Myriad Realms Gatekeeper

"You're really amazing with that Technique; from now on, you should learn to hide your talents."

Xu Xingke instructed.

"Yes." Xiao Mengyu responded.

"But I see that your Technique still has room for growth. In the future, you must quickly enhance your Strength; it will improve as you progress in swordsmanship," Xu Xingke continued.

"Can this 'name' still be improved?" Xiao Mengyu was astounded.

"Of course, would a Technique deemed worthy of the creator be limited to just this?"

Xu Xingke said matter-of-factly.

As they spoke,

Shen Ye squatted on the ground, carefully examining the multicolored gemstone.

This thing was peculiar.

In the discerning ability that came with his "door" power, beside it was just one line of "???".

He had absolutely no clue what it was.

What to do now?

After a short ponder, Shen Ye suddenly slapped his forehead.

Stupid!

Hadn't he just obtained a Technique?

As his thoughts activated it, finally a sequence of black vertical text emerged:

"You have triggered the Mythology Technique, 'Fate's Toolman'."

"The profile of this gemstone reads as follows:"

"Seeming souls of destruction,"

"under the power of that Technique, have turned into a multicolored gemstone, shattered into fragments of a puzzle that will never be completed."

"Too much time has passed,"

"so much that even enemies believe these gemstones to be meaningless, inanimate objects."

"Unless—"

"someone earns the approval of Penglai Mountain, crushing it within the less-than-third level Penglai Sacred Traces."

"He will get the real answer."

He had deciphered it!

The so-called Penglai Sacred Traces were the ruins of today.

He, too, had received the endorsement of the Master of Penglai.

Then...

Shen Ye's gaze shifted, aiming at the spiraling staircase ascending above.

He felt a tickling curiosity.

He really wanted to try the gemstone and see how the Immortal Country had fallen into ruin.

For revisiting the situation, searching for opportunities, rebuilding the Immortal Country Dharma Body, all of this would be greatly beneficial.

After all, Charlotte and he each held a Technique and were now intimately related to the affairs of the Immortal Country.

Just then, the half-statue's voice filled with perplexity vibrated again:

"Your Supreme Forgetting Love Feathering Ascension Scripture is maturing continuously, you even have the special Laws for a Dharma Aspect Transformation—"

"But clearly, I did not bestow such Laws upon you."

"That's really peculiar."

Shen Ye snapped back to reality and asked, "Could you give other rewards?"

"What do you want?" the half-statue inquired.

"At this moment, those newcomers still undergoing trials, I hope their trials will encounter some delays, lasting a bit longer," Shen Ye said.

"No one has ever asked for such a reward!" the half-statue exclaimed loudly, nearly jumping.

"Is it possible?" Shen Ye questioned.

The half-statue stated solemnly, "Of course not! This statue is very strict; you are interfering with others—"

"Delaying everyone's trial time is to search for the other half of the ruins," Shen Ye interrupted and explained.

"The other half of the ruins? Are you sure?" the half-statue asked.

"Of course, by stalling the others, give me some cover, and I will definitely find it," Shen Ye said.

"Fine, I'll try to delay the time for you, best of luck," the half-statue stated and then suddenly vanished.

Shen Ye stood up, holding the gemstone, and stepped up the stairs.

He reached the broken part of the staircase and reached out his hand.

"Door!"

A door quietly appeared.

At this moment, opening the door would take him to the other side of the ruins.

Xu Xingke's voice suddenly rang out:

"Wait a moment."

Shen Ye stopped his movements and turned to look at him.

—Strange.

Last time, the teacher hadn't called out to stop him.

"That gemstone in your hand," Xu Xingke eyed Shen Ye's hand, "if you're going to use it, you will inevitably be drawn into the matter of the Immortal Country's downfall."

"Do you think I shouldn't get involved in that matter?" Shen Ye asked.

"No, I'm just reminding you—"

Xu Xingke's expression appeared somewhat relaxed, yet his tone was extremely serious:

"The affairs of the Immortal Country are exceedingly perilous yet they relate to some of the most secretive and important mysteries in the Myriad Realms. Once you step into this, you will not be able to extricate yourself, and it's very likely that you'll die."

Shen Ye asked, "If I got involved, what would you think, teacher?"

"I haven't really thought about it—this is your own business, I won't intervene," Xu Xingke said.

"Understood."

Shen Ye applied pressure to his hand and immediately pushed the door open.

Beyond the door was a long flight of stairs, stretching into the dark depths.

Above was a rest chamber.

Further up, was the third level of the Penglai Sacred Traces.

"Teacher, Meng Yu, rest here while I go take a look,"

Shen Ye said.

"What are you saying, do you look down on me?" Xiao Mengyu said, dissatisfied.

She leaped up, landing on the staircase, tilted her chin, signaling Shen Ye to quickly move upwards.

Xu Xingke said eagerly,

"Don't dawdle, move it. Actually, I've always been quite curious about the secrets of the Immortal Country."

He landed on the staircase too.

"Didn't you say, teacher, that this is my own affair, and you wouldn't intervene?" Shen Ye whispered.

"Ah, well, that's just talking, I just want to see if you're afraid of such things," Xu Xingke said.

Shen Ye grinned.

Old money.

This is the teacher I trust the most!

He crossed through the door without looking back, climbing upwards.

Xiao Mengyu and Xu Xingke followed closely behind.

The three of them reached the rest chamber, then passed through the chamber, climbed another level, and reached the third level of the ruins.

This level was not much different from the previous ones.

Except that the ceiling was embedded with densely packed Array Runes, filled thickly with Immortal Spirit Jade Marrow, looking like a sky filled with stars.