Rise of the Sword Son-in-Law

Chapter 354 The Secret of Demon Cloud Heaven

Xu Ping’an looked at the half-remaining Yu Xiuyan before him, a faint smile appearing on his face.

However, he did not let down his guard.

Such a fellow might still have some formidable tricks up his sleeve.

Of course, he had already taken Yu Xiuyan’s storage ring and used his own True Yuan to seal Yu Xiuyan’s True Yuan.

As for the Niwan Palace, he instructed Cang Xue to keep a constant watch on it. There shouldn’t be too big of a problem.

"Speak up, what’s so special about this Teleportation Formation?" Xu Ping’an had the Loose Cultivators around him disperse, leaving only Gu Lingyan.

The reason he kept Gu Lingyan was that Xu Ping’an felt she must have a lot of information about the Heavenly Star Ancient Palace, which might come in handy.

Hearing Xu Ping’an’s question, Yu Xiuyan hesitated a moment before speaking, "In Demon Cloud Heaven, we have Ancient Books that record the last opening of the Heavenly Star Ancient Palace and the deeds of my Demon Cloud Heaven predecessors who entered the Heavenly Star Ancient Palace."

"Where are the Ancient Books?" Xu Ping’an asked.

"In the Scripture Pavilion of my Demon Cloud Heaven. How could such a precious treasure of my Demon Cloud Heaven stay on one’s person?" said Yu Xiuyan.

Xu Ping’an nodded his head; he had just asked out of curiosity, also guessing that Demon Cloud Heaven wouldn’t carry such important items around with them.

"You may continue," Xu Ping’an said.

Yu Xiuyan was reluctant but still went on, "The books record that the thirty-six Teleportation Formations aren’t random. The thirty-six Teleportation Formations correspond to thirty-six areas from the First to the Fourth Layer, and this Teleportation Formation corresponds to the number six area of the First Layer."

"Number six area? What is that place?" Xu Ping’an asked with curiosity.

Gu Lingyan, who stood by, then said, "The Heavenly Star Ancient Palace is divided into nine layers, and each layer has nine areas. These nine areas do not have specific names, so people rank them from one to nine based on their danger levels. The number one area has the lowest danger level, and the number nine area has the highest."

"I see, so how dangerous can the number nine area of the First Layer be?" Xu Ping’an asked curiously.

"The danger level of the number nine area is such that it could threaten a Seventh Rank Peak practitioner, and even pose a threat to one at the Initial Stage of the Eighth Rank," Gu Lingyan said.

"That’s not low at all; if this is just the First Layer, the Second Layer, and the Third Layer must be even more dangerous," Xu Ping’an said with some amazement.

It seemed that the danger level of the Heavenly Star Ancient Palace was even more dreadful than he had imagined.

"However, the greater the danger, the greater the chance of obtaining opportunity," Gu Lingyan said.

Xu Ping’an nodded his head.

The lower the danger level, the more chance an area has been explored by others.

Then for those like them who come later, the possibility of obtaining opportunities would be smaller.

"Continue, what is there in this number six area that is of such interest to your Demon Cloud Heaven?" Xu Ping’an asked.

According to his estimation, the First Layer must have already been explored by many people, and the chance of finding opportunities would be very slim.

Yet Demon Cloud Heaven placed such importance on the number six area of the First Layer, which meant there must be some secret hidden there.

"If I tell you, will you really let me go?" Yu Xiuyan looked at Xu Ping’an and asked.

"Yes, I will let you go. I and my people promise not to kill you," Xu Ping’an said with a smile.

Yu Xiuyan, hearing this, nodded in satisfaction and said, "In fact, there is a huge secret hidden in the number six area. On the First Layer, there is a Spatial Rift. Inside the Spatial Rift, there is a place untouched by anyone. In that place, our ancestors saw the bodies of two super-powerful beings."

"The bodies of super-powerful beings?" Xu Ping’an was taken aback.

Gu Lingyan also showed a look of surprise, promptly asking, "What level are these bodies? Which race do they belong to?"

"Demon Race, but they have already transformed. It’s not clear exactly what rank they were, but the notes left by our powerful ancestors indicate that they might be the bodies of a Twelfth Rank Immortal Emperor, or perhaps even the body of an Immortal Emperor in transit," Yu Xiuyan said.

"Bodies of an Immortal Emperor? That’s impossible. The Immortal Emperors have been extinct for over a hundred thousand years," Gu Lingyan hurriedly said.

"Right, but the Heavenly Star Daoist is from that era. That a place has been untouched only means that these two beings are from the same era as the Heavenly Star Daoist. And for their bodies to have been preserved for so long, they must be at least of the Immortal Emperor Level. Not to mention anything else, just the fact that they were able to transform is enough to prove they are above the Tenth Rank. Such powerful beings must surely have artifacts sustaining them," Yu Xiuyan responded.

Gu Lingyan’s face changed.

If it were the bodies of a Demon Race Immortal Emperor, those would indeed be priceless treasures.

Every drop of essence blood from an Immortal Emperor expert contains an extremely terrifying energy, and some experts could even deduce the person’s Cultivation Technique and comprehension of the Dao Laws from this corpse.

If it were the corpse of an Immortal Emperor Level being, it would be enough to stir up a storm throughout the Fifth Realms.

By then, many recluses who had hidden away for years would likely be unable to sit still.

Xu Ping’an was also astonished, for in his previous life he was an Immortal Emperor Level expert himself; he naturally knew the terror of an Immortal Emperor.

The body of an Immortal Emperor was a treasure all over, and such a mighty expert, even in death, would not leave a complete corpse behind.

"Not only that," Yu Xiuyan said, "but that ancestor mentioned that on those two bodies, there were storage rings, and even two weapons that seemed like the legendary Divine Artifacts."

Upon hearing this, Xu Ping’an’s face also showed a look of surprise.

The storage ring of such a powerful being would definitely contain no ordinary treasures within.

It might even hold a vast heritage.

As for the weapons, the possibility of them being Divine Artifacts was not great, but there was still a slight chance.

At this moment, Xu Ping’an finally understood why Demon Cloud Heaven valued this matter so highly.

If they truly obtained those two corpses, the gains for them would be immense.

Gu Lingyan was also surprised; this indeed was a significant secret.

A secret capable of propelling a Heaven Beyond Heavens to rise.

"May I leave now?" Yu Xiuyan asked.

Xu Ping’an, however, began to laugh, looking at Yu Xiuyan and said, "There should be something you haven’t mentioned yet, you’ve told me all this but didn’t speak of the dangers inside, trying to lure me there, so that I might die in that place."

Yu Xiuyan’s complexion immediately changed, as he hastened to deny it, "No, I don’t know what dangers are inside, my ancestor couldn’t enter because the entrance of the Spatial Rift had a powerful Spatial Barrier."

"Is that so?" Xu Ping’an said with a smile that was not quite a smile.

"What I said is indeed true," Yu Xiuyan hurriedly insisted.

Xu Ping’an smiled faintly and said, "You may leave."

Yu Xiuyan’s expression then changed, he’s letting me go just like that?

Gu Lingyan also frowned, looking anxiously at Xu Ping’an.

Was Xu Ping’an really going to let him go?

Xu Ping’an, however, stopped her, looking at Yu Xiuyan he said, "You don’t want to leave?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Xiuyan was immediately overjoyed, and half of his body soared into the air, ready to leave.

Gu Lingyan was greatly alarmed, Xu Ping’an was releasing a tiger back into the mountain.

Yet Xu Ping’an remained calm and composed.

Seeing Xu Ping’an genuinely made no move to stop him, Yu Xiuyan was overjoyed, and in the next moment, he was about to escape completely.

But just at that moment, a golden light flashed by in a blink.

Yu Xiuyan was instantly split into two halves by the golden light.

And floating before Yu Xiuyan was a mutated Golden Edge Mantis.

"You… broke your word…" Yu Xiuyan looked at Xu Ping’an with immense anger.

Xu Ping’an replied with a light chuckle, "I said neither I nor my people would kill you, I didn’t say my Demon Beast wouldn’t kill you."

With these words spoken, Yu Xiuyan was completely dead, without a trace of life left.

His eyes were even wide open, dying with great unwillingness.

Xu Ping’an chuckled lightly, retrieving the Golden Edge Mantis that flew towards him back into the Thunder Brilliance Ring.