Starting Cultivation During a Trip

Chapter 636: Chapter 310: Five Elements Mistaken King and True Dragon Horn

In the Abandoned Observatory, the statues of the Twelve Zodiac were incomplete and broken, as if concealing the area’s past glory.

The beam from Zhang Wuming’s flashlight moved along the wall, illuminating the runes of the Dragon Tiger Zhang Family.

Among the trio, only he could recognize them.

These are the runes left by Zhang Tian Sheng.

Before entering the Hundred Thousand Mountains, Zhang Fan had heard the bald old man say that Zhang Tian Sheng had already visited this place more than forty years ago. He returned once more after a decade, and back then he was accompanied by the young Zhang Lingzong.

"Was he here for the True Dragon Horn?" Zhang Fan pondered.

His grandfather was unique; in his early years, he gathered with a group of like-minded individuals.

Each of them had a mysterious background and acted discreetly. Under the name "Coffin Lifting," their secretive activities seemed to be aimed at exploring the legendary Nine Techniques and Nine Treasures.

Members include Mo Rancun, the Qi Yun Mountain Sect Leader, Xu Xuan Guan, the Maoshan recluse giant, and Ye Jinciao, the top expert of Zhongnan Mountain.

Zhang Tian Sheng was part of it too, ranking second and holding a pivotal position in the Coffin Lifting Association.

Naturally, his research on the Nine Techniques and Nine Treasures surpassed the ordinary, even tracing clues.

"Five Elements Mistaken King, mutually born with death, rooted in return, enduring beyond tribulation..."

Finally, Zhang Wuming finished reading the text, his expression complex, murmuring softly.

"What does it say?" Li Miaoyin asked.

"The Zhang Family’s predecessor was no ordinary person; he followed the traces and found this place." Zhang Wuming marveled.

"Explain carefully," Zhang Fan urged.

"During his youth, this predecessor befriended someone from Zhongnan Mountain, an extraordinary individual." Zhang Wuming began.

"Zhongnan Mountain..." Zhang Fan mused.

It’s likely referring to Ye the Fourth, Ye Jinciao.

"This predecessor learned from his friend that over eight hundred years ago, one of the Nine Techniques, the Five Elements Mistaken King, fell upon Zhongnan Mountain." Zhang Wuming continued.

As the words fell, Zhang Fan recalled the massive palm print he saw on the cliffs of Zhongnan Mountain, resembling a True Dragon, astonishing as Celestial Being.

Ye Beichen said it was left by a predecessor expert of Zhongnan Mountain, who mastered one of the Nine Techniques, the Five Elements Mistaken King, and thus roamed unrivaled across the world.

"Later, following the traces, this predecessor pursued them, eventually discovering the burial site near a village by the Weiliu River in Xijiang Province," Zhang Wuming spoke solemnly.

Over eight hundred years ago, the life and death of the Zhongnan Mountain expert who mastered the Five Elements Mistaken King remained a mystery; he hadn’t passed away within the sect.

This also confirmed Ye Beichen’s words; the Five Elements Mistaken King fell upon Zhongnan Mountain only to be lost again, blending with the dust.

Though Zhang Tian Sheng found the burial site of the predecessor, the cave was dark and silent, and after several hundred years, the remains had vanished.

Upon investigation, he discovered vague traces of Wuwei Sect activities around the village, and thanks to investigating hints, he found clues.

Perhaps, centuries ago, Wuwei Sect Members had already discovered the burial site of the predecessor.

Zhang Tian Sheng scoured ancient texts and, with the help of connections, finally gained insights.

"Within eight hundred years, there are a few critical points where the Five Elements Mistaken King might have appeared..." Zhang Wuming spoke solemnly.

He traveled across half of Hua Country, ultimately confirming a direction.

"Over five hundred years ago, during the seventh campaign of Breaking Mountains and Attacking Temples, the Five Elements Mistaken King seemingly appeared within the Hundred Thousand Mountains." Zhang Wuming spoke solemnly.

The chaos was fiercely brutal, with countless predecessors dying amidst the vast Hundred Thousand Mountains, fires of war everywhere, with many past events only preserved in scattered records of various sects and did not pass down.

To find these clues, Zhang Tian Sheng entered numerous sects and examined many predecessors’ notes.

"This Zhang Family predecessor visited five times in total, ultimately confirming that over five hundred years ago, Wuwei Sect Members had mastered the Five Elements Mistaken King." Zhang Wuming spoke gravely.

"Mastering the Five Elements Mistaken King demands an extraordinary figure, definitely not an unknown," Li Miaoyin spoke solemnly.

"You’re right."

Zhang Wuming nodded, looking at the wall inscriptions, and spoke solemnly: "Over five hundred years ago, that expert was the Lord of the Profound Palace within the Wuwei Sect."

During the seventh campaign of Breaking Mountains and Attacking Temples, the Lord of the Profound Palace within the Wuwei Sect burst forth, mastering the Five Elements Mistaken King and slaying countless Daoist experts.

This technique was not of the mortal world; the Five Elements Mistaken King defied limitations, slaughtering so the rivers and mountains were stained with blood, and the sun and moon were shocked.

"A lone man holding off ten thousand..." Zhang Wuming lamented.

A single Lord of the Profound Palace rendered the entire Daoist Sect helpless, with experts gathered but unable to resist.

The brutality and power of the Five Elements Mistaken King was evident.

Amidst the deadlock, an extraordinary figure from the White Crane Temple emerged, procuring an unusual and enigmatic treasure out of nowhere that remarkably broke through the Lord of the Profound Palace’s Five Elements Mistaken King, pinning him down within the Hundred Thousand Mountains.

"True Dragon Horn!"

Both Zhang Fan and Li Miaoyin exclaimed simultaneously.

Zhang Wuming smirked, glanced at them, then spoke: "Presumably it’s this treasure."

The True Dragon Horn, one of the Nine Treasures, coincidentally restrained one of the Nine Techniques, the Five Elements Mistaken King.

In that battle, the extraordinary figure from the White Crane Temple perished, and the Lord of the Profound Palace’s life was extinguished; many Daoist experts present also died within the mountains. It was a vast world, never to be found again.

The whereabouts of the True Dragon Horn remain unknown.

"Did this predecessor find the True Dragon Horn?" Li Miaoyin inquired.

"It’s not mentioned here," Zhang Wuming shook his head.

"Perhaps it wasn’t found," Zhang Fan murmured softly.

He now understood why Zhao Jie Xuan appeared here; he was also searching for the Nine Treasures.

Of course, for him and Zhang Fan, the most crucial among the Nine Treasures is the Innate Seal, as it’s the nemesis of the Divine Demon Holy Embryo.