When system cheat becomes rampant!-Chapter 1184 - 781: Long Blade (Part 2)
Xiaohei ran over and knocked on the knife handle, trying to pull it out, but the long knife had no reaction at all.
"It’s asleep, useless." Xiaohei stood at the highest point of the knife handle and spread his little hands.
"I told you, it can’t be pulled out. My master said that the Common Valley holds a very primitive power. After that battle, this power sealed all the Ancestral Artifacts. Basically, no one can take an Ancestral Artifact out of here, unless you find the handle of your weapon," Li Qianluo said.
Xiang Beifei asked, "Did you see this Ancestral Artifact the last time you were here?"
"No, not really. There are many Ancestral Artifacts, and I haven’t been to this place before. We were just wandering around randomly. If you ask me to find it now, I’ve forgotten where it is."
"I remember Ge Hengzi said that there are only thirteen Ancestral Artifacts, is this one of them?"
Ge Hengzi mentioned this because Ancestral Artifacts are powerful objects sealed with the Heavenly Dao divine patterns. Although the number of grand paths in the world is countless, Ancestral Artifacts constantly devour each other, so there is actually a rough perception of the number of Heavenly Dao among the Ancestral Artifacts.
"Not really—what he meant should be there are thirteen outside of the Common Valley. The ones within the Common Valley don’t count. The Common Valley has always been closed off, a very special place," Li Qianluo said.
"Sister Li, are you so sure?" Xiaohei asked in confusion.
"Because I’ve seen quite a few within the Common Valley! At least four or five of them, my master took me to see, just didn’t take them away. Then there’s the Seeking Wood at old Giant Spirit’s place, some at my place, several at the Dao Palace, and to my knowledge, adding that Stele capable of suppressing floods, you have three Ancestral Artifacts yourself, which adds up to far more than thirteen," Li Qianluo said.
She paused and added, "Think about it, did your Ancestral Artifacts react before the aura of the Common Valley seeped out?"
That’s true.
The reaction of Wufeng and Bricks began around the time the Dao Palace sent out messages. The Dao Palace not only advanced the progress of the Heaven and Earth Ranking competition but also wanted experts from various races to enter.
But strictly speaking, Xiang Beifei should have four Ancestral Artifacts.
Because ever since entering the Common Valley, it wasn’t just Wufeng and Bricks making a fuss. The Yu Divine Stele inside the Spirit Gathering Book and that stone tower also moved slightly.
He then realized these two were also Ancestral Artifacts!
The stone tower, the nine-story tower, where Xiang Qingde’s senior brother, Daoist Qingyang’s life flame burns inside, fell into slumber after battling the Eternal Night Demon King, and has yet to awaken.
However, strangely enough, the Yu Divine Stele and the stone tower seem very tranquil, indifferent, as if outside matters don’t concern them. They watch others fight as if it’s entertainment, unlike Wufeng and Bricks that are very aggressive.
Even the aura from the Yu Divine Stele and the stone tower is different from other Ancestral Artifacts, reserved and gentle, indifferent.
"So you’re saying, the Dao Palace controls the access in and out of the Common Valley and guards this treasure land but can only stare wide-eyed at these Ancestral Artifacts?" Xiaohei asked.
"Yes, more or less," Li Qianluo nodded.
Ancestral Artifacts in the Common Valley cannot be taken if incomplete. And incomplete Ancestral Artifacts cannot be devoured by other Ancestral Artifacts, so these incomplete ones have become scrap.
"Then why do they suddenly want so many races to storm in? What’s the use of these people coming in?" Erha asked in confusion.
That’s indeed a question.
Luo Shanyou, standing beside, spoke, "In the past, Daoist Qingde mentioned to me that a battle that took place here in the Common Valley ten thousand years ago caused countless casualties, including the destruction of many Ancestral Artifacts. However, correspondingly, some survived, who might have taken the Ancestral Artifact fragments out of the Common Valley."
Xiaohei suddenly realized, "Oh! So the Dao Palace plans to have all races in Edge Corner Airspace bring Ancestral Artifact fragments in this time? Then they can take action in the chaos?"
"That’s my guess, but from the current situation, it’s highly likely!" Luo Shanyou nodded.
The Ancestral Artifact fragments taken away from the Common Valley might have been passed down as treasured clan heirlooms by various races. Now that they’ve heard the Common Valley is opening, many races might be willing to take the risk and bring in the fragments.
They do not understand the power of Ancestral Artifacts and just hope to find their so-called ancestral heritage with the fragments.
While they were speaking, Xiang Beifei suddenly sensed something unusual and whispered, "Someone’s coming, let’s go, down below!"
Xiang Beifei quickly wrapped everyone with his power, and they fell into the crevice of the large knife.
Their figures had just disappeared for a few breaths when two strong auras swept over, enveloping the entire corner.
These two auras were terrifying; when they landed here, they almost made everything in this area tremble.
Ancestral Dao Realm experts!
Two powerful experts stood on the edge of the crevice, looking down at the cliff below.
"Was it an illusion?" One figure asked, frowning.
"Doesn’t seem like it. There was intense battle here just now, likely a struggle for the Ancestral Artifacts!" Another heavy voice slowly said.
"A struggle for the Ancestral Artifacts? Looks like this time’s harvest might be more abundant."
The two vast and majestic auras rolled out again, swiftly circulating from the original place, searching the entire mountain.
These two Divine Senses seemed to be able to see through the whole mountain; nothing could hide under such powerful Divine Sense.
Except for Xiang Beifei.
The Divine Sense scoured ten thousand miles around the area, searching inch by inch, but after lingering for nearly half an hour, they found nothing.
"Ran away so fast?" One voice sounded puzzled.
"Maybe—an old fossil hidden by some reclusive race."
"Hmph! Whatever, if they’ve come, they should follow the rules properly."
The two Divine Senses lingered in the air for another moment, then finally left.
It was not until an hour later that Xiang Beifei and the others resurfaced from the base of the big knife.
"It seems there’s little doubt that the Dao Palace is collecting Ancestral Artifacts," Xiang Beifei said.
"Then from now on, we shouldn’t casually use Spiritual Artifacts against Spiritual Artifacts. Otherwise, we would attract more people from the Dao Palace," Li Qianluo said.
Attracting people from the Dao Palace is not a good idea. Who knows if the opponent will bring a litian spear, let alone anything else. Xiang Beifei and the others couldn’t completely control their Ancestral Artifacts, and having them might not guarantee a win against Ancestral Dao Realm experts from the Dao Palace.
Because for the opponent to deal with their Ancestral Artifacts is simple.
They just have to put away their own Ancestral Artifacts.
Without other Ancestral Artifacts’ aura, Bricks and Wufeng wouldn’t be able to exert their power, and with Dao Palace’s Ancestral Dao Realm expert making a move, Xiang Beifei and the others have no chance of winning.
"By the way, Li, is your primordial red-tasseled spear a complete Ancestral Artifact?" Xiang Beifei asked.
"Also incomplete, it’s missing the end part, and it shattered back then. I’m still looking for it," Li Qianluo showed her golden lotus small world in her palm to Xiang Beifei.
This golden lotus is etched in Li Qianluo’s palm, very special, shielding the aura of the primordial red-tasseled spear from leaking. But if you look inside, you can still see the situation inside, where the spear tail is indeed missing a small section, which is not visible unless looked at closely.
"What a pity, such a large Ancestral Artifact can’t be taken away."
Xiaohei regretfully stroked the blade and flicked it. The blade gave a dull thud, as if a dazed stone, with no reaction.
It’s hard to imagine that such a super powerful weapon, without similar interference, could be considered scrapyard junk.
"If these Ancestral Artifacts were so easy to take away, the Dao Palace would already have done so, and we’d not be the ones to take them home," Xiaohei lamented.
Just as they were talking, Xiang Beifei noticed something unusual and whispered, "Someone’s coming, let’s go, down below!"
Xiang Beifei immediately wrapped everyone in power and let them drop into the crack of the large knife.
Just after their figures disappeared for a few breaths, two powerful auras swept in, covering the entire corner.
These auras were terrifying; their presence was so overwhelming that everything in this area seemed to shiver under the pressure.
Experts from the Ancestral Dao Realm!
Two powerful experts stood at the edge of the rift, looking down the cliff.
"Was it an illusion?" one of the figures asked, frowning.
"It doesn’t seem like it. A very strong fight just broke out here, it should have been over an Ancestral Artifact!" the other, with a deep voice, said slowly.
"An Ancestral Artifact struggle? Looks like this time’s harvest might be more than expected."
The two grand and rolling Divine Senses surged again, swiftly flowing out along the original place, searching the entire mountain.
These two Divine Senses seemed as if they could see through the entire mountain, scrutinizing every inch under such powerful Divine Sense. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢
Except for Xiang Beifei.
Their Divine Sense combed through the area for thousands of feet but didn’t find anything, eventually hovering briefly in the air before leaving.
An hour passed, and Xiang Beifei finally spoke: "So, it looks like there’s no doubt, the Dao Palace plots to collect the Ancestral Artifacts."
"Bricks and Wufeng cannot be used casually to fight inside here anymore. Otherwise, more people from Dao Palace would come," Li Qianluo said.
Drawing the attention of the Dao Palace people is not a good idea; who knows if they’ll bring a Heavenly Spear along for the ride.
"Menacing, with other Ancestral Artifacts like that, we wouldn’t even have a chance." Xiaohei shook his head, expressing his concern.
If the Ancestral Artifacts here were that easy to take away, Dao Palace would have already taken them and gone. They wouldn’t be specifically waiting for the opportunity for him to clean up.
It’s best not to attempt retrieving Bricks here; the big knife’s Perception field is obvious, he should move on to somewhere the knife can’t sense before taking Bricks out.
Having made up his mind, he motioned for everyone to follow.
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