Chapter 1500: The Two Statues (Part One)

And the appearance of these two statues before him, could it be that the Soul Cultivator ancestor from the lower realm, just like himself back then, had only discovered them by accident? Later, he felt that they might be helpful for Soul Cultivator cultivation, which was why he had brought them back.

If this was the case, Li Yan couldn’t be sure if the Soul Suppression Palace and the Hellsoul Clan were related at all.

After pondering for a while, the strange light in Li Yan’s eyes grew brighter and brighter, because he thought of an important use that the statue before him might have.

“Could these two statues, like last time, have other secrets hidden within them, and a place similar to the underground long alley of the Hellsoul Clan might appear? And at the end of the underground long alley, there is an incredible teleportation formation…”

The moment Li Yan thought of this, his entire mood became somewhat agitated.

In the depths of his heart, he felt that this possibility was not very high. However, just the thought of a scene similar to the underground long alley appearing made Li Yan have to try it no matter what. That was a grand teleportation formation that could cross realms. But he did not immediately take out the damaged earthen jar. Instead, he frowned slightly, and a hesitant look appeared on his face.

“If it really succeeds, what about Mu Guyue and Feng Hongyue?”

Li Yan had not brought the two of them with him. Once he really had a chance to leave this place, due to his mysterious disappearance, Mu Guyue’s situation after being left behind was self-evident. She would definitely be returned to her original state. Including this person, Feng Hongyue, Li Yan was also reluctant to give up. This person was a peak Spirit Transformation existence, only one step away from Void Refining. He would be of great help to him now. It would be too much of a pity to abandon him.

For a time, this made Li Yan hesitate. After a long while, Li Yan suddenly laughed at himself and shook his head.

“I’m overthinking things. This chance is already pitifully small, and the statue itself doesn’t have that ability. If a situation like entering the underground long alley were to occur, I could just walk out from the normal exit at the bottom of the alley. At that time, I can think of a way to go out and bring those two.”

Li Yan felt that he was getting a bit carried away. The sudden turn of events had made his mood fluctuate, and he was even having trouble thinking straight.

After thinking these things through, Li Yan still did not immediately make a move. Instead, he chose a prayer mat facing the martial general statue and slowly sat down. This position was almost right in front of the martial general statue’s base. Unless someone had set up a surveillance formation on the statue itself, it would be very difficult to see Li Yan’s movements in front of him. At most, they could only see Li Yan’s back and sides. With a little more cover, it would not be easy to discover his actions.

And after doing all this, Li Yan raised his head again and carefully examined the martial general statue. After a long while, he slowly closed his eyes and began to cultivate.

Time passed continuously as Li Yan cultivated. And Li Yan just sat there cross-legged, continuously breathing and circulating his cultivation.

…

One month later, on a certain day, Li Yan, who was cultivating, suddenly opened his eyes. But his figure did not move at all. Quietly, Li Yan had already communicated with the “Earthen Patch” with his divine sense. And then very quickly, in the palms of his hands, which were placed on his crossed feet below his dantian, a light flashed slightly, and something had appeared.

It was a damaged earthen jar. There was a gap on the mouth of the jar, which took up about thirty percent of the entire jar. For this mysterious object, Li Yan had not had any contact with it for a long time. He just lowered his eyelids slightly and saw the three patterns on the body of the jar again.

After a month in the Wenwu Hall, Li Yan finally took out the damaged earthen jar. He still maintained his usual caution. Although he felt that no one should have set up a surveillance formation here, for the Void Refining elders who came here to cultivate, it would definitely be a taboo. If they found out, they would definitely fly into a rage.

But Li Yan, after cultivating for a month, finally took out this item. In his view, even if someone wanted to investigate him, the most likely time would be when he had just entered, or a year later. No one would be so bored as to stare at a motionless person all day. After watching for two or three days at most, one would get tired of it. Li Yan’s way of doing things was to constantly try to figure out other people’s thoughts.

This time, after the damaged earthen jar was in his hands, Li Yan did not go to study it again. Instead, with a thought, a stream of soul power was directly poured into it. Before, when he activated this item, he could only rely on magical power to barely sense the faint fluctuation of soul power inside the damaged earthen jar. But now, he could already use his soul power at will. This made his sensing of this damaged earthen jar also become much clearer.

The moment Li Yan’s soul power poured into the damaged earthen jar, Li Yan seemed to see the three patterns on the body of the jar flash slightly, and then the entire earthen jar began to tremble violently. Before Li Yan could react, the martial general statue in front of him changed.

The heart-protecting mirror on its chest armor first flashed slightly, and then suddenly lit up. Then, a beam of light shot straight down.

Li Yan was actually prepared for this situation, which was why he had sat below the base of the statue. If someone were to look from behind or the side, all the changes would seem as if something strange had happened to Li Yan during his cultivation, and the statue had some kind of unknown connection with him.

“It really works?”

Li Yan had experienced this scene before. In an instant, Li Yan’s heart tightened. He was both surprised and regretful. He was surprised that the damaged earthen jar and the statue really had an abnormal reaction, and he was regretful that he hadn’t been able to bring the two of them with him.

These emotions of his also just changed in an instant.

Then, he saw the beam of light hit his dantian position directly, or to be precise, it shone on the damaged earthen jar. And just after Li Yan’s thoughts had changed, he was still waiting for other changes. However, after a few breaths, Li Yan found that the scene around him had not been distorted. He was still sitting in the same place. And the beam of light, after just shooting over, had only lasted for a breath of time before it quickly disappeared.

“Hmm?”

Li Yan sensed for a moment, and his expression was stunned. Some of the things he had guessed had indeed happened, but they had not continued to happen. Last time, after the light beam had shot out from the heart-protecting mirror on the statue’s chest, he had been teleported away.

But this time, it had just shot straight at the damaged earthen jar, and then… it had disappeared. No other changes?

Li Yan immediately looked down at the damaged earthen jar. The body of the damaged earthen jar in his palm was still the same, with no changes.

“Can’t I use soul power? Or do I have to use magical power to activate it?”

After thinking for a moment, Li Yan immediately circulated his magical power again and poured it into the damaged earthen jar. And then, an extremely faint fluctuation of soul power came from the damaged earthen jar again. On the heart-protecting mirror on the chest of the martial general statue in front, a light flashed again, and another beam of light shot out. It was just that this time, the beam of light was very weak. Just as it hit the position below Li Yan’s dantian, it immediately dispersed.

“Still no use?”

Li Yan carefully looked at the martial general statue above, and then looked at the scholar statue on the other side. The scholar statue had not reacted at all from beginning to end. But although the martial general statue had a reaction, it would not teleport him away at all. Li Yan then tried again, and the situation was not much different from the previous two times.

Li Yan then stood up. With his large sleeve hanging down, he concealed the damaged earthen jar in his right hand within his long sleeve. Then, as if with a puzzled look on his face, he walked to the base of the scholar statue and sat down there again.

In the eyes of outsiders, it was as if Li Yan had been startled by the change just now, but didn’t know the reason, and was now looking for the reason. After sitting down, he quietly, once again, injected a stream of soul power into the damaged earthen jar, and then… another beam of light shot down!

However, this beam of light shot over diagonally, still from the chest of the martial general statue on the other side. And the scholar statue in front of him still had no reaction, like a clay Bodhisattva.

This time, Li Yan did not continue to test, but began to frown and think…

‘My guess was not entirely wrong. The statue above really had a reaction that was basically similar to the one at the edge of the pool. Does this mean that the statue here and the statue in the Hellsoul Clan, as well as this damaged earthen jar, were all refined by the same person? So they have a mutual reaction. This chance is very high, it should be confirmable!

‘And the broken statue that appeared in the Hellsoul Clan was used by someone to set up a teleportation formation entrance there, which is why it could be activated and teleport. And the statue here was brought from the lower realm and then placed here. Although it has some kind of response with the damaged earthen jar, it is just a reaction.

‘And the statue itself here has not been treated in any other way, so it is naturally impossible for a teleportation to occur. This is why it cannot be teleported.

‘But why is it only the martial general statue that has a reaction with the damaged earthen jar? This scholar statue has absolutely no reaction to it. Could it be that the two statues in front of me, although they were obtained together, are like someone entering an ancient cultivator’s ruin and starting to look for treasures everywhere. But there are many similar things inside, but they may not necessarily have been carved by the same person. Or is it that this damaged earthen jar only has a special treatment with the martial general during refining?

‘But why is this? It was like this at the edge of the Hellsoul Clan’s pool, and it is still like this here. Isn’t this scholar statue also a statue? Is it just useless? And about the records of the long alley, they have not even been deciphered…’

For a time, Li Yan’s thoughts were in turmoil. Although he had figured out some things, after testing some things, the subsequent problems had become even more numerous. The one by one questions that appeared made Li Yan feel as if he had fallen into a fog.