Chapter 96: Star Gap
“Yes, I don’t know why, but I understood it. Perhaps some law interfered,” Mingyan said.
It wasn’t uncommon for some laws to allow young children to comprehend profound scriptures, enabling them to begin cultivating at a young age.
After all, the languages used by humans had changed drastically over the ages. The scriptures passed down from ancient times were written in different scripts. But Emperor-level scriptures were different. They could directly interfere with the laws, allowing one to read and understand them.
Of course, understanding the words and comprehending the content were two different things.
“Then why can’t I understand it?” Huang Feiyan was puzzled. “Am I too stupid?”
“…Of course not.” Mingyan’s expression was strange. “I’ve seen similar legends in my village before. The content is roughly the same.”
“This is the Supreme Dao Hall. The things recorded here must have a significant origin. Your village actually has similar records?” Huang Feiyan was even more confused. She remembered that Mingyan’s village had no cultivators and had even been massacred by an evil cultivator…
Such an ordinary village, yet it contained myths similar to the murals in the Supreme Dao Hall… No, these were likely not myths, but history.
“I don’t know why either,” Mingyan shook his head.
Huang Feiyan pondered for a moment. “Your village… perhaps it’s not as ordinary as you think… When you have time, you can go back and investigate. You might find something.”
“Yes… By the way, have you found anything?” Mingyan asked.
Huang Feiyan shook her head. “I haven’t found anything. Let’s ask the others.”
Just then, Ning Feixuan’s voice called out, “Feiyan, come over here! I’ve found something.”
Huang Feiyan and Mingyan exchanged glances. They had just been talking, and now Ning Feixuan had found something. They immediately went over to her, and Yue Qingying soon followed.
They reached Ning Feixuan and noticed something strange.
The space in front of her was brighter than the surrounding area. A phantom figure stood there, seemingly Great Empress Qingzi herself, but a younger version, without her terrifying emperor’s might.
She stood there, seemingly in thought, then began to move.
Runes flickered beneath her feet, following a certain pattern. Mingyan watched intently, not wanting to miss a single detail.
The other three also watched in silence. This was likely an apparition of the Great Empress demonstrating some Dao technique, inscribed by the Great Dao itself.
Upon closer inspection, they realized it was some kind of movement technique.
Mingyan felt a strange sense of déjà vu. Ning Feixuan had mentioned Great Empress Qingzi possessed a technique comparable to the extreme speed of the Kun Peng clan. Had they found it?
Could the Great Dao be eavesdropping? No, could the Empress herself be eavesdropping?
Mingyan, despite his strange thoughts, focused on learning, imitating the Empress’s movements.
Only by understanding the form could one comprehend the intent, and only by comprehending the intent could one truly master it.
He didn’t know how many times the apparition would demonstrate the technique, so he memorized every detail.
The apparition stopped, her lips moved, and although there was no sound, a voice echoed in Mingyan’s mind.
It was the incantation for a secret technique. By the time he came back to his senses, he had already memorized it.
He looked at the others and saw they were also coming out of a daze.
“It’s really Great Empress Qingzi’s movement technique, ‘Star Gap’,” Ning Feixuan said, surprised. “This is a secret technique comparable to the extreme speed of the Kun Peng clan. To think we obtained it so easily…”
This was the nature of the Supreme Dao Hall. Obtaining the inheritances and Dao techniques of the Great Emperors on the continent required great fortune, but within the Supreme Dao Hall, there were always the inheritances of ten Great Emperors. Although their quality varied—some, like the movement technique they had just obtained, were a heaven-defying existence, while others might be self-created techniques from a Great Emperor’s youth, perhaps not as useful.
But anything related to a Great Emperor, even if not particularly powerful, was enough to tempt anyone.
Huang Feiyan also opened her eyes. “Now, if Mingyan fights the little Kun Peng king again, he won’t be inferior in terms of speed.”
Mingyan’s physique was incredibly strong. He had been able to contend with the little Kun Peng king before. Now, at the Yin Tomb Realm, he had even less to worry about. However, the Kun Peng clan’s speed came from their secret technique, a part of their Dao and laws. So, with the little Kun Peng king at a higher cultivation level, he would likely still be faster. But if they fought at the same level, even without using his secret technique, Mingyan should be able to defeat him easily.
Of course, the little Kun Peng king wouldn’t be foolish enough to suppress his cultivation and humiliate himself again. But with “Star Gap,” Mingyan now had another trump card against the Divine Gate Realm little Kun Peng king.
The four bowed to the statue of Great Empress Qingzi, then left the white jade hall. As they left, the hall transformed into a shower of light and dissipated.
“I wonder when this secret technique will reappear in the world,” Huang Feiyan sighed softly. Once a secret technique was obtained in the Supreme Dao Hall, it would disappear until the next time the hall opened.
That would be after Great Empress Qingzi’s demise. They wouldn’t live to see that day.
Although there was no problem with learning it, they couldn’t casually spread a technique obtained from the Supreme Dao Hall, especially one from the reigning Great Empress. So, unless she personally imparted it or created a lineage to pass it down, it would only be available the next time the Supreme Dao Hall opened.
“Let’s not waste any more time. Let’s find the next inheritance,” Ning Feixuan said, shaking her head. “If we’re late, we won’t get anything.”
Huang Feiyan nodded. “You’re right. Let’s go.”
They left the place where the white jade hall had vanished. They hadn’t gone far when they heard the roar of a ferocious beast and felt the ground tremble.
“What’s happening?” Ning Feixuan immediately flew into the air. Huang Feiyan and Yue Qingying also pulled Mingyan up, and they flew out of the forest. They saw a colossal ferocious beast rampaging through the forest, seemingly chasing something.
The beast resembled a gorilla but had the head of a bird. It was massive, and even from a distance, they could smell a faint stench. They didn’t know what it was.
Before they could figure out what was happening, the beast turned and flew towards them. They paled, realizing it was chasing the cultivator who had fled in their direction. Huang Feiyan and Yue Qingying quickly grabbed Mingyan, who couldn’t fly, and turned to flee with Ning Feixuan. That beast was at least at the Tai Yi Realm, perhaps even the Divine Seal Realm. If it caught them, the consequences would be dire
