What surprised Joe Di was that the white teleportation vortex actually persisted for quite a long time before gradually weakening. If there were enough immortal spirit energy to sustain it, this teleportation vortex would certainly last even longer...
Enough immortal spirit energy—Joe Di suddenly felt something odd at this thought. His divine sense immediately swept over the seventy-two supreme immortal spirit veins in his Ninth World.
When he first collected these supreme immortal spirit veins, he hadn't thought much of it. Now, as his divine sense deliberately scanned them, he instantly noticed something amiss. On each of these spirit veins, there were intricate Dao patterns. With Joe Di's insight, he immediately understood their purpose.
These Dao patterns were clearly spirit-gathering patterns for a teleportation array. In other words, if he kept these spirit veins in his ring, regardless of whether he was in Harmony Hall, as long as the white talisman shattered, his ring would explode. When the ring burst, those seventy-two supreme immortal spirit veins would be released.
The Dao patterns on these seventy-two supreme immortal spirit veins would form a spirit-gathering immortal array, which primarily served to supply immortal spirit energy to the white teleportation array.
Powerful—truly formidable. Not only was Jaden Dai strong, he was also incredibly cunning. This old fox wasn't just any scoundrel; he was rotten to the core.
He made people acknowledge him as master, forced them to activate the teleportation vortex, and lured four individuals who carried the fate energy and suppressing treasures of the Immortal Realm. Even the gifts he gave to disciples were reclaimed for another use—he exploited people over and over again.
If he didn't cultivate rule-based Dao, didn't possess the Ninth World, he would have ended up drinking Jaden Dai's foot-washing water. In the future, he must be wary of this fellow.
Joe Di grabbed a few mid-grade immortal spirit veins from his ring and tossed them into the teleportation vortex. Before those four arrived, he couldn't let this teleportation array stop.
Although the immortal spirit energy in the mid-grade veins was insufficient, it was enough to keep the teleportation running for a while without stopping.
Once the teleportation array resumed operation, Joe Di sat at its perimeter, sensing the array's rule-based aura.
To be honest, Joe Di hadn't cared much about this teleportation array at first. He thought it must have been set up by someone from the Upper Realm, and that its methods differed from his own array techniques—he could only watch with curiosity.
As Joe Di captured the aura of array laws one after another, he sensed a completely new method of array construction from this teleportation array, and began to feel admiration.
Moreover, his earlier guess had been wrong. This teleportation array wasn't set up by a powerful cultivator from the Upper Realm, but by an array master from the Immortal Realm, whose cultivation was likely no stronger than Joe Di's current level. Strictly speaking, this array master had only set up half of the array—a partial array.
So-called partial arrays mostly appear in teleportation arrays. One side is set up first, and after it's completed, the other side is set up...
When Joe Di thought of this, he even felt a chill in his heart. He began deducing that this teleportation array was set up by Jaden Dai. Back when Jaden Dai was still an Immortal Emperor, he had already started collecting the fortune of the Immortal Realm. First, he established Harmony Hall, then somehow arranged for each of the four Immortal Continents to have someone gather the realm's fortune for him.
That wasn't all—he also set up a teleportation array in Harmony Hall to travel to the Upper Realm. After completing these steps, Jaden Dai teleported to the next realm, continued studying array techniques, and then set up the other end of this teleportation array, perfecting it...
Bowie Zhou nodded. "Long ago, the Aurora Immortal Continent produced a cultivator of peerless talent named Jaden Tian. Not only was he born with a Dao body, able to instantly comprehend and refine his own Dao patterns for any path, he also obtained a set of primordial treasures. That set of treasures was called the Five Directional Banners (also known as the Five Element Banners—ancient artifacts tied to the world's elemental forces)..."
Five Directional Banners? Joe Di interrupted Bowie Zhou, "How do you know about this?"
Bowie Zhou clenched his fists and said, "Because the Five Directional Banners originally belonged to my Zhou family. Jaden Tian's talent was extraordinary, so my ancestor, Elder Dust Zhou, accepted him as a disciple and married his only daughter, Raina Zhou, to him, even planning to pass the Five Directional Banners to Jaden Tian in the future..."
At this point, Bowie Zhou took a deep breath, his voice filled with urgent murderous intent. "But Jaden Tian, that beast, plotted against my ancestor on his wedding night and stole the Five Directional Banners. When he ambushed Elder Dust Zhou, he said he couldn't wait any longer—he needed the Five Directional Banners for something important, so he had to kill my ancestor. He even vowed to wipe out my Zhou family, telling my ancestor to rest assured..."
Joe Di waited for three whole days. When the glow of the teleportation array dimmed again, a streak of light rapidly approached.
Joe Di recognized the newcomer, but he couldn't believe this person was helping Jaden Dai collect the fortune of the Immortal Realm.
The visitor was Master Bowie Zhou, Sect Master of Swordshift Immortal Sect. Among the five Immortal Emperors of Magic Garment Immortal Continent, Joe Di had the best impression of Bowie Zhou. Even if Mona Chancy came, Joe Di wouldn't be surprised—the only oddity was Bowie Zhou.
He was confident he wasn't mistaken—Bowie Zhou's sword Dao carried an indomitable, unyielding aura, one Joe Di had only witnessed at the Skyblade Sect.
Such a person—Joe Di absolutely did not believe he would become Jaden Dai's lackey and gather the realm's fortune.
"Daoist Joe, how come you're here?" Bowie Zhou was even more surprised than Joe Di to see him at the array's perimeter, his astonishment mixed with delight.
Joe Di smiled slightly. "I was just about to ask how Sect Master Zhou ended up here."
"I see," Bowie Zhou said, gazing at the now-fading teleportation vortex. "Daoist Joe, you must have come for this vortex, right? What a coincidence. But you must never approach it—if I'm not mistaken, this was set up by a ruthless figure from the Upper Realm."
Joe Di looked at Bowie Zhou in confusion, not understanding what he meant. If Bowie Zhou was chosen by Jaden Dai, he shouldn't need to say these things. If he wasn't, then how would he know about them?
"How did Sect Master Zhou know?" Joe Di asked casually.
(This chapter is not yet finished~.~ Please click 'Next Page' to continue reading the exciting content!)
Bowie Zhou sighed, "Actually, I intended to invite you here, but I didn't expect this teleportation vortex to suddenly appear. I couldn't find you in time, so I came alone. To arrive here quickly, I used up two top-grade ninth-level Immortal Escape Talismans."
Joe Di didn't interrupt. He sensed that Bowie Zhou was about to reveal something he wanted to know.
As expected, Bowie Zhou continued, "I've heard that Daoist Joe comes from the Quadrant Immortal Continent, so you must know about its Nirvana event. In fact, the decline of the Quadrant Immortal Continent was entirely man-made."
Joe Di grew solemn—Bowie Zhou truly knew something. He cupped his fists. "Please enlighten me, Sect Master Zhou."
Bowie Zhou nodded. "Long ago, the Aurora Immortal Continent produced a cultivator of peerless talent named Jaden Tian. Not only was he born with a Dao body, able to instantly comprehend and refine his own Dao patterns for any path, he also obtained a set of primordial treasures. That set of treasures was called the Five Directional Banners, also known as the Five Element Banners..."
Five Element Banners? Joe Di interrupted Bowie Zhou, "How do you know about this?"
Bowie Zhou clenched his fists and said, "Because the Five Directional Banners originally belonged to my Zhou family. Jaden Tian's talent was extraordinary, so my ancestor, Elder Dust Zhou, accepted him as a disciple and married his only daughter, Raina Zhou, to him, even planning to pass the Five Directional Banners to Jaden Tian in the future..."
At this point, Bowie Zhou took a deep breath, his voice filled with urgent murderous intent. "But Jaden Tian, that beast, plotted against my ancestor on his wedding night and stole the Five Directional Banners. When he ambushed Elder Dust Zhou, he said he couldn't wait any longer—he needed the Five Element Banners for something important, so he had to kill my ancestor. He even vowed to wipe out my Zhou family, telling my ancestor to rest assured..."
Hearing this, Joe Di realized that Jaden Tian hadn't fulfilled his threat, otherwise Bowie Zhou wouldn't exist. What intrigued him was how Bowie Zhou knew all these details, and knew them so precisely.
(Only one update today. Good night, friends!)