Chapter 1172: Chapter 1169: Zhou Yi Book
Chapter 1169
Zhou Yi Book
This is a world-famous mysterious book, but its content is not something everyone can understand.
It is said that without shedding blood on the Zhou Yi Book and gaining its recognition, even if one obtains it, it would be no more than a useless book.
Despite this, throughout history, many powerful figures have attempted to seize the Zhou Yi Book from the Floating Mountain to read its contents.
But what kind of place is the Floating Mountain?
As one of the Guardian Gods of Nine Provinces, it has guarded the Dao Ding for generations, suppressing the Evil Dragon, filled with powerful figures; it’s not a place you can just come and go.
Throughout the long river of time, countless strong individuals have fallen here.
But there is always an exception to everything.
In history, there was an ancient sect called Thieves Gate, which had only one successor every generation.
Each successor was a master thief famous across All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds.
Just during ancient times, that generation’s successor of Thieves Gate used near-mysterious stealth techniques to enter the forbidden land of the Floating Mountain and found the location of the Zhou Yi Book.
It’s unknown what trick he used, but after he finished reading the Zhou Yi Book and left, the people of Floating Mountain did not notice anything.
It wasn’t until a few days later, when an elder who was guarding the Zhou Yi Book entered and noticed the Thieves Gate mark left by the successor, that they realized the book had been read.
This frightened the Floating Mountain considerably.
Immediately, the Floating Mountain gathered its elders to investigate thoroughly.
Finally, they discovered that the Zhou Yi Book was unharmed and sighed in relief.
But they remained uneasy.
When the person from Thieves Gate had sneaked in, they had no idea at all.
If the person had wanted to take the Zhou Yi Book, they probably would have been completely unaware.
Fortunately, the person who sneaked in was from Thieves Gate.
Thieves Gate has a rule: after stealing, they leave a Thieves Gate mark.
And this mark is completely unimitable.
This is one reason why their sect, with only one successor per generation, is still renowned across All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds.
To a large extent, they are not actually stealing anything, but rather completing something others cannot, to demonstrate the power of Thieves Gate.
For this reason, the reputation of Thieves Gate is mixed.
However, according to that generation’s successor from Thieves Gate, those who want the Zhou Yi Book should stop trying; the Floating Mountain is right, without the book’s recognition, it’s impossible to understand.
It was because of this that the Floating Mountain did not pursue the individual.
Although the person trespassed into the forbidden land of the Floating Mountain and read their inherited Zhou Yi Book, it was precisely because of this that other notions of acquiring the book were dispelled.
Interestingly, since then, those wanting to steal the Zhou Yi Book have decreased.
At this moment.
Ji Zhong handed the Zhou Yi Book to Ji Lengyue.
Ji Lengyue took the book, faced Ji Ziqing, and nodded, signaling, "Child, come here."
Seeing the Zhou Yi Book, Ji Ziqing felt an infinite surge of excitement.
How many times she had dreamt of seeing the Zhou Yi Book, then shedding blood on it to gain its legacy and thereby avoiding marrying into Dou Su Palace.
But the rules of Floating Mountain kept her firmly at a distance from her dream.
Now, however, her dream appeared right before her eyes.
Ji Ziqing instinctively looked at Ye Xuan.
Ye Xuan slightly nodded, indicating to Ji Ziqing to go ahead.
With that, Ji Ziqing gathered her courage, approached Ji Lengyue, first gave a salute, then looked at the Zhou Yi Book nervously.
"Child, don’t be nervous, just follow your heart," Ji Lengyue smiled slightly, softly comforting her.
"Mm!" Ji Ziqing nodded, stepped forward, bit her finger, and forced out a drop of essence blood.
The essence blood fell down, headed towards the cover of the Zhou Yi Book.
Everyone was watching.
All held their breath, waiting for the result.
Just as the essence blood was about to drop on the Zhou Yi Book, Ye Xuan narrowed his eyes slightly.
He foresaw the result in advance.
Ji Ziqing could not gain the book’s recognition.
But Ye Xuan had expected this result. His expression unchanged, he concentrated, using the power of the Taixu Pearl to pass a strand of Taichu Hongmeng Primordial Dao Power into Ji Ziqing’s essence blood.
At that instant, it seemed time and space froze.
But when the Taichu Hongmeng Primordial Dao Power entered Ji Ziqing’s essence blood, everything seemed to return to normal.
Drop.
The essence blood fell on the Zhou Yi Book.
Buzz————
The next moment, the Zhou Yi Book erupted with dazzling divine light, unleashing endless ancient power.
In the void, strange floating runes filled the air.
Those runes trembled uncontrollably, as if eager to fly somewhere.
Ye Xuan raised his brow slightly, with some disdain, saying, "There it is..."
He looked at Ji Ziqing.
Those runes ceased trembling, then disappeared entirely.
Immediately, the Zhou Yi Book in Ji Lengyue’s hand emitted warm golden light, as if a large hand reached out, enveloping Ji Ziqing.
At that moment, Ji Ziqing felt a warmth throughout her body, and her cultivation was advancing towards the Supreme Realm!
That scene shocked everyone.
"It really succeeded!?"
All of the Floating Mountain’s high-ranking members were dumbstruck.
The people of Dou Su Palace were also quite emotional.
They were fortunate to witness such an event.
"Things aren’t good..."
Dou Su Saint saw the scene, his face darkening.
He thought Ji Ziqing would hardly gain the book’s recognition, but didn’t expect it to succeed so easily.
That means Ji Ziqing will become the Saint Master of Floating Mountain in the future!
The marriage alliance is probably hopeless now.
"Husband, what you just did..."
Zhou Youwei, standing by Ye Xuan’s side, softly whispered.
Ye Xuan looked at Zhou Youwei, smiled knowingly, and said, "How did you know?"
Zhou Youwei’s eyes curved into a smile, she whispered, "I’m the wife of the Night Emperor."
Ye Xuan grinned, wrapping his arm around Zhou Youwei’s slender waist, and whispered, "Then let’s consummate tonight."
Seemingly accustomed to Ye Xuan’s antics, Zhou Youwei was not startled this time but instead met Ye Xuan’s eyes with a hint of teasing, "Alright, let Youwei see if the Undying Night Emperor is truly undying..."
Ye Xuan grinned, swore softly, "You little vixen."
Zhou Youwei blinked her eyes, looking teary, "How did I become a little vixen?"
Ye Xuan’s expression froze.
Zhou Youwei laughed heartily.
Only then did Ye Xuan realize he had been fooled, shaking his head with a smile,