhang selected a location, he only needed to input pure jade inspiration into the formation to activate it and travel to the corresponding place.
The amount of pure jade inspiration required varied depending on the distance.
By the way, within Heavenly Palace, the common currency used in daily transactions was pure jade inspiration.
Meng Zhang had obtained some pure jade inspiration by chance in the past, but he had already consumed a lot of it while consolidating his Cultivation Base. Now, he only had six strands of pure jade inspiration left.
Following Xu Kong Zi's instructions, Meng Zhang chose the "Shu Wu Main Hall" on the disc and inserted two strands of pure jade inspiration.
The teleportation formation activated, and after a moment of spatial fluctuation, Meng Zhang appeared on another square.
In front of the square stood a towering grand hall, the destination he sought, the "Shu Wu Main Hall."
As soon as he arrived at this place, Meng Zhang immediately felt the abundant spiritual energy surrounding him.
In the Grand Dust World, the highest grade of spirit veins was only the Third Rank, which could support Gold Core Daoist Masters in their cultivation but was far from sufficient for Primordial Spirit True Monarchs.Meng Zhang stood there, feeling the abundant spiritual energy enveloping him. With a slight absorption, he experienced a special sense of fullness.
Could it be that there is a legendary Fourth Rank spirit vein here in Heavenly Palace?
In legends, a Fourth Rank spirit vein provides spiritual energy sufficient for the cultivation of Primordial Spirit True Monarchs.
Meng Zhang carefully sensed the surroundings. Though he couldn't confirm whether this was the spiritual energy provided by a Fourth Rank spirit vein, there was a fundamental difference in both the concentration and quality of the spiritual energy compared to a Third Rank spirit vein.
He absorbed and refined the spiritual energy for a while. If there were such an environment with abundant spiritual energy, he wouldn't need much pure jade inspiration to meet his daily cultivation needs directly.
Of course, compared to directly absorbing pure jade inspiration, refining the spiritual energy here was much less efficient. Additionally, when Primordial Spirit True Monarchs absorbed and refined pure jade inspiration, it wasn't only for the contained spiritual energy but also for the traces of Dao rhyme within.
Even if the spiritual energy here was abundant, Primordial Spirit True Monarchs still needed some pure jade inspiration.
In any case, being able to cultivate in Heavenly Palace could save a lot of pure jade inspiration.
If possible, Meng Zhang hoped to stay in Heavenly Palace and cultivate using the abundant spiritual energy here permanently.
After spending half a day here, Meng Zhang finally remembered that he had important matters to attend to.
He briskly walked towards the Shu Wu Main Hall ahead.
The hall was already packed with people, all of them at least at the Primordial Spirit initial stage.
Meng Zhang had never seen so many Primordial Spirit cultivators gathered together in one place.
The number of Primordial Spirit cultivators before him far surpassed the entire Jiuqu Province.
The facilities in the Shu Wu Main Hall were highly automated, saving a lot of manpower. There were also many mechanical puppets here, serving the Primordial Spirit True Monarchs.
Meng Zhang had some knowledge about mechanical puppets.
Taiyi Sect had the Divine Craftsmanship Hall dedicated to Mechanical Creations.
Their neighboring sect, the Clever Machine Sect, was renowned for their expertise in mechanism arts in the Jiuqu League.
However, the puppets they crafted were nothing compared to the ones in front of him. Those puppets were like toys for children in comparison.
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