288Chapter 287 The Jade Pendants Are Finally Collected the Secret Realm of Inheritance

The cultivator’s smile faltered slightly, and a hint of coldness appeared in his eyes.

Then he chuckled and said, “Since you’ve already tried, why should I? I am Yun Buyi, a humble cultivator. The four people behind me are my good friends. May I ask your honorable name and which immortal mountain you cultivate on?”

Hua Yuan had disguised himself and even changed his body shape, so naturally no one recognized him.

As for Yun Buyi, he most likely disguised himself and changed his appearance, so no one knows what his real face looks like.

Hua Yuan glanced at him and said indifferently, “I am Li Yuan, a wandering cultivator. These three are also my friends.”

“Li Yuan…”

This name is too ordinary; in a mortal city, there would be at least eight or ten thousand of them.

Clearly, he, like himself, was using a fake name…

Yun Buyi pondered to himself, then took another careful look at Yu Xian, Wei Yun, and Shen Ce.

Yu Xian has reached the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment cultivation.

Shen Ce and Wei Yun both exhibited pseudo-core aura fluctuations.

Shen and Wei made a mental note of it, knowing that these two pseudo-core pills might be a major obstacle when they entered the inheritance secret realm later.

Of course, although this Li Yuan was using an alias and his cultivation level was only at the late Foundation Establishment stage, his aura was imposing, clearly indicating that he had a very deep foundation!

Furthermore, the fact that he dared to bring two pseudo-core cultivators, unafraid that they might be tempted by his wealth and kill him to seize his inheritance, means that his strength is definitely greater than that of these two pseudo-core cultivators!

He was confident and capable of suppressing the greed of these two fake pills, just as he himself had!

It’s even more likely that he used some method to conceal his cultivation level, only releasing the fluctuations of the late Foundation Establishment stage, while in fact he was also at the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment.

Be careful and watch out for him… If a fight breaks out, you must kill him with all your might!

As for that Foundation Establishment Great Perfection…

His cultivation aura was only slightly more robust, which was considered excellent among those who had reached the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment. Unfortunately, here he was only at the bottom.

Because the two Foundation Establishment Great Perfection Daoist friends he brought with him had much more powerful auras than him.

After quickly assessing the strength of the four individuals, Yun Buyi smiled and said, “So it’s Fellow Daoist Li Yuan. Greetings, may we all go and wait together?”

Hua Yuandu said calmly, “Do as you please.”

Yun Buyi smiled and nodded, then turned to look at the four people behind him.

The four people nodded slightly and walked over with Yun Buyi.

Of course, Yun Buyi was also too embarrassed to sit with Yu Xian and Hua Yuan.

Therefore, they stopped about five or six zhang apart, found places to sit down, and continued to wait.

There’s no need to try the stone gate. Li Yuan is right; if they could get in, they would have already done so.

Clearly, we must wait until all the jade pendants are collected before we can open the stone door and enter the secret realm of inheritance left behind by the Void Returning expert!

And so, all around quieted down again, and the nine people sat in meditation and cultivated themselves, but their thoughts became increasingly complicated.

There is only one successor, but there are four successors, plus friends and relatives who have come to help. Who knows how many people will be there later!

Everything seems calm and peaceful now, but the struggles and battles to come… are absolutely unavoidable!

That was a plundering spree where everyone except one party had to be wiped out…

Yu Xian remained calm, continuing his cultivation with his eyes closed. All of this was within his expectations; he had thought it through long ago, which was why he and Hua Yuan had come together.

The struggle for inheritance is inherently a life-or-death struggle; otherwise, Hua Yuan wouldn’t have sought him out to kill people.

And so another day passed.

Suddenly, everyone moved and looked into the depths of the dense forest again, only to see three more people burst through the forest and fly over.

The leader of the three was a beautiful woman with a Foundation Establishment Great Perfection cultivation level, followed by two men with pseudo-Core Formation auras.

The three men were all taken aback when they saw the nine people sitting cross-legged in front of them, but the female cultivator quickly recovered and slowed down to land. From a distance of more than a hundred feet, she spoke softly, “Fellow Daoists in front, are you together?”

If those nine people are together, then she needs to be extremely careful!

Considering the immense value of this heritage, I felt that I had already done my best by bringing two close friends to assist me.

Unexpectedly, someone was not afraid of being robbed and brought eight more people with them?

Upon hearing this, Yun Buyi smiled and said, “Fellow Daoist, you are overthinking it. We are not together. You can tell just by looking at our positions, can’t you?”

Hua Yuandu did not speak, but only glanced at the female cultivator before looking away.

I still don’t recognize them.

“I see.”

The female cultivator’s wary expression eased slightly, and she smiled gently, saying, “I am Gao Yu, and these two fellow Daoists are my good friends. May I ask your honorable names, fellow Daoists?”

“So it is the High Immortal. This humble Taoist is Yun Buyi.”

“Li Yuan.”

Yun Buyi replied with a smile.

Hua Yuandu said it in a calm tone.

Gao Yu laughed and asked, “Why don’t you two brothers enter the inheritance secret realm?”

Yun Buyi smiled faintly and said, “We can’t go in. We have to wait for everyone to arrive and collect all the jade pendants before we can enter together.”

Gao Yu’s eyes flashed, and he nodded, saying, “I see. Then let’s see how many jade pendant fragments are still missing? Perhaps the three of us can piece them together perfectly.”

“oh?”

Yun Buyi’s expression shifted, and he smiled, “Then you can take a look. This is a fragment of my jade pendant.”

As he spoke, Yun Buyi raised his hand and flipped it over, revealing a fragment of a jade pendant in his palm.

Upon seeing this, Gao Yu also raised her hand and took out a fragment of her jade pendant.

Hua Yuan didn’t say anything, but simply reached out and showed the fragments of his jade pendant.

The three of them glanced at each other’s fragments and immediately understood that the jade pendant was missing a piece.

Because the jade pendant fragments of the three people can only be pieced together to form three sides, there is clearly one side missing.

“It seems there is another fellow Daoist on the way.”

Yun Buyi flipped his hand to put away the fragment of the jade pendant and said with a smile, “Then let’s wait for him to come.”

“Hey, what if that person can’t come, or dies on the way?”

Hua Yuandu, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke, his face full of amusement.

Upon hearing this, Yun Buyi and Gao Yu were both stunned.

That’s really hard to hear!

But that’s also true…

What if the guy with the fourth jade pendant fragment really died on the way, or didn’t even come at all…?

“Hahaha.”

Hua Yuandu suddenly burst into laughter and said, “Don’t worry, those who can activate the jade pendant fragment are all geniuses. How could they perish on the way? If they really did perish, how could the jade pendant not react? Just wait for him to come!”

“Hehe, Fellow Daoist Li is right.”

Yun Buyi chuckled dryly and nodded.

Gao Yu looked at Hua Yuandu carefully, then smiled slightly and said, “Yes, Brother Dao is absolutely right. I was overthinking it.”

After saying that, she turned to the two pseudo-Dan cultivators and whispered a few words to them before walking over.

About ten feet away from the two groups of people, Gao Yu and the other two found a spot to sit cross-legged and wait for the arrival of the fourth person.

But just as Gao Yu and his two companions sat down, before they even had a chance to warm up, another strange movement came from the depths of the dense forest ahead.

Everyone suddenly turned their heads to look into the distance.

Four more figures rushed out of the dense forest and flew away.

Everyone’s finally here!

At that moment, everyone was thinking the same thing.

Of the four people, three were at the Pseudo-Core Formation Realm and one was at the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment Realm.

The moment they came out, they naturally saw Hua Yuandu, Yun Buyi, and Gao Yu’s three teams.

Like the former, the cultivator at the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment immediately raised his hand and stopped, his face solemn, his eyes filled with vigilance as he looked at the twelve people in front of him.

“Fellow Daoist, you’ve finally arrived!”

Yun Buyi laughed heartily, “We’re just missing you! Come on, let’s put the jade pendants together and open the inheritance secret realm together. With such a fortunate connection, we should help each other and obtain the secret realm’s inheritance together once we’re inside!”

The cultivator frowned slightly, clearly deep in thought.

Gao Yu spoke softly, “Brother Dao, the four of us each hold a fragment of a jade pendant. We were all guided by our jade pendants to come here to retrieve the inheritance of that powerful Void Returning expert. Now that we are all here, it is the perfect time to open the secret realm inheritance site.”

The cultivator’s eyes flashed, and he quickly understood. He then smiled and said, “So you fellow Daoists arrived first. I am late and have kept you waiting.”

After speaking, he whispered a few words to the three pseudo-Dan cultivators behind him, then smiled and strode forward.

At this point, all four groups of people had arrived.

“May I ask your name, my friend? I am Yun Buyi, a humble Taoist.”

Yun Buyi asked again with a smile.

“I am Gao Yu, a humble Taoist priest.”

“Li Yuan, a rogue cultivator.”

Gao Yu and Hua Yuan also spoke up.

Upon hearing this, the cultivator chuckled and said, “Greetings, fellow Daoists. I am Zhou Feng, a humble rogue cultivator.”

They were all “freelance practitioners,” and everyone knew that in their hearts.

“Hehe, it’s fate that we’ve met. Let’s go open the door to the inheritance!”

Yun Buyi chuckled softly and led the way.

Gao Yu, along with Zhou Feng and the other two who had just arrived, also stepped forward to the stone gate.

Hua Yuandu had been standing in front of the door all along, so he simply got up.

At this moment, the four inheritors stood together, while their respective assistants were scattered in four different places, their faces either calm or relaxed as they looked over here.

However, despite their apparent calm, each of them was extremely vigilant!

The four inheritors conversed with each other, their faces beaming with laughter. Dao Zhen seemed to be a friend, about to enter the secret realm of inheritance together and share the legacy.

But nobody knows if they’ll suddenly start fighting each other to the death!

Once they start fighting, a massive melee will immediately erupt!

“Alright, everyone’s here.”

Hua Yuan glanced at the three people who had walked to the door and said indifferently, “Take out your jade pendants and put them together to see if you can open this stone door. After all, the idea that jade pendants can open the door is just my guess.”

As he spoke, he simply took out a fragment of his jade pendant.

Seeing this, the other three stopped arguing and each took out their own jade pendant fragments.

In an instant, everyone’s attention was drawn to the four jade pendant fragments.

Even Yu Xian, who had been calmly meditating, looked over.

Four jade pendants lit up, and as they appeared simultaneously, they seemed to be attracted to each other and flew up together in the air to form a complete jade pendant.

Hua Yuandu, Yun Buyi, Gao Yu, and Zhou Feng all looked on with serious expressions as they observed carefully.

Suddenly, the jade pendant, which had been assembled into a single piece, flew toward the stone gate. The ancient and imposing stone gate then revealed a groove that perfectly matched the jade pendant, allowing it to fit snugly into the groove.

Rumble!

The next moment, the stone door roared and slowly opened, revealing the distorted light of the passage inside!

Yu Xian had seen this kind of passage once before; it was the entrance passage to the Xuan Tian Secret Realm.

Clearly, this inheritance secret realm is an independent space, a small space created by that Void Returning Great Power!

Bang!

As everyone stared in slight disbelief at the twisting, rotating passage, the jade pendant flew out again, splitting into four pieces that floated in the air.

Upon seeing this, Hua Yuandu suddenly raised his hand.

The other three were no slower than Hua Yuan, and they acted almost simultaneously, each grabbing a piece.

The four exchanged glances, all seeing the apprehension in each other’s eyes, and then they all laughed again.

Yun Buyi said, “Now that the gate is open, to avoid us from suspecting each other, why don’t we go in together?”

“Let’s go in together.”

Hua Yuandu said calmly, “After all, everyone will hesitate about who goes first and who goes last.”

“Okay, let’s go in together.”

“Then let’s go in together.”

Gao Yu and Zhou Feng nodded in agreement.

Yun Buyi smiled and said, “That’s good. But the passage isn’t very big. How about we go in first, and then our fellow Daoists who came with us can come in later?”

“Can.”

Hua Yuandu said calmly, “That’s settled then, let’s go in.”

As he spoke, he took the first step, and the other three followed suit. The passage, which was about ten feet wide, was just enough for the four of them to walk side by side.

But then, all four of them disappeared into the passage at the same time.

The four inheritors have entered the secret realm of inheritance.

The remaining four groups, without further ado, all rushed into the passage carefully and quickly.

Yu Xian then stood up, but he was in no hurry. The situation was still undecided, and a battle was not going to happen.

Because whoever strikes first becomes the target of everyone’s criticism, and it could easily lead to a situation where the snipe and the clam fight while the fisherman benefits, so no one would be that foolish.

So he and the others all went inside, and then he followed behind, stepping into the twisted passage.

A flash of light, and the next moment he entered a world of his own.

The sky here is clear, but there is no sun. The spiritual energy around is very thin, and the whole world is filled with a sense of oppression.

Those who arrived earlier had already gathered, forming four groups.

Yu Xian, with a calm expression, stepped to Hua Yuandu’s side.

“Alright, everyone’s here.”

Yun Buyi smiled and said, “Now that we have arrived at the blessed land created by the Void Returning Great Master, his legacy must be here. I just don’t know if this senior left any tests.”

Whether there will be a test or not, we will know once we go.

Zhou Feng said something indifferently, and then led the three pseudo-core experts towards the center of this blessed land.

“Indeed, we’ll find out soon enough.”

Gao Yu smiled slightly and quickly followed, accompanied by two pseudo-Dan level experts.

The others naturally refused to fall behind. Yun Buyi and Hua Yuan both changed their expressions and led the people behind them forward quickly.

The four groups of people walked side by side, spaced two or three zhang apart, towards the center.

Yu Xian walked along, looking around.

Although this place is a blessed land, it has lost its owner and has aged considerably over time.

Perhaps one day they will be assimilated into the larger world and disappear completely.

The spiritual energy is thin, the atmosphere is oppressive, and there is a faint aura of death; these are all signs.

This place… is not a good place.

Just as the four teams had walked more than two miles forward, a voice filled with deep sorrow suddenly echoed between heaven and earth.

“You…have come…”

The four teams of sixteen people were all startled and stopped in their tracks, scanning their surroundings, wondering where the sound came from!

“Ten thousand years… finally all gathered… Heaven’s will allows my legacy to continue…”

The sound continued.

Zhou Feng’s expression changed slightly. He looked up at the sky and shouted, “Are you the master of this place’s inheritance?! Senior, you’re still alive?!”

“My original body has long since perished… I am merely a test consciousness left behind by my original body… If I still haven’t gathered all the necessary elements in another thousand years, I will perish along with this grotto-heaven. Fortunately, you have come; it is the will of Heaven…”

“Senior, who are you?”

Yun Buyi also looked up at the sky and asked again.

A Void Returning Realm expert will surely be renowned throughout the ages; even if they perish, their name will be remembered forever.

After all, even a Nascent Soul expert can be famous for tens of thousands of years, let alone a Deity Transformation expert or even a Void Return expert!

However, that thought obviously wouldn’t answer his question. Instead, it slowly said, “I left behind a legacy that will only be passed on to one person. Now, there are sixteen of you here. Four are the main ones, and twelve are the secondary ones. All of you will have the opportunity to obtain it!”