Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

Fire Crow Daoist stood up abruptly, "Immortal Mark Sect has been plotting to promote this matter? Daoist Tang knows about this, why didn't you inform my Profound Heaven Sect!"

Tang Zhaoyang's expression froze, then he reacted and quickly said with a smile, "It's just a rumor, a rumor! There's no concrete evidence, how dare I speak carelessly! Daoist, please don't misunderstand my meaning."

Fire Crow Daoist snorted coldly, "Misunderstand? Such a fundamental matter involving a sect and a region, how can it be concealed! Even if you're not sure, you should have reminded us so that my sect could prepare! If nothing else, our two sects have been on good terms for generations!"

Fire Crow Daoist's tone was stern, especially emphasizing the words "good terms for generations," as if each word was wrapped in Myriad Beast True Fire, colliding with Tang Zhaoyang's face, creating an invisible sound.

Tang Zhaoyang made a slip of the tongue, but Fire Crow Daoist seized the opportunity to suddenly attack, leaving him somewhat at a loss. He had to explain, "I only heard this rumor recently, and I haven't had time to investigate it yet, so I didn't think to inform your sect. This is my negligence, please forgive me, Real Person Yuan!"

Fire Crow Daoist squinted at him, "Who told you?"

Tang Zhaoyang's eyes flickered, avoiding Fire Crow Daoist's gaze, and hesitated, "Well, I heard it from a friend I've known for many years. I didn't really believe it, but he spoke with such conviction that I was somewhat skeptical. If Yuan Jing hadn't mentioned Cai Fengjin's suspicious activities in the Southern Domain, I would have found it hard to believe this was true."

Fire Crow Daoist snorted coldly, "The first to mention transforming the terrain was Real Person Tang, not Yuan Jing! Real Person Tang, if you continue to be so evasive, then we can end this conversation!"

Tang Zhaoyang's expression changed slightly upon hearing this, and he couldn't help but look at the red-faced old Daoist with a bit more gravity. He pondered for a moment, then suddenly chuckled and said, "Daoist Yuan, don't be offended, I definitely don't want to hide anything. My old friend's identity is special, so he doesn't want too many people to know his whereabouts." Seeing Fire Crow Daoist's mocking expression, knowing that if he continued like this, this person would really get angry, he quickly changed the topic and said with a smile, "Of course, since my sect and your sect have a deep connection, it's not impossible to say, but Daoist Yuan and Yuan Jing must keep it a secret for me!"

Fire Crow Daoist and Zhang Yuanjing both looked at him without answering.

Tang Zhaoyang chuckled dryly twice and continued, "This old friend of mine is from the Jixia Academy in the Eastern Domain."

As he spoke, he observed the expressions of the two. Fire Crow Daoist remained the same as before, without any change. Zhang Yuanjing, however, seemed to have gained something, as if he had guessed something.

He was surprised in his heart, but he continued to say, "This old friend recently came to the Hengduan Mountains and was very interested in that pillar supporting the heavens, so he sought me out to ask about the situation. During the conversation, when asked why he had suddenly come to the Hengduan Mountains, he said it was to investigate the Immortal Mark Sect's transformation of the terrain, and that he was going to make a trip to the Southern Domain. Only then did Kang know about this matter."

Fire Crow Daoist asked, "Why is the Jixia Academy investigating the Immortal Mark Sect?"

Tang Zhaoyang said, "This old friend of mine is from the Yin-Yang School of the Jixia Academy, and has always regarded inheriting the orthodox art of terrain as his mission. He is very disgusted with the Immortal Mark Sect's twisted reasoning and development of unorthodox methods, and has repeatedly proposed to the academy to eliminate the evil, but the academy has not agreed, giving the reason that the Immortal Mark Sect has not engaged in any evil practices. In order to find evidence of the Immortal Mark Sect harming the spiritual veins of heaven and earth, he began to investigate the whereabouts and actions of the sect's formation masters."

"The righteous path and the evil sect?" Fire Crow Daoist scoffed, "Real Person Tang, you and I are over a thousand years old combined, and you still believe in this nonsense? Your old friend is probably eyeing the Immortal Mark Sect's techniques and wants to seize them!"

Tang Zhaoyang chuckled, "Daoist Yuan is joking, it is indeed a battle between good and evil, and this is a great thing for the sects of the world. If the Immortal Mark Sect is allowed to transform the terrain at will, the major forces in the world will probably begin to change frequently, and the patterns of each region will also be subverted!"

"Why does the Immortal Mark Sect want to transform the terrain? This is being an enemy to the world, what good will it do them?" Fire Crow Daoist pressed on, not letting Tang Zhaoyang get away with it.

"This, perhaps it is a kind of cultivation technique. Once a transformation of terrain is successfully completed, one can break through the cultivation realm," Tang Zhaoyang said, his tone somewhat ethereal.

"The art of terrain is only a lineage of the Immortal Mark Sect, and to let the entire sect take the risk of being an enemy to the world just for the cultivation of this lineage of cultivators, this seems difficult to explain! Moreover, this sect has never seemed to have a Deity Transformation cultivator in the past ten thousand years!" Fire Crow Daoist questioned again.

Tang Zhaoyang sighed softly and suddenly said in a low voice, "I will tell you a secret, but you two must not reveal it!"

Fire Crow Daoist looked at him coldly, while Zhang Yuanjing nodded with great interest.

Tang Zhaoyang acted solemnly, and even used his magic power to set up a simple isolation formation around him to prevent eavesdropping and prying eyes. In fact, with the aura of two Nascent Soul True Persons, no one would dare to do this. Tang Zhaoyang's move was somewhat pretentious.

"Why do you two think there are only five or six Deity Transformation existences in this world?" Tang Zhaoyang threw out a topic that seemed to have nothing to do with the previous conversation.

Fire Crow Daoist remained silent as before.

Zhang Yuanjing said, "In the past, I heard the seniors in the sect say that there are only three reasons: first, there is external blockage, the world's external communication is not smooth, and the spiritual energy obtained is gradually decreasing; second, there is internal obstruction, the energy channels are not smooth, and it is difficult to provide what is needed for a breakthrough; and third, there are other evil things that invade and seize the world's spiritual energy, so it is gradually declining."

Tang Zhaoyang nodded in praise, "As expected of a top disciple of the Profound Heaven Sect, you are absolutely right. Among these three reasons, the evil lineage of transforming the terrain is specifically seeking to solve the second one, in order to open up the world's energy channels and make the spiritual power of heaven and earth flow continuously and endlessly!"

Zhang Yuanjing's face changed, "If I remember correctly, the so-called opening up of the earth veins is actually to flatten the great spiritual acupoints in various places as blockages of the energy channels!"

Tang Zhaoyang smiled and said with a hint of sarcasm, "Of course Yuan Jing is right, but, according to the faction that transforms the terrain, the great spiritual acupoints in the world are not all points of stagnation. Some are just nodes for the transportation of spiritual veins in various places, which must exist. Others are not like this. The energy channels gather in one place, no longer flow, and fall into stagnation, that is where the blockage lies."

Zhang Yuanjing shook his head, "The situation is very different, how easy is it to identify. Moreover, most of the great spiritual acupoints in the world belong to sects or demon beasts, who can judge which is open and which is not? It's just that whoever has the bigger fist has the right to speak!"

"Yuan Jing's words are certainly to the point, but it also depends on who needs it!" Tang Zhaoyang sighed and said with a worried expression, "Who needs to open up the world's energy channels? Deity Transformation existences, all Nascent Soul cultivators who want to enter Deity Transformation and may enter Deity Transformation! Under this general trend, everything else must give way!"

Fire Crow Daoist asked solemnly, "May I ask, Real Person Tang, do you agree with dredging the energy channels or do you disagree? May I ask what is the attitude of the Jixia Academy?"

Tang Zhaoyang said decisively, "I naturally disagree! It's not that I have no hope of Deity Transformation in this life, but this move goes against the will of the people and will inevitably cause chaos in the world. Only a few people and a few sects will benefit. My Morning Heaven Gate is weak and small, and in this trend, it can't even make a ripple!"

He paused slightly, met the bright gazes of Fire Crow Daoist and Zhang Yuanjing, and said word by word, "Of course the Jixia Academy also disagrees!"

"That Divine Venerable also disagrees?" Fire Crow Daoist asked.

"Disagrees!" Tang Zhaoyang said with great certainty, "The Divine Venerable personally issued an edict, saying that the way out of this world is outside the world, not inside the world."

Speaking of this, he suddenly glanced at Zhang Yuanjing.

Zhang Yuanjing asked, "Back then, outside Tiannan City, I wonder why Real Person chased me to persuade me to return?"

Tang Zhaoyang pondered for a moment and said, "Naturally, there is something I want to ask!"

"What is it?"

"There is a three-legged stone cauldron that is about ten feet tall, dark purple in color, with auspicious clouds and mythical beasts, spiritual trees and immortal herbs carved on it. The cauldron is filled with some kind of soil, have you ever seen it, Yuan Jing?"