Chapter 32: The Western Mystic Xuan

  "Great Xuan Yuan Seal!" Perhaps thinking of something, Zhang Zhenxuan sighed and exclaimed: "People only know that my Great Xuan Yuan Seal in the Western Xuan Cave Heaven is unparalleled in the world, with a shocking divine power. Alas, alas..."

  Huo Ran suddenly heard a sound of fog and water, and asked in doubt: "Cave Master, could it be that the Great Profound Heaven Seal still has some other hidden secrets?"

  When asked by Huo Ran like this, Zhang Zhenxuan raised his head and stared at his eyes, saying: "Do you think it's difficult to cultivate the Great Profound Origin Seal?"

  Huo Ran shook his head at this. At that time, he had only spent a few hours to successfully cultivate it, and for him, the Great Profound Heaven Seal was not as mysterious as others said.

  Seeing Huo Ran shake his head, Zhang Zhenxuan smiled self-deprecatingly: "I had forgotten that you were born with a clever and ingenious mind, your comprehension of any technique is even better than those with innate Dao bodies. But I can tell you very clearly, cultivating the Great Profound Origin Seal is extremely difficult, it's really tough!"

  Zhang Zhenxuan's face was serious, even more solemn than usual. He stood up and stretched out his hand to wipe the stone wall with blurry murals, and then his sleeve shook violently. The entire cave began to shake, and large pieces of dust fell from the stone wall.

  "What is this?!" When the cave stopped shaking, a series of clear paintings appeared on both sides of the stone walls. The paintings were all human figures, with different expressions, but each had an air of looking down on the world, and upon closer inspection, there were exactly nine on each side.

  Eighteen figures appeared on the stone wall, as if they really existed. A strong and terrifying aura emanated from them, causing Huo Ran to step back one step at a time until he retreated to the entrance of the cave before barely stopping himself.

  Too shocked, feeling the vast aura emanating from the figures on the stone wall, suddenly a face of shock. Who painted these? The brushwork, the person who drew this must have unimaginable power, more majestic than the masters of the various major forces outside the Blood Demon Palace!

  And suddenly, Hao Ran discovered that among these eighteen people, the aura they emitted had varying degrees of strength and weakness. The strongest one, however, was someone whose aura Hao Ran had only ever felt from the Blood God Emperor! Could it be that the Western Mystic Cave Heaven had once produced an emperor?!

  "This is the first time in nearly a million years that someone from our Western Mystic Realm has come out." Zhang Zhenxuan waved his hand, and the intense aura emanating from the stone wall was drawn back without being released. Seeing Huo Ran re-enter, he looked at those majestic figures with a sigh: "One door, eighteen saints, how brilliant our Western Mystic Realm was in the beginning! Even the Emperor's Dao lineage had to show respect! And these mural characters are also painted by each of the sages themselves."

  Huò Rán was entangled in that figure who was faintly emitting an imperial aura, pointing at him with a trembling voice: "That... is this gentleman the Great Emperor?"

  As soon as the words fell, Zhang Zhen's expression tightened, and after a moment, he seemed to have thought of something, shook his head and said: "You once entered the Blood Demon Palace, you must have felt the imperial power, it's not surprising that you would ask this. However, the Western Xuan ancestor is not an emperor, but a quasi-emperor."

  "Quasi-emperor?" Huo Ran's heart was greatly shocked. He had only been cultivating for a little over a year, and he already knew the general outline of the cultivation path. Cultivators first cultivate the Xuan Pin Gate, and once the Xuan Pin Gate is fully open, they are called Wang, then become Sheng, and finally become Da Di. As for Quasi-emperor, that was on the same level as the ancient demon god Chi You, although it was one level weaker than Da Di, but still had the character "Di", with divine powers far beyond what a Sheng could compare to!

  "Not bad!"

  Zhang Zhenxuan nodded and revealed a little-known secret: "In the past, the Western Xuanzu Shifu was gifted with extraordinary talent, and countless people thought he would surely ascend to the throne. However, at the same time, there emerged a Mu Taiching, and in the end, the Western Xuanzu Shifu was suppressed by Mu Taiching, reenacting the tragic fate of the Demon God, and retreating in defeat on the path to the throne. Yet even so, the Great Xuan Yuan Seal Technique he created was still praised by the Taiqing Emperor as a divine skill and immortal art!"

  "The Jiuli Sect has a legend of obtaining the Emperor's Sword without leaving the Great Emperor, and our Xixuan Cave Heaven also has a legend of obtaining the Emperor's Law without leaving the Great Emperor!"

  Huo Ran: "!!!!!!"

  He really didn't expect that the founder of the Great Profound Origin Seal would be from the same era as Emperor Mu, and the technique he created was even praised by the emperor as a divine skill!

  When mentioning the grandeur of the Great Xuan Yuan Seal, Zhang Zhenxuan proudly said with a sigh: "However, the Western Xuan Ancestor was only a quasi-emperor and could not fully comprehend the great emperor's Tao fruit. Although the Great Xuan Yuan Seal has the power of the imperial law, there are some drawbacks in cultivation, it is not as smooth as the true imperial law, which also makes cultivation extremely difficult."

  As he spoke, he pointed to the silhouettes on the stone wall and said: "Except for Western Xuan Zu Shi, the other seventeen sages were all highly talented, most of whom had practiced the Great Xuan Yuan Seal, but none of them truly succeeded!"

  "Not even one?!" Huo Ran was shocked once again. These people's cultivation had all reached the Sacred Realm, proving that their innate talents far surpassed those of ordinary people. Yet not a single one of them had successfully cultivated the Great Profound Origin Seal. Could it be that this seal was truly so difficult to cultivate?

  Zhang Zhenxuan nodded and then shook his head, saying in the midst of Huo Ran's confusion: "Actually, their cultivation on the Great Xuantu Seal has reached a certain level, and they can also display it. However, they have never grasped the true meaning behind it, only managing to capture its form but not its spirit. As a result, its power is greatly discounted."

  It seems that he finally understood. Indeed, when he first practiced it, he only managed to bring out the seal, but not the white tiger's virtual shadow. It wasn't until he fought against Wang Xu that he suddenly had an epiphany and brought out the legendary 'divine technique'. If it weren't for this opportunity, he might have never known the true power of the Great Profound Heaven Seal in his entire life.

  The cave suddenly became quiet, and Huo Ran raised his head nonchalantly, only to meet Zhang Zhenxuan's enigmatic gaze. He asked somewhat unnaturally, "Uh... Cave Master, you didn't specifically look for me just to tell me these things, did you?"

  At this time, Huo Ran couldn't help but think to himself, "This old man wouldn't also be a good fighter, would he?" Thinking of this, he subtly retreated a few steps back, still keeping a certain distance from the old man.

  Zhang Zhenxuan flatly refused to let Huo Ran's thoughts be revealed, but upon hearing his words, her eyes showed a hint of appreciation. She thought to herself that this young man was cautious in his thinking, and slowly said: "Of course it's not just these things. After cultivating the Great Profound Origin Seal, you have some qualifications for certain matters, but now is not the time to fully understand them, so... go back."

  Hearing the old man's words, Huo Ran let out a sigh of relief and was about to turn around and walk out of the cave when he suddenly thought of something and hastily said: "Cave Master, I'd like to go out for a few days, is that okay?"

  At first, he inadvertently agreed to help Li Yan take care of Li Yingying, a silly little girl with an extremely yin body. At this time, it was less than a year before Li Yingying's next extreme cold attack, but Huoran had not yet found a solution, so he planned to go out for a trip. Even if he couldn't find any heavenly treasure to suppress the extremely yin body again, he could still protect Li Yingying's last bit of true spirit from being destroyed, and then seal this little girl with the formation method recorded on the Qiankun diagram. In short, no matter what, he couldn't just watch her die in front of him.

  After being in the business world for a few years, Huo Ran developed the habit of keeping his promises. A businessman must be honest and trustworthy.

  "The turmoil outside about you cannot be calmed, if you go out now, aren't you afraid of not being able to return?" The old man who had long known some secrets about Huo Ran closed his eyes, with an unfathomable expression.

  "Hmm... " Huo Ran said with some embarrassment: "I promised someone something, I can't back out now. When you receive a favor from someone, you have to be loyal and keep your promise! Even if there are knives and fire in front of me, I'll still charge forward!" Although Huo Ran's tone was nonchalant, his voice was unusually firm.

  "Whoosh!"

  Zhang Zhenxuan suddenly opened his eyes, with a flash of light in them.

  "A resolute heart is the foundation of a cultivator. I hope you can always maintain this state of mind, otherwise it will be impossible to go far on this path!" As soon as he finished speaking, the old man closed his eyes again, and his whole body seemed like a stone statue, with his breathing sometimes existing and sometimes not, fluttering and uncertain.

  Upon hearing the old man's ambiguous words, he suddenly trembled slightly and then hastily bowed his head in respect. With the old man's last words hidden in his mind, he turned around steadily and left.

  In order to return to his hometown, to overthrow the idea of those who look down on him, he must go on resolutely, although this road may be filled with blood and bones, ice and fire, and even possible to fall halfway, but what's wrong? The future belongs only to those who dare to venture! (I brought salt for myself...)