Ch. 59
Chapter 59: The Purple Firmament Banquet, the Complete Great Void Technique!
【You looked at the woman in the courtyard, who seemed as though she had stepped out of a painting, feeling greatly surprised.】
【The Eldest Senior Sister you had previously searched for so painstakingly without success had actually been encountered here in the Great Zhou Dynasty.】
【“You are?”】
【Zi You set down the book in her hand and looked at you with a puzzled expression.】
【Seeing the blank confusion on Zi You’s face, you were somewhat taken aback.】
【Back when you met Fang Jingchun and Gu Xinyue, both of them had recognized you immediately.】
【And yet now, when Zi You saw you, she was looking at you entirely as though you were a stranger.】
【“Eldest Senior Sister, it’s like this. I’m a disciple who joined the Sword Pavilion most recently...”】
【You then explained to Zi You how you had joined the Sword Pavilion twenty years earlier.】
【After hearing this, Zi You raised her head and looked toward the sky, as if recalling the days she had spent in the Sword Pavilion many years ago.】
【“So you’re someone from the Sword Pavilion...”】
【Next, Zi You explained that the reason she had joined the Sword Pavilion in the first place was because it was a pure land for the human race.】
【Since leaving the Sword Pavilion more than thirty years ago, she had never returned.】
【“Little Junior Brother, is the Sword Pavilion still well these days?”】
【The moment the words left her mouth, Zi You noticed that your expression was somewhat off.】
【“Something happened to the Sword Pavilion?”】
【Zi You’s brows knit tightly together, and a trace of killing intent flashed through her eyes.】
【At her question, you let out a long sigh toward the heavens.】
【You explained to Zi You what had happened to the Sword Pavilion.】
【You told her that several years ago, a Mahayana expert had entered the Blood Demon Secret Realm and damaged the Blood Stele, allowing the bizarre insect sealed beneath it to be released.】
【You also told her that at the time you had been trapped in the Fallen Immortal Secret Realm, and by the time you came out, the Sword Pavilion had already been destroyed.】
【And you told Zi You that the Fallen Immortal Secret Realm in Qingzhou had now been contaminated, and that it was no longer a suitable place for human cultivation or breakthroughs.】
【Zi You looked at you in shock, never imagining that so many things had happened during the years she had been away from Youzhou.】
【Whether it was the bizarre insect in the Blood Demon Secret Realm being released or the Fallen Immortal Secret Realm in Qingzhou being ruined, both were enormous blows to the human race.】
【After hearing everything you said, the expression on Zi You’s face gradually shifted from shock to sudden realization.】
【Zi You told you that some time ago, the Purple Firmament Holy Land in the Central Continent had announced a major event.】
【“What major event?”】
【You were very curious what kind of matter it could be that would make Zi You reveal such an expression.】
【Zi You told you that the Purple Firmament Holy Land had publicly announced that one of their Heavenly Venerable Ancestors who had gone abroad to travel and train had returned.】
【Originally, she had been wondering which Ancestor it was. But after hearing everything you had just told her, she now understood who it must be.】
【Zi You looked at you, the corners of her lips curving into a mysterious smile.】
【“The Blood Demon Heavenly Venerable has returned. The Purple Firmament Holy Land has invited the major families, sects, and dynasties of the Central Continent to attend the banquet.”】
【The moment those words fell, Zi You turned her head and looked at you with a smile.】
【“Eldest Senior Sister... surely you aren’t planning to...”】
【“That’s right! An event this interesting would be such a waste to miss!”】
【After hearing Zi You’s words, you felt that there was a stark contrast between her personality and her outward appearance.】
【When you had first come in, she had seemed so quiet and serene, yet now she wanted to attend such a dangerous banquet.】
【“I want to go too! I want to go too!”】
【At that, you turned your head toward Zhou Lingxi, who was clamoring from the side.】
【Looking at her, with only Initial Core Formation cultivation, you could only shake your head helplessly.】
【Zi You also refused Zhou Lingxi without hesitation, because it would be far too dangerous for her to go.】
【If Zhou Lingxi had not been expelled from the imperial family of the Great Zhou Dynasty, then she might still have been able to attend the banquet using the status of the Great Zhou imperial clan.】
【You asked Zi You when the banquet of the Purple Firmament Holy Land would begin.】
【Zi You told you that the banquet of the Purple Firmament Holy Land would begin in half a year, at the start of next year.】
【After that, Zi You arranged for you to stay in the little courtyard.】
【You casually found an empty room and settled in.】
【The next day, you sought out Zi You again to ask the question that had long remained in your heart.】
【“Eldest Senior Sister! I heard from Senior Sister Gu that the Great Void Technique is your family’s inherited technique?”】
【Upon hearing this, Zi You looked at you in surprise.】
【She had not expected you to suddenly ask about the Great Void Technique.】
【“That’s right! It is my family’s inherited technique, but its requirements for the cultivator’s talent are extremely high. Little Junior Brother, do you want to learn it?”】
【You shook your head at this and told Zi You that you had already cultivated the Great Void Technique to the Major Mastery stage.】
【You also told Zi You that you felt there had always been something wrong with your Great Void Technique, as though it were missing something.】
【When Zi You heard that you had actually cultivated the Great Void Technique to Major Mastery, she could not help marveling inwardly at how great your talent was.】
【Then, after hearing you say that there was a problem with your Great Void Technique, Zi You smiled faintly.】
【“Of course there’s a problem. I was afraid the people at the Sword Pavilion wouldn’t be able to learn it, so I only passed on the first half to them. I didn’t expect that only Sixth Brother would actually learn it.”】
【You had not expected that what Zi You passed on to Fang Jingchun was only the first half of the Great Void Technique.】
【However, your Great Void Technique had been obtained from the Bronze Divine Hall, so it was clearly far more than just the first half.】
【You explained to Zi You that the source of your Great Void Technique was not Fang Jingchun’s teaching, but what you had obtained from the Bronze Divine Hall within the Fallen Immortal Secret Realm.】
【“What? You entered that Bronze Divine Hall?”】
【Zi You had not expected that you had actually entered the Bronze Divine Hall, and the shock made her rise straight from the stone chair.】
【Then she looked at you with tightly furrowed brows.】
【“You mean your Great Void Technique was obtained inside the Bronze Divine Hall?”】
【“Show me your Great Void Technique.”】
【Seeing how serious Zi You looked, you did not hesitate and immediately displayed your Great Void Technique.】
【A long while later, Zi You let out a long breath.】
【“Thank goodness. This is only the upper half of the Great Void Technique!”】
【Zi You told you that the reason she had been so serious just now was because the Great Void Technique was never to be passed on to outsiders.】
【She had needed to determine whether the Great Void Technique circulating outside was the complete version.】
【Very soon, Zi You explained why you had always felt that there was something wrong with your Great Void Technique.】
【Zi You told you that what you had cultivated could not truly be called the Great Void Technique. Strictly speaking, it should be called the Void Technique.】
【Only after cultivating the complete Great Void Technique would you be able to conceal your aura properly while traveling through the void.】
【Those at the same realm would find it very difficult to detect your movements, and even cultivators one major realm above you would not find it easy to discover you.】
【After that, Zi You also explained why the Great Void Technique had appeared in the Bronze Divine Hall.】
【In the Remote Ancient Era, the Zi Family had been one of the top powers of the Canglan Realm, and the experts of their clan had scattered across the realm to hunt down bizarre insects.】
【The Void Technique inside the Bronze Divine Hall was likely a legacy left behind by one of the experts who had gone to Qingzhou as reinforcement back then.】
【“Eldest Senior Sister! I want to cultivate the complete Great Void Technique!”】
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