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He spoke of the Dao for a full hour,

and had the ghost scholar collect questions that these players wanted to ask, providing centralized answers. Of course, there was a limit to the number of questions players could ask, with each player only allowed to ask three questions.

Even so, this still excited the players who served as ghostly messengers immensely.

Tan Shuchang did this simply to establish a foundational level of trust by spending a fortune to buy a horse's bones, so that if one day he wanted to introduce something like "Langshou King Money" as a currency, it would be more convenient.

After all, those top Immortal Sects had performed a spectacle of lying down and reaping the world with their Xuan Dynasty Seals for Tan Shuchang.

If those Immortal Sects could do such a thing, then why couldn't his Sacred Gate?

If he succeeded in this endeavor, by that time, he would only need to set an appropriate price for the ghosts, and there would be plenty of ghost sent by the players and even other ghosts!

Once Tan Shuchang had dealt with all these miscellaneous matters, he called over his canine-headed military advisor.

He then handed it the token.
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"Your Majesty, the text on this token is remarkably profound. Although I do not recognize it and have never seen it before, when I glance at it now, I understand its meaning instantly. Is this token related to that place you've mentioned?"

The ghost scholar took the token and was immediately greatly shocked.

"Your Majesty, what's recorded here is a place called the Path of the Ancient Yin, and this token is used to open the gates of the Path of the Ancient Yin, as well as to avoid those meant for the Yin people." In the midst of his shock, the canine-headed advisor did not forget to convey to Tan Shuchang everything he saw.

Though curious about the Path of the Ancient Yin, as its records were indeed mysterious, claiming that one could become a human after traversing the Path, and a human could become an Immortal,

such matters ultimately felt too far-fetched for him.

Instead of fixating on those, he was more concerned with the promotion ceremony Tan Shuchang would grant him after opening the fourth domain and truly becoming the King of Langshou.

Knowing well that the chances of promoting himself were slim, the ghost scholar sought shortcuts.

Though not as fierce as the Green Stripe-Splitting Ghost, being able to evenly match General Huai at the outset shows that he was no ordinary ghost, possessing some unique murder rules.

If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will suffer the consequences.

This was the murder rule of the canine-headed advisor.

And this was also why he was dispatched to Langshou Ghost City, with General Huai holding a deep grudge against him.

Because of this murder rule, it might not be very effective against living beings, but it proved surprisingly effective against those high in status.

The murder rules of ghosts were not limited to murdering.

The term "murder rules" came into use solely because the three realms cultivated players.

After listening to his canine-headed advisor's explanation, Tan Shuchang was somewhat surprised because he had never heard of the Path of the Ancient Yin before. During his time with the Tan family, he had read various kinds of miscellaneous books, including travel tales and accounts.

"Could it also be related to the Three Proofs, snatched away by one of them?" Tan Shuchang couldn't help but take out the material he had obtained by slaughtering that hazy figure.

This material, although somewhat different from the token, shared at least seventy to eighty percent similarity.

This indicated that both originated from the same location.

The substance used to forge the token was probably of lesser quality, while that used to make something that can withstand cross-realm forces was of a better grade.

Clear about these details, and with the hazy figure's evident mastery of the Sword Dao, Tan Shuchang also managed to confirm this figure's identity.

"Was that the ancestor of the Handless Sword Mountain?"

Because this token came from Zhao Huaiji, the likelihood is that it belonged to his ancestor; moreover, there's a chance that the true identity behind that blurry figure's surname is Zhao.

However, Tan Shuchang immediately thought of how the other referred to the Chaotic Life Dharma Bead and the request to guard it there.

"Could it be a powerful Sword Cultivator force hidden away..."

It wasn't impossible. After all, when the legends disappeared three hundred years ago, it fundamentally resulted from having too many who had attained the three proofs. It was very likely that caused some Immortal Sects with few disciples within to vanish completely from this world.

Yet, the disappearance of these Immortal Sects didn't mean they ceased to exist. It was even possible that like invisible beings, they were hiding amongst the people!

...

At this time, within the Jiawu Realm, in a deep mountain range of no particular renown.

An ancient temple that had stood for ages suddenly emitted a Sword Dao realm power so immense that it could instantaneously alter the heavens. But just as this Sword Dao realm power was about to erupt, the worldly Qi of heaven and earth transformed into a formation that sealed away all the Sword Dao realm power.

Only after the power of the Sword Dao realm had naturally dissipated did the formation formed by the world's Qi also fade away.

The temple was not exclusively owned by Buddhists; originally, it was commonly used and practiced widely. And so, within this ancient temple stood several people in ancient attire, wearing olden headdresses, looking young in appearance but with white hair, all practitioners of cultivation.

"Why is Uncle-Master Donggu so enraged? If not for the restraints of the Immortal Dao, that single strike from Uncle-Master Donggu could have made the Sword Cultivators of the Jiawu Realm, despite crossing domains, realize what a Sword Cultivator's sacred ground truly is!" one of the group spoke out.

This person looked like a white-haired youth, whose face appeared tender but carried not the slightest trace of naïveté; his eyes were filled instead with a sense of time-worn experiences.

"Tujian Mountain, Heavenly Sword Mansion... Hmph!" The youth continued to speak, his words and expression filled with contempt for the two prestigious Sword Cultivator sacred lands of the current Jiawu Realm.

"Alright, alright, it's been three hundred years. Why waste your anger on thin air?" another person shook their head, speaking with a certain helplessness towards the youth's behavior.

Three hundred years ago, their Sword Temple was the strongest Immortal Sect of the time. Although there were only around a dozen disciples, each one stood among the era's mightiest without exception!

Those who were accepted into the Sword Temple were, without exception, at the Sword Dao realm of Sword Master of Heaven and Earth.

And the day they were permitted to leave the mountain, they would surely reach the Sword Dao realm of Sword Heart Universe!

Back then, even a servant from Sword Temple could become a distinguished guest in other Immortal Sects upon leaving. Beautiful fairies from cultivating families, enchanting demonesses from the demonic path, were all willing to marry a servant from Sword Temple because of its name.

At that time, Sword Temple's glory was at its peak.

Then, the largest opportunity for transformation in the history of the Jiawu Realm appeared, and seventy percent of Sword Temple's disciples ascended rightly after achieving the three proofs! As a result, Sword Temple seemed to disappear from the eyes of the world.

In itself, this wasn't a problem, as there were still several disciples in Sword Temple who could continue to spread the glory of the temple's name.

But after that grand ascension three hundred years ago, some unforeseen change happened to the heavens and earth that made those few remaining disciples of Sword Temple become invisible in the Jiawu Realm.

The cultivators of the Jiawu Realm, and even the mortals, could not see them, and whenever they tried to make contact, the world's Qi would alter, creating barriers that restricted their movements, just like the seal on the Sword Dao realm power earlier.

However, it wasn't all without benefits.

At least when they collected precious natural materials, nobody competed with them.

And unlike the other cultivators of the Jiawu Realm who had only two sixty-year lifespans, their lifespans were unaffected and remained as they had been three hundred years ago.

So even though the heavens did not allow them to comply with the celestial will, preventing them from achieving longevity, each of them had a lifespan of several thousand years.

Seeing his two fellow disciples speaking thus, another suggested, "Although Uncle-Master Donggu is rather impetuous, he wouldn't strike across realms over a small matter. Perhaps we should join forces and activate the Sword Immortal world once, to contact Uncle-Master Donggu, what do you think?"

The Sword Immortal world was an unparalleled treasure refined together by the disciples of the Sword Temple using the resources of an entire Immortal Sect at its zenith.

If it hadn't been involved in the ascension that led to the three proofs, this treasure would have undoubtedly become renowned throughout the Jiawu Realm, even making top-ranking treasures like the Qi of Yin and Yang Lotus Treasure Vase and Vajra Mingwang Bracelet seem slightly inferior.