Chapter 1134: Chapter 1034: Vortex Killing Artifact
After Wen Ping left, Zi Ran stepped towards the entrance of the Vortex Art Palace, his gaze lingering for a while on the two unfamiliar elders.
Realizing he couldn’t sense their realm at all, Zi Ran understood these must be the seniors hidden by the Immortal Sect before.
In other sects, Zi Ran might think their realm isn’t high.
But in the Immortal Sect, where even Half-Step Celestial Unrestricted individuals plant trees, Zi Ran felt there was nothing impossible.
Zi Ran respectfully bowed, saying, "Zi Ran greets the two seniors!"
Unexpectedly, the two elders also bowed respectfully to him, far more respectfully than Zi Ran’s bow just now.
The two spoke in unison.
"The two of us humbly welcome Elder Zi Ran’s arrival!"
Zi Ran was momentarily at a loss, could only smile awkwardly and then said, "Seniors, no need for such a great courtesy toward me."
"We are merely small Guardian Envoys at the Vortex Art Palace, Elder Zi Ran returns as an Elder of the Immortal Sect, we should pay respects." The two elders kept their respectful stance and then gestured invitingly, "We just observed Elder Zi Ran’s talent just now and found that although Elder Zi Ran has already mastered the Four Vortexes Vortex Skill, it’s earned through time and hard practice, entirely without natural talent, so the two of us think that Elder Zi Ran shouldn’t walk solely the path of the Vortex Map."
"Seniors, indeed have sharp eyes." Zi Ran smiled bitterly.
If he had extraordinary talent back then, he wouldn’t have been relegated to a forsaken disciple, bringing shame to the whole family, eventually having to escape to the Heaven and Earth Lake to hide.
Yet upon hearing the last words of the two Guardian Envoys, a gleam flashed in Zi Ran’s eyes, and with expectations he pursued, "Seniors, I don’t know how I should walk this path? To be honest, this is my life’s pursuit. If I can’t reach the peak in this path, even if I die, I’d find it hard to rest in peace."
"Please enter, Elder Zi Ran." After deducting 100 Sect Task Points from Zi Ran, the two elders welcomed Zi Ran into the Vortex Art Palace, then led Zi Ran forward a hundred steps, reaching three Vortex Heavenly Stairs, "Master Zi Ran, you should predominantly walk the path of the Vortex Killing Artifact, supplementing with auxiliary items like the Vortex Map, thus undoubtedly having boundless prospects in the future."
After speaking, the two Guardian Envoys simultaneously pointed out that on the right was the Vortex Heavenly Stairs, indicating Zi Ran to ascend them.
Zi Ran did not question, stepping onto the Vortex Heavenly Stairs.
Wanting to look back to ask one more thing, but the two Guardian Envoys were already nowhere to be seen behind him, with only the boundless vast starry sky behind.
The stars shimmered around, giving Zi Ran a mysterious feeling, while also having a very distinct allure.
It seemed to be summoning him!
Zi Ran immediately looked at a starlight, and upon looking, was shocked. Just taking a glance at the starlight, Zi Ran saw a scene—a Vortex Divine Artisan with One Vortex crafting a long sword, once the sword was forged, it sliced into steel, incredibly corroding the steel instantly!
"This must be the Vortex Killing Artifact that the two Guardian Envoys mentioned? In other words, weapons that carry special abilities."
Zi Ran exclaimed.
So not only can the Vortex Map carry special abilities.
Weapons can too!
"As the Sect Leader said, this Vortex Killing Artifact can change this world."
Previous weapons at most corresponded with the Meridian Gate, boosting overall strength.
This aspect was exactly the same as the effect of the Vortex Map; the former boosting Vein Technique, the latter boosting power and such.
Also because the crafting of vortex artifacts is far more expensive than vortex maps, only a few people invite Vortex Divine Artisans to craft them; and because vortex weapons’ enhancement, though accumulating, is far less practical than enhancing Vein Technique, so not many specifically design vortex weapons.
If a Vortex Killing Artifact emerges, the future will be entirely different.
Thinking of this, Zi Ran ravenously watched the scene within the starlight, gradually getting engrossed, staying entirely at the first tier for a day before stepping onto the second tier.
It took a few more days at the second tier before moving to the third tier.
Clearly, the first ten tiers merely feature One Vortex Vortex Skill, yet Zi Ran was unwilling to leave, only standing at the fifth tier after a hundred days.
As five hours passed outside, five hundred days within the Vortex Heavenly Stairs, Zi Ran finally stood at the tenth tier, ready to step onto the eleventh.
But just as he was about to step forward, Zi Ran halted.
She didn’t know time was running short.
She only knew she lacked the capability to stand on the eleventh tier now, unless she truly crafted a One Vortex Vortex Killing Artifact.
The next second, Zi Ran left the Vortex Art Palace, briskly heading to her residence against the morning sun, then dashing into her room as everyone watched in surprise.
Because along the way, no matter who paid respect to Zi Ran, she appeared as if she hadn’t seen or heard them.
Only focused on quickly moving forward!
This was completely unlike the usually amiable Master Zi Ran.
"What happened to Elder Zi Ran?"
"Such urgency, has something major occurred?"
"Could something have gone wrong?"
Seeing all this, everyone promptly went to inform H Lan; as a disciple of Master Zi Ran, H Lan hurriedly went to knock on Master Zi Ran’s residence door but after observing for a while, no sound could be heard from inside.
This made H Lan and the people behind him change their expressions slightly, prompting them to quickly head to Tingyu Pavilion to see Wen Ping.
"Sect Leader, something terrible, something has happened to Master Zi Ran."
"Master Zi Ran acted very unusual today, ignored everyone calling her, returned to her residence and went silent, no response no matter how much we knock."
H Lan and Zhantian Qingxuan expressed their worry one by one.
