Chapter 1719: Entering the Confucius Temple Ruins

Luo Ruoxi took the parent token, gently touched it with her palm, and after a moment, handed it back. "Here!"

"You can keep it. When the time comes, I'll wait for you in front of the Temple of Confucius, and we'll go together," Zhang Xuan said with a faint smile.

Anyway, he didn't intend to leave her behind once they entered the Temple of Confucius, and he believed she wouldn't leave him either. In that case, it didn't matter who held it.

"No need, you keep it. I just wanted to see it..." The girl shook her head and handed the Heaven's Token back.

"Alright. If we're randomly teleported upon entering the Temple of Confucius, and communication tokens still work, that's fine. But if they don't, and you get there first, wait for me. If I arrive first, I'll wait for you too..." Zhang Xuan said.

"Okay!" Luo Ruoxi smiled faintly and nodded.

As they chatted and continued forward, Zhang Xuan felt as if he was back on the day he confessed his feelings in Huoyuan City. With the girl by his side, he felt as if he possessed the entire world, experiencing an indescribable peace.

Although he didn't know how she truly felt about him, it was as if they had known each other for countless years, a destined connection from a past life, so familiar, so natural.

Time flew by in the company of his beloved; an entire day passed without them realizing it.

They returned to their residence.

Just as Zhang Xuan was about to bid the girl farewell, he suddenly felt the ground shake. The entire city of Qufu seemed to be crushed by an immense force, and countless already ancient buildings, unable to withstand it any longer, collapsed one after another.

"What's happening?" Zhang Xuan was startled. Confucius had surely calculated countless times to leave his residence here; even the Sage Temple hadn't experienced an earthquake. How could there be one here?

"The Temple of Confucius is about to open..." Luo Ruoxi looked up, her expression grave.

Zhang Xuan quickly looked up and indeed saw a spherical object, like a sun, continuously flickering and emitting brilliant multicolored light.

One by one, rainbow-like bridges descended from the sky, landing on the ground, as if connecting two worlds.

As the light shone down, the pressure around them intensified.

"Oh no..." Feeling this power, everyone who hadn't yet reached the Great Sage level felt immense pressure and hastily brought out their treasures to defend themselves. Even Zhang Xuan felt his scalp tingle and quickly circulated his true qi to resist.

Crack! Crack! Crack! Cracks appeared in the ground, and the surrounding spiritual energy formed an energy storm, like a tornado, rushing upwards into the sky.

"Zhang Xuan, if... if I've hidden some things from you, will you hate me?" Feeling the wild winds raging around them, Luo Ruoxi reached out, took Zhang Xuan's hand, and looked at him.

"Of course not. If you don't want to tell me, you must have your reasons..." Zhang Xuan replied, unsure why she would say such a thing.

"Then what if I..." Luo Ruoxi was about to continue speaking when a roar echoed in the sky, and the entire city of Qufu was instantly enveloped in a blinding white light.

"Ruoxi..." Zhang Xuan's vision blurred, and he felt the soft hand in his palm disappear. His head spun, and he felt as if he had lost consciousness.

After an unknown period, he opened his eyes again to find himself in a vast mountain range, surrounded by tall vegetation that stretched as far as the eye could see.

"Luo Ruoxi..." He quickly got up and looked around, but there was no one in sight.

"It seems the Temple of Confucius has opened, and we've all been randomly teleported..." He paused, then realized.

Just moments ago, he was in his residence in Qufu, but in the blink of an eye, he was here. The girl whose hand he was holding was also gone, clearly teleported away by a powerful force. He didn't need to think twice to know that the Temple of Confucius had fully opened, and everyone within Qufu must have been sent to an unknown location.

"The 'Teacher's Aura' here is even richer than in Qufu..." Knowing that he had merely been teleported and was likely not in danger, Zhang Xuan stopped worrying. Standing still, he extended his spiritual sense to observe his surroundings and couldn't help but nod.

No wonder everyone wanted to come to this so-called ruin to seek opportunities. The 'Teacher's Aura' here was indeed much richer than in Qufu. Cultivating here would undoubtedly lead to a rapid and astonishing improvement in one's state of mind.

"The spiritual energy is also denser, surpassing all treasure lands I've seen before!" It would have been remarkable enough if only the 'Teacher's Aura' was rich, but more importantly, the spiritual energy was also incredibly thick, almost material. Cultivating here, one could maintain rapid advancement even without using top-grade spirit stones.

He carefully observed again, realizing that he could fully exert his strongest combat power here. Only then did Zhang Xuan relax. With a flick of his wrist, a communication jade token appeared before him.

He examined it, then helplessly put it away. Just as he had guessed, the communication jade token indeed couldn't transmit messages; this place seemed to be completely shielded.

He raised his hand, and the Dragonbone Divine Spear appeared in his palm. He thrust it fiercely into the air. The space trembled but did not break open. "I can't even traverse space here..." Zhang Xuan realized.

Not only could he not transmit messages, but he couldn't even break through space to form a spatial通道, naturally preventing him from traversing it.

"And my Soul Ordeal traversal is also impossible, which means... teleportation arrays are useless too!" A moment later, Zhang Xuan sighed again.

As expected of the Temple of Confucius ruins. Even with his significant increase in strength, he couldn't achieve these feats, indicating that the spatial stability here was clearly more formidable than in the outside world.

"Let me try to fly..." He swayed and took flight. The higher he went, the greater the pressure he felt, as if carrying ten thousand catties of weight, threatening to fall at any moment. His true qi circulated frantically as he exerted all his strength, but he could only reach the treetops before he could no longer hold on. He crashed to the ground, leaving a large crater. Brushing the dust off himself, Zhang Xuan stood up, his face filled with shock.

In these ruins, not only was the ground stable, but the space above was even more rigid. Even with his strength, he couldn't fly to the very tops of the trees; for ordinary people, it would be utterly impossible!

He had originally thought he could fly into the air, survey the surroundings, and locate the precise position of the Temple of Confucius, but now it seemed that was impossible.

"'Eye of Insight!'" Not disheartened, his eyes flickered as he looked around. Since the 'Teacher's Aura' was present everywhere, the densest concentration of this aura must indicate the location of the Temple of Confucius! Using this method, he should be able to find the central point.

Soon, he completed a full survey. Zhang Xuan's face turned ashen. The 'Teacher's Aura' was indeed everywhere, but... its density was surprisingly uniform in all directions. This meant that using it as a guide to find the Temple of Confucius was simply impossible.

"Hmph, they think this will stop me... I still have my Library!" Zhang Xuan scoffed, and a book appeared in his palm. If it were anyone else, they might truly be at a loss, but he was different; he had the Library. He had successfully located the Dragonbone Divine Spear among so many portals in the Baixi Mountain ruins before, and he was confident he could do it again this time!