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Chapter 1200: The Archmage's Bone

The Yi Shi Sect, alongside the Heavenly Sword Sect, Dao Sect, and others, was one of the Ten Great Immortal Sects of old. However, its presence was relatively much weaker. Not only was there virtually no contact with it in the Immortal-Fallen Realm, but in this era, it’s also difficult to find any related records. It was as if it had suddenly evaporated from the world.

The only exception was when Li Fan coincidentally learned from Senior Stone Tablet that the Five Elements Great Grotto Heaven, which he used to achieve the Nascent Soul stage, was the creation of the Yi Shi Sect. Since then, Li Fan had not learned much more about it. Unexpectedly, today, three thousand zhang beneath this rift valley, he discovered traces of the Yi Shi Sect.

But they were merely traces. The entire ruins were empty. Other than a stone tablet vaguely inscribed with the words "Yi Shi" inside a collapsed building in the center of the ruins, there was nothing else left that reflected the grandeur of the ancient Ten Great Immortal Sects.

"It seems the Yi Shi Sect didn't fare well," Li Fan muttered.

After asking Sun Luyao, Li Fan learned that this was indeed the ruins where they had discovered the Boundless Mirror years ago. However, at that time, they had only trespassed into a small portion of the area. Now, for unknown reasons, the formations separating different areas had vanished, revealing the entire Yi Shi Sect.

"Boundless Primordial Chaos, visible in one direction!" Li Fan's clone murmured. Silently, the Boundless Mirror once again emitted a subtle, imperceptible glow. In an instant, it enveloped the entire Yi Shi Sect ruins. Consequently, a complete structural map of the ruins immediately appeared synchronously within the Boundless Mirror. This included information about where spiritual energy fluctuations still existed, where hidden chambers were located, the danger level of various areas—all such details were complete and readily available.

All of this was accomplished by the Boundless Mirror right under Ji Hongdao's nose. Yet, this formation master, who was already among the top tier of the Myriad Immortals Alliance's formation experts, had no inkling of it.

Li Fan couldn't help but recall the 114th reincarnation, when he traveled from Congyun Sea to Tianyu Prefecture to study formations, and Ji Hongdao personally taught thousands of gifted formation practitioners from the Myriad Immortals Alliance. In his view at that time, let alone Ji Hongdao, even Huangfu Song's formation skills were beyond his reach. However, after just over a dozen reincarnations, his formation skills had reached a level that Ji Hongdao couldn't even comprehend.

"I keep progressing in every life, while they remain stagnant...""The gap will only widen in the future."

Li Fan shook his head slightly, watching Sun Lu-yuan and Ji Hongdao still proceeding cautiously, exploring step by step. Impatient to wait any longer, he directly ordered Sun Luyao to guide the two of them to the only valuable location remaining in the current Yi Shi Sect.

"Brother Sun, be careful, the formation aura here is the most complete..." Ji Hongdao warned, leading the way. Sun Luyao felt a bit speechless internally but couldn't expose the truth.

The two proceeded with extreme caution, passing through a wall concealed by a formation, and entered a secret chamber. At the very back of the secret chamber, there were two statues, one large and one small. The larger one was seated cross-legged on a futon, holding a whisk. The smaller one stood behind it, wearing a smile. These peculiar statues instantly caught their attention. They did not act rashly, observing them carefully.

"They seem to be just ordinary stone statues, with no profound mystery," Ji Hongdao concluded after a long pause. Sun Lu-yuan breathed a sigh of relief.

Meanwhile, within the Boundless Mirror, Li Fan glanced at the scene previously scanned and mapped by the Primordial Chaos Vision Array, then looked at the secret chamber. His heart sank.

"Can you see those two statues?" Li Fan asked Sun Luyao."Statues? What statues?" Sun Luyao was startled and somewhat bewildered."Tell your brother not to touch them," Li Fan commanded directly, without explanation.

Sun Lu-yuan, having received Sun Luyao's warning, and out of trust in his younger brother, stopped Ji Hongdao from trying to investigate further. "Little brother, what's dangerous about this thing?" However, he examined the statues repeatedly for a long time but couldn't discern anything unusual about them.

"I once, by chance, saw some records in ancient texts that were somewhat similar to these two statues. They seem to be the origin of the Ten Sects' inheritance, the Grandmaster of Heaven's Capital..." Sun Luyao relayed Li Fan's judgment.

"Grandmaster of Heaven's Capital?" Sun Lu-yuan and Ji Hongdao both took a step back in unison. They had heard of this legendary figure. It was said that he was at the half-step True Immortal realm. Anyone who could be associated with a True Immortal inevitably inspired dread. The higher one's cultivation, and the more one understood the gap between cultivators and True Immortals, the more this was true.

Within the Boundless Mirror, Li Fan's clone's thoughts raced. Previously, he had suffered greatly from the faceless True Immortal's statue. It took him six reincarnations to eliminate the influence of the faceless True Immortal on himself. Although the Grandmaster of Heaven's Capital was not on the same level as the faceless True Immortal, he had still left a mark on Li Fan back then. He had to be more cautious.

"The Yi Shi Sect's inheritance comes from the Grandmaster of Heaven's Capital, and placing the Grandmaster's statues within the sect seems logical.""But...""The other Ten Immortal Dao Sects don't seem to have statues of the Grandmaster.""Furthermore, even if they intended to worship him, the statues should be placed in a central, solemn grand hall. Why would they be placed in a dark, underground secret chamber?" Li Fan's intuition told him something was strange about this.

"The Yi Shi Sect doesn't seem to be a virtuous sect that respects its elders. According to Senior Stone Tablet, as early as the initial appearance of the great calamity in the Xuanhuang Realm, they had already formulated a plan to cultivate the Five Elements Great Grotto Heaven, directly devour Xuanhuang, and create a brand new immortal cultivation world. It was only later that someone stopped them.""The one who stopped the Yi Shi Sect was undoubtedly Mister Bai.""Before the Xuanhuang Heaven and Earth completely became hostile towards cultivators, cultivators still respected the Heavenly Dao. It nurtured life, like a parent to cultivators.""Yet, the Yi Shi Sect showed no mercy when extracting the essence of heaven and earth, just like the cultivators of the new method."

"Grandmaster of Heaven's Capital..." Li Fan once again used the Primordial Chaos Vision Array to scan the statues of the Grandmaster of Heaven's Capital. There was one large statue and one small one. According to legend, it was the seated one who had generously imparted countless cultivation techniques and secret arts to the Ten Sects. But an inexplicable intuition told Li Fan that the standing child figure might be even more extraordinary. So, the Primordial Chaos Vision Array focused its attention on the smiling child statue.

The boundless ethereal light swept over the area where the statues were located, again and again. With each scan, the image displayed in the Boundless Mirror slowly began to show faint lines. But simultaneously, these lines gradually faded over time. Li Fan narrowed his eyes and increased the Boundless Mirror's scanning speed. The lines slowly began to accumulate once more.

"Brother. Help me." Unable to withstand the overload of use, Sun Luyao sought help from his brother. Only after receiving the vital blood support from Sun Lu-yuan was the Boundless Mirror finally able to discern the true nature of the statues in the secret chamber.

They were two bones. It was as if all the flesh and blood had been stripped from some creature, leaving only these two bones of its entire body.

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