Upon hearing Lu Qing say that he had finished comprehending the 【True Record of Frost and Ice】, Han Ling Shuang was immediately stunned, filled with shock.
It hasn't been long since she took the inheritance jade book.
Only a quarter of an hour or two passed, and Lu Qing actually said that he had finished comprehending the 【True Record of Frost and Ice】.
You should know that this is a cultivation technique at the Nascent Soul level that can directly lead to the Nascent Soul realm!
Even the inheritance of cultivation techniques at the Nascent Soul level can be comprehended so quickly.
At this moment, Han Ling Shuang truly understood why Lu Qing had been able to cultivate to such a profound and unfathomable level so soon after the world had been revived.
This person's comprehension and cultivation aptitude are simply too extraordinary!
"Palace Master, the legacy of your Cold Water Palace has given me a lot of inspiration. Here is a cultivation technique that should be of some use to you as well. Please take it."
At this moment, Lu Qing took out a jade slip containing inheritance and handed it over.
“Your Excellency, your kindness to our Cold Water Palace is already great enough. How could I possibly accept such a generous gift?”
Han Ling Shuang was taken aback, but shook her head and refused.
"I don't like taking advantage of others," Lu Qing said calmly. "Although I saved your Cold Water Palace once, the meal and the Fire Spirit Pearl as compensation are enough."
"You don't need to take this Nascent Soul Realm cultivation technique from me anymore; you can keep it."
Han Ling Shuang sensed the persistence in Lu Qing's words. She hesitated for a moment, but finally accepted the inheritance jade slip.
Upon seeing this, Lu Qing smiled slightly: "Palace Master, the cultivation technique in the jade slip is a water-based technique, but it can only be cultivated up to the Golden Core Perfection realm."
Its origin is not simple; it is one of the core inheritances of a powerful immortal sect in a certain great world.
The various explanations regarding the Golden Core Realm contained therein should be quite beneficial to your future cultivation.
Indeed, the cultivation technique that Lu Qing gave him was one of the techniques he had seized from the gray-robed man and his fellow disciple.
Aside from its lower cultivation ceiling compared to 【True Record of Frost and Ice】, its exquisite techniques surpass those of 【True Record of Frost and Ice】.
"Somewhere in a vast world..."
Han Ling Shuang was puzzled at first, but then she seemed to remember something, and her face showed shock.
"Your Excellency, it is rumored that the two mysterious experts who suddenly appeared in Zhongzhou were visitors from outer space. Could it be..."
"Indeed, they come from beyond the heavens; they are cultivators from other worlds."
And that world is far more powerful than the world we live in now.
But don't worry, that world is also incredibly far away from us.
Those two only came to our world by chance.
Lu Qing nodded.
I don't mind revealing this information to Han Ling Shuang.
"So there really are other worlds," Han Ling Shuang murmured. "Doesn't that mean that our ancestors weren't without hope when they left this world?"
Lu Qing's heart stirred. He remembered what "Yan" had once said about the end of the last era of cultivation.
He asked, "Palace Master, does your Cold Water Palace have any records of what exactly happened at the end of the last era of cultivation?"
"Where did those top immortal sects go in the end? And how were your four secret realms preserved?"
Han Ling Shuang was taken aback, seemingly not expecting Lu Qing to suddenly ask this.
She thought for a moment and said, "Our ancestors did have some records about some things at the end of the last era of cultivation."
Lu Qing's expression shifted, and "Yan" in the Fire Cauldron became even more alert, showing a listening expression.
At the end of the previous era of cultivation, the Li Huo Sect and its long-standing rival sects clashed in battle, provoked by other forces.
They even escalated to a point of no return, fighting to the death.
In the end, the entire Li Huo Sect was destroyed, and the rival sects were also severely weakened and nearly collapsed.
Only the young sect leader, under the desperate protection of several elders, managed to break through the encirclement with the severely damaged Li Huo Cauldron and escape, hiding in a secret stronghold of the Li Huo Sect.
However, the young sect leader eventually succumbed to his injuries and perished in that secret stronghold.
"Yan" himself almost lost his true spirit and had to fall into a deep sleep.
This meant it was unaware of how the final situation of the cultivation world developed in the previous era of cultivation.
And what became of the opposing forces that destroyed the Li Huo Sect?
"According to the records passed down from my ancestors in the Cold Water Palace, the end of the last era of cultivation was extremely chaotic."
Many immortal sects have launched a great war against each other in order to compete for the chance to board the World-Breaking Ship.
Many sects perished as a result.
"A spot on the Boundary-Breaking Ship?" Lu Qing keenly grasped this phrase.
“That’s right.” Han Ling Shuang nodded. “At the end of the last era of cultivation, in order to avoid the Five Decays of Heaven and Man, many powerful beings of the Primordial Spirit in the cultivation world discussed and came up with a solution.”
That is to gather the resources of the entire cultivation world and forge a super spiritual artifact flying boat that can break through the boundary and traverse the starry sky.
With the combined efforts of numerous powerful figures and various immortal sects, the Boundary-Breaking Ship was successfully forged.
But then another problem arises.
Who is qualified to board the Boundary-Breaking Ship?
"Although the Boundary-Breaking Ship is an extremely large spiritual artifact, its space is still limited, and it cannot take all cultivators out of this world."
Therefore, the spot to enter the Breakthrough Week becomes extremely precious.
No one would willingly give up such an opportunity, after all, it represents hope for survival.
Thus, with tacit understanding and the tacit approval of a group of powerful cultivators, many immortal sects began a great war.
Only the victorious sect is qualified to board the Boundary-Breaking Ship.
In any case, according to the records of my Cold Water Palace, the final great battle in the cultivation world was extremely fierce.
Nearly half of the immortal sects were destroyed as a result.
The victor of the great battle will board the boundary-breaking flying ship and ultimately depart, breaking through the boundary.
"As for our four secret lands, our ancestors believed that everything in the vast starry sky was unknown, and they did not know if they could find a way out."
Therefore, some disciples with shallow cultivation were ultimately selected, and a place to stay was provided by using spiritual artifacts to stabilize the secret realm.
Even if they ultimately fail, they will at least leave behind a legacy for this world.
After listening to Han Ling Shuang's account, Lu Qing finally understood what had happened at the end of the previous era of cultivation.
And the reasons for the disappearance of many immortal sects.
It turned out that they had left this world aboard a magical flying boat.
In this way, some of the doubts in his mind were resolved.
And Yan, who was in the Fire Cauldron, suddenly realized the truth.
No wonder the conflict between the Li Huo Sect and that rival sect suddenly escalated.
Clearly, those powerful beings behind the scenes had planned this all along.
They wanted to eliminate some of the sects first so they could gather materials to forge flying boats.
As for why the Li Huo Sect was chosen, it could guess the reason.
It was probably because the Li Huo Sect was relatively wealthy, but at that time there was no powerful cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage to oversee it.
"Young master, ask her if the Yintian Sect ever boarded the Boundary-Breaking Ship in the end?"
"Yan" suddenly spoke.
Lu Qing was slightly taken aback, then realized that this Yin Tian Sect must be the sect that fought against the Li Huo Sect back then.
Upon hearing Lu Qing's question, Han Ling Shuang thought for a moment and then shook her head:
"According to the records of my Cold Water Palace, the Yintian Sect was not among the sects that boarded the Boundary Breaking Ship and left at the end."
Upon hearing this, Yan fell silent.
In fact, it had already anticipated this after hearing Han Ling Shuang's description.
When the Li Huo Sect and the Yin Tian Sect fought, the Li Huo Sect was no match for them and was eventually destroyed.
However, the Yintian Sect also suffered greatly. Most of its powerful members were killed or injured, and its sect's treasured artifact was also severely damaged by the impact.
Under such circumstances, they would absolutely not survive the final sect war.
It's normal that it ultimately failed.
However, even though he knew that the Yintian Sect ultimately did not fare well, Yan was not particularly happy.
Because it knew that the Li Huo Sect and the Yin Tian Sect were probably just pawns in the schemes of those powerful Nascent Soul cultivators behind the scenes.
Lu Qing sensed Yan's silence and could probably understand its feelings.
However, he didn't say anything, but instead asked Han Ling Shuang.
"What about the Divine Talisman Sect? Has this sect boarded the Boundary-Breaking Ship?"
And what happened to the demon race and the sea race in the end?
Han Ling Shuang gave Lu Qing a strange look.
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She found that the Venerable One was indeed quite strange.
Despite knowing very little about the ancient times of cultivation, he seemed to know quite a bit about certain sects and could accurately name them.
However, despite feeling puzzled, she didn't show it, but thought about it for a moment.
He said, "The Divine Talisman Sect is naturally on the Boundary-Breaking Ship. According to records, this sect is extremely powerful."
Although the number of disciples within the sect is relatively small compared to other sects.
But each of his disciples was a prodigy, exceptionally powerful.
In particular, it was rumored that there were two Nascent Soul Realm experts in the Divine Talisman Sect at that time.
Such a powerful sect is naturally qualified to board the Boundary-Breaking Ship.
Even according to our ancestors' records, the Divine Talisman Sect didn't participate in the sect war at the time; they directly qualified to board the ship.
"As for the demon race and the sea race, both of these races are very mysterious."
Rumors circulated that as a great calamity was about to befall them, the leaders of the demon race, along with many powerful demons, vanished overnight.
The sea creatures reside in the deep sea, which is beyond the comprehension of human cultivators.
Therefore, no one knows what became of them in the end.
Did the demon race eventually disappear?
Upon hearing this, Lu Qing secretly made a mental note of it.
The reason he asked about this was naturally because of Xiao Li.
According to Yan, Xiao Li's parents are likely high-ranking members of the demon race.
If the demon race, like the high-ranking human cultivators, ultimately chose to leave this realm.
Then Xiao Li's parents may not have really perished.
"Your Excellency, you just said that there really are other worlds beyond the heavens?"
At this moment, Han Ling Shuang asked.
"Nature is real; not only do other worlds exist, but they are also vast and boundless."
However, those worlds are all very far away from our world.
Even a powerful being at the Nascent Soul stage, without the aid of magical artifacts and relying solely on their own cultivation, would likely take hundreds of years to reach the next world.
Lu Qing replied.
His words were not made up.
After killing the gray-robed man, he obtained a star map from his storage bag.
From that star map, he learned that the world he was in was located in a remote and dark border region.
Even within the star map, this area is not recorded.
The distance to the nearest world, to that vast expanse of space, is beyond description with data.
Not to mention that they also had to cross many unknown, dark, and void areas in between.
This is probably why those powerful beings at the Primordial Spirit level in the previous era of cultivation sought to forge the Boundary-Breaking Ship.
Without the guidance of a star map, even a powerful primordial spirit would be powerless and filled with despair in the face of that vast darkness of the starry sky.
"Even a Nascent Soul cultivator needs hundreds of years to travel?"
Han Ling Shuang was stunned when she heard this.
She is currently only at the Foundation Establishment stage, and it is still unknown whether she will be able to break through to the Golden Core stage in the future.
Therefore, she simply could not imagine how far away that distance was.
At the same time, she finally understood why her ancestors had gone and never returned.
Such a long distance meant that even if our ancestors eventually found a place to settle down...
I doubt anyone would be willing to spend so much time crossing the vast starry sky to come back.
"Well, so you don't need to worry about any problems with comprehending and practicing the technique I gave you."
The sect to which that cultivation technique belongs is in an incredibly distant world, and it's almost impossible for them to ever come to our world again.
From the markings on the star map he obtained, Lu Qing knew...
The two men in gray robes, who were fellow disciples, came here in the first place.
It was due to a stroke of luck, and also the miraculous power of the flying boat in the void.
Their sect is located in a vast world called "Tianyuan".
That world is extremely far away from here.
Just the spirit stones required to get here via the teleportation array are a considerable sum.
Let alone whether the gray-robed man's sect could deduce the location of their demise.
Even if it could be deduced, Lu Qing didn't believe that the other party would expend so many resources to go to an unknown place for two Golden Core disciples.
"Ling Shuang will keep in mind His Excellency's teachings."
When Han Ling Shuang saw Lu Qing mention the cultivation technique in the jade slip she held again, she immediately realized the importance of this technique.
She instinctively tightened her grip and solemnly replied.
Seeing his serious demeanor, Lu Qing finally smiled.
The reason he gave Han Ling Shuang this opportunity was because he greatly admired this woman.
Especially considering that she had willingly accepted Li Changbo's challenge for the sake of the people of Hanshui City, Lu Qinggao took a second look at her.
Perhaps in the eyes of many people, that is a very foolish act.
Even Lu Qing himself couldn't bring himself to sacrifice himself for others.
But that doesn't stop him from admiring such character.
Therefore, he was willing to give away a profound Golden Core Realm inheritance to help Han Ling Shuang break through to the next level.
Lu Qing gained a lot from this trip to Han Shui Palace.
However, it's time to leave.
Immediately, he said to Han Ling Shuang, "Palace Master, now that things are settled here, I should take my leave."
