The face in the sky suddenly blew out another breath. Li Yan's surroundings were instantly enveloped in a yellowish-brown barrier of light, and his figure became invisible to others.
Li Yan stood on the ground with a calm expression. He knew how important the matter of the Five Immortal Sects was, and some things could not be concealed by voice transmission alone.
For example, his expressions and actions could not be seen by outsiders, lest they arouse suspicion.
The moment the yellowish-brown light barrier formed, a voice sounded in Li Yan's ear. This time, the other party no longer used voice transmission.
"This old man is Qianchong Zhenjun, or rather, a wisp of his divine will. Since you have met Ping Tu, Junior Brother Dong Fu should have found you on the Desolate Moon Continent, but why didn't he bring you back to the Immortal Spirit Realm?
With your cultivation, how did you end up on the Forsaken Continent? And from the sound of it, it seems you have joined another sect? Tell me about it!"
The face in the sky glanced at the ever-increasing number of white clouds beside it, a look of disdain on its face.
This spatial magical treasure he had refined, let alone this continent, probably no one in the entire mortal world could open it, unless a high-level cultivator from the upper realm of his level came down.
Li Yan looked at the face in the sky and thought to himself.
'So he is also just a wisp of divine will, just like Dong Fuyi back then. At that level of cultivation, their methods are truly incredible.
Why did he leave a wisp of divine will on the Forsaken Continent? Was it also to find a new successor? Hadn't he already found Pei Buchong?'
Various thoughts flashed through his mind. When he had first met Dong Fuyi, he had no concept of what divine will was.
Now, of course, he knew the huge difference between Divine Sense and Divine Will. His Divine Sense, let alone surviving, would dissipate on its own not long after leaving his body.
Not to mention possessing some of the main body's memories. The thought of it made Li Yan envious.
These thoughts quickly flashed through his mind, but he had already knelt respectfully on the ground and kowtowed three times.
"Disciple Li Yan pays his respects to Martial Uncle Qianchong!"
The disdain on the face in the sky immediately disappeared, replaced by a smiling expression.
"Li Yan, is it? Hmm, you may rise!"
Li Yan then roughly recounted how he had encountered Dong Fuyi's divine will left on the Desolate Moon Continent, and how he had joined the Malevolent Spirit Sect after being pursued by Strategist Ji.
He then told the story of how he was taken away by Ping Tu's magical power while picking herbs in the secret realm.
The face transformed from Qianchong Zhenjun just listened quietly, without interrupting.
From its expression, Li Yan could tell that he was probably contemplating something.
Finally, when he heard that Li Yan had been swept into the two-realm barrier during the great war between the two realms, Qianchong Zhenjun couldn't help but admire Li Yan's luck. In such a situation, anyone below the Nascent Soul stage would have certainly died.
Finally, Li Yan spoke of how he and his senior sister had been pursued by a Nascent Soul cultivator from the "Sacred Demon Palace" because they wanted to leave the Forsaken Continent, and he had no choice but to hide in the "Earthen Patch."
After saying all this, Li Yan finally asked the question that worried him the most.
"Martial Uncle, I wonder if the ones attacking the 'Earthen Patch' outside are the Supreme Grand Elder and Second Elder of the 'Sacred Demon Palace'? What should this disciple do now?"
Since he had met Qianchong Zhenjun, even if it was just a wisp of divine will, he would naturally not let go of any opportunity.
Moreover, Li Yan had seen that trace of disdain on his face just now.
"The ones outside are indeed two late-stage Spirit Transformation cultivators. Their cultivation is so-so.
And now, the 'Earthen Patch' has indeed been taken to the 'Sacred Demon Palace,' but as for whether the other party is some Supreme Grand Elder or Second Elder, I have been asleep for too long and don't know them at all.
However, how can they possibly break the defense on the 'Earthen Patch'? So what if they refine it for a thousand or ten thousand years? Unless they kill you first, you don't have to worry about this.
As for you wanting to leave the Forsaken Continent, there may be a way. We can talk about this later. I still have a few questions for you. You answer them first."
Hearing Qianchong Zhenjun's reply, Li Yan couldn't help but be overjoyed. This Martial Uncle seemed to really have a way for them to leave the Forsaken Continent.
Although his tone sounded a bit uncertain, hope was good enough.
"Please ask, Martial Uncle. As long as this disciple knows, I will explain everything in detail!"
"Tell me everything you saw and heard after entering the secret realm controlled by the four sects of Malevolent on the Desolate Moon Continent, and tell me in detail what Ping Tu said to you."
Li Yan knew that the other party was a little worried about the situation in the secret realm, or more accurately, possibly Ping Tu's situation. He immediately furrowed his brow and began to think carefully, then started to narrate bit by bit.
This time, Qianchong Zhenjun interrupted Li Yan's narration from time to time to ask a few questions.
Time passed bit by bit. In the distance, Zhao Min and the two demons saw that there was no movement over there, so they could only frequently look at the large face in the sky, trying to judge the situation of their communication from the other party's expression.
But the result was that they could only judge that Li Yan's safety should not be a problem. They couldn't guess anything else.
"Then tell me again about those foreign cultivators who suddenly appeared in the great war between the two realms. It would be best if you could describe the appearance of those few Spirit Transformation cultivators..."
Li Yan gave a bitter smile.
"Martial Uncle, my cultivation was even lower at that time. I couldn't even get close to the fighting area of cultivators above the Golden Core stage. I can only roughly describe their outlines."
"Hmm, that's true. Just tell me what you know..."
After another half-incense stick's time, the face in the sky fell into deep thought. After a long while, he looked at Li Yan again.
"Comparing your words with the content Bu Chong once told me, I can confirm that the foreign cultivators you mentioned are the group of people who were beaten and fled the secret realm by Ping Tu.
It seems they have returned to the Desolate Moon Continent from the Chaotic Flow Space. Their purpose is definitely to retake the secret realm.
However, according to your guess, the strongest foreign cultivators who appeared on the Desolate Moon Continent were still only at the Spirit Transformation stage. That's no problem then.
Even if they can return to the secret realm, even if Ping Tu hasn't recovered, as long as he is awakened, then as long as he brandishes the 'Five Elements Dao-Defiance Pearl,' those people can forget about getting out alive.
Hmph, the consequence of being insatiably greedy is death!"
Qianchong Zhenjun snorted coldly. So what if they were Spirit Transformation cultivators? From Li Yan's tone, Ping Tu still had the ability to use the "Five Elements Dao-Defiance Pearl."
Li Yan keenly grasped something from the other party's words and asked strangely, "Martial Uncle, have you seen Senior Brother Bu Chong? Senior Ping Tu said he came out to look for you!"
A smile returned to Qianchong Zhenjun's large face.
"He also followed some clues to the Forsaken Continent and found this wisp of divine will. As for whether he found my main body later, I have no way of sensing it."
"Oh!"
Li Yan nodded, his eyes flashing with a sharp light, but he didn't say anything more. Qianchong Zhenjun chuckled.
"Your personality is not at all like Dong Fuyi's, but rather a bit similar to Bu Chong's. Smart and very cautious. Are you trying to ask me why I came to the Forsaken Continent?"
Li Yan was a little embarrassed when his thoughts were exposed, and he reached up to rub his nose.
After all, this was the third time he had met someone from the Five Immortal Sects, and he still felt a sense of closeness in his heart.
At the same time, he was very strange about meeting Qianchong Zhenjun in his desperate situation. This was the Demon Clan's territory. Why would he leave a wisp of divine will here?
"There's no harm in telling you, but you must not speak of it again. I will plant a restriction in your Divine Sense later.
Everything about the Five Immortal Sects will be sealed, including the cultivation methods you have learned. But this seal is only for the outside world and will not have any effect on you.
You are too weak now. You should have stayed in the sect to cultivate. Now that you don't have the protection of the sect, if you are captured, everything about the Five Immortal Sects will be known.
Due to the cultivation level of my main body when this wisp of divine will was created, this restriction seal can only resist the soul-searching of a certain area in your sea of consciousness by cultivators below the Void Refining stage.
However, it should be enough for now. When you reach the Void Refining realm one day and have true self-protection ability, this seal will be broken on its own."
Li Yan was first stunned upon hearing this, then fell silent. But it was only for a breath of time before he nodded.
"Martial Uncle is right. When you came in just now, I was already planning to self-destruct and perish, not even thinking of leaving my soul behind.
The reason for this is not only for fear of the pain of soul-searching, but also because Master once warned me not to leak any information about the Five Immortal Sects, otherwise it would lead to endless pursuit and trouble."
In his heart, Li Yan was actually unwilling to have a restriction seal planted in his sea of consciousness. It was like putting a shackle on himself.
However, in the end, he still chose to agree. As Qianchong Zhenjun said, his cultivation was really too weak now. His biggest fear was being captured and having all his secrets obtained through soul-searching.
With this restriction seal, it could be considered that a worry had been removed. The advantages still outweighed the disadvantages.
Qianchong Zhenjun nodded slightly. He was still quite satisfied with this disciple of the Five Immortal Sects; he knew how to make trade-offs.
In the Five Immortal Sects, the sect's cultivation methods and information were above all else.
"I am telling you this because I don't know where my main body is now. If you meet Dong Fuyi, you can tell him about this situation.
If he has already met my main body, then I am fine. Otherwise, he may have to make another trip. I may have encountered some trouble..."
It turned out that when Pei Buchong had just successfully formed his Nascent Soul, Qianchong Zhenjun had obtained a jade slip. The content of the jade slip was a record of "Pangu Sand."
"Pangu Sand" was said to be what the right big toe of Pangu, the creator god of a generation, transformed into when the heavens and earth were first separated from chaos. There were five grains in total.
Each grain possessed the power of the original chaotic laws of heaven and earth. That power was absolutely terrifying. If it could be integrated into a magical treasure, it could be refined into a world-shaking Divine Artifact.
The difference between a Divine Artifact and a magical treasure was already like heaven and earth. Even the most top-tier magical treasures could not be compared; it would only be a joke.
It was rumored that two grains of "Pangu Sand" had already been discovered by cultivators and had both been refined into Divine Artifacts. Each one could easily slay opponents, and it was a slaughter that easily crossed two or three major realms.
Of course, a cultivator who possessed a Divine Artifact must have a cultivation level of at least the Tribulation Transcendence realm. Otherwise, let alone controlling it, just touching it would cause them to turn into nothingness in an instant.
Those two Divine Artifacts had once caused boundless bloody storms in the Three Realms, leading to two world-ending catastrophes.
In order to fight for these two Divine Artifacts, the interface connecting the Immortal Spirit Realm and the True Immortal Realm was broken through, and even more than a dozen True Immortals died.
Later, after two world-shaking battles, the two Divine Artifacts seemed to have been taken to the True Immortal Realm and sealed somewhere by top-tier True Immortals, becoming the highest secret ever since.
After Qianchong Zhenjun received the news about "Pangu Sand," although he didn't know if it was true, he could no longer remain calm.
He originally cultivated the strongest earth-attribute power, which was of the same lineage as "Pangu Sand." "Pangu Sand" was the most ancient state of earth-attribute power.
If he could obtain "Pangu Sand," let alone use it to refine a Divine Artifact, just observing and sensing it daily would be of immense benefit, giving Qianchong Zhenjun a more than forty percent certainty of entering the Great Ascension realm.
No one had ever dared to claim such a probability since ancient times.
Under such circumstances, he had to go and see for himself, to search for it, no matter what.