Chapter 1516

"Everyone, please rise..." Luo Tian looked at the crowd, not knowing what to say.

At this moment, the few people opposite stood up one by one.

By now, the long-bearded Elder Xu suddenly revealed an embarrassed look and said to Luo Tian: "Vice Pavilion Master, you are already the Vice Pavilion Master of our Tai Ling Pavilion, so there are some things I must tell you truthfully..."

Luo Tian's brows furrowed and he said: "What? Could it be that the Tai Ling Pavilion's inheritance has been broken?"

The reason Luo Tian agreed to the other party was for the Tai Ling Pavilion's inherited array diagrams.

If this thing was gone, that would be a huge loss.

But he saw Elder Xu waving his hand hurriedly and saying: "No, the inheritance of our Tai Ling Pavilion is still there... it's just that there is some deviation."

Luo Tian frowned and said: "Explain carefully."

Elder Xu felt a bit guilty and looked at the few people behind him.

The old woman coughed lightly and spoke first: "Elder Xu is not lying; our Tai Ling Pavilion is indeed the most ancient of the nine array-path inheritance forces, it's just that the family fortunes declined later. From a major power that spread across the world, it shrank to what it is now, just this store... and we often can't make ends meet..."

"Ha?" Luo Tian's mouth twitched.

And Xiao Ya also said: "Vice Pavilion Master, the reason I was indifferent to your assessment earlier is because our Tai Ling Pavilion hasn't had any new disciples join for many years! Young people with talent generally don't want to come to our Tai Ling Pavilion, and even those with some talent who passed the assessment couldn't stand the environment here for long, or were poached by other forces..."

Luo Tian was speechless; only then did he know why Xiao Ya had that attitude before.

However, Luo Tian quickly noticed something wrong.

"Wait a moment, you said the Tai Ling Pavilion has a complete array-path inheritance! If that's really the case, why are there no disciples willing to come in?" he asked.

For an ancient force like the Tai Ling Pavilion, as long as the complete inheritance is there, even if it's fallen, it shouldn't have fallen to this extent.

But he saw Elder Xu give a bitter smile: "Vice Pavilion Master, you might not know, although the inheritance of our Tai Ling Pavilion is still there, we simply cannot obtain it."

"Hm? What do you mean?" Luo Tian became even more surprised.

Elder Xu explained: "This has to start with the rules set by the Old Ancestor! Back then, to motivate the descendants of the Tai Ling Pavilion to cultivate, the Old Ancestor placed restrictions on all the inheritances of the Tai Ling Pavilion!"

"What restrictions?" Luo Tian asked curiously.

"First, only disciples of the Tai Ling Pavilion can study the inherited arrays of our Tai Ling Pavilion."

Luo Tian nodded and said: "The sect's arrays are not easily shared with outsiders; this is reasonable."

Elder Xu gave a bitter smile: "Indeed, this is indeed very reasonable! But what is unreasonable is the second restriction!"

As he spoke, he sighed helplessly and said: "The inheritances of our Tai Ling Pavilion are all in the Creation Book Pavilion! The Creation Book Pavilion has ten floors in total, each floor corresponding to an array of one grade! And this second restriction is that only after completely learning all the arrays on the first floor can one enter the second floor to learn second-grade arrays!"

"And the second floor is the same; only after completely learning all second-grade arrays can one enter the third floor!"

"The Old Ancestor's original intention was to cultivate an all-around talent! If someone could truly master all the arrays, then after reaching the tenth floor, it would be easier to learn Creation-level arrays! The Old Ancestor's intention can be understood!"

"However, the Old Ancestor forgot one thing! That is, not everyone is a genius like him! You also know that studying arrays, if nothing else, the requirement for soul power alone is terrifying! Those whose soul power isn't strong enough, let alone learning, just reading the array diagrams of a first-grade immortal array might take half a year, and wanting to learn this array might take three to five years before they get out!"

"And in our Creation Book Pavilion, there are over three thousand first-grade immortal arrays on the first floor alone! Those with slightly worse talent might not reach the second floor for ten thousand years!"

"Even those with outstanding talent who can pass the first floor in a few hundred years, the time spent on the second floor might increase exponentially!"

"With such time, if they went to other forces to learn arrays, they might have already learned third-grade or fourth-grade immortal arrays! Over time, neither those with good talent nor those with bad talent are willing to come to our Tai Ling Pavilion!"

"Over time, the disciples of our Tai Ling Pavilion became fewer and fewer! In the ancient era, when the disciples and students of the Old Ancestor were still there, they could barely rely on their personal instruction to teach some disciples!"

"However, they always have a time when their lifespan runs out! As these seniors fell, the Tai Ling Pavilion became worse day by day!"

"By a thousand years ago, our Old Pavilion Master was a heaven-defying talent, but in the end, he only reached the sixth floor of the Creation Book Pavilion! Although he was called the strongest sixth-grade immortal array master, the immortal array masters of his age were at least seventh-grade, or even eighth-grade!"

"The Old Pavilion Master was too depressed and thought of going out to seek a breakthrough, but he has been missing ever since; he is neither seen alive nor dead!"

"Since then, our Tai Ling Pavilion has become even more withered, constantly being suppressed, and has become what it is now."

After listening to this long explanation from the other party, Luo Tian had another thought in his heart.

"Are you saying that there are many immortal-grade arrays in the Creation Book Pavilion?" Luo Tian asked.

Xiao Ya said in a low voice: "Many! I dare say, in terms of the number of arrays, our Tai Ling Pavilion is not the first, but it is in the top three! However, just having many is the same as not seeing them..."

Speaking of this, Xiao Ya suddenly became nervous and said: "Vice Pavilion Master, you wouldn't also despise our Tai Ling Pavilion, would you?"

The others heard this and all looked at Luo Tian nervously.

They had finally bluffed a genius into coming in; if they lost him again.

Then it would all be in vain.

But they saw Luo Tian smile and say: "No, I am determined to be the Vice Pavilion Master of the Tai Ling Pavilion!"

Are you kidding? The number of arrays in the Creation Book Pavilion is a curse to other people of the Tai Ling Pavilion.

But to Luo Tian, it is simply a treasure!

"Really?" Several old men's eyes lit up upon hearing this.

"Absolutely true! Where is the Creation Book Pavilion? Take me there!" Luo Tian said.

"Please!" Elder Xu led Luo Tian excitedly into the depths of the Tai Ling Pavilion.

From a distance, Luo Tian could feel a powerful fluctuation faintly coming from it.

"Vice Pavilion Master, the Creation Book Pavilion itself is a Creation-level immortal array; please be sure to be careful and do not force your way through the array! When you are studying the arrays, if there is anything you don't understand, feel free to ask us! For the first three grades of arrays, we old fogies have no problems!" Elder Xu explained.

Hearing this, Luo Tian nodded slightly.

Only then did he know why the Tai Ling Pavilion was so miserable, yet the Creation Book Pavilion hadn't been robbed.

Because this thing simply couldn't be robbed!

"Good, I am going to study the arrays; you may do as you please." After Luo Tian finished, he stepped into the Creation Book Pavilion.