Mysterious mirror hanging high

"It's really just as Senior Yunding said."

Yuanji nodded. "The Mountain and River Cauldron may appear to be nothing more than an ordinary ritual vessel, its sole feature being its durability... but it actually holds a hidden power. With the combined use of certain incantations and the bloodline of the Gongsun clan, the space within the cauldron can be unlocked."

Yunding Tianjun still didn't quite believe it, but Jing Yu said:

"Which of these aristocratic families is easy to deal with? It's normal for them to place multiple bets. Even if the Gongsun family is loyal, they still need to keep some escape routes."

He continued, "Senior Yunding, I wonder how the defenses at the Shending Temple are doing?"

Yunding Tianjun frowned and said, "Sacrifice has always been a core image of the dynasty. Three thousand years ago, when I was still alive, the then Divine Cauldron Immortal Emperor still went there every year to offer sacrifices... On weekdays, there were always a few True Lords on duty."

After saying that, Yunding Tianjun pointed with one hand and immediately sucked Ying Wuyi's soul into his hand. Then he seemed to use some secret soul-searching method, causing Ying Wuyi to wail constantly.

After Ying Wuyi's soul became slightly transparent, Yunding Tianjun threw the almost disintegrated weak soul aside, with a slight smile on his face:

"You're lucky. The Immortal Dynasty has been declining in recent years, and the Taimiao sacrifices have been reduced to once every ten years. That place has been abandoned on weekdays. It's hard to say whether there are any True Lords guarding it, but there are definitely no Transformation Gods."

"It's OK as long as there are no Divine Transformation cultivators." Jing Yu breathed a sigh of relief. His [Ku Du Xuan Guang] was extremely powerful in concealing his breath. Unless one was two realms higher than him, it would be difficult to find his trace. As long as the several Nascent Soul True Lords didn't jump under their noses, Jing Yu was confident that he wouldn't be discovered.

"There's no time to lose. Let's go to the Imperial Ancestral Temple tonight!"

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The night is as dark as water and the moon is bright in the sky.

A light mist drifted over the stone sculptures of auspicious beasts in front of the Taimiao. Jing Yu silently traveled underground, and only emerged slowly after sneaking into the Taimiao. The profound light of Kudu flowed through his meridians and the surface of his body, and his skin glowed with a grayish glow.

He could hear the footsteps of the eunuchs on night watch a hundred feet away. When the eunuchs' black boots stepped on the stone bricks, ripples were caused between the bricks - the ground of the Taimiao was clearly covered with sensory restrictions.

Although he was clearly surrounded by restrictions, Jing Yu's expression remained calm. A palm-sized jade Buddha statue suddenly jumped out of his arms. Holding a pocket-sized jade key in his hand, he gently pointed at the restriction. The sensory restriction that would have sounded upon contact suddenly melted away silently, creating a gap that was wide enough for one person to pass through.

"The Yuanying Zhenjun is in charge of the side hall in the southwest corner." The voice of Yunding Tianjun resonated in the sea of ​​consciousness.

Jing Yu's figure extended along the guidance of the Heavenly Lord, carefully avoiding the sensing range of the Yuanying True Lord.

"Go to the eastern side of the stele forest. That's the closest path to where the Mountain and River Cauldron is stored."

Jing Yu tapped her toes lightly, her figure like a ghost, holding the incarnation of the deceased Jade Buddha in her arms, holding the [Jade Key to Break the World and Break the Ban] high in front of her chest. Their figures penetrated through layer after layer of the formation like ink seeping into rice paper, and no one noticed them.

Jing Yu quickly passed through the forest of steles and arrived at the central area of ​​the Shending Temple. Deep in a wide square stood a magnificent main hall.

Inside the main hall, there is a huge tripod with a black luster and painted with patterns of mountains and rivers.

"Look, that's the Mountain and River Cauldron."

Jing Yu silently sneaked into the main hall and carefully set up a soundproofing formation and a concealing formation. Then, according to the method taught by Yuan Ji, he smeared the blood from Concubine Duan's fingertips that he had taken in advance on the ears of the tripod.

The moment the blood seeped into the patterns, the sound of chimes rang out from the belly of the cauldron, and the shadows of seventy-two bronze bells appeared at the mouth of the cauldron.

"Three consecutive hits for Qian, six breaks for Kun..." The incarnation of the deceased Jade Buddha suddenly jumped out from Jing Yu's arms and injected several magical marks into the belly of the cauldron.

The Mountain and River Cauldron roared like thunder, the mountain and river patterns on the cauldron wall flowed, and the pattern nodes lit up one after another.

"Right now, jump into the cauldron!" Yuanji shouted in a low voice.

Jing Yu jumped into the cauldron as he was told, and found that a space passage had actually appeared in the cauldron, which had originally been unremarkable.

"There really is something wrong with this ritual vessel!" Yunding Tianjun in the sea of ​​consciousness said in surprise: "The Gongsun clan really prepared for a rainy day."

Jing Yu jumped into the space inside the cauldron and found himself on a deserted island. In the center of the island, there stood a palace in the shape of the Divine Cauldron Immortal Dynasty, standing very abruptly.

He took a deep breath, and what came to his face was not spiritual energy, but the power of incense and vows so strong that it turned into mist.

"There must be a treasure of incense and vows here!" Yuanji was overjoyed and instinctively wanted to absorb a breath of incense and vows, but suddenly remembered that the incense and vows here were exclusively for the National Destiny Immortal Dynasty system, and it was difficult for him to purify it at this time, so he could only hold back for the time being.

When Jing Yu approached the palace with the Jade Buddha, the Jade Buddha opened his eyes wide and said in disbelief:

"What's going on? This entire palace is made up of the power of incense and vows!"

Jing Yu frowned, feeling something was wrong: "Be careful."

They entered the palace and stepped on the palace stone slabs formed by the power of incense and vows, and found that they were unexpectedly solid, no different from ordinary stones.

Several guards holding spears, with blue and white bodies, obviously transformed from the power of incense and vows, were patrolling the palace along a fixed route. However, their aura was generally not strong, and the highest level was only the foundation building stage. Jing Yu blew away all the guards in the palace with a casual breath.

The palace was not big, and Jing Yu and his friends quickly found a locked treasure house.

Yuanji held the jade key and tapped it, and the lock on the treasure house fell off. Jing Yu pushed the door open and took a look. The flash of precious light in front of him made him squint subconsciously.

What comes into view is the mountain of spirit stones, mostly mid-grade spirit stones, and a small number of high-grade spirit stones with excellent appearance and rich spiritual power.

There are countless artifacts piled up on the left side, and judging from their appearance, they are all at the level of magic weapons. Among them, there is even a treasure that looks like a spiritual weapon, but it is a bright yellow canopy, and the treasure light is the brightest.

On the right side were hundreds of jade boxes of various sizes. Jing Yu picked one up at random and opened it. It turned out to be a precious elixir with intact appearance, sufficient medicinal properties and great value.

Many jade slips were scattered everywhere, which were obviously the Taoist heritage of the Gongsun family.

"We've become rich!" Jing Yu gasped, "What the clan has hidden..."

However, the incarnation of the Jade Buddha who had passed away at this time did not pay attention to these spiritual resources. Instead, his gaze passed through numerous obstacles and fell on the altar in the center of the treasure house.

He stared at the altar in front of him and stammered, "Xuan Jing, look at that, what is it?"

Jing Yu looked in the direction of the sound and was also stunned.

On the top altar, a jade dragon-shaped seal emitting a faint glow was constantly absorbing and emitting the power of incense and vows.

He clearly saw eight large characters on the jade seal:

If you receive orders from Heaven, you will live a long and prosperous life!