Chapter 385: The Inheritance of Zhuo Peak

A wise light flashed through Li Ruoyu's cloudy eyes. He nodded slowly and said, "Go ahead and do it. My Zhuo Peak has been in decline for five hundred years; it is time for it to rise again."

He knew that the day Yin Qi obtained the Zhuo Peak inheritance would be the day he left.

What shocked him, however, was that Yin Qi was actually also proficient in the Dao of Heavenly Secrets.

As expected, Yin Qi's background was not small.

The Tai Xuan Sect could not trap this true dragon.

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Yin Qi and Li Ruoyu walked toward the peak. On the way, they encountered Ji Ziyue and Fairy Zixia; one was looking for Yin Qi, and the other was looking for Li Ruoyu.

Seeing Yin Qi and Li Ruoyu walking side by side toward the summit, Ji Ziyue happily clenched her fists and hurriedly followed.

Fairy Zixia was also lost in thought and followed as well.

Not long after, a void appeared at the summit of Zhuo Peak, extremely tranquil. Inside, vegetation flourished and then withered; one moment the green leaves were dripping with dew, the next they were withered and desolate.

Yin Qi said nothing. He leaped up, sat cross-legged on the nine-story jade platform, and slowly closed his eyes, then used his own Qi to trigger the changes in the Qi of Zhuo Peak.

As an Innate Dao Fetus, Fairy Zixia was even more sensitive to the changes in the surrounding Qi, and she could not help but look at Yin Qi.

Yin Qi was pulled by a mysterious force and entered the immortal palace on the ninth platform. At the same time, he waved his hand to pull Li Ruoyu, Ji Ziyue, and Fairy Zixia in with him.

The nine-story heavenly ladder was hazy and constantly expanding; magnificent buildings actually appeared upon it, suspended in the void.

Nine-colored jade flowed like water, submerging the Zhuo Bow, and then flames actually leaped out, and the pitch-black ancient bow began to burn.

The reason Ye Fan was able to obtain the Jie Secret was because of the help of the Bodhi seed.

The flames leaped, merging the Zhuo Bow into the nine-story heavenly ladder, where it completely disappeared. Finally, everything calmed down.

Yin Qi keenly felt a subtle change; this Zhuo Peak had become even more restrained.

Rather than having to teach Li Ruoyu later, it was better to bring him in together.

If Yin Qi did not bring Li Ruoyu in together, Li Ruoyu might not necessarily be able to obtain the Jie Secret.

As for Ji Ziyue and Fairy Zixia, they were just hitching a ride.

It seemed to have lowered by several hundred meters, becoming shorter than the surrounding secondary peaks.

Ji Ziyue and Fairy Zixia could not help but exclaim, their beautiful eyes wide.

Li Ruoyu said thoughtfully, "Legend has it that the mountain is the scripture and the bow is the root. Perhaps this Zhuo Bow is a key, perhaps it can make the inheritance reappear."

It seemed as if a world was evolving, with various Dao patterns interweaving.

Standing before the nine-story heavenly ladder, Yin Qi placed the Zhuo Bow on the ancient jade steps.

This was, after all, the Zhuo Peak inheritance; he could not monopolize it.

Clouds and mist swirled, hazy and indistinct.

In the original work, only Li Ruoyu entered this immortal palace.

Soon, the four of them arrived at the summit.

After all, they were beauties, so there was still preferential treatment.

Especially Fairy Zixia; she was an Innate Dao Fetus. If he could dual cultivate with her, it would be enough to help him break through a major realm at a critical moment. Ji Ziyue was also a Divine Body, so the effect would likely not be weak either.

After entering the immortal palace, countless divine lights circulated, finally evolving into dense characters. This was the Zhuo Peak inheritance, containing not only cultivation methods but also various killing techniques, as well as the most mysterious Jie Secret, one of the Nine Secrets.

"This is the Zhuo Peak inheritance!"

Li Ruoyu was pleasantly surprised. His originally hunched body straightened, and bright light shot from his cloudy eyes.

It seemed that in an instant, he had returned to his prime.

Inside the immortal palace, the sound of the Great Dao resonated, expounding on the natural Great Dao.

Yin Qi stood with his eyes closed, accepting the Zhuo Peak inheritance with all his might.

"I knew that following him would be correct. It's a pity my brother isn't here."

Ji Ziyue was overjoyed.

She hurriedly sat cross-legged and closed her eyes.

Li Ruoyu and Fairy Zixia did the same, and the four of them soon entered a state of self-forgetfulness.

The natural Great Dao was not an Emperor Scripture, yet it surpassed an Emperor Scripture.

But it was quite difficult to cultivate, emphasizing "great wisdom appearing foolish" and "great perfection appearing flawed."

It did not require any Sacred Body or Divine Body, nor did it require extraordinary comprehension; it only required an incomparably firm heart in seeking the Dao.

By using one's own heart to perceive the Great Dao of heaven and earth, one would eventually allow oneself to merge into the nature of heaven and earth, and then control the nature of heaven and earth for one's own use. Therefore, although this method of cultivation was slow, it had infinite potential.

Yin Qi would not cultivate the natural Great Dao, but it had a very high reference value, because in essence, it was still the Dao of life and death, and also the Dao of reincarnation. Life, death, withering, and flourishing—that was nature.

He mainly focused on comprehending the Jie Secret hidden within the natural Great Dao.

This was a secret technique, a section of mental cultivation; touching it could unleash ten times the combat power, and it had no side effects. The only drawback was that the triggering was completely random; it might succeed ten times in a row, or fail a hundred times in a row—it was entirely up to luck.

Just as Yin Qi and the others were accepting the Zhuo Peak inheritance, various visions also appeared on Zhuo Peak.

An endless void appeared above the summit, as if a world were evolving, with endless "Dao" and "Reason" evolving, interweaving, and permeating with endless Dao charm.

This Dao charm was the Dao of life, death, withering, and flourishing. Endless vitality and deathly stillness alternated. Its effect on Zhuo Peak was that the flowers, plants, and trees first grew wildly, full of vitality, and then withered and returned to their roots.

Between one life and one death, one withering and one flourishing, the natural Great Dao was manifested, repeating endlessly.

It was as if mysterious trajectories had appeared between heaven and earth, forming complex and profound rules and order, deriving mysterious patterns and designs. Anyone whose state of mind matched the natural Dao could obtain the Zhuo Peak inheritance.

At this moment, the Zhuo Peak profound techniques, which had been cut off for five hundred years, reappeared. The Dao Gate opened wide, and wonderful meanings were presented one after another.

There were no gushing divine springs, no auspicious colors descending from the sky.

There was only a simple inheritance, a Dao charm circulating.

The entire Zhuo Peak was filled with an ancient atmosphere, as if it had traveled through time and returned to ten thousand years ago, like a wild mountain, as if it had never been developed, even more ordinary than it was now, yet a natural aura circulated.

The changes in Zhuo Peak naturally alarmed the nearby main peaks.

Many experts looked over one after another, observing the strange changes in Zhuo Peak, all revealing expressions of shock.

"No auspicious clouds filling the sky, no ten thousand paths of auspicious colors, no celestial music—it looks so natural, it should not have reached the time to open the inheritance, yet it gives people a feeling of being unfathomable..."

"That's right, there was once a predecessor of great power who also obtained the fundamental mental cultivation and secret techniques of Zhuo Peak at a time when the inheritance should not have been opened, and eventually became a powerhouse with monstrous magic power, comparable to the great powers of ancient times, strong to the extreme."

"An opening of the inheritance that is plain and without luster is more suitable for Zhuo Peak than an inheritance with shocking momentum. Presumably, only in this way can one obtain the perfect profound meaning. Zhuo Peak is as its name suggests; this kind of naturalness and ordinariness is what suits it best, and it is the fundamental reason why it is outstanding yet not clumsy."

"The Zhuo Peak inheritance, cut off for five hundred years, has finally reappeared. I didn't expect it to be opened by Junior Brother Li Ruoyu. My Tai Xuan Sect will surely have another great power, or even a sage expert, in the future."

"Peak Zhuo Peak, great skill appears clumsy. Perhaps only a person like Junior Brother Li Ruoyu can open the Zhuo Peak inheritance."

"Since the Zhuo Peak inheritance has opened, does that mean the Nine Secrets have appeared in the world?"

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Mentioning the Nine Secrets, everyone revealed expressions of longing.

This was one of the Nine Secrets, a legendary supreme secret technique. Once Zhuo Peak produced an expert, it could sweep across the Tai Xuan Sect, and even the entire Eastern Wasteland, all because of the existence of these Nine Secret techniques.