Chapter 534

Lady Yan asked Su Xuan with a solemn expression.

Others also looked at Su Xuan nervously.

Knowing that such a terrifying prehistoric beast as Xiangliu existed on this immortal mountain, everyone’s hearts tightened. No one knew what other dangers were on this immortal mountain.

Even if there were no other dangers, Xiangliu escaped, which also meant that the crisis had turned from the bright side to the dark side.

As long as Xiangliu was still on this mountain, it could launch an attack on them at any time.

Su Xuan explained softly: "It didn't escape. The reason there is no corpse is because it didn't have a physical form in the first place!"

"No physical form?"

Hearing this, the group was slightly stunned.

This is what you call having no physical form?

When Xiangliu crawled past earlier, mountains and rivers crumbled, and sand and stones flew—is that something that can be done without a physical body?

Su Xuan, however, did not offer much explanation.

Back then, Did Chi You, even thousands of years after his body had perished, could still use his soul to possess Donghuang Taiyi. At that level, one could already interfere with reality using only spirit.

No one knew who was stronger between Xiangliu and Did Chi You in their prime.

But in the process of battling Xiangliu, Su Xuan had seen through its essence.

Rather than a living being, it was more like a mass of resentment that had not dissipated after a thousand years. This resentment took shape in this dead, silent world, continuously infecting this immortal mountain, and subsequently manifesting into the form it had in life.

It was precisely because it was not a true living being that it could survive in this dead world.

Upon arriving in this mysterious sea area and seeing the state of Mount Liupo Mountain, Su Xuan had already formed some guesses: this sea area had no living creatures, the vegetation was withered, and all life had been extinguished.

Even the fish in the water did not exist; this was a world of absolute, dead silence.

Even if the opponent was Xiangliu, it would be impossible to survive in such an environment.

Seeing that Su Xuan offered no explanation, the group could only hide their questions in their hearts and speculate privately.

Following the slaying of this Xiangliu by Su Xuan.

This immortal mountain, which had once given everyone countless hopes, returned to its original appearance, appearing utterly dead and silent.

Mount Liupo Mountain was like that, and this immortal mountain, suspected to be one of the three great immortal mountains, was also like that, which left everyone feeling very disappointed.

However, disappointment could not change reality.

Instead of dwelling on disappointment, it was better to take the time to continue exploring this immortal mountain.

Even if the elixir of immortality did not exist, if they could figure out the truth of the immortal mountain, it would not have been a wasted life.

Because of Xiangliu, the group did not dare to explore too far, only daring to investigate the immortal mountain in the vicinity of Su Xuan. However, even in the vicinity, they soon made a discovery.

"Everyone, come and see!"

The voice of Da Da Siming rang out.

She was actually a person keen on power. Upon seeing those illusory exotic flowers and fruits earlier, she had also felt greed, but she had not, like those Mohist disciples influenced by Xiangliu's demonic energy, directly revealed her hand.

After discovering that everything on the immortal mountain was illusory, she had felt disappointed, but immediately, the desire to find the truth of the immortal mountain grew even stronger. Among all those searching for the immortal mountain, she was one of the most diligent.

Under her careful exploration, she found a stone platform.

The stone platform was not naturally formed; one look and it was clear it had been built by human hands. This couldn't help but make her think of the golden and jade pavilions seen earlier. She had originally thought those were things left behind by ancient immortals, but later, confirmed by Su Xuan, both the golden and jade pavilions and the exotic flowers and fruits were merely illusions created by Xiangliu.

What shocked Da Da Siming even more was a line of text on the stone platform.

After hearing Da Da Siming's words, the group came over and immediately saw this line of text.

It was strikingly—"Gan Jiang Gan Jiang Taigong is here!"

Gan Jiang Gan Jiang Taigong is here, nothing is taboo, the gods retreat!

This was a legend that had long circulated among the people. The Shiya Prison in Sanghai was built by Gan Jiang Gan Jiang Taigong in the past, and it contained the principles of the Qimen Qimen Dunjia. To find a way out of the Shiya Prison, one had to rely on that phrase, "Gan Jiang Gan Jiang Taigong is here," to seek a path to survival.

But the text here was different.

It was like a spell, like a talisman. Just by looking at it, Da Da Siming and the others could feel the majestic power contained within. Even the Mohists who did not understand sorcery felt much more at ease after seeing it.

It was as if having this line of text here could suppress all evil spirits.

"It seems Gan Jiang Gan Jiang Taigong also came here!"

Yan Fei spoke softly, not surprised by this matter.

Since Gan Jiang Gan Jiang Taigong had comprehended the heavenly secrets from the Heavenly Book, and even predicted the fall of the Zhou Dynasty, and had arrived at Mount Liupo Mountain earlier, leaving such a message there, it was not strange that he had come here.

"This seal can no longer be used!"

"It seems that even Gan Jiang Gan Jiang Taigong, who had comprehended the heavenly secrets, could not ultimately defeat the destiny of heaven, and did not reach the point of being able to defy heaven and change fate!"

Su Xuan spoke softly. He glanced at these five characters, feeling the power contained within, and had a measure of Gan Jiang Gan Jiang Taigong's strength.

In terms of strength, Gan Jiang Gan Jiang Taigong was not even as good as him, or rather, at most, they were on par.

This explained one thing.

Even if Gan Jiang Gan Jiang Taigong used the Heavenly Book to comprehend the heavenly secrets, he had not become an immortal.

Or rather, in this world, after the transcendent had departed, no one could become an immortal anymore.

Su Xuan guessed that Gan Jiang Gan Jiang Taigong would come here, besides knowing of its existence, the greatest possibility was that he was trying to defy heaven and change fate, to attain immortality and achieve the Dao of immortals in an era where the transcendent had departed.

But he seemed to have failed, not only because the immortal mountain was dead, but also because this world no longer allowed for the existence of immortal-level beings.

Of course, that was for Gan Jiang Gan Jiang Taigong.

Gan Jiang Gan Jiang Taigong was, after all, a person of this world, restricted by this world; Su Xuan was not.

He was a transmigrator, and he cultivated the methods of another world.

The Seventy-Two Earthly Transformations, the Thirty-Six Heavenly Methods!

Even though this world had been separated between gods and men due to the severing of heaven and earth, and had entered the Age of Dharma Decline due to the Nine Provinces Seal, for him, it was still a world that could be cultivated; it was merely that the speed of cultivation was a bit slower.

But no matter how slow, as long as Su Xuan was given enough time, he still believed he could attain the Dao of immortals.

While Su Xuan was thinking this in his heart.

The others were shocked again by Su Xuan's words.

"Lord Master Xuantian says this is a seal?"

Yan Fei looked at Su Xuan and asked.

Su Xuan nodded, "Correct. As expected, this should be the burial place of that Xiangliu. After Gan Jiang Gan Jiang Taigong arrived here and saw the dead but unyielding, resentment-filled Xiangliu, because he had no effective means to eliminate its resentment, he could only leave a seal here to temporarily imprison it. However, he seemed to have ignored the influence of the world's environment. With the passage of time, the power of the seal gradually disappeared, and thus, Xiangliu's demonic thoughts reappeared, which is why we saw that scene!"

In Su Xuan's eyes, a strange light flickered as he recounted the truth of the matter.