Ch 98: The Heaven Suppressing Lock And The Secret Heaven Key
The next morning.
Li Hanzhou left the small courtyard and went directly to the Vice Dean, as only through the Vice Dean could he enter the Tianxuan Forbidden Zone.
It was the same place as yesterday, and the same little girl was already waiting there.
The little girl led Li Hanzhou back to the lakeside.
Only this time, the Vice Dean was not fishing by the lake; he was simply sitting there quietly, as if waiting for Li Hanzhou’s arrival.
“Vice Dean.”
Li Hanzhou walked up.
“Are you ready?” the Vice Dean turned around and asked Li Hanzhou.
“Almost. Whether I can come out depends on fate,” Li Hanzhou grinned.
“Mm.” The Vice Dean nodded, then reminded him, “I still need to remind you, there are many taboos inside that you mustn’t touch. If the sky turns dark, don’t wander around. If you find the Spring of Immortality, come out as quickly as possible. The person you want to see will find you inside; you don’t need to deliberately search for her. That’s all I have to say. I hope you can come out safely.”
Li Hanzhou’s expression also turned serious: “Understood.”
The Vice Dean looked at the calm lake in front of him and pointed a finger.
In an instant, a sound like shattering glass came, and a large amount of spiritual power surged from all directions on the lake’s surface!
This vast spiritual power was like an ocean, astonishing Li Hanzhou. He hadn’t expected there to be such powerful spiritual power here. Li Hanzhou glanced around, instantly shocked.
Countless spirit crystals soared from the vast lake surface!
“So many spirit crystals!”
Seeing these spirit crystals, Li Hanzhou’s eyes widened.
With so many spirit crystals, if he could absorb them all, he might be able to reach the Foundation Establishment realm in minutes.
At a glance, there were probably over a thousand spirit crystals here!
No wonder it’s the Tianxuan Academy; its foundation is truly incredibly rich.
But that wasn’t the end. At this moment, the numerous streams of spiritual power converged above the lake surface, forming eight characters.
“Daoist Eight-Character Maxim.” Seeing these eight characters, Li Hanzhou became serious. The entire lake surface was sealed by the Daoist Eight-Character Maxim. It seemed that this lake surface was the entrance to the Tianxuan Forbidden Zone.
“This Daoist Eight-Character Maxim was left behind by a former expert of the Daoist Sect. The purpose of leaving this thing was to suppress the Tianxuan Forbidden Zone,” the Vice Dean said at this time. “If the Tianxuan Forbidden Zone is not suppressed, it will definitely cause great trouble.”
“The Daoist Eight-Character Maxim is indeed a very powerful sealing force. I didn’t expect that a Daoist Sect expert could use this Eight-Character Maxim so well.” Li Hanzhou was originally from the Daoist Sect. When the Eight-Character Maxim appeared, he felt that although the power contained in this Eight-Character Maxim had been mostly depleted, the Daoist magic within was quite pure, even better than what he could arrange.
The Vice Dean shook his head: “Unfortunately, it’s been too long. This Eight-Character Maxim is no longer the original Eight-Character Maxim; it has been reinforced later. The energy of the original Eight-Character Maxim was almost completely depleted, nearly causing chaos. Fortunately, that person left a backup plan.”
“Backup plan?”
Li Hanzhou looked at the Eight-Character Maxim. He naturally understood that it was quite good that this thing could suppress this place for several hundred years. Any longer, and it would be risky.
If it hadn’t been repaired in time, once the Eight-Character Maxim broke, the Tianxuan Forbidden Zone would open wide. Although he didn’t know what was inside, it would definitely cause trouble.
As they were speaking, the lake surface suddenly split in two. Then, an ancient aura came. Li Hanzhou looked intently and found that something was flying up from the lake bottom.
That thing was seven-colored and glassy, about the size of a watermelon.
Just floating in mid-air, it gave Li Hanzhou a feeling of suffocation.
It seemed as if everything was affected by this thing.
Even the operation of his spiritual power felt like sinking into a quagmire.
“Innate Spirit Treasure, Heaven Suppressing Lock!” Li Hanzhou said, looking at the seven-colored glassy lock.
This was the first time Li Hanzhou had seen an Innate Spirit Treasure.
The might of an Innate Spirit Treasure was indeed not comparable to that of an Acquired Spirit Treasure.
“The Heaven Suppressing Lock, it’s said to be able to lock all things between Heaven and Earth. I didn’t expect this thing to be suppressing the Tianxuan Forbidden Zone here,” Li Hanzhou couldn’t help but say.
“This is the backup plan that person left behind. He knew that his Eight-Character Maxim couldn’t last forever, so he found the Heaven Suppressing Lock to lock the entrance to the Tianxuan Forbidden Zone,” the Vice Dean said calmly. Then, he raised his hand.
He clasped his hands and said to Heaven and Earth, “Please, Master, lend me the Mysterious Heaven Key.”
“Mysterious Heaven Key…”
Before Li Hanzhou could recover, the sky suddenly cracked.
A pitch-black key flew from the void and landed beside the Heaven Suppressing Lock. The radiance emanating from the black Mysterious Heaven Key enveloped the Heaven Suppressing Lock.
Then there was a clicking sound.
Li Hanzhou immediately felt that the flow of time and space around him had returned to normal, and the operation of his spiritual power also returned to normal.
The next moment, the Mysterious Heaven Key flew back into the void and disappeared.
At the same time, the cracked sky slowly healed.
“Master…”
Li Hanzhou had heard of this name. The Master was the Dean of the Tianxuan Academy. It was also rumored that the Master had lived for many, many years. No one knew exactly how old the Master was now.
“Suppressing it with the Eight-Character Maxim and using the Heaven Suppressing Lock as a backup plan—our Daoist Sect actually has such an expert,” Li Hanzhou was also very respectful in his heart.
“Naturally.”
The Vice Dean said calmly, “This person is also from your Longevity Temple. His name is Li Qingfeng, and he was once the Number One Expert of the Daoist Sect.”
“Old Daoist Priest!”
Li Hanzhou’s pupils constricted.
Was all of this the work of the Old Daoist Priest?
“Go in,” the Vice Dean said to Li Hanzhou at this time. “Be careful.”
Li Hanzhou looked at the lake surface. From beneath the lake surface, a Bronze Ancient Road appeared.
The Bronze Ancient Road exuded an unparalleled sense of antiquity. The other end of the Bronze Ancient Road extended into the darkness. Even with Li Hanzhou’s strength, he couldn’t see through what was in that darkness.
“Thank you,” Li Hanzhou took a deep breath and stepped onto the Bronze Ancient Road.
However, the moment he stepped onto the Bronze Ancient Road, Li Hanzhou found that the surroundings had become a void. He seemed to have entered another world.
Li Hanzhou looked back, but found that he could no longer see the Tianxuan Academy. Behind him was an endless expanse of darkness, and the Bronze Ancient Road behind him had also disappeared. He had no choice but to move forward.
Li Hanzhou walked step by step, his figure quickly disappearing into the darkness.
The darkness seemed to have no end.
Li Hanzhou didn’t even know how long he had been walking.
Just as Li Hanzhou felt a bit tired, a bright light finally appeared before him.
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