Chapter 1800 - The Four Laws And The Eight Statues
“Mm?”
Qin Nan wore a stern look as soon as he took a few steps forward.
The unique pressure he felt when he first entered the Six Unity Forbidden land was a lot stronger here. His cultivation was even suppressed to the first-layer Earth Immortal Realm.
“What in the world…”
Qin Nan’s eyes widened. His eyes flickered with astonishment even with his boldness.
A ma.s.sive structure built with ancient wood stood not far ahead of him.
Each of the structure’s east, south, west, and north stood a huge statue resembling a strange ancient tree that was carved with ice. The statue was around seven zhang tall, and its leaves and branches spread further into all directions.
At the center of the structure were eight human statues carved with some kind of black jade. The statues stood silently. They had the same action, but their expressions were completely different.
The sight alone was not enough to stir such a great reaction from Qin Nan. However, the ice statues of the ancient trees and the jade human statues were clearly made of the Frost Souls and the Six Unity Immortal Jades!
On top of it, Qin Nan could clearly sense that even though the combined will of the ancient tree statues and the human statues was not comparable to ten thousand Frost Souls and Six Unity Immortal Jades, but the dept of it significantly surpa.s.sed the latter, as if they were just some low-quality mystical stones or a bunch of G.o.dly stones.
“What are these things for? Are these artificial? Or natural?”
Qin Nan quickly collected his thoughts. He began to look around him cautiously instead of bursting into excitement.
He knew that some of the great fortunate encounters in the Six Unity Forbidden Land might turn out to be a deadly trap.
“Stop wasting your time, they are clearly natural. Even the Nine Heavens Supremes could not alter the Frost Souls and the Six Unity Immortal Jades’ appearance forcibly,” Doom who had been silent along the journey suddenly blurted out.
“Natural?”
Qin Nan’s eyes glittered.
If the statues were refined by nature, the place must contain some great secrets; either it was a great fortunate encounter, or a great danger.
“Forget it, let’s retrieve them first.”
Qin Nan made up his mind within a few seconds.
He still had no idea how many Frost Souls and Six Unity Immortal Jades he would need to trade for the Supreme Heart Fruit, thus it was better to take every Frost Soul and Six Unity Immortal Jade he had stumbled upon just in case.
Qin Nan immediately summoned twelve spiritual hands retrieving the human statues and the ancient trees. He also backed away from the place at a shocking speed.
“Huh? Nothing is happening?”
Qin Nan looked into the perfectly still cave suspiciously. He came to a stop and waited for a moment. After a prolonged silence, he shook his head and proceeded to look for the Eight Brilliance Demon Emperor and the others.
Little did he know, the structure in the cave began to break into pieces and turn into wisps of black smog floating deeper into the mountain after he left.
Time gradually pa.s.sed.
The noon on the second day, Qin Nan and his crew had visited the other two locations marked on Meng Jiugong’s map. One of them was already empty as someone had taken the loots, while the other had around three hundred Frost Souls and Six Unity Immortal Jades.
Qin Nan and the others discussed upon themselves. The Eight Brilliance Demon Emperor and the others decided to stay behind while Qin Nan made his way to the two ancient cities alone to look for Immortal Emperor Gulin.
After all, many of the factions would leave a number of cultivators outside. It was easier for them to be spotted if they all went, thus placing them in danger.
“Luckily, the rare phenomena are about to occur. So many cultivators are going back and forth on the Feiyue Immortal Bridge. If not, I would have trouble sneaking into the ancient cities…”
Qin Nan came to the end of the Feiyue Immortal Bridge. He glanced at the cultivators that were crossing the bridge. He put on a black robe and unleashed the power of the Dao Execution Gate’s Art of Dao Seeking, the Great Ma.n.u.script of Dao Execution to disguise himself.
Meanwhile, the outer area of the Six Unity Forbidden Land, the formations at the first cave that Qin Nan and his crew visited were destroyed following a series of explosions.
The young man and the disciples that Qin Nan had suppressed in the cave immediately regained their freedom.
“Sister…”
The young man was nursing great grievance since he was tortured by the Eight Brilliance Demon Emperor. He immediately vented all of it and burst into tears after seeing the closest person to him.
In front of the young man was a woman in a white outfit.
The woman was slightly taller than the young man. Her brows were thin like willow, and her skin was pale like snow. Her faint blue eyes remained calm and expressionless with a faint word ‘Immortal’ (仙) on her forehead.
Her long black hair was tied with an icy blue jade hairpin. She had three ancient pendants of different sizes hanging on her waist. She was dressed like a handsome young man, yet anyone could easily sense her otherworldly temperament.
“Lu Zhaoming, you are the grandchild of the Tribe of Immortal Spirits’s vice clan master, you must get a hold of yourself.”
The woman frowned slightly, but she quickly let out a sigh after seeing the young man’s reaction. She said, “I’ll make them pay when I find them.”
Lu Zhaoming blurted out in joy, “Thank you, sister, I know you love me the most!”
A few other Heaven Immortals beside the woman shrugged upon seeing this.
The reputable Exceptional Genius of their Tribe of Immortal Spirits was almost perfect and spotless, but somehow, she liked to pamper this Lu Zhaoming.
“Wait, sister, give me a second!”
Lu Zhaoming flew into the cave when a thought suddenly crossed his mind.
However, his face was soon filled with astonishment upon taking a glance.
The other disciples recalled something too. They immediately looked into the cave and shared the same reaction as Lu Zhaoming.
They clearly remembered that the young man with blood-red hair had only stayed a few moments in the cave, but why were all the half-completed loots missing?
Could it be that the young man had managed to catalyze the Frost Souls and the Six Unity Immortal Jades in just a short period of time?
“No way! That’s not possible! Even sister wouldn’t be able to do so in just two thousand breaths! They must have taken the half-completed loots…”
Lu Zhaoming immediately shook his head.
He was not willing to admit it even though he had an uneasy feeling about it.
“What happened?” the woman in white outfit asked.
Lu Zhaoming was about to speak when he recalled something. He immediately wore a helpless look.
“An Immortal Demon Oath?”
The woman immediately came to a realization. She looked at everyone’s reaction and the cave. She instantly speculated what had happened here.