Chapter 99 : Chapter 99
Chapter 99: The Demon Race’s Sacred Art—Ancestral Dragon Art!
【While you were still on the first floor, examining the cultivation methods stored there in the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, Zhuge Qing had already left the first floor and taken the lead in heading to the second.】
【You and Zi You exchanged a glance, then both shook your heads helplessly.】
【You both knew that Zhuge Qing’s obsession with the Heavenly Secrets Art ran too deep.】
【As you looked through the cultivation methods on the first floor of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, you discovered that they were all core cultivation methods from various forces across the Canglan Realm.】
【You even found the Qingyun Sect’s core cultivation method among them.】
【After a long while, you and Zi You finished reading through all the cultivation methods on the first floor of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion.】
【Although these cultivation methods were the core legacies of various powers, in your eyes, they were all rather ordinary.】
【You and Zi You went to the second floor of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion. After arriving there, you found that there were far fewer cultivation methods than on the first floor.】
【After looking through the cultivation methods there, you discovered that they all came from forces stronger than those represented on the first floor.】
【Third floor—】
【After arriving on the third floor of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, you were surprised to find that none of the cultivation methods here belonged to the human race. They were all from the Demon Race.】
【Suddenly, you thought of one of your previous simulations.】
【Back then, in Huangzhou, the Black King had told you that the old site of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion contained a Sacred Method of their Demon Race.】
【When Zi You saw that you did not continue on to the fourth floor, but instead began searching through the Demon Race cultivation methods on the third floor, she could not help but ask curiously,】
【“Little Junior Brother, these are all Demon Race cultivation methods. Are you going to cultivate a Demon Race cultivation method?”】
【At her words, you smiled faintly, then shook your head.】
【“Senior Sister, don’t forget that the Canglan Realm does not have only the human race and the Bizarre Insects.”】
【After hearing that, Zi You’s eyes widened sharply as she stared at you in disbelief.】
【“No way, Little Junior Brother. Are you trying to find the Demon Race?”】
【“No, no! That definitely won’t work, Little Junior Brother. Since ancient times, the Demon Race and the human race have been mortal enemies.”】
【If you had never gone to Huangzhou, your thoughts would probably have been the same as Zi You’s.】
【But after going to Huangzhou, that idea had changed.】
【You told Zi You that there was a saying: the enemy of your enemy is your friend.】
【You explained the Demon Race’s current predicament to Zi You. The common enemy of the human race and the Demon Race was the Bizarre Insects.】
【You told Zi You that you were certain the Demon Race would stand on the side of the human race, and that the prerequisite for them to help was finding the Sacred Method the Black King had mentioned.】
【After hearing that, Zi You felt that what you said made a great deal of sense, so she began searching together with you.】
【After a long while, you found a cultivation method that matched the one the Black King had described very well—the Ancestral Dragon Art!】
【Just from reading the explanation of this cultivation method, you could already imagine how heaven-defying it was.】
【The Ancestral Dragon Art was divided into nine layers in total.】
【According to the explanation, once one cultivated the Ancestral Dragon Art to completion, one could defy the heavens and change fate, transforming into a dragon and becoming a true member of the Dragon Clan.】
【And according to legend, the Dragon Clan existed only in the Immortal World. The Canglan Realm had long since lost all trace of dragons. Even the Demon King, the Black King, was merely a flood dragon.】
【In your view, a flood dragon was still not a true dragon. Only now did you finally understand why the Black King’s obsession with the Ancestral Dragon Art was so deep.】
【You took the Ancestral Dragon Art and brought Zi You to the fourth floor of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion.】
【After entering the fourth floor, you were astonished to find that it was filled with alchemy techniques, as well as some lost pill recipes.】
【As for alchemy, you had not cultivated it for a very long time. Back then, when you first began cultivating alchemy, it had been entirely for the sake of breaking through to Foundation Establishment.】
【Now, seeing these alchemy techniques and pill recipes, the urge to cultivate it once more rose in you for a moment.】
【In the end, after taking several techniques with you, you hurriedly went up to the fifth floor.】
【Fifth floor—】
【After you and Zi You arrived on the fifth floor, you discovered that what was stored there were artifact refinement techniques.】
【After a brief stop, you continued upward.】
【Sixth floor—formations!】
【Seventh floor—】
【After arriving on the seventh floor, you still did not see any trace of Zhuge Qing.】
【“Looks like the Heavenly Secrets Art isn’t here...”】
【After briefly examining the cultivation methods on the seventh floor, you were so shocked that you could barely speak.】
【At the same time, Zi You’s face was filled with the same shock as yours.】
【On this floor, you actually saw the Great Void Technique, the Great Desolate Heaven-Imprisoning Finger, the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art, and other cultivation methods that you had obtained in the Bronze Divine Hall.】
【At the same time, the cultivation methods of the other major Holy Lands and top-tier powers of the Central Continent were all present as well.】
【You had never imagined that the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion contained so many top-tier cultivation methods. It even had the Great Void Technique, a legacy technique of the Zi Clan.】
【Only at this moment did you realize that you had underestimated the influence the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion once held in the Canglan Realm.】
【This old site of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion was practically the inheritance ground of the entire human race of the Canglan Realm—the place where the fireseed of the whole human race had been preserved.】
【Although you were temporarily unable to cultivate these techniques, you still chose to take them with you.】
【Once these cultivation methods saw the light of day, the strength of the entire human race could be greatly increased.】
【After dealing with the cultivation methods on the seventh floor, you and Zi You headed for the eighth floor.】
【After arriving on the eighth floor, you finally saw Zhuge Qing.】
【You saw Zhuge Qing sitting cross-legged in front of a platform, his eyes closed as he cultivated something.】
【You knew that Zhuge Qing must have found the complete Heavenly Secrets Art and was cultivating it at that very moment.】
【After looking over the entire eighth floor, you discovered that all the cultivation methods here were inheritances of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, including the Heavenly Evolution Art, the Heavenly Secrets Art, and some formation-based divine powers.】
【You walked in front of Zhuge Qing and looked at the cultivation method before him, silently memorizing the complete Heavenly Secrets Art.】
【The moment the complete Heavenly Secrets Art was imprinted into your mind, it was as if some bottleneck had been triggered, and your Heavenly Secrets Art directly broke through to the fourth layer.】
【You had not expected it to be so easy to break through to the fourth layer of the Heavenly Secrets Art.】
【You felt that it was very likely because you had stayed on the third layer for a long time, and had long since been able to enter the fourth layer, except that you had lacked the subsequent cultivation method.】
【And now, after seeing the complete Heavenly Secrets Art, entering the fourth layer was naturally a matter of course.】
【Seeing that Zhuge Qing was still in seclusion, you walked toward the ninth floor.】
【However, in the very next second, the expression on your face froze instantly.】
【You discovered that there was no passage from the eighth floor to the ninth floor.】
【Your puzzled gaze turned to Zi You, hoping to get some answers from her.】
【After seeing your look, Zi You shook her head helplessly.】
【“I don’t know either. I know very little about the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion.”】
【Just then, Zhuge Qing, who had been cultivating with his eyes closed, slowly opened them.】
【“I know how to get there!”】
【As soon as the words fell, Zhuge Qing came to the center of the pavilion and waved his hand, releasing the aura of the Heavenly Evolution Art.】
【In an instant, a vortex appeared above the pavilion. You and Zi You exchanged a glance, then immediately jumped in.】
【Zhuge Qing followed right behind you.】
【SWISH!】
【The very first moment after entering the ninth floor, you were stunned by the scene before your eyes.】
【“Th-This... what is this?”】
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